this house was across the street from where I grew up in Austin TX. The home of E. M. House, Frank Freeman was the architect, as it explains on the webpage. The building was unfortunately demolished in 1967.
The interface on Wiki is not very intuitive! Just wanted to thank you for your comment! I feel so HAPPY that my edit I made is on the page!!! I feel like I "made a difference!"
User:Cathleen rehfeld, if you want someone to be notified when you address them, you have to link their username like I just did (or {{reply}} to them, which amounts to the same thing). To thank him, you could link him like this: User:Pigsonthewing, and then he will see this discussion. Also, it is considered courteous to link a relevant page to give them context what it is you are talking about; presumably it is about section § Can someone make an edit on a page for me? above. In that case, you could have just edited that section and thanked him there, keeping everything collected in one place; but you don't have to do that now, that is for next time. Happy editing! Mathglot (talk) 01:45, 19 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Cathleen rehfeld: You link them either by typing [[User:Pigsonthewing]] somewhere in your message, or by typing {{reply|Pigsonthewing}}. When you see something like that between paired double braces or curly brackets, that is called a template (along with maybe some optional arguments after the vertical bar). You can see how to use the Reply template by going to Template:Reply. When you use the {{reply}} template, the first letter can be lowercase 'r' or uppercase 'R', it works the same either way. If you want to try it, type {{reply|Mathglot}} below, and it should notify me (editors sometimes say, it will 'ping' me). Hope this helps, Mathglot (talk) 04:28, 19 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Cathleen rehfeld: That's lovely to hear and kind of you to say so. Wikipedia is like stone soup; it relies on very many people to make contributions, large or small.
There's no reason your contribution should not now benefit people for generations to come.
The tools menu Mike Turnbull mentions is the three vertical dots to the right of the edit pencil on every Wikipedia page. There is a Permanent link option there but it takes you to the frozen version of the page at that point in time that will never change and doesn't actually add a link to your clipboard.
Wikipedia doesn't have a Share button. I don't remember why, but I think I recall a discussion.
Your browser will probably have a share feature that will paste the url into another app for you. On Chrome mobile it is accessed by clicking the three dots at the very top right, to the right of the url bar. It is the " Share..." item. On Firefox Mobile it is the icon at the top of the three dots menu.
You can copy the url manually and paste it into whatever app you like, this is what a share button does. Prime Hunter has offered to help you with that. Commander Keane (talk) 11:59, 18 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I continue to have problems with the ZLAC Rowing Club article. Search engines continue to index the "Talk" page, even after I added NOINDEX (as directed). Should I just delete the page and create a new one? (talk) 14:00, 18 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The article was published on 1 June and has not yet been reviewed at WP:NPP. It should be 90 days old by the end of August, so hopefully Google will index it by early September. TSventon (talk) 14:40, 18 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Then fellow Wikipedians, can you please check the signatures of Lim Ji-yeon and Kwon Eun-bi. The sources of both their signatures is Namuwiki, the same website which I want to use as a source for Han Sun-hwa's page. All their signatures have been approved by Wikimedia Commons. Looks like their signatures are almost 10-12 years old and in public domain. Minka98 (talk) 13:21, 19 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for donating, but we editors have nothing to do with the donation process, which is conducted by the Wikimedia Foundation.
If you are unable to log in to your account and did not have an email address in your account preferences, you unfortunately will need to create a new account and identify it as a successor to your old account. 331dot (talk) 12:21, 19 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
You don't need to login to make changes to most articles, though there are some which require an account with a minimum number of days and edits.
I signed up to edit my entry, as there were several small errors. I just looked at it and another editor had over-ridden my corrections—even removing my correction of the spelling of my late husband's name. He (clearly a he) said my corrections were not properly sourced. How do I do that? Is my say-so sufficient or do I have to, for instance, find my husband's birth certificate? Msfarnsworth (talk) 00:18, 20 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Can you link to the article at issue? Your account has no edits other than this one, so you must have edited before creating your account. 331dot (talk) 01:13, 20 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, @Msfarnsworth. I'm afraid the answer is No, your say-so is not sufficient, and nor do we want a birth certificate. What we require is a reliable published source, so that anybody reading Wikipedia anywhere in the world can, at least, in principle, verify the information. See Verifiability.
The problem is twofold. First, we have no way of knowing if you are who you say you are. Anybody could create themselves an account with a similar name, and claim to be your husband's wife.
Secondly, even if you put the correct information in, somebody else could come along and change it, either by mistake, or in error, or maliciously. A reader would have no basis for checking the information, or (if they noticed it had been changed) deciding which was the correct information. ColinFine (talk) 19:08, 20 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Live updates regarding Wikipedia related events in and around NYC
Hi, I’d like to get more involved with the Wikipedia community and meet more editors in person. Is there a way to get live updates about Wikipedia-related events, meetups, or initiatives happening in and around New York City? I know about the events pages on Wikipedia, but I’m not sure if there’s a central place that lists things in real time. Could someone point me in the right direction? Thanks, User:Thefallguy2025 (talk) 03:56, 20 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I looked at ru:Байбуртян, Армен Ваганович, Highlanderharis. Its referencing would be gravely inadequate for English-language Wikipedia. An English translation would therefore be unpublishable. (There are other problems as well.) If you have enabled email, you may receive offers to publish an English translation, for a fee. The people making such offers are incompetent, dishonest, or both. Ignore such offers. -- Hoary (talk) 07:07, 20 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, @Highlanderharis. I'm afraid that, unless the other-language article meets English Wikipedia's criteria for sourcing, the operation of translating is really to create a new article. But English Wikipedia very strongly discourages anybody from trying to create an article about themselves. See autobiography. ColinFine (talk) 19:38, 20 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
You seem to be asking two different things; regarding accounts, it is not possible to delete an account, as for legal reasons all edits must be attributable to someone. However, you may stop using and abandon your account; if it's in good standing, you may request that it be vanished.
If you want to remove information from an article, it would help to know the article involved, but if you don't want to perform the edit yourself, you may make an edit request on the talk page. 331dot (talk) 08:49, 20 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
hello wikipidia team , am Kibirige Kassim aspiring member of of parliament to represent the people of Nakawa East. am kindly please requesting for your full publication 81.199.16.229 (talk) 12:29, 20 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
If you mean that you would like us to write an article about you; we most likely will not; at least not yet. We do not write to order; and we only host articles about people who meet our notability guidelines; in this case the one for politicians.
Subject: Request for clarification on AFC submission rejection – Ayyappa P. Sharma
Respected Sir/Madam,
I recently created and submitted a draft article titled Ayyappa P. Sharma through the Articles for Creation (AfC) process. However, the submission was rejected. I kindly request your guidance in understanding the specific reasons for its rejection so that I may improve the draft according to Wikipedia’s standards and resubmit it appropriately.
Your advice on how I can meet the notability, sourcing, and formatting requirements would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you for your time and support.
Sincerely,
[Vallam Indira / indiravallam]
Indiravallam (talk) 16:13, 20 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Indiravallam:No sources, no article, no debate. You only cite a content-free filmography (and even that is lazily slapped on the end of the draft); everything else is utterly unsourced. This is not acceptable for articles about living people, which require at least one citation for EACH and EVERY claim made about the subject that a reasonable person could challenge. —Jéské Courianov^_^vthreadscritiques16:29, 20 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Respected Sir/Madam,
I recently created and submitted a draft article titled Ayyappa P. Sharma through the Articles for Creation (AfC) process. However, the submission was rejected. I kindly request your guidance in understanding the specific reasons for its rejection so that I may improve the draft according to Wikipedia’s standards and resubmit it appropriately.
Your advice on how I can meet the notability, sourcing, and formatting requirements would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you for your time and support.
Sincerely,
[Vallam Indira / indiravallam Indiravallam (talk) 17:28, 20 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Courtesy link:Draft:Ayyappa P. Sharma. The reason for the draft being declined (not "rejected"; rejection is a different process) is quoted clearly:
This submission is not adequately supported by reliable sources. Reliable sources are required so that information can be verified. If you need help with referencing, please see Referencing for beginners and Citing sources.
This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of people). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.
I'm a monthly $$ contributor who finds iot better not to sign in.Why? Because once signed in I never get to see the intro words when stopping on a blue word. Once signed out every page becomes easier to use. SrkhikerS (talk) 21:02, 20 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Journal of Comparative Social Welfare, Volume 26, Issue 2-3 (2010) Essays in Honor of Brij Mohan here might indicate notability, but no one has tried to write the article yet. TSventon (talk) 01:37, 21 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I lost my password etc. So had to create a new account. The directions for moving the info from my old account to my new account seem to direct me to non-existent links. I see no 'move' and can find no link to an administrator (as suggested) How do I move my old account data to my new account. (I've made approximately 500 + posts or corrections to Wikipedia.) My old account name was Nug Brenec; my new account name is Nugbrenec. Thank you for any help - Nugbrenec Nugbrenec (talk) 02:52, 21 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Logging_in : Well ... copy and paste seems to be nixed, but scroll down to the sub-heading "What if I forgot the password or user name" and start reading at "You will have to create a new account ..." "move function" ?? "Contact an administrator... " ... which administrator?? and how? - Kind regards, Nugbrenec Nugbrenec (talk) 03:59, 21 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Special:Contributions/Nug_Brenec tells us: "Nug Brenec" is not registered on this wiki. That matter aside, I suggest not suggesting that people who've forgotten their passwords should contact stewards, unless perhaps the particular user ID has made an unusually valuable set of contributions (articles, not moolah) to Wikipedia. -- Hoary (talk) 09:14, 21 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think that's the point, this person is inquiring about more than password recovery (which obviously isn't something the stewards would do). Electricmemory (talk) 09:51, 21 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Electricmemory is correct : I was not asking about the process of creating an account or retrieving a password. I knew the password, but the system refused to accept it, and since the email for the old account was no longer active, I created a new account (and am seeming to be only recognized as a new user, instead of someone who has been contributing data for years. I am trying to make some sort of connection from my old account to my new account. The directions printed on the Wikipedia site to do this are confusing, and leave me still wondering how to do that. I certainly do not want to bother persons who do not handle such things (stewards). Also I never said "Nug Brenec is not registered on this Wiki" I am signed in as my new account Nugbrenec. Thank you - Nugbrenec Nugbrenec (talk) 21:42, 21 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Nugbrenec I suggest doing what TSventon stated below. If your old account had any special permissions you may be able to request those permissions for your new account, on the basis you had them on your old one. Electricmemory (talk) 00:21, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
For example, we have the template:Ill for linking articles without a page in English wiki to other wikis, I was wondering if there's the same thing but for wiktionary? Amir Ghandi (talk) 04:21, 21 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The CAPTCHA has blocked me indefinitely. No matter how many I do, all that happens is that the anti-bot measures occasionally stop me from submitting more for some time. I've tried signing on Incognito, refrshing cookies, all that. It doesn't work. Weirdly, when I tried to add the edits to my sandbox to try to save them in a last ditch effort, it somehow worked. I think some automated system thinks I'm attempting to vandalize the article. I am also being constantly rate-limited for any post (though no CAPTCHA except for the article), even this one.
Ip Editor Welcome to Teahouse...I guess you did not read what the tags say, okay first it says This "article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page". and second it says "This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. The specific problem is: List formatting. (October 2018)" and last says "This article needs additional citations for verification. (October 2018)". I suggest you address these issues rather than removing old contents 🐍 Thilio🤖06:21, 21 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
IP user, that policy says Facts or claims without an inline citation to a reliable source that directly supports them may be removed. They should not be restored without an inline citation to a reliable source. But it also says Whether or how quickly material should be removed for lacking an inline citation to a reliable source depends on the material and the overall state of the article. Consider adding a citation needed tag as an interim step to removing unsourced material, to allow references to be added. When tagging or removing material for lacking an inline citation, state your concern that it may not be possible to find a published reliable source, and the material therefore may not be verifiable. If you think the material is verifiable, you are encouraged to provide an inline citation yourself before removing or tagging it.
So you did nothing wrong. Having said that, resolving disagreements with other editors is how Wikipedia works, so I suggest following Andy's suggestion. ColinFine (talk) 13:50, 21 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@ColinFine What you just replied with does support what I said, and for IP users unfamiliar with how Wiki works it's better just to tell them not to axe random swaths of information. Electricmemory (talk) 17:14, 21 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I'm a big NFL history buff, and I'd like to let wikipedia know about a slight error.
Under Reidel Anthony's page, it says he was and still is the second youngest player to score a touchdown reception. I don't know that either of those are true.
I believe he was, at the time of 1997, the youngest player to have a touchdown reception at 20 years 11 months. Since then, however, JuJu Smith Schuster and Braelon Allen have both scored receiving touchdowns at younger ages, JuJu was 20 years 10 months and Braelon Allen was 20 years 7 months. 75.145.80.193 (talk) 15:35, 21 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I'd recommend raising your concern at the article's Talk page, where those with an interest in Anthony can see your concerns and weigh in. Cheers. DonIago (talk) 15:39, 21 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It no longer exists; however, there is a link to a draft of the article. The deletion log has a May 7, 2025 date. To undelete, instructions say I should contact the administrator, but I can't find his/her name or e-mail. Michaelwdavis (talk) 18:50, 21 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, @Michaelwdavis. The article was moved to Draft:Michael W. Davis by @HRShami (the editor who originally created it) on 7 May, with the edit summary "Moving paid articles to DraftSpace".
It appears that HRShami had just realised that as a paid editor they should not be creating articles directly in main article space, but only as drafts, and was bringing their work into compliance with Wikipedia's policies
Having moved it to Draft space, however, they did nothing more with it. I have just added a header which will allow them (or you) to submit it for review. I am not a reviewer, but I do not believe that it would be accepted if submitted in its present state, as it cites only one source that is not by you, and that is a review of your book - the latter would probably be an acceptable source for an article about the book, but does not mention you.
A Wikipedia article should be a summary of sources that are reliably published, independent of the subject, and contain significant coverage of the subject (see WP:42). Without several such sources, there can be no article. ColinFine (talk) 21:57, 21 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yup, like ONUnicorn said, I did a couple of edits (to make it "mainspace-ready") and then marked it as reviewed. Don't worry, you are still credited as the creator of the page (if you care about that)!
I'll note that even in draft space, other editors would feel free to do constructive edits. You'd have to start drafts in your own sandbox to have exclusive access while you are getting it ready. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 05:51, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
As a note, even in your own sandbox, there are cases where others editing it is appropriate. For example, if you copied the article on George Washington to your sandbox without change, another editor would be perfectly right in commenting out(or similar) the categories so that doesn't appear in the "US Presidents" Category.Naraht (talk) 13:34, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
See Wikipedia:FAKEARTICLE. Basically, if it is to help develop articles (a private version of draftspace) or to experiment, that's fine. If it is to have something that you want to leave untouched as a Pseudo-article, it isn't.Naraht (talk) 13:40, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
On the article Mai Văn Phấn, all displays of the name are fine in the article, except for the article's title, which is displayed incorrectly (as Mai Văn Ph(a with circumflex above, and then something that looks like a quote)n . Note, the information in correct in text: Mai Văn Phấn . In fact as I'm composing this, pasting it into this box comes out fine, pasting it into the box above for the title to the new HD section is displayed incorrectly. I'm guessing that this should be dropped in WP:VPT, but I thought I should ask here Naraht (talk) 20:38, 21 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Naraht: It's the fourth character at Â#Vietnamese, the Unicode character 1EA5 LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH CIRCUMFLEX AND ACUTE.[2] What makes you think the character is wrong? Every source in the "Authority control databases" box at the bottom of the article uses it. As far as I can tell, every occurrence in the article also uses it, as well as every occurence in your post here. The acute is just harder to distinguish from the circumflex in a small font. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:20, 21 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It's probably a font issue. For me, on win11 chrome, this section's heading has the acute accent mark between the 'â' and the 'n' sort of like this: 'âˊn' (mocked up using U+00E2: LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH CIRCUMFLEX + U+02CA: MODIFIER LETTER ACUTE ACCENT + U+006E: LATIN SMALL LETTER N).
I don't know but for me on my system, chrome seems to be choosing the Georgia font for the heading. In running text, 'ấ' displays correctly body text css is:
thank you , Trappist the monk, you are seeing the *exact* thing that I am. Georgia is the problem. Is that something that should go to WP:VPT???? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Naraht (talk • contribs)
Wikipedia/MediaWiki doesn't control how fonts render. I suppose that the only thing they might do would be to reorder the list of fonts so that some other commonly available font is chosen before Georgia. According to our Georgia (typeface) article, Georgia is a Microsoft product. I suppose that someone (not me) might attempt to report the issue to them...
the question is how to find all of the articles with that letter in it. searching on intitle: gives more or less everything with the underlying letter "a".Naraht (talk) 13:05, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
OK, I tried looking for every article with that letter and almost all of them are ones that list letters (either the Vietnamese Alphabet, how to compose various letters and so on. Mai Văn Phấn is the only one with the letter in a word (much less as part of a title). However, it does appear to display properly on the article on vn.wikipedia.org ideas?Naraht (talk) 13:30, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
This search finds 12–15 titles with the ấ character. Alas, the search times out. You might find slightly different results by searching for ấn or ất or any other adjacent character.
The css font-family used for <h2>...</h2> header at vi.wiki (not vn) is:
font-family:"Linux Libertine","Palatino Linotype","Palatino","Times New Roman","Times",serif;
I did intitle:/ấ/ vietnam and got 199 hits in mainspace. About 50 were redirects, which I'm not sure either way whether they need to be fixed. the question is how smart the template has to be to handle all of the characters that Chrome can't handle.Naraht (talk) 15:46, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Is it possible to have content displayed on a target page only when it is accessed from a specific redirect?
For example, let's say A and B redirect to C. Is there a way to display a message on C only when the reader is redirected to it from (say) B? Ixfd64 (talk) 23:16, 21 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I was thinking that if a lot of pages redirect to a certain page, then putting all the disambiguation information on there might make it too cluttered. I guess soft redirects will have to do for now. Ixfd64 (talk) 23:55, 21 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi there i try to edit some cd albums because i have them and i know website to prove it that is existing but sometimes just someone remove my edit. How i can do it to be approved thats happened with onlh few ow them and i got mesaage abaut wandalizm or editing war thats not true i just want to anyone had chance fo check own version or buy bettee one 31.20.3.50 (talk) 04:04, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
You need to discuss changes you wish to make with others when they object. Instead, you're choosing to edit war, by trying to force your desired changes into article. Many of the sources you're using are inappropriate. For example, Discogs is considered generally unreliable as the site is user generated and Qobuz is a digital store. CoffeeCrumbs (talk) 04:50, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
So I was updating a RO lang version of a page (ro:Focus Sat) and it has the "slogan" area in the infobox:company + when you click on slogan you get redirected to Motto.
And I was trying to add the same thing (the "slogan"/"motto") to the EN version infobox:company of the page, and I can't seem to find the correct key value from "slogan" as it doesn't show up, 'motto' doesn't work neither.
hi @ColinFine thank you for your answer, indeed there is no argument, but on the RO version it is accepted and it is displayed fine + it is linked to a Motto page, that is why I asked if there is an EN version of it. Vlad.flavius.paun (talk) 12:19, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The Romanian infobox ro:Format:Infocaseta Companie was created from the English Template:Infobox company in 2006. Parameter company-slogan appears to have been added to the English infobox on 2006-11-19, and slogan was added to the Romanian infobox on 2015-08-31.
The parameter was removed most recently from the English infobox on 2016-10-09, referencing the comment at Template talk:Infobox company/Archive 10#Slogan, which refers to a previous removal and reinstatement, but gives the reasons for removal.
So the parameter used to be in both languages, but was removed from the English infobox (more than once, but most recently) in 2016. ColinFine (talk) 16:50, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I have, by accident, acquired somebody else's account, the one I am currently logged into. I assume that the real owner and I have the same (human) name.
How do I return this account to lost property, where the proper owner can reclaim it?
@ColinHastie: Usernames are unique and each account has a password chosen by the user. Why do you think it is not your account? The edits by the account can be seen at Special:Contributions/ColinHastie. If it looks familiar but is missing something then maybe you have created two accounts with the same password and usually log in to the other one. Or maybe you have also created ColinHastie at a wiki which is not run by the Wikimedia Foundation. Thousands of other wikis use the same software. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:32, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I need assistance to add a major award to my Wikipedia page (Larry D. Thomas)
I was privileged to win the 2023 Spur Award (poetry category) sponsored by Western Writers of America, and I would like to have it added to the awards section of my site. Here is the link for verification of the award: https://westernwriters.org/spur-award-winner/2023-winners/
Other experienced Wikipedia contributors may well disagree over this, but personally I'm of the opinion that with the possible exception of the most self-evidently prestigious, a biography should only note awards where third-party sourcing can be cited to establish its significance. To put it simply, you consider the award 'major'. Possibly so do the Western Writers of America (I say possibly, because merely listing an award, in a long list, with no further expansion, isn't really saying much), but does anyone else? AndyTheGrump (talk) 14:33, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@331dot The Spur Award does have an article, although the notability of the poetry category is not well documented with secondary sources. If it were, I don't see why a primary source shouldn't suffice to confirm this in someone's biography. Mike Turnbull (talk) 15:08, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
That article does precisely nothing to establish that the award is notable. It is referenced solely to the Western Writers of America's own website, and the external links show nothing independent of any significance. I fail to see why it needs a separate article. I'd merge it to the Western Writers of America article, if that wasn't equally lacking in third-party sourcing. AndyTheGrump (talk) 15:40, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Mistake in linking an en.article to the corresponding tr.article
I notice that the page about Margret Helgadottir refers to her on references other than the first as just "Helgadottir". This is incorrect and should probably be either just "Margret" or "Margret Helgadottir". However, before I go and edit a zillion spots on the page, I thought I'd check if there is some policy that covers this. Eleeper (talk) 16:43, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Eleeper: - see MOS:SURNAME. Normally people are referred to by surname, but there are exceptions. Iceland is one of them - "However, where a person does not have a surname but a patronymic or matronymic (like many Icelanders, some Mongols, and those historical persons who are known by names-and-patronymics instead of surnames), then the proper form of reference is usually the given name." Mjroots (talk) 16:54, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I suggest you discuss this on the article's talk page. I see that she had one Icelandic parent, and one Norwegian one, and grew up in Ethiopia; and in an interview talked about her Norwegian being better than her English, but doesn't mention Icelandic at all. So I'm not sure you can assume that she uses the Icelandic convention.
Some of the references appear to refer to her in the text as Margrét, but others refer to her in the text as Helgadottir. So it is not clearcut. ColinFine (talk) 17:03, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Long ago someone put a formula in Julian day using {{Block indent}}. (I linked to a stable version.) Later someone changed it from ordinary text to the <math> parser tag. Now the end of the formula is chopped off. I'm putting both versions below:
With block indent
Without block indent
I am using Windows 11 and Firefox. Any ideas why this is happening, or a better way to intent math expressions? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jc3s5h (talk • contribs)
Also it might help if you can upload a screenshot so we can see what you see. I am using Firefox on Pop OS (and you should too) and I see both formulas displayed in full. Polygnotus (talk) 20:55, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Jc3s5h, @Polygnotus: Those two formulas are both SVG images (created by the math parser tag), not text. With no other specification set, their styling (on my Chrome browser at least) is set to clip them if the display space they're in is not wide enough (i.e. the window is too small). The use of blockindent seems to have nothing to do with it. Converting to use {{math}} might help. Bazza 7 (talk) 21:08, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
According to WP:BUNDLE, I think that the other 70 articles should also be tagged with {{afd1}} (and they should be listed in the nomination), but as I'm involved as a participant in the AfD I don't want to make an edit like that out of turn. What would be the best practice in this case understanding that the AfD has already been in progress for a week and was relisted? Thanks, --Habst (talk) 20:58, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
After twenty years I am a bit tired of Tamfang and am strongly considering changing my username to Anton Sherwood. My userpage and my personal website already link to each other, so the change would not obviously impair my privacy. Any other disadvantages to using a true name? —Tamfang (talk) 21:02, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Tamfang Since Wikipedia is ranked very highly in search engine result pages it might be harder to get your personal domain to the top when someone searches your name.
Indeed. And since weirdos are weird it is difficult to predict how likely it is that you will offend them in some way, and how they will react if you do. Polygnotus (talk) 05:32, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, I have a question regarding adding into infbox child who died before birth. My addition to Sharon Tate infobox children (1 [note=unborn]) was reverted after being there for months and editor claimed in explenation: "there is no birth certificate and/ or death certificate. This needs academic sourcing to support this claim". They also said to me in conversation on his talk page: "Without reliable academic or govt sources discussing the existence of either a Los Angeles county certificate of live birth, or a coroner/medical examiner death certificate, there isn't anything to parse; without any documentation to parse, there isn't anything upon which to make a point."
However, from what I understand, birth/death certificates are primary sources, and in cases of celebrities wikipedia mostly relies on reports from press. Multiple sources do refer Tate as having one unborn child, including encyclopedia Britannica. [4][5][6][7]. I believe that should be sufficient to confirm fact that celebrity had an unborn child and note is recognizing child's unusual status. Most celebrities have their children reported via press, not discussion of their certficates.
Is there any policy that says deceased unborn children, even those who got the name, name should not be included in infoboxes? I do not understand why birth/death certificate is needed there, as many celebrities keep even their birth date private, not to mention their documents. Should we then remove page of Katie McGrath because her birthday is unknown (so clearly her birth certificate was not discussed in academia), so she apparently does not exist? Sobek2000 (talk) 21:29, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I was cold-contacted by someone named Matthias Grey who claimed to be a Senior Wikipedia Editor (this is what he says is his Wikipedia user page: User:Matthias5). He is offering to fix my wikipedia page for a fee. How can I tell if this is a scam? Are there legitimate ways to get help fixing my wikipedia page?
How can I tell if this is a scam? Well for one the account they (falsely) claim to have has last edited in 2021, "Senior Wikipedia Editor" is a made-up title and he demands money for something you can do for free. Polygnotus (talk) 21:50, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
If you are Andrew Hoffman and want some improvements made to that page, volunteers will help you for free, if your suggested improvements are in accordance with our policies. See WP:EDITREQUEST and WP:COI. You can post your suggestions here and people will have a look. Polygnotus (talk) 21:41, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, @Ajhoff. As mentioned in the section above, you are welcome to submit edit requests for changes you would like in the article about you (please don't think of it as "your Wikipedia page", as it's easy to get into thinking that you own or control it, neither of which is the case).
Be as specific as you can (eg "In paragraph xxx, add 'yyy' before 'zzz'") and if you provide a citation to a reliable published source your request is more likely to be implemented. If it is uncontroversial and non-promotional factual data (eg dates or places) it can be cited to non-independent sources such as your website, but sources wholly independent of you are preferred. ColinFine (talk) 09:54, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Second, I would also like to fill the page out with more information but do not want to violate the rules about adding content about myself. My professional webpage is: https://www.andrewhoffman.net/ where I have lots more books and other information. It would also be nice to add a headshot, which I can provide.
@Ajhoff: Hello! The process of adding a picture is explained over at Wikipedia:A picture of you. It is important to license the photo correctly, because copyright law is no joke. I think the "By email" method is the easiest, although it can take a while for them to respond.
I removed the {{BLP sources}} template. It was added a while back when the article had fewer sources, and is no longer necessary.
I would also like to fill the page out with more information Can you provide some examples of what you would like added? Note that we are only able to include information that is mentioned in reliable sources. In some cases we can be less strict, when information is very unlikely to be disputed, see WP:ABOUTSELF. I think the best encyclopedia articles are written in a dispassionate tone and are not overly detailed. If you want to you can look at Wikipedia articles of others in your field for inspiration. Polygnotus (talk) 01:28, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@GamerKiller2347: {{cite encyclopedia |last=King |first=Betty Nygaard |title=Hedley (band) |encyclopedia=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]] |date=2015-05-21 |publisher=[[Historica Canada]] |edition=online |url=https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/hedley-band}} Something like that. There are various tools, see Help:Citation tools. Polygnotus (talk) 02:50, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Please help me - these references are all from the one book Jane Roberts's 1997 book titled "Royal Landscapes". They are all wrongly done - references number 5, 13, 15 and 26. Here is the book link (below) if it helps and please leave in the quotations.
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