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July 14

unable to copy math symbols

Whenever I try to copy equations from wiki articles, the equations either disappear or the entire article turns into gibberish. I have tried to copy as pictures and then cut and paste but nothing seems to work. I have been using Word and wordpad. thanks for a lot of good information — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.15.122.165 (talk) 00:05, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Could you provide an example of an equation you tried to copy? What type of program did you attempt to paste it into? The equations I've seen on Wikipedia are generated as images using a LaTeX plugin for MediaWiki. I wouldn't imagine copying an image like that would be very difficult. Scarce2 (talk) 05:30, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This might be a better question for the computing reference desk where they would discuss how it relates to your computer rather than wikipedia. RJFJR (talk) 15:36, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

video

how do i find video files? mutimedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 161.168.251.105 (talk) 00:07, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Does commons:Category:Videos help? Scarce2 (talk) 05:23, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Autocomplete edit summaries

If you use Internet Explorer 10 or below, there is no longer any autocomplete of previous edit summaries with https. You can either switch to another browser or install Internet Explorer 11. If you use Windows 8, you can update to Windows 8.1. If you use Windows 7 SP1, you can install Internet Explorer 11. If you use Windows 7 without SP1, you can install SP1 first and then Internet Explorer 11. If you use Windows Vista, you will be forced to either switch to another browser or upgrade to a more modern version of Windows. Windows XP ended support on April 8, 2014, so discontinue using Windows XP. GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 02:52, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Have you got a question about using Wikipedia, GeoffreyT2000? You might like to look at WP:Browser notes, and perhaps contribute to it if your information is not already there. --ColinFine (talk) 08:50, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Police perjury

I screwed up with my latest edit and was not signed in. I would appreciate someone revdel my IP address. Thanks. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 02:53, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Done. It can still be seen by admins. See Wikipedia:Requests for oversight if you want to avoid that. The page also has an email address which can be used to avoid drawing attention. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:10, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Permanently disable input tools

How can I permanently disable "input tools" or change to "use native keyboard"? --Tito Dutta (talk) 06:39, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not familiar with the system. Does mw:Universal Language Selector/FAQ#I have a keyboard on my computer and I do not want to use the keyboard in ULS. Can I disable the ULS keyboard completely help? PrimeHunter (talk) 12:22, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yes PrimeHunter, but everytime I refresh the page, it again goes to ULS mode and I can not use punctuations there. So, I want to permanently disable it. --Tito Dutta (talk) 12:39, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Tito Dutta, click the little keyboard icon, and then "Disable input tools" at the bottom. --Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 20:22, 18 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Changing the title of my post

I need to change the title of my post Larryesbee/sandbox/BackAnd as an Application Cloud service for Angular Users, or to remove this post entirely and start again. How do I do this? Please help. I seem to be going around in circles on this one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Larryesbee (talk • contribs) 08:18, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Larryesbee: What you want to do is called moving a page. Look for "More" to the left of the search box at the top of the page you want to move. Click it, then click "Move". ―Mandruss ☎ 08:32, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Vaseline help

Hello,

I left a comment on the Talk:Vaseline page. It was regarding the Vaseline brand contributing sources and information for Wikipedia editors to review and consider publishing on the Vaseline Wikipedia page:

“I've detailed my conflict of interest over on my user page. Vaseline would like to help by providing reliable citations for this article, and help with any additional page content where we can. Particularly we can help with any historical references, such as with http://www.vaseline.us/article/vaseline-history.html and delineate the brand’s name globally. We'd also be able to provide sources for any new sections such as productions and usage."

I was wondering if the Talk page had been noticed? Is there anything I can do to help with the process of a brand assisting on the Wikipedia page?

Thank you, — Preceding unsigned comment added by JohnB0207 (talk • contribs) 09:07, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your question has been answered on the talk page. In the future you can use {{Request edit}} to draw attention to an edit request.--ukexpat (talk) 12:10, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

LAWRENCE E. STAGER

Good Morning! What is the full name of Lawrence E. Stager? What name is the E.? Thanks... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.32.24.254 (talk) 09:29, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, IP user. This page is for help with editing Wikipedia, so your question is not appropriate here. However (since our article Lawrence Stager does not give the answer), I suggest you ask the question again at our Reference Desk, and somebody there may know where to find the answer. --ColinFine (talk) 13:10, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Need Help on a local wiki's template

I am a major contributor of a local wiki. I would highly appreciate if anyone could help me on the geo coord template on my wiki. Anyone willing to help, please contact me. Also i have left a message on the talk page of coord template talk page. Regards, --Glacious (talk) 10:03, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

For clarity, by "a local wiki", Glacious seems to mean "another language Wikipedia". They are trying to transfer the template to dv.wikipedia. --ColinFine (talk) 12:31, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Reliable source for a biography about me

Dear Sirs,

I created a page about myself where I was informed to insert a reliable source. Being a published author I inserted a reliable source via reference about the page where the publishing company Morgan James Publishing has my book on their website, as well as the link to my book also on Amazon.

However the message remains that my account doesn't have a reliable source. What should I do and are the sources which I provided considered reliable? If not, what is a reliable source for a biography for a person that doesn't have anything published about them except their book?

Thank You Joyce E. Rayess — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joyfoux (talk • contribs) 13:47, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Neither of those sources are sufficient to demonstrate that you meet our notability guidelines. We need references from independent, third party sources that discuss you and your work. But to be blunt, most people who have had one or two books published are not notable. If those books become best sellers, they may be.--ukexpat (talk) 13:56, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) What Wikipedia needs are sources independent of the subject. I'm sorry to be blunt about it, but if you don't have anything published about you except your own book, then you are not notable in Wikipedia's definition, so the article cannot exist. If in future you receive significant coverage in independent published reliable sources, then someone else can write a Wikipedia article about you. You should not do so yourself, see Wikipedia's guidance regarding conflict of interest. - David Biddulph (talk) 13:58, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I create a wiki for Calum Scott, but got a warn.

To whom it may concern: Hi~I am a Taiwanese. My English is poor... I am trying to create a wiki for Calum Scott(Calum Scott), but got the following error message. (The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's notability guideline for music. Please help to establish notability by adding reliable, secondary sources about the topic. If notability cannot be established, the article is likely to be merged, redirected, or deleted.) I had tried to modify and edit the content, but it doesn't work. I am just wondering can you tell me how to remove it? Thanks for your help!!

Sincerely, Baki Cheng — Preceding unsigned comment added by BakiCheng (talk • contribs) 16:41, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It is not error message. It is a tag, which was added for notability issues. You and anyone can remove it if there are enough reliable sources to establish notability according to wikipedia guidelines. You have to remove {{notability|Music|date=July 2015}} from the top to remove the tag. Supdiop (Talk🔹Contribs) 16:58, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Strange categories appearing

I've just reverted a couple of edits here on Mortal Kombat 3 back to a previous version, and when I did so I noticed that the rollback page - where it asks for an edit summary - included two redlinked categories - "Kardashians" and "Pornographic films"

After the revert was complete I went into the page to remove these cats, but they aren't there where cats should be, and a search of the page doesn't reveal anywhere else they may be. I definitely saw them though - how could that be? Chaheel Riens (talk) 17:27, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like those categories were in the version full of vandalism that you reverted from; not the new version you reverted to. Just part of the nonsense you were fixing. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 17:37, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

D'oh! Obvious, but I never thought of that! Chaheel Riens (talk) 18:02, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Searching for Wikipedia article titles that contain a specific word

Is there any way that one can search for Wikipedia articles that contain a specific word in their title? In other words, let's say that I would like to see a list of all Wikipedia articles that contain the word "Obama" (or whatever word) in their title. Is this able to be done? Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 18:27, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Use intitle:Obama. See more about searching at Help:searching. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:42, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'm confused. Use that where exactly? Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 19:13, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

In the search box. PrimeHunter (talk) 19:18, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Hmmmmm. I see. That's not really what I wanted. I guess my original question wasn't clear. What I'd like is a list (one that I can, say, copy-and-paste). For example, if you go to the far left-hand side of this page, there is a link that says "What links here". If you click that link, you get a list of articles. I was essentially asking if there is a list that generates like that. Hope this question makes sense. For example, when I conduct a search (as you had suggested), I just get a bunch of search results. But, I can't copy-and-paste those results (in the same way that I can with the "What links here" results). Also, if you click a "category" in Wikipedia, you get a list of article in that category. I am looking for something along those lines: a list, not simply search results (if that makes sense). Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 19:27, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Help:Searching#Other search tools includes Article title search. It can be very slow or time out. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:32, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, all. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 03:08, 17 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Help:Cite errors/Cite error ref no input

Your first edit to Somerton, Philadelphia inserted empty <ref></ref> tags, generating an error message. I have removed them. Maproom (talk) 21:00, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Rename article

I need to rename an article, but can't see how to do it. The article is 'Saint Paul's Cathedral, Wellington'. We are making an effort to ensure that the cathedral is correctly identified in publicity material etc - our operating name is 'Wellington Cathedral of St Paul', not 'Saint Paul's Cathedral'. Can you please advise how to make this change? Many thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rapperley (talk • contribs) 23:08, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A page's name is changed by "moving" it. Under the Page menu there should be an option: Move page. However, please post to the talk page first a link to (or a cite to if not online) a reliable source showing the desired name. Also note that Wikipedia uses a subjects most common English-language name which may not be the same as its official name. Note also that Wikipedia articles should not be used for publicity purposes, that is to promote the subject (or anything else). Distributing copies of a Wikipedia article is of course just fine, provided that they are properly attributed. DES ^(talk) 23:25, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I see that this has now been done. The article reads in parts rather too much like a publicity release, but I expect that this can easily be corrected. Dbfirs 07:28, 15 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]