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February 7

New user reviewing

Are there any user review tools like Snuggle? I'm asking this because it appears to have been down for over a year, with no one maintaining it, and I'd like to be able to review and welcome new users faster than through the user creation log. TK421bsod (talk) 03:22, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@TK421bsod: I haven't used it, but I think that WP:Twinkle can do this. RudolfRed (talk) 05:05, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@RudolfRed: Thank you for letting me know! I didn't know that Twinkle also can welcome users.

Is editing as an IP more anonymous than editing from an account?

An IP over at Race and Intelligence said this. I always thought having an account hid you more, because then only admins or whatever could look at your IP. But if you're an IP then everyone sees your IP. Are there any reasons why you might be more hidden with an IP? They did mention they don't like cookies. I don't think there's any accusations of sock on this IP. Peregrine Fisher (talk) 05:02, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Peregrine Fisher: You are correct. An account can be more private than an IP. See Wikipedia:Why create an account? RudolfRed (talk) 05:08, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Danke. Peregrine Fisher (talk) 05:30, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

That says what I was thinking. But the cookie thing is making me wonder. Is there some sort of admin thing where you can look at users cookies or something? Peregrine Fisher (talk) 05:32, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Peregrine Fisher, As far as I'm aware; checkusers only have access to IP address and useragent (essentailly browser and OS), and occasionally x-forward-for if set up.

They can't access cookies or anything, although cookies are used when a user is blocked with autoblock set to prevent a user with a dynamic IP registering a new account - although this isn't a particularly fool proof method, as they could just delete their cookies. ~~ Alex Noble - talk 13:29, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Peregrine Fisher: The only thing would be WP:Checkuser, which must adhere to a WMF policy. Victor Schmidt mobil (talk) 06:10, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I suppose there is always the argument that creating an account might be more likely to give away information about yourself, rather than using a dynamic IP address. Realistically though, not having your IP on show is probably a better move if worried about security. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 10:01, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators cannot see IPs related to accounts. Checkusers can, but they are thoroughly vetted and have to sign agreements to keep information confidential. 331dot (talk) 11:07, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The IP might be looking at it from the "privacy" perspective of an account being a continuous known identity (and thus all actions from that account being known), whereas IP addresses can change. Schazjmd (talk) 15:40, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Why are there so many American radio subjects on the 'Did you know' section of the main page?

RE - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

I was just wondering how the subjects for the 'Did you know' section of the main page are selected?. Specifically, why are there so many entries related to American radio stations? There seems to be a disproportionate number of entries related to this subject, to the point that I have noticed a pattern even as a casual Wikipedia user. Any clarification would be much appreciated. Cheers Wayde — Preceding unsigned comment added by 49.255.158.158 (talk) 05:40, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It used to be waterways in Pennsylvania. Before that, it was Gibraltar-related topics. There's a complicated process involved in getting an article accepted for "Did you know"; and once an editor has learned how to operate that, they may be tempted to do so repeatedly. Maproom (talk) 07:44, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Every DYK is nominated by a user (they have to be expanded or created shortly before nomination). You'll find certain users (myself included) regularly nominate articles, and these could well be on a particular subject that the user works frequently on. (If you ever see them on cue sports for example, it's likely one of mine.) Full rules can be seen at WP:DYK, but there is a long vetting process involved with getting an article on DYK. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 10:04, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Page Deletion

My page on Hexaware Technologies has been deleted. How can i restore the page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.225.104.90 (talk) 09:21, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

An article with that title has been deleted four times over the last 14 years. Recreation of that article is not currently possible, except by an admin. As things stand you cannot restore it. Mikenorton (talk) 09:38, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:SALT. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:32, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You probably also need to read WP:NCORP and WP:No amount of editing can overcome a lack of notability. --ColinFine (talk) 11:20, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The versions of this article were deleted as being blatant advertising, which is not permitted - Wikipedia is not a means of promotion. See the article at Wikipedia:Spam for more information.--Gronk Oz (talk) 12:17, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Super Bowl LV Logo

Jdvai333 has seen the logo online But how do i upload the logo any questions. 68.103.78.155 (talk) 16:32, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Who is Jdvai333? Doesn't have an account here. Also, uploading logos is a complicated business. Special copyright laws apply to such logos. To do so, you'd need to upload it to Wikipeda (not WikiCommons), upload the lowest resolution reasonable, and specifically tag it for the appropriate fair use criteria (please read WP:NFCC). CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 17:18, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

As it'll be a logo used under fair use provisions, you can either ask at Wikipedia:Files for upload - easy, but it'll be a while before a volunteer does it, or fill in a {{Non-free use rationale logo}} and use Special:Upload. If you know what you're doing already, this is the best option.

You should also read Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria. ~~ Alex Noble - talk 17:20, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Line up numbers

In List_of_active_coal_fired_power_stations_in_Turkey#Active_coal_fired_power_stations_in_Turkey is there a way I can make the numbers in the "Capacity" column line up properly please? I mean as it sorts properly presumably the software knows it is numeric so why is it not automatically right justified? Chidgk1 (talk) 17:19, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You can add align="right"| before the relevant numbers i.e. for the first capacity change "|320" to "|align="right"|320", which mostly does what I think that you want but the citations screw it up - maybe just move them to the notes column? Mikenorton (talk) 19:42, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Chidgk1: align="right" is obsolete. Use style="text-align:right;"|320. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:14, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, PrimeHunter that's useful to know. Mikenorton (talk) 20:32, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Security

I believe my account got hacked, as there are messages citing edits that I have not made. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.118.197.114 (talk) 19:10, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You are not logged in, so there is no "account" to hack. Your ISP reassigns IP addresses occasionaly, so you are seeing messages that are intended for earlier or other users who have been assigned that IP address in the past. Ignore them. You will be better served by actually creating an account and logging in. You may use a pseudonym and you do not need to divulge any information about yourself, so editors have less information then whey you use an IP address, not more. -Arch dude (talk) 19:15, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

As an example, I know that the Internet router that provided your IP address in in Middleton, New Jersey, USA. This is public knowledge available to anyone and has nothing to do with Wikipedia. I would not know where your serving router is if you logged in. -Arch dude (talk) 19:21, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Need help with the css selector for the editing area

I need to change the font size and line height of the editing window in my vector.css. The current selector was copied from Wikisorce which is understandably wrong. vector.css— Ineuw talk 21:02, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

/* Wikipedia edit textbox css*/
#wpTextbox {
	font-family: Courier New !important;
  	font-size: 16px !important;
  	line-height: 100% !important;
	color: black !important;
	background-color: #F0F0F0 !important;
}

@Ineuw: Use #wpTextbox1. I inspected the html source of an edit window with my browser. Wikisource also says wpTextbox1 for me. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:10, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@PrimeHunter: Thanks for the help but it doesn't work. I tried this earlier in the week, so I don't know what is wrong. :-( — Ineuw talk 22:01, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Ineuw: You have conflicting code in User:Ineuw/common.css. common.css runs in all skins. vector.css only runs when Vector is selected at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-rendering. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:15, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@PrimeHunter: Many thanks, It's OK now. I cleaned every Wikipedia .js and .css page of some 5+ years old code. Interestingly, I cleaned the global settings from Wikisource, and then checked Mediawiki some time ago, so I was surprised to find these here in WP. — Ineuw talk 03:40, 8 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia censorship

Why is Wikipedia censoring the article on Susan Collins to be pro Republican and not allowing the truth about her vote in the senate to acquit Trump and also why is it locked and cannot be edited to add the truth in the article — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.241.203.93 (talk) 23:38, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

There is no censorship- but you will not be allowed to claim that her name is now "Susan Trump". We cover what independent reliable sources say, not what random people want to say. You are free to call Senator Collins what you wish on social media. Usually the criticism is that we are not pro Republican, so I guess we are making progress. 331dot (talk) 23:57, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]