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October 12

Is Rachel Vanderthorne the first transgendered person to be appointed public office in the State of Oregon? Who is?

I am seeking to correct the data that Wikipedia is transferring to the web and seem to have found information that they are not familiar with.Rachel Vanderthorne (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 05:15, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

asked and answered at the Teahouse. Please do not waste volunteer time by posting a question at more than one venue at a time. Nick Moyes (talk) 06:02, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Wikitia, a clone site of Wikipedia has completely copied my Wikipedia draft

Hi, This is to inform you that Wikitia, a clone site of Wikipedia has completely copied my Wikipedia draft.

Regards, Nalbarian (talk) 06:00, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Nalbarian: This is allowed, if they provide attribution. When you clicked the "Publish" button for your edits, you agreed to this "irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the CC BY-SA 3.0 License and the GFDL. You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license." RudolfRed (talk) 06:02, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi RudolfRed, thanks for your reply. I got it. Nalbarian (talk) 07:05, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

can anyone help me to translate this page

https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A5%E0%A5%80 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Skyfly11 (talk • contribs) 10:21, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Skyfly11: does WP:HOWTRANS help you? In particular, please be aware that other language Wikipedia's may have different rules. Victor Schmidt (talk) 14:10, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Skyfly11: ... more specifically, notability requirements here at English Wikipedia are somewhat more strict than other wikis, largely due to what we consider to be a reliable, independent source. For example, blogs, youtube videos, Wikipedia articles, and other self-published/user-generated content are all unsuitable as references. —[AlanM1 (talk)]— 16:05, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Incorrect India Map

The map of India shown on List of national parks of India page is not as per the official political map of India especially the union territory Jammu & Kashmir and Ladhak — Preceding unsigned comment added by 106.193.190.187 (talk) 11:23, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Please discuss your concerns with the map on the talk page of the article in question, Talk:List of national parks of India. Also please note that we will use the map most commonly used by independent reliable sources. We will not solve the political issues between India and Pakistan over Kashmir here on Wikipedia. 331dot (talk) 11:50, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Also, it's an external map via OpenStreetMap. So, even if we wanted to arbitrate the Kashmir conflict on Wikipedia (and we don't), we would be unable to change the map. I would advise to not worry about it, as the article is about national parks in India, not territorial conflicts. We have plenty of articles discussing the disputed Kashmir territories and related issues. Cheers ‡ Єl Cid of Valencia ^talk 16:15, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Old page needs updating

Courtesy link: Sally Knyvette

I find this so confusing I just want to update my wikipedia page and it seems impossible ...please help!!

 can I send you the new text and you put it up??
 my old page is years out of date and not relevant.

Sally Knyvette October 12 2020 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Salkny (talk • contribs) 15:01, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Salkny: Please bring your concerns to the article's talk page and provide independent, reliable sources that editors can use. I strongly suggest using the edit request template. (Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four keyboard tildes like this: ~~~~. Or, you can use the [ reply ] button, which automatically signs posts.) —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 15:09, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Salkny I would correct you in that it is not "your Wikipedia page", but a Wikipedia article about you. If it requires correction, please make an edit request on the article talk page. While we strive for accuracy, the article about you is not meant as a place for the most current information about you, but is for summarizing what independent reliable sources say about you. 331dot (talk) 15:14, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Guangxi

Hey all- I'm seeing the words "Please don't upload files with this title. Use a more precise name." (seen using two different browsers) on the Guangxi page where a map of Guangxi should be seen. This is a major problem for this page. How can it be fixed? Thanks for any guidance! Geographyinitiative (talk) 15:04, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

There is no such a message on the page. Where exactly did you see it? Ruslik_Zero 15:40, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It was caused by this edit. I fixed the table part of that edit but Editor TerraCyprus, who made the broken edit, should check the rest of the broken edit to see if their awb script is really working as it should be working.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 15:54, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This seems to be the diff that caused it to appear. It seems Trappist the monk has fixed it. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 15:56, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Draft 2021–22 United States Network Television Schedule

Can you fix the three references i made please. 68.102.42.216 (talk) 19:10, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

No. It's not just a matter of correcting the syntax: your references aren't defined anywhere in the draft. I guess you copied them from another article, but you need to copy the instance where <ref name="Fox Football"> was actually defined rather than one where an already defined reference we reused by name. See WP:NAMEDREF. --ColinFine (talk) 19:18, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

A page I contributed to has been deleted.

"List of people who have learned Transcendental Meditation" was on Wikipedia for years; I contributed many names to the list. Now it is no longer shown. How do I find out why, and how can I get it re-posted?Craigberg108 (talk) 19:43, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Craigberg108, the discussion for the article's deletion is over at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of people who have learned Transcendental Meditation. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 19:46, 12 October 2020 (UTC) Thank you, Tenryuu. (Sorry, I don't know how else to contact you)[reply]

Disambiguation page Dilys Price

Hullo! There was a page called Dilys Price, that redirected to a TV character. However, I want to write a page for a real live (recently dead) Dilys Price. I have got confused. I tried to change Dilys Price into Dilys Price (disambiguation) but then could not edit Dilys Price with new information (it just redirected). I have now changed the content to be about the real person Dilys Price, but still need a Dilys Price (disambiguation) for the original redirection and the new person. How do I do this, please?? --MerielGJones (talk) 19:46, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, MerielGJones. Normally I would advise using articles for creation to create a new article, and then worrying about the existing redirect, but you seem to have done a satisfactory job on that: well done. We don't generally use DAB pages when there are only two choices: the hatnote is adequate (though I have replaced your {{distinguish}} by {{for}}, as that seemed more appropriate to me). --ColinFine (talk) 21:39, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks,ColinFine for this. I agree that 'for' is more appropriate than 'distinguish' - I didn't know that command existed! --MerielGJones (talk) 22:08, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Can a redirect point to a section?

Page 1971–1972, describing an album by the band Affinity, has been replaced by a redirect to page Affinity_(band) on the grounds that the album is not sufficiently notable to merit a page of its own. I've merged the content of the now-deleted page into page Affinity_(band), creating a new section (Affinity_(band)#Album_1971-1972). Would it make sense to change the redirect to point directly to that section? If yes, do I have the power to do that and how would I do it? Thanks. Misha Wolf (talk) 20:49, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Misha Wolf: Yes that is not unusual; change the redirect, by editing as you normally would, to read as you have posted here (but without the underscores... use spaces). Eagleash (talk) 20:57, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Misha Wolf (talk) 21:37, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, redirecting to the relevant section is ideal. To link to a section you just update the redirect to a section link like with normal links like so #REDIRECT [[Affinity (band)#Album 1971–1972]], I've done so now here. (Undescores and spaces are interchangeable when it comes to redirects) – Thjarkur (talk) 21:29, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Misha Wolf (talk) 21:37, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]