Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/April 2016
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April 1
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- Using an image
- local consensus
- United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758
- Redirecting a page because the name of the institution has changed. How?
- registered user
- not certain why I'm receiving this, it seems harassing to me
April 2
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- request edit of page about me: Richard Crasta
- Bot issue?
- How to get a user to read their talk page?
- Death notice posted on my page for March 29
- Filter out list of article based on my expertise
- Informational notes
- Are quotation marks allowed or disallowed in Wikipedia article titles?
- This Page: (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chedi%27s) Has Been Deleted And There Is No Response From the Deleting Admin
- Location of Ole Miss campus in Jackson, MS
- Is there a simple way to take an Excel spreadsheet and convert it into a Wikitable?
- Use of 'in character' images in BLPs
- Comparison of the renewable energy plants
April 3
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- Editing a partially blocked site--Rugrats
- info-en@wikimedia.org
- Profile
- How do I make the bottom row to be double in height, by using the "rowspan=2" command?
- How do I disable sorting for only one column in a table?
- Is it possible to add zebra stripes to a Wikipedia table?
- Wi-Fi in Moscow Metro
- Merge requests
- How to create an article
- Which revision of an article was nominated as good or featured?
- New Welcome Templates
- Collapsible list
- News stories
- Category problem
April 4
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- Title Blacklist
- Creating new article
- permanently disable or delete Wikipedia account
- Correcting Article Wesley Douglas
- Page title change
- Renaming the article "Roberto Menotti" to "Menotti"
- Horace Silver Wikipedia Page
- What is the standard default height of a row in a Wikipedia table?
- what takes precedence
- Google images - can I use?
- Where can I find a list of all the Wikipedia markup codes?
- Neutrality
April 5
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- How do I move an article to a redirect page that points to it?
- Chico Scimone
- Regarding north Carolinas men's basketball page
- Section started by 27.33.147.245
- rename request
- security numbers
- MLK anniversary unmarked
- Can we CSD a user page
- Wikiscan
- moving my questions
- How Do I add A Graphic To A Portal?
- Question
- Is this reuse allowed?
April 6
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- Table problem
- ISLISP site
- Referencing errors on FreeBSD
- Help:Cite errors/Cite error references no text
- Editing a template
- User rights log
- A sock puppet has got to my page
- what options, if any, do I have here??
- Tiny font in Chrome edit box
- Protecting Sierra Academy of Aeronautics permanently
- Read
- Templates
- Blackhillsguy
- How to write a music on wikipedia
- How to set a music password
- how to ...
- How do I request a draft review?
- African American vs. Black
April 7
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- Help needed with Authority control
- Why am I blocked for editing?
- wiki page
- Henley & Partners Visa Restrictions Index
- Visual Editor Talk Pages
- amending page name
- EHelp with 'orphan' pages
- Text in patents that has expired
- Charles Pierrepont, 1st Earl Manvers
- Problems trying to save
- How to Complain a user ?
- extended confirmed user
- Wikipedia Policy
- Train Route
April 8
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- What is wrong with the EB1911 template?
- rename request
- Use of Wikipedia brand to sell a product
- floyd salas
- Help! I can't log in.
- Purpose of Wikipedia
- Uploading my own image work to an Wikipedia article
- Problems adding a date to an image
- Find Sources
- Image in the infobox is misleading but referred to automatically
- Saved Pages on mobile aren't found on desktop site
- David Jolly
- How to "center" an Infobox
- The ethics of creating and disambiguating an entry
- How do I report a Wikipedia-admin?
April 9
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- Help:Cite errors/Cite error included ref
- Charles Pierrepont, 1st Earl Manvers
- I have found a page that requires attention
- The Removal of Chris Russo Solutions from CRS wiki
- Referencing errors on Parrotfish
- Is this page self promotion? Thanks
- Hausa Language and Wikipedia and Languages
- Do not delete the article Stonehenge Kick
- I need help to get a passcode off my iphone
- Ask for help
- Adding to the Days Of The Year list
April 10
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- Partial italic title
- Article not appearing in categories
- How to help write article
- Help with article on Jay Richard Bonin
April 11
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- Mis-information and classification
- Uploading new picture of logo for a company
- rename request
- User:Asastikar sandbox, etc.
- UFC 157
- collaborating and posting a completed article
- Help:Cite errors/Cite error ref no input
- Talk pages and Fraternity Secrets...
- Musical Password
- Can you place Wikipedia blue links in section headings of Wikipedia articles?
- WP:1RR
- Women subcategories
April 12
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- delete my account please
- Begin a new page
- MADAM/SIR G'AFTERNOON
- 'Compare selected revisions' query
- Someone keeps adding racial and non factual terms to a page
- "List of cities with the most high-rise buildings"
- my corrections on a page pertaining to me keep reverting, i keep reporting, please help
- What exactly happened [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3APlayer072&type=revision&diff=714913166&oldid=711121157 here?]
- Editsource
- Question about pending changes
- Problems with using "Edit" option on my sandbox
- Edit source?
- The 'Howie Schwab' wikipedia is a blatant farce
April 13
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- rename request
- "Editing" option changing to "Edit source"
- updates without references
- 1981 Collage World Series
- hacker
- Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
- Deleting a failed contribution
- Surviving WWII Veteran
- Change spelling of Golden Lions CEO
- flying rods
- Agnes Repplier bibliography
- Copyright violation
- Delete the page i created completely
- Help:Cite errors/Cite error references no text
- Article talkpage archiving
- How to edit with a friend
April 14
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- Dead Links
- rename request
- How to create a wikipedia page
- Peter Jannetta, MD
- Please fix the table in List of Republican National Conventions.
- D.O.B.
- Birth names in parentheses in intros
- Referencing errors on 2016–17 NHL season
- Adding an external link to an article about condo hotels
- How to access the visual editor offline?
- help
- Typography style in Wikipedia articles
- rename request
- White Lodge, Richmond Park
April 15
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- Article moved against consensus.
- Images
- how to watch all pages in a category?
- Michael Mount Waldorf School
- Missing edit summary on desktop view from iPad
- How to define a date for an ancient source?
- an article that appears to have been written as a resume/brochure
- Help moving a page
- Can CC-BY-SA/GFDL be revoked?
- WP:BRD
- How does a Saved article get in the process?
- Joker venom
April 16
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- Need help!! Is Geacron.com a reliable source for articles?
- Wikipedia:Autopatrolled
- Persondata
- Persondata tools?
- infobox book does not work
- Help:Cite errors/Cite error group refs without references
- delete / rename request
April 17
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- Deletion of an article
- Wikipedia article traffic statistics
- Image copyright problem
- Obvious difficulty is my age (92) and I was too busy to publish scholarly article
April 18
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- Thomas Ashton, 1st Baron Ashton of Hyde
- UFC 157
- restriction by editing to many external links
- Problem in Editing the page of our own institution
- Clarification on attribution vs plagiarism, please
- Posting an Article
- Authority control (Normativnyi kontrol')
- How many editors watching a page?
- Search redirecting
- swans
- Ram Gopal Varma
April 19
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- How to
- Properly reference an entry substitution
- Problem with signing
- Broken links to sections
- Can't save edits from the default editor?
- salmaan taseer
- Double check on plagiarism and copyright question
- Help:Cite errors/Cite error included ref
- Peer review an article
- Please re write article
- Help:Cite errors/Cite error included ref
- collapsed section
- Visual editor
- Removal of content from one's own personal talk page
- confused about uploading an image from an artist
- PDF copy of article Not Downloading
- versions of an article
April 20
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- James William Middleton
- Moira Dunbar
- Wrong geodata added by bot
- Adding link
- Replacing dead cite urls with archive.org versions
- William Cheung
- Request for medical advice
- Tag for "source too old"
- need help- Patricia Driscoll (business executive)
- Watchlist
- I Have A Question
April 21
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- Help:Cite errors/Cite error references no text
- Jackson on U.S. currency
- the history of vedic culture as explained in wikipedia is false , eroneous information
- Where exactly do the references come from?
- Problems with WiDaR
- Gibside
- Adding Category Box to the end of an article?
- Fixing problems on contribution
- greatest horror films list
- Recourse for abusive reverts with or without targeting/hazing
- Display option?
- Start a wikipedia page
- Referencing errors on 2016 in American television
- definition how to find a word by
- alt text
- Help with Wikipedia
- Can't find the incorrect ref formatting error
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Copyright question
- uploading IRS Form 990 and other documents legislatively mandated for wide public scrutiny
April 22
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- Referencing errors on Gummawala
- Biography
- :Averil Leimon
- One of my students broke Wikpedia
- dead dependent source links
- That monkey selfie
- Notable Alumni
- Name change
April 23
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- Thomas Frey
- weird watchlist notifications
- main page articles
- Inter-wiki amount of Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines
- Communication between Wikipedians
- Referencing errors on CLLI code
- Alec Harris
- Template redirect
- How do I make several rows in a Wikitable have a colored background?
- Is there a template that calculates how many years elapsed from a given year until today (the current day)?
- Deletions since I began reviewing new articles
- DAB page or Anthroponymy page?
- Kootenay Formation page
- Help:Cite errors/Cite error included ref
- extended confirmed user
April 24
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- A draft left in limbo...
- The Laverne_Cox needs fixing
- Linda Brava
- James Kitson, 1st Baron Airedale
- Lupton family
- Website name vs. article title in citations
- can i publish an article with security?
- Earlier queries
- Why was my page deleted??
- :House of Bartoli and :Bartoli family
- Lupton family
- Albert Kitson, 2nd Baron Airedale
- External tools: Revision history statistics
- How do I insert a html id into a page?
- General question about using Google Books
- Is there a way to calculate a value and to also have it sort correctly in a table?
- Is there a way to add a colored background to the "Sequence" Template?
- Editing on mobile
- My WIKI page is deleted !
- I have a few concerns about the Hillary Clinton nomination page.
- My User Page
April 25
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- If I have the hex code for a color, how do I incrementally change the hex code to make the color become a little lighter or darker?
- Could someone please wikify three articles?
- How to find a list of my edits with a particular edit summary?
- how to change the article
- The Browser (website)
- Attempted fraud via Wikipedia site
- Changing MyDriver to myDriver
- New Section
- Hunt of a Lifetime Foundation
- How can I create a forward to a page in another Wiki
- Threatening tone by editor
- joey davis ncaa record
- Edit Content
- Broken logo in article
April 26
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- Reference error on the Legacy section of the Bonanza page.
- Referencing errors on Orthostatic headache
- Creating Two Draft Articles and Unmerging Their Histories
- Talk:Buddhism
- Collapsible list
- we want to register wikipedia
- Moving an Infobox
- Complementary colors: is there some mathematical way to determine the hex code of its complementary color?
- New Article Submission
- Issue in Article Name
- Talk:Albert Kitson, 2nd Baron Airedale
- Phallocentrism
- Music quotation
- Albert Kitson, 2nd Baron Airedale
- Finding a contribution
- Patrolling query
- Help:Cite errors/Cite error included ref
- Help:Cite errors/Cite error ref no input
- Patrick Moten
- Semiprotected page
- Error/possible trolling on page "Feminist theory"
- ClueBot
- BOXES
- Albert Kitson, 2nd Baron Airedale
April 27
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- Review of and feedback regarding artist promotional activity
- character case
- Princess Aisha bint Hussein
- Rina Charaniya
- Help with correcting a page
- Possible unfree image
- Unusual mail, with link to wikipedia.
April 28
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- Greg Murphy
- Date citation error
- Template translation
- copy of Lydia O. Arefeva
- Wikipedia submission process
- pressure change through hole
- Plot inaccuracies?
- User who isn't signed up to Wikipedia repeatedly section blanking without reason.
- Background colours
- Sheffield Wednesday FC - request edit
- Luis Rubiales
- Referencing a Wikipedia article
- Louis E. Eliasberg
- Table apearing beneath the references... why?
April 29
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- Edit Page
- Publishing a Draft Page
- Automated map coloring?
- Searching for individual usage of a word.
- Verifiability
- Global lock
- Age of tree
- Password help
April 30
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- Searching Multiple Archives for a String
- A redirect deletion discussion that needs to be renewed/repeated or speedied
- Non-verifiable information.
- Making a wiki about myself - proposed for being deleted?
- Canadian second world war veterans still alive
- List of Essential Mix episodes
- Referencing errors on Eurovision Song Contest's Greatest Hits
- Referencing errors on Microphone
- How to lock a page from vandalism or malicious edits
- Other Editors I cannot find on the search button
- J. R. Bareis
- More information about Florida history