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March 11[edit]

Administrator needed to create a redirect[edit]

Someone requested the creation of an article on National Academy of Education HERE. The article actually exists, but with a slightly different title: National Academy of Education (NAEd). I tried to create a redirect for National Academy of Education, but found that such creation could only be done by an administrator, due to an unfortunate history of articles with that name. This seems easy to fix, but an admin needs to do it. The best solution might be to rename the "NAEd" version, instead of redirecting to it. Who can help? Lou Sander (talk) 01:51, 11 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Created it for you. Monty ₈₄₅ 01:57, 11 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Lou Sander: Actually, would it make more sense to delete the redirect and move the article there? Seems like the redirect is at the better location... Monty ₈₄₅ 02:01, 11 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Dear all, I have moved the page. All the best, Taketa (talk) 04:37, 11 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Lupton family[edit]

If this is a reasonable suggestion, and I think it is, please add the page Yorkshire to the category section at the very end of this page. Much of this page deals with Yorkshire. 144.139.53.175 (talk) 08:25, 11 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Madam/Sir, the article Lupton family is already part of the category Leeds. The category Leeds is part of "Cities in Yorkshire". As such, I don't think a seperate category Yorkshire is needed. Sincerely, Taketa (talk) 09:02, 11 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I meant to suggest West Riding of Yorkshire. Please add to categories if you see fit - I sincerely believe it is most relevant144.139.53.175 (talk) 09:18, 11 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Leeds is part of Category:Local government districts in West Yorkshire, which is part of Category:Local government in West Yorkshire, which is part of Category:West Yorkshire. We do not put each member of a sub-category separately into all of its parent categories. Please read WP:Categorization#Subcategorization. --David Biddulph (talk) 09:30, 11 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

However, David Biddulph, as far as I can see Category:Leeds is not directly or indirectly included in Category:West Riding of Yorkshire. West Yorkshire is a very different thing from the former West Riding of Yorkshire. Possibly categories corresponding to cities that were in the West Riding, such as Category:Leeds, Category:Sheffield, and Category:Bradford, should be included in the category. I'm not sure where this should be discussed. --ColinFine (talk) 17:04, 11 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Yorkshire? --David Biddulph (talk) 20:06, 11 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

how much time Article take to get into search result of wikipedia and google search engine[edit]

I had wrote an article approx 25 days before but still it is not in a search result of Wikipedia. where is an actual problem.? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Icewardha (talk • contribs) 10:37, 11 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Icewardha: You made User:Icewardha/sandbox. This is not an article but a userspace darft. I have added {{Userspace draft}} which makes a button "Submit your draft for review!", but I suggest you first check out Wikipedia:So you made a userspace draft. Userspace drafts are not included in searches by default. It appears in Wikipedia's search if you check the "User" box on the search result page. If a draft submission is accepted then it's moved to the encyclopedia and will quickly appear in Wikipedia searches. It varies how long it takes before external search engines like Google index it. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:07, 11 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

AFD percentage[edit]

Could someone kindly tell me how to look up what percentage of my AFDs are accepted? Want to make sure I'm at the community standard. Ies (talk) 11:12, 11 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Nevermind, figured it out. Ies (talk) 11:15, 11 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:File Upload[edit]

I am unable to upload the Logo of my institution. Upload button is disabled, though I provide all necessary information — Preceding unsigned comment added by Suparnarai (talk • contribs) 15:47, 11 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Suparnarai: Your account is old enough to upload files so it sounds like you are missing something. The fields with a red asterisk in the upload form are mandatory but one of us can do it. Is it http://www.stagnescollege.org/images/agneslogo.png? PrimeHunter (talk) 16:13, 11 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Army Aviation Heritage Foundation & Flying Museum page[edit]

I was building a page for a Foundation that I volunteer for...the Army Aviation Heritage Foundation & Flying Museum. Last December (for some unknown reason!) I changed my first name used to sign-in from William to Bill. The page was still under construction at that time. Now I am unable to access that page! I have tried to recover it on my own by browsing the Wikipedia FAQ, but haven't had any luck. Could someone please help me recover that page so that I am able to complete the construction & release it for public consumption? Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bill MacIntire (talk • contribs) 21:39, 11 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Bill MacIntire: I assume you are User:William Macintire. You didn't change username but created a new account where you also capitalized a letter differently. Special:Contributions/William Macintire shows User:William Macintire/Army Aviation Heritage Foundation. The old account still works if you know the password. If you use both accounts then note Wikipedia:Sock puppetry. I recommend you stick to one of them. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:07, 11 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. You can still edit it, even with a new name. Anyone can edit almost any page. User:William Macintire/Army Aviation Heritage Foundation 86.20.193.222 (talk) 23:58, 11 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Family of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge[edit]

Please help - I have tried to upload this file - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Olive_Middleton%27s_cousin,_Baroness_Airedale_at_1911_King_George_V%27s_coronation_1911.jpg

I accidently removed another file - New College, Oxford - in the process. I am really sorry. Please return: 1)New College, Oxford pic/file 2)and also the one I am trying to add - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Olive_Middleton%27s_cousin,_Baroness_Airedale_at_1911_King_George_V%27s_coronation_1911.jpg

Please note that this pic does not need to have 1911 in it twice. Sorry again for my incompetance 101.182.96.231 (talk) 23:56, 11 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@101.182.96.231: Fixed with this edit, you just got the syntax slightly wrong. You had [[ instead of | before the description, so it didn't close off the code properly.

The normal way is, [[File:FILENAME.JPG|thumb|right|Put a description here.]] 86.20.193.222 (talk) 00:01, 12 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]