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November 17

Issue with text vanishing in user sandbox preview and article, while still appearing in the editor.

I am currently working in my personal sandbox to build an article. While I was working on it today, I started having a weird issue, where a section of the page just vanished from the preview and final page when work was saved. All of the text and elements are present in the editor and there's no <!-- --> in that area of the page. I'm not sure if I've made a mistake in the formatting or if it's a glitch of some kind.--The Navigators (talk)-May British Rail Rest in Peace. 02:53, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

I fixed two errors in the reference syntax.[1] PrimeHunter (talk) 03:05, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, I'm still learning to do more advanced references. (Issue is resolved.)--The Navigators (talk)-May British Rail Rest in Peace. 03:24, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

How to add a red link to person/thing that doesn't have a page but has disambiguation/same name page already existent

Not sure if title is correct so I'll just describe the problem. It's happened twice where there's been a name of a person that deserves a link to a page that doesn't exist yet (red link) but can't do it because there is already a page with that name (different person same name). Can someone point me int he right direction? Happy to elaborate further. Thanks you. Skinnytony1 (talk) 02:56, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

Suzy Smith (adventurer) using whatever you guess will be the DAB. Legacypac (talk) 03:04, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

And write [[Suzy Smith (adventurer)|Suzy Smith]] to produce Suzy Smith. You can click "What links here" at Suzy Smith (adventurer) to see whether others have added the same red link. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:10, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

Thank you Skinnytony1 (talk) 11:14, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

Userbox image addition

How can I add File:ProhibitionSign2.svg to a standard userbox? Clarityfiend (talk) 05:11, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

@Clarityfiend: In {{userbox}}, change the parameter "id" (|id=) to the image you want (with size). ―Abelmoschus Esculentus 05:13, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

I tried that already with the image. All I got was the image title. Which field controls the size (and doesn't it have a default)? Clarityfiend (talk) 06:00, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

Okay, I got the image to show up by linking the picture, but it's showing up very large. How do I shrink it? Clarityfiend (talk) 08:26, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

@Clarityfiend: You need to set the size as part of the "File" syntax. For example at User:John of Reading/Userboxes I have |id = [[File:Bass clef.svg|42x42px]] -- John of Reading (talk) 08:46, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

That worked. Thanks x2. Clarityfiend (talk) 08:56, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

Replacement for Insulin and Hypoglycemic tablets

Dear Wikipedia Help

I have requested for my own account as "DiabetesT2" .

I am working very hard on certain natural foods to supplement the Metformin tablets that do not cure but only help lower Glucose level

Ofcourse I am not a doctor but I am living the condition from a complete healthy life .

Yes I have taken the following precautions

No Sugar No wheat products No sweet fruits No high Carbohydrate vegetables No Alcohol Weight reduced from 120Kgs to 98kgs from February 2018 and it is due to the life style change

We added the following to food consumption 1 Glass of Bitter Gourd Juice + Carraway seeds + Cinnamon powder + lemon+ garlic+ ginger every morning 2 Raw Cabbage , cucumber and carrots daily cut and available to eat whenever hungry 3 Walking 1 hour daily and does not matter when it is done as long as it is done . 4 Sleeping 8 hours a day and it does not have to at one stretch as long as the total sleep is 8 in a 24 hours 5 Leaf of Drumstick vegetable in salads 6 Powdered Fenugreek seeds and Termeric powder before midday meal 7 Glass of Bitter Gourd Juice + Carraway seeds + Cinnamon powder + lemon+ garlic+ ginger every evening

The Blood sugar is now stable at Fasting 115.

I am consuming 2000mg of Metformin after Dinner and 1000mg of Metformin in the morning after Breakfast to keep out the spiking of blood sugar. What food is out there that will help me finally get away from Metformin once my weight is down to 70kg?

Requested by DiabeterT2 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.59.130.53 (talk) 08:13, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

This is the Help desk for questions about editing Wikipedia. We do not give medical advice. – Teratix ₵ 08:55, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

You might want to try asking this on the Reference Desk but make sure to phrase it from a hypothetical standpoint due to Wikipedia:Reference desk/Guidelines/Medical advice. Also look into the ketogenic diet and read "The Diabetes Code" by Dr. Jason Fung. EniaNey 09:50, 17 November 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by EniaNey (talk • contribs)

It will be hard for this user to re-ask their question hypothetically since they asked it specifically in reference to themselves here. 331dot (talk) 09:54, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

Footnotes, citations, other types of references - no standards for order and naming?

There seems to be a huge variation in how the various types of references, including See Alsos to other Wiki articles, are named and listed. I have looked at a fair number of entries and also sought guidance from the various help pages, but there does not seem to be a clear standard set, as far as I can see, for either the order (sequence) of listing these sections or the headings for each. (Help:Footnotes comes closest I think.)
In my mind, footnote refers to a free-form explanatory note about something (which may or may not include a citation), whereas the citations usually referred to as References may be better referred to as "In-line citations" or something like that. It could be argued that the See also links rightly belong either before or after these two, but I think that the Notes/Footnotes probably belong first. Then there are External Links and Bibliography and/or Other References... Is there any discussion about this anywhere that I can have a look at, or can this matter be raised in a bid to create some standards for how these items are listed at the end of an article? Laterthanyouthink (talk) 09:41, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

MOS:SECTIONORDER?

—Trappist the monk (talk) 14:08, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

Ah, thanks for that, Trappist the monk. Just what I needed - don't know why I couldn't manage to find my way there! Laterthanyouthink (talk) 03:03, 18 November 2018 (UTC)

Adminship

Besides being autoconfirmed, what are the requirements to be an admin? How do you request for adminship? KJ2574 09:24, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

@KJ2574: There are no specific requirements to be an administrator, but in general you must be able to demonstrate that you are knowledgeable in Wikipedia policies/guidelines, have a good temperament, and have made a positive contribution to this project. It usually takes at least a year, if not more, to build up such a history. (I was here six years before being considered.) Requests for adminship are made at WP:RFA, where they are discussed and voted on by the community. You can nominate yourself, but it is usually a good thing to have one or two others nominate you. Looking at your edit history and the fact that you have not been a registered user long, the chances of you succeeding at this time are low, and as such I would encourage you not to attempt it at this time. If at some point in the future you want to, I would suggest reviewing some of the materials suggested at WP:RFA and also reviewing some prior nominations to get a feel for what is being looked for. Keep in mind that you don't need to be an administrator to do the vast majority of work here. 331dot (talk) 09:31, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

(edit conflict) @KJ2574: Admins deal with vandals, sockpuppets and straight-up trolls all the time. They are among the most belittled members of the community. Work on articles instead, it's much more fun. – Teratix ₵ 09:37, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

And now they've been blocked as a sockpuppet.--SkyGazer 512 ^{Oh no, what did I do this time?} 15:41, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

That's not a good way to become an admin. ―Abelmoschus Esculentus 06:53, 18 November 2018 (UTC)

QSTK website is not working

Hi Wiki Team,

Your website http://wiki.quantsoftware.org/index.php?title=QSTK_Tutorial_1 has been down for a few days. Please look into it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 118.185.88.145 (talk) 13:59, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

The web site of quantsoftware.org is indeed down. But this Help Desk is for wikipedia.org. QuantSoftware is nothing to do with us. Maproom (talk) 15:47, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

Referencing errors on Ben Gurion Airport

Reference help requested.

I am not aware of having visited or edited the relevant page on that date and I would expect that my IP address will have changed since then. As the edit would have been by another user and I am not an expert on the subject or aware of what errors may have been introduced I cannot correct any errors but would hope that another user will be able to. Thanks, 84.51.133.200 (talk) 15:36, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

Resolved

The edit concerned was three years ago. There are no ref errors currently flagged at Ben Gurion Airport. Eagleash (talk) 16:22, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

Gladys knight

Need update on her page she appeared on an episode of Hawaii five o last night — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.154.73.75 (talk) 17:39, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

 Done TheDoctorWho (talk) 01:11, 22 November 2018 (UTC)

Sean Combs is 50 years old

Warm Greetings. Sean Combs is 50 years old, not 49.

Thanks.

Luke Sikwebu www.lamlafilms.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.113.17.29 (talk) 21:31, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

Luke, do you have a reliable source showing that he was born in 1968 rather than 1969? MarnetteD|Talk 21:33, 17 November 2018 (UTC)