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January 28[edit]

what city became the capital of the misson food chain[edit]

i need a answer NOW, please im turning in homework tomarrow about the misson santa barbara i would really like it if i would get a quick response not with smart words i am a dumb :( and even i kno it thank u,. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:645:301:447D:9DF2:6994:1D6A:8F82 (talk) 03:23, 28 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not done Please do your own Homework, also the Reference Desk is the correct place to ask for help. Thanks. Thegooduser Life Begins With a Smile :) 🍁 03:26, 28 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I assume that you will receive a poor grade on whatever homework content you submit unless you work on improving your use of English grammar, spelling, punctuation and capitalization.--Thomprod (talk) 14:07, 31 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Help on a new addition[edit]

Did I mess up on editing this? I'm not sure why it's not showing up on Wikipedia. I will have to check the editing FAQs further later, but right now, I am trying to see if I did something wrong here in getting it to show publicly.

Thank you!

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:TashaJ22/sandbox&action=submit — Preceding unsigned comment added by TashaJ22 (talk • contribs) 17:31, 28 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

You haven't yet submitted it for AFC review. To do so you would add {{subst:submit}} to the top of the draft, but before you do that, please read the advice at WP:Your first article. You need independent reliable sources; pages published by the subject organisation do not establish notability. --David Biddulph (talk) 17:50, 28 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Updates to Bisexual Resource Center page[edit]

I'm on the Board of Directors for the Bisexual Resource Center. Kate Estrop is no longer the president of the BRC and I made edits to update the information to the correct person. Jessica (Belle) Silverman became president last year in 2018. I don't understand why my changes were marked as unconstructive. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.115.159.54 (talk) 19:45, 28 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

To other editors, it appeared as if a random person went on to the article about your organization and just put in a person's name as president, as no reliable source was provided. We have no way of knowing if you are on the Board or not(I certainly believe you, just saying). As you have a conflict of interest, you should not edit the article directly, but you may make an edit request(click that link for instructions) on the article talk page(Talk:Bisexual Resource Center). 331dot (talk) 19:49, 28 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It was the removal of an outdated reference that triggered the reversal of your edit and made it look dubious. We get a lot of anonymous edits adding random names, but your edit was obviously genuine. I've re-done the edit for you. Dbfirs 20:17, 28 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Information on a small grenade donated to the military museum in Florence Oregon[edit]

I'd like to send you 3 pictures I took at our military museum here in Florence Oregon We were hoping maybe you would be able to give us information on it. Thank you. Joe — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wp Badger (talk • contribs) 21:33, 28 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not done This page is for the answers you need to know about use of Wikipedia. For queries and general knowledge questions, please use the Wikipedia:Reference Desk! --Orange Mike | Talk 21:55, 28 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Help understanding Cite error on my page[edit]

I have had this note on this draft Draft:Simpson Protocol - Advanced Hypnosis System

References
"Award Winners – Hypnosis Convention". Retrieved 2019-01-26.
"Ines Simpson – OMNIFINDER". Retrieved 2019-01-26.
"Membership Designations - NGH.net". NGH.net. Retrieved 2018-10-04.
"NGH order of the braid members - Google Search". www.google.ca. Retrieved 2019-01-28.

Cite error: The named reference :3 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mdgover (talk • contribs) 23:08, 28 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Your problem was that you had tried to use <ref name=":3"/> before the reflist but you didn't define <ref name=":3"> until after the reflist. I've fixed it in this edit. You still have a bit of a tangle with further references called up after the reflist, but I'll leave you to sort those out yourself. - David Biddulph (talk) 00:03, 29 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Another problem which you'll need to resolve before you resubmit your draft for AFC review is that you have many misplaced external links within the article text. --David Biddulph (talk) 00:33, 29 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Editing the title of an article?[edit]

The California State University Emeritus and Retired Faculty Association recent voted to change its name to The California State University Emeritus and Retired Faculty & Staff Association.

I would like to edit the current article to reflect the recent change of name and expansion of membership eligibility. However, the editor does not seem to provide an option to modify the title of an article. Should I just copy the existing article to a new article with the new name of the organization, then ask to have the old article deleted.

What's the best way to proceed? Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Mark (mhshapiro) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mhshapiro (talk • contribs) 23:47, 28 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Mhshapiro: Welcome to Wikipedia. Articles are renamed by moving them. You can request a move at WP:RM. RudolfRed (talk) 23:58, 28 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Mhshapiro:, website confirms that, so I've moved it to California State University Emeritus and Retired Faculty and Staff Association Jimfbleak - talk to me? 14:20, 29 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]