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May 6[edit]

In accurate picture of Tim Cossins.[edit]

Hi, I wanted to inform you that the picture that comes up for Tim Cossins on his wikipedia page is incorrect. He is the other person in the picture and the picture you have, is in fact the manager of the Baltimore Orioles, Brandon Hyde. Could you please put a correct picture of him up on the page. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:3CE0:C550:5DCB:DE4B:7E7C:29B0 (talk) 01:36, 6 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

There is no picture on the Wikipedia Tim Cossins page. You probably saw a picture presented by Google. We have no control over what Google shows and they did not get this from us, but you can inform them by clicking on the tiny little grey "feedback" link at the bottom right under their summary. -Arch dude (talk) 02:02, 6 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

That's exactly what happened. If you google Tim Cossins, you see the photo from this article. [[1]] The best way to fix this would be to add a better photo of him. Do you want to contact him and ask him for a better photo? TimTempleton ^(talk) ^(cont) 22:47, 6 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

That will probably work, but not because of us. We have simply observed that Google tends to prefer to use pictures from Wikimedia Commons that are used in our Wikipedia articles, when we have them. They use other pictures when we do not have a picture. We cannot force Google to use a new picture that you add here and we have no interest in informing Google of this type of error: that's up to the subject of the Google summary or some interested party. -Arch dude (talk) 00:48, 7 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

How to see all new articles tagged for a particular WikiProject?[edit]

Hi, I'm interested in seeing all new articles whose talk pages are tagged with the template of a specific WikiProject. Is there an easy way to do this? Thanks, Philepitta (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 03:38, 6 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe, User:AlexNewArtBot might be able to help (I'm not that sure)? On the bot's page it says "The bot looks at New Articles and puts relevant articles into the New Articles lists of Portals and Projects. The goal is to help editors find new articles related to their areas of interest.". I'm not sure how exactly the bot works though (maybe someone who reads this could help Philepitta on how to use the bot?). There could be other ways to do so though... 173.52.238.41 (talk) 06:38, 6 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the reply. As far as I could tell, AlexNewArtBot only works for a subset of wikiprojects, and it does some kind of textual analysis of new articles to test if they are likely to relate to each project (rather than just collating articles that have the WikiProject template on their talk page). I found a bot User:AAlertBot that gives notifications of some classes of events that relate to a specific wiki project (like AfD's, DYK's, etc), but it doesn't seem to list new articles tagged with the project template. So, I'm still not sure if there's a way to do that? Thanks, Philepitta (talk) 23:40, 6 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

There doesn't appear to be a general bot that does this. The only bot I've found which would help (if configured for it) is EncMstrBot, whose current task is only to update a list of articles in WikiProject Oregon. By watchlisting such a list you could watch for updates. (This is related to ~~my thread above~~my thread).
Does someone know if I could submit a bot-request to keep such a list updated for more WikiProjects, or is it likely to be denied for wastefully creating 300KB pages? – Þjarkur (talk) 23:54, 6 May 2019 (UTC)Archived.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 21:18, 10 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

There's already an article alert page for each WikiProject from AAlertBot (for example, Wikipedia:WikiProject_Liberia/Article_alerts or Wikipedia:WikiProject_Composers/Article_alerts); I wonder if new articles could just be added to the alerts? I just asked about this at at Wikipedia_talk:Article_alerts/Feature_requests#Is_there_a_way_to_see_articles_newly_tagged_with_a_specific_Wikiproject_template? Or do you think it would be better to have this kind of list as a separate page for each project as in the WikiProject Oregon list, since it might be lengthy for larger wikiprojects? Thanks, Philepitta (talk) 01:13, 7 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Dealing with vandalism-only account[edit]

Hi,

there's a user named Murca-editor17 that has only edited the Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign article. The majority of their edits (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Murca-editor17) are vandalism, as can be seen in this edit: [2], for example. What is the best way to deal with the recurring vandalism by this particular user?

Thank you, David O. Johnson (talk) 03:45, 6 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

David O. Johnson: see WP:AIV. Usually, one would wait until a "final warning" had been given (Murca's had only two so far), but in this case, given this is the only thing they've ever done (and they've done it a lot), it should be fine to report them and see what the admins think. Eman 235/talk 04:29, 6 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. David O. Johnson (talk) 04:33, 6 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Eman235:The user was blocked. Thanks for your help. David O. Johnson (talk) 06:19, 6 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Cool. Good. Eman 235/talk 06:20, 6 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Sock puppetry[edit]

Hello. (Q1) Is it considered Wikipedia:Sock puppetry if a logged in User:OkayKenji (me) decides to no longer use the account and instead just use their IP Address to edit Wikipedia? (not to take any sides, I just don't want to use my account anymore). (Q2) Also, I didn't know about puppetry when I edited [3] where I commented both as an IP and as my logged in account as well as [4] (for this I propsed name change with IP, but also commented as a logged in user). Would I be accused of sock puppetry where I did not intend to do so? Thanks! 173.52.238.41 (talk) 06:25, 6 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Intent is everything. As long as you have not used multiple identities (either registered users or IPs) to mislead other users, or to try to circumvent Wikipedia's policies, nobody is going to object. Just noting you've changed an article and saying thanks on the talk page is harmless (although people may wonder why you're thanking them).

Wikipedia:Sock puppetry says "it is improper to use multiple accounts... to deceive or mislead other editors, disrupt discussions, distort consensus, avoid sanctions, evade blocks, or otherwise violate community standards and policies. Rojomoke (talk) 14:12, 6 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

As you've explained the situation here, and also on the talk page of that article, I wouldn't expect any comeback. If you really feel the need for a new username there are several possibilities as explained on Wikipedia:Changing username, but I'd be inclined to look at Maproom's advice on your own talk page and just carry on using your existing account. That is probably the best way to avoid any further complications: Bhunacat10 (talk), 14:25, 6 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Got it, thanks! OkayKenji (talk) 01:40, 7 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Help with disambiguation page[edit]

I started to create a redirect ABIA, for the Australian Book Industry Awards article which I have just created. As you will see, there is already one redirecting to Austin–Bergstrom International Airport. I then inadvertently searched on Abia and found the disambiguation page for that. Should the capitalised version redirect to this page, and the disambiguation page include both versions of the acronyms and words there, or should there be separate pages for capitalised and non-capitalised? I can't seem to find a clear direction about this in MOS:DAB. Laterthanyouthink (talk) 07:59, 6 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Laterthanyouthink Thanks for the new article. Normal practice is to include varying capitalisations on the same DAB page (see WP:DABCOMBINE). So I'd redirect ABIA to Abia, and in Abia insert a new entry under "Other uses" and change the top line to read "Abia or ABIA may refer to:": Bhunacat10 (talk), 14:34, 6 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, great, thanks for that, Bhunacat10. I thought that that seemed like the most sensible course of action, but thought that I'd better make sure first. I'll fix it up tomorrow. (The new article also needs work but it might be a while until I get back to that one!) Laterthanyouthink (talk) 14:55, 6 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

CSD A7 lag problem[edit]

Often the list of pages in CSD categories, seen on the right here, is in lag. Refreshing the page normally fixes that. Lately, the A7 category always has one more page than it should even after refreshing. I can't figure out what's wrong.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:54, 6 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Bbb23, I've gone through the template generating the box, I can't find the cause of the issue. Perhaps adding and removing a page from the category might fix it? I don't know all the ins and outs of the software, but maybe it will work? WelpThatWorked (talk) 16:18, 6 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Bbb23: {{PAGESINCATEGORY:Candidates for speedy deletion as importance or significance not asserted}} produces 1. At the time of writing it says "2" while Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as importance or significance not asserted only displays one page Mind Studios. Category counts are often off. It appears to mainly happen when a page is deleted while it is in the category. I don't know a fix. phab:T18036 is from 2008 and still unresolved. There have been many other reports. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:45, 6 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

As I said, for me at least - and I patrol CSD a fair amount - a refresh gives you the correct number. It's only been lately that it's off by one all the time. Maybe it's just coincidence, and "nothing has changed". In any event, it's an annoyance more than anything else. Thanks for the response.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:51, 6 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

My two cents: I haven't seen numbers of pages in csd categories matching numbers displayed for several weeks, so I've come to take that for granted (e.g. the CSD Categories display may say there are 19 candidates for speedy deletion as abandoned drafts while that category may be empty or have very few). – Athaenara ✉ 02:09, 7 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Question about adding content[edit]

Exactly. I’d like to ask how to add content or info — Preceding unsigned comment added by Juzam252 (talk • contribs)

Hello, Juzam252, I have left a welcome message on your talk page with some useful links that should help you. If you have any more specific questions, feel free to ask. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 16:21, 6 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

La La Anthony Wikipedia Page[edit]

I am contacting you as I am unable to edit La La Anthony's Wikipedia page to correct some information on there that is false. If you would allow for me to edit or contact me so I can assist you with the edit this would be much appreciated. Looking forward to your response. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Macabeep (talk • contribs) 19:30, 6 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Please discuss this on the talk page of the article. There may have been some attempts to falsify a year of birth. Most reliable sources say that she will turn 40 this year. Dbfirs 19:36, 6 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I found an entry that I believe is incorrect. I created a talk page entry with my evidence (sorry primary research).[edit]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Mathematics/Did_you_know/70

This entry claims that a certain set of integers are all prime.

Unfortunately, Wolfram Mathematica 12 can factor most of them.

I wrote a talk page for the item.

What do I do next? If anything. — Preceding unsigned comment added by NumberRI (talk • contribs) 23:52, 6 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I think you mis-interpreted the statement. "consecutive prime numbers" are by definition all prime. You mis-interpreted the statement to means "consecutive odd numbers." Perhaps you should suggest that the DYK be explained a little better. Two number are "consecutive primes" iff there are no intervening primes. -Arch dude (talk) 23:57, 6 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I think you're right, Arch dude. I find it very strange that such a page - with no source - should appear anywhere in Wikipedia. --ColinFine (talk) 08:15, 7 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It's trivial to find a reliable source by using Google on the number but "Did you know" items are supposed to link to a Wikipedia article which mentions the statement. I see no suitable target article. Dirichlet's theorem on arithmetic progressions is the closest but I don't find it worth adding there. PrimeHunter (talk) 09:33, 7 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Well, WP:DYKs do need a target article, but Portal:Mathematics/Did_you_know seems to be an in-project list of various trivia with no serious attempt to push them to the main page. Since it is not in the mainspace, and notwithstanding the fact that the OP here found it and wanted to correct it, it probably matters little in the grand scheme of things. Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 10:04, 7 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict)This one is a bit weird. It's from 2014, I don't know if maybe there used to be an article on 253931039382791? Seems like the string for Portal:Mathematics/Did you know is completely seperate from WP:Did You Know. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 10:06, 7 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Lots of portals have their own "Did you know" section like Portal:Mathematics#Did you know… It says {{/Did you know|total=75|show=7}} to display 7 out of 75 items at a time. There is a purge link to change the selection so each should be shown around 10% of the time. Portals don't have the same quality requirements as Main Page but all "Did you know" are still expected to link an article with the statement. The idea is to entice readers of the portal to click the link to learn more. Portal:Mathematics is linked at the top of Main Page so it's one of the most viewed portal pages. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:46, 7 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]