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November 19[edit]

Bill.com page[edit]

Hi there. I'm fairly new to updating Wikipedia pages, but last Friday afternoon I edited a company page I represent (Bill.com) and when I checked back in this morning, it was reverted back to how it looked last week. Why is that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by YaldaSG (talk • contribs) 01:44, 19 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

YaldaSG Your edits were unsourced; all information must be sourced to an independent reliable source. As you state you are a company representative, you should not directly edit the article about your company; instead, you should propose changes with edit requests(click for instructions) on the article talk page. You may also want to use the new user tutorial to learn more about Wikipedia.

You will also need to review and comply with the conflict of interest and paid editing policies; the latter is a Wikipedia Terms of Use requirement and mandatory. 331dot (talk) 01:54, 19 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Education in Malaysia[edit]

Please fix size of newly added file. Please add this cation with link underneath the file -

Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus, established in 1899 in Kuala Lumpur.

Sorry and thanks. 1.136.108.145 (talk) 02:07, 19 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

When you make a mistake, go to the history page and click "undo" to revert that change. RudolfRed (talk) 02:47, 19 November 2019 (UTC

please fix up size of ew file photo. It is way too big and please put caption underneath. See earlier message. I cannot fix up size of do caption with link on the school. Thanks 1.136.108.145 (talk) 02:52, 19 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Done MB 03:06, 19 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Morgellons orchestrated misdiagnosis delusional parasitosis[edit]

Why is user allowed to write an article on a health related subject that they are neither accurate or up to date in their information. The page is locked so other members of the public cannot edited and address the subject fundamentally labelling sufferers and playing doctors or God to an extent. Fact is there's plenty legitimate information and evidence to establish Morgellons as an organic condition not pyschriatric as it's being rolled out as discrediting sufferers unfairly. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A01:4C8:140D:F21D:1:2:68A0:C1EF (talk) 02:55, 19 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Please discuss this on the article's talk page. Provide references to reliable sources. You are free to suggest changes to the article text: if you do, add {{request edit}} to attract the attention of editor. -Arch dude (talk) 03:20, 19 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

My name[edit]

The description of my last name (Cantero) is incorrect.

Please help me to make a correction. Please to The true meaning. (Stonecutter) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:202:100:93F0:C9FB:8331:B3D2:AF67 (talk) 05:23, 19 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that is one of the meanings given by Wiktionary. (another is chamber pot, but that's Italian dialect, not Spanish, and nothing to sing about). Where did you see the incorrect information? Wikipedia doesn't give a meaning. Dbfirs 07:55, 19 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I looked at all persons listed under the disambiguation page Cantero, and found none where the etymology of the name is discussed. Which page is it about? Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 12:09, 22 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Wikimedia_Foundation_error WORKAROUND Hxc2, Hx3 @ CP/M[edit]

Please delete the Hx2 and Hx3 sectional identifiers in CP/M. The WFEM messages I've encountered in the past 48 hours should be trackable via the edit logs for CP/M and PL/I. Aside from the Hx2 and Hx3 tags, there are no article content problems as of this moment. I mentioned PL/I only because of yesterday's problems. Just a wild guess: someone changed a parameter somewhere; I've edited larger articles in the past without any of this. Pi314m (talk) 07:06, 19 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Pi314m:

Done -- John of Reading (talk) 07:17, 19 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion missing: File:Mesilat iasharim1.jpg[edit]

The "discussion" begins "This deletion debate is now closed" yet I haven't found one. All that it says is

"File:Mesilat iasharim1.jpg" (in red)

and

"File:Mesilat Yesharim.jpg" (in blue),

followed by "Deleted: per nomination." Where can I read the nomination and discussion?

(it would seem that the edit I just did to replace the deleted image in Musar literature could have been done by the nominator, or one of the discussees)

P.S. Thanks for earlier help re CP/M (Hx2, Hx3). Pi314m (talk) 08:31, 19 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The deletion was in Commons, not here in enwiki. Commons:Deletion requests/File:Mesilat iasharim1.jpg tells you where to ask questions. --David Biddulph (talk) 08:43, 19 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The link is commons:Commons:Deletion requests/File:Mesilat iasharim1.jpg. There wasn't a discussion with arguments. The nominator placed the reason on the now deleted file page commons:File:Mesilat iasharim1.jpg. An administrator agreed and deleted it. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:53, 19 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

publish page[edit]

I created a page and it's saved as a draft. It's been more than 8 weeks since I tried to publish it. Do I need to do something else? Or how can I do it to get it published? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marinaribot96 (talk • contribs) 10:01, 19 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

You haven't yet submitted it for AFC review, but there would be no point in doing so yet as you have no references to published reliable sources independent of the subject. You ought to read the advice at wP:Your first article. --David Biddulph (talk) 10:05, 19 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Page was deleted[edit]

Hello

A couple of years my company created a wiki page on Primary Source Verification and it was published but after a month was deleted. I would like to know why it was deleted pls?

Thanks Karishma — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dataflow1234 (talk • contribs) 10:32, 19 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Dataflow1234 An article by that name was deleted in May as being created by a blocked user, and as promotional. Companies do not create articles here, individual editors do. 331dot (talk) 10:36, 19 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

User page said not to exist ("Wikipedia does not have a user page with this exact name")[edit]

Hello,

My name is Louis, and I have contributed to Wikipedia over several years under the user page 'Llouest', both in the English and French versions, and I receive regular Wikipedia messages on my 'Llouest' user page.

My question is related to my account and user page, under the alias 'Llouest': every time I open the English version of Wikipedia I get the following notification: "Wikipedia does not have a user page with this exact name. In general, this page should be created and edited by User:Llouest. If in doubt, please verify that "Llouest" exists. Start the User:Llouest page.".

Why is it so, and how to correct it?

Please advise,

Thanks,

Louis — Preceding unsigned comment added by Llouest (talk • contribs) 13:23, 19 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Llouest, this is because you have not created a Userpage for yourself. The userpage is distinct from your User Talk page. Your Userpage is used to describe yourself, while the User Talk page is just a talk page. If you write a userpage, the warning will disappear. Hope this helps! Jeb³ _{Talk at me here}^{What I've Done} 13:26, 19 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It is telling you simply that you have not (yet) created a user page here on enwiki. The place where you have received messages is your user talk page, not your user page. You don't need to have a user page, but if you want one the guidance on appropriate content is at WP:User pages. --David Biddulph (talk) 13:32, 19 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) You do have a user page on the French WP – fr:Utilisateur:Llouest but this is only visible there. As Jebcubed says, create a page at user:Llouest and the message will disappear. Martin of Sheffield (talk) 13:36, 19 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Llouest: It's also possible to use a single user page across all Wikipedias, but it's not a good idea and I don't know the details. The problem is that each Wikipedia has its own rules and conventions for user pages, and what is acceptable on one may not be acceptable on another. Therefore, a separate user page on each will work a lot better, but feel free to add links on each of your user pages to the others. -Arch dude (talk) 00:30, 20 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Arch dude: The process is described at WP:Global user page. --David Biddulph (talk) 03:07, 20 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for reminding me David. @Llouest: see fr:Utilisateur:Martin of Sheffield where you'll see my global user page displayed as an example. Martin of Sheffield (talk) 18:16, 20 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Bulleted list – line spacing problem[edit]

Does it only seem so, or is there, in fact, a – slightly – larger line spacing here between the first and the second (indented) line – as opposed to the one between the latter and the third line? If so, why exactly is that and how can that be avoided?--Hildeoc (talk) 14:52, 19 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

This is a part of the CSS, lists (including sublists) get a slight padding on top: Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 154#Inconsistent line spacing between list levels. I also feel that this padding should be removed, should maybe be proposed at MediaWiki talk:Common.css. – Thjarkur (talk) 15:25, 19 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Difference between Undo and Reverting[edit]

What is difference between undo and reverting — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dq209 (talk • contribs) 15:08, 19 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

They are usually synonymous. Often revert means "reinstating a previous version" while undo is an action in the Wikipedia software that tries to undo a single edit while automatically resolving conflicts. – Thjarkur (talk) 15:35, 19 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Help[edit]

Hi Everyone, I'm kind of new to Wikipedia, and I was wondering can you ask a question at the Teahouse without getting an "invitation" Thank you in advance, Міппеароӏіѕ (talk) 15:24, 19 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yes most certainly, the Teahouse is open to everyone. The invitation is just to let new users know about it should they have questions. – Thjarkur (talk) 15:27, 19 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thjarkur

Thank you Міппеароӏіѕ (talk) 15:59, 19 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tabrez Ansari lynching[edit]

An IP started this afd. Can someone who is good at those please check so it is formated etc correctly? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 16:30, 19 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Done – Thjarkur (talk) 16:52, 19 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 17:19, 19 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Pronunciation[edit]

I've seen that some articles, especially biographies, contain ogg files that are labeled "pronunciation" immediately following a name. Where is the process of providing pronunciation within an article described, both technically and policy-wise. If I find an article that uses a transliterated word, in particular a name that was originally in a different alphabet, how should I proceed to add, or get someone else to add, a playable pronunciation? ...Thank you.... jg (talk) 17:49, 19 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Jgog2: I have produced a number of these .ogg pronunciation files over the years. I'm happy to provide you with more detailed help directly if you wish, but the basic process is:

Using a microphone connected to your computer, and a sound recording program, capture a sound file of yourself pronouncing the word/phrase. (I use a free one called HardDiskOgg, which supports various formats including .ogg.)
Using a digital audio editor, edit the recording to remove excess noise, enhance volume etc., then save in .ogg format. (I use Audacity, also free.)
Upload this file to Wikimedia Commons using an appropriate upload template, and add to appropriate categories. Use existing pronunciation files on Commons as a guide.
It is useful to include brief details of your accent, especially in cases where the word's pronunciation can vary regionally. Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 18:16, 19 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

A couple more points: it is conventional to prefix the file name with the codes representing the language and regional variation in which the word is spoken: e.g. File:En-uk-Brighton.ogg (one of mine) indicates that it is an English word spoken in British English. Similarly En-us, En-au … etc. Then use a template such as {{IPAc-en}} to embed the recording in the relevant Wikipedia article. The lead sentence of Birmingham is a good example. Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 18:24, 19 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Some of your bullet points look like they could start entire articles themselves.
This outline is very helpful though.
Thank you very much.
jg (talk) 02:05, 21 November 2019 (UTC).[reply]

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Stupid question[edit]

What is the font that the Wikipedia logo is written in? GMG ^talk 18:12, 19 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@GreenMeansGo: According to Wikipedia_logo it is Linux Libertine font with a variant to allow for the fancy W character. RudolfRed (talk) 18:42, 19 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

AFC submission[edit]

How many edits or how long does this account need to be active to be able to accept or decline articles? Ive seen there are loads of AFC submissions that need to be reviewed and would like to ease the burden and help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Texas-Dude1914 (talk • contribs) 18:41, 19 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Texas-Dude1914: Thanks for wanting to help! See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Articles_for_creation/Participants. Your account must be at least 90 days old with at least 500 edits, plus some other criteria outlined on that page. RudolfRed (talk) 18:44, 19 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]