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August 4

Human-readable font

How do I get Wikipedia to use human-readable (larger) fonts on its display pages - like it used to? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Keith Reich (talk • contribs) 03:11, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Keith Reich: You may have accidentally changed size in your browser. In many browsers you can increase and decrease the size with Ctrl++ and Ctrl+-, and reset to normal with Ctrl+0. If this doesn't work then try to clear your entire cache. Did this help? PrimeHunter (talk) 10:32, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Glen Affric

Please get rid of the dot (.) between references 21 and 22. SorrySrbernadette (talk) 05:31, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Done Eagleash (talk) 06:12, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Create new page

I have searched alot but couldnt find a user friendly way of creating a new page.

Please guide with simple steps.

There is too much information on each page of wiki that just distorts the main things. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pashakhero (talk • contribs) 08:06, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Pashakhero: What type of page? At Wikipedia:Articles for creation you can create an article. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:36, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Referencing errors on VConnect

Reference help requested. Help. Can't find the error metioned by the ReferenceBot. Thanks, ThePipistrello (talk) 09:23, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

In this edit you changed the question mark in the url to a space. I corrected it in this further edit. --David Biddulph (talk) 09:35, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The other reference errors in the version you linked were invalid dates. The error message said "Check date values in: |access-date=, |date= (help)", and the word "help" was in blue, indicating that it was a wikilink, in this case to Help:CS1 errors#bad date. Those errors (and others) have subsequently been corrected by another editor in this change. --David Biddulph (talk) 10:03, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Interwiki links

I've spotted room for improvement in an instance of interwiki links. Zucchini links to some other languages, including de:Zucchini, but not to Italian. it:Zucchini is about the same vegetable, and links to de:Gartenkürbis. The duplicate German articles isn't something I could cope with, but I'd like to get the en article linking to Italian, Portuguese etc. Maproom (talk) 10:43, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

This presumably relates to the serious limitation in Wikidata, in that it only copes with a one-to-one mapping. Where the choice of subject breakdown varies from language to language, Wikidata doesn't cope. English Wikipedia has separate articles on Zucchini and Cucurbita pepo, but presumably other languages don't. There seems to be no interest in addressing this problem. You can, of course, add a hard coded inter-wiki link to it:Zucchini to the English article, but people tend to object to such links despite Wikidata's inability to cope with this situation. --David Biddulph (talk) 11:03, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Glen Affric

Please do not get angry. 3 problems - I have added a new sub-heading which might not be the right size. Also ref 15 is wrong. Also, should I add a subheading saying "Current" or "Today " for the last few lines? Please help and thanks. 101.182.141.11 (talk) 11:06, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

We're not going to get angry, but we're going to ask you (again) to correct your own errors. The next level of heading below a level 2 heading is a level 3 heading, not level 4, so instead of the ==== which you added for your section heading you need ===. As you say, ref 15 is wrong; the error message has a help link to Help:CS1 errors#bad date to tell you which date formats are acceptable and which are not; "August 4th 2016" is not acceptable, so you need to change it to a format in the acceptable list. --David Biddulph (talk) 11:17, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

[please help]]

Thanks for not getting angry. I did fix up by myself the subheading. I tried ref. number 15 and failed. Please please help me. My students have gone for the evening. Thank you 101.182.141.11 (talk) 11:38, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

You can try reading Help:CS1 errors#bad date again, but if you are still struggling your students can explain it to you tomorrow. There is no deadline. --David Biddulph (talk) 11:46, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Edit reversed

Yesterday, I tried to edit an article about me which is inaccurate and needs improvement in its expression. But my edits were reversed and the current inaccurate article was allowed to stand? Why was this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.32.96.227 (talk) 16:48, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Please use a descriptive title in future questions. Your edit was reverted by GorgeCustersSabre with the edit summary of What a mess. Dear Mr Habib, Wikipedia works according to guidelines; rules, if you like. Please acquaint yourself with these before you make so many changes. If you would like more explanation about the revert, the proper place to discuss would be his talk page or the talk page of the article in question. Pppery (talk) 16:57, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Mr Habib, Wikipedia requires citations to reliable, authoritative, and neutral third-party sources. Two good sets of Wikipedia guidelines that I have found really useful can be found HERE and HERE. Regards, George Custer's Sabre (talk) 17:04, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

OK, thank you for your help. In future, can I run my edits by you before trying to upload them? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.32.96.227 (talk)

If "us" means "someone at Wikipedia" (and not the particular editors that you have met here), yes, you can and even should when editing about yourself. You go to the talk page of the article (for this one, Talk:Rafey Habib), and you use {{request edit}} (see that last link for how to use it).

Maybe it is just me, but I do not really see why these edits deserved a mass-revert. The English Qu'ran translation and the place of teaching need a source, sure, and maybe the former is WP:IINFO, but a mere revert with a RTFM edit summary looks a bit ~~WP:POINTy~~ WP:BITEy. (Or did I miss an awful formatting breakup?) Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 17:17, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

65.32.96.227, please do not edit other people's comments, as you did in this edit. Pppery (talk) 17:33, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

If your intention was to hide personal information that you disclosed, you need to read Wikipedia:Revision_deletion as soon as possible. I am not sure it is possible without rev-del' ing all comments here (considering the topic of the thread). Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 17:43, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Tigraan: ... and the edit summaries of both his last edit and GorgeCustersSabre's reversion. Revdel is probably not going to happen here. Pppery (talk) 17:51, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

articles for creation?

Just need to know where I can request. thank you. --Zortex7161 (talk) 17:18, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

What are you looking to request? There is WP:RA, which is a page for requested articles, if that is what you are looking for. RickinBaltimore (talk) 17:20, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry I wasn't very clear articles for creation. --Zortex7161 (talk) 17:22, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Are you creating an article? If so you can use the Articles for Creation page, and once you're finished an editor can review the page for you. RickinBaltimore (talk) 17:24, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much! --Zortex7161 (talk) 17:30, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

request edit

I am the Senior Publicist at Inside Edition. The below sentence is inaccurate. Ellen DeGeneres does NOT anchor the program's weekend editions and Dr. Phil McGraw does NOT serve as a substitute for Norville on weekday broadcasts. This sentence needs to be removed completely and immediately. Thank you.

Since 2016, Ellen DeGeneres has anchored the program's weekend editions and Dr. Phil McGraw serves as a substitute for Norville on the weekday broadcasts — Preceding unsigned comment added by IreneRogersInsideEdition (talk • contribs)

The proper place for this COI edit request is the talk page of the article in question, in this case Talk:Ellen DeGeneres, I assume. Pppery (talk) 17:36, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I have fixed the unresolved vandalism to Inside Edition. Please see the message I left for you at your talk page for helpful links. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 17:38, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]