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June 18

Referencing errors on Helmuth and Annemarie Sell

Resolved

– Xender Lourdes (talk)

Reference help requested.

How can I repair the references section? thanks ! Thanks, Cole118 (talk) 02:07, 18 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

In the error message the blue "help" link goes to Help:CS1 errors#bad url. --David Biddulph (talk) 02:23, 18 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Cole118, I've corrected the reference error with some notes. You may please read wp:citing to learn how citing should be done. Drop back if you need more assistance. Xender Lourdes (talk) 02:59, 18 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A magic word that indicates how many pages link to a specific page

Is there any magic word that can check how many pages are in the "What links here" list of a given page?

For comparison, there is a magic word that indicates how many pages are in a specific category:

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Is there any way to make the software show the number of pages that link to a specific page, similar to showing the number of pages that appear in a category?

If there isn't any magic word that can do it, is it possible to make the software view the number of pages that "link here" using a script, module or something similar?

Thanks in advance, Guycn2 · ☎ 23:15, 18 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

There is no magic word or other method to display the number to general readers of a page. A user script might display it to yourself but I don't know one that does it. Help:What links here#Number of links shows an external tool that can give you the number. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:54, 18 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I don't ask specifically about Wikipedia. I need it for my own wiki. If I insert an appropriate script to "MediaWiki:Common.js" on my Wiki, will everybody be able to see the number of pages that link to a page? Guycn2 · ☎ 00:17, 19 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

This is a help page for Wikipedia. I guess that could be done but it might give a large server load. I don't know whether the number can be retrieved without requesting the full list of page names from the API. For your own wiki you may be able to install MediaWiki extensions. A quick search found mw:Extension:BackLinksFunctions but it sounds very uncertain whether it works today. The place for MediaWiki questions unrelated to Wikipedia is mw:Project:Support desk. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:42, 19 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Guycn2 · ☎ 04:22, 19 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

New account

Hi Editor, It's more than two weeks since I created my account here (Wikipedia) and uploaded my photo, up until now, I can't see my picture and my account is still incomplete. How do I complete my account and upload my photo again? Has my deleted article anything to do with my account?

RobertNwad. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RobertNwad (talk • contribs) 23:20, 18 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@RobertNwad: Your account has not uploaded any files. The account has made 6 edits (including 3 edits to the deleted User:RobertNwad/sandbox) and will be autoconfirmed when it makes 4 more. The deletion of your sandbox has no effect on your account. If your photo has a free license then it can be uploaded to Commons right away at commons:Special:UploadWizard. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:36, 18 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]