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October 31

A question of multi-language link

Hi everyone! I meet following problem when I add the Chinese version of page Anatole Katok, it seems that everything is fine but once I finish it, I cannot find the language link to Chinese version on English page, but if I click the edit language, then I can see the Chinese link... Another strange thing is for mobile version of this page everything works smooth... could any one help me with that? Thanks a lot!--Mathowenw (talk) 03:42, 31 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It seems to be working OK for me, Mathowenw. I wonder if it was just a caching problem? --ColinFine (talk) 09:32, 31 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a lot!--Mathowenw (talk) 13:22, 31 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

i think my redirect is wrong

Hi, dear people, i wanted to make a redirect of Museum Katharinenhof to Katharinenhof Kranenburg - but i guess, i did something wrong as the redirect now leads to my userpage... could someone be so kind to tell me, how i can correct this? Kind regards, --Gyanda (talk) 11:19, 31 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I hope that this edit reflects what you intended? --David Biddulph (talk) 11:26, 31 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, thank you very much! I did it just too quickly and then it was wrong. Thanks again! Kind regards, --Gyanda (talk) 13:02, 31 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

My Wikimedia contributions - link has disappeared

I've been stumped with this one for six months: At the top of the page (next to Sandbox, Preferences and Watchlist), my 'Contributions' link used to allow me two options. Now I only have one. I used to have a drop down to both my Wikipedia contributions (Alt-Shift-Y) and my Uploads to Wikimedia Commons. The latter was a really useful quick link, but has completely disappeared. I've seen other users' computers where this link is still visible, so it must be some 'Preference' change I have made, or possibly impacted by some script I've added. But for the life of me I cannot trace the cause. Any help in restoring it would be much appreciated. Regards from the UK, Nick Moyes (talk) 11:46, 31 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I haven't seen that feature and don't know whether it went to [1], [2], [3] or something else. Here is JavaScript to add a "Commons" link next to "Contributions" (not a drop-down) with the second url (you can easily change that):

  mw.util.addPortletLink(
    'p-personal',
    '//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:ListFiles/Nick_Moyes&ilshowall=1',
    'Commons',
    'pt-commons',
    'Commons uploads',
    null,
    '#pt-logout'
  );

Add it to User:Nick Moyes/common.js next to the existing mw.util.addPortletLink. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:44, 31 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you - that script works perfectly. But I'd still like to understand what change I've managed to make to my own settings which caused me to lose it. Interesting that you say you haven't seen that feature yourself. I had thought I had had that function ever since I had started here, and the other users PC I looked at also had two options for Contributions. Anyway, that shortcut does exactly what I was after - so thanks very much. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nick Moyes (talk • contribs) 23:16, 31 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Nick, as PrimeHunter says above, I too have never noticed such a commons contribution link. I also noticed that at User:Nick Moyes/common.js, you've pasted my complete Page Curation script word-to-word from User:Lourdes/PageCuration.js. While that would work, what is neater is that you undo this addition that you did to your common.js page, and instead simply copy the following into your common.js page.

importScript('User:Lourdes/PageCuration.js'); // Linkback: [[User:Lourdes/PageCuration.js]]

This is properly described at User:Lourdes/PageCuration. Hope this helps in making your page neater. Thanks. Lourdes 03:34, 1 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks - that's now been done, and looks a lot tidier. Regards Nick Moyes (talk) 17:37, 1 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Official Editor

Hello!

My name is Amada Robles and as part of the Communications Team at McLean Bible Church, I work to maintain our online presence. I have been attempting to make changes to several aspects of our Wikipedia pages to reflect recent updates in our church history, however I seem to have been prohibited from making certain changes because I lack the official status to do so. Is there any way we can establish an official editor of this page designed so that our Communications Team and only us may make changes? I can verify my employment at McLean Bible Church if needed. I look forward to hearing from you.

Joyfully,

Amada Robles Communications Associate McLean Bible Church— Preceding unsigned comment added by Mcleanbible (talk • contribs) 14:18, 31 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Amada. The first think you should do is register a different username. Usernames which imply shared use or a primarily promotional purpose are prohibited according to our username policy.

Second, you should very carefully review our policies on conflicts of interest. Wikipedia is the encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and there is no such thing as an "official editor" of any page, nor anyone entitled in any special way to control the contents of any certain article. In fact, editors who are acting as the official representative of a subject, are strongly discouraged from editing an article on that subject at all. You are however encouraged to suggest changes on the article's talk page, which you can do by adding a comment along with this text: {{requested edit}}. Your request will then be added to a queue to be reviewed by volunteers who can make the proposed changes once they've been vetted and determined to comply with out core policies and guidelines. GMG ^talk 14:26, 31 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

As you say "I can verify my employment at McLean Bible Church", there is a more important problem - Under Wikipedia's terms of use you must make a Paid-contribution disclosure before making any further edits to our articles. - Thank you Arjayay (talk) 17:42, 1 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Short version - your edits are not accepted because you do claim to have some kind of "official" status. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 11:32, 2 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

What next?

I have written an article, I submitted it over a month ago. What happens next? I have tried to search it and it doesn't appear in the dictionary.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 185.69.144.105 (talk • contribs) 31 October 2017 17:11 (UTC)

Hello, the only edits, this year, from the address used to post here were to Neil Fitzmaurice in June. Can you give more information? Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 17:23, 31 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) :Hello IP 185.69.144.105. Firstly, please sign all posts on talk pages with 4 tildes ( ~~~~ ) which will add your signature and a timestamp,
As for the article you wrote, it would help if you told us what the title was. The IP you are currently using has only edited 2 articles Neil Fitzmaurice, which was started in July 2005, and Adam Green (footballer) which was started in October 2004‎.
You must have been using another IP address, or an account, when you created your article, but without knowing the title of the article, there is little we can do. - Arjayay (talk) 17:26, 31 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Also, what is this dictionary to which you refer?--S Philbrick (Talk) 17:36, 31 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 In baseball

Can you move the 2018 in baseball page from the talk page to the draft page please. I Would accept that. 68.102.39.189 (talk) 21:57, 31 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Done. --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 09:02, 1 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thank You 68.102.39.189 (talk) 16:59, 1 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]