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May 26

ANI templates

I know that if (hypothetically) I want to send someone to ANI, I must notify them. However, do I have to use {{ANI-notice}} to do so, or can I just leave a message to the same effect? Also, does the notification have to be served manually (or with Twinkle), or can other tools be used to deliver it? Thank you. NotReallySoroka (talk) 04:58, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@NotReallySoroka: The notice template is the easiest way, but manually writing out a message also works. As I don't use automated tools I can't speak as to whether they're options. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v ^{a little blue Bori} 05:14, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Rendering issue in equations

The article Equality (mathematics) has an equation near the beginning which appears as

Rendering issue

I believe the character that looks like a plus with the right-hand bar missing is a mis rendered + sign. -- Q Chris (talk) 08:05, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Looks fine in my browser (Chrome desktop). Bazza (talk) 08:42, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Looks fine to me too. If it happens again try refreshing the page (f5). Shantavira|^{feed me} 08:47, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Please name your browser when you report rendering issues. Chrome has had issues with missing horizontal lines in formulas at some zoom levels. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:55, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

At all zoom levels from 500% to 25%, all +s are still +s in my browser (Chrome desktop). Bazza (talk) 19:49, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It also misrenders on my Chrome browser, but only at 100%. Replacing the + character doesn't do anything. If I add another +, the new one renders fine, but the old one still misrenders. TimTempleton ^(talk) ^(cont) 20:03, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Posted on Village Pump. TimTempleton ^(talk) ^(cont) 20:05, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Also misrenders using Edge. Only Firefox renders it correctly. TimTempleton ^(talk) ^(cont) 20:14, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not true. I've said twice that it's fine in my browser (Chrome desktop); specifically Windows 10, Chrome Version 101.0.4951.67 (Official Build) (64-bit). Bazza (talk) 20:18, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Dude - why would I lie? I'm using Chrome Version 102.0.5005.62 (Official Build) (64-bit). Edge Version 101.0.1210.53 (Official build) (64-bit). It misrenders. It may be the hardware we're using versus the browser. TimTempleton ^(talk) ^(cont) 20:34, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'm seeing this problem as well, using Chrome Version 101.0.4951.64 (Official Build) (x86_64) for Mac OS. It manifests for me as a missing bar in the + character in the "Identities" section, as well as two places in which the lower-right curl of the "x" character is missing. It looks like a regression, a re-emergence of a bug that was reportedly fixed. – Jonesey95 (talk) 23:18, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I see the same behaviour as User:Timtempleton does in the latest Chome version (102.0.5005.63, Windows 10). There's actually a very faint grey line to the right of the vertical bar, which I suspect is due to erroneous anti-aliasing. AndrewWTaylor (talk) 08:53, 27 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I donated last month April 24 and wikipedia took out more money on my credit card this month may 24

Why did wikipedia take out the same donation 2 months in a row on my credit card — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.241.203.100 (talk) 10:16, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

We editors have nothing to do with the donation process, that is handled by the Foundation. You should email them at donate(at)wikimedia dot org. It sounds like you started a recurring donation not meaning to. 331dot (talk) 10:56, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Looking for the rule that prohibits editing others' talk page posts

I need to point the rule out to someone but now I just can't find it. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 13:24, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Dodger67: WP:TPO? The Tips of Apmh 13:26, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

See Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines. There is no absolute 'don't edit other people's posts' rule, but the circumstances in which it is permissible are limited. AndyTheGrump (talk) 13:30, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks @AndyTheGrump I'm aware of that, I just need to actually show the rule "as she is wrote" to the other editor. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 13:48, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Dodger67 I like "as she is writ" better. 73.127.147.187 (talk) 05:59, 28 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@The Tips of Apmh Thanks! Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 13:45, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Natascha Kampusch

Natascha Kampusch:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/aug/25/austria.topstories3
- https://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2006/08/24/astrgttaa.gif

Photo Credit is: Austrian police/Getty

If the creator is Austrian police what is the copyright status?

0mtwb9gd5wx (talk) 15:09, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@0mtwb9gd5wx: The copyright is owned by the Austrian police. Unless you can find an explicit license in writing, then by copyright law you have no license to use that photograph and it is unacceptable for use on Wikipedia. -Arch dude (talk) 15:48, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Is not Austrian government work PD like USA ? 0mtwb9gd5wx (talk) 17:01, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not that I know of. You will need to research this yourself. You may get help at Wikipedia talk:Copyrights. In teh US, Federal-level agencies' work was all placed into the public domain by an act of congress, but that is not a general rule for all governments at all levels. -Arch dude (talk) 17:11, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, 0mtwb9gd5wx. If Getty Images is involved, then it is highly unlikely that the image can be used on Wikipedia. See WP:GETTY. Cullen328 (talk) 17:27, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not necessarily; Getty is notorious for trying to claim rights they do not have on images. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:21, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, but you may have to fight with Getty to get that cleared up. Maybe the Austrian police are using Getty for relicensing. I see lots of images in magazines attributed to <something>/Corbis, and I think Corbis is similar to Getty. Copyright is a mess. 73.127.147.187 (talk) 06:04, 28 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Correcting company profile

My business has incorrect information on Wikipedia such as year founded, annual revenue, facility address etc. which I would like to correct. How do I do that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.98.177.203 (talk) 15:12, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia does not have profiles, not a single one- Wikipedia has articles. Please first review WP:COI and WP:PAID for information on required formal disclosures. You should propose corrections, preferably sourced to independent reliable sources on the article talk page in the form of an edit request(click for instructions). 331dot (talk) 15:18, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Do you see the wrong information on a page here at wikipedia.org or only at an external search engine like google.com? If it's the latter then the problem isn't with Wikipedia. PrimeHunter (talk)

Removing extraneous length of template

I wrote a template for my user page (see User:Capsulecap/Accounts). Everything seems to be fine, except for the extraneous length. I believe the items hidden by the #if parser functions when not included are contributing to the problem. Is there any wikicode or CSS I can add to fix this? Capsulecap ^{(talk • contribs)} 21:46, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I fixed it by using non-breaking spaces. There is still extraneous space there but it has to do with the second div element. I can mess with that later. Capsulecap ^{(talk • contribs)} 22:22, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

How to make something flashing?

How can you make an image flash on wikipedia? This is for a template I am making. 𝕸𝖗 𝕽𝖊𝖆𝖉𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝕿𝖚𝖗𝖙𝖑𝖊 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 (talk) 21:56, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

never mind 𝕸𝖗 𝕽𝖊𝖆𝖉𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝕿𝖚𝖗𝖙𝖑𝖊 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 (talk) 22:00, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

still need help, sorry 𝕸𝖗 𝕽𝖊𝖆𝖉𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝕿𝖚𝖗𝖙𝖑𝖊 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 (talk) 22:09, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Mr Reading Turtle Wikipedia tends to discourage any moving or flashing items. It interferes with too many readers' ability to enjoy the content. That being said, I think you can do whatever you want on your personal user page. You can also ask for talk page advice before adding any flashing images to any articles. That being said, I don't know how to make a template flash, but here are editors who help make infoboxes. They may know. Wikipedia:Userboxes#Users_who_make_userboxes_upon_request TimTempleton ^(talk) ^(cont) 00:08, 27 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The easiest thing to do would probably be to upload an animated file as a gif or something. There are ways of making things flash in CSS/Javascript but they are generally either poorly supported or would require edits to common.js/CSS which would almost certainly be denied. 192.76.8.78 (talk) 00:32, 27 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Mr Reading Turtle If this is for an article, please don't. I hate, hate, hate flashing things on Web pages. 73.127.147.187 (talk) 06:06, 28 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@73.127.147.187 Don't worry, it's just for a template. @Timtempleton and @192.76.8.78 thanks for the help! I have made the Wdefcon template and it's at User:Mr Reading Turtle/Wdefcon. If you want to use it just put {{User:Mr Reading Turtle/Wdefcon}} or {{Vandalism information|prefix=User:Mr Reading Turtle/}} anywhere on your userpage. 𝕸𝖗 𝕽𝖊𝖆𝖉𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝕿𝖚𝖗𝖙𝖑𝖊 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦|☎️|📄 12:06, 28 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Why do I have access to the IP info tool?

I thought only CheckUsers could get information from IP addresses. However, when I look at any IP's contributions page, I see this "IP information" tool telling me to agree to a policy to use it. Why do I see this tool even though I don't have any special user rights? I.hate.spam.mail.here (message me | my contributions) 23:44, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@I.hate.spam.mail.here: I'm not sure which tool you refer to but CheckUsers can see the IP address used by logged in editors. Many public tools can show some information about a known IP address. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:07, 27 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This is the beta roll out of the start of IP masking, sorry, "abuse mitigation", and a glimpse of the future. It's an option in preferences, under "beta features". -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 00:22, 27 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

How do I prevent IP info from being fetched every time a contribs page is loaded?

I enabled the IP info tool because I opt-in to beta features automatically. I agreed to the policy, thinking the tool would be useful in the future if something came up. Now, whenever a anonymous user's contributions page loads, the IP info appears. Per the guidelines, each query is logged. How do I prevent IP info from being displayed every time an anonymous contributions page is loaded? I.hate.spam.mail.here (message me | my contributions) 23:47, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry if I'm asking too many questions in a short period. I.hate.spam.mail.here (message me | my contributions) 23:57, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@I.hate.spam.mail.here: If you don't want to see the IP info, turn off the gadget. RudolfRed (talk) 00:07, 27 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

further questions about that tool can be asked at m:Talk:IP_Editing:_Privacy_Enhancement_and_Abuse_Mitigation/IP_Info_feature RudolfRed (talk) 00:10, 27 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]