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October 20

Photo Stretching

Quick question. I recently cropped the photo of Dan Hurley for his article. It appears to be stretched vertically on the infobox, but it is not stretched according to the Wikipedia Commons page (see [1]). Why is this? - RockinJack18 03:58, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

RockinJack18, I see no stretching on an Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G smartphone using the desktop site. The photo looks normal to me. Cullen328 (talk) 04:49, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

Looks like it was updated, thanks for checking! - RockinJack18 05:06, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

@RockinJack18: You asked why it happened so here is the technical explanation. When an Internet page contains an image, the page can optionally specify a display height and width of the image, even if it's the same as the actual image file. It helps the browser reserve the right space for the image so other content isn't shuffled around when the image is read later and the browser discovers the size. MediaWiki automatically does this. If a new version of an image is uploaded, the height-width ratio may change. MediaWiki sometimes has a delay in updating the specified size in pages using the image (or a page version with the old size may be cached by your browser). Then the browser will stretch the image to satisfy the specified size. It's possible (not sure) that purging the page will help. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:56, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

@PrimeHunter, thank you for the explanation! - RockinJack18 22:42, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

Talk page: manual archiving

Is it allowed to manual archive a talk page without using a bot? 14.0.158.69 (talk) 08:57, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

Yes. See Help:Archiving a talk page#Manual archiving for details. —⁠andrybak (talk) 09:04, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

Your question isn't actually germaine to what it is you are trying to do. If you feel the archiving for the One Direction talk page should be changed in some way, please discuss that first. 331dot (talk) 09:05, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

I saw the WP:TP On talk pages that generate significant amounts of discussion, old discussions are often archived to keep the size of the talk page at a manageable level. This may be done either manually or with the help of a bot. An archive box with links to the discussion archives is normally placed at the top of the current talk page.

but people keeps undo my manual archive even the talk page has a unmanageable level of old discussions. what should i do? 14.0.158.69 (talk) 09:23, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

As I said, you need to discuss it, especially when others seem to disagree. 331dot (talk) 09:25, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

Courtesy link: Talk:One Direction § Other content removal. Folly Mox (talk) 14:58, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

Wrong link

Hello in this wikipedia page Carnatic music

there is an incorrect link - List of Carnatic music festivals. It is a circular link i.e., it brings you back to the main page Carnatic music.

This must be changed. It is fine to point it to "List of Indian classical music festivals".

Can you please do it ?

thanks Raman Ramanp75 (talk) 14:22, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

Ramanp75, fixed. Folly Mox (talk) 14:53, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

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Help me to open wasap and call 27.125.249.77 (talk) 20:08, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

This Help Desk is for questions about using Wikipedia. We can't help you with anything else. RudolfRed (talk) 21:16, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

Admin Help

I am needing a Admin to join in a topic.
There is a person that has reverted a edit, and I am wanting a Admin to join due to:

This person has a history of Edit Wars.
This person has a history of reverting Edits.
This person has not given a reason for reverting the edit.
This person has a history of not giving a reason for the revert.

With this in mind I would like a second opinion from a Admin.
The topic is Postage Paid Thank you. Sheriff U3 talk 21:41, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

@Sheriff U3: This is the wrong venue to ask for admin help. Use one of the appropriate administrator noticeboards like WP:ANI or WP:ANEW. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 22:20, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

Ok thank you for informing me. I will post this there then. Sheriff U3 talk 22:22, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

After the edits were made, Postage Paid was converted to a redirect to Mail#Payment. Maproom (talk) 06:43, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

Not sure how to edit Alan_Alda

In the page for Alan Alda, immediately after where it says "The following is a list of M*A*S*H episodes written and/or directed by Alda." there appears to be just a blank space on the page, the actual list is not visible (at least not to me). There is some information that is visible when I edit that section -- I have no idea what to do to make it appear.

PS: I have not edited this article at all, I just happened to have noticed this issue as I was reading it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mpearl (talk • contribs) 22:23, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

22:12, 20 October 2024 (UTC) Morris (talk) 22:12, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

Do you not see a "[show]" button? —Tamfang (talk) 22:22, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

@Mpearl: I see a box with "Season | Episode | Credit [show]" at Alan Alda#Writing and directing credits. "show" is below "H" in M*A*S*H for me. Do you see it at [2] or if you log out? Clicking "show" expands a table. Can you click below "H"? PrimeHunter (talk) 22:28, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

@Mpearl: The table contents are hidden by default, contrary to MOS:DONTHIDE. I've fixed that (and the minor MOS:SLASH in the preceding paragraph). Bazza 7 (talk) 09:12, 21 October 2024 (UTC)