Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2012 August 19

Welcome to the Wikipedia Help Desk Archives
The page you are currently viewing is an archive page. While you can leave answers for any questions shown below, please ask new questions on one of the current Help Desk pages.

August 19

Help with submitting an edited article

Hello

My article was declined because of a lack of verifiable sources. I have edited the article and added six more sources. How do I now resubmit the article??? I don't see a SUBMIT button anywhere. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sfguy3333 (talk • contribs) 04:26, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

Resolved at IRC. Dru of Id (talk) 05:53, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

CHANGE DISPLAYTITLE OF GAYLORD DUBOIS PAGE TO GAYLORD DU BOIS

FULLROOTPAGENAME appears to be protected.

And I wouldn't know how to do it anyway.

Can someone please change the displayed title of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaylord_DuBois so it becomes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaylord_Du_Bois?

I'm in over y head. Sorry.

~Dave — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dave Porta (talk • contribs) 05:33, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

Gaylord Du Bois is already a redirect to Gaylord DuBois, and the article says that he went by both names, so it not obvious that the displayed title should be different than the actual title. You should raise the question on the article's talk page. RudolfRed (talk) 06:27, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

In order to display an extra space the page would have to be moved. That would require an administrator because the target name already exists with a page history. See Wikipedia:Requested moves. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:04, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

Screwy layout for ordered lists

See for example Whorl (botany). Looks like a bug triggered by left-aligned flush images. I see that with Firefox. Please investigate. The list items look unindented and stick to the image for some reason. The HTML looks OK, probably a CSS bug. Thanks. 220.246.157.2 (talk) 08:13, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

Fixed. Ruslik_Zero 08:23, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

Left-aligned image for test purposes

Ruslik has fixed the problem for the article Whorl (botany), by moving the image there from left-aligned to right-aligned. But there is a more general problem here, and I agree with 220.246.157.2, it is probably a CSS bug. I have checked with several browsers:

1. Internet Explorer 9, on Windows: No indentation. List numbers are missing appear overlaid on the image (I only realised this when I used a pale image).
2. Firefox 14.0.1, on Windows,
3. Chrome 21.0.1180.79 m, on Windows,
4. Opera 11.50, on Windows,
5. Safari 5.1.7, on Windows,
6. default browser on Samsung Android: All have no indentation, and list numbers are too close to image.

I think this is a real problem, which needs a fix to the CSS. Maproom (talk) 09:42, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

It is expected behaviour and cannot be fixed in CSS. Rather it is a 'bug' in the CSS specification, which all browsers adhere to. The only solution is to move the listmarkers to inside the list item (default is outside), but that will create even bigger problems because list items will be misaligned in numbered lists. — Edokter (talk) — 12:11, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

New Features

I was active back in 2010, and have decided to return from a long WikiBreak, which was essentially retirement to me. I remember Pending Changes, and I know reader assessment boxes started showing up soon after I quit being active, but are there any other features added in the last couple of years that I need to be aware of?

Thank you. Us441(talk)(contribs) 12:28, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

replacing an old logo with a new one

We have an old logo on our page, ad I can't figure out how to upload and replace it with a new one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Alvarion_logo.png

Please send instructions.

Alvarioncontent (talk) 13:23, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

Logos are a little tricky to handle correctly because of copyright. We can do it for you. Is the new logo http://www.alvarion.com/upload/images/logo_alvarion.gif? PrimeHunter (talk) 15:09, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

Yes!! Can you upload it for me? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alvarioncontent (talk • contribs) 06:22, 20 August 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alvarioncontent (talk • contribs)

 Done I've updated File:Alvarion logo.png. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:37, 20 August 2012 (UTC)

That logo should probably be tagged with {{PD-textlogo}} and {{Trademarked}} for failing the threshold of originality to be protectable under copyright. -- Toshio Yamaguchi (tlk−ctb) 08:27, 20 August 2012 (UTC)

Question for administrator

{{admin help}} <Your Question> my username is my real name and i am afraid of it appearing in edits for a contribution. I've tried to change my username and signature but they are still there. can i delete the contributions to avoid harassment?

--rustarpuke (talk) 13:45, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

You've already done the right thing by posting at WP:Changing username/Simple. - Purplewowies (talk) 14:24, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

Article submitted for review

I am a new contributor. I submitted an article for review on 8-16. I could see a box of notes on the bottom of my preview (but it is now gone) and I cannot find my submission on the list of articles submitted or denied articles. What am I doing wrong?? Thanks, Boca Raton PL (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 20:40, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

You accidentally removed a } from the template at the bottom. It's been fixed and the article is awaiting a review. Jarkeld (talk) 20:49, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

Thank you, Jarkeld, for help on New Article for Review

I apologize if this is the wrong place to say thank you but here is a very big thank you! I have read some of your suggested pages and will continue to learn. I hope to add more articles and become more involved in the Wikipedia community. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Boca Raton PL (talk • contribs) 20:57, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

Well you can always contact him on his talk page at User talk:Jarkeld for matters that are only of concern to him, but this way he gets some spotlight time in front of all of us =P BigNate37_(T) 21:18, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

Changing User Names While Article is Being reviewed

Is it possible to change a user name while an article is being reviewed or is it preferable to wait until the review is completed? Thanks. Boca Raton PL Boca Raton PL (talk) 21:24, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Changing username/Simple; the change would be user name, user page, user talk, user sandbox, user subpages pretty much at the same time, including hyperlinks; places where those were not linked, but merely cited in text, would not update. Dru of Id (talk) 22:55, 19 August 2012 (UTC)