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December 2

Regarding Maps of India

Dear Sir I am a citizen of India & Pakistan. I happen to see your page referring India and Pakistan. We live as brothers, and there is a problem between us, I agree. But as of now the world record say that the areas marked by you in India that are claimed to be a part of Pakistan is hurting my feelings. If you want to mention the post as it is and you argue that it is correct, Please answer my question, America is a land of Red Indians, and Canadians, whereas Settlements from Europe, England and African settled there. If what our brothers do in India is problem then you have to mention USA as "Land of Red Indians occupied by Europeans and Africans". I believe I am correct. This is not a post of anguish or anger. Just a suggestion to a great organization that the way you display your ideas hurt others too.

Thank You — Preceding unsigned comment added by Myacc05 (talk • contribs)

@Myacc05: Our maps and text reflect what reliable sources say - namely some territory is claimed by both India and Pakistan. If you have a problem with a specific article, please bring up your concerns on that article's talk page. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 02:05, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

Also, be aware that India and Pakistan are subject to discretionary sanctions and WP:ARBIP because of persistent disruptive editing. Robert McClenon (talk) 18:53, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

linking to old version of a page

I just restored some text in Vampire lifestyle that was deleted, apparently by accident, by an anonymous user in the edit of 14:03, 24 October 2014. ← That external link goes to the diff page showing the deletion. I tried to put the same link in the change summary for the history page, but at least in the preview it showed as wikicode, not interpreted:

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vampire_lifestyle&diff=630933838&oldid=629660753 14:03, 24 October 2014]

instead of

14:03, 24 October 2014

Is there a way to do this, as a wikilink or otherwise? Please ping me if you answer. --Thnidu (talk) 01:39, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

@Thnidu: See Help:Diff#Internal_links --NeilN ^{talk to me} 01:58, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

@NeilN: Thanks! --Thnidu (talk) 02:53, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

Can I request an unblock for another user?

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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A user was blocked (including having his talk page access revoked). I have reason to believe he was not notified as required by discretionary sanctions for the ban upon which he was blocked. Can I request an unblock on his behalf with the {{unblock}} template? --Obsidi (talk) 02:18, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

The user in question should use WP:UTRS RudolfRed (talk) 02:25, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

This seems to be a duplicate of an already-answered request at Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions#Can I request an unblock for another user?. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 02:48, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Adding a ghost town to a county template

Hi there. I've tried to add a section about ghost towns to Template:Ocean County, New Jersey, but it was quickly reverted. I added a comment about this on the template's talk page here, but I doubt this will be noticed by anyone. Ghost towns are common on county templates across the US. Thanks! Magnolia677 (talk) 04:41, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

Have a chat to the person who disagreed with you on User_talk:Alansohn. See if you can come to an agreement. 88.104.19.199 (talk) 13:49, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

Citation

How can I make one source be sited more than once as the same number. For example if I want to use the first source in the first paragraph of my article and then that same source in paragraph 30, when many sources have been cited in between.

Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Erilev (talk • contribs) 05:01, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

Use the "ref name" syntax. In the first paragraph, type <ref name="example">http://www.example.com</ref> and then later type <ref name="example"/>. JIP | Talk 05:19, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

There's more on this at Referencing for beginners. Dismas|^(talk) 05:43, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

Uploads

How to find link which is usable on wikipedia of images uploaded by me . I cant find link of my image to use it on any page . Any help appreciated highly . — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nikunjvadera (talk • contribs) 07:42, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

@Nikunjvadera: You appear not to have uploaded any images here as Nikunjvadera or dangernikunj6; however, you did appear to upload the poorly named File:A8XG26VCYAAnfcz.jpg to Wikimedia Commons. Did you really take that picture?   — Jeff G. ツ (talk) 07:52, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

I doubt it, it appears on the internet here with exactly the same file name. - Arjayay (talk) 08:35, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

In which case it may also be worth checking on File:600full-juelz-ventura.jpg. --David Biddulph (talk) 08:39, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

Thanks guys, they're both marked as copyright violations, which will not be tolerated.   — Jeff G. ツ (talk) 09:34, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

images location

i would like to ask where can i find images uploaded by me ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nikunjvadera (talk • contribs) 09:06, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

See the parent section.   — Jeff G. ツ (talk) 09:35, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

You can find a list of your uploads to Commons here. Maproom (talk) 11:54, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

That Commons contributions list is now empty, as the copyright violations have been deleted, but there are references to the deleted files on the user's talk page at Commons:User talk:Nikunjvadera. --David Biddulph (talk) 13:33, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

Deleted files are included in commons:Special:Log/Nikunjvadera (two deleted uploads at Commons) and Special:Log/Nikunjvadera (no uploads at the English Wikipedia). PrimeHunter (talk) 13:46, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

Rugby Union at the MCG

I have added details of a match previously omitted and cited a reference to the Sydney Morning Herald. Both the amendments and reference are included in the revised article but it carries a heading in red to the effect that details of a reference fail to appear between cite symbols. I am unable to find this and correct it. Can you please help? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rugbylock (talk • contribs) 22:06, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

As part of your 2nd edit, you introduced empty ref tags at the beginning of the article by mistake (see this diff), I've removed them. Nanonic (talk) 22:11, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

Referencing errors on Congenital disorder

Reference help requested. How do I fix a reference error? I've received a message from the ReferenceBot. Thanks, Jg9611 (talk) 22:41, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

Hello @Jg9611: you have 2 page parameters (page, pages, at) at once in this reference. You'll need to remove one. If the source consists of several pages, use "pages" and specify a range or "page1, page2, ...". On a side note, accessdate needs a different date format, "../../.." is not supported. Some general CS1 help is linked with the little blue "(help)" link behind the error message. GermanJoe (talk) 23:01, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

 Done - fixed now: [1]. GermanJoe (talk) 05:19, 3 December 2014 (UTC)