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September 21

question about photo

I took the photo at File:CDC 8600 mockup.jpg, cropped it slightly, and improved the lighting and color. It happens that the size of the JPG got larger in the process. The file is still very small and of low resolution. An editor came along and said that it should be smaller. Do I need to get the JPEG smaller, or is it OK as it is? Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 01:21, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

I don't know if you noticed, but the file was tagged with "non free reduce" template shortly after you uploaded the revised version. That tag mentions "In most cases, this reduction will occur automatically: simply wait 24 hours and a robot will resize the image file." –with instructions as to what can be done if that does not occur. So, wait a day or so and see what happens. 71.20.250.51 (talk) 04:51, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

Yes, I saw that. However, the file is very small and low-resolution anyway. I think it got tagged for reduction simply because my modification happened to be a larger JPEG file. The resolution of the revised one is no better than the original. Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 07:00, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

Twinkle

I have been told about the tool Twinkle. What exactly does Twinkle do? And if I want to use it, how do I activate it? The Chemistry Bookworm (talk) 06:14, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

Have you seen the page Wikipedia:Twinkle? There should be enough detail there to get you started; if not, post back here. -- John of Reading (talk) 06:21, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

It is a great tool - check it out. Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 07:02, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

Am I blind? I can't see on that page what Twinkle actually does.Kdammers (talk) 11:16, 23 September 2014 (UTC)

What about the second sentence of the lede on that page?

"It provides users with three types of rollback functions and includes a full library of speedy deletion functions, user warnings and welcomes, maintenance tags, semi-automatic reporting of vandals, and much, much more."

--David Biddulph (talk) 11:45, 23 September 2014 (UTC)

Why is Special:Getting started is placed?

Special:Getting started is a special page that dosen't exists, so you might as well change the link or remove it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikipedian 2 (talk • contribs) 07:01, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

Did you see a link to it from a page somewhere? If so, which page? Special:SpecialPages doesn't show it in the list of created special pages. CaptRik (talk) 09:46, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

Do you mean Special:GettingStarted linked at Help:Special page#Miscellaneous? It's a former part of an extension for new users. The extension is still installed but no longer uses the special page as far as I know so the link should probably be removed. It was removed from the extension documentation in February.[1] PrimeHunter (talk) 11:45, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

Proper venue

I redirected Joseph DeLuca (racing driver) to United Airlines Flight 93 because I did not judge him to be independently notable, and IMO WP:ONEEVENT and WP:NOTMEMORIAL apply. (See my rationale at User talk:Clarityfiend#Joseph DeLuca.) However, that has been reverted by User:Taram. AfD doesn't seem to be quite the right place to go, or is it? Or is there some more suitable place to get this resolved? Clarityfiend (talk) 10:12, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

The article has been nominated for deletion. AFD is the proper venue, and redirect is a valid !vote that amounts to a mostly-deletion. Robert McClenon (talk) 14:29, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

Now that I think about it, redirecting doesn't seem appropriate anyway. Thanks. Clarityfiend (talk) 00:33, 22 September 2014 (UTC)

Userboxes

How can i make an userbox?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by TrainSimFan (talk • contribs) 20:08, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

With {{Userbox}}. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:24, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

Extermal links to pages requiring registering

I'm working on an article that will list articles on work done by the person involved.... some have direct links to the entire issue of the magazine containing the article in question, others to the actual page, but some include a list to the home page of the publishers, with the first paragraph of the article and require visitors to register (free) to read the entire article - can I include this last type of link?ScozzeseVolante (talk) 22:27, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

Hello, ScozzeseVolante. Yes, you may reference sources which are behind paywalls, if they are reliable sources which support the facts you are using them for. --ColinFine (talk) 22:47, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

Unidentifiable cite error, revisited

Unable to find the cause of Cite error: A list-defined reference with group name "lower-alpha" is not used in the content, here. Need to correct the error to remove the article from an error tracking category.

This is a similar error to the one addressed here on September 16. John of Reading's strategy for locating the error doesn't work in this case because the error goes away in "Show preview". I looked at the one {{efn}} and all {{sfn}}'s in the article; if any is inside ref tags as in the earlier case, I can't see it. ‑‑Mandruss (talk) 23:31, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

I copied to one of my subpages and the error did not show. Purged the article and it went away. Go figure. --  Gadget850 ^talk 00:17, 22 September 2014 (UTC)

Thanks. +1 trick. ‑‑Mandruss (talk) 00:23, 22 September 2014 (UTC)