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March 6

Deleted page

Hi, I created a page called Rev Ismaila H.Awudu and it was nominated and deleted. I want to retrieve it back how can i do that? Ebartey (talk) 10:53, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

You should ask the deleting editor, User:Cryptic, if they are willing to move it to your sandbox, where you can work on it. - Arjayay (talk) 11:03, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Did you read the message on your user talk page? The last sentence in the message there says: "If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here." But before that, please read the rest of the message regarding the deletion, and about notability requirements, and the other useful links which you were given in the welcome message, including WP:Your first article. --David Biddulph (talk) 11:05, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

It's not going to be restored on Wikipedia, not with that text (non-neutral, promotional, offensive to other faiths and offering no indication of significance). If you enable email on your account (go to your preferences menu and add an email address on the first tab) then I would be willing to send you the deleted text for your own use, but there's no way it's going to be used on this website. Yunshui ^雲_水 11:06, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

Squiggle popup in section headings

What is the symbol that pops up to the left of section headings when my mouse pointer is near it and what is its purpose? Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 13:51, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Help_desk#Section_linking, above (which coincidentally I just pulled from the section linking tool...) Yunshui ^雲_水 13:53, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

FYI, it is a section sign. Dismas|^(talk) 14:01, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

Thanks. Yet another solution in search of a problem... Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 14:26, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

Discussion at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 135#Link to this section snake and phab:T18691. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:37, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

Now documented: Help:Section#Direct section links. --  Gadget850 ^talk 15:42, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

Geograph images

Hello, I have found a number of useful images at Geograph, but I can't find them at the Commons. As far as I am aware, these can be uploaded to the Commons, but how am I best to do so and what license to I need to use? Many thanks, —Noswall59 (talk) 16:25, 6 March 2015 (UTC).

See Commons:Category:Images from the Geograph British Isles project and the best place to ask for help on Commons' issues is at Commons:Commons:Help desk. All Geograph images on the Geograph website already have instructions and pre-filled commons templates already there for you. Just click 'Find out how to resuse this image'. Nanonic (talk) 17:00, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

@Noswall59: Also, in case you didn't notice the link on the Commons category page that Nanonic linked, there's a tool for uploading Geograph images to Commons. Deor (talk) 23:27, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

Okay, this worked. Many thanks to you both, —Noswall59 (talk) 15:38, 7 March 2015 (UTC).

Link to section

Hi, is there a way to turn off the new "link to section" facility, you know the one where the section sign appears when you roll the cursor over a section heading? Thanks in advance. This is Paul (talk) 17:34, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

This has been covered twice already in the preceding questions. Dismas|^(talk) 17:45, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

So it has. If only I'd looked two sections above, I could have saved myself a few minutes wait. :) Thanks for directing me there anyway, but for those who, like me, didn't spot the discussions and come to this one first, FYI, I added:

.mw-headline-anchor {display: none;} 

to my css, and the annoying thing disappeared. Chrome's new (and unwanted) user menu springs to mind. This is Paul (talk) 18:15, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

See Help:DSL. --  Gadget850 ^talk 12:19, 7 March 2015 (UTC)

Thanks, This is Paul (talk) 14:44, 7 March 2015 (UTC)

This may be a stupid question...

...but a user just created Open Lighting Project with the edit summary "Start the draft of Open Lighting Project" and the draft template at the top of the page. Since it isn't ready for prime time, can I just move the page to "Draft:Open Lighting Project" or will that still show up in the search function as a regular article? APK whisper in my ear 21:17, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

Never mind, already sorted. APK whisper in my ear 21:20, 6 March 2015 (UTC)