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April 10

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The new article Enchenopa binotata complex should display as "Enchenopa binotata complex". The {{italictitle}} template doesn't provide for "mixed" titles except for parenthetical disambiguators. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 08:23, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

You can use the 'raw' displaytitle function, as I have done here. -- [[User:Edokter]] {{talk}} 08:41, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! I've forgotten that I know this... Facepalm Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 09:10, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

Article not appearing in categories

Can someone please explain why 1977 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament isn't appearing in any of the categories listed on the page? Jrcla2 (talk) 14:24, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

On the face of it there seems no obvious reason why it is not appearing. So it is possible that as a recently created article, the changes have not yet taken effect. I.e. a cache/purge type delay. Eagleash (talk) 14:31, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

@Jrcla2: It does now. I performed a WP:PURGE and I think that is what got it showing up. Before that, I also removed a non-existent template from the page but I don't think that would have fixed the category issue. Dismas|^(talk) 14:32, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the help! Jrcla2 (talk) 20:06, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

How to help write article

How can I assist in writing article and helping Wikipedia --Lucy idegwu (talk) 14:43, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. I have left a welcome message at your talk-page which also includes some links to various policy and style pages. Please familiarise yourself with those before attempting to edit articles but please feel free to come back to the help-desk if you need assistance. Eagleash (talk) 14:53, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

Help with article on Jay Richard Bonin

Hi,

I composed and authorized Biography (with the help of the subject) of Jay Richard Bonin. I have included many references, but the page still says:

"This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. This biographical article needs additional citations for verification. (April 2016) This article is an orphan, as no other articles link to it. Please introduce links to this page from related articles; try the Find link tool for suggestions. (April 2016)"

I don't know how to get this message to go away. Also, the article is not an orphan as the article about Asa Hoffmann link to this one.

What to do?

Thank you. V Lopresto — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vlopresto (talk • contribs) 16:46, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

References

Hello, Vlopresto. These messages are added to an article by way of templates. They are not added automatically, nor removed automatically. An editor must manually add and manually remove the template(s) involved. If you think the issues have been fixed, you may remove the relevant templates. Please include an edit summery indicatign why you think the issue(s) have been fixed. See Help:Maintenance template removal for more detail on this process. DES ^(talk) 17:09, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

Hello, Vlopresto. Please be aware that there is no such thing as an "authorized biography" on Wikipedia, and if you wrote the article Jay Richard Bonin with his help then you probably have a conflict of interest which you should declare. If you are in any way paid for doing this, then under the Wikipedia terms of service, you must declare this: see WP:PAID. Neither Bonin nor any of his associates have any control over the article, and are in fact discouraged from editing it directly: they should make suggestions on the talk page. --ColinFine (talk) 18:27, 10 April 2016 (UTC)