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November 14

Spectrum Internet

Hi, The pages called Spectrum Internet features a product called Charter Spectrum Internet. I represent Spectrum Internet Limited. Do I have the right to just completely edit this page? Thanks CB94.126.210.186 (talk) 14:35, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

Hello, Wikipedia discourages editing where there may be an association with the subject of an article or a conflict of interest, or where it forms part of your job. Please see WP:COI and WP:PAID for more information. You can request that edits be made by placing an edit request on the the article's talk-page. Please see WP:PER for more info. Any requests should be backed up by a reliable source. Please feel free to return here if you need further assistance. Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 14:52, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

And no, you cannot replace a page about another company with an article about your own. Joseph2302 16:30, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

Ok -so how do I add a page about the real Spectrum Internet?! Not from a promotional point of view but because the company has done a number of firsts in Wales — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.126.210.186 (talk) 17:55, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

The fact that you want to add an article about your company implies that you are here for promotional reasons. You are discouraged from editing an article about your company because of your conflict of interest; but not forbidden. You may (after making the WP:PAID declaration) create a draft using the Article wizard, and expect to have it fiercely reviewed. Please read your first article, and remember that Wikipedia has essentially no interest in what you or the company say about themselves: it is only interested in what people who have no connection whatever with the company have published about it in reliable places such as major newspapers or books from reputable publishers. That excludes anything from the company's own website, anything based on an interview or press release, any passing mentions in directories, and anything on social media. --ColinFine (talk) 19:53, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

how to create link in wiki article to point to wiktionary

I want a link in my wiki page to point to a page in the Wiktionary. This syntax does not work.

Similes

How to fix it? The page is in my sandbox2

thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Smithriedel (talk • contribs) 15:03, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

Hello, Smithriedel. The syntax is [[:wikt:Category:English similes]], which produces wikt:Category:English similes. (I'm not sure if you need the initial ':', but it does no harm: you need it when you are referring to a category within Wikipedia, and I always use it for interwiki links). If you want it not to show the 'wiki' prefix, you can use the pipe trick:[[:wikt:Category:English similes|]], which displays as Category:English similes. If you want to suppress the "Category" as well, you'll need to give explicit text after the pipe: [[:wikt:Category:English similes|English similes]]--ColinFine (talk) 16:05, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

Please note THat Thomas Milne is no longer Head Coach. New Head Coach is Brian Perrin

Please note THat Thomas Milne is no longer Head Coach. New Head Coach is Brian Perrin — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.52.182.205 (talk) 16:18, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

Hi 70.52.182.205
You haven't said which article you are referring to, but although "Thomas Milne" appears 7 times in our articles - as shown here - none of these refer to him as a head coach - so I wonder if you have the spelling right? Could you please confirm which article you are referring to and cite a reliable source where the change can be verified - Thanks - Arjayay (talk) 16:29, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

I'm going to take a guess and suggest you mean Thomas Milne, the former Aurora Tigers coach. The article Aurora Tigers lists the new head coach, however I suspect your complaint is with Google. Unfortunately, we do not control Google, and you would need to contact them directly. Joseph2302 19:02, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

The IP updated the article four minutes after posting here.[1] There is a Google feature in https://www.google.com/search?q=Aurora+Tigers I haven't seen before. Below the search hit on Wikipedia's Aurora Tigers in the left column I see the text:

Owner(s)‎: ‎Jim & Rita Thomson Home arena‎: ‎Aurora Community Center

Head coach‎: ‎Thomas Milne (2015-16) City‎: ‎Aurora, Ontario‎, Canada

Google hasn't indexed our article since the IP update so "‎Thomas Milne" is still displayed at the time of my post. These fields are apparently taken from Wikipedia, unlike the fields in the Google Knowledge Graph at the top right of many searches (not this search). There only a specific paragraph ending with "Wikipedia" is taken from Wikipedia, as explained in {{HD/GKG}}. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:19, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

Re: ‪Dharmadhyaksha‬ left you a message on Wikipedia - deleted files

Hi, I am writing with regards to a message Dharmadhyaksha‬ left:

Dharmadhyaksha‬ left a message on your talk page in "‪File:Hurriyah by Soraya Syed.jpg listed for discus...‬".	 

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Hurriyah by Soraya Syed.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for discussion. Please see the discussion...

My images have been removed from my page and I am not sure how to get them back up and who to give authorisation for them to be used and to confirm that the copyright is mine.

I look forward to hearing from you81.149.33.90 (talk) 17:49, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

• Hello,

If you want to confirm copyright of an image you own and donate it to Wikipedia, you need to follow the steps outlined at WP:DCM. Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 18:04, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

Trump

You guess need to update the presidential popular vote trump has more then Hillary Clinton. Or are you controlled by the liberal media. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.81.90.126 (talk) 17:57, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

• United States presidential election, 2016 quotes the Associated Press with numbers at 60,371,193 for Trump and at 61,039,676 for Clinton. You would need to quote a reliable source for Wikipedia to change/update those numbers. Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 18:02, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

Finding interaction with another editor

Is there a way to find when last I interacted with another editor? By interaction I mean any of: posted to their talk page or they posted on mine; pinged them on any other page; or edited the same (arbitrary) page as them within X hours/days? Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 18:55, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

At the top of your user page and talk page is a line of words, one of which is "contributions". Clicking on this will show your recent contributions and you can look through these to find interactions. Britmax (talk) 19:21, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

Thanks Britmax but that only finds instances when I have edited the other Wikipedian's talk page, otherwise their username is not recorded in my contributions log. Scrolling through thousands of entries over months is also not easy, so effectively it will only find fairly recent posts by myself to that persons talk page. It is far easier to simply search their talk page archive. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 20:22, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Tools#User interaction analysis mentions two tools. The first is down or closed. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:42, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

• Dodger67 hello. The issue you may find with the second tool is that it only shows the page name and does not lead you to the specific archive where your and another user's name may be present. A workaround could be using the Everything search option on Wikipedia and searching for the user string "User1" AND "User2" – including the double quotes (for example, to search for your and my interactions, I would type "Lourdes" AND "Dodger67" in the search box while checking the Everything option). This shows the specific archive rather than just the page name. Another workaround could be to use Google and type "Doger67" AND "Lourdes" site:en.wikipedia.org in the search box. Of course, none of these definitively shows we both have interacted, just that our names are mentioned in the respective pages. And you may have to weed out irrelevant search results yourself. Thanks. Lourdes 23:59, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

Coke Studio Pakistan

Hi once again! The mentioned section of article contains a table, which does not look like a "good table". Can it be very-much-simplified? Also, the table (I think) must contain the name of Ali Zafar, because he was also featured as a lead singer in seasons 1, 2 and 8 of the mentioned studio. Hope for kind response. Thanks! M.Billoo2000 (talk) 20:51, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

Since the chart is so wide, why not just convert it to a list? †dismas†|^(talk) 21:01, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

Or flip the horizontal and vertical axis. Season 8 and 9 are ridiculously wide in the current table. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:32, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

Anything, that makes it look good than what it is now (looks like a garbage, hahaha!). Being a new user, it would be very hard for me. Thanks for your kind response! Also, one thing that there are so many "repeated links", I think they should be used once in table. Thanks! M.Billoo2000 (talk) 22:03, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_gubernatorial_election,_1982

Resolved

 – Lourdes

This page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_gubernatorial_election,_1982 has linked Judith Faulkner [me] to a page belonging to Judy Faulkner who is definitely not me... please remove the link quickly.

Judith Faulkner24.95.128.151 (talk) 21:59, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

21:56, 14 November 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.95.128.151 (talk)

• Done by Nyttend. Lourdes 00:26, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

Help:Cite errors/Cite error included ref

there isa error on a page about the north decota pipe line — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:3248:7440:e559:3c52:c114:b72c (talk) 22:18, 14 November 2016‎ (UTC)

 Done

Yes an error introduced by the OP when they vandalised the page. Eagleash (talk) 22:32, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

request for information

hi i would like to know how to add a school to Wikipedia list of schools such that people can get from there — Preceding unsigned comment added by Medina schools (talk • contribs) 22:40, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

Because we have a policy against usernames which give the impression that the account represents a group, organization or website, I have blocked this account; please take a moment to create a new account with a username that represents only yourself as an individual and which complies with our username policy or request a change of username. In either case, Wikipedia does not exist to promote yourself, your school, your employer, etc. --Orange Mike | Talk 22:46, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

(edit conflict)I noticed the user has been blocked for username violations. However, if unblocked then note that Wikipedia lists only contain entries about notable things. In general, secondary/high schools are notable enough for Wikipedia, whilst primary/elementary schools & nurseries/kindergartens are not. Joseph2302 22:48, 14 November 2016 (UTC)