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February 23

Can I clear my sandbox?

I've just finished an article, When Jones' Ale was New on my sandbox and submitted it for review. Can I clear my sandbox and get on with my next article, or do I have to leave it there for a while? Joe Fogey (talk) 10:23, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Your draft is at Draft:When Jones' Ale was New, not yet at When Jones' Ale was New. Your sandbox contains a redirect to the draft, but you can clear that sandbox page and later (if you wish) reuse it for a new draft. You may find it easier to use a name other than "sandbox" for new user drafts. You could, for example, have called the previous one User:Joe Fogey/When Jones' Ale was New. --David Biddulph (talk) 10:40, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

Elections

Why am I notified of steward elections when I can't vote? Benjamin (talk) 10:48, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

You need 600 edits before 1 November 2016. You have that now but not then. Maybe the tool displaying the notice can only see your current edit count. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:09, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

Add change of my name where ever it appears.

Hi

Iam Kuntaa Nikkil film Producer, Director, Writer, Actor. I have changed my Name to KUNTAA SHALYAQ REDDY, so please add this name next to my old name where ever it appears.

Thanking you so much

Kuntaa Nikkil @ Kuntaa Shalyaq Reddy — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kuntaa Nikkil (talk • contribs) 16:29, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

We have (only) 4 articles in which the name "Kuntaa Nikkil" appears – you can easily find them by using the search box at the top right of this Help Page.

However, before the requested edits can be made, we need to see the information published in a Reliable Source confirming that what you say is true, because we cannot be certain that the person posting this request is really Kuntaa Nikkil – can you give us a link to such a source? {The poster formerly known as 87.81 230.195} 90.203.118.169 (talk) 17:15, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

User name problem

Hi Wikipeople My social media presence is under a unique name that I devised - leedsface - it is always spelt totally in lower case, is it possible to amend my wikipedia user name and use the lower case "l" to begin the name, at the moment it reads "Leedsface", at odds with my presence across other platforms eg - www.leedsface.com , Twitter @leedsface FB page and large community group (currently 44,000 members and growing by 100 per day) as facebook/leedsface. I would appreciate your help. Glenn Simpson leedsface — Preceding unsigned comment added by Leedsface (talk • contribs) 18:13, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

In short, no. The first letter is always capitalized. SeeWP:UPOL for info. - X201 (talk) 18:58, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

If you put {{lowercase title}} at the top of your user page & user talk page it will display with a lower case "l". --David Biddulph (talk) 19:11, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

You could also customise your signature so that it appears in lowercase when you 'sign' your name on talk pages.

The software doesn't care whether the first letter is capitalized; it'll show as a capital in system things (such as your contributions, etc) - there is no way around that. It's just the way things work.86.20.193.222 (talk) 19:36, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

@Leedsface: You can also enter leedsface in the Signature field at Special:Preferences to sign your discussion posts with lowercase when you write ~~~~. In page histories and most other places it will always be displayed in uppercase. PrimeHunter (talk) 19:40, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

Larry Mcgrew

According to Larry Mcgrew's wikipedia page he was drafted number 2 overall in the 1980 NFL draft. He was not drafted in the 1st round, he was drafted in the 2nd round number 45 overall.

Thank you,

Shawn Manning — Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.243.185.44 (talk) 19:15, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

Do you have a reliable source to support that info?

For now, I've just removed the drafting round and number (with this edit), because the information had no reference. Facts need to be verifiable.86.20.193.222 (talk) 19:31, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.

I couldn't find a page for this. Are you guys working on one? 2602:306:374A:8F70:287A:BD1D:C0C1:BC93 (talk) 20:04, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

Mario_Kart_8#Mario_Kart_8_Deluxe 86.20.193.222 (talk) 20:22, 23 February 2017 (UTC)