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June 29

Rebecca Tavo

in her page this is stated In 2006, she became BHP Billiton's first female train driver. this is so very untrue and false as i was their first in 1987. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.251.5.24 (talk) 03:03, 29 June 2017 (UTC)

Hi @116.251.5.24: I have tried to find a citation for BHP Billiton's first female train driver; however, I could not find one on a quick search. The current citation is a dead link, and no archive is available. I will contact the news organization who wrote the article for clarification. Do you happen to have a reference (online or in print) that you were the company's first female train driver? If you can provide one from a notable media organization, I would be happy to fix the error. Thanks! Daylen (talk) 03:21, 29 June 2017 (UTC)

A copy [1] of the 2009 source says "Three years ago, Rebecca became BHP Billiton's first female train driver". It's hard to find information about a possible earlier female driver without knowing the name. PrimeHunter (talk) 08:53, 29 June 2017 (UTC)

Unable to login

I am unable to log into my account User:Thankyoubaby, which I have been using for over 10 years. I've tried on different computers and different browsers. Every time I log in, the main page appears and it says I need to log in again. I've cleared my cookies and have made sure they are enabled. I don't know what else to try, please help. Thankyoubaby2 (talk) 15:29, 29 June 2017 (UTC)

Hi, I have the same problem. It lets me log in and shows I am logged in but when I move to the next page, it logs me out. So even if I log in now to edit this, when I click save changes it logs me out at that point so I cannot leave my real signature here. I am User:Bethgranter. As a result I cannot update my preferences e.g. change my registered email address or password. Help! PS I have already followed these instructions to no avail:

"If you appear to have logged in, but as soon as you try to look at a page after 'Log in successful', you appear logged out again, it is very likely to be a cookie problem. See this brief tutorial on how to enable cookies for your browser.

Make sure your computer's date and time are set correctly; if they are not, cookies may expire before they are supposed to. Note that some firewall and ad-blocking software may interfere with the cookie that Wikipedia uses to keep a person logged in.

Some ISPs use transparent proxies which cause problems logging in. This happens most often with some satellite ISPs (particularly HughesNet/DirecWay/DirecPC).

Occasionally, a user may find him/herself "automatically" logged out between beginning an edit and saving it, or when switching between multiple wiki pages open in multiple windows or tabs. This can be a result of your browser's cookie, cache, or firewall settings, but sometimes, especially during heavy server load, the system can "glitch" and your login information will be lost, resulting in a logout." 92.5.89.119 (talk) 16:36, 29 June 2017 (UTC)

It's not a cookie problem, it's an official bug with old accounts. See https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T169261 -79.178.105.233 (talk) 13:12, 1 July 2017 (UTC)

This was resolved by logging in directly to login wiki. Thankyoubaby (talk) 01:18, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

Help:Cite errors/Cite error references duplicate key

Rob Tetzlaff (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

I am unable to add a reference to the page "Rob Tetzlaff." First, the man's name was never "Rob." I knew him. Second, here is my draft reference that would be helpful: but I cannot get your website to accept it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Twistlaw (talk • contribs) 15:49, 29 June 2017 (UTC)

@Twistlaw: When you added the reference you used a ref name which had already been used for another reference. This produced the large angry red error message. In fact you only need to use a ref name if you use the same ref more than once then you just type <'ref name'/> at subsequent instances. In this case the other ref did not need a name as it has only one use. However, the reference already in the page does not agree that he was called 'Bob'. Eagleash (talk) 16:00, 29 June 2017 (UTC)

PS; I have added the alternative name to the page. Eagleash (talk) 16:12, 29 June 2017 (UTC)

References

General Hospital contract & recurring cast lists

I would like to know why some cast member names are in blue and some in black, especially on the recurring cast list? There must be some significance to it but I can't see what it means.

Thank you

Mary McGrath  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 8.41.64.131 (talk) 17:33, 29 June 2017 (UTC) 

The blue ones have articles about them. Try clicking on the name. Dbfirs 17:36, 29 June 2017 (UTC)

Last modified/edited

When did the bottom of pages started displaying "This page was last edited on" instead of "This page was last modified on"? GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 23:17, 29 June 2017 (UTC)

28 April 2017 here at the English Wikipedia when [2] was imported to MediaWiki:Lastmodifiedat. PrimeHunter (talk) 08:45, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

As far as I understand, it was to better indicate that it only reflects the editing of the content of the page, and not for instance changes to images being included in it, changes to the configuration etc etc. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 09:40, 30 June 2017 (UTC)