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December 21

Business Information

Dear sir,

Please kindly help us to update/ approve our business business information so that Google will automatically fetch the information through web crawling and it will appear on google page also The page link is : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunvait_Network_Limited

The page is for people to view few information about when they want to about Sunvait network ltd

Thank you so mich for your assist — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mike.nifemi (talk • contribs) 01:47, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

@Mike.nifemi: Wikipedia is not concerned with assisting Google results for your company or merely providing information about it. We are only interested in what independent reliable sources state about article subjects that are notable as Wikipedia defines it, for businesses that is at WP:ORG. Wikipedia has no interest in what a company wants to say about itself. 331dot (talk) 01:59, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

And it's gone - nobody else needs to click now. TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 19:10, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

How to handle vandalism only account

Hi,

I have this page on my watchlist and I noticed there was vandalism [1] on it that I reverted. I checked out the user's (User:Hellfire1988) contributions [2] and found that all of the edits from today are only vandalism. What is the best way to deal with it? Thank you. David O. Johnson (talk) 06:05, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

@David O. Johnson: Next time, you can report vandalism only accounts to WP:AIV. Ian.thomson (talk) 06:09, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

The best way is doing what Ian just did. Blocking it.--SirEdimon (talk) 06:13, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

1940 Canberra air disaster

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940_Canberra_air_disaster

my ancestor robert hitchcock has since been found innocent after and report inquiry which is available through abc web series https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/the-history-listen/plane-crash-1940-living-with-the-dead/10156528 my ancestor is innocent no matter what Coulthard-Clark says. we have enough aviation death and grief in our family without adding incorrect facts. see the kookaburra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kookaburra_(aircraft) thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 103.217.167.77 (talk) 11:45, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

Mention of this has been added to the article [3]: Noyster (talk), 14:28, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

Variable question

Hi, I'm wondering if there's an automated way to count edits (like a magic word or something).
Thanks, CrazyMinecart88 (talk | contribs) 11:46, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

CrazyMinecart88 This counts all edits for a user, is this what you wanted? Joseph2302 (talk) 11:58, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

@Joseph2302:

Yes, but I need, like, a template or something.
Thanks, CrazyMinecart88 (talk | contribs) 12:00, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

@CrazyMinecart88: There are templates for standardized display of a number of edits, like {{User contrib}} or {{User mainspace edits}} (found them at Wikipedia:Edit count), but they need pasting the current number manually into the template invocation. I'm not aware of a way to update that automatically. --CiaPan (talk) 12:40, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

@CiaPan:

Ok, thanks anyway! Let me know if you find something else!
Thanks, CrazyMinecart88 (talk | contribs) 12:44, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

• CrazyMinecart88, while the Special:Editcount extension is supposed to add Special:Editcount[/user] that shows a user's edit counts, you don't have such a page or a template on the English Wikipedia that gives an output of the editcount. You can though use the api

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&list=users&ususers=CrazyMinecart88&usprop=editcount Lourdes 14:36, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

@Lourdes: Ok, thanks anyway!
Thanks, CrazyMinecart88 (talk | contribs) 15:09, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

book cover jpg

Yet another likely screwup by me. So I'm editing Laura Wright (academic) and I'd like to use a book cover within a section on her most-notable work. But when I uploaded it, the upload wizard seems to be forcing me to use it in an infobox, which isn't where I'd wanted to use it and already has a photo of the subject. So I thought, well, there's actually another article, Vegan studies, now in draft, maybe it belongs there? But since it's a draft, it shows up as not existing. So now I'm now sure how to fix my error. valereee (talk) 15:43, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

@Valereee: In my opinion the non-free book cover could be used in the infobox of an article on the book but not in the article on the author because use there would not significantly increase reader understanding as required by WP:NFCC#8. It certainly can't be used in a draft. —teb728 t c 18:36, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

@Valereee: If the cover (not the book) were the subject of sourced commentary in the author article, you could change the use parameter in the file's rationale template from 'infobox' to 'author'. —teb728 t c 18:50, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

teb728 whoops,sorry, just pinged you to my talk page! Shall I just let it expire then? valereee (talk) 19:08, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

Yeah, I would just let it expire. —teb728 t c 19:36, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

Bloomington, Indiana

your Bloomington, Indiana description is completely inaccurate. it should also say that bloomington,indiana is overwhelmed with illegal drugs and very rough street people who are violent. people are robbed regularly. it is a dangerous place! stay away from bloomington,indiana. churches have to keep their doors locked. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.138.35.253 (talk) 17:08, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

You're welcome to make any non-POV changes you can source with reliable sources, but a discussion should be on that article's talk page instead. TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 18:39, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

Packing references

Is there a page-guideline that explains editors on how to pack several refs together in one? Instead of reading "blah blah blah" [1][2][3][4][5], we could read "blah blah blah"[1]. And when scrolling over [1], all the refs would appear. I have seen others using template {{r|NAME}} but I 'd wish I could read the how-to-do-it page. Thanks. Cinadon36 (talk) 19:09, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

Template:R May help, are you looking for {{r|group=Notes|NtName}}? Otherwise I don't know what you mean. What article did you see this in?

Thanks!Cinadon36 (talk) 19:33, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

@Cinadon36: I think you're looking for WP:CITEBUNDLE. -- John of Reading (talk) 04:47, 22 December 2018 (UTC)

How to add images

Hello,

I was editing a Wikipedia page about an airline and I wanted to insert a map on the page that showed its destinations. However I joined Wikipedia fairly recently and I have no clue on how to do this. I would really appreciate if you could tell me how this is done so that I can edit more things.

Thanks, Yellow alligator — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yellow alligator (talk • contribs) 19:47, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

@Yellow alligator: A map would have to be uploaded to Commons. If you created the map entirely by yourself, you can do that with Commons:Special:UploadWizard. If it was created by someone else, they can upload it there. —teb728 t c 22:08, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

Airline destination maps are usually done with existing maps and Template:Location map many to show the destinations. I would suggest finding a map in another airline article from the same geographic area (such as a continent) and modifying it by changing the coordinates of the destinations. MB 01:37, 22 December 2018 (UTC)

User:Yellow alligator the current thoughts are that we do not include destination maps in airline articles so you may like to check on the article talk page or the airline project before you do to much work. MilborneOne (talk) 18:38, 23 December 2018 (UTC)