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December 23

Receiving constant warnings and captchas for adding links to "too many pages"

Hello - I'm trying to add relevant, useful, legitimate links to various categories of articles, but when I try to actually publish a page, I receive a "Welcome to Wikipedia: It appears you are adding external links to many different Wikipedia pages in rapid succession" error message that then stops the push, requires another captcha. Would it be possible to white list or verify my account, IP or whatever so I don't constantly receive that warning and preferably bypass the constant barrage of captchas? Check my edits, they're all legitimate. Thank you. Ph000 (talk) 02:15, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

Hey, should fix itself when you become autoconfirmed(4 days and 10 edits). If you want me to, I can try and see if I can get someone to confirm you. Also Welcome, hope you enjoy the site! If you ever need anything else, feel free to ping me on my talk page. WelpThatWorked (talk) 02:19, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for the quick reply! Would you mind trying to get someone to confirm me? Take care!Ph000 (talk) 03:22, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

You have enough edits to be autoconfirmed. Just wait a few days and you will be autoconfirmed then. — MRD2014 ^Talk 18:35, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

Embed image with sub-header in infobox

The above discussion (#Diego Simonet)This discussion reminded me of something I tried to do awhile ago, but gave up after considerable tinkering. The above advice gave me renewed hope; but, still no luck (or skill?). What I want to accomplish is adding a coat of arms (image) to a {{Infobox royalty}}, specifically this image to the infobox here, ideally with a sub-header such as: Arms of Empress Elisabeth. Is this possible? —107.15.157.44 (talk) 07:20, 23 December 2018 (UTC) Archived.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 21:22, 31 December 2018 (UTC)

Elisabeth of Austria
Coronation photograph by Emil Rabending Arms of Empress Elisabeth

An infobox field for coat of arms was added and removed in June 2010 [1] with discussion at Template talk:Infobox royalty/Archive 2#Entry for personal coat of arms or/and standard. There are also two suggestions later in the page. It's technically possible to add an image to the end of another parameter. My example says caption = Coronation photograph by Emil Rabending<br />[[File:Armoiries d Elisabeth de Baviere Imperatrice d'Autriche-Hongrie.svg|100px]]<br />Arms of Empress Elisabeth. But it has issues, e.g. with screen readers and other tools assuming the whole field is a caption for the photo. It shouldn't be done without very good reason. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:36, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

Hmmm... Okay, thanks! —[OP]:2606:A000:1126:28D:9AC:871:63D9:8D51 (talk) 16:00, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

Update That suggestion lead to the discovery of {{infobox emblem}}, and thus (work-in-progress) →

Arms of Empress Elisabeth
Order(s)	Order of the Starry Cross Order of Elizabeth and Theresa
etc, etc?

—107.15.157.44 (talk) 19:02, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

Easier way to make pages?

I have been wanting to make pages for things that do not have a page (sports team related) and I was wondering if there’s a simple way to do it. I.E. a template. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Broketheceling (talk • contribs) 07:43, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

Broketheceling Greetings to you. Pls read WP:Your First Article and referencing for beginners to familiar yourself on how to write an article and provide inline citations (sources). Pls also visit WP:NSPORT for sport related notability requirements. Then go to [[2]] to start writing the draft page. Thank you. CASSIOPEIA^(talk) 07:53, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

Hello, Broketheceling. If you look at Special:Log/delete at any time, you will see that hundreds of articles get deleted every day. I haven't explored this, but I am sure that the majority of these are new articles created by people who have not learnt the quite demanding requirements that Wikipedia makes on articles, and have just gone ahead and created one. This is the reason why I would always advise a new editor to spend a few weeks or months getting to now Wikipedia before trying to create a new article; and why (in my opinion) it would be a bad idea to "make it easier" to create an article: I believe we would be deleting even more articles.

I realise that if you've come here wanting to create some articles, these responses might be frustrating; but you will get a lot more frustrated if you plough on and create some articles without understanding about notability and neutral language. If your sports teams are notable (in Wikipedia's special sense - they have been written about at some length in professionally published independent sources) then it is worth somebody going to the effort of creating articles about them. If they are not, then articles about them will not be accepted however they are written, and it will be a waste of everybody's time if you try. --ColinFine (talk) 23:46, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

Spaces in the infobox

Is there a policy for how spacing should be applied to formatting in an infobox? I see some editors insisting on single spacing, whereas others prefer multiple spaces to keep everything in line. I've looked at Help:Infobox and the only clue I can find is Editing the target article which shows an example to be edited with multiple spaces:

{{Infobox person
|name    =
|image   =
|caption =
...
|website =
}}

might be filled out like this:

{{Infobox person
|name    = Casanova
|image   = Casanova_self_portrait.jpg
|caption = A self portrait of Casanova
...
|website =
}}

(Also the Infobox article supports this style, but doesn't say it's how it should be.) Whats' the preference? Chaheel Riens (talk) 10:09, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

I run into all sorts of choices here. The software doesn't care, and the only time that I'll edit things is in the case that the previous editor has stuck it all on one line {{Infobox person|name=Casanova|image=Casanova_self_portrait.jpg...}} . I have seen the vertical bars on the right of lines rather than left enough that it just isn't worth it to change. I do find the lined up equal signs to be cleaner, but sometimes the parameter names vary enough that it may not be practical on some infoboxes.Naraht (talk) 10:59, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

Cheers. I have no overriding personal preference myself - I think the multiple spaces looks better, but don't feel the need to change it when I see it otherwise. I just wondered. Chaheel Riens (talk) 10:19, 24 December 2018 (UTC)

Replacing a redirect page

Hi, can I have help on this: I have created a new page Guillermina (given name) to list women with the name. However searching WP for "Guillermina" brings up a planet in a list: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guillermina&redirect=no I think "Guillermina" should lead to a disambiguation page with the planet and the "given name" as two items on the disambiguation page. Would that be right? And if so, how to do that? TIA MurielMary (talk) 10:52, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

@MurielMary: There are endless minor planets of minimal interest and we have too many redirects on names where a search results page would have been better. I once considered making a mass deletion nomination of such redirects where we have more relevant articles on people with the name. Your page is now the primary topic so I have moved it to Guillermina and added a hatnote to the minor planet. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:40, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

Great, thanks very much PrimeHunter!MurielMary (talk) 19:36, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

Adding edit templates

How does one add an edit template such as the one below:

This article may require copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone, or spelling. You can assist by editing it. (September 2018) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

I am under the impression that there are a lot of standard templates out there that can be inserted, but I cannot find the info on where these can be found.

Thanks, Robertnola (talk) 12:46, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

All templates are under the template namespace. Start your search with template: to search for them. You are looking for Template:Copy_edit. WelpThatWorked (talk) 13:44, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

@Robertnola: And a listing of these sorts of maintenance templates can be found at Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup. Deor (talk) 15:20, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

Looking for help in determining fitness of new technology related page

Hello!

I am constructing a web page on a request from Andrei Nefedov Who with colleagues constructed a ion source, published several papers on it and presented it on some conferences https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Goose-T/sandbox

Right now I'm looking for help in determening whether the article is conformance with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability and what else can I do to make it publishable.

Any support would be greatly appreciated, thank you so much in advance! Sincerely, Efim Goose-T (talk) 14:09, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

@Goose-T: the papers and presentations are primary sources, and as such do not constitute "reliable sources" that contribute to notability. To establish notability of this subject, you must find independent secondary sources such as articles written by science reporters. Tens of thousands of scientific projects result in papers and presentations each year, and while many are important and worthwhile, fewer are notable. -Arch dude (talk) 16:01, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

Found an error

I don't want to sign up, but I found an error. Topic is Harry potter. The name of the first movie is stated wrong. Should be Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone, but it says Harry Potter and the philosophers stone. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:D700:A9F0:6486:13D7:25E4:497 (talk) 16:07, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

As per the article Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, this is the correct name. However, in America only, it was published as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. So not a mistake, but just not using the American name. Joseph2302 (talk) 16:17, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

It's the same for the film. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film) was released as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the United States. Wikipedia is an international encyclopedia and has decided to use the international title which matches the original and international title of the book. The American film release kept the name the American public was used to from the book. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:28, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

Converting from artivle to psge

Can someone explain, step by step how to con ert a artivle into a page, please step by step

Also, i was close to doing it, bu i forgot how got to at, at the the end whenni hit publish, i received error notice, tried 10 ti.ed — Preceding unsigned comment added by Recoverycoach (talk • contribs) 18:11, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

If you are trying to publish your blog on Wikipedia, then please be aware that this will never be possible. Wikipedia contains only articles on WP:Notable subjects. If you have a draft of a genuine article with references, then please tell us where. It doesn't appear under your contributions. Dbfirs 23:28, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

Can you please block me for 1 year ?

I do not have that much time(for at least a year) to edit Wikipedia but i can't stop me from editing. I even enforced a wiki break using the enforcer(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Eatcha/common.js) but as you can see i am still able to login. Eatcha (talk) 19:19, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

 Done Ruslik_Zero 20:59, 23 December 2018 (UTC)