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January 12

How does one type ¬ on a standard keyboard?

I've been gone for a long while, so I am a little lost on some things. One of those things is seeing this character (¬) used in templates. How was that character chosen for use in templates? How does one type that character? I had to copy and paste it here. I am confused as to why a character no one a keyboard was chosen to be used so widely in templates. Anyone have any insight? LA (T) @ 07:43, 12 January 2018 (UTC)

On the keyboard I'm currently using, the "Esc" key is at the top left corner, and the key immediately below it, labelled

¬
`¦

generates "`" (backquote) if tapped normally and "¬" if tapped with the shift key down. Maproom (talk) 08:27, 12 January 2018 (UTC)

On my keyboard, shift-` is a tilde "~". LA (T) @ 08:58, 17 January 2018 (UTC)

Someone tried to reset my password

I just received an email someone with the IP 134.132.72.221 (talk · contribs) tried to reset my password. It was not me, for sure. Is there a way to get additional information besides from GeoIP ? --PCP (talk) 09:19, 12 January 2018 (UTC)

Well, the short answer to your query is no. If your password is strong enough, there's no need to worry; otherwise, there's no harm in changing your password just to be sure. Thanks, Lourdes 11:34, 12 January 2018 (UTC)

Well, I was wondering why my mostly unused account PCP (just to secure the abbreviation of Pentachlorphenol) was tried to break into while this did not happen in all the years to my regular account. And I really suspect abuse when an Halliburton employee plays around with Wikipedia accounts. Could a checkuser provide additional information? --Pentachlorphenol (talk) 07:48, 18 January 2018 (UTC)

Duplicated and unattributed articles

Hi, a relatively new editor has been removing content from artists' pages and creating new or even duplicate articles on their discographies. Could an editor with automation tools take care of these following articles.

• Unattributed copying:
  

Yo Yo Honey Singh, Javed Ali, P. Unnikrishnan, Mahalakshmi Iyer, L. R. Eswari, Jaspinder Narula, T. M. Soundararajan, Jamuna Rani and Karthik

• Duplicated articles:
  

Chinmayi, and S. P. Balasubrahmanyam duplicated from S. P. Balasubrahmanyam discography to List of songs recorded by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam

Some alert editors have already reverted and redirected their edits, including at Hemlata, Minar Rahman and Sonu Nigam

Thanks, MT Train^Discuss 09:35, 12 January 2018 (UTC)

Another duplication-List of songs recorded by Hemlata from Hemlata. I presume that's their IP address. MT Train^Discuss 09:47, 12 January 2018 (UTC)

What links there? (II)

Special:WhatLinksHere/Postcard_(song) lists Nick Beggs. Now I used both methods shown by PrimeHunter at What links there?‎, but all I see is just the link [[Postcard (Steven Wilson song)|Postcard]] from {{Steven Wilson}}, which is the correct disambiguation. Any idea where the "(song)" link comes from? — Sebastian 12:54, 12 January 2018 (UTC)

A null edit of Nick Beggs removed it. A template edit [1] had not updated the link tables yet. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:01, 12 January 2018 (UTC)

Cool, thanks a lot. BTW, we have the same problem with The Pretender (song) in {{Foo Fighters}}. With 91 occurrences, this link currently tops the list Disambiguation pages with links. Hopefully, the null edit will melt down much of that list, too. — Sebastian 13:05, 12 January 2018 (UTC)

Company (GlideSlope LLC) acquisition information

Hello,

I currently work for a company that was formerly GlideSlope LLC, based in New York City. We were acquired in 2017 and have since changed our name and became part of a larger entity. I am the marketing manager for the group and I do not know how to ensure our Wikipedia page is updated with the company news. How do I go about this?

Thanks Jessica F — Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.7.3.10 (talk) 17:39, 12 January 2018 (UTC)

You need to follow the instructions at WP:PAID before you make any edits in articles. – Finnusertop (talk ⋅ contribs) 17:50, 12 January 2018 (UTC)

(edit conflict)I'm afraid the short(ish) answer is 'you don't'. The page is not your company's page but Wikipedia's article about the company. Wikipedia has little, if any, interest in what a company has to say about itself, instead creating its articles from what has been written in independent reliable sources. Please also read WP:COI and WP:PAID and make any necessary disclosures. You should make edit requests at the article talk page and any changes you wish to see made should be corroborated by reliable sources. Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 17:52, 12 January 2018 (UTC)

I've updated the article to include the acquisition, with source. – Finnusertop (talk ⋅ contribs) 18:09, 12 January 2018 (UTC)

United States Senate election in Maine, 2012

Hello,

Is it possible to have the 3 pictures of the infobox of United States Senate election in Maine, 2012 article on the same row? Thanks!

WhatsUpWorld (talk) 21:58, 12 January 2018 (UTC)

Drew Maggi american baseball player

Drew Maggi was part of the 2010 USA Baseball Team where he earned defensive MVP for his play at 2nd base in the championship tournament against Cuba held in Japan. Other players on the team included Jackie Bradley Jr., Garrett Cole, George Springer, and Sonny Gray.

Can you please add the to his wikipedia page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:8800:C86:8A00:E8E3:6BD2:14D9:34D4 (talk) 22:07, 12 January 2018 (UTC)

Reference http://www.wafb.com/story/12791176/mahtook-earns-spot-on-usa-baseball-collegiate-team — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:8800:C86:8A00:E8E3:6BD2:14D9:34D4 (talk) 22:10, 12 January 2018 (UTC)

DISPLAYTITLE

I have been trying to add {{DISPLAYTITLE:tripleC}} to the newly created article tripleC, to get the title to display lowercase, but I keep getting an error message, even though this is the only DISPLAYTITLE I ever added to the page. I have since removed it, but if someone could re-add it so the title will display with a lowercase t, that would be great. Everymorning (talk) 23:49, 12 January 2018 (UTC)

 Already done @Everymorning: It looks like another editor has already fixed this before someone here got around to helping. Let me know if I'm missing something. TheDoctorWho (talk) 02:42, 13 January 2018 (UTC)

Or to put it another way, the editor who fixed it was helping, and other editors who saw this section then saw that the problem was fixed were also trying to help. nagualdesign 02:53, 13 January 2018 (UTC)

Thanks. Everymorning (talk) 03:42, 13 January 2018 (UTC)