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November 30

Upload Image from Wiki Commons to Page

I just upload an image on Wiki Commons and I don't know how to upload it into the actual information on the person's page. How do I retrieve it once I'm in edit mode? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marziopan (talk • contribs) 01:51, 30 November 2018 (UTC)

@Marziopan: Go to the commons page and you will find a tab 'use this file' by the Wikipedia logo part way down the page. Click that and you will get a pre-formatted link to C&P onto the page. If using in an infobox, just use the filename I.e. XXXX.jpg no 'file' or square brackets etc. Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four tildes (~~~~). Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 02:14, 30 November 2018 (UTC)

Vandalism on Wikipedia app version of article

Hi,

I'm looking at the Latin America article on the Wikipedia app on Android and under the title "Latin America" (before the body of the article), it reads "Japon es un continente venezolano que va dirigido por un burro llamado isaac", which roughly means "Japan is a Venezuelan continent that is moved by a donkey named Isaac." I'm not sure how to remove the vandalism; it only shows up on the Wikipedia app, not the mobile or desktop versions. I checked the Wikidata entry [1] and it's not listed there.

I can include a screenshot, if needed.

Thanks. David O. Johnson (talk) 02:26, 30 November 2018 (UTC)

It's not there as it's been reverted [2]. I guess something has a very long cache time. Purging something may help but I'm not sure what. Nil Einne (talk) 04:01, 30 November 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for the response. Good to see it's been fixed. David O. Johnson (talk) 06:26, 30 November 2018 (UTC)

Number appears in link

Dear helpers, In this quote box (see right) I have a link to a page on the web.

Interactive map

To view an interactive map click here --> [3]

Can anyone tell me how I can prevent the number in square brackets from appearing – in other words to have only the square-plus-arrow icon? Cheers, SCHolar44 (talk) 06:00, 30 November 2018 (UTC)

@SCHolar44: May be something like this would do? --CiaPan (talk) 07:31, 30 November 2018 (UTC)

Interactive map

To view an interactive map  -->click here

See more at Help:Link#External links. Don't try to only have the external link icon with no link text. The icon may be missing in some circumstances. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:14, 30 November 2018 (UTC)

Thank you, CiaPan.  :-D

PrimeHunter, how would I configure link text in this case, please? SCHolar44 (talk) 13:09, 30 November 2018 (UTC)

This is explained at Help:Link#External links. Write [url link text] as for all external links, where "url" is the url and "link text" is any text you want displayed on the link. With your url it becomes [https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1TDRa4IZPRneJOMkWavQCdxc9Lw6CAXJp&ll=-34.92724905265216%2C138.592709&z=12 link text]. It renders as link text. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:37, 30 November 2018 (UTC)

Many thanks for this, PrimeHunter -- I get it now. My excuse at present is being badly jetlagged... SCHolar44 (talk) 23:20, 30 November 2018 (UTC)

How to add a title to page/move the page

Please help me with the steps to move the page or to add a title to page submitted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rajesh Hilsa (talk • contribs) 07:51, 30 November 2018 (UTC)

@Rajesh Hilsa: See WP:MOVE ―Abelmoschus Esculentus ^{talk / contribs} 07:52, 30 November 2018 (UTC)

I think the OP was probably referring to the sandbox draft at User:Rajesh Hilsa/sandbox, in which case the answer is that if the reviewer decides that the draft is fit to publish as an article the reviewer will move it to the appropriate title. It would be unwise for a new editor to try to move the draft to mainspace without waiting for review, as if the article were found not yet to be suitable for mainspace it might be liable to deletion. --David Biddulph (talk) 08:03, 30 November 2018 (UTC)

I've moved it to Draft and reviewed/declined it. Probably qualifies for G11. Legacypac (talk) 08:16, 30 November 2018 (UTC)

And it has been G11d. --Gronk Oz (talk) 14:36, 30 November 2018 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Text of Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License

One car read Attribution—You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work.)

Ok, I want to translate an article from one Wikipedia to another. Where does the author or licensor specify how to do it? Is there a link or somehow? Should I write it down in the edit summary, would that be enough? Cinadon36 (talk) 13:07, 30 November 2018 (UTC)

Yes, Cinadon36, that will be enough. See WP:Translation. --ColinFine (talk) 14:15, 30 November 2018 (UTC)

You can also add Template:Translated page to the talkpage if it's translated into English- and looks like there are appropriate other language templates for other language Wikis. Joseph2302 (talk) 14:39, 30 November 2018 (UTC)

Thanks mates! Cinadon36 (talk) 19:48, 30 November 2018 (UTC)

Why is this article not appearing in Google search results?

I realise Wikipedia sets drafts so they are not indexed by Google but Coal in Turkey was approved in mid-October but https://www.google.com.tr/search?q=wikipedia+"coal in turkey" only shows the category on the first page of results. Any ideas why gratefully received. Chidgk1 (talk) 14:30, 30 November 2018 (UTC)

@Chidgk1: The page, though moved to the main encyclopedia, has not been formally reviewed. It needs to be marked as reviewed in order to be indexed. 331dot (talk) 14:37, 30 November 2018 (UTC)

@Chidgk1: Hello, new pages are not indexed by search engines for 90 days or until they have been reviewed, whichever is the shorter period. This page although accepted via WP:AFC has not yet completed the review process. Eagleash (talk) 14:40, 30 November 2018 (UTC)

@331dot: :@Eagleash: Thanks both of you for your prompt explanation. I requested a peer review at Wikipedia:Peer review/Coal in Turkey/archive1 but it seems to have been closed as nobody reviewed it. Is there anything I can do as I think it would be good to have it in Google search results now in case anyone would like to read it for COP24 which is just starting. As it is so short would either of you have time or anyone else reading this have time to to review it?

Chidgk1 (talk) 10:36, 1 December 2018 (UTC)

 Done Eagleash (talk) 10:58, 1 December 2018 (UTC)

How to specify a product unit with Template:val?

Template:val can link any units it recognizes, 1 mg/m³, like: 1 mg/m³. However it's common in chemistry to grade units by component, like 1 mg Os/m³. But Val no longer recognizes the base unit, 1 mg Os/m³, and every combination of every chemical and every unit can't/shouldn't be added to Module:Val/units. Is there a way to pass the top unit so Val recognizes it, along with some text (like "He" or "N₂" or "Benzene") that it will append after the numerator? —wing gundam 16:37, 30 November 2018 (UTC)

@Wing gundam: The documentation says that an unrecognised unit can be any wikitext, so {{val|1|u=[[Osmium|mg Os]]|upl=m3}} yields 1 mg Os/m³. Is that what you want?-Arch dude (talk) 02:30, 1 December 2018 (UTC)

That could work. I wanted to err towards machine-recognizable unit parameters for sorting purposes. Is there a form of the end= that applies after the u= parameter, rather than after the main number/1st/|1= parameter? —wing gundam 22:27, 1 December 2018 (UTC)

Ink color

I notice on the Roy Chadwick page that certain words appear in red ink instead of black or blue. How can this be edited? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chadwickfamily (talk • contribs) 22:24, 30 November 2018 (UTC)

@Chadwickfamily: Welcome to Wikipedia. A red link means that the linked article does not yet exist. It will automatically turn blue when someone creates an article for it. Also, regarding your username, please remember that accounts cannot be shared. You may be asked to change the name, since it implies the account is shared. RudolfRed (talk) 22:27, 30 November 2018 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Red link. Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 01:58, 1 December 2018 (UTC)