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April 9

redirected question to an image

At this image question. Recently I was confused what name to use at the item |Studio= to this file. (I corrected the redirect page/ article. If the name to the studio didn't had a page move.) But later as I was reading about the studio "Xebec." That was sold to, will be broken up. And in the future does the item have to be changed again? To who-ever buys the remaining products. Until the studio has broken up. Or leave it alone? Tainted-wingsz (talk) 02:55, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

• @Tainted-wingsz: In the template {{Non-free_use_rationale_video_cover}}, studio is an optional field, so it is not a big deal if it is not filled out.

The documentation does not say, but I would expect you should list the studio at the time of production, regardless of whether it still exists: it is about giving information about the work's creation, not copyright status (that one is covered by the owner field). You should not give an anachronistic attribution (for a similar example, the page about the 24th Army (Soviet Union) lists that military unit as belonging to the Soviet Union, not Russia). Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 09:37, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

I added a small sentence there. Tainted-wingsz (talk) 16:26, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

Austria

Is it allowed to upload this image from 1914 (an edition of the New York Times)? Vs⁶₅⁰⁷ 13:00, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

Self-evidentally published before 1924 in the US, so must be OK Jimfbleak - talk to me? 13:52, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

@VS6507: Yes. You can (and should) upload it to commons, not to the English Wikipedia, so that it can be used in all Wikipedias. The only things we generally upload to just the the English Wikipedia are things that we cannot put on Commons, which has more stringent rules about copyright. When asked for the copyright status during the upload, say that it is "PD-old". -Arch dude (talk) 15:44, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

Help:Cite errors/Cite error ref no input

LGBT Rights in Wisconsin

Edited a year in a table. Error Code indicates ref/tag error. How do I fix?

Thanks.Sswoko (talk) 20:06, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

In the error message, the words "help page" are in blue, indicating that they are a wikilink to specific help on that error. --David Biddulph (talk) 20:15, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

Can switch templates be nested?

Wikipedia appears to use {{switch}} templates to allow for conditional inclusion. Can these be nested? Can I write for example:

{{switch:{{{param1}}}|false=null|true={{switch:{{{param2}}}|1=a|2=b|3=c}}}}? JIP | Talk 20:29, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

Yes (see the wikitext of this comment for an example). {{3x|p}}ery (talk) 20:31, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

error

The Lt. Governor of Indiana 1960/1965+/- was Richard O. Ristine ... not somebody named 'Rock' ...

20:38, 9 April 2019 (UTC) Colonel Robert F. Cunningham

20:38, 9 April 2019 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.113.6.231 (talk)

The place to suggest a change would be the talk page of the article, supported by references to published reliable sources, but the article does already say Ristine for 61 to 65 and Rock for 65 to 69. — Preceding unsigned comment added by David Biddulph (talk • contribs) 20:54, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

Medical Acronym

Hi Folks! Anybody know what this would link to. M.B, C.M. It is medical acronym off of Archibald Donald. I've had look, thought it might be best to use Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery but it doesn't look like a good fit. Thanks. scope_creep^Talk 22:44, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

@Scope creep: Apparently MB CM is Bachelor of Medicine, Master of Surgery. See [[1]]. TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 22:49, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

Excellent. Thanks. scope_creep^Talk 22:52, 9 April 2019 (UTC)