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December 16

wwe matches not update on wiki page

your wiki page is not update on wwe and tna pay perviews and matches — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:46:C602:B680:EC90:82BA:617B:3A51 (talk) 01:39, 16 December 2019 (UTC)

Donations

I was going to donate, but saw it required allowing my info to be shared. Is there some way to just mail a money order anonymously? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.2.207.72 (talk) 02:56, 16 December 2019 (UTC)

This page has information on other ways to contribute, including an address to mail a check to(not sure about mailing a money order, you may want to contact the Foundation for more information). Also note that, as stated on that page, "We do not sell or trade your information to anyone." 331dot (talk) 09:33, 16 December 2019 (UTC)

soliciting donations

Why isn't Wikipedia more tactful in its solicitations for donations on its home page? I would have donated, but I don't like arm-twisting. And why no customer service contact? Sincerely, -- — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:558:600A:B8:F0C7:B256:96F7:FD43 (talk) 04:09, 16 December 2019 (UTC)

We don't have a "customer service" contact because we don't have "customers" in the usual sense. We have readers and editors, who can ask questions here. You can also contact Wikipedia via the contact linkage the bottom of this or any page. There is a list of a variety of other more specialized places to ask questions linked from the top of this page. Please respond here with a more specific question and we can try to answer it or direct you to a more appropriate location. -Arch dude (talk) 07:28, 16 December 2019 (UTC)

Additionally, the volunteer editors of Wikipedia have little control over the fundraising banners; you will need to contact the Wikimedia Foundation with your feedback (which is quite a common complaint, and one I sympathise with; however, this is the trade-off for not running advertisements). – Teratix ₵ 09:27, 16 December 2019 (UTC)

If you create an account, you can disable such banners. 331dot (talk) 09:30, 16 December 2019 (UTC)

How to publish a previously reviewed page

Hello at the Help Desk, My draft page has recently been reviewed. Am I now able to move it to the public space? And if so, what are the instructions to do that? Many thanks, — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wild Migration (talk • contribs) 05:41, 16 December 2019 (UTC)

Is this about Draft:Stormbird Press? That draft has not been reviewed. It has not even been submitted for review. If it were reviewed in its current state, it would certainly be rejected, as it cites no sources at all, and therefore fails to establish that its subject is notable. If you do move it to public space yourself, it's likely to be deleted, for the same reason. Maproom (talk) 09:25, 16 December 2019 (UTC)

Banana

The banana was discovered in gran Canaria — Preceding unsigned comment added by Science210D (talk • contribs) 10:04, 16 December 2019 (UTC)

Science210D If you are proposing a change to the Banana article, and you have a reliable source to support it, you should discuss it on the article talk page, Talk:Banana. 331dot (talk) 10:06, 16 December 2019 (UTC)

Incorrect Wikipedia article linked to my business on Google

When I search my business on Google, all of the correct information shows up, EXCEPT the Wikipedia article except that shows up in the side bar, which is about another business, not mine. I cannot figure out how to unlink this Wikipedia article from my business. The inaccurate information is confusing to people searching for my business. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.0.130.18 (talk) 16:35, 16 December 2019 (UTC)

Are you by any chance referring to a photo or text shown to the right of a Google search? Google's Knowledge Graph uses a wide variety of sources. There may be a text paragraph ending with "Wikipedia" to indicate that particular text was copied from Wikipedia. An image and other text before or after the Wikipedia excerpt may be from sources completely unrelated to Wikipedia. We have no control over how Google presents our information, but Google's Knowledge Graph has a "Feedback" link where anyone can mark a field as wrong.

In short, we have no control over this here, you have to contact Google. ~~ OxonAlex - talk 16:42, 16 December 2019 (UTC)

@98.0.130.18: - OxonAlex is correct, but as a bit of additional advice outside the scope of Wikipedia, Google can be slow to respond to requests to fix incorrect info - you may have to submit the feedback form several times over a period of weeks before the info is corrected. If you set a daily reminder and stay persistent, it should be fixed eventually. You can also ask others at the company to submit the same feedback. TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 19:18, 16 December 2019 (UTC)

Duplicate Article

Beric Lake Mine is the same as Tanco Mine. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Veilure (talk • contribs) 19:00, 16 December 2019 (UTC)

I've merged the content and made Bernic a redirect Jimfbleak - talk to me? 19:11, 16 December 2019 (UTC)

referencing

Please Help! I've screwed up a page that I was attempting to edit. The original edit was okay, but I didn't post the reference properly. When I tried to cite the reference properly is when I really messed up the page. Yikes! I'm in over my head and afraid that I'll make it even worse. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burton_Ritchie — Preceding unsigned comment added by AlisonRios (talk • contribs) 19:44, 16 December 2019 (UTC)

I've corrected your syntax errors by this edit, and have subsequently dealt with the bare URLs. You may wish to check the results. --David Biddulph (talk) 20:32, 16 December 2019 (UTC)

Set the font I want

I hate the fonts 'Custom Java Fonts' presently used.

I wan to be able to set my own font (Times New Roman 12pt).

How can I do this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mageteck (talk • contribs) 21:21, 16 December 2019 (UTC)

One way, as explained in Help:User style, is to inherit your browser-defined style by putting html, body, #globalWrapper { font: inherit !important; } in your personal CSS file. Do this by clicking Special:MyPage/common.css, then click create, paste the previous code in line 1, preview and eventually publish. Wakari07 (talk) 02:06, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

To have specifically that font and size, paste html, body, #globalWrapper { font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12px !important; }. Happy playing around 02:35, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

Didn't work. Even cleared Chrome cash.

Also, you should have noted that copy/paste cannot be used to create the script.