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December 24

What template to use for the need to update a reference?

Hello! I'm browsing wikipedia articles, as per usual, but when I checked a reference on one of the articles, it is from 2007.

This was about a port being the 3rd busiest port, however a new port just opened up back in 2016 that probably is busier. I tried checking port statistics, but the port is privately owned and under government regional statistics for ports, it is indirectly referenced as part of private ports.

I have digressed, so anyways, in this situation what template do you need for the need in updating a reference that now seems unreliable given the situation?

DynamicalEdit (talk) 18:43, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

@DynamicalEdit: I think you want Template:Better source. TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 19:53, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

How to make mapframe with a highlighted road using coordinates

Hi, all! I am trying to make <mapframe> which highlights a road with a red line. You can see what I have done in my user sandbox. The map is drawn, but the road isn't highlighted. When I copy the GeoJSON code to the editor at http://geojson.io/, it does work to highlight the road. Can anyone say why it doesn't work here in my sandbox?

(Disclaimer: I intend to use the code at the Danish Wikipedia, but ask here because you have more users with advanced technical knowledge than we have at dawiki. Thank you for your help!) --Dipsacus fullonum (talk) 02:30, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

I did found a solution myself now. The GeoJSON was fine, but I changed from using a selfclosing mapframe tag to using separate opening and closing tags. --Dipsacus fullonum (talk) 07:47, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

@Dipsacus fullonum: I'm glad you found the answer. In the future, technical issues like these can be brought to the Village Pump TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 19:55, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

I will do that next time. Thank you for the pointer to a better place to ask. --Dipsacus fullonum (talk) 22:48, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

RE: MLAs and MPs

I tried to look up the MP [MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR CANADA] FOR THIS REGION OF EAST HASTINGS AND JACKSON STREETS....but got only MLA listings! WHoever did this write up clearly did NOT understand that an MP is a Member of Parliament in Ottawa House of Commons and is NOT an MLA, which is the label for Member of the Legislative Assemby in the provincial capital of Victoria!! Federal and provincial jurisdiction are VERY DIFFERENT and refer to different offices, but am still working on trying to find the correct answers to this one post recent federal election here!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.116.27.53 (talk) 05:48, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

Yes, MLAs and MPs are Canadian politicians of different levels. I'm sure if you linked to the articles in question (or even just told us which articles they were) someone would be happy to fix them. Meters (talk) 06:04, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

After some research I suspect you refer to Vancouver-Hastings. The opening sentence says: "Vancouver-Hastings is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada." It's not a federal electoral district so it doesn't elect an MP. See Vancouver East for the larger federal electoral district with the MP Jenny Kwan. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:58, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

That's probably it. I tried to track it down but I don't know my West Coast ridinga. Meters (talk) 18:37, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

Check and correct Agrahari page

Hello Wikipedia, Your platform is providing wrong information about Agrahari. Agrahari are descendants of Agrasen but someone has added Lord Rama's name without any source and also deleted the image of Agrasena ad replaced it with Lord Rama's Image. These changes were made on 6 October 2019. You can check history. Please correct it. How can you allow this to happen? People are adding false information without any source with different IPs and no one is paying attention to it. Can someone from Wikipedia please fix it and also remove unsourced information added by IPs? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2401:4900:1808:7B19:8EF8:766F:F3F:774C (talk) 20:04, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

Sorry, but that's how Wikipedia works. You have as much responsibility as all the rest of us (about 120,000 self-selected editors in any given 30-day period) to detect and correct errors. I you see unsourced statements, remove them. If you are uncomfortable with editing the article, raise the issue on the article's talk page. -Arch dude (talk) 20:24, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

Cannot use Wikipedia live help chat

I'm trying to use the Wikipedia live help chat, but I keep getting a spinning circle whenever trying to do so.

--MikaelaArsenault (talk)

@MikaelaArsenault: The guys over at Wikipedia:Reference desk/Computing can probably help you troubleshoot this. Post a message with your OS, brower, and symptoms. -Arch dude (talk) 22:31, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

@MikaelaArsenault: Without any other info, I'm guessing you need to disable a script-blocker in your browser, assuming you're trying to use the web-based IRC client (the "connect" links at WP:IRC). —[AlanM1(talk)]— 06:24, 25 December 2019 (UTC)