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January 1

Fixing style/layout errors - Right justified and sorting Comment

For List of U.S. states, please fix the "Time between states ratification or admission" column (which I just added) so that it is right justified and so that the sort feature sortes by date (instead of sorting by number). Thanks! -- Jreferee (talk) 03:22, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

It seems the new column has been removed. You should discuss its addition on the talkpage now. –Ammarpad (talk) 04:40, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

Bulk referencing

Hi all,

Re this article - New South Wales stainless steel carriage stock - the table in "individual carriage details" is mostly from one source (Banger 2012, p.180-186), but some individual cells are from other sources. How should I flag that? i.e. should there be a note at the top along the lines of "All cells not explicitly referenced are from Banger, 2012, pp.180-186^[18]" or something like that?

If I were to correctly flag every cell from Banger, that would overwhelm the reference list with hundreds of entries. Its already a bit unwieldy for reference No.7, Cooke et al.

Also, is there a way to use the "refname" function with different page numbers, i.e. vehicle #2350 references Banger 2012 p.69, as well as pp.180-186.

Anothersignalman (talk) 05:47, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

I'd go for your "All cells not explicitly referenced..." suggestion, much neater Jimfbleak - talk to me? 07:44, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

why my article not appearing in google search engine?

why my article not appreating google search engine — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kutty 108 (talk • contribs) 09:57, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

It is because your "article" is actually a draft which is not indexed by the search engine. See WP:YFA and WP:WBA. ―Abelmoschus Esculentus ^{talk / contribs} 10:04, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

(edit conflict)If you are asking about Draft:Dr.Suthan Kaveri, then it is not yet a Wikipedia article. You need to read WP:Your first article and WP:Referencing for beginners, and find some WP:Reliable sources to establish WP:Notability. When you have found those sources, you need to summarise what has been written in these independent accounts of the subject, and provide in-line citations for each statement. Linkedin is not a reliable source and is obviously not independent. When you have done all this, add {{subst:submit}} to the top of the draft, then it will join the queue for review. Only when the article has been reviewed and moved to article space will Google index it. Dbfirs 10:11, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

For clarity and completeness, when Dbfirs says "Only when the article has been reviewed and moved to article space will Google index it", they really mean "Only after . . . ." The article will only be made available for indexing by Google (and any other search engines) after it has, in addition, either been checked by Page patrol, or has been in article space for 90 days, whichever is sooner. In addition, Google's web crawlers will not necessarily find the article immediately it is made available, but any further delay due to this is not within Wikipedia's control.

All this assumes that you are able to write the draft in such a way as to demonstrate the subject's notability. Unless and until this can be achieved, the draft will never be permitted to become (or remain) an article. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.217.251.247 (talk) 17:42, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

Publishing page from Sandbox

The "More" dropdown that aloows me to "Move" my article from the Sanbox does not appear on my screen. How do I move an article from my Sandbox to be published? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jkdevans (talk • contribs) 16:52, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

You need a 4 day old account with at least 10 non-reverted edits to the mainspace. Edit some other articles already published. — Preceding unsigned comment added by WelpThatWorked (talk • contribs) 17:06, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

I've moved it, reviewed it and deturmined it is not suitable for inclusion at this time. Legacypac (talk) 22:10, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

Panoramic image displaces table

Could you please have a look at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sattledt

I added a panoramic photo using the PanoViewer-Template. After that the table "Historical population", which is part of a template itself, is out of place dramatically. Lots of white space between the headline and the table. Do you have an idea how to fix this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by PepponeDrohne (talk • contribs) 17:49, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

Hey PepponeDrohne. It looks like Wikipedia assumed that the PanoViewer was taking up the whitespace to the left of the infobox and accordingly displayed the table below the infobox, but in fact nothing was taking up the whitespace because the PanoViewer seems unable to be placed next to the infobox. Not sure if there's a way to get both the PanoViewer and the table to go next to the infobox properly, but I went ahead and moved the PanoViewer to below the table so at least the table can show up where it should. Let me know if you have any questions and if someone else has any other ideas on how to format everything better, it would be much appreciated. Cheers, --SkyGazer 512 ^{Oh no, what did I do this time?} 19:38, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

I would like to delete my wiki account

please help me to delete my account — Preceding unsigned comment added by Oleg.kozinets00 (talk • contribs) 21:47, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

Accounts cannot be deleted; if you no longer wish to use it, simply stop. 331dot (talk) 21:49, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

As 331dot said, accounts cannot be deleted, but you can change your username. For more information, you can visit Wikipedia:FAQ#How_do_I_change_my_username/delete_my_account? TheGeneralUser (talk) 23:59, 2 January 2019 (UTC)