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November 24

Another language

Why is no more possible to read in another languagw? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.54.125.178 (talk) 01:21, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

Howdy hello! You likely only ran into that on a specific page. Many pages have versions in other languages, but many of the more obscure topics do not. You should be able to confirm that pages exist in many languages by going to Barack Obama and seeing that there are versions of the article in dozens of languages. As a counterpoint, Townsend v. Sain only exists in English, as editors on other language projects have not translated/created an equivalent article. Captain Eek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 04:34, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

How do I find exactly what I'm looking for, or searching for, without going through everything but what I want

Everything I look for, I never find, here or on any sites Sent feedback on Google, Amazon, eBay, etc

I've read people's feedbacks from 1999-2000, that were mentioning that same issue, back then, and people that are still talking about them, on either feedbacks or on some forums off various contexts

There is obviously a big problem, that prevents from really making any changes to sites, as technologies, specially with Artificial Intelligence, is so advance that almost everything can be done, and they show us with robotics, that some amazing things are going on well, I properly done (with no evel intent)

So why isn't this same Intelligence is not used to get the internet search as easy to get our information Example like, "" if I enter a sentence for my search it should be way more specific than if I just put a couple of words""

Searching for, ""2007 Honda Rubicon"" Versus. "" 2007 Honda Rubicon gpscape 🇨🇦 trail edition"", - the second one, witch is more like a sentence or a more refined, that gives more inputs to the search, should, nowadays, make it easier for the, "search engine", if you want to call it like it used to be called,

This more specific/accurate input, should allow to eliminate all the non related and somewhat related things, that would refined to the search exactitude right away

After that the main subject is covered, a feedback section should be added, for (someone who would like to get more specific info, if need be)

Also when there are some pictures of the (like above, the ATV mentioned), all those pictures should be the exact same as the search, with like same year and model

Then it could mentioned about from to what year that ATV was made, so from there the person who know that he/she can also look at the parts that are sold somewhere else, for example

Then have a some kind of a line separation, that shows that now your into similar/related subjects or pictures, so you are looking at exact pictures of that ATV, and not a modified version of it , or a similar model, that sometimes you know that it is not the right one, or don't know, because pictures are not separated

All these little tweeks, would make so much more sense and make everyones life so much easierAnd would save so much time waiting on the Internet, that it would free up speed of search, so people would probably be happier and not as frustrated

And maybe would consider looking and buying more, the fact that they can find what they need, promptly and fast If they can implant miniature AI computer/brain into an insect robot size,

They can upgrade easily the fonctionning of a simple search engine

So please help us to get our feedbacks to where they need to be sent, so we can all enjoy the benefit of the improvement

Thank you very much — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:B100:D1B:C8C7:CAEB:28E3:414D:E90E (talk) 02:21, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

Howdy hello! I'm afraid Wikipedia has no bearing over how search engines work. We aren't Google or any other search provider, and thus don't control how searches are made and show up. And our own internal search is only built to match keywords. Technology is not yet at the level you are proposing, alas. Please also note that Wikipedia is not a place to discuss general topics, the behind the scenes "talk" pages like this one are used only to improve Wikipedia and its articles. And before I go, Welcome to Wikipedia! Captain Eek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 04:39, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

How do you add a photo to the bio page for Stephen Schlesinger (of course, with that individual's permission)?

How do you add a photo to the bio page for Stephen Schlesinger (of course, with that individual's permission)? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:2000:1382:88DD:3117:8BE5:94A2:3D9C (talk) 02:35, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

The subject of an article has no control over the article's content. This includes pictures, so we do not need the subject's permission. However, we do need a picture whose copyright owner as released the picture with an appropriate copyright license such as the CC-BY-SA. Unless the picture has a compatible copyright license, you cannot add it. As for the actual mechanics, after you have an image with the proper license on your computer, you upload it by clicking on the "upload file" link in the left-hand column on this or any other Wikipedia page, and then follow the instructions. At the end of the upload process, the picture is available to be added to one or more articles: follow the (terse) instructions at that point, or come back here for further help. -Arch dude (talk) 04:58, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

(edit conflict) If you took the photo yourself, then you probably own the copyright and can upload the photo to WP:Commons with the appropriate licence. You can then link to that Commons image in the article. If someone else took the photo, then they should do the uploading. In general, images found on the internet are assumed to be copyright and should not be uploaded. See Wikipedia:Uploading images for a full discussion, but fair use is unlikely to be applicable to a living person. The subject's permission is irrelevant unless the image is a selfie, in which case they should upload it themselves. Dbfirs 05:04, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

Education in Malaysia

Pease restore info box at eth top of this article- which was accidently removed etc. Srbernadette (talk) 05:39, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

Srbernadette, Done! Captain Eek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 05:45, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

Anne Schedeen

Her parents are listed as Shontelle. I’m pretty sure a 70 year old Caucasian woman was not born to a 25 year old African American wannabe rapper. Please fix it. Also, someone has edited Jo Ann Pflug’s picture making her African American! Could you please correct those two mistakes. I love Wikipedia and it’s the only source I read when I research someone. I love it so much I just donated $20 to you! Thank you for your help! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Conservative56 (talk • contribs) 11:48, 24 November 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.

Hello Conservative56, thank you pointing out these issues (although they seem to be probably caused by Google in this case). If you see further problems directly in Wikipedia articles, please link to the article in question using a "Wiki-link" such as [[article title]] enclosed in double square brackets. It's easier for other editors to help then. Of course you are also welcome to fix such errors yourself if you like. GermanJoe (talk) 12:03, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

User:Kashish jivani/sandbox

I have completed my Wikipedia article. But I am unable to upload it as there does not appear the submission button on my sandbox page. Please help me with this.

Your draft User:Kashish jivani/sandbox has zero reliable sources so it would be pointless to submit it. Theroadislong (talk) 12:31, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

Why has my edit been reverted?

I did the edit in Charlotte Devaney. She played transgender Bobbie in the film "How to Lose Friends & Alienate People". I wrote about this, but my contribution has been undone immediately. It is mistake. 176.59.46.11 (talk) 14:38, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

Probably because you have given no source for this change which some people see as excessive detail about a minor character anyway. Britmax (talk) 15:11, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

Adding lots of pages to a Category

Hi, I am trying to add Grand mosques (also called Jameh, Juma, Joma, Jame, Jama, Dzhuma, Friday or Congregational mosques) to the category Category:Grand_mosques but there are a lot of them and it is highly time-consuming, is there any bots or easier way to add them? (for example they're mostly listed Here and Here)Pouyakhani (talk) 15:02, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

​If you assemble a list of all pages you want to add to this category, you can post a request on Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/Tasks where someone who has access to semi-automatic tools will add the category for you. – Thjarkur (talk) 18:08, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

Help

Hello, I have an assignment, which is requiring to edit two pages of Wikipedia. I would like to know what articles, might require basic editing. Would you be able to help me in finding such articles, or do you have suggestions of how do this assignment? Grammar is not my strongest field, and I am afraid to try to fix something and instead make it worse.

Thank you, — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:830f:1900:70a8:8ff0:7110:c79d (talk) 20:14, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

Depends on your interests. I got started by fixing lots of typos, you can see hints on how to do this at WP:TYPO. You and your teacher should read Wikipedia:Student_assignments for guidance on editing Wikipedia as a school assignment. RudolfRed (talk) 20:50, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

Vandalism

When I come across obvious vandalism, how can I report it so that the vandal can be dealt with? — Preceding unsigned comment added by JoeDetweiler (talk • contribs) 20:30, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

Among the useful links in the welcome message on your user talk page, one is to the advice at WP:Vandalism. --David Biddulph (talk) 20:37, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

Plot formatting

Hello, everybody! As to this section, is there a way to a) increase the spacing above the timeline plot to default spacing (which is less then if one added a <br>, for instance), and b) reduce the spacing below the plot to default as well?--Hildeoc (talk) 20:55, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

 Done. The edit history will show you how I did it, if you want to make further adjustments. Maproom (talk) 21:38, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

@Maproom: Thanks a lot! Do you have an idea, by any chance, how to increase the spacing above the heading "Timeline" to default (i. e. not using formatting such as an extra blank line, or tags like <br> or <div style="clear:both;"></div>, rendering wider spacings than usual)?--Hildeoc (talk) 20:34, 25 November 2019 (UTC)

Hildeoc: no. But I've changed "Current" and "Timeline" to subheaders (and increased the "top" space for the timeline again), maybe this looks better. Please revert if you think it doesn't. Maproom (talk) 21:57, 25 November 2019 (UTC)

@Maproom: Thank you. However, adding extra subheaders is, of course, no more than just a rather dubious workaround … Does anybody around here maybe have a more pertinent suggestion?--Hildeoc (talk) 15:04, 26 November 2019 (UTC)

Wikimedia Foundation error, relatively recent possible parameter change/adverse effects

It is not an encouraging situation to encounter a Wikimedia Foundation error 9 times in a row, in order to edit a section. (The 10th attempt worked).

Wikimedia Foundation error Texas-sized details

I reported a less challenging set of attempts to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Tim_Starling#Posible_parameter_change_with_adverse_effects, thinking that someone at his level might immediately say aha, I know the cause. Perhaps he's doing something more important, and perhaps it's less like "jumping the line" to post this here:

The "please report" info for today's matter is:

• Request from 72.251.70.112 via cp1081 frontend, Varnish XID 226052492
  • Error: 503, Backend fetch failed at Sun, 24 Nov 2019 18:29:56 GMT

• Request from 72.251.70.112 via cp1081 frontend, Varnish XID 240127459
  • Error: 503, Backend fetch failed at Sun, 24 Nov 2019 18:33:13 GMT

• Request from 72.251.70.112 via cp1081 frontend, Varnish XID 230335681
  • Error: 503, Backend fetch failed at Sun, 24 Nov 2019 18:39:27 GMT

• Request from 72.251.70.112 via cp1081 frontend, Varnish XID 248294414
  • Error: 503, Backend fetch failed at Sun, 24 Nov 2019 18:53:29 GMT

• Request from 72.251.70.112 via cp1081 frontend, Varnish XID 237563280
  • Error: 503, Backend fetch failed at Sun, 24 Nov 2019 18:55:30 GMT

• Request from 72.251.70.112 via cp1081 frontend, Varnish XID 241195508
  • Error: 503, Backend fetch failed at Sun, 24 Nov 2019 18:59:14 GMT

• Request from 72.251.70.112 via cp1081 frontend, Varnish XID 243351260
  • Error: 503, Backend fetch failed at Sun, 24 Nov 2019 19:01:49 GMT

• Request from 72.251.70.112 via cp1081 frontend, Varnish XID 263346781
  • Error: 503, Backend fetch failed at Sun, 24 Nov 2019 19:05:13 GMT

• Request from 72.251.70.112 via cp1081 frontend, Varnish XID 241984298
  • Error: 503, Backend fetch failed at Sun, 24 Nov 2019 19:13:36 GMT Pi314m (talk) 21:18, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

**Update**

First I tried repeating my success (9 failed, the 10th worked). That was for a section.

For a (not very long) article, more than a Baker's dozen fails, I set up three windows and clicked on all three one after the other. That didn't work, so I tried FOUR. Still didn't work.

• (In case you're wondering, I ran Microsoft's Memory diagnostic last night; zilch- all OK). Pi314m (talk) 20:16, 25 November 2019 (UTC)

• • • sort of Workaround*** &action=edit&section=0 - allows editing LEAD/LEDE Pi314m (talk) 21:55, 25 November 2019 (UTC)

(I also tried deleting all cookies. didn't help either) Pi314m (talk) 07:44, 26 November 2019 (UTC)

Something's wrong

Something's wrong somewhere: Even a simple SECTION=0 edit failed. Twice.

Details for the second fail are:

• If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below.
  • Request from 64.24.9.203 via cp1081 frontend, Varnish XID 611890168
    • Error: 503, Backend fetch failed at Wed, 27 Nov 2019 21:16:15 GMT

Can someone please look at the system logs and . . . Pi314m (talk) 21:35, 27 November 2019 (UTC)

Paris Métro

Hi,

I'm asking for help as I don't know how to do this myself:

• On Argentine (Paris Métro), in the inbox, please replace "Charles de Gaulle - Étoile (Paris Métro)" by "Charles de Gaulle–Étoile" (page name)
• On George V (Paris Métro), in the inbox, please replace "Charles de Gaulle - Étoile (Paris Métro)" by "Charles de Gaulle–Étoile" (page name)
• On Franklin D. Roosevelt (Paris Métro), in the inbox, please replace "Champs-Élysées – Clemenceau (Paris Métro)" by "Champs-Élysées–Clemenceau (Paris Métro)" (page name)
• On Concorde (Paris Métro), in the inbox, please replace "Champs-Élysées – Clemenceau (Paris Métro)" by "Champs-Élysées–Clemenceau (Paris Métro)" (page name)

Line 13's two northern termini are also mentioned in red in the infobox of Champs-Élysées–Clemenceau (Paris Métro), if you could also please correct that.

Many thanks,

LiteraryCritic24 (talk) 23:43, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

Hi LiteraryCritic24, I've done most of those for you, but I get a duplicate link on the first, and I don't know how the template works on the northern termini. Perhaps someone who understands the template can finish the job for you? Dbfirs 07:43, 25 November 2019 (UTC)