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March 18

Google search issue

Hello, While searching "Asp.Net core", on Google search stable release shows 34 days ago, while in actual Wikipedia page of " Asp.net core" shows 2 months.i thinks 34 days is logically not correct, please check and verify ,let me know.

Thanks and regards, sanjeev — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2405:204:9190:8416:E826:DFC2:F5A8:DF12 (talk) 03:30, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

The information on the Wikipedia page appears to be sourced and therefore we would hold it to be correct. If Google displays something else, we have no control over that. Google often displays information in such a way that impies it comes from Wikipedia even though they compile data from multiple locations. Please link to any pages where you need help and (Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four keyboard tildes like this: ~~~~. Or, you can use the [ reply ] button, which automatically signs posts.) Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 03:44, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

Also note that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, with a long-term purpose; it's not meant to be an up-to-the-second-accurate resource. Things like software releases are updated whenever volunteer editors get around to it. See WP:RELEASENOTES. If you want to know what the current release of ASP.NET Core is, the relevant Microsoft website would be the place to look. If the article is wrong or out of date, you can also leave a note at Talk:ASP.NET Core for someone interested/familiar with the article. —[AlanM1 (talk)]— 11:43, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

ASP.NET Core was last edited 18 February 2020. The time ago is updated automatically in the article and at the time it would have said: "Stable release 3.1.1 / 15 January 2020; 34 days ago". Google monitors our recent changes and cached the article at the time. They say exactly the same now in their data box so they probably did get it from Wikipedia but a month ago. We don't control Google. We could maybe get them to update their data by making an unrelated edit to the article but we don't do that to influence external sites. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:00, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

Draft

Hi, I created a page which had some issues and has been moved to draft. I edited them but now it looks like no one reviews it (it's been three days) and I cannot see any way to request a review.What should I do? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Effat.assar (talk • contribs) 09:38, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

Effat.assar I will shortly add the appropriate information to allow you to submit it for review. 331dot (talk) 09:41, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

@Effat.assar: You deleted the "Resubmit" button when in this edit you removed the lines saying "-- Do not remove this line! --". --David Biddulph (talk) 13:40, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

Why am I getting this error?

Hello, I just got a reply that I am not blocked, from administrator --jpgordon. I just want to upload few more images, but I am getting this messgae now and I don't know why: We could not determine whether this file is suitable for Wikimedia Commons. Please only upload photos that you took yourself with your camera, or see what else is acceptable. See the guide to make sure the file is acceptable and learn how to upload it on Wikimedia Commons. Can you help me? thank you Kcotic — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kcotic (talk • contribs) 15:41, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

@Kcotic: On User talk:Kcotic you mentioned a cross-wiki message which happens when you try to start a Commons upload at another wiki like the Slovenian or English Wikipedia. Try commons:Special:UploadWizard instead. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:55, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

Editing

Hello there!

The whole community of Wikipedia has recently caught my attention. After reading about what people like you, reading this do I created an account and I just want to know how to do what you people here do (answser different questions from people like me), since I have a lot of free time I ought to make my self useful. Thanks in advance! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.246.236.78 (talk) 15:48, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

Welcome, and thanks for offering to help. Most of us who answer questions on the help desk have been Wikipedians for a long time and we have a lot of experience, and we still make the occasional mistake. If you see a question and you think you know the answer, you answer the question by just editing the section the question is in. As a newbie, you should try very hard to make sure your answer is correct (as an experienced editor, I should also try very hard, of course.) In pursuit of this, I very strongly recommend that you check your answer against our various policies and guidelines, and then link to them in your answer. Also, always make sure you are logged into your account, and start your answer with a notifier to the questioner, like this: {{re|questionersusername}} and end your response with four tildes, line this: ~~~~, which will put your username and time at the end of the message. Arch dude (talk) 16:14, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

Most new users who need to kill some time will start by doing simple edits to improve articles, but this is your choice to make. We each do whatever we want to, with at most very loose coordination. If you like to answer questions, you might wish to take a look at the reference desks (WP:RD), where your relative lack of Wikipedia experience will be less of a problem and you can become productive immediately. -Arch dude (talk) 16:19, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

I'm having trouble submitting my sandbox entry

Hi, I'm Stephanie, and I make several edits to a few articles in my sandbox. I'm having trouble submitting my changes because the system says that there's an error. I'm not sure what to change to help it submit. Can you help me? Stephanie.merrick.wright (talk) 16:08, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

Hello, Stephanie.merrick.wright. I'm afraid I'm not clear what you are trying to do. I can't see any evidence that you have tried to submit your sandbox for review - but there would be no point in doing so at present, because it does not resemble a Wikipedia article. Please explain what you want to do with it. --ColinFine (talk) 16:37, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

Edit of Peppa Pig Episodes

Hello there,

I have a question for Rmosler2100, who reverted my edit of the first few episodes of Season 1 of Peppa Pig because it was not "constructive". I don't understand why he did this.0 Someone had changed the first few episode titles to irrelevant ones (including one, Vader's Biggie, that seemed salacious). All I did was change them back to their correct titles. I would appreciate a reply at some point. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.230.78.126 (talk) 16:12, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for trying to help, and keep it up. Your edits were in the middle of a series of disruptive edits by a vandal, and a patroller used a semi-automated tool to "roll back" all of the edits to the point before any of the vandalism had occurred. Your edits were caught in the crossfire, and all of the IP addresses if any edit in the group got that automated message. In the future, you can check for this sort of thing by looking at the page history of the article in question. -Arch dude (talk) 16:28, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

@Arch dude: - Not quite true. User:Rmosler2100 reverted just the edit from 151.230.78.126. Having seen this question here I subsequently reverted the vandalism by 84.252.108.100. If the OP wants to talk to Rmosler2100 they can do so by starting a new section at User talk:Rmosler2100. --David Biddulph (talk) 16:38, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

my first article

I've recently purchased a book and would like to write a wiki page on it. It's called City Spies and it was written by James Ponti. I feel like it's notable enough. It was published about a week ago. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mikew42007 (talk • contribs) 17:21, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

Check out WP:Your first article for a guide about starting articles, there's a lot of good information there. For this topic, the first thing to do would be to see if the book is notable, meaning there's enough coverage from reliable sources to be able to fill out an article. — Aᴋʀᴀʙʙıᴍ ^talk 18:03, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

@Mikew42007: Additionally, read WP:COI regarding working on an article subject that you are connected to. RudolfRed (talk) 19:08, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

Unless I'm missing something - I'm not sure how buying a book gives someone a COI? Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 22:06, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

Children in Brinnington area of stockport

Hello, We have just heard that schools will close from Friday due to the Virus, In BRINNINGTON we have a lot of children of all ages. Are children allowed to play out? Anyone who knows this area will now that children run wild normally & with the elderly in our area it could cause problems with them being bored & nothing to do all day & being on the streets. Will Brinnington be policed & the rules enforced for staying off the streets so the Virus does not spread. Can this question be asked. I’m sure other area’s have similar issues. Many thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.26.252.186 (talk) 18:11, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

This is the help desk for questions related to Wikipedia. For your questions, you would need to speak to your local council or check the Government advice on the matter. Joseph2302 (talk) 18:14, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

Linking 'contents' to sections

I for the life of me can't figure out how to link the contents to the sections in my page. Please advise! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chuckalkazian (talk • contribs) 21:33, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

If you format your section headers correctly, using
== Section name ==
instead of
'''Section name'''
you don't need to – the contents section gets created and linked automatically. Maproom (talk) 21:46, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

Should articles about current events be written in the present or past tense, and when should it be changed to present tense?

For example, the COVID-19 crisis is happening as of right now, and each section of its page switches between both tenses. SO which tense should information about current events be written in, and when should it be changed to past tense?

Aykay55 (talk) 22:33, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

@Aykay55: Normally present tense is used. See Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#Verb_tense for when past tense is appropriate. RudolfRed (talk) 22:53, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

I was trying to switch out an image on Wally West for one that the page used to have, as i found the previous one to be much cooler.

Okay, so occasionally I edit the page for Wally West, as he's my favorite superhero and i know all about him and stuff. A while ago his Wikipedia page had it's main picture switched out with another one, but the previous picture was way cooler, at least in my opinion. But I don't know how to find and add back that picture.

The picture looks like this;

https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/File:Flash_Wally_West_0001.jpg

There's another picture farther down the page that's very similar, but it's all cropped and squished into being thinner and stuff. It wasn't always like that, and I'm not sure why they did that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.222.60.6 (talk) 22:41, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

The main problem here is copyright. Basically all images you find on the Internet are copyrighted, and we can only use copyrighted images if the copyright owner provides an acceptable license, or under the "fair use" doctrine. All of the images in that article are copyrighted. None of them has a an acceptable license, so each of them is used under the "fair use" doctrine. We have a very restrictive policy on use of fair use images, and one of our rules is that the image must be used at the lowest resolution that will still convey the sense of the image. There are too many fair use images in that article already. See Wikipedia:Non-free content. -Arch dude (talk) 02:49, 19 March 2020 (UTC)