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October 19

References in notes.

I am doing a radical re-edit of the article on Benito de Soto, section by section. I have tackled the first two sections (up to the end of 'turn to piracy') but I'm having trouble with the references. If I make a reference to an article I put in the inclusive page numbers for that edition of the article. But if I want to make several citations, each one to a different page of the article how do I do it? When I use the visual template there doesn't seem to be way of distinguishing between the inclusive pages for the article and the specific page for the information in question. Example: If I want to cite several instances on the following how do I refer to page 827 in one note and 829 in another note? Wadhurst (talk) 02:10, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

I prefer to use {{sfn|Craze|Pennell|2020|p=827}} and {{sfn|Craze|Pennell|2020|p=829}}

—Trappist the monk (talk) 02:41, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

sorry but this doesn't work for me.

Extended content

Here is the original source code: Benito de Soto Aboal (March 22, 1805, Mouriera, a hamlet now a suburb of Pontevedra, Spain - January 25, 1830, Gibraltar.) Pontevedra is in Galicia in northern Spain where the language is close to Portuguese, which has confused some sources that say he was Portuguese. He was captain of the pirate ship Defensor de Pedro, sometimes incorrectly named as the Burla Negra ("Black Joke"), that was responsible for several piracies in the Atlantic in 1828, in a period of increased piracy following the independence of the new states of South America. The most notable attacks were on the British Indiaman Morning Star and the American ship Topaz, which involved great violence De Soto was captured and tried in Gibraltar on 20 January 1830 and he was hanged on 25 January. Other members of his crew were captured in Spain. Their trial there began on 19 November 1829  and ten men were executed on 11 and 12 January 1830. 1830 lithograph of Soto.

In the first reference (following after "1830.Gibraltar.") I need to insert the specific page number 827-9 as well as the total page numbers for the article (823–847, which is already there)

In the reference following after "which involved great violence" I need to insert a reference to this article on page 828

In the reference following after "executed on 11 and 12 January 1830." I need to insert a reference to this article on page 829 and to a new source Sarah Craze, Atlantic Piracy in the Early Nineteenth Century: The Shocking Story of the Pirates and the Survivors of the Morning Star (Woodbridge: Boydell & Brewer, 2022), 144–46, 148 . Note that in the case of the new book I can insert the pages easily, but with an article I can't insert bth the pages number of the whole article AND the specific pages. Could you help please by giving me the complete syntax to get this right in these citations, then I can follow it in future.

Thanks a million for your so speedy reply to my first query! Wadhurst (talk) 07:33, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

References

See this version of Benito de Soto (now reverted). This diff shows what I did. If you like and want to keep it, feel free to revert my revert.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 13:13, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

Thanks a million. When you say revert, I suppose you mean undo as in the quotation below (Tag: Undo) and that will simply incorporate you changes into the main text. Is that right?

curprev 13:05, 19 October 2022‎ Trappist the monk talk contribs‎ 11,343 bytes −88‎ Undid revision 1117007385 by Trappist the monk (talk) and now reverted; undothank Tag: Undo

Best

Richard Wadhurst (talk) 00:51, 21 October 2022 (UTC)

Yeah, that. But, now you can't because between the time of my last post here and your reply, another editor has changed the article sufficiently that the system won't allow an undo. Still the diff shows what I did so you can recreate my edit.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 16:38, 21 October 2022 (UTC)

Dark Mode screwing up album track listings

Sorry if this is in the wrong area but I'm finding that using Dark Mode on the mobile app causes half of all track listings to fade into the background. I'm not sure why this happens because it displays just fine on the white background. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hg3300 (talk • contribs) 05:25, 19 October 2022 (UTC) Hg3300 (talk) 05:03, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

• Thanks for the report, Hg3300. I opened a thread with some preliminary details at VPT; I suggest to take further discussion there. Tigraan^{Click here for my talk page ("private" contact)} 11:24, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

  Thanks for the assistance. I will bookmark the new thread. Hg3300 (talk) 11:56, 20 October 2022 (UTC)

Batavian Naval Flag in Military Conflict Infobox

Could someone explain to me how to put the Batavian naval flag into a military conflict infobox?

DavidDijkgraaf (talk) 11:45, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

You have a choice:

{{flagicon|Batavian Republic|navy}} →

{{flag|Batavian Republic|navy}} → Batavian Republic

{{flagicon image|Flag of the navy of the Batavian Republic.svg}} →

—Trappist the monk (talk) 13:20, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

Thank you DavidDijkgraaf (talk) 14:08, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

How do you show categories on Wikipedia mobile app?

title^ FinnSoThin (talk) 13:53, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

Pick the menu (three dots) at the top right. "Categories" is one of the options. ColinFine (talk) 16:10, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

Why doesn’t the location dot show up in this page using {{infobox museum}}?

I recently added this infobox to Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum. However, the dot on the location map isn’t showing up like in Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. How do I make it appear? Aaron Liu (talk) 16:00, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

I think you made a mistake typing the coordinates, seeing as 33.329 N 07.116 W is in Morocco. ■ ∃ Madeline ⇔ ∃ Part of me ; 16:06, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

Oh Christ, thanks Aaron Liu (talk) 16:08, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

Photograph

Hello Wikipedia I have a Wikipedia entry, which is absolutely fine by me, however I have no idea who put it together! I would like my photograph added - how do I achieve this?

Thanks

Linda Hargreaves (actress) 86.157.164.205 (talk) 18:24, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

Courtesy Linda Hargreaves. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:25, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

Hi, Linda. You will need to get a photo that you like and for which you own the copyright. You almost certainly do not own the copyright to your publicity photos since the copyright belongs to the photographer. Best is to take a selfie. Get the image onto you computer, and then follow the directions at Wikipedia:File Upload Wizard. Alternatively, have a friend take the picture and perform the upload. Sorry about the hassle. We did not write the copyright laws, but we must follow them. If you have problems, come back here. -Arch dude (talk) 18:39, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

Anything involving the law is complicated really. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 18:45, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

Hello Linda. Unusually, that article has had just one contributor, namely @Meena and he may be interested to know you have noticed it. By the way, if you want to add information to it that is backed up by reliable sources, please do so by making an {{edit request}} on its Talk page. We don't like people with conflicts of interest editing articles about themselves (except to remove obvious vandalism). Mike Turnbull (talk) 16:49, 20 October 2022 (UTC)

How to correct an election page to be the same format as standard election pages

Hey all, quick question. I've built a app that scrapes Wikipedia pages for election results, but I noticed one of your pages is not the same format as 99% of other election pages. I was wondering how I might go about correcting this without having to build an additional scraper (maybe there's a check box that needs to be ticked or something idk).

The page in question: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana

Other Election Pages to cross reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Florida https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Colorado https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Texas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_California

I'm specifically looking for how to enable the tables that include photos (if any) for the candidates, their party affiliation, and the state flag, among other bits of info. This table can be seen at the top of this page, for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_United_States_Senate_election_in_Colorado

I appreciate any guidance you can give me. Thanks!

Noah 2601:285:4000:7190:9192:95C:1EED:F571 (talk) 19:41, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

Rather than scraping, I suggest you look at using Wikidata, which is a database that you can query. It may be that not all the information that you want is in Wikidata yet - if so, you could assist the WikiMedia project as well as yourself by putting it there. ColinFine (talk) 20:35, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

And since you have gone to the trouble and effort of building your scraper, you might consider building an automated cross-checker to check Wikidata against the scraper results. If it finds any missing data in Wikidata, it could add it. If it finds discrepancies, it can list them, and you might be able to interest some folks in helping to resolve them. Your scraper is the hardest technical part of this project and it would be a shame not to take advantage of it. -Arch dude (talk) 21:38, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

Can you change usernames?

- Keysbutschool — Preceding unsigned comment added by Keysbutschool (talk • contribs) 19:52, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

Yes, see WP:CHU. ■ ∃ Madeline ⇔ ∃ Part of me ; 20:05, 19 October 2022 (UTC)