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July 7

Signature

Hello. I am trying to make a custom signature but I have no idea how to do it (my wikistyle skills are ass), so I came here to see if anyone can do it. What I am looking for is bolded white comic sans text highlighted in orange that has my userpage on it User:Cherrell410. Then remove the highlighting, and go into a superscript (exponet form) that has parenthesses with a flatlist that has my talk page abbreviated to t and my contributions abbreviated to c. I hope this makes any sense and ping me for any questions. Cherrell410 (talk) 03:09, 7 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Cherrell410: Hi there! See WP:CUSTOMSIG. GoingBatty (talk) 03:28, 7 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Cherrell410: something like this?

Cherrell410 ^{(t c)}

<span style="font-family:comic sans ms;background:#e60">[[User:Cherrell410|'''<span style="color:#fff"> Cherrell410 </span>''']]</span> <sup>([[User talk:Cherrell410|t]] [[Special:Contributions/Cherrell410|c]])</sup>

happy editing! 💜 melecie talk - 03:44, 7 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yes! Thank you! Cherrell410 (talk) 14:56, 7 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Error Message following Edit on Sir Gary Verity Wiki

Hi, I can’t seem to resolve the citation errors showing following a recent edit to the above Wiki. It’s my first edit so I am somewhat inexperienced. The citation is showing as:

 {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help); External link in |website= (help)

Can you help please? GKVscam (talk) 10:55, 7 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

GKVscam, something more important. You are asking about the article Gary Verity. The article starts by telling us that its subject's full name is Gary Keith Verity. His initials would therefore be GKV, of course. I can't help think but your username suggests some sort of scam concerning Verity. If your purpose in Wikipedia is to reveal this scam, please read "Righting great wrongs". -- Hoary (talk) 12:02, 7 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@GKVscam: Looks like you resolved the issues in these edits. GoingBatty (talk) 17:56, 7 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed 2A00:23C7:5481:A401:A412:461F:C498:A493 (talk) 17:58, 7 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"Contents" window

Hi. why don't you have the "Contents" window that used to be available near the top of the article on almost every subject? Makes things a bit easier to navigate. 2603:8001:B244:42D7:1D69:3D85:C774:8FCB (talk) 11:26, 7 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there. The new visual style was launched a few months ago. Your Table of Contents might be hidden in the hamburger menu just next to the article title? Click the little icon to the left of the article title and the Table of Contents should pop back out into the sidebar. Qcne (talk) 11:55, 7 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This is a matter of which skin you're using. With the relatively-new Vector 2022 skin, the table of contents has either been moved to the left sidebar or hidden in the

next to the article title. You can revert back to the original skin if you create an account and select Preferences → Appearance → Skin →

Vector legacy (2010) before hitting Save. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 14:17, 7 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I have sorted the issue after some tweaking. Thank you for your help! :@) GKVscam (talk) 14:27, 7 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

No surprises in wikilinks

Is there a policy/guideline/essay/something to the effect that piped Wikilinks shouldn't link to unexpected places? AndyJones (talk) 12:34, 7 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

WP:EGG and WP:EASTEREGG are what you want, I think. Chaheel Riens (talk) 12:52, 7 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Brilliant, exactly what I had in mind, thank you. AndyJones (talk) 12:56, 7 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

How should WikiProject banners be ordered?

I usually order WikiProject banners according to relevance. Is there a guideline that specifies how they should be ordered? Nythar (💬-🍀) 20:16, 7 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Nythar: Hi there! WP:TALKORDER states "{{WikiProject Biography}} should usually be the first WikiProject if there is a banner shell, and must be the first WikiProject if there is no banner shell (because it also displays {{BLP}} above it)." I'm not aware of any other guidance. Some editors order the banners alphabetically, while others do not. GoingBatty (talk) 22:55, 7 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Why is there no page yet for Kyler Chua of Hori7on?

Please put a page for Kyler "Kenjie" Chua. 203.145.180.53 (talk) 22:55, 7 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, welcome to Wikipedia! To create an article, please see the Article Wizard. Note also that there is already a page for Hori7on as a whole. Best wishes, Frostly (talk) 23:01, 7 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It may be that the performer is not notable. It may simply be that nobody has yet volunteered to write the article. Cullen328 (talk) 23:04, 7 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

There was one until about 9 hours before you posted this comment. He was deemed not notable enough for an independent article – here's the discussion. Skarmory (talk • contribs) 23:09, 7 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Jews

Category:Jews says

This is a container category. Due to its scope, it should contain only subcategories.

But it doesn't only contain subcategories. 2607:F140:400:A000:841:B1A6:614C:DDB0 (talk) 23:15, 7 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

More specifically it states "It should directly contain very few, if any, pages and should mainly contain subcategories." I recategorized two articles about people, and it seems the other four articles are appropriately categorized. GoingBatty (talk) 00:25, 8 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The first box says it should contain only subcategories. The second box says it should mainly contain subcategories. 136.152.143.2 (talk) 00:53, 8 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps the first banner could be removed, because I don't see it in similar topic categories like Category:Christians and Category:United States. Nythar (💬-🍀) 01:10, 8 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Nythar: Since it should contain a few articles, I removed the first banner. GoingBatty (talk) 01:26, 8 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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