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June 2

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I am new and I need some advices ,my question is how can I make my edits nice and have a common sense???? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jolly Jackson (talk • contribs) 10:07, 2 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Jolly Jackson. Are you using a translation program to write your comment? If English is not your first language, you may want to edit the version of Wikipedia in your primary language. 331dot (talk) 10:13, 2 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

English is my first Language yours???? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jolly Jackson (talk • contribs) 10:16, 2 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The first thing you need to know is that Wikipedia is written in formal standard English. It's difficult to advise on common sense. Dbfirs 10:20, 2 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

[This OP account has now been blocked indefinitely as a sockpuppet.] {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 2.122.177.55 (talk) 13:49, 2 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

To add some information.

On Shamsheer vayalil Wikipedia page there is an inbox. In that inbox there is his picture. Below that picture there is an alma mater column in which name of two colleges are given from where he completed his medical studies. But one major information left in that alma mater column is the name of the city where these respective colleges are situated. I tried very hard to add this information but I couldn't succeed. The main reason is that I am a learner, and despite of knowing every thing I don't know how editing process takes place. Please! anyone add these information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 223.230.131.31 (talk) 10:39, 2 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I've added Manipal to the first link, thus avoiding a redirect. You can add further detail if you wish, but anyone wanting to know where the colleges are based can just click the links. Dbfirs 11:14, 2 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

To add some information.

On Shamsheer vayalil Wikipedia page there is an inbox. In that inbox name of the two medical colleges are given from where he completed his medical studies. Name of the city where the first college is situated is indicated beside it, but the name of the city where the second college is situated is not indicated beside it. I know where the second college is situated but couldn't add the name of the place there,because I don't know how to edit Wikipedia. Please! anyone add this information. I shall be very grateful to him/her. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 223.230.131.31 (talk) 11:30, 2 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

note - this is (at least) the sixth time this question has been asked on the help desk. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 11:32, 2 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) Please stop. See all the answers, in all the sections, you have created above and previously. You have been asked multiple times not to create sections with the same heading and also to sign your posts. The information is included in the article. It is not typical to include the locations in the infobox; it is close by in the text anyway and the links are there to be clicked by anyone who requires further information. Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 11:41, 2 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

To add some information.

On Shamsheer vayalil Wikipedia page there is an infobox. In the article the nationality is indicated but in the infobox it is not indicated. While in other physician's profile there nationality is indicated in their Wikipedia article as well as infobox.

               Please! any editor add this important information.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 223.230.131.31 (talk) 11:42, 2 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The information is in the article. Stop asking as of now; continuing in this vein could be seen as disruptive and may lead to editing restrictions. Eagleash (talk) 11:46, 2 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

As above; repeated requests will not help you.(223.230.131.31) If you continue to make them, you will be blocked. 331dot (talk) 12:14, 2 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Help regarding the edit.

On Shamsheer vayalil Wikipedia page his nationality is indicated in the article but not in the infobox. While in Mukesh Ambani's Wikipedia page his nationality is indicated in the article as well as infobox.

            Is this because Mukesh Ambani is more famous than Shamsheer vayalil? Am l asking to add wrong thing in Shamsheer vayalil's infobox? 
                 Please! answer these questions before blocking me.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 223.230.131.31 (talk) 12:30, 2 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

May be somebody simply forgot to add it to the infobox? Ruslik_Zero 12:44, 2 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

No, it's not because one is more famous. Eagleash (talk) 12:55, 2 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Added it. Eagleash (talk) 12:58, 2 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Countries involved in ww1

I live in Canada. I am proud of what our country did in ww1 but I could not find any mention of my country's sacrifices in your article. I don't know enough right now about our contribution to the war and I wont find it here. When I do I would like to add them to the article. thanx — Preceding unsigned comment added by 147.194.7.63 (talk) 16:01, 2 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, IP user. I'm not sure which article you're talking about, but we have an article Military history of Canada during World War I, which seems to be well referenced. --ColinFine (talk) 17:06, 2 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

When a Wikipedia article gets very large, we break it into separate articles. Even after its breakup, the WWI article is still huge. If you use your browser's search within page function (usually ctrl-F) you will find "Canada" 39 times in this big article. Finding the link to the Military history of Canada during World War I is admittedly not as easy as it should be. We also suffer from the fact that Canada was then very much part of the British Empire and is aggregated into the British Empire statistics, etc. throughout the WWI article. -Arch dude (talk) 18:10, 2 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Fabulous images but not much usable text?

I'm working on Delmi Alvarez and the article subject has uploaded to commons a ton of great photos from when he was treating the article like his own personal blog. (He has stopped.) There's a ton of work to be done on this article, but to start I'd like to figure out a solution for the photos. Can someone who understands image placement better than I do take a look and maybe make a suggestion? I've been at Help:pictures but there's almost too much information there, if you know what I mean. I can follow directions, but a pointer as to which solution I should try would be very much appreciated. (Or of course feel free to just have at it!) --valereee (talk) 16:30, 2 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The article has rather too many images as it stands (WP:NOTGALLERY) and 'squeezing' text between images is never ideal. MOS:IMGLOC may offer more help. Eagleash (talk) 18:08, 2 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

What Eagleash said; as a rough rule of thumb, if an article has more than one image per section, they generally need to be culled. One representative picture from each phase of their career, plus a picture of the subject themselves, is all an artist biography should generally have. ‑ Iridescent 19:00, 2 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I have created commons:Category:Photographs by Delmi Álvarez, and added a link to it. Now, many images can be removed from the article without making them inaccessible to readers. Eman 235/talk 20:51, 2 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks to all! And especially to Eman235, that's great! I think some of these photos could be useful in other articles. --valereee (talk) 21:06, 2 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Invalid Link

On this page http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Tigercat_(disambiguation) there is a link for <Tigercat, a Canadian manufacturer of logging equipment>. When I click on the latter I am directed to http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Grumman_F7F_Tigercat, which is incorrect. Through the search box I cannot locate anything on Tigercat Industries, Tigercat Logging or Tigercat Canada so I'm not sure if there is even a page for Tigercat, A Canadian manufacturer of logging equipment. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jmbyse (talk • contribs) 20:11, 2 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, a 2017 spammer that hadn't been noticed up to now; now fixed. ‑ Iridescent 20:15, 2 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

old email address dead, cannot recall password, how do I recover my account

When I registered to use Wikipedia many years ago I used an email address that I have long since let go.

Right now, I cannot recall the password I set and with the old email address dead, cannot get a reset on the password.

What can I do to get my account going again? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:246:0:1F19:14AD:2D78:72BC:A6C8 (talk) 21:29, 2 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Nothing, unfortunately (unless you used Template:Committed identity, but few people do). Just create a new account and start editing again. If you want, you can leave a note on the old account's page saying where the new account is. Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 09:47, 3 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hutton House

My mother was a student of Hutton House in 1952. I am her daughter and am looking for information. Please help. Eleanor Bailey age 21. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.183.148.42 (talk) 21:43, 2 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

This help desk is for questions about using or editing Wikipedia, not for general questions. The fine folks over at Wikipedia:Reference desk/Humanities may be able to help you. -Arch dude (talk) 23:35, 2 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Park Hall

Please check ref number 3 - it is a PDF. Thanks Srbernadette (talk) 23:55, 2 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Convenience Link: Park Hall. OkayKenG (talk) 00:06, 3 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Done: Some tweaks; plus a date fmt in the para and 'Pearson' instead of 'Pearman' at one point. Eagleash (talk) 02:59, 3 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]