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My added references have emerged under the category "External references" - BUT - they should be ordinary refs. please leave quotes in and fix up if you can Thanks 2001:8003:D864:E102:6159:B979:E779:51F9 (talk) 01:36, 29 September 2019 (UTC)
Ref number 4 - the page number (ref) is not clear - is it in the right place? Thanks 175.33.248.139 (talk) 03:42, 29 September 2019 (UTC)
In the statement
"We are only ((#expr:999999999-((NUMBEROFARTICLES:R)))) articles away from our 1,000,000,000th article((Purge|...))"
how do I add commas to the first number? --Guy Macon (talk) 05:08, 29 September 2019 (UTC)
((formatnum:((#expr:yourexpression))))
. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 06:18, 29 September 2019 (UTC)I have just been informed that my edit to Benfleet Railway Station, where I corrected the article because the Ticket Machines don't work, isn't correct. However, Benfleet is my local train station and I was correct, the ticket machines don't work.
Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 150.143.219.123 (talk) 07:29, 29 September 2019 (UTC)
Uk — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.106.246.80 (talk) 09:37, 29 September 2019 (UTC)
i want to add a new information abut my startup, so how could i do that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 106.217.107.40 (talk) 10:18, 29 September 2019 (UTC)
I'm trying to move Talk:Freedom_(2019_film) but my edits are immediately removed. 2A02:C7F:4637:9200:D099:1D88:9E91:9CB8 (talk) 10:22, 29 September 2019 (UTC)
I'm not aware of any ban. Any advice on this please? 2A02:C7F:4637:9200:E815:BA9D:BCEC:DEBC (talk) 12:05, 29 September 2019 (UTC) Any ideas? 2A02:C7F:4637:9200:E815:BA9D:BCEC:DEBC (talk) 15:50, 29 September 2019 (UTC)
You have me confused. 2A02:C7F:4637:9200:E815:BA9D:BCEC:DEBC (talk) 16:07, 29 September 2019 (UTC)
just landed here yesterday NO possibility to do anything! Discouraging! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Edouard Dubois (talk • contribs) 10:26, 29 September 2019 (UTC)
Dear Madam, dear Sir,
I have an excellent if not outstanding colleague within my field. I have written a short introduction to him & his work and happened to tell him. He was flattered etc. and as matter of fact would be delighted to see it published soon. Now, I am a new member, and have only been editing three articles.... a long way to ten; well at least a week or two. There must be some way of short cut, as the biography is with references etc. and only ten lines long.
All the best,
... Sorry, I think we are not supposed to use names and e-mails? — Preceding unsigned comment added by JSH2019 (talk • contribs) 14:06, 29 September 2019 (UTC)
Summary: It is probably best if you recommend a high-activity page relating to Mexico or colorblindness. The Talk Page of the article I want to fix (in English) is extremely low-activity, and this is not part of a Project where I know how to ask for help (those are mostly science-related projects).
WikiProject Mexico is possibly a good place to ask, but I haven't found a high-traffic discussion or requests page for that Project. I can ask in English or Spanish.
I'm a native English speaker and I am colorblind. I'm fairly fluent in Spanish, but I want to fix the English version of the article for colorblind users:
Currently, 10 of the 12 lines say the name of the color that represents the line, and one of those 10 even mentions that it is two colors, and why. All 12 depict the color, which is relatively less helpful for colorblind users. The colors are also not in a list, and I cannot possibly construct such a list myself. The colors are spread throughout the article, and some are in a standardized format (the little tables), but some are in the body of the text.
It should have a list near the top, in my opinion. If someone helps me make it in English, then I can translate it into Spanish, and I know the people who can fix my Spanish errors (which I make less and less often, cada vez menos errores).
Knowing the names of the colors is actually rather important for asking questions, even if the person asking (e.g. me) is colorblind and is planning to convert the color into a number. This gets much worse when they hear an English accent (o sea, un acento gringo, como lo mío) and think it is a Spanish problem and not a colorblindness problem, especially because I can see the different between red and green on a map of the CDMX Metro (those are 6 and 3, respectively), but I have what is called "red-green colorblindness". I can't see the difference between yellow and orange, or gray and at least two other colors. I don't remember the English nor Spanish names of the two colors that also look like gray, in my opinion.
Thank you. Fluoborate (talk) 15:10, 29 September 2019 (UTC)
Line | Color |
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1 | Pink |
2 | Blue |
3 | Olive green |
4 | Aqua |
5 | Yellow |
6 | Red |
7 | Orange |
8 | Green |
9 | Brown |
A | Purple |
B | Green and silver |
12 | Gold |
Total population
346.000.000 — Preceding unsigned comment added by El Britain (talk • contribs) 16:52, 29 September 2019 (UTC)
As discussed here, the WMF changed in 2017/2018 to a new process for generating statistics related to Wikipedia and other WMF projects. That page says "First goal is to match the numbers of the current system". But I'm not seeing that at all for active editors (I've not checked other statistics). The old system - version 1 shows there were 30,143 active editors for the English Wikipedia in December 2017. Version 2 shows that there were 63,925 for that month.
I'm not necessarily looking for an explanation of why the numbers are so different (though I would certainly like that); I'd settle for an email address or a WMF page where I can ask the question of someone who is familiar with the changeover. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 21:17, 29 September 2019 (UTC)
long description of a possible early usage of the term
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... and why is the term used to abuse the older generations of today by the poorly educated younger generations? The ORIGINAL BABY BOOMERS were those children born to the British women who had survived the First World War. The Brittish Government coined the term 'Baby Boomer' to describe THAT GENERATION ONLY as being a part of the POST WAR EFFORT to repopulate England and make up for all of the lives lost during WORLD WAR ONE. Since Australia is also a part of the BRITISH COLONIES AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN then the term BABY BOOMER applies to ONE GENERATION... and that generation was after the FIRST WORLD WAR ONLY! But... true to form... Wikipedia and Google, and any other links in this Computer Information Era... have now AMERICANISED the term 'Baby Boomer' and insist that it was for all of the generations born from 1946 through to 1964. I AM NOT AMERICAN... I was born just prior to 1960 in one of the counties that made up the original British Empire... and I am sick to death of everything American being repurposed to suit their own agendas. Just because they cannot invent their own descriptive terms doesn't give them license to repurpose those terms being used in a positive way to denigrate their own population. Added to my chagrin... is the way the Media Spin Doctors of Division and Hatred use the term 'Baby Boomer' in a derogative and insulting manner to describe today's Grey Haired Generation of RETIREES. Their... 'Anti-anything-old-and on pensions-is-at-fault-for-all-the-ills-of-the-word' IDEOLOGY is creating a level of hatred and targeted abuse towards the generations that make up today's grandparents... while making the younger, and entitled, generations feel that the older generations are to blame for them not being able to buy homes and have all the so-called luxuries their grandparents and parents HAVE EARNED THE RIGHT TO ENJOY IN THEIR OLD AGE! Here in Australia, a more correct term... for the older generations now enjoying their retirement years after slogging their guts out and going without even the basics while raising their children... is THE GREY NOMADS! This is because they have sold or rented out their homes and hooked up the caravan and are traveling around this great country.. while they are still young and physically sound enough to do so! My mother is the last of the ORIGINAL BABY BOOMERS... she is in her mid-80s as she was born AFTER THE FIRST WORLD WAR ENDED... and long before the SECOND WORLD WAR HAD BEGUN. HER GENERATION ARE THe ONLY TRUE BABY BOOMERS ON THIS PLANET! ... and they are not at fault or to be blamed for any following generations inability to create a life for themselves and BE HAPPY! Be Blessed! __/\__ <3 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:8003:411E:2400:680C:76E7:64A0:141E (talk) 23:39, 29 September 2019 (UTC)
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