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Other replacements can be made with 4=...|5=..., and so on. You have to identify the file names first, or try guessing. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:40, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thankyou! zoglophie^•talk• 21:10, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How to revert title change?

How do I revert a title change? The article titled "Horatio Caine" in existence since 2006 was recently retitled "H. Caine" with no sensible explanation. A redirect page was also created. I can edit articles, but I don't know how to edit titles or how to properly revert/delete redirects. Can you help? Jaguar766 (talk) 21:24, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You can go to the right side of your screen (or top right tools bar, depending on your setting) and click move, entering in the title. This won't work unless you have no redirect, so instead you would need to revert the move. To revert a page move previously done, find the move log entry (you can find this by going to Special:Log, clicking the drop-down menu and clicking "Move log" when you find it, they are in alphabetical order), enter in the page's name in the "Target" field, and there should be a revert button when you find the move. Click it, enter your reason, and click "Move page", and it will be reverted. I believe this is the process, but I could be wrong. -- ThatOneWolf (^Chat_Edits 22:30, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I found the "revert" button on the "Move log", but I don't want to swap it back until I delete the redirect because it states "The old title will become a redirect page to the new title." If "Horatio Caine" redirects to "H. Caine" and is not deleted and "H. Caine" redirects to "Horatio Caine" after the move, the two will cancel each other and could end up in a cycle to nowhere. Or does the "revert" button on the "Move log" also automatically delete the "Horatio Caine" to "H. Caine" redirect? Is there a way to delete the "Horatio Caine" to "H. Caine" redirect first? I don't want to mess things up. Jaguar766 (talk) 23:58, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Looking at the move done on the page you are talking about, I find valid reason for the move. The person who moved it said that it was moved because H. Caine is the name of the character, and is referred to as that rather than the common name. You can look at the reason in the page's history for a better understanding, but I feel a revert would be unnecessary, although I could be misunderstanding. -- ThatOneWolf (^Chat_Edits 00:10, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You obviously never watched the show. The character's name is "Horatio Caine". He was sometimes called "H" as a nickname, one syllable is easier than four, but only sometimes. Jaguar766 (talk) 01:06, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

But, in case you want me to answer your question for future moves, I think you would have to ask someone else who has more experience than me. I haven't been around too long compared to others, and I'm not completely sure if doing that would mess things up, but I do believe that it wouldn't, again though, don't hold me to it. -- ThatOneWolf (^Chat_Edits 00:12, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, where would I ask someone else how to delete a redirect? Would the Teahouse be appropriate? And thank you for your help not only with the "revert" button but also with the "Move" under "Tools". I had seen that link for years and never knew its purpose. Jaguar766 (talk) 01:07, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Jaguar766. To move a page when you can't do it yourself (eg over a redirect, or for a user too new to have access to the Move function), you can raise a request for a "technical move" at requested moves.

However, it is clear from ThatOneWolf's reply above that this is not an uncontested move, so you should get consensus on the article's talk page before requesting it be moved back. ColinFine (talk) 09:34, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I am a new user please help me use wikipedia

New User HomNeopaneyaschoolboy (talk) 23:02, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. What help are you seeking? 331dot (talk) 23:04, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Write a story about Yudhishthira an ancient yogi

Ancient Yogi

A yogi from India about 5000 years ago. I am trying to write a life story of Yudhishthira a brother with 4 siblings in the Story of Mahabharata. Earnest, Loyal, and truthful youth. He is an orphan child with knowledge of Wisdom HomNeopaneyaschoolboy (talk) 23:20, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

HomNeopaneyaschoolboy, there is already an article about Yudhishthira. You are free to add material to it, if the new material is carefully summarized from reliable sources, to which you provide clear references. -- Hoary (talk) 02:00, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How to add a photo to this Wikipedia page? HomNeopaneyaschoolboy (talk) 23:22, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please see your user talk page. -- Hoary (talk) 02:00, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How to add a video Link to a Wikipedia page? HomNeopaneyaschoolboy (talk) 23:23, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please see your user talk page. -- Hoary (talk) 02:00, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How to copy and paste Stories that I have written in other apps? HomNeopaneyaschoolboy (talk) 23:25, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Simply, Wikipedia doesn't want stories that you have, or I have, or anyone has written. -- Hoary (talk) 02:00, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How to copy and paste Stories that I have written in other apps? HomNeopaneyaschoolboy (talk) 23:27, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

See above. -- Hoary (talk) 02:00, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How can I use AI technology in 2024 to edit my Wikipedia page?" HomNeopaneyaschoolboy (talk) 23:33, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please don't. Acroterion (talk) 23:35, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've added a welcome message, which contains links to how to edit, on your user talkpage. Please start there. Acroterion (talk) 23:37, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

April 16

Fettuccine Alfredo

Courtesy link: Fettuccine Alfredo

Hi, a user recently edited this page by removing "Italian-American cuisine" and adding "Italian cuisine" (diff without adequate explanation), after many years that "Italian-American cuisine" was present on this page; I would like to hear other opinions. I'm familiar with this dish, and the way it has evolved it's no longer part of Italian cuisine, yet today in this encyclopaedia it has automatically become Italian (there is no dish called "fettuccine Alfredo" in Italy, we have "pasta al burro", but it's a bit different); what we do in this situation? JacktheBrown (talk) 02:12, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@JackkBrown: There is already discussion of this on the article's talk page. If you and the other editor can't reach consensus through that discussion, try WP:DR. RudolfRed (talk) 03:26, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Despite what JackkBrown says, the dish was created in Rome by Alfredo Di Lelio at the restaurant Alfredo alla Scrofa over 100 years ago, and so it is an Italian dish even if it is now more popular in the United States than in Italy. Every dish has its variations and certainly the contemporary American versions are different in the sense that cream is used in the sauce in addition to butter and parmesan cheese. That does not mean that they are two different dishes. They are different versions of the same original dish that was marketed to American tourists in Rome starting in the 1920s. Cullen328 (talk) 06:45, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How to cite sources from a Google Drive link

Hello. I'm editing articles about historical elections, and I have received archived returns from a state board of elections, however, these files are in a downloadable PDF form located on a Google Drive. Can't find it on any other web page. How would I go about citing these returns? Longestview (talk) 04:21, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Longestview, you should not cite to a Google Drive. Sources should be published and it sounds like those return forms have been sent to you personally by the local election body? That means they are not "published". Instead, you could cite them offline via Template:Cite_document and put the onus on the reader to request the returns if they wanted to check the reference. Qcne (talk) 08:19, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Bizarre title

Isn't this article having a bizarre title ? Wikipedia:Translation/Urban Network Bouzinac (talk) 08:15, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The title looks fine to me. If you want to propose a change, the place to do so is on the article talk page. Shantavira|^{feed me} 08:39, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It is not an article, it is a Wikipedia:Subpage of Wikipedia:Translation. It is an incomplete translation from ja Wikipedia, abandoned since 2008, so it could probably be deleted. TSventon (talk) 08:55, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There are other subpages such as Wikipedia:Translation/Tanja Ostojić, which are tagged as inactive and seem to be requests for translation. TSventon (talk) 09:06, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What would be a good template to say and tag "hey this article need update/finition of translation" ? Bouzinac (talk) 09:14, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There is Template:Expand language, but the Japanese version used is fifteen years out of date, so I think a deletion discussion is probably better. TSventon (talk) 09:29, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You mean delete the enwiki article because time has passed between starting of translation in enwiki and current version of jawiki https://ja.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%90%E3%83%B3%E3%83%8D%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%AF%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF&action=history ? Bouzinac (talk) 09:54, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have started a discussion at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Translation/Urban Network. I don't think the page is useful as it is incompletely translated and likely to be out of date. There are always alternatives to deletion, such as fixing the page or moving to draft, or even leaving it where it is as it is not in article space. TSventon (talk) 10:21, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Poorly covered topics spread over several articles.

I found two topics that are either poorly covered or nearly synonymous, what do I do, what do, where do I find a consensus about merging (or fixing) more than two pages at once.

Number one is scientific communication/debate/discourse

Scientific communication
Scientific debate currently redirects to the negatively framed Scientific controversy
Scientific discourse doesn't exist
... and I can't find an article that covers the topic in-depth at all

Number two is the independence of media

Media independence was largely created by a single editor using some kind of free source (User:Sarah GM)
Independent media is currently an article linking the term with Alternative media in a bit of a... seemingly politically convenient way
Editorial independence ... a term that is used largely synonymously with the above
... the two way better articles here are Freedom of the press and Freedom of speech of course

For clarity, I haven't tried anything yet, and am just unsure about what to do. JackTheSecond (talk) 12:18, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@JackTheSecond: You can tag pairs (or triples; but I would start simple) of articles with {{merge}}, or {{merge to}}/ {{merge from}}, and start a discussion on one of their talk pages, per the documentation of those templates. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:25, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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