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Hydrofision/Hydrofusion Process

The term used for the process of breaking down water, by means of means of electricity obtained via renewable resources, for the purpose of storing chemical energy. The pure elements are then recombined at a later time thus enacting an entire replacement of the fossil fuel system. 174.71.248.134 (talk) 00:31, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

Maybe see Electrolysis of water?   Maproom (talk) 06:36, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

Also Fossil fuel phase-out as whilst what you say is an important part there are other aspects to consider Chidgk1 (talk) 07:59, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

And if you have time to improve the article that would be great Chidgk1 (talk) 08:06, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

Citing and archiving a pdf source?

Hello,

In Afşin-Elbistan power stations I am citing http://eced.csb.gov.tr/jsp/dosya/dosyaGoster.htm?tempAd=signature_file1152442471683518745.imz&orjinalAd=32162_Son_Sekli_Verilen_Rapor.pdf&yuklemeTarihi=2024-05-10 and I would like to get it right this time as last time I cited something from that website I kept losing it as a “dead link”. As I am busy editing the cite number may change but you can find it by searching the article for the page number 277.

Firstly am I citing it right?

Secondly (apart from downloading it to my computer which I have done) is there a way I can archive that pdf?

Thanks Chidgk1 (talk) 07:26, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

@Chidgk1: The site's not working for me right now. When it does start responding again, you can use http://web.archive.org/save to archive the PDF, then you can put that link in the archive-url parameter in the citation. C F A 💬 14:15, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. It takes about 2 minutes to respond so I have sent an error report to the Wayback Machine as presumably that is why they are not archiving it. Perhaps that is also why the earlier one kept being flagged as a dead link. Chidgk1 (talk) 06:46, 21 July 2024 (UTC)

Account was hacked

Hello My account with email "(Redacted)" and username "Jake Muller" have been hacked and the email was changed to "(Redacted)" Here is a screenshot of the email i received from wiki when the email was changed: https://pasteboard.co/CRTA5VRAlZ9R.png

can you kindly restore it. 169.224.75.242 (talk) 08:39, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

I've redacted those email addresses; relevant people will still be able to see them. The chances are your account will be blocked or globally locked. The people responsible for recovering accounts are Trust & Safety, further details at m:Help:Compromised_accounts. Please contact Trust & Safety using the ca@ address. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 09:37, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

Email

I have put error Email in hurry now I want to change it but it is registered please any solution 175.194.103.33 (talk) 13:50, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

You registered an account with the wrong email, and you want to change it? Do you still remember the password to the Wikipedia account? If so, login, then go here Special:Preferences and choose Password. -- Zanimum (talk) 18:06, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

Zhou Xiaochuan

I noticed that on Chinese Wikipedia it's stated that when the economist Zhou Xiaochuan was born, his parents worked in Factory No. 2 (Dongan Electrical Appliance Factory) directly under the Ministry of Northeast Military Industry in Dong'an City, in Heilongjiang Province. However, the birthplace is indicated as Yixing. It's a strange discrepancy. 87.1.243.195 (talk) 14:53, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

If you have a question about an article on the Chinese Wikipedia you need to ask there. RudolfRed (talk) 17:43, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

The appropriate place to ask is https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:%E4%BA%92%E5%8A%A9%E5%AE%A2%E6%A0%88/%E6%B1%82%E5%8A%A9 -- Zanimum (talk) 18:07, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

Not a definitive resolution, but I note that his father Zhou Jiannan was also born in Yixing. Presumably Xiaochuan's mother was given some form of maternity leave around the period of his birth; it seems not unlikely that she would have returned to the family home of either her husband or her parents (likely also in Yixing), to stay with supportive relatives pre- and post-partum. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 94.2.67.235 (talk) 10:41, 21 July 2024 (UTC)

My Article

I have been working on my page for almost 2 years and I cannot find the "move" option anywhere, it simply is not an option for me. Please help, I really want to publish this page that I've worked so hard one.I\ve watched videos and read help topics until my eyes feel sore and I just cannot find the move "from sandbox" option anywhere. Rivey791 (talk) 17:33, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

@Rivey791: Your account is not yet autoconfirmed, which is required for moving a page. If you are referring to User:Rivey791/sandbox, it has no references so it is not acceptable as an article. Please also read WP:AUTO RudolfRed (talk) 17:41, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

@Rivey791 I have added a template to your sandbox that would allow you to Submit it to the Articles for Creation process for review.

Do not submit it for review in it's current form- it is written entirely inappropriately for Wikipedia at the moment and would likely be deleted for spam.

Very carefully read our notability criteria for authors, our policy that requires all information be verified, and finally our policy on strict neutrality of writing. Your sandbox fails all three at the moment. You still have a lot of work to do.

Let me know if you have any questions. Qcne (talk) 17:49, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

@Rivey791, I've deleted your draft as blatant spam, and if you try again you must declare your obvious Conflict of interest Jimfbleak - talk to me? 12:56, 21 July 2024 (UTC)

Searching own edits

Hello, is there a way to search your edits, as opposed to just browsing? Someone's just emailed me, saying that I edited an article on their late relative, and I can't find any evidence that the article exists on Wikipedia. There's two people with the same name, but they're alive and ticking (and not something I edited.) I have 50K edits, so filtering the user contributions to article space will still be slow to search through. -- Zanimum (talk) 17:59, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

I should clarify, I only want to search through the article titles, not the edits themselves. I just am wondering whether there's anything automated before I go 500 edits at a time. Thanks! -- Zanimum (talk) 18:00, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

@Zanimum: I have not tried it, but at the top of your contributions page there should be "Search for contributions", and a down arrow. Click the arrow and it will expand a search box. RudolfRed (talk) 18:05, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

If it's the list of pages that you edited; it's in your XTools page. Vestrian24Bio (TALK) 18:28, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

When should a personal connection to article subject be declared?

I find it difficult to determine when a personal connection to an article subject should be declared with {{Connected contributor}} or otherwise. From reading through Wikipedia:Conflict of interest and Wikipedia:Plain and simple conflict of interest guide it becomes clear that editors with a financial interest should always declare their connection. Beyond that, I understand that common sense should be applied, which doesn't really help in answering the question: When should a personal connection to an article subject be declared? In a discussion about an article on a single-day athletics event, another editor declared working as an unpaid volunteer judge for this event, but didn't think that this personal connection merits a declaration on the article's talk page. So I was looking for information to better understand and determine the line between connections and interests that should be declared and ones that don't have to be. Can someone help me with that? – Editør (talk) 19:29, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

If I were editing a Wikipedia article about an event for which I'd been an unpaid volunteer judge, I'd definitely declare it. Whyever not? Maybe no-one will care. But I prefer to be open and honest. Maproom (talk) 22:03, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

Editør, more disclosure is better than less disclosure. Nobody will criticize you for "over-disclosing" minor conflicts of interest, but some editors have been harshly criticized or even blocked for failing to disclose. Cullen328 (talk) 08:48, 21 July 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for your replies. – Editør (talk) 11:50, 21 July 2024 (UTC)

LMSTA Template Problem: I added this student to a List of Music Students article, but the name won't go to the next bullet point on the list.

Here is the name and the situation, along with the link to the article:

• Rolf C. Scheurer [pupils]Rudolph Schirmer [pupils] (1918–2006)

List of music students by teacher: R to S - Wikipedia Starlighsky (talk) 20:20, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

In this edit, you appear to have put the * inside the template {{LMSTA|Rolf C.|Scheurer|no*}} instead of outside it. ColinFine (talk) 21:07, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

I will work on this, but only have access to the template. How do I put it outside? Starlighsky (talk) 21:11, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

I fixed it out to source code edit.

Thank you for the information on how to fix it. It is definitely, greatly appreciated because I could not figure it out in visual edit. Starlighsky (talk) 21:27, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

Dark mode issues

In dark mode, at {{Soulfly}}, the actual link for Soulfly is an extremely dark grey that is difficult to see on a black background. Also, when editing, anything that is NOT a link is grey text on a white background. It was not this way before. Does anyone know how to fix this? --Jax 0677 (talk) 22:05, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

@Jax 0677, while you wait for a good answer here, have you checked out this Pump tech thread? It does have sections related to dark text on dark backgrounds. I don't use dark mode so can't assist further. Commander Keane (talk) 04:56, 21 July 2024 (UTC)

• Reply - @Commander Keane:, thanks! --Jax 0677 (talk) 21:34, 21 July 2024 (UTC)

I use dark mode but I cannot reproduce the problem - looks fine to me Chidgk1 (talk) 06:49, 21 July 2024 (UTC)

• Reply - I went to Keane's archived post, and someone else had the same problem. --Jax 0677 (talk) 21:41, 21 July 2024 (UTC)