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September 17

Editing a table

Hey everyone! I am asking on editing a table to add note that Safari 18 dropped support for JPEG-2000. However, while I was able to update the table on JPEG-2000 page, I can't seem to edit the Safari text to add a note saying Safari 18 dropped support and earlier versions supported JPEG-2000 in visual editor. — Preceding unsigned comment added by CKing123 (talk • contribs)

@CKing123: Some tables like the first column of JPEG 2000#Applications 2 use features which prevent editing with VisualEditor. You can switch to source editing on the pencil icon at the top right. PrimeHunter (talk) 19:36, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! CKing123 (talk) 01:56, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

Customising Navbox

Hey there, I'd like to enquire how I can customize my navbox to use custom colours (check my userpage, it's the first dropdown) as I've seen with some other users. Henry (talk) 05:21, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

Have a look over at Help:Table § Colors in tables TiggerJay (talk) 05:42, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

Thanks! Appreciate it. Henry (talk) 11:04, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

Unfortunately, the examples provided in the help article hasn't worked. Thanks for the assistance though! Henry (talk) 04:59, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

@Henry Herrmann-Friedrich: See Template:Navbox#Style parameters for where to place color code for backgrounds. If you want to change text color then wrap the text in code like <span style="color:green;">...</span>? If the text is linked then the code has to be inside a piped link like [[Example|<span style="color:green;">Example</span>]] to produce Example. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:39, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

how to create a Wikipedia page for my NGO?

How to create a page for my NGO from India Haindaveeyam Foundation Haindaveeyam Foundation (talk) 09:00, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

Don't. Wikipedia articles must be neutral – experience has shown that people have great trouble writing neutrally about organisations they have founded or work for (see our conflict of interest guidelines). You're better off waiting for someone else to do so. – Teratix ₵ 09:09, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

Also, you need to change your username (or, more easily, abandon the account and create a new one). Wikipedia accounts are for individuals, and may not have a name that suggests that they are represent an organisation. See the Username Policy

Note also that promotion of any kind (ie, telling the world about your organisation) is not permitted in Wikipedia, and that an article about yourself isn't necessarily a good thing.

(You may be wondering why, if telling the world about your organisation is "promotion" and not permitted, we have articles about organisations at all. The answer is that most such articles were not written by people connected with the organisation, and what they tell is what independent commentators have published about the organisation, not what the organisation itself says or wants to say). ColinFine (talk) 09:21, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

New article creation: No draft option shown.

When I try to create a new article - say AnyNewTitle - then I get the suggestion to start in my personal space under Special:Mypage/AnyNewTitle. But I do not get the suggestion to start it as Draft:AnyNewTitle. Why? Isn't this the purpose of draft space? --KnightMove (talk) 12:22, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

How are these suggestions being provided? You may create drafts by using the WP:WIZARD. 331dot (talk) 12:27, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

When clicking AnyNewTitle I see text made by MediaWiki:Newarticletext:

Before creating an article, please read Help:Your first article. We recommend that new editors use the Article wizard.

Both links eventually lead to an option to create a draft although you have to enter the title again. I think it's OK you have to read some advice before getting to the draft namespace. Otherwise we would probably get more junk drafts, and confused users who don't have a submit button on their draft and don't know what to do. Often they think the draft has been submitted when they click "Publish", so they don't do more and nothing ever happens. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:02, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

wrong, offensive, antisemetic content

“zionism” is simply believing that the jewish people have a right to have a homeland. the page on zionism is antisemetic, accusing jews of being colonizers, illegal settlers, and wanting to get rid of palestinians. this is not true, and quite offensive. Zionism 2607:FEA8:87C0:7780:797F:5E58:5868:CD8E (talk) 13:38, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

If you have any doubts about the contents of the page, you can click the source citations near any claim for material that backs up that claim. As a contentious topic within the sphere of the Arab–Israeli conflict, it is held under extra scrutiny to be fully verifiable. See also WP:Wikipedia is not censored. GeorgeMemulous (talk) 13:43, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

Due to the restrictions around that topic area, you are not permitted to edit about this topic; you must have an account that is 30 days old with 500 edits. 331dot (talk) 17:11, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

Vinnie Tortorich

Why is Vinnie Tortorich not on wikipedia? 2601:645:D80:F050:3921:71B5:461A:5FB2 (talk) 17:07, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

Because no one has written an article about him that summarizes what independent reliable sources say about him and what makes him a notable person. 331dot (talk) 17:10, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

If a person doesn't have a Wikipedia article, they likely lack notability by Wikipedia's standards. If you believe this individual is notable enough for an entry, you can request for their article to be made. GeorgeMemulous (talk) 17:10, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

Be advised that RA is backlogged to the point of uselessness. 331dot (talk) 17:12, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

An article at Vinnie Tortorich was created in 2010 and deleted in 2019. Requests for undeletion were declined at Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion/Archive 342#Vinnie Tortorich, Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion/Archive 367#Vinnie Tortorich and Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion/Archive 368#Vinnie Tortorich. See also Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2023 May 30#Missing personality. PrimeHunter (talk) 19:23, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

Change main title

Trying to modify name from Cecil Williams South Carolina Museum to

South Carolina Civil Rights Museum Clarendon26 (talk) 17:55, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

Changing a title is called a page move. That may be requested at requested moves, if you think it will be completely uncontroversial. Keep in mind the official or legal name is not necessarily the title of an article here, see WP:COMMONNAME. 331dot (talk) 18:28, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

It was called the Cecil Williams South Carolina Civil Rights Museum but according to the official website it is now the South Carolina Civil Rights Museum. The page isn't move protected, but you should explain on the talk page why the name has changed, this isn't clear.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 18:33, 17 September 2024 (UTC)