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May 1

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2019 May 1

  1. including Ports
  2. How to increase the diversity of the so-called 'featured article' ?
  3. How to create a listing for a friend - a retired Country singer, who currently has no internet visibility
  4. Can anybody help me please
  5. Locking pliers question about spelling
  6. Should You Trust Wikipedia?
  7. Review of Fair Use image
  8. Mesne lord
  9. Clarice Phelps
  10. Comedy troupes
  11. Making a new page
  12. Procedure for deactivating "Not Done" statement
  13. Created category with two pages, but they're sort of the same thing
  14. OSM Location map template problem
  15. "...in Brussels" category
  16. Birth year is incorrect
  17. Sorry yet another question on my beginning here

May 2

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2019 May 2

  1. Marxism - poor definition
  2. Plagiarized text
  3. Offensive content in userpage that seems to be abandoned
  4. Why is latest change visible only when logged in?
  5. Draft in purgatory
  6. Louis Le Prince
  7. Mesne lord

May 3

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2019 May 3

  1. How do I add a new word and definition that has never been used before?
  2. CAMELOT BROADWAY
  3. Number near edits
  4. Global user page
  5. How to move an article from Draft to main space and for review?
  6. Edits removed
  7. William Scott Fell
  8. help
  9. Removing Image Requests
  10. Changing a company's old Logo for a New version
  11. Help:Cite errors/Cite error ref too many keys
  12. Watch list

May 4

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2019 May 4

  1. Susan Barrantes
  2. Wikipedia:TheWikiWizard/Templates/Main Page Did you know these Facts
  3. Contact article originator?
  4. 442nd Infantry Regiment Article Correct Soldier Name
  5. Can't log in
  6. Used bookstore
  7. Is this fair use?
  8. Jeremy_Bentham#Death_and_the_auto-icon
  9. WikiProjects and Special:RecentChangesLinked
  10. Usernames after import
  11. Archiving multiple external links present in a Wikipedia article using Internet Archive's Wayback Machine
  12. Users which write articles.
  13. List of films containing frequent marijuana use
  14. Super Bowl LVIII And New NFL TV Contracts
  15. pages in my watch list marked as visited
  16. Please revert this vandalism
  17. Chlorous anhydride article
  18. Aldgate

May 5

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2019 May 5

  1. JS page not working as desired
  2. Help:Cite errors/Cite error references no text
  3. How do I add a name to your "recipients of Distinguished flying cross"
  4. more legendary/mythical pokemon articles
  5. Security warning on url
  6. Wikipedia:Tutorial
  7. Signature problem
  8. Is this promotion?

May 6

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2019 May 6

  1. In accurate picture of Tim Cossins.
  2. How to see all new articles tagged for a particular WikiProject?
  3. Dealing with vandalism-only account
  4. Sock puppetry
  5. Help with disambiguation page
  6. CSD A7 lag problem
  7. Question about adding content
  8. La La Anthony Wikipedia Page
  9. I found an entry that I believe is incorrect. I created a talk page entry with my evidence (sorry primary research).

May 7

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2019 May 7

  1. Wikimedia Tags and Wikimedia Labs
  2. Sol Pais
  3. Cats in the Sandbox
  4. Updating a Photo
  5. Edit logo
  6. Searching images in Commons
  7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QALO
  8. Capitalization on "Queen's Cross Church, Glasgow" page
  9. Talk:Frank Gaffney
  10. Updating logo on page
  11. What to do when listing a person's spouse in infobox but maiden name is unknown
  12. Reverted work

May 8

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2019 May 8

  1. Help:Cite errors/Cite error references no text
  2. Help in updating my Wikipedia profile
  3. Capitalization after slash in header
  4. International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day
  5. media
  6. Paid To Edit Artist Page, Page Not Created
  7. Verify translation
  8. Not spamming
  9. Table sorting question
  10. HTML Error on a userpage
  11. Is it worth creating a "National presidents elected by a two-round system" category?
  12. Requesting guidance on reducing the promotional nature of article
  13. Question for Wikapedia.org?
  14. Hasan Ferit Alnar
  15. New Page Request
  16. Workpage or Userpage?
  17. Tag for incomplete references

May 9

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2019 May 9

  1. ECP % of Articles
  2. List of Highest Grossing Films
  3. Article Grading
  4. Photograph for Paul Brydges is the wrong photo.
  5. Streabs' (that's me) contribution to Ars Moriendi. (re note 8)
  6. Is it possible to track the edit history of a particular page?
  7. Can I simply add a company to an exisitng list
  8. Paid editor solicitation--how should I handle it?
  9. Wiktionary in hatnotes
  10. How to delete
  11. Stressor
  12. Template:Calendar

May 10

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2019 May 10

  1. Notability of a Simpsons episode
  2. Wrong birth year updated
  3. Unable to create an account
  4. Article "Taichung's 7th Redevelopment Zone" gallery
  5. Help:Cite errors/Cite error references no text (2)
  6. Editorial communication problem
  7. 2019-20 ESPN Bowl Schedule
  8. Broken external links
  9. Help:Cite errors/Cite error ref too many keys
  10. Zynex page

May 11

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2019 May 11

  1. Remove an Image
  2. What happened to Structured Discussions?
  3. RooH_(single)
  4. Numerical ref names
  5. Linking to specific section on https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_gear_nomenclature
  6. Text in article re-used from other site but editor says he wrote the text on the other site?
  7. Request to review new article

May 12

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2019 May 12

  1. Editing or Adding Entries in Foreign Language Wikipedias
  2. Wikitube
  3. Anote Tong
  4. Getting help reviewing a draft page
  5. Table help
  6. Closing AfD for Chase Strangio
  7. Searching for females who prefer "actor" to "actress"

May 13

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2019 May 13

  1. Help:Cite errors/Cite error included ref
  2. Moving page to mainspace
  3. How to join project pages
  4. Celebrity Client Revision - Taylour Paige
  5. Merge to a draft - what to do about redirect?
  6. Template to add to articles to show there is an ongoing discussion somewhere regarding a facet of that article?
  7. Bacame an adm
  8. JESUSLAND MAP
  9. editing a page.

May 14

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2019 May 14

  1. Taylor Allderdice High School
  2. Wikiedia fr-->wikipedia enGuy Cheron (talk) 07:52, 14 May 2019 (UTC)
  3. Notification on respective articles to show there is an ongoing discussion taking place
  4. Page Protection
  5. double use of a picture taken by me
  6. Page Curation

May 15

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2019 May 15

  1. Creating a Page for an Organization
  2. Is there a template for ...
  3. The hyperlink on my citation works but is not blue
  4. Links
  5. The page that I was creating has disappeared
  6. Article assessments
  7. Recommendation
  8. What means 'draft:'

May 16

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2019 May 16

  1. A lot of misinformation
  2. Important
  3. redlink category
  4. Question about multiple accounts
  5. An article named 'Sayed Babu'
  6. Edit warring with no discussion
  7. Thank you
  8. Username
  9. Including a template
  10. Religion/ethnicity editing
  11. translation
  12. Rookwood Pottery Page
  13. Help closing move discussion

May 17

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2019 May 17

  1. Delete account
  2. Publishing Page after deletion/editing
  3. Uploading my picture...and some of my music...if allowed.
  4. Wikipedia and Safari
  5. James Averdieck
  6. Our company rebranded and changed their name, how can we get the page to change how it is listed?
  7. Need to know where to split paragraph
  8. Caps lock
  9. MOS:CQ
  10. How to add a Photo for historical references
  11. Invalid message sent to e

May 18

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2019 May 18

  1. 2019 redefinition of SI base units
  2. Why are you copy protectng the carbonaro effect show ?----
  3. Super Bowl LVIII
  4. Editing problems
  5. Internal link not working

May 19

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2019 May 19

  1. Name of an architectural element
  2. Library books posted via the mail? (U.K)
  3. PHP7
  4. Editing
  5. Mass retargeting redirects
  6. Do edits need to be approved?
  7. Images, Categories, and an oopsie?...oh my!
  8. Template:Calendar
  9. Want to make needed edits to "Wisconsin" page but am being denied
  10. Unreferenced stubs
  11. Can I add a deletion sorting page to any WikiProject that doesn't have one?
  12. Should I Empty This Category?
  13. Edith Rosenbaum for GA?

May 20

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2019 May 20

  1. Family of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
  2. George Hulse
  3. How To Get A Simple Wikipedia Page for a Company
  4. Template:Arctic topics
  5. Conflicting info in article
  6. Help with Wikitable
  7. Dealing with the edit history when splitting an article
  8. Help:Cite errors/Cite error references duplicate key
  9. The ownership of marie byrd land

May 21

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2019 May 21

  1. Hello, i need help getting started...
  2. Trolling
  3. Family of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
  4. How to change username of my wikipedia account?
  5. Old sandbox deletion
  6. Home video releases worldwide
  7. Change page name
  8. Question for a Checkuser
  9. Trouble reviewing DYK nomination
  10. Suggested section to add to "Far future in science fiction and popular culture"
  11. Generating Wikitable from Excel Spreadsheet

May 22

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2019 May 22

  1. Place name pronunciation
  2. Enquiry
  3. Users adding confidential or private info
  4. Changing the headline/ description of a person
  5. Changing an article title by removing a hyphen.
  6. Help correcting awards listed that do not exist
  7. Next Newfoundland and Labrador general election article
  8. Wikiproject that may need to be closed
  9. Fictitious reference on Wikipedia page "Design"
  10. Add category to category
  11. Adding a missing topic list?
  12. Infobox officeholder
  13. Rules and policies and practices about "See also" sections

May 23

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2019 May 23

  1. Creating a WikiProject
  2. Factual Information on People
  3. uss new York lpd-21,,,,
  4. I am planning to start an "Agile Lean" Page on Wiki
  5. legend for colors of text
  6. mistakenly to use them as a Greek language affects the Greek language
  7. Barbra Streisand - Wrong Number of Awards on Page
  8. Permablocked account (best if IP) for test purposes?
  9. Joey Pedraza
  10. 2Qs: (1) Policies regarding removal of sourced information (2) Any offenses more serious than others?

May 24

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2019 May 24

  1. list of orphaned pages with incoming links
  2. using photos
  3. Anglican Catholic Church.
  4. Seminole High School Notable People
  5. Notability of books within an author's article
  6. Help
  7. Al Jazeera
  8. Talk: Daniel Sidney Warner
  9. Question

May 25

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2019 May 25

  1. Unable to locate article Old Main (The University of Texas at Austin)
  2. Adding media
  3. Enabling auto information update
  4. Zig-Zag Rolling Papers
  5. Mediawiki namespace redirect
  6. Which picture is suitable?
  7. Dynamic IP

May 26

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2019 May 26

  1. Regarding edits.
  2. Editing
  3. Replacing an article with another one
  4. On This Day … 
  5. Foreign words in article
  6. Merritt Island High School
  7. Fair use vs. Public domain

May 27

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2019 May 27

  1. ticketing scam
  2. Concern about reasons for Keith264's reversion of addition to "Further reading" of Attack on Mers-el-Kébir
  3. Secondhand-Merchandise
  4. Change got reverted as "not constructive"
  5. Adding page summary
  6. Why “Fewer than 30 watchers” instead of exact number?

May 28

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2019 May 28

  1. Hello, I can prove it
  2. Removed articile
  3. QUESTION
  4. Citation formatting on Man Ray page

May 29

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2019 May 29

  1. Question about Visual Editor
  2. Error on Talk:Jennie Alexander
  3. User:NeoBatfreak/sandbox
  4. My Userpage is wrongly categorized
  5. Bulldog Drummond page spelling error
  6. Javan Elephant
  7. Merging WikiProjects
  8. Map problem
  9. Identifying a conspiracy theory
  10. Strange looking infobox
  11. Help:Cite errors/Cite error references no text
  12. Dr Ravi Prakash Mishra
  13. How does a famous person correct his Wikipedia page
  14. Newbie here: how can I interact in a talk page?

May 30

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2019 May 30

  1. Editing
  2. Alternatives to Google News
  3. Strange formatting induced by Wiki software
  4. Need help fix the article"Poren_Huang" to "Huang Poren"
  5. "Brought here by a bot"
  6. Feedback
  7. User page moved onto redirect
  8. Intelligence of Dogs page vandalized
  9. Help:Cite errors/Cite error ref no input
  10. Can you help me ?
  11. Editing a page due to incorrect information
  12. Talking to other Wikipedians Comment
  13. Searching for an answer
  14. Regarding edits.
  15. Fixing wikilinks to redirect pages
  16. Edit to Jonas Lössl

May 31

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2019 May 31

  1. Create a page
  2. updating the date= in Template:Use mdy dates, etc
  3. Biographies - when to use full name?
  4. I protected my sandbox and I cant undo it
  5. 2019-20 Minnesota Timberwolves and 2019–20 Dallas Mavericks seasons
  6. Template include size is too large
  7. Should I care that whoever attempted to write facts about my investigation on the Wikipedia Connecticut River Valley Killer page got the facts all wrong?