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December 14

Annoying ads asking to donate money!

I'm trying to do research about my sons medical condition when I go to search about certain things, especially EDS or chiari 2 banners come up and block the page asking for money and donations! Really!!!??? I have never had this issue before. I use my cell phone to do research and I just tried a few other pages and the same thing. Donate to this and donate to wiki etc. Um, no thanks. I will not be using this once valuable site again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.236.110.138 (talk) 01:24, 14 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

So you admit you find this site useful, but you are deeply offended by being merely ASKED to contribute something towards its upkeep? Forgive me if I fail to feel your pain. --Orange Mike | Talk 01:45, 14 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I assume that Wikipedia wouldn't do that if they could adequately fund the project without it (and neither of us is an expert on that question). But it's certainly your right to decide that the benefit of Wikipedia articles is exceeded by the costs of any such annoyances. I think it's awesome that we have a choice. Best wishes with your son's medical condition. ‑‑Mandruss ☎ 02:04, 14 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I fail to see how asking for money to support a site decreases the value of that site. Dismas|^(talk) 05:18, 14 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It should be noted that the only reason the site exists for you to research your son's medical condition in the first place is because people saw these banners and donated money in the past. --Jayron 32 06:11, 14 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sir/Madam, perhaps you should instead do some research on: 1. grammar and 2. goodwill. The Wikimedia Foundation is non-profit, and Wikipedia hosts no ads. As such, there is no other way for Wikipedia to be able to upkeep its servers other than by donations. Tharthandorf Aquanashi (talk) 16:00, 14 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I dunno where to say this, the wikiepedia ads to donate are extremely annoying, when will they stop being made to be at the top of each search window? If advertising isn't evil, this donation banner is. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.164.169.124 (talk) 21:41, 17 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Duplicate articles

I just discovered duplicate articles: Ron Reynolds (Texas) and Ron Reynolds (Texas politician). I've never encountered such an issue before. What should I do? User:Orser67 created the first in November 2013, and User:Billy Hathorn created the second on December 12, 2014. Champaign Supernova (talk) 04:30, 14 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I've tagged the pages with Twinkle proposing a merger. Please discuss on Talk:Ron Reynolds (Texas politician)#Proposed merge with Ron Reynolds (Texas). Happy editing! — {{U|Technical 13}} ^{(e • t • c)} 04:46, 14 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks! I just found another duplicate (Koni Burton and Konni Burton. I'm going to attempt proposing the merger myself. Can you let me know if I do it correctly? Thank you. Champaign Supernova (talk) 05:17, 14 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  - Not quite, replacing the content of one article and redirecting it to the other isn't the way to merge them... I've reverted that edit and properly proposed the merge on the talk page. Please discuss on Talk:Konni Burton#Proposed merge with Koni Burton. Happy editing! — {{U|Technical 13}} ^{(e • t • c)} 06:20, 14 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

In the case of the two articles on Konni Burton, they were created by the same editor on the same day, and are copy-and-pastes of each other. It appears that that editor doesn't understand how redirects work. In the case of Ron Reynolds (Texas), one of the two articles was similarly created as a copy-and-paste. I will try to explain to the editor who is creating copy-and-pastes. Robert McClenon (talk) 15:22, 14 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The editor has been notified. The problem is that we have a new and enthusiastic editor who doesn't know how to use redirects. Another editor and I have tried to explain that creating duplicate articles creates a lot of additional work. Robert McClenon (talk) 15:28, 14 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks to everyone for your help. Champaign Supernova (talk) 17:16, 14 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

For the reasons expounded above by Robert McClenon, merger is not necessary so I have just redirected Koni Burton to Konni Burton.--ukexpat (talk) 17:40, 15 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Help:Cite errors/Cite error included ref

will there be any danger if the creatinine 4.5 in a patient stable for 2weeks? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.197.210.13 (talk • contribs)

This page is only for questions about how to use or edit Wikipedia. In any case, we can't (and shouldn't) offer advice on medical conditions. If you want to discuss content in a Wikipedia article, please use the article's talkpage. GermanJoe (talk) 08:16, 14 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Treaty 8, bottom of page, regarding the native way of life

The oil sands have not made the animals and fish dangerous to eat due to contamination. I live up here. That would be a false accusation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.91.107.188 (talk) 17:43, 14 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You don't indicate what article you are referring to. Please discuss on the article talk page of the article. Robert McClenon (talk) 17:52, 14 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

As the IP hails from Edmonton, Alberta, I suspect they are referring to Athabasca oil sands, specifically the phrase at the bottom of the article Treaty 8. However, regarding pollution, the statements in both Treaty 8 and Athabasca_oil_sands#Animals seem sourced to reliable sources - Arjayay (talk) 18:01, 14 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Discuss on a talk page, Talk: Treaty 8 or Talk:Athabasca oil sands. If discussion fails, use dispute resolution. Robert McClenon (talk) 18:20, 14 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

New Caution Template?

With reference to the duplicate articles mentioned above, where would I suggest that a new warning template be created that can be applied with Twinkle? This is a problem that I have occasionally seen before, creating copy-and-paste copies of articles rather than redirects. It isn't necessary in the case above, because the editor has been notified on his talk page, but it is likely to be useful in the future. The template should be relatively gently worded, because this behavior is done by inexperienced and enthusiastic editors. Robert McClenon (talk) 17:58, 14 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Does the template {{Uw-c&pmove}} not work for you? --Jayron 32 18:32, 14 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I now see it in Twinkle under single-issue notices. Robert McClenon (talk) 19:08, 14 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Photo

How does one transfer this photo: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficheiro:Meghan_Trainor_no_iHeart_Music_Festival_2014.png to this English Wikipedia? Tinton5 (talk) 20:10, 14 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please see WP:FFU. Happy editing! — {{U|Technical 13}} ^{(e • t • c)} 20:47, 14 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wiet Huidekoper

Please help to remove the page about the working life of Wiet Huidekoper, as it contains false and untrue information, whilst leaving out the major achievements. For instance Wiet Huidekoper never designed for Formula One, whilst attributing failures that he had nothing to do with. This was obviously done maliciously and I do not recognise him or his work in this description. So please prevent the contributor "RedPenOfDoom" to reinstate the page every time and delta the page for once and for all. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.106.129.245 (talk) 21:52, 14 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Care to explain why you're removing sourced content? —Jeremy v^_^v ^Bori! 22:10, 14 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Logging in

Iam a new user wanting to log in. The computer will not accept the temporary password I was sent or the password I asked for. Can you help?

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.82.107.216 (talk) 22:46, 14 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

What is the name of your account? Ruslik_Zero 03:39, 15 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]