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May 30

Family of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge

In the "Children" section of this page, I cannot understand why there is a link that is in red. Please fix if you are able to work it out - I have to retire now so cannot keep at it. Thanks Srbernadette (talk) 00:06, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

It's a piped link (see WP:PIPE) that goes to Independent school, (United Kingdom). We have no such article. Remove the comma, and you're left with a link to Independent school (United Kingdom), which is correct. Nyttend (talk) 00:08, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

I am sorry - I have altered the format and left a gap too large. What do you think? Please adjust accordingly. Sorry and thanks and I am off to bed now. Srbernadette (talk) 00:25, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

You put the blank lines there in this edit. Dismas|^(talk) 00:37, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

Portland Public Schools

I am considering rewriting the history section of Portland Public Schools (Oregon), which is currently full of errors. I am projecting that a rewritten version would be two to three times longer than the current section. Would it be better to rewrite that section, or create a new article History of Portland Public Schools (Oregon)? Margalob (talk) 03:38, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

@Margalob: Rewrite the section. That way everything is kept together and the history stays in tact. If you are concerned about letting people know you can always put the {{under construction}} template on the page or in the specific section. --Majora (talk) 03:45, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! Margalob (talk) 03:47, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

Pilot (Sit Down, Shut Up)

Please repair citation number 4 on this page. 123.2.36.6 (talk) 06:38, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

Please help - citation number 4 on this page remains incorrectly formatted.123.2.36.6 (talk) 07:14, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

 Done. 2010-20-23 is not a date. Eagleash (talk) 08:16, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

Marg Downey

Ref number 2 is faulty. Please fix. Thank you 123.2.36.6 (talk) 07:05, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

 Done. 201016 is not a valid year for a ref. Maproom (talk) 07:29, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

Independent school (United Kingdom)

Citations 1 and 3 are old and incorrect. Please fix if you are able Thank you. 123.2.36.6 (talk) 07:26, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

 Done. Maproom (talk) 07:37, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

9th infantry Division in Vietnam

The article states accurately that the 9th INF Division was under control in the 3rd Corps area, but the focus is only on the 2nd brigade operating in the Delta with the Mobile Riverine forces in the 4th Corps area! Headquarters was in 3 Corps located at BearCat in Bien Hoa province/ Long Thanh District. There is no reference to this information or the majority of operations the 9th conducted within 3rd Corps. I was an ARVN infantry advisor with MAC-V in Long Thanh District from June 1968 - May 1969. For the first part of my tour, we had a platoon of the 9th infantry stationed with us in our compound and during a major attack on our District Headquarters, the 9th Infantry sent relief units to our aid from Bearcat in October 1968. Later in my tour, the 9th relocated to Dong Tam in the Delta/4th Corps. They were replaced in Bearcat by the Thai Army. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.233.207.200 (talk) 19:33, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

Hello, and thanks for your suggestion. Wikipedia's policy is that only information which has been reliably published somewhere may be put into articles, (because otherwise a reader has no way of verifying whether it is correct). If you have a published source for the information you want to add, please feel free to edit the article, or to suggest the edit on the article's talk page; but I'm afraid that if the information is only from your personal knowledge (or from unpublished records) then Wikipedia cannot accept it. Please see Verifiability for more information. --ColinFine (talk) 15:07, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

How to request a photo

A number of years ago, I saw a page here that was sort of a helpful how-to about requesting images from notable people. There was even a boiler plate email that you could send to the subject of an article requesting a photo. I'm trying to locate now and can't. Does this sound familiar to anyone? Dismas|^(talk) 20:08, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

@Dismas: Is this boilerplate message what you are looking for: Wikipedia:Example requests for permission#Formal request for high-quality publicity image? --Majora (talk) 20:18, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

While that's not what I remember, it helps a lot. Thank you!

To be more specific, I also remember a bulleted list including such things as "Invite your recipient to view your userpage to show that you are making a legitimate request and edit your user page to make it look nice and professional". Dismas|^(talk) 20:42, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

Majora, WP:REQFREE was what I was looking for. Dismas|^(talk) 03:15, 2 June 2016 (UTC)

@Dismas: Well that one has much nicer formatting than anything I've seen before. Thanks for the link! I'll add that to my ever growing list of wiki-related bookmarks. --Majora (talk) 20:38, 2 June 2016 (UTC)

Adding to Discography

I would like to add the American Top 40 to singer's discography. I find this much more relevant than Billboard. Can someone show me how to add this on the graph that shows any singers discography and if this is possible to do. Thank you. 21:46, 30 May 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sdharri73 (talk • contribs)

Adding to Discography

Sorry if this is a duplicate. I am new here. I am wanting to add to the graph on an artist's discography to include the American Top 40 along with the other charts on artists pages. Can this be done, and if so, how? Thank you Sdharri73 (talk) 21:59, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

@Sdharri73: Maybe I'm the only one but I find your question a little confusing. Do you want to edit an article for a single artist? Or the article for many artists? Or create a template which will appear on many artist's articles? Dismas|^(talk) 22:23, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

Sorry if it is confusing, I have never used this template or help desk before. I am wanting to start a new section for AT40 music on many artists discography pages. For instance, on this page.....https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Posner_discography....On the "Singles as Lead Artist" section, I want to add another US section, this one being Top 40 next to the Billboard one, so it would say US Top 40 and have number two for "A Pill In Ibezia", next to the one that says 4 for US (which is the Billboard peak number). This is under the Peak Chart Positions on that page. Does that make sense? Thanks for your help. Sdharri73 (talk) 22:49, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

So this is about Mike Posner discography#As_lead_artist, and you want to add a new column to the table? Maproom (talk) 06:17, 31 May 2016 (UTC).

Capitalising a page name - Orix = ORIX

Hi Team

The ORIX brand should be capitalized but is often written " Orix" incorrectly, I've updated ORIX in the content, but can't find how to update the actual "Orix" page name.

Any tips?

Thank you.

Best regards ORIX New Zealand — Preceding unsigned comment added by ORIX NEW ZEALAND (talk • contribs) 23:02, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

 Not done Sorry, but no; that would be in violation of our Manual of Style. --Orange Mike | Talk 00:46, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

Rotating images on Wikipedia

Is there a simple way to rotate images at Hatebreed on Wikipedia. Please {{ping}} me when you respond. --Jax 0677 (talk) 23:07, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

Jax 0677 If you click on the image, there's an option to request rotation. I've requested a rotation of the images, and a bot should do it. Joseph2302 (talk) 23:31, 30 May 2016 (UTC)