Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2008 January 26

= January 26 =

numbers keep changing
why do my numbers that i sign with keep changing all the time?--172.164.189.245 (talk) 00:31, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
 * like this 172.132.238.44 (talk) 00:35, 26 January 2008 (UTC) what's going on?--172.132.238.44 (talk) 00:35, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
 * You must have a dynamic IP address. If you create an account then you get a fixed username of your choice and many other benefits. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:40, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
 * (ec)You are connecting to the internet through a system which periodically changes the IP address with which you accessing the internet. I can be no more specific than that as I am not particularly knowledgeable in such areas, I do know, however, that the best way to resolve the issue is to register an account. See further information at WP:REGISTER. SorryGuy Talk  00:45, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Specifically, you are connecting through AOL, which I believe gives you a different IP whenever you do anything. Algebraist 10:35, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Template:Triple image
At Tyrone_Wheatley, the triple image template is suddenly not working after working for several days. I am not sure what is going on because the same template is working fine on another article at Prairie Avenue.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 01:00, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: From my end (Safari 3.0.4 on Mac OS X) the triple image is not working on Prairie Avenue (or anywhere else) either. -- omtay 38  01:11, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Looking at the template page and the code on the article, the template doesn't require the 'px' of e.g. 54px. Removing that should fix it. Foxhill (talk) 01:13, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Fixed the problem at least, removing the "px" from the template (just leaving the numbers) seems to fix the problem. -- omtay 38  01:15, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Was the template changed recently. I thought it accepted either format.  It seemed to be working yesterday.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 01:17, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
 * The template history shows it hasn't been edited since the 3 creation edits in mid-december (apart from one cat-add edit during this convo), the earliest diff shows that px was always autofilled in so was never required in the size field. It's only dependency - ! has also not been edited since March 2007. What may have happened is that it was interpreted incorrectly by the wiki software up until now and that a recent edit to the source code fixed it (possibly). Foxhill (talk) 01:30, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Major overhaul of source-code probably caused it: Migration to the new preprocessor -- omtay 38  01:35, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Whatever the edits are the template works differently as it now has an internal wrap that no longer requires manual line breaks.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 19:07, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

My edit work does not show up to other users/other computers
Dear Wikipedia/Wikipedians,

Hello there, I am a new Wikipedia user and have recently edited the page TTDI. Initially, my edits showed up in that page but subsequently when I made further changes under the section "Places of Interests", I realised that these changes do not show up in other public computers or in my other internet browser. It is only when I click on "edit this page" or "history" and revert back to the article then the changes will be shown. The changes are also shown when I log in with my username and password. However, when I clear the cookies in the browser and search for that article again, the same thing happens i.e. no changes at all.

Therefore, I am wondering if I didn't get anything right or if i violated any laws.

Many Thanks and Kind Regards.

P.S. I have consulted with "Chris the Speller"(really nice guy) on this matter but he seems puzzled and asked me to hit refresh on the new public computers. I have tried that but to no avail. He also sent me some links on editing and being a new user.I have gone through that a couple of times and quite understand how the basic editing works but still require help on this matter. Kazuya369 (talk) 01:49, 26 January 2008 (UTC)


 * I don't fully understand the problem you described, but I find that WP:PURGE very often corrects situations such as these. Try typing "?action=purge" at the end of the web address (for example http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Help_desk?action=purge), and tell us if the problem persists.--The Fat Man Who Never Came Back (talk) 01:52, 26 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Is there a problem other than these references not showing up? You need a &lt;references/> element for that. --teb728 t c 02:29, 26 January 2008 (UTC)


 * I looked in the page history and didn't find any examples of people reverting your changes, though I didn't look at everything in detail. If people do revert your changes, you can discuss it with them on the article talk page, which is here. Could you give an example of something that's not showing up?  Sometimes a newly edited version of a page doesn't show up for a few minutes because the Wikimedia computers are being slow.  If that's not the problem, you can try bypassing your browser's cache.  I added a
 * Hope that helps too!  Soxred93 | talk count bot 01:42, 27 January 2008 (UTC)