Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2016 March 29

= March 29 =

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Help:Edit_summary has within it the text Main page: Automatic edit summaries. But this redirects right back to the same place. I don't believe this is what was intended (a circular link). I'm not sure of the history that led to this, but I suspect something should be changed. MB (talk) 02:00, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes, that can't be right. I've updated it to point to Help:Automatic edit summaries instead. -- John of Reading (talk) 12:12, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

Image brightness
Why do my personal images that I upload to Commons appear darker when I put them into Wikipedia? Specifically, I'm putting the image into infoboxes. Thanks ZurichIsStained (talk) 02:23, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Would you be kind enough to give us a couple of examples where you feel the image is darker? Dismas |(talk) 02:30, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Sure. Go to Parquet Courts and click on the main image and view the file directly. You should see a change in brightness/contrast. Or, go to The Arcs and do the same thing. Thanks! ZurichIsStained (talk) 02:36, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
 * In both cases, the original is a rather dark monochrome png, and the process that displays it as a smaller png in Wikipedia makes it considerably darker. A crude approach would be to edit the originals on Commons to make them a bit lighter, and see what happens. A more responsible approach would be to find where the technicians responsible for the code that generates the smaller pngs hang out, and discuss it with them. Maproom (talk) 07:55, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
 * I just converted the files to jpg and it worked. Thanks! ZurichIsStained (talk) 12:52, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

In Wikipedia tables, can you include calculations similar to Excel?
In Wikipedia tables, can you include calculations similar to Excel? For example, take the value in Column A and add it to the value in Column B; then print the result in Column C. Things like that; things that are normally done in Excel. Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 05:52, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
 * It is not possible the way you describe it. You could build the row with a template having two parameters A and B, and producing three cells with values A, B and A+B. See Help:Table. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:41, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 04:21, 30 March 2016 (UTC)

Making image
I want to create an image to add to an article, but I lack the skills to create one. Is there a way to have one created by someone on Wikipedia? The image is for the article Double V campaign. The image is the "Double V campaign" emblem. Images can be found here. Thanks. Mitchumch (talk) 06:27, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
 * You could ask at Graphics_Lab/Illustration_workshop. Maproom (talk) 08:01, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Mitchumch (talk) 19:22, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

Talk page archiving hiccup
Just created Talk:Bullying/Archive 4 but I cannot see how to make link show on Talk:Bullying.--Penbat (talk) 11:54, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
 * I forced the software to rethink the talk page by purging it. -- John of Reading (talk) 12:07, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks.--Penbat (talk) 12:11, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

Infoboxes
Hi, is there any way to move an infobox to the left or middle of my user page? Thank you --DPUH (talk) 16:39, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
 * You can for example move it to the left by placing it in an otherwise empty table:


 * For the middle, start with this instead (other content will not flow around it):

{| style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: none;"
 * PrimeHunter (talk) 18:12, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

Sean Astin
Hello there,

This isn't really a question, but more of a fact that was overlooked. I was reading all the movies and shows that Sean Astin has been and I noticed there was a movie missed on the list. He was also in Teresa's Tattoo. You might want to fit that one on his list as well. Just a heads up.

Thanks,

Stacie — Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.19.210.96 (talk) 17:58, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Teresa's Tattoo says he was uncredited. Uncredited roles are often omitted from filmographies, especially when it's a section of a biography and not a stand-alone list. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:16, 29 March 2016 (UTC)


 * I've changed the section title to "Partial filmography" and moved the TV and game credits to separate sections. Clarityfiend (talk) 03:16, 30 March 2016 (UTC)

Error message for adding external links
I cannot save my page edit due to me adding too many external links. However, I do believe the external links are not spam, but rather lead those who read the page to the state website to look at the language of the bill. I'm having a particular problem when editing Edward Redd's article. How can I get around it? Every time I click dismiss or try again, the same error message continues to show. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Provoallstar (talk • contribs) 19:01, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
 * What is the exact message that you see? Ruslik_ Zero 19:37, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
 * It's filter 80; see details. Nyttend (talk) 15:01, 30 March 2016 (UTC)

File:Arrow (Stephen Amell).jpg
Hi, shouldn't previous versions of this file page be deleted already? Just wondering.--NeoBatfreak (talk) 19:32, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Category:Non-free files with orphaned versions more than 7 days old has a 2112-page backlog at the moment. Most admins won't touch it, since it's a repetitive, mind-numbing task punctuated by the occasional well-respected and usually-reasonable editor screaming his head off at you. —Cryptic 19:46, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
 * And occasionally, one has to decide whether the image meets the other NFCC criteria, whether the resolution of the present version is OK, or whether it's a non-free image at all.Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 20:00, 29 March 2016 (UTC)