Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2019 May 18

= May 18 =

2019 redefinition of SI base units
See User talk:Guy Macon.

The redefinition of the base units for the metric system happens on 20 May 2019. I am hoping to get this article mentioned on the main page on that day. Alas, I also have a hot project and if I don't make my deadline because I spent too much time on Wikipedia the toy I am working on will miss Christmas. :(

Any help I can get with either making last-minute improvements to the article or with navigating the politics of getting things mentioned on the main page would be a huge help. --Guy Macon (talk) 00:31, 18 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi Guy Macon; you could nominate it at In The News. Cheers,  Baffle☿gab  04:02, 18 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Done. Portal:Current events/2019 May 18 --Guy Macon (talk) 05:11, 18 May 2019 (UTC)
 * ...and reverted. Like I said, I need help navigating the politics of getting things mentioned on the main page. Waiting until the day the SI units are redefined and only then discussing whether to put them on the main page seems like a bad plan. --Guy Macon (talk) 13:25, 18 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Well, I think the issue with the portal is you should have added it at Portal:Current events/2019 May 20 and provided a source. However, the current events portal is not the same as the main page in the news. Please see In_the_news/Candidates regarding nominating. I've never done it, but there appear to be instructions there. Good luck! ‡ Єl Cid of ᐺalencia  ᐐT₳LKᐬ  13:40, 18 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I hope that this does the trick: --Guy Macon (talk) 15:27, 18 May 2019 (UTC)

Why are you copy protectng the carbonaro effect show ?
Why are you copy protecting the carbonard effect show ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:40b:300:b1b0:17a:110b:7e6a:711 (talk • contribs) 18 May 2019 15:47 (UTC)


 * Please clarify what difficulty you are encountering. The page does not seem to be protected from editing. Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 15:58, 18 May 2019 (UTC)
 * The phrase "copy protecting" makes me wonder if this is a question about Wikipedia at all. Eman  235 / talk  16:35, 18 May 2019 (UTC)

Super Bowl LVIII
If NBC Airs Super Bowl LVI It Can not Air 2 Super Bowls in 3 Years So If CBS Airs Super Bowl LV That means that CBS has the Television Rights to Super Bowl LVIII In The Next Television Contract. 68.103.78.155 (talk) 18:10, 18 May 2019 (UTC)
 * What question about how to use or edit Wikipedia are you asking? {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 2.122.2.132 (talk) 19:58, 18 May 2019 (UTC)
 * P music.svg This page is for questions about using Wikipedia. Please consider asking this question at the Entertainment reference desk. They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link and ask away. You could always try  for an article related to the topic you want to know more about.  I hope this helps. --MrClog (talk) 22:24, 18 May 2019 (UTC)

Editing problems
I usually edit on mobile, and the new edit-window text-highlighting system is making that nearly impossible. It seems to have introduced various bugs that make it impossible to select, copy, and paste text, or even to move the cursor once I've started typing. The only way around it I've found is to repeatedly refresh the page with the "Show preview" button. What is going on? —Sangdeboeuf (talk) 20:28, 18 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Do you have "New wikitext mode" enabled? Ruslik_ Zero 20:40, 18 May 2019 (UTC)
 * No. I just looked at my preferences and New wikitext mode is disabled. —Sangdeboeuf (talk) 21:10, 18 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I guess you refer to one of the features at Syntax highlighting. The most common to activate by accident is the highlighter marker button Codemirror-icon.png to the left of "Advanced" in some toolbars. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:19, 18 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes, that seems to have been it. Thanks for the info. —Sangdeboeuf (talk) 22:07, 19 May 2019 (UTC)

Internal link not working
On the page 2017 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, in the lead there should be a link to 2017 Washington Huskies football team, but it is showing up as, which appears to be a well-formatted link. I'm not sure how to fix this. Ostealthy (talk) 23:01, 18 May 2019 (UTC)
 * , there was a line break in the middle of the link. Seems to work now. – Þjarkur (talk) 23:03, 18 May 2019 (UTC)