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December 7

Right of Foreigners to vote

You are incorrect by tabulating Irish Citizens have a right to vote in Irish Dail, Local, Senate and Presidential elections or Referenda. There is also a residency requirement which precludes millions of Irish citizens from voting in any election or referenda in the Republic of Ireland. Could you please amend your Wikipedia "Right of Foreigners to vote" to reflect this in the interest of accuracy.

Thank you Brendan Lynch (Redacted) Sources: Irish Constitution and various amendments

Hi Brendan. Your IP address seems to indicate that this is about Australia, or about Australians with Irish citizenship, but could you tell us which article contains the error, and also provide a link to the appropriate constitutional amendment so that we can use it as a reference? Dbfirs 08:14, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

... later ... I'm guessing that this is about Right_of_foreigners_to_vote#Ireland. I've changed the heading to mention the residency requirement. Is this sufficient? Dbfirs 08:20, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

How to delete an old user account

I got a password reset email today for a user that I did not know I had created, but, it was my old Yahoo username, so, a long time ago, I probably did create it. It appears to exist, but, has not pages and no contribs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:ListUsers&username=Yonjan&limit=1

Should I just ignore this and let it continue on in oblivion? Easiest. There is no point in merging or anything else. I searched for deleting user, but, that did not provide useful information. Thank you Bodysurfinyon (talk) 01:25, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

Because Wikipedia content is licensed under the GFDL and the CC-BY-SA, all edits must be kept for attribution purposes, and so the account cannot be deleted. Sakura Cartelet^Talk 01:27, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

Hello, Bodysurfinyon. Ignore and forget about that old account, and never use it or worry about it. In all honesty, the vast majority of Wikipedia accounts are unused. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 01:30, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

British Science Association

Ref number 21 is in red. Please fix I am confused. Thanks and sorry Srbernadette (talk) 03:25, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

Changed spelling of Decmber to December Slapblackjack (talk) 04:15, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

where to check for articles for review

I made and article and published it. How to I know if its getting reviewed. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Carlobulletinph (talk • contribs) 05:03, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

The article in question is marked as not currently for review. I did give a quick look over and I think it should have more reliable sources before you submit it for review. Sakura Cartelet^Talk 05:07, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

need your assistance to upload the picture

I need your kind assistance to upload the picture for Excellency Pan Sorasak, Minister of Commerce, Cambodia — Preceding unsigned comment added by Saray sin (talk • contribs) 07:19, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

Saray sin, where is the picture at present? The answer will be very different if your answer is (a) at Wikimedia Commons, or (b) in your camera, or (c) you found it on the internet. Maproom (talk) 11:05, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

Moving an article into articlespace

Hello, I've created an article Draft for Monument (Kollegah album) on 8 October 2018. Somebody created a redirect under the title to the Kollegah discography and now I'm not able to move my page. Can anybody help me?--Lirim | Talk 07:29, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

The redirect needs deletion. I'll request that so you can move the page Legacypac (talk) 08:05, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

 Done Robert McClenon (talk) 08:14, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

km

nkjb — Preceding unsigned comment added by Trent938 (talk • contribs) 17:23, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

It's hard to disagree. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 18:12, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

Splitting table cells

Hello! Calling all table experts! I have not been able to figure out how to split table cells horizontally so that they can be given different background colors per section. Please see List of Swedish monarchs, in particular the first example of the problem (of several more) under Sverker II the Younger 1196–1208, where I'd like to give all of his second wife's lower half of the marriage cell the tan color that belongs to her dynasty. Anybody know how that's done? All I've been able to do is divide the cell into two sections with a line of sorts, but to add full color to the one section it seems like the cell needs to be split more properly. --85.194.16.206 (talk) 17:47, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

You have to make cells in other columns of the 'row' span two rows using rowspan="2"| in each 'two-row' cell:

Name	Portrait	Birth	Marriage(s)	Death
Sverker II the Younger (Sverker den yngre), 1196 – 31 January 1208		born before 1167, probably already c. 1164 son of king Charles VII and queen Christine Stigsdatter of Hvide	(1) Benedicta House of Hvide	Died in the Battle of Gestilren, 17 July 1210, aged about 45, buried at Alvastra Abbey
			(2) Ingegerd House of Bjälbo

—Trappist the monk (talk) 18:25, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

Thank you very much! I think I can handle it now, thanks to you. --85.194.16.206 (talk) 22:21, 8 December 2018 (UTC)

 Done --85.194.16.206 (talk) 23:36, 8 December 2018 (UTC)

Donations

If I have already donated this year, why does pop-up still ask for donation? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.203.10.144 (talk) 18:07, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

Because the pop-ups just come up for anyone who visits the site, and we have no way of knowing if an IP address is one person or multiple people. Ian.thomson (talk) 18:14, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

You can use an adblocker, such as uBlock Origin, to block them. You can also disable them in your preferences if you create an account. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 18:46, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

Waiting Period

How long do I need to wait to delete a section with 2 sentences if I have provided an explanation in the talk section and no one responds? If no one responds, there is no way to form a consensus. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.27.150.168 (talk) 19:57, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

Please don't post questions in more than one place. This has been answered on Wikipedia talk:Help desk. Dbfirs 20:50, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

Suggestions for how Wikipedia works

I've spent more time than I have trying to answer this question or make this suggestion, so if there is already an existing answer, I'm sorry for wasting your time, please direct me.

I have many statistical questions that could be easily answered, but when I Google them, I can spend hours in vain trying to find the answer. Today's example: How many acres of forest are consumed by the manufacturing of toothpicks?

My suggestion. Every page should have a question box for users to submit questions. These questions can either sit there until an authority discovers them and answers them, I.E. someone from the toothpick or forestry industry, or can be directed to contributors of the existing content in the hopes that they either know the answer or can more easily find the answer due to their expertise in this field. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.234.77.31 (talk) 20:47, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

This type of question is usually answered at one of the WP:Reference desks. Dbfirs 21:10, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

Yep. What you want is the Reference Desks. If each article had a question section, it may take years for the right person who knows an answer to stumble across a particular question for that answer. †dismas†|^(talk) 21:42, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

2019 Pro Bowl Logo

Where's The 2019 Pro Bowl Logo I Tried to upload it and it's not responding. Maybe it's too soon. 68.103.78.155 (talk) 21:00, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

Talk button

Hi, I was wondering how to create a link to my talk page that starts a section with a specific name.
Thanks, CrazyMinecart88 21:24, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

I'm curious to know the answer now. In my novice view of things, it doesn't look like you can as the sections seem to be numbered and not named. The new section button on my talk page goes to: [1] It looks like you'd have to tell the browser to autofill the Subject/Headline field somehow. †dismas†|^(talk) 21:40, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

If you go to the page and press the "New Section" at the top left, putting your desired header in the "Subject/headline" slot and the text in the main text field below it will, when you "Publish Changes", give you whatever you put in the "Subject/headline" slot as a header. Britmax (talk) 23:46, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

@CrazyMinecart88: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3ACrazyMinecart88&action=edit&section=new&preloadtitle=Section+name. See more at mw:Manual:Creating pages with preloaded text. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:22, 8 December 2018 (UTC)

@PrimeHunter:

Thank you! Hey, what's the weird symbol for a / character? (I mean the kind that starts with %XX) I ask because the talk page I want to link to is a sub page's talk page.

Thanks, CrazyMinecart88 11:38, 8 December 2018 (UTC)

@CrazyMinecart88: A slash '/' is %2F. See Help:URL. You can also use {{urlencode:pagename}}. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:14, 8 December 2018 (UTC)

@PrimeHunter:

Thank you!

Thanks, CrazyMinecart88 14:51, 8 December 2018 (UTC)