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At the bottom of the Help Desk, there are two links both purporting to go to the top of the page. Neither does, though they go most of the way. If it were just one such link, I wouldn't complain; but while there are two, couldn't at least one of them do what it claims? Maproom (talk) 17:18, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20241115171800","author":"Maproom","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Maproom-20241115171800-Minor_niggle","replies":["c-Tiggerjay-20241116010200-Maproom-20241115171800"]}}-->

If you are talking about the "To top of page" and the "navigation up/down arrows" they both work just fine for me on Chrome. I guess technically they put "Wikipedia Helpdesk" at they very top of my screen, neglecting the navigation tabs, is that what you're referring to? TiggerJay (talk) 01:02, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20241116010200","author":"Tiggerjay","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-Tiggerjay-20241116010200-Maproom-20241115171800","replies":["c-Maproom-20241116082100-Tiggerjay-20241116010200"]}}-->

Yes, that's what I'm referring to. As I wrote, they don't go to the top of the page. Maproom (talk) 08:21, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20241116082100","author":"Maproom","type":"comment","level":3,"id":"c-Maproom-20241116082100-Tiggerjay-20241116010200","replies":["c-Tiggerjay-20241216160400-Maproom-20241116082100"]}}-->

@Maproom - it looks like this is implemented as part of a template, and if you think the functionality of where the "up" arrow takes you, consider bringing it up on at Template talk:Skip to top and bottom. TiggerJay (talk) 16:04, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20241216160400","author":"Tiggerjay","type":"comment","level":4,"id":"c-Tiggerjay-20241216160400-Maproom-20241116082100","replies":[]}}-->

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Please remove one level of = from the ===heading=== and add the following question:

I'm in a somewhat frustrating situation. On 3 November, Szelma W (talk · contribs) reverted (Special:Diff/1255250737) an edit of mine (Special:Diff/1255197206). On 5 November, I created Talk:List of Mersenne primes and perfect numbers#Recent reversion - is anything salvageable? to discuss the matter, as the revert's edit summary "It was better" didn't really give me a lot to go on.

And there, the discussion has stalled, as @Szelma W hasn't been on WP since 4 November. It appears they tend to contribute in small bursts about once a week (although I haven't noticed an obvious day-of-the-week pattern) and it's been two weeks with no edit activity. It's not like they're specifically ignoring me, they just haven't been around in a while. So there's no bad faith, but it's still frustrating for me as the memory of the various number theory pages I was working on at the time fades.

Does anyone have any suggestion as to how to proceed? My only real complaint is the lack of specificity in the original revert (I try to be a lot more encouraging when reverting a good-faith edit), but that wouldn't be a problem if there were subsequent discussion. 97.102.205.224 (talk) 15:25, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20241120152500","author":"97.102.205.224","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-97.102.205.224-20241120152500-Edit,_revert,_ghost\u2014How_to_proceed?","replies":["c-John_of_Reading-20241120155900-97.102.205.224-20241120152500"]}}-->

 Done -- John of Reading (talk) 15:59, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20241120155900","author":"John of Reading","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-John_of_Reading-20241120155900-97.102.205.224-20241120152500","replies":[]}}-->

can you help me?

"The head office is located in Zurich, with branch operations in Kenya and the United Arab Emirates, and subsidiaries in Canada, Hong Kong SAR, Pakistan, South Africa, and the United Kingdom. The bank also has representative offices in Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong SAR, Pakistan, and Türkiye. As of 31 December 2023, the bank employed a total of 7,629 people [5] in 559 offices." Is this correct way to add this information, I wrote it being quite neutral, and gave the necesery reference, if not what could I do to alternatively? Ateeb Ali Syed (talk) 04:38, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20241202043800","author":"Ateeb Ali Syed","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Ateeb_Ali_Syed-20241202043800-Is_this_the_correct_way_to_add_information?","replies":["c-Tenryuu-20241202055100-Ateeb_Ali_Syed-20241202043800"]}}-->

@Ateeb Ali Syed: Since you are autoconfirmed, please ask this at the proper page for the help desk. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 05:51, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20241202055100","author":"Tenryuu","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-Tenryuu-20241202055100-Ateeb_Ali_Syed-20241202043800","replies":["c-Ateeb_Ali_Syed-20241202064300-Tenryuu-20241202055100"],"displayName":"Tenryuu\u00a0\ud83d\udc32"}}-->

Thanks Ateeb Ali Syed (talk) 06:43, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20241202064300","author":"Ateeb Ali Syed","type":"comment","level":3,"id":"c-Ateeb_Ali_Syed-20241202064300-Tenryuu-20241202055100","replies":[]}}-->

Moved to help desk -- John of Reading (talk) 07:32, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20241203073200","author":"John of Reading","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-John_of_Reading-20241203073200-Semi-protected_edit_request_on_2_December_2024","replies":[]}}-->

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I have corrected a page that was vandalised. The vandal editor has responded immediately saying they will revert the entry to their vandalised version of it on the basis it was not sourced properly, which it was, as the extensive references attest - how to get out this vicious circle? Ozrocka (talk) 21:15, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20241202211500","author":"Ozrocka","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Ozrocka-20241202211500-Semi-protected_edit_request_on_2_December_2024","replies":["c-Shadow311-20241203000100-Ozrocka-20241202211500"]}}-->

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Shadow311 (talk) 00:01, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20241203000100","author":"Shadow311","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-Shadow311-20241203000100-Ozrocka-20241202211500","replies":[]}}-->

If Wikipedia wants me to complete a quick survey, why am I then redirected to a Google website? Please either fix this or stop following me with popups. 93.139.219.62 (talk) 16:03, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20241204160300","author":"93.139.219.62","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-93.139.219.62-20241204160300-Whose_quick_survey?","replies":["c-331dot-20241204161700-93.139.219.62-20241204160300"]}}-->

I'm not sure to what you are specifically referring to, but if you don't wish to take the survey, then don't. You can avoid seeing popups by creating an account and suppressing them in the account preferences. 331dot (talk) 16:17, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20241204161700","author":"331dot","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-331dot-20241204161700-93.139.219.62-20241204160300","replies":["c-93.139.219.62-20241204162800-331dot-20241204161700"]}}-->

I don't understand why is Google involved in this. I would like to take a survey to improve Wikipedia but I'm degoogled for a reason. I can answer the questions here or anywhere on Wikipedia. My only question is: Why is Wikipedia redirecting me to a predatory data harvesting company? 93.139.219.62 (talk) 16:28, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20241204162800","author":"93.139.219.62","type":"comment","level":3,"id":"c-93.139.219.62-20241204162800-331dot-20241204161700","replies":["c-331dot-20241204164300-93.139.219.62-20241204162800"]}}-->

You would need to ask the Foundation as to why they do what they do; we volunteers have nothing to do with the popups or surveys. 331dot (talk) 16:43, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20241204164300","author":"331dot","type":"comment","level":4,"id":"c-331dot-20241204164300-93.139.219.62-20241204162800","replies":[]}}-->

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I request permission to ask a question; no context. Informationappeared (talk) 03:38, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20241206033800","author":"Informationappeared","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Informationappeared-20241206033800-Semi-protected_edit_request_on_6_December_2024","replies":["c-John_of_Reading-20241206075000-Informationappeared-20241206033800"]}}-->

@Informationappeared: If the help desk itself is still protected, please write your question here, on the talk page, and someone will copy it to the help desk to be answered. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:50, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20241206075000","author":"John of Reading","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-John_of_Reading-20241206075000-Informationappeared-20241206033800","replies":[]}}-->

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Moved comment to main project page. Myrealnamm (💬Let's talk · 📜My work) 00:50, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20241209005000","author":"Myrealnamm","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Myrealnamm-20241209005000-Semi-protected_edit_request_on_9_December_2024","replies":[]}}-->

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It says edits aren't' to ask for help, and directs me to the Help Desk, but this *is* the Help Desk, and I can't use it because I'm not an established user. That sucks Heapsofworms (talk) 17:27, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20241210172700","author":"Heapsofworms","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Heapsofworms-20241210172700-Semi-protected_edit_request_on_10_December_2024","replies":["c-Shadow311-20241210173000-Heapsofworms-20241210172700","c-2601AC47-20241210173500-Heapsofworms-20241210172700","c-John_of_Reading-20241210173900-Heapsofworms-20241210172700"]}}-->

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Shadow311 (talk) 17:30, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20241210173000","author":"Shadow311","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-Shadow311-20241210173000-Heapsofworms-20241210172700","replies":[]}}-->

Blame it on spammers. 2601AC47 (talk·contribs·my rights) Isn't a IP anon 17:35, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20241210173500","author":"2601AC47","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-2601AC47-20241210173500-Heapsofworms-20241210172700","replies":[]}}-->

@Heapsofworms: If you have a question for the help desk, ask it here and someone will move it to the help desk for you. -- John of Reading (talk) 17:39, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20241210173900","author":"John of Reading","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-John_of_Reading-20241210173900-Heapsofworms-20241210172700","replies":[]}}-->

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I would like to request assistance with uploading the company logo for the draft article Draft:Apipet.

• • Details of the file**:

- **File name**: Apipet_logo.png - **Purpose**: To use the logo in the infobox of the article draft for identification purposes. - **Source**: Official website of the company, [1](https://www.apipet.eu). - **Owner**: Hedera d.o.o., the parent company of the Apipet brand. - **Licensing**: I am requesting this under "non-free content" guidelines as the logo is copyrighted and used strictly for encyclopedic purposes.

• • Fair use rationale**:

- The image is used for **identification purposes only** within the article about the subject (Apipet brand). - The file is of **low resolution** and will not harm the commercial use of the logo. - There are no free equivalents of the logo available. - It is a necessary visual element for readers to identify the brand.

Please upload the file and include it in the infobox using the filename: `Apipet_logo.png`.

Thank you! UnidigitalHR (talk) 18:37, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20241217183700","author":"UnidigitalHR","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-UnidigitalHR-20241217183700-Semi-protected_edit_request_on_17_December_2024","replies":[]}}-->

 Not done: This is the page for requesting changes to the help desk ITSELF, not for requesting help. Try WP:HD. PianoDan (talk) 19:22, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20241217192200","author":"PianoDan","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-PianoDan-20241217192200-Semi-protected_edit_request_on_17_December_2024","replies":[]}}-->

@PianoDan: I have reset the flag. As the helpdesk is semi protected new users like UnidigitalHR have to use the talk page. TSventon (talk) 19:44, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20241217194400","author":"TSventon","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-TSventon-20241217194400-Semi-protected_edit_request_on_17_December_2024","replies":["c-PianoDan-20241217222600-TSventon-20241217194400","c-Tenryuu-20241218060700-TSventon-20241217194400"]}}-->

Got it, thanks for the clarification. PianoDan (talk) 22:26, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20241217222600","author":"PianoDan","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-PianoDan-20241217222600-TSventon-20241217194400","replies":[]}}-->

 Already done by TSventon as noted. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 06:07, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20241218060700","author":"Tenryuu","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-Tenryuu-20241218060700-TSventon-20241217194400","replies":[],"displayName":"Tenryuu\u00a0\ud83d\udc32"}}-->

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Thank you for your understanding and swift action on this matter.

Sincerely, Yasha Ullah Afghan Jeelanshah (talk) 07:21, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20241218072100","author":"Jeelanshah","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Jeelanshah-20241218072100-Semi-protected_edit_request_on_18_December_2024","replies":["c-Vestrian24Bio-20241218072800-Jeelanshah-20241218072100","c-Czello-20241218074800-Jeelanshah-20241218072100"]}}-->

You might place this request at Talk:Kaaba instead. Vestrian24Bio (TALK) 07:28, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20241218072800","author":"Vestrian24Bio","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-Vestrian24Bio-20241218072800-Jeelanshah-20241218072100","replies":[]}}-->

 Not done: this is the talk page for discussing improvements to the page Wikipedia:Help desk. Please make your request at the talk page for the article concerned. — Czello ^(music) 07:48, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20241218074800","author":"Czello","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-Czello-20241218074800-Jeelanshah-20241218072100","replies":[]}}-->