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March 1[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 1

  1. Wanting to edit Wiz Khalifa
  2. 3RR and exceptions?
  3. Wrong information.
  4. I was lied to!
  5. did the HTML source code of Wiki recently changed?
  6. How does one go about deleting a double article?
  7. BOOK CREATOR ERRORS
  8. Who closes the AfD?
  9. Nobility
  10. Looking for a template
  11. "Sign me in globally" feature
  12. chales jourdan windmill diamond gents wristwatch
  13. A question about "list of last surviving..."
  14. inquriy
  15. Template:WikiProject tabs ->Template:User tabs
  16. close connection to subject note

March 2[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 2

  1. Search word doesn't go away
  2. Issue at WP:NPOVN
  3. How do expand on an existing article (i.e. add to an existing article)
  4. Strange popup on every page
  5. Table vertical alignment
  6. Odd problem
  7. Speedy deleted from my User Space within hours!
  8. Tarique Mustafa's Page Recreation
  9. How can I prevent archiving of a box at the top of my talk page?
  10. Long in the tooth AfD
  11. Wiki-slow
  12. Flagicon Templates
  13. Article in article
  14. How do I add source and license information on a file?
  15. Uploading Non-Free, Copyrighted Images
  16. n-dash or hyphen
  17. NYPL - all our IP addresses have been blocked
  18. Deleted Pages

March 3[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 3

  1. Spaces
  2. Dude, where's my talk page archive?
  3. Adding a summary section to a wikipedia article
  4. WHY??
  5. How ..
  6. How much traffic comes from outside U.S.?
  7. Sorting Tables with MMM DD YYYY dates
  8. Art Spiegelman
  9. Location map template question
  10. Login and account details
  11. Other wiki images
  12. MagicValongo
  13. Question about signatures
  14. IP address inserted instead of my username!
  15. City of Benton Harbor
  16. opening new window after clicking a link
  17. How do you "Update" pictures? (again)
  18. Edit Tab not visible
  19. WHY! I provided the sources of back up ask to support this persons significance and importance and STILL my page was deleted!?

March 5[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 5

  1. Issue
  2. Report SomeBody ..
  3. Non en-wiki rules
  4. "Take over" a username?
  5. Could someone check some edits?
  6. cheque
  7. Blocked IPs
  8. Inherent sexism in some categories?
  9. Categories for Britons born outside the UK
  10. New page
  11. Fiat Ducato
  12. Clue Bot III is archiving wrong
  13. Regarding infobox about an academic
  14. Possible bug in Indonesian version of the SUL template

March 6[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 6

  1. Username deleted without my action
  2. Is WWE's The Miz Awsome?
  3. changing a picture
  4. Wikify webpage table is ok per copyright?
  5. MIC ( Mortgage Invest corp) Is this a legit finance group fot vets?
  6. Death of Lou Cameron
  7. farewell speech
  8. Setting Random Page as my Homepage?
  9. Your employees have acted disgracefully
  10. The Great Tugboat Race in Sault Ste Marie,ON
  11. changing fontsize

March 7[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 7

  1. Counting table fields
  2. Linking to an odd filename
  3. Superfriends Apache Chief Colossus episode
  4. Movie/Music/TV relevance
  5. "High database server lag"
  6. How do you reactivate mobile site?
  7. letter to Wikipedia
  8. Adding a photo
  9. Climate of Saipan
  10. Why does the text appear grey as I type in the search area?
  11. slanderous items in personal biography
  12. Linking to user pages...
  13. Gray area in WP:VANDALISM
  14. List of my contributions on a specific WikiProject page?
  15. COI Issues on Maitreesh Ghatak page
  16. Log Me In Globally
  17. foxxpatrol editing info

March 8[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 8

  1. help on an entry
  2. How to create account with same name on Commons?
  3. track spikes
  4. copying without acknowledgement
  5. Editing the main article on 'Tony Mills Musician'
  6. Mobile version for iPod touch not working
  7. Commons
  8. Opening Weekapedya
  9. iPhone 4 not redirecting to en.m.wikipedia.com
  10. Is there any guideline for the surveying of academic research for English Wikipedians
  11. Reactivating mobile site
  12. Please restore my page.
  13. Psych Folk Musicians (Category)
  14. Irish singer-songwriters
  15. AERONAUTICS
  16. How do I take my template live?
  17. logging in unsuccessful
  18. Hard to understand!
  19. Verizon iPhone 4 auto redirect to wikipedia mobile
  20. Category sorting problem ?
  21. please help me i made a mistake - i need help to repair it
  22. Expert Editors
  23. Where is my downloaded wikipedia book?
  24. How can I count how many words are in an article?

March 9[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 9

  1. Combining notes like combining refs
  2. mobile wiki NOT working
  3. How to upload an image to a draft user article
  4. Article not viewed on search in google or wiki.
  5. Redirect to mobile page not working
  6. ask question
  7. Implications of 'Citation needed'
  8. Unsigned? (possible bot bug / hiccup)
  9. No adversity in your article about Dr Dean Edell
  10. Category sort order in Ilinois counties
  11. WP:RS
  12. Article location problem
  13. Talk pages in [Help] namespace are not watched by many users. Please consider visiting the Help desk
  14. Blinking signatures
  15. Unable to see an edit
  16. joining wikiprojects
  17. Merging talk pages
  18. Technical problem with a page
  19. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Parsons

March 10[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 10

  1. downloads
  2. box
  3. How do you share, or link, an article? Can you? Do I have to copy the URL?
  4. Archiving the entire content of a Talk page
  5. Links between articles
  6. Ian Harte football player
  7. Uploading Pics
  8. Chiron Use of Symbol
  9. Print wiki articles for personal use.
  10. Please change links in references in this article
  11. 3rd Civil Affairs Group
  12. Why doesn't Wikipedia use WebCite for it's references?
  13. reverting multiple edits after new edits by others have been made
  14. Font size in the edit box
  15. permission to use wikipedia logo
  16. Does the Random article link have a blacklist?
  17. My edit contribution has disappeared.
  18. Problems in categories (alphabetical order of subcats)
  19. Wikipedia minister
  20. A post about an artist we represnt keeps on being deleted

March 11[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 11

  1. Deletion of Gabriel Weinberg
  2. Please fix my user name
  3. A few things I need to discuss
  4. Request for Comment assitance
  5. Please help with export!
  6. can I copy and paste any part of Wikipedia and can I make changes i.e. turn the "Blue" link words into plain text?
  7. Small infobox presentation issue
  8. This category was deleted for some reason
  9. Insomnia
  10. Account for nothing but entering future (incorrect) information tables about a reality show?
  11. atopic dermatitis
  12. Saving named references to use in multiple pages?
  13. Looking for a template
  14. My new page has not been confirmed by e-mail yet.
  15. Pink Narcissus article
  16. Lori_Rom

March 12[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 12

  1. Alignment
  2. WP policy on audio
  3. Saving in userspace
  4. Tools to learn from Wikipedia articles?
  5. how do I increase the font size on wikipedia?
  6. How do I edit this {{SI prefixes}} template or whatever it is?
  7. American_people_of_Zambian-Jewish_descent
  8. Categories with a single entry
  9. The entry for Pluto (dwarf planet)
  10. Assessment Ethics
  11. Advertising in article
  12. Edit Help requires Edit Knowledge to Fathom
  13. Moving a section from one article to another.
  14. Password help
  15. Former hospital template?
  16. Not letting me edit references
  17. article
  18. "what links here" tool statistics
  19. Edit page interface jerking me around
  20. Royal Waterloo Hospital for Children and Women
  21. I used to have an entry
  22. Fire Extinguisher - wrong information about history.
  23. Help with tables
  24. Linking Wiki to Facebook
  25. External links
  26. neville skelly set up page
  27. "View source" instead of "Edit"
  28. SOS  !!!!!!
  29. Wikipedia Research
  30. contributions User:Chindia (China-India)

March 13[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 13

  1. Updates with new information from 2010 census
  2. Weidmann's Restaurant
  3. inappropriate pictures
  4. How do I add the "No Free Image Available" template to an article such as Jack Pelton in the Infobox?
  5. issue reverting vandalism
  6. Probable homework assignment
  7. Driving License - Transfer
  8. Quality assurance Paul Fiddes
  9. Forsvar i Aaret 1864 danish book written in 1865 by Otto Christian Hammer
  10. Showing the complete string of digits in of a large number in an article
  11. Table template
  12. Help!
  13. Shared content
  14. Basilio
  15. using flickr site
  16. New edit icon
  17. Deletion of image/page

March 14[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 14

  1. How can a semi protect an article?
  2. Why are most images obfuscasted with black when saving or copying?
  3. Sacred Geometry
  4. Deletion
  5. Template Help
  6. Need a disambiguation page for 'CITEC'/'Citec'
  7. Why doesn't photo caption show up?
  8. selling van
  9. XML dump for a single project
  10. to know about a metal
  11. Italic title
  12. vinoth
  13. Wikipedia Books API
  14. Deliver, a WPP Company
  15. Can you change a page name???
  16. Can I create a page for new term that I have personally coined?
  17. A complain
  18. where is password recovery? why make ppl lose all their info?
  19. We really need your help
  20. Default sort
  21. my wiki page is flagged and will not change!
  22. plymouth rock studios: The Plymouth rock studios has not and did not purchase Waverly Oaks Golf Club. The Golf Club remains open for business
  23. Uploading Picture

March 15[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 15

  1. How do I move a stub to the main body text?
  2. check on word frequently encountered (cricket)
  3. If a Governor was Impeached........
  4. Lori_Rom
  5. forgot password
  6. Subscribing to a category
  7. Confirming a user is the subject of the article
  8. un-submit
  9. This location is wrong for this article though most of the facts are correct.
  10. What to do about defamatory comments by a user
  11. kindly answer my doubt please
  12. List of new pages created by user
  13. Name for Wiki source text
  14. Simple way to flip a picture
  15. My entry was deleted
  16. History of the surname Maqhubu and the Dlamini clan
  17. A suggestion for correcting broken links - a bug perhaps
  18. Adding pictures
  19. help changing title of my article

March 16[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 16

  1. Proper article title if the album in question is spelled with all capital letters...
  2. NOT an advertisement!
  3. Edward DeBlasio
  4. Page exists, but link in another article says "page does not exist"
  5. deleting ip
  6. getting an article posted
  7. How to Find Articles in Need of Help?
  8. Help.....please
  9. what links here
  10. My grandfathers journal.
  11. Disabling Username markup
  12. CSD G3
  13. Tsunami travels how far Inland?
  14. Browser crashed while editing
  15. Copy of Survivor Benefit sheet
  16. Problem with the rights of a picture
  17. Contributing to Wikipedia
  18. Template for tagging an incomplete reference
  19. Adding a logo to our page.
  20. Large edits and deletions made to my informative comments on article's comment page
  21. 330th Bomb Group page

March 17[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 17

  1. Photo Captions
  2. WP:RDH messed up for me... not sure why...
  3. Article title needs fixing
  4. File:Bridgestone logo new version from company
  5. uploading an entry to Wikipedia
  6. references
  7. How can I publish a newly coined word in Wikipedia
  8. How long does does it take to receive feedback?
  9. Could someone delete this page?
  10. Find my family in Canada
  11. Kidda entry
  12. Blue print
  13. How do I translate a page
  14. How to add a link to my left sidebar
  15. Verb tense
  16. Why was my addition completely removed?
  17. How Do I
  18. Sorting error in table
  19. Facebook "Like" Button
  20. Ctrl+F freeze up

March 18[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 18

  1. University promotion
  2. New signature policies in effect?
  3. Kind of translation
  4. Disussion of a speedy delete
  5. Eddie Benitez
  6. Discrepancy over multimedia
  7. Attract new authors using Flattr
  8. Help!
  9. Surprising search suggestion
  10. I have no idea what im doing
  11. Entry about my dad

March 19[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 19

  1. Recovering a Password when your E-Mail was never recorded.
  2. Final warning?
  3. Having Trouble with Searching Article Archives
  4. SBN numbers
  5. Party Recon
  6. Template for repeat creation of same deleted article
  7. How to find an Interested party
  8. Later side effect
  9. Computer crashes when reading article on scientology
  10. Help on new article?
  11. How to add a new article
  12. Two articles on identical subject. Can only find one when logged in. How to merge?
  13. Best Way to Archive, Incremental or Date Headers?
  14. New York Times Site search
  15. How do I create a hyperlink?
  16. Image Expert needed

March 20[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 20

  1. how to use Special:Random and Special:RecentChanges
  2. Cloud marketing
  3. Missing Text
  4. How to cite a person
  5. Is the random article button "true" randomness?
  6. Could somebody delete this page?
  7. AfD problem
  8. And a TfD problem
  9. frames disappeared

March 21[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 21

  1. Please fix broken Simon Singh
  2. Collaborative Historical Project
  3. unable to edit
  4. ADHD
  5. flag of malaysia incorrect
  6. I have added references to a 'BLP poposed for deletion' entry - now what?
  7. Category page alphabetizing--did it change? Permanent?
  8. Is there a template for elapsed years (similar to the birth date and age template)?
  9. Creating an article
  10. Queen's Film Theatre
  11. How to suggest a subject for a new entry?
  12. changeing image comments in file history
  13. uploading images
  14. Copyright opinion
  15. Longpage
  16. RE: Create a Wiki l

March 22[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 22

  1. Aria Tesolin - wikipedia page
  2. Delete a page you made?
  3. Offline wikipedia editor
  4. Knife wire cutter
  5. contacting the author
  6. Help With Infobox
  7. WP:COMMONNAME
  8. Wirtinger derivatives
  9. Updating References?
  10. Can you tell me more about the world's largest crocodile in captivity, the Chao Yai crocodile, over 6 meters in length and 2450 pounds as of March 22, 2011?
  11. edited info still coming up in the search tool
  12. Shown and hiding Wikipedia principles page
  13. newbie.. please help... thank you and sorry in advance
  14. New article
  15. page doesn't recognize references
  16. Urdu language
  17. Infoboxes
  18. Changing a Logo
  19. Small Austrailian Flag ..
  20. How can I find info opening a cold case file?
  21. Pastrami
  22. Preferred, or required way to link to Wikisource for use strictly as a reference.
  23. etown radio program article - not an advertisement - rewritten in more neutral tone
  24. possible error in an article
  25. New unreviewed article
  26. Missing article
  27. Entry on the Eastman Kodak Company Wikipedia Page is Misleading and Should be Removed

March 23[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 23

  1. DELETE MY PROFILE PLEASE!
  2. Foreign Internal Links?
  3. Racist Caption on Wiki Page
  4. the number of the contributors on English WP
  5. Conrad Hilton
  6. Interestingly....
  7. Oops.... Some one have the File mover or Admin tools
  8. Article name pronunciations
  9. Can I reuse an old account?
  10. Account vs. No Account
  11. I am a published poet with five volumes of poetry in two languages; how can I list my books in Wikipedia? Please respond to me. Thank you
  12. Need help formatting new article
  13. Ur-Hamlet
  14. Template coding
  15. Firefox 4 and preview windows
  16. Showing as one long line
  17. Deleting an account I didn't put an email to

March 24[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 24

  1. Article text reliability
  2. Sandy / University Line
  3. Mouseover preview
  4. Edit updates only occasionally appearing in searches?
  5. writing an article about author Aleksandar Obradovic
  6. pop ups
  7. Multi function tab not working
  8. Paul Young (Sad Café)
  9. Firefox 4
  10. "Log Me in Globally"
  11. Semicolon or relative clause?
  12. Help Needed Adding Tsunami Images to Article on Devastated Japanese Town
  13. A six year Government Intrusion including officially documented incidents of actual torture
  14. Crazy AfD/Twinkle problem (Probably needs administrator attention to fully fix).
  15. authority to upload files
  16. What if password lost and emailaccount has been closed?
  17. someone else is using our name
  18. Page swap request
  19. Edit
  20. pictures
  21. Editing Page
  22. is my article neutral
  23. Editing difficulty

March 25[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 25

  1. Unable to view Wikipedia pics in China
  2. Template:Space has porn, I think
  3. Choosing a name for an article
  4. How can I add photo to existing article?
  5. Unable to get rid of "cite error" message
  6. I can't get rid of 'This Page reads like an advertisement warning sign
  7. Reliable Source for Alumni Status?
  8. Suggestions for Revision
  9. How do you remove a picture from a page?
  10. after several tries i still cannot log in

March 26[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 26

  1. Adding a link
  2. Removing untrue critique
  3. How do I change a photo?
  4. Edit
  5. Signing
  6. Benson Taylor has a copyright message
  7. Kill_bill
  8. The_Scorpion_King_3:_Rise_of_the_Dead

March 27[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 27

  1. list of character encodings
  2. plutonium toxicity
  3. Chess Illusion
  4. Creating SR Page
  5. Why are fully capitalized words not allowed in Wikipedia articles?
  6. Request Letter
  7. Help:Cite errors/Cite error references no text
  8. Editing cancelled
  9. Sorting in table on numeric culumn with decimal point
  10. QUERY - Aren't changes on a page supposed to be reported?
  11. Creating a hung list without numbers or bullets
  12. coat of arms - a city in South America
  13. small text
  14. Edit drop down box stuck

March 28[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 28

  1. Grouping reference notes; citing page numbers that aren't printed?
  2. why cant i do a normal search for my article
  3. Missing Items
  4. Insert citation
  5. Georgian request for help
  6. Template
  7. Retrieve deleted pictures
  8. AUDI A4 TDI B5
  9. help creating a new page
  10. Text Format
  11. images wont upload
  12. selltimeshare.co.uk

March 29[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 29

  1. [[Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 29#Template:_.7B.7Btl.7Cdb-r3.7D.7D_not_working_on_redirects.3F|Template: {{db-r3}} not working on redirects?]]
  2. save from sandbox
  3. What is the copyright status of my image?
  4. Possibility of giving WP email addresses to select users?
  5. Adding categories
  6. The page is deleted on Yowlink
  7. Advertising warning - I have made changes to ensure neutral tone. What do I do Next?
  8. What is the raw span class="history-deleted"?
  9. Google reformatting Wikipedia for mobiles
  10. Electronic Readers
  11. Wikitable aesthetic issue, maybe advice
  12. Article not visible
  13. Inline Citations
  14. Age Restriction
  15. How do I place a table of contents?
  16. Double underlining of some words in articles
  17. Editing articles in other languages
  18. Moving content from articles
  19. Table issues
  20. Looking for editor assistance on C-SPAN rewrite
  21. how can i advertise on wikipedia
  22. seperated,but not divorced
  23. Alexandra Powers

March 30[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 30

  1. shane o' connor from ireland
  2. User's pages
  3. Adding a subcategory
  4. Elder Johnny James
  5. Rescaled fair use-deletion template?
  6. Citing forewords of a book
  7. can't log in
  8. intrebare
  9. Fragmentation of pages
  10. User pages as articles
  11. ~~~~ not working for sig
  12. Can't edit pages
  13. Should I be worried about Sinebot?
  14. Concerning Libya's page on the encyclopedia
  15. What Tags do I need to add to an Image
  16. Charts and copyright
  17. Image Rotation Difficulties
  18. Wikopedia filter

March 31[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 March 31

  1. Google listing different to Wikipedia entry
  2. Article@ 1960 in television
  3. No account, but posted question - how will I get any answers
  4. Bug in Wikipedia? Several Reference Desks offer no links to add/edit questions.
  5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SN_1572
  6. Article about Jane Martine
  7. Place for editing requests
  8. Funny editing
  9. How to Remove Page Notices
  10. mini-platform or software editor...
  11. Full Wikipedia Editor manual downloadable...
  12. VRLA battery / Absorbed Glass Mat / History
  13. How to find icons?
  14. Hogging the sandbox
  15. Best way to work on a draft page/facelift for existing WikiProject?
  16. Firefox 4 login
  17. Permission to use images
  18. Request
  19. IMdb
  20. Ava Van
  21. Article incorrectly PRODded
  22. KEIGHLEY WIKIPEDIA PAGE
  23. Referencing help required.
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