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January 9

Conversion of no-break spaces to regular spaces

In a talk page edit, I used a no-break space by entering Alt-0160 on my Windows keyboard. Some time later, an editor edited the same section, but didn't edit the area of text that I had. He used the standard Wikipedia in-browser text editor, but he experienced a edit conflict. The no-break space became a regular space. The edit is here.

The no break space was in the sentence "Take care that the output, V, never exceeds 100 V!" between 100 and V.

Can anyone explain why this happened? --Gerry Ashton (talk) 00:17, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Not really sure. If you use &nbsp ; (without the intervening space), it should not convert. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 02:41, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

  was recently added to Edittools, so you can click it below the edit window. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:13, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

how do you edit entry tilte? I notice that words within the title need to be capitalized

When you select "edit page", it doesn't seem to give user permission to edit the title. Help please! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.16.55.62 (talk) 00:25, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Only logged in users can move articles. If you say what change do you want to make, someone else could do it for you. --teb728 t c 00:44, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Pages are renamed by moving them to new target names. This procedure preserves the page's edit history. Please do not rename a page by copying/pasting its content to a new page name. If you have an account and it is at least four days old, you can move a page yourself, but please first review Wikipedia:Naming conventions. If you still wish to rename the page, go to it and click the move tab at the top (near the history and watch tabs). You can then specify a new name for the article. The old page name will automatically become a redirect to the new page. However, if the desired target page name already exists, you will need an administrator to move the page for you, which can be requested at Wikipedia:Requested moves. Hope this helps.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 02:34, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Not all words within titles need to be capitalized, and most are not. Check Wikipedia:Naming conventions#General conventions first. • Anakin ^{(contribs • complaints)} 15:00, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia Signpost

I know the Wikipedia Signpost was delayed the last two weeks because of the holidays. The holidays are over, so why isn't this week's Signpost up yet? It's usually up by Tuesday morning. I've been checking and checking and checking all day!75.104.128.56 (talk) 00:54, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

This was asked a while ago - The most recent issue appears to be dated January 2. Questions about the Signpost would best be asked at the talk page for the Signpost, here. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 02:37, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

I posted my question at the given link. Nobody answered my question, and the Signpost STILL hasn't been updated! What's going on?75.104.128.59 (talk) 14:40, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

How do I underline text?

I want to underline text on Wikipedia. How do I do this? Feedback ^☎ 01:52, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

As far as I know there is no underlining code on Wikipedia. However, you could use HTML, like this ("<u>this</u>"). -- RattleMan 02:02, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

That's the official method of doing so. See Wikipedia:How to edit a page#Character formatting. The Transhumanist 02:50, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

disambiguation christ

i want to disambiguate christ to show http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_T._Christ

65.24.127.192 (talk) 02:21, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

There's already a disambiguation for this, so you can edit the page at Christ (disambiguation) to include Carol Christ. For more information, you may want to see WP:DISAMBIG. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 02:33, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

current events 08 jan 2008

hi,

somehow jan 7 and jan 8 are discombobulated on portal: current events. i have tried unsuccessfully to get the dates correct and the proper content in each date but whatever i write in one goes to the other. very frustrating. please help. thank you WikiTony (talk) 04:26, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

I fixed it, it uses a fairly complicated template system, so it can take a while to find the pages. Mr.Z-man 04:36, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Ancient Chinese HIstory: the Dynasties Book

Tang write Chinese phonetic pronunciation aand Major accomplishments of Chinese during that time period writing at a child's level. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.195.12.170 (talk) 05:08, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

I'm not really sure what you are seeking; there's no real question in your post. If you are looking to suggest a topic for creation of an article, please visit Wikipedia:Articles for creation. If you are addressing a change to a specific, existing article, please visit its talk page by going to the article and then clicking on the "discussion" tab at the top. If you are asking a knowledge question about the Dynasties Book, please visit the humanities section of the reference desk.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 13:33, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Deleting Erroneous Information

My daughter's school friends entered her name in a racy girls site as a joke. It is now appearing on google.com when you google her name. How can this be deleted?

I have set up a password and screen name.

Thanks 06:04, 9 January 2008 (UTC).

Unfortunately, this matter doesn't involve Wikipedia, so there isn't much we can do; however, I'd suggest contacting the webmaster of the site that is being problematic and asking them to remove this information. Cheers, Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP!☺} 06:10, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

On 2nd review, after taking a look at the other contribution this user has made, it possibly might affect Wikipedia afterall :D. I found the diff and did some google searches on the name and decided to forward it to oversight, can't be fun having that as the first hit on googling your name. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 14:10, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

WP:OVER took care of it now. Should be gone once the google caches catch up. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 01:44, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Project/Oracle 9i

Will you provide me a small poject based on oracle 9i. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.167.98.227 (talk) 06:13, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

This is for help on using Wikipedia, maybe the reference desk can help you. VivioFateFan ^{(Talk, Sandbox)} 07:58, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Question

How can you ask questions to people whose talk pages are protected? Hyano czespony (talk) 07:00, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

The best way to do that is to check here on the talk page/article/etc in question and it will list the name of the protecting admin as well as their reason for doing so. Also the term "autoconfirmed" means any account >4 days old, and "sysop" means only an Administrator can edit it. VivioFateFan ^{(Talk, Sandbox)} 07:56, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

I know what those things mean. I'm not that dumb, you know. I have edited Wikipedia since March 2006! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hyano czespony (talk • contribs) 22:22, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

The word Eskimo is bad language

I noted an artical on Eskimo Kiss but it is politically incorrect. Eskimo is a cree word and the Inuk are often referred to as Inuit. The only government that does not push this change is the USA. I do not know how to change things on wikipedia but can someone at least make it known immediatly in the artical that Eskimo is no longer used but Inuit is good.

Thank you,

Your Arctic defense against many nations in north america. And believe me it is busy up here since the channel opened from climate change. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.234.63.82 (talk) 07:27, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

I have added your comment to Talk:Eskimo kissing. I do not know enough about this issue to fix it myself, but maybe someone else will see your comment and be able to address your concerns --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 13:43, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Note that Wikipedia is not censored, since this term is appropriate for a type of kiss, but for a race of people in the Canadian territories and Greenland, the term Inuit is preferred. Johnny Au (talk) 18:13, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

In other notes, many sports teams are named after politically incorrect terms for various indigenous peoples, such as the Major League Baseball's Cleveland Indians, the National Football League's Washington Redskins, and the Canadian Football League's Edmonton Eskimos. Johnny Au (talk) 18:20, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

That does not mean we cannot make the article more accurate by mentioning that issue. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 19:13, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Underscores or whitespaces

Which of these is usually preferred on WP in article names etc.? -- Mentifisto 09:21, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

For article titles, use the most natural spelling without worrying too much about the technical implications. For example, for an article on a fictional band called "The F*cktard 5$ Collective" use The F*cktard 5$ Collective. The wikimedia software makes sure the urls work out. Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 10:56, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Actually I meant to say links... like you did there... Example_here or Example here. -- Mentifisto 14:37, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

I use the spaces as I think it makes it more readable (thinking of screen readers, etc.) and matches the actual title of the linked article. Wikipedia:Manual of Style (links) doesn't specify but the examples use spaces. Of course since they resolve to the same page it doesn't matter too much. • Anakin ^{(contribs • complaints)} 15:17, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, thanks. -- Mentifisto 16:35, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Advertising on Wikipedia?

Hi there,

Does Wikipedia have any plans to carry advertising on the site? I noticed the donations page but couldn't find any ad info - surely this must be part of the plan?

Many thanks, Lee Branch

Right now there are no plans to do it. See Wikipedia:Advertising. -- Mentifisto 10:31, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia is about volunteers providing free information for everyone in the world. Advertising would detract from that aim. --Coppertwig (talk) 14:47, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Jimbo Wales and Brion Vibber have both mentioned the possibility of advertising in public talks (see their various videos on YouTube), but both are well aware that such a drastic change in Wikipedia's thus-far successful formula would have far-reaching effects, not all of them good. Google AdSense on Wikipedia, for example, would at least in the short run generate very substantial revenue, probably several times what Wikipedia collects in donations currently. Thus the idea is hard not to think about. But then the Wikipedia community would have a big pile of money to argue about. With 47,575,393 registered users, we'd probably have about 47,575,393 conflicting opinions about how to spend all that money. Someone like User:Teratornis, for example, might suggest Help desk volunteers deserve a little something. Personally, I hope Jimbo Wales does not open that can of worms. All that aside, if you (Lee Branch) merely want to put your own advertisements on Wikipedia, while you cannot advertise on the real Wikipedia, nothing stops you from setting up your own Wikipedia mirror site and advertising all you like on that. --Teratornis (talk) 17:02, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Also, there have been huge concerns raised about some of the issues that would arise if advertising appeared on Wikipedia, as it would potentially violate Wikipedia:Neutral point of view, or at least provide a possible incentive to do so, since Company X would probably not want to have an ad for them on an article that openly criticised them. During the 2006 fundraiser, a charitable arm of the Virgin corporation went into a donation-matching agreement (i.e. for every dollar donated on day X they would donate a dollar), part of which was to have a small logo in the sitenotice, and the reaction to that on the mailing list was hugely split and pretty prolific. Confusing Manifestation(Say hi!) 22:35, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Flagging inconsistencies

Hi,

I'm researching historical battle statistics, and use Wikipedia on occasion to fill gaps in my knowledge from printed sources.

I have often spotted inconsistencies (not proven errors, I hasten to add) both within Wikipedia pages (e.g. Venetian casualties at the the Battle of Agnadello), and between Wikipedia and trusted sources (e.g. the forces at this same battle, when compared with Harbottle and Eggenberger). How can I flag these up to the pages' originators for them to check? I don't want to charge in and edit something that somebody else has spent more time researching than myself, and thus may be better informed, but conversely I don't want errors to persist.

Any advice appreciated!

80.177.102.36 (talk) 10:57, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

You should leave a note on the article's talk page. --Yamanbaiia^{(free hugs!)} 12:15, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

To expand on that as many who come here don't know about talk pages, every article has an associated talk page for discussing improvements or issues related to the article. Simply click on the "discussion" tab when you are at the article to access it.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 13:26, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

For example, if the name of the page is Battle of Agnadello, then the name of its talk page is Talk:Battle of Agnadello. --Coppertwig (talk) 14:44, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

expunge a section of talk page

I would like to permanently expunge a section on my talk page (and a few old versions) due to privacy concerns. How can this be done?--Appraiser (talk) 13:29, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

This is possible yes. Please see: Wikipedia:Requests for oversight --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 13:31, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

jessie cave

jessie cave is in harry potter and the half-blood prince and also appears in the cbbc drama summerhill.she also appears along side dame helen mirren in inkheart. her date of birth is 5 may 1987 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 984cooper (talk • contribs) 14:03, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for contributing information to Wikipedia. Perhaps in response to your message here, you or someone has added the information to the page List of Harry Potter cast members, which you can find by typing "Jessie Cave".

In future, please feel free to add information to articles yourself if you think it will improve them, or if you're not sure, you can suggest it on the article's talk page, which you can find by clicking "discuss" at the top of a page, or adding "Talk:" to the beginning of the name of the page, for example to find the talk page for List of Harry Potter cast members you can type Talk:List of Harry Potter cast members in the search box and click "go". --Coppertwig (talk) 14:54, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

how to find notes on place

i want to find notes on west bengal and even some pic's —Preceding unsigned comment added by 221.134.178.202 (talk) 14:36, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Go to West Bengal. You can find a page you're interested in by typing "West Bengal" in the search box (usually at the left side of the page) and clicking "go" or "search". Often it makes a difference whether you use capital letters or not, but in this case west bengal also works. --Coppertwig (talk) 14:41, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Copyright - public domain derivatives -> GFDL?

If I take a GIF image that is in the public domain and vectorize it, can I then release it under CC BY SA and GFDL on account of it being a derivative work? ----Seans Potato Business 14:04, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Someone here may very well answer the question but please note the new Wikipedia:Image copyright help desk where your question would be well placed.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 16:53, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

If the source image is in the Public domain, then any derivative will be in the Public Domain as well. You would have to do a lot to make the derivative so "original" that it has its own copyright (and thus require licensing by you). --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 19:18, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Search box suggestion

I could not find a place to submit suggestions and I did not see this topic in the FAQ. It would be extremely helpful if the search box retained the search terms and broke them out into buttons along with the "Go" and "Search" buttons (a la the google toolbar) so that I can search within a page for the terms. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.67.73.40 (talk) 16:09, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Why not just use the find function of your browser? In Firefox and IE ctrl-F works. Algebraist 16:37, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

If you want to ask for changes to the MediaWiki software (the software that runs Wikipedia), you should go to [1] for instructions on filing a feature request. --Thinboy00 @164, i.e. 02:56, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

make source number

hi

How i make a link to a source? so it has a number next to it like blah blah came from thissite.com. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tuxthepenguin933 (talk • contribs) 18:18, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

See WP:REF -- kainaw™ 18:30, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

WP:FOOT is little more on point. Sbowers3 (talk) 20:16, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

The Antiques Roadshow

Hello:

I am involved in a MULTI-MILLION dollar DISPUTE ... and I now think that the time has come to TAKE a STAND in favor of the "REAL" (as represented by my "OWN PIECE") as opposed to the "SURREAL" (as represented by the "Goddard Piece" in question)and, to SUCH an EFFECT, I now would like to "submit" (again!) the "SITUATION" in question to LARRY KING, for the kind of interview which would then EXPOSE the "SITUATION" in question to the PUBLIC AT LARGE ...

... BUT, I have been unable so far to find any "contact me" box in any of the Internet information pertaining to Larry King and I would appreciate it very much if Wikipedia (which does specialize in that "sort of thing") would be KIND ENOUGH to PROVIDE me with the INFORMATION in question.

ASAP would be deeply appreciated.

Sincerely,

Max B. Dupont —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.20.165.116 (talk) 18:53, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

This sounds like you are involved in a legal dispute of some sort. Please note that wikipedia does not give out legal advice due to liability and other reasons. Also, pertaining to contacting Larry King, you are on your own with respect to finding that information. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and not a irectory service.--Oni Ookami Alfador^Talk|@ 18:59, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Yes, Wikipedia is not a giver of personal advice, I'm afraid. You can check what else Wikipedia isn't if you like. As for your predicament, good luck. _{WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN}^{play it cool.}☆ 19:15, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

And next time please do not use so many capitals in your postings, some people will consider this to be equal to yelling in public and it is generally considered to be offensive in writing, especially on the Internet. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 19:24, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

I have removed some parts of the post per Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons which also covers this page. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:48, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Factual inaccuracies in description of Glenbard East High School in Lombard, Illinois

Please make the following corrections regarding Glenbard East High School in Lombard:

Web site is www.glenbardeasths.org, not www.glenbard.net/Glenbard_East

Delete “surprisingly” from: “The regional Office of Education, the State Board of Education, and the North Central Association of Colleges and the Secondary Schools accredit Glenbard East High School, surprisingly.”

In 2005, Glenbard East had an average ACT composite score of 20.6 and graduated 85.9 percent of its senior class. The listing inaccurately states an ACT composite of 11 and a graduation rate of 46.3. These are wrong.

The staff is comprised of 190 teachers, not 181.

Average class size is 23, not 35.5

Ethnic diversity: White: 64.5 percent, not 11.6 Black: 9 percent, not 27.8 Asian: 10.1 percent, not 24.2 Native American: 0.8 percent, not 0.40 Hispanic: 15.5 percent, not 67.2

This information can be verified at www.glenbardeasths.org or on the state school report card, available at www.glenbard87.org. It's also available by calling (phone number removed for protection). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Peg mannion (talk • contribs) 19:13, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Please make comments like these on the talk page of the article. Thank you. _{WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN}^{play it cool.}☆ 19:16, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Actually, I guess Peg mannion represents the school and Wikipedia:Contact us/Article problem/Factual error (from enterprise) tells representatives to come to the help desk about factual errors. Orangemike has copied it to the talk page but it can be a long time before somebody reacts to a comment there. I will look at the problems. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:58, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

I want to work for Wikipedia

I want to work for Wikipedia and promote the brand to the planet. How can I do this? Help me help you.

This page is for asking questions about USING Wikipedia, not working for them. And I have no idea, by the way. _{WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN}^{play it cool.}☆ 19:29, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

If you want to be a volunteer editor, like us (over 6 million and counting registered users), then check out Wikipedia:Introduction and Wikipedia:Community portal, which should give you an idea of how to do things, as well as what things might need doing. If you want to work for the Wikimedia Foundation, I don't think there are any openings at the moment, but you can always check their website. Confusing Manifestation(Say hi!) 22:27, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

basic error in assigning citations is all through WIkipedia: Policy change needs contemplation.

Reading through the article on General Mathew Ridgeway, I noticed that someone had added "citation needed" to the assertion that the war aim of the UN forces in the Korean war, after the battle of Chipyongi, was to drive the Chinese forces back across the 38th parallel. That this was indeed the case can be ascertained from any number of sources, books and articles on the war. So here's the error that has been committed by the person who put in that "citation needed": academically speaking, anything that is (a) commonly known or (b) citable from multiple sources, does not need a specific citation. So for example, you don't need to cite a source for saying that a certain country has so many millions of population, because such figures are widely available from multiple sources, i.e., easily checkable. And this is just how the citation business is done; and I've noticed this throughout Wikipedia, a desire to provide a citation for literally everything, even when such citations are clearly unnecessary.

It seems to me this is merely a hyper-caution that's a result of some of the criticisms of Wikipedia that arose over the last year or so. But providing a citation is no gaurantee against the propagation of nonsense; I'm sure an anti-Semite could provide "citations" to "prove" his case, but that wouldn't make it sensible. It would greatly streamline – and indeed strengthen – Wikipedia if it simply followed the normal academic guidelines for citation.

thanks for listening, though it was damned hard to find this place to e-mail you.

Jon Paul HenryTheonemacduff (talk) 19:37, 9 January 2008 (UTC).

Even if they are so easily checkable because of the number of sources, you should still add the source anyway. Hyper-cautions are all very well, but common sense tells you to add references for every fact in the wikipedia, like a normal encyclopedia. _{WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN}^{play it cool.}☆ 19:42, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

The irony, year over year we heard that wikipedia didn't reference its statements properly enough and now that we do, we cite too much. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 20:26, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

It doesn't match your description well but I guess you are referring to this tagged part of Matthew Ridgway: "Military historians generally credit Ridgway with leadership that helped restore the Eighth Army as an aggressive fighting force, allowing it combat the overwhelming masses of troops from the People's Republic of China to a standstill, and eventually driving them out of South Korea across the 38th parallel". Uncited claims like "generally credit" are against WP:PEACOCK and requesting a citation is appropriate. {{who}} could also have been used. I wouldn't know where to look for a citation in a reasonable time so I could easily have tagged it instead of finding a citation. It sometimes annoys me if somebody tags a thing that could be verified in seconds with an obvious Google search, but that is not the case here. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:44, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

legitimacy

Dear Wikimedia,

I want to use this website for my science fair. My teacher thinks that anyone could have written an article on wind chill i was looking on. I want to get an OK from you guys to make sure not just anyone isn't writing important articles. I would like to stay anonymous.

Thank you!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.15.3.109 (talk) 19:39, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

No such thing as anonymous when SineBot's around... Using this website is OK because of a number of reasons:

1. This is edited by experts on the subjects in question, including scientists and mathematicians.
2. Vandalism is quickly rectified on the website by many thousands of users.
3. Untrue facts are regularly challenged and removed.

Hope this helps. _{WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN}^{play it cool.}☆ 19:46, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia itself aknowledges that while useful for information gathering, it should not be used for serious academic research. See Wikipedia:Researching with Wikipedia. Your teacher is well within his/her concerns as an academic professional to restrict wikipedia as a research source.--Oni Ookami Alfador^Talk|@ 19:49, 9 January 2008 (UTC) Note: for further explanation consider this quote from the page: "In all academic institutions, Wikipedia, along with most encyclopedias, is unacceptable as a major source for a research paper. Other encyclopedias, such as Britannica, have notable authors working for them and may be cited as a secondary source in most cases. For example, Cornell University has a guide on how to cite encyclopedias" --Oni Ookami Alfador^Talk|@ 19:51, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

The best way to use Wikipedia is to find sources, not as a source itself. E.g. in Wind chill you will find references to many sources where you can find more information. You would read and cite those other sources, not cite Wikipedia. Sbowers3 (talk) 20:00, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

(gmta e/c) All research papers should be written from primary and secondary sources and not tertiary sources such as encyclopedias, regardless of whether Britannica, Wikipedia or others. However, the best of our articles are themselves fully written from primary and secondary sources. For that reason, our articles may be very useful in locating the proper sources someone such as yourself should use. While the article on Wind chill is not (yet!) a fully sourced articles, it does have ten references. I suggest you make use of that that list.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 20:08, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

copying an article for my own reference

I tried to copy the first page of Amaryllis and got 32 wasted pages of nothing. Each page had one sentence top and bottom and nothing else. Honestly, trying to understand the gibberish language used in "editing" and other places is beyond me. Do you HAVE to make it so complicated? why NOT use an email where I can retrieve my own info; I doubt I'll be able to find the answer on the Help Desk page itself --when? The paragraph that starts with You are not currently logged in.... is also not understandable. What is the sandbox. How do I submit this problem? The spaces below don't tell me much.

P.S. sign your question using ---- what symbols are those? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.136.249.210 (talk) 20:57, 9 January 2008 (UTC) Save a page using internet explorer or firefox. ~~~~ are [tilde]s. On US keyboards, they are found above the tab key. ffm 21:53, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

On the left hand side of every article is a list of links in the toolbox, just below the search field. Click on "printable version" and that should solve your printing problems. These: ~~~~ are tildes and unless you have a very unusual keyboard, the symbol likely appears on it, probably right above the tab key, below esc and next to the 1/! key.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 21:58, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Wow, quite a few questions there. I'll do what I can to answer some of them ...

1. By copy, do you mean you just selected the text, copied it (by pressing Ctrl+C or similar) and then pasted it into a word processor? It seems strange that it would have that result, so the only thing I can suggest that might make a difference is to try clicking on the link "Printable version" in the toolbar on the left.
2. Do you HAVE to make it so complicated? If you're talking about some of the technical and Wikipedia-specific terms used in places, then certainly it's not meant to be like that, but it can be hard to write succinctly and simply all the time. A handy guide to a lot of the "back end" of Wikipedia can be found at Wikipedia:Editor's index to Wikipedia.
3. Why not use email? Because this is a high-profile web page, and there are computer programs that scan such pages for email addresses, and use them to build spam mailing lists..
4. When will you find the answer on Help desk? The Help desk is run by volunteer effort, so whenever one of these volunteers comes along - like now.
5. The line that says something like "You are not logged in. Your IP address will be recorded in this page's edit history." Means this: You have not logged in to a Wikipedia account, and so instead of being identified with a username, you are identified with an IP address, which can be used to find out some things about you, such as your Internet Service Provider and general location. I believe there is some discussion about making that line more accessible to people who don't know what an IP address is.
6. The sandbox is a Wikipedia page (located at Wikipedia:Sandbox), which is designed for anyone to muck around in, to practice editing. This way, you can learn how to use "wiki-markup" without damaging a real article (not that such damage would be permanent, but it creates work for someone else and may get you into a little trouble).
7. How do you submit the problem? Looks like you worked that one out yourself.
8. Finally, the "Sign your posts" note - those symbols, ~~~~, are "tildes", which on most of the keyboards I've seen (which is indeed a biased sample) can be found in the top-left corner of the keyboard, below the Escape key, through the combination Shift+`. Typing these in on a page like the Help desk or a discussion page will add a signature to your post, so that people can see who wrote it and when. On this page, it's less critical, as SineBot will add an automatic signature if you forget, but it's still good practice.
9. And, just as a little extra, as this can confuse people sometimes, you can write a response in this section by going to the section header (titled "copying an article for my own reference") and clicking the link there that says "[edit]". Or, you can post a new question in the same way you posted this one. Confusing Manifestation(Say hi!) 22:12, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Oh, and if you can't find the tilde key (it may not be immediately obvious on some keyboards), there are two links on the editing page that will produce a signature for you - the first is in the row of icons above the editing box, between the W in a crossed-circle and the thick horizontal line (it's meant to look like a signature). The second is further down, below the line that says "Do not copy text from other websites ...", where there is a large box of links that will add various helpful characters and wikimarkup (although admittedly without explaining what most of them do). Just look for the one labelled "Sign your username: ~~~~". Confusing Manifestation(Say hi!) 22:17, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Sites similar to Wikipedia

Hi i have noticed other sites such as lostpedia.org, ipodlinux.org and fallingsandgame.org all appear simular to wikipedia. I was wondering how you can create (at what cost) a site like one of these on the same system. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.196.34.200 (talk) 21:07, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia uses MediaWiki. This is free software that you can download and install on a server. There are probably thousands of MediaWiki based sites on the Web and just as many running within private networks. κaτaʟaveno^T_C 21:22, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

All you need is a webserver (such as Apache), PHP5, and MySQL (there is some support for PostgreSQL), all of which can be obtained for free. It is designed to run on Linux or Unix, but can be run on most OS's including Windows and Mac OS X. See mw:Manual:Installation guide for full details. Mr.Z-man 21:34, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Here is a partial list of public wikis that run MediaWiki: wikiindex:Category:MediaWiki (current size: 2396 entries). If you want to learn about how to install and run MediaWiki, perhaps the easiest way to start is by setting up your own personal wiki; see: mw:Manual:Wiki on a stick. If you want a wiki that other people can use, the software is free, and the initial setup is not too terribly difficult for a competent system administrator, but learning how to administer a successful wiki will probably consume months if not years of your time. You can avoid some headaches by using a wiki hosting service that will handle many of the technical details for you, if your goal is to set up a wiki rather than to learn about wiki software. See: b:Wiki Science/How to start a wiki. --Teratornis (talk) 21:48, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

drug list

can I provide a link on my web page to this Wikipedia page(s)122.57.215.156 (talk) 21:31, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Of course you can. Wikipedia is free content, and can be linked to and copied from (assuming the GFDL is followed) freely. ffm 21:49, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

There's nothing on Wikipedia to restrict your ability to link to articles here. As to whether you can create such a link on your Web page, that depends on whether you are able to edit the page yourself, or get someone to edit it for you, and you or they know enough HTML or whatever coding method your Web page uses to create the link. (Many people have Web pages that they themselves cannot necessarily edit, so we aren't sure if you are asking a question about Wikipedia, or about how to edit your own site, whatever it may be.) But before you link to a Wikipedia article, be aware that articles here can constantly change, or even get deleted. Occasionally someone vandalizes an article with highly objectionable content. If you want to control what your Web page visitors see, you may want to consider forking a copy of the article to your own page. --Teratornis (talk) 22:00, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

If you mean whether you can edit a Wikipedia article to add a link going to your website then it is against Wikipedia:External links because you have a conflict of interest. A link to your website can be suggested on the article talk page instead. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:22, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Personal information is history

Someone vandalized Jared and placed a phone number in the article. I removed said edit, but it remains in the history, and I'm not sure how to remove it. For safety, I think it would be best if administration would remove said history. [2]

Any help on this would be appreciated. Dengarde ► Complaints 21:36, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

In cases such as this, you should request oversight at Wikipedia:Requests for oversight using the email link at the bottom of that page. In this case I've sent the email. Just a quick message with the diff link and the reason for it to be removed is enough for a request. Mr.Z-man 21:48, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Ah. I was unaware of WP:OVER. I'll use that from now-on. Thank you :) Dengarde ► Complaints 21:50, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

And the edit has been removed. Mr.Z-man 21:59, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Where do I report single-purpose accounts?

User sk8rboyyy's contribution page suggests that he has an account for the single purpose of promoting an individual. Where do I report this? Jonwatson69 (talk) 21:54, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

I don't believe there is any dedicated noticeboard. The sheer fact that an account appears to be single purpose invites scrutiny (COI, POV warmongering etc,) but there is no inherent violation of any policy simply because of that nature. You can tag his name at the deletion discussion with {{subst:spa|username|UTC timestamp [optional]}}. Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 22:47, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

If an account appears to be single purpose with regard to either vandalism or linkspam, you can try to report it at WP:AIV. Generally it helps however to give the benefit of the doubt and use the proper warning stages.--Oni Ookami Alfador^Talk|@ 03:46, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

There is no noticeboard for single purpose accounts, but I see no ill in the comments and contributions thus far from Sk8rboyyy (talk · contribs). If it escalates into heated arguments, you can take the notice to dispute resolution; vandalism, to WP:AIV. Seicer (talk) (contribs) 06:05, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

How do you start a new page on a music artist??

Yes, how do you start a new page on a music artist, I want to know how, I'm his producer, and I want to make one for him, with his permission, I CAN,can you help me —Preceding unsigned comment added by Prolilmeek (talk • contribs) 23:11, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi! See Help:Starting a new page. Stwalkerster [ talk ] 23:14, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Please also read Wikipedia:Notability (music) and Wikipedia:Conflict of interest. The first will tell you the bare minimum for the article to not get deleted, and the second will tell you why it may not be the best idea for you to write it in the first place. Confusing Manifestation(Say hi!) 23:43, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

patrick henry

please i want to know names of people and why there
supported patrick henry  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.237.200.35 (talk) 23:19, 9 January 2008 (UTC) 

We have an article about Patrick Henry. Have you tried the Humanities section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there; this help desk is only for questions about using Wikipedia. For your convenience, here is the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps.. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:15, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia Policy: Schedule/Timetable

Wonder whether anyone could point me towards some WP policy or guideline that talks about what to do with things like bus or train schedules in articles. I couldn't see anything in WP:NOT that was really specific, apart from this (3). Many thanks — alex.muller (talkpage • contribs) 23:59, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

In addition to WP:NOT#DIRECTORY which you linked, all of WP:NOT#GUIDE, WP:NOT#INFO and WP:NOT#STUPID arguably apply. We don't and can't make WP:NOT specifically mention every bad idea but you can certainly argue by analogy. You might find Wikipedia talk:WikiProject buses/Bus route list guide also of interest.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 00:12, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply – I decided it would be best to remove it and leave a comment on the talk page to discuss any problems that may arise. — alex.muller (talkpage • contribs) 00:45, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

January 10

Nobody's answering!

What do you do if nobody answers your question in the refrence desk? (Superawesomgoat (talk) 01:10, 10 January 2008 (UTC))

Then nobody answers. Try waiting a few days longer. It's not like everyone has an answer to your questions. JetLover (talk) (Report a mistake) 01:14, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

You should try reading "How to ask questions the smart way" by Eric S. Raymond to make sure you have posed a question that is enjoyable for unpaid volunteers to answer. In real life, to get answers to un-smart questions, one usually has to pay cash money to an expert, who will inwardly experience anguish if the question is really un-smart, but outwardly remain polite and composed if the cash money is sufficient. In communities of online volunteers, the only payment is fun. To get an answer to your question for free, you have to make it at least as fun to answer as the other questions that are getting answers for free. --Teratornis (talk) 04:29, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Jimmy Valant

where is the BoogyMan Jimmy Valant of the WWF now defunct and the WWe —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.23.104.12 (talk) 01:23, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

It appears you misspelled him. His article is Jimmy Valiant. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:38, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Special Ops Paintball

The 01:13 edit, on 10 January 2008 contained deliberate inaccuracies and libel against Special Ops Paintball forum staff. The IP address that made the edit was 65.27.220.214. Please prevent this user from performing further edits on the page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.3.44.224 (talk) 01:33, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

The edit you removed appeared to me to just be vandalism, which you correctly removed. I've informed the IP you mentioned not to make such additions. Thanks. Pyrospirit (talk · contribs) 02:07, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Question

I have a very simple question. Is it possible for an FA or a GA to also be an FL?--STX 01:37, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

I don't think so. If an article is any sort of featured, whether article or list, it's of higher quality than GA. And, I'm pretty sure a featured list is considered only a list and therefore can't be an FA. I could be wrong, though. Pyrospirit (talk · contribs) 02:03, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

I agree that a featured list is unlikely to be a featured article. However, my hunches have occasionally been wrong (difficult as that may be to believe), so you might try checking Category:Featured articles and Category:Wikipedia featured lists with CatScan to see if their intersection is nonempty. --Teratornis (talk) 04:17, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

You'd do better to scan Category:FA-Class articles, since Category:Featured articles is now empty. Algebraist 05:02, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

It's reassuring to know that when I give a link, someone will actually click on it, even if I did not. --Teratornis (talk) 16:23, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

can not log in

every time i go to hotmail a page pulls up that is blank and it will not let me sign in to check my e-mail. why is it not working? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.243.28.171 (talk) 02:21, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

I don't what causes your problem. I happen to have a working hotmail account but this help desk is for the Wikipedia encyclopedia which is unrelated to hotmail. Have you tried the Computing section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there; this help desk is only for questions about using Wikipedia. For your convenience, here is the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:32, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Merge of Narumi into List of Alice Academy characters

Narumi is up for merge into List of Alice Academy characters.Kitty53 (talk) 02:21, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for the notification, you may perform the merge yourself. You may want to see the merge guidelines. If you need help, feel free to ask. Best of luck, and happy editing! Regards, Keilana^talk_(recall) 03:45, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

How do i type my own article

i would like to know where to go to type in my own article —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dyertrini (talk • contribs) 02:45, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation. -- kainaw™ 02:46, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

You may also want to look over WP:CSD and WP:NOTE as well. JetLover (talk) (Report a mistake) 03:26, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Articles

How do I create an article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rct3guy (talk • contribs) 03:41, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

From the previous post...

See Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation.

Good luck! Soxπed Ninety Three | tcdb 03:44, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

copying pictures with citation text from archives.

I would like to save some of the pictures from the archives but also want the citations that come with them. How can I keep the photos and citations together.130.221.224.7 (talk) 06:42, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

how many accounts do I need?

Very confused. Where I am now on this site, I seem to have been logged in automatically. I have just been at the Wikistore, where my username was not recognized. Suggestions: one username/password for all Wikis if not possible, a complete list of all pages where I need to login separately, with same or different username and/or password.

Background I do not see why a unique combination should not be possible. It exists in other systems I have a very very slow internet connection, only a few hours per day (live ib SE Asia). Creating a new account takes about 30 minutes. How do people keep track of all those different usernames/passwords?

I am not sure I will find this page back. I have scattered crumbs of bread... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Poldebol (talk • contribs) 06:49, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

If you're on en.wikipedia.org, you only need one account (generally). If you wanted to contribute to other wikis, such as en.wikiquote.org, or different language editions, like de.wikipedia.org, you'll need to register a new account for each wiki -- they can all have the same name and password, if you like, but unfortunately each wiki is on a different database, and merging the user tables is rather difficult. – Luna Santin (talk) 07:53, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

See these entries under WP:EIW#Username:

• m:Help:Unified login and m:Single signon transition - moving to a single username (signon) across all Wikipedia domains

There are also several thousand public wikis that run the same software as Wikipedia (which is called MediaWiki), and many of them resemble the Wikimedia Foundation's wikis. You will need to create separate user accounts on any of those other wikis where you wish to log in before editing (many of them require all their editors to log in, as an anti-vandalism measure). --Teratornis (talk) 16:43, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Help with display text

I am editing the stub for the New York Ukulele Ensemble (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Ukulele_Ensemble). I am trying to make an internal link to 'costume party,' using the title of an event (the Village Costume Ball).

The coding that I have been using is Name of page|display text. I am entering it as Costume Party|Costume Ball (with the appropriate brackets, of course), but for some reason it still keeps coming up as red link. Is there a way to accomplish this that I'm not doing, or am I trying to do the impossible?

Thanks, DSJH (talk) 07:27, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

I think you're running into a problem with case-sensitive page titles. The first character in a title is automatically capitalized, but after that, links are case-sensitive; to wit, there is no Costume Party article, but there is a costume party article (note caps). – Luna Santin (talk) 07:56, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Yeah -- that was my take on it, too. But since it's an actual title it has to remain capitalized; I was hoping to circumvent that problem. Good to know I had figured it out correctly, though. Thanks again! —Preceding unsigned comment added by DSJH (talk • contribs) 08:33, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Write [[costume party|Costume Ball]]. --ais523 09:00, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Incorrect Coordinates on Google

Hi

I was using Google Earth and found that for my village the local church was relocated into the middle of a housing estate some 500 yards away.

The coordinates ( according to Google Earth) come from Wikipedia.

The church is St Peters C of E, Inkberrow, Worcestershire, England —Preceding unsigned comment added by Johnggold (talk • contribs) 09:02, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Coordinates from Google Earth do not come from wikipedia. Lex ^T/_C Guest Book 09:11, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Some of them do. See Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dates and numbers)#Geographical coordinates and [3]. I haven't tracked down the source of these coordinates. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:47, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

One set of coordinates can appear in different physical locations depending on the datum (e.g., WGS84, NAD27, NAD83, etc.). For Wikipedia's coordinates to plot correctly in Google Earth, the source of the coordinates must use the same datum that Google Earth uses (and of course the coordinates must be correct with reference to their datum). According to Google Earth#Specifications, Google Earth uses WGS84. --Teratornis (talk) 16:09, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

The only Wikipedia article from the Geographic Web / Wikipedia layer in that area that had coordinates at the time of the Wikipedia database dump Google is currently using, is Inkberrow Castle. However, if the Places of Interest / Places of Worship / Other Places of Worship layer (which has nothing to do with Wikipedia) is active, there is a marker called "St Peter C Of E Church" at 52.214473°N 1.981760°W / 52.214473; -1.981760. If that's not the right place, it's best for you to contact Google. --Para (talk) 21:59, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Diffusion of gases

What are some examples of diffusion taking place in our daily lives? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.21.154.88 (talk) 11:09, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Please see our article on diffusion and come to your own conclusions. The form of your question leads me to believe it may be a homework question and you get no benefit by others doing it for you. Please also note that this help desk is for asking questions related to using Wikipedia. Knowledge questions are asked at the reference desk.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 12:55, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

See {{dyoh}}. You won't get any benefit if we tell you the final answers, but you will get benefit if you click on the following clues, read the entire articles, and construct answers for yourself: diffusion, respiration, carbon cycle, transpiration, haemoglobin, Special:Whatlinkshere/Diffusion. --Teratornis (talk) 16:16, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

United Kingdom Libertarian Party

Dear Admins,

The page that I created, United Kingdom Libertarian Party, was deleted by admin, Addhoc, because it "does not indicate the importance or significance of the subject."

I would like to ask what I might have done about that? The party is relatively new, but I had included links to its website and Electoral Commission page, so it cannot be an issue of verifiability.

I would also question whether the significance of the party -- whilst new -- is any less than any of the UK Joke Parties listed (except the well-known Monster Raving Loony Party) or many of the other minor parties listed.

You even have a Spectre (Political Party) page listed; this is not only a party that I (a UK resident and keen political anorak) have never heard of, but also is not registered with the UK Electoral Commission and is thus not even a political party.

As such, I would like to appeal the decision that you have made. Otherwise, I would appreciate some guidelines as to how the United Kingdom Libertarian Party page might be considered as significant as that of the unregistered "UK political party", Spectre.

Regards,

Devilskitchen —Preceding unsigned comment added by Devilskitchen (talk • contribs) 13:20, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

The article was deleted because of ""United Kingdom Libertarian Party" ‎ (It is an article about a company, corporation, organization, or group that does not indicate the importance or significance of the subject. ([[WP:CSD#A7|CSD)" Basically you didn't include enough information to show why this is an important subject. Everyone can form a club or organization, but that does not make it important. In your case, including links to newspaper articles or referencing magazines (not weblogs) that have written about the party or election results would assert the notability of the party. I have to say that the deletion may have been a little hasty, and if you contact Addhoc personally on his usertalkpage, and show him that this party is more than a weblog party, that he will gladly undelete the article. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 13:58, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Do others think it might be an idea to request deletion of Spectre (political party) --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 14:00, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

The Spectre article contains allegations of notability and a link to an article from the Grauniad, so I don't think it's suitable for deletion. --Orange Mike | Talk 14:11, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Thank you. What I will do is wait until we have coverage, which should be in a week or two. Regards, DK. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Devilskitchen (talk • contribs) 21:58, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

editing

i want to make jessie caves profile but how do i everytime i go to edit it says type in and make sure there isnt one existing but their is because when i type in jessie cave it redirects to list members of harry potter yeah but joshua herdman and jamie waylett arent famous or recognisable but they have there own page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 984cooper (talk • contribs) 17:52, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Jessie Cave's page is here. There was formally a short article on her, but it was thought she did not satisfy the notability criteria. Algebraist 18:10, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Jessie Cave is not yet considered notable enough for her own article; there are two links in the Potter article to articles about her, but she is not yet famous in her own right. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:11, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Critical - Exposed IP address

I joined a discussion on the Aids page. I believe one of the editors accused me of being a 'sock puppte' of another user becase we shared similar, although not exact opinions. When I submitted an additional comment, my IP address came up exposed instead of my log in name. My user identification name for the site is Too.cat. Currently my IP address remains exposed.68.48.94.27 (talk) 18:07, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

You have apparently logged off or been logged off by your ISP, so of course your IP address remains exposed. You will have to log on again. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:12, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

You can see at the top whether you are logged in. You can manually change the displayed IP signatures but they will still be stored in the history of the pages. It's possible to request removal from a page history but accidentally editing and signing while logged out is not among the reasons listed at Wikipedia:Requests for oversight. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:21, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

NPOV problems

Freedom fighters etc at List_of_Iyers. - CarbonLifeForm (talk) 18:34, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Content disputes should be handled through the dispute resolution process, starting with negotiations like requests for comment. --Oni Ookami Alfador^Talk|@ 18:57, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

template problems.....

I've been trying to create a version of Template:Climate chart that's accessible to people who only understand fahrenheit, and I've got something that's nearly working at Template:Climate chart convertible. I achieved this by simply autogenerating and hiding a fahrenheit version that readers can click to expand and read. The problem is that the it causes all text below the template to also be hidden. You can see the havoc I accidentally wreaked at the Tokyo article here[4] for an example. It seems to me that the template I'm using to hide things has the }}s paired, but on the talk page for that template others have mentioned problems they experienced when trying to add tables. Can someone help me out? Calliopejen1 (talk) 18:39, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Never mind, someone from the templates wikiproject fixed it for me. :) Calliopejen1 (talk) 22:36, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Company Stub

Dear Sir/Madam,

How do I add a company stub or company profile to Wikipedia?

Please advise,

Thanks, Ankush Agarwal —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ankushagarwal (talk • contribs) 19:11, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi! Please see Help:Starting a new page. You might also like to take a look at Wikipedia:Notability :) Stwalkerster [ talk ] 19:16, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

(ec) Before creating an article, please search Wikipedia first to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject. Please also review a few of our relevant policies and guidelines which all articles should comport with. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite to reliable sources which verify their content and must not contain unsourced, negative content about living people.

Articles must also demonstrate the notability of the subject. Please see our subject specific guidelines for companies and organizations and note that if you are closely associated with the subject, our conflict of interest guideline strongly recommends against you creating the article.

If you still think an article is appropriate, see Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation. Algebraist 19:17, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Laundry Soap from Sludge waste from cotton seed oil refining

I would like to know the process of making laundry soap from the sludge received after neuteralising the cottonseed oil with caustic soda.I want to know

a) The process b)Ingredients with proportions or any literature or book available to learn the process. c) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.27.105.41 (talk) 19:40, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Have you tried the Science section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there; this help desk is only for questions about using Wikipedia. For your convenience, here is the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps. PrimeHunter (talk) 19:42, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

See Saponification for information about the basic soapmaking process. The Cottonseed oil article doesn't mention a process for making soap from cottonseed sludge (presumably, the material left over after mechanical expression to remove most of the oil), but you could work out the stoichiometry if you knew the composition of triglycerides in the sludge. An excellent reference for industrial chemical processes is the Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, which should be available in any major public library or a university chemistry or chemical engineering department library. If you know of a company that makes the laundry soap you have in mind, you could search the Web for information about its processes, or try contacting its engineering department. --Teratornis (talk) 05:53, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

How can I change my user ID?

Is this possible or do I need to create a new user account? I would prefer not to lose my history. I simply am tired of this user ID. Thanks. Newguy34 (talk) 20:15, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Changing username. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:16, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

I knew there was an easy answer, but I just couldn't find it. Many thanks. Newguy34 (talk) 20:32, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

You may wish to bookmark the Editor's Index to Wikipedia, where you can find this item and lots more. --Teratornis (talk) 05:55, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Definition of Wikipedia Term Please

What does the term "retrieved" mean in the context of the reference lines.

For example: News Article, Newspaper, Date retrieved 27/10/2007

12.33.141.36 (talk) 20:16, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

It means the date the information was obtained. For example, if a newspaper is stored in a database, you will have the date the newspaper was published, and the date you retrieved the article, as in when you actually looked it up. This is important especially for online sources as the content of a page can change over time and the information on the retrieval date can be different than the date it was written and the current date.--Oni Ookami Alfador^Talk|@ 20:18, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

(edit conflict) The retrieved date is meant to be the last known date an editor examined a reference and saw it was there and fitted what it is used for. It's intended for online sources which can change content, change url, or disappear completely. It would be fine for an online newspaper archive but meaningless for a printed newspaper. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:23, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_laws_in_the_United_States_(by_state)

Hello:

Would you please update this page (Gun_laws_in_the_United_States_(by_state)).

Please change Montana http://www.doj.state.mt.us/enforcement/concealedweapons.asp to http://www.doj.mt.gov/enforcement/criminaljustice/concealedweapons.asp

Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 161.7.2.160 (talk) 21:25, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for your suggestion. When you feel an article needs improvement, please feel free to make those changes. Wikipedia is a wiki, so anyone can edit almost any article by simply following the Edit this page link at the top. The Wikipedia community encourages you to be bold in updating pages. Don't worry too much about making honest mistakes — they're likely to be found and corrected quickly. If you're not sure how editing works, check out how to edit a page, or use the sandbox to try out your editing skills. New contributors are always welcome. You don't even need to log in (although there are many reasons why you might want to). Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 21:30, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

I updated the page. Sbowers3 (talk) 00:01, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Use of ESA images

Can we use ESA images here?--Phoenix-wiki 22:10, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Btw, ESA = European space agency.--Phoenix-wiki 22:20, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

No. Confusing Manifestation(Say hi!) 02:49, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Well to be more accuratly, "You can, BUT". As long as a no free alternative exists for what you are illustrating (no NASA images of the subject), and you are using a proper fair use rationale when you actually use the image. The images cannot be uploaded to commons however :( As a side note, i tried contacting ESA on this issue multiple times (requesting them to release a SET of pictures of Columbus and ATV under a free license was one of my requests), but like most government agencies, they don't seem to read their email. Perhaps I should give them a call some time. Similar problems exist for any other space agency that is not NASA --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 08:45, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

There's been some previous efforts on negotiating with them, but it's been a while now. See meta:ESA images. --Para (talk) 15:43, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Problem creating a page.

Hello. I've been trying for quite sometime now to create a new article. I've followed the instructions except the main part of that is to click "Create a New Page." There is no "Create a New Page" link there or anywhere else I've looked. I cannot find anything anywhere for creating a new page and am extremely frustrated. How do I create a new page and where is that link? —Preceding unsigned comment added by ICopyright (talk • contribs) 22:34, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Just type the name of the article you wish to create in the search box and click 'Go'. You should see (among other things) a list of bullet points of which the last contains a 'Create the page' link. Algebraist 22:48, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Can you tell us what instructions you read and where you saw "Create a New Page"? We'd like to update those instructions to make them clearer. Sbowers3 (talk) 23:43, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Have a look at Wikipedia:Your first article.--Addhoc (talk) 23:46, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Is that a response to my query or to the user's initial query? It's a good answer to his question but not to my question to him. Wikipedia:Your first article has the phrase "Create a new page" but isn't a link and doesn't say to click it. Sbowers3 (talk) 00:21, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

They were possibly looking at Help:Starting a new page, where one of the first paragraphs has a sentence that reads "Just type a title in the box at the bottom of the page, click "Create article", and start writing." The problem is, the box at the bottom has "Go" and "Search" buttons, not "Create article". Or, further down, "perform a search for the new title with the Go button (as you should have done before). When the search finds nothing, press "create the article"." I think that in the past, searches may have offered the option to create a page, now it instead gives a big bold link to the search term instead. I'll comment on this at m:Help:Starting a new page, because I'm not sure of the easiest way to fix it. Confusing Manifestation(Say hi!) 02:41, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Actually, I fixed the second one myself (will have to wait until the local one refreshes on meta though), but for the first one, it looks like this has already been a bone of contention on the meta talk page and no-one's found a decent solution yet. Confusing Manifestation(Say hi!) 02:46, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Edit Specifics

Is it possible to create a poll, and if so, how? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Paradox King (talk • contribs) 23:31, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Polling is not a substitute for discussion. If you say what the poll should be about then you may get a more precise answer. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:18, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

thanx, but not what i'm looking for. i think it goes like:

{{poll:???
question?
choice a
choice b
choice c
}}

but i've tried that already. if it can't be done, i probably just saw it on a different wiki.

I think you mean code that lets users click on their choice and automatically adds them up. The only place around here I've seen something sort-of like that is at Wikipedia:Wikipediholism test, and I can't figure out how they did it. Wait, I see: the link to the automated version of the test actually takes you to a different website. So, I'm guessing it was probably on a different wiki that you saw something like that. --Coppertwig (talk) 02:12, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

yeah, i think i just saw it on a different wiki, but thanks anyway-Paradox King (talk) 02:17, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Wikinews and Wikiversity both have options enabled for quizzes, and I think there is a similar extension for polls, but neither of these is enabled on Wikipedia, probably for performance reasons (or just because no-one's found a need for it). Confusing Manifestation(Say hi!) 02:32, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

I assumed you meant Wikipedia policy about polls and not special software to create polls. I haven't seen anything fully automated on Wikipedia (see meta:Poll). It's possible to make a bot which periodically scans a page and creates a count. See Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard/RfA Report for a User:Tangobot generated count of Wikipedia:Requests for adminship. Bots must be approved at Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval. PrimeHunter (talk) 04:28, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

There is a MediaWiki extension or something like that which adds polls. It's installed at Uncyclopedia. For example, see uncyclopedia:Poll, and it's created simply with the <poll> tag. It's not available at Wikipedia however. • Anakin ^{(contribs • complaints)} 18:23, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

How do I export to a MS Access format?

I have a standard AQT license for a month now and I've been learning SQL on my own. I work for the State of Oregon and AQT is required to query a very large database. In my former job, I relied on MS Access to query but it is not able to handle the size of this new database. I would like to export the results set in a MS Access format but do not know how to do this. For example, the results set resulted is just over 410,000 rows and I need to continue to manipulate the data. How can I take the data and save it as a MS Access table? Thanks for your help, Aaron —Preceding unsigned comment added by 167.131.0.194 (talk) 23:58, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Have you tried the Computing section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there; this help desk is only for questions about using Wikipedia. For your convenience, here is the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps.. Algebraist 00:01, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

January 11

List of wikimarkup using < and >

Is there a list of all the wikimarkup that begin and end with "<" and ">"? If part of the answer is that all or most HTML is allowed, then is there a list of this type of markup that is unique to Wikipedia?

At the moment, I'm particularly interested in what <cite> is all about, but a list would be handy for the future. --Gerry Ashton (talk) 00:52, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

I'd like a complete list, too. I'm familiar with <ref> (see Wikipedia:Citing sources) and {{cite book}} (see Template:cite book) (and similarly cite web, cite news, cite journal) but not <cite> in angle brackets. For various html and other codes, see for example Help:Editing and Help:Wikitext examples. Codes like {{cite book}} etc. are templates; ordinary users such as you and I can create templates like that too. --Coppertwig (talk) 01:44, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

<cite> isn't wikimarkup, it's just the html tag. Algebraist 02:10, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Help:HTML in wikitext documents which HTML is allowed (I got curious myself and tried Help:HTML, which is a redirect). Confusing Manifestation(Say hi!) 05:41, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

colored username

i've seen some users' names colored, and would like to know how this is done. -Paradox King (talk) 01:46, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Signatures#Customizing your signature. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:55, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

(edit conflict) It's done in your preferences (the my preferences link at the very top of the page). This link: Wikipedia:Signatures#Customizing your signature will guide you in how to customise your signature with colour and font etc. Astronaut (talk) 02:01, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

thanx-Paradox King (talk) 02:13, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

(edit conflict, again) Sorry, didn't notice until too late you changed your reply - you asked "exactly how to change the colour

The easiest thing is to use the page editing function in Wikipedia to take a look at a signature you like the look of - ie. learn from what other people have done. In practice, you use HTML to change the colour. In theory, you can use any colour you want. However, it is probably best to stick with those considered "web safe" in the Web colors article.

For example, I put:

    [[User:Astronaut|<span style="color:green">Astronaut</span>]] [ [[User talk:Astronaut|<span style="color:blue">talk</span>]] ]

and ticked the "Raw Signature" in my preferences, and it produced a signature like this: Astronaut [ talk ] 03:28, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

.....Or like this BonesBrigade 04:04, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Now reverted back :-) Astronaut (talk) 03:37, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Article Deleting

How do I delete my article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nikolai460 (talk • contribs) 02:53, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

The article has been marked for speedy deletion - if you don't object to it being deleted, then you don't need to do anything. An admin will check that it meets the criteria for speedy deletion, and then delete it. I will give you a "welcome box" on your talk page, which has lots of useful links to help you find your way about. DuncanHill (talk) 03:22, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Uploaded Image requesting deletion

I uploaded an image and I can't figure out how to put it on my page, so I need it deleted entirely. What do I do? My page is Royal District Nursing Service and my image is RDNS Logo.jpgKat7202 (talk) 03:01, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

I created a demonstration of how to do what you want in my sandbox. I decided not to edit the article, because I don't think a logo adds much to the article. --Gerry Ashton (talk) 03:19, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

blend color

how exactly do i "blend colors into each other?

So Bluetored becomes a smooth blend from blue to red. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Paradox King (talk • contribs) 03:25, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

As far as I know, there is no way to do this support by Wikimedia software; a letter cannot be more than one colour. However, you can make each letter a slightly darker or lighter shade than the one before it, which gives the illusion of blending. To do this, just give each letter a different hex triplet value. It might take a bit of experimentation, though. For example; <font color="#606060">T</font><font color="#808080">e</font><font color="#707070">s</font><font color="#000000">t</font> turns into Test. Hope that helps! Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP!☺} 03:58, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanx, great help

-Paradox K. 06:29, 11 January 2008 (UTC)_{it worked!}

Bluetored Lex ^T/_C Guest Book 08:16, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Taking our Enlarge Function

Thanks Gerry! Is there anyway I can delete the box enlargement option around the logo?Kat7202 (talk) 03:38, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

I have not experimented much with ways of presenting images in Wikipedia articles. I suggest you copy it to your sandbox and experiment. --Gerry Ashton (talk) 04:08, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Just a comment, Kat7202; if you've ever got questions for a specific editor, please leave them on that editors talk page. For example, Gerry's would be User talk:Gerry Ashton, and mine would be User talk:Master of Puppets. Thanks! Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP!☺} 04:09, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

text edit

does anyone know hoe]w i could change the font and size of a section of text? -Paradox K. 07:11, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

You can use HTML, many of the HTML markups work in Wiki also. Experiment off the page first though please, use the Sandbox. SpinningSpark 08:16, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

If this question relates to an article (rather than your own user space) then you migh want to also look here in the Wikipedia Manual of Style. SpinningSpark 12:41, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Clasifications of Water

what are the classification of water? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.60.241.211 (talk) 07:51, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

A better place to post this question would be on the Science section of the Reference Desk. This page is for answering questions on how to use Wikipedia. SpinningSpark 08:24, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Living person not in "Living Persons" category, and maybe it should be deleted anyway (the article not the person)

Rick_DiMaio is not a very good article IMO. I just undid some vandalism and noticed that it is not in the category of "Living Persons" (the main purpose, as I understood it, of which was to help prevent vandalism). Looking more at the article though, it is unreferenced and has some dodgy (libelous?) text, and I don't know if this broadcaster from Chicago is that notable anyway.

So, what's the best way to get more experienced Wikipedians to look at these issues? TresÁrboles (talk) 08:09, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Oops, I meant the category "Living people". TresÁrboles (talk) 08:12, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

The article was speedy deleted, because the person was considered not to be notable (important) enough. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 12:01, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

lost article

There is an article in the English Wikipedia on a popular cultures to each other, I find it difficult to reach them now because Non Remember title, Can anyone guide my, Thanks and Excuse my English--87.230.169.131 (talk) 09:53, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

I think everybody would love to assist you but with over 2 million articles it is kinda hard to make a guess. Perhaps Popular culture studies might interest you. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 12:00, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

If you can remember any exact words from the article, you can Search Wikipedia with Google for articles that contain those words. For best results, try to remember some uncommon words that the article contains. You might also check your Web browser's history feature. For example, if you are clever enough to be running Mozilla Firefox, you can click View | Sidebar | History and see lists of pages you have visited recently. You might also be interested in Desktop search software, if you are in the habit of forgetting where you saw some Web pages that you wish to see again. --Teratornis (talk) 05:12, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Citing a value calculated from more than one source

I was wondering how to cite the info in this section that says Columbia has "a physician density that is about 3 times the United States average". I cited two sources that I got that info from, but that's not the whole story. One source says how many physicians Columbia has and the other is data on the physician density in the U.S. There is a third source here that says what the physician density is in the U.S. until 2004. There is a significant increase from 2004 to 2005 between the sources, so I'm not sure which is correct(hence the use of "about" in the sentence). Finally, I just took the amount of physicians in Columbia divided by the population given in this article to find Columbia's physician density- 8.48 physicians per 1000 people compared to the values given in the sources (2.4 or 2.9). How can I say all this in an in text citation? Breakyunit (talk) 09:55, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

I would not try to cram three references into one citation. Instead, it would be better to add an explanation to the article similar to what you wrote above, and cite individual sources to go along with the individual claims. If it takes a paragraph to explain what's behind that number, then the article needs that paragraph. Especially when sources conflict, it is better (and more honest) to show details of the inconsistency, rather than mislead the reader into thinking the final result is cleaner than it actually is. On Wikipedia we are to strive for the neutral point of view, so if sources disagree, we should present the disagreement, rather than taking a side on which number is right. --Teratornis (talk) 05:19, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Template citeweb

I tried to sort out ref 33 on Abdullah_Öcalan and can't see what I have done wrongly. - CarbonLifeForm (talk) 10:19, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Assisted the editor with his editing. Should be solved now. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 11:48, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Bridges and dams

please tell me any website about bridges and dams? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.101.32.57 (talk) 10:36, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

A better place to post this question would be on the Humanities section of the Reference Desk. This page is for answering questions on how to use Wikipedia. - CarbonLifeForm (talk) 10:41, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia is a Web site about bridges and dams, among other things. See: Bridge, Dam, Category:Bridges, Category:Dams. --Teratornis (talk) 22:44, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Help with categorization

An article I created (euan heng) shows as being uncategorized, indeed shows as the bottom as being included in a category named 'uncategorized'. However, I did attempt to categorize the article and it does show at the bottom as being in those categories. I wondered if I have done something incorrectly or whether it is just a question of waiting and the page will eventually update so it no longer shows as being uncategorized.--80.192.42.183 (talk) 11:52, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

The page had the template {{uncat}} in its text. This template was the source of the message on the page that said the article was uncategorized, as well as for causing the addition of an "uncategorized" category :D Basically, you did nothing wrong. I removed the template for you, but if we would have let it stay, a robot would have eventually removed it automatically once it would have noticed your changes. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 11:56, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Policy that covers numbered labeling of diagrams

Is there a policy that covers numbered labeling of diagrams (i.e. to make translation easier)? If so, can you direct me to it? Thanks. --137.120.3.248 (talk) 12:29, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

I doubt that there is an actual policy. These kinds of issues are covered by the Manual of Style which is classed as a guideline rather than a policy. The relevant sections of the MoS are;

Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Captions and,
Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Bulleted and numbered lists

The captions section does not seem to even consider the possibility of numbering and I get the feeling from the lists section that numbering is deprecated. That's not to say you should not do it if you have a valid need. You might also want to read;

Wikipedia:Captions

which says the same as the MoS but in more detail.
Also, Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dates and numbers) sounds as if it ought to be relevant but I could not see anything in it at a quick glance that would help you. But feel free to look yourself. SpinningSpark 13:11, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Removal of See also sections from articles

I read somewhere that a recent policy is that See also sections are to be removed once the subject is mentioned in the article in question. I think that See also sections are useful in their own right, since sometimes one has neither the time nor inclination to read an entire article to discover other related subjects. Where is the policy to which I am referring (I've already checked a few help pages (found via See also that do not suggest the removal of See also sections). --137.120.3.248 (talk) 12:51, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Such a policy does not exist. However, it is true that many things that are usually initially mentioned in See also sections can later be removed because they are properly "worked into" the article. For instance take a look at Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. The various related topics that originally most likely were present in the article have so well been integrated into the article, that there isn't really any use for a See also section. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 13:02, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

By the time an article reaches WP:FAC, most see also sections have been worked into the text. Lots of "see alsos" are seen by some reviewers as signs that the article is not comprehensive. Woody (talk) 13:09, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

See also Wikipedia:Guide to layout#See also. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:18, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Getting references / footnotes to show

I have today created an article about the French flute-player and teacher Joseph Rampal (a companion piece to my entry for his more famous son, Jean-Pierre Rampal). But the footnote references I have inserted do not show on the page, andI';m not sure how to correct this. Can this small adjustment be made please? Thanks. Peter Griffiths. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pkgriffiths (talk • contribs) 13:21, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

The mistake you made was that you needed to add a reference list template at the place you want the references to appear, like this;
{{reflist}}
I have done this for you while I had the article open. However, you also need to look at reference 12 which seems to have some of the article text trapped inside the citation tags.

Couple of other points about posting here. Firstly, you should sign your posts with four tildes like so, ~~~~. This will add your signature and timestamp as, for example, mine is added below. Secondly, it helps us to answer your question if you provide a link to the article in question. You do this by enclosing the article name in double square brackets like so; [[Joseph Rampal]], which appears as a link, like so; Joseph Rampal.

Happy editing, SpinningSpark 13:40, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

is it me...

User:Xdc-evs/XDC placed a help me on their page. I responded by setting up a talk page User talk:Xdc-evs/XDC but upon closer looking came across this User talk:Xdc-evs which has quite a few warnings attached. (Spot the difference). To me the similarity between the article and the user name(s) has confused at least me. As an aside it should be nominated for speedy deletion anyway IMO, but another editor should have a look at the request for help first. Is there a way of bringing to editors (meaning me)notice such close similarity, either by accident or IMHO in this case deliberate actions. Edmund Patrick ( ^confer _work) 13:22, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

There is only one user and no mainspace article. The slash in User:Xdc-evs/XDC means it is a user subpage of User:Xdc-evs. User subpages are often used to work on drafts of articles. {{helpme}} should be placed on user talk pages so it should have been on User talk:Xdc-evs. "Xdc-evs" is a problematic user name per Wikipedia:Username policy#Company/group names. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:00, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

I blocked the username, as it's an obvious violation (and the editor has a COI problem as well, it appears). --Orange Mike | Talk 14:06, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Ehm... isn't that a bit harsh? Yes there were obvious issues, but editing Wikipedia isn't easy these days. I can understand people's problem with writing proper articles and we can only get anywhere if we ourselves put some effort into assisting users that are not as knowledgeable about wikipedia than we are. I see no real issues with the users behaviour since the last time he was warned. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 14:19, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Oh you blocked for username violation. nvmd :D --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 14:23, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Consensus

This is a question that I've been wondering for some time now... if Wikipedia doesn't count votes, but arguments, and the closing admin (in AfDs etc.) decides which the best argument is and acts upon it (so, theoretically, a majority of the votes can be disregarded), can't they close it in their favour? -- Mentifisto 14:31, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

There should be no "their favour" under our neutral point of view policy. (That's why the closer should not be anyone who has taken part in the discussion on either side.) An admin who is not genuinely regarding our policies and standards in these matters will have complaints filed against him/her, and in extreme cases can suffer consequences. --Orange Mike | Talk 15:02, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

I know but even if they don't take part they can still have an opinion - and they can close it stating some personal argument to support the close saying that consensus has been reached in that direction. -- Mentifisto 15:11, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

They can but they shouldn't. It is possible to challenge closing decisions on deletions at Wikipedia:Deletion review. Arthena^(talk) 18:52, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

picture

hi,i have a very good picture of rhydian roberts but how do i put it on his profile? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.39.131.100 (talk) 14:33, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Did you make the photo yourself ? If so than you can upload it here. If you did not make the photo yourself, than it is probably not an image we are allowed to use in Wikipedia. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 14:49, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Helpme

How come I have published a page and uploaded a file and yert when I dfo a "search" nothing can be ffound on the subject? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Toolah (talk • contribs) 14:55, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

The page you have made is on your user page at User talk:Toolah. I would also advise that wikipedia is not an advertising medium, and would ask that you remove it from your user space. Thanks. You may wish to refer to WP:CSD#G11 as well. Pedro :  Chat  14:58, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

TheMeasure

I've written an article on a local band that keeps getting deleted. Why? —Preceding unsigned comment added by SalmonKing (talk • contribs) 15:34, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

not being an administrator I can't see the content of the deleted page but the deletion log says that it did not assert notability try reading this and this and see if it meets those criteria. Harland1 (^t/_c) 15:43, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

If it it's characterization is as a local band I don't need to see the page to tell you that it won't satisfy notability requirements. WP:MUSIC generally asserts that a band must have a fairly good chart placement, major label album, multiple independent label albums, or any one of a few other criteria satisfied before it is notable enough for an article.--Oni Ookami Alfador^Talk|@ 16:17, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Revision history error; Biodiesel

There is a problem in the revision history of Biodiesel. I undid revision 183328408, [[5]], by User:68.14.36.186; If you examine the next edit, it appears as though I've added something, though in fact, I removed an unhelpful addition. Later in the history, [[6]], it appears that I re-added the same comment, though I did not, as noted in the edit comments. It appears as though a number of the editor's signatures have been transposed. I'm concerned about how this happened more than that it did happen. Any idea why? Do you know of anyone who would know? E8 (talk) 17:10, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

I think you accidently edited an older revision of the page or something. It happens. Don't worry, I don't think anyone will see it as a problem. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 17:27, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

sport

is wwe good? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.45.216.211 (talk) 17:17, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

We cannot really help you here with this. Please limit your questions to topics that concern the usage of Wikipedia. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 17:23, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not a forum. Please discuss this topic on another website, such as a social networking website. Thank you. Johnny Au (talk) 18:14, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Printing Article Problem

I was attempting to print the Wikipdia article entry on (investment) "Rate of Return" and find that the article will not print correctly (tried with "printable version" button and without). There are entire sections that will not print, often leaving blank or partial pages. As you examine this problem, please do a "print preview" and examine EVERY PAGE and I think you'll see what I mean.

If I need to do something different to make this page print correctly, please advise.

ThurstonLee (talk) 18:08, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

I see it as 10 pages, with the only white space being at the end of page one because the software does not want to clip the table of contents. I would guess that this is a format issue with your printer's software or drivers. Try changing your printer's settings or page setup. If you continually have problems you can always copy the article into a word processing program like Microsoft Word and print it from there.--Oni Ookami Alfador^Talk|@ 18:27, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

article has been renamed and moved; need to be reverted

I hope this is the right place to ask. I feel I ought to know by now, but this has never come up.

The article English language learning and teaching has suddenly and unilaterally been renamed as English-language education, despite lengthy (albeit archived ) discussion on the talk pages, and a specific hidden tag at the top of the article (please do not rename...blah blah). How can I revert this? Thanks for any help. BrainyBabe (talk) 18:18, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Try taking it to Wikipedia:Requested moves. You will not be able to move the page back yourself because of the redirect the move created and an admin will have to do it. List it per the instructions there and make sure to include a link to the proper talk page discussion.--Oni Ookami Alfador^Talk|@ 18:30, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

It is not possible to just move it back? As described in Help:Moving_a_page#Moving_over_a_redirect. Arthena^(talk)

I stand corrected. Automatically generated redirects can be overwritten so long as there are not any other edits made. If I recall correctly there were some issues that prevented this in the past but not anymore. Sorry for the confusion.--Oni Ookami Alfador^Talk|@ 18:36, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Yep, I have done it. Didn't need an admin, but did it anyway. (BTW, that "consensus" is about 20 months old and the category is Category:English-language education which would suggest a new discussion would be worthwhile.) Woody (talk) 18:37, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your prompt help. BrainyBabe (talk) 19:11, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Foss Swim School

Jon Foss did not found Pure Blue Swim Shops on his own, nor did he ever actively direct its running. Moreover, he cannot legally use Pure Blue's name in any form. Contact Roger Schanus at roger@pureblueswim.com or Jeff Dragsten at jeff@pureblueswim.com Thank you! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.0.139.32 (talk) 18:55, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

I added a {{fact}} tag to Foss Swim School. Sbowers3 (talk) 19:41, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

imus

What does an imu look like? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.78.41.62 (talk) 19:03, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Don Imus? Can you elaborate more on your comment? Seicer (talk) (contribs) 19:13, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

It can mean different things. Try imu or http://images.google.com/images?&q=imu. PrimeHunter (talk) 19:16, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Did you maybe mean emu? --teb728 t c 19:22, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Entry marked for quick deletion for Verified Audit Circulation

My entry was marked for quick deletion. However it wasn't complete when I added it yesterday. Is there a way to put it up again with the revised information so it won't get marked again? I don't want to make the same mistake again. Jenniferarmor (talk) 19:05, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

For Verified Audit Circulation, you can file a request at deletion review to have the delete overturned on the basis that additional information that will assert significance, per CSD A7. Seicer (talk) (contribs) 19:11, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

It would be a good idea to work on the article in your own sandbox, User:Jenniferarmor/sandbox/Verified Audit Circulation, until it has enough information - and references to verify notability. Then you can move it to article space. Sbowers3 (talk) 19:32, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

AfD

Their is an AfD article I have been editing and I want to put a talk templet on a main article, to redirect to the AfD disucssion? I think I have seen this, can I do it and how? thanks,--Duchamps_comb MFA 20:35, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

You could add #REDIRECT Article name but its best not to. Talk pages for articles should be left as such and if you feel it is necessary, include a seperate link to the AFD besides the one in the template on the article's main page.--Oni Ookami Alfador^Talk|@ 20:44, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

I looked at your contributions. Ron Paul presidential campaign, 2008 Criticism is at AfD. Do you mean you want to link the AfD discussion from Ron Paul presidential campaign, 2008? That would be wrong. The AfD can be mentioned on the talk page but it's already linked in Talk:Ron Paul presidential campaign, 2008#Separating criticism. Sometimes multiple related articles are all nominated for deletion and discussed in the same AfD but that is not the case here. Maybe that is what you have seen for other articles. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:58, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

What happened to the WP namespace redirect thingy?

Hi. Previously, redirects to Wikipedia pages were made as WP: , and were redirects to Wikipedia: pages, but now when you type in WP: , it automaticly changes to Wikipedia: . This can be a problem, for example WP:EUI used to be a redirect, but now that the system automaticly changes it to Wikipedia:EUI, it is now defunct. This doesn't really matter for high-traffic wikipedia pages like WP:TEST, which even though it changes to Wikipedia:TEST, it's a redirect to the sandbox. Can we have, like, a bot that uses all the former WP: redirects and then creates new redirects in the Wikipedia: format? For example, WP:EUI used to be a redirect to Wikipedia:Editing under the influence, so then the bot would create the page Wikipedia:EUI and make it a redirect to that page? Also, why do some things redirect to the Main Page, like I think \ redirects to the main page? Do links like WP:EUI work anymore? Thanks. ~AH1^(TCU) 21:04, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

(edit conflict)Ok, I was wrong about the main page, \ actually redirects to backslash. However, how come when you type in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/\ , it redirects to slash (pronounciation) or something like that, but the top it says "(Redirected from Wikipedia:Help desk/)", when it really should say it redirected from \ , not / . Also, it's weird because now automaticly when you link WP:EUI the link it links to is Wikipedia:EUI, which is a red link, making the former WP: links defunct. What can we do to bypass this problem? Thanks. ~AH1^(TCU) 21:15, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

I now have a few more questions after this edit conflict. How come when someone adds a new section to my section I get edit conflict? Can't the edit conflict just be for your section and not the whole page? How come when I highlight a part of the diff part of it remains unhighlighted, then when I remove the highlighting the area is still highlighted, then when I go to highlight another area that highlighted area still there? Thanks. ~AH1^(TCU) 21:15, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Oh dear. I was trying to type [[/]], but instead it says Wikipedia:Help desk/ . Is it because when a link has / in it it's a subpage? Isn't it on most websites putting / after the URL is still the same page? Thanks. ~AH1^(TCU) 21:21, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

As far as the WP links goes, WP is now a namespace alias for the Wikipedia namespace. All of the pages should have been fixed a while ago by a maintenance script run by the developers. Unless there was a Wikipedia:EUI and a WP:EUI that went to a different page, there should have been no issues. WP:EUI seenms to have redirected to Wikipedia:Editing Under the Influence, which was deleted. Basically, WP is now just automatically expanded to Wikipedia in the software, the links will work just the same (WP:HD is the same as Wikipedia:HD, which redirects here). Mr.Z-man 21:34, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Yes, WP:EUI redirected to Wikipedia:Editing Under the Influence. The redirect was correctly converted to Wikipedia:EUI and as far as I can tell, WP:EUI still worked until January 10 where Wikipedia:EUI was deleted because the target page was deleted. It is your browser and not Wikipedia which controls your highlighting of diffs and other pages. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:25, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Logo image question

Hi,

I work for Bingham McCutchen and I am working on a Wikipedia page on the law firm. I am having difficulty adding the firm's logo to the InfoBox in my page. Do I need copyright information to be allowed to load this image? I am very confused about the different laws around using a logo and as to why the link itself is showing up on my page and not the actual image that I would like to appear.

Thank you very much.

Leann Scibelli —Preceding unsigned comment added by LeannS (talk • contribs) 21:07, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

I have added the image by means of the firm_logo parameter for the infobox. However as a result of recent edits, this article now has major issues, including copyright violation and conflict of interest, and it reads like advertising. Please read the above links and Wikipedia:Business FAQ before continuing to edit this article. (somebody will need to fix this...) • Anakin ^{(contribs • complaints)} 21:39, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Claiming an anonymous edit

Is it possible to have an edit I did while not logged in attributed to me in the edit history? Michael Hardy (talk) 21:41, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

No it is not. You can however replace anonymous signatures with your own if they are talk page edits (please leave the original timestamp however). If it is not a talk page edit and you are worried it may lead to accusations of sock puppetry or attempted WP:3RR circumvention, you can just leave a note about it on the article's or your own talk page in the interest of full disclosure.--Oni Ookami Alfador^Talk|@ 21:48, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

You can make a dummy edit on the same page and write in the edit summary that you made the former anonymous edit. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:11, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Amy Adele LLC was deleted

I just submitted an article titled Amy Adele LLC. I am confused as to why this was deleted? Also, I wanted to go back and add more notable references but it will not let me edit. Is this possible to do?CyndiDarnell (talk) 22:37, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

As you can see here this article has been deleted twice today; the first deletion was because it did not assert the significance of the company concerned (criteria WP:CSD#A7), and the second because it contained no meaningful content (criteria WP:CSD#A3). I am not an administrator and can't view the deleted article so I can't really be be more specific, but companies must meet Wikipedia's notability criteria for organisations if they are to have an article. If you would like to try to reinstate your article, your best bet would be to contact Accounting4Taste, the first deleting administrator. They can give you more specific information on why the article was deleted, and may also restore it to your userspace so you can edit it before re-introducing it into the main encyclopedia. Be aware though, that there are no guarantees that the article will not be deleted again if its notability isn't verified by reliable sources. You might also be interested in Wikicompany which apparently aims to have articles on every company in the world.--Kateshortforbob 23:41, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

I'm an administrator. The second version only contained this text by you: "{{hangon}} more reliable references will be added". The first version had already been deleted before that and then it's too late to add hangon. As Kateshortforbob said, company articles must satisfy Wikipedia's notability criteria for organisations. Many small companies and some quite large cannot do that. Press releases and advertisement by a company or its business partners don't show notability. If you work for or are connected to the company then see Wikipedia:Conflict of interest and Wikipedia:Business' FAQ. If you don't have a copy then you can enable email for your account and request a mailed copy from me. The deleted article is far from suited for Wikipedia. It reads like an advertisement for a non-notable company. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:07, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

question

I want to use some of Wikipedia's photos (but no texts) in my upcoming book. Is this legal? If so, are there any qualifications or restrictions? Thanks!

Steve Morgan —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.224.230.129 (talk) 23:32, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

It depends on which images you are talking about and the licences that they are released under.

• Those images that are here under "fair-use" cannot be used at all.
• Those that require "attribution" need to have the author referenced in you book, otherwise it is breaching copyright laws.
• Some images are completely in the public domain and can be reused freely.
• Reusing content outside Wikimedia is a good link to start with as well as Wikipedia:Reusing Wikipedia content.

If you list the images you wish to reuse, I can help work it out for you if you wish. Woody (talk) 23:45, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

January 12

Deletion Discussions

When do discussions on the deletion of images and media close? The specific one I am referring to is this one. Additionally, it has two other discussions on that page for some reason. Polarbear97 (talk) 00:19, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

The top of the page says:

• Images that have been listed here for more than 5 days are eligible for deletion if either a consensus to do so has been reached or no objections to deletion have been raised.

Lower on the page, there is a link to this page:

• Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion/Instructions for administrators

which may answer your question. I suppose the actual time may exceed 5 days if no administrator gets to it right away. It also sounds like a discussion could drag on for some time, if someone has fairly good arguments against deletion but not so good as to settle the issue. --Teratornis (talk) 00:32, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Thank you, I did know that it was 5 days. That is why I was wondering why the discussion was dragging on. Thank you again for answering my question. Polarbear97 (talk) 01:58, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Template for line charts

Are there any templates available to create a line chart or do we have to produce them in other programs and upload a screenshot/output image. I've noticed some of the newer charts such as this one also include CSV source data for updating and just wondered if this could be entered into a template directly instead. 62.136.142.213 (talk) 00:47, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

I don't see any mention of dynamic graphing/plotting functions in Wikipedia in Wikipedia:How to create graphs for Wikipedia articles. That page only describes the use of external programs to generate SVG or PNG files. It has some interesting examples. There is a mw:Extension:GraphViz but it does not seem to be installed on Wikipedia, and it may be more for drawing graphs. --Teratornis (talk) 06:09, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Also see WP:EIW#Graphic. --Teratornis (talk) 06:13, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

ipod songs to my ipod

i dont no how to get songs from itunes to my ipod could u tell me —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dillo101 (talk • contribs) 01:20, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Hello! You need to first have your iPod connected, then select the song you want in the library. Next, click and drag so that it goes on top of whichever playlist you want the song to be on. It should give you a message at the top saying "Copying 1 of 1 to (name of iPod)." However, this desk is for questions about using Wikipedia, and we would very much appreciate it if you directed factual questions to our reference desk. Good luck with your iPod! Best, Keilana^talk 01:24, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Fair use

I was wondering, what copyright tag should I use for [[::Image:Grethe Rask.jpg]]? It is a photograph of a dead person (she died in 1977), and presumably taken in either Denmark or Africa (most likely the former). Thanks in advance! Floaterfluss ^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:42, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

That image is presumably copyrighted, so I think you could use this tag: {{Non-free fair use in|Grethe Rask}}. You should also write a detailed "Fair-use rationale" on that page. See Image:Aaliyah Haughton.jpg for an example. Hope this helps. kawaputra^torque 06:21, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

bleeding to death

I am doing a research paper on how a person bleeds to death and how long it takes. Also which vein is the largest in the body to cause the most bleeding. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.117.22.84 (talk) 03:45, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

This is for asking questions about how to use Wikipedia. This is not the place for homework help question. P.S. Good luck on that paper. Soxπed Ninety Three | tcdb 03:49, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

A better place to ask would be the Science reference desk. The volunteers there will do their bext to help you. DuncanHill (talk) 03:54, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Actually, bleeding is faster from arteries rather than from veins, because blood pressure drops as blood passes through the capillaries to get from arteries to veins. Severing any of the major arteries can cause rapid fatal blood loss (carotid artery, femoral artery, etc.). Also see Exsanguination. --Teratornis (talk) 05:18, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

How do I create a wikipedia page for a subject of my choice?

How do I create a wikipedia page for a subject of my choice? Unknown1922 (talk) 04:15, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Before creating an article, please search Wikipedia first to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject. Please also review a few of our relevant policies and guidelines which all articles should comport with. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite to reliable sources which verify their content and must not contain unsourced, negative content about living people.

Articles must also demonstrate the notability of the subject. Please see our subject specific guidelines for people, bands and musicians, companies and organizations and web content and note that if you are closely associated with the subject, our conflict of interest guideline strongly recommends against you creating the article.

If you still think an article is appropriate, see Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation. PrimeHunter (talk) 04:53, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

my son, Lt. Michael P. Murphy.MEDAL OF HONOR recipient

There is a very good article written in Newsday about Mike and his life...called Born to Serve by Martin Evans I'd like to see it added to references because it is a 7 chapter article detailing Mike, his life and his actions as a Navy SEAL.

the link is http://www.newsday.com/news/specials/ny-murphy-seal-sg,0,6675676.storygallery?coll=ny_news_local_xpromo

Its a great story and won many awards for Martin Evans the reporter... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.185.231.182 (talk) 05:04, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

You have not asked a specific question. Do you need help adding references? SpinningSpark 12:34, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

A parent of the subject has a Wikipedia:Conflict of interest and should be careful with editing the article. The best place to make a suggestion is Talk:Michael P. Murphy. {{Request edit}} can be placed to attract attention to the suggestion. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:50, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

(BTW, I have added the link to Michael P. Murphy as it seemed to be an accpetable source for information.) Woody (talk) 14:56, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Null edit vs. purge

Is there a difference between making a null edit and purging the cache? - SigmaEpsilon → ΣΕ 05:41, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

In some cases. Some problems are fixed by a null edit but not by purge. For example, if a transcluded template has added or removed a category since it was last transcluded then purge will not update the category page, but a null edit will do it. PrimeHunter (talk) 05:54, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

So then a null edit forces MediaWiki to re-interpret the wikitext (including any transcluded items), but a purge simply re-loads the most current version of the wikitext (overriding the cache) without re-interpreting it? - SigmaEpsilon → ΣΕ 05:58, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

A purge also re-interprets the page, but only for the purpose of updating that page. It doesn't affect other pages. A null edit can affect both the null-edited page and category pages. Suppose Example page transcludes Template:Example. Somebody adds Category:Example to Template:Example. The software doesn't discover that Example page should be in Category:Example. Then Example page is purged. This rebuilds Example page which adds Category:Example to the list of categories at the bottom, but the page Category:Example is not updated to add Example page. Then a null edit is made on Example page. This causes Category:Example add Example page. I hope this makes sense. I cannot link to a real example because anybody might make a null edit at any time to spoil the example, but I have discovered real examples and fixed them with null edits after purge didn't work. PrimeHunter (talk) 06:18, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Shift-Alt-P hotkey and Windows Media Player

Hi,

After a recent computer upgrade I find that the trusty Shift-Alt-P accesskey combination which I use, for accessibility reasons, to preview an edit before saving, brings up Windows Media Player's playlist. I can't find any way of disabling this in WMP or elsewhere, and it doesn't seem to be mentioned on the web. Does anyone have any suggestions for how I might restore the key combination to Wikipedia? (I'm using Firefox.)

Thank you!!

Verisimilus T 09:34, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Try looking at My Preferences, Gadgets. Disable Access Keys needs to be unchecked. By the way, are you sure you need the Shift part of that combination? Alt-P works jsut as well on my IE. SpinningSpark 10:51, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Please note that this is the Helpdesk, which takes questions related to problems on Wikipedia. These sort of the questions in the future should go to the Computing reference desk, who will be happy to help you with any computing problems! Thank you. NF24^{(radio me!)} 12:40, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Well, it is technically a Wikipedia-related problem, but since the behaviour itself is related to the computer, I agree that the Ref desk would be more likely to have an answer. Confusing Manifestation(Say hi!) 13:07, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

It's not just 'technically' a Wikipedia related problem. It IS a Wikipedia related problem. The preferences being referred to are the users Wikipedia preferences, nothing to do with his browser or operating system (although, admittedly, I did refer to his browser in the answer). If you STILL think I made an error, please explain why on my talk page. SpinningSpark 14:25, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Maybe you'll find this helpful, I found it with a google search for "alt shift p" "windows media player". Arthena^(talk) 16:30, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

The {{Google}} template is handy for displaying Google search links directly in answers to Help desk questions: "alt shift p" "windows media player". It was clever of you to do that search, because it looks like others have asked nearly the same question before. --Teratornis (talk) 17:08, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Image deletion

Where do I find reasons for (speedy) image deletion? - CarbonLifeForm (talk) 11:40, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion#Images and media. Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 11:47, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

how?

how to find the subjects that i desire? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 222.124.121.25 (talk) 14:41, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Use the search box to your left. It should be in the side bar, about two-thirds of the way down the page. Woody (talk) 14:54, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Information inside an article but hard to find

I looked for an information about "far" which means "false acceptance rate". Typing "far" into the search does not return good results. I finally found the information by searching for "biometric" and in the article of biometrics, one can look for "far".

How can I improve the search results when looking for "far"? Should I create a separate article just for "far" ?

Thanks for the help! cheers Diving hawk (talk)

Far is a disambiguation page listing possible meanings of 'far' and 'FAR'. False Accept Rate is the last item in this list, with a link to biometrics. The only way I can think of by which this situation could be improved is to link directly to the part of biometrics which discusses FAR, which I am about to do. Algebraist 15:03, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Also, if you create a few redirection pages which would redirect someone searching on "false accept rate", "false acceptance rate" and any similar terms to the "Performance measurement" section in the biometrics article, that would help people searching on the term in full. (NB: I don't know whether the full meaning of far is meant to be "False Accept Rate" or "false acceptance rate" - I'll leave that one up to you.) The syntax you would need is #REDIRECT [[Biometrics#Performance measurement]].--86.146.241.252 (talk) 15:15, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

clear search history

How can I clear my search history so that my old searches aren't suggested when I start writing a word? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.150.118.139 (talk) 15:01, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

This question should really go on the Computing reference desk, but:

• On Firefox: Tools -> Preferences on Windows (Edit -> Preferences for Linux users). Go to Privacy and untick Remember what I enter in forms and the search bar.
• On Konqueror: Settings -> Configure Konqueror -> Web Behaviour and untick "Enable completion of forms".

As I don't use IE, I can't help you there. NF24^{(radio me!)} 15:08, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

That's Tools -> preferences on my Firefox. If you only want to delete your current search history, and not disable the feature entirely, you can use tools -> clear private data to clear everything, or the Del key to delete past searches one at a time. Algebraist 15:16, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

My bad. I don't use Windows that often. NF24^{(radio me!)} 17:43, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

I don't use IE either, but I have it installed for some reason, and this is at tools -> internet options -> content -> autocomplete -> settings. Deletion is at tools -> internet options -> general -> browsing history -> delete -> delete forms. Algebraist 15:20, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Changing IP to username in contributions

This is a question and a request:

• Question: How to remove IP and change to username when inadvertently edited without logging in? (Sometimes forget to doublecheck, and the system logs one out after a while).

• You're out of luck on this one- this can't be changed. The closest thing we can do is have an administrator delete IP revisions, but that may violate the licensing conditions.-Wafulz (talk) 17:00, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

• Request: Could the software generate a warning? At one time I encountered that - a kaptcha with note that one was about to save with IP address. I think it would be useful in general to keep such a feature. --A12n (talk) 16:13, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

• There already is a warning, either above or below the text box that says "you are logged out, your IP will be recorded" or something like that.-Wafulz (talk) 17:00, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

It's at MediaWiki:Anoneditwarning. 131.111.8.96 (talk) 23:13, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, somehow I didn't notice it. Problem is that if you multitask and don't notice that Wikipedia has logged you out before you come back, it's easy to overlook. Preferable if possible to have a kaptcha intercede.--A12n (talk) 19:06, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

How should an editor deal with a possible (but uncertain) copyvio?

I recently noticed a possible copyvio at Zonule of Zinn and removed it^[7]. Examination of the article history shows that the same text has been removed previously as a possible copyvio^[8], but been replaced by the original author without comment^[9], these two edits being the user's only contributions^[10]. The text appears to be unique to the Wikipedia article^[11][12] and is therefore not a blatant copyvio. My concern (and reason for the temporary removal of this text from the article) is that the inline references are not qualified with complete references, suggesting a direct duplication from offline material. If it were clear that this text was not a copyvio, it would be a trivial matter for me to fix this. However, I feel that it would be improper for me to do this without ascertaining the nature of this text. I was hoping that another editor may have some suggestion on how to handle this situation. --Lox (t,c) 16:21, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Listing it at Wikipedia:Copyright problems would be the best bet. Woody (talk) 16:23, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Thank you Woody, will do! --Lox (t,c) 16:25, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Why am I getting gibberish in the text?

Throughout the Wikipedia pages there are areas of gibberish in between correct wording. For instance:

To ask a new question, click the "Click here to ask your question" link below. Remember to fill out the Subject/Headline field.

HMMM. That's interesting. When I copied the above sentence from the help page, the "Click here to ask your question" phrase was gibberish. When I pasted it here it revealed itself.

What's the scoop

Betty Rubble (talk) 16:39, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

You may be having a problem with your Internet connection that occasionally causes a page to only partly download. When you see gibberish, try reloading the page. You did not tell us what Web browser you are using, so we don't know the exact command you need. In Mozilla Firefox on GNU/Linux, for example, the command is View | Reload (or Ctrl-R). If that does not fix the problem, you could try taking a screenshot of your browser to illustrate the problem, then upload it so we can see it. --Teratornis (talk) 16:53, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't Betty have trouble uploading a screenshot if the account was created today? Astronaut (talk) 17:09, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

New acounts can create pages and upload images right away. Accounts must be at least 4 days old to do two other things: Move pages and edit semi-protected pages. See Wikipedia:User access levels. PrimeHunter (talk) 17:18, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

It may be a browser problem. Which browser do you have? PrimeHunter (talk) 17:21, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Urgently need a help

Hello!

I would like to translate a page, wich is already wrote in Wikipedia and I would like it to appear in the box "languages" at the left side of page. How can I do it? Should I create a new page and then link it to existing page with the same title or is there some other way? Please tell me how can I do it!

Thanks:) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.110.70.137 (talk) 17:38, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

It all more or less depends on the language that you want to translate it into. For example, for German, go to the German version of Wikipedia, Give the article its appropriate title in German, and then when your done stick "[[En:Article name on the English wikipedia here]]" and then find the English Version of the article and stick [[de:Article name on the german wikipedia]] on the page. of course it can be done with any language, I have just used german as an example.--Kerotan^{Leave Me a Message} Have a nice day :) 17:48, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Create the page in the Wikipedia for the language. See Wikipedia:Translation and Help:Interlanguage links. PrimeHunter (talk) 17:53, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Incorrect birthdate

How do I get an incorrect birthdate corrected? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.181.98.117 (talk) 18:01, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi! Just click the "Edit this page" button at the top of the page, and fix it yourself. :) Stwalkerster [ talk ] 18:03, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Note there should be a published reliable source for the date. PrimeHunter (talk) 19:15, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

MUSEUM HOURS OF OPERATION

WHAT DAYS ARE THE MUSEUM OPEN AND WHEN DOES IT OPEN AND CLOSE ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.227.171.60 (talk) 18:18, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi! Different museums have different opening times, so without knowing which museum, I'm sorry, but we can't help you. Please note: The Help desk is for questions about using Wikipedia, so your question may be more suited to the Reference Desk. Stwalkerster [ talk ] 18:23, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Hello. I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over two million articles, and thought that we were directly affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the online free encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is a help desk for asking questions related to using the encyclopedia. Thus, we have no inside track on the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the left hand side of your screen. If that is not fruitful, we have a reference desk, divided into various subjects areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck. PrimeHunter (talk) 19:16, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

<email removed for security reasons>

i recently changed my original stock radio on my 95 pontiac trans am now when i try to start the car i get a security light flashing on the dash and the car will not start what should i do or is there anything i can do —Preceding unsigned comment added by Eddiegarfontana (talk • contribs) 18:32, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

try the reference desk.--Kerotan^{Leave Me a Message} Have a nice day :) 18:34, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Information regarding decommissioning of LST 504

An article about the 504 states that she was decommissioned in the USA on Jan.22, 1946. The Ships Deck Logs for Januaty 1946 indicate that the decommissioning ceremony took place in Tokyo Bay on January 15 at 4:05pm at which time the 504 was given to the Japanese. Is there a way to correct the erroneous information? I know the January 22 date is incorrect because I was aboard the 504 and participated in the decommissioning ceremony in Tokyo Bay. bobusslst504 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bobusslst504 (talk • contribs) 18:36, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

As long as you can find a reference for the new date, it's okay. However, we can't accept original research. Thanks! Jonathan § 18:38, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

The ceremony may not have been held on the actual date that the decommissioning became effective. You can also post your comment on the Discussion page for that article. Sincerely, GeorgeLouis (talk) 19:19, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Both references in USS Buchanan County (LST-504) say January 22 1946. The article and one reference say it was in the United States. The other reference doesn't give a location. PrimeHunter (talk) 19:25, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

United States communities with African American majority populations

At the bottom of the article on Inglewood, California appears a notation that says: "United States communities with African American majority populations." How did it get there, and how do I get rid of it, since Inglewood in 2000 had a population of only 47.13 percent black or African-American? Sincerely, GeorgeLouis (talk) 19:16, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

The categorization is correct. The article says: "The racial makeup of the city was 47.13% Black or African American, 4.1% White, 1.14% Asian, 0.69% Native American, 0.36% Pacific Islander, 27.38% from other races, and 4.20% from two or more races. 46.04% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race." That indicates that there are more Black or African American residents than any other racial group and therefore Black or African American residents are in the majority. However, some people would consider this situation to be a simple majority rather than an absolute majority.Astronaut (talk) 19:40, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Plurality is the largest group but majority should mean more than 50%. Category:United States communities with African American majority populations was added in [13] when the article claimed 51.13% Black or African American in 2000. It currently says 47.13% in 2000. [14] says 47.1%. I don't know where 51.13% came from. And the current numbers only add up to 85%. The article claims 4.1% white and [15] says 19.1%. This change would give the desired 100% total. PrimeHunter (talk) 19:51, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

I was about to come back and edit my comment to say "The categorization maybe correct." And of course, I assumed the statistics mentioned in the article were correct :-) Astronaut (talk) 19:54, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Here's how to remove that category from the page: Go to the page and click "edit this page" at the top. Scroll down and about 10 or so lines from the bottom of the text in the edit box, delete this text: [[Category:United States communities with African American majority populations]] . then click "save page". If you're not sure whether the category should be deleted from the page or not, you can discuss it at the talk page for that article, which is Talk:Inglewood, California. If you're confident that it should be deleted, be bold. --Coppertwig (talk) 20:58, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. I must have overlooked that line while I was editing the article (many times over). Isn't there a category for "United States communities with LARGE African American populations"? I think I saw that somewhere but have absolutely no idea how to find it. Sincerely, GeorgeLouis (talk) 21:15, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

I navigated around a bit but didn't find that category, so I suspect it doesn't exist. You can search around the categories: for example, you can start by clicking on one of the categories at the bottom of the page you're interested in, or maybe start from this link: Category:African American. When you're on a category page, there are usually subcategories, then a list of pages in that category, and at the very bottom are categories that contain that category. Some categories have no subcategory but all should have at least one category at the very bottom just as ordinary pages do. You can search around among related categories by following those links. I don't think it would be a good idea to create a category about "large" populations because there would be endless arguments about which pages to include or not because how large is "large"? Categories need to be well-defined so it's clear what belongs and what doesn't. For more about categories see Wikipedia:Categories. --Coppertwig (talk) 21:54, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Probably the reason you didn't see the category information when you edited the page is that you were probably looking at the very bottom of the page. At the very bottom are the language links or "interwikis" which provide the links to similar articles in other-language Wikipedias; these links usually show up in the bar on the left when you're viewing the page. --Coppertwig (talk) 21:56, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Reading Answers to my Question.

I wrote a question in the Humanities section of the Reference Desk in December 2007 and would now like to see if any further answers have been added recently. How do I find my original question now that about two or three weeks have passed? Are previous questions archived and if so, how can I access them? Thanks 81.145.242.39 (talk) 20:29, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

A comprehensive archive is mantained at Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives. Archives are by month. NF24^{(radio me!)} 20:34, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

If you can think of some search keywords that appeared in your question, you can use a Google custom search:

• click here for a search form

For example, if you posted your question at the same IP address you are using now, you could search for it:

• search the Reference desk/Archives/Humanities for: 81.145.242.39 (but that finds nothing, so maybe you didn't post under that IP address)

--Teratornis (talk) 00:24, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Two similar IP addresses asked questions in the Miscellaneous section December 12 and January 6: Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2007 December 12#It's 7 feet tall, and 102 inches around the waist ? and Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2008 January 6#Learning to speak Spanish. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:28, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Apololigies

I am sorry about the this little piggy error on editing,I was showing my son how to do it & pressed edit by mistake.I did not intentionally vandalise the page —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.138.63.32 (talk) 20:34, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Don't worry about it. I checked your contributions and it has already been fixed. Thank you for exposing more people to Wikipedia. --Evan Seeds (talk)(contrib.) 20:36, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

The best place to show your son how to edit on Wikipedia is the "sandbox", a page which exists specifically for practice edits, and which automatically clears out several times per day so you don't have to worry about leaving a mess. --Teratornis (talk) 00:13, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

You and your son could also try working through the tutorial. --Teratornis (talk) 00:14, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

(outdent) The reason he came here is that the person that reverted him used {{subst:uw-vand2}} on his talk page rather than {{subst:uw-test1}}. --Thinboy00 @219, i.e. 04:15, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Urgent

I want to write an article about something and I have to use the "n" word in it. Am I allowed? --Kaapse (talk) 21:38, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Yes. Wikipedia is not censored and profanity may be used in encyclopaedic contexts. NF24^{(radio me!)} 21:43, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Thats some good shit nigger --Kaapse (talk) 21:45, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

And that is a perfect example of what would not be an encyclopedic context and might offend many people. Please don't do that. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 21:49, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

I'm afraid Kaapse won't be responding as I blocked him for a week for his nasty little prank above.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 21:56, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Plus, he is probably a sockpuppet of User:RedTreddersCompainion. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 13:52, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

January 13

Redirecting

Hey,

I made an article and when I search for it, I can't find it. Why is that? Also, I would like to add some things to it to help it be found easier. for example, the article would be Honda Civic SI and someone would enter, honda civic si I would like that to redirect to the correct one. Thanks

Ricky —Preceding unsigned comment added by Motocross14906 (talk • contribs) 00:50, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

You created Honda CRF150‎ yesterday. The article has not been indexed by Wikipedia search yet. When that happens (probably within a few days) it will be found on lots of search terms including different capitalizations. Wikilinks like Honda crf150‎ will always require an exact match, except on the capitalization of the first word. See Help:Redirect for how to make redirects. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:59, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks PrimeHunter, Well the actual title is Honda CRF150F so I was going to move it or rename it to the correct title. Will that mess up the searching? I have about 2 days to go before the "move" button comes up. Thanks

Ricky —Preceding unsigned comment added by Motocross14906 (talk • contribs) 03:12, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

I've moved it. It'll be caught by the Mediawiki (& Google etc.) search engines eventually (? a day or so ?). Algebraist 03:35, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

I put your two sections together. You can add a comment with the "edit" link to the right. The move should not delay or mess up Wikipedia's search. In Google searches, "Honda CRF150F" with no space after CRF was around 67 times more common than "Honda CRF 150F". Is there a reason for usually writing "Honda CRF 150F" with space in the article, including in link names for sources which don't have the space? PrimeHunter (talk) 03:40, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing that name. Yes, CRF150F is the model number without a space. I don't know why the sources are spaces. I might try and change them. . Thanks so much

Motocross14906 (talk) 05:18, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, I tweaked the article a bit more and removed those spaces and I have one for question a little off-topic. That is, I would like to create maybe one or two more dirtbike articles such as the CRF150R and TTR 125L. Well I don't have those bikes so I don't have pictures. What is the police for using someone else's picture? How would I go about doing that? Thanks so much

Motocross14906 (talk) 05:33, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

See for example Wikipedia:Images#Obtaining images, Wikipedia:Image use policy, Wikipedia:Finding images tutorial. You may get better answers to specific questions at Wikipedia:Image copyright help desk. PrimeHunter (talk) 05:52, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks I use Google Images a lot. How can I tell if its copyrighted or free to use? Could you check out this link? Thanks

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.motorcycledaily.com/090806_top.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.motorcycledaily.com/08september06_crf150r.htm&h=442&w=600&sz=145&hl=en&start=95&um=1&tbnid=V9YNfOZOKiqXzM:&tbnh=99&tbnw=135&prev=/images%3Fq%3DHonda%2BCRF150R%26start%3D80%26ndsp%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den-us%26sa%3DN

Thanks!

Motocross14906 (talk) 13:41, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

So sorry, wrong link here it is: http://www.motorcycledaily.com/090806_top.jpg It is from Motorcycledaily.com

Would this be ok? Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Motocross14906 (talk • contribs) 15:46, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

The image is displayed at http://www.motorcycledaily.com/08september06_crf150r.htm which has a strict copyright notice at the bottom. It may be acceptable under fair use in some circumstances but I don't have time for a better answer now. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:27, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

New articles

Hey guys, just wondering one thing. Wikipedia's purpose is to have all the information in the world so people can log on and look at it. Why don't everybody make their own personal page. That way every human being in this world will provide his information to the rest of the world. They can share whatever they feel like. And we'll have more users coming to wikipedia than. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Himank05 (talk • contribs) 03:02, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Well, the founder did once say "Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's what we're doing." [16] But it shouldn't be taken too literally. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not mentions some things we don't want. Unverifiable information about non-notable people is one of them. But editors are allowed to write some personal information on their user pages which are not part of the encyclopedia. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:25, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

There are limits, though. --Thinboy00 @214, i.e. 04:08, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

The Wales quote is from, among other places, the TEDTalks video: Jimmy Wales (2005) on YouTube (if you're interested in Wikipedia, it's a must-watch), and it makes me wonder just how far out of synch Jimbo has become with the project he started, at least in this one particular detail. Wikipedia itself only wants a relatively tiny (but still absolutely large) subset of human knowledge. Maybe Jimbo's use of the word "sum" is a whopping qualifier (as in, globs and globs of human knowledge somehow do not contribute to the "sum of human knowledge"). To be fair, the Wikimedia Foundation has several other projects that accept some of the knowledge that Wikipedia rejects; and perhaps more importantly, the Foundation gives away its MediaWiki software for free, and several thousand other public wikis are using it. These other people are not just using the MediaWiki software, but they are also, to varying degrees, copying the organizational genius of Wikipedia, and using it to give free access to other subsets of human knowledge that are not part of Wikipedia's "sum." For example, Himank05 wants a page about every person, and so does WikiBios (albeit on some wiki software other than MediaWiki). For almost every sort of knowledge that some people want to give other people free access to, the Wikimedia Foundation has shown the way. Of course we can't ignore the dozens of other wiki software packages and the thousands of wikis running on them, but Wikipedia has probably done more than anybody else to popularize The Wiki Way. Wikipedia is probably the wiki that causes more people than any other wiki to take their first careful look at wiki technology and the social organization of collaborative editing. --Teratornis (talk) 04:54, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

i need help

I created an article and it was "speedy deleted" and i want to know why —Preceding unsigned comment added by Miramichier (talk • contribs) 03:48, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

For more information, see Wikipedia:Why was my page deleted? To find out why the particular article you posted was deleted, go to the deletion log and type into the search field marked "title," the exact name of the article, mindful of the original capitalization, spelling and spacing. The deletion log entry will show when the article was deleted, by which administrator, and typically contain a deletion summary listing the reason for deletion. If you wish to contest this deletion, please contact the administrator first on his or her talk page and, depending on the circumstances, politely explain why you think the article should be restored, or why a copy should be provided to you so you can address the reason for deletion before reposting the article. If this is not fruitful, you have the option of listing the article at Wikipedia:Deletion review, but it will likely only be restored if the deletion was clearly improper. Hope this has helped. Algebraist 03:56, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Headless Nun was deleted by Kubigula with no reason given, but before the deletion somebody placed {{nonsense}} on it. The article was certainly not nonsense, but it was unsourced and did not assert notability. Many people make up strange stories like that in Wikipedia but this story appears old and has many Google hits. I will contact the deleting administrator at User talk:Kubigula. PrimeHunter (talk) 04:27, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

It has been userfied at User:Miramichier. PrimeHunter (talk) 04:56, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

And undeleted with some sourcing added.--Kubigula (talk) 05:49, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

clothes dryer

how to change the belt —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.185.241.181 (talk) 04:42, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Please do not add nonsense to this page, thank you. If this is a genuine request, and I have not seens it, please explain your question in more detail. Soxred93 | tcdb 04:45, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

This is not nonsense but just on the wrong page. A clothes dryer usually has a belt which sometimes has to be changed. The method and belt must depend on the model. Have you tried Wikipedia's 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, select the relevant section, and ask away. I hope this helps. PrimeHunter (talk) 04:51, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

wikiHow wants to become the world's largest how-to manual (in contrast, Wikipedia says WP:NOT#HOWTO). I don't know if wikiHow tells how to repair your particular model of clothes dryer yet, but eventually it will if enough people decide to share their procedural knowledge with the world. --Teratornis (talk) 04:59, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

A wikiHow search: [17]. PrimeHunter (talk) 05:08, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

emailing a page

Hello I was wondering is it possible to email a page to a friend? If so how?Shaunestokes (talk) 04:49, 13 January 2008 (UTC)shaune stokes

It is probably easiest to copy the address of the page into the email to make a hyperlink your friend can click on. Astronaut (talk) 04:57, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

may I create a page about my organization

I would like to make a page about my organization describing what it does and about it. Would this be ok? Mtcharles123 (talk) 05:22, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

You will probably be interested in Wikipedia:Introduction and experimenting with edits in the Wikipedia:Sandbox or your sandbox before actually taking a page live. Typically, it is not wise to start a page about your organization due to possible conflicts of interest, however, if you can show that the company is notable, then it could pass. Can you provide a source or web-page for your organization? Seicer (talk) (contribs) 05:38, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Also, be sure to be non-biased. If your organization. is notable, it's worth writing an article about, but make sure it's not just advertisement. --Evan Seeds (talk)(contrib.) 05:45, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

how to stop other user to edit my page?

dear wikipedia
Someone is often editing my page "panimalar engineering college",he is not editing with right information.. he is editing with very wrong info..plz let me know how to stop those vandalism.. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Shatheeshl (talk • contribs) 09:05, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

The short answer is that you cannot stop someone else editing. Anybody can edit any page on Wikipedia. Even though you created a page, it does not belong to you. It is hard for an outsider to tell who has the correct information, in this case, as the article is completely unreferenced and does not cite its sources. I suggest you read Wikipedia:Citing sources and then add some good quality sources to the article as a start. Then, try to resolve your disputes with the other editor on the articles talk page. Hopefully, you can reach a consensus, but if you cannot, Wikipedia has processes in place for arbitration.

I think the article also has some quality issues and reads a bit like an advertisement. You might find Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies) helpful in creating a better article. SpinningSpark 10:57, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

No person in Wikipedia owns articles. Everyone has the right to edit articles. The other editors also want to edit the article such that it would resemble an advertisement less. Johnny Au (talk) 17:47, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Translating the Middle Chinese Wikipedia

I was horrified to find that not all of the Middle Chinese Wikipedia was translated. Below is a portion of the search page. You may find it quite familiar, but a Chinese user won't.

"Search in namespaces: 主 Talk User User talk 維基大典 維基大典 talk Image Image talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk 門 議"

I do have the vocabulary for the terms, but what should I enter in the 維基大典:用戶介面翻譯/MessagesZh classical.php ?

Thank you in advance for your cooperation and help. It is much appreciated. Bjhyn (talk) 09:12, 13 January 2008 (UTC) P.S. Is there a table or list of things that need to be translated? names of variables which should be translated into another language for the language to work? Thanks Bjhyn (talk) 09:59, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

I haven't worked on translating the interface but maybe mw:Localisation is of help. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:23, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Copyright templates for images

Which page(s) has the list of templates for uploaded images? Dainamo (talk) 11:28, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Template messages/Image namespace SpinningSpark 12:01, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Thank you :) Dainamo (talk) 13:16, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Sources to avoid

I am looking, futilely, for a page that discusses sources to avoid using for citation. I've seen in before, but I'm drawing a blank in searching for it. Thanks in advance. Wildhartlivie (talk) 11:33, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

I know what you mean - it can take forever to hunt down a policy/guideline if you can't remember what they've called it. Fortunately, someone's come up with an index Wikipedia:Editor's index to Wikipedia, which lists various source-related matters. Useful ones in your case are perhaps Wikipedia:Reliable sources, Wikipedia:Attribution and Wikipedia:No original research#Sources.--86.149.61.60 (talk) 11:56, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

hello

how can you see all the wikipedia picture? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.212.113.3 (talk) 12:03, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

You could browse through Category:Wikipedia images. If you want good quality pictures, go to Wikipedia:Featured pictures.--86.149.61.60 (talk) 12:16, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

(e/c)You can go to Special:Imagelist or to all allpages and narrow its ambit to the image namespace. However, many of the images you see on Wikipedia, are hosted by the Wikimedia Commons, which are all freely reusable images. At the time of this writing the Commons had 2,342,935 free media files.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 12:19, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

jason kane search

When I search for Jason Kane I get a fictional character called Jason Peter Kane.

If I search for speed pool at the bottom there is a link for professional pool player Jason Kane. I then click on that and get the non fictional Jason Kane.

Why does the professional pool player Jason Kane not appear in searches of his name and instead a fictional character.

Is it possible to make the fictional character search appear under his full name Jason Peter Kane. And the real life pool player under Jason Kane.

Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.132.186.252 (talk) 12:27, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

The reason is that the name Jason Kane was used as the main name of the fictional character when it was created, with his full name, presumably less used, as a redirect to that article, while the pool player is at the name Jason Kane (pool player). The reason you see his name in the speedpool article as just "Jason Kane" without the disambiguator ((pool player)) in the title is because there, the name has been pipe linked to him. It is possible to change this but it would involve moving the fictional character article to a new name to free up the old, and then moving the pool player article to the freed up name over its redirect which would automatically be created. Before taking any such action, you would need to request the move of the existing article on the fictional character.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 12:43, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

I've added a link to the pool player from Jason Kane to ease navigation. Algebraist 13:38, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Jason Kane (pool player) has not been indexed by Wikipedia search yet. When that happens (probably within a few days), it could also be found by writing Jason Kane in the search box and clicking "Search" below the box. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:08, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Where next?

I've currently gotten the S Club article to Good Article standard, and I'm just wondering how I go about continuing the article and making it even better. Of course, I'd love to get it to FA status, but before I get that far.. I'd like to know how I would improve it. Are there any WP: pages that can instruct me where I can go next? - ǀ Mikay ǀ 12:32, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

I think your next best step is to request help from Wikipedia:WikiProject League of Copyeditors and then take the article to peer review.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 12:47, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Or you may ask a specific editor who you know is a good writer and has experience in contributing to FAs (at least that's what I did before going through my first FAC, WP:PR is certainly helpful, but has a backlog all the time and I wasn't patient enough to visit it.) Best, - PeaceNT (talk) 12:57, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Wrong Link

Hi there!

I created a link to redirect "Dubai cup" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai_cup). But the right would be "Cup" with uppercase letters and no "cup." It should be "Dubai Cup." While trying to fix, used the move button, but there was conflict. Then by mistake I created the link "Copa Dubai" (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Copa_Dubai&redirect=no) in the Portuguese language in English Wikipedia. I would eliminate/delete that last link, but don't know how to do it. I want to enter the English Wikipedia and search for "Copa Dubai" and does not appear anything related to this link, neither redirects it. I would also like to know how do I eliminate/delete or change the link "Dubai cup" and leave only the "Dubai Cup," with the word "Cup" in uppercase there.

I await the contact and thank attention. Evandro Davis (talk) 15:24, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Portuguese bellow:

Olá pessoal!

Criei um login em inglês para editar páginas nesta língua e acabei criando o link de redirecionamento "Dubai cup" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai_cup). Me dei conta de que o correto seria "Cup" com letra maiúscula e não "cup". Deveria ser "Dubai Cup". Tenei mover, deu conflito e então me atrapalhei e criei o link "Copa Dubai" (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Copa_Dubai&redirect=no) na Wikipedia em inglês. Gostaria de eliminar este último link, mas não sei como. De modo que se eu entrar na Wikipedia em inglês e procurar por Copa Dubai não aparecerá nada relacionado a este link, nem redirecionado dele. Também gostaria de saber como faço para eliminar ou alterar o link "Dubai cup" e deixar somente o "Dubai Cup", com o "Cup" em maiúsculo existindo.

Aguardo o contato e agradeço a atenção. Evandro Davis (talk) 15:24, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Only administrators can delete pages, including redirects. Redirects are cheap and don't have to follow article naming conventions. Dubai Cup, Dubai cup, Copa Dubai all look like sensible redirect terms and I see no need to delete any of them. The last two could be put in Category:Redirects from other capitalisations and Category:Redirects from alternative languages with the corresponding template. You can request speedy deletion as author with {{db-author}}. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:01, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

science

cell are defined as? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.48.138.56 (talk) 16:53, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

This page is for questions about editing Wikipedia. Please consider asking this question at the 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, select the relevant section, and ask away. You could always try searching Wikipedia for an article related to the topic you want to know more about. I hope this helps. The Helpful One ^{(Talk) (Contributions) (Review Me!)} 16:58, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi! The Help Desk is for questions about using Wikipedia, so the Reference Desk might offer more help. We also don't do your homework for you, but you might find Cell (biology) useful. Stwalkerster [ talk ] 17:00, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

safety

is wikipedia a safe site for children? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.154.32.246 (talk) 17:09, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

You may wish to see WP:NOTCENSORED. I would also like to point out that there are many children that I know of both using and actively editing Wikipedia. Stwalkerster [ talk ] 17:15, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Generally Wikipedia is not censored as stated. As to the question of Wikipedia being 'safe' for kids it depends a lot on the context of the use it's put to, and the level of parental or teacher supervision. Clearly Wikipedia may not be suitable for some, but for others given appropriate supervision it can be a viable resource like any other encyclopaedic work. However, Wikipedia does contain some controversial topics , as well as those with which parental/teacher discretion is advised.

You might also want to consider if COPPA is relevant.

62.56.75.239 (talk) 17:34, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Automobiles are extremely unsafe for children, killing thousands of them per year, and yet in some nations such as the United States, millions of people easily rationalize away this enormous danger to children, or never even consciously perceive it, simply because they like automobiles. While I don't have precise data, I would find it hard to believe Wikipedia could be nearly as dangerous to children as automobiles are, but I would submit that learning to edit on Wikipedia will be more valuable to children for the rest of their lives than automobiles. The children of today will almost certainly live long enough to see Peak oil come and go, and then they are going to have to learn to live with less petroleum every year, because their parents refused to, and burned up all the oil when it was cheap. One way today's children will live with less oil will be by moving information through wires wherever possible, rather than by carting their brains around in motor vehicles. Wikipedia is one of the greatest examples of remote collaboration ever invented - if we can build something as complex as Wikipedia without physically commuting to central offices, what can't we build this way? Given the potentially dire economic consequences of Peak oil, the question is not "Is Wikipedia safe for children?" but rather, "Is is safe to deprive children of Wikipedia?" Wikipedia is a window into the future of how children are going to work when they grow up. Those who learn the wiki way first will tend to have more success than those who learn it later, or never learn it at all. --Teratornis (talk) 17:45, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Wow. Touché. Lex ^T/_C Guest Book 19:42, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

mpeg2

My pc seems to be missing this mpeg2 file. How do I replace it. Having problems with sw loading properly and audio on DVDs. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.214.37.96 (talk) 18:11, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Have you tried the Computing section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there; this help desk is only for questions about using Wikipedia. For your convenience, here is the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps. NF24^{(radio me!)} 18:27, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

INSERTING LINKS

I just added a name of famous residents of my hometown, Bronxville, NY, a man named Ford Frick. I didn't know how to put his name in blue with a link, as the other names are done. Please tell me how to do this. Thanke, Ed —Preceding unsigned comment added by Knappnotes (talk • contribs) 18:31, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

To link, put a pagename in double brackets (like [[Ford Frick]]) which produces Ford Frick. NF24^{(radio me!)} 18:33, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Red links (i.e. The weather in London) indicate that a page does not exist. NF24^{(radio me!)} 18:34, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

I have my own question. If, in an article, I write Ford Frick instead of Ford Frick; will it be deleted? Lex ^T/_C Guest Book 20:04, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Well, it's certainly unorthodox. I think it probably would be deleted. NF24^{(radio me!)} 20:18, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Appropiate Citations

In a few article I have cited World Book Online as a source. But that citation was removed. The edit summary said that they will not allow things that require log ins to be used. Is this permissible to policy? Are subscription based sources allowed on Wikipedia? Marlith ^T/C 19:37, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

An example can be seen here Marlith ^T/C 19:39, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

I am sorry but the user who removed them is exactly right. Sources that require subscriptions and log-ins are unacceptable on Wikipedia. Lex ^T/_C Guest Book 19:40, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! Marlith ^T/C 19:41, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

External links sections should not link to subscription or pay services. Citations can be to any reliable source, whether subscription or not which verifies information, though free or non-subscription source are preferred as between two sources, if they are of comparable reliability. You should also label the source in the citation as a subscription only. Examples are medical abstracts, lexis-nexis cases, archives of newspapers, etc. The problem here is that World Book should not be used as it is not a primary or secondary source but an encyclopedia, a tertiary source just like Wikipedia.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 20:14, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

film

how is it wiki havent got a file for leo gregory?he has had a empire nomination due to appear on goal 3 ...and also keira knightley had a cameo role in thunderpants and she also spoke in it.. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.39.131.100 (talk) 19:49, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

I am sorry, but I didn't understand a word you said except Keira Knightley. Can you please spell correctly so I can understand your problem. Lex ^T/_C Guest Book 20:03, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

how is it wikipedia haven't got a file for leo gregory? he appeared in green street he has had a empire nomination and is due to appear on goal!!! 3 ...and also keira knightley had a cameo role in british film thunderpants —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.39.131.100 (talk) 20:08, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Because nobody has got round to writing Leo Gregory yet. You could prepare the article if you want and then submit it to Wikipedia:Articles for creation or request it at Wikipedia:Requested articles. Make sure you provide sources though.

For Keira Knightley, she is listed in the Thunderpants article but she is not actually in the official credits for the movie. Where do you think this information should be? She has made a lot of cameos, so listing them all on the Knightley page probably wouldn't work. Woody (talk) 20:33, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Please check WP:BIO to determine whether the "leo gregory" you mentioned is notable enough for inclusion on Wikipedia. If you believe he is, you may go to Wikipedia:Requested articles to add his entry or create a new article on this person yourself. :) Concerning the keira knightley related information, please provide reliable sources for any materials you want to add to an article, the just edit the page and add them. Hope this helps. - PeaceNT (talk) 20:33, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

creating an account

James Harris 2008 Candidate for Office 8th District U.S. congress (Georgia) Email: jamesn405 at wmconnect dot com

I am having trouble setting up an account. Is there someone who might help me do this? Thanks James Harris —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.89.56.185 (talk) 20:15, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Please be cautious about posting your email address and other information. Regarding your request, I assume you'd like to register the name James Harris; however, the account User:James Harris already exists on Wikipedia, so I'm afraid you have to choose a new username. Also, I recommend you go straight to Wikipedia:Request an account; requests are generally dealt with very quickly there. This help desk page is for answering questions about using Wikipedia only. I hope this helps. - PeaceNT (talk) 20:24, 13 January 2008 (UTC)