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May 11

Serious problem with the "Roots-type supercharger" article...

This may sound silly, but the supercharger is a Rootes-type designed and originally built by the Rootes Group. I'd like to make the multiple find and replace fixes, but I'm not the skilled with HTML and I think I'd break the links to the references and artwork.

Rootes Group — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.221.162.33 (talk) 03:59, 11 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Well, since the the Roots supercharger was not a product of the Rootes group, I certainly hope that no one helps you with this effort. When you wish to make factual edits, please ask again.—Kww(talk) 04:54, 11 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yup - the Roots Blower was patented in 1860. I've not been able to find the original patent online, but a reference to a British patent taken out on behalf of the Roots brothers in 1869 can be found in The London Gazette here: [1] AndyTheGrump (talk) 05:19, 11 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Is removal of a recent edit warring warning from one's talk page allowed?

See this edit where Volunteer Marek removes such warning from his talk page after 7 minutes. Petr Matas 05:09, 11 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it is allowed - see WP:BLANKING. Removing it can be taken as an acknowledgement that it has been read. AndyTheGrump (talk) 05:21, 11 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Petr, you really need to give it up and quit it with the forum shopping. Your attempts to get me into trouble seem to have become an obsession, are fairly transparent, and in the end don't accomplish much except reflect badly on you.Volunteer Marek (talk) 06:51, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

translated page

Is there a way to get an english version of a german wiki page ?

http://wiki.astro.com/astrowiki/de/Alfred_John_Pearce

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.70.108.226 (talk) 05:58, 11 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

wiki.astro.com is nothing to do with Wikipedia. AndyTheGrump (talk) 06:02, 11 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) Hi there - The Astrowiki you have linked to is unaffiliated with Wikipedia. Wikipedia is part of the Wikimedia Foundation, which does run a variety of wikis, but there are also thousands of wikis unaffiliated with Wikimedia.

I tried searching, but I do not believe the English Wikipedia has an article of Alfred John Pearce. If you'd like a rough translation of the article, there are plenty of ways to do so online; for example, here is Google Translate's translation of the article. Hope this helps, ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 06:06, 11 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

We do, however, have an article on his father Charles Thomas Pearce which has some information on Alfred. Spinning Spark 11:38, 11 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

How do I remove an image that I have uploaded to wikipedia?

I've uploaded an image, intending on using it to contribute to a page, and have now decided not to. Is is possible for me to remove the image? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wiki Munkee (talk • contribs) 11:12, 11 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

If it's on Wikipedia, you can place {{db-self}} on the file which will tag it for speedy deletion. Hope this helps. Acalycine^{(talk/contribs)} 11:32, 11 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Using Subscription Research Services...

I still maintain friendly ties with my former universities, so I still have access to their various research tools like Lexis Nexis, EBSCO Research, Proquest, etc.

Am I unable to use these services to conduct research for Wikipedia since they are not available publicly?

Thanks --Supaflyrobby (talk) 13:19, 11 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Of course you can do research using whatever resources are available. Edits to articles should be supported by citations to reliable published sources. Published does not mean free. See WP:PAYWALL.

An example of an unpublished source would be an internal company report that is only available to employees. Jc3s5h (talk) 13:57, 11 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Just a clarification of the term research: Searching for sources and then verifying facts in articles by adding references to information published in sources which are available only by subscription or through purchase is great. Original research, in which opinions or new ideas are added to Wikipedia and published sources on the same general topic are used to develop an argument or promote an idea, is not allowed. —Anne Delong (talk) 14:47, 11 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the clarification Anne Delong. I already payed my dues to the original research gods, and I can assure you I have no interest in going back :) I have just grown so spoiled by using the academic databases that they are always my default method for acquiring solid, peer reviewed data.--Supaflyrobby (talk) 15:03, 11 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, peer-reviewed articles make excellent sources. If a publicly available article on the same topic is also available, it's often useful to add both; then the academics can choose to read the most authoritative material and the general public can choose something more accessible, and maybe easier to understand. However, since you have special access, it certainly makes sense for you to concentrate on the ones the rest of us can't see, Supaflyrobby. Oh, and by the way, in case your coverage isn't complete, the Wikipedia Library has some subscriptions available HERE. —Anne Delong (talk)

Whitespace in List of film production companies by country

I can't get rid of the whitespace (terminology?) at List of film production companies by country#Canada. I've made it tidier but it's still there and I can't see why. Thanks. Dougweller (talk) 17:05, 11 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It seems to be an effect of the template you've used along with the long contents page. As a test I added 3 additional sections before Canada, if you then preview you'll see the whitespace disappears because Canada gets pushed further down the page. CaptRik (talk) 18:46, 11 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not my template, but I guess you are saying we can't get rid of it as the toc is in the way. Dougweller (talk) 19:31, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It's a bit of a cop-out, but how about {{compact TOC}} or putting the Canada list into a single column?--Otus scops (talk) 22:28, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I think that looks good, so I've done just that: [2] CaptRik (talk) 15:25, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. That looks fine. Dougweller (talk) 06:15, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Theodore Abu Qurrah / Abucara

Good evening,

As I indicated in 2012, the Theodore Abucara page should be deleted, as, in fact this "Abucara" is an old fashioned graeco-latine name for Theodore Abu-Qurrah, bishop of Harran, page that indeed exists.

Hope someone sometimes reads this. Sincerely

Albocicade (talk) 21:18, 11 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for drawing attention to this. Orangemike has replaced the duplicate article with a "redirect". -- John of Reading (talk) 06:56, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

May 12

Edits to German WP

How is it that I have so many edits to the German WP? I don't speak enough German to attempt an edit there. And all the edits listed seem to be in English. Can someone explain this to me? Dismas|^(talk) 02:04, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

My impression is that those were articles you edited on en.wp that were transwikied. /~hue sat lum/ 02:15, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

this is clearly some sort of bug. If you look at diffs, you get the English-language article, but clicking on the article title itself gives the German one. I'd report it at WP:VPT. AndyTheGrump (talk) 02:21, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think it's a bug: if I understand how transwiki works, the entire history of an article is copied to another language for attribution purposes, where it is manually translated. Dismas' edits show as English because he edited the enwiki version of the article. See [3], where an article goes from an exact copy of the English article to a translated one with nonexistent templates removed. /~hue sat lum/ 02:53, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Dismas|^(talk) 04:03, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved

Referencing errors on Media representation of Hugo Chávez

Reference help requested.

Thanks, Zfigueroa (talk) 03:53, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Zfigueroa: Done. A reference you used on the page taken from the BP article was a defined reference there so you need to provide its original use in the new location, i.e., find where <ref name=Kraft/> was first defined in the BP article as <ref name=Kraft>citation text</ref> and exchange the one for the other. Btw, you must provide copyright attribution when you copy from another article by providing a hyperlink to it in your edit summary. See Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia. I have fixed this here. Just keep that in mind. Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 04:38, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the help. I've never seen that done before in an edit so I will begin to do this as well. I need to make it a habit though.--Zfigueroa (talk) 04:59, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Zfigueroa: Anytime. BTW, you don't need to scream it in an announcement "COPYRIGHT ATTRIBUTION NOTE:"; I do that when I'm fixing unattributed past edits; you can just type something like "content copied from [[article name]]; see that article's history for attribution".--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 12:27, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

My 23 years of research at Stanford Research Institute has suddenly been defamed and libeled on my bio page

Using words like "defamed" and "libeled" together with "I am prepared to take all necessary measures public, Internet or private..." is tantamount to making a legal threat. If that's the path you want to go down that is your prerogative, but you can then no longer take part in the collegial wiki process. Spinning Spark 10:36, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

I am a physicist who was a pioneer in the development of the laser and laser applications. After weeks of arguing with editors, this phase of my life has been restored to Wikipedia. Good. At the same time my work at SRI has been dubbed "pseudoscience" in the header and leading paragraphs. I am Russell Targ, and together with Dr. Hal Puthoff, we created a 23 year, $20 million program of research and applications of "remote viewing," which allows a person to describe what is happening at a distant location. Now, you don't have to believe that, to follow my argument. But the fact is that we provided useful info for the CIA, Defense Intelligence agency and Army Intelligence for two decades, even though they presently deny it. But that's a different story. If we were not useful, the CIA, who famously don't suffer fools gladly, would not have kept funding us year after year, for 23 years. That's a fact, easily verified. We published our findings in Nature, the Proc. IEEE, and the American Institute of Physics. It is true that remote viewing is controversial, especially among people who hate ESP, and have not read our papers. I have no problem with editors adding mountains of criticism to the comments portion my bio page. The purpose of this note is to start the ball rolling on getting rid of the damaging and personally insulting claim that our work is "pseudoscience". Your definition says that it is misleading, falsehoods, etc. Very bad business, damaging to my on-going consulting. Remote viewing has been replicated world wide, for three decades. The work can be reasonably be considered surprising or controversial or contentious. But it is a lie to call it "pseudoscience". Any informed person would agree. Students are getting PhD's studying remote viewing all over Europe. I am prepared to take all necessary measures public, Internet or private to discover a path to redressing this libel. I am eighty years old, and have both time and inclination to see that this issue is dealt with fairly. For example, a Wiki editor asked me today,(May 11th) to provide additional published references documenting the remote viewing work. I have very poor vision, so it was a very laborious task to add seven or eight Wikipedia formatted citations. Within an hour, they were all gone. And no one will tell my why they removed or where they have gone. I will greatly appreciate your help. Please communicate with me.Torgownik (talk)Russell Targ. russtarg at gmail.com. — Preceding undated comment added 04:29, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Pseudoscience is hardly a defamatory label. It may not sound nice to a scientist, but it has a ring of mystique, rebellion and supernatural powers. From a general public perspective, that's a good thing. It makes you seem "cool". Likewise, "parapsychologist" is intriguing, rather than routine.

Anyway, your citations are here. Just hit Edit on that page to copy them. Good luck. InedibleHulk (talk) 04:45, May 12, 2014 (UTC)

Looking closer, you'd missed the closing brackets on those citations. So if you re-add them, add those. InedibleHulk (talk) 04:51, May 12, 2014 (UTC)

I did it for you, but for some reason, there are a lot of dashes. If someone knows what that's about, give Russell Targ a go. InedibleHulk (talk) 04:59, May 12, 2014 (UTC)

Somebody reverted me, but they've also preserved your citations on the talk page, cleaned of dashes. InedibleHulk (talk) 05:06, May 12, 2014 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Add a photograph to an article

Hello,

I 'm trying to add the file :

in this page : Six60 But it doesn't work. Could you please tell me why?

Anais21 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.64.26.182 (talk) 10:27, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Looking at your contribution record I can see no sign of you having tried to edit that article or any other; this question was your first edit to Wikipedia, and the article concerned has had no edits this month. What were you trying to do, and what error did you see at what stage of the process? --David Biddulph (talk) 10:37, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello David Biddulph, I was trying to add a photograph to add some illustration content to this page, which I believe is helping to improve the quality of this page. But I actually have finally succeded today, but without being logged in. Is that normal? Thank you for your help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.254.23.208 (talk) 15:42, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Greater_Romania_(political_concept)#Combination_of_material_from_multiple_sources

Please comment at the thread in the title. I think that we have original synthesis in the article, but somebody else disagrees. Avpop (talk) 12:38, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Prof Alfred Kona, Chairman Board of Directors, UBA Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire

14:46, 12 May 2014 (UTC)14:46, 12 May 2014 (UTC)~~Roberto Good afternoon, a lady of Ivory Coast with cancer leave me a sum of US$ in order to take care for her little son. After having invested more than 25.000 Euro a certain Prof. Kona Alfred, Chairman of Directors of UBA, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire has started to ask me continuously money to give me the Pin Code of a credit card sent me months ago where the sum left by the lady with cancer (in the meantime she's dead) is filled in. This Professor is asking me a lot of money with the promise to give me the Pin Code in order to withdraw the money and provide for the sustainment of the young boy. But after every of my payments he refuses to give me the Pin Code inventing every time troubles that don't allow him to give me the Pin Code. I suppose it's a clear Fraud and that this professor has nothing to do with the UBA BANK at Abidjan. Please investigate and take him to prison Roberto Dr. Fahlenkamp — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.242.224.17 (talk) 14:46, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This is the help desk for Wikipedia. We have no powers to deal with people operating 419 scams. Maproom (talk) 15:00, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Creating a redirect

Anyone here willing to create a hard redirect from the deleted article Frank Gruber (entrepreneur) to the entry about the company he leads, Tech Cocktail? Back story: he recently approached me about recreating the biographical article and, while I didn't think that was advisable per WP:NOTE, I did think a redirect is appropriate here. I would do so myself, however, anticipating a possible client-consultant relationship in the future, I'd rather ask and see if another editor would agree to create the redirect instead. Cheers, WWB Too (Talk · COI) 15:45, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure a redirect is appropriate but I will update the disambiguation page at Frank Gruber.--ukexpat (talk) 16:08, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Done--ukexpat (talk) 16:18, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi ukexpat, I'm curious why you would say a redirect is not appropriate? Gruber may not quite be notable himself, but readers looking for him are likely to be interested in the company itself. Removing the wikilink on the disambig page doesn't help people looking for information about Gruber find relevant content, which is my intention. WWB Too (Talk · COI) 16:27, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

A redirect to a disambiguated name isn't that helpful; better to just put the company on the disambig page. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 17:31, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Aha, I see. That should probably do, then. Thanks for clarifying Adam, and thanks for taking it up, ukexpat. WWB Too (Talk · COI) 17:41, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Exactly. With the change to the disambig page, anyone searching for Frank Gruber will see him listed there with a link to the company article.--ukexpat (talk) 18:10, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

An article about a living person needs to be changed because the person is now deceased.

Is there a protocol or format for changing an article about a living person who is recently deceased? For example, how do I change the category from living to deceased? — Preceding unsigned comment added by CapitanKirk (talk • contribs) 17:26, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You add the date of death, with a proper citation to a reliable source. You change the category from Category:Living persons to Category:2014 deaths. --Orange Mike | Talk 17:48, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Statement

Can i be able to check my contribution on line? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 197.237.200.120 (talk) 19:45, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry, but I have no idea what you are talking about. Your contribution to what? Check how? If you are talking about contributing to Wikipedia, any change made by anybody to Wikipedia is immediately visible online (though it might get reverted by somebody else for various reasons). But the IP address you have posted the question from has not made any other edits to Wikipedia. --ColinFine (talk) 21:47, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

If the person is actually talking about contributing to Wikipedia, the first thing I thought of is money. We need that too. I don't know how to answer the question about that, though. Perhaps Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia would help.— Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 18:57, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Combine fields from multiple infoboxes

Is it possible to reference more than one infobox template so that fields from each can be used together or to include fields which do not exist within the template? For example, I am using Template:Infobox dot-com company but in addition to being a dot com company, it would also be notable to add that it is a venture-capital funded start-up, thus making a field such as the following worth noting |Funding = $1.1M (2013-06) David Condrey (talk) 20:17, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

No, you would have to edit {{Infobox dot-com company}} to add that parameter.--ukexpat (talk) 20:25, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Can I? Can I expand upon the infobox template or is there a bureaucratic process that I should go thru to make a change such as this? David Condrey (talk) 06:09, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Since template, especially infoboxes, are used on quite a few articles (sometimes thousands) it is a good idea to bring any changes to a discussion on the talk page for the template first before implementing it. Dismas|^(talk) 07:12, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

update athlete information

Hello!

I've been trying to update the page for race-car driver Johnny O'Connell:

Johnny O'Connell

As you can see from the talk link, I have provided extensive information responding to the request for citations and verifiable sources, but the page has not been updated. Please advise how I can get the correct information to the right people to update.

Thank you!

spurcom Spurcom (talk) 21:00, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Looking over the talk page, it appears that most of what you wish to submit are career summary tables? These can probably be formatted into the article (as tables, instead of plain text), however are there more secondary sources that can be provided, instead of the primary sources currently linked? - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 21:23, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The amount of time it takes for the Veteran's Administration to process claims.

The issues surrounding the VA hospitals is one issue, but you should research the length of time it takes to process a claim from the Veteran's Administration. My husband is only one Veteran that has waited for three years to have a claim processed. They send you to Doctors 30 - 40 miles away from your home, they ask for information from the Medical Center you have been attending for care. The VA request all medical records. We have sent the records three times. Veterans are waiting so long that they die before they receive their checks. I feel this is a serious problem, We think it the reason so many of the Veterans are living on the street. They give up because the process takes so long. I think this is another total segment, separate from what the medical centers and hospitals are doing. I worked for 30 years for a large HMO, and you need to add appointments, A.M. and P.M, plus Saturdays and week-ends. Adding more resources to the panel and an Administrator that is watching the wait-list. Well my main problem is the wait time to have claims processed.

Elizabeth Carr — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.215.65.137 (talk) 23:00, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: Wikipedia is not a soapbox or blog. CTF83! 23:13, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

May 13

Contributions page

Is it possible for anyone to read my user's "Contributions" page? If not, who can read it, and how do they do it? --P123cat1 (talk) 01:32, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Anybody can read your user contributions by going to your userpage and clicking on "user contributions" under "tools" in the side menu. By the way, there is no need to be rude about other people just because they are not aware of of the principles of Wikipedia. Spinning Spark 02:03, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, and apologies for my rude comment, which I have removed. --P123cat1 (talk) 02:13, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@P123cat1: As explained above, anyone can see it. And that comes in very handy especially at pages like this help desk. Say a user comes and asks why all their edits are being removed but doesn't specify what article or edits they're referring to. By looking through their contribs, we can see what article they were editing and then find why the edits were removed. It also comes in handy when dealing with vandals to know what other articles they might have vandalized. Dismas|^(talk) 07:11, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Creating new categories/subsections in a page

How do I create a subsection in a page such as my User page? Also how do I insert images and arrange the page? Warrenkychu (talk) 04:03, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Warrenkychu. You can use the same code for your userpage as you do for articles and any other pages on Wikipedia. If you need to review the code, go to the cheatsheet or the editing tutorial. Just a note about images: Wikipedia does not allow fair-use images outside of articles, so check the image description (you can usually find it by clicking on an image) for anything that says "non-free". If there's something that says that, you can't use it. Anon126 (notify me of responses! / talk / contribs) 04:30, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Warrenkychu (talk) 04:56, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Change my username please

Is there a way to change my username? The one I set up with was just a spurr of the moment rush and I would like to change it to something more mature can you help me change my current username from fantaman88 to wiremanne123

Many thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by FantaMan88 (talk • contribs) 04:49, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

See Wikipedia:Changing username - though as yet you've not really done anything significant under your existing name, and it would be simpler just to start a new account, and abandon the old one. AndyTheGrump (talk) 05:43, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

your site has double standards

Dustin Lance Black's "owners" won't allow people to add Tom Daley as his boyfriend. But on tom daley's page, black is listed as his boyfriend. how ridiculous this site is becoming. then your admin actually locked black's page.

so i don't know what your site is trying to covey here. why do you contradict yourself? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.198.182.185 (talk) 09:46, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

No one owns the page. It was semi-protected (so any autoconfirmed user (4 days, 10 edits) can edit the article). It was done to promote compliance with the BLP policy. I don't have the time to really look into the situation, but just because other stuff exists doesn't mean it's okay in either place. - Purplewowies (talk) 09:58, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not double standards, just different people working on different articles and seeing things a little different. Someone was adding poorly sourced negative information about Black so the article was protected so that won't happen. The proper venue when there is a problem with an article is to raise the question in a civil manner on the article's talk page. You can use the {{edit semi-protected}} template to request an edit be the article. If you use that template, please be specific about what changes should be made and give reliable sources to support your proposed changes. GB fan 10:29, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Let me repeat it one more time. this is very simple.

in tom daley's article, he has dustin black as his boyfriend. but in dustin black's page, it is not "allowed" to add tom daley as his boyfriend.

there is absolutely no reason that you can explain why this is happening according to any of your rules.

this kind of stupid double standards is the reason why no one is using wikipedia as a reliable source any more. and the admin who protected that article should be fired for abusing his power. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.198.182.185 (talk) 11:54, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

If you've got a reliable source for the information, it can be added to both articles. (I notice that DLB's article currently has such a line, with two sources.) You'll do better if you don't call the entire site names like 'retarded', and if you check that your claims - both about the encyclopedia and about its subjects - are true before launching a complaint. AlexTiefling (talk) 12:06, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

182.185 I added the information to Dustin Lance Black before I responded to your original post above. I am not sure what your problem is now. GB fan 12:18, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I think you may have misunderstood the page protection. No-one is saying that the addition of Tom Daley's name is "not allowed" (in the past that might have been the case, because Wikipedia doesn't present hearsay as fact, but recently sufficient sources have become available for information to be reported here). The addition of Tom Daley's name was not the reason for the article being locked down - that was due to other violations of Wikipedia's (fairly strict!) guidelines on biographies of living people. As an IP editor, I'm afraid that means that no, you couldn't add the information about Daley yourself - but as GB fan has pointed out above, it has now - at your suggestion - been done for you. Yunshui ^雲 _水 12:20, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

this site is retarded, because it allows the administrators to abuse their powers. such as this one. it is retarded, because when i tried to add the information, my edition was reverted many times. then the admin actually DELETED all my editions for no reason at all!

and for the last few months, many people tried to add the SAME thing, but their changes were all reverted!

who can use wikipedia "rules" to explain to me why my editions were all deleted?

and shouldn't the admin be punished for abusing his/her power? shouldn't that that page be clearned of the protection again?

further, his explicit sex photos story is still not allowed to be added. that happened several years ago. and wikipedia still hasn't added it! and he already won the lawsuit!

and my story of him and Pasadena City College story was also deleted for no particular reason at all! someone should add it, too. you can find plenty of news reports b/w him and PCC. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.198.182.185 (talk) 12:46, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I've blocked this IP. A review of contributions going back several years shows a persistent history of trolling, and the above reply just ices the cake. Yunshui ^雲 _水 12:53, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Loading a photo to a Wikipedia page

Hello,

I would like to load a photo to the page Peter Wilson Writer Peter Wilson (writer)

Can you tell me how to do this?

Thank you, Leister — Preceding unsigned comment added by Leister Freeman (talk • contribs) 10:54, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

If you own the copyright to the photo, or it is in the public domain, you can upload it to Commons. Thanks. James^x12345 11:06, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to upload an image from your computer for use in an article, you must determine the proper license of the image (or whether it is in the public domain). If you know the image is public domain or copyrighted but under a suitable free-license, upload it to the Wikimedia Commons instead of here, so that all projects have access to the image (sign up). If you are unsure of the licensing status, see the file upload wizard for more information. Please also read Wikipedia's image use policy.
If you want to add an image that has already been uploaded to Wikipedia or Wikimedia Commons, add [[File:File name.jpg|thumb|Caption text]] to the area of the article where you want the image to appear – replacing File name.jpg with the actual file name of the image, and Caption text with a short description of the image. See our picture tutorial for more information. I hope this helps.Template:Z40--ukexpat (talk) 13:03, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Repeating "Cite book" with different page numbers

I know how to use <ref name> in combination with {{cite book}} but I am not sure how to add page numbers when citing different pages in the same book. Iirc, there is an additional little template that adds the page numbers but my search-fu seems to be broken today as I just can't find the help I need. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 11:31, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I think the simplest way to do this is using {{rp}} -- John of Reading (talk) 11:36, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that's it! Thanks. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 11:42, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Assessment tables - Four hundred and four!

Assessment tables used by many WikiProjects have not been working for a week. Clicking on entries in a table produces a Four hundred and four! error message. Who should editors contact to have this rectified? Thanks in advance, XOttawahitech (talk) 12:25, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I have posted to Wikipedia talk:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Index#404 on enwp10 tool. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:27, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

List of most expensive buildings in the world

This List of most expensive buildings in the world doesn't really make any sense, as the "Completed" table sort-of duplicates the table above. It's also part of wikiproject India according to the talk page, which I don't think is valid. However I don't really know where to start with tidying it up, perhaps someone could point it in the direction of a suitably qualified project team? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.254.146.140 (talk) 12:27, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Try wp:WikiProject Architecture or wp:WikiProject Skyscrapers? XOttawahitech (talk) 12:41, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I see that the list omits the Great Pyramid of Giza, whose construction cost has been estimated as 111 million jugs of beer and 126 million loaves of bread.^[1] Maproom (talk) 13:47, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

^ Smith, Craig (June 1999). "Program Management B.C." Civil Engineering Magazine.

Partyfine

I created the page Partyfine for a new french record label as information on its formation and activities are rather scattered. Obviously I thought it was importance but likely did not include enough to merit it being considered of importance. How do I go about getting the article back so I can add more content as so it be reconsidered? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dinkydarko (talk • contribs) 13:29, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

What you would need to add is not so much content, as evidence that the subject is notable. As you have pretty much admitted that it is not (yet) notable, I suggest you give up for now. Maproom (talk) 13:42, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) I have restored it to Draft:Partyfine if you think you can satisfy Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies). PrimeHunter (talk) 13:49, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the replies. I dont think I was trying to suggest that the label at the moment is not notable. I don't think that commercial success should equate to notability. It is notable for its promotion of new French talent and its collaborations between popular producers/DJs and up and coming artists. If you could point me to come more guidance on this, I'll review my submission and decide if I can update to it meet the requirements. Thanks Dinkydarko (talk) 13:58, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

"Notability", as used on Wikipedia, is not about commercial success. It is defined at Wikipedia:Notability (click on those blue words). Maproom (talk) 16:32, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

How do I find users cross-language?

Hi,

I'm looking for users in order to talk about photo usage permissions etc. Sometimes they are really hard to track down. I know of this page: Special:ListUsers

But it only finds users in that specific language part of wikipedia. I want to look for explicit user names on all of wikipedia / media / commons etc. Is there a tool for that?

Thanks, Garfunkel Jansen (talk) 13:56, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You could try Special:CentralAuth. --David Biddulph (talk) 14:01, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ah yes, that's pretty good. Thank you. It still doesn't find everything though. I'm looking at a talk page for a user right now (Dkaeuferle), but CentralAuth doesn't find anything at all. Any other tools? Garfunkel Jansen (talk) 14:10, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This finds accounts at commons & dewiki, but the 3 edits were more than 7 years ago. I think that may be where you've been, but I see that you didn't sign your comment at de:Benutzer Diskussion:Dkaeuferle. --David Biddulph (talk) 14:34, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Amazing, that's the tool I was looking for! Stupid of me to forget to sign, I'll update and fix it. I'm looking for a lot of people, working on a educational rpg that's about animals. Lot of work, but this will help me out a great deal. Thanks! Garfunkel Jansen (talk) 14:48, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Primary sources

Hi

I have an article that has been refused on this basis:

This biographical article relies on references to primary sources. Please add references to secondary or tertiary sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful.

The article is about a music band from 30 years ago and they did not feature in any encyclopedias etc and so am not sure what sort of references would be suitable. there are references to a BBC interview that can still be viewed/listened to via the internet.

I can add references to music paper articles but some of which no longer exist (e.g. New music news) and some do (Music Week) - would these be suitable? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Davidpapworth (talk • contribs) 14:15, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yes music magazines and similar published sources are ideal. That the magazine no longer exists (in the sense of currently publishing) is of no consequence - physical copies of the magazine almost certainly can be found in libraries and archives. Just be sure to cite the full details of the publication - author, date, magazine title, page number, article title, and soon. If an online archive exists you may add the url as a convenience but it is not essential. However, sometimes such "archives" are in fact copyright violations which must not be linked. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 15:37, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Recent Deletion of page named "Alere"

Hi Wikipedia, Recently a colleague of mine created a page called "Alere" and it was recently deleted. We're trying to get more insight as to the specific reasons why so that we do not make the same mistakes twice. Here's the specific information we received in regards to the deletion:

· 01:35, 17 April 2014 DragonflySixtyseven (talk | contribs) deleted page Alere (unsalvageable mess - start over from scratch, sorry)

Are there guidelines for staying away from "unsalvageable mess" that we can follow so that if we recreate the page it will not violate this rule or others? Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rainboy3106 (talk • contribs) 14:43, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It read like a company brochure and was written by in part by User:AlereCorporate - am I right in thinking you also work for Alere? The version that was deleted can be seen by anyone at [4]. However, User:Helen1023 wrote the first version[5] and I'm wondering if User:DragonflySixtyseven might consider restoring that version. You and your colleague (I'll probably block that account under our username policy) need to restrict yourselves to the talk page I think. See WP:COI Dougweller (talk) 15:24, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

WP:UN is advice for User:AlereCorporate if he/she decides to come back.— Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 19:23, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Reflinks tool

I would like to double-check that I have uploaded the Reflinks tool onto my .js page correctly, as I am having trouble using it. I tried two ways. (1) I went to User:Dispenser/Reflinks, scrolled down to "User Script", clicked on "edit", copied the code there, and pasted it into my .js page. (2) I even tried copy-pasting the code as it appears under the "User Script" paragraph, but that didn't work either. In both cases, I remembered to press Ctrl and Refresh for Internet Explorer (my browser) as instructed. What, if anything, have I done wrong? --P123cat1 (talk) 14:46, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

There does not seem to be anything wrong with the code you have installed (I copy pasted it into my account just as you have it on your common.js page and it worked fine). What stage are you having a problem with? Do you see the Reflinks link at the bottom of the tools drop-down menu in the sidebar? Does the Reflinks tool open when you click it? What page are you trying to get Reflinks to edit? Spinning Spark 17:32, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for responding. Yes, the Reflinks link appears in the drop-down menu you mention, and when I click it, it does open the "Webreflinks" page; the code then fills in OK, but I can get no further. That page should apparently have the "Save" button at the bottom greyed in and the "Show preview" button not, but on mine it is the other way round. (See the screenshots uploaded last week by Dismas on his Talk page; those were his own screenshots and was trying to help me solve my Reflinks problem.) I can't press "Show preview", which I understand is the next step, because it is greyed in, only "Save" and when I press that, the article comes up in non-edit mode with a red message saying "can't process edit due to loss of data", or words to that effect, "please log out, then log in, and try again". Doesn't work. So I am left with a footnote reflecting the bare URL I put in the article's edit page, not a Reflinks footnote. I battled with trying to get it to work in the Addison Cresswell Wiki article, but failed. The footnote #10 there does actually show as a Reflinks one, but I only achieved that by manually copying the code in the Webreflinks box (the Reflinks tool did manage to come up with the right code) and pasting it in at the appropriate spot in the article's edit page and then saving. So the tool is basically only doing half its job. At one stage in my experiments I kept getting a lot of ##s throughout the text and some red error "cite" messages; the Talk page for Reflinks mentions this can happen with older browsers, but my browser is fairy new, Internet Explorer #9 (2011) or #11 (2013), not sure which, so not old. Can you help out, please? --P123cat1 (talk) 00:36, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Have you tried with a different browser? Say Firefox or Chrome? Dismas|^(talk) 01:05, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

No, I haven't, I only have IE, and am not savvy enough to download Chrome or Firefox myself. Wish there was a way of finding out if there was a Wiki user who has IE and can make Reflinks work. That's the only sure way of knowing whether IE is the problem or there is a bug in the tool when it is used with IE, though it does look so far as if there is a basic incompatability there. Am hoping SpinningSpark will come back on this. --P123cat1 (talk) 01:37, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Installing a browser is really rather simple. Firefox is available here and Chrome is available here. And you trying a different browser would tell us just as much as someone else using IE. Dismas|^(talk) 03:51, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I just *shudder* used IE to see what would happen and I ran into the same issue that you have where Save was available but Show Preview was greyed out. Dismas|^(talk) 04:00, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Addison Creswell article no longer has any bare urls so there is nothing for reflinks to do in that article and the "save" option is therefore not offered. I can no longer test directly on that article. In sandbox, however both Firefox and IE11 are working, although in IE you need to press the "save" button instead of "preview", but in both cases you are taken to a normal edit page where you can then save. However, IE littered the article with # characters. IE is apparently a pain for developers, it chooses to do things differently from the rest of the internet and it is quite a frequent problem that things that work on other browsers won't work properly on IE. I agree with Dismas, your best way forward is to try another browser; I use Firefox. You can have more than one browser installed at the same time and they will coexist quite happily so you will be able to go back to using IE any time you want to. Other than that, you can report the problems to User:Dispenser who runs the tool (e-mail is probably best as they do not seem to edit very frequnetly). Spinning Spark 09:35, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Dismas, I will try Firefox. Thanks for the link.

SpinningSpark, I did say the footnote is now a Reflinks one and how I managed to make it so. I have taken out the Reflinks code for footnote #10 and left it with the bare URL. (Readers can still access the article from the altered footnote #10.) Could you try it out now, please? --P123cat1 (talk) 13:02, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

FYI, there are hundreds of articles that have bare URLs as references. There isn't really a need to make another. Dismas|^(talk) 13:15, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Tried it on the article; same result as my sandbox version (but I didn't actually save anything). Firefox does it nice and clean, but IE litters the article with # characters and breaks all the interwiki links. There is nothing we can do to fix the problems in IE. See this help page for reflinks on the toolserver. It seems that if you really insist on using IE you need to disable XSS, there is a link to a pdf (edit: deadlink) on that page telling you how to do that. Other than that you need to talk to the author of reflinks or Microsoft as appropriate. We can't do anything about it on this help desk. Spinning Spark 13:26, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Dismas: Installed Firefox and Reflinks works perfectly. You say hundreds of articles have bare URLs. I clicked on the link you gave and they recommend not using them since they are vulnerable to link rot, and I have come across many "dead" links in footnotes when copy-editing. If I had known it was so easy to download Firefox, I could have saved myself a lot of bother!

SpinningSpark: Thanks for the tip about being able to run two web-browsers on the same machine, didn't know about that. I will put a short note on the Reflinks talk page to save others the hassle I had and will report the problem to User:Dispenser, in a short note, not the screeds I have written on it on the Help Desk. --P123cat1 (talk) 15:28, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@P123cat1: I think Dismas meant that you should not have reverted the article to bare url. When he said that there are hundreds of articles with bare urls, he meant there that there are hundreds of bare urls that need fixing, not that bare urls are good, and that you could have used one of them as an example rather than messing up one more article. Spinning Spark 21:11, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Basically, yes. As an example, if I were teaching someone how to slice bread and had many loaves handy, I wouldn't go through the trouble of baking another just to get a loaf to instruct on. I'd pull one of the already baked loaves off the shelf. Dismas|^(talk) 21:26, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry! I read it too quickly. My logic is failing me today. I only changed the footnote back to its bare URL so SpinningSpark could experiment, as I did when I experimented with Firefox. I would have been uncomfortable leaving it like that, if SpinningSpark hadn't come back so promptly. The footnote is back as it should be now. I have a question about bare URLs, but think I had better put it as a separate request as this thread is getting very long. Could either of you look at it, please? --P123cat1 (talk) 01:02, 15 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sir Trevor Corry

As a new contributor I am finding the procedures very confusing. I thought my article on Sir Trevor Corry was rejected because the references were mostly from original sources. I queried this but I am not sure I actually managed to send it so this is a repeat of the query: Most of the sources are from letters, wills and legal documents kept at the National Archive in Kew. These sources are very reliable, which cannot be said for much of what is published. I have tried not to include personal opinions and have preferred to quote directly from these sources. There is little in the way of published material to draw on which explains why in felt the need to write this article about a very influential and colourful character of his time and to have the article on Wilkipedia. Since writing the above I have found my article in the Sandbox and it has clearly been worked on by one of your volunteers. They have added some more information which is something I always hoped would come of putting the article on Wikipedia. I am therefore not clear if the article has been passed or not. I would like to include some illustrations but so far I have not been able to work out how to so this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by West Marshall (talk • contribs) 14:55, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Firstly, Trevor Corry is not in your sandbox, it is an article which anyone can edit.

Secondly, I trust you have read WP:PRIMARY which includes:- "Do not analyze, synthesize, interpret, or evaluate material found in a primary source yourself; instead, refer to reliable secondary sources that do so. Do not base an entire article on primary sources, and be cautious about basing large passages on them". My concern is that you have stated "which cannot be said for much of what is published." - you appear to be dismissing secondary sources, because in your opinion/analysis they are unreliable - is that opinion backed up by reliable secondary sources? or is it your original research and/or synthesis based on the primary material? - Arjayay (talk) 15:08, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

To add to the reply from Arjayay, User:West Marshall/sandbox is now just a redirect to Trevor Corry. If you go to this link, it will let you edit the redirect, and either blank it, or change to a simple link, or replace it by whatever you now want in your sandbox. — Preceding unsigned comment added by David Biddulph (talk • contribs) 15:17, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) Having looked at this further, Voceditenore (a very experienced editor) moved it to article space at 09.15 UTC this morning, having resolved many of the referencing and other problems which led it to be refused the first time around. It is now tagged "needs more links to other articles" so it would help if you could integrate it into the encyclopedia by adding such links - if you need guidance on this, please click the blue text in the box at the head of the page. It also needs the dates formatting correctly, which I will do now. - Arjayay (talk) 15:31, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I have edited the sandbox and converted the redirect to a link to the article.--ukexpat (talk) 15:35, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Geobox River or Infobox River?

Hello, there is a Geobox | River and an Infobox River. Which one should be used in articles? --Pustekuchen2014 (talk) 15:22, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I think WP:WikiProject Rivers would be the best place to get advice about this. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 16:13, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Why evertime I'm adding a photographs they are being deleted the day after?

Hello, I have officially uploaded photographs, given the rights, which have been approved. Now I'm adding these files to different pages to improve the quality of the content of these pages. But they keep being deleted the day after. What do I do wrong? Last exemple with this page : Kimbra Many thanks for your help.

Kindest regards, Anaïs — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.254.23.208 (talk) 15:47, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I can't see anything obvious in the edit history of Kimbra; could you please give us a diff to where you added the photo or where it was deleted? On some other pages I see that your captions included external links to the photographer's website, so things may have been deleted as advertising. --David Biddulph (talk) 16:34, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict)There is no indication that any photos have been added to, or deleted from Kimbra in the last month - either from the IP address you are currently using, or from any other address.

Having looked at the edits you have made today, the biggest problem is that you are adding your company name and a link to your website under the photos. This contravenes several policies - not only that we do not allow advertisements anywhere, or External Links in articles, but also that we do not give photo-credits in articles either. The attribution, required under the "Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported" license, is that your name appears on the file page image. Your adding of such links to articles, is, therefore, seen as spam, and whilst some editors will just remove the advertisement, (as I did at Florence and the Machine) others will delete the entire addition, labeling it "Spam" as at Six60. Arjayay (talk) 16:46, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ok I understand, thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.254.23.208 (talk) 19:14, 13 May 2014 (UTC) Just wondering : does Wikipedia allows article author credit? Why photo credit is considered as advertising? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.254.23.208 (talk) 22:24, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia generally does not give article author credit within articles either. From a practical standpoint, this is because Wikipedia articles tend to have many authors; it would be almost impossible to credit each one. If content is copied from one Wikipedia article to another, credit is given to the original article (not individual authors), and it will be noted on the talk page or in the edit summary (copying within Wikipedia). Similarly, people who wish to use content from Wikipedia, they only need to credit the article (reusing Wikipedia content). Anon126 (notify me of responses! / talk / contribs) 02:40, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Booking

DEAR, we received 02 conf for 01 booking please advise. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.50.9.78 (talk) 16:29, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 6.8 million articles and thought we were affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is for asking questions related to using or contributing to Wikipedia itself. Thus, we have no special knowledge about the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck. - Arjayay (talk) 16:32, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

History merge question

Dear editors: I have asked this before, but haven't received a definitive answer. If a draft article has been created, but not moved to mainspace, and then later a mainspace article is later made, with no overlapping history, by another editor, and not by copy-pasting, is it ever appropriate to history merge the two? Or is history merging intended only for copy-paste incidents? I give as an example these two pages (1) Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Goodnight, Sunrise and (2) Goodnight, Sunrise, but I would like a general answer.

I intend to move content from the draft to the mainspace article and add citations to sources that I found myself. If the history merge is not an appropriate way to preserve attribution I will create a redirect. —Anne Delong (talk) 16:52, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

In general, I think the answer would be no, it is not appropriate to histmerge. That would give the entirely false impression that the latter article was built on the former. However, I could see cases where there was absolutely no intersection between the two articles. Say, one article wrote about the tours of a band and the other wrote about the history. If there was no overlapping history, I might merge in those circumstances.

In the particular example you give, I am at a bit of a loss why you even think a histmerge would be useful. The mainspace article largely has the information contained in the draft. You say you have found references yourself for additional infomation? So you are writing from the references, not from the draft article (although the draft may have prompted you to go look) and it would be quite legitimate to add the information as your own work.

For attribution purposes in some cases it may be appropriate to move the draft article to a sub-page of the mainspace talk page and link it in an edit summary to the article. It will be safer there than in draft space. But again, I don't see any great need to do so in this case. Spinning Spark 17:55, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You may be right about that draft; I had intended to keep the wording from the original editor because I hate to see people's work wasted. It probably wouldn't save time and may not be worth the trouble. However, your answer seems to indicate that you were basing it on common sense (a great thing to do, of course!) I was hoping that there was a policy page or at least an essay about this so that I wouldn't always be guessing if I was doing it correctly. —Anne Delong (talk) 19:18, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

WP:PV (part of WP:HISTMERGE), perhaps? Bencherlite ^Talk 19:25, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Anne Delong: This is a WP:MERGE issue and the governing guideline is Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia. As I indicated above, it would be quite exceptional, and outside the scope of the guideline, to address the issue with the WP:HISTMERGE process. Spinning Spark 10:21, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

PS, the list of authors method at WP:PATT may be the best solution to your problem. Spinning Spark 10:29, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Edit button dysfunctional (possible bug)

I wanted to add a sentence to the page about algorithm, but the edit button did not function. My device uses iOS 6, and I am currently using the default safari browser. Could anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong here, or if it is on the server side, please fix it (or inform someone who can). Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Inecrafterz (talk • contribs) 18:55, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Try asking at WP:VPT if you haven't already.— Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 20:05, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Up loading a picture to change the current "Bhagavad-Gita As It is" article

I have a picture of an older edition front cover (1972) Bhagavad-Gita As It Is (Collier-Macmillan edition) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Khnum02 (talk • contribs) 21:16, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

That is going to be in copyright. We cannot use copyrighted material except in very limited circumstances. see WP:Fair use. As the article already has two non-free images that is probably already one too many. You cannot upload a non-free image to Wikipedia without a fair-use rationale for the article it is to be used in. Since you currently cannot use it in an article you cannot upload it. The only possible way forward is to discuss this on the article talk page where it might be agreed that your image could replace one of the existing images. Spinning Spark 22:53, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

May 14

Added Hard Hat Records to the list of record labels

Hello, I have attempted to add our record label name Hard Hat Records, a Reg. Trademark, to the list of Wikipedia Record labels, but I have been unsuccessful in doing so, please tell me what I am doing wrong. Hard Hat Records is an old well established record label.

Thank you for your assistance,

Bobby Lee Cude,Hard Hat Records ,Reg Trademark — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hardhatrecords (talk • contribs) 01:13, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You shouldnt be adding content about your company directly to articles because you have a conflict of interest. In order to be successful at adding content about your company you should provide reliably published third party sources about the company and its relevance to an article on the article's talk page for a neutral party to evaluate and determine whether its appropriate to include or not. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 01:30, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It was added to List of record labels. This is just a page for splitting up the list into smaller sections. It would go on List of record labels: A–H after we have an article. Notability would need to be established and that is done through writing the article. You should not write the article or do any editing concerning Hard Hat Records as you have a conflict of interest. Note:I have blocked the username as it is a corporate name GB fan 01:34, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Added closing brackets to a link in the preceding, to correct its formatting. --ColinFine (talk) 08:03, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

United states senate missing from your page

hi you have a U.S. senate candidate missing from South Dakota

he is an independent candidate running out of Black Hawk SD

WWW.claytongwalker.us — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.107.152.182 (talk) 01:35, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

if reliable third party sources have given this candidate significant coverage, then you can help improve the encyclopedia by adding information. If they havent then we dont become a publicity arm for the campaign. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 02:46, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

See also WP:POLITICIAN - not every candidate for political office is notable.--ukexpat (talk) 13:38, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Unbiased Information?

Whenever the term 'objective' or 'unbiased' is identified with an on-line site I begin to to question whether that can be appropriately labeled as such. That applies both to the contributions and editing. It is not necessarily whether the content is questionable but the way it is written. I would say that most of the content of Wikipedia has a liberal bias to it. The way the articles are written certainly are. I have yet to find the content of any of the biographies I have read being made from a more conservative, or alternative point of view. Rather there seems to be a leaning toward a lack of objectivity. There are very few writers that can leave out their personal biases. Objectivity is very rarely possible. I find myself bombarded by point of view discrimination in the biographies I have found on this site. Therefore I find myself less informed by what I have read because the point of view of the contributor. I can no longer count on Wikipedia for accuracy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:8:A400:B03:A454:365:8BCB:84E1 (talk) 01:39, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have even a single example to demonstrate your point? AlexTiefling (talk) 01:54, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

If it helps, we have BLP, NPOV, and other policies that deal with how to write more objectively. - Purplewowies (talk) 02:39, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You may prefer Conservapedia to Wikipedia. It is not affiliated with Wikipedia, and does not have a liberal bias. Maproom (talk) 06:26, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Mobile view turn off

How does one switch off the mandatory mobile view on Android devices using Opera? —Xojo (talk) 02:15, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Should be a link somewhere near the bottom to go to desktop view, but depending on your version of Opera, it may not want to take. - Purplewowies (talk) 02:37, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I use the Desktop link now, every time I make a WP query. How do I get the desktop view automatically, first thing, without having to scroll to the bottom of the page and choose the Desktop link, directly from my query or directly from following a link to WP? —Xojo (talk) 18:50, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I find Chrome to be a better browser on Android - I even occasionally edit WP on my tab - but not my phone, its screen is simply too small. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 14:11, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I also find Chrome a better browser. Right now, Opera is a poor, crippled, brain-damaged imitation of Chrome, which, nevertheless, for a variety of reasons, I must use--thus the question about Opera rather than Chrome. Is there a way using Opera Android to get the WP desktop view directly and immediately? —Xojo (talk) 18:50, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

What is this page?

What is this page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 18.111.57.104 (talk) 03:33, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. This page is a help desk for people who wish to use or contribute to Wikipedia. If you have another question, ask below by editing this page again. You can make test edits at the sandbox. Anon126 (notify me of responses! / talk / contribs) 06:09, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

maharashtra

your wait for the sarkari deparment reqwastaed in maharashtra fo job iin which to apley for in job. the of goverment in taking .<ref name=deriyo group=dehradun>{{cite journal|last=subhash|first=subhash|coauthors=goverment|title=the goverment|journal=education|date=1/5/2014|volume=managment|series=line -1|issue=looking after|page=1|pages=1|doi=event|pmid=vnns|url=htpp//www.goverment|accessdate=13/52014}}</ref> — Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.19.212.13 (talk) 07:02, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 4 million articles and thought we were affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is for asking questions related to using or contributing to Wikipedia itself. Thus, we have no special knowledge about the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck.Template:Z25 -- John of Reading (talk) 07:33, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Fixing a Title

I would like to capitalize a letter in the title of an article I started - Muskrat french. How do I capitalize the 'f'? I have been unable to change the title. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jlaforest (talk • contribs) 07:09, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You do this my moving the page to its new title: see Help:How to move a page. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:35, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I have moved the page to Muskrat French. Maproom (talk) 07:58, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

secondary or tertiary sources

Hi

I have an article that has been refused on this basis:

This biographical article relies on references to primary sources. Please add references to secondary or tertiary sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful.

The article is about a music band from 30 years ago and they did not feature in any encyclopedias etc and so am not sure what sort of references would be suitable. there are references to a BBC interview that can still be viewed/listened to via the internet.

I can add references to music paper articles but some of which no longer exist (e.g. New music news) and some do (Music Week) - would these be suitable as sources? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Davidpapworth (talk • contribs) 10:32, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Paper articles are OK, as long as they refer to the band in a way that suggests it did something notable, rather than merely exist. From the sounds of things, this mysterious band from decades ago which didn't feature in any enyclopedias maybe shouldn't. They can't all be moderately famous. InedibleHulk (talk) 10:38, May 14, 2014 (UTC)

Citing pdf files

When I find a useful source via Google in the form of a pdf file, I sometimes have great difficulty finding a suitable url to include in the citation. For example, today I have cited a paper "A defense of the caridoid facies; wherein the early evolution of the eumalacostraca is discussed" in the article Eumalacostraca, but if I click on the link, I get an error 404 message. Can you advise? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:27, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Seems you had an ellipsis where a bunch of gibberish should have been. I've replaced the gibberish, and it works for me. Give it a go? By the way, thanks for indirectly teaching me what a lophogastrid is. InedibleHulk (talk) 12:37, May 14, 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, that works for me. I'm glad you learnt something useful! The trouble is, I have had this problem before and I no doubt will again, and I don't know how to sort it out myself. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 13:18, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It appears that you are copying the url from the green line on the google results page. If this is too long, google shortens it with an ellipsis. You should instead copy the url from the address bar when you are actually on the page you want to link. You are guaranteed to have the right url that way. Spinning Spark 13:52, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I have had trouble when using the default PDF reader that comes with Windows 8, because it opens as a separate app and there is no URL showing. In that case, I have found that if, while viewing the search engine results, I right-click on the item I am interested in, a list of options appears. In Firefox, one of the options is "Copy link location". Choosing that copies the correct URL to my paste buffer, and then I can paste it into a citation. I haven't tried this with other browsers, but there is likely something similar. —Anne Delong (talk) 14:05, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, it is preferable not to link directly to pdfs if at all possible, as this will cause difficulties for some readers. For instance it is much better to link to this page (Bell System Technical Journal vol.3) where the user can decide if they want to load the full pdf, the online reader, or plain text versions, or a bunch of other formats. The user may not want to download the full document at all—they may just have wanted the citation information, or the abstract. Spinning Spark 17:32, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, I'll see what I can do. Sometimes it is possible to shorten the url until you get to a page from which you can access the pdf file, right clicking it to obtain the link. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:16, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Password.

I have forgotten my password for logging in to Wikipedia. Wikipedia has said it sent me a new password yesterday. It didn't. I asked for a new one today and was told that since one was sent yesterday no help can be given until the 24 hours is up. I have still not received a new password. What now? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hogbog (talk • contribs) 12:59, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Have you checked your e-mail spam folder? Some spam filters are too aggressive and catch Wikipedia e-mails. Failing that, are you sure that you still have access to the e-mail address that you originally submitted?--ukexpat (talk) 13:42, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Hogbog - I see you were logged in when you posted the question. I'm not sure but I think if you are still logged in you can probably change your user details without having to first get an email. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 14:20, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The account was created today only nine minutes before its only edit which was to this page. I assume that is a temporary account for the purpose of asking for help. Spinning Spark 15:08, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure if its been fixed but there was a problem sending Password resets a few weeks ago. It may have raised its head again. - X201 (talk) 15:20, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Typo in category header

HI,

In attempting to create a new category called "Villas in the United States," in attempting to follow the template I mistakenly created one titled "Villas by United States." How do I delete this incorrectly titled category?

Thanks.

Casoulman (talk) 13:34, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Normally, you can add a speedy deletion template, like {{db-c2}}. But I have already removed the page for you. — Edokter (talk) — 13:43, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Great, thanks!

Casoulman (talk) 13:51, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Restrictions on who can edit a page

I am creating a page for a Professor and want to only have certain information on the wiki entry. Other sources are editing the page constantly and taking down or adding detail that is not necessarily wanted. Rather than having to update the page regularly to regulate - can put any restrictions on who can edit the page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.61.159.84 (talk) 14:17, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

No, neither you nor the professor have any right to "regulate" the content of the page. Anyone is welcome to edit it as long as the content they add is properly sourced. The only specific protection the subject of an article has is stipulated in the WP:BLP policy. Attempts to "regulate" the article content will be regarded as unconstructive editing for which you could be blocked. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 14:25, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) No, there are not. But among the people who usually should not edit a page are the subject of the page, and their friends, relatives, colleagues and employees. This is an encycylopaedia, not a directory: we have articles only on subjects (including people) who meet our requirements for notability (generally, that independent reliable sources have written about them), and the articles are neutral and confined to information from reliable published sources. If you are working for the professor in question, then you have a conflict of interest, and you are strongly discouraged from editing the page - you are welcome to make suggestions on that article's talk page, but neither you nor the Professor have any say on what actually goes on the page. --ColinFine (talk) 14:30, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Question about lead sentences in Wikipedia articles

Many – perhaps most – Wikipedia articles begin with a lead sentence that contains the BOLDED title of the article. For example, see 2014 World Snooker Championship. However, every so often, I see "hidden comments" within an article's editing space that state: "". For example, see 2014 Soma mine disaster. So, what's the deal? And which is it exactly? If indeed that's the Wikipedia policy (that the article title should NOT be bolded in the article's first sentence), then why does that occur in nearly all articles? And why do some editors – seemingly arbitrarily – select a minority of articles to enforce this "rule"? Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 16:11, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It shouldn't be arbitrary, per MOS:BOLDTITLE

If the article's title does not lend itself to being used easily and naturally in the opening sentence, the wording should not be distorted in an effort to include it. Instead, simply describe the subject in normal English, avoiding unnecessary redundancy:

The example they then give isn't bolded. Also the MOS doesn't have to be followed if doing so yields an awkward result.AioftheStorm (talk) 16:28, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Also explained at Wikipedia:LEAD#Format_of_the_first_sentence.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 16:34, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Insurance Policy

I have an insurance policy From The Union Central Life insurance Company from Cincinnati, Ohio and i am looking for a phone number to call and find out if the policy still exsist. Can You help me? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.15.125.23 (talk) 21:04, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 6.8 million articles and thought we were affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is for asking questions related to using or contributing to Wikipedia itself. Thus, we have no special knowledge about the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck. Dismas|^(talk) 21:13, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Anyway, Unioncentral.com has their contact details. DuncanHill (talk) 21:20, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

add external link to my Wikipedia biography

my question is how do I add an external link to my biography on Wikipedia?. The link is an INET [Institute for New Economic Thinking] video of me giving a seminar at the University of Chicago — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.178.168.202 (talk) 21:38, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Add an entry to the talk page of your biography explaining what you want adding, and why, and someone without a conflict of interest will review it and decide whether it merits inclusion. Rojomoke (talk) 22:16, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Reference in a foreign language

Is there a tag to attach to references which are in a foreign language? DuncanHill (talk) 22:01, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You are not required to, but if you use a citation template like

{{cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = | work = | publisher = | date = | url = | format = | doi = | accessdate = 14 May 2014 }}

you can add in the parameter

| language =

anywhere in the template and then either type the name of the language or the language code (en, de, ru...) into the parameter. Altamel (talk) 22:59, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks - there's a reference in an article I've got my eye on which is in German, and no translation has been provided. I'll see if I can add a language field to the citation. DuncanHill (talk) 23:52, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Bare URLs

What exactly is a bare URL? When using Reflinks, I stripped down the URL of a newspaper to enter it into the edit text thus: the address in the address bar was "http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2619398/Comedy-super-agent-managed-Jonathan-Ross-Michael-McIntyre-died-heart-attack-snorting-cocaine-inquest-hears.html" which I cut down to "http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2619398" to make a bare URL (and it worked for Reflinks). But what about "http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/science/index.cfm?SciencePageID=55", for example, or "http://www.infowars.com/howard-stern-on-alex-jones-vs-piers-morgan-debate/" or https://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/complicity/article/viewFile/8737/7057? Those were addresses that came up in the address bar for three items picked randomly from Google. I wouldn't have a clue how to turn those into bare URLs. I looked up WP:BARE URL and it is doesn't say anything about the sort of stripping down I did, it just seems to suggest that the whole address in an address bar is a "Bare" URL. Is that right, wrong, or what? -- P123cat1 (talk) 01:15, 15 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

That's correct. They are bare. Bare just means without extra text or markup or anything. So whatever is in the address bar. Something like <ref>[http://www.google.com Google]</ref> would not be bare because it also contains some plain text. But all the links you provided are bare. Dismas|^(talk) 01:31, 15 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Portal:Current events

Someone has entered an event on this page which is not inside the box for any date. I don't see where the new date box comes from so I don't see what went wrong.Rmhermen (talk) 01:18, 15 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed with this edit. The stray text was transcluded from Portal:Current events/2014 May 15, which didn't have the box template. Thanks for bring it up! ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 02:14, 15 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Bibliography template questions.

Hello, I recently created a template for references in the article The Rules of the Game. I have a lot more handwritten notes that I need to edit and transcribe. The template is accurate for all of the books that I used to takes notes, but I was wondering if and how I could use the same template for notes that are derived from a DVD. Specifically from the Criterion Collection DVD, which includes both Special Features and Linear Notes. Just hoping for some suggestions. Thanks.--Deoliveirafan (talk) 02:01, 15 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Factual Error

I keep fixing a line in the introduction of the "Cotopaxi" article. I'm an undergrad who studied abroad in Ecuador, studied their geology, climbed and studied Cotopaxi, and according to most geological survey's definition of "active" (having erupted within 100yr) it's considered (and has been for a long time) the world's largest active volcano. I've reedited this multiple times with multiple sources to back up my edition but it get's reverted back each time. Either some other user is eager to alter this fact or I'm wrong (doubt it, based on the overwhelming consensus of geologists on the issue) or it's simply an unknown or disputed matter. In any case please check it out. I'd appreciate even a "disputed claim" header somewhere, even though it basically all boils down to semantics and the definition of active. Nevertheless, the people of Ecuador and most AMerican geologists acknowledge Cotopaxi to be the world's tallest "active" volcano, and I'd like the article to reflect that fact haha. Thanks much! JD

[1] Smith, Craig (June 1999). "Program Management B.C." Civil Engineering Magazine.

[1]

@@ Line 665: / Line 665: @@
 Hello,
 I recently created a template for references in the article [[The Rules of the Game]]. I have a lot more handwritten notes that I need to edit and transcribe. The template is accurate for all of the books that I used to takes notes, but I was wondering if and how I could use the same template for notes that are derived from a DVD. Specifically from the Criterion Collection DVD, which includes both Special Features and Linear Notes. Just hoping for some suggestions. Thanks.--[[User:Deoliveirafan|Deoliveirafan]] ([[User talk:Deoliveirafan|talk]]) 02:01, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
+== Factual Error ==
+I keep fixing a line in the introduction of the "Cotopaxi" article. I'm an undergrad who studied abroad in Ecuador, studied their geology, climbed and studied Cotopaxi, and according to most geological survey's definition of "active" (having erupted within 100yr) it's considered (and has been for a long time) the world's largest active volcano. I've reedited this multiple times with multiple sources to back up my edition but it get's reverted back each time. Either some other user is eager to alter this fact or I'm wrong (doubt it, based on the overwhelming consensus of geologists on the issue) or it's simply an unknown or disputed matter. In any case please check it out. I'd appreciate even a "disputed claim" header somewhere, even though it basically all boils down to semantics and the definition of active. Nevertheless, the people of Ecuador and most AMerican geologists acknowledge Cotopaxi to be the world's tallest "active" volcano, and I'd like the article to reflect that fact haha.
+Thanks much!
+JD

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