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March 4

Changing the shape of the Contents list

Is there any way to change the shape of the Contents list? What I mean is instead of having a very tall ToC, Id like to make it extend it horizontally instead. Heres a crummy example of what Im looking for. --Ekoi (talk) 00:09, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

WP:EIW#TOC has some links, but probably not to exactly what you seek. It's worth seeing what Wikipedia users have done so far with compact TOCs, however. That might give some clues about what it would take to implement what you're after. You're not the first to ask for something like this on the Help desk. --Teratornis (talk) 00:48, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

template help

i'm creating a template with code like this:

{| class="infobox bordered" style="float:right; width:264px; font-size:90%; text-align:left;" cellpadding="3" |- ! colspan="2" style="font-size:110%; text-align:center; background-color:#D1DBDF; color:#000;" | {{{name}}} |-


|}

which looks like

{{{name}}}

now i was wondering how do i add a part of the template to make it look like this

{{{name}}}
{{{other}}}

but i want {{{other}}} to be hidden and only appear if something like other=yes is used, allowing everything under {{{other}}} to appear as well. i dont want html in the code though (<td></td>, <tr></tr>)--Necky998 (talk) 02:00, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

You can make a pair of rows conditional just like a single row. See also m:Help:Table#Conditional_table_row.--Patrick (talk) 15:34, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Images

Can you use images from Google Images? Mm40 (talk)

Usually not. "Google Images" doesn't produce any images itself; it's just a search engine to find images on other Web pages. Most images on the Web are copyrighted and are not available under a free license, so they are not acceptable here. For more specific questions, try the image copyright help desk. —Bkell (talk) 02:36, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

We have a {{Google images}} template you can use to link to Google Images search, but the template is not suitable for articles. In general, links to search engines violate WP:EL#Links normally to be avoided. However, you can use {{Google images}} on talk pages and on pages in the Project: (Wikipedia:) namespace (such as this Help desk page) if a Google image search is relevant to a discussion. --Teratornis (talk) 04:49, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Deletion review

Can deletion review be used to contest nonarticle (such as an image) deletions or do they have to go elsewhere? NanohaA'sYuri^{Talk, My master} 03:23, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Nope, that's appropriate. Deletion review can be for images, templates, categories, articles etc..etc.. Wisdom89 _{(T / ^C)} 03:59, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Container of 6 lines with vertical scrollbars

Not sure how to explain it. This is kind of what I want. [1]. nothing fancy. just a container with vertical scrollbars. maybe using a div somehow? I know nothing about wiki code or html. :/ 71.123.183.141 (talk) 03:50, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Here you go:

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

Curabitur pretium tincidunt lacus. Nulla gravida orci a odio. Nullam varius, turpis et commodo pharetra, est eros bibendum elit, nec luctus magna felis sollicitudin mauris. Integer in mauris eu nibh euismod gravida. Duis ac tellus et risus vulputate vehicula. Donec lobortis risus a elit. Etiam tempor. Ut ullamcorper, ligula eu tempor congue, eros est euismod turpis, id tincidunt sapien risus a quam. Maecenas fermentum consequat mi. Donec fermentum. Pellentesque malesuada nulla a mi. Duis sapien sem, aliquet nec, commodo eget, consequat quis, neque. Aliquam faucibus, elit ut dictum aliquet, felis nisl adipiscing sapien, sed malesuada diam lacus eget erat. Cras mollis scelerisque nunc. Nullam arcu. Aliquam consequat. Curabitur augue lorem, dapibus quis, laoreet et, pretium ac, nisi. Aenean magna nisl, mollis quis, molestie eu, feugiat in, orci. In hac habitasse platea dictumst.

Fusce convallis, mauris imperdiet gravida bibendum, nisl turpis suscipit mauris, sed placerat ipsum urna sed risus. In convallis tellus a mauris. Curabitur non elit ut libero tristique sodales. Mauris a lacus. Donec mattis semper leo. In hac habitasse platea dictumst. Vivamus facilisis diam at odio. Mauris dictum, nisi eget consequat elementum, lacus ligula molestie metus, non feugiat orci magna ac sem. Donec turpis. Donec vitae metus. Morbi tristique neque eu mauris. Quisque gravida ipsum non sapien. Proin turpis lacus, scelerisque vitae, elementum at, lobortis ac, quam. Aliquam dictum eleifend risus. In hac habitasse platea dictumst. Etiam sit amet diam. Suspendisse odio. Suspendisse nunc. In semper bibendum libero.

Just play with the border and background as you see fit. Enjoy! Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 05:55, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

P.S. - Please DO NOT use this code in an article. This code doesn't display perfectly on all browsers, and should be limited to the Wikipedia: and User: spaces only so that as much information as possible is visible on actual content pages. Thanks. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 05:57, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! 71.123.183.141 (talk) 04:23, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Renaming a Page

The Help: Moving page mentions two manners by which to change the name of an article: renaming and moving. This page only describes show to move a page in order to change the name, but not how to simply rename it. I am interested in only renaming as the name of the article is clearly mistaken. Moving it seems unnecessary in such a case. Supertouch (talk) 05:14, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Moving is the only way to change the page's actual title. There are processes to fool browsers into displaying a different title, but moving is the only one that actually changes the name. Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP!☺} 05:18, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Help:Moving a page says: The terms "rename" and "move" mean the same in this context. They just refer to different models for picturing the operation. "Rename" and "move" are just two words for the same operation in Wikipedia. The term "move" is used more often and the button to do it is called "move". PrimeHunter (talk) 05:32, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, after I actually read the help page carefully I figured it out. Supertouch (talk) 18:22, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

question

how to ask a question? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.99.221.141 (talk) 06:58, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Um, you just did. If you'd like a personal response, you could use {{helpme}} on your talk page. Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP!☺} 07:01, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

offensive content

not sure who put this up, but needs to be addressed quickly

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_united —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.16.250.53 (talk) 07:45, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

re http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_united

never mind, has been addressed songs about munich air disaster poking fun at dead / dying are not funny —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.16.250.53 (talk) 07:47, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

I can not edit with my username

There is something wrong with my account. Whenever I want to edit, it says "Sorry! We could not process your edit due to a loss of session data. Please try again. If it still doesn't work, try logging out and logging back in." AND at the same time, it logs me off so that I need to log in again. I am not able to make any edits when logged in (User:Aminz). I have tried this over a variety of articles and talk pages and it is always doing the same thing. --76.126.116.57 (talk) 08:16, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

It may not have any affect, but try purging your cache. It appears to be a bug that is affecting other users as well. There's a current post about this at the Village pump technical with at least three users saying they are experiencing the same problem. Unfortunately, I don't have any solution for you, but it's best you know it's not exclusively an issue with your computer.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 09:12, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply; I cleared the cache but it didn't help. It is still keeping me out. I have never experienced such a thing before. Hopefully it will be fixed by tomorrow. --76.126.116.57 (talk) 09:22, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. Hope it clears up. Oh, and here's another report.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 09:28, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

How to export a page with prefix 'Special'?

Does anyone know how to export a page such as 'Special:Contributions/UserID' or a history page of a certain page?

I found it wasn't work when I type 'Special:Contributions/Abhaac' into the text field of page 'Special:Export'. The returned xml file just contained the information of site and namespaces. Thanks. Abhaac (talk) 10:17, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Exporting applies to stored pages only, not to pages created on the fly. The content of a special page can be stored on the same or another wiki, but plain text only, no links: copy the result and put pre-tags around it.--Patrick (talk) 11:54, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

However, most of the information in special pages (including contributions) can be accessed via the API; see http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php. --ais523 11:57, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

notibility?

im am writing an article on myself, Stephen McKeever, all in the article is true and non-biased yet, the article is saying that the aticles notibility is questionable, i do not understand how to make this notible? could you pleases assist me. Thank you, Stephen McKeever —Preceding unsigned comment added by Smck125 (talk • contribs) 10:28, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Hi Stephen, and welcome to Wikipedia.

First, I can see that the "Its notability is in question" phrase can be misleading. What's being questioned is the notability of the subject of the article - in other words, it's questioned whether you are notable (i.e., famous enough for to be included in an encyclopaedia). As I have no understanding of motorcycle racing, I'm not someone who can judge. However, to establish notability of yourself (or anyone/anything else), the usual rule is that there should be multiple, non-trivial references to an article's subject.

Second, there is actually a principle on Wikipedia that, generally speaking, people should not write articles about themselves as there is the potential for bias, even if unintended. See Wikipedia:Autobiography.

Hope this helps.--86.149.56.123 (talk) 11:10, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

If you're not notable enough for Wikipedia, everyone is notable enough for WikiBios. --Teratornis (talk) 23:17, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

adding image

How do I add an image from the MOD uk website to the Northumberland Hussars page , I was lookiong at the unit cap badge? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jamessweney (talk • contribs) 11:46, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

To copy an image from another website to Wikipedia, you would have to download it from the website to your computer, and then upload it to Wikipedia using the "Upload file" link such as on the left of this page. HOWEVER...in general you're not allowed to do this as most images on the MOD site are Crown copyright - see this.--86.156.182.128 (talk) 20:16, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

conversion tables for measures

hi there

im trying to find the above for converting kgs and Nm to horsepower and lb/ft of torque

can you pls assist?

marlun —Preceding unsigned comment added by Marlun (talk • contribs) 12:19, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

• Try the reference desk they can help you with the conversions. Gtstricky^{Talk or C} 15:16, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

copyright

I have read the articles on copyright laws and tags etc. and all the pictures i have uploaded belong to me, and there are no copyrights against my pictures, how can i change the status of my pictures from 'speedy deletion' as they do not conflict any copyright issues? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Smck125 (talk • contribs) 12:36, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

That depends on what right you want to give to your images... If you want to put them in PD (public domain) replace the speedy delete template with {{PD-self}}.

For other licenses, check this page: Wikipedia:Image_copyright_tags

Just replace the speedy deletion stuff with that tag and it should be fine.. oh, and maybe if those images are free.. you might want to consider uploading them to the Commons instead of Wikipedia, if thats not what uve been doing already ;)

Hope that helps.. --Yzmo ^talk 12:45, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Notability (people)

Does this guideline apply to images or just to articles? Vivio Testarossa^{Talk Who} 13:31, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

• The notability guidelines don't apply to images. There doesn't seem to be a speedy criterion for the image you've linked to, but you can IfD it as an orphaned image, if your intention is to get it removed. AndyJones (talk) 13:43, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

export page

Hi,

I am trying to use the export page. As mentioned there the tool can export the text and editing history of a particular page or set of pages wrapped in some XML. I just entered the title of a page in the text box and un ticked the first option which says "include only the current version not the full history".

The result is an xml file ( a part is shown under)

xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.mediawiki.org/xml/export-0.3/ http://www.mediawiki.org/xml/export-0.3.xsd" version="0.3" xml:lang="en"> - <siteinfo>

 <sitename>Meta</sitename> 
 <base>http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page</base> 
 <generator>MediaWiki 1.13alpha</generator> 
 <case>first-letter</case> 

- <namespaces>

 <namespace key="-2">Media</namespace> 
 <namespace key="-1">Special</namespace> 
 <namespace key="0" /> 
 <namespace key="1">Talk</namespace> 
 <namespace key="2">User</namespace> 
 <namespace key="3">User talk</namespace> 
 <namespace key="4">Meta</namespace> 
 <namespace key="5">Meta talk</namespace> 
 <namespace key="6">Image</namespace> 
 <namespace key="7">Image talk

Am wondering if someone could explain how the above codes contains the content and the full revision history.

Another intersting point is that. I did this for several different article an the xml out put for all is exactly the same.

All comments and helps are mora than welcome.

I am quite sure that I do something wrong but couldnt find it out.

--Naz (talk) 13:40, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

how to email

how do I email information from your website to a friend14:41, 4 March 2008 (UTC)Rashad abdul haleem (talk)

We do not have that capacity. I would advise sending your friend the URL of the page which contains the information you wish to share. --Orange Mike | Talk 14:47, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

IFTHENELSE

Identify and describe the IFTHENELSE control structure —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.181.180.2 (talk) 17:17, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Hi! Sorry, we don't do your homework for you. Stwalkerster [ talk ] 17:21, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

We do have articles like Conditional (programming) which may help. Friday (talk) 17:27, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

if (you_do_your_homework_yourself && post_to_the_correct_page) then { we can help you } else { we can't } --grawity ^{talk / PGP} 17:30, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Public proxy?

rootshell.be provides free SSH shells (OpenBSD if you're interested), and users can use it as a SOCKS proxy (with SSH dynamic forwarding), also browsers such as lynx and w3m are available. New user requests are processed by hand. Does this count as a "open proxy"? (the current server's address is honey.rootshell.be) --grawity ^{talk / PGP} 17:36, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

You might want to try posing the comment/question at the reference desk. Cheers. Wisdom89 _{(T / ^C)} 21:43, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Zorro Series

I wonder if it is possible to get the entire series of Zorro on DVD. I have seven disc but would like to get all of them. How can I get them if available

Rich. B —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.187.76.196 (talk) 17:56, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

This Help Desk page is for questions about how to use Wikipedia. You should ask your question at the appropriate Reference Desk page - probably Wikipedia:Reference desk/Entertainment.--86.156.182.128 (talk) 18:08, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Try e-bay :) Pedro :  Chat  12:54, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

No copyright violation if it's my own work.

I am flummoxed and don't know what to do. My entry, a bio of Ilia Kulik (under Ilia Kulik) was removed because it's on www.kuliks-krew.com. I am the writer of the original bio. I have posted it both here and on Kuliks-Krew (I am the President of the group). So someone took it down for copyright violation. But if you try to contact that someone, it gives you a warning that the IP is at Harvard and used by lots of folks. How can someone take it down and not be responsible or contact-able. Please restore it. I have already had this go-round with photos and I've given up with those even those the photographer has give express permission for them to be up on Wikipedia but the copyright police keep taking it down no matter what I say.

I would like the bio restored and the IP from Harvard blocked. Thanks.

Willowway (talk) 20:13, 4 March 2008 (UTC) Willowway

(Nancy Hall)

At the moment www.kuliks-krew.com has a copyright notice prohibiting reproduction of content without permission. Thus User:140.247.131.86 was acting quite rightly in defence of your copyright, for which he/she is certainly not going to get blocked. If you control the website, then all you have to do is add a note there saying that the text is released under the GFDL. You can then add it to our article again, and no-one will delete it (at least for copyright reasons). Note that, with text as with photos, a 'permission to use on Wikipedia' license is not sufficient: Wikipedia has to be freely usable by others, which means text has to be released under the GFDL. Algebraist 20:28, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

That's a bit misleading. The fact that Willowway licenses the material in a proprietary way in one place does not mean that, as the copyright holder, she(?) can't also license it via the GFDL somewhere else. The FSF's FAQ on the GPL says this explicitly, and I see no reason why the GFDL would be any different. It's exactly analogous to the way that MySQL AB licenses their database both under the GPL and under a standard commercial license for those who want to do things the GPL prohibits.

Willowway ought to be able to do exactly what she is trying to do, and it's unfortunate (and reflects badly on Wikipedia) that this has been prevented.

Unfortunately I don't know what best to suggest; you might try re-posting the material together with an explanation on the talk page (and "see talk" or similar in the edit summary). But I well appreciate the dispiriting feeling that the citation-and-copyright pedants tend to leave in their wake, so I understand if you can't really be bothered to do that. 81.187.153.189 (talk) 22:43, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Anyone claiming copyright must prove it. We can't just take somebody's word for it that they own the rights. There have been too many cases where the copyright claims have been proven false (especially with images). Corvus cornix_talk 03:23, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:32, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Meth song edit

Hi, I wanted to link to a remix of the Meth Song to show an example of its cult status. Instead it got removed. I didn't mean to break a rule or anything but it does show a good example. Any explanation? Was it because it was a link to the youtube video?

98.20.118.131 (talk) 21:29, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Perhaps because the YT video was a copyright violation.. Yzmo ^talk 21:32, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

how to link to sections of a page

Hello Wiki people,

I am setting up a Wiki page and I am wonderin how I can click on a link and have user taken to the MIDDLE (specific section) of another Wiki page.

Thanks!

Use [[NAMEOFPAGE#SECTIONNAME|TEXTTODISPLAY]], where SECTIONNAME is to be replaced by the name of the header to link to, so if you would want to link to this entry on this page, you would use Wikipedia:Help desk#how to link to sections of a page The TEXTTODISPLAY this is optional, but good if you dont want the link to look cluttered. Hope that helps! Yzmo ^talk 21:41, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

See also Help:Link#Section linking (anchors). PrimeHunter (talk) 22:10, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Newsweek Wrong?

I had previously found an article on newsweek talking about yahoo! and it had a small mention of yahoo's beginnings; information that was not in wikipedia. I decided to add the information and correctly referenced my addition. However, the addition was reverted by someone who said that Newsweek was wrong. Do I stay quiet and let others steamroll my research? I respectfully asked the person to back up their findings, but they would not refer me to anything else. (The conversation can be seen on yahoo's discussion page. Any help would be appreciated. I would prefer if you left a message on my talk page but I will check periodically here too. Thanks! Monkeytheboy (talk) 21:45, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

According to Yahoo! itself, Newsweek was right: See here. But in any case the threshold for inclusion is not truth but verifiability. —teb728 t c 22:44, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Newsweek seems reliable to me. Corvus cornix_talk 03:24, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Me too (being sure to specify that reliable in the Wikipedia sense is not the same as infallible). I was surprised not to find Newsweek in the list of top 500 sites linked from Wikipedia. I used to subscribe to the dead tree edition, and I took to calling it "News a week late" once I got used to reading news online. --Teratornis (talk) 03:32, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

IP address

I made 2 changes before creating an account- I did this out of sequence. i would like to hide my IP address and attribute the changes to my name. Samcph (talk) 21:55, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

IP edits cannot be attributed to an account. They will continue to show the IP address unless the page is deleted or the edits are oversighted, but the latter only happens in rare circumstances. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:09, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Chatter Box

I am so confused. Can we only ask questions here, or is there a message board that you can talk about books you have read, and things you have learned, and diffrent stuff like that?

See WP:NOT#SOCIALNET. You may be interested in some social networking sites. --Teratornis (talk) 23:05, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

For more information about Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:About and Wikipedia. If you have never edited on a wiki before, Wikipedia can be pretty confusing at first. If you have read some books and you would like to help write articles about them, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Books and Wikipedia:Notability (books). If you like the idea of collaborative editing on a wiki, but you aren't ready to contribute to an encyclopedia, see WikiIndex for several thousand other wikis catering to a wide range of interests. Wikipedia is the world's best-known wiki, but by no means the only one, and probably not the most appropriate wiki for lots of people, depending on what they want to write. --Teratornis (talk) 03:27, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

March 5

Can't change my skin

I can't push the save button on my references —Preceding unsigned comment added by The1edit (talk • contribs)

Considering the headline, I assume you mean preferences. Try this link to enter your preferences in MonoBook. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:23, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Thank You —Preceding unsigned comment added by The1edit (talk • contribs)

You're welcome. Your big thank you post was oddly formatted so I took the liberty of reformatting it. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:57, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Userbox question

Where might I find a userbox for people who think barnstars are dumb? Jtrainor (talk) 02:08, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

You can create one using {{userbox}} and Image:Barn star free zone.png. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 02:24, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Read WP:UBX to learn how to create one yourself. Visit me at Ftbhrygvn (Talk|Contribs|Log|Userboxes) 05:07, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Page division

• First, thanks again,Teratornis, for the advice you gave me a while back on advanced editing sources. It's proving very helpful in writing my first article.

• I can't find an answer to this, though: I want to put two columns of text on my User Page in the "Useful Links" section. The one on the left will be the Wikipedia Links that I've already listed - the other column on the right would be External Links. (I checked Help desk archives and searched all the Editor's commands with Control-F, but no joy.) Retarius | Talk 04:08, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

I gave an example of how to do this on your userpage. There are other ways. If this isn't what you want just revert. Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 04:44, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

It's good that you tried searching before asking. With enough practice, you can find the answer to almost any question about Wikipedia that has an answer, because people have written, somewhere, about almost every important editing issue. (When they haven't, then you could be the first to write about some topic. A cool aspect of Wikipedia is that everything we do to help ourselves here can also be useful to other people, so Wikipedia is like a giant system of Pay it Forward. We benefit from all the work by people who came before, and we add our little bits to the knowledge pile to help the next wave of people.) Search the Help desk for: column finds several previous questions and answers relating to your question. That search also finds a number of results that aren't relevant, but some relevant results do appear on the first page, and they are recognizable from the sample text that Google displays. If you don't find results from your first attempt to search the Help desk, try again with different terms, fewer terms, or more general terms. Some things can be pretty hard to find, however, for example when you don't guess the particular synonym people have used to describe a particular topic. But the more you read the friendly manuals, the more you learn Wikipedia's jargon, and the better you get at searching. You'll know you're making progress when you can answer questions on the Help desk even though you don't know the answers when you first read the questions. --Teratornis (talk) 20:49, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

identity theft

someone is posting messages under my username, how is this possible, is it possible to have the IP address for a specific posting?Granite07 (talk) 06:02, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Hmmmm, it is possible if you keep yourself logged in to Wikipedia on multiple computers - if this is the likely source, then I suggest checking on each computer you've ever used. Also, it is possible that you have a compromised account. Wisdom89 _{(T / ^C)} 06:04, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

You may want to post this question at WP:ANI for further insight. Wisdom89 _{(T / ^C)} 06:07, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

An outside possibility is that someone could be spoofing your signature. Do the posts in question appear in Special:Contributions/Granite07? —teb728 t c 06:46, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Someone is linking to a commercial site from an article with suspect credentials

Hi

This article already has too admin notices about not conforming to Wikipedia standards, now someone has added (I presume it would have been taken down if it had been there all along) a link to a commercial site.--Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 08:09, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

It would help us if you specified which article you are referring to. Raven4x4x (talk) 08:23, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Hi Raven: I could have swornn I had inserted the link .... could be age ... the clouds .... who knows ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pueraria_mirifica --Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 08:59, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Please do not post ubseen pics

My son keeps going to the penis page on Wikipedia, as inappropriate it may be. I have even set parental control and blocked this website, but he still goes to it. What can I do? I have used up all the latest software.

I am being serius here. whoever the fuck decided to put fucking pics of a penis and a vagina are sick.

Have a chat to your son. Be a decent parent and teach him about sexual organs, so he doesn't have to learn from a website. --Pumpmeup 09:34, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

He has a tendency to be homosexual. But I am still proud of him. Anyway, this is off-topic. bye!

WP:CENSORED. Wisdom89 _{(T / ^C)} 09:40, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Also, surf the Internet with him. That can solve 90 percent of your problems. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 09:56, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Exactly. The internet is no more a babysitter than a public street is. There's lots of stuff to do on both, but both have their pluses and pitfalls. --slakr^\ talk / 10:00, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

If he can type "penis" find the page etc, than I am sure he is old enough - and it is a drawing, not a photo - he could be going to much worse sites! At least here, he can learn a lot!--Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 11:29, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

I am of the opinion that we may be providing nutriment to under-bridge-dwellers here.Gladys J Cortez 01:35, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

about fix maintenance in ibm aix

about fix maintenance in ibm aix —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.13.168.1 (talk) 12:36, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Care to expand a bit? Personally, I have no idea what you're talking about. Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 15:30, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Unethical Use of Volunteers (adm) for FAN CLUB BIOGRAPHY

TO WIKIPEDIA FOUNDATION: RE: Unethical USE OF "VOLUNTEER" STATUS (adm) for WikiPedia to GUARD "FAN CLUB" VERSION of "Actors" for PROFIT***

IT has recently come to our attention that several fan clubs are making money off the WikiPedia Biography and "Presidents" of those "Fan Clubs" are requesting "volunteer" (adm) status to "guard" the page for monetary gain. Most Notable is the WikiPedia Page created for actor "esai morales" by a volunteer using the id "Black Kite" or several other "names". This "volunteer" (adm) used his "volunteer" status to "block" any negative facts and writes absolute "psychotic" jibberish.

Please refer this matter to WikiPedia Board to prevent the unethical use of "volunteers" (adm) for "Fan Clubs" and Profit. Specifically the "esai morales" page and the comments by the "volunteer" (adm) "Black Kite" or his other ID's and Terminate his "volunteer" (adm) status with WikiPedia fo prevent future unethical and bizarre use of "volunteer" (adm) status for "fan club" Page.

Thank You —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nofanclubwikis (talk • contribs) 12:46, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

This is not the wikipedia Foundation. Their website can be found here --Fredrick day (talk) 12:50, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

If you have issues with the actions of User:Black Kite I suggest you discuss it with him on his talk page. You'll find that Black Kite is a very approachable editor. Pedro :  Chat  12:52, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Black Kite's name doesn't even appear in the history of the Esai Morales article. --Onorem♠Dil 13:33, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

• Errrmmmm ... I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. As Onorem says, I haven't ever edited that page. If you'd like to explain on my talk page (you can get there by clicking here), I would be happy to attempt to help you out. Black Kite 14:31, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

I believe this is the latest sockpuppet of User:Ciotech, who was blocked back in August 2007. Take a look at the relevant postings, and compare to those of User:Nofanclubwikis. It's the same obsession with this Morales guy. --Orange Mike | Talk 14:43, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

could somebody please help me?

my topic has be listed for deletion on the grounds of notibility etc. i have referenced numerous websites and since the last time i was on the computer i see a third party has also added more references, i am a professional motorcycle racer in ireland i have a raced at a national/countrywide level and am scheduled to race overseas, so could someone please tell me how to stop my topic being deleted. thank you in advance Smck125 (talk) 13:58, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

You should argue your case at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stephen McKeever rather than here. If you are the subject of the article (which I suspect from your username and comments here) you should review our guidelines on conflicts of interest Pedro :  Chat  14:05, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Adding a Business Listing

I was wondering what your policies and procedures were regarding adding a business listing to your encylopedia that has when the organization was founded, it's mission statement and pictures of the owners, etc... I've seen it for other businesses and wanted to add one myself. I also don't understand how to select a category for such a listing. Is there a generic business category or is it based on what the business does, etc. Thanks for you help and if I missed a posting that already documents such procedures please forward me the link. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mcuttino (talk • contribs) 14:22, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not a directory. We do not have "listings." Our editors are encouraged to create articles about notable companies, organizations, etc. There are many other wikis out there which will accept "listings" for even the smallest of companies; but we restrict coverage to those which are considered notable. For further information, read WP:COMPANY. (And please note: we have firm restrictions on conflict of interest and attempts to advertise oneself on Wikipedia.) --Orange Mike | Talk 14:32, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

You may like to check out WikiCompany which is a site for business listings. (In fact, I believe the aim is to have a listing for every single company!) --Kateshortforbob 21:15, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

OK. Thanks for the information. I definitely don't want to violate your policies and procedures which is why I asked first and also I didn't want to advertise I was just going to post some background information but I'm know where near notable so I'll follow your advice and go elsewhere. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.7.12.10 (talk) 01:01, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

RURAL ENGINEERING

WHAT IS THE DEFINATION OF RURAL ENGINEERING? WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF RURAL ENGINEERING IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rlrathod (talk • contribs) 18:28, 5 March 2008 (UTC) why no one has given ans pl. give ans & help me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rlrathod (talk • contribs) 19:38, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Two problems. First, typing in all caps is very rude. Second, this is for question about Wikipedia. Perhaps you meant to as this question at WP:RD instead. -- kainaw™ 20:00, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Oddly, we don't seem to have an article on Rural engineering. But Google finds some links for you: "rural engineering". Also see: {{dyoh}}. Personally, I DON'T MIND ALL CAPS, BUT IT DOES BOTHER A LOT OF PEOPLE, so don't do it. --Teratornis (talk) 22:32, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

WP:HD: old revision shown when logged out

This question is about this WP:HD. When I'm logged out, I only see an old revision of this page, with the latest question being IFTHENELSE. When I log in, all the updates appear. Browser's cache shouldn't be the problem - this happens on Opera Mini (which doesn't use disk cache) and my sister's Firefox (she doesn't even know about Wikipedia namespace). The history tab shows all the changes. Any ideas? --grawity ^{talk / PGP} 18:45, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Edit: it now appears fine. Server-side cache problems? --grawity ^{talk / PGP} 19:01, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Since the majority of Wikipedia's visitors are anonymous users, pages are cached heavier for them. If you need to see the most recent version of a page when logged out, add ?action=purge to the URL. Mr.Z-man 19:11, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Log in

I was permanently logged in on my home computer, but now I am not. Further, my login id seems to have been deleted. What happened? Can it be fixed? Or should I just create a new one? If I create a new one, is this going to happen again? And where o where is "my preferences" page?

Halp!

(e-mail address removed) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.117.209.73 (talk) 18:51, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Preferences are only available to registered and logged in users. (I'm not sure, though - you can still try Special:Preferences.)

Also, what is (was) your username? --grawity ^{talk / PGP} 18:58, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Or, if you can't remember your username, what page(s) do you edit a lot and what did you say so we can look at the pages and see what username did the editing. -- kainaw™ 19:57, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Use of Wikimedia photo images

Our professional education organization is a 501c3 organization and publishes a series of 12 books for students studying music history. We would like to use some Wikimedia composer images in these books. The books are sold at a price slightly above the production cost, but are not intended to turn a big profit...just pay the bills.

I understand these images are copyright free and available for us to use. Is this correct? Robertag (talk) 19:40, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Everything on Wikipedia should be free for commercial use. However, people upload copyrighted work all the time. So, just being on Wikipedia doesn't ensure it isn't copyrighted. It only means that it should not have copyright restrictions. -- kainaw™ 19:56, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Basically that means that you should check the source & license info of each image, which should be on its description page.. Yzmo ^talk 20:19, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Very little is actually copyright free (public domain). All the text is released under the GFDL and most images are released under the GFDL and/or Creative Commons licenses. For both the GFDL and CC licenses, some form of attribution is required. Some images however are still fully under copyright protection but used under the doctrine of fair use and you should verify that this will still apply for your books (if they're educational, it should) but these tend to have further restrictions. Mr.Z-man 04:59, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Crediting piracy groups with releases

Has a precedent ever been set here? I'm against it, since ego is a motivating factor and to provide named credit is clearly to stroke that credit's owners'. This is the edit that raised the issue; it was a major event, but I don't think the impact of a release should come into it. --Tom Edwards (talk) 19:57, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

I'm not sure, but a precedent might have been set with the whole "AACS encryption key controversy" fiasco. In other words, if there's a reliable source out there that confirms what the group did, then there should be some mention of the group in the article.--TBC!?! 22:04, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Was there ever a discussion about it? It isn't a very strong precedent if nobody ever thought to question it! :-p --Tom Edwards (talk) 22:16, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

There was a discussion over the "09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63-56-88-c0" numbers, and whether or not adding it would simply be publicizing the numbers further. It's a Streisand effect sort of thing.--TBC!?! 04:48, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

That hardly seems relevant. Nobody is going to be damaged or rewarded by the statement of an obsolete encryption key! --Tom Edwards (talk) 08:58, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

It wasn't obsolete when it was first hacked... (HD DVD died just a week ago, if I'm not mistaken) ;) --TBC ♣§♠ !?! 17:28, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Obviously, the purpose of Wikipedia isn't to damage or reward anyone. My opinion on the matter is that media crackers should get a mention on Wikipedia iff there are sources available to establish their notability. This would mean that an instance of some media being cracked could still get a mention even if the people responsible aren't mentioned at all. --Dachannien^Talk_Contrib 22:35, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Agreed.--TBC ♣§♠ !?! 17:28, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

medicine Raynaud's disease

information on Raynauds disease —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.93.65.13 (talk) 20:26, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

See Raynaud's disease. If you have a specific question: 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) 21:09, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Up to date picture

i would like to place an up to date picture of mark anthony porn star on the wikipedia web page with his details on but wen i upload the pic it doesnt go on the page that asks if you have a recent pic click here?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Avesta69 (talk • contribs) 20:27, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure what you're talking about is the placeholder used in infobox templates, so is only there if someone puts it there. To put an image in an article, you use [[Image:Example.jpg]] with various options as described by Wikipedia:Picture tutorial, or you look for the infobox and read up on how a picture goes into that. However, speaking of the image you uploaded, Image:Mark anthony 2008.jpg, you have not specified a source for the image or a license, which means that I've had to tag it and it will be deleted in 7 days unless you can give the appropriate information (and given that this is a picture of a living person, it will need to be releasable under a free content license). If you need help with that, leave me a message on my talk page. Confusing Manifestation(Say hi!) 22:37, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Growing Up Sitka Deer

Hello!

Thank you for the wonderful program about Sitka Deer!

Our daughter is interested in animals of all kinds and working in that field (she owns her own pet-sitting business) and is a single adult with a master's degree.

Could you please tell me where this program was filmed--Fish and Wildlife center, private grounds, etc.? We would love to visit and see the beautiful sites in Alaska.

We appreciate your programming.

Regards,

Jan Hart —Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.43.214.96 (talk) 20:36, 5 March 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) 21:06, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

logged out

Hi I have been loged out from my account Excitinginterception7 and am using my ip address to write. I have forgotten my password and can't log on. I thought I gave my email address on my account but when I hit email a new password it said i didn't have the email feature on. could some big boss go in and see if i put in my email address in the user prefances for me. It would be helpfull.24.250.26.95 (talk) 22:24, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

I don't think this requires a big boss. I went to your user page and clicked "Email this user". Unfortunately, however, I received the message "This user has not specified a valid e-mail address, or has chosen not to receive e-mail from other users." so it looks like you may not have provided your email. I'm not sure what the best thing to do would be. I believe it is very rare for users to be able to "retrieve" their accounts without a password. Perhaps you could set up a new account and link to your old account from your new one (obviously taking the information at WP:SOCK into account). Maybe someone here with more expereince could advise you? --Kateshortforbob 20:23, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

My Account

Hello,,

I do recall creating an account, but, Now I want to actually go into Wikipedia and do work, Here's the thing, I want Photopaul as my username,, i can't remember the password, and when I hit send me password, no email is associated with that name. So could you please assist me in so that I can use Photopaul and move foward

Thank YOU

22:45, 5 March 2008 (UTC)69.204.225.163 (talk)

User:Photopaul isn't a registered user, so just go to the sign-up page and you're set! (To check, either go to the userpage above, and see if a "User contributions" link appears in the sidebar, or go to Special:Listusers and type in the desired username to see if it shows up.) Confusing Manifestation(Say hi!) 23:12, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

User:PhotoPaul exists. Prodego ^talk 23:27, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

That would explain it. Dang MediaWiki weird case sensitivity issues. Confusing Manifestation(Say hi!) 04:49, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

March 6

How do I put in hyperlinks

tell me please —Preceding unsigned comment added by The1edit (talk • contribs) 00:17, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

See Help:Links for more info. Soxred93 | talk bot 00:18, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Asking Question

How to make a discussion,information in wikipedia?to be viewed by researchers when they needed it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Clarissadawing (talk • contribs) 01:08, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

I'm not sure what you mean. You can start a discussion about how to improve an article on the article's talk page, which you can reach by clicking the "discussion" tab at the top of the page. If you're interested in starting a new article, than perhaps this may be of some use:

The pages at Help:Starting a new page and Wikipedia:Your first article should have most of the information you need. Before you begin, please carefully read through our policies and guidelines on notability, citing reliable sources for verification, neutrality, and formatting and article layout, where many new users commonly make mistakes. You may also want to consider checking out what Wikipedia is not, the deletion policy and criteria for speedy deletion so you know specifically what to avoid when writing your article. I hope this helps. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 01:14, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Adding a Quote Header

There is an article about a person that does not contain quotes.

I would like to add a quote.

How do I create the Quotes Header?

Thank you,

Franklin222

<email removed, please see the header to this page for why>

Franklin222 (talk) 01:16, 6 March 2008 (UTC)Franklin CollettaFranklin222 (talk) 01:16, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

You might be interested in Wikiquote, one of our sister projects. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and focuses mainly on facts about people, however Wikiquote is dedicated to collections of sayings and quotes by those people. Once you've added the quotes there, you can add the {{Wikiquote}} template to the person's biography on Wikipedia. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 01:17, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Help with article, please

please help me i need to edit my article and its been protected by another user i have gone through great extents to make my article "worthy"Henslee57 (talk) 02:36, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

What article? Guerilla Marketing Talk Radio? You'll need to add reliable sources to verify assertions of notability in the article...--TBC!?! 04:45, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

I'm going to work through this bit by bit. First, I assume you're talking about Guerilla Marketing Talk Radio, and the prior version which had three ls in Guerilla. As of my writing this, the 3 l version was speedily deleted as spam, and the 2 l version has had the same tag placed on it. Secondly, you don't own articles on Wikipedia, so technically it isn't "your" article (but I'll let that slide because it's easier than saying "the article I wrote" all the time). Thirdly, it was protected by User:Orangemike because it has been deleted several times, and you have recreated it several times, which is generally considered disruptive. The idea is, presumably, that once it's deleted this time the title will be protected from recreation. I would advise you to read up on the criteria for speedy deletion, particularly A7 and G11, the inclusion guideline for businesses, the Wikipedia Business' FAQ, and for good measure what Wikipedia is not and Conflict of interest on Wikipedia, and then perhaps try creating the article in a personal sandbox - e.g. User:Henslee57/GMTR - if you feel it can be written to satisfy the inclusion guidelines without sounding like an advertisement or press release for the station. Confusing Manifestation(Say hi!) 04:46, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

And I forgot to say that once you've written it in your "userspace", to seek some external feedback to see if it really is likely to survive once it's moved into article space (which will probably require you to go to Deletion review to get the title unprotected). Confusing Manifestation(Say hi!) 04:48, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

White blood cells

I need to know: What is the function of white blood cells? What the structure of white blood cells is? What the role the white blood cell plays in the body?

131.191.23.116 (talk)Nicole —Preceding comment was added at 03:10, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. Your question appears to be a homework question. I apologize if this is a misevaluation, but it is our policy here to not do people's homework for them, but to merely aid them in doing it themselves. Letting someone else do your homework does not help you learn how to solve such problems. Please attempt to solve the problem yourself first. If you need help with a specific part of your homework, feel free to tell the folks at the Wikipedia:Reference desk where you are stuck and ask for help. If you need help grasping the concept of a problem, by all means let them know. Thank you. WODUP (talk) 03:12, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Echo the above - but Leukocyte. Wisdom89 _{(T / ^C)} 03:22, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Right. Forgot. Thanks. WODUP (talk) 04:21, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Removing Warning Boxes on Talk Pages

Is removing a legitimate warning posted on your talk page allowed or not? I was under the impression that it was not permitted. I ask this as I posted a warning on a user's talk page, but that user removed it. When I restored the warning with a message stating that it was a legit warning and that it should not be removed, it was removed again. -Zomic13 (talk) 03:41, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

It's generally seen in very bad taste to delete stuff on one's talk page, but it's their talk page and they can do whatever they want with it. Paragon12321 (talk) 03:48, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

It is completely acceptable for users to remove warnings from their talk page. This is considered to be an acknowledgment on their part, as they have to have read it in order to have removed it. The guideline on this can be found here. Lara❤Love 04:23, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Correcting an ambiguous link

Resolved

 – Link piped to Rich Egan (composer) Lara❤Love 04:15, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

I am referring to the page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ragtime_composers

As someone who knows a bit about ragtime composers, I have noted an incorrect link on the above page. The link to Rich Egan goes to a person who is NOT the ragtime composer. I verified this by email from the composer, Rich Egan, himself. He does not at this time want an article on himself, and I am not prepared to write one. Apparently, the problem was created because someone provided the list using the code

• Rich Egan "Campbellmania"

and it simply links to the one article by this name, but it is not this particular Rich Egan. The simplest thing would be to take the link out, but I assume this list is set up so that names without articles can have them created. I did read the article on disambiguation, but it wasn't exactly clear what to do about this situation. Kind of a newbie trying to get into modest correction of inaccuracies.

Jandris (talk) 04:09, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

I'd suggest linking it to Rich Egan (composer). The link will be red, but if somebody feels like making that article they can. Generally, the more popular figure has the actual page, and other people by that name have what they're notable for in brackets in their article title. Hope that helps, Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP!☺} 04:14, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Unsuccessful log on/create account

I attempted to log on , then set up a new account, perhaps 20-30 times. I successfully entered your farout words. As I said, probably 20 to 30 different words.I used the same username, an eight letter word in lowercase. I then used used a five letter word in lowercase. I checked the box to be remembered. I then clicked on log in. At no time was I successful in getting logged in. It just isn't worth investing so much time hoping to be able to gain entrance to Wikipedia. Thanks anyway . With Gassho, kobodaishi38@yahoo.com 05:39, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

What was the username? Did you get a message when you tried to create the account or log in? Is Help:Logging in of help? If the account was never created then you can ask for help at Wikipedia:Request an account. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:55, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

editing a new name

Hello, I wanted to edit a new name (Zareh Baronian, birth, 2 october), I did it, but, disappears. I really don't know why. Thank you! Sincerelly, Ileana —Preceding unsigned comment added by 5iunie58 (talk • contribs) 05:47, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

As in created a new article? If so, then there's a chance the article was deleted. An article must assert the subject's notability and have reliable sources in order for it to be kept.--TBC!?! 07:20, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Your addition of the name to October 2 was reverted in [2], maybe because it was a red link (the article didn't exist at the time). I see you have since created the article Zareh Baronian and readded the link. Can you add something to Zareh Baronian to demonstrate compliance with Wikipedia:Notability (people)? PrimeHunter (talk) 13:45, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

adding a new model/socialite entry

I would like to add a (person) new entry/listing to wikipedia. Have been unsuccessful. Please help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.109.177.31 (talk) 06:26, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

• Could you try and be a little bit more descriptive of the problem you are facing? I am not quite sure of the question you are asking. Steve Crossin (talk) 07:11, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

• • I believe you are looking for the Articles for creation page. As an anonomous user, you are unable to create pages yourself, but go there and ask for the article to be created. Hope that helps. Steve Crossin (talk) 07:15, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Google Google everywhere

Does anybody know a way to remove/discourage a userpage (mine, that is) from Google search? Like we have robot tag etc. for normal web-pages?--æn↓þæµß¶-ŧ-¢(I prefer replying to each other's talk pages.) 07:31, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Doubtful. The only way I can think of is not having a user page at all. I'm not exactly sure though.--TBC!?! 07:39, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Template interwiki links

On certain templates, the iw link for the template shows up on the page its been placed on, see: 2008 Indian Wells Masters. Does anyone know how to fix it? And what the fault is that's causing it? Yohan euan o4 (talk) 08:03, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

The fault was to place the interwiki link outside <noinclude> ... </noinclude> on the template page. I have moved it inside.[3] See Help:Template#Noinclude, includeonly, and onlyinclude. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:33, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Chemistry

how can i found wikibooks of chemistry —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.101.184.131 (talk) 08:35, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Err... search in WikiBooks? They have an entire section on chemistry.--TBC!?! 08:39, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

How to create a new page

Hi

I'm trying to load a new page containing our company profile onto Wikipedia but I'm struggling to add it. I've already gone the route of following the steps to load a new article but now it shows as my contribution and is not published on Wikipedia when I do a search on the file name. Can you please assist with the exact steps that I need to follow on doing that because currently the steps are not very clear on Wikipedia.

Thanks

Kind Regards

09:03, 6 March 2008 (UTC)~

Type the name of the article you want to create in the search box, click Go, then if no page with that title exists, click the red "Create the page" link to start editing your article. You have to be a registered user to create an article and the article must follow Wikipedia's guidelines (WP:ORG, WP:RS, WP:V). Also, since you're creating an article about your own company, be warned that it's potentially a conflict of interest.--TBC!?! 09:45, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

You could check the deletion log to see if your page was deleted. If so, it should list a reason and the username of the person who deleted it. --Coppertwig (talk) 13:32, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

science / aircraft

How the aircraft engine parts/assemblies are protected or componsated against thermal expansion during the journey, since it is subjected to an ambient teperature variation. ( example a rotating shaft & bearing.) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.22.241.30 (talk) 09:10, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Reference desk/Science.--TBC!?! 09:47, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

I want to improve

I've been using Wikipedia for awhile and I've been improving. What can I do to do more? I've been helping with articles and starting new ones, but now I want to help more. --MahaPanta (talk) 09:10, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

The deletion process, featured articles, Did you Know?, Wikiprojects, portals, good articles, editor review, requests for adminship, RC patrolling, etc. There's lots of stuff to do, so good luck and happy editing!--TBC!?! 09:39, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

statistical analysis/test of hypothesis

St.Nicholas has 500 students.The heights(in cm )of11 students chosen at random provides the following results:

175, 173, 165, 170, 180, 163, 171, 174, 160, 169,/176

Determine the limits of mean height of the students of St.Nicholas college at 1% level of significance —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.178.36.242 (talk) 09:10, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

I'm really sorry, but I'm not sure we can do your Maths homework for you :p

If you have any questions about using Wikipedia though, we'll give those a go... cheers —αlεx•mullεr 10:22, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

The Reference desk might possibly be willing to handle this sort of question, although if it's homework you should do it yourself. --Coppertwig (talk) 13:28, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

palm date suppliers od manufacturing machines and suppliers of wrapping materials

We are looking for manufacturors of machines to build a complete plant to wash clean and pachage dates and dates syrup also suppliers of wrapping materialr —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.35.72.75 (talk) 10:28, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

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. —Travis^talk 12:55, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

How do I propose an article for deletion?

Smurfmeister (talk) 11:53, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

See the guide to deletion for information. —Travis^talk 12:54, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

How to includ an I am online in my profile?

One last pharaoh (talk) 12:53, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

See WP:STATUS for information on how to do that. —Travis^talk 12:56, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Login in different language versions

My login in another language version (Polish) does not appeast to work in the English version of Wikipedia. I would like to edit an article here.

Is there a setting to allow the use of a different language?

If not, do I need to have different login and "personality" in other language versions, or is there a way to have a single multi-lingual personality? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.100.50.94 (talk) 14:03, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

You must create an account at every language. It's recommended but not required to pick the same username in each language. See meta:Help:Unified login for plans which have been long underway but haven't been implemented yet. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:12, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Uploading Promotional band photo

Hello. it's some time i'm trying in different ways to finally upload a promotional shoot of the band i'm in (Dope Stars Inc.).

I really don't understand how the licensing or copyright thing should be correctly written as i find the system very hard and complex. i tried with the gnu, my own work, free licensing, fair use etc.

can you please help me with an example?

i simply have a photo shoot of my band "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dope_Stars_Inc". shooted by Enrico Caputo and is for free promotional use and published already on magazines and on the web in many places.

at the moment it is located here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Dope_Stars_Inc_2008.jpg

what should i do to avoid the image to be deleted each week?

thanks

Victor —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dopestarsinc (talk • contribs) 14:48, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

• You need to tag the image. See WP:ICT and since you are a member of the band you should read WP:BAND and WP:COI. Gtstricky^{Talk or C} 15:27, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

How do I allow any user to edit but the edited pages only updated on wiki after being approved by moderators?

Hi, I am Hari, kindly help me with this issue..I want to add an moderator functionality in my wiki..the users shall edit the page but it should not get updated untill I view it and approve it...Please help me in order to how to achieve this thing.. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.145.141.18 (talk) 15:39, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

You can't. Nobody owns an article on Wikipedia. If you don't want your writing to be edited mercilessly or redistributed for profit by others, do not submit it. --Orange Mike | Talk 15:53, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

This is the help desk for the encyclopedia Wikipedia. Are you referring to another wiki created with the same MediaWiki software as Wikipedia? PrimeHunter (talk) 16:09, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

(e/c) I'm pretty sure he's not asking about Wikipedia, but about his own wiki. If so, we still can't really help you here, since this is the Wikipedia Help Desk. Take a look at The MediaWiki website. --barneca (talk) 16:12, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

FlaggedRevs might be what you want, I think. You can see a sample of how it works at http://test.wikipedia.org/. Hope this helps. • Anakin ^(talk) 00:41, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks a lot but I still couldn't find a solution to my problem... I have implemented my own wiki using mediawiki-1.11.1 and want to add this moderator functionality in this.. where in the editted pages by the other users shall not directly get updated but should be brought to my notice first(moderator).. then after the decision of moderator they should be either approved or denied...kindly help me out by letting me know that is there any way to do so by either doing some modification in the pages of mediawiki or by adding some other code...thanks..Hari —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.145.141.18 (talk) 04:44, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

The first method that comes to my mind would be to create extra namespaces that are editable by your registered users, and viewable only by them. Your users could edit all they like in their namespaces, which would function like a giant sandbox for them, and then you the moderator could decide when to copy their edits to the (main) article namespace on your wiki, which for example you might make viewable to the world but editable only by your admins. An equivalent method would be to set up two separate wikis, the first one for aggregating content from your users, and the second for presenting your sanitized version. (Because MediaWiki was not at all designed with fine-grained access control, sometimes it is easier to set up multiple wikis to achieve different kinds of access control.) That may not be exactly what you requested, but it should get you to a similar result. I'm not sure why you would want to operate your wiki this way, however. You can always block or ban people who don't conform to your rules. Wikis work the way they do because years of practical experience have shown what tends to work best for collaborative editing. Are you approaching your wiki with preconceived ideas about how a wiki should work, or is this coming out of your own years of personal experience with administering wikis? --Teratornis (talk) 07:45, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Jason Castro

Jason Castro, a rising star on the 7th season of American Idol was found in his changing room, seizing with a brain aneurism suspected to be caused by a significant amount of cocaine and marijuana found in the room. Castro is in intensive care and doctors have a grim outlook on his outcome. “This is a huge tragedy,” judge Simon Cowell said. “Jason had amazing talent and it is a waste for him to put an end to himself in such a manner. We will support him, but I do not see him making a recovery, career-wise.”

THIS IS FALSE, RIGHT? SOMEONE POSTED THIS ON THE AMERICAN IDOL MESSAGE BOARD. YOU ARE GOING TO GET A LOT OF MAIL ABOUT THIS BETTER CORRECT IT. IT IS ON THE FOLLOWING SITE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Idol_%28season_7%29 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.97.180.114 (talk) 15:55, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Can't you just correct is yourself? Click the "Edit this page" tab above the article. And please do not shout. --grawity ^{talk / PGP} 16:41, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Doppleganger Accounts

• Hi, today my account was renamed from Cro0016 to Steve Crossin. Now, I just wanted to be 100% sure, it would be acceptable tor ecreate the old account, and declare it a doppleganger? And of course it would be a bibnon-use username. So am I allowed? And FYI, I did read [WP:SOCK#LEGIT], its just a bit unclear. Thanks Steve Crossin (talk) 16:04, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Yes, that would be fine. Not sure what a bib-use username is, but it would be fine. --barneca (talk) 16:13, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Just make sure to tag that old account's user page with {{doppleganger|Steve Crossin}}. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 16:42, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Writing about a term that has a deferent meaning

The world "Black Powder" is usually refereed to the explosive material. However, there is a similar industrial term that refers to black powder in gas pipelines that is formed due to corrosion. How can I write about the industrial black powder term?

--Almusalami (talk) 17:00, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Is it really notable enough to justify a separate article? Otherwise, I'd just mention the terminology in the gas pipeline and/or corrosion articles. --Orange Mike | Talk 17:06, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Looking for rule/guideline/template/essay on "Don't make intentional bad edits to test WP"

I occasionally see blog posts and comments with statements like "I made some bad edits to Wikipedia to see how long it would take to get fixed..." and it drives me nuts. I seem to remember seeing a nice, simple "don't do that" page on the subject. I'd like to post a link to such a page, but I can't seem to find it now...any help? Thanks! --216.62.101.13 (talk) 17:02, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Try WP:POINT! --Orange Mike | Talk 17:05, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Perfect, that's exactly it! Thanks for the quick reply. :) --216.62.101.13 (talk) 17:17, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

List of Article I wrote

Is there a way to find all article that I wrote? --Almusalami (talk) 17:50, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

You can get a list of all of your contributions by clicking on my contributions at the top every page. —teb728 t c 17:59, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Is this - Black Powder in Gas Pipelines - the article you're looking for? _{The public face of GB}^T/C 18:20, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Mercian regiment

The insignia part of the article on the Mercian Regiment is unfortunately incorrect. Each Battalion has a Flash, the 1st using the Buff/Cerise Diamond of the "22nd Cheshire" Regiment, the 2nd using the Lincoln green/Maroon diamond of the WFR, the 3rd using a black diamond with the stafford knot on and the 4th using a blue diamond with the Mercian Eagle on it. Also there is another flash for RHQ which is a Diamond consisting of the following 3 colours in equal stripes from left the right, lincoln green, buff and cerise.

If you could please update this page I would be most thankful for it.

Many Thanks,

2Lt Roberts 4th Bn, The Mercian Regiment —Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.253.85.141 (talk) 17:58, 6 March 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) 18:17, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

are women suppose to be desciples or preaching in seventh-day-adventist church

are women suppose to deliver the message of the lord —Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.21.104.253 (talk) 18:01, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

This is the Wikipedia Help Desk, which is intended to help you use Wikipedia. You may want to ask your question at the reference desk. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 18:16, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Editing External Links

Hi,

I have a large fansite relating the anime/manga series CardCaptor Sakura. I notice that there is a list of external links located at the bottom of the wikipedia page with an 'edit' link in the top right. Am I allowed to edit the page to add the link to my website without creating an account with Wikipedia or must I email you to manually add the link for me? As reference, my website link is http://ccs.flow-right.net. Thank you.

Misty —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.213.199.33 (talk) 18:25, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Such links are not appropriate, and are removed when editors spot them. See our guidelines on external links for further information. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:29, 6 March 2008 (UTC) Daddy of a CardCaptor Sakura otaku

Per Wikipedia:External links#Advertising and conflicts of interest, you are not allowed to add the link to articles. You are allowed to suggest it on Talk:Cardcaptor Sakura where other editors can review it (and may reject it). Fansites are usually inappropriate as external links. PrimeHunter (talk) 19:16, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Talk Page

Having completed a talk page, which contains a question to wikipedia on content of a user page, do you get a reply.

Therese Dvir (talk) 19:16, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

If someone happens to chance upon it and answer yes. But, generally if you need help about Wikipedia, posing the question here would be the best way to go. For more technical aspects, see the village pump. Also, WP:TALK. Wisdom89 _{(T / ^C)} 19:19, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Posting an article

I have created a page for a television news studio at a college campus. I have created my page, but I cannot find any information on how to actually post the page. I have searched for my page at Wikipedia.org, but nothing comes up. How do I get the page to appear to the public? —Preceding unsigned comment added by News36 (talk • contribs) 20:13, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

WP:ARTICLE and WP:YFA should help you out. Although, I can imagine that maybe you used the WP:Sandbox to write your article? If that is the case you simply have to search for your article, it'll be blank..cut and paste your information and click the save page button at the bottom. When creating a page, be sure that it is non-trivial and notable. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wisdom89 (talk • contribs) 20:18, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

I'm guessing they're talking about News36, which has been created (incidentally, please take a look at Wikipedia:Conflict of interest). However, Wikipedia's search engine takes a while (several days, at last count) to index new pages, so until then you won't find it. Google is often a little quicker off the mark, so try searching them with the restriction site:wikipedia.org. Confusing Manifestation(Say hi!) 22:06, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

The user had created the user page User:News36‎ at posting time and later created the article News 36‎ (with a space). There are no signs News36‎ has ever existed. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:20, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia spam being sent from "Wikimedia.org?"

I received the following email from "Wikimedia" claiming my password had been changed.

---

Original Message-----

From: wiki@wikimedia.org [4] Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 3:01 PM To: Subject: New temporary password for Wikipedia

Someone from the IP address 24.47.141.5 requested that we send you a new login password for the English Wikipedia.

The new password for the user account "[USERNAME]" is "[PASSWORD]". You can now log in to Wikipedia using that password.

If it was you who requested this new password, then you should log in to Wikipedia and change it to your desired password by clicking "My Preferences" at the top right of any page, or by visiting the following URL:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferences

If someone else made this request, or if you have remembered your password and you no longer wish to change it, you may safely ignore this message. Your old/existing password will continue to work despite this new password being created for you.

~Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mberger (talk • contribs) 21:33, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

That's real. Since you've disclosed the replacement password, I'm blocking your account for your own protection until you provide assurances that you've changed your password and are still in control of your account. —Random832 21:38, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Main Page Down!

The main page is messed up. The navigation bar to the right is missing as are the edit, history, etc. link at the top. —137.186.165.215 (talk) 22:58, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

The edit button should be missing. You cannot edit the main page unless you are an administrator. I'm not sure about the history...it's fine on mine. - Milk's Favorite Cookie 23:01, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

I have a suspicion - is it possible you pressed Alt+P by accident? This takes you to the printable version of an article, which is as you describe - no tabs up top and no navigation bar on the side. If that happens, pressing Back in your browser should do the trick. Confusing Manifestation(Say hi!) 02:47, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Twinkle

So I've started using twinkle and used it to AFD this article. However I notice that when you click on the notice that it takes you directly to editing the AFD page rather than viewing? is this a normal function of twinkle? --Fredrick day (talk) 23:23, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

It's fine for me, and I have TW. Perhaps the page cache had not been cleared on that article, and it has been now. Stwalkerster [ talk ] 23:28, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Odd, it still takes me directly to editing the page - maybe twinkle does that for the nom and is set that way so I can move straight to responding to comments? --Fredrick day (talk) 23:46, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

It's the norm, that's the way the script is set up. After you create or nominate an article for AfD using Twinkle it will take you to the page to edit. I'm not entirely sure why it does this, nor do I know of a way to change it. If anyone could answer that it would be helpful. Although, honestly, it's not really a big deal. Wisdom89 _{(T / ^C)} 23:58, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

March 7

Infobox

How do I remove the red link for 2007 in the Wake County, North Carolina article? When I try to remove the link, it screws up the layout of the box/removes other information. Maybe I'm just not doing it right, but it seems like it would be simple...or maybe I need to take Wiki-101. Gracias for the help. AgnosticPreachersKid (talk) 00:11, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

See the documentation for {{Infobox U.S. County}}. There was no US census in 2007. If your number is from another source that year then use census estimate yr instead of census yr. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:23, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

The latest consensus date you could use would be 2000 for that link to work. Gtstricky^{Talk or C} 00:24, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

I made the link blue; there was another parameter in case there isn't an article for the census year. Cheers, Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP!☺} 00:25, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

The population estimate was from the Wake County government, so I guess it's appropriate to use in the infobox even though it's not from the actual U.S. Census. I'm trying to get that article to G.A. status, so thanks for the help. AgnosticPreachersKid (talk) 00:49, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Talk:Bathrobe

I have raised a point on this talk page- am i right in what I have said?

thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fynci Mynci (talk • contribs) 00:44, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Is not allowing students to go to the bathroom legal?

Today in many schools teachers are not allowing their students to go to the bathroom. For example, in my school my teacher says we are not allowed to go because a handful of students broke a bathroom rule. Is it right to punish all the other kids? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ryanmcdono (talk • contribs) 01:23, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

I don't know if any laws cover this, and it depends on where you live, but I don't think it is a gross violation of basic human rights. In the future, please ask questions that aren't about using Wikipedia at the reference desk. Cheers, Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP!☺} 01:28, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Somebody erased a talk page.

Isn't that vandalism? How do I undo it? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:List_of_podracers Superstarwarsfan (talk) 01:35, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

It's unacceptable for an anonymous user to do so - however registered users may blank their talk pages if they feel they've acnowledged the warnings/comments. Wisdom89 _{(T / ^C)} 01:37, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Ideally article talk pages should not be blanked. The closest is archival, but blanking (aside from removal of mass spam/vandalism) is not allowed. Of course, there are exceptions (office actions, oversights). Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP!☺} 01:39, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

(e/c)It was the talk page of an article. I've restored it, but Superstarwars fan, you could have done it to. Just go to the history tab at the top, and select "undo" next to the edit you want to reverse. Add an appropriate edit summary, save, and you're done. Practice in the WP:SANDBOX if you're curious. --barneca (talk) 01:41, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

See also Help:Reverting. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:40, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

In my experience, it is wrong to revert talk pages in all cases. This usually happens when a user has a lot of warnings. I blanked my user talk page today to cut away all of the Wikipedia newsletters that built up every week or two during my period of inactivity. In some cases, blanked talked pages can be grounds for reverting. Mac Davis (talk) 02:44, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Although the question was about an article talk page and has been addressed by Barneca and Primehunter, I feel I have to respond to Wisdom89's post about blanking user talk pages. The guideline Wikipedia:User page says "Policy does not prohibit users from removing comments from their own talk pages, although archiving is preferred. The removal of a warning is taken as evidence that the warning has been read by the user. Deleted warnings can still be found in the page history." I object to the statement that there is any difference between anonymous and logged-in users as far as this goes. There may be some specific types of warnings (such as a block notice) which state right in the warning that it's not supposed to be removed for a certain length of time, but whether the user is anonymous or logged-in should make no difference – I don't think any policy or guideline makes such a distinction. I don't quite understand Mac Davis' comment – not sure whether by "revert" you mean removing comments from a talk page, or restoring the comments after the user has removed them from their own talk page. The latter could perhaps be considered harassment or editwarring. –Coppertwig (talk) 03:30, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I believe you are correct regarding a regular anon user. However, if the anon is a dynamic/shared IP address belonging to that of a company or university and has received myriad warnings over many months, my understanding was that the warnings should stay for convenience. Obviously after sometime, when the page becomes excessively bloated, it may be archived, or the earlier messages removed. Is this more or less correct? Wisdom89 _{(T / ^C)} 03:40, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Link to foreign language Wiki, yet again

I'd like to add an external link to the German entry "Augenmusik." [Here] it is, large as life. But it seems kind of klutzy to put it as an external link, when it's in Wiki. I've looked here on a Help desk archive, and then managed to figure out to use

[[s:de:Augenmusik|Augenmusik]]

and

{{other languages|de|page=Augenmusik}},

but they both come up empty, so I'm obviously doing something wrong.

Any advice?

Best wishes, Shlishke (talk) 03:38, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Try [[:de:Augenmusik|Augenmusik]] —teb728 t c 04:05, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

By the way, Template:Otherlanguages does exist (without the space), but as far as I can tell is a template on Wiktionary, not here at Wikipedia.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 04:16, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

For more details, see: Help:Interlanguage links. --Teratornis (talk) 07:21, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

something

0k how do you like make an article? you know like i want to write stuff —Preceding unsigned comment added by Frannybobanny (talk • contribs) 04:52, 7 March 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 Help:Starting a new page. You might also look at 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) 04:58, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Psoriatic Arthritis page

I don't want to get into editing wiki pages, I'm not an expert on anything. I have recently been diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis. According to my rheumatologist, some foods can exacerbate flare-ups. He's suggested an elimination diet to rule out foods that do not cause flare-ups.

Fine, did that. It sucked. But anyway, I seem to be sensitive to corn products. Yes, corn. Heaven help me, it's in everything, either as corn syrup or corn starch.

I am asking if one of your editors who is more knowledgable about nutrition in general could start (or edit an existing page) to include the different names that corn products can be listed as, as well as, any other foods that may be similar enough to cause similar reaction.

Not only would this be of benefit to those of us with corn sensitivities, but the other questionable food products that can cause flare-ups as well. It would be a great service to those of us surfing the net, hitting google and wiki, looking for more info about what kinds of foods to question in regards to daily pain.

Thank you, and good day.

No, no reply needed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.91.86.158 (talk) 05:06, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Reference desk.--TBC!?! 07:27, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

First, see our Medical disclaimer. Then read the Maize article (presumably you use the word "corn" in the American sense to mean "maize"). I don't see anything there resembling the list you seek of foods that contain maize (and such a list might violate WP:NOT#DIRECTORY), but the Maize#External links section might help. For example:

• A Zillion Uses for Corn

You might also try wikiindex:Category:Food. --Teratornis (talk) 07:32, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Article marked for deletion

Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yours_Emotionally

Dear Wikipedia administrators,

I am Sridhar Rangayan, director, co-writer and co-producer of the film Yours Emotionally [5] . I just read with great consternation the discussion about deletion of article on this film [6]. I am, frankly, yet trying to understand reasons for the dispute.

1) The film has been made, screened, reviewed, distributed. So how can there be a dispute about its existence?

2) The film has been reviewed by Variety- This definitely is a mainstream respectable publication ; Bay Area Reporter ; East Bay Express; India Currents ; India New England; Murphy's Movie Reviews ; New York Times This Link is working!

3) News about the film features in prominent Indian newspapers, etc - Telegraph ; Hindustan Times ; Mumbai Mirror (Some links have been deleted, so links to their saved jpeg images are provided) Upperstall ;

3) It has screened at more than 10 festivals - both queer (Frameline, NewFest, etc) and non-queer (IAAC, Seattle, Prague Bollywood Film Festival, etc):

• Tasveer - 4th Independent South Asian Film Festival, Seattle, USA. October 6, 2007; 7.00pm

[7]

• Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center- The Village, Renberg Theatre, Los Angeles. Jan 24th, 8-10pm

[8]

• Santa Fe Film Festival. Santa Fe Film Center, Santa Fe, USA. December 14, 7.45pm
• Yours Emotionally! (Rialto Filmtheater, Amsterdam, Netherlands.). November 5, 4.45pm
• Sixth Annual IAAC Film Festival (Maya Deren Theatre, New York, USA.). November 4, 6pm

[9]

• "A MILLION DIFFERENT LOVES!?" (Gdansk, Poland). November 2-4, 2006
• "A MILLION DIFFERENT LOVES!?" (Lodz, Poland). October 22; 10.30 am
• Prague Bollywood Festival, Prague. October 15; 8pm

[10]

• Fire Island Fim and Video festival. Sept 13th - 16th 2006.
• Frameline 30 - San Fransisco International LGBT Film Festival 2006. Sat, Jun 24, 6:00 pm -Roxie Film Centre.
• NewFest 2006 The 18th New York LGBT Film Festival. Fri, Jun 9, 5:45 pm -AMC Loews 34th St Theatre 10.

[11]

c) The film has been distributed by a reputed distributor Waterbearer Films and can be found listed on several sites like Amazon [12]; TLA Videos [13]; Netflix [14]; Green Cine [15]; Facets Multimedia [16]

The film is definitely a small budget indie film which doesn't have the backing of multi million dollar promotion and marketing, but it surely has a place in wikipedia. It is one of the few film that honestly depict the Indian homosexual scenario which still remains largely closeted. It is considered an useful resource for LGBT studies and indian queer cinema.

I request someone to please look at the above information and edit, modify the wikipedia pages of this film accordingly so that it is saved from deletion. I do not really know how all this information can be added to the wikipedia page, since I am not conversant with the formatting or appropriate langauge to be used. I hope someone helps out.

Thanks and regards

Sridhar Rangayan

Director

(e-mail removed) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sridhar Rangayan (talk • contribs) 06:48, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

There's no need to worry. The article's been kept, apparently. --TBC!?! 07:26, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

For future reference, making an argument to keep the article here doesn't help much. You should make your argument on the page discussing the deletion. -- kainaw™ 15:56, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Note that the discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yours Emotionally was in July 2007 where there may have been fewer sources about the film. The discussion ended after 5 days and the article was kept. The article has the tag {{Unreferenced}} which adds the text: "Unverifiable material may be challenged and removed". The whole article is not going to be deleted because of that notice, but some parts might be removed if editors are unable to find a source for it. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:09, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, just noticed. All you'll have to then is add the references you've mentioned in your comment to the actual article. See WP:CITE for the details.--Tree Biting Conspiracy ♣§♠ !?! 17:03, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

question about mathematic formulae support

I am running wiki system on my Windows-XP-based computer and has implemented the mathematic formulae support. Everything runs well except one testing formula as below:

<math>\arctan x = {{\pi {\mathop{\rm sgn}} x} \over 2} - {1 \over x} + \sum_{x = 1}^\infty  {{{\left( { - 1} \right)^k } \over {\left( {2k + 1} \right)x^{2k + 1} }}} \quad {\rm{for }}\left| x \right| > 1</math>

I have checked the directory which stores the pictures of formulae. The image file of formula above was produced correctly, but not displayed correctly on the screen when I browsed my wiki site. Instead, it was displayed in the plain text like '\arctan x = {{\pi {\mathop{\rm sgn}} x} \over 2} - {1 \over x} + \sum_{x = 1}^\infty {{{\left( { - 1} \right)^k } \over {\left( {2k + 1} \right)x^{2k + 1} }}} \quad {\rm{for }}\left| x \right| > 1'. Could anyone help me about this bug? Thanks.:)

Note: I've tried other formulae and it works. That's really the point I confused. JnW^talk 07:38, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Reference desk/Computing.--TBC!?! 07:48, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

$\arctan x={{\pi {\mathop {\rm {sgn}} }x} \over 2}-{1 \over x}+\sum _{x=1}^{\infty }{{\left({-1}\right)^{k}} \over {\left({2k+1}\right)x^{2k+1}}}\quad {\rm {for}}\left|x\right|>1$

Works here. I'd make sure that you have the extension installed correctly. Unfortunately, we're not really the place to help you out with that, however if you check the Mediawiki site, you might be able to get some assistance there. I don't think the Reference Desk will do you much good. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 15:19, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

How to set table max width

Is there a way to set a table so it grows no wider than 800 pixels (arbitrary figure just for example) on large browser windows, but resizes to 100% of smaller browser windows? I'm hearing some complaints about the default class="wikitable" width="85%" setting for a list of episodes, and I'm figuring the 85% setting might be short changing readers with small screens. / edg ☺ ☭ 07:56, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

It seems better not to specify any widths. There is no reason to make the table narrower than the regular text.--Patrick (talk) 15:17, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Agreed. There's no way to set a maximum width that changes depending on the screen resolution, because the website has no way to access that information. If you just don't specify a width, theoretically the table will fill out as wide as it can without spilling over the side of the screen. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 15:21, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

logging out

even after logging out my username still appears at the top. am i still logged in? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.93.209.158 (talk) 12:24, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

When you asked that question, you were logged out, according to the page history and SineBot. It's probably just a glitch with your internet browser. clearing your cache after logging out should do the trick. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 15:16, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Template for lack of an external link

I've been working on an article about a 1981 compliation album(see my sandbox), and I wanted to add an extenral link, but I've been having trouble finding an appropriate one. Is there a tag designed to request a link similar to one for incomplete lists? ----DanTD (talk) 13:40, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

External links? As in citations? If so, then add Template:Refimprove.--Tree Biting Conspiracy ♣§♠ !?! 14:58, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Or add {{Unreferenced}} if there are no references at all. Note there is a difference between references and external links. If you don't have any external links then don't make a section heading for it. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:56, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Indeed. Also, due to the lack of reliable sources, I'd suggest against creating it as a seperate article. Perhaps as a section of WBAB instead?--Tree Biting Conspiracy ♣§♠ !?! 16:59, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

chemistry

Why Zirconium phosphate changes its color from white into yellow after drying? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.163.146.11 (talk) 14:12, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Reference desk/Science.--Tree Biting Conspiracy ♣§♠ !?! 14:55, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

How can I create a dynamic wiki page

I am trying to create a section on a wiki page that's content is dynamic. Is there an extension or template that will, display the contents of a .txt file? I am hoping someone knows the answer to this as I have been searching the web for that last two hours looking for information on this. Basic goal is to place a text file in a directory, and have the contents displayed on a wiki page. The contents of the text file is a wiki formatted table. The txt file will change every day. Any help or direction will be appreciated. Thanks!

What would be the purpose? That kind of thing does not sound at all appropriate for Wikipedia, which is a reference work, not a newspage. --Orange Mike | Talk 16:27, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for getting back to me. The wiki page I am trying to create is part of an internal wiki that my company uses to document anything and everything about our system, problems/solutions and our client's details. It has been a wonderful tool. I am trying to automate publishing daily stats. Thanks!

Atomicny17 (talk) 16:37, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

This is the help desk for Wikipedia. I guess your wiki uses the same MediaWiki software. If you are able to automatically update a template or other wiki page with the text then you can transclude that where you want to see it. Wikipedia has many bots which can make automatic edits but I don't know how to make them. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:43, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

External Link check

Hey, how long to I keep have to pass a Turing Test whenever I add an external link? The garbled text is sometimes hard to read and it's flippin' annoying! User:Mr Lemon —Preceding comment was added at 16:25, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Could you please clarify what you mean (and sign your posts)? --Orange Mike | Talk 16:28, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

I haven't seen what you describe but I guess it stops when your account is "autoconfirmed" which happens 4 days after it was created. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:31, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Err, there's a display of warped text I have to enter if I make an edit with an external link in it. After you click the "edit" button but before your changes are saved it crops up. Anyways, if it continues past the four days, I'll pursue the matter futher. Mr Lemon —Preceding comment was added at 16:38, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

You describe a CAPTCHA. I didn't know Wikipedia uses them for new accounts adding external links. My account is old (and it's also an administrator account) so there are some things I don't see. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:46, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:User access levels#New users claims: "They are also not required to answer a CAPTCHA at any time". It sounds like this has been changed and should be updated. I still guess it will stop after 4 days. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:55, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Yeah unregistered users are required to answer one of those when the add external links, so that's probably it. Thanks. Mr Lemon —Preceding comment was added at 17:17, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Ebay seller is plagurizing Wikipedia

Dear Sirs,

Just contacting you to advise you that this low-life selling on Ebay is plagurizing, and copying word for word from your site to make his sales on ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130196033983 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Jones_and_the_Fate_of_Atlantis

I assume he does it all the time profiting at your expense all the time. Since he has over 3000 sales this maybe a crime. This buyer was very mean and abusive to me as an honest seller, and I have been watching his postings to see that he does not cheat other people. I trust you will do more than a slap on the wrist.

kkimerling's ebay store: http://stores.ebay.com/Media-Monster-Plus User ID: kkimmerling Name: Keith Kimmerlin Email: kkimmerling@cox.net g

I am reporting to ebay also.

Sincerely, Alan L Tisser 84-81 Austin Street Jamaica, NY 11415

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.165.91.233 (talk) 17:46, 7 March 2008 (UTC)