Talk:Wikipedia

This is not the page to ask for help with using Wikipedia or other random questions.

Financial management

What are the links between a capital structure and dividend in a firm that has 100% equity makeup? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.44.56.82 (talk) 22:33, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

Is this a homework question? Maybe the Wikipedia reference desk can direct you to some material to help you. --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 13:07, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

Removed some fucking spam

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Removed profane image

I removed the recent vandalisim to this page, do not know who posted the image however... XXWRAITHXx (talk) 18:38, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

To track down who did just go to the history on top and it will show you who did it!--Spittlespat! ǀ T ♦ C ♦ S 01:30, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Right, forgot.... DUH!!!! XXWRAITHXx (talk) 00:30, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Question

How many people are moderators to the website? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.68.34.195 (talk) 04:25, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

Is there any way that I can create an account and add to my account accomplishment the things I did with my IP address account. What that means is can I link my IP address and my current works and posts and a new account I plan to open? (I'm guessing no) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.253.249.55 (talk) 03:57, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

No, you may not. On your future userpage, though, you could mention that you once edited under that IP address and cite some contributions from the earlier account.

And a note: questions like these are best directed to the help desk. :) —La Pianista ^{(T•C•S•R)} 19:40, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia switched to Ubuntu

I just wanted to inform anyone interested that wikipedia has switched to the Ubuntu operating system, as mentioned here:

• http://blogs.computerworld.com/ubuntu_scores_major_wikipedia_win
• http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081009-wikipedia-adopts-ubuntu-for-its-server-infrastructure.html

I would insert that info myself but I'm not sure were to place it, nor if it's appropriate... SF007 (talk) 20:43, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

I don't think it's all that relevant: Wikipedia's used Linux for a long time and the change to Ubuntu seems to have been largely an issue of standardization. How is such an issue relevant to the topic? As I see it, the fact is at most worth a minor mention in the "software and hardware" section—Ubuntu is little more than what we happen to be running our servers on! I've moved a bunch of the "Ubuntu! Ubuntu! Ubuntu!" stuff out, and without the issue being more relevant to the topic, it should stay that way. {{Nihiltres|talk|log}} 00:44, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

If there was a more specific article on the subject it would be worth discussing. Something like operation of Wikipedia would be suitable, though the first question would be whether that aspect of Wikipedia was notable enough for a separate subarticle. Richard001 (talk) 07:42, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Scholarly Disagreement

There needs to be a section reguarding schools and professors not letting Wikipedia be a citable source.150.176.82.2 (talk) 18:16, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

Does there? I see no very strong reason why such a section shouldn't be included, but I'm not sure there are any reasons for including it either. Most universities and professors discourage using any internet site as a citable source, with certain rather specific exceptions. garik (talk) 19:19, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

In my experience they dislike Wikipedia more than most, because anybody can edit the content. 60.242.98.209 (talk) 12:29, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Well of course, but almost anyone can put up a website too. Wikipedia just happens to be popular. Anyone who is using Wikipedia as a source is lazy anyway: the point of wikipedia is that it should be based on citable sources. If those are provided, students should use those sources; if they're not provided, the information is poorly supported and sholdn't be cited. In other words, it's obvious why wikipedia (among many other websites) isn't usually considered an acceptable source in universities; and it's a sensible policy. Why does this especially need mentioning in this article? garik (talk) 19:46, 15 October 2008 (UTC)