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February 11

Categorically a problem

User:James.d.mccollum has a category he created listed on his page. However, that makes him a US Army unit stationed in Europe. I tried adding a colon before Category, but that screws up the list formatting. What's the answer? Clarityfiend (talk) 02:51, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

That really shouldn't happen. A workaround would be nice, but the real answer is to go to Bugzilla and get this fixed. Algebraist 02:57, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Using raw html works. How horrible. Algebraist 03:00, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Or you could just do [1]. No need for bugzilla. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:47, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Hey, my above edit [2] was logged the minute after the signature time! I have noticed that once before. It can happen for edits close to a new minute. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:51, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Oh dear, it looks like I'm too tired to be competent. What was that at the beginning of that line, anyway? Algebraist 03:54, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

I copied it between these quotes: "‎". I actually don't know what it is. Maybe somebody else can say. PrimeHunter (talk) 04:14, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

A left-to-right mark. Buggy browsers sometimes insert random unicode into input. For some reason, it's always a left-to-right mark :/ Calvin 1998 ^(t·c) 04:16, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Does 'buggy browsers' mean IE, or what? Algebraist 04:31, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

(undent): No... not really. It sort of happens a bit in all browsers, I suspect is has more to do with a faulty internet connection. Perhaps someone else can explain... Calvin 1998 ^(t·c) 04:34, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Copy from DVD and upload to Wikipedia?

Is it possible to copy some public domain stuff from a DVD and upload it to Wikipedia? What software can do it, and can such a file be used by Wikipedia? Bubba73 (talk), 03:17, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Yes, theoretically. There are "DVD ripping" programs that will give you a video file of a DVD, which you can convert to OGG and upload. Do note, however, that Digital rights management laws make it illegal. Calvin 1998 ^(t·c) 03:30, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

This material is from NASA and is in the public domain. Bubba73 (talk), 03:36, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

The DVD is from NASA? I suppose, then, if you can get a hold of the aforementioned ripping software, it would be legal (although it's technically supposed to be impossible :D). Alternatively, you could record a screencast of the DVD playing on your computer. Calvin 1998 ^(t·c) 04:11, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

NASA is the source of the material, but the DVD is from a company. But the material is in the public domain. In one case it will be over 30 minutes. Can something that big be uploaded to WP? The DVDs are region 0, does that have any bearing on whether they can be copied? Bubba73 (talk), 04:56, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Region 0 simply states that it can be viewed on a DVD player anywhere. It has nothing to do with DRM, unfortunately. Using a screencast of the DVD, although technically piracy (which is actually OK since it's public domain), would probably be best here. Just record with a screencast-maker the bit you want to upload, convert that to Ogg using some tool (there are web services that do this, I think), then upload. Calvin 1998 ^(t·c) 05:36, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Addendum: I would consider breaking that 30 minute segment into shorter segments. People don't want to sit through 30 minutes of NASA. Cut to the good stuff, and upload that. I would say a max of 5 minutes (there is, I believe, a file upload limit set to prevent you from crashing the servers. Anything above a couple minutes is likely to go over that limit) Calvin 1998 ^(t·c) 05:39, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

If I do it, I will break it up. But the 30+ minute shot shows the flag on the Moon not waving for the entire time period. Bubba73 (talk), 05:57, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Not waving like this? The Apollo Moon Landing hoax conspiracy theories article discusses the belief you apparently want to refute. If this is the only reason why you want to upload the video, as long as it is available to the public, you can simply cite it with {{Cite video}}. Uploading 30 minutes of video just to prove the flag did not wave seems to strain the WP:INDISCRIMINATE guideline a bit. --Teratornis (talk) 07:20, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

(undent) commons:Help:Converting video might have something you'll find useful. --Teratornis (talk) 10:35, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

James Woods

Jmaes Woods also appeared in the movie, Immediate Family, with Glenn Close, 2003. This is'nt included in the movie list for him on Wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.185.237.174 (talk) 03:21, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

The film is from 1989 according to http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097567/ and many other sources. I have added it.[3] It's a red link because Wikipedia has no article about it. PrimeHunter (talk) 05:07, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

There are many incoming links in Special:WhatLinksHere/Immediate Family and Special:WhatLinksHere/Immediate Family (film), and one more in Special:WhatLinksHere/Immediate Family (1989 film). Somebody (said the lazy editor) ought to make at least a stub and a redirect to it. PrimeHunter (talk) 05:16, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Unfortunately, user skill follows a Pareto distribution (fewer and fewer editors at each higher level of skill), so the number of users who know how to create stubs vastly outweighs the number of users who know how to improve the same stubs. This can lead to an accumulation of stubs that take a long time to improve enough to be useful to the reader. I'm not sure how a stub is better than a red link. In some ways, stubs might be worse, since they mask the function of the red link, which is to indicate the need to develop an article at the link destination. It might be interesting if we color-coded all of our links according to the quality of the destination article, with intermediate colors to range from stub to featured. Then it would be much clearer how many of the articles linked from a given article need improvement. Currently, we color a link to a stub the same as a link to a featured article, which I think is a bit misleading. --Teratornis (talk) 19:21, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

If there only was a one sentence substub at Immediate Family (film) saying "Immediate Family is a 1989 drama film with James Woods and Glenn Close", then a red link might be preferable. But I just examined some stubs in Category:1980s drama film stubs and most of them seem significantly better than a red link to me. Adding an article to a stub category is also a way to indicate work is wanted. Many readers and new editors are probably intimidated at the thought of creating an article but don't mind adding to existing articles. (There are also many poor article creators who ought to be more intimidated but that's another matter). PrimeHunter (talk) 16:12, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

I went ahead and created Immediate Family (film). PrimeHunter (talk) 18:33, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Need assistance correcting infobox template

So, if you look at Template:Infobox Non-profit the documentation contains a "mission" parameter. But if you look at the code for the template (editing the page) it doesn't look like it's included. I also just added a Non-profit info box and the content for the mission isn't appearing (see Recovery International). -- Scarpy (talk) 03:53, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

The "mission" parameter was added to the documenation in [4] by an inexperienced editor who has no template edits and probably didn't know you have to edit the template to add parameters. I have reverted the edit.[5] PrimeHunter (talk) 04:53, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Changing the Title of my Article

How can I change my article title from "David bredehoft" to "David Bredehoft"? Slingermr (talk) 04:06, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

See Help:Moving a page. Calvin 1998 ^(t·c) 04:09, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Your account is not autoconfirmed yet so I moved it for you. PrimeHunter (talk) 04:19, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for your help! Slingermr (talk) 04:24, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Discography on RuPaul

Somehow I pooped up the discography box on RuPaul, and I dont want to revert my edit because of all the other changes I made. Can someone fix this and explain to me what was incorrect, because I cannot figure it out! CouplandForever (talk) 04:08, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

In [6] you removed some cells about Supermodel 2006 but left an initial cell (not displayed in the diff) which spanned two rows although it should only have spanned one row after your edit. I fixed it in [7]. Was it intentional to remove Supermodel 2006? PrimeHunter (talk) 04:35, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

There are rowspan examples at Help:Table. rowspan was used for 2006 in the table in [8] before your edit, because there were two entries for 2006. PrimeHunter (talk) 04:39, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism on Miguel de Cervantes

It's been vandalized by a series of IP's, but not easily undo-able due to various edits including some putting it right. Anybody who can fix it? Pbackstrom (talk) 04:51, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

I have reverted to the last good version. PrimeHunter (talk) 04:58, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Category query (Severe weather and convection)

I was looking at the article Thermal and found the category was Category:Severe weather and convection. This category seems too restrictive. 'Severe weather' I could just understand as a category for hurricanes, but a lot of convection is benign. Obviously convection is a source of weather, but I suggest the cat is just called severe weather. JMcC (talk) 11:54, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

You could bring this up at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Severe weather. Algebraist 12:00, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

• Isn't it just a short way of writing "Sever weather and severe convection"? - Mgm|^(talk) 12:09, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

serious matter

My name is edafe I was born in April 9 1897. What is my horoscope? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.146.0.27 (talk) 12:38, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

I'm afraid we can't help you with that. This page is only for help on using Wikipedia. Anyway, so you are 111 years old? Wow :D Chamal ^talk 12:40, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Submitting an online museum to wikipedia

What are the steps, please? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.243.19.181 (talk) 13:04, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Can you clarify your query, please? I am not sure what it is that you want to do. — Jake Wartenberg 13:23, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

The OP may have wanted to create a new virtual museum article? Jay (talk) 13:33, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

If you would like to add an article, the first step is to create an account. After that, read this guide. TNXMan 14:38, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Ref Error?

On the Article, Tyrants of the Rising Sun I am seeing the following error at the bottom of the page: "Cite error: <ref> tags exist, but no <references/> tag was found" but, I see only one reference in the article code, and it appears to have an ending tag. Sephiroth storm (talk) 14:55, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

As the error message stated, the problem was not the lack of a </ref> tag, but the lack of a <references/> tag (which creates the reflist). I've added one. Algebraist 14:57, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

See the new Help:Cite errors. I have a proposal on the talk page there to link the error messages to the help page. --—— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 15:40, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, I always simply used {{reflist}}. Sephiroth storm (talk) 01:33, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Adding UK village

I don't really know how to go about requesting this but could you put some information in Wikipedia about Orcheston. It is a small village on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom. It has only around 65 houses but is featured in the Domesday Book due to its Orcheston Long Grass and the Great Flood that wiped half of it out. It is a very interesting village and needs recognising in Wikipedia.

Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Katys1982 (talk • contribs) 15:41, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Actually, this would be a great opportunity for you to contribute to Wikipedia! It seems like you already know a good deal about the village and have some reliable sources in mind. You can work on the article in your user space or you could check out this guide to publish the article right away. If you have questions, I'd be happy to help you get started. Best, TNXMan 15:48, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

I have started Orcheston. Moonraker2 (talk) 03:21, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

Logging in

I forgot my password and requested it be sent to me. However, although it keeps advising me that it has been sent, I am not receiving it. I tried to open a new account, but it says that the name is similar to an existing name (obviously mine). How can I get my account straightened out? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.83.45.122 (talk) 17:02, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

It's possible that your email account is rejecting the new-password message. Have you checked whatever spam protection you have? Algebraist 17:40, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Editing Title

I created a page today from a search and then clicked "Create This Page." I did not realize until I saved the page that I typed one word in lowercase in my intial search - which then created the title of the page. I would just like to change the lowercase "f" to an uppercase "F".

--Mhlwest (talk) 18:12, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

It appears that ukexpat has moved the page for you. You can now find it at the correct capitalization. TNXMan 18:22, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Ability to write around embedded images

Hi

How can we embed an image, and then write text to wrap around it, or insert text to the right or left of the image?

Regards, CM —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.45.19.49 (talk) 19:34, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

When you add an image to an article, the text should automatically flow around it. Is there a particular article where you are having a problem with this?  – ukexpat (talk) 19:43, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

You can also caption the picture by adding a caption parameter. See WP:CAPTION for more. TNXMan 19:47, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

For more information about image and text layout, see Help:Image, Help:Table, WP:BUNCH, and WP:GALLERY. --Teratornis (talk) 04:57, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

I think that what they mean is that if you use the right, left, and/or thumb qualifier with an image, the text will wrap around it. Without those qualifiers the image is inserted in the middle of the line and the next line begins under the image. —teb728 t c 05:26, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Can I speed up the "confirm" process?

I'm trying to edit an article which includes adding suitable images to it. Apparently I need to be "autoconfirmed" to be able to upload images - but this process apparently takes up to 4 days and 10 edits to occur. Is there a way I can force an early confirmation?

MonkeyFishZX (talk) 19:46, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Reading WP:AUTOCONFIRM, I don't think there is a way to speed up the process. The access is granted automatically by the software once the thresholds have been met. TNXMan 19:49, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

If the images are under a compatible free licence they can be added to Wikimedia Commons. You may need to register a new account there, but I'm sure the 4 days and 10 edits rule does not apply there.

Alternatively, (for example) if the images are available on Flickr or another similar image hosting site, and are under a compatible free licence, you could post a link here and invite an autoconfirmed editor to upload them. Personally I would recommend the Commons. -=# Amos E Wolfe ^talk #=- 20:09, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Commons is certainly preferable if they are compatible, and Commons has no autoconfirmation requirements. – ukexpat (talk) 20:31, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Reverting Vandalism

I try to revert vandalism but other users like User:ClueBot beat me to it...sometimes I revert vandalism on the exact same moment that someone else does it and I don't get a edit conflict notice. I wish someone could give me time to revert :( Filper01 (Chat, My contribs) 20:40, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

As long as the vandalism is reverted, that's all that matters, is it not? - Jarry1250 ^{(t, c)} 20:43, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Cluebot is a bot account that reverts vandalism automatically. You can do it manually, but a tool like Huggle makes the task much easier. – ukexpat (talk) 20:44, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

(edit conflict x2) Sorry. Trying to beat the bots is usually a losing battle, but don't let that stop you. There's plenty of vandalism to revert. If you find someone keeps beating you to it, leave it alone for a bit. Go off and create an article or improve an existing one. It does wonders for me. Best, TNXMan 20:44, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Twinkle

Resolved

 – Chamal ^talk 01:28, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

I have Twinkle in my Preferences but I can't revert in Twinkle. Why is this? Filper01 (Chat, My contribs) 20:49, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

What browser do you use? Opera, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer? It doesn't work in IE. Queenie ^Talk 20:51, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Oh, I forgot that it dosen't work in IE, which is my browser. Does Huggle work in IE? Filper01 (Chat, My contribs) 20:53, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Huggle is a standalone Windows application and is not browser dependent. – ukexpat (talk) 21:08, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

(e/c) Yes, I have IE and I use Huggle every day. Queenie ^Talk 21:14, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

I dosen't matter about Twinkle anymore. As I am using Firefox, I have Twinkle. Filper01 (Chat, My contribs) 21:24, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Question about Watchlist?

Resolved

 – ukexpat (talk) 23:09, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

On my watchlist I see: (diff) (hist) . . Wikipedia:Help desk‎; 21:25 . . (+353) . . Filper01 (Talk | contribs) (→Twinkle: nm)

What does the (+353) indicate? 31415926A (talk) 21:45, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

It's the number of bytes added or subtracted by the previous edit. For example, (+253) means a net total of 253 bytes were added by the last edit. TNXMan 21:47, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Oh...ok, thank you. 31415926A (talk) 21:50, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Fonts for signature

Where can I find a list of all the fonts that are available for customizing a signature? Thanks in advance. Keepscases (talk) 21:53, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Any font should work. You could test a couple out in your choice of word processor (Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, etc.) and then use that font name in your signature. Some might not work, most should. Calvin 1998 ^(t·c) 22:04, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks...but isn't there somewhere here I can look them up? Keepscases (talk) 22:17, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

It has more to do with what HTML and your browser will let you do than Wikipedia... we don't regulate what fonts you can and can't use, your browser does. I found this webpage that claims to have a list of fonts that will work in all browsers. Try using one of those. Calvin 1998 ^(t·c) 22:21, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Will do. Thanks again. Keepscases (talk) 22:27, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

(e/c) Before you head off to your preferences, keep in mind: While you are unlimited in what fonts you can pick, you should really try to pick a font like one of the Core fonts for the Web that most users will have installed on their system. Please, PLEASE don't pick a disgusting font. Disgusting is defined here as the likes of Jokerman or Harlow Solid Italic, both of which I have seen used in signatures. Some are really bad when it comes to signatures. Finally, please remember (if you are adding colour) to keep code to four two lines or less as well as to close your tags. Xenon54 (talk) 22:40, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Ye gods, four lines?(!) Link to your talk page and maybe your user page. It's enough. Anything more than 120 characters is a wasteful nuisance. The point of a sig is to put a name to a comment, and to allow other editors to easily contact you should they so desire. Every extra bit of frippery in your signature wastes the bandwidth of thousands of other editors. More obnoxiously, long signatures make it difficult to edit in substantial discussion threads. (It won't inconvenience you, just the people who come after your sprawling sig.)

If you want people to recognize your name then write interesting, sensible, constructive things — don't try to rely on a flashy but utterly superficial sig. If you want to be unique and creative, do it on your user page. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 23:55, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Never mind, it was two lines of code. (It's been a long time since I read WP:SIG.) Xenon54 (talk) 01:24, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

How many people are needed to support Wikipedia?

How many people does it take to support the day to day operaions of Wikipedia? 22:30, 11 February 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Johns412 (talk • contribs)

I don't think anyone really knows how many are needed, but estimates of how many there are range from a couple hundred to several thousand active "editors". If you mean "day to day operations" as in corporate matters, the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization behind Wikipedia employs a little over 20 full time employees. Calvin 1998 ^(t·c) 22:34, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

There are 23 paid employees of the Wikimedia foundation, and 75,000 active contributors. Tan | 39 22:35, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Meta's staff list is terribly out of date then... or maybe I just counted wrong. Calvin 1998 ^(t·c) 22:46, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Oops, you're right, 22 employees. Tan | 39 22:48, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Nah, Meta's list doesn't include the new employee they hired for the Stanton usability project thing. It is 23. Use wmf:Staff. Calvin 1998 ^(t·c) 22:52, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

I think the real answer is, How many people does it take to raise $6,000,000 in donations?---I'm Spartacus! ^{The artist formerly known as Balloonman} 22:59, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Wouldn't that be the real question? Special:RecentChanges shows who has edited recently. As I am checking just now, the most recent 50 changes are all within the past minute. If we assume each editor keeps the edit window open for a few minutes on average, there must be hundreds of users editing something right now. It's not clear what the original poster means by "support." Some people edit on Wikipedia, some people contribute financially, others put in a good word for Wikipedia with their friends, some of us just pretend to look good without convincing anyone (waves hand), etc. Even just reading Wikipedia supports the project, because having lots of viewers boosts credibility with large charitable donors and so on (Wikipedia is the world's fifth-most popular Web property). To determine how many people Wikipedia needs, one must clarify some goals, whether one refers to just keeping Wikipedia in its current form trundling along, or whether one wants something on Wikipedia to improve. Wikipedia has an almost incomprehensibe number of tasks left to complete. For example, we have 6,868,170 articles, but only 2,420 are featured articles (articles of our highest quality). To get all our articles up to featured quality, using the current methods, would probably require many more users than we currently have, but in particular many more of the relatively few users who learn Wikipedia in depth. Wikipedia has 47,820,169 registered user accounts, but the vast majority have done little more than dabble yet. (I say "yet" because they could always learn more, that is the ones who are still alive.) Hopefully Wikipedia's tools will continue to improve, possibly allowing the users we have to do a lot more. --Teratornis (talk) 23:11, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

February 12

Editing A Section

I'm an avid "WikiReader" (visit this site) but would like to make my first contribution. However, it seems overwhelming; should I cite it, or reference it, or link it, etc.---choosing what items seem appropriate is confusing.

Since I believe this may be my only "addition" for awhile, can I have someone else here do it for me? It's not a real big piece; a small paragraph, if that, for the Transportation section in Daegu, South Korea.

Thanks.

Cooldster (talk) 00:16, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

• You can take several approaches. Either you go to Wikipedia:Adopt-A-User to get a personal mentor, or you just dive in the deep end and write it yourself. (Providing a reference in any form is more important than the formatting and links, so definitely tell where the info came from so other people don't have to hunt down the source) - Mgm|^(talk) 00:33, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

• • You can write the paragraph on my talk page and tell which article and where you would like to add it. Jay (talk) 04:31, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Legitimate website blocked by Wikipedia's spam blocker

Hey guys,
I've been editing the balance of trade article to create a citation in the second section to replace the {{fact}} tag. Unfortunately, the website I found to source the information was blocked by Wikipedia's spam filter, is there a way around this? A mock-up of the section is located here. — Kortaggio ^{Proclamations} _Declarations 00:53, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

It's not very edifying, but since I've already gone to the trouble of finding it, here is the thread that lead to the blacklisting. Algebraist 01:05, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Hmm... On second thought, could it be possible that the site is not credible in the first place? After looking through the blacklist (before you suggested it, [edit conflict (gosh, you're fast!)]), it has been spammed before (on the same article, interestingly)--although it looks legitimate enough. Right now there are two options, either scrap the entire unsourced sentenced (China has a trade surplus), or put in the source above. — Kortaggio ^{Proclamations} _Declarations 01:08, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Fast? It took me twelve minutes! Algebraist 01:12, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

By the way, the website is: tradingeconomics.com, didn't think I could write it without being blocked. — Kortaggio ^{Proclamations} _Declarations 01:10, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Only code that actually produces a link triggers the blacklist. If you leave out the http://, you're fine. Algebraist 01:12, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Pro career

Resolved

 – ukexpat (talk) 15:18, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

I am trying to edit Aidin Nikkhah Bahrami page in English. So for everything has gone smoothly except one tiny problem. In the Infobox Basketball Player I have:

Infobox Basketball Player
| name = Aidin Nikkhah Bahrami
| image =
| position =
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 7
| weight_lbs = 240
| league =
| team =
| number =
| nationality = Iranian
| birth_date = (1982-02-05) February 5, 1982
| birth_place = Tehran
| death_date = (2007-12-28)December 28, 2007

But when I save the editing, an extra line is added in the box in the article page which says Pro career career_start –present, how can I remove this detail?

I've changed the template so the career dates line is not present unless some information is provided. Algebraist 01:58, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks mate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 145.94.62.196 (talk) 12:14, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

merging 2 topics?

I want to recommend merging 2 topics: EverQuest and Everquest, as these are identical and should not be 2 separate topics. EverQuest is the correct (and formal) spelling. I would be glad to help cutting ourt the duplicated materials and editing the old material to include unique portions from the misspelled topic that should be retained. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jopickard (talk • contribs) 02:12, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Everquest has redirected to EverQuest since 2007. There's no problem here. Algebraist 02:15, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Setting up contents

I am a first time user of Wikipedia and I just wanted to know how I set up sub sections for my contents: e.g.

Contents: 1. History 2. Media

 2.1. Newspapers

3. New media...

Also I have noticed some pages have an information box on the right hand side of the page with facts listed, logo's, etc. How do I create one of these?

Thankyou,

--Cfleetwood (talk) 05:49, 12 February 2009 (UTC)Cathy 12/2/09, 4.50pm

The table of contents is an outline of the named section. So to create it you add section and subsection headers in the text like these:

== History ==
== Media ==
=== Newspapers ===
== New media ==

For the infobox you add an infobox template at the top of the article. The exact template depends on what kind of subject the article has. If you tell us what the subject is, we could tell you the template. Or you could look at how they did it in an article with a similar subject. —teb728 t c 06:02, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

See more at Help:Section and Category:Infobox templates. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:34, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Also see WP:LAYOUT. Are you asking about the User:Cfleetwood/n2n page you are editing? (It looks like the N2n Communications article you started initially got speedily deleted, and you are editing it in your userspace now.) See WP:BFAQ, if you haven't already. To get your references in shape, see: WP:FOOT, WP:CITE, and WP:CITET. --Teratornis (talk) 20:40, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

If your background is in Public relations, you may wish to read the following in addition to the links we gave above:

• WP:COI
• WP:PEACOCK
• Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2007-02-05/Astroturfing Wikipedia
• and of course WP:NPOV which everyone who edits on Wikipedia must understand.

--Teratornis (talk) 21:06, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Adding an article in list of languages in which it is available

Hello, I have written an article on User(Computing) in Hindi in which it was not available. But now after finishing it, when I open User(Computing) article in another language say English or German, it must show Hindi(हिन्दी) in the list of languages in which this article is available as it shows some other languages on the left hand side. But it is not showing Hindi(हिन्दी) in the list of languages. How to add the new language in the list or it gets added automaically. The link is this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Username It is showing some 15-16 languages in which this article is also available but not Hindi. Please tell me hoe to do so. Thank You Rohit Rawat —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.177.74.251 (talk) 06:38, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Add [[hi:hindi title]] among the Wikipedia:interlanguage links at the bottom of the article. —teb728 t c 06:48, 12 February 2009 (UTC) Another way is to add interlanguage links like [[en:User (computing)]] at the bottom of your Hindi article. If I understand correctly, a bot will notice the change and insert a back link in the English article. —teb728 t c 07:06, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

How do I edit the page for "Iron"?

I am an expert in the field of iron in non-heme iron containing enzymes. I would like to include a class of enzymes (arguably the most ubiquitous and important) on the iron page under its list of biological functions.

But there is no option for me to "edit this page" on this particular page. I am, however, able to edit many other pages. Is there a reason I cannot edit the page for iron? Can I gain access to the "iron" page for editing?

Thanks! Bkbutler83 (talk) 06:41, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Iron is semiprotected, which means that it can be edited only by editors who are WP:autoconfirmed. This is to prevent vandalism by anonymous and new editors. You will be autoconfirmed four days after you created your username and when you have ten edits. In the meantime you can suggest changes on the article talk page, Talk:Iron. —teb728 t c 06:55, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Since you are an expert, I should perhaps point out that Wikipedia does not publish original research: Anything you put in an article must have been published elsewhere first. —teb728 t c 07:11, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

(edit conflict)::Hi Bkbutler83, The page Iron is currently semi-protected. That only means that un-registered users (those who haven't signed up with a user name such as you have) aren't able to edit the article. After you've made several edits, and you've been here for 4 days or more - you will be able to edit the article. It's called "autoconfirmed" and you can read about it here. I've also added a welcome template to your talk page. The bottom line is that after 4 days, and after you've made 10 edits - you will be able to add to the iron article. Welcome to Wikipedia, and cheers my friend. — Ched (talk) 07:09, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Rollbacks with Twinkle

I've been using Twinkle for rollbacks for a while now. For the last several days it hasn't been working for me. When I click it, it stops working at the message "Reverting page: data loaded..." It never goes further. Does anyone have any ideas what might be up? Monkey Bounce (talk) 07:07, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

It's probably related to the Wikipedia server, which sometimes hiccups and causes a general slowdown for everything. Gary King (talk) 07:21, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Syntax problem - ref after RTL foreign language place name

To the page Działoszyn, I just added the place name in two languages, German and Yiddish (the latter being RTL), with a web citation enclosed in a pair of '''<ref></ref>''' HTML tags. I didn't succeed in getting the web ref to display properly: please assist and advise. -- Thanks, Deborahjay (talk) 09:34, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

The ref does display properly in the References section. If you want the ref to be displayed as in this article, use Template:Cite web. Cheers. Chamal ^talk 12:27, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the template – but apparently I didn't explain my problem: the disordered appearance of the bracketed number after the languages (not the display under the References heading, which also could be improved ;-) -- Deborahjay (talk) 14:16, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

I see what you are talking about, but I have no idea what would cause that. I've tried using the {{cite web}}, but that does not help. The issue appears to be the Yiddish language template, as the reference displays correctly when it is removed. TNXMan 14:23, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Adding an LTR character fixed it. Algebraist 14:39, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

How to send a file to a mail id

Hi I have a doubt regarding how to send a page to an email id. Can you help me? Its very urgent. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.147.235.52 (talk) 13:29, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

If I understand your meaning, you should be able to copy and paste the web address into the email you wish to send. Is this what you were referring to? TNXMan 13:56, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Deleting a wikipedia entry I have just created

I have recently created a Wikipedia biographical entry on Dovey Johnson Roundtree which has been tagged as needed internal citations. I contemplate a much more extensive entry at this point and would like to delete the present entry and then rework it and repost it as an entirely new entry. (Yes, I know this is precisely why you encourage folks to use the sandbox, etc. till they've worked these things out. Apologies on this.) Please let me know the procedure, if there is one, for deleting my own entry. I had not realized how extensive the requirements are for biographical entries on Wikipedia and would prefer to start from scratch and delete existing entry in meantime. Thank you for your help. Megavoice (talk) 14:01, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

There is no reason to delete it. It appear to be a valid topic. Please do not confuse Wikipedia with a journal. The article is not your article. It is the community's article. Others have already begun editing the article and will continue to do so. Hopefully, it will be improved rather quickly. -- kainaw™ 14:05, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Thank you so much. I appreciate your assistance and yes, I will continue to expand and improve it with your assistance, which I believe I may require with the task of inserting the required "persondate" template at the end of the article. Megavoice (talk) 14:13, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

I have just added a {{Reflist}} template to show the inline references, an information box, and a {{persondata}} template (which will not be visible unless you have he correct code in your css file, or unless in edit mode). – ukexpat (talk) 15:16, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

I am afraid I may have confused the information box template somehow with the persondata template? I see that a large amount of data is in the info box, creating a huge info box and pushing the text so far down on the page that it has created a configuration problem (when I print out the entry, the second page of text doesn't even show up.) Can you tell me what I did wrong so I can fix this? tahnks Megavoice (talk) 18:11, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

I will remove some of the "Known for" stuff just leaving the Keys case as that is the most important I think, and will also take out some of the Charlotte entries. Also, when you print, try using the "Printable version" link in the toolbox on the left-hand side of the page. We can continue discussions on the article's talk page. – ukexpat (talk) 18:27, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Autocomplete

The autocomplete function has stopped working - how can I restore this functionDocinsoton (talk) 15:13, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

It's turned on at the moment, actually (though it's been off at times recently). Have you ticked 'disable AJAX suggestions' in the 'search' section of your preferences? Algebraist 15:21, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Documented at WP:RFAQ#SEARCH. --—— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 17:03, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Deleting a redirect

Resolved

 – TNXMan 22:05, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Where do I talk to administrators to get them to delete a redirect? I am attempting to separate the redirect Alex Haley's Queen from the Queen: The Story of an American Familyarticle. The latter is the novel and the former is the film. I am working on an article for the film (User:RivkaRebecca/Alex_Haley's_Queen). Thanks in advance, Rivka (talk) 16:20, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Follow the instructions at WP:RFD#How to list a redirect for discussion. Deor (talk) 16:32, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

You don't need to delete it if you are planning on turning it into an article. Go back to the top of the article and click on the link at (Redirected from Alex Haley's Queen)— this will allow you to edit the redirect page. --—— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 16:35, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

It worked! Thank you!! Rivka (talk) 21:49, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Taxes

What would be the percentage of taxes I would have to pay on a lottery winning of $2,500.00? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.216.166.126 (talk) 17:26, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. I hope this helps. TNXMan 17:27, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

But we cannot give financial, tax or legal advice. – ukexpat (talk) 18:30, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

And you did not tell us where you live, or where you won the lottery. Hopefully you will mention those details to your accountant. If you're looking for something worthwhile to do with the winnings, may I suggest foundation:Donate. --Teratornis (talk) 19:50, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Edit

How do you edit a locked page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.99.78.34 (talk) 17:34, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

The short answer is "you can't". The long answer is: if it's semi-protected, you have to have an autoconfirmed account to edit it; if it's fully protected, you have to be an admin to edit it. You can place the {{editprotected}} template on the talk page, along with the change you want to make, and someone will come along and verify that it's a good change. Cheers, Hermione1980 17:53, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

And see WP:PROT. --Teratornis (talk) 20:57, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Cats on Commons files?

Is it possible to put Wikipedia categories on files from WikiMedia Commons and, if so, how? Thanks. -Drilnoth (talk) 18:27, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Go to the file's page on Commons and edit to add the categories as you would with a Wikipedia article. The HotCats gadget, which you can enable in the Gadgets section of your Commons Preferences makes the job much easier. If you need assistance, the Commons help desk should be able to help you out. – ukexpat (talk) 18:34, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Okay, thanks. So the file will still work normally on Wikipedia? I didn't know that. -Drilnoth (talk) 19:04, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Yes a file on Commons, like one of mine thumbnailed on the right, is linked in just the same way as those on Wikpedia. – ukexpat (talk) 19:37, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Do you mean categories at Commons, or categories here in the English Wikipedia? Just to clarify, the answer above is about adding categories at Commons. -- Rick Block (talk) 19:48, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

... to be in a category here, like anything under Category:Wikipedia images, the category is added to a local description file for the image. Images on Commons may or may not have local description files. In either case, when you click on the image you'll be at the local description file. To add it to a category here, either edit the page you arrive at and add the category or click "create this page" and add the category. The image above currently has no local description file, while File:050817-N-3488C-028.jpg is a Commons image with a local description file if you want to see the difference. -- Rick Block (talk) 19:58, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

For more information about categories in the English Wikipedia and on Wikimedia Commons, see the entries in their respective Editor's indices:

• Wikipedia:Editor's index to Wikipedia#Cat
• commons:Commons:Editor's index to Commons#Cat

Note that there is often not a one-to-one mapping of categories between Wikipedia and Commons. In some cases this might not be easy to "fix", that is, the category structures may be different because someone specifically wants them to be different. Also note that if your file is on Commons, it is not actually "on" Wikipedia - it only appears to be. The category structures of the two sites are completely invisible to each other. That is, categorizing a file on Commons has no effect on how it is categorized on Wikipedia, and vice versa. The categories on Commons exist for the convenience of Commons users, and the categories on Wikipedia exist for the convenience of Wikipedia users. Image categories are (probably) not very interesting to people who only read Wikipedia. Image categories are more useful for editors who keep track of images and put images in articles. --Teratornis (talk) 20:01, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Sorry; what I was asking was, if an image is being used on Wikipedia but actually located on Commons, can Wikipedia categories be added to the Wikipedia display page of the image so that it appears appropriately? I think I've seen this before... File:Barnstar-atom3.png is categorized on Wikipedia into Category:Images of Wikipedia barnstars, even though the image itself is on Commons. When I click "edit this page," the current Wikipedia page contains only the category on it, with the rest of the page coming from Commons. Thanks; is it OK to put Wikipedia cats on Commons images in this way, or is that generally discouraged? I just think that it could help with some... well... categorization. :) -Drilnoth (talk) 20:16, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

It is possible but I always thought it was discouraged, I also see no benefit for it. An image should be well categorised on commons, since that's where you look for images, not Wikipedia. With some exceptions of course like the barnstars category you mentioned. Garion96 (talk) 20:35, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

It's difficult to discuss these things in the abstract. Give some examples of the images and categories you have in mind, and someone can comment on whether Commons needs those categories, or whether the equivalent categories already exist on Commons under some other names. In some cases it can make sense to extend the category structure on Commons, but even when there is a direct correspondence between categories on Wikipedia and Commons, the category names often differ. Frequently an image category on Wikipedia will have a name starting with "Images of ...", whereas on Commons it's understood that most of the content consists of images so they don't usually say "Images of...". Categories on Wikipedia can also categorize articles, whereas on Commons the site mostly consists of images and other media files. Commons doesn't really have articles, but it has gallery pages in its "article" space. --Teratornis (talk) 20:50, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

One example is Category:Images of Wikipedia barnstars. It's very Wikipedia-specific, so would Commons want such a category? -Drilnoth (talk) 21:23, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

How do I see when my account was created

Resolved

 – TNXMan 21:46, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Hello I would like to find out the exact date and time my account was created; how do I do this? L07ChLeo3 21:14, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Here. Algebraist 21:16, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Ok thank you L07ChLeo3 21:22, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Grammar

I have a problem with an anonymous user editing Gerard Piqué's article to change his playing position from "Centre back" to "Centre Back". Obviously, this is only a grammatical issue ("back" should not be capitalised as it is not a proper noun), so it seems petty to take this to WP:AIV or WP:3RR. What should I do? – PeeJay 23:11, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

I would first make absolutely sure you're in the right — I had a similar problem a ways back, and it turns out that I was wrong. Next, try engaging with the user on his/her talk page. An explanation in an edit summary, instead of a plain reversion, would also go far. If the user persists in reverting after that, take it to 3RR. Hermione1980 23:15, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

I am absolutely sure that I am right. I have plenty of experience editing articles related to association football. I just don't know how to deal with editors who persist with making grammatical errors. Cheers for the tip :-) – PeeJay 23:19, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Don't forget that 3RR applies to you as much as to the other editor. —teb728 t c 02:02, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Also, WP:3RR and WP:EDITWAR do NOT contain exceptions for being "right", even "absolutely right" even the sort of "I've been here longer editing these kinds of articles for many years so I get the right to be more right than you are right". What will make you right is to file for dispute resolution methods, such as third opinion or request for comments. If many other neutral editors come out in support of your version, you have the weight of consensus on your side. If its just you enforcing the "right" version, its edit warring plain and simple. But before you even try dispute resolution, you should try polite conversation. It actually works most of the time. --Jayron32.talk.contribs 02:24, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

February 13

Chat room

does this site got a chat room? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.75.255.112 (talk) 01:54, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Nope. We're a reference project, not a social networking site. --Orange Mike | Talk 01:58, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Au contrair, mon ami. We do have one. Several, in fact. See WP:IRC. --Jayron32.talk.contribs 02:19, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

An IRC is not a chatroom as I understand the term. --Orange Mike | Talk 02:22, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

In my experience, chatroom or chat room is a common synonym for IRC channel. It's used three times in the lead of WP:IRC, for example. Algebraist 03:26, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Chatroom can also mean forum, (a very spammy one). Of which Wikipedia should not be but unfortunately often is. Calvin 1998 ^(t·c) 03:42, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Inter Relay Chat mainly used for Chat Channels or Chat Rooms (depending on if you want to use "channel" like the old CB radios or "room" like all them new net kiddies). -- kainaw™ 03:43, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Error in audio article

I just wanted to mention that the audio article version of Julie Kirkbride contains a mistake. The reader says that she attended the university of carolina, but in actual fact the article states that she attended California, Berkley. 79.75.255.112 (talk) 01:59, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

That audio version is about 2 years old! You can mention this in the article's talk page though. Audio versions not able to catch up with written versions is a known problem. Jay (talk) 12:24, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

I think it's more a case of a mistake on the part of the reader to be honest. 79.75.254.203 (talk) 18:37, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Is There A Way to Add a New Article to Wikipedia

I need to know if there is a way to add a new article to wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.101.231.31 (talk) 04:03, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Please see Your first article.

1. Ensure that you have an account and you are logged in. If you don't have an account, create one
2. Make sure the subject is notable enough to have their own article
3. Find references
4. Make sure no article on the subject exists under a different title by typing the subject into the search box to the left (←) and clicking 'Search'
5. Type the page name in the search box to the left (←) and click 'Go'
6. Click 'Create this page'
7. Create the article, including all your references, making sure you adhere to the Manual of Style and our article layout guidelines
8. Be aware that Wikipedia deletes thousands of new articles for failing to adhere to our policies and guidelines. New articles by new users are at extra risk of deletion, due to new users' unfamiliarity with our rules. Consider gaining experience by editing existing articles before attempting to create new ones. Calvin 1998 ^(t·c) 04:05, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

You need to be a logged-in user to create a new article. Michael Hardy (talk) 04:45, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Um... that's the second thing I said... Calvin 1998 ^(t·c) 04:56, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

I'm a bit confused

In Hidden messages#Windows Fonts I edited the section to make it clear that the fonts should be viewed in Internet Explorer. Another editor changed it to say the fonts can be viewed "on computers with these two typefaces installed". So I changed it back, because I was a bit confused with the previous version. Then I began to question my edit. While I think the I.P. that made the edit may have had a point, I was wondering that since these fonts are created by Windows, they own the rights to them and wouldn't allow them to be used on any non-Windows OS, right? I honestly don't know what to do. --Whip it! ^{Now whip it good!} 05:10, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

You might want to ask on Wikipedia:Reference desk/Computing if nobody on the Help desk knows. Your question is about editing Wikipedia, which the Help desk is for, but the answer depends on subject domain knowledge, which goes beyond the mere mechanics of editing, and into the Reference desk universe. Obviously, the unregistered editor could have helped by providing a reliable source to support his/her edit; then you could check the source - and this situation illustrates why sources are so important. Did you find anything when you Googled? --Teratornis (talk) 07:11, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

i don't know the answer, but: using/not using Internet Explorer is not the same thing as having/not having a Windows OS (for example, i have a Windows OS and use firefox). why not discuss the question on the article's talk page? Sssoul (talk) 07:22, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Protection of “Mainpage”

“Mainpage” is a redirect link to Main Page. Should it be protected against faux edits? -✉ Hello World! 05:54, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

WP:NO-PREEMPT says:

• Preemptive full protection of articles is contrary to the spirit of Wikipedia and this policy.

That doesn't say anything about redirects to protected articles. The history of the Mainpage redirect shows no activity since User:Ellmist created it in 2003. Had vandals attacked it since then, its history would show the changes and reverts. Since nobody seems to be vandalizing the redirect, it doesn't get preemptive protection, I guess. Talk:Main Page might be a better place to ask, since the people who manage the Main page probably look there more often than here. --Teratornis (talk) 07:06, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

WP:BEANS beans the musical fruit... --Jayron32.talk.contribs 03:10, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for page protection has many requests like the original poster's, some which are declined per WP:NO-PREEMPT. I'm thinking when it comes to ordinary page vandalism, the cat is pretty much out of the bag already. --Teratornis (talk) 05:46, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

unknown metallic properities.

platinum - 80 to 85% + titanium - 3% + gold - 2 to 2.5% + uranium 0.65 to 0.75% + cobalt 6% & above what is the metal's name? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.238.184.163 (talk) 06:07, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia will not do your homework for you. —teb728 t c 06:50, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

{edit conflict) That's a pretty good (homework?) question. List of alloys doesn't even have a section for the primary constituent (platinum). Wikipedia has articles about numerous alloys containing some of the constituents (e.g., Staballoy, Platinum sterling), but not in the right proportions. The platinum article has a red link to "Platinum-cobalt, an alloy comprised of roughly 3 parts platinum and 1 part cobalt, ... used to make extremely strong permanent magnets." Also see Ore#Nickel-cobalt-platinum deposits and Asteroid mining. You will probably have to ask on the Reference desk is if you can't find anything by Googling. Your question does not make clear whether you are looking for a man-made alloy, or some naturally-occurring metal or ore. --Teratornis (talk) 06:55, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

nonsense added to BTU entry

Resolved

 – Vandalism reverted --—— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 11:56, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

I do not have the time today to learn how to edit wikipedia, but the entry for BTU seems to be vandalized with the insertion of "13 pound infant" into the definition of a british thermal unit. Is there a wiser person than me who a) knows a better definition and b) can edit the entry appropriately? greenjeans101 Greenjeans101 (talk) 11:42, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Moving text from "see also" section to the main body of the article

In an article text which is meant to be in the main article has been mistakenly moved to the "see also" section. Also, when the section is opened for editing, it appears to be in the main article but when the article is viewed the particular text is shown in the "show also" box. How to rectify the situation? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.93.246.42 (talk) 12:27, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

I'm not really sure what you are describing. Do you have the name of the article in question? TNXMan 12:48, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

I've fixed it. End of table was missing. This caused table from another section to be displayed in the last (See also) section. But while editing the See also section, the malformed table is not to be found as it actually in another section. Hard to explain actually, and can't be understood from page history. Jay (talk) 13:21, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

just guessing from the poster's contributions, s/he probably means The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences. Sssoul (talk) 13:14, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Is it a good source?

I've forgotten where to go to find out if a particular source is good for citation verifcation and whatnot. There's a list around here somewhere, isn't it? If so, could someone provide a link? I hope I've phrased my question properly; if not please let me know and I'll try to ask it again lol. Thank you, Rivka (talk) 14:52, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Though not exactly a list, WP:SOURCES describes the criteria for assessing source quality - the basic rules being that good sources are reliable, independent, and have a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy. Does this answer your question? Gonzonoir (talk) 14:59, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

If you want to discuss whether or not a particular source is reliable, then see Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard. --—— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 15:19, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

If the above links aren't what you meant, see WP:EIW#Source for (hopefully) everything else the Wikipedia community has documented about sources. --Teratornis (talk) 22:03, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Article translation

How to post the translation of already existing article in the Arabic language, I mean, the translation is in Arabic? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.200.184.75 (talk) 16:03, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Translation. --—— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 16:28, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Huggle

When I change a setting in Huggle [Queue - Manage Queues - Queue Options - Remove Edits after x minutes] and click 'OK', it does work. But when I close it and open it again, the edits don't go after x minutes. Is this a general glitch in 0.8.5., or is it my PC? 86.45.151.251 (talk) 16:48, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Hello? 86.45.151.251 (talk) 17:18, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Yes we are here. Presumably you have a user account with rollback rights? In any event, you should be asking this at the feedback page. – ukexpat (talk) 17:21, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Yes, that was me above. I logged into Huggle and assumed that I was logged in here as well. Thanks, I'll take it to the feedback page, Queenie ^Talk 17:24, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Indexing

My old school has a page which is indexed under "Synge Street CBS". How can this be indexed under "Synge Street" because if you search for "Synge Street" you find nothing. In addition, if you look at the pages of a past pupil like Cornelius Ryan (Author), he has Synge Street mentioned on his pages but it doesn't link back to "Synge Street CBS"

Can we change indexing to just cover "Synge Street" ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.120.152.15 (talk) 17:10, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

You can move the page, but that seems a bit drastic. The best thing to do is pipe the article, or create a page called "Synge Street" and redirect it to Synge Street CBS. 86.45.151.251 (talk) 17:13, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

(e/c)It appears to have the proper title as it stands now. If you use the Wikipedia search engine and search for "Synge Street" the school does appear as the first hit see: [9].  – ukexpat (talk) 17:17, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

I used the PIPE method and it's worked a treat. However, how can any references to "Synge Street" be automatically changed to link to "Synge Street" i.e. Cornelius Ryan - He was born in Dublin and educated at Christian Brothers' School, Synge Street, Portobello. ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Championc (talk • contribs) 11:38, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

You'll have to do it manually. Otherwise you can use ask someone who uses AutoWikiBrowser to do this for you if there are many such instances. Chamal ^talk 11:47, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

post photo

I am having difficulty posting a photo. I would like to add a picture of a mineral on the titanium section. How do I paste a JPEG image? 17:30, 13 February 2009 (UTC)~~ —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mineman99 (talk • contribs)

Images cannot be pasted into articles. In order to add an image, you'll need to make sure the image has been uploaded to Wikipedia or Commons, then link to it by typing [[File:Name image was tagged with]]. TNXMan 17:35, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

For uploading see WP:UPLOAD and for free content policy see WP:FU. If it is an image that you have created, you should consider uploading it to Commons. Note that your account must be autoconfirmed (10 edits and at least 4 days old) to upload to Wikipedia, but Commons has no autoconfirmation requirement. – ukexpat (talk) 20:08, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Want to delete userpages

I have a couple of userpages I want to delete. I found the template to use, but I'm not sure where to put it. Should it go at the top of the Article page? Thank you.Hammerdrill (talk) 20:41, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

You can really put it anywhere on each page you want deleted. The template adds the page to the list of pages to be reviewed/deleted. TNXMan 20:45, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

I see you have used {{db}}. You can use {{db-user}} on pages in your userspace. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:00, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Posting Stub Notes

I was just wondering how you post stub notes, as a few articles have been brought to my attention.--GameHazard (talk) 20:58, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Add the stub you want to the bottom of the article. You can read more at this guide. Stubs should be look something like this: {{Writer-stub}}. TNXMan 21:07, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

How to remove Wikipedia warnings

Last night I got help posting this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science.gov Wikipedia gives three warnings about the page:

(1) This article includes a list of references or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations.

(2) This article may not meet the notability guideline for web content.

(3) This article needs additional citations for verification.

I've updated the article to hopefully address these concerns. Is there a way to request a review of the page to see if I've adequately addressed the objections or will the page be re-assessed automatically after some period of time?

Thanks. Slederman (talk) 21:21, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Anyone can remove the warning templates if they believe that the issues are resolved. If another editor re-adds them, discuss it on the talk page before removing them again. See Wikipedia:BOLD, revert, discuss cycle for more advice in this vein. --—— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 21:28, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

I added those tags. I think they are pretty self explanatory, but just in case:

1. In the references section there is a list of external links - can you use those as references for any of the content in the article using tagged references (<ref></ref>)? At the moment most of the inline citations are to the subject's own website and that kind of self reference is not a reliable source.
2. At the moment I don't think the article shows the "significant coverage in reliable sources" required to establish notability, especially in view of item 1.
3. This item is really a variation on 1 and 2 above.

Hope this helps. – ukexpat (talk) 21:32, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Sounds like y'all need to take this to the article talk page and work it out. --—— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 21:47, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

 Done – ukexpat (talk) 21:57, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

saying i changed things when i haven't

I have no idea why you think or whoever thinks i changed things but i haven't changed one thing...who is doing this? how do i see what was changed supposly? are people hacking in to my computer or something?21:38, 13 February 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.191.197.27 (talk)

I'm not sure to what you are referring. Your IP address only shows one contribution (this one) and your talk page has no warnings about inappropriate edits. TNXMan 21:42, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

You have a dynamic IP address. Your ISP (AOL) assigns each user a new IP address each time they log on. A vandal vandalised, then logged off of AOL, freeing their IP address which was then assigned to you. Meanwhile, whoever reverted the vandalism left a warning which reached you instead of the vandal. It is an unavoidable side effect of anonymous IP editing; the only way to get around it is to register an account. Xenon54 (talk) 21:47, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

If you are not logged in and want to see which edits are registered to the IP address currently assigned to you then click here: Special:MyContributions. Another way is to sign a post, click "Show preview" (Save is not needed) and then click on the displayed IP address. Logged in users have a link called "my contributions" on every page. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:55, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Tilde Problem

Resolved

I need help every time I sign talk or discussion pages with the four tildes it never provides a link to my user page or my talk page I will give an example by signing this one now; can anyone help? L07ChLeo3 22:15, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

What is the status of the "Raw signature" check box in the User profile of your Preferences? – ukexpat (talk) 22:28, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

It is checked L07ChLeo3 23:18, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Please then uncheck it. That will fix it.  GARDEN  23:22, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Ok thank you very much this problem can be marked as resolved thank you --L07ChLeo3 (talk) 23:25, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

February 14

Bin Laden

Hi, after asking on Humanities we decided to categorize Bin Laden as "Saudi anti-communists", the category has been created and I created an account because I hadn't one. But, why can't I edit his page?.. he's protected and I can't. Help, can somebody categorize him as "Saudi anti-communists"? --FromSouthAmerica (talk) 01:13, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Done. You can't edit the article because it is semi-protected so only user active for more than four days can edit it. Samuell Lift me up or put me down 01:52, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

That is, only autoconfirmed users can edit semi-protected pages. To be autoconfirmed, you need at least 10 edits and 4 days of activity. Chamal ^talk 01:57, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Article assessment gadget

Hi. I used to be able to view the article assessment ratings using a gadget in my preferences, but this no longer works and my browser says there are errors in the page. Instead of the assessment with a colour, it now just says "From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia". Anyone know how to fix this? Thanks. ~AH1^(TCU) 03:01, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

What browser are you using, and what is the precise error report? Algebraist 04:00, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Vanishing InfoBox Information (displayed)

Suddenly a piece of information in an Infobox will not display (it has for months). I tried cutting and pasting that line and saving the page but with no luck. It's the "co-executive producers" line (Si Siman and John Mahaffey) in the Infobox for Ozark Jubilee, which can be seen in the edit mode, but again, will no longer display. Any help would be appreciated. RadioBroadcast (talk) 03:51, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Removed following this discussion. Algebraist 03:59, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Searching

How can I bring up the serach page for an article that exists? Grsz¹¹ 04:25, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

From the search bar at the left, hit "search" instead of "go". Calvin 1998 ^(t·c) 04:45, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Using a photograph

Hi. There's a photograph that I'd like to upload to an article. The person who took the photograph has given me permission to use it. I've been reading and re-reading the "upload image" information and am getting bogged down in all the complexities of copyright and atribution. I wonder if someone can tell me simply (and if possible step-by-step) what I need to do in this instance. Thank you --Readerwild (talk) 05:32, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

As you don't own the copyright, the easiest thing to do is have the copyright owner send an e-mail as described at WP:IOWN or have them upload it to Commons where it can be used by all the WP projects. – ukexpat (talk) 05:44, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

If you want to upload to Commons, see commons:Commons:OTRS. Figuring out what license to use can get complicated. I'm collecting all the relevant information I can find on that subject at commons:COM:EIC#Copyright. The problem gets easier if the copyright holder agrees to release the photo under a free license like the GFDL or (preferably) CC-BY-SA (or better yet, both). A common problem is when someone permits Wikipedia to use the photo and no one else. We really need the copyright holder to release the photo for reuse by others, including possible commercial use. To understand why, see these illustrated explanations:

• File:BD-propagande-2 (en).jpg
• File:BD-propagande colour en.jpg

and read commons:Commons:Licensing. Wikipedia can use photos with restrictive licenses, but this creates problems when people want to translate Wikipedia articles to other languages, or when the Wikimedia Foundation wants to publish Wikipedia's content on low-cost commercially-produced CDs or DVDs, etc. The more freely you can license any photo you upload, the more value it can bring to more people. --Teratornis (talk) 06:01, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Accused of vandalism

Resolved

Just a few minutes back, while I was surfing wikipedia without having logged in, in the user page for my IP address, I recieved a message that I had made an edit on the central processing unit page which constitutes vandalism (this was on my ip address user page and not on my user page). I am sure that I haven't even visited the page, let alone having edited it. I also know what constitutes vandalism, being an active editor for the last two years. Also, I am sure that no one uses my computer for editing wikipedia other than me. What could have caused this? Could it be dynamic IP addresses (I guess my ISP uses dynamic addresses)? Can I prevent this?--Leif edling (talk) 07:50, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

I'm not sure IP warning can be avoided, and since you do have a login I wouldn't be too concerned. The IP doesn't really affect your standing in the sense that you have been warned. The only possible time I could see this being an issue is if some checkuser item came to notice, and there you would have full ability to explain that you have Dynamic IP rather than a static one. — Ched (talk) 08:08, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Your ISP will almost certainly use dynamic IP addresses, so every time you reconnect your broadband your IP address will change, although it will only change within a specific range which is traceable to that ISP. The vandalism was therefore most likely carried out by someone who uses the same ISP as you, who was assigned that address at the time of the vandalism, was warned, and you then "inherited" that warning when you took on that IP address some time down the line.

I wouldn't worry about it at all - you can't "prevent" it, per se, but so long as you always edit whilst logged in it's not a problem...any block of an IP address within your ISP's range for vandalism would, almost certainly, only block anonymous users, and wouldn't affect people with accounts editing from the blocked IP. In some rare cases IPs are blocked in respect of both unregistered and registered users to prevent substantial abuse, but even in such an instance individual accounts can be set to be unaffected by that block by using the IP Block Exempt flag.

Personally, I don't know what my IP address is, and since I'm always logged in never see the talk page or any warning for it - conceivably some of the IP addresses I use (since I'm on a dynamic IP from my ISP) will have been blocked for vandalism at some stage, but since I'm logged in it never affects me. _Gb^T/c 10:38, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Note that when you give this kind of information, other users can guess at which IP address you may have had at the time. I can confirm there is at least one IP address who recently vandalized the article and was warned. If you are not logged in and want to see which edits are registered to the IP address currently assigned to you then click here: Special:MyContributions. Another way is to sign a post, click "Show preview" (Save is not needed) and then click on the displayed IP address. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:48, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

I had a subarachnoid hemorrhage about 7 years ago. I had to have surgery. Recently I was looking at my family history, and realised that my grandfather, great grandfather, and great great grandfather died of brain hemorrhage. Is it hereditary? Do I have to warn my children to have tests? Joanwb (talk) 11:25, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi Joan. You can, of course, peruse our article on subarachnoid hemorrhage. I don't know that it will be of any help. Your question is really better placed at the reference desk. This page is for questions related to using Wikipedia, and thus not geared to answer general knowledge questions. However, even there your question, though not as directly as some, could be seen as a transgressing our policy against giving medical advice.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 11:35, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Please don't ask this question at the Reference Desk — while Fuhghettaboutit means well, the editors there will almost certainly not be able to offer you a prognosis. If you have questions about how your family's medical history is likely to affect your own health, it's an issue that you need to discuss with a qualified medical professional. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 14:19, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Please see WP:MEDICAL. – ukexpat (talk) 21:41, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Equipment used by Sir Edmund Hillary on his expedition.

I am doing a projecton Sir Edmund's expedition to mount Everest.In particular, i would like to know what equipment he used on this expedition? Were the equipment different to equipments used in other expeditions?

Thanks

41.208.48.176 (talk) 12:59, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

If you can fnd what you are looking for in our article on Edmund Hillary please try the miscellaneous 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.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 13:04, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

But they won't do your homework for you. – ukexpat (talk) 21:45, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Resplitting split list articles

Suppose I have a list article, such as List of foos, which gets so large that I have to split it into List of foos: A-M and List of foos: N-Z. But then suppose these too get so large that I have to reorganise the split, having instead List of foos: A-I, List of foos: J-Q and List of foos: R-Z. What am I supposed to do with the first two split articles? Turn them into redirects or delete them or what? JIP | Talk 13:16, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

IMHO from a computer related standpoint rather than Wiki.

• move A-M over to A-I
• create J-Q
• move N-Z over to R-Z
• copy second half of A-I(now J-M) and first half of R-Z(now N-Q) to the new J-Q

I'm still learning wiki from the ground up - but if I understand what I've read so far, that seems to me to be the easiest. — Ched (talk) 13:33, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

And make sure "foobar" doesn't become "fubar" .. LOL ... LMA... <cough, cough>, sorry ... iggy that. — Ched (talk) 13:35, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

• Definitely don't delete. You need to keep the edit history of the existing pages somewhere. Moving them and creating them separately (while referring to the edit with the history) as suggested by Ched appears to be the best solution. - Mgm|^(talk) 23:35, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
• That said, lists tend to look like categories when they're alphabetical. Make sure you give enough additional information or think of sorting the entries differently. - Mgm|^(talk) 23:36, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Auto suggest

In Internet Explorer, when you type in the search box a drop down menu appears listing articles starting with the text you type. Why doesn't this work in Mozilla Firefox? Mfishe (talk) 14:44, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

It does, at least for me (FF 3.0.6 on winXP). Algebraist 14:46, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

The feature has been turned off and on a few times recently due to high cpu usage but I think the latest off was a couple of days ago. When did you try it in Firefox and was it working at the same time in Internet Explorer? In Special:Preferences under the "Search" tab, "Disable AJAX suggestions" should be unchecked if you want the feature. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:10, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

PNG resize glitch

When this image is resized with the |220px code it shows glitchy like this [10] . It's not just my computer right? Habanero-tan (talk) 15:20, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

fixed initial link Xenon54 (talk) 15:55, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Looks like a corrupted upload. Xenon54 (talk) 15:55, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Golf / PGA tour question

On the PGA tour what is the pro-am tournament where at one of the tees some of the celebrities and golfers jump into the crowd? And when is the tournament? Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.109.164.189 (talk) 15:20, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

This weekend's AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am? If you have any other factual questions, please take them to the reference desk. Xenon54 (talk) 15:23, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

How do I get something to redirect?

Resolved

 – Gary King (talk) 22:08, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

A search for Cunovo automatically redirects to Čunovo. I have started a new article called Water Sports Centre Čunovo. How do I get Water Sports Centre Cunovo to redirect there? Thanks. HowardMorland (talk) 15:29, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Go to Water Sports Centre Cunovo and create the page with only the following code:

#REDIRECT [[Water Sports Centre Čunovo]]

Xenon54 (talk) 15:51, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, done. HowardMorland (talk) 16:50, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

revert?

Resolved

I came across this diff, and was going to revert - but thought I would ask first - do we not use only Wiki images? — Ched (talk) 15:35, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

That is an automatic revert, but you don't have to worry as links to any sort of blogging site are automatically removed. Xenon54 (talk) 15:49, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks ;) — Ched (talk) 16:08, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Warning

I am frequently getting warnings whenever I open the computer and open a Wiki page. The warnings are against ID no 59.93.202.30. I have nothing to do with the edits and my PC is a personal one and so its misuse by others is out of question. I think there is some technical mix up somewhere. Please help. - Chandan Guha (talk) 15:57, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Looks like you're assigned to a shared ip address. If so, then I think it's better to have you automatically sign in to Wiki since its a personal computer. E Wing (talk) 16:01, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

How do i do that? - Chandan Guha (talk) 16:25, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

I think E Wing means the sort of "Remember me" box on the login page, so that you're always logged in. - Jarry1250 ^{(t, c)} 16:30, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Unable to access my watchlist or preference page

Resolved

 – ukexpat (talk) 21:47, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Hello. I am unable for some reason to access my watchlist or preferences. When I click on them the only thing that comes up is this text: /*generated user stylesheet*/ a. new, #quickbar a.new {color: # CC2200;}. Thanks. Tumblin Tom (talk) 16:11, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Try to clear your entire cache. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:38, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. That's done the trick. Tumblin Tom (talk) 18:55, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Personal attacks

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 – ukexpat (talk) 21:48, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi. I have reason to believe that one user using two different IPs of [11] and [12]. I have reason to believe they're the same editors as geolocate puts them in the same country, and they have similar, is not the same edits on Great Power and Middle Power. Anyway, I have warned him two times in the case of personal attacks of continually using (pardon my language) stupid fucking english....study. How many times can he make a personal attack before I can report and temporarily or permanently blocked if the administrator deems necessary? Deavenger (talk) 16:21, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

WP:AIV —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.80.240.66 (talk) 16:31, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

I think that's for spammers and vandels, not for users who keep on making personal attacksDeavenger (talk) 16:36, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Generally, AIV is the best place to report something like that. You could also drop a note at the admin's noticeboard. Also, please note that IP addresses are only very rarely permanently banned, since they are often reassigned by the ISP. TNXMan 16:50, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks you Tinxman and IP 194.80.240.66. I'll drop a note at ANI. Deavenger (talk) 16:54, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Font

I am viewing wiki in a different font which i do not like. I dont know how I have done this or if I have done this at all, but could someone please tell me how to change it back to a readable font.

Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.108.222.203 (talk) 16:41, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia does not tell your browser what font to use. It tells your browser to use its default sanserif font. You'll have to change your browser preferences to change the font Wikipedia displays in. Algebraist 16:50, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Template placement

Resolved

 – ukexpat (talk) 21:48, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

I know it is recommended to place stub tags at the bottom of an article, below categories -- hut where is the recommended placement for an expand template if the article is too long for a stub? Also at the bottom? Thanks. RadioBroadcast (talk) 16:58, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

At the top of the article is usual. I'd recommend against using {{expand}}, though, unless you leave a note on the talk page detailing what exactly you think is lacking. Almost all Wikipedia articles could do with being expanded, so that information on its one isn't very helpful. Algebraist 17:01, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks! RadioBroadcast (talk) 17:03, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Link to an editing page

Resolved

How am I able to place a link that takes you to an editing page of an article? Thank you! ZooFari 17:16, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Add "&action=edit" (no quotations) to the end of the link. For example this link takes you my talk page with edit box open. TNXMan 17:19, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Thank you, I needed that for my userpage. ZooFari 17:45, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Template in infobox

Is it possible to include {{Millennium Park Map}} in the infobox at Millennium Park?--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 18:21, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

A field could be added to {{Infobox Park}} to accommodate for that, but the Template:Millennium Park Map would stretch the Infobox way too much, anyways. The template cannot be resized; the code would have to be rewritten to change its size. Gary King (talk) 22:07, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

focus field on page load

it would be awesome if you could make the search box the default focus field when you load a page.

thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.119.127.23 (talk) 18:30, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

This will not happen: see WP:FAQ/Main Page#Why doesn't the cursor appear in the search box, like with Google? for why not and how to do it for yourself. Algebraist 18:34, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Plagiarism ?

In the Montgomery Clift article there are parts where the wording is outlandish. After performing a search to confirm some of the content I came across this site [13]. In the death section [14] is a paragraph taken almost word for word from the dubious site above. Such as; "At 1 a.m., Lorenzo went up to say goodnight. The Misfits was airing on TV that night, and Lorenzo asked Clift if he wanted to watch it. "Absolutely NOT!" was the reply. This turned out to be the last time Montgomery Clift spoke to anyone. At 6 a.m. the next morning, Lorenzo went to wake him, but found the bedroom door locked. Unable to break it down, he ran down to the garden and climbed a ladder to the bedroom window. When he got inside, he found Clift dead. He was undressed, lying on his back in bed, with glasses on and fists clenched."

This reads like an outlandish tabloid not fit for an encyclopedia. There are other issues in other sections that are not sourced, and I don't have the time nor the expertise. This should be done by a professional. Can someone help fix this?DHCpepper (talk) 18:46, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

• Is there any way to check if they didn't copy from us?- Mgm|^(talk) 22:49, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Wikitable

Hello I have a wikitable but it is currently aligned to the left of a page; how do I align it to the middle of the page L07ChLeo3 (talk) 19:02, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

See Help:Table#Centering tables. Algebraist 19:07, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Ok thank you it has been resolved L07ChLeo3 (talk) 19:14, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Hello I have a wikitable but it is currently aligned to the left of a page; how do I align it to the middle of the page L07ChLeo3 (talk) 19:02, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Hello. You can insert the code in the table very simple. If the table reads {| class=wikitable, than you may insert align="center" after it. It would read {| class=wikitable align="center". If there is more description after {| class=wikitable, for example {| class=wikitable style="background-color: #ff9, simply place the alignment after it, which would read {| class=wikitable style="background-color: #ff9 align="center". You may also decide other alignments such as "right". ZooFari 19:17, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

That doesn't work:

Foo
bar

Algebraist 19:21, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

It looks aligned to the middle to me. What is the problem? ZooFari 19:23, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

It left-aligns in FF, Safari and Opera. I'm not sure why. The trick given in Help:Table works though. Algebraist 19:24, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Hmmm. I'm not sure why; it works perfect on IE. I have changed by userpage alignments to the code you linked above, just to be sure. ZooFari 19:57, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Film date question

Resolved

 – Gary King (talk) 22:04, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

I was reading WP:FilmRelease and it is rather confusing. Say a movie premiered in a non-English speaking country at a film festival in 2000 but it wasn't released in the UK until 2001. Should it be named Title (2000 film) or Title (2001 film)? Of course, I'm assuming there is already another film called Title. 74.176.152.183 (talk) 19:46, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

You're looking in the wrong place. For guidelines on naming film articles, you want Wikipedia:Naming conventions (films)#Between films of the same name. Algebraist 19:49, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Oh, ok thanks. 74.176.152.183 (talk) 20:01, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Preventing headlines from overlapping the text

Resolved

There is a trick to make a headline begin only below the lowest previous layout element, but I can't find the description anymore. (For an example, see how {{letter}} overlaps with the See also and References sections in the W article.) I looked at Help:Editing, Help:Section, Wikipedia:Cheatsheet, Wikipedia:Manual of Style (text formatting), Help:Advanced editing, WP:MAGIC, and Help:Contents/Editing Wikipedia, but could find nothing about it. — Sebastian 20:44, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Do you mean like this [15]? DuncanHill (talk) 20:47, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Yup, that's it, thanks! — Sebastian 20:53, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Cool, the description is at WP:BUNCH. DuncanHill (talk) 20:54, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Thank you; I added a link to Help:Advanced editing. — Sebastian 21:09, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

I just use {{clear}} -Arch dude (talk) 14:59, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Printing images-problem

When I print out a wikipedia page in printable version, the images will not appear printed, but only the empty box in which they are framed. I am particularly talking about a series of pages on the game of poker. Does anyone have any ideas? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.2.182.241 (talk) 21:31, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Perhaps an obvious question, but do any images print for you? Gary King (talk) 22:04, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Template question

Resolved

 – Gary King (talk) 22:03, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Right now I am trying to make a meta-template that will be used to generate daughter templates that are similar to each other. The meta-template is {{Expand language}}, which will be used to standardize templates like {{Expand Spanish}} that go on article pages. I would like the meta-template to categorize the daughter templates into one category (Category:Expand by language Wikipedia templates), and automatically to categorize whatever page the daughter templates are on into the appropriate category (e.g. Category:Spanish language articles needing translation). The problem is, essentially how to I make something that isn't quite noinclude but is more like includeonlyonce. That is, right now articles like 1939 Chillán earthquake are being categorized into Category:Expand by language Wikipedia templates unnecessarily, and the templates are also being categorized into Category:Spanish language articles needing translation and related categorizes (though the latter miscategorization isn't really that much of a problem in the bigger scheme of things). Is it possible to do this automatically on the meta-template or do I have to manually include the categories on the daughter template pages using includeonly and noinclude? Calliopejen1 (talk) 21:34, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Ah actually I think I may have figured it out - just have the category depend on whether the page is in article or template space? Would this work? Calliopejen1 (talk) 21:35, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

That should work (as long as your metatemplate doesn't get used for userspace templates or something), and it's definitely possible, which I don't think 'includeonlyonce' is. Algebraist 21:38, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Yay, I think it works now. Calliopejen1 (talk) 21:56, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Printing page 2

In the info on Kauai, I can't make page two print. Printer skips it and goes to page three. Perhaps you could fix that.71.217.155.25 (talk) 23:08, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Are you printing the "printable version" selected by clicking on the "printable version" link in the toolbox on the left-hand side of the page? – ukexpat (talk) 23:13, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

How to upload a film poster?

Hello. I am trying to upload the film poster for a movie onto the film's wikipedia page. Can someone direct me to a simple way to do this? Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Captwizzy (talk • contribs) 23:48, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

There are two ways to go about it. You can upload the image on Wikipedia, but in order to do that, your account must be autoconfirmed, which simply means that it has been active for four days and made at least ten edits. Once those thresholds have been reached, head over to this page for details on how to proceed. Or, you can upload the poster on Wikimedia Commons. You do not have to be autoconfirmed, simply having an account will do. This page will help you get started there. TNXMan 01:39, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

However, if the movie poster is copyrighted (which is almost certainly is,) you cannot upload it to commons. Commons does not permit the "fair use" rationale for copying, because commons is intended for use on all wikipedias everywhere, and "fair use" is not acceptable in some legal systems. We do permit "fair use" on the english wikipedia, whose servers are in the United States. Therefore, you will need to upload the poster to the english WP and not to commons. You will also need to provide a "fair use rationale," otherwise we will delete it. We know that these rules cause extreme frustration, but these rules are needed to comply with the law. If you get frustrated, please come back and ask for help instead of giving up -Arch dude (talk) 14:55, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

February 15

It is posible to delete unfair my user/sandbox page ?

Hi there. I ask some help to you because someone vandalise-deleted my user/sandbox page User:Drokstef/Sandbox under some strange (wrong-supposed) motives and i don't have any idea how could someone do something like that, i mean delete a article on my sandbox-page, an article which i've worked a lot of it and it has all the notable and reliable reasons to exist on Wikipedia. I don't know what can i do, but i ask you to help me to recover my page and my article which i consider very reliable. Please take a look about my deleted article on User:Drokstef/Sandbox which was deleted two days ago, to verify the notable and reliable reasons and see how an notable article was deleted only just someone had some wrong-supposed motives. Thanks a lot. Drokstef (talk) 00:50, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

It appears the admin JzG has deleted the sandbox with the reason "User space copy of multiply-deleted article; user is almsot certainly the lead singer of the band, has no other contributions, appears to be inactive now. WP:NOTMYSPACE." Your best bet is to ask the admin on their talk page to discuss with them. TNXMan 00:54, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

• The page has now been undeleted for a short time, the user has been notified that it will be nuked again in one month; the content in question has been deleted and endorsed, the user requesting help is the lead singer of the band which is the subject of the article, and has no other contributions other than promoting the band. WP:NOTMYSPACE and WP:CSD#G4, WP:CSD#A7, WP:CSD#G11 and of course WP:VSCA apply. Guy (Help!) 20:32, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

policy on naming convention

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 – ukexpat (talk) 02:23, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Hello, I've searched the Manual of Style, but I can't find the answer I'm looking for. Is there a policy on how the title of a (British) public house (i.e. a "pub" or bar) should be presented? The building in question is called "The Huntsman" - should it be in inverted commas, or italicised; and should the first word ("the") have an upper- or lower-case "t"? Dom Kaos (talk) 01:16, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Do you mean the title of the page itself or when using the name with the article? – ukexpat (talk) 01:20, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Within the article, and halfway through a sentence Dom Kaos (talk) 01:30, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Since it's a proper noun, it should be capitalized like any other building. For example, "While established in 1492, the Huntsmen has been rebuilt 42 times". This is seen in other articles, such as Empire State Building or Eiffel Tower. TNXMan 01:33, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, I don't think I asked my question very clearly - I meant should it be "the" or "The" ? And is there any convention about whether the name should be italicised or put in inverted commas? Dom Kaos (talk) 01:40, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

No problem. The "the" should be lower-case and no commas or italization (is that a word?) should be used. TNXMan 01:48, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

It's "italicisation" (or "italicization" if you prefer to spell it that way). Xenon54 (talk) 01:57, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Ah, noted. Thanks! TNXMan 02:02, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Thank you  :) Dom Kaos (talk) 01:51, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

AFD template help

I messed up the template on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Continental Airlines Flight 3407 Victims can anyone fix this because I have attempted to fix it but with no luck. Thanks, Spikydan1 (talk) 02:11, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

It looks good to me in all three places (the article itself, the AfD log, and the AfD page). What about it seems to be messed up? TNXMan 02:13, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

On the deletion page there is a box that says "AfDs for this article: Articles for deletion/List of Continental Airlines Flight 3407 Victims". No other deletion oage has this box... Spikydan1 (talk) 02:15, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

If you scroll through the list of AfD's in today's log, you'll see that a few other discussions have this box as well. Mostly, it's a box that displays previous nominations (if there were any). If there's only one, you can ignore it. It doesn't hurt anything to have it there. To quote a guy I know, "Everything is fine, nothing is broken." :P TNXMan 02:23, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

I know who killed me

Dear sir madam, I am concerned that your article on i know who killed me cites dakota moss as having a mother who is on crack cocaine. This information was not in the film please could you take it out of the article I am concerned that orvganised crime is using your article to trap people. Yours sincerely Someone who has written a paper citing dakota moss's father as having been a crack addict. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.155.89.19 (talk) 02:34, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

This desk is for asking questions about using Wikipedia. You would have a better chance of having your question answered by discussing it on the article's talk page. TNXMan 02:39, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Can I use text for my web site?

Can I use text from Wikipedia for my web site? Jtts20a (talk) 05:16, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

You can, with certain caveats. See WP:Reusing Wikipedia content for more info. TNXMan 05:23, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Data Communication

what is difference between ASibus,Canbus,Devicenet,Modbus,Profibus,Hart and Foudation Field bus?Gangadharkothari (talk) 06:10, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Have you tried the Computing section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there; this help desk is only for questions about using Wikipedia. For your convenience, here is the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps. TNXMan 06:22, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Denzel Washington is hacked

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denzel_Washington —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.255.223.7 (talk) 08:49, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism reverted. Thing is, you vandalized it too. Chamal ^talk 08:55, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

That theme song from the TV show "Rawhide" keeps running through my head ... "trollin trollin trollin, keep those dogies trollin ..." — Ched (talk) 09:10, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Missing out the word 'the'

Why do we almost ALWAYS miss out the word 'the'? Filper01 (Chat, My contribs) 10:48, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Is this something to do with a Wikipedia article? If not, the best place to ask this would be the languages reference desk, since the help desk is only for questions about using Wikipedia. Cheers. Chamal ^talk 10:54, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

I'm also unsure what this refers to but maybe this is relevant: Wikipedia:Naming conventions#Avoid the definite article ("the") and the indefinite article ("a"/"an") at the beginning of the page name. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:07, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

new flight roots

is ryanair intending to have flights to and from carcarson france - aberdeen. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.170.84.147 (talk) 11:37, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Hello. I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 2.7 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. Chamal ^talk 11:42, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Uploading album covers

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 – TNXMan 17:20, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

I use wikipedia quite a long time. But just today I created and account. I was looking around for some old singles and I found a song called "Boogie Oogie Oogie" by "A Taste Of Honey". I saw that the b-side and the cover was missing, so I created the account in order to offer something to wikipedia myself! :) I added the b-side title ("World Spin") ok. Then I scanned the cover of the single, which I own, and tried to upload it too. But I failed, 'cos like I saw, I have to be in a special group in order to upload photos. The 4 days rule is not a problem, but the "edit 10 articles first" is. That means I have to make 10 half additions and then start over again to upload the covers. And I am talking only for covers 'cos I am a vinyl collector and I am sure I can find many articles in which I can add old covers (especially 7" singles). I'd also like to ask about the possibility of more simple explanation in the tutorial on how to browse the uploaded pictures and embed them in the code. I'm thinking about adding some non-existed singles, and I wouldn't like them to be "stubs"! —Preceding unsigned comment added by JohnMalisianos (talk • contribs) 12:50, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Well, the 10 edits requirement isn't too much of a burden. You can click here to be taken to a random article and find 10 grammar errors to correct. You only have 7 more to go. To search for specific files/images, go here. Uncheck "article" and check the box named "file". If you find an image that Wikipedia needs (and you are autoconfirmed), go ahead and upload it. You can then put the image in an article by typing File:ACDC Back in Black.png (or whatever your image is titled). Finally, to create article about singles, read this handy guide to your first article. TNXMan 15:26, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Thank you very much. You were very helpful and I appreciate that. Now it's time to search my collection to see what I must create! :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by JohnMalisianos (talk • contribs) 17:15, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

No problem. If you other questions, feel free to ask here or on my talk page. TNXMan 17:20, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Category Deletion

Where do I ask a question about a category that has been deleted? 173.32.11.67 (talk) 12:59, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

It depends on the question and category but you can ask it here including the category name. Then we can either answer or direct you to a better place. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:11, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Ok, what happened to the catogory called: List of Controversial Films? 173.32.11.67 (talk) 13:27, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

There never was such a category. Categories are not usually named "List of...". This is the main category for films. You can find all the subcategories under that as well. Cheers. Chamal ^talk 13:47, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

There was once an article called Controversial films which was deleted. Is that possibly what you are referring to?--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 13:58, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

There was also a category Category:Controversial films, which was also deleted, following this discussion. Algebraist 14:05, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Category:Controversial films and similarly named categories have been deleted at:

• Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2008 December 14#Category:Controversial films
• Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2008 October 24#Category:Controversial films and filmmakers
• Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2007 December 1#Category:Controversial movies
• Wikipedia:Categories for deletion/Log/2006 January 23#Category:Controversial Films
• Wikipedia:Categories for deletion/Log/2005 December 26#Category:Controversial films.

Please don't recreate any variant of it. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:12, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Ok, since the thing about the category has got a reason for deletion, what about the article of controversial films? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.32.11.67 (talk) 14:51, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

It was deleted under WP:CSD#A1, so calling it an 'article' is probably a stretch. Algebraist 14:53, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

So... have we exaustated the discussion about controversial films? 173.32.11.67 (talk) 14:57, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

The consensus on Wikipedia seems to be that there is no call for a category or list of controversial films. While consensus can change, I would suspect that nailing down a criteria of "controversial" is what's keeping Wikipedia from having a list/category. TNXMan 15:29, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

The only content of the "article" Controversial films was a chronological list of wikilinked film titles (many with wrong target) with year in parentheses: The Kiss (1896) The Birth Of A Nation (1915) ... (films omitted) ... The Da Vinci Code (2006) United 93 (2006)

There were no sources, criteria, discussions or anything else. It was deleted 10 minutes after creation and had only been edited by the creator. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:33, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Talk pages

Hi, guys. I have never seen something like this before. An editor has created a talk page, "Talk:Ergo Computing," for an article that doesn't exist. I assumed that there was something at WP:TALK that would be a rationale for its removal, but that is not the case. The best I could come up with was that the talk guidelines seem to assume there is an associated article page. I'm not totally certain about this, but my gut instinct tells me that such things shouldn't be. Is there some way that
A)This talk page can be removed for policy reasons, and
B)WP:TALK and/or WP:TALKPAGE can be altered to require that an article exists prior to creating a talk page.
Thanks -71.207.122.36 (talk) 15:03, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Oops. Problem solved. That was fast. I guess part B is still relevant, but thanks anyway. -71.207.122.36 (talk) 15:09, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

(e/c} Hi. This is very common. When an is article is deleted, as Ergo Computing was a few hours ago, sometimes an associated talk page is left behind without being deleted. This can be because the administrator simply missed it, because the page contains a significant deletion discussion not logged elsewhere, or for other reasons. You can tag such orphaned talk pages for deletion, where appropriate, using the template {{db-talk}}. In any event, the page in question is now deleted.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 15:12, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Saved text doesn't reflect edits made

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 – ukexpat (talk) 19:48, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

After I entered footnote references in the article "Sarah Keys v. Carolina Coach Company," and then saved my edits, I noticed that the saved text had lost several sentences and done away with a subhead, in addition to which there's now a red tag indicating that the ref. bracket at end of a cite is missing. I've double checked what I typed and can't find any missing ref tags, nor can I get the saved text to match what I've typed. Could you let me know what has happened to the text and how I can fix this so that it accurately reflects the edits I just made? Something about the way I was entering the refs gave a command I didn't mean to give. Thanks! Megavoice (talk) 16:08, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

You forgot to close the last ref in the lead. It looked like <ref>Petition for Rule Making to the ICC, Attorney General of the US, May 29, 1961<ref>, causing everything until the next </ref> tag to disappear. I've also added {{reflist}} to the bottom of the References section, so all your refs will show up. Xenon54 (talk) 16:16, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

That was fast. THanks! Megavoice (talk) 16:25, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Having your own wiki?

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 – ukexpat (talk) 19:43, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Hello! I was wondering, is it possible to have your own private wikipedia? I see few people having their own, and I would like to have one as well as a preparatory database for my upcoming novel. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 170.140.183.164 (talk) 19:16, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

You can, if you install MediaWiki (the software that runs Wikipedia) on your own web server. Head over to MediaWiki's website to find out more. Help on installation can be found at the MediaWiki sysadmin hub. Xenon54 (talk) 19:21, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

And if you don't have a own web server I think you should be able to use Wikia[16] to host it. — CHANDLER^#10 — 19:31, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 170.140.183.164 (talk) 19:36, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

As a related question (well sort of related), I notice pdf files never seem to be uploaded to wikipedia. Is that because they are a proprietary format? If you have your own wiki running the same engine, can users upload pdfs which can then be linked to in articles? TastyCakes (talk) 19:50, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

It is possible to restrict which file types can be uploaded in an install of MediaWiki, as mentioned at Help:Images and other uploaded files#Supported file types, but I'm fairly sure the main reason pdfs don't get uploaded to Wikipedia is that they shouldn't be - WP is not a repository of documents, and the only files that need to be uploaded here are images to be used in articles. Confusing Manifestation(Say hi!) 23:08, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Jade Goody

Under what policy exactly is Jade Goody famous? She has done nothing. She went on a reality tv show 3 times. Does this constitute notability? There are plenty of people more worthy of an article imo, such as my great-grandfather who was influential in helping Max Theiler derive a vacine for yellow fever, yet his contribution is completely forgotten by wikipedia. What's wrong with the world? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.75.167.62 (talk) 19:42, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Irrespective of your personal views on Goody's notability, she has been the subject of a lot of coverage in reliable sources, and that's enough for WP:BIO, particularly the alleged racist comments about Shilpa Shetty. You can suggest that an article about your grandfather be created by asking over at articles for creation. – ukexpat (talk) 19:47, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

If you can find two newspaper articles (other than obituaries and suchlike) that mention your grandfather by name and refer to his work, then he's probably notable enough for WP. This criterion causes an extreme systematic bias known as "recentism." In an attempt to combat recentism, we really need folks to look into the old newspaper archives that are slowly becoming available. I hope you are successful in finding some references. If you are unable to find two newspaper articles (or other published documents) then please consider creating an article about your grandfather on one of the biography wikis that do not have a notability requirement. -Arch dude (talk) 22:07, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Is there a magic word for this? (template question)

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 – ukexpat (talk) 21:38, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

I am working on a cleanup template right now that goes on the top of articles that need to be translated ({{Expand language}}, which generates templates like {{Expand Spanish}}). As part of the "toolbox" at the bottom of the template, I want there to be a link to a machine translation of the needed article into English, so that there is a starting point for translators. This works fine for one-word article titles. (I use http://translate.google.com/translate?prev=hp&hl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fes.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F{{{otherarticle}}}&sl=es&tl=en, where {{{otherarticle}}} is the name of the article title in the foreign language- here, spanish.) See Fuerteventura for an example. The problem is with multi-word titles, because the spaces in the article titles need to be turned into underscores for the URL to work properly. See Santos Balmori for an example of the problem. Is there any way to do this with a magic word, or will it require template users to retype the article name with underscores inserted. Also, is there a way to detect if the article title has spaces, so that the link will show up only for one-word titles? Thanks, Calliopejen1 (talk) 20:01, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Never mind, found it. (urlencode) Calliopejen1 (talk) 20:30, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

article send

i want to any article send to my friendz? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Javed niaz (talk • contribs) 21:25, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

You could just e-mail them the link to the article page.... – ukexpat (talk) 21:44, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Sid Ryan

HI...I made a few additions to Sid Ryan but they have been deleted. the reason for the addition was to balance out the number of sources quoted pro and con in wikipedia. They have been deleted..perhaps im not adding them correctly..can you help me? Porterxx (talk) 21:35, 15 February 2009 (UTC)porterxx

The edit history of the article shows why your changes have been reverted. Please discuss on the article's talk page. – ukexpat (talk) 21:44, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

title capitalization

Hi everyone! I was trying to contribute a new article about an organization, but I can't figure out how to make every word of the title be capitalized. I'm fairly new to creating pages, but I do have a bit of WP experience. I'm a little rusty. Any help would be awesome! Thanks! Fixipedia (talk) 22:35, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

If you haven't created it yet then just create it with capitals. If it already exists without capitals then move it. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:09, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

ahh. it's just that I created it by searching for a nonexistant article, and clicked "create". When I had entered my search terms, I didn't capitalize properly. Duh! Thanks, PrimeHunter! Resolved! Fixipedia (talk) 23:54, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Warning of quick deletion of a photo

I just now discovered a warning that my photo is a candidate for quick deletion, but I do not understand why. It's at this page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:6308-340DisneyLandChopper-R.jpg

I have read all the FAQs that might relate, but nothing explains why that notice is there. Would appreciate any help on this. EditorASC (talk) 23:19, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

creating an account

I have tried three x to create an account. Each time I am told that there is an error. I have entered what is asked. What is the problem?

69.126.186.2 (talk) 23:39, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

There could be several problems. You could be entering the captcha incorrectly, or your browser could be acting up. You can go to WP:ACC and request an account be created for you. Xenon54 (talk) 23:47, 15 February 2009 (UTC)