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January 10

Hi every one, i appreciat ur work & i want to share..!!

i want to be a member of the translation team especially medical one. mainly from english to arabic language.

i tried to start but i failed aiming u guide me. this page is not translated to arabic & i want to translate...about buerger disease:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buerger%27s_disease

contact me on: <redacted>

or on facebook [preferable] http://www.facebook.com/#/Sisi.bek?ref=name

i hope gladely to share u my experience & knowledge,hope you reply soon

sorry for elongation,,,

dr. amr sisi faculty of medicine,alexandria,egypt. <redacted> == —Preceding unsigned comment added by Amrosisi (talk • contribs) 00:31, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

See the links under WP:EIW#Translate. The Buerger's disease article already lists some interlanguage links, for example to fa:بیماری بورگر in Farsi, but not a link to the Arabic Wikipedia yet. If you have not already created an account on the Arabic Wikipedia, go to Special:MergeAccount and create a unified login. Then go to the Arabic Wikipedia or to the Egyptian Arabic Wikipedia if you prefer, and start translating the article. --Teratornis (talk) 04:34, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

en-au-buffer.org

Hi guys, it seems I uploaded this ([1]) onto Wikipedia instead of Wikimedia, is there an admin that can delete it for me? Thanks, Tooironic (talk) 00:37, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

Add {{db-g7}} to the page, which tags it as "author requests speedy deletion". Xenon54 / talk / 01:11, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

I deleted it shortly before this post. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:13, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

KGOS/KERM Radio

The current page that outlines radio station(s) KGOS and KERM are incorrect. The stations are owned by Kath Broadcasting and no longer affiliated with Mt. Rushmore Broadcasting/ Jan Charles Gray. More information inclduing a station logo can be found at their official website: www.kgoskerm.com. OR on their facebook page/kgoskermradio. They are still country format, ABC affiliate. But also air programs like University of Wyoming Football/Basketball w/ Dave Walsh. Dayweather forecast etc, Northern Ag programs as well.

Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.3.39.116 (talk) 01:54, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

Well thanks for the information. 74.42.81.203 (talk) 04:21, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

I take 74.42's reply to be a slightly sarcastic way of pointing out that it is likely that nobody reading this page will be motivated to do anything with the information you give. If you have reliable sources for the information, please be bold and edit the article KGOS, making sure you provide references for the information you add. If you prefer not to do that, please put a note on the article's talk page. --ColinFine (talk) 17:46, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

failure of the system and consequences

I am new to Wikipedia. I wrote a new article yesterday, however the system was unable to save it for loss of session data. After trying for half an hour I resorted to saving my article on the PC. However when I copied it again on the Wiki space this caused problems. Some I was able to fix, except the references list and the index box that does not show. I copied the article directly not using article wizard, perhaps there is a way to fix this. Now I did my best editing the references manually but this has led to a conflicting numbering as I added two new references. Moreover the references show in a different format than the usual, the numbers appearing on the line and not above, apart the two new ones. How should I proceed to fix everything? Thank you for the help.Aldrasto (talk) 04:57, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

All fixed.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 05:24, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

Convert box digit play out.

HELLO MY CONVERT BOX DIGIT.PLAY OUT AFTER ONE YEAR.AND I WANT TO NO.CAN I BE ABLE TO GET ANY MORE CONPON.BECAUSE I AM GOING TO BUY ANOTHER ONE ON MONDAY12/JAN/2010.THANK YOU —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.90.22.35 (talk) 06:28, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer just about 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.

Capital letters are to be deplored. Don't do it. Kittybrewster ☎ 06:37, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

YOUR HOME PAGE

Could you please place the Wikipedia search box at the top of your home page. Like right under the Title Wikipedia at the top.

It's too awkward being at the bottom of the home page.

At the top would be way way better !

PLEASE

Thanks EinsteinGravity.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.148.70.160 (talk) 06:44, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

If you are not logged in or are logged in with the default skin then the search box should be near the top to the left. Logged in users can choose between different skins at Special:Preferences and it varies where the search box and other things are. Your edit here was made without being logged in. Do you have an account? PrimeHunter (talk) 10:13, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

africa

Why are there so few references to Africa in your sampled articles ? Thanks for a Brilliant website. Regards Gregg Taylor, South Africa. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.124.157.85 (talk) 07:11, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Systemic bias. All editors are volunteers choosing what to write about. It appears the English Wikipedia has relatively few editors from Africa or with detailed knowledge of Africa. Another factor is that editors often use online sources and there are also relatively few of those from Africa. More African editors would be great so if you would like to contribute then please go ahead. You can start at Wikipedia:Introduction. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:05, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

Also see Digital divide and Global digital divide. Africa has the fewest number of computers per person of any continent. Since Wikipedia editors are a percentage of all computer users, the low computer usage rate in Africa means we also have few African Wikipedia editors. See Category:Wikipedians in Africa, Category:Wikipedians in South Africa, Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa, Wikipedia:WikiProject South Africa, and Afrikaans Wikipedia. Of course, a Wikipedian need not live in Africa to write about Africa, but most Wikipedians write about topics familiar to them, and most people are more familiar with their locale than they are about other places. --Teratornis (talk) 22:40, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Do articles have to be linked in the navbox for them to use it?

I am trying to figure out if I should restore the {{sheep navbox}} to a breed. The individual breeds do not appear in the navbox, but one of the short list of navbox entries is List of sheep breeds, which includes the breed in question.

1. Does this level of association warrant inclusion?
2. Is there a there a relevant discussion I missed?

Novangelis (talk) 14:26, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

You could make another navbox for this set of breeds. That might satisfy the editor who removed the more general navbox. I personally think navboxes should be in articles whenever they help some readers. For example, I think it helps to put the {{Wind power}} template into articles about individual Wind farms, even though the template has no entries for them, because the {{Wind power}} template links to articles which document the basics of the topic. What tends to happen is that readers who have an interest in a particular wind farm, but little knowledge of Wikipedia's larger coverage of wind power, may tend to re-hash debates about the topic in the individual wind farm articles without realizing the debates have already occurred elsewhere. Before editing a subordinate article on any topic in Wikipedia, an editor really should familiarize him/herself with the coverage in the main articles on the topic. Putting navboxes into the subordinate articles slightly increases the chances that editors who first see the subordinate articles will educate themselves before going wild. In other words, I see navboxes as being more than just for navigation among a series of related articles - they also help fix the position of an article within a larger structure of knowledge. This is very helpful for editors, who must grasp the larger structure before editing the particulars. In that sense, when deciding whether an article should have the navbox, it is more important for an article to be within the template's structure of knowledge than to actually appear as a link in the template. My opinion is not universally shared, however. --Teratornis (talk) 22:53, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. I saw the essay Wikipedia:A navbox on every page, but did not want to take it as a done deal. A complete list of breeds in the box, even if collapsible, seems like overkill, especially since there are still numerous redlinks. I've restored it, and will look at the navbox, itself. I guess the "be bold" policy means don't be sheepish about sheep. Novangelis (talk) 00:37, 12 January 2010 (UTC) Funny! David spector (talk) 04:05, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Tables

I have uploaded a few tables (one of them is on the page for JANE MORGAN) relating to discographies, and so far they have worked just fine. I am attempting to do one for JACKIE GLEASON but for some reason the same method is not working. Can you please look at it and tell me why?

Thank you,

Tom Lowery —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tal1962 (talk • contribs) 16:13, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

I see you fixed it. I got an edit conflict when I tried to save the fix the same minute. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:25, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

Enabling searching with an acronym

I've noticed that sometimes I can search wikipedia using an acronym (e.g. llc) and get a list of organizations that have that acronym. I looked through the help files and the FAQ and although there's lots of info on acronyms and aliases there doesn't seem to be anything that addresses this. I edit a page for an organization with a long name (Lafayette Library and Learning Center) and it would be nice to let people search by lllc. How do I do that? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Peac (talk • contribs) 18:55, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

We use Redirects and Disambiguation pages. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 19:06, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

If there is no redirect or page by the exact name you enter in the search box, or if you click the "Search" button below the search box instead of "Go" or the Enter key, then you get a search results page with articles contanining the searched term. It takes some time for the search index to be updated when pages are created or edited but when that happens, LLLC in your edit [2] will be found by the search function. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:43, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

I've created a disambiguation page LLLC as there are a few other meanings. Have a look and see how it's done. LeadSongDog come howl 16:16, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Also see Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and navigation templates for other navigation tools. --Teratornis (talk) 22:58, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

I have created a page which already exists

Hi there,

I am working from a list of red listed first-class cricketers and have by working through the list created an article on a cricketer which already exists. The articles are John Taylor (cricketer, born 1923) and the one I created John Taylor (Hampshire cricketer). I am wondering if there is any way to delete John Taylor (cricketer, born 1923) so we do not have an article double.

Regards, AssociateAffiliate (talk) 20:13, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

Please make your edits to the original article. Then you can request deletion of the newer article (this is to preserve edit history). —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 20:28, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

It's possible to redirect the page to John Taylor (Hampshire cricketer). South Bay (talk) 00:09, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

January 11

Wrong link

I noticed that in searching for "Shanghai Lily" the wikipedia engine takes me to (I kid you not) "Cervical Caps". However, the address in the tool bar still says "Shanghai Lily".

Maybe you could look into this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.144.56.220 (talk) 01:13, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

I have changed it so that it now goes to Shanghai Express (film). It looks like it is a better destination for it. ~~ GB fan ~~ ^talk 01:19, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Apparently the Shanghai Lily Life Rubber Product Co. produced a cervical cap called Shanghai Lily [3] but Shanghai Express (film) also looks better to me. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:25, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Since the phrase can refer to either the film character or the birth control product, I have changed the redirect into a disambiguation page. Does that sound acceptable? Lyrl^Talk _C 02:25, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Do I have to wait 4 days and edit 10 times for my newly created first article to appear?

I created an account, then I went through the Article Wizard to see if the article for "Todd Gogulski" existed and it did not. I clicked the red link, created a page, created internal links and included references, and at the end, I expected when I hit "Save Page" that it would automatically be visible (as it tells me is the case). However, it is not visible. It has been about 40 hours since I joined and made the page. Can you tell me when it will appear and why there is a delay? thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Toddwina (talk • contribs) 03:24, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Your article is currently in draft form in your user space at User:Toddwina/Todd Gogulski. In order for it to appear as an article in the mainspace, it must be moved there. You can only move a page when your account is autoconfirmed. A few additional points before the article should be moved: please read WP:MOSBIO for guidance on formatting a biographical article; please read WP:CITE for guidance on how to cite your sources; if you are the subject or are connected with him, please read WP:AUTO or WP:COI. Hope this helps. – ukexpat (talk) 03:38, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks - that was very helpful. I checked all the sites you mentioned and made some adjustments. however, I have trouble with getting the proper format for the references. I can't tell which symbol to use to get the reference to show at the bottom, rather than internal to the link. for example, the current draft version now has this information, to give more information for a citation, but as you can see, it appears in the text, not at the bottom "in 1987 at the Peace Race in Eastern Europe,[Bundesarchiv, photo by Jan Peter Kasper, 12 May 1987, accessed 10 January 2010, at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1987-0512-031,_Friedensfahrt,_Todd_Gogulski.jpg] and in his career had over 100 victories." I can't find a clear page where the editing symbols are explained. can you give me a link, because the links you gave before took me to new places and were helpful. I'm new to learning my way around. thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Toddwina (talk • contribs) 06:38, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

I've reformatted one reference to show you how it is done, (and done a couple more bits of formatting). See Template:cite web for all of the parameters for the 'cite web' template I used, and WP:CITE for more on how to do references. Note that I've added {{reflist}} at the end: this is needed to get the references to appear. You should also make sure that the article is in at least one category.

Please sign your posts by typing four tildes (~~~~) or clicking the signature button above the edit box which looks like this: , but do not sign in articles.

--ColinFine (talk) 08:42, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

But please do not add categories while the draft is still in user space. They can be added when the page has been moved to mainspace. – ukexpat (talk) 15:25, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

I've done some more work on the draft and it's probably ready to be moved to the mainspace. Let me know if you need help with that. – ukexpat (talk) 15:58, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

You can, however throw a colon in front of the "Category", e.g. Category:National flags. This will make a clickable link to the category page without including your article on the category page, so that you can verify you've identified the right category. Once the article is moved to the mainspace, removing the colon is a breeze.LeadSongDog come howl 16:00, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Uploaded image to incorrect article name

Hi, I just uploaded an image (John_Biddle_Onstage.jpg) to an incorrect article name. Could an administrator please delete this image page so that I can correct the situation. Thanks much. Sputtnik (talk) 03:29, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Instead of having the image deleted and then uploading it again with a different name, you can request the file be renamed. Add {{rename media|new name|reason}} to the file page to request a renaming. --Mysdaao ^talk 03:46, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Defining a template within an article

I am hoping there is some way to define a template (or something equivalent), for use on a single page, within that page. There are times when it makes sense to define a template that will only be used on one page, for example a "row template" for a single use table. Creating a separate template has a few disadvantages:

• When trying to examine the WikiMarkup, you have to open multiple pages to see what is going on.
• Testing the template requires saving the template every time you make a change. You cannot just use the preview feature to see how things will be formatted.
• The history of the main page and the template are separate, so retrieving old versions can result in mismatches.

I would like instead to do something like this:

#defineTemplate row
|-
| style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left" | {{{name}}}
| style="text-align: right" | {{{age}}}
| style="background-color: #DDD; text-align: right" | {{{salary}}}
#endTemplate

{|
{{row | name="Sally" | age="25" | salary="$50,000" }}
{{row | name="Dick" | age="30" | salary="$75,000" }}
{{row | name="Jane" | age="35" | salary="$100,000" }}
|}

Is something like this possible?

-- JPMcGrath (talk) 03:33, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

No. Well, you could surround the template bit with <onlyinclude> and then transclude the page into itself, but I think either a separate template or a lot of copy-pasting would be preferable to that level of hackery. It still wouldn't work properly with previews, either. Algebraist 10:53, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

I agree that a kludge like that would not be good. The idea is to make things simpler, not more complex. I suppose the place to suggest an enhancement would be on the MediaWiki Bugzilla, correct? -- JPMcGrath (talk) 14:29, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Enabling email

Resolved

 –  – ukexpat (talk) 19:02, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

I have my email enabled and can see 'Email this user' tab in my toolbox on the left of the screen. Another user (User:Fergananim) who was trying to email me can't see the 'Email this user' tab. Help please! Jasper33 (talk) 08:08, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

The poster must also have email enabled. Special:EmailUser/Fergananim shows that Fergananim does not. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:45, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Ah, I see. Thanks for that. Jasper33 (talk) 10:49, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

publication in the main page?

Dear all, I just updated a page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Cipresso/European_Federation_of_Materials_Handling_-_FEM) for publication. Can someone tell me how long it will take to be published? Is it in the right position (in subpage)? Thanks Cipresso (talk) 09:24, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

By publishing do you mean moving the page to the mainspace ?You can move the article if it satisfies WP:ORG --NotedGrant Talk 10:49, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Hallo again,

thanks for the quick reply. I think my page satisfied the requirements suggested..but how can I move it to the mainpsace? I cannot by myself, I guess.

Cipresso (talk) 09:40, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

pine ridge reservation journalist

I am looking for information on how to contact Al Jazeera anchor John Cookson as I am trying to formulate a plan to help the people of the pine ridge reservation and can get no help from american journalists.Can you help me ? Ms. Kathryn 11:27, 11 January 2010 (UTC)11:27, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 6.8 million articles and thought we were affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is for asking questions related to using or contributing to Wikipedia itself. Thus, we have no special knowledge about the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck. Gonzonoir (talk) 11:32, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

We have an article about Al Jazeera English but no relationship to them. Their website has a general contact page at [4]. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:47, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

URLs and Character encoding

Is there a guideline on the use of 2-byte characters in URLs? As an example, the Japanese Wikipedia page has an article with a URL that uses 2 byte characters. Link: http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%83%A8%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%9E (link above works in IE8) The character encoding is often not displayed and/or handled correctly. (Note that the link was copied from the address bar of Firefox 3.5.7. The 2 byte characters displayed correctly there.) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 3sgte (talk • contribs) 12:36, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

It would help to know what you want to do with the link. Help:URL may have something; if it doesn't ask on the talk page and perhaps the help page can be expanded.---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 14:38, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Basically, I wondered if it was frowned upon to create Wikipedia URLs using 2 byte characters. In the case in question I was trying to send the link to a friend. Both his computer and my computer can display the target language, but the URL is not readable in the address bar after copy pasting. Thanks for the reply. 3sgte (talk) 12:22, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

How does the"This biography of a living person does not cite any references or sources. ..." get removed?

I've added one reference and can add more, but what do I need to do to get the "This biography of a living person does not cite any references or sources..." orange Exclamation mark banner to be removed from a page. Thanks 208.50.88.134 (talk) 13:06, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

See User talk:CharlotteWebb =). More seriously though, if you have corrected an issue highlighted by a maintenance template, feel free to simply remove it from the article's wikicode (It is usually located in the very beginning). decltype (talk) 13:17, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

If it has a reference, but the reference does not cover all the details, especially those which could be considered defamatory, you might consider an alternate template. Change the template at the top to Template:BLP sources by replacing the line that starts "{{BLP unsourced" with "{{BLP sources|{{subst:DATE}}}} ". Novangelis (talk) 13:40, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Centering userboxes

Resolved

 – Mysdaao ^talk 15:44, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Hello Help Desk :) I am having some trouble centering the userboxes at the top of my user page. I have three in a row and even when I use <center></center> tags, I still can't get it to work. Could somebody please swing by and take a look? Thanks! JulieSpaulding (talk) 14:16, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

You can center userboxes by putting them in a table by following one of the examples at Wikipedia:Userboxes#Using tables. You would center the three userboxes on the top of your userpage by putting them in a table with this code:

{| style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto"
|-
|{{User Nunavut}}{{user interest Northwest Territories|9}}{{user interest Yukon|9}}
|}

which would produce:

This user comes from Nunavut. This user is interested in the Northwest Territories of Canada. This user is interested in the Canadian territory of Yukon.

--Mysdaao ^talk 14:36, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! For the life of me, I could not figure out how to do it using the center tags. JulieSpaulding (talk) 15:35, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

You're welcome! --Mysdaao ^talk 15:44, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

How big is Wikipedia?

Resolved

 –  – ukexpat (talk) 18:07, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

How big is Wikipedias Database from month to month? How much does it grow per month? Are regular Archives made of the Database at certain times? Is it possible to download any of these archives?

Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.191.231.27 (talk) 14:33, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

According to Special:Statistics, there are 3,155,405 pages on Wikipedia as of 14:43, 11 January 2010 (UTC). Yes, I believe some people do take an 'archive' of the database at certain times (for example, to create an iPhone or iPod Touch app which allows for the offline viewing of Wikipedia) but I could not point you in the right direction as to where you can download these records, although page-by-page histories are available by clicking the 'history' link at the top of every article page. At present, Wikipedia grows by about 35,000 articles per month (the peak was about 60,000 per month in 2006). JulieSpaulding (talk) 14:43, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Database download is where it can be downloaded. --Mysdaao ^talk 14:45, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

If you are referring to how many bytes it takes up, the latest version available of the English Wikipedia (3rd Dec 2009): All pages, current versions only: 10.2GB (compressed; 100-200GB uncompressed; All pages with complete page edit history: 218.7GB (compressed; 2-4 TB uncompressed). -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 15:12, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks all! you answered all my questions —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.191.231.27 (talk) 17:40, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

How to name an article if the name is already used by another

Resolved

 –  – ukexpat (talk) 19:36, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

I was about to begin an article on a barge named Enchante. The article name is already taken by what appears to be a combination of an advertisement for a drink sold in the Malaysia and a band of the same name - interesting combination of topics. My first thought was to split the article into two, but I don't think that either of them would stand on their own - much less the combination of the two. So what to do here? Should this article be deleted and free up the name for my use (a bit greedy on my part) or I guess I am best served by using a name like Enchante (barge). Any thoughts? GloverEpp (talk) 17:02, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

The band is not notable and would not survive an afd. Kittybrewster ☎ 17:12, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

If you can show that the barge is notable, create Enchante (barge) and then change the current Enchante page (which at the moment is a redirect to Enchante (drink)) to a disambiguation page. -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 17:13, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Kittybrewster has already made Enchante a disambiguation page, so all you need do is create the page about the barge at Enchante (barge). Regards, Spitfire^Tally-ho! 17:15, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Why do we need a disam page if there are only two relevant articles? Isn't the standard practice in this case just to use hatnotes? – ukexpat (talk) 18:04, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Ukexpat is correct. There is even a speedy deletion category for disambig pages with only two entries. TNXMan 18:51, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

More complications: The barge is called Enchanté, so shouldn't the the barge article be at Enchanté, and the drink at Enchante, with a hatnote on each pointing to the other? – ukexpat (talk) 18:59, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

I thought that myself when I looked at the page and think that would be the preferable setup, Ukexpat. Ioeth (talk contribs twinkle friendly) 19:01, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

The drink's name is actually called Enchanté as well. We could indeed have hatnotes rather than the disamb page, as there are only two entries. I have hatnoted both. -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 19:09, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

More: I have tagged Enchanté (drink) for G11 speedy as it looks to me like nothing more than an advertisement. Also, in the absence of any references I am having a hard time seeing how Enchanté (barge) is notable. – ukexpat (talk) 19:13, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

I have tagged the Enchanté and Enchante disamb pages for G6 deletion. With regard to the notability of the barge, I note that it is both a newly-created article, and shown as "under major rewrite" or whatever - I suggest we leave it for a little while to see if notability is established. -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 19:17, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Actually G6 doesn't apply as there is no primary topic. I'm removing it. Timotheus Canens (talk) 19:27, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

OK, with the recent deletions and moves, I think we're done! – ukexpat (talk) 19:36, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

editing text without an edit button...

Greetings: I may be slow or dense, or just unfamiliar with the layout of pages, but I can't seem to find a button/link that will allow me to correct the text below to remove "or Lacademy") from the first parenthetical. As its communication director, I can vouch for this: no one refers to us as "Lacademy."

Please advise. I'm happy to make the change myself, but I couldn't get to the text.

A. Brescia

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Lawrence Academy at Groton, (occasionally called LA or Lacademy), is a co-educational preparatory school located in Groton, Massachusetts, in the United States. Founded by Samuel Lawrence in 1793 as Groton Academy, and chartered by Governor John Hancock, Lawrence was the tenth oldest boarding school in the United States, and the third in Massachusetts, following Governor Dummer Academy (1763) and Phillips Academy at Andover (1778).[1] Lawrence's first headmaster was Samuel Adams Holyoke, a renowned musician. The phrase on Lawrence Academy's seal is "Omnibus Lucet": in Latin, "Let light shine upon all." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.67.239.21 (talk) 17:38, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Sorry...I left out my contact information: My account is under ajbresh. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.67.239.21 (talk) 17:39, 11 January 2010 (UTC) (deleted email to protect privacy) Bielle (talk) 17:46, 11 January 2010 (UTC))

Please do not include contact details in your questions. We are unable to provide answers by any off-wiki medium and this page is highly visible across the internet. The details have been removed, but if you wish for them to be permanently removed from the page history, email this address.

You can edit the article Lawrence Academy at Groton or almost any other article by pressing "edit this page" at the top of the article. For more help on editing, please read Wikipedia:How to edit a page. --Mysdaao ^talk 18:15, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

But please be aware that as somebody affiliated with the subject of the page, you should be extremely circumspect about editing it: see WP:COI. Removing unreferenced claims is fine, and correcting uncontroversial factual errors; but anything more than that is best avoided. --ColinFine (talk) 18:52, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Mass null edit for categories

Is there any way of doing a mass null edit to all articles in a certain category? A recent update to {{Infobox NRHP}} had an error in it (which has now been fixed) that put nearly 16,000 articles into Category:NRHP infobox needing cleanup. Since the edit has been fixed, the articles no longer should be in the category (and the category doesn't show up on the article page), but the category still has 14,000+ articles in it after a full 24 hours. While 2,000 articles per day is probably a lot to take out, that means I'll have to wait another 6-7 days before I can actually see which articles need cleanup. I know this is asking a lot of the server, but if there's any feasible way to do this, can someone enlighten me? Thanks! --Dudemanfellabra (talk) 18:33, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Don't stress the servers with thousands of null edits just to update a hidden category page. The job queue varies and it may take much less than a week to clear by itself. I think the count can also take time to update so there may be less than the reported 14,000+ articles. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:46, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Yea I figured that would be the response haha.. couldn't hurt to ask though. I thought maybe someone might know of a different way to speed it up. I guess I'll just have to wait it out... I'm going to unwatch this page, so if anyone replies to this thread with a method, however unlikely that may be, please comment at my talk page. Thanks! --Dudemanfellabra (talk) 18:58, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Sometimes Google's cached copy of a page shows what it looked like a few days ago. Search Wikipedia with Google for: Category:NRHP infobox needing cleanup leads to this cached copy which shows 65 pages. --Teratornis (talk) 22:19, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

The job queue is a queue for a reason (to spread the work). If you bypass it by forcing edits on all articles in the queue, Wikipedia would become slow very quickly, and server admins would ban you indefinitely very quickly. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 23:31, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Interwiki vs. Stub

Does anyone have any guidance for decided whether to link to a stub or an interwiki page? (completely contrived example follows) Let say that I'm adding the list of Presidents of Burma to an appropriate page. The Ninety-ninth President of Burma, Ramon Verde, has a stub article in the English Language Wikipedia and a five page article on the Burmese Language Wikipedia. Obviously the best solution would be to have someone translate the Burmese article and put it on the English Language Wikipedia with the appropriate note on the talk page indicating the article and revision that it was translated from. However, until then, which should be linked to? (assume the Ramon Verde English Language Wiki page is appropriate linked to its equivalent in Burmese)Naraht (talk) 18:52, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Guidance for references is always to link to an English one if available. I would suggest that the same applies to internal links. If somebody goes to the stub, it should be interwikied to the fuller version, so if they can read Burmese they can follow the link there. --ColinFine (talk) 18:54, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Agreed. The point is that the user should not be exposed to a foreign language unless they are expecting it. Timotheus Canens (talk) 19:24, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

See Help:Interlanguage links. In general, interlanguage links in articles should only appear in the "languages" box. Even a stub article on the English Wikipedia should have all the interlanguage links that are valid. If not, then you can add them. In the example above, the Burmese reader would only be one click away from the article on the Burmese Wikipedia when viewing the stub on the English Wikipedia. --Teratornis (talk) 02:28, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Personal Sandboxes and Making My Page Less Visible

When I began editing pages, I made a workspace in my user space and copied large chunks of material there I wanted to edit. I then did something wrong, and now my personal page shows up on search engines when the text I am working on is permanent. Seemed to me that the answer was to make a sandbox, which I did, but I can't copy from my main page to it, and often can't figure out how to navigate to it. So I need two pieces of advice: 1) how to find my sandbox and copy from my page to it, and 2) how to make my personal page not show up in searches. ThanksBusaccsb (talk) 20:34, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

I use a personal sandbox and have no problems....User:Busaccsb/sanbox <,---this is now yours!!! then put this on your user page to get to it [[User:Busaccsb/sanbox]] and you can add this to the top of the sand box page if you wish {{Under construction}}...............

Click "my contributions" and then "Subpages" at the bottom to see your subpages. Place {{NOINDEX}} to prevent a userspace page from showing up in external search engines. You cannot prevent it from showing up in Wikipedia's own search when other users select to search userspace. By default userspace is not searched. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:35, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Deleting a page

How do I go about deleting a page that was submitted by a client that I represent? As I am not the author directly, is there any way I can act on his behalf to remove a page?

Mickylong (talk) 20:59, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

What is the name of the article page? Teapotgeorge^Talk 21:01, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

We need more information. What is the name of the article? If the article meets the criteria for deletion at Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion it may be tagged for speedy deletion; but there are limited reasons why an article may be speedily deleted. Otherwise, deletion of the article is usually managed via an Wikipedia:Articles for deletion discussion, where Wikipedia editors discuss the merits of an article based on Wikipedia policy and decide whether or not to keep it. If you tell us the name of the article, and why you want it deleted, we can work with you to resolve this. Also, please be aware that your client does not own the article he created; if the article is about a notable subject, then it will likely remain at Wikipedia. --Jayron32 21:06, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

There are actually three pages, all about my client and his business: Brand Velocity, Jack Bergstrand and Strategic Profiling, a tool developed by Brand Velocity. My client, the author of all three pages, has asked that all three pages be immediately removed.Mickylong (talk) 22:09, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

I have looked over these pages, they all look to meet wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, so I doubt any of them will be deleted. There are some problems with tone and style of writing, but that can all be cleaned up by Wikipedia editors. Sorry, but I see no real reason why any of these articles would be deleted. If you wish, you can file a request at Articles for Deletion, but I doubt that would get very far. On what grounds does your "client" want these articles deleted? --Jayron32 22:15, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

I see that User:Ozgurekmekci created both the Jack Bergstrand and the Brand Velocity articles, and was an early editor of Strategic Profiling. A Dr. Ozgur Ekmekci is also mentioned by name in the Brand Velocity article. Starting an article on Wikipedia does not make you "the author", however, but merely one of many contributors. Is your client - whoever he may be - objecting to factual inaccuracies about him that appear in the articles? This can be remedied, if you can provide a reliable source for the correction. But if your client has simply reconsidered his wish to create these articles, I'm afraid it's too late - he released the material under CC-BY-SA 3.0 and the GFDL when he pushed the Save button and the article will not now be deleted without a valid reason for deletion. WP:LUC may be of interest. Karenjc 19:40, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Log info, please

Dear Wiki support, Happy 2010 to all. Requesting user and pw, please. Thank you, How do I share my articles to our awesome community? Thank you, —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.3.78.50 (talk) 22:04, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

This is an open wiki, so head over to Register an account, then get started by reading the Introduction. Please don't hesitate to come back here if you have more questions! Xenon54 / talk / 22:08, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Tell us about your articles. Many topics are not suitable for Wikipedia; see WP:NOT. If you tell us what you want to write about, we can tell you whether it is suitable for Wikipedia. If not, then we can (probably) tell you where to find other wikis that would accept it. --Teratornis (talk) 22:11, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

I'm beginning to think the person is just trolling. South Bay (talk) 03:29, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Need tag for inaccurate site identification and coordinates...

Need a tag for the article Bethsaida. "This city was most likely located at et-Tell, a ruined site on the east side of the Jordan on rising ground, 2 km from the sea." HOWEVER (1) the geo-coordinates for and description of et-Tell in its own article are drastically different, and (2) someone has raised this issue on the discussion page, but there is no tag on the article to indicate that this data is contested. I would tag it myself if I knew what tag to use. Sorry. Thank you, Shir-El too 22:23, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

You can use {{geodata-check}} on the article and/or the talk page. It won't display anything visibly if used on the article, but it will put it in the category Category:Articles requiring geodata verification. It will add a visible tag if used on the talk page as well as putting it in the category Category:Talk pages requiring geodata verification. --Mysdaao ^talk 01:21, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Sorry: didn't explain clearly enough. It isn't the coordinates of the article itself that are in question, but rather identifying it with and linking it to a location with entirely different coordinates! This question has already been raised in the talk page, but it seems none of us knows how to get it sorted out. Also, I question its relevance to the "Fishing Portal." Thank you again, Shir-El too 09:08, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

P.S. I'm afraid if I put the above tag on the talk page, someone will just see the coordinates of the page do match, and not check fruther to see what the problem is. Cheers! Shir-El too 09:15, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

From reading the article, it sounds like there's disagreement among scholars on where the site of Bethsaida is, and there might be even be two different locations with the same name. I don't think there should be a single set of coordinates displayed in the top right since the location, if there is a single location, is not clearly known. As to writing a description of the location identified with coordinates, that's a very unique issue, and I don't think there's an existing tag for it. There's a WikiProject that deals with articles with geographical coordinates, and you might want to bring up this issue with the participants at the WikiProject's discussion page at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Geographical coordinates. --Mysdaao ^talk 14:10, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

I'll try, but as you have pointed out the problem is identification, not location. If Bethsaida means "House of Fishers" it CANNOT be the site identified as et-Tell: there are no fish in the Dead Sea! Have a Good One! Cheers! Shir-El too 17:55, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Bolding And Color Retained

How come <span style="color:#0000f1", "font-weight:bold;"> doesn't work?!?!?!?!174.3.101.61 (talk) 23:05, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

We tend to prefer to use wikitext where possible, rather than HTML. For example, '''<span style="color:#0000f1">foobaz</span>''' will produce foobaz. In addition, a semicolon ( ; ), rather than a comma, is necessary to separate "color:#0000f1" and "font-weight:bold". It should also be inside the " ", not outside. Intelligentsium 23:13, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Tried that doesn't work:edit this page

Code:

<span style="color:#0000f1;" "font-weight:bold">edit this page</span>

174.3.101.61 (talk) 23:40, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

I neglected to mention that both need to be within a single set of " ". For example, <span style="color:#0000f1; font-weight:bold;">edit this page</span> produces edit this page. Intelligentsium 00:09, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

<gallery>

Is there a way like <gallery-style:"center"> to make it so that we don't need to use <center><gallery></gallery></center> to center a gallery?174.3.101.61 (talk) 23:26, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

January 12

Display stuck in text mode or print mode.

My display seems to be in text mode or print mode. How do I restore the display to the way it was in the beginning? —Preceding unsigned comment added by King JD De Armon (talk • contribs)

Thank you for your question. The help desk is for questions on how to use wikipedia, for assistance with your computer, you could try the Computing Reference Desk. Tiggerjay (talk) 04:03, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

I guess the question is about the display of Wikipedia pages. Maybe you have changed skin under Appearance at Special:Preferences, or maybe you have to completely clear your cache. PrimeHunter (talk) 04:16, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

I had the same problem yesterday (display of the simple text interface) coupled with general sluggishness. I put it down to server overload, seems to be OK so far today. – ukexpat (talk) 14:53, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

May be the same problem as this one: Wikipedia:VPT#Something odd happening with the interface. – ukexpat (talk) 14:55, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

A connection issue can cause the skins to not load. That would give you a text only display with the sidebar text stacked up. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 18:01, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

It's on wikipedia's end... the BITS server Orbframe (talk) 01:08, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

I've got the same problem. Mike M 01:24, 13 January 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.98.183.218 (talk)

See WP:VPT#Rendering issue?. – ukexpat (talk) 01:33, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Regarding Food and Agriculture data

Dear Sir, I am a food technologist. I want to contribute for the content of food and agriculture but in an organised way. e.g. I have collected a data of Spices in 33 languages. I want to share it. There is a lot of things in the area of food technology where I an contribute. How should I do in an organised manner? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gautambhut (talk • contribs) 04:45, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Where has your data been published before Wikipedia? One of Wikipedia's cornerstone policies is verifiability which requires that information that appears at Wikipedia be published in reliable sources (sources with editorial control or peer review) before it can appear at Wikipedia. If your information is merely original research, then Wikipedia cannot be the first place it is published. What is the nature of the data you have? --Jayron32 04:53, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Maybe you should consider participating in the agriculture project at WP:AGRICULTURE and the food project at WP:FOOD. – ukexpat (talk) 14:59, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

problem submitting completed article-

I have tried on numerous occasions to submit my article (click 'review page' then 'save page'- is this correct; it's the only information I can find) but when I comne back to Wikipedia and search for my title 'Ted Noffs' it isn't accessible. Is there some problem with 'Username:MacNeice'? On the user page this is in the title area- I would have thought though that that would be automatically rectified as it's a Wikipedia feature.... this is the only thing I can come up with as a possible problem... Please help- it's driving me nuts. I have searched the help pages over and over... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.42.30.44 (talk) 04:56, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

You are not currently logged in. Perhaps the problem is that you need to log in to your account first! --Jayron32 04:59, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

The article appears as a sandbox page for User:Macneice and can be found at User:Macneice/Ted Noffs. Note the spellling of "Macneice". The search function on WP is case sensitive. Having taken a quick look at the page, may I suggest you reconsider moving the page to main space until the puffery is first toned down considerably? There is an article already on the Wayside Chapel where Noffs's principal work is noted. Does the individual need a separate article? Bielle (talk) 15:50, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

I did some work on the opening paragraph. If the publishing can be properly sourced, then the person likely meets WP:Notable. The facts of the article in the pargraphs succeeding the opening two are in list form and need both to be incorporated into the text and properly sourced. Bielle (talk) 16:34, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

ver sacrum

Please excuse my ignorance, I am not yet quite able at creating external links. I tried to put a link to this article but it does not work. Apparently I did not follow the right procedure. thank you for your help.Aldrasto (talk) 06:04, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

The section was hidden, I have made it visible.--Commander Keane (talk) 06:44, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

But the link appears to be broken or malformed. – ukexpat (talk) 14:59, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

I guess you refer to a link you attempted to add in [5] but there is no such address. Which link do you wish to add? You can copy it from your browser address bar to here without formatting it. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:18, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Textile auxiliaries

Hi,

I m a textile manufacturer having my factory in India. I want to manufacture alkali doner. where should I search for knowhow of the same. Pl let me know the details at the earliest.

Thanks & regards,

Sanjay Chauhan. Chauhansanjay2511 (talk) 06:45, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Hello. I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our roughly three million articles, and thought that we were directly affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is 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 you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck. Gonzonoir (talk) 07:28, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Please kindly change the website address of my company's.

Dear Sir/ Madam,

I work for Jiffy and during my research for my company's information, I have have come acrossed the following website:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiffy_(Convenience_store)

On the website, the indication of my company's website is wrong. Please kindly change the website from www.jet.co.th to be www.pttrm.com

Your support would be greatly appreciated indeed.

Sureerat Vilaijareontrakul Retail Productivity Integrator PTT Retail Management Company Limited <e-mail address removed> —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.97.30.2 (talk) 07:41, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Done Calmer Waters 08:27, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Please do not include contact details in your questions. We are unable to provide answers by any off-wiki medium and this page is highly visible across the internet. The details have been removed, but if you wish for them to be permanently removed from the page history, email this address. -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 08:55, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Article name

There has been an article created at Mexicans, but I would like to move it to 'Mexican people'. When I do, I find that the name I want to move it to (Mexican people) already exists. I think over time Demographics of Mexico, etc. has used the page as a redirect (?). I have no idea how to fix all of this and rename the page to the correct sounding 'Mexican people' (just as 'Italian people', 'Colombian people', etc.) Is it possible, or not going to happen? Any help would be appreciated. C.Kent87 (talk) 08:17, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Maybe deletion is key. South Bay (talk) 08:22, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Hmm, didn't think of that...? Its a tangled mess, but something has to work. Maybe I'll try that. Thanks. C.Kent87 (talk) 08:41, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

What if someone won't discuss?

What is the correct process to follow if someone keeps making a particular edit, and simply will not take part in any discussion or provide any response to requests for a source? See User:Ashrf1979's edits at Bahrani people, and previously at Nebuchadnezzar II. (I am not affiliated with IP user 94.192.38.247 who has also reverted User:Ashrf1979's edits for the same reason.) I have requested that the user provide a source at User_talk:Ashrf1979#Nebuchadnezzar_II, Talk:Bahrani_people#Nebuchadnezzar, and in edit summaries.--Jeffro77 (talk) 08:38, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

If all else fails, a report to WP:ANI is probably appropriate. – ukexpat (talk) 14:49, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Linking other Wikis

Hello, I was reading the article about the German goalkeeper, Oliver Kahn, and I saw this link in that article Rolf Kahn. Which you can see is a link to the article about Rolf Kahn on the German Wiki. Is that OK to do that? I wonder because I have found some "red-ink" links in other articles which could be made into "blue-ink" links by cross-referencing like that to German Wiki. And I could do that as I dont really have anything else to do here on Wikipedia as my English isnt so good to write articles. Thanks. User 23.2 (talk) 10:20, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

According to Help:Interlanguage_links#Inline_interlanguage_links it is allowed in articles that are primarily about topics specific to a certain language. I wouldn't plaster them all over the Encyclopedia though :D —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 12:37, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

OK. I understand. Thanks. User 23.2 (talk) 15:48, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Removing pictures

Is there any particular way to go about removing pictures from an article (rather than just deleting them without anyone's input)? The problem is that a picture I'm in has been used. I didn't take the picture, so I'm assuming all the permissions are okay, but I don't want to be on wikipedia. And I especially don't want to be identified with the page I'm on. It could damage my career. A friend has already seen and recognised me, I don't need my boss to. 87.65.91.57 (talk) 11:22, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Please send an email as detailed in the following page Wikipedia:Contact_us/Article_problem/Factual_error_(from_subject). Say that you are recognizable in an image and that you do not want to be (these are your "personality rights"). Be sure to include links to the page and the image. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 12:33, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

See also Wikipedia:Image use policy#Privacy rights and commons:Commons:Photographs of identifiable people#Removal at the request of the subject, photographer or uploader. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:04, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Citing the results of a web site's internal search engine

Resolved

The Welsh Music Information Centre has a number of profiles of Welsh composers, accessible through a search page here. Unfortunately, the web address that is generated when you've selected a composer, e.g. Guto Puw, can't be used for citation purposes as it returns a blank page if you've not gone through the search page (example). Any suggestions on how I can cite Puw's page in a way that will stop the article failing its GA review? Bencherlite^Talk 12:40, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

http://wmic.org/cgi-bin/composerfull.cgi?id=368 The id numbers of the composers can be found by going to http://wmic.org/composers.html and choosing "View page source" from the menu in your browsers. Once you have that, you'll see that the form on that page opens up http://wmic.org/cgi-bin/composerfull.cgi by adding the name= or id= fields of the form to that url after a ? you can always find urls for any GET forms (not for POST forms however) with this method. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 12:53, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

http://wmic.org/cgi-bin/composerfull.cgi?id=368 gives me the list of works of Kevin Adams, so I think you meant http://wmic.org/cgi-bin/composerfull.cgi?id=5 - thanks for your help. Bencherlite^Talk 13:14, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Family history question

My grandparents emigrated from Slovakia in the late 1890's or early 1900 orignially landing at Ellis Island but eventually ended living in Thunder Bay Ontario Canada. They were not married during their immigration. My grandfather was a tradesman, a machinist,was hired to go to directly to Thunder Bay for employment. His name was John Shelling. He asked my future grandmother to come to Thunder Bay to marry him and she did, however she did live in New York for an undetermined period of time. Her maiden name best to my knowledge was phontecially sounding like Hi duke (hyduk?). I am trying to find a geaological search for both of them to determine when the emigared, from where in Slovakia, and other relevant information about their background and an attempt to find linking family members. My grandfather's brother also came about the same time to Canada and his name was Ignace Shelling and I assume he came from the same aread of Slovakia. Is there any European English websites or Canadian websites that I can use to find information about my grandparents geneology on both sides. I would appreciate any assistance you can give me, or any directions you can advise me to follow. Thank you very much —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.241.217.231 (talk) 13:02, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer just about 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. Zain Ebrahim (talk) 13:49, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

For what it's worth, the spelling might turn out to be "Hajduk". Gonzonoir (talk) 14:14, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Need help in adding photos to the Delft Dragons article

I am a registered user of Wikipedia, and I have several photos that I would like to add to the Delft Dragons page, that come from my Wikimedia Commons page. However, I have no clue how to transfer or even add them on the edit section. I've tried looking up the instructions on the help section, but it was just too complicated and I am still at a loss.

If you can please assist me with this matter, I would greatly appreciate it.

Thank you.

-Jerrold Icban —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jaicban (talk • contribs) 13:52, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Did you take a look at WP:IMAGE#Using images? The basic formatting for a thumbnail is [[File:filename.ext|thumb|caption]]. – ukexpat (talk) 14:47, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

How do I publish my page?

Resolved

 – Spammy user page deleted, user name spamblocked. – ukexpat (talk) 15:32, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

I would like to know how I can publish my page so that it is searchable on the web? 2190 MUSIC GROUP 14:52, 12 January 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 2190music (talk • contribs)

Please see Wikipedia:Your first article, but also note that articles must be verifiable and about subjectes that meet the notability guidelines. It is also very strongly discouraged to write about subjects that you are involved with personally. (See Wikipedia:Autobiography). --BelovedFreak 15:03, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

If you mean the contents of your user page at User:2190music, you don't. Apart from the huge conflict of interest and a username that is in breach of policy, the text is purely promotional and there is no indication that the company meets Wikipedia's inclusion criteria. – ukexpat (talk) 15:04, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

I am an author

I am an author and I would like to describe my work, which is socially relevant fantasy, on a page on Wikipedia. I was told by some other authors that it is a great thing to get set up on Wikipedia. Is there a book specific place for authors, and if not what is the best way for me to adhere to the rules and still have my book displayed and explained to my potential readers.

Thank you for your assistance,

Jeffrey B. Allen —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jeffrey B. Allen (talk • contribs) 15:14, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

http://www.fanfiction.netAccdude92 (talk to me!) (sign) 15:17, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia's not a forum for getting your work known. It's an encyclopaedia of things that have already received significant coverage in reliable sources. Also, you are very strongly discouraged to write about yourself or subjects that you are involved with (see WP:AUTOBIOGRAPHY). --BelovedFreak 15:24, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

math

how do I do math in wikipedia markup?Accdude92 (talk to me!) (sign) 15:28, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Does WP:MOSMATH help? – ukexpat (talk) 15:30, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

For the markup, see Help:Displaying a formula. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:11, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Image Content/Photographs

My comments relate to the images used on Wikipedia's webpages. If this has been sent to the wrong party, please direct to the person in charge of oversight of image photos. I am concerned with the use of images on your webpages that contain nudity. Case in point, the "Josephine Baker" page. I would like to see nude images removed from the pages because, of several reasons, I am using a computer in a public library and it is an offense to download it (even if I have no idea what I am downloading) and because of the nature of the website--an online encyclopedia--which allows for this kind of situation, the inadvertent downloading of nude images. It is not just the "Baker" page, but all pages that would have these types of images. Thank you for your attention to this matter. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.196.20.111 (talk) 16:46, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Please see WP:NOTCENSORED. However, Wikipedia:Options to not see an image might help you. —Jeremy (talk) 16:51, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

I'm afraid that the only way that you can guarantee that you do not come across any articles which contain any nude figures is to avoid using Wikipedia altogether. The options to avoid seeing images are probably not available at a public library. However, you could discuss it with the library staff - if they see that you are using Wikipedia, they may be OK with the images. I know that my local library staff have no problems with such things - if you look through your library's art section, you will see books with pictures of nudes and nude statues. If the staff object to you seeing such pictures, have one of those around, and ask why they don't get rid of those books?! -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 17:53, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Current time in time zone articles

Resolved

 –  – ukexpat (talk) 03:19, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

I was wondering, would it be appropriate to have a current time measurement such as the {{{{current time}} template in the various time zone articles? I think that would be useful for them. It doesn't seem to be done for any of them at the moment, however, is there some reason for that that I'm overlooking? TastyCakes (talk) 17:38, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

In theory this wouldn't be hard to add (using {{CurrentTimeIn}}), but it might be an idea to discuss this at Talk:Time zone, Category_talk:Time_zones or probably at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Time - I think the latter would be the best place to discuss this. -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 18:01, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll go and ask there. TastyCakes (talk) 18:23, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

santa clause

hey im doing a report on Santa clause, or Kris Kringle and i cant find anything on the very beginning of Santa clause, like where he was born and stuff. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Noodlehead117 (talk • contribs) 17:46, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

• You might find what you are looking for in the articles about Santa Claus, Father Christmas or Christkind. If you cannot find the answer there, you can try asking your question at Wikipedia's Reference Desk. They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer just about any question in the universe (except about how to use Wikipedia, which is what this help desk is for). I hope this helps. Please note, however, that we cannot do your homework for you. -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 17:50, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

i tried those pages but its nowhere past when people thoght of him to bring presents, i want the original story, like in the movie santa clause is comeing to town, ill try what you said, and i wont make you do the homework for me lol. noodlehead117 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Noodlehead117 (talk • contribs) 17:55, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

• Well, as Santa Claus is a made up character, they weren't "born". The information about the origins of the stories are in those three articles, but if you want to ask this question at the Research Desk, they may be able to help you. This page is for asking questions about how to use Wikipedia, not for information about subjects. -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 18:03, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

  I like the name "research desk". That's the only place on Wikipedia where original research is cherished. ;-) — Sebastian 19:45, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

why do you remove every post I have created?

I created several posts documenting true and valid historical events, such as the creation of the Spritual United Nations in 1994. I also added and updated several posts, that were removed the very next day with no explanation. I am going to blow the lid off your so-called validity as a site that documents information from many sources. I will replace you with the college of synthesis, that giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not. You are a very prejudiced and narrow minded group of people, as I have documented proof of how many times you removed valid information. thanks for blabbing about your lack of bias. Is is an outright lie! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.112.228.180 (talk) 18:04, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Please read WP:verifiability —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 18:16, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

You might also want to read about independent and reliable sources of information - if you have any to back up the information which you are trying to add, then the information will be kept. If you are trying to add unsourced information, then it will be removed. Good luck with your college of synthesis! -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 19:03, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Move

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 – Mysdaao ^talk 20:08, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi guys, there's a page I would like to move but it doesn't seem to work. Is this because it is new? The page is here. Thank you in advance. Rock drum (talk·contribs·guestbook) 18:19, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

You have the ability to move pages because you are autoconfirmed, which happened automatically once your account was at least four days old and made at least ten edits. From your move log, I see you already moved a page, so you have access to moving other pages. What are you trying to move CHERUB and Henderson's Boys Timeline to? What is the message you see when you try to move it? --Mysdaao ^talk 18:58, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi, I was planning to move it to 'Chronology of the CHERUB and Henderson's Boy's series'. Rock drum (talk·contribs·guestbook) 19:08, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

And why is it not working? What message are you seeing when you try to move it to the new title? --Mysdaao ^talk 19:13, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

On the BETA version of wikipedia there is a down arrow at the top of every page. This will normally show a link to the 'move' page. It doesn't show this link. Rock drum (talk·contribs·guestbook) 19:29, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

I see the Move link in that menu when viewing CHERUB and Henderson's Boys Timeline on the Beta. Do you see the Move link on other pages? This may be a bug with Beta and you can report it by pressing "Beta feedback" on the top. If you can't move it in Beta, try it with the regular Wikipedia skin. --Mysdaao ^talk 19:37, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Will do. Rock drum (talk·contribs·guestbook) 19:42, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Will do. Rock drum (talk·contribs·guestbook) 19:43, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Is there an echo in here? -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 19:47, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

I think so, I think so, _{I think so, I think so... – ukexpat (talk) 19:52, 12 January 2010 (UTC)}

Sorry. Thanks for the help Mysdaao. Rock drum (talk·contribs·guestbook) 19:58, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

You're welcome. --Mysdaao ^talk 20:08, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Conflict sorting books

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 – Mysdaao ^talk 13:46, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Please help When looking through Category:Wikipedia books (community books), I noticed that several entries were out of alphabetical order due to capitalization issues (e.g. Book:BBC Sports Personality of the Year came before Book:Bahá'í Faith.) To remedy this, I inserted some {{DEFAULTSORT}}s, but this apparently creates a conflict, adding these books to Category:Pages with DEFAULTSORT conflicts. Looking over them, I cannot figure out where or how there is another sortkey. Can someone fix this matter? —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 19:01, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

There is a DEFAULTSORT in {{saved book}} which is on every book page. The code in Template:Saved book contains {{DEFAULTSORT:{{SUBPAGENAME}}}} so all pages with the template are automatically sorted by the subpage part of the title. This could be fixed by removing that part of the code, but that would mess up the sorting of a whole lot of book pages, so I don't think there's any good way to sort way a single book page differently. --Mysdaao ^talk 19:11, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Resolved Someone else removed the DEFAULTSORT, which is simply necessary for the reason I outlined above, as well as (e.g.) Book:AC/DC, which was sorted as "DC". —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 01:56, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

RecentChangesLinked: duration more than 30 days?

Moved to WP:VPT § RecentChangesLinked: duration more than 30 days?

Is it possible to check Related changes for a duration of more than 30 days? I changed the "days" parameter in the URL for several pages, such as this one http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChangesLinked&limit=250&days=100&target=WIMPs, but I never get beyond 30 days. The only change - as if to spite me - is that the page now displays a bold "100 days" option. — Sebastian 19:21, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

• I am not aware of a way to do this, but you might be better off asking at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical) where the folks there may know more about the technical aspects of Wikipedia -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 22:12, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

  Good idea, I'll try that! — Sebastian 02:17, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Message that seemed to disappear

Hello,

I was using Wikipedia a few days ago, and the banner appeared saying that I had a message. I clicked and found a notice that I was invited to participate in a discussion or voting on something. I was busy, and planned to come back to it.

Now, I can't find it. I assumed it was on my talk page, but I don't see it. Am I looking in the wrong place? Everything I search for in Help refers to message templates, I can't find anything on "Messages" in general.

Thank you!

Peacedance (talk) 19:27, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

It appears you only got one message in the last week, which was User talk:Peacedance#Caroline Matilda of Great Britain. Is that the one? — Sebastian 19:36, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

• (edit conflict)I'm guessing you are referring to the message about voting on the "Global Sysop" issue, which was a site-wide banner which is no longer showing. The vote in question is here. However, as one of the criteria for voting is to have 150 edits on one project (and you have 63 here and 10 on commons) then you do not qualify at the moment (incidently, the other criteria is to have had an account for 3 months or more, and yesterday was your 3rd month anniversary!) -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 19:37, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

African Americans

This article is no longer valid since anthropologists have provided DNA evidence that all humans on the planet originated from sub-Saharan Africa. In other words all Americans are African Americans.

The article starts "African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans or Afro-Americans) are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa." So you can see my dilemma. The only information I have is from the BBC TV Documentary series "The Incredible Human Journey" presented by Dr Alice Roberts.

Whilst the article could be deleted in entirety I would imagine the original authors would like the opportunity to revisit their work and change the main name and definition.

Your guidance would be appreciated.Rexhorwood (talk) 20:34, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

• Thank you for your suggestion regarding the African American article. May I suggest that it might be best to bring this up on the article's talk page, where interested editors would be able to comment on this issue, and where a decision can be reached should it be required. Regards, -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 21:03, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Complaint about user 'doctorfluffy'

I would like to file a complaint about user 'doctorfluffy'. Move to his site under http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Doctorfluffy and you will se an endless list of deletions and deletion requests. This, and as well probably other users feeling more like 'Deletion Masters' then users or admins, should be removed from the possibility to delete articles.

Kind Regards, —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.106.95.168 (talk) 20:34, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

• Thanks for you comments, anonymous editor! However, the fact that Doctorfluffy has a list of the deletions which they have proposed or deleted is not against the policies on this site. Indeed, I have a similar list at User:Phantomsteve/Deletions. I believe it is a sign of the openness of some editors here that we are willing to show the articles which we have proposed for deletion, and the end result. Not all of the deletions were upheld by the admins (as you are probably aware, only admins can actually delete pages), but the mere proposing of the deletion is 100% in line with policy here, and displaying the results is definitely not against the policies or guidelines. I am guessing that some of the ones which have been nominated for deletion include some of the articles which you have created. If this is so, then I am sorry, but articles need to meet Wikipedia's notability and verifiability criteria, and if they do not then they can be deleted. If you feel that a specific article should not have been deleted, then you would need to contact the deleting admin (Doctorfluffy isn't an admin, so has not deleted anything) and ask them about it. To find out the deleting admin, go to Special:Log/delete and type in the article title in the Title field and click Go - this will show who deleted it, along with a link to their talk page, where you can politely ask about the reason for deletion. I hope this helps -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 21:13, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Block yourself from editing without logging in?

When editing an article, I sometimes become logged out for some reason, for example, I closed my browser. Then I forget to log in again and inadvertently expose my IP address to the world on the next edit. (And based on editing patterns, it's pretty obvious whose it is.) Surely, it is everyone's job to make sure they are logged in, but when making a lot of edits one can become distracted.

Is there a way to block yourself from editing without being logged in? Thanks. Khin2718 (talk) 21:22, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

I'm not aware of a way of doing this (although if there is a way, I'm sure someone here will let me know that I am wrong!) - I do have a way for you to know that you are not logged in when you go to save: edit your monobook.css file (I assume that's the skin you are using, as it's the default one) and add this to it:

/* Turn the "Save page" button green if I'm logged in */

INPUT#wpSave {

background-color:#88ff88;

Then save and bypass your cache as shown on the monobook.css page. In future, if you are logged in, the "save" button will be green - if it's not green, you know you are not logged in!

Hope this helps. -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 21:42, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

VERY good suggestion. Thanks!! Khin2718 (talk) 03:18, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

This may or may not be helpful, but I was also getting caught in this way. Now I have my Wikipedia favourite set to point to the login page. If I fail to log in after that, it's my own fault. Jan1naD ^{(talk • contrib)} 22:22, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

View

Is there a way of making it so that when you are viewing a page and it gets edited, you get to see the changes straight away instead of having to refresh the page? jc iindyysgvxc (my contributions) 21:53, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

• Unfortunately, I am not aware of anything like this on Wikipedia. Also, if you were to be looking at a long article, and half way through reading it, it re-loaded, I think you'd get a bit fed up! And if it was one that was being heavily edited, and it happened every 20 seconds, I think you'd not want this feature! However, as I said, this isn't possible as far as I am aware. -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 22:10, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

• Maybe someday the underlying software will be changed to use Ajax techniques, which would support unobtrusive indication that text you are viewing had just been changed. Then you could press a key to see the changed text. Someday. David spector (talk) 03:50, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

"Next--Live!"

Hello,

Misplaced enquiry

Could you please forward this "Next--Live!" invitation to Mr. Jimmy Johnson, the coach? I would appreciate it very much. Sincerely, Ms. Reegis McLaine President and Executive Trustee of "Next--Live!" Welcome! Welcome to “Next—Live! Are you happy to be alive? If you answered yes, great! Why are We here? We are here “live” with a very special offer that is going to let you help make someone else feel great and you feel great at the same time! How would you like to save someone else’s life and save money on your taxes with a sizable tax write off at the same time? Sounds intriguing? Well just how much could you write off? Whatever amount you choose! That’s right! The sky’s the limit Who is this for? Your contributions will be helping the daughter of an honored U.S. marine Sgt. She is also a college graduate with a B.S. degree in Business Management and Administration, a high school honor student graduate as class valedictorian, a two time Who’s Who in Music Award recipient and a proud single Creole French, German, Italian and White American woman. So What? Our recipient’s life and career came to a sudden halt when diaganosed with an extremely rare medical condition. It requires a very rare surgical procedure by foreign medical specialists. However, due to credit abuses, the hospital is forced to charge on a “cash on;y” basis for doctor’s fees They will,however, approve the health insurance claim forms for reimbursement from the health insurance company. The money will then be used for recovery expenses and medical taxes. Want to Help? Send your gift to life now! Send a check or money order payable to: R. McLaine P.O. Box 59041 Schaumburg, Illinois 60159 OR You may wire your gift contribution via Western Union using a major credit card. Simply select which credit card you would like to use for your tax deductible gift contribution: Visa, Mastercard or Discover. Call 1-800-634-1311. Tell the attendant you would like to wire your gift to : R. McLaine in Schaumburg, Illinois USA. Don’t forget to email a message to : reegis99@yahoo.com including your name, address, phone number and the amount you wired. You may call Western Union 24 hours a day. You may contribute And write off whatever amount you wish! $40,000 or whatever!!! What Next, America!!! Here are some great websites of organizations who can help you with raising your contributions: www.arbys.com/arbil.html www.fundraising.com www.vistastudios.com www.fundraiser.com

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.107.77.21 (talk) 22:05, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

• Hello. I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our roughly three million articles, and thought that we were directly affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is 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 you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck. -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 22:08, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Is there a "favorites" option?

In length, is it possible to save a Wikipedia page in a "favorites" list or some other way to quickly save an article for later viewing? This would be very helpful.

Jjoel0724 (talk) 22:17, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

You can use your watchlist for this purpose. See the tab at the top of the screen titled "my watchlist" or read Help:Watching pages for more info. --Jayron32 22:21, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

(e/c) There is no Wikipedia-based favorites function; the closest equivalent would probably be your watchlist or the book function. You could always create a "Wikipedia" folder in your browser's favorites and save interesting articles there. Xenon54 / talk / 22:22, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

(edit conflict)You can obviously add a page to your browser favourites list, but I'm guessing that isn't the answer that you are looking for! The easiest way would be to edit your user page and leave a link to the page. To do this, type [[Article-name]] and save the page. For example, to link to William Stanley (Victorian inventor), you would use the code [[William Stanley (Victorian inventor)]]. I hope this helps -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 22:24, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

How to get Organization added.

We would like to get our organization added to wikipedia. Wanted to know do I just add the organization name and description here [6] with a few links? So that an editor would review it and add the content. Or is it another process? Very confused, please explain. —Preceding unsigned comment added by JerryLouis (talk • contribs) 22:34, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requested articles would be the best way to go - but rather than just links, it would be useful if you could provide evidence of notability (especially notability for an organisation) from independent, reliable sources. For inclusion on Wikipedia, an organisation needs to be shown to be notable (as Wikipedia defines it), with verifiable information from independent, reliable sources. -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 22:54, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Writing about or editing articles with which you are affiliated with the subject thereof is strongly discouraged to prevent a conflict of interest. If your business/organization reaches Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion feel free to add your company to Wikipedia:Requested_articles/Business_and_Economics/Businesses_and_Organizations and an article that complies with Wikipedia's quality standards will be created for you. Jeffrey Mall (talk • contribs) - 22:59, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Use of Russian language in English Wikipedia

The article titled 'Koenigs formula' is written in Russian. Is it common for an article in the English Wikipedia to be written in a language other than English? —Preceding unsigned comment added by ImJustAsking (talk • contribs) 23:30, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

As far as I can tell, there is no page at the title you mention. Obviously, since this is the English Wikipedia, all articles must be written in English, but not being written in English alone is not a criterion for deletion. However, if the text is incoherent in the foreign language, or it is a direct copy of an article from a foreign Wikipedia, then it can be deleted. Xenon54 / talk / 23:54, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

The only article I can think that you are refering to is Formula König - however, that is written in English (and if it hadn't been, it would be in German). If you find the article, copy the web address and paste it here, we can be of more help. -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 00:00, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

A lot of times, when articles are in foreign languages, they are in userspace. When it's translated into english, it can be moved to mainspace.174.3.101.61 (talk) 00:39, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Make page public

Resolved

 – Spam user page deleted. – ukexpat (talk) 03:17, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Hello Support,

I created a page for my company Hula Networks yesterday 01/11/2010 and when I type Hula Networks nothing shows up.

My account information is Hulascott

Thanks, Scott —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hulascott (talk • contribs) 00:21, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

The page is currently located at your userpage, which is User:Hulascott, and so it is not part of the article space. It would need to be moved to the article space to be an article. HOWEVER, let me strongly recommend that you do not do that. Wikipedia has a policy against editing with a conflict of interest; when you edit at Wikipedia you agree to avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your businesses, and other articles about subjects in which you have a vested interest. If your company actually meets Wikipedia's inclusion criteria for having an article about it, then someone who has nothing to do with your company will some day create an article about it. --Jayron32 00:46, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Clearly spam and tagged for speedy deletion accordingly. – ukexpat (talk) 01:38, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Deiser Archives

How often does this forum archive?174.3.101.61 (talk) 00:52, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

If you're talking about this page, then every post is visible for four days before being archived. A post left on the 1st January (UTC) will be archived on the 5th January. If you are talking about an external website, this is a random knowledge question that should be directed to the reference desk, as this page only deals with questions directly relating to Wikipedia. Xenon54 / talk / 01:04, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

I've seen this page go for 7 days.174.3.101.61 (talk) 03:37, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

The archiving 'bot sometimes goes for a long walk or something! It's done automatically, but if the 'bot which does it isn't running for some reason, it may not be done for a few days. -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 08:17, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Sending messages to other users

Resolved

 – User has sent message to user on talk page. --Mysdaao ^talk 13:48, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi, I'm new, and I'm just overwhelmed. I would like to send a little thank you message to someone who changed my user name for me, but I don't know how to send messages to anyone. I went to his discussion page but didn't see a way to leave a message, although there were many messages to him from other users. How did they get there? I'm trying to learn everything, and probably the answer to my question is ridiculously simple, yet I can't seem to find the answer anywhere. Thank you for helping me. And I don't know how you can find me if all I do is type CoderCat (talk) 01:24, 13 January 2010 (UTC) at the end of my post. But anyway, I'm doing it. CoderCat (talk) 01:24, 13 January 2010 (UTC) Ok, I just previewed this question and I see that you can tell who I am. Thanks again, CoderCat (talk) 01:24, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

The easiest way to post a message on a discussion page is to click the "new section" tab on the top of the page. There's a lot of information about how to use Wikipedia, so I understand it can be overwhelming. When you have time, I suggest you go through and read Help:Talk page and Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines for details on how talk pages work. --Mysdaao ^talk 01:35, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

I see you correctly sign your posts and have now thanked the user on his discussion page so it seems resolved. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:13, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Displaying incorrectly

Hey, I can't get Wikipedia to display correctly in Firefox 3 or IE 6. Every other site works correctly in both browsers. I'm thinking it may be a javascript problem or something. It's difficult to describe the problem, it's like the formatting is off. For example, the search box that is usually on the left is way down on the bottom. I've tried Ctrl+F5 to bypass the cache and I've deleted my cookies, but the problem continues. Any suggestions would be great. Thanks. 174.52.130.218 (talk) 01:54, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

I haven't seen it but it's a known current problem in Wikipedia with people working on it. It's discussed at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#Rendering issue? PrimeHunter (talk) 02:02, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

password reset not working

my computer crashed and now i can't get the password reset feature to work. it says it's sending to my email address but no password reset is received. i don't want to lose saved info. how can i get login fixed —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.112.161.177 (talk) 02:29, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Have you checked your spam folder?--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 05:10, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Are you sure that you are looking at the correct e-mail address - is there a possibility that you have changed e-mail addresses from when you signed up? Are you positive that you put an e-mail address on my preferences when you created your account? If you tell us your user name, we can confirm whether e-mail is set up for it (but that's as far as we can go, I'm afraid). -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 08:20, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Nice standard wiki blockquote?

Is there any visually appealing way to create nice blockquote?

For example, something like

{{bq}}Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth{{/bq}}

Which would indent the text left and right, make it italic, create a shaded background, and start with a large left double quote and end with a large right double quote.

If there is such a mechanism, it should be documented in the various pages that instruct people how to edit pages.

If there is no such mechanism, how would I request that it be created? David spector (talk) 03:40, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Not sure exactly what you're looking for but generically there's <blockquote>text</blockquote>, and templates like {{quote}}, {{cquote}} and many others. See Category:Quotation templates.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 05:08, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

The formatting you wish is extraneous. See wp:quotations.174.3.101.61 (talk) 05:33, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Mobile Wikipedia totally offline? 404 errors on any entry

Is anyone else in the world able to use Mobile Wikipedia today? I've tried on three different iPhones coming from a Google search and when redirected to en.m.wikipedia, ANY entry gives me a 404 Not Found error, unless it's only me this is a pretty catastrophic problem, and it's odd how nobody is reporting it, or is it just iPhones? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.5.99.72 (talk) 05:32, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

It's not just you. I'm in Texas, and the problem seems to have been going on for at least a few hours.67.64.119.62 (talk) 08:31, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

I'm using Firefox from a PC and have been having problems with all Wikipedia pages for 24 hours, there's either a server problem or something to do with the ISP – however, I have no idea. Jared Preston (talk) 09:43, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Article Edit

Sorry if this is the wrong place, but I am not sure what it comes under.

A few days ago, I made a Guest edit of a page. Somebody had put incorrect information in, and some information I was not sure about, I changed the information that was incorrect, leaving the other bit due to my unsurity.

A few days later, I had been thinking about this article and with checking information, found that it was all incorrect, on this part of the Article. I also read on an additional website (doing research) that people had laughed at, which confirmed it was wrong.

Anyways, I signed up for an account, as I wish to add some more information to some Articles. The Article I had edited as a Guest, had now been completely cleared of both mine, and the other persons information. Since it was incorrect I did not mind. I decided to add some more to the Article, as it was very thin. I added some information, refrenced it, added that the Edit a few days ago was incorrect, just incase people thought it was true, and put another web link.

I come back today and see it has been deleted again. Which is a bit annoying, as I took a fair bit of time finding factual information, avoiding all possible copyright problems and such. My question is, how do other people decide what is relevant information and what isn't? I know this is a communal website done by lots of people, but the information I put in was all correct, added more to the article, and allowed easier reading without having to go to other websites to search and was interesting. I did not simply re-word another article.

So, is there any point in re-adding the information, and having it deleted again? Or shall I not bother. If the answer is the second one, then is there anypoint in adding any information whatsoever to any article? As even with refrencing and links, it seems that some people just don't like it, and remove it.

I couldn't find any information on this, and if I missed it, I am sorry. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Troublehalf (talk • contribs) 06:08, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

What article are you discussing? If you point us to the article, we could take a look. Reverting your changes may have been because some other editor was just a jerk, or perhaps the editor objected to your changes for lack of verifiability or possibly lack of WP:Notability ... there are many other possibilities. Comet Tuttle (talk) 07:50, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi, Troublehalf. I see the article you are talking about is Lacina Traoré. You added information in this edit. It was removed as "speculation". Looking at the three sources of information provided: both the Daily Mail and the Daily Telegraph both mention him, it shows that any transfer is indeed speculation (Mail: "Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is considering a £3.6million move for giant CFR Cluj striker Lacina Traore who has been dubbed 'the new Emmanuel Adebayor'."; Telegraph: "Arsenal have been linked with Ivory Coast striker Lacina Traore... Arsenal reportedly face competition for the player's signature from Lazio, Hamburg, Udinese and CSKA Moscow." (italics mine)); the Guardian show that such a move is not going to happen anytime soon ("The pressure on Arsenal to strengthen their attack has been eased after tests on Nicklas Bendtner's troublesome groin revealed the Dane should be fit to return within two weeks...He suggested he was more likely to bolster his defence, by re-signing the former England centre-half Sol Campbell, than adding a striker.") As such, the information you added was actually correctly removed.

On Wikipedia, articles do not contain speculation - they contain information which has happened, not what might happen.

Please do keep contributing to Wikipedia - however, if you come across a reference about something that might happen (even with sources like yours had), do not add it! Regards, -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 08:43, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

I want to cut my enforced Wikibreak

Resolved

 – Kayau has logged back in and all is right with the world. Bencherlite^Talk 10:36, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Months ago, I used the Wikibreak enforcer to stop myself from editing wikipedia and concentrate on my studies. I wish to keep editing today, and I tried to edit my monobook.js as an anon, but (guess what) it doesn't work. Can someone try to take away the wikibreak enforcer code from my monobook.js? Thanks. All the best, 113.253.203.191 (talk) 09:33, 13 January 2010 (UTC) (The all the best bit is to prove that this is not a fake, since I've included it in my sig for some time. And to further proof that I'm not bluffing, here it goes: Wuthering Heights VANITY FAIR paradise lost; David Copperfield MOBY DICK the great gatsby; Jane Eyre PRIDE AND PREJUDICE les miserables)

As far as I am aware, there is no way for anyone else to edit it for you. I would suggest that you turn JavaScript off in your browser, and then you should be able to log in and edit the monobook.js file. -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 10:15, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

It'll expire in 7 days, if you need the account before that then you could try what Steve has suggested. Alternatively you could edit as an anon until it expires, but you'd have to put a notice on the talk page of your anon account to the effect that its being used by the same person as the account Kayau, in accordance with WP:SOCK. (WP:SOCK#LEGIT doesn't actually make an allowances for if your account is disabled voluntarily, but I doubt anyone would mind, if there is a particular edit that you wanted to make but you're worried about violating WP:SOCK then you could ask here and someone would probably be able to do it for you). Kind regards, Spitfire^Tally-ho! 10:21, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Admins can edit monobooks, so I'll remove the code for you. Please leave a message on my talk page as soon as you log back in so that I know everything's above board. If not, I'll reinsert the wikibreak. Bencherlite^Talk 10:26, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

How can I connect a Dynamo to my bicycle?

How can I connect a Dynamo to my bicycle? Also, can I drive a motor (using the power of this dynamo) to rotate the wheel of my bicycle? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Moezmotani (talk • contribs) 10:11, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

• Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer just about 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. -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 10:13, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

My contribution has been deleted w/o any log or reason

Hi,

The article that i created for our school has been deleted. It is regarding our school's history. Teachers and our principal are expected see it on Wikipedia but it was like Wikipedia burst our bubble w/o any notice because the admin who deleted it did not even leave a note regarding the reason of deletion.

Pls. state the reason why?

Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dormboyph (talk • contribs) 10:25, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Your article should not have been deleted speedily, so I have undeleted it and moved it to Commonwealth Elementary School, Quezon City. However, elementary schools only rarely deserve articles on Wikipedia, and you'll need to show that the school has been extensively discussed in third-party publications like newspapers, not just school newsletters or similar. I'll leave you a message on your talk page as well. Bencherlite^Talk 10:34, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Want to donate information from my website

Dear Sir, I am a local boy from Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, I own a website www.andamanbirdwatching.com in which I want to add information about all the birds found in Andaman and Nicobar Islands further I am planning to add information about all the butterflies of Andaman and Nicobar Islands the information and photographs will be my own. I want to donate all the information and photographs to wikipedia, my personal interest will be only the name of my website appearing in the reference list which should be acceptable because my website will be listing all the informations about birdwatching in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Do you think this is acceptable, further what should I do to prove that this website is mine and no copyright voilation has happened.

Regards Murli —Preceding unsigned comment added by Murliv (talk • contribs) 11:24, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Our page on donating copyrighted materials should answer your questions. The basic principles are that you will need to make the material available under the CC-BY-SA and GFDL licenses - either by noting this directly on your website, or through Wikipedia's permissions system. Licensing your material in either of those ways will establish that you are the owner of the material. Keep in mind as well that you cannot donate exclusively to Wikipedia - all material published here is licensed for reuse, with attribution, elsewhere. Have a look at Wikipedia:Donating_copyrighted_materials#Granting_us_permission_to_copy_material_already_online and if you still have questions, please come back and ask. Gonzonoir (talk) 14:19, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

New page needs disambiguation.

Hallo, after writing the page Bill Wall (William Dale Wall) I noticed that it links with a basketball coach with the same name, listed at the page National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. It looks like this coach had a page on wikipedia, since all other people listed (a lot!) have blue wikilinks. But where is his original page?? Thank you, --Gabodon (talk) 14:53, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

The same Bill Wall (basketball) appears in the page 2008–09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. --Gabodon (talk) 14:59, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

The links in National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame and 2008–09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season point to Bill Wall. There is no article I can find on Wikipedia for another person named Bill Wall in basketball. Before you created the article, the links were red links pointing to a non-existant article. Now they point to a Bill Wall that is not associated with the person in basketball named Bill Wall, and the links should be removed. --Mysdaao ^talk 17:32, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Replacing images on foreign wikis

Last night, I tried to replace and incorrectly named image(File:P1010049.JPG) on an "Ido" Wikipeida article on Champaign, Illinois. The image I tried to replaced was of the File:Champaign, Illinois Municipal Building.jpg, and had originally shared it's name with the file above. Now when I tried to add the correct image, I created a redlink that I can't fix. Can somebody else fix this one instead? ----DanTD (talk) 15:29, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

The image in question is located on the English Wikipedia only, if it was uploaded to Wikimedia Commons then you could add it to any other language Wikipedia by using the image syntax as you've tried on io:Champaign, Illinois, see Wikipedia:Moving images to the Commons. The only other way to do it is to upload the image directly to the Ido Wikipedia. Nanonic (talk) 15:48, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

I've uploaded it to commons for you, it should work now. Nanonic (talk) 15:53, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Name of Article "Javits Wagner O'Day Act"

Please note that the Javits Wagner O'Day Act" is now referred to as The AbilityOne Program and we need Wikipedia to make this change on the site.

The article started by Islandgurl in January 2007 is not accurate anymore and needs to be updated to be listed in Wikipedia as AbilityOne or The AbilityOne Program. The program is managed by 3 bodies: 1. Committee of Purchase 2. NISH and 3. National Industries for the Blind (NIB).

Can you please allow us to update this material so that when it is searched, AbilityOne (not Javits Wagner O'Day) appears in the search area.

Thank you.

Jay Sternberg NISH —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.79.203.136 (talk) 16:00, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

The article Javits–Wagner–O'Day Act is about the legislation itself and not the program. AbilityOne Program now exists as redirect to the article on the legislation. If you wish to write about the program itself, follow the directions at Help:Redirect#Creating and editing redirects in order to go to the redirect page, remove the redirect itself, and add article content. --Mysdaao ^talk 17:49, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Change the Name of an Article

Good afternoon,

My name is MAJOR Mike Jensik and I am submitting a lot of input for the US Army Corrections Command on Wikipedia.

I inadvertently misnamed an article (Northwest Joint Regional Confinement Facility). This needs to read Northwest Joint Regional Correctional Facility.

Thank you for the help.

Michael.jensik (talk) 17:13, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Done. See WP:MOVE for details on how to do this yourself once your account is autoconfirmed, should you need to. Gonzonoir (talk) 17:17, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Forgotton user name and password

How do i retrieve both my user name and password as i haven't logged in to wikipedia for quite a few months ? my email is <redacted>—Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.145.145.155 (talk) 17:16, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Try this page. Hope this helps. Set Sail For The Seven Seas 261° 45' 45" NET 17:27, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

That doesn't help if the user can't remember the username of the account. If you remember editing any page on Wikipedia, go to that page, look at the page history, and find your edit to determine your username. If you can't find your username, then there's no way to retrieve it and you'll have to create a new account. --Mysdaao ^talk 17:39, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Where is the page ?

Hi, I'm sure I have probably overlooked something.... but I wonder where the page I created is, I thought I went through the correct procedures & saved the page but when I look for it it isn't there. Is it something that takes time ?? Help and information would be great, Thank you. --Riversdaletom (talk) 17:55, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Once you save the edit, it's saved and goes live. Give me a minute, and I'll see if I can dig it up. What was the name of the article? UltraExactZZ ^Said ~ Did 18:14, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

User:Riversdaletom/Kit Barker? – ukexpat (talk) 18:19, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia used as a Classroom Project

Quick, does anyone remember the name of the Wikipedia page that discusses the use of wikipedia for class projects? Search is being less than helpful, and I don't have the link handy. Thanks! UltraExactZZ ^Said ~ Did 18:14, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:School and university projects. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 18:16, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Or WP:SUP to save typing! – ukexpat (talk) 18:18, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Perfect - thanks! UltraExactZZ ^Said ~ Did 19:18, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Writing entries for pay?

I'm a freelance writer and editor. A client has proposed that I write Wikipedia entries that the client would like to see posted and is willing to compensate me at my usual rate. The client is a respected international organization, and I have no reason to think that its intentions are anything other than proper--the client wants the entries to be factual and nonbiased and on topics that the client and others would agree are significant (and I would not participate in such an arrangement if otherwise). My question is simply, Does Wikipedia have any rule against payment by third parties for the writing of entries, or does the Wiki community in general frown on such arrangements? I can't find the answer in the FAQs. 98.204.74.83 (talk) 18:41, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

The conflict of interest guideline would be a good place to start. —Akrabbim^talk 18:47, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

I agree, the policy that applies is Conflict of interest. If the client wants to be philanthropic and have worthwhile topics covered, in a similar way to companies sponsoring documentaries on PBS, I think it's OK. But if the articles are closely related to the client or the client's competitors, that would be a problem. --Jc3s5h (talk) 18:49, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

David Caldwell

Hello Wiki,

I noticed that the index listing for caldwell under the People with the surname Caldwell shows David Caldwell (1725-1824), historical figure, Guilford County, North Carolina. Clicking the link brings you to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Caldwell. There doesn't appear to be an article for the historical figure David Caldwell that I could find. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 171.159.64.10 (talk) 19:04, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Placing Images within Tables

Help is needed as I am attempting to learn to use wiki language. How does one place images within a table such as the example noted below: Where the word IMAGE appears is where I want to place an image...

||Lean+ Charter||Information ||IMAGE||Lean+ is Boeing's one overarching continuous improvement approach ||IMAGE||Lean+ Roadmap is an online interactive guide that aligns improvement efforts throughout the company ||IMAGE||Lean+ NavTool helps Boeing people find and use the best tools available

Any help is very much appreciated.