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What would you like to do?

Ask a question	Do something
Ask a knowledge question that you cannot find the answer to in the encyclopedia. (e.g. Did Leonardo da Vinci build a working flying machine?)	Learn about how and where you can help Wikipedia (information and resources on the basics needed to comprehend, comment on, and contribute to Wikipedia)
Ask a question at the Teahouse about using or editing Wikipedia that you cannot find the answer to in the Frequently Asked Questions. (e.g. How can I fix this problem with this article?)	Create an article now (see Your first article before you start)
Ask a question about a practical problem you have that is not related to using or editing Wikipedia. (e.g. I was cheated by a builder. Please Help.)	Request that other editors review your new article

Ways to get help

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Computer Jagat

not the place for a draft article

Computer Jagat (First edition Feb-2005),is a monthly IT magazine in Bengali.

Early and personal life

Mohammad was born in Croydon, London to parents from Pakistan. He attended Riddlesdown High School where he stayed on for Sixth Form.

Preferences problem

I'm kind of new, so I need to ask again. I can't edit my preferences, even with the answer they last gave me. I see everyone with different signatures and I wanna to change mine. I hear about something called "monobook js"? Can I change my signature there? Purlot (talk) 07:10, 26 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

To change your signature, just click on the Preferences link at the top of your screen, and on that page is a section called Signature. You'll see a preview of your existing signature, and a field where you can type in/paste some HTML or Wiki markup to however your heart desires. You are limited to number of characters though. Make sure "Sign my name exactly as shown" is selected (there is a checkbox beneath the field). You can always see what code someone is using when you see a signature, by going to the edit window of that talk page. For example, after I sign here, you can see what my code by going to the edit window of this section (which you would do to respond anyway). The monobook.js is for skins and other features that more advanced users can inform you about. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 07:18, 26 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oh hey. I can't edit my preferences. I've tried everything they told me to do the last time I asked. Do you know any advanced users who know about monobook. can I write my signature there? thank you Purlot (talk) 07:24, 26 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oh I see, you posted at the Help desk earlier and mentioned you were using Netscape on an old computer. I won't be able to help you in this case, sorry! – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 07:31, 26 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

okay. thanks anyway. Purlot (talk) 07:36, 26 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The old post is at Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2010 April 12#Help with Preferences.

Special:Preferences displayed in different skins: Chick, Classic, Cologne Blue, Modern, MonoBook, MySkin, Nostalgia, Simple, Vector.

Do any of those work in your Netscape? The browser is so old that I don't think our developers test pages with it. If it doesn't work then you only need access to a newer browser (which may be on any computer) when you change your signature. The stored signature should continue to work when you use Netscape. If you get to a browser where preferences work then it's also possible you can get a better skin for Netscape by changing skin under the "Appearance" tab in preferences, but I don't have Netscape for testing. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:06, 26 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Help me —Preceding unsigned comment added by ARTHUR ÉPICERIE FINE (talk • contribs) 20:50, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

How do I add a digital picture to an article?

I sm creating an article on my user page. How do I add a photograph? T BONTE Thomas Bonte 03:46, 7 May 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thomas Bonte (talk • contribs)

If the photograph is one you took yourself, you can upload it to Wikimedia Commons here. You can then add it to an article by typing [[File:Example.jpg|thumb|200px|right|caption]]. If the image you want to add is not one that you took yourself, then tell us what type of image it is. Images that are found on the internet are generally not usable on Wikipedia. liquidluck✽talk 03:51, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

General image advice follows:

If you want to add an existing image to an article, add [[File:File name.jpg|thumb|Caption text.]] to the area of the article where you want the image to appear – replacing File name.jpg with the actual file name of the image, and Caption text with a short description of the image. See our picture tutorial for more information.
If you want to upload an image from your computer for use in an article, you must find out what the proper license of the image is. If you know the image is licensed under a free-license, upload it to the Wikimedia Commons instead of here, so that all projects have access to the image (sign up). If you are unsure what license the image takes, see the file upload wizard for more information. Please also read Wikipedia's image use policy. I hope this helps.Template:Z40 – ukexpat (talk) 13:44, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Dr. Dennis J. Malone

I have Edited the "LINKEDIN" copywrited situation by Deleting it from the Text and listed "Sources".Ms. Yen B. Nguyen 19:22, 7 May 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Yenbnguyen (talk • contribs)

The Dr. Dennis J. Malone article was deleted (twice) as unambiguous copyright infringement, and it has been protected from recreation as it was repeatedly created. Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted material for legal reasons. Dr Malone also does not appear to meet Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion. -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 10:19, 9 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

How do you make a bio page on a celebrity and keep in nutral beacause i know the person? Maria Papapetros

Can some please help!!!

I need help making a bio page that wont be deleted

Thanks in advance Bill —Preceding unsigned comment added by Williampetropulos (talk • contribs) 09:39, 8 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Write a draft in your userspace, e.g. User:Williampetropulos/Maria Papapetros, have others look at it, and if they think it's neutral, then you can move it to the article space. However, if you know them personally, then there could be a conflict of interest and neutrality issues. People may not be willing to approve of it in the Article space, and it may be deleted. Basically, I wouldn't recommend writing an article about someone you know. --Brandon 5485 19:03, 8 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Also bear in mind that information about a living person is covered by the Biographies of living people policy, and requires reliable independent sources of information for citations. The person's own website, Facebook account, MySpace account, Twitter account or autobiography cannot be counted as independent, so can't be used. Personal emails, letters or conversations cannot be used - they are not independent, nor verifiable. If you have reliable independent sources (for examples, coverage of the person in the New York Times) then you can request an article -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 10:15, 9 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

However, assuming that you mean the psychic healer Maria Papapetros, I'm not sure that she meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion - I can only find minor coverage in reliable, independent sources, not the significant coverage required. -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 10:23, 9 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Visitors

Is there any way of finding out how many times a given article has been viewed/visited? Please notify me on my talk page. Many thanks.Edititok (talk) 10:27, 9 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If you go to the article's history, at the top there is a link to Page view statistics (just above the start of the history listing itself) - click there! -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 10:32, 9 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Images of license plates?

Resolved

– Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 18:23, 11 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I blurred the license plate in this image, but I wasn't sure if there was a rationale or good reason for doing so, other than pure privacy. The image may be released to the public, but that doesn't mean the license plate (and its location) is, does it? If I did to the right thing, is there a template I could add for an admin to swing by and delete the original image? – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 22:05, 9 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I think a simple {{Db}} tag with a reason will suffice. Goodvac (talk) 22:52, 9 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I did that. Thanks for the suggestion. I'll keep this open a bit longer in case anyone can point me to some guideline on image privacy that I can't locate. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 23:55, 9 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have deleted the old version with the unblurred plate for privacy reasons. -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 07:03, 10 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Phantomsteve. In the future, would I use WP:FFP with a specific request for the offending image? – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 07:12, 10 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Armand-Marie-Jacques de Chastenet, Marques of Puységur

I have just started editing, because I found a typo in the title of an article; it seemed to deny me the right to do this. Is it not possible to edit the title? I read the FAQ on "changing the title," but the change I envisage does not require a move of the article to a different alphabetical position -- I shouldn't have to wait four days and 10 edits to change one letter.

The typo I found is in the article: "Armand-Marie-Jacques de Castenet, Marques of Puységur." If you can correct this title, it should be "Marquis" of Puységur -- everywhere else in the article it is clearly "Marquis," not "Marques." Once the change is made, will links/references to the article change as well?DorisD19 (talk) 03:00, 10 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've moved the page to the correct title. Links to "Armand-Marie-Jacques de Chastenet, Marques of Puységur" will be automatically redirected to the new title. Thanks, Goodvac (talk) 05:05, 10 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DorisD19 was wrong about "everywhere else". Now there are 4 variations on the page (all combinations of Marquis/Marques and of/de): Marquis of Puységur, Marquis de Puységur, Marques of Puységur and the red category "Marquesses of Puységur". The new title is the only occurrence of Marquis of Puységur. All 4 appear common in Google searches but maybe we should pick one and stick to it. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:02, 10 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Doris, "Move a page" and "Change a page title" are different ways of referring to the same operation. No matter what the change to a title (even the case of a letter, or a punctuation mark) this is a page move in Wikipedia. See WP:MOVE --ColinFine (talk) 23:04, 10 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

How do I check messages?

I signed in and I was notified that I had a new message, how do I check them? CartilageJones (talk) 17:19, 10 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

In the top right corner you will see My talk click that ..once in there you can click the history tab to see who and when messages were posted ...Moxy (talk) 17:23, 10 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Another way is to just click on either of the blue links on the orange bar announcing the new message. Alternatively just go here: User talk:CartilageJones. Spitfire^Tally-ho! 17:26, 10 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Fearful

I'm fearful of editing Wikipedia. Will someone help alleviate my fear? Volalo (talk) 07:57, 11 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

See reply to your question on WP:Help Desk. Orphan Wiki 08:03, 11 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

UPLOAD

can i upload my research documents here?Mr.justo (talk) 11:58, 11 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia is not your webhost; we don't offer a storage service for your documents. We are also not a venue for your original research, if that is what you meant. --Orange Mike | Talk 12:59, 11 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I can't get my article to go live

Hi! I'm new to this. I have created a page, but I can't get it to go live. I have read some of the help articles, but I can't figure it out. The move tab doesn't appear. Can anyone help? Thanks! dkqc 14:31, 11 May 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dkameen (talk • contribs)

You need 4 days and 10 edits to see the move tab; your request was your tenth edit, so you should be OK.SPhilbrick T 14:38, 11 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict)Your edit to this page made your account autoconfirmed, so you should have the ability to move the article from User:Dkameen to Jeffery Hale Hospital. However, before you do so, I would suggest that you try to find reliable, independent sources of information showing that the hospital meets the criteria for inclusion on Wikipedia. The Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online reference which you have provided is for Jeffery Hale rather than the hospital, and only mentions the hospital in part of one sentence. -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 14:40, 11 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

However, your draft article is not close to ready. If you move it as is, it is likely to get deleted. It should be developed in a user subpage, not your user page, I’ll move it for you.SPhilbrick T 14:40, 11 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree; large hospitals meet notability criteria by default. DS (talk) 14:44, 11 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I don’t disagree that it can meet notability guidelines. I don’t disagree that the decision at AfD for an article with no references is to Keep, if it looks like references could be found. I think that we should rethink that policy, but you are right, that it probably won’t get deleted. SPhilbrick T 14:54, 11 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Please note that I did not say that it shouldn't be moved - merely that reliable references would be a good idea. With regard to DS's comment: it is generally agreed that a large hospital is likely to meet the notability guidelines - any large hospital should have plenty of coverage in local newspapers and the like, even if it doesn't elsewhere. A quick Google of Jeffery Hale Hospital shows 81 GBook hits, 58 GScholar hits and 127 GNews Archive hits - without looking through them, I am sure that some of them would be useful references. -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 15:03, 11 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The move tab has appeared now. Do you think it's okay to move the article now then? Or, just to be on the safe side, should I wait until I have added a reference to a published history book (that I working to getting online in the next few weeks). Thanks again! --dkqc 15:48, 11 May 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dkameen (talk • contribs)

The reference doesn't have to be online for it to be reliable. As long as someone, should they be so inclined, can find it in a library and verify that it supports the statements in the article, it's fine. Just use the {{Cite book}} template to create the citation so that the book's details are clear. Hope this helps. – ukexpat (talk) 15:56, 11 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

New article

How do I start a new article? Tkeshner (talk) 21:42, 11 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Tkeshner and welcome! The following page will give you some idea: Your first article and Starting an article. Learning the ropes of Wikipedia can be difficult at first, so I'd highly recommend starting off by making small edits to articles that already exist, if you see anything that needs to be changed. You can experiment using a page we call the sandbox; it doesn't matter what you write there, although other people also use it and your edits will be removed. You can also practice in your own "userspace", by starting a page such as User:Tkeshner/sandbox. Just follow that red link and then click the link that sayd "Start the User:Tkeshner/sandbox page". Type anything you like in the edit box and then click "save". That will then be your own page to practice on. When you are ready to start a new article, please make sure that it is on a topic that meets our notability guidelines for inclusion. Also, make sure to include references to reliable sources to make sure that the article is verifiable. Lastly, please make sure the article isn't about you, or anything you are connected to in real life (someone you know, your band, your company, your product etc.) Please post another message here if you need any more help. --Beloved Freak 23:47, 11 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

How do I create a Wikipedia Page for someone?

I am wondering how do I create a Wikipedia Page for someone. Theres an upcoming UFC Fighter called Jared Scott. And I was wanting to create one for him. Please answer back!. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Makio8683 (talk • contribs) 23:40, 11 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If he is described as upcoming then he probably doesn't satisfy Wikipedia:Notability (people) and shouldn't have an article currently. See also Wikipedia:Up and coming next big thing and Wikipedia:Your first article. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:50, 11 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Makio8683 and welcome! For details about starting articles, please see my reply in the section above this one. When you say you want to create it "for him" - do you actually know him & want to create an article on his behalf? Or are you just a fan? If the former, then please don't create the article. This would be considered a conflict of interest and is very strongly discouraged. Assuming it's not someone you know, then one thing you would have to do would be to determine whether or not the individual meets our notability guidelines for inclusion. If you create an article about someone that is not considered "notable" by Wikipedia, then it will be deleted. Perhaps you could post back here with some more information about him and editors here could help you to decide if he meets the guidelines. If he is "upcoming", it may be that he will meet the guidelines sometime in the future but doesn't yet. Wikipedia articles are for people that are already notable and well covered in reliable sources, not to help people on their way to becoming famous. Hope this helps, please post another message if you need more help. --Beloved Freak 23:55, 11 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

How do I set my page live?

I have just written a page about Insight 51 and I would like to set it live. I also need to correct the name in the URL as I forgot to edit it before creating it. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Insightfiftyone (talk • contribs) 04:14, 12 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have blocked your username, as it appears to be an 'official' account for the company, which is not allowed under our User name policy. Accounts are for individuals, not for companies -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 08:18, 12 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Incidently, I cannot find reliable independent sources which can verify that the company meets Wikipedia's notability criteria or Wikipedia's notability guidelines for companies - all the sources I could find were either minor mentions, or press releases. -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 08:22, 12 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

About my article.

Hello, recently i post a biografy about me for all the fans and students that i have in my sport career and martial arts, wikipedia send me a note telling me that my article are going to been deleted. If wikipedia want evidence you can see who i am in this webside and you can see by your own eyes the pictures. Thanks. http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=814604175&ref=profile#!/profile.php?id=814604175&ref=profile —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stevengargoyle (talk • contribs) 06:40, 12 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, a Facebook profile is not a reliable source from Wikipedia's point of view. What you need is to be able to provide sources which are both reliable and independent which verify the details, showing that you are notable (and that you meet the criteria for biographical articles and the criteria for sporting biographies. Ideally, if there has been significant coverage about you in a major newspaper (such as the New York Times, Washington Post, London Times, etc) or a local newspaper (for example, El Nuevo Día, Claridad, La Estrella Oeste) then that would be perfect - they are reliable sources - however a minor mention (such as your name in a list of other names, but not about you specifically) probably would not be enough. However, a quick look on Google (Web, News, News Archive, Books, Scholar) didn't find any reliable sources of information about either yourself or Kaminari Budo Jujitsu Ryu - so I would suggest that you are not yet notable enough for inclusion in Wikipedia, per our criteria. -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 08:13, 12 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

In addition, it is highly discouraged to write an article about yourself. See Conflict of Interest. If you are notable, eventually someone else will write about you.SPhilbrick T 11:54, 12 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

One account across languages?

I can't seem to be able to log in/edit articles in Wikipedia other than in Norwegian (my native language). Is it not possible to log in and edit english Wikipedia articles using my "norwegian" account?

Sincerely, Brom (user name). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 153.110.131.188 (talk) 07:36, 12 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Normally, I would refer you to the notes about Single Unified Login, which would allow you to log into any of the public WMF projects using the same account. However, looking at the SUL Utility - although there is not an SUL account set up - I see that the account name 'Brom' exists on several WMF projects, including on the English Wikipedia. I also note, however, that most of them have no edits, and those accounts which do have not had any edits since 2007. As such, it may be possible to usurp the name at this Wikipedia (just create an account, and then go to WP:USURP which explains how to go about doing it). In your request, mention that you would like to create an SUL account and ask for advice on how to do that when there are inactive/unused accounts with the same name on 10 other WMF projects - the folks there will be able to give you more advice. -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 08:04, 12 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The English Brom has 6 edits and the Norwegian only has 3 edits in 2007 so I doubt you will be allowed to usurp the name. You can also request a new Norwegian username at no:Wikipedia:Endring av brukernavn and then create a unified account with that. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:35, 12 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Article not appearing in Wikipedia

I used the article wizard to create a new article titled "Microsoft Pinpoint," but it's not live on the site, as the wizard said it would be. Help! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Egdevos (talk • contribs) 17:01, 12 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like it works to me. Find it at Microsoft Pinpoint.--Unionhawk ^Talk ^E-mail 17:05, 12 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Going live

I attempted to move my article four days ago but it doesn't come up on Google. Did I do something wrong? CincyLawyer (talk) 17:05, 12 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If you're talking about Mark P. Painter, I'm seeing it on google's results: [1] Spitfire^Tally-ho! 17:08, 12 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

New to Wikipedia - need help with Editing

Hello All

Recently registered on Wikipedia to try to edit a page to add some helpful external links but am having problems. The page I am trying to edit is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transalp#External_links and I was trying to add the following External Links.

Deti's Transalp Page A wealth of Transalp information
Transalp FAQs Another vast source of Transalp info
Transalp.org Honda Transalp Forum - North American based
Xrv.org.uk Honda Transalp Forum - United Kingdom based

When I add the above links as formatted, I seem to be successful but then it appears that the links are undone or deleted. Am I doing something wrong or am I violating some rule or policy in regards to the site links I'm trying to add? If the links above are being regarded as SPAM, that is not my intent. I am a Honda Transalp motorcycle owner and only wish to make others aware of the sites above as sources of information and help pertaining to the Honda Transalp.

Thanks - David

NorCalTA (talk) 20:43, 12 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

All of those links appear to be forums - not official sites. You might want to read Wikipedia:External links which explains what kind of links are and are not appropriate. -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 20:53, 12 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to contribute regarding a new book called Cube City

I would like to post an entry regarding a book. I noticed that other books have a page template that includes all the vitals on the right side of the page. Is this a template I can work from and how do I get it? Tekland (talk) 00:51, 13 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

First, you should only consider an article if the book satisfies Wikipedia:Notability (books). Most books don't. See also Wikipedia:Conflict of interest if you are associated with the book. You can click the "Edit" tab at top of a page to see how it did something. Many book articles use {{Infobox book}}. See the documentation there. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:28, 13 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

How do I create a userpage and/or subpage?

Resolved

– – ukexpat (talk) 17:28, 13 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have spent some time trawling through help articles on this topic, but to be honest, I still have no idea how to setup a userpage or subpage for a draft article. I have been practicing in the sandbox, but would like to attempt a draft article on a page that isn't frequently overwritten by other users(like the sandbox). From the help articles I have read it would seem that a userpage or subpage is suggested as the best place to do this, but for the life of me I cannot figure out how to create a page like this.

Can anyone please supply a simple step by step 'how to'? (Please, I beg you, do not refer me through to help articles on userpages and subpages as I have been stuck in an endless help article feedback loop for a day and a half trying to gather relevant information.) A basic go to A, click on B, type in C will be greatly appreciated.

Also any advice on the placement of a draft article would be appreciated. I would like the draft article to be visible to other authors who can provide feedback and assistance, but not visible in wikipedia itself to public users. From what I have read I gather this is possible, but I'm not sure how to achieve this. How do I do it? Thanks for taking the time to help. --Jana van Wyk (talk) 10:22, 13 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You can create a draft article at User:Jana van Wyk/Sandbox. Go to that link, write something in the box, click Save page. See more at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:User pages. User subpages are visible to everybody but they are not part of the encyclopedia and not included in Wikipedia's search function by default (but can be included if a searcher wants it). You can exclude them from search engines like Google by placing __NOINDEX__ (two underscores on each side) anywhere on the page. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:21, 13 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You can also use Help:Userspace draft. --Mysdaao ^talk 12:22, 13 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Great! Thanks for the help. One last question; Once I have created my draft article how can I get other more experienced authors to comment on it and help me improve it? --Jana van Wyk (talk) 12:41, 13 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Post a note at Requests for feedback (Caution, that forum is understaffed, so it may take a few days)--SPhilbrick T 13:13, 13 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, cool, sounds easy enough. Will give it a try. Thanks again for the help. --Jana van Wyk (talk) 13:20, 13 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

GREEN TEAM BAGUIO

Is a successful political movement progressed in Baguio City, Philippines that has been created to support the candidacy of Presidential Candidate Gilberto "Gibo" Teodoro, after the organization that was originally planned by Senatorial Candidate Mr. Raul Lambino, both of the Lakas-Kampi-CMD party. Green Team Baguio was a success especially in garnering a majority of the votes in the City, and has boost the identity of G1BO COUNTRY of the North. Headed by Doris L., Mr. & Mrs. Del Rosario, Mrs. Becky and Dra. Mary, the Green Team Baguio are composed of Geel, Jun, Jeff, Jocelyn, Kate, Von, Kuya George, Kuya Roland, Mrs. Joan, Mr. Eustaquio and his 'apos', Johnny, Randy, Brian, Nino Rex, Ronnie and among others. The Baguio campaign has been a successful journey that has boosted a camaraderie and newfound friendship among the group volunteers. As claimed by the members of the Green Team Baguio, which is a national movement, it claims that they had never received even a single centavo from their volunteering works, and are completely filled with high spirits and principles for the aim to change the entire nation. Green Team Baguio is still active even after the May 10, 2010 elections in the country. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Makata katha (talk • contribs) 11:47, 13 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You appear to be trying to create an article.

A Wizard is available to walk you through these steps. See the Article Wizard.

Thank you.

Before creating an article, please search Wikipedia first to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject. Please also review a few of our relevant policies and guidelines with which all articles should comply. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite reliable sources which verify their content and must not contain unsourced, negative content about living people.

Articles must also demonstrate the notability of the subject. Please see our subject specific guidelines for people, bands and musicians, companies and organizations and web content and note that if you are closely associated with the subject, our conflict of interest guideline strongly recommends against you creating the article.

If you still think an article is appropriate, see Wikipedia:Your first article. You might also look at Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation. An Article Wizard is also available to walk you through creating an article. -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 13:43, 13 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

How do I find my userspace draft?

I created a userspace draft of my article, saved it, previewed it but now I don't know how to find it Boxhodgmans (talk) 16:32, 13 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft is here. You can always find your edits by going to Special:Contributions/Boxhodgmans. TNXMan 16:35, 13 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

How do I find my userspace draft? 2

I recently created a userspace draft and logged off the computer. I can't find the draft now! Please help! Where is the pathway?HASKsoupkitchen (talk) 16:45, 13 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's at User:HASKsoupkitchen/Enter your new article name here. Your contributions are at Special:Contributions/HASKsoupkitchen. However, in its current form the draft is very spammy and should be toned down before you think about moving it to the mainspace. – ukexpat (talk) 17:20, 13 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

how to contribute?

Thanks in advance for your help. I'm a new user, I've drafted an article on my User Page, and I'd like to contribute it. How do I proceed? --RobbieSchlosser (talk) 17:18, 13 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The draft is about several jazz bands with that name. If any of them are notable per WP:BAND they should have their own separate articles, and a disambiguation page created if necessary. – ukexpat (talk) 17:25, 13 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

New and confused

Hi,

I have been asked by management to create page. I have done Wiki stuff before but this is my first Wikipedia page and mine is getting flagged as an add and there is barely anything on it so I can't figure out what is bad on it and I have stripped it to the bone. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ellebelle1 (talk • contribs) 22:21, 13 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Articles on Wikipedia must be written from a neutral point of view. Advertising is not allowed on an encyclopedia. You should probably read WP:Writing your first article and WP:Advert. Orphan Wiki 22:25, 13 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I did read that and compared it to my companies other information. Can anyone look at it and see what I am doing wrong? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ellebelle1 (talk • contribs) 22:29, 13 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

What you are doing wrong is creating the article. See WP:COI. You have a conflict of interest, and as such, aren't supposed to be creating articles about your company. Your boss, who assigned you this project, may have confused Wikipedia with a social-networking site like facebook, linked-in, or myspace. It is none of these. As an encyclopedia, there are some core requirements, both of a subject about which we write articles, and of the content of those articles. Wikipedia does contain articles about companies, but these articles were written by people who are not part of the company, and have no association with the company. --Jayron32 02:13, 14 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There are alternative outlets such as Wikicompany. – ukexpat (talk) 14:51, 14 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

About Sources...

Resolved

– – ukexpat (talk) 17:08, 14 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I'm pretty new, and I would like to know how to cite a source from a TV show. Thanks in advance! FrenchDachshund (talk) 11:18, 14 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Do WP:RS and WP:CITE help? – ukexpat (talk) 14:53, 14 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

They helped a little, except I'm kind of wondering which citation style I should use. FrenchDachshund (talk) 15:43, 14 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

How about {{Cite episode}}? – ukexpat (talk) 15:56, 14 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I think I can use this. Thanks! FrenchDachshund (talk) 16:02, 14 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Can i do this?

Can i create a new article to wikipedia?

Adam715 (talk) 20:01, 14 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, standard message follows:

A Wizard is available to walk you through these steps. See the Article Wizard.

Thank you.

Before creating an article, please search Wikipedia first to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject. Please also review a few of our relevant policies and guidelines with which all articles should comply. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite reliable sources which verify their content and must not contain unsourced, negative content about living people.

Articles must also demonstrate the notability of the subject. Please see our subject specific guidelines for people, bands and musicians, companies and organizations and web content and note that if you are closely associated with the subject, our conflict of interest guideline strongly recommends against you creating the article.

If you still think an article is appropriate, see Wikipedia:Your first article. You might also look at Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation. An Article Wizard is also available to walk you through creating an article. – ukexpat (talk) 20:03, 14 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Disambiguation

Hi How do I disambiguate the page John Wilkins that I am creating. There are a number of John Wilkins on Wikipedia. The page I am working on is about the Indian artist John Wilkins. Can I name the page John Wilkins (Indian artist)

thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Naomi greg (talk • contribs) 09:17, 15 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I see only 2 pages about other people named John Wilkins (the other being John Wilkins (American football). (John Wilkins Whitfield would probably not need to be included in a disambiguation.) Your suggested article name is fine. At some point, a disambiguation page should be created, and a hatnote should be added to all 3 John Wilkins articles, to point to it. Regarding the draft article you have in user space, I recommend reading WP:WORDS, WP:BLP, WP:CITE and WP:BIO for advice on improving the article before making it live. --A Knight Who Says Ni (talk) 11:46, 15 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

A Strange Deletion without a Trace

Excuse me for bad English but may I address myself to you as an administrator on the English Wikipedia? My problem is beyond the FAQ.

I’d encountered some problems when I edited the article George Pappas. I’d inserted a new text in the article. After this I’d created the corresponding article in the Russian Wikipedia. The next day I returned to the English article in order to copy the “frame” (Sorry, I don’t know how to denominate correctly the article part which is on the left corner and contains a person’s photo etc.) But I found the surprising fact that the “frame” had already evaporated without a trace. So I can’t upload Pappas’ photo etc in the Russian article. And I don’t know the way to restore information deleted.

Would you advise me how to find Pappas’ photo disappeared from the article? I swear it was there. Hence it may be available at the WikiSource but I failed to find the file.

The article George Pappas was nominated for deletion. But it is not just my own opinion that the Wikipedia should contain information about G. Pappas. The point is that I’m engaged in what I call self-ironically “Berkeley scholarship square.” Berkeley scholars investigate the philosophy of George Berkeley. Well, my modest occupation is to investigate investigations of Western Berkeley scholars. And yet my occupation, albeit a modest one, receives support from Russian historians of philosophy. Western Berkeley scholarship still remains unknown in post-Soviet Russia because the sole “Berkeley scholarship” permitted in the Soviet Union was to repeat Lenin’s notorious critique of Berkeleianism. Nowadays Russian teachers of philosophy have no need to endorse Lenin’s account of Berkeley and would like to know how Berkeley’s philosophy is presented at Western universities. So my survey papers about Western Berkeley scholarship turn out to be welcomed in Russian philosophical journals. Perhaps, my contributions to the English Wikipedia cannot go beyond a WikiGnome’s scope because my English grammar is terrible. But Russian Wikipedia articles about Western Berkeley scholars are admitted to be expedient. And that applies to the Russian Wikipedia article about G. Pappas. --Юров С. В. (talk) 16:42, 15 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I can find no evidence that the article ever contained an infobox (the "frame" you refer to), nor can I find an image of Pappas either here or at Wikimedia Commons. Are you sure you're not thinking of his faculty page at the OSU site? (We can't use that image here because it's copyrighted and replaceable.) Deor (talk) 18:50, 15 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Userboxes

How do I get those user boxes? -DougieSC —Preceding unsigned comment added by DougieSC (talk • contribs) 21:44, 15 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Go here to find the ones you want to use; then follow the instructions at Wikipedia:Userboxes/Using existing. Deor (talk) 23:10, 15 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This Time The Struggle Is For Our Freedom"

Historic Speech of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on 7 March 1971"This Time The Struggle Is For Our Freedom" is a speech given by Bengali nationalist leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on March 7, 1971 at the historic Ramna Race Course Maidan in Dhaka to a gathering of over two million people from all walks of life. It was given at a time of simmering tensions between the increasingly secessionist Bengali populace of East Pakistan and the powerful political and military establishment of West Pakistan. The speech is regarded by many in Bangladesh as the de facto declaration of independence (although a formal declaration came on March 26, 1971) of the country as it fiercely inspired the Bengali people to get prepared for the looming deadly and bloody confrontation with West Pakistan 18 days later. During the speech, Sheikh Mujib proclaimed his most famous words in a thunderous voice- "Ebarer shongram amader muktir shongram, ebarer shongram amader shwadhinotar shongram", meaning, "This time the struggle is for our freedom, this time the struggle is for our independence". He also announced the historic "non-cooperation" movement in the province. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gwjasu (talk • contribs) 01:03, 17 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have a question about using Wikipedia? It's seems as if you've copied the above from the article This time the struggle is for our freedom. Goodvac (talk) 01:11, 17 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Going live?

Used the sandbox, and made a simple page about a person, a notable Canadian retired university professor. What exact uploading steps do i take to have the content from the sandbox (saved it into a word.doc file) go live on wikipedia. (have read 2hrs of material on the site for everything about making and editing pages - except can't find the actual tactical steps to upload the content) Tim Witiger (talk) 03:05, 17 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The best place to start a draft article is to start it in a user subpage, not the user page. I know this can be confusing. I've moved your draft for you, it is now at User:Witiger/W. Tim G. Richardson

To make a draft article goes live, one moves it to the article space. You do not yet have a "move" button, you will when you are auto-confirmed, which take 4 days and 10 edits.

The alternative is to add {{move draft}} to the draft, or ask someone. However, your draft is not ready, and is likely to be deleted in its present state.

If this article is about you, then please read WP:COI. While it may seem odd that you would be discouraged from contributing to an article when you probably know more than any other editor, it actually makes sense in the context of the Wikipedia goals. All is not lost, though, if someone else creates an article, you are permitted, even encouraged, to post information to the related Talk Page, suggesting corrections, addition, or relevant sources, but other, uninvolved editors should make the changes.

In addition, one of the important requirements of an article in Wikipedia is that it demonstrate the Notability of the topic. (While this is a guideline, not an absolute requirement and exceptions can occur, they are rare.) I don't feel this article has demonstrated the notability of the topic. This can be accomplished by adding references to reliable sources which support the notability of the topic.--SPhilbrick T 12:23, 17 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Lanny D. Love

potential article

bg

Miss Lanny D. Love, (born in 9/23/1959) is an American business magnate, and West Coast Real Estate Mogul. She is the Chairman and CEO of the Company founded, a US-based real-estate investor. Miss Love is also the founder of Media Company, which operates numerous retail stores. Miss Love's extravagant lifestyle and outspoken manner have made her beloved by her employees a advocate for honesty. Lanny Love was the only children of and American-Persian father and an American Persian mother, wealthy land owner’s and cattle ranchers based in Europe. Lanny Love was strongly influenced by her family’s eventual goals to make a career in real estate investments, and upon her graduation (years in advance of other students) from prep school in 1977, Lanny Love joined her families company. Starting with the renovations of Denver, Colorado homes into profitable gems with her own wealth, she continued with Commercial developments all over the West Coast of American and through out the French Riviera and several other commercial retail projects. Lanny Love would later expand into the retail industry and multiple office building developments. This expansion, both personal and business, led to mounting personal profits. The late 1980’s and 1990's saw record profits and her Real Estate Holdings heavily increased her personal wealth. In 2001, she completed a new mid-rise office building in Nevada. Also, she began construction on project in her Native Iran and France, a multi-building development in the capital city. Lanny Love owns commercial space along the famed Las Vegas Blvd. “The Strip”. Lanny Love currently owns several million acres of prime real estate, in the multiple country in the Middle East, California, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado and European destination such as Nice, Cannes, Marbella and the Canary Island’s. Lanny D. Love the only child of Persian-European immigrants grow up in an affluent Persian home and attended exclusive preparatory schools in Europe where her family had properties and many business ventures. She excelled in academics, but her independent entrepreneurial spirits led her to Denver (A familiar place, where the family often vacationed in Ski season and had Real Estate Holdings). Without any financial help from her family Love took her deep routed experience and started to invest in American Real Estate. She is the quintessential self made millionaire. Miss Lanny D. Love is also rumored to be very generous, but always anonymous with many charitable donations to an array of charities.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Zar89131 (talk • contribs) 07:35, 17 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like you are trying to write an article here. It is better to start a draft in a user subpage, check out Article wizard for help in starting an article.--SPhilbrick T 12:26, 17 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You really need to read Notability --SPhilbrick T 12:34, 17 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Editing a Bio

How does one edit first-person personal unpublished information into a biography? I am editing a bio of someone and the changes were not accepted.Observingthearrogant (talk) 21:25, 17 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

One does not. Unpublished information may not be inserted into Wikipedia. Please read WP:verifiability. --ColinFine (talk) 21:51, 17 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Citing message boards

I could've sworn there used to be a message board citation template, one that needed the Post # and date of the post, etc etc. I realize that message boards are not reliable sources, but in the case of Wintersun, whose band leader more or less only updates on the message board any more, I've found enough discussions that reached consensus to go ahead and use his information for the articles. But now i don't know how to cite his posts. Any ideas? I really, really remember doing this at one point, but it would take me ages to search my User contributions. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 01:15, 18 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

{{Cite newsgroup}}? – ukexpat (talk) 01:21, 18 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Mmm, well that wasn't it. I'm not sure how well that'd work for me in this case, either. I mean, at the most basic level, I would just use {{cite web}} with a direct URL to the posting in question. Still, hoping there's some secret {{cite forum}} or similar page out there. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 01:25, 18 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This is a search comprising all templates beginning with "Cite". Though we (concerningly) have a {{Cite tweet}}, {{Cite video game}}, and {{Cite podcast}} (not to mention the {{Cite newsgroup}} pointed out by ukexpat earlier), I am not seeing a Cite forum or anything similar. Perhaps it has an uncommon name, or was deleted? Intelligentsium 01:55, 18 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Cite tweet, eh? :D (hmm, that was created a few days ago...) Anyway, cite messageboard must've been ultimately deleted; I don't think it had an unusual name simply because I found it at one point or another. That said, if it had been deleted, then the search results should've mentioned that a page like it once existed, right? With a pink warning box and deletion log attached. I really recall using something like it but searching my User contributions would probably just be a waste of time. Thanks all for your help though! Uh, since I just found out Cite Tweet was just randomly created, should I request the creation of a cite messageboard template? Or would that serve to possibly increase the abuse of such an unreliable source? - Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 06:00, 18 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Album cover image is not original, how can i replace it with original cover image

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Russian_Roulette_(album).jpg

please, help me with link to manual or maybe step by step what i need to do.

sources with album releases/covers: http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/accept/russian_roulette/ http://www.discogs.com/Accept-Russian-Roulette/master/29541 http://metal-archives.com/release.php?id=829

problem: compact DISC logo at the bottom

IMO better choice is this cover: http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=2037060 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kitaevay (talk • contribs) 08:04, 18 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Download the image to your computer and upload it over the existing image. General advice on images and uploading follows:

If you want to add an existing image to an article, add [[File:File name.jpg|thumb|Caption text.]] to the area of the article where you want the image to appear – replacing File name.jpg with the actual file name of the image, and Caption text with a short description of the image. See our picture tutorial for more information.
If you want to upload an image from your computer for use in an article, you must determine the proper license of the image (or whether it is in the public domain). If you know the image is public domain or copyrighted but under a suitable free-license, upload it to the Wikimedia Commons instead of here, so that all projects have access to the image (sign up). If you are unsure of the licensing status, see the file upload wizard for more information. Please also read Wikipedia's image use policy. I hope this helps.Template:Z40 – ukexpat (talk) 11:11, 18 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

thank you for the answer, i tried your links and here is my result:

i'm not autoconfirmed
picture tutorial is not for me at this point - i need only to replace wrong cover
i tried wizard, but he didn't help me to with this situation.
cover licensing status same as uploaded before - problem only with image file itself - all other stuff is the same

please, if you can help me - write here some step by step mini-guide how i must go with this real situation on my example. --Kitaevay (talk) 07:22, 19 May 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kitaevay (talk • contribs) 07:20, 19 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

help

hello, I do not know why you delete my article. I am offering more knowledage for people. Can you inform us how my article can go throught your website? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gogobuy (talk • contribs) 10:26, 18 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Please read WP:N and WP:PRODUCT. You will need to find and cite significant coverage in multiple reliable sources to demonstrate the notability of the subject. – ukexpat (talk) 11:09, 18 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Drug Wars

Drug Wars premiered on the 21st March 2003. The show concentrates around drug dealing businessman Simon Richardson and his family. Other characters introduced are those of the neighbourhood, as well as his good friends and enermies. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sam0121 (talk • contribs) 14:50, 18 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This help desk is for questions about using Wikipedia. Is there something with which we can help you? TNXMan 14:51, 18 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Digito

please help me on this article it has been deleted thrice

Digito

Digito is an open source utility which is developed for windows using C#.net. Technical Details of Digito:Digito has been build with .NET 2.0 and is coded in c#.It uses Graphics classes of C# to resize and convert the images. For SMS:It uses a trail version of ActiveX SMS and MMS toolkit which is valid for 30 days. For FTP:It uses in build library of .NET. From where it started This was a B.E project of students of Thadomal Sahani Engineering College(Rikki,Vinod,Rohan,Dooj).Two of the students decided to launch it as an open source product under their own company name Blink Solution. Features: 1)Renaming of images There are times when people want to sort their images which are scattered.Renaming of images greatly helps them in sorting the images by adding prefix or suffix to the name. eg:Digito_00,Digito_01

2)Resizing of Images When you are clicking images from camera ,images are of high resolution size so there is a need for compressing the images so that upload to Facebook,Picassa Web Albums,Filckr becomes faster and easier. Also Resizing of images will save lot of space in your computer. 3)Exporting of images Batch encoding of images to jpeg,jpg aslo reduces the size of the images. 4)Uploading of images Generally for web users maintaining their websites involves uploading of images,digito helps in batch uploading of images 5)SMS feature Digito helps in notifying the user of the batch process by sending an sms to the mobile number. Digito also allows user to upload images through a sms. Technical Features 1)Renaming of Images: This are the following options provided by digito. (Prefix/Suffix) Use Same Image Name Add Digit with - 00 Add Digit with - 000 Add Digit with - 0000 Add Digit with - 00000 Add Digit with - 00 & Add Month-Year Add Digit with - 000 & Add Month-Year Add Digit with - 0000 & Add Month-Year Add Digit with - 00000 & Add Month-Year Month-Year & add Digit with - 00 Month-Year & add Digit with - 000 Month-Year & add Digit with - 0000 Month-Year & add Digit with - 00000 Resizing of Images Preset Sizes of an image that are provided Default - Same as Image Size Thumbnail - 100 x 100 Thumbnail - 200 x 200 Thumbnail - 300 x 300 Basic - 400 x 400 Basic - 600 x 600 Basic - 800 x 800 Normal - 640 x 480 Normal - 800 x 600 Normal - 1024 x 768 Widescreen - 720 x 480 Widescreen - 720 x 540 Widescreen - 720 x 576 HDV - 1280 x 720 HDV - 1440 x 1080 HDV - 1920 x 1080 Custom W x H Or you can add custom size also Exporting of Images: format supported are Bitmap (.bmp) JPEG (.jpg) GIF (.gif) PNG (.png) TIFF (.tiff) Pros: 1)Easy to use interface 2)Captivating look 3)Speed Cons 1)ftp breaks in between 2)Supports only five formats(jpg,png,bmp,tigg,gif) 3)SMS feature is not working anymore Download digito Download