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August 20

Change didn't save

I was on the complete list of animated movies page and noticed that one movie ("Open Season 3") was not listed under 2011 releases, so I edited the list and added the movie to the list (I was logged in) and then clicked on "show changes." It showed the change that I made, but when I left the editing page and went back to the list page, my edit was not there! Why is that? Bigbird13041 (talk) 00:32, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

Because you didn't save your change, you just looked at what you were changing. Next time, his save changes. Dismas|^(talk) 00:49, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

I see you got it figured out on your own. Also, film titles should be in italics and not "double quotes". You can make something italic by wrapping it in two single quotes as opposed to using double quotes. (just don't hold down the shift key to get a single quote) Films, novels, television shows, and music albums go in italics whereas shorter works such as songs, TV episodes, and short stories go in "double quotes". Dismas|^(talk) 00:59, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

Dismas, your instructions about holding down the shift depend on which national keyboard layout the user has. For example, here in the UK, double quote is shift-2 --ColinFine (talk) 22:13, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

This month's queue

How can I web browser bookmark 'This month's queue' found on the Portal:Featured_content page? I want the bookmark to visit this month's queue, not the queue at the month I created the bookmark. -- 03:42, 20 August 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by CraigKeogh (talk • contribs)

As far as I can see, Portal:Featured content does not have any "this month's queue"—might you be talking about what is currently Wikipedia:Today's featured article/August 2010, which is piped to "this month's queue" at Wikipedia:Today's featured article? If so, I don't know how to make your browser bookmark it, but I can tell you how to make a link you can place on your talk or user page that will always access the current page: [[Wikipedia:Today's featured article/{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}]]. --Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 04:08, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

Making time tables

I'm trying to create a timeline for Monarchs of Hawaii. Can someone help me? I'm seem to make a lot of error.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 04:46, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

Hi KAVEBEAR. I reverted the article to just before the first corrupt timeline. I'm not very familiar with the the process, but I looked over the reference for EasyTimeline syntax, and it looks like, from the errors generated as shown on the last article version with the attempted timeline:

1. the 'from' attribute for Period cannot start earlier than 01/01/1800, and you were trying to start it on 01/01/1795. This seems to render the entire Period command invalid, which in turn leads to the two following errors
2. the 'start' attribute for ScaleMajor is invalid because of the invalid Period command
3. PlotData is invalid because of the invalid period command

Basically, it looks like you can't use EasyTimeline to create a timeline that starts before 01/01/1800. What I don't have an answer for, sadly, is how proceed. Perhaps a more experienced editor can recommend a workaround. Sorry and good luck! Northumbrian (talk) 01:57, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

Ligatures

This edit summary says ligatures aren't used. I can't find the guideline stating that, can someone else enlighten me on current practice or guidelines? Thanks. Dougweller (talk) 05:43, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

The closest I can find is: Wikipedia:Naming conventions (use English)#Modified letters, which deals more with the naming of articles, but is germaine to this issue; it says "One recurrent issue has been the treatment of ae and oe and their variants. By and large, Wikipedia uses œ and æ to represent the Anglo-Saxon ligature. For Latin or Greek-derived words, use e or ae/oe, depending on modern usage and the national variety of English used in the article." (emphasis mine). Thus, Caesar is more appropriate than Cæsar. --Jayron32 06:09, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. Dougweller (talk) 20:34, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

anonymous contributions

If I made a contribution anonymously - linked to my static IP address - how can I edit, delete it or change it to be linked to my username —Preceding unsigned comment added by Davidseed (talk • contribs) 08:42, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

If you email me I can delete your IP address from the edit (let me know which edit it was). I don't believe the edit can be changed to point to your logged-in username. TFOWR 08:45, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

Edits cannot be reattributed from IPs to usernames. This used to be possible, but is no longer. TFOWR is correct that an admin can remove your IP from the edit history, however. TNXMan 13:45, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

Can I use HTML on my user page?

Okay, I want to use a Twitter widget on my user page that works using HTML. Can I use it, and if so, how do I use it? Thanks. I can provide a link to the widget if required, but it's basically just a small box with some of my recent Tweets with a link to my Twitter account. Chevymontecarlo 09:27, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

I don't know if it's allowed, but you can put it in a sandbox to see if it's technically possible, by clicking 'show preview'. Kayau Voting IS evil 09:43, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

Okay, I'll give it a try. Other opinions are welcome....what I meant by 'allowed' is that is it encouraged or not. Chevymontecarlo 09:47, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

Uhm... I don't think it is- unless the widget is not copyrighted, which I doubt. But as I don't know what exactly you're talking about, I can't confirm. sonia♫ 09:50, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

It doesn't have to be 'not copyrighted', it just has to be a WP-compatible, like CC-BY-SA or something like that. Kayau Voting IS evil 10:32, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

Well, Kayau's right there. An official Twitter widget is unlikely to be so, especially if it contains their logo etc. sonia♫ 10:54, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

This is the 'widget' I'm on about, if that helps... Chevymontecarlo 11:52, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

Seems not. --Extra 999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 11:54, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

You can use HTML and CSS to customize your userpage, but you cannot place a Twitter widget on your page. Please see WP:UP#NOT for more info. --Sweet xx^Talk 15:54, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

How to I start a new Post/topic

How do I start a new post/topic----------something that I want the world to share and know —Preceding unsigned comment added by Asim2000 (talk • contribs) 13:40, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

Do you mean an article? If so, you need to make sure the topic is notable enough to warrant inclusion. You may also want to read our guide to writing your first article. TNXMan 13:42, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

(ec)If it is a truly new idea, this isn't the forum. If the subject is notable, and you have reliable sources, then we have some useful advice:

Writing an article for Wikipedia is harder than many people realize. Even professional writers find that the format and style needed for a good encyclopedia article are different than what might be appropriate for other venues. You could:

• Get someone else to do it—If your only goal is to make sure that an article is added to Wikipedia, you can request that someone write an article on the subject.
• Start by editing other articles—If you are interested in becoming an editor at Wikipedia, our experience demonstrates that it is better to start by improving existing articles, which will help you get a sense of how this place works, and then you will be ready to write your first article from scratch. A good place to visit is the Wikipedia backlog, where there are literally hundreds of thousands of articles needing help from editors. Find an article in a subject area you know, and add a source, or a reference, or simply help write it better.
• Go ahead and try—If you do decide to write an article immediately, please read our policy on conflicts of interest, then read our guide to writing your first article, which will repeat some of the good advice above. Then please use the Article wizard, which will help you through the steps. I urge you to accept the option to save your first draft in your user subpage, which will reduce the chance your work will be deleted before it is ready.

--SPhilbrickT 13:46, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

Changing the title of a page.

So I was reading about Gordon Murray and came across this page which was completely wrong and full of details about Trumpton and not the Goblin/Gublin legends. So I did a bit of research and rewrote the page and added a couple of links.... then realised I couldn't change the title of the page. It should read 'The Gublin Legends' and NOT 'Legends of the Goblins'. How can I change it or do I have to create a new page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Popcorn II (talk • contribs) 18:17, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

Pages are renamed by moving them to new target names. This procedure preserves the page's edit history. Please do not rename a page by copying/pasting its content to a new page name. If you have an account that is at least four days old and have made more than 10 edits (autoconfirmed), you can move a page yourself, but please first review Wikipedia:Naming conventions. If you still wish to rename the page, go to it, click the drop-down menu at the top (near the History button and Watchlist star), and choose Move. You can then specify a new name for the article. The old page name will automatically become a redirect to the new page. However, if the desired target page name already exists and is other than a redirect with only one edit, you will need an administrator to move the page for you, which can be requested at Wikipedia:Requested moves. Hope this helps. --Mysdaao ^talk 18:41, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

You're right; the article seems to have been a confused and messy cut-and-paste of Trumpton and the title of the show was indeed The Gublin Legends. I have moved it for you. Thanks for spotting the problem and fixing it. Karenjc 19:59, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

External links

I posted an external link from the Sermon on the Mount page to a page with text on an image of these passages. These images are free to anyone. The link has been removed citing spam. I checked out the other links and don"t understand why my link is different. I sent a inqiury to The Ringess, but received no answer except to erase the link again citing "we are no farm link". A free encylopedia links to free text and images. No. I will go to the other Wikis and see if they are any different. Yogarama (talk) 18:25, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

As per the reply posted by User:TheRingess on their talk page, please read WP:EL for guidance about appropriate external links. – ukexpat (talk) 18:53, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

Box requesting citations at top of page

We have provided citations for everything relevant for our page, but can't see how to remove the box at the top.

I saw the archived answer "just remove it" but if I go into "edit the page" the box isn't there.

Violasusie (talk) 18:28, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

I assume you are referring to Dale Pollock? The box was generated by the {{No footnotes}} template which I have now removed. Couple of points: be careful when you use terms like "we" and "our page" - the former implies that it may be a shared or "corporate" account which is not permitted and the latter may be taken by some to imply ownership of articles. Once you have created an article, it can and will be edited by others. – ukexpat (talk) 18:42, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

Highlighting spelling errors

I like to correct the spellings of several different words and always before I could highlight them in each article so I didn't have to search word by word.

I just started using Windows 7 and can't seem to find that function now.

EoGuy (talk) 19:46, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

Perhaps you can try hitting Ctrl+F? If this doesn't help, please go see WP:RD/C. —La Pianista ^{♫ ♪} 22:51, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

You could use WP:AWB for this. Dismas|^(talk) 02:12, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

Mark Lowenthal

I created a Mark Lowenthal redirect, Orlady created a one-line stub out of it, and I added on to it. Who gets the credit for creating the article? Us441(talk) (contribs) 19:56, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

No credit for origination or authorship here, I'm afraid - it's a collaboration like all the other articles on Wikipedia. It can be quite interesting to keep a note of any article you start, but there aren't any brownie points available for getting there first. Karenjc 20:08, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

(edit conflict)On the article's history, it's you - but credit along those lines aren't given on Wikipedia. Philosophically, I suppose it could be Orlady (as the editor who actually put in some actual content), but from a historical/statistical point of view, it's the person who originally created the page (i.e. you), not the person who first created 'content'. -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 20:14, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

The "Articles created" link at the bottom of your contributions page shows the page. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:41, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

getting p.hd in water resources management

ISMAIL MUSTAFA LAZAM a consulting civil engineer got b.sc in water resources from BAGHDAD-IRAQ 1978 besides, high intensive post graduated courses in federal yugoslavia, and 1st year courses in BAGHDAD 1996 consulting engineer , being a director general for establishment of dams in iIRAQ perfect experience totally is 32years, , and i did many researches with structure , water resources, general construction , and dams constructions, so , thus you are kindly requested to accept me as a student or member to get P,HD in water resources management accordingly. how to get that , and which way i have to go on? all my documents , certificates and researches are officially and approved. willin that i will have the answer for my request , pls,,,, thnkyou. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.142.51.243 (talk) 20:34, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

Hello. I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 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 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. – ukexpat (talk) 20:38, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

What can I do about anonymous users making improper changes?

re: The Frat Pack article http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Frat_Pack&action=history

As you can see, an anonymous user keeps adding The Hangover (and other films) to the list of associated movies, even though this film does not meet the definition of the list (since none of the "Frat Pack" stars appear in the movie).

Can this page be restricted to logged in users? It is getting very tiresome to keep undoing this guy's edits.Kevin Crossman (talk) 23:11, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

User-warnings can be effective. I use Twinkle; it's a handy tool. (Insert: I see no user warnings have been given yet). Haploidavey (talk) 23:17, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

I've checked the edit history and given a first friendly warning. I don't particularly want the page on my watchlist; if you upload Twinkle or Huggle, you can deal with unhelpful edits very quickly. Haploidavey (talk) 23:36, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

You have to warn the other user to not vandalize articles. An easy way to do this is by placing a user warning template to their page. Click on the link for templates >>>WP:WARN. Here's what you have to do: copy the template, add your signature, and click "save". --Sweet xx^Talk 16:02, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

I've warned the user. Though I guess I wonder about the fact that he's not logged in would matter in this case. Is he going to see the warning if he is not logged in???Kevin Crossman (talk) 00:29, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

• The user cannot see the message if he's not logged in. --Sweet xx^Talk 02:30, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Okay, then what would you suggest we do? I already recommended the page be limited to logged in users, but you rejected that idea because I didn't send the user (an anonymous IP address) a warning note. So, again, what would you recommend?Kevin Crossman (talk) 16:38, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Phantoms in my watched list

I can't get rid of a red item in my watched list. Checking it off to remove doesn't work. Williamb (talk) 23:30, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 78#Persistent page on watchlist. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:37, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

re: Linda Christas College

Hi,

My name is Dr. Lara DeSoleil. I am chair of the Physics Department with Linda Christas College.

My primary field of research involves the relationship between Planck's Constant, light frequency and electron charge.

For several years, Wikipedia seems to have missed the point that all of our 5200 faculty and students at Linda Christas College run information through the same IP. The schools use a central IP as the only way we can identify ourselves as an coordinated institution.

I don't know how many times Wikipedia editors have "discovered" that submissions from LC come from the same IP and have misinterpreted that information.

My understanding is that on several occasions, faculty or students have attempted to list LC with Wikipedia, only to be met with a certain level of contempt.

Awards for excellence that the College has won in China have been deleted by Wikipedia editors as well, again, saying things like, "What do they think, we (referring to themselves) are stupid?" WEEEELLLLL!

Even today, in checking, the only reference I can find to the College is a negative one by one editor.

In other words, the performance of Wikipedia with reference to both Linda Christas College and LC Academy has been less than stellar.

Perhaps a student or someone else at one time or another has placed material on Wikipedia that was in error. I don't know the history.

But, whatever it is, the attempts to get even a sentence about the schools on Wikipedia have been frustrated by more editors than we can count.

This is all to say, if at any time in the next millenium or so Wikipedia is ready to list Linda Christas as the online educational force it is, please let me know.

I thought about writing such an article, but I was assured by our Dean that, no sooner would I put the information up on Wikipedia, that some editor would delete it. Seems like there are hundreds of folks working with Wikipedia with fingers on delete keys just waiting to exercise power.

If that is NOT correct, please let me know.

However, I really don't want to do the work just to be beaten up by editors who are uninformed regarding online education or who use Wikipedia as a source of personal self worth.

Dr. Lara DeSoleil Physics Department Linda Christas College Laradesoleil (talk) 23:48, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

• If the college is notable according to third party sources (thus not simply according to its own prospectus or other self-published material), there is no reason it should not have an article. Wikipedia articles aim for objective balance; articles about organisations are not usually written by members or affiliates of the same. Haploidavey (talk) 00:04, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

You should encourage your students to create their own accounts, there are many benefits. They should also read WP:RS for guidance on reliable sources and WP:COI for guidance on editing with a conflict of interest. – ukexpat (talk) 01:20, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

I suggest you read the debates at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Linda christas and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Linda Christas International School as well, to understand better why we have no Linda Christas article here. --Orange Mike | Talk 01:32, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia's notability guidelines for an organisation like Linda Christas College are at WP:ORG. Company articles are deleted from Wikipedia all the time because they don't meet the inclusion criteria. This usually happens to articles about companies that (a) fail to satisfy WP:ORG, and/or (b) are promotional, not descriptive, in nature. As yet, nobody has supplied an article about the Linda Christas organisation which has not fallen foul of either (a), or (b), or both. As Orange Mike's links show, the usual response to this is an orchestrated deluge of complaints from people connected with the organisation, praising it and accusing Wikipedia of joining a conspiracy to suppress coverage of it. This misses the point and (fairly or unfairly) arouses suspicion about the motives of the writers and the organisation. Personal anecdotes aren't acceptable source material on Wikipedia, which does not exist to enhance the credibility or public profile of any company or organisation. If LCC is an "online educational force" and has won meaningful accolades for its operations, this will doubtless have been picked up and reported by credible independent media sources and may be the subject of academic study. All you need to do is find such citations, use them to support a neutral, factual article about LCC that satisfies the inclusion criteria, submit it and it will stick. Do bear this point in mind, though. Once an article is on Wikipedia, every part of it can and will be edited by other users. Neither the original contributor nor LCC will have any special control over it, or any right to have it deleted if it evolves into a very different article from the original version. Karenjc 10:45, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

I see the user in question is now soap-boxing in article space, moreover when I google this organisation, the first thing I find on their site is a story about how they have hired someone who is going to attempt to get them more highly placed on the web. As far as I can determine, we have no reliable sources to build an article on, the organisation is not notable in any way and thus no article can exist. --Cameron Scott (talk) 11:00, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

With regard to the Linda Christas saga, one should probably read Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Student-First Accreditation and follow the links therein to get a good picture. I particularly liked this message from one of their (former) "board members". Deor (talk) 12:20, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

Deleted and salted. Dougweller (talk) 12:30, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

I've been looking into this, and it seems that as well as a Lara desoleil, the organisation also seems to employ a Sarah Desoleil and a Julie Desoleil - what an amazing coincidence. I've tried to get vefication of the existance of these individuals but none seems to be out there, it's like they don't exist! --Cameron Scott (talk) 13:18, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

August 21

User's stats

Did there used to be a menu of user stats at the bottom of the user's page or talk or was it in a dream? hydnjo (talk) 00:10, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

You may well have dreamed about it, but it's quite tangible. Try the bottom of your user contributions page. Haploidavey (talk) 00:21, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

*Slaps forehead.* Still feel small even after /smalling - thanks for the awakening ;-) hydnjo (talk) 00:31, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

Enjoy the wakefulness... as dreams go, that one sounded, um, a little dull! Haploidavey (talk) 00:42, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

Don't rub it in, I know it seems crazy but it was combined with a bit of friday night forgetfulness. Thanks again for guiding me through my unreality. BTW, why are we doing <small>? hydnjo (talk) 01:07, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

Can not log in

I have an account, but I'm receiving an error message whenever I try to log in: "Login error There seems to be a problem with your login session; this action has been canceled as a precaution against session hijacking. Please hit "back" and reload the page you came from, then try again." I've done as it says, but the error keeps coming up. Any idea as to what this problem is, and/or, should I report this elsewhere? I'm bringing it up I have no idea where else to ask this. 71.200.226.96 (talk) 05:49, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

• Nevermind, it's working now. 71.200.226.96 (talk) 05:55, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

How to add another disambiguation or contact the admin to add it?

Hi,

I browsed to Fakebook just to see if such variation exists. I found one but got doubts if I installed any malware by visiting that page. So I searched Wikipedia for "FakeBook". It only has two entries and neither of them refer to the website. I am wondering if someone (or me) can research the site to see if it carries a malicious payload (as it is variation of Facebook) and write a little about it. I also want the Disambiguation page to list the website so users can be aware of that site - that will make the information complete. But I don't know how to go about it? How do I get to add it the disambiguation page and if I am authorized to do so. Also, if I can create a page of the said website after checking on the website to see if it is malicious.

Please clear the doubts above.

Thanks

-- Best Regards, DreamsCentral Signed: Saturday, August 21, 2010, 2:30:50 PM IST —Preceding unsigned comment added by DreamsCentral (talk • contribs) 09:04, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

Before you add an entry to the disambiguation page an article should be created. Before you create the article you should make sure the subject is notable. Notable for Wikipedia generally means that the subject of the article has been written about in reliable sources. If this has happened please do start an article on it. I would suggest you also read WP:FIRST, it gives an overview of writing your first article. Please ask if you still have questions. ~~ GB fan ~~ ^talk 10:54, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

how do I make an entry about myself?

Julietteangelique (talk) 11:44, 21 August 2010 (UTC)I can find no clear guidance on the most obvious question: how do I contruct a biographical page, giving, for example my title, academic qualifications and publications? Julietteangelique (talk) 11:44, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

The question you need to answer first is do you meet Wikipedia's notability guidlines. There are two you should look at, WP:Notability and WP:BIO. THe first one is the general notability and the second is the biographical specific guideline. You don't have to meet both just one. Next you should read our conflict of interest policy. You obviously have a conflict of interest in this situation. Then if if you think you meet the notability guidelines and you can write a neutral article about yourself, then you should read about writing your first article. Hope this helps and if you have any questions just ask. ~~ GB fan ~~ 11:57, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

There is another page which you should also read about writing autobiographies. TNXMan 13:25, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

WikiBios may suit your needs better. – ukexpat (talk) 13:33, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Uploaded a file

I've uploaded this file. I'm just pointing it out here so that anyone can put it up for deletion and keep you from having to look for it. Thanks, I look forward to the pain in the ass of justifying keeping it here, Dismas|^(talk) 13:20, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

It looks good to me - not only the picture (which looks very nice), but the tags all seem correct as well. TNXMan 13:24, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

help needed help in font size

I accidentally pushed something on the keyboard while browsing to another page and then when I got back from the wikipedia page, the font size have been changed. I'm trying to change it back to normal size but apparently have not been successful. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.200.66.22 (talk) 16:26, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

Have you tried pressing Ctrl and 0 at the same time? TNXMan 16:27, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

yup tried pressing them both... still no changes —Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.200.66.22 (talk) 16:50, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

It's ctrl and zero not oh. Also use ctrl and + or -. Also use zoom in view.--141.155.148.156 (talk) 22:01, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

Also, if you have a mouse that has a little 'wheel' between the two mouse buttons, try holding down Ctrl and moving the wheel forward to zoom in (make text larger) or backward to zoom out (make text smaller). Hope this helped --- cymru lass ^{(hit me up)}⁄_{(background check)} 20:18, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Categories

Is there any way to create a category without putting in nonesense or something, just to get it started? MR. PreZ 18:00, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

If at the bottom of an article, you type [[Category:Name-of-category]] the category will be created. When you have saved the page, and look at the categories, it will be red-linked, but if you click on the category then a list of all the pages in that category will be shown. This may be a useful guide, especially "Content of category pages" -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 20:35, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

You cannot save a category page with empty source at creation (this is the same in other namespaces) but as Phantomsteve writes, you can see pages placed in the category even though the category page has not been created yet. If it's a category for articles then the category page should be created right away to avoid confusion, but you can for example create it with arbitrary content and then blank it. Or create it with an undisplayed comment like <!-- This category page has no displayed content -->. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:40, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

The vast majority of categories should be subcategories of other categories. (Special:UncategorizedCategories lists the current exceptions; there seem to be just 409 at the moment.) If you want to create an initially empty category, you can make it a subcategory of at least one other category that exists. That gets the category started without the need to put nonfunctional filler in the category page. What category do you want to create? Be sure there is no existing category already that does the job you need. Also see WP:CFD and note that Wikipedia deletes lots of categories just like Wikipedia deletes lots of articles. It's best to discuss the category you want to create, with other interested users, so you can avoid wasting your time with needless disputes later. --Teratornis (talk) 03:09, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Authority to Semi-Protect Articles

According to WP:PROTECT, "Administrators are able to protect a page ..." However, in the Hugh Jackman article, on January 26, 2010, User:Jéské Couriano added indefinite semi-protection to the article. However, according to special:ListUsers, Couriano is not an admin. Is it that only admins are supposed to add protection but others can (improperly) do so? To be clear, I'm not saying that the Jackman article didn't merit semi-protection as there was a fair amount of reversion history preceding the protection (although I'm not sure that indefinite semi-protection was warranted), I'm just questioning how the policy is intended to work and whether the editor had the authority to add the protection. As an aside, Couriano didn't specify a reason for the protection, which also doesn't conform to policy.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:45, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

Jéské used to be an admin, but is no longer. The protection you mention was placed before he resigned his adminship. If you'd like, you could discuss the issue with him on his talk page, but I would read the notes he has placed on the top of the page first. TNXMan 21:48, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the history. Is there a way to find out whether someone was an administrator and from when to when? I don't think I'll bring up the issue on his Talk page as my question was more about how things work than the merits of what he did. Honestly, it doesn't bother me all that much to have BLP articles semi-protected. As to the notes on his Talk page, wow!--Bbb23 (talk) 21:55, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

Generally, once someone is an admin, they remain so as long as they are active on Wikipedia. The easiest way I know to discover whether someone used to be admin is to see if WP:Requests for adminship/Example User (replacing Example User with the relevant name) is a redlink or a bluelink. If there is a successful request there, they were at one point an admin. The only one that comes to mind, although I'm sure there are more, is WP:Requests for adminship/Archtransit (was an admin and is not any longer). As for Jéské, it was a shame to see him resign the tools - he was a good admin. TNXMan 21:59, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for your help.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:19, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

Administrators have the link "user rights management" on contributions pages, for example leading to Special:UserRights/Jéské_Couriano (admin only). It includes a list of when rights were assigned and removed. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:55, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

And now that you mention it... I don't see where Jéské Couriano's admin right was removed, either here or at Meta. Odd. I do seem to recall that actions performed at Meta aren't logged here, but I can't find the relevant log there either. TNXMan 23:07, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

PrimeHunter: Forgive me, but I'm not sure how that helps me. The link you provide apparently only works for admins, and I'm not an admin. And if I go to Couriano's contributions page, I don't see any information on his former adminship.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:11, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

See also WP:FORMER which provides a list of former administrators and links such as this: Jéské Couriano (talk · contribs · former admin: blocks · protections · deletions · rights · meta · local rights). The last of these is a link to the user rights log at meta. Bencherlite^Talk 23:20, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

I don't understand the user rights part, but if I read the line for Couriano correctly, he stopped being an administrator sometime in July 2010.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:28, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

My link was for TNXMan (a fellow administrator) as the indentation vaguely hinted. This should also work for you: Go to Special:Log, select User rights log in the drop-down list, enter User:Jéské Couriano in the Title field (not in the User field). As TNXMan pointed out, the adminship removal is not logged here at the English Wikipedia. To see that, you can go to meta:Special:Log, select User rights log and enter User:Jéské Couriano@enwiki in the Title field (not the user field) to get [1]. The "rights" link in the above list of links for Jéské Couriano is rights Jéské Couriano has assigned or removed to others (or to himself). PrimeHunter (talk) 23:34, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for taking the time to explain in such detail. I doubt I'll ever remember any of it. It looks like the easiest thing for me to do is link to WP:FORMER if needed. I wrote that down in some (cheat) notes I keep on how to do unusual things in Wikipedia.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:42, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

Lasting links to specific sections of often-archived pages

As an old hand I should know this, but I haven't seen a solution to this: if I want a lasting link to a specific section of an often-archived page, is there a way to do this? For instance, Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)#Name of section. This link will work only until the section is archived, which happens quickly at the pump. I could post the permanent link then say "scroll down to the "Name of section" section", but this is awkward. Is there a better way? Citing a diff also seems awkward. Herostratus (talk) 23:37, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

You can click Permanent link and then the section link in the TOC before copying the url. Of course this will not show edits made to the section after you clicked Permanent link. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:41, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

Oh yeah! That works! Thanks! Herostratus (talk) 00:52, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

August 22

Days of the week in articles

I'm under the impression that adding days to dates in articles is discouraged in most cases, but is there somewhere that this 'rule' is actually codified? -- saberwyn 00:16, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

I scanned through this guide and didn't see a ruling one way or the other. Are you referring to adding day names (Saturday, August 21, 2010)? If so, I would think it's overly detailed and should be avoided in a general sense, although specific exceptions would apply. TNXMan 01:54, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

To clarify, yes, I meant day names.-- saberwyn 21:45, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

I would avoid using the day of the week, unless it is directly relevant. -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 08:46, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

I've noticed this a lot with IPs who update articles with recent events. Some of them seem to think that they should just tack on things at the ends of articles as if the article is a running chronicle of events in the life of the subject. In the end, it's almost always trivia. I know I was born on a Tuesday but to all but the astrologers, that info is useless. Dismas|^(talk) 08:52, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

Graham Chapman

I'm a bit iffy on the whole biography thing on Wikipedia. Isn't the image in the infobox in violation of some fair-use guideline, simply because the image is of Graham Chapman as a character? Also, the image is copyrighted and no permission was granted to have it shown representing Graham Chapman as himself. On the other hand, the image could be moved down into the article if it supports a discussion of, say, Monty Python or the sketch or the character being performed by Chapman, with a caption specifying it as such, correct? In which case, the infobox should have no image in it, unless a suitable one is found. But because Chapman is no longer living, I also don't know if that affects any of the guidelines. I'm asking because I feel like I'm correct to question the image in the infobox, but I'm not sure where I would find the guidelines supporting or arguing against my claim. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 00:43, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

As Monty Python might say, Chapman is an ex-human. Fair use images are allowed for dead people because there's no way to get a picture of them anymore. Dismas|^(talk) 02:31, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

Oh, and yes, I believe it should have a fair use statement for the reason we're using it in his article. Dismas|^(talk) 02:35, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

Hahaha, I watched the parrot video on YouTube. Nice reference. Thank you very much for the clarification. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 07:09, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

I love that sketch!.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 07:34, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

I'm afraid this is all getting very silly! – ukexpat (talk) 13:30, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

How do I capitalize a title???

I am a regular editor; but with this page; rhinoceros Party I have been unable to capitalize! Someone help please! Outback the koala (talk) 02:15, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

I removed the {{Lowercase}} template at the beginning of the page, below the infobox. I'm not sure why this title should be lowercase, but there is a reason for it, feel free to restore the template. TNXMan 02:21, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks alot! You guys are good! Outback the koala (talk) 02:26, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

How do I add Company Wikipedia

I'm trying to add webhosting company at wikipedia

How do I do that? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mwmti83 (talk • contribs) 03:24, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

I'll leave some standard advice below, but please remember that Wikipedia is not a place for advertising of any kind.

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. TNXMan 03:31, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

WikiCompany may suit your needs better. It has no inclusion criteria, apart from existence. – ukexpat (talk) 13:40, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Reference fix?

Hey guys, on the article D12, I added a reference, but for some reason it didn't come out right. It's reference 16 from MTV.com, could someone fix it up for me? I'm not sure why the brackets are there and why the external link isn't the title I gave it. It's probably an easy fix, I just can't figure it out...

Anywho, thanks in advance! — Xcalizorz (talk) 10:24, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

Fixed – the line break inside the template confused it... Bencherlite^Talk 10:48, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

Hmm... strange, because on my computer that line break was not visible to me. Oh well, at least it's fixed. Thanks. — Xcalizorz (talk) 10:50, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

It was a single newline in the wiki source. It doesn't increase line spacing but just starts a new line which is hard to see if it happens to be near the right margin anyway. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:57, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

Layout Problem

Resolved

 – Courtesy of Northumbrian

On the Heads-up display (GUI) page all the text under the heading Video Games is pushed over into a narrow column on the right hand side of the page.

• It uses <table> and <td>[[File:Halflife ingame.jpg|200px]][[File:Doom ingame 1.png|200px]][[File:Two huds.png|400px]]</td>, which I am unfamilar with. Deleting these Wiki 'commands' makes it readable, but I'm not sure what layout the editor was trying to achieve. It appears to have been like it since May 29!
• nb. I am using IE 7, ver 7.0.5730.13. & Windows XP, SP3. 220.101 talk^\Contribs 14:51, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

The editor who did this put the images in the left column of a two-column table, and the accompanying text in the right column, using standard HTML tags rather than Wiki markup. Here's what it looks like on my display in Firefox 3.6.8 on a Windows 7 box. Similar in IE8. Legible enough. Not what you're seeing? Northumbrian (talk) 14:59, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

Just checked again on the built-in display on a MacBook, and the thumbnails take up almost half the width, compressing the text horizontally and making it "taller" and, yes, a bit more difficult to read. I can see why the editor did it this way, to keep the accompanying text level with the images, but the output appears differently as described above on each user's display according to the resolution settings of the monitor.

I've rescaled the thumbnails a bit smaller, that should help the text display a bit at the cost of losing thumbnail detail (nothing stopping the user from clicking to see the larger version, of course). Northumbrian (talk) 15:26, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for your assistance Northumbrian. It's a lot better, as before it was actually also going off the side of the screen, (I only have a 1024x768 LCD display), so I had to scroll across to see the text. My view does not look like your Firefox version, the 2 graphics are side-by-side, not above each other. The text is about a 5 cm column on the right with heaps of white space above and below the the graphics. However they formatted this seems a bad idea, as I have never had this 'problem' before.
Perhaps the HTML needs to be replaced with Wiki 'code'? 220.101 talk^\Contribs 16:23, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

Done; I've set the width of the left column only fifteen pixels larger than the width of the thumbnails; that's drawn the text further left. How does it look now for you? Northumbrian (talk) 17:19, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

I've gone ahead and temporarily set my display to your resolution; there's still a bit of white space above and below the image thumbnails, but the text doesn't scroll off the display and is much more legible. Hope that works for you (and everyone else out there!). Good idea on replacing the markup too. Northumbrian (talk) 17:44, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

 Fixed Yes, it looks much better Northumbrian. Thanks, well done! 220.101 talk^\Contribs 09:18, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Main image problem

At The Heritage at Millennium Park the main image is not appearing in Firefox, Opera, Chrome or Internet Explorer, but it appears when I go directly to File:Downtown Chicago Illinois Nov05 img 2483.jpg.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 18:03, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

How strange. If I remove the size parameter, the picture displays. As soon as I try 200px or thumb, it stops displaying. TNXMan 18:16, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

Infoboxes' image= field usually take just the simple pagename, not full embedded-image wikilink syntax. Most infoboxes also have separate caption= and/or size= fields for their associated items. DMacks (talk) 18:27, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

Singapore Karate-Do Federation

This is just a test as I am unsure on how to submit the article.

If this is successful, I will continue and write the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.14.221.74 (talk) 18:17, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

Well, unfortunately, you cannot create an article, as you do not have an account. I'll leave some standard advice below this to get you started.

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

Thank you.

You will need to first register an account, which has many benefits, including the ability to create articles. Once you have registered, please search Wikipedia first to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject. Please also review a few of our relevant policies and guidelines which all articles should comport with. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite to reliable sources which verify their content and must not contain unsourced, negative content about living people.

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

If you still think an article is appropriate, see Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article, 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 available to walk you through creating an article, but you will need to create an account to use it. if you don't wish to do so, you can submit a proposal for an article at Articles for Creation.Template:Z26 TNXMan 18:23, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

slightly odd one - drawing of BLP

I don't think I've come across this before - where do we stand on the use of drawnings of BLPs being used in articles about them? for example - Denise Milani (model). --Cameron Scott (talk) 19:46, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

First, it doesn't appear to be a BLP. Neither L or P. But I would think drawings would following the usual rules, with some exceptions. You can take a picture of a living person and use it (subject to some exceptions) but if the editor creates the drawing, I don't think it would be allowed, unless it were published in a reliable source, and then proper permission would be required.--SPhilbrickT 22:13, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

An edit claiming she's a fictional person has just been reverted. Cassandra 73 (talk) 22:15, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

I had a similar discussion fairly recently about some (rather unflattering in my opinion) drawings of Geoffrey Boycott that were used in that article. After some toing and froing I removed them, and no-one has put them back. WP:BLP applies to all namespaces, including files, so I think I was justified in so doing. – ukexpat (talk) 15:27, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

problen with photo

spider 1

I uploaded this photo earlier today, but for me it doesn't show up, unless I click on "full resolution". What is wrong? Bubba73 ^{(You talkin' to me?)}, 23:35, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

It's a widespread problem for new images, and has been causing some problems for a few days apparently. See this thread at the Commons Village Pump. Bencherlite^Talk 23:43, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. I uploaded another photo earlier today, but didn't have the problem. Bubba73 ^{(You talkin' to me?)}, 00:22, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

When these problems occur (as they do from time to time) it can take a few days for image thumbnails to be regenerated. – ukexpat (talk) 15:29, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

August 23

birth dates

Can I create a list of people with a common birth date and also birthdays? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.245.236.184 (talk) 00:14, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

If you go to an article about a year, 1945 for example, there is already a list of notable births there. Is that what you're looking for? Or did you have more of an exhaustive list in mind? Dismas|^(talk) 00:29, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

You can also find a list of births on each Days of the year article. Winston365 (talk) 00:34, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Uploaded image does not display

I uploaded two images, File:Jeff Nicklin.jpg (about 16 hours ago) and File:Tim Murphy FB coach.jpg (within an hour). Both display correctly on their file page, but not when used resized in articles (Jeff Nicklin and Tim Murphy (American football coach) respectively). One is in an infobox and the other in a thumbnail. They will display in articles when they are not resized, however. I cleared my cache, closed Firefox, logged out and back in multiple times to no avail. I tried a different computer (and IE), and the images don't display on IE either, instead showing up as a red "X". I also turned off my ad blocking software. I tried resizing the Nicklin image to multiple different widths to no effect.

I've uploaded quite a few images in the past and this is the first time I've run into this problem. I noticed in the archives others have occasionally experienced similar problems, but none of the suggested fixes have worked (e.g. resizing the image). Any ideas? Strikehold (talk) 02:08, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

This is a known problem that has been affecting Wikipedia over the past few days. See commons:Village_pump#Yet_another_thumbnail_problem.3F. See also the discussion two threads up, and discussions on the WP:VPT Intelligentsium 02:17, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Now added to MediaWiki:Sitenotice. Bencherlite^Talk 02:21, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Ah, I searched the archives but just now noticed another user with the same problem two threads above. Sorry for the redundant post. Thanks. Strikehold (talk) 02:26, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Help me find a quote

Earlier today I read a quote in Wikipedia by the financier banker J.P. Morgan along the lines of "Gold and silver are money. Everything else is credit." Unfortunately, I didn't make a copy of it for references purposes and have been unable to locate it again. Can you help out? Thanks in advance.

Kent <email removed> —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.105.138.118 (talk) 03:21, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

User had cross-posted to Humanities ref-desk, which is where this question is appropriate and I gave an answer. Email address removed. DMacks (talk) 03:42, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

{{adminhelp}} duck?

I'm pretty sure I've declined a couple of {{helpme}}s under the same circumstances (first edit, no question), and the users have been blocked afterward. Just declined an adminhelp- is there a pattern? sonia♫ 06:30, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

It's possible that it's a new user who is encountering problems with filters or something else that doesn't show as an edit. Better to AGF, I figure. --Orange Mike | Talk 13:46, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Image speedy deleted despite mail to OTRS

What do I do if an image I uploaded to Wikipedia was deleted after seven days, despite me forwarding an email to WP:OTRS on the day the tag was applied, and added the hangon tag to the article? I have had no email or talk-page comment or anything. Cheers IainUK talk 07:54, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

When adding {{OTRS pending}} to a file, the {{Di-no permission}} speedy deletion template can be removed. In the case of File:AndrewStone.jpg, I think you should ask the deleting admin why he deleted the page despite there being an OTRS pending template on the file. At first glance, it looks like a simple mistake. decltype (talk) 08:06, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Decltype thanks for getting back to me. Do you know how I find out who deleted an image file? Cheers IainUK talk 08:16, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Yes, simply clicking on the file link will display the relevant deletion log entry. The file in question was deleted by Fastily (talk · contribs). Regards, decltype (talk) 08:18, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

It isn't really a problem. As soon as permission has been verified by OTRS the file will be undeleted and tagged accordingly. – ukexpat (talk) 15:31, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Useragent messages

Resolved

 – Mysdaao ^talk 14:44, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

I have had the 'new features' option turned on for some time. But as of today, every time I open or refresh any Wikipedia page, I receive a 'useragent' pop-up (message box) telling me what browser I'm using. I'm quite aware of what browser I'm using, and the message is quite annoying. If I turn off the 'new features', the messages do not appear. Is this useragent reporting 'feature' deliberate?--Jeffro77 (talk) 08:39, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

It's not a feature of Wikipedia. Code to display a user agent pop-up was added to User:Cacycle/wikEd dev.js yesterday, which you have in your vector.js but not your monobook.js. You have to either change your vector JavaScript page or ask Cacyle to take the alert out. --Mysdaao ^talk 13:00, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. I've made a copy of the script in my own subpage minus the stupid alert. I'll just have to intermittently check the original for changes.--Jeffro77 (talk) 14:38, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

You're welcome. --Mysdaao ^talk 14:44, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Images in articles not showing?

I've uploaded a few images this morning, and they don't seem to be showing in the articles. I thought I had seen a blurb about problems with thumbnails, but that message seems to have been taken down. An example of this would be in Rick Reuschel. Any ideas? Thank you! ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 11:36, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Here is a thread at the Commons Village Pump about the problem. When I was just at the commons the message was still up there. ~~ GB fan ~~ 11:42, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Commons bogs down my PC and the print is tiny, so I can't do anything there. However, I gather it's a widespread problem. In my own line of work, when a function used to work and no longer does, the first question to ask is, "What was changed?" ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 11:51, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

In my line of work the answer is normally "the wind direction", or the whims of Voodoo Loa. But I work with technology...

Template:Bugzilla suggests "ImageMagick", so I'm definitely blaming Voodoo. TFOWR 12:01, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Errors in my contribution

I am brand new to Wikipedia, having had someone suggest, two days ago, that I make a contribution.

Last night, I contributed information about "Branham High School" "Senior Rock."

Problems: 1) The contribution was placed in the "See also" section. 2) The contribution contained external links. I did not realize that the external links were not allowed. I merely wanted to help verify the information. 3) I could not find the method of editing/deleting the contribution. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Phillipfoster (talk • contribs) 11:50, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

This has been dealt with. – ukexpat (talk) 16:11, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Forgotten password

Is there any way I can retrieve my log on password. It was a rather complicated one which I did not memorize but had written down on a piece of paper which I have unfortunately lost. My e-mail is not enabled on my account. Thanks. 86.179.89.30 (talk) 13:05, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

If your email was not enabled there is no way to retrieve your lost password. ~~ GB fan ~~ 13:10, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Darn! I'll just have to create a new name and link my old name to my new user page. Thanks for the reply. 86.179.89.30 (talk) 13:13, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Historical income data for US

How do I find historical data for income in the United States. I would like a table that lists some kind of average income per household throughout America's history.

Thank so much. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.206.94.120 (talk) 14:55, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Google, while not perfect, is a good place to start: http://www.progressdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/gdp.gif | http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/income/data/historical/index.html | http://www.lisproject.org/publications/liswps/422.pdf | http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=historical%20data%20for%20income%20in%20the%20United%20States&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=iw (I don't mean to sound like a smartarse, but did you google it first?) Darigan (talk) 15:01, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Any maybe check the externals here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Household_income_in_the_United_States Darigan (talk) 15:02, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

God

The ontological,cosmological, and teleological arguments all share a common problem with regard to the traditional conception of god. What is the problem? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.198.7.245 (talk) 15:29, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Have you tried the Humanities section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there; this help desk is only for questions about using Wikipedia. For your convenience, here is the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps.Template:Z38 But please note, they will not do your homework for you. TNXMan 15:41, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Cerebral Palsy and Retardation

Where can I obtain more information on this topic?

Regards

Michael Wise —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.28.167.213 (talk) 15:35, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

You might find what you are looking for in the article about Cerebral palsy. 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.Template:Z39 TNXMan 15:40, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

WRONG SPELLING

Wikipedia spelled Frances Moore Lappe's name wrong. You put Lappa.

Annie Birdsong

Where do you see the misspelling? It appears to be correct at Frances Moore Lappé. TNXMan 15:47, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Suspect I'm being "stalked" by a Wikipedia user

I am beign stalked by a wikipedia user who comes after some of my edits deliberately. How do i report him/her?This is me. Wikipeida ns generally not reliable (talk) 16:09, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

WP:ANI. – ukexpat (talk) 17:18, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Regarding the page "Brown University",

Brown University's rankings in the ARWU is 65th in the world, according to the new 2010 edition.

However, I've tried making changes, but other editors erase it because it is lacking citation.

I'm not sure how to change the citation for the rankings infobox, so please would someone else do that for me. I'll post the rankings link here that Brown is 65th, not 69th.

http://www.arwu.org/ARWU2010.jsp

Not that it makes much of a difference; but you know; Brown is actually a small place, and it's kind of remarkable that its research amount was ranked 65th and did not fall into deep down into the rankings, like Dartmouth (which is the only research school in the US similar in size to Brown) did.

I would also have liked to keep the personal research that Brown was ranked 6th in the world for research per capita, but alas, it's not objective. But I'd like to point out in the rankings section in Brown University site that the authors of the ARWU also agree that larger institutions tend to have higher rank, since ARWU is almost solely a rank based on amount of research production, which is not necessarily related to the hierarchy of research quality in an institution. —Preceding unsigned comment added by LaFool (talk • contribs) 18:02, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

How do I delete a page from my user space?

Resolved

I created a temporary page in my user space to work on a draft of a statement I was preparing for ArbCom. I have now delivered my statement and no longer need this user space page. I would like to delete this and it's associated talk page. Is this something I can do myself or do I need an admin? A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 18:29, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

I've deleted the page for you. In the future, you can simply add {{db-u1}} to the top of the page. TNXMan 18:32, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 19:18, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Footnote list format

How do I turn an overlong list of 26 footnotes into a two column list with a smaller font such as is commonplace in Wikipedia? Richard Harnett "Dick" Bloom 18:41, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

• Try {{reflist|2}} instead of <references/>; NB this does not work with Internet Explorer, but does work with Firefox (for example). Bencherlite^Talk 18:46, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

where can i send a letter of appreciation to Chuck Hagel

I am 81 years old and an admirer of Chuck Hagel during his entire career. I should like to write him a note of apptrciation and admiration. How do I do that?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.252.37.195 (talk) 19:22, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Hello. I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 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 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.Template:Z25 – ukexpat (talk) 19:29, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Requests for feedback

After an article is given to "Request for review" what happens to it? I posted one entitled "Periodic Systems of Molecules" on or about 13 August and I cannot locate it in the "Request for review" lists; it also has not been put in Wikipedia. Thank you in advance for your help. Negovori (talk) 19:56, 23 August 2010 (UTC)Negovori

Your request is at Wikipedia:Requests for feedback/2010 August 13#User:Negovori/Periodic Systems of Molecules. There is currently a backlog and your request has not yet been reviewed. – ukexpat (talk) 20:05, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

By the way, you can see all your contributions here. – ukexpat (talk) 20:06, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Who wrote specific article content

I represent a company called Cell for Cash. I just edited a libelous and potentially harmful article calling Cell for Cash a fraud and stateing that CFC is under investigation by various government agencies. That is totally untrue. I would like to know who wrote that article. I have edited the article. Please lock it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mhmosieur (talk • contribs) 21:01, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

See Help:Page history to learn about examining who wrote what when. See WP:RFPP for information about page protection ("locking" as you describe it). DMacks (talk) 21:17, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Template formatting issues

I am having two template problems:

1. At Kevin Lowe (lacrosse), the {{fix bunching}} templates have cause the medals table to move to the left for some reason.
2. At Christian Cook, the {{fix bunching}} templates are working as they should, but something is wrong with the {{reflist}} template which is generating an error message at the bottom of the page.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 21:06, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

I fail to make the connection! --Monterey Bay (talk) 21:15, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

I've left you a message Tony. The issue at Christian Cook is unrelated to the fix bunching template. —Jeremy (talk) 21:24, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 21:28, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Sourcing question

I'm sure this has been asked before but I can't find it on a search so point me in the right direction if it has. Anyway, I contacted Bill Oakley via Twitter to ask him if there was anything that wasn't quite correct in his article. He emailed me with a list of minor changes, none of which are controversial, but much are not what the sources say. Therefore, can somebody please outline step-by-step exactly how I can go about using this as a source. Is it something to do with WP:OTRS? Thanks. Gran² 21:47, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Article completion

I felt that a list that was referenced in many articles should have its own wikipedia page being that it's clearly considered the foremost "Best" list on this topic. I was willing to do the data entry necessary, but am unsure about how to finish the page off (infobox, linking, formatting, etc.). Where can I ask a more experienced wikipedian to come and help me clean it up? The page is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitchfork's_Top_200_Albums_of_the_2000's. Thanks.