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July 31

how can I edit the stacked blue boxes of related articles at the bottom of French Revolution ?

how can I edit the stacked blue boxes of related articles at the bottom of French Revolution ? The purpose is to link an existing article that is relevant to one of the blue box categories. Jrgilb (talk) 00:01, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

You can't. At least, not at that article. It's an inserted template. The template is located at: Template:French Revolution footer. Jarkeld (talk) 00:04, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

Table help

In a table how do I hide text in a specific row? See here. I want to hide/collapse text in the "Notes" section. Thanks. —Mike Allen 04:38, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

Something like this? — Bility (talk) 09:08, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

Yes! Thanks a lot! —Mike Allen 09:12, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

Also, how do I change the header color, so it's not white. —Mike Allen 09:13, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

Like this. -- John of Reading (talk) 11:39, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

That's it. Thanks John. —Mike Allen 22:14, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

part 2 (please read part 1)

What if a user conflicts a bot? A bot and a bot? Also, what is the longest string of edit conflicts? (FYI) I just got conflicted four times by seven objects (as in users and bots) at the Reference Desk. --Since 10.28.2010 04:40, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

Edit conflicts can occur anytime 2 or more people edit the same page and attempt to save their version of the page. Whether it's a human or a bot is irrelevant, the key thing is that multiple edits are being simultaneously done. On the reference desk were you editing using the Edit button at the top of the page (i.e. had the whole page in edit mode) or where you editing a section by using the Edit link to the right side of a section heading? If you had the entire page open for editing then on popular pages you're highly likely to get edit conflicts, if it was just a section then I think you're just unlucky that time. Did you see the example at the top of WP:Edit Conflict? CaptRik (talk) 09:35, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

wikioffense

Will you get blocked if you post offensive comments about Wikipedia on your talk page? --Since 10.28.2010 04:43, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

Depends on whether it's offensive to WP (which most people probably won't care about) or more generally offensive. But we issue warnings first, so people know where the lines are. — kwami (talk) 06:57, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

Thank you. Could you kindly respond to the above section as well? --Since 10.28.2010 07:02, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

I'm not sure what the 'what ifs' are asking. I've probably been blocked 7 times in a row in passionate talk-page discussions. I doubt anyone can tell you the record, but that editor is probably bald.

Yes, hitting 'save' and then changing your mind is gonna mess you up. I have only rarely succeeded in doing that, and then only because the server was so backed up that the save probably would have failed anyway. I don't really know, but it seems that the save is transmitted quite quickly, and it is only the response that lags. — kwami (talk) 07:17, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

One thing that would get you blocked for sure is making a legal threat. Another thing would be persistently making personal attacks or posting personal information about another person. (I can conceive of such things being done in the context of "offensive comments about Wikipedia.") —teb728 t c 10:26, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

I should point out your signature is (again) in violation of guidelines, WP:SIGLINK to be specific. It must contain a link to either your user, talk or contributions page. Яehevkor ✉ 10:40, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

The user's most recent edit shows the signature has been fixed - but that turned out to be the final edit. -- John of Reading (talk) 11:46, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

Oh dear. Not that I'm complaining really. Was getting rather tiresome. It would also appear the above edits were made with 71.146.19.240 (talk · contribs · WHOIS), rather than the account, which may explain the sig issues. Яehevkor ✉ 13:49, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

Regatta Day

Resolved

Hello. I noticed that Regatta Day directs to Royal Hobart Regatta. However the term also refers to the Royal St. John's Regatta. I read about disambiguation pages and want to make one, but I can't understand how. 174.88.10.35 (talk) 13:35, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

If you pick where it says "Redirected from Regatta Day" just under the page title, that will take you to the redirection page, which you can then edit in the usual way. --ColinFine (talk) 13:44, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. What do I put on it? Is #REDIRECT Royal Hobart Regatta Royal St. John's Regatta ok? Or just take out #REDIRECT and add Royal St. John's Regatta? 174.88.10.35 (talk) 13:50, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

No, you should be aiming to make the Regatta Day page look something like the contents of, say, Black House (disambiguation), with one line of text for each possible meaning and a "disambiguation" notice at the bottom. See MOS:DAB. With only two entries this could be done with hatnotes but I sure others will turn up. -- John of Reading (talk) 14:12, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

Thank you! I copied that page and now it is done. 174.88.10.35 (talk) 14:18, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

Naming a reference

I needed to add more references to some pages in wikipedia. I am able to add the references but am not able to name them. I mean i can type the link to the page in the references but i want to display the title of the link instead of its address.

For Example

What i am doing now is

===References===
<ref>www.wikipedia.org</ref>
<ref name="samplename">{{cite web|url=http://www.wikipedia.org/ |title=Wikipedia}}</ref>
{{Reflist}}

which will display

1. www.wikipedia.org

the user will be linked to that address upon clicking on it.

But I want to display

1. Wikipedia

which will link to the www.wikipedia.org

Please tell me how can this be accomplished.

Thank You! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Theperfectpunk (talk • contribs) 13:55, 31 July 2011

I think I know this one. You type one square bracket

then the url

then a space

then the text Wikipedia

then the closing square bracket

so you get Wikipedia

(and use http etc before the www) 174.88.10.35 (talk) 14:02, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

See more at Help:Link#External links and Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners. Note that <ref>...</ref> should not be written inside the references section but where the reference is used. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:07, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

Minor correction to the point of Primehunter - while many of the referencing conventions do not put the ref itself in the ref section, the WP:LDR method (the one I use all the time and think everyone should adopt) does have the references in the reference section.

One other minor note on terminology - the phrase "giving a reference a name" does not mean the word that shows up in the reference, it means something else. In the example I added, the name given to the reference is "samplename" which you can only see in edit mode.--SPhilbrickT 14:20, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

Hi Theperfectpunk. Maybe examples will make this clearer. There's lots of ways to do references, but to answer your original question - you could put e.g.,

Wikipedia has over 3.5 million articles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page |title=Wikipedia}}</ref>
===References===
{{Reflist}}

See that here.

That's the most common referencing style, and you don't need to use a 'name=' unless you are using the reference several times.

As SPhilbrick said, there is an alternative way to do references, where you list the details at the bottom. In that case, you do need a 'name=' - like this;

Wikipedia has over 3.5 million articles.<ref name=wp/>
===References===
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=wp>{{cite web|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page |title=Wikipedia}}</ref>
}}

That will look just the same. Cheers,  Chzz  ►  21:57, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

Trouble uploading photo to Commons

When I get to the Commons upload page, after having signed in, it says I am NOT signed in. When I try to sign again, it says that no such user exists, and asks me to create new account. I then tried that, but it says the account already exists. What is the matter?

This is the image I wanted to add to the La Puebla NM page, as I had just been there and taken pictures, my own personal pict:

La Puebla Church, by Ivan Alexander

Please help me upload this image, Thanks, Ivan Alexander

<redact> — Preceding unsigned comment added by Humancafe (talk • contribs) 17:06, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

Hello. Wikimedia Commons is actually separate from the English Wikipedia and you are not registered there. For an easy way to create accounts in other projects of the Wikimedia Foundation (including Commons) with the same name and password as your main account here, click this link: Special:MergeAccount

More information here: Wikipedia:Unified login -- Obsidi♠n Soul 17:42, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

Danni Xtravaganza

I recently submitted a Wikipedia listing for Danni Xtravaganza. I have received a notice that it might be deleted because he is a 'living person'. He is deceased and it says so in my article in the last sentence. What do I do? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Philott (talk • contribs) 18:06, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

Please use a descriptive title in future questions.. I have added one --ColinFine (talk) 18:55, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

I have removed the BLP Prod because it clearly states the person is not living. GB fan please review my editing 19:02, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

International Organization membership template

{{Membership/Sub/Head}}
{{Membership/Democratic Republic of the Congo}}
{{Membership/France}}
{{Membership/Turkey}}
|}
{{Membership/Sub/Head|year=1994|month=7|day=1}}
{{Membership/Democratic Republic of the Congo|year=1994|month=7|day=1}}
{{Membership/France|year=1994|month=7|day=1}}
{{Membership/Turkey|year=1994|month=7|day=1}}
|}
{{Membership/Sub/Head|year=1964|month=7|day=1}}
{{Membership/Democratic Republic of the Congo|year=1964|month=7|day=1}}
{{Membership/France|year=1964|month=7|day=1}}
{{Membership/Turkey|year=1964|month=7|day=1}}
|}
{{Membership/Sub/Head|year=1961|month=7|day=1}}
{{Membership/Democratic Republic of the Congo|year=1961|month=7|day=1}}
{{Membership/France|year=1961|month=7|day=1}}
{{Membership/Turkey|year=1961|month=7|day=1}}
|}
{{Membership/Sub/Head|year=1949|month=7|day=1}}
{{Membership/Democratic Republic of the Congo|year=1949|month=7|day=1}}
{{Membership/France|year=1949|month=7|day=1}}
{{Membership/Turkey|year=1949|month=7|day=1}}
|}
{{Membership/Sub/Head|year=1946|month=7|day=1}}
{{Membership/Democratic Republic of the Congo|year=1946|month=7|day=1}}
{{Membership/France|year=1946|month=7|day=1}}
{{Membership/Turkey|year=1946|month=7|day=1}}
|}
{{Membership/Sub/Head|year=1945|month=7|day=1}}
{{Membership/Democratic Republic of the Congo|year=1945|month=7|day=1}}
{{Membership/France|year=1945|month=7|day=1}}
{{Membership/Turkey|year=1945|month=7|day=1}}
|}

I am trying to create templates that will automatically return international organization membership of each country. I need help in creating templates for each country. The information that needs to be gathered are the membership(s) of each country to each international organization (EU, NATO, UN, etc) and the date of membership. The template for this task is demonstrated above. I am looking for people willing to help with the task of creating such templates for other countries. -- とある白い猫 ^chi? 18:10, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

I think you will have better luck in finding helpers in this matter at a related Wikiproject. I would suggest starting at WikiProject International relations. Happy editing, hajatvrc with WikiLove @ 20:22, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

I already did, not a lot of activity there. -- とある白い猫 ^chi? 20:23, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

The most immediate problem is that there are a lot of countries, each of which is a member of several international organisations, and there are also a lot of different international organisations. The organisations of which each country is a member also change every once in a while. To create templates for all of them manually will require a lot of work and a lot of maintenance=a lot of willing volunteers, which you might not be able to call up. Is there a script that exists or could be written to simplify the process? Intelligentsium 00:04, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

And you're missing a lot of supranational organizations in S. and C. America, Oceania, and Asia. Some of the larger ones are outline here Template:Regional organizations.-- Obsidi♠n Soul 07:15, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Oh I am fully aware. I just want to create the templates for the listed organizations and expand them later on... If someone were to expand them beforehand I would not object :). I am overwhelmed with the task already. :( These templates need to be created once, there wont be much need for maintenance since these international organizations are quite stable. -- とある白い猫 ^chi? 08:35, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

There is one possibility, but this is not sortable: create a (I can do this) template which have the parameters, but as I said: this would not be sortable, neither your "proposal" would be sortable... mabdul 00:38, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

I do want to keep it sort-able. -- とある白い猫 ^chi? 08:33, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Any ideas? -- とある白い猫 ^chi? 20:30, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Anyone willing to help? -- とある白い猫 ^chi? 20:31, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

Where to ask copyright question about image uploads

A professor who is about to retire wants to donate his slide collection. I suggested digitizing the pictures and uploading them to Wikimedia Commons. A section of the slides are historical images of Mexican periodicals, so I wanted to check if there would be copyright problems for those images. Some of these are rare or uncommon images with historical value, so I want to find them a home somewhere.

I know there are some people on Wikipedia who are quite knowledgeable about copyright and wanted to ask them. Cloveapple (talk) 21:16, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

That would be awesome really. The noticeboard for asking questions about this kind of stuff is here I think: Wikipedia:Media copyright questions.

Mexican copyright law can be downloaded here. It's in Spanish though, which I can't really understand that well. I think Mexico's public domain laws requires author lifetime + 100 years, AFAIK. And:

""Copyright shall not apply to shields, flags or emblems of any country, state, municipality or political division; or names, acronyms, symbols or emblems of international governmental organisations, or any other organization officially recognized. The legislative, regulatory, administrative or judicial, as well as their official translation."

See Commons:Template:PD-Mexico and Commons:Template:PD-MX-exempt-- Obsidi♠n Soul 21:42, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

Thank you. That was very helpful. It looks like not all the pictures can go to Wikimedia, though a good number can. Cloveapple (talk) 21:23, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

August 1

List of past titles?

For any given article, is there an simple way to see all of the past versions of its title and when they were changed? RandomCritic (talk) 01:04, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Title changes (more correctly termed "page moves") are logged automatically. To visit a list of logs for a given page, click the "view logs for this page" link at the top of the article's revision history page. There you can filter the results to only show page move logs. Happy editing, hajatvrc with WikiLove @ 01:15, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

(edit conflict) similar to the above answer

Yes; on an article page, first go to the "History" - if you are using the default skin, that's at the top-right, "View history", next to the search box.

Then click on the small link View logs for this page - which is near the top, just under "From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia".

That will show all logged actions for the page; if there are too many other actions, you can use the drop-down to just show "Move" entries.

You can also go directly to Special:Logs, and put the page name in there.

For example - for the article Kate Middleton, you'd get this.  Chzz  ►  01:19, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Where do I submit a request for an article?

I seem to be going in a circle trying to find the correct link to take me to area where I can submit a request for an article. I can find submitted requests, pending requests, etc., but not a link to a form to submit a request.

Thanks! 69.205.199.92 (talk) 02:03, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

If you can write a draft, with some appropriate references, the easiest way is to use WP:WIZARD and, at the end, choose to "Submit for review".

If you just want to put in a request for anyone to write an article, it's Wikipedia:Requested articles...but, it has an enormous backlog. So it's better to have a go yourself. See also WP:FIRST.  Chzz  ►  02:07, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Can someone help me create an article?

There was a real person called Dlasta that Xena:_Warrior_Princess character Velasca was based on. I have a source about the person right here: http://www.sacred-texts.com/wmn/ama/ama07.htm Can someone help me make an article on Dlasta please? Thanks! Neptunekh2 (talk) 03:22, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

See the section immediately above: If you cannot create an article yourself, the place to request an article is Wikipedia:Requested articles. —teb728 t c 03:50, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Also see WP:RS to determine whether the source you linked to is reliable, and WP:BIO to determine whether Dlasta meets the notability requirements for people. You might find it easier to leave a comment on Talk:Velasca where you might find other editors interested in writing about Dlasta. --Teratornis (talk) 03:56, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

If memory serves, Neptune was asked not to create any new articles since they create a poorly written stub and then come here asking for people to clean it up. At least two editors have attempted to take Neptune under their wing. IMO, Neptune needs to deal with those two editors since they seem to be willing to take on the task of helping Neptune. Dismas|^(talk) 04:00, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Dismas is right - Neptune is under a restriction to create articles only in her sandbox so that they could be checked. --Elen of the Roads (talk) 13:17, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Table help

Hi, does anyone know how I create a table with rounded borders? Thanks, Magister Scienta^talk (1 August 2011)

It's non-standard, won't work in all browsers, and can cause unexpected results. It certainly shouldn't be attempted on articles.

One way to achieve it is, using a "border radius" style; This page explains it a little. An example;

{| style="border:1px; background:#bbbbbb; {{border-radius|2em}}"
|-  
|This might have rounded corners. It depends on your browser.
|}

This might have rounded corners. It depends on your browser.

There is also a template, {{Round corners}} - see that page for an example.  Chzz  ►  04:10, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

FYI using Google Chrome v12.0.742.122 the rectangle above does not have rounded corners. CaptRik (talk) 11:28, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks everybody, all your assistance is really appreciated, Magister Scienta^talk (1 August 2011)

That should work in Chrome 4.0 and above. What about the example at {{Border-radius}}? ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 13:08, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

I am running Google Chrome v12.0.742.122 also and the example above has square borders but {{Border-radius}} is rounded. In Firefox 6 both have rounded borders. GB fan please review my editing 13:22, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Agree with GB fan, {{Border-radius}} is rounded for me. CaptRik (talk) 14:13, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

The example above was using the Mozill specific -moz-border-radius, so it only worked with Firefox. I updated it to use {{Border-radius}} so it will work with all browsers that support the CSS selector. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 17:30, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Re. the change to the example [1] - yes, with that change, it will work on more browsers - but by no means all. That's why I used the example - to highlight that it won't work on all browsers, and thus we need to be cautious in using it. (plus, to show the code, and explain it with the link)  Chzz  ►  03:18, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

X

I am pissed. I wanted to just say, somewhere, how much I like WIKIDAMNPEDIA. I feel it is the only true source of information, however nieve and manipulatable that may seem. I now despise the internet with its constant wastes of time when I, a vulnerable single mother, though uniquely bright, am searching for L I T E R A L L Y vital information.

I listen to BBC/NPR daily. I also have friends who are off the grid. Which is better? I am in a flux. Help would be good. But making easier access for user compliments, let alone comments would be a good start.

Thanks for wasting my time tonight, and thank you even more for you original, brilliant and dangerous idea. It has to work. I will do whatever it takes to support it. by the way, i plan to graduate with a ba in psych in may 2012, just in case you have any openings for a weird, overlooked, think tank, multi-tasker type.

ADIOS AMIGOS — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.16.169.164 (talk) 04:41, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Could this be User:Since 10.28.2010? He recently lost talk page access and this seems to be of a similar writing style. Ryan Vesey Review me! 05:18, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Mum's the word. (Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.) --Dave ^{♠♣♥♦™№1185©♪♫®} 08:43, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Forced addition of dot in middle initial?

Resolved

I am looking at the template Template:LDS70pres and I am running into a problem with Mr. Goaslind. Even though the entry in the table has [[Jack H Goaslind|Goaslind]], when I mouse over it or click on it, it goes to the page for Jack H. Goaslind (note with period), which then redirects to Jack H Goaslind. This means that when the template is displayed on that page, it still contains a link. I'd like to make it not redirect, so that the entry in the template correctly is shown in black on that page. Any ideas on why the initial link is to the one with the period?Naraht (talk) 05:13, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Works for me - ie, on Jack H Goaslind, if I look at the "Presidents of the Seventy..." navbox, the word "Goaslind" is in black.

It's probably a cache issue; the redirect - on the template - was fixed with this edit at 08:29, 29 April 2011. It's hard to spot, but in that edit "[[Jack H. Goaslind]]" is changed to "[[Jack H Goaslind]]". That happened after the page was renamed [2] 10:58, 28 April 2011.

I guess you're seeing an outdated version of the page, from some cache somewhere along the interweb pipes. Please purge both pages, by going to;

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:LDS70pres?action=purge

and

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_H_Goaslind?action=purge

If that doesn't fix it, try clearing your browser cache. And, finally, it's always worth trying a reboot.

If it still fails...can you check if it's the same if you are logged out, not logged in? Please let us know.  Chzz  ►  05:50, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Goaslind appeared on the page twice and the period remained in one of the links. I assume that when you clicked on the link you chose the one with the period but when you viewed the source information you saw the one without the period. I removed the period and the duplicate Goaslind and it works now. Ryan Vesey Review me! 06:07, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Ooh, well spotted, I missed that! Thanks!  Chzz  ►  06:30, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Thank you!!!Naraht (talk) 11:12, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

What do you do when someone joins Wikipedia to edit to promote his own agenda?

New user User:Ebenezercore has just added his own name to Kinetic Sculpture Race even though he is notable for nothing other than what his father did. From personal experience with this individual, I know that there is little understanding of the concept of fair and unbiased reporting. This person has caused so many lawsuits and problems that even the local papers have begun to take note [3]. What do we do when someone joins only to self-aggrandize and probably to rewrite pages to suit himself? Is there a watch program for this? Please help. Ellin Beltz (talk) 10:32, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

I've undone the edit - because the person named is not a public figure, and because it was unreferenced. And I have cautioned the user about our conflict of interest policy [4].

If you have further concerns, see Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard. Cheers,  Chzz  ►  11:06, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Need to edit a page, but option is no longer available.

I would like to add/amend some content on the article about "Mehdi Hasan". However, there is no longer an edit option available on that page.

What can I do to edit the page?? Thanks

2yyiam (talk) 11:04, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

The page has been protected from editing by new users, due to repeated violations of our biography policies.

You can, however, put an edit request on the discussion page - go to Talk:Mehdi Hasan, create a "New section", put in a heading, and put {{editsemiprotected}} - just like that - followed by your request. (You'll see a previous request that you made in May 2010 on that page).

After you've made a few more edits, you'll be autoconfirmed, and able to edit it directly.  Chzz  ►  11:10, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Searching for Improper Latin replacements for Greek Letters.

I'm looking to make sure that all Greek-Letter Organizations (Fraternities and Sororities) have their names properly done in all Greek Letters. What I often see is (for example) instead of the proper ΛΧΑ, articles would have ΛXA. The first example is three greek letters (Lambda Chi Alpha), the second has a Lambda followed by a Latin Alphabet X and A. What I would like to have is the ability to search for any instance of a letter in the Greek Alphabet (Capital, no accents) directly preceding or following a letter in the Latin Alphabet (Capital, no accents) Does anyone have any ideas?Naraht (talk) 13:21, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

http://toolserver.org/~jarry/grep/?lang=en&wiki=wikipedia&ns=0 can search page names. I tried (Α|Β|Γ|Δ|Ε|Ζ|Η|Θ|Ι|Κ|Λ|Μ|Ν|Ξ|Ο|Π|Ρ|Σ|Τ|Υ|Φ|Χ|Ψ|Ω)(A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M|N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z) and (A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M|N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z)(Α|Β|Γ|Δ|Ε|Ζ|Η|Θ|Ι|Κ|Λ|Μ|Ν|Ξ|Ο|Π|Ρ|Σ|Τ|Υ|Φ|Χ|Ψ|Ω). Most results were redirects even though "Include redirects" was not checked. The only non-redirects I didn't already know to be valid were KhLΘG, WΔZ, Concerto for Piano and Concerto in G♯ΔA♭, Egaleo ΒC, ΔF508, ΦPHI Hi-Fi Innovation, but they may also be valid. I don't know a way to make the search for article content. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:42, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

(e/c) Slightly laborious but there's only 46 possible combinations (we do not need to search for chi followed by the Latin X) so ΑX ΒX ΓX ΔX ΕX ΖX ΗX ΘX ΙX ΚX ΛX ΜX ΝX ΞX ΟX ΠX ΡX ΣX ΤX ΥX ΦX ΨX ΩX XΑ XΒ XΓ XΔ XΕ XΖ XΗ XΘ XΙ XΚ XΛ XΜ XΝ XΞ XΟ XΠ XΡ XΣ XΤ XΥ XΦ XΨ XΩ.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 14:49, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

That only searches full words and not parts of words. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:53, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Give me a few hours, and I'll use the Database scanner on my other computer. Disclaimer: my downloaded database is from early July, so some of the results will be wrong. -- John of Reading (talk) 16:32, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

(e/c)

To be more specific, I would need anything with a Greek Letter before or after a Latin letter that would be used by a lazy editor. So, for example, I don't need GΧ (G Chi) since G wouldn't be used that way. So the grouping for the Latin letters would be ABEHIKMNOPTXYZ and thus the "grep" would be [ABEHIKMNOPTXYZ][ΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΙΚΛΜΝΞΟΠΡΣΤΥΦΧΨΩ] and the two flipped. (I have seen something like a KΚΨ (first is a K, second is a Kappa - ugly), so doing "X Chi" would be useful.) I'm also ignoring F/Ϝ(digamma). I need parts of words since there are only a few cases where the latin letter and greek letter together would be the entire fraternity/sorority name (AΦ and ΔΥ are the only ones that spring to mind)

The typical situation is where University of Northern Wyoming lists their fraternities in the Student Activities with the greek letters after the spelled out letters so lines like *[[Alpha Phi Omega]] (AΦΩ) and the letter just after the left parentheses is an A where it should be an Alpha. Because of this, I expect multiple occurences on most pages where this occurs. Thank You!Naraht (talk) 16:36, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Assuming you use Windows, the Greek characters can be typed by using alt codes alt+224 all the way to alt+235, as far as I know. For instance, you can type Σ by using &Sigma with a semicolon at the end, which produces Σ. Similarly, you can type a delta by using &Delta with a semicolon at the end, which produces Δ, so it should be the same for all the other letters. --Σ ^talk_contribs 00:29, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Value of card

i was wondering if you guys could help me ive got a 2010 presspass fourwide jeff gordan memorbilia card numbered 4 of 10 can you please tell me the value of this card please......thanks jamie h — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.141.192.43 (talk) 16:09, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer just about any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. I hope this helps.Template:Z37 PrimeHunter (talk) 16:25, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Anxious to help?

Those of you anxious to help editors, but are frustrated because Chzz seems to get to them first :) might check out Wikipedia:Requests for feedback/2011 August 1. I've responded to almost half, but could use some help.--SPhilbrickT 16:11, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

User name

The user name is on the top of my article and doesn't make sense there. I can't fix it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Girlfromnarnia (talk • contribs) 19:43, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

You tried to create an article, but you wrote it on your userpage, which is supposed to tell us about you! I've moved it to User:Girlfromnarnia/Eliza Harris; but that draft wouldn't last long in its present form, since it provides no evidence that this person is notable enough to have an article about her in an encyclopedia (see WP:ACTOR for our standards). --Orange Mike | Talk 19:52, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

I think Orange Mike intended to refer you to WP:NACTOR for our notability standards. Beside that, your draft provides no citations to reliable sources to verify the facts asserted. —teb728 t c 20:14, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

help

I recently asked question about how to put a reference and I wanted to know about this in detail but unfortunately there were no answer given, however I would like to know what's wrong with the references those I published in the article of Syed Zakir Hussain Shah and is there any other problem please how I can solve that because This a famous who I put article about therefore I don't want this to be out of Wikipedia.

Thank You I hope you will understand. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.222.24.201 (talk) 20:22, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Please take a look at WP:Referencing for beginners. Briefly, rather than list the sources at the end of the article, you need to cite them in the body of the text. This is particularly important in the case of biographies of living people where potentially controversial material not supported by reliable sources will be removed. In fact Syed Zakir Hussain Shah should probably be reduced to a stub until it is properly sourced. – ukexpat (talk) 20:36, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

...which User:Orangemike has now done. – ukexpat (talk) 01:25, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

I experiment in my sandbox

I created the article called Dlasta in my sandbox: User:Neptunekh2/Dlasta. Could someone tell me what think of my article and if it should be on wikipedia? Thanks! Neptunekh2 (talk) 21:16, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Commented on your talkpage. I don't think this person passes our notability test - the only reference to her is in passing in Rothery's book. --Elen of the Roads (talk) 21:46, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Worse yet, it is copied almost verbatim from http://www.sacred-texts.com/wmn/ama/ama07.htm. The slight changes do not remove the fact that it is a copyright violation. —teb728 t c 02:45, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Congratulations Wikipedia User..

You are the winner for August 1st.

I received this and a choice of either $1000 gift certificate to Best Buy, $1000 towards and Ipad & something else. I chose the Best Buy gift certificate. Filled out a questionaire (no personal info was requested). But it it got stuck when I gave a phone number requested. (Cell Phone). Not sure if this is a legitimate prize. Please advise. I received this while searching on my BlackBerry. Thank you,

Brian — Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.248.1.220 (talk) 21:35, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Dude, you got Spam --Elen of the Roads (talk) 21:47, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

This usually happens with squatted domains - i.e., you'll get a similar "survey" to win an Ipad if you go to http://wikiepdia.org instead of the correct address, http://wikipedia.org. ^Avic_ennasis @ 22:23, 1 Av 5771 / 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Another possibility is that your BlackBerry got infected by malware which directs searches to a bogus site. In any case, the message you saw was not from Wikipedia and we cannot help, other than I strongly suggest that you give no additional info and most definitely no money or card or account number to whoever is running this scam. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:44, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Move multiple pages

Is there an efficient way to move an entire set of archive pages? Specifically I need to move all the Wikipedia:Wikiquette alerts/archiveN pages to Wikipedia:Wikiquette assistance/alertsN, (where N is an integer). Gerardw (talk) 21:55, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

If you move the top page, all the supages will follow automagically, I believe. Alternatively, if all the pages need moved, I can do it pretty quickly. :-) ^Avic_ennasis @ 22:25, 1 Av 5771 / 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Some did but most of the archives didn't. If you have a way to do them in a batch I'd appreciate it. Gerardw (talk) 22:35, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

 Done all but one page, which will be moved once an admin handles this request. :-) Let me know if you need anything else. ^Avic_ennasis @ 23:18, 1 Av 5771 / 1 August 2011 (UTC)

 Done--SPhilbrickT 00:00, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Thank you Gerardw (talk) 01:19, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

I added dalasta in List_of_women_warriors_in_folklore#Historical_Czech_Lands

Can someone tell me what they think since I added dalasta in List_of_women_warriors_in_folklore#Historical_Czech_Lands? I did it because User_talk:Elen_of_the_Roads said I should. Thanks! Neptunekh2 (talk) 22:47, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

I'm sure she didn't tell you to copy and paste copyrighted text though did she? I have reverted your edit on that basis. You may and should use sources as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Note also that just changing the sentence superficially is not sufficient to avoid copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing. Finally, if that text was not copied and pasted but your own, the main comment I would have made for improvement was that it was not cited to a reliable source that verified the information.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 01:12, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

I'll talk some more on your talkpage. I've reassured Fuhghettaboutit that there isn't a copyvio problem in this case, but we do need to look at the writing, then you will be able to put it back in. Incidentally, I had missed that Dlasta and Valasca are the same person, just variant spellings of the name. Ryan Vesey is rewriting your Valasca article here User:Ryan_Vesey/Valasca, so you needn't worry about the article. --Elen of the Roads (talk) 09:49, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Spam protection filter

Hi i keep running into the Spam protection filter, i know how it works, but i'm not adding blacklisted links or titles. I get this even when the links are internal, if i hit back and publish again it works. I am an admin on the terraria wiki and this is conflicting with my ability to quickly edit pages. Is there some reason this is happening? And how do i fix it? Daking123 (talk) 22:59, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Can you give us an example of an edit? ^Avic_ennasis @ 23:20, 1 Av 5771 / 1 August 2011 (UTC)

This was the first page i got the spam filter message, and i only added one link to the page and it was an internal to a category page. Daking123 (talk) 07:06, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Are you referring to edits at Wikipedia or at http://terraria.wikia.com/wiki/Terraria_Wiki? This is a help desk for Wikipedia. Terraria Wiki may have other settings but it's possible somebody can help anyway if you quote the message you get. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:35, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Yes i am referring to the wiki you mentioned, sorry i thought the protection filter was automated across all wikis. I get a page saying:

Spam Protection Filter

The page you wanted to save was blocked by the spam protection filter.

This is probably caused by a blacklisted link or pagename.

If you think this is wrong, please contact us here. Please, provide a copy of this message when ::reporting any problem.

On the Help:Spam page it says it should tell me the link that is bad but it doesn't provide me with anymore info than that. Could i get white listed on the Terraria wiki to avoid this problem? Any help would be appreciated. Daking123 (talk) 07:06, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Where it says "please contact us here", is that a blue link to some kind of help page at Wikia? I suggest you explore that route; you'll only get guesswork from the Wikipedia help desk. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:21, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia is run by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. Wikia is run by Wikia, Inc. We have no control over them or the thousands of other wikis which use the MediaWiki software. MediaWiki has lots of configuration settings and extensions which can vary between sites. It sounds like you got the message at http://community.wikia.com/wiki/Help:Spam_blacklist#What_is_the_spam_filter_message.3F (but without the link). The message says "If you think this is wrong, please contact us here". Follow the link on "here" to get help from Wikia. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:01, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Help Link

I need help creating a link. I thought there was a template/magic word that created if I clicked it would link me to my page, and if you clicked it it would link you to yours. Is that possible? Majestic Pyre^{My Speech Bubble} 23:14, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Special:Mypage. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:28, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

August 2

my hp printer

my hp printer was not compatible with mozilla firefox I constiatly had to uninstall and then reinstall the printer program so i went back to explorer i dont like explorer what should i do I have windows vista and my printer is hp all-in-one C7280 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.56.181.228 (talk) 02:20, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Have you tried the Computing section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there; this help desk is only for questions about using Wikipedia. For your convenience, here is the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps.Template:Z38 PrimeHunter (talk) 02:23, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Does the site "Dear God please help me" on freewebs contain some kind of virus?

as above — Preceding unsigned comment added by 175.38.224.172 (talk) 02:28, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Please note that you are in the Help Desk of the English Wikipedia, where we answer questions about editing Wikipedia. We are not affiliated with the website you mentioned. But you can try asking in the Computing section of the Reference Desk.-- Obsidi♠n Soul 02:42, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

I started a new article on Dlasta

I started a new temporary article on Dlasta: User_talk:Neptunekh2/Dlasta/Temp. I didn't copyright this time and the article is stub. Could someone expand it please? Neptunekh2 (talk) 02:50, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Your original article, while it could use some work, is not a copyright violation, for the reason I listed on the talk page. Any admin should be able to see that and remove the notice, which should then allow you to continue your work. ^Avic_ennasis @ 03:31, 2 Av 5771 / 2 August 2011 (UTC)

That's a good catch, but you do realize that it's plagiarism, right?--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 04:25, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Yes, indeed, which is why it needs work - I merely stated it was not a copyvio. ^Avic_ennasis @ 06:49, 2 Av 5771 / 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Remove my article please

Could an admin please remove the notice from original article article? User_talk:Avicennasis says not a violation. I would like to work on the article. Thank you! Neptunekh2 (talk) 03:44, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

I reverted my tagging of the article; I believe I am allowed to do that. Thanks to Avicennasis for noting that it is PD. —teb728 t c 08:22, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia article rule...?

I have been told by an admin (see my talk page) that I should edit a actual article on wikipedia eventually, lest I risk being blocked. Is this an actual rule? Because if it is, it doesn't seem to make much sense to me. LikeLakers2 (talk) 03:32, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Yes. If you read the page they linked to, you'll see our policy on treating Wikipedia like a social site. While they might have been able to phrase it better, those users who seem to be using Wikipedia as "the new facebook" are likely to get blocked. ^Avic_ennasis @ 03:40, 2 Av 5771 / 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Acceptable username?

Is the username "copyright violation", "copyright infringement" or something similar acceptable? 183.81.68.94 (talk) 03:34, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Not if you want to contribute to Wikipedia in a positive way. Looking for names that are potentially misleading, but might not explicitly be disallowed (if the ones you suggest aren't) doesn't suggest this intent. AndyTheGrump (talk) 03:51, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

User:Copyright violation was blocked due to the username one minute after the account was created and before it had made any edit. See Wikipedia:Username policy#Confusing usernames. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:56, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Wrong URL leads to Wrong Article

reading up on Emilio Estevez, and the link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilio_Estevez takes me to an article about American Dad's Stan Smith Character. I tried looking up articles and forums to tell you guys, if this isn't the correct place to place this don't care. I just thought you should know that the link to Emilio Estevez leads to a different article. I don't want to edit the article, I was just trying to let you guys know if you wanted to fix it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.199.163.206 (talk) 04:25, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for letting us know. It was a spate of vandalism there that was already fixed by the time you reported it. DMacks (talk) 07:15, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

WHY can I not figure out how to request an article!!!?

I am on your site every single day and I CANNOT understand why it is so IMPOSSIBLE to figure out how to request an article. I've just spent ten minutes getting redirected all over your site and NOWHERE on any single page is there a place to input a simple question, on top of which none of the caregories make any sense. I simply want to request an article on Lenell Geter, who was very famously convicted of a crime he didn't commit and NOWHERE is there an intelligent place for this to be done -- your Biography page asks for nationality and doesn't have American, which is carrying multiculturalism just a bit too far -- this is an American website, right?

Lenell Geter is famous and would you please create an article on him? I simply came eto try to find out if the man is still alive and it has been a very frustrating now fifteen - twenty minutes of wasted effort. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.160.169.188 (talk) 05:13, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Requested articles, The sina qua non of this website is people creating articles themselves, not requesting creation. Because everyone is a volunteer, and writes about what interests them, requesting articles doesn't really work very well.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 05:40, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Also "this is an American website, right?" No, wrong. The Wikipedia servers are based in Florida, and a large number of contributors come from the U.S., but it is an international project. Have you tried using Google to find the information you require? AndyTheGrump (talk) 05:47, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

In short: you'll probably get nowhere if you expect to demand things and get it. Everyone here is a volunteer. This is "our" site, in the sense that anyone, including you, can contribute. And as Andy pointed out, no, this is an international English-language Wikipedia, it's not American.

If you want an article on him, writing it yourself is the fastest way to do it. I highly recommend you see the Article Wizard instead.-- Obsidi♠n Soul 07:37, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

In reply to what you were originally looking for, Lenell Geter still is alive and is a motivational speaker with Lenell Geter Enterprises. I wouldn’t be good at writing, but if anyone is interested, there is a Dallas Observer News article on how he was cleared here. —teb728 t c 07:54, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Editing Janet Ross - Adding Sections

I have been expanding the stub on Janet Ross. I now want to divide the article into sections. I successfully created the first section "Early Days"; however, my edits to create subsequent sections entitled "Expatriate Life In Italy," and "Books," have failed to take." Henry Heater — Preceding unsigned comment added by Henryheater (talk • contribs) 05:32, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Janet Ross (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

The "== Heading ==" marker only takes effect if it is at the start of a line. I have edited the article and your headings are now showing. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:49, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

(edit conflict)

It was already fixed by John of Reading. Subsection markup (==TITLE==, etc.) need to be placed in a new line for them to work. I have also arbitrarily divided your text into paragraphs and added an infobox (fill it up with what you can). See changes here. Its far more readable if you do so. Please rearrange as you see fit and rematch to their correct citations if necessary. Thanks. Interesting article, by the way. :) -- Obsidi♠n Soul 08:09, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Cannot create "Copal Partners" page on Wikipedia

Dear Administrator,

I am not able to create "Copal Partners" page on Wikipedia, can you please help.

Best Regards, Atul — Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.144.118.2 (talk) 05:45, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

First, you must create an account to start an article. Second, the article for Copal Partners has been deleted six times by my count and the name has been salted which keeps an article from being created under that name. The reason is that the past versions of that article were clearly made for promotional/advertising purposes. Dismas|^(talk) 05:55, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Can you please let me know how can I create the page in that case keeping in mind that it should not be for promotional purposes.

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.144.118.2 (talk) 06:07, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Probably the best way to deal with this situation would be to first create an account and then create a userspace draft which can then be reviewed to see that it meets the minimum standards before it is moved to Mainspace. In the meantime it would also be a good idea for you to get familiar with Wikipedia's ways of doing things by editing existing articles. Start with minor edits such as correcting spelling errors and as you gain experience and become familiar with the way articles are structured you can work on your draft. Roger (talk) 06:58, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

TEXT STYLE

I CANNOT READ WIKIPEDIA IN THIS JOINED UP STYLE. IT IS ALL A MESS. MY WIFE AND KIDS FEEL THE SAME. PLEASE PRINT IT IN A CLEAR STYLE. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.235.202.137 (talk) 08:50, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Nothing has changed at this end - most Wikipedia pages do not ask for any special font to be used. Please check your browser's font preferences. If you're not sure how to do this, post again here with your browser name and version number, and someone will be able to give you step-by-step advice. -- John of Reading (talk) 09:38, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Deleting an account

I recall at one point it was possible to delete an accountname entirely from all WMF systems without causing any disruption or loss of free-license content data. Is this still a feature we have? --Alecmconroy (talk) 10:28, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Are you referring to: Wikipedia:Right to vanish? Яehevkor ✉ 10:30, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

• FAQ#How do I delete an account. Wifione _....... ^{Leave a message} 15:54, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

It is not possible to delete user accounts, as all contributions must be assigned to some identifier; either a username or an IP address.

All Wikipedia editors have the right to leave Wikipedia for good (ie, permanently). The usual way to leave the Wikipedia project is simply to stop editing. Your contributions remain in Wikipedia. If you wish to resume editing at a later date, you can simply start again by logging into the same account. Old accounts that have any significant edits are almost never deleted or recycled to new users.

If you decide to make a fresh start and do not wish to be connected to a previous account, you can simply discontinue the old account(s) and create a new one that becomes the only account you use. Discontinuing the old account means it will not be used again; it should note on its user page that it is inactive— for example, with the {{retired}} tag —to prevent the switch being seen as an attempt to sock puppet.

Editors seeking privacy per their right to vanish can have their accounts renamed and their user pages and (in some cases) user talk pages deleted. Feinoha ^{Talk, My master}

Usage of titles in articles

I tried searching, but could not find any policies or guidelines on usage of titles in articles. Should the full title of a ruler be included in an image caption? For example, [5]? Bejinhan talks 12:33, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Hullo Bejinhan. :P See Wikipedia:Naming conventions (royalty and nobility). -- Obsidi♠n Soul 12:45, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

See also Wikipedia:Manual of Style (biographies) and Wikipedia:Manual of Style (captions)#Succinctness. The caption in your example was far too long. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:12, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Image not showing

If I try to put File:99.9% Sure (I've Never Been Here Before) single cover.jpg in the infobox to 99.9% Sure (I've Never Been Here Before), it just shows up as a blank. What's wrong? Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Otters want attention)} 13:36, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

It might be too wide. The template page mentions 200px and that makes sense to meet the low definition 'fair use' image definition. --Aspro (talk) 13:49, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Just managed to get a different image for a different cover that was about the right size to display in the template. So I think that is all that's wrong.--Aspro (talk) 13:59, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

It's because of certain characters in the filename confusing the infobox parser. Not sure if it's the percent-character (which has a special meaning in URLs) or the parens or the apostrophe, but I renamed that file to File:Brian McComas single cover 1.jpg and added it to the infobox. DMacks (talk) 14:22, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

When are redirects considered useful?

Resolved

 – Redirect created at List of planets in the solar system. Thanks PrimeHunter. --Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 17:26, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

We have the article List of planets. The first section in the article is List of planets#In the Solar System and this section represents the main part of the article by length. Now would it make sense to create a redirect targeted at List of planets#In the Solar System under List of planets in the solar system? The redirect would appear a bit odd right now, but if the article were longer, it would arguably be a useful redirect. Furthermore it would satisfy point 6 at WP:R#Purposes of redirects. I just would appreciate some input if a reader really "should" be redirected in this case, as the section is more or less directly beneath the article title and if the additional suggestion in the search box is really needed here. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 16:16, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

List of planets has no info on each planet but only a link to its own article so it would be a poor target for the Solar System. Solar System planets and Table of planets in the solar system redirect to the featured List of gravitationally rounded objects of the Solar System. If you make other redirects for Solar System planets then they should also go there. As a rule of thumb (I don't know whether this is written down somewhere), if two redirects sound like they are going to the same page, then they should go to the same page. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:30, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Then it seems it would make even more sense to create a disambiguation page under List of planets in the solar system containing a link to List of gravitationally rounded objects of the Solar System#Planets and List of planets#In the Solar System. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 16:42, 2 August 2011 (UTC) Strike that, since List of planets is already a partial disambiguation page and a double disambiguation doesn't seem to be needed here. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 17:16, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

I can be logged in only on my country's wikipedia page. Why?

I encountered a problem with logging in. I can easily log in to polish Wikipedia. I read an article and i change language to read it in english. Suddenly I'm not logged in and when i try to log in I get "Incorrect password or confirmation code entered. Please try again". I changed language back to polish and I was still logged in. How can it be that password works on polish Wikipedia only? I tried logging out from polish Wikipedia and log on straight from US site but same thing happens 85.89.189.79 (talk) 18:35, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

• Help:Logging in#Login issues and problems. Does this help you? Wifione _....... ^{Leave a message} 18:42, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

You might also want to look at this page, pl:Pomoc:Konto_uniwersalne on the Polish Wikipedia. It is the Polish version of this page, Wikipedia:Unified login. GB fan please review my editing 18:47, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Requesting an Article

I have tried to request an article about AVANCE, Inc.. I cannot figure out how to do so. I have gone to the request page and selected the nonprofis topic. Once I am on that page I dont know how to actually type up and sumbit the request. Can you help me do this?

Brief summary: AVANCE, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization offering comprehensive early childhood education, parenting and family support services.

References: www.avance.org, http://www.wkkf.org/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.90.251.77 (talk) 18:38, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Being a not-for-profit organisation does not make it notable. Have you got reliable, independent sources which would show that the organisation meets the criteria for inclusion on Wikipedia? -- PhantomSteve.alt/talk\^{[alternative account of Phantomsteve]} 09:51, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

2010 U.S. Census data bot?

Hello, this is a curious question concerning the 2010 United States Census data. I have noticed that most articles concerning cities in the U.S. have the outdated 2000 Census data for demographics. Will Wikipedia create a bot for the 2010 Census? If so, when is this expected to be created? If not, why? Other articles that have been updated, do not follow the 2000 Census data and are very over detailed such as Arcata, California and Sacramento, California and obstruct main points as we can go to the sources themselves for more inside info. Thanks. Moalli (talk)

Wikipedia:2010_US_Census contains information about this, does that help? CaptRik (talk) 20:03, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Creating a page for a company I work for. Is this kosher?

I work for a Canadian Telecommunications company called TekSavvy Solutions Inc. Now, despite the fact we're a company with a strong tie to the Internet and a good following, we do not have a Wikipedia page. I was brought on as a communications specialist back in May and when I realized this, I wanted to fix it (even though I'm more of a reader of Wikipedia than an editor).

Now, upon reading the rules and restrictions on Wikipedia, it sounds like I cannot create this page because it would be similar to advertising. Do I have this correctly?

I want to start work on this and have it looking appropriate before officially posting a Wikipedia page for TekSavvy so it can be properly represented as a Canadian Telecommunications company on Wikipedia.

So again, would it be okay for me to create this page or does that constitute advertising?

Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Teksavvy wrotkowski (talk • contribs) 19:02, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

You got two issues here, notability and potential for conflict of interest. First check the relevant notability guideline for commercial organizations, WP:COMPANY, to see if your company meets the criteria for inclusion. Otherwise the article will be deleted. Assuming that the company is in fact notable (coverage in reliable sources, etc.), check the guideline on conflict of interest, WP:COI. Now, the second one does not actually preclude you from making the article. What it does say is that you have to be very careful in making sure the article is neutral. In particular the Wikipedia article should not be a PR press release or anything like that. If you create the article but stick to just the basic facts (when created, what industry, who the head is, etc.) you should be ok (note: people vary in their interpretation of WP:COI so this is essentially how I see it). If you want to write whatever you want, try MyWikiBiz.

On the other hand, they ARE going to make you change your username as that kind of username would be regarded as promotional, which is a no-no.Volunteer Marek (talk) 19:22, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Tool for creating wikilinks from all entries in a category

Is there a tool that can create wikilinks from all entries in a category, ie transform a category into an edible page, such that I have a list of wikilinks? Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 19:58, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:CatScan. The page talks about category intersection, but if you enter only one category name you get a category listing. Select "Wiki" format near the bottom of the tool page. -- John of Reading (talk) 20:18, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks John. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 20:50, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Split history

I know it is possible to do a history merge, but is it possible to do a history split? The article previously known as Mile-High Tower has been moved and subsequently edited a number of times today to make a very different sounding article. Unfortunately, as I have pointed out on the talk page, there is little evidence that the current name is in any way linked to the previous name apart from them being project(s) for the same company. What I would like to see is a new article called Kingdom Tower (Jeddah) with essentially the current contents, while Mile-High Tower is reverted to its previous state before today's edits. Of course, if someone comes up with some evidence in a reliabel source that these are in fact the same project, I will fully support a later merge proposal. Astronaut (talk) 20:10, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Yes, this is possible (example) but you need to flag down an administrator. -- John of Reading (talk) 20:21, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. Maybe it'll be better if I wait a day or two in case someone comes up with something on the talk page. Astronaut (talk) 20:30, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Adding items to Discography

I added 2 new items to the Discography page and when finished, the whole Discography appeared under the header "External Links", not "Discography". Also, the "PersonData" appeared under the Discography which is now all under the "External Links" header. How can I move the Discography box and items to appear under "Discography"? Afrasia (talk) 20:52, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

 Fixed by User:John of Reading in this edit. – ukexpat (talk) 20:57, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

IN ERROR I BLOCKED AN ACTIVE GAME OF FRONTIERVILLE`````.

HOW DO I GET THIS GAME BACK IN IT ENTIRETY`````

I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 3.6 million articles and thought we were affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is for asking questions related to using or contributing to Wikipedia itself. Thus, we have no special knowledge about the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck.Template:Z25 GB fan please review my editing 21:01, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice

Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice

I've just edited the Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice page to respond to the tags that have been there during 2009-10. Can someone un-tag that page and remove the ! notice that still appears there? 21:29, 2 August 2011 (UTC)149.101.1.120 (talk)

The issues pointed out in the template are all still present in my opinion, so the template is appropriate on this article. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 21:46, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Most importantly, this article needs reliable sources (see Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources). This is needed to establish the sections notability (see Wikipedia:Notability). Wikipedia is supposed to contain only articles on topics that are considered notable according to that guideline at the second link. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 21:58, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

I have PRODded the article. I doubt that individual sections of the ABA meet the WP:ORG criteria. – ukexpat (talk) 16:02, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Adding a photo to an article.

This image and this image showing "Chief Yeoman George Ellis" on board the USS Brooklyn in 1898, shortly before he was killed in the Battle of Santiago in 1898, should be added to the article George Henry Ellis, if our fair use policy allows. It is viewable at Google Book search; would they have any legal objections on the basis of having scanned it and made it available? Presumably the original publisher in The Century from 1899 would have no copyright claim. Where are the mechanics of capturing the image and adding it discussed? I can copy it in Windows via "print screen" then crop with Photoshop. Can the result be uploaded to Wikipedia, or does it have to go in some Wikimedia image database first? Thanks. Edison (talk) 22:02, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

The book and photo were clearly published prior to 1923 in the U.S., so the images are in the Public Domain. PD images should be uploaded to Commons instead of here, so that all Wikimedia projects should use them. I have no idea on the technical way to get the image off of Google books and use it, but once you figure that part out, you should upload it to Commons. --Jayron32 22:09, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

I see thousands photos in pre-1923 books which might improve related Wiki articles, but I rarely mess with images. My big question is whether Google Books claims any intellectual property of images they paid someone to scan and which they make available on their site. Do they have any explicit denial of copyright for their efforts? Is that assumed, for mere placing the book on the scanner? Edison (talk) 01:51, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

U.S. copyright law does NOT include the sweat of the brow doctrine: U.S. copyright law follows a different doctrine known as the Threshold of originality in order to get copyright protection. Faithful reproductions of works do NOT constitute a new copyright on that work; if the copied work was in the public domain, then all bona fide copies of that work are also in the public domain. Since google books is literally a straight scan of the original, so long as the original work is in the public domain in the U.S., then Google Book's scan is as well. See Threshold_of_originality#Reproductions_of_public_domain_works which explains this quite well. --Jayron32 02:59, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

August 3

Website

I want to write an Article about a subject(which I feel Isn't currently on Wikipedia) and am thinking about putting a link or two of my website where people can purchase the product that I will be writing about. My website also has some good reference as well to help with the page that i want to write. The page will be written in a encyclopedic manner and as a neutral party.

Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikilova22 (talk • contribs) 00:13, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

No, you may not use Wikipedia as a vehicle to promote sales of your product. Please read Wikipedia:Conflict of interest, Wikipedia:Spam, and What Wikipedia is Not for more information about our policies against this sort of behavior. --Jayron32 02:54, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Should the article Dlasta get deleted

I don't mind if someone wants to delete the Dlasta article. I understand if it has to be done. 00:43, 3 August 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Neptunekh2 (talk • contribs)

If you feel it should be deleted, then you should nominate it for deletion at WP:AFD. However, I don't see why it should be deleted. It needs some expansion and cleanup, but I don't think that, as a topic, it doesn't deserve an article at Wikipedia. --Jayron32 02:42, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Beside that it has only one source, and it is massively plagerized, copying that source almost word for word. —teb728 t c 03:34, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Well, there is that. But, presumably someone could simply write it fully in their own words, and that would solve that problem. It's still mainly a cleanup issue. --Jayron32 03:36, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

There is a related thread on ANI.  Chzz  ►  05:04, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

New to Wiki (except for reading); I do not know where to go to address an issue.

I have recently read an article (actually, this was labeled a stub... but it did have a not-small amount of information).

It was very helpful, I'm very glad it was there, and in no way do I want to 'complain' about the article. I am quite grateful that it was there because it helped me quite a bit.

However, there were some issues with the article in terms of the writing/proofreading, such that it made some of the information that was being conveyed a bit ambiguous. Maybe the writer knows and doesn't care, but by the quality of the page, I'm inclined to believe they don't know there might be an area that could be changed to make it better.

As I said, I'm new to wiki. I know enough to know that there isn't a central group maintaining every single page on a micro level, but that's as far as I know. I don't know what I'm supposed to do to mention that an article needs a clarification in a certain place. In some of the FAQ trees I've read, I have seen where I might start if I know there's a fact issue, but in this case it's not that a fact is incorrect, but that it is unclear what the fact is.

So, I don't know where to start. I don't really know if this is the place to ask where to start, so I apologize if I have chosen the wrong place to go first. Regardless, I would be very much appreciative if I could be thrown a proverbial lifeline. — Preceding unsigned comment added by CoreyRichards (talk • contribs) 02:31, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Some ideas for you:

1. If you can fix up the article yourself, please do so. Everyone, almost literally every single person, here at Wikipedia got started like you: noticing something small that they could fix; which they did, and then got hooked.
2. If you can't fix the article because you're not sure what is wrong, there is a good chance that the article is maintained by a WikiProject. Check the article talk page (click the discussion tab) and see if there is a "WikiProject" maintaining it; if there is you can go to the WikiProject page and notify someone there.
3. If you can't find any information about a WikiProject maintaining the article, if you can post the specific name of the article here, maybe someone can give you more guidance.

If no one has done so, let me be the first to welcome you to Wikipedia, and I hope you find your stay good! --Jayron32 02:46, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Twinkle's tag functionality.

In addition to the above,

4. We have a number of template messages that you can add to the top of an article, which a) put a box at the top, explaining a concern, and b) put the article into a category, so that people know it needs attention. For example, {{copy edit}}, {{POV}}, {{expert-subject}}. Note that it is best to elaborate on the discussion page (see below). There are other messages that can be added to specific parts of the article, e.g. {{unreferenced section}}, and some can be added inline, e.g. {{fact}}. The page Wikipedia:Template messages lists them, and there is a gadget called Twinkle which makes it easier to add these tags (see pic).

5. General comments about an article should be put on the article discussion page - which is also called a talk page. For example, to comment on the article on Sausage, you'd leave messages on Talk:Sausage. See Help:Using talk pages.  Chzz  ►  03:06, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Posts deleted

Everytime I post a page link is deleted, why??? The source is correct!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.132.95.110 (talk) 04:35, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Please read Wikipedia:External links for more information; in general Wikipedia articles should NOT link to someone's social media accounts (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.). This was also explained to you on your user talk page. --Jayron32 04:37, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

adding to an article.

How do I add an LP to a recording artists list of LP's which is now mistakenly listed as "complete" The artist is Alirio Diaz and the LP is "Récital de guitare Nº 1" I could also insert a photo of the album cover if someone told me how to. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 154.5.44.76 (talk) 06:41, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Alirio Díaz (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

This Wikipedia article does not contain a discography. The "Discography" link leads to an external site, http://www.aliriodiaz.org/disco.htm. To request a change there you would have to contact the administrators of that site.

Thank you for your offer of a photo. However, since the album cover is almost certainly copyrighted, it cannot be used here to illustrate the Wikipedia article on the guitarist. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:22, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Reference question

Hi there, We have edited Nicola Emmanuelle (a living person) to Wikipedia, and we have entered references/reliable source to it, but WIkipedia is still not happy. Could you please tell us what we're doing wrong and help us to bring Nicola Emmanuelle's page up?

That would be very kind! Thank a lot — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.171.46.128 (talk) 07:44, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Hi,

There appears to be some concern over the sourcing for this page. For example, there are multiple mentions of her working relationships with George Fenton and other noted musicians, which are not sourced. Whilst one review has been included as a reference, it does not demonstrate her notability, which is the benchmark for inclusion in Wikipedia. If you can track down and include reliable sources which both indicate Nicola Emmanuelle's notable status per WP:BAND and demonstrate that the statements about her are verifiable, you can remove the article template. Yunshui (talk) 08:10, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

The Evening Standard is a reliable source, so I have removed the "unsourced biography" deletion notice. As User:Yunshui says, the article still needs work, and other editors may choose to add other kinds of maintenance tag to it. You say "we have edited", which leads to wonder if you are Emmanuelle's agent or similar. If so, please check the conflict of interest guidelines. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:21, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Nicola Emmanuelle (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

"We have edited..." - why the plural? Who is 80.171.46.128? Possibly a COI "role account"? Roger (talk) 12:30, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

An unregisterred IP address cannot be a "role account". There is no prohibition against multiple people editing from the same IP address, and we can't really stop that. --Jayron32 12:33, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Can I flag users?

I want to flag Kneedle because of his biased editing. He keeps deleting my contributions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ericdxx (talk • contribs) 11:59, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

He has done no such thing recently. You haven't edited, prior to yesterday, since May 15 and none of your recent edits have been reverted or deleted. I don't see where you have ANY basis for complaint against any user given what your recent editing history shows. --Jayron32 12:04, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Seems to be related to edits to Rob Barnett. Made a month and a half ago. Яehevkor ✉ 12:06, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

(Which I have re-reverted, as it's only weakly (if at all) supported by the source) Яehevkor ✉ 12:09, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Ericdxx's last edit to that article was July 1, 2010, which was 13 months ago. Unless he is intentionally disguising his identity to cover his tracks since then, it seems rediculously arbitrary for Ericdxx to try to drag someone over the coals for an edit made 13 months ago, even if he had been in the right. I make not statement on whether or not he was or was not in the right, just that 13 months is a LONG time to hold a grudge... --Jayron32 12:18, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Wiktionary wikilink

Is there a better way to link to Wiktionary definitions than the clumsiness I just committed in Jonathan Agnew's biography? I'm sure there is, but [[wkt:]] didn't seem to work... --Dweller (talk)

It's wikt: ... You missed the "i". See Wikipedia:Wikimedia sister projects for a list of prefixes for sister projects. --Jayron32 12:15, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! <smacks forehead> TRM got it anyway. --Dweller (talk) 12:36, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Commons

Coul you transfer File:No Talking Just Head.jpg on Commons. It is not so elaborate for the copyright.--95.247.175.165 (talk) 13:13, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

I'm afraid not. Commons can only accept free content. It can not accept images released under Fair Use laws. See Commons:Licensing.-- Obsidi♠n Soul 14:06, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

It's not clear to me that the album cover meets the threshold of originality to qualify for copyright protection. It's just simple text and red and white squares. If I am right, then it does qualify for transfer to Commons as {{PD-simple}}. – ukexpat (talk) 17:14, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

I actually would disagree with that. Even simple colored geometric shapes and the arangement thereof represent creative choices, otherwise wouldn't the artworks of Piet Mondrian have been in the public domain? This is clearly a case where one could make a case that it was PD, but one could also make a substantially good case that it wasn't, and at Wikipedia we should always default to the more conservative approach WRT copyright: for borderline cases where we can't be exactly sure how, say, a court of law would decide, we should default to assuming that the work is copyrightable and not free. --Jayron32 18:08, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Standards for naming articles about buildings

As I discussed earlier here, I've been working on editing Bloomberg articles and I have a question about naming the Bloomberg Tower article. I'm wondering if it's better to re-name the article "731 Lexington Avenue" or keep it named "Bloomberg Tower". Is there a standard for naming articles about buildings? I appreciate your help. Ordwayen (talk) 13:52, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

You can try asking in WikiProject Architecture or WikiProject Skyscrapers. They may have a specific manual of style when it comes to article names on buildings.

But usually, article titles are the names by which a subject is most commonly known as (Recognizability). In this case, I think 'Bloomberg Tower' is a more common name for the building. See Wikipedia:Article titles.-- Obsidi♠n Soul 14:12, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Number of deleted article?

How I can know how many articles have been deleted on Wikipedia since it's inception? 92.156.11.199 (talk) 13:53, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

I haven't looked hard myself, but if you are going to find that information, some places to start looking would be Wikipedia:Statistics or Wikipedia:Database reports. --Jayron32 14:13, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

This is the closest I've found Jebus989^✰ 14:28, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Keep in mind that just an article being deleted does not mean that we don't have an article covering that subject. There are duplicate articles created with a variant of the name of the existing article, or a defective article (copyright violation, for instance) might have been deleted and later a properly sourced article created on the same subject. Sometimes a vandal repeatedly creates the same inappropriate article. Edison (talk) 18:24, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Deleted Links to Richard Ebeling

Richard Ebeling (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
I am Richard Ebeling. On the Wikipedia page about me, individual "CRETOG8(t/c)" has gone into this page and deleted the ENTIRE SECTION that contained links to some of my articles.

He left a message that I received that he felt that listing these articles was somehow a "conflict of interest" or "unverified."

Well, I am Richard Ebeling, and the articles are "real," and I don't see how listing links to some of one's own articles is a "conflict of interest."

With all due respect, I consider this outrageous behavior, particularly since "CRETOG8(t/c)" clearly disagrees with the economic theory and policy views that I hold from the way he phrases his comment.

So who, here, is guilty of a "conflict of interest"?

I presume that there is no problem about my going into the page about myself, and reconstructing the section with links to some of my articles?

I would very much appreciate a verification that there is no problem with my doing this.

Most cordially,

Dr. Richard Ebeling Professor of Economics Northwood University Midland, Michigan, USA 14:58, 3 August 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Richard Ebeling (talk • contribs)

Without getting into the substance of what CRETOG8(t/c)'s personal opinion on the economic theory is in this case, one thing you Richard Ebeling should do is read Wikipedia:Conflict of interest for the definition of what that behavior means at Wikipedia. It is a specific set of behaviors, and your use of the term above shows that you don't actually understand what is meant by the term at Wikipedia. --Jayron32 15:14, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

In addition, Wikipedia is not the place for promotion, neither is it a public directory or a personal profile/resumé. External links, particularly to commercial products or websites, are used as sparingly as possible and are not normally placed in the body of the article.

Also see Wikipedia:Autobiography.-- Obsidi♠n Soul 15:40, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Sorry, but you adding to your article is practically the very definition of conflict of interest. That said, you have written a great deal, much of it in highly respected journals, so it would be a service to our readers to let them know how to find your writings. What is not acceptable is a single long list dropped into the middle of the article. Frankly, it didn't look very professional. There are better ways. For example, it might be appropriate to directly link to representative examples, or award winning examples, and add a link to an external site that lists every article. The best thing to do is to make a proposal on the article talk page, and editors will consider the best options. Talk pages sometimes are slow moving, but I'll make a point of watching that talk page and helping with the discussion.SPhilbrickT 16:52, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Looking to reach consensus on minor update to BLP

Hello, I proposed a few minor changes to the Pete Snyder article on that article's Talk page, and followed up on Wikiproject Biography to ask what others thought about the edits I suggested--but it seems that those areas are not active enough to prompt any response on this topic. While I would otherwise be bold, I want to be especially mindful of the WP:COI guideline as the subject of the article is the CEO of my present employer. This article is currently out of date and omits several reliable sources that would help it more closely align with Wikipedia's citation guidelines, but I prefer to leave such changes up to an editor fully independent of the subject. Would another editor(s) be willing to take a look at the changes requested here and either provide feedback or make the edits as you see fit? Cheers, Jeff Bedford (talk) 16:52, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Talk:Anders Behring Breivik: New section becomes new subsection.

See the page's recent history. When I tried to create a new section, the page insisted on creating a new subsection instead.

Accusativen hos Olsson (talk) 17:36, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

The section above it was missing some characters. Please try reposting. TNXMan 17:48, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Done. Thanks a bunch!

Accusativen hos Olsson (talk) 18:17, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

No problem! TNXMan 19:44, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Misspelled word through out Wikipedia

Hello, The word "recognized" is spelled "recognised" throughout Wikipedia. The reason I noticed, is that my text to speech screen reader will not correctly pronounce misspelled words.

All the best,

Richard

Hi. What you're seeing (or hearing) is an alternate spelling of the word. Because Wikipedia's contributors come from all over the world, you may see different spellings of the same word. This spelling appears to be British English. You may also want to read our page on English variations to learn more. TNXMan 17:52, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Yes, depending on the article, it may be spelled either way. Articles on British subjects should use British spelling, ones on U.S. subjects should use U.S. spelling etc. If there is no obvious choice given the article, it comes down to the preferences of the first contributor. I can see how this might be problematic for text to speech software though. Maybe this is something for the more technologically clued-up contributors to look into? AndyTheGrump (talk) 17:57, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

See also recognized and recognised on Wiktionary. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 18:05, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

This sounds like an issue to raise with the author or company that makes your text to speech screen reader. There are many other words that also have multiple valid spellings (British vs U.S.) that I encounter on the web. The author should try to accomodate that. DMacks (talk) 18:06, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Incorrect spelling of town on map

The town of Morganton is incorrectly labled as Morgantown on the area code map of NC which can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Northcarolinaareacodes.gif

Since it is a gif file, I cannot edit it myself.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.255.163.234 (talk • contribs)

• That file was created by User:Gooday.1 who is now under the username User:Triadian. I have left a note at that user's talk page, but they have become inactive; they haven't done much in about a year. Perhaps they will get the note and fix the file some time though, since they seem to check in about once a month. That's the best solution I can think of. Perhaps another Wikipedian with graphics skills could recreate the file with the correct spelling. --Jayron32 19:01, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

The mistake is present in the original map (the wikipedia file is just a copy of a file published/hosted by the North Carolina State Library). Isn't that crazy? Doesn't mean we can't fix it--someone with the graphic-editing ability can and should:) DMacks (talk) 20:10, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

North Carolina: 48th in the nation in teacher salary. This is my adopted home state. I'm not saying, I'm just saying, ya know... --Jayron32 20:33, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Where is the articles for improvement page?

Hi, busy cleaning up the Chevron article, I visited this page, Lawachara National Park, to wikilink to it and, although what one could consider a 'full article', it appears to have serious issues which would need quite a lot of attention - amongst others, not very English English, lack of wikilinks for animal species, overcapitalization, lack of captions to images, some peacock words, lack of NPOV in last section and so on. Anyone brave enough to take this on or bring it to the attention of the relevant wikidesk?
It is very enthusiastic though and I do love the primate gibbon who "in an attempt to flee, jumped onto the electric cable and surrendered to death". Very poetic. CaptainScreebo ^Parley! 19:33, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Oh god... I'm horrible. I can't stop giggling at the image that sentence evoked. Anyway will see what I can do with the article.-- Obsidi♠n Soul 20:26, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Best. Wikipedia. Sentence. Ever. Seriously, it is stuff like this that makes me miss WP:BJAODN. There should be a place to enshrine writing of such sublime beauty. --Jayron32 20:30, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

If nothing else, in tragic memory of a very dramatic ape. :'( Ok, I'm stopping. LOL -- Obsidi♠n Soul 21:08, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Oh yes, there is some sort of sublime beauty in not simply dying but "surrendering", in French se rendre, "giving oneself up", to death especially by electrocuting oneself. Oh where is the Wiki-shrine to good faith edits that are unintentionally hilarious. RIP dearly departed gibbon. This (and your replies) are still making me :=) CaptainScreebo ^Parley! 22:21, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

I think the copy editors' guild may be of assistance, but other than that, I don't think there's a specific request page. TNXMan 19:39, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Any of the tags listed at Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup will add the article to a maintenance category. Ideally, these categories should act as "articles for improvement" pages. -- John of Reading (talk) 19:51, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Argh! It seems User:Annilkhan (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) scattered similar crud through many low-profile articles during his short stay. All seem to pertain to Bangladesh economics in one form or another. Possibly connected to Shrabon publishing or to a university. Needs serious cleanup work.LeadSongDog come howl! 22:25, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks to all for the replies, will take on board the cleanup tags, sounds like LSD (?) has given us a hitlist of articles to check, Obsidian, when you've finished giggling will you do what you can? Cheers! CaptainScreebo ^Parley! 22:30, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Need advice

Would offering cow urine as a welcome drink as part of a welcome message be offensive? Please advice. I think it's very impolite, but I need some neutral opinion on this. Nameisnotimportant (talk) 20:47, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

I don't think anyone should comment on the situation unless you can provide a diff or link to show where this has been done. The question you ask is so silly I can't imagine it being a serious matter for discussion unless you are somehow misrepresenting the situation. Please show us where this has happened, or it has been proposed to have happened, so we can all be knowledgable enough to comment on the situation you are asking for advice on. --Jayron32 20:56, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, Jayron for commenting on this. I too think that it is very silly. You may want to look at the snap on the extreme right of the welcome message.

Please see if this is appropriate.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Dotty%27s_Bappa You may want to use something to translate the text in "Hindi" to English. Nameisnotimportant (talk) 21:03, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

See Panchgavya for some context on the drink.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 21:07, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. Would an experimental thing be considered polite to offer, specially having 'cow urine'. I read about it and till date 700 odd people use it. That too when 'cow urine' is being highlighted. Is this appropriate? Please advice. Nameisnotimportant (talk) 21:20, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

I think the problem is that you are presenting this in a way which makes it seem more foul than it is. I could describe milk as "glandular secretions from a large mammal." I could describe beer as "fungal excretion products". The template in question didn't say, in English "Here, have a warm glass of cow urine!" I don't find the template terribly welcoming, but then again I don't come from a culture where the drinking of Panchgavya is commonplace. Where I live, it is common for friends to share a beer, however if I greeted a devout muslim editor with "Welcome to Wikipedia, here is a nice beer!" he may be horrified at the prospect. I don't think the person who created that welcome was necessarily being rude or disruptive; perhaps they were merely earnestly trying to be friendly, but came off at worst as being culturally insensitive in my opinion. My feeling is that they should desist from using that particular welcome message, but not because it is cow urine per se, but because Wikipedia is a multicultural venture, and to avoid unintentionally offending people even in a friendly gesture, try to use a more culturally neutral welcome message. --Jayron32 22:06, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Is there a way to get one contributor's permission to authorize an article for publication that has over 500 anonymous and robot authors?

I am writing a book and I plan to use some information from Wikipedia. However, my publisher requires that I obtain authorization from each contributor to Wikipedia. Some of them are no longer valid usernames, robots, and anonymous editors who can only be identified by their IP addresses. Given the large number of contributors and the uncertain number of "valid" contributors, who exactly would I turn to for authorization? Is it possible to obtain authorization for the entire article from just one valid contributor?Selfawareness (talk) 21:51, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

IINM, authorization is already given provided a list of editors is given credit for it and it is released under CC-By-SA 3.0; see Wikipedia:Text of the GNU Free Documentation License and Wikipedia:Text of Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. —Jeremy v^_^v ^{Components:V S M} 21:54, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Deleting vs. merging

I KNOW I'm not supposed to take offense or get personally involved and all that, but I created a page on the Draft Trotter a few months back. I spent MANY good hours on the article, inserting photos and researching info. Now, checking back, I see that the page has been turned into a redirect to something they call the "coldblood trotter". The new article, contrary to my old one, is essentially a stub, doesn't carry much interesting info, and just isn't as good as my old one. I know. Objectivity. Anyway, I would have liked to CHECK on my old article to see what was so damnable that it was deleted - but I can't seem to find it anywhere, in deletion logs or elsewhere. I read somewhere many years ago that information on Wikipedia never disappears, but I'm drawing a blank here. Help, anyone...? Thanks, Nimloth250 (talk) 22:43, 3 August 2011 (UTC)Nimloth250

Changing an article to a redirect does not delete the article. It is still in the page history. Click "Redirected from Draft Trotter" at top of Draft Trotter. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:47, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

How is this possible?

Ζ Apodis is a redirect to Zeta Apodis, while Z Apodis is an article. How can two articles have exactly the same title? Ryan Vesey Review me! 22:56, 3 August 2011 (UTC)