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October 27

creating a thumbnail of a previous version of an image

I would like to post a thumbnail of a previous version of an image and cannot find out how to do it. I can post a bare link to it but would like the thumbnail to be visible to provide a comparison to the latest version - it is regarding a discussion of changes to be made to the colours (which do not show all that well in very small thumbs). Can this be done, or do the restrictions against outside images prevent this entirely? Thanks!NiD.29 (talk) 05:10, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

This is not possible. Only the current version of an image can be displayed. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:01, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

I suspected as much but wanted to be sure - thanks!NiD.29 (talk) 13:05, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

Installing a wikipedia page for Semantic Designs: notability?

I am user:idbaxter. I am not an expert wikipedia user or editor.

I made a request at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:HJ_Mitchell/Archive_61#Installing_a_wikipedia_page_for_Semantic_Designs:_notability.3F

It was originally on HJ_Mitchell's talk page. Now it has been archived. I received no identifiable response from him, yet the Wikipedia "create article page" seemed to indicate I should consult with him first over a deleted article I might wish to create. Did it get lost? Ignored? Dropped for some reason? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Idbaxter (talk • contribs) 06:56, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

List of Theraphosidae species error i'm unable to edit.

Under the list of Theraphosidae species (contents numbered 7) subfamily Poecilotheriinae a species in listed as Poecilotheria Nallamalaiensis I made an edit in the main article Poecilotheriinae under the species list stating:

P. formosa is the same species as P. nallamalaiensis. P. formosa was described by Pocock in 1899, while P. nallamalaiensis was described by Rao et al. in 2006, making P. formosa the older name and thus the senior synonym, and the valid name. GABRIEL, R. 2010. Poecilotheria nallamalaiensis Rao et al., 2006, a junior synonym of Poecilotheria formosa Pocock, 1899

Their is no specific article on this subspecies. But as it is listed as a duplicate I think the unclickable hyperlink should be removed from the list. For some reason of another I can't seem to figure out how to do it. For the "list of Theraphosidae species" Or the "Poecilotheriinae" main article.

If necessary species identification descriptions can be found in the world spider catalog. http://research.amnh.org/iz/spiders/catalog/THERAPHOSIDAE.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.239.142.44 (talk) 07:02, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

The section contains the code {{Poecilotheria Species}}. This means it is transcluding the template called Template:Poecilotheria Species. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:55, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

Just want to make it clear that you can edit Template:Poecilotheria Species. Roger (talk) 08:50, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

How do i enter a charter service

I would like to up load my company service details on to a certain page, for the Thames. Please can you tell me how

Many Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.187.102.241 (talk • contribs) 08:12, 27 October 2011‎

I'm not sure what you mean by "load my company service details", but if it means that you wish to put information about your company onto Wikipedia for promotional purposes, then the answer is that you can't. Wikipedia is not a medium for promotion or advertising. JamesBWatson (talk) 08:15, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

See also Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:45, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

Being a Software Engineer

Being a Software Engineer what is the 1) User level requirement(s) 2) Functional requirement(s) 3) Non functional requirements(s) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 182.177.107.132 (talk) 10:38, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

We have an article about software engineers.

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. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:45, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

The help desk is to ask questions about how to use or edit Wikipedia. The place to ask questions about software in general is Wikipedia:Reference desk/Computing. I will give you a few hints about using Wikipedia talk pages, the help desk, and the Reference desk:

Start a new question at the bottom of the page, and give it a heading, like this:

==Software engineering question==

At the end of your question, sign your post with four tildes, like this: ~~~~

That will cause your IP address, the date, and the time to be listed at the end of your question.

To save effort, let me try to answer your question. A user level requirement is related to a person who is using software. For example, it might be a requirement that a user be allowed to cut and paste long numbers, rather than having to type them with the keyboard. A functional requirement is about the functions that the software must perform. For example, it might be required to correctly calculate sales tax for every province and city in a certain country. A non-functional requirement would be anything that isn't a functional requirement. For example, there might be a requirement that there be a certificate from every developer who worked on a project stating the developer would obey all copyright laws. Jc3s5h (talk) 11:01, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

Mickie James/Nick Aldis

Can you Delete something from the Mickie james and Magnus Wikipedia there is false rumoured information on there about them — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mickiefan2005 (talk • contribs) 12:31, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

Already being dealt with - see Talk:Mickie_James#Edit_request_from_.2C_26_October_2011 and User_talk:Tabercil#Mickie_James_info for additional details. Tabercil (talk) 12:38, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

Rudolph Cartier

Rudolph Cartier There is a strange addition in RED on this page. Seemingly nothing to do with the subject matter.

NB It took me about 5 minutes to eventually find this way of contacting you. Hmm ! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.23.5.93 (talk) 13:03, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

In red? What I found is this edit, where an anonymous editor added two tables, but the cells were in different colours. This was probably vandalism. Regards.--♫GoP♫_T^C_N 13:12, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

There was also vandalism with red text (a red link) in [1]. The article is currently featured on Main Page. This can cause some vandalism but also means there are many editors looking out for vandalism and reverting it quickly. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:26, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

Please make headers in future

I cannot log in despite inserting my user name and being told that it's incorrect. I then tried to create a new account, using my user name, only to be told that it is already in use! The only person who could be using it is myself, so I'm being screwed around and getting nowhere. My normal user name is The Lone Stranger. Can that please be restored to me and a new password be sent to my email address, which is: [redacted for privacy] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.229.172.44 (talk) 13:07, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

User:The Lone Stranger was blocked in 2005. The edits of the account are at Special:Contributions/The Lone Stranger. Are you sure it is your account? Google gives 133000 hits on "The Lone Stranger" so I wouldn't be surprised if different users knew the term and tried to get the name. Only one user can have a given username. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:16, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

... and, of course, the new password would be sent only to the e-mail address registered to the account, not to any e-mail address that any random user chooses to mention on the HelpDesk; to do the latter would be pretty poor security. - David Biddulph (talk) 13:19, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

User names are case sensitive so that's another thing to check. RJFJR (talk) 13:44, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

Problem locating my article

Good morning, I submitted an article yesterday "Richard M. Perloff" and am not able to retrieve to edit it. I don't know if it was deleted. I am very new to Wikipedia and am still learning. I probably did not place in the right category and/or named it incorrectly. Is it possible that you can assist? Thank you in advance for your assistance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Elearning201 (talk • contribs) 13:31, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/Elearning201 only shows sandbox edits and your account has no deleted edits. No article has been saved with this account. If you tried to save a page with external links then you would have to answer a CAPTCHA before the save was registered. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:43, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

I have also checked the deletion log for the past 48 hours for perloff and no article containing that name as part of the title was deleted, even if you were edited under another account name. In addition to the external link hitch noted above, sometimes people click the "show preview" button rather than the "save page" button and so they see the content they wish to save, but never actually save it.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 21:47, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

Is there a way to configure my account so red talk page links don't open in the editor?

I use Twinkle a lot and don't need to the editor to work on talk pages. Having red talk page create the page and open in the editor means I have to wait for the editor to open and finish loading before I can use Twinkle. Is there a way to change this behavior so it's like red links in article space which offer to create the page only if you want?

Agoston Haraszthy

The article on Agoston Haraszthy has a tag stating that the neutrality of the article is questioned. However, there is no talk message explaining why the neutrality is questioned, or what about the article is not neutral. It does not appear that there is anything violating the neutrality requirement. The tag should be removed, but I do not wish to do so until the dispute has been resolved. Please help. americanulex. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Americanuslex (talk • contribs) 14:12, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

I re-reviewed the article and rv the tag, which I had placed. The tone of the article remains extremely familiar in nature, rather than disinterested; I suppose this doesn't necessarily insinuate a lack of neutrality. I added the tag after wikifying the article, perhaps too hastily, but I tend to be conservative in matters regarding possible violations of neutral language. Hopefully this settles the matter. Quis separabit? 18:04, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

How to create a wiki page

I would like to create a wiki page on myself and I don't know where on wiki to start? when I google how to, it states how to create an article, but nothing about how to create a page. Please advise me as to where to start and how to start. I am sure that it is very obvious to all the wiki gurus, but if you did a usability focus group you would find that the average person would be confused just like me. you can e-mail me at <blanked> thanks, Chris — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.216.109.44 (talk) 14:18, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

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

Thank you.

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

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

If you still think an article is appropriate, see Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation. An Article Wizard is available to walk you through creating an article, but you will need to create an account to use it. if you don't wish to do so, you can submit a proposal for an article at Articles for Creation. TNXMan 14:24, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

And if you are talking of creating an article about yourself, please also read WP:Autobiography. - David Biddulph (talk) 14:35, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

Grant Money

WHERE DOES GRANT MONEY COME FROM IS"NT IT FROM TAX PAYERS — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.189.242.229 (talk) 17:50, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

If you're referring to Wikipedia, no. All of our money comes from donations. TNXMan 18:23, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

If you're not referring to Wikipedia, then this question is better asked at the reference desk (this help desk is for questions about using Wikipedia). If you do ask there, you really need to supply more information to get a targeted answer. First, you should tell us what country you are asking about. Second, you really need to tell us the type of grant, and who awarded it, if you know. In the United States there are all manner of grants, some of which are funded by taxpayers, some of which are private and some of which are a blend of private and public monies; there would be no one size fits all answer with your question remaining as broad as it currently it is stated.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 21:52, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

Created Account, Did not receive Comformation eMail

I believe my spam filter discarded the conformation email. Can another conformation email be sent? What domain will the email be coming from, ( wikipedia.org? ) so I can set my filter to let it through. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wrongway2 (talk • contribs) 18:19, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

As far as I know you don't get an email when you create an account. Certainly I didn't. JamesBWatson (talk) 18:57, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

You don't get a conformation email when you create an account, but Wikipedia requires that users confirm their email addresses before they can use email features. See Help:Email confirmation. The confirmation email comes from wiki@wikimedia.org. —teb728 t c 00:33, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

Magazine publishing byline as third-party source

If a book's author has excerpts from his/her book published as bylined articles in notable, independent magazines, can those articles be cited as third-party sources? The idea being that the magazine determined that those excerpts were important enough to publish. Example: Ms Brown publishes ABC book. Disney magazine reprints part of that ABC book with Ms. Brown as the author. This is not clear to me on Wiki's third-party page. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Laura P Wright (talk • contribs) 18:45, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

For what purpose are you asking? More context is needed before we can answer one way or another. --Jayron32 21:00, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

I have written an article on a book that is quoted in excerpts in many industry magazines in the form of columns by the author. The content is consistently excerpted from the book. Could those pubs be considered a third-party source? Laura P Wright (talk) 14:17, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

Mobile site - language links

Many times, in MOBILE SITE, i need to change the laguage of the subjects: especially from domestic language to English. Is it possibbly to put a "English language link" in mobile site? Sincerely, Kemal [e-mail (Redacted)] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.166.7.216 (talk) 18:47, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

I've copied your suggestion over to m:Talk:Mobile Projects. --Philosopher ^{Let us reason together.} 03:58, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

want a Rss account for online shopping for grocerie and products. Can you help me?

Want a Rss account for online shopping for grocerie and Pet products. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.183.128.103 (talk) 19:37, 27 October 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. TNXMan 19:40, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

How to avoid breaking WP:CIVIL

How does one deal with the situation where a problematic fellow editor genuinely deserves to be told to "fuck off" but one does not want to violate WP:CIVIL. They are not actually committing a blockable offence, just being an uncooperative dickhead. Roger (talk) 20:51, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

Find something else to edit. Leave it alone for a few weeks and/or months. --Jayron32 20:54, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

If you're feeling angry, do what Jayron says. If you're feeling calm, perhaps after a short break, there are some options described at WP:DDE. Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 22:10, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! There's really good advice on that page. Roger (talk) 08:41, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

Cannot replace an old artist photograph on the artist's page.

We're representing an artist and wish to upload a new picture of her to the relevant Wikipedia page. However, when attempting to upload, it says that I do not have the correct user level to do so. Is there a way to formally request a new, officially licensed picture is added? — Preceding unsigned comment added by CarinaRound (talk • contribs) 21:35, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

Your account is not yet autoconfirmed, an editing threshold for certain actions that requires an account to be four days old and to have made at least ten edits. However, if you are uploading a photograph that you own the copyright to and are willing to license it under a free copyright license compatible with ours (see description here and a list of compatible licenses here), then it should be uploaded to our sister site, the Wikimedia Commons, so that all Wikimedia projects have access to it (sign up). The Commons is a free media repository and does not have the same type of autoconfirmation barrier; once you register there you can immediately upload and once done the image can then be immediately used here. Note that you must give the photo a different name than the existing local image.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 22:02, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

Lydia Lloyd Henry's birthday

I have noticed that it says that Lydia Lloyd Henry's birth year is said to be 1986 when it it 1996. I do not know how to correct so I will be happy if someone did.

Thanks for the heads up. It was vandalism which I have reverted. If you'd like to learn about editing, check out Help:Editing and the Wikipedia:Tutorial.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 23:05, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

references come up saying "no title". What shall I do?Art Experts (talk) 23:10, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

References come up saying "no title" in bright red. What is wrong & how I fix it? Art Experts (talk) 23:10, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

• You need to have a |title= element in the web cite template. Are you related to the subject of the article you're editing, by any chance? Pburka (talk) 23:20, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

Getting red warning boxes at the top of my Wiki page

I recently updated the content on our Wiki page and now I am getting the following flagged messages on the top of the page and wondering if someone can help provide input on how to get thess removed:

This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. It relies on references to primary sources or sources affiliated with the subject, rather than references from independent authors and third-party publications. Tagged since March 2010. It is written like an advertisement and needs to be rewritten from a neutral point of view. Tagged since April 2010.

The topic of this article may not meet the notability guidelines for companies and organizations. Please help to establish notability by adding reliable, secondary sources about the topic. If notability cannot be established, the article is likely to be merged, redirected, or deleted. (March 2010) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.115.137.103 (talk) 23:24, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

Can you tell us what article you are talking about? It is hard to discuss tags without seeing the content of the article. GB fan 23:35, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

illicit amendment to an entry

someone called ThatPestyCommoner has amended an entry about me (Ingrid Detter de Frankopan) on Wikipedia, first by adding that I (a former Fellow at Oxford) would be also "Fellow at Cambridge at Dublin" and then by removing all the references to my entry. I would be grateful if you could stop this weird person. Thank you.Art Experts (talk) 23:31, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

I think you are mistaken. This is the link to the changes made by User:ThatPeskyCommoner. As you can see he or she made only formatting changes to the article, adjusting how the references are formatted and so forth. ThatPeskyCommoner didn't add anything about "Cambridge at Dublin." How did you come to the conclusion that these changes where made? --Daniel 23:42, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

Ok I do see the "Cambridge at Dublin," it appears to be some kind of mistake. The rest of ThatPeskyCommoner's edits where fine. --Daniel 23:43, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

Probably this edit, and not a mistake - it is just a link to the section of the Fellow article that is specific to Oxford (which explains the link), Cambridge and Dublin. I don't know if this is the correct definition of "fellow" as used in the article; if incorrect then it should be replaced by a link to the correct section. Peter E. James (talk) 00:22, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

It seems certain that that was the edit referred to. It was a perfectly good edit, but unfortunately Ingrid Detter de Frankopan, being new to editing Wikipedia, misunderstood. The edit made a link to the relevant section of the article Fellow, which refers to fellows at Oxford, Cambridge, and Trinity College Dublin. The mention of Cambridge and Dublin is only in the Wikilink, not in the visible text in the article. It does not suggest that de Frankopan is or was a fellow at Cambridge or Dublin, but merely tells the Wikimedia software where to go to in the article Fellow if someone clicks on the link. JamesBWatson (talk) 09:05, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

October 28

The Article "Gabdulkhi Akhatov"

In this article "Gabdulkhi Akhatov" the first name of the scientist is "Gabdulkhi" and the surname of the scientist is "Akhatov", but in all categories is written on the contrary! Please help fix the problem. Thanks.--DProfi (talk) 00:45, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

Above the categories in the article, something such as {{DEFAULTSORT:Surname, Given names}} (replaced by the actual names, and without the "nowiki") can be added above the categories. Peter E. James (talk) 00:48, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

Lack of subpaging in WP namespace

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Clark/Mabalacat railway station is a subpage of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion. Why is it not a subpage of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Clark? Nyttend (talk) 00:53, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

A guess on my part, but perhaps for it to be a subpage of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Clark, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Clark may need to exist? Monty₈₄₅ 00:58, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

Hmm, not considered that. Does A/B/C always result in C being subpage of A if B is nonexistent? WP:BEANS — if this were April Fools' Day, I'd nominate Clark for deletion :-) Nyttend (talk) 01:03, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

For example Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2011 October 28 is a subpage of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log, and its the same name space as your deletion discussion. I'm hard pressed to think of any other examples where there is a subpage of a page that doesn't exist to look into it further. Monty₈₄₅ 01:08, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

I don't think that Wikipedia has a directory tree like Windows or Unix. So Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Clark/Mabalacat railway station is the full name of the page: it is not a file (directly or indirectly) in a Wikipedia:Articles for deletion directory. It is called a “subpage” of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion only by a naming convention. —teb728 t c 08:47, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

It's more than just a naming convention - subpages are disabled for the main (article) namespace, but enabled elsewhere. You can see this when you go to the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2011 October 28 page - on the top left you'll see links taking you to the pages it's a subpage of - the AfD page and the Log page. If you try the same thing in the main namespace, say at Clark/Mabalacat railway station, you won't get those links because the subpage feature is disabled there. For more information on the subpage feature, you can see m:Help:Link#Subpage feature. --Philosopher ^{Let us reason together.} 09:38, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

Yes, I'm quite aware of the way that subpages typically work, as well as the ways that we used to use them in UseModWiki. The whole issue is that the original discussion page is a subpage of something that's two levels up, rather than the one immediately above it. Nyttend (talk) 11:45, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

My reply was more for teb728 than for you, Nyttend. I'm just as baffled as you are about why it skips "Clark." --Philosopher ^{Let us reason together.} 12:10, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

The list of links to parent pages at top of a subpage automatically omits red links. See mw:Help:Subpages#How it works. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Clark/Mabalacat railway station is still considered a subpage of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Clark, but being a subpage has limited practical significance when the parent does not exist. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:39, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

Creating and publishing a new article

I created my first article and thought I properly saved to so it could be published. However, it has not gone live and it has been a few days. I cannot locate any info regarding the aforementioned. Please advise. Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rideittowin (talk • contribs) 07:06, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

The draft is at Wikipedia:Articles for creation/Ameya Pawar. It is not yet ready for mainspace due to a few problems. The main issues are: The tone of the article is far too promotional - see WP:NPOV It doesn't have references and it has inline external links. These need to be fixed before it goes "live". Roger (talk) 07:31, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

Lists

I'd like to know more about how lists work in wikipedia: I'vetried searching help but to no avail. I'm mucking about in the early history of powered aircraft, and a lot of the machines don't show up in the appropriate list. Even tho the article in question has what appears to be the appropriate category tag, which I thought would make the type show up in the list.TheLongTone (talk) 09:06, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

There is a big difference between a list and a category. If an article includes a tag for the relevant category, the article should appear in that category; a list is a separate article, into which items are inserted manually. Which article, list, and category did you have in mind? - David Biddulph (talk) 09:38, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

For instnce Bristol Aircraft & Avro Aircraft. But I think you've cleared up my misunderstanding, thanksTheLongTone (talk) 10:34, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

See also Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and navigation templates. - David Biddulph (talk) 13:00, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

Uploading a photo / image

I would appreciate if someone could help me with the matter below.

I am currently creating a wikipedia profile for someone and i am having difficulty uploading a photograph.

I have followed the steps listed on Wikipedia to upload a file - Clicking on Upload File - Selecting the subject image file through Browse - Selecting the correct licence

I originally managed to upload the subject photograph however it created a new account, not on the profile where i had listed all of the text. As a consequence, i deleted the account where the photograph went to.

The problem i now have is everytime i try and upload the photograph it is blocked as a result of the file name clashing with the deleted profile.

I have tried to rename the image file but this fails to help.

Whilst this is baffling me, the main cause i believe of the problem is that the user account i am working on contains another name other than the person's name i am creating the profile for. As a result, when i try and upload the image file with just one name listed on it, the photograph will continue to create another account / profile i.e it does not match the profile user title. (NB: i have tried to rename the image file to match the user account name)

Is there a way around this e.g. renaming the current profile to just list the name on the image file or is it advisable that i create a whole new account - bearing in mind i run the risk of being blocked because a new profile would list the name of the person already listed on the original profile.

Thank you

Rscurlock-Jones (talk) 09:08, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

There is no connection between the account name, the subject name, and the image name; so the names cannot interfere with each other. Tell us the name of the image that you succeeded in uploading, and we should be able to tell you how to use it on your draft article. —teb728 t c 09:50, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

(edit conflict)What do you mean by a "profile"? Do you mean a Wikipedia article? You seem to be getting confused between a user account name, an article name, and a file name for an image. Your account name is Rscurlock-Jones. It looks as if you are trying to create an article which will eventually be named Clive Beer, but which you currently have as a draft in your user space called User:Rscurlock-Jones/Clive Beer. Before it is published, the article would need some improvements, such a removing the promotional language, and including inline citations as references. If you want to upload an include an image, follow the process at WP:images. If you think you have already loaded a photo, tell us the filename and someone can look at the problem. You may be better off leaving the photo until after the article is published to mainspace. - David Biddulph (talk) 09:56, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

(another edit conflict)I'm not quite sure what you mean by "profile" - we don't have a feature with that name here. So you'll have to tell me if I'm right. I believe you're referring to your draft article User:Rscurlock-Jones/Clive Beer and the deleted image File:Clive Beer.jpg? Assuming I'm right, I've got a few thoughts and suggestions:

1. A file (in this case your photograph) will always appear on a separately named page than the article - this allows a photograph to potentially be used on more than one page - in this case, the photograph appeared at File:Clive Beer.jpg. To put the photograph in the article, you simply place [[File:Clive Beer.jpg]] on the page where you want the photo to show up. You can also specify size, whether it has a caption, etc.
2. You uploaded the file with a license that Wikipedia does not allow - a "permission for Wikipedia" license. (This is because our content may be re-used elsewhere, not just on Wikipedia.) User:RHaworth deleted the image.
3. As far as I can tell, you should be able to upload the image again using Special:Upload either to File:Clive Beer.jpg or to another name. If you are having trouble doing this, try checking the "Ignore all warnings" box on the upload page.
4. However, you should only do this if the image falls under our Image use policy - basically, it needs to be a free use image (think Public Domain, CC-BY-SA, and similar) or a fair use image. Since fair use images are virtually never allowed for living people, it would be better to upload an free use image, if one is available.

I hope this helps, if you're still having trouble, either reply here or let me know at my talk page. Happy editing! --Philosopher ^{Let us reason together.} 10:07, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

Rollback issue

I'm a relatively new user of rollback, but I've come across an issue which has cropped up more than once. Usually, if another user reverts an edit whilst rollback is being performed, an error message appears saying that the rollback was unsuccessful. However, on several occasions I have found that the rollback apparently works - but the edit history shows a change by another user (usually using Huggle, it seems). I don't care about who gets the revert, but without an error message I've inadvertently tagged the vandals with {{uw-vandal2}}or{{uw-vandal3}} templates which were undeserved, thinking that I had reverted them and was thus placing the appropriate tag from the hierarchy of warnings when in fact I was warning them for an edit for which they had already been warned.

Have any other rollbackers experienced this, and is there a fix (other than going back to the article and checking the edit history each time - on my laggy browser, that's a bit time-consuming)? Yunshui 雲水 13:55, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

User name and article name

Apologies for requesting assistance again.

If the username displayed on a draft wikipedia article is different to that of what will be the final article, is there a way to change the username before submitting the final draft to ensure the published article has the correct name?

Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rscurlock-Jones (talk • contribs) 14:45, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

When an article is moved into mainspace the username of the person who created the draft no longer forms part of the article's name. Roger (talk) 14:53, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

Please take a look at WP:BIO - at the moment the subject of User:Rscurlock-Jones/Clive Beer doesn't appear to meet the notability guidelines and the draft reads like a promotional piece.--ukexpat (talk) 16:50, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

Not-quite-original research awkwardness

See User_talk:Svenstein. What's happened is: a journalist has turned up and edited copiale cipher, a recently created article. It doesn't currently say anything which is OR: however, the journalist, Svenstein, has made some phone calls, and established that the article is wrong in a couple of minor points about the provenance of the manuscript - and now he's had an article published in blid.de which says so. Large numbers of English news sources on the web are parroting the old mistakes (which must have originated from some other journalist's extrapolations). My feeling is that I should cite the Bild source and correct the mistakes, but I feel a bit cautious since it's only one source, written (in German) by somebody who has edited the page. What to do? Update: now it does contain OR, since Svenstein has cited his own article.  Card Zero  (talk) 14:54, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

Page Heading Should be Aricent Group

Dear Sir/Madam,

Aricent recently changed its name to Aricent Group. The page URL and the main heading should say Aricent Group and not Aricent. Please see www.aricent.com .

Best, Shashi Shekhar Aricent Group — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kabir27 (talk • contribs) 14:56, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

 Done Rcsprinter (state) 15:28, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

Jones Convenience Stores

Hello. Another editor has expressed concern at material I added to the Jones Convenience Stores page. The full debate is now set out at Talk:Jones Convenience Stores. The other editor is personally involved in the company that is the subject of that page, and does not feel that the company's reported profits should be shown on the page. I would welcome the views of other editors on appropriate content for an article about a company in general, and whether this particular content should be removed from this page. Thank you. Peteinterpol (talk) 15:40, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

Visit WP:RFC for assistance on getting other users to comment on the matter. CTJF83 19:41, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

Tagging an image file as a copyvio.

Please explain how to do it. The image is on WP not Commons. Roger (talk) 15:41, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

If it is a potential copyvio, you can use {{puf}} on the file page and follow the instructions on the template to request investigation into the status of the image. If it is a clear case of copyvio, you can use {{subst:db-f9|url=source URL}} to request speedy deletion. For more, see Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files. --Philosopher ^{Let us reason together.} 16:05, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

Use WP:TWINKLE, as it's faster. Regards.--♫GoP♫_T^C_{N 16:16, 28 October 2011 (UTC)}

If it's a blatant copyvio you should tag it with {{db-filecopyvio|url=URL of source}}. Яehevkor ✉ 16:17, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

Oh it sure is blatant - taken from the subject's official website. Thanks. Roger (talk) 16:21, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

It turns out that the uploader is an employee of the copyright owner and actually created the image for the company's website, so now it's just a matter of getting the proof of permission in order. Roger (talk) 18:37, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

Legislative Court Document

I filed at the Judicial Commission office a Packet that was with out the Juvenile Legislative Paperwork and also filed the proof that the Packet was supposed to have the Juvenile Legislative Paperwork in it and they refused to procede in charging Johnson County Honorables and also the Substitute's are Illegally running as Boyschool and Girlscholl Honorables and also the Judicial Commission Bureau to — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.250.21.33 (talk) 18:35, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

We cannot offer legal advice. Please see the legal disclaimer. Contact a lawyer. CTJF83 19:37, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

We Cannot give legal advice (this includes the reference desk). RJFJR (talk) 19:38, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

what is wwe wrestler-the Big Shows address for fans?

I guess you really can not Google everything.I am a huge fan of WWE wrestler,the Big Show.I can not seem to find an address for fan mail.Can you help? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.91.10.148 (talk) 19:30, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

This page is for questions about using Wikipedia. Please consider asking this question at the Entertainment reference desk. They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link and ask away. You could always try searching Wikipedia for an article related to the topic you want to know more about. I hope this helps. CTJF83 19:37, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

Sudan at the 2012 Olympics

Hello

Just that Rabah Yousif has attained the A standard for the 400m. His 45.13 in Lapinlathi in summer 2011 secured this.

Many Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.156.87.133 (talk) 19:30, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

This page is for answering questions about how to use Wikipedia. Your post is more suitated for Talk:Sudan at the 2012 Summer Olympics CTJF83 19:39, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

Editnotices

WP:AFT appears to have an edit notice - see here - but I can't find where on earth the underlying code is. In addition, it means I can't post my editnotice. Any ideas? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Okeyes (WMF)‏‎ (talk • contribs)

Hello, Wikipedia talk:Article Feedback Tool/Editnotice is the link to the editnotice page. Hope this helps. -- Luke (Talk) 22:04, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

That's the page the poster created but it isn't displayed. The displayed message is from Template:Wikipedia talk navigation via Template:Editnotices/Namespace/Wikipedia talk. To make a page notice, click "Page notice" on the link see here in your post. It goes to Template:Editnotices/Page/Wikipedia talk:Article Feedback Tool. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:20, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

It appears the "Page notice" link is only displayed to administrators and although working for WMF, User:Okeyes (WMF)‏‎ may not see the link or be able to edit Template:Editnotices/Page/Wikipedia talk:Article Feedback Tool. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:29, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

Yup, I just tried from my non-admin alternate account and couldn't see either link or create Template:Editnotices/Page/Wikipedia talk:Article Feedback Tool (I didn't try to edit Wikipedia talk:Article Feedback Tool/Editnotice, but it didn't show up as protected, either). Do you know which permission handles this? I didn't see it in Wikipedia:User access levels#Table or at Special:ListGroupRights. I can understand hiding the redlinked editnotices from non-admins, but hiding extant ones seems like a bad idea (confusion-generating, as in this case). (thanks primehunter) --Philosopher ^{Let us reason together.} 01:11, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

The only edit notice a non-admin can edit is the edit notice for his own talk page. For all other pages it's an admin-only capability.—Kww(talk) 01:24, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

Apparently it's admins' and accountcreators' "tboverride" permission that controls the creation of them and (presumably) the visibility of them, since they can see the links too. I still don't know why they aren't visible to everyone, though (if only so people know where to put the {{editprotected}} notice. --Philosopher ^{Let us reason together.} 01:38, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Editnotice. If I log in as admin then, whether the links are red or blue, I see a "Page notice" link on all pages and a "Group notice" link on all pages in namespaces with subpages. But I don't see a namespace notice link such as to Template:Editnotices/Namespace/Wikipedia talk from the edit page of Wikipedia talk:Article Feedback Tool.

If I log out then I see a "Page notice" if the page exists, for example at Wikipedia talk:Administrators with a link to Template:Editnotices/Page/Wikipedia talk:Administrators. As an admin I additionally see a blue "Group notice" link to Template:Editnotices/Group/Wikipedia talk:Administrators. A group notice is only displayed if there is no page notice. If there is a group notice but no page notice then I see a "Group notice" link when I'm logged out, for example at Wikipedia talk:Questions with a link to Template:Editnotices/Group/Wikipedia talk:Questions. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:03, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

Ah, I was misinterpreting what I saw when logged out, then, thanks. I haven't checked, but based on earlier observations, I'm going to assume everything you said for admins here also applies to accountcreators as well. Good to know! --Philosopher ^{Let us reason together.} 02:53, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

proposed that this article be deleted

I have been adding content, to try to conform to your standards, but each time I add anything it is, within minutes, deleted. Who is deleting it and why? I can't be considered verifiable if it isn't there. The page is "The Absolute Void". It says I have until Nov 4th to accomplish the task of providing content, and that is far more time than a few minutes.

I am a novice at this but if I have until Nov. 4, then please let me have the time to accomplish this.

Thanks for any help.

Dave Murray — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.37.109.174 (talk) 23:03, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

You can see the reasons for each individual edit in the article history which can be accessed by clicking on the "View history" link at the top. The article you wrote, The Absolute Void, was a copyright violation of the official site for the book. You can't just copy and paste text. You have to put things in your own words. The article is now being proposed for deletion because it doesn't clearly state why the book is notable according to our guidelines. Dismas|^(talk) 23:07, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

I also notice that your name is the same as the author's name. In that case, you may want to have a look at the conflict of interest policy. Dismas|^(talk) 23:08, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

Once the copyright violations and shameless advertisements are removed (as they will continue to be), it is clear that this is a self-advertisement for a self-published, non-notable book by a non-notable writer (and, judging by the excerpts, abominably written as well). Please see WP:BOOK, WP:COI and WP:SPAM (as well as The Elements of Style) for information on the standards you are continually failing to meet. --Orange Mike | Talk 23:13, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

October 29

Referring a person to be placed on Wikipedia

Deacon William (Bill) D. Huelett was born October 8, 1924 in Corrigan, Texas and passed away on October 16, 2011 in Seattle, Washington. William graduated from Chester High School which was located in Chester, Texas. On August 4, 1943 he was inducted in the United States Navy. In 1952, he received a Bachelors in Mathematics and in 1957 he received a Bachelors in Education. He received a Masters in Mathematics from Kansas State University. In April 1979, he became a member of the Knights of Columbus. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.225.39.65 (talk) 02:22, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

This isn't the place for requests for new articles, however, based on the above, it doesn't appear that this person meets Wikipedia's notability requirements at WP:BIO. The Mark of the Beast (talk) 02:32, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

Washboard Jungle

I just went looking for information on the jugband Washboard Jungle. I learned from their facebook page that there had been and article but it had been pulled. Any chance I could get the last version of the article? I saw them a couple times in the 1990s and much enjoyed them. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.96.242.161 (talk) 03:50, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

According to the deletion log the article was deleted because it had no references and no establishment of notability, and it showed an evident conflict of interest. —teb728 t c 04:32, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

If you really want a copy, then create an account with an email, then drop a note on my talk page and I will email it to you. FWIW, some googling suggests we probably should have an article about them, as they may well meet WP:BAND. SmartSE (talk) 17:16, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

Basic information of alloy E911 NF616 HCM12A

I want to get the basic property information of alloy such as E911,NF616,HCM12A,for example the melting point ,specific heat, heat conduction,and their crystal structures .But i do not know where i can find them.

Thank you for anyone who delivers me those important basic property information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Demonhunter20030901 (talk • contribs) 04:48, 29 October 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 —teb728 t c 05:22, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

blocked access to wiki page by unauthorized agent

someone has blocked all access to edit to my page www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra_one. I need access to this page to be able to edit & update latest news and information about the film. I am the official agency to Red Chillies & can provide with all relevant documents. Please revert to — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.186.22.240 (talk) 06:49, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

1. There is no such thing as "my page"; nobody "owns" an article in Wikipedia.

2. I assume you are referring to Ra.One; notice the spelling.

3. We don't care who an "authorized agent" might be; we don't want or need tampering with this article to reflect the promotional desires of a company which is financially invested in this film. Our goal is to see the article edited by impartial third parties, drawing solely on reliable sources.

4. The article has been protected from edits by anonymous persons and new accounts, due to a history of constant vandalism. --Orange Mike | Talk 07:02, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

Problem with article: Scientific plagiarism in India

The information about Dr.Gopal Kundu in the article "Scientific plagiarism in India" is invalid, and hamper's his reputation. I kindly request you to remove this article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.75.1.81 (talk) 07:45, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

I suggest you discuss this on the article's talk page. However, there appear to be six valid references for that particular section. — Manticore 09:35, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

request people from my address book to fill missing details

question: i want to request people from my address book to fill missing details. how do i do it?

i want that filled information should automatically update my address book. its with Gmail.

Please help.

Partha Shah

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 14.97.190.37 (talk) 09:28, 29 October 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 — Manticore 09:37, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

glitch with the mobile site for phones, PSPs and other devices

hi there is a glitch on the mobile-beta page, where the 'search' button is covered by the 'home' button. This could just be for PSPs though. cheers — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.97.117.30 (talk) 09:41, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

• I have used a mobile device quite extensively before. However, for some reasons that were not shared with us (I think), Wikipedia changed something and I am no longer able to log in on my mobile. I have tried to bring this to the attention of those who can do something about it, but it seems that I have failed. Ottawahitech (talk) 16:32, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

Uploading screenshots of Amiga games?

Now that I have my entire Amiga hard drive copied to my Linux PC, and I'm able to run the games under E-UAE (albeit very slowly), can I upload screenshots of the games to Wikipedia? JIP | Talk 09:43, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

Yes. But screenshots from copyrighted games "inherit" the copyright of the games themselves, so you need to take special care when you upload them. Take a look at File:Zerg colony (StarCraft).png to see how we document the necessary fair use rationale. It's nowhere near as complicated as it looks: when you click "Upload file" in the toolbox to the left of the screen, you'll bring up a wizard that takes you through the process, step by step, with a lot of the necessary information pre-filled for you. Make sure the screenshots aren't too high in resolution. If you have any trouble uploading you're welcome to ask here, but for tricky copyright questions, there's also Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 10:54, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

pontypool vs Maoris 1927

Could you please let me know if you have any information on cliff forward (aka. C ford) who played for pontypool against the Maoris in 1927. Thanks very much.

The words "Cliff Forward" do not occur together anywhere on Wikipedia, and the only occurrences of "Cliff Ford" refer to someone who published a book in 2003. Note that Wikipedia is not a directory or archive and might not be the best place to look for this kind of information. You might have better luck talking to a Pontypool librarian. You could also try asking this at the Humanities Reference Desk, where you might find someone with experience in this kind of thing. Be sure to provide as much information as you can, though, such as what sport he played and where you heard about him. Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 12:06, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

The match is mentioned in Pontypool RFC#Early_history but no detail is given. The early history part of the article is mosly sourced from three books:

• Parry-Jones, David (1989). The Rugby Clubs of Wales. Hutchinson. ISBN 978-0091738501.
• Smith, David; Williams, Gareth (1980). Fields of Praise: The Official History of The Welsh Rugby Union. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. ISBN 0-7083-0766-3.
• Thomas, J.B.G. (1980). The Illustrated History of Welsh Rugby. London: Pelham books Ltd.. ISBN 0720712688.

Roger (talk) 13:15, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

The Article "Gabdulkhi Akhatov"

Hello. I have a problem. When I was preparing the this article "Gabdulkhi Akhatov", I incorrectly wrote the name of the scientist in the title. I am instead of "Gabdulkhay" wrote "Gabdulkhi." I would like to correct this error and to write in the title of article name of the scientist correct: "Gabdulkhay Akhatov." How can I do this? Help, please.--DProfi (talk) 14:04, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

I moved the article for you. For future reference, you can visit WP:MOVE on moving pages. Any autoconfirmed member can move pages. Hope this helps. -- Luke (Talk) 14:16, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

Looking for a tag

The Occupy Wall Street article is obviously a promotion for the cause rather than an encyclopedia article. It's flagged as of dubious neutrality, but is there a tag for marking something that looks like an advertisement? I thought I saw one before. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.135.46.11 (talk) 18:05, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

Template:Advert.  Card Zero  (talk) 18:51, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

October 30

Deleting articles

So I create a new page Amy Lake for an author of five books, and use Noq marks it for deletion. I follow the rules for removing that mark, (anyone who has five published books should be in Wikipedia, imho), but I decide to look at Noq. He or she seems to spend his life deleting other people's articles often in the fast delete mode. What's with that? Do I have to stand in front of my articles with my fencing equipment out to protect them from Mr. Eraser? Karen Anne (talk) 16:16, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

So, Noq reinserts the deletion notice, which if I read the rules correctly, is not allowable. I then removed it. Is there some mega-editor reading who can settle this? Thanks. Karen Anne (talk) 17:00, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

The only deletion notice you are allowed to remove from a page you created is a a WP:PROD, as you did. You cannot remove an WP:AFD tag, instead you need to wait for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Amy Lake to run its course. And instead of casting aspersions about noq, if you demonstrate real Wikipedia:Notability by adding reliable references then you will be more likely to prevent it being deleted--Jac16888 ^Talk 17:04, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

It has references. Commenting on a user who contributes nothing but damages a considerable amount of the valid work of others is reasonable, in my view. Considering, based on his talk page, how much damage he has done and the aggravation and discouragement he causes other workers, perhaps he should be banned. Wikipedia is concerned about losing writers, is it not? Karen Anne (talk) 17:26, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

Please help

I am new to Wikipedia.

I drafted an article. When I hit the preview button, only a small part of the article appears. Does this mean that only part of the article will be submitted??

I've tried the chat, but I am having trouble with it.

Can you please help me or give me some direction.

20:58, 26 October 2011 (diff | hist) N Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/LightDims ‎

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Crystal Hampton Crysanne (talk) 20:15, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

Hi, the problem was that a <ref> tag + the reference need to be followed by a </ref> tag to close it and make it a reference. Without it, most of the text was considered the reference. Jarkeld (talk) 20:21, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

Lists: Commas or en dashes?

I reverted an edit made by 96.232.126.111 on List of people from Brooklyn, New York because every list I had seen before (for instance, Deaths in 2011 and List of people from New York) used commas in that context, not en dashes. After my reversion was subsequently, erm, reverted, I checked the MoS to make sure that commas were the correct punctuation to use there, but I couldn't find anything about it at all. So, should an item in a list be written as (for example) "Cal Abrams, Major League Baseball player," or as "Cal Abrams–Major League Baseball player"? — Malcolm (talk) 01:58, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

WP:ENDASH (point 4) says that spaced en dashes can be used as separators in "certain lists", without specifying exactly what kinds of lists. Frankly, this isn't the kind of matter on which I'd expect Wikipedia-wide consistency; as long as the punctuation in the list is internally consistent, I'd leave it alone. Deor (talk) 09:47, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

Blood Atonement

There is an article under the title Blood Atonement, describing beliefs of the Mormon faith. The only trouble is that as a member of that faith myself and a number of colleagues have seen this link and we have found that there is not just a minor, but rather an 100% bias against the Mormon faith. There is no information on this post that has any truth toward those members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

This post should be removed promptly as it holds no accuracy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Daddychainmail (talk • contribs) 05:40, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

Tjteetrt dalton

Does anyone know who th job dalton wrestled for supposedly he wash one wcw but I cant find him can anyone help thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.246.144.104 (talk) 05:52, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

This page is for questions about editing Wikipedia. Please consider asking this question at the Reference desk. They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. You could always try searching Wikipedia for an article related to the topic you want to know more about. I hope this helps. —teb728 t c 06:21, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

Font for mathematical formulas stored as images

Was wondering whether the font for mathematical formulas could be improved.

Most formulas are provided as images, anyway, so it makes sense to use a nice antialiased font for them.

The formulas become unreadable when viewing wikipedia with a light-text-dark-background theme, with firefox and the stylish plugin.

Most text is readable. It is just the formulas displayed as images that become unreadable. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.61.231.106 (talk) 06:32, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

The shortcomings of TeX markup rendering have been discussed many times, see here for instance, but I don't think anything is going to change any time soon. It is not possible to render all formulae as HTML text, they are often way too complex for the capabilities of HTML. The Wikipedia solution is to render them in LaTeX and then generate a PNG image at the server end before serving the page. If you create an account, you will be able to set in your preferences to display formulae in HTML if possible which will help your problem. However, as I say, this is not always possible and editors often deliberately include in the math markup a hidden symbol that cannot be rendered in HTML in order to force PNG rendering and give a consistent look to the article. There is also an experimental option to render as MathML, but currently this does not seem to be rendering with correct italics and can also be forced to PNG as with HTML. SpinningSpark 08:36, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

Licensing template for a non-free image of a building

I uploaded a non-free image of a building with the generic {{Non-free fair use in}} tag. Is there a more appropriate tag for non-free images of buildings used for depiction of a specific event in the buildings history (such as its destruction for example or an important event that caused severe damage)? I couldn't find one that seems to be appropriate at WP:ICT/FU. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 09:54, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

I don't think so, unless you are looking for Template:Non-free architectural work, but you could try looking through Category:Non-free Wikipedia file copyright tags. Generally, it is difficult to promote a non-free rationale for images of buildings since free images frequently are available, or can be created. I assume we are discussing File:Iraq National Library Destroyed.jpg, if the building is no longer in that state creating a new non-free image has become impossible of course. SpinningSpark 10:26, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. Since travel warnings such as Irak: Reisewarnung seem to be still active I would guess that a free alternative could perhaps not be made without an unproportionally high risk, although WP:NFCC does not seem to address such a case. And according to [2] the library is supposed to move to a new building, but I have to admit don't know whether the old building still stands or has since been demolished, which seems to be one of the determining factors in whether a free equivalent could be created. Furthermore I haven't found any equivalent images released under a free license, so my guess is a free alternative does not currently exist. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 11:26, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

Also the "quick test" WP:NFCC Policy 1 refers to is considerably vague anyway. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 11:37, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

If the quick test seems vague to you, it may be that you don’t have a clear idea of how use of the photo significantly increases reader understanding. As far as I can tell, the use doesn’t. —teb728 t c 12:26, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

Can you define for me then what "significantly increases reader understanding" is supposed to mean in that context? Maybe I don't have a clear idea of it because the policy does not clearly define what it is supposed to mean. I agree however, that perhaps an image of the interior might be better, although that is quite subjective in my opinion. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 15:01, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

problem in editing Wikipedia site

Hi:I wanted to delete one sentence from the Wikipedia article on Ditlev Gothard Monrad, and placed the desired sentence in square brackets. i also gave my reason for that deletion.

Instead, the entire article has been deleted and replaced by my Delete and sentence.

Sorry, I'm too rushed to have an hour or so to study the new complicated instructions. Can you restore the previous entry and simply delete the desired sentence? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 222.155.71.12 (talk) 09:54, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

I have reverted your edit. I don't know what you mean by "new complicated instructions". - David Biddulph (talk) 10:00, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

I think they mean instructions for editing properly (remember it is a lot harder for an IP). Rcsprinter (shout) 12:00, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

Your edit [3] deleted all the existing content. Perhaps you clicked edit and incorrectly thought you should remove all the content from the edit box before making your own edit. Wikipedia is a wiki and you can edit the existing content directly. If you remove content from the edit box then it's removed from the page. If you have suggestions for an edit you don't want to make yourself then click the "Discussion" tab and post the suggestion there. See Help:Using talk pages. If you want to learn a little about editing then see Wikipedia:Tutorial. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:31, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

My watchlist

Why does edit 23:54 26 OCT Intifada not appear on my watchlist when I have ticked the watch this page box? Padres Hana (talk) 09:57, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

Because you were not logged in when you made the edit. See the edit history of the article. —teb728 t c 10:37, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

The question was about the watchlist and not the contributions list. See your watchlist settings at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-watchlist. There are several settings that would make the edit not show. For example, it's not the most recent edit so if "Expand watchlist to show all changes, not just the most recent" is not checked then it shouldn't show. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:17, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

Word

HOW TO PRONOUNCE THE WORD "ICOSIUM"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.104.98.101 (talk) 10:02, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

This page is for questions about editing Wikipedia. Please consider asking this question at the Reference desk. They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. You could always try searching Wikipedia for an article related to the topic you want to know more about. I hope this helps. SpinningSpark 10:31, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

For what it's worth, I would pronounce it /aɪˈkoːsɪəm/. —teb728 t c 10:57, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

Broken tool?

Is the view stat tool broken? E.g. this page and many other pages seem to have stopped 10 days ago. Should probably let Wikimedia people know. History2007 (talk) 10:13, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

See the statement at the bottom of the page you cite: “This is very much a beta service and may disappear or change at any time. Questions or comments should go to User:Henrik”. —teb728 t c 10:44, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

(ec) The stats tool is not maintained by Wikimedia. Faults should be reported to User talk:Henrik and there is already a long list of comments on his page. There was also a discussion at VPT, apparently Hendrik is currently away and cannot action this at the moment. SpinningSpark 10:47, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

• Henrik has not been around Wikipedia since March 2011 see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Henrik . What's more his user page is being edited by others, not by him - something that is new to me. Ottawahitech (talk) 12:55, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

If you read the link I provided to the discussion on VP you will see that Henrik has been contacted by e-mail and replied, so is aware of the problem. The edits on his page are very old vandalism and reversions or "housekeeping" type edits. The most recent edit in August was to award a barnstar. I see no edits from anyone else editing the page as if they were Hendrik. SpinningSpark 14:22, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

Not a big deal for me, but if someone feels like it, should suggest to WMF to take over it, because it is useful. History2007 (talk) 16:18, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

Scripts

My scripts at User:Rcsprinter123/monobook.js won't work suddenly. Any help? Rcsprinter (deliver) 11:58, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

You could try commenting them out and then restoring them one at a time. This could identify which script is causing the problem. -- John of Reading (talk) 12:30, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

You didn't switch to some skin other than Monobook, did you? —teb728 t c 12:36, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

I haven't checked the scripts but remember to bypass your cache after making changes. Also make sure that JavaScript is enabled in your browser. If it's disabled then the tables at Help:Sorting#Examples should not be sortable. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:22, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

I am in Monobook, JavaScript is enabled and I am bypassing my cache but only the ones below the top one are working. The top one links to another page with most of them in and they don't work. Rcsprinter (message) 17:10, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

search engine broken after update 1.12 to 1.17

Hi there,

after the update the search for pages or text returns nothing. Also using the sphinx extension doesen' t gives no change in the result.

Additionaly I have a setup with multiple namespaces. But the Prefix Search shows only page titles of the main namespace. After I have deselected all namespaces und select a single custom namespace the prefix search shows pages in that namespace.

Running: MediaWiki 1.17.0 (Version 100337) PHP 5.3.8 (apache2handler) MySQL 5.5.16 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.16.163.244 (talk) 15:10, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

I am unsure whether this help desk is the right place for this. MediaWiki doesn't seem to have an own help desk, but there are several venues for requesting help listed at MediaWiki Communication. I suggest you try one of those. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 15:17, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

This help desk is only for Wikipedia. MediaWiki has a help desk at mw:Project:Support desk. I suggest you post a link to your wiki if it's publicly available. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:28, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

Note to self: Read pages through to the bottom. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 15:40, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

Incorrect reference on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandrian_Wicca

Hi

I am very honoured that a page from my website has been quoted as a reference on the article for Alexandrian Wicca (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandrian_Wicca) - however, I have had a site reorganisation, and the quoted link no longer works. Please can the URL be changed to the new location: http://www.thewellhead.org.uk/tradition/an-introduction-to-alexandr.html

thank you! David & Geoff — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.197.36.105 (talk) 15:10, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. I have updated the url.[4] There is also a dead link to http://www.thewellhead.org.uk/GP/malcuth.htm at LGBT topics and Wicca#External links. Which url do you think this should be now? PrimeHunter (talk) 15:36, 30 October 2011 (UTC)