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April 12

Is there any way to add a mobile phone verification to my account ?

so that if I lost access to my email and password I'd be able to verify using a phone number.Grmike (talk) 02:00, 12 April 2012 (UTC)grmike

No. Ruslik_Zero 06:53, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

See {{User committed identity}} for an alternative which requires you to reproduce a secret string. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:43, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Actually, that won't help. The developers can't reset the password to an account and send you a new password. The committed ID is only useful if there is a suggestion that your account may have been hacked. --Elen of the Roads (talk) 12:31, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

meta:Privacy policy says: "Users whose accounts do not have a valid email address will not be able to reset their password if it is lost. In such a situation, however, users may be able to contact one of the Wikimedia server administrators to enter a new e-mail address." However, I don't know under which circumstances this will be done. I once asked at Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2009 August 4#Lost Password. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:37, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

I meant to link Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 82#Retrieval of passwords/committed identity. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:32, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Annoying 'Improve this article' blue box

How can I get rid of the blue box at the bottom right-hand corner of my screen on (at least) the article The Washington Post? It doesn't do anything except block the text in that corner. The "X" doesn't work. Bielle (talk) 02:03, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

The Article Feedback Tool encourages readers to assess article quality. See the tool page for more information and an FAQ that includes how to comment on the tool and how to disable it. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 02:06, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Thank you. I have made the alteration. It was most annoying. Bielle (talk) 05:30, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

List of banned sources

There was a list of banned sources somewhere. Can someone lead me to it? Aditya^{(talk • contribs)} 05:16, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

You mean MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist? Ruslik_Zero 06:52, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

My account is gone

I am BadDoggie. I have been "BadDoggie" for always here. This one: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/User:BadDoggie>.

I am trying to add information (specifically the de.wikipedia Oktoberfest page). I cannot log in. When I try to do so I receive a "no such user" message. When I try to send a reconfirm mail to my <me>@gmail address, I get the same "no such user" message. If I then try to re-create the user I'm presented with a screen telling me this user already exists.

W. T. F. ?. !. ?. !.

-bd — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.174.114.184 (talk) 08:16, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

The German Wikipedia (de.wikipedia.org) is not the same as the English one. Unless you have chosen unified login in your user options you would need to create a new user account on the German WP. Roger (talk) 09:16, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Click this link to create a global login.--Gilderien Talk|Contribs 09:44, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Please can I have some feedback on my new article please?

I would really appreciate any input. MissLadyLawless (talk) 10:06, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Sorry to be harsh, but there is a great deal of work that still needs to be done on your page. You need to read WP:CITE to learn how to cite references correctly. You should also read WP:RS to understand what is and is not considered a reliable source, and WP:GNG to get an idea of the minimum requirements for inclusion - which at present, your sandbox article does not meet. The band may potentially be notable, but as it stands, this article would be deleted within minutes of being moved to mainspace (under WP:A7, most likely). If you need more specific help, feel free to ask me at User talk:Yunshui. Yunshui 雲‍水 10:12, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

What article? Roger (talk) 12:06, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/MissLadyLawless shows it is User:MissLadyLawless/Caroline Blue band. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:18, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

References for new page?

Hi there, I would love some advice. I am currently creating a new page for a band. I have managed to find a huge list of notable references, magazines etc, where they have been mentioned, all over the world. I placed this information underneath the references (its the huge obvious section) I really do not want the page to be deleted, but have no idea how to include all those references, is that possible? are there any I should use over others? Please advise. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MissLadyLawless (talk • contribs) 13:34, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Strictly speaking, you don't have to "use" all of the references to establish notability standards. The mere existance of the source material is all that is needed, and including a giant list of uncited sources at the end of an article can be unweildy. Generally, you only include sources which directly support information in the article itself, usually by the use of "inline citations" (see WP:INLINE. A good idea would be to move the giant list of sources to the article talk page, where people can use the sources for more information or to improve the article, or to establish notability, but then the giant list won't mess up the appearence of the article. --Jayron32 13:59, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

New page (I hope) establishing notability

Hi all,

I am very new to this so apologies if my page thus far looks rubbish. I have a large section of references which I need to pick a few from as i cannot include them all. Does anyone know which references may be best for me to use? I would be gutted if the page got binned. I have highlighted the sources in bold so no real reading is required I know its too long! also, any opinions on how good/poor my page seems to look?thank you x — Preceding unsigned comment added by MissLadyLawless (talk • contribs) 14:08, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

See above.--ukexpat (talk) 14:22, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Use the sources that directly support the statements and claims you have written in the article. I see the references you have inserted so far seem to be from websites but your cites don't actually include a link to the web pages or the article/page titles. You might find using a cite template easier - it is basically a "form" that you paste into the article and then you insert the details such as author, title, url, etc. There are a variety of templates for citing websites, books, newspapers, magazines, etc. listed here - but first read WP:Referencing for beginners. Roger (talk) 14:23, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

help with new page

Is there anyone who can help me link up my page with references? or is that a silly ask. I have been reading the instructions and cannot Get my head around them. Please help — Preceding unsigned comment added by MissLadyLawless (talk • contribs) 14:49, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Again, see above and please stop creating new sections relating to the same question. I have moved this one to keep the thread together.--ukexpat (talk) 15:12, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

OK, I have done a little work on your draft, to show you the kind of thing that could be done. I did a little cleanup: removing the excessive use of bold and uppercase letters. I converted a couple of the references to use a citation template and use links that people can actually click on. I removed the list of quotes that seemed to be cut and pasted from another website (a likely copyright violation). I added wikilinks to a few other encyclopedia articles - more can be added, particularly band names and people.

That said, there is nothing in the article which states how the band meets Wikipedia's policy on the notability of bands. Notability is not inherited, so just because they sound like a some other notable bands, doesn't mean they are notable themselves. If it was moved to the article space now, it would probably be put up for speedy deletion in a very short time (I would be surprised if it survived longer than a few hours). Take a look at other band articles, to see the kind of things necessary to make it as an encyclopedia article. Astronaut (talk) 16:36, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

How can i add another language?

How can i add another language on Wikipedia page — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.160.211.142 (talk) 11:12, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

If you mean a link to a Wikipedia article in another language then see Help:Interlanguage links. If you mean something else then please clarify. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:29, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Page revision links

I dimly remember a technique to make a link to an old revision of an article appear as if it were a direct wikilink; e.g. this link can be formatted so that it looks just like this link. Two questions: (1) How do I do that again? (2) Is it possible to use this technique with old file revisions? I'd like to make this revision appear just like a link to the current version. Nyttend (talk) 11:53, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Try <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.whatever name]</span>.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 12:15, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

That's the general method at Help:Link#External links. {{Oldid}} is a better way to do it for old page revisions. I don't know a similar way for old file revisions. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:28, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Add a celebrity to the site

I would liek to add a page about Jeannie D to Wikipedia, but i am not sure about the ifringments. She is already mentioned on the Top Billing (TV) page, but it is not in blue so there is oviously no link. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JeannieDeGouveia (talk • contribs) 12:29, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Your first article should help you. Ask if you have more questions. --Colapeninsula (talk) 15:11, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Suggest you use the WP:Article wizard.--ukexpat (talk) 15:17, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

However, if this is to create an autobiography, it might be best left to someone without such an obvious conflict of interest - see WP:YOURSELF for some more information. Astronaut (talk) 15:35, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

If you are not really Jeannie de Gouveia your username is in violation of the rules as it is an apperent impersonation. Roger (talk) 16:54, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Heroes Welcome UK

Hi I have been trying to up load an image of the Heroes Welcome corporate logo in order to improve the Article, when filling in the upload information to cover copyrights etc this is the message i got :

This is a disambiguation page! The page Heroes Welcome UK is not a real article, but a disambiguation page pointing to a number of other pages. Please check and enter the exact title of the actual target article you meant.

Help Many thanks Fwe506 (talk) 12:47, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Please use another article name during the upload, for example British Armed Forces. Right after the upload, edit the image page and correct the article name. Technical explanation of the error: Fair use images like logos are not allowed on disambiguation pages. During the upload, MediaWiki:FileUploadWizard.js looks for categories with "disambiguation" in the name. Heroes Welcome UK belongs to the hidden category Category:Articles with links needing disambiguation from January 2012. This does not imply it is a disambiguation page but it fools the script. I will report the problem. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:51, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Yeah, thanks for reporting that, and sorry for the bug. I've changed the script now. To Fwe506: If you want to try again, it ought to be working now, but probably only if you bypass your browser cache at least once after you re-start the upload wizard, to make sure you have the modified version of the script loaded. Or just use the workaround PrimeHunter mentioned. Sorry for the trouble. Fut.Perf. ☼ 14:20, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

I see you uploaded File:Heroes Welcome UK logo.jpg. I have uploaded File:Heroes Welcome UK logo.png as a replacement and nominated the original for deletion as unused. The replacement only shows the logo and uses a format better suited for a drawing. jpg is designed for photos. The new version is also the one currently shown on the website with a ship and plane instead of a second soldier, presumably to symbolize the other branches of the British Armed Forces. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:06, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Request for loss of adminship

Where on Wikipedia can I propose that a user has his administrative privileges stricken? —Bzweebl— ^talk 14:50, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

'Crat noticeboard normally. I noticed you're a new editor, why would would want an admins rights sticken? Mrlittleirish 15:00, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Administrators#Disputes_or_complaints --Colapeninsula (talk) 15:13, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Is this article OK to publish

I've created this article. Is it ok to publish or need something to add (not native english user: Sorry)

• Saleem

ළහිරු හිමේෂ් මදුෂංඛ (talk) 15:58, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

It's not clear from the draft that the subject meets the guidelines at WP:MUSICBIO.--ukexpat (talk) 16:19, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

(slight swerve) Any idea what I need to install on my browser/machine (Google Chrome/Windows XP SP3) to see the actual username? All I'm getting is square boxes.Naraht (talk) 16:34, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

It's Sinhalese, the si:wikipedia has a handy font guide with several links, [1]--Jac16888 ^Talk 17:34, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Veteran Editors

Is it possible to request veterans editors to review an article that has been tagged for cleanup and inline citations and to provide that help? How can one be contacted? George Cabe (talk) 17:24, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for feedback redirect here. This board is highly visible and checked by many veteran editors. If you link it here, it will likely be looked at by several. Dru of Id (talk) 17:31, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

You could ask at Wikipedia talk:Cleanup, which is the talkpage of the Cleanup WikiProject. -- Toshio Yamaguchi (tlk−ctb) 17:36, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

James Burke, James Burk

There is a blank page for James Burk which is nothing more than a redirect to James "Burke." I am making a page for someone actually names James Burk not Burke. What do I do?T.Whetsell (talk) 17:45, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Just edit http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James_Burk&redirect=no to remove the redirect code and add your text.--ukexpat (talk) 17:55, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

(edit conflict) http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James_Burk&redirect=no - Purplewowies (talk) 17:56, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

But when you are done, you should probably put a hatnote at the top of each of the articles pointing to the other. --ColinFine (talk) 22:31, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

username changing

As I change my user name on overs wikipedia, I needs to change it on english version. How can I do this ? Véronique Pagnier (talk) 18:50, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

I don't know what you mean by "overs wikipedia" but see Wikipedia:Changing username. PrimeHunter (talk) 19:17, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Could you give us more information? MarkusSc (talk) 00:44, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

PETER LOCKE, (Producer)

Hello, I am Peter Locke. It states on Wikipedia that I am co-owner of Castel Films in Bucharest, Romania - this is incorrect. My affiliation with Castel Films is "agent", not owner. I have brought many films to Castel. Please correct this.

I will attempt to make this correction myself with your edit feature as well. thank you. Peter Locke. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.167.154.105 (talk) 19:02, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

The article Castel Film Romania does not mention your name at all. Is that the article you mean? Maproom (talk) 20:56, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

I'm sorry, I see you meant the article Peter Locke (producer). Someone has now corrected it. Maproom (talk) 20:58, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

"ISBN Number page"

Hi I don't know how else to submit this error. It's minor...but it's an error, and it takes place on one of the pages that is the sole dominion of the Wikipedia staff - the "ISBN Number" page.

The "N" in "ISBN" stands for 'number'. A bit redundant, don't you think?

207.161.235.82 (talk)Eric —Preceding undated comment added 19:58, 12 April 2012 (UTC).

I guess you refer to Wikipedia:Book sources. You can make a suggestion at Wikipedia talk:Book sources but I get two million Google hits on "ISBN number". When you are not merely listing the number but speaking about the numbers in general, I think "ISBN number" is sensible considering many readers probably don't know 'N' is for number. See also RAS syndrome. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:21, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

By the way, Wikipedia doesn't have "staff". Everyone here is a volunteer just like you. Roger (talk) 07:44, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

As a professional in the book business (librarian) I'll mention here that the phrase "ISBN number" is used all the time in the industry. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 23:14, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

Getting This Article Posted

Hello,

I have been attempting to post a new article on a man named Anthony Morrocco who worked as a famous hair dresser as well as became the creator for a vegan, all-natural beauty care system. I have submitted the article and I keep getting a response that it will not be posted. I have included the information below and would appreciate it if you could read it and let me know what I am doing wrong. I believe he is notable in that he has worked with MANY famous people as well as the fact he created an entirely new way of looking at hair care. I am merely curious as to why I can’t seem to get this posted and what I can do to assure that it will be posted. I even have outside sources from People magazine, CBS, and other nationally known publications. PLEASE read and let me know what I am missing or why I am not being allowed to post—I am more than willing to make whatever changes necessary. I have also formatted it in several different ways but this one seems to make the most sense. However, could the formatting be the issue? I know I have to go back through the content and tag references with hyperlinks, but I simply wanted to give you the information so you could guide me in the appropriate direction.

Thank you, Ellen Jones

Anthony Morrocco

Born: Anthony Morrocco May 4, 1943 Connecticut, U.S. Los Osos, California. U.S. Occupation: Hairstylist & Businessman Websites: https://morroccomethod.com www.thehairshaman.com Anthony Morrocco (born May 4, 1943) is the founder and current President and CEO of Morrocco Method International, a hair care company specializing in all natural products. Morrocco Method is noted for having reached “Champion Status” on the Environmental Working Group’s Skin Deep Cosmetic Data Base, for offering safe hair care products. Contents 1 Early Career 2 Morrocco Method International 3 Products & Philosophy 4 References 5 External links 1 Early Career In the 1960’s while working at Kenneth’s in New York City, Morrocco became the stylist for numerous celebrities including: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Brooke Astor, Mia Farrow, Lauren Bacall, Liza Minelli, Faye Dunaway and Joan Rivers among many others. Morrocco discovered enormous amounts of hair and scalp damage from chemically-based salon treatments. After four years of full time apprenticeship, Morrocco moved to Laguna Beach, California to open his own studio. There, he opened a studio based on an all natural system of hair care and styling, which provided chemical-free alternatives. As word spread, the salon rapidly became a haven for clients coping with inherent chemical sensitivity, also those whose hair/ scalp had been destructively ‘thrashed’ in the course of conventional hair care. In 1968 he founded Morrocco Method International, a line of holistic hair and skin products incorporating ingredients that are raw, vegan, and eco-friendly. 2 Morrocco Method International In 1968, Anthony founded Morrocco Method International after over 40 years of world travel, study and experimentation aimed at creating the best possible holistic approach to hair care. In 1979 Morrocco Method Products were being sold commercially and Globally. MMI (Morrocco Method International) reflects Anthony’s personal vision and commitment to the satisfaction, health and safety of all using his products, which are raw, vegan, and eco-friendly. Incorporating Chinese herbalism and the healing art of Ayurvedic (originating in India) in the development of his products, Anthony also pursued the knowledge of Acupressure under the tutelage of Master Fung Yi of Peking (who has been Bruce Lee’s mentor) and consulted Dr. Cecilia Lu of Shanghai for extensive input on developing his holistic approach. Most recently, Anthony’s non-stop dedication won MMI a distinguished, “Champion,” status with the Compact for Safe Cosmetics. This highest classification, conferred by the Environmental Working Group is awarded only to the most outstandingly safe and effective products worldwide. 3 Products & Philosophy Morrocco Method International includes several lines of hair care products including shampoos, conditioners, natural henna hair dyes, styling gels, pomades and non-lacquer holding mists. In addition, MMI sells bath soaps, facial exfoliate scrubs, and a collection of hair brushes. Every one of the MMI products contains each of the 92 trace minerals and is all natural, safe, and vegan friendly. The Morrocco Method of hair, face and body care is unique as well as comprehensive. It represents over forty years of research and experimentation, integrating modern scientific knowledge with the ancient healing arts of Ayurvedic and Chinese herbalism. In formulating his products, Anthony Morrocco followed the principles of Old World farmers, who understood that planting, harvesting, and storing foods according to the lunar cycle maximizes the energetic potency of the plants. 4 References THESE WILL BE WIKIPEDIA REFERENCES ONLY (THINGS LIKE NAMES, IDEAS, PLACES CAN BE TAGGED AND END UP HERE) 5 External links • MMI’s “Champion Status” on EWG http://www.ewg.org/skindeep/brand/Morrocco_Method%2C_Int%27l/ • People Magazine on Anthony Morrocco http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20096728,00.html • Kristen’s Raw Review of MMI products http://kristensraw.com/blog/2009/04/15/great-natural-raw-vegan-hair-products-morrocco-method/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.94.52.122 (talk) 21:55, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

That is a huge unreadable slab of text. Also, the parts of it that I have managed to read look like an advertisement, not an encyclopedia article. Both problems might be overcome with some work.

A more serious problem is that the man is not notable. The links you have provided are two advertisements for hair-care products, and a 404. You have offered no evidence that he is notable. This is not your fault, there is nothing you can do about it, a Google search shows that he really isn't notable. An article about him is not warranted.. Maproom (talk) 22:17, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

It is a huge unreadable slab of text because you have not used Wikicode to format it: most formatting in the original is lost. The requirements for notability are that other people have written substantially about the subject in independent reliable places. --ColinFine (talk) 22:40, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

One of the links was formatted incorrectly. It might work now.— Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 20:29, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Actually, it was three. But I realize now the others who posted here saw what I saw.— Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 20:44, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Uploading Images

Hi There,

I've created a page and am trying to add images. I've read all of the information on wikipedia, but my problem is the Special:Upload function that I'm told to use doesn't seem to exist on my editing page. Can you please help me to upload pictures?

Thank you!

Candice — Preceding unsigned comment added by CandyM (talk • contribs) 22:42, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Try Special:Upload.--ukexpat (talk) 00:18, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Editing references

Good evening all.

I am currenly trying to change reference number 3. on my new page, but when I click 'edit' Nothing comes up under references? I was wondering what I am missing. Thank you all, and thanks for the previous help, much appreciated. :)MissLadyLawless (talk) 23:32, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Click the "Edit" tab and edit the reference where it's used and not where it's displayed. See more at Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:21, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

If you had actually acted on the advice you were given multiple times yesterday you would not be asking this question. Which part of "please read WP:Referencing for beginners" do you not understand? Roger (talk) 08:05, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

April 13

Band notability

Good eveing,

I was wondering if anyone has any thoughts on what could be done to imporve my page as it stands. It is my first article and I am not sure it is of a decent quality yet? I have been working really hard on my references, and have read what would qualify for a band, am I right in thinking my references stand a chance? Also could anyone advise how to respond to replies? I havent been able to message back/ thank any responders! thank you. :) MissLadyLawless (talk) 01:02, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

You already asked for feedback a short while ago. You don't need to ask again so soon. RudolfRed (talk) 01:28, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

I am still not convinced that the band meets the guidelines at WP:BAND.--ukexpat (talk) 01:57, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Here is a link for those who don't feel like investigating what article the OP is referring to. Dismas|^(talk) 02:21, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Suspicious User Page

Hey, it recently came to my notice that this user page : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Blindoanglianpublicschool resembles an wikipedia article on DPS Patna. Actually it seems that the above user has just copied all the code of DPS Patna and put it on his/her User page. Is this right? Doesn't this count as misleading? Aditya San. (talk) 04:32, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

It is a violation of WP:UPNOT, as well as WP:Username policy as a promotional username and I have blanked the userpage and softblocked the account. The user will have to create a new account with a name that represents only themself. -- œ^™ 08:04, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

RS or not?

http://www.youtube.com/user/HistoryFeed Is this a reliable YouTube account? --Sp33dyphil ©^hat_ontributions 05:49, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Judging by the introduction to the clips about WW1 aviation, no.TheLongTone (talk) 11:34, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

WP:RSN is generally the proper avenue for questions like this. The documentaries seem to be copyright violations, meaning they cannot be linked to ("Unsolved History- Killing Hitler", for example, was produced by the Discovery Channel, I highly doubt the YouTube uploader is the copyright holder), per WP:LINKVIO. The documentaries themselves may be reliable sources, but these videos cannot be linked at all. Яehevkor ✉ 11:49, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

^ this. RSN ftw. XtR1 (talk) 19:44, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Timescale for new page upload

Hi,

I intend to upload a page from my Sandbox to a live page shortly.

Can you please confirm for me the average timescale for a page to become live having been submitted. I'm assuming (hoping) they'll be no errors with my page content.

Thanks,

Englishmaninmelbourne (talk) 06:02, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Seeing that you are autoconfirmed, you can move the page by clicking on "move" on a tab at the top left corner (next to the View history tab). The page will be immediately made live once you have moved the page. I hope this helps, Hallows ^{Aktiengesellschaft} (talk) 07:55, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

About 2 seconds. ;) Once you move a page into mainspace it's instantly "live". It's already visible to everyone when in your sandbox as well.

If you are using the WP:AfC submission process however then it may take anywhere from several hours to several days depending on how many volunteers are reviewing the submissions. -- œ^™ 07:57, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

URGENT : Error link on the Nelly Furtado

URGENT : Error link on the Nelly Furtado

Hello,

I just detect an error on the page of Nelly Furtado, it is located downstairs in the filmography table. You provided a link to the official website of the film, however this site is closed, and it is a spammer who bought the domain name.

Here's the relevant line:

2010 Score: A Hockey Musical An Ardent Canadian Hockey Fan Film www.scoreahockeymusical.com

Thank you to immediately remove the link, you only empower the spammer!

cordially — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jackman112 (talk • contribs) 10:51, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

You are able to remove the link by editing the page. Mrlittleirish 11:04, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Er, no. The article is semi-protected, and the OP isn't autoconfirmed. - David Biddulph (talk) 11:08, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Done, but I don't know why you regarded it as so urgent. - David Biddulph (talk) 11:08, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

we want to know from which place , ip address this page is being modified and the users name, details

we want to know from which place , ip address this page is being modified and the users name, details

Potuluri Virabrahmendra Swami (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.64.127.66 (talk) 14:52, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Hi. If you go here: [2] you can see a list of the IP address or username of everyone who has edited the page. That's the most information you will get though, because Wikipedia doesn't keep lists of the personal details of people who edit it. You can contact individual users if you are concerned about their edits by clicking "talk" next to their IP address or name in the list. Formerip (talk) 14:56, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

how long before uploaded image file becomes visible publicly?

As of this morning (10:15am ET, Apr. 13, 2012) I have apparently successfully uploaded an image through the Commons site to the "Subra Suresh" Wiki entry (bio of a living person), but the image is not visible in the public Wikipedia. Should it be instantaneously visible or is there an editing or other process that delays its appearance? --LeeHerring (talk) 15:33, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

It is usually immediate.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 15:42, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

I tried fixing it, do I have the right image?--SPhilbrick(Talk) 15:45, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

It is immediately visible at File:Subra Suresh portrait - National Science Foundation.jpg but Help:File page and Wikipedia:Picture tutorial explain the editorial process you must do to make it appear in an article. Jim.henderson (talk) 15:46, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks to you both. Actually, it is not the right image that is in the article now, and now I don't see a way in the editing mode to replace the image. I had uploaded a 66KB file titled "Subra-Suresh-portrait.jpg" to the Commons (I think). It is a portrait with the American flag to the left side of the image. I would really like to get this image into the article in place of the current photo. --LeeHerring (talk) 16:12, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

I replaced the image in this edit.--ukexpat (talk) 16:20, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

wehatesit.com and blackmatters101

Dear Wikipedia:

Wehatesit.com has posted crude and defamatory information about me and the author attempts to dissociate himself as a direct representation of my deceased father but then proceeds with his posts in the First Person. The posts are beyond disturbing, show delusions of grandeur, are aggressive and intimidating, and interspersed with foul language.

A new post appeared recently by an unknown, as blackmatters101 and also speaks in the First Person of my father, Fritz Zwicky. The post is a false and unauthorized impersonation of my father.

I would appreciate your consideration of these sites.

Kind regards,

Barbarina Zwicky. Barbarina 15:40, 13 April 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Barbarina (talk • contribs)

This is Wikipedia. We have nothing to do with Wehatesit.com.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 15:50, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Persistent vandalism of Stanley Booth-Clibborn page

A user with the IP address 92.40.30.155 is persistently repeating the same action of vandalism at the Stanley Booth-Clibborn page. I see they are doing the same at John Methuen. Is there an accepted correct Wikipedia way of warning this user in order to prevent this happening again? Thanks, Peteinterpol (talk) 16:19, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Warnings have been posted on their talk page. If they persist, please report to WP:AIV.--ukexpat (talk) 16:26, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Why do I keep being logged off WP today?

Today, I continue getting logged off about every 5-10 minutes, losing session data in the process. Sometimes I've had to log back on two or three times before WP says I am back in the system. I am a regular contributor and have not have this happen before--and it has been going on for at least the last couple of hours regularly. What is going on? Jonyungk (talk) 16:32, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Association for Rare Earth

Hi there! I work at Rare, the Association for Rare Earth. When I checked the wikipedia page, someone had edited the title and removed the word "Rare." There is an undo function but it hasn't worked. I can't figure out how to edit the title. The title needs to reflect the true name of our organization. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.48.184.87 (talk) 17:18, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

The page was moved. If RARE is an acronym, it's unclear and unexplained. Dru of Id (talk) 17:25, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Is the official name the word "rare" written with all capitals "RARE", and "The Association for Rare Earth" is not part of the name? PrimeHunter (talk) 18:32, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

According to their website, the actual name is the Association for Rare Earth. Their "brand" (so to speak) is RARE, even though that's not actually an acronym for anything. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:47, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

I think the idea is that "RARE" is a forced acronym for "RARE, the Association for Rare Earth", where the first R stands recursively for the acronym itself. —teb728 t c 10:49, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

There isn't much WP:RS material on the topic, but the topic name appears as The Association for Rare Earth (RARE) and RARE, The Association for Rare Earth in some articles. Somewhat similar organizations include China Association of Rare Earth Industry, China National Association for Rare Earth Trades, and The Japan Society of Newer Metals, an association of rare earth processing companies. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 10:33, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

I made that move in last November and the reason for this was to use the common name. I am still think that this is a proper name as the common name does not necessarily be the branding name or official name. Uzma Gamal mentioned above that The Association for Rare Earth (RARE) is a name what is used. By my understanding we don't add the acronym to the long name in the title and we usually don't add the article "the". Taking this into account, the current name reflects exactly what is used. Beagel (talk) 13:16, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

For potentially controversial moves you could find more information at Wikipedia:Requested moves. In general, you create a new discussion section at the article talk page named Requested move, add {{subst:requested move|NewName}} where Instead of NewName you should put the name where you would like to move the article, and then add short explanation why you think the page should be moved or not. If the page will be moved or not depends the results of discussion. If you are going to make this page move request, I also recommend to copy this discussion from here to the Requested move discussion at the article's talk page. Beagel (talk) 09:21, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

Saving changes I make in my sandbox version of an article I am writing

I made some changes in the article I am writing in my sandbox. I logged out and when I came back the changes had not been saved.

How do I save the changes without my page going live?

When I am ready for my article to go live, how do I make that happen? DanDaniels (talk) 19:53, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

I see you have saved material to your sandbox before. Just continue editing and save your edits to the sandbox by clicking the Save Page button as before. Your new edits will not appear in the encyclopaedia while editing in the sandbox. For that to happen, you would have to either, 1. Move your article from the sandbox to Wikipedia or, 2. Copy your text from the sandbox and paste it into a new article space. But while working in the sandbox, your work will not appear in the encyclopaedia, only in your sandbox. This help page explains how to create articles, and how to move pages. Also, I have removed the {{newpage}} template from your sandbox because it is unnecessary to protect your article-in-developent while it is your sandbox, and because the template itself states specifically "NOTE: This template is not for User namespace articles". Your sandbox is in your user namespace (i.e. inside the directory User:DanDaniels). — O'Dea 20:03, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Text alignment control in a navbox with collapsible groups

The following collapsed "Navbox with collapsible groups" contains four groups of sample data, which are all centre aligned by the navbox coding. How can I change my template coding to align the text to the left instead of the centre? Thank you. — O'Dea 19:54, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

You must modify the group style parameter by typing |groupstyle = text-align:left; You can see it on the 3rd line of the template I called below. If you want the lists within the groups to be left aligned you use |liststyle = text-align: left; I included an example on the 4th line of the 2nd template I called. Ryan Vesey Review me! 20:26, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Thank you very much. It is hard to find such detail in template help. Now that I see how it works, I wonder if I can take it one step further so that the first two groups contain centred data as before while the latter two groups are left aligned? The liststyle = text-align:left; statement controls the entire navbox and won't allow different alignments by group — as far as I can see, anyway. I experimented with statements like | liststyle1 = text-align:center; and | liststyle3 = text-align:left; within the groups without success. Thanks for your help. — O'Dea (talk) 21:31, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

You were almost correct. I took a shot in the dark and found out you type something like |list1style = text-align:left; or |group3style = text-align:right; You can put it in the beginning parameters of the template. Ryan Vesey Review me! 02:26, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

Thank you

Very good! I fiddled a little with your last piece of code, above, to adjust it, to produce this, below, which demonstrates exactly the level of control I was aiming for.

I used four different statements clustered together at the top of the template, one for each group, specifying alignment individually, as follows:

| list1style = text-align:center;

| list2style = text-align:center;

| list3style = text-align:left;

| list4style = text-align:left;

Thank you very much. — O'Dea (talk) 03:12, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

No problem, I appreciate a chance to do some creative thinking to solve some template problems. It's been a while. Ryan Vesey Review me! 04:25, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

Feedback about editing

Hello, how to hide the button at the top of the screen: Feedback about editing. I can not find this option in the preferences. Mały koleżka (talk) 20:28, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Template:HD/like RudolfRed (talk) 20:40, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

New pages for Pending Changes Testing

Hello, i would like to create 4 more testing pages for Wikipedia:Pending changes/Testing. I don't think there will be any problem for that, just need some more pages for testing purposes. I will create the pages, so after creating them i just need to get pending changes protection installed on them, which administrator can do that for me ? TheGeneralUser (talk) 21:19, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

I don't see why you would “need more pages for testing purposes” and why you would need “pending changes protection”, if that even is an existing feature on Wikipedia. 71.146.17.18 (talk) 18:57, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

Some input on redlink overkill

List of In Our Time programmes

Hi, not really sure if this is a BLP issue as it does concern a ton of living people who are all redlinked and then their occupation is listed, but it sure makes for a huge eyesore at the end of the article, does anything need to be done? Some input please. Cheers. CaptainScreebo ^Parley! 22:25, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

See WP:REDLINK for the guideline on this. But basically, what it says is that unless there's reason to think that the person could have an article written about them, then their name should be de-linked. There is another problem with the article in that external links shouldn't be used in the article unless they're either in a reference or in an external links section. So all those dates that are linked, presumably to episodes of the show, should be de-linked. We're not a hosting service for links to every episode of every program. Dismas|^(talk) 01:17, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

Hmm that's what I assumed, and bejesus, I hadn't noticed all the dates linked to the BBC website for every single program, is there any automated way that you know of of dealing with this, there are hundreds of dates to de-link and people to unredlink?

You could use WP:AWB. Or if you don't know how to use it, there is a requested work page there. I'd do it myself but I'm not very good with regex. Dismas|^(talk) 01:56, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

Yes, that's the tool I thought of, guess I better get over to the page and make that request. Thanks for the look-in. CaptainScreebo ^Parley! 10:18, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

i want to change my username but i am unable to do so.

Please guide me with the procedure of changing my username. i have used the wizard but i am unable to do so. please advise. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nabeel.q123 (talk • contribs) 23:19, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Hello, have you read Wikipedia:Changing username and tried clicking the "simple" link at the bottom? CaptainScreebo ^Parley! 23:28, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

You cannot change it on your own. Moving your userpage doesn't change your username. You can make a request and wait for it to be reviewed. You have already made a request (actually two) at Wikipedia:Changing username/Simple. Now wait. If you don't see your request then bypass your cache. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:31, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

April 14

Getting article TO my sandbox, Cardiac catheterization

I thought I could get a copy of the article I want to edit ONTO my sandbox so I could polish it there. Is that not how this works? This is a class assignment and I'm not very techno-savy. Thanks! Old Barnes nurse (talk) 01:03, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

No, once the article is already in the article space (i.e. "live"), you just go and make changes to it you need to. You should read Wikipedia:Be bold for more information. I think it will steer you in the right direction. The sandbox is for starting new articles which don't already exist at Wikipedia. If all you want to do is fix an existing article that already exists at Wikipedia, just go fix it... --Jayron32 01:07, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

What Jayron said. In addition, if you're planning on working on the article for a little while and don't want anyone to interrupt that process, you can put the {{inuse}} template at the top of the article and hit save. Then make whatever edits you'd like to. When you're done with the work, you then remove the template so that other people know that you're no longer busy working on it. I've also put a welcome message on your talk page which has links to a number of other helpful pages on Wikipedia. Dismas|^(talk) 01:09, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

About your messages to me

To whom it may concern: I have received several messages from Wikipedia regarding my editing entries. Even though my edits state the truth, you have apparently decided to take the "Republican position" on the truth; this is not good, as the Conservative Right Wing and Tea Party factions have a "love/hate" relationship with the truth: they love to hate it because it doesn't support their idiocy. Also the Republican Party thinks that, not only are they entitled to their own opinions, they're entitled to their own facts. This type of thinking is (or should be) well below Wikipedia's standards. If Wikipedia doesn't support the truth, please respond by telling me so, so that I can adjust my expectations appropriately. Oh, and another thing: you keep on saying to quote a reliable source for the truth; I actually did that three times, only to have you delete it anyway. Now, if you investigate all changes made, you're checking to see if the editor is correct. So, why would I need to quote a reliable source when, 1) you're just going to delete it anyway, and, 2) you're too lazy to see if it's the truth in the first place. Regarding your "disruptive editing" claim: complete bullshit...again, if you don't put a premium on the truth, you have no business being an online encyclopedia... Finally, if you don't like people editing your articles, why do you allow people outside of your editorial board to do it in the first place? Come on, guys...less stupidity and more intelligence, please. Wikipedia users deserve no less than the truth — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.105.145.42 (talk) 02:05, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

I'm sorry for the way you interpreted the warnings on your page. They were automated templates, and I believe that some of your edits were treated in a way that they shouldn't have been. Your introduction of information to Bruce Babbitt for example was not vandalism; however, I also agree with the editor in that the introduced information wasn't pertinent to the article. Now, I have zero knowledge about Bruce Babbitt, but you didn't include anything to prove why the information you provided was important. In addition, you didn't include information that verified the information as true. One important policy of Wikipedia is that verifiability is more important than truth. You may know that something is true with complete certainty, but if it cannot be verified then we cannot include it. This is because nobody has any way of knowing how correct another editor is. Ryan Vesey Review me! 02:22, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

Hi, thank you for raising your concerns. I have gone back through some of your previous edits, and reviewed the message left on your talk page. Perhaps what people are referring to is the lack of sources in what appears to be original research, along with issues relating to notoriety and relevance, you can read more about this in our Manual of Style|.

I agree that the message left on your page may have been a to aggressive where a mere reminded may have sufficed. The idea behind citing reliable sources is so other users and visitors can check that the material is factual. This is highly important in an open wiki such as this, where anyone can edit content, whilst you have good intentions, it remains a disappointing fact that many people visit this wiki with the intention to alter, or insert factually incorrect information. The warning was placed on your talk page by a user, you are free to contact that user via their talk page, or you may remove it if you feel so inclined.

The official line on why to cite sources is as follows... "By citing sources for Wikipedia content, you enable other editors and readers to verify that the information given is supported by reliable sources, thus improving the credibility of Wikipedia and showing that the material is not original research. You also help readers find additional information on the subject; and you avoid committing plagiarism (by giving credit to the source of your words or ideas)."

You might want to take a look at Citing Sources and No Original Research.

We encourage people to edit, but it can take a bit of getting used to and it is in no way an easy task. I would strongly enourage you to keep editing, remembering to cite as you go. There is also your sandbox where you can test edits and features before placing them into an article.Mr.weedle (talk) 02:26, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

Poorly translated synopsis

I've been deleting a poorly translated synopsis for awhile now, giving anyone a chance to write one in their own words instead of plagiarizing it. One user keeps restoring it, even after I said that taking a foreign language synopsis and using an online translator to convert said synopsis in English and pasting it here is a no-no. Isn't plagiarism and using copyvio material against the rules? The article in question is Abismo de pasión. Platinum Star (talk) 03:11, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

If the plot synopsis is a translation copyvio, you should blank the section with the {{copyvio}} template (filling in the URL of the source in the template and adding </div> at the end of the section so that the whole bottom of the article isn't blanked) and then follow the instructions to list the article at WP:CP and notify the editor who added the copyvio. No one is allowed to remove the template until the article has been reviewed by one of the volunteers at WP:CP. Deor (talk) 03:38, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

That's easy. It was taken from Televisa's official website. A few things aren't found in the synopsis, but everything was translated word-for-word. Platinum Star (talk) 03:49, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

Do I blank the translated synopsis and replace it with the tag below this sentence "If a text page is a likely copyright violation, replace the text with the following:"? Platinum Star (talk) 04:00, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

Yes, and as I said, put </div> after the blanked content; otherwise the template will hide everything in the article below the point at which it's placed. The rest of the instructions are found at the lower right corner of the box that the template displays. (When you copy and paste the specified template into the WP:CP page for the day, you should probably add a sentence, after the template and before the tildes for your signature, that explains that the English text is a machine translation of the Spanish source you've identified.) Deor (talk) 04:33, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

Everything taken care of. All i have to do is report said problem here. Platinum Star (talk) 04:46, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

volunteer

How do i become a Volunteer for Wikipedia and I want to contribute regularly to wikipedia by cash? my e=mail id is [deleted] and my mobile no is [deleted]. kindly reply at the earliest. Name-T S S N MANJUNATHA RAO E MAIL- [deleted] mobile-[deleted] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.216.145.1 (talk) 07:32, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia does not have paid contributors. Ruslik_Zero 16:24, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

You don't need to sign up to volunteer, but there are advantages to having an account. WP:ACCOUNT Then, find an article that you want to contribute to and be bold and start editing. There's a tutorial at WP:T to help you get started. If you want to give money to Wikipedia, you need to give to it's parent, the Wikimedia Foundation. Follow the link "Donate to Wikipedia" on the left of the screen or at WP:DONATE RudolfRed (talk) 18:28, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

Re Sunsanahut (film)

Hello, this article on a Pakistani film which is expected to be released in 2012 was recently added. Is it ok please? I hope that it doesnt constitute a sort of pre-film advertisement or anything? Wasnt sure what to do and thus asking here. Would be grateful for feedback/guidance, thanks. Khani100 (talk) 07:57, 14 April 2012 (UTC)Khani100

The first major issue I can see is that the article is sourced only to forums, which seem to be primary sources. To establish notability of the subject, you need to show coverage from reliable third party sources otherwise the article could be deleted. See WP:Notability Яehevkor ✉ 11:04, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

Right, thanks User:Rehevkor! Khani100 (talk) 12:10, 14 April 2012 (UTC)Khani100

Rugby Union Caps

When editing rugby union profiles, should the club caps/points shown be for domestic league competitions only? Or should domestic and international cups be taken into account? — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheBlueFergie (talk • contribs) 11:41, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

If {{Infobox rugby biography}} doesn't answer it then you can ask at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Rugby union. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:20, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

POV gatekeeping

Hello. I have a question about editors' 'cartels'. The article Theism is being watched by a number of secular humanists/atheists who are collaborating as 'gatekeepers' and preventing the article from receiving a balanced treatment. I have posted a lot of information on the article's talk page explaining why the current article doesn't accord with currently accepted definitions as taught in universities around the world. The Encyclopedia Britannica and other authorities similarly present a different definition to that being currently presented in this article. The 'cartel' of 'gatekeepers' includes User:Dougweller, User:Mann jess and User:JimWae. Several months ago I tried putting some POV templates at the top of the article but was prevented from doing so by these editors who share an antipathy to theism (the belief that God exists) and do not want people to be educated in the accepted standard current definition. For what it's worth I am an internationally recognized religious studies scholar who has been invited to speak both by UNESCO and the IAHR (International Association for the History of Religions) about my work (I actually specialize in Indian religions). All I would like to do is convey the classical definiton of theism as found in the standard sources. At present there is no mention whatsoever in the main body of the article of the classical definition of theism that one finds in Britannica, Oxford Reference etc. If I attempt to edit the article I will be 'shouted down' by those editors who are watching the article to make sure it retains the cast that it currently has. Any suggestions? 81.106.127.14 (talk) 18:28, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

You need to provide a Reliable Source for your contributions, and an encyclopida does not fit. You can also try dispute resolution. RudolfRed (talk) 18:41, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

I don't think there are more reliable sources than the Encyclopedia Britannica or Oxford University Press are there? 81.106.127.14 (talk) 20:18, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

An encyclopedia is a tertiary source, a secondary source is preferred. There is discussion of this in WP:RS in the section Primary, secondary, and tertiary sources. (WP:RS is out guideline on Reliable Sources.) I think that would be clearer than I could make it. RJFJR (talk) 04:03, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

Deleting a Section

I want to be sure that I am not causing any problems to when deleting a section. I am quite new to editing Wikipedia and its policies, and I glanced at 'Wikipedia:Blanking sections violates many policies' and now am not certain how to go about removing a section. There are two sections that I would like to delete concerning the article 'Primacy of the Bishop of Rome'.

1. The first section is 'Opposition arguments from orthodox doctrine' which has already been copied and moved to a separate article 'Eastern Orthodox opposition to the doctrine of Papal Primacy', which is referenced under 'Opposition to the doctrine->Orthodox view'. I want to remove that section since it is unnecessary. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DesertRose 00 (talk • contribs) 19:07, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

2. I started a talk page to delete a few other sections. It seemed that everyone who replied were fine with the change. Is it possible to put up a poll or note on the sections to get the reader's options. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DesertRose 00 (talk • contribs) 19:08, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

Looks like there's agreement onthe talk pages, and the article looks as though it is overdivided into sections. I assumeyou wouldn't be 'blanking sections' so much as simplifying the section structure of the article...can't see a problemTheLongTone (talk) 20:47, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

int:pipe-separator

Why {{int:pipe-separator}} give | on fr.wikipedia.org and {{int:dot-separator}} give only <dot-separator> ? What s wrong with fr ?--Pixeltoo (talk) 20:53, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

The English Wikipedia has defined dot-separator at MediaWiki:Dot-separator. The French Wikipedia has no page at fr:MediaWiki:Dot-separator. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:10, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

It does now. Pixeltoo: You really need to ask these questions on the French Wikipedia. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 21:48, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for your quick answer. Could you please list me all this "separators" existing in the namespace MediaWiki ? --Pixeltoo (talk) 21:53, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

Do you mean anything with "separator" in the name? A title search on separator [3] only finds MediaWiki:Pipe-separator and MediaWiki:Dot-separator with pages in the English Wikipedia. There are MediaWiki defaults at MediaWiki:colon-separator (click View source since colon is not rendered), MediaWiki:comma-separator, MediaWiki:semicolon-separator and a few others. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:24, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

George Soros

What is the point of having numerous fact checking and verification sites if none of them can answer a simple question; “Did George Soros donate $5,000,000,000 to the DNC in 2008?” I have wasted an hour searching all the sites, including this one, with endless variations of this question, with NO answers?! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.179.24.64 (talk) 21:34, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

Accorinding to one of the reference in George Soros, he gave 5 million in 2003 to help defeat George Bush. After that, he started his own group, so it seems unlikely he would give 1000x that amount in 2008 to the DNC. This question belongs on the reference desk RudolfRed (talk) 22:17, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia comes up with a weird blue color.

Everything under the text is showing up as a weird light blue color (hex code #A8D7F9) instead of white. I checked for viruses twice, checked the source code, nothing, checked for trouble shooting, nothing, checked around for all kinds of things and I'm finding nothing. I also changed my Chrome theme a few times to see if that was it and nothing.

I'm on Windows 7 and I use Chrome. I recently updated it yesterday, that didn't change anything. It doesn't do that on IE, but I don't use IE for anything other than a web browser to download Chrome.

It's light enough to be able to be read through, but dark enough to make it an exercise in annoying. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.8.215.194 (talk) 22:58, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

This is a known bug in Google Chrome when you view Wikipedia with zoom level below 100%. You can reset to 100% with Ctrl+0 or change up and down with Ctrl++ and Ctrl+-.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 23:39, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

Redirect help

I redirected Chetty v Naidoo. Do I need to do something with the Talk page? I've read WP:REDIRECT, but it's not clear to me whether I have to change the class= info or do something else or do nothing (nothing seems unlikely to me). Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:47, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

I don't really know what you mean by if you “need to do something with the Talk page”, but I would think you would redirect it to the page that you redirected it to. As for your other question, I'm not sure what you mean by “class= info”. 71.146.17.18 (talk) 18:47, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

I am not aware of any explicit guideline on this, but the last bullet point at Wikipedia:Redirect#Categorizing redirect pages seems to imply that talk pages of redirected pages should never be redirected themselves and instead the class parameter of the WikiProject template (if it exists) on the talk page should be changed to Redirect (although the few templates I checked do not have this parameter). -- Toshio Yamaguchi (tlk−ctb) 14:15, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

First, thanks for the TB, Toshio. Second, although User:Ukexpat did not respond here, he edited the Talk page to change the class parameters to redirect (it talks about that in the guideline). As far as I can tell, the only effect that has is to add Category:Redirect-Class legal articles to the Talk page. I'm not quite sure what that does or why this is what should be done; the guideline doesn't say - just says to do it.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:02, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

April 15

screen is blue

Hi,

The written articles are highlighted in blue, but the borders remain white. This makes it pretty annoying to try and read. Any idea why this could be happening? Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.133.253.144 (talk) 04:01, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

sorry, i just saw the question above mine, thanks anyway — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.133.253.144 (talk) 04:01, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

There is a bug in the latest version of Google Chrome which shows blue background if the browser zoom level is set below 100%. Reset the zoom to 100% with Ctrl+0 or adjust it with Ctrl++ and Ctrl+-. RudolfRed (talk) 04:02, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

Graphics Lab archives

Um, i was going through the illustration workshop archives and saw that some requests archived in the stale category have actually been fulfilled. They are there simply because someone forgot to add resolved tag. Is it OK to move them manually? Coz normally, archives aren't meddled with by users. Roshan220195 (talk) 06:44, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

I don't know archiving practice there. Other archives often have a box at the top saying not to make changes, and section edit links are disabled. Neither of this is the case for pages like Wikipedia:Graphic Lab/Illustration workshop/Archive/Jan 2011 but it could be arbitrary. I would ask at Wikipedia talk:Graphic Lab or Wikipedia talk:Graphic Lab/Illustration workshop. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:15, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

oh ok. Thanks :) Roshan220195 (talk) 06:30, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

SVGs wanted

I half-remember seeing a place to request creation of SVG illustrations ... (see Talk:Cadency labels of the British royal family#wishlist) —Tamfang (talk) 07:31, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Graphic Lab? See also Wikipedia:SVG image support. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:03, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

Looking for blueprints

i am looking for the blueprints or building plans to build a scale model of the house of the book aka Brandeis-Bardin institute? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.140.174.111 (talk) 07:36, 15 April 2012 (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) 12:03, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

Rollback

I used to have rollback vandal and Undo links and on my watchlist which I think were generated by Twinkle, which allowed swift reversion of vandalism. These no longer appear although I still use Twinkle, and I want them back.
Best Wishes Ankh.Morpork 10:34, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

You've never been a rollbacker, as far as I can tell.--Wehwalt (talk) 10:47, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

That is correct. I have never had rollback privileges. However, Twinkle offers a feature similarly named.
Best Wishes Ankh.Morpork 10:51, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

Quick wikitable fix please

Hi, I am pruning a slightly notable person's music bio, which was very promotional in nature and featured wikitables for future albums and EPs which are yet to be released or announced. I zapped them, but when modifying the Singles table to remove an unreleased, unannounced track in 2012 the last bottom bar of the wikitable has disappeared. Here's the article Charli XCX, could some wikitable wizard just give this a quick fix? Cheers. CaptainScreebo ^Parley! 11:17, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

Fixed with rowspan.[4] PrimeHunter (talk) 11:57, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, Prime. CaptainScreebo ^Parley! 17:22, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

Source

My name is David Arthur Cringle and I was a sound engineer with Zoo, Smile, Decca and Polydor records.

I have edit 4 articles that have information missing or is factually incorrect.

When I make the changes they are reverted back again and once again are incorrect.

How do I prove the source of the information when I am the source?

I have worked as Sound Engineer in the music industry for 30 years and find it incredable that my input is being challenged by those that have no experience or any hands on experience of the bands I have worked with.

I am retired now and simply want to add and correct with my own personal knowledge and experiance.

Please advice how I can become a source ?

Many thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Davecringle (talk • contribs) 11:22, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

The answer is very simple, you can't. Please read WP:RS, information has to be verifiable and, in general, published by reliable secondary or third-party sources. You may well know that Lemmy picks his nose between takes, but unless the NME or somesuch publication has printed such information, you can't include it in his article. You are being reverted for adding unsourced material. CaptainScreebo ^Parley! 11:41, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

Is "Big-X" acceptable?

Taking the following as an example, is the term "Big-X" acceptable? If it is, is this the preferred term or is another term preferred?

From Usenet traffic changes: "... the number of all text posts made in all Big-8 newsgroups averaged ...".

Or perhaps it is a Usenet-only term?

--Mortense (talk) 11:30, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

Big-8 is a well-known Usenet term. The article you mention has a link to Big 8 (Usenet). - David Biddulph (talk) 15:14, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

Missing Astilleros y Maestranzas de la Armada

The es:WP has an article called es:Astilleros y Maestranzas de la Armada or (es:ASMAR) and, below, they say that it is a translation of the en:WP article. But in the en:WP there is neither Astilleros y Maestranzas de la Armada nor ASMAR. Where is the article?. --Best regards, Keysanger (what?) 13:27, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

I think it is simply false information. The article was started in 2006 and most of the content added by a registered user, Samir19, in August 2011. The template indicating it was a translation of an English Wikipedia article was added by an IP here in April 2012. This time disconnect, coupled with the fact that there does not appear to be any English article, leads me to believe the translation template was either vandalism, or an artifact of a cut and paste from somewhere, but relates to nothing real.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 14:12, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

I think also it was a faux pas. Thank you. --Best regards, Keysanger (what?) 10:20, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

Original composer of alexader's Rag Time Band

The original composer of Alexander's Rag Time Band was written before 1911 by Jack Jacobs, he wrote the song and lyrics for his band, he sold all rights to Irving Berlin in 1911. Jack Jacobs was a child prodigy, performed in the Albert Hall in London as conductor at the age of for, he was a violinist, his brother was my Grand Father my mother's father played in Jack's band. Can you help me find anything on the above true facts, when Jack died he was written up in a Dutch newspaper, I do not remember the date or year but it was in the late fifties or early sixty. Thank you Roro — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.58.91.59 (talk) 15:49, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

Please discuss at Talk:Alexander's Ragtime Band with supporting references. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 15:57, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

Coding problem?

[5] At Metta World Peace, is there any reason that the first section titled “Pacers-Pistons brawl” with a level four header is not showing up in the contents, at the top of the page? 71.146.17.18 (talk) 18:43, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

If you'll notice, the section below it doesn't show either. Once you get to a certain level of heading, they no longer show in the TOC. 4th level is that limit. Dismas|^(talk) 18:57, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

See more at WP:TOC and {{TOC limit}}. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:04, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

Copyright Issue

I uploaded this image, File:Animated Evil Eye.gif, but this user named Eeekster tagged it, stating that it does not have the proper copyright tag, which I admit was improper. However, I fixed it and notified him, but he does not want to remove the tag. Can someone please help? Thanks! By the way, if you do help, please notify me on my talk page. Thanks again! Tboii99 ✉ 20:24, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

You have provided a source and retagged the file {{attribution}}, but the new source says, “These animations are free to take and use, but I would be very grateful for any donations however small.” This statement permits use of the image, but not redistribution or derivative works, either of which would bypass users going to the source site and seeing the plea for donations. So the image is still not as free as Wikipedia requires. —teb728 t c 21:25, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for explaining that, but what should I do now? Tboii99 ✉ 21:35, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

If you plan on using it in an article, you'll need to make sure it passes the non-free content criteria and apply a rationale to the image. If you were only going to use it in your user page, you're out of luck really, as only free media can be used there. Яehevkor ✉ 22:16, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

Aw, that's too bad, because my user page is the only place where I was going to use it . How do I delete it then? ☹ Tboii99 ✉ 22:45, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

The Possibly unfree files discussion will be closed in about three days. If you don’t want to wait till then for the file to be deleted, you could tag it {{db-self}}. —teb728 t c 00:25, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

April 16

Hatfield and McCoy in Piegon Forge Tennessee

I was told I could go to tripadvisor.com and find out about it and there would be a place to make a comment can you tell me how to get there? Thanks Kimberly — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.80.99.14 (talk) 00:36, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 3.9 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 RudolfRed (talk) 01:04, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

I think this is the TripAdvisor page you're looking for. --Colapeninsula (talk) 08:40, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

How to delete my username

I want to permanently delete my username, along with all the post and articles i have made so far. is it possible to do so. and if yes please guide me with the procedure of doing that. Jhk112345 04:51, 16 April 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jhk112345 (talk • contribs)

Look at WP:VANISH RudolfRed (talk) 05:01, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

Also see WP:OWN, the contributions you have released on Wikipedia are irrevocable, so WP:VANISH will actually only hide your user name and identity, you can not delete the content you contributed. --lTopGunl (talk) 09:35, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

What is the policy to stop a user from following my edits

Hi,

If a user I do not wish to interact with follows my edit history, what is the general remedy please? I have emphatically asked the user to stop following my edit history and I have received a less than civil response. The user seems to feel that they "have a right" to follow me to pages they have never edited before, but can develop an immediate interest in based on my presence there. I have issued the user notices/warnings about both hounding and incivility but they have been dismissed by him.

What is the best remedy for administrative help to stop future potential hounding and deal with the current case of incivility, as well as avoiding future incivility. Thanks. History2007 (talk) 09:28, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

Please see WP:HOUNDING. You might want to report it to WP:ANI supported by diffs of instances. --lTopGunl (talk) 09:32, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, I have seen the WP:HOUNDING. I thought ANI is generally for more major issues. In this case I was hoping for a simpler more specific venue. Is there a hounding noticeboard or civility noticeboard that has simpler and faster resolution than ANI? Thanks. History2007 (talk) 09:45, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

Yes, see WP:WQA. But don't expect any sanctions on the other user or you from there as that is meant for resolving this by discussion. If that doesn't work, you'll have to go to ANI. --lTopGunl (talk) 09:50, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

This is getting ridiculous. This was a settled matter last night I thought, as I even said "Truce" to him at the end...and explained matters, and tried to smooth it over. So what he did here is unnecessary. And leaving out pertinent facts, to bad-mouth me. He's now LYING. I did NOT "hound" him. For real. I only went to ONE ARTICLE TALK PAGE, not numerous ones, as he's giving the (false) impression, but just one...out of sincere interest in religious articles. It was not meant as anything malicious or "hounding". HIS response to my sincere comment on "Mediatrix" talk was HORRIBLE. And anything less than civil. He over-reacted big time, when I meant nothing bad. He's giving a false impression that I've been "following him around" on numerous articles. Which is simply not true. It was one article TALK PAGE...that by accident, and I chimed in with all due respect. He reacted coldly and uncivilly. Number two: He lies when he said "I dismissed his request". At first it was not a request but a horrible jerky demand and rude disrespect. But later on (if you see right here) I did smooth things over and told him he might have had a point.

I wrote this last night (and he definitely saw it):

-----I did not violate any WP policy by coming here, and with the first comment on here I made. But you did violate WP civility with your response to what I did. So naturally I reacted telling you off for being so rude. It's really that simple. Point me a clear thing (not just say "click this link") in WP policy pages that says an editor can't simply chime in a talk page of an article and lend his points in a respectful manner, simply because it was of a page that another editor knew someone else in? I'm interested in religious articles. So what?

I meant NO disrespect towards you, in doing that. For real. I thought you could get past stuff. I was wrong obviously. I meant well here though. But your reaction was extremely disrespectful. Hence my reaction to you. (My first comment here was well-meaning and simply for others to see in general. And you totally dissed it. But I meant nothing so terrible.) YOU turned this into this. Man. Not I. I had no bad intentions. I was over matters already. You obviously weren't. You could have easily have been cooler about it, or ignored the Mediatrix comment, etc. But you had to throw cold rudeness at me. Simply because of stuff from before.

I mean, maybe you're right in a way. Maybe it would have been smarter or better for me (for the time being) even if I meant it in a neutral or cool sense, for me not to peruse other religious articles (that I may be interested in) that other editors that I know (such as you) have been dealing with. But again, I did not mean it quite the sense that you probably assumed. Meaning that you really did NOT have to react the way you did. I know I'm not perfect necessarily. But iff you think you were perfect here, then there's not much I can say to you, and I will try hard to steer clear of you. Though we did have a decent working relationship in the past. Cheerio.-----

The only reason I'm HERE, by the way, in case he accuses me of "following him around" again (a total exaggeration) is because I understandably was curious if he was talking to any boards about this again even after last night. Seems I was right. And since this is about me, I have a right to say something here.

But again, to set the record straight. 1) I did not "hound" him at all. As my going to that talk page was not meant as hounding or dissing or anything like that, and I only checked his history page simply because I'm interested in religious articles in general, and I know that he (and some other editors) generally work on religious articles. And I was curious what was out there. No malice (at all) was intended. For real.

2) It was only that ONE article talk page...ever...not a constant thing as he's implying, with other articles, so he's giving a (false) impression.

3) The first comment I left on that article talk page (about Mediatrix dogma etc) was respectful yet pointed, and I said if I might chime in, which he totally dismissed, only focusing on the fact that I was there, and how dare I.

4) He only got this way because we had some disagreement earlier that day from something else, which I thought he might have been over...since I was...and it was whatever. I moved on, obviously he didn't.

5) Again, to re-iterate, my checking his history was only to see what other religious articles were out there, NOT to diss him. As he wrongly assumed. My interest was in the article, not in the editor.

6) He is not telling the truth when he said I totally dismissed what he said. At first I got angry at his rude nonsense, but a little later I wrote on his page with the section heading "Truce". Where I explained matters, and my motives, and how I meant nothing bad like he thought, but that he may have had a point. Of course he fails to mention that here, leaving pertinent facts out. That I sincerely tried to smooth things over. Not sure why he felt the need to whine here, and diss me again here, and misrepresent (or leave out) certain facts. Not cool. I mean, he and I got along well in the past, so it's sad this nonsense has to happen.

But just remember...no matter how flat you make a pancake, there are still always two sides. And there's a saying. If you heard only one side of a two-party dispute, you heard LESS than half. (People will always conveniently omit facts, and then exaggerate other facts...to make them look better, and the other person look worse.) I did NOT, repeat NOT, "hound" him. Not in any true Wikipedia sense. I was only perusing religious articles, and from some editors that I know work on them. Out of sincere interest in the articles, not in the editor. I did not disrupt or change any of his edits on "Mediatrix", nor did I ever intend to. (I do NOT do that, to people. For real. I don't follow editors around that I had a disagreement with, just to annoy or disrupt them. He slanders me basically by saying that, or at the very least, hastily and wrongly assumes...and puts bad motives on me, which, by the way, is against WP policy in itself.) I only said a little piece on the talk page, cuz I was interested. That's it. He went off on me. All cold and rude. Assumed this or that. Jumped the gun. Put bad motives on me. Ignored the content of my actual comment. And made me feel bad. Not "civil" at all. I naturally got upset, went off on him that he was out of line. But I still felt bad, called a Truce (which he never mentions here.) And I basically later on apologized to him at the end. Though technically I did nothing wrong. And his reaction was ANYTHING BUT "civil" in the beginning. Again, you can check out the whole matter and see all sides. I'm not perfect, necessarily, but he definitely isn't. I told him I was gonna respect his wishes at the end, so it wasn't necessary for him to spout off here, bad-mouthing me, and conveniently forgetting to tell you everything. Not cool. But I'd rather leave things in peace. Regards. Hashem sfarim (talk) 18:34, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

Watchlist

The Watch list changes notification only lists the last change made to each page on each day. This sounds logical enough except that, if the last change was a minor spelling correction (which is quite often the case) it can hide the fact that half the page may have changed just a few minutes earlier. Is there some way of expanding the list to all changes? Even a note something like "3 changes between **:** and **:**" would be ok. I know this information is available in the history but it would be more convenient if it was imediately visible. Roly (talk) 10:48, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

I had wished for that feature too. Please suggest it on WP:VP and it may get implemented at some point. History2007 (talk) 11:02, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

Go to "My preferences", "Watchlist" tab, and tick "Expand watchlist to show all changes, not just the most recent". There's more at Help:Watching pages#Options. -- John of Reading (talk) 11:43, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia article keeps disappearing

Can you please make sure that article Volunteering under "Wishaw" (Town) will not be removed, or categorised as advert, which isn't. Volunteering is free of charge service and provides many opportunities for the local communities, which are listed in the very article..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wishaw#Volunteering

From time to time somebody removes/deletes this article which is a bad idea considering a fact that 30% of Scottish population is or was involved in any shape or form of volunteering (information from General Register Office for Scotland).

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.102.15.67 (talk) 12:02, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

The information you're adding sounds like advertising; that's why it keeps getting deleted. If you want the information included, you must make sure it adheres to a neutral point of view. For other editors, the IP is referring to the information he is trying to add here. AndieM (Am I behaving?) 12:45, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

To see the phrases and words that other editors are objecting to, see Wikipedia:Wikipuffery. Dru of Id (talk) 13:04, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

How do you add information on top of an edit page?

I would like to leave a note on my talk page stating that I am a female and I want it to show up while the page is being edited. However, I do not know how to do that. Any help would be greatly appreciated. AndieM (Am I behaving?) 15:24, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

Anything you write on the page User talk:AndieM/Editnotice will appear to anybody editing your talkpage. You can also put a message on User talk:AndieM/Talk header. That message will appear above all content on your talkpage, when the talk page is viewed in 'Read mode'. -- Toshio Yamaguchi (tlk−ctb) 15:32, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

Thank you! AndieM (Am I behaving?) 15:54, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

Downloading PDF documents

I've attempted to down load both individual articles and books in the pdf format. In each and every case I've been unable to save them or to open them with Adobe Acrobat. They'll cause Adobe Acrobat to crash each and every time. I've tried this on two different Windows computers and one Mac Pro computer. How can I fix this problem? Thanks so much for your help! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 152.216.11.5 (talk) 15:48, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

I don't have much experience with the PDF books feature, but here is our FAQ for Books: Help:Books FAQ. The Interior (Talk) 18:56, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

You can also repost your question here if the FAQ doesn't help: Books Feedback. The Interior (Talk) 18:58, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

User name hidden behind picture caption

Somehow this diff [6], piping a user-name behind "a fan" in a picture caption, feels wrong, but I can't find a policy against it. Am I being over-sensitive? - Arjayay (talk) 16:51, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

It's not clear to me what encyclopedic value the image adds to the article so I would suggest it be removed completely. That aside, how about Wikipedia:CAPTION#Establishing relevance to the article?--ukexpat (talk) 16:57, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

Humble Request

The information about Jack Nicholson is great and fantastic, He is person whom I admire, if possible give his postal address, desperate to write him. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.245.110.78 (talk) 18:24, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

He doesn't appear to have an official website, but you could contact him through his agent:

Bresler Kelly & Associates

11500 West Olympic Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90064 USA

(next time please use the WP:reference desk for general queries, thanks!) The Interior (Talk) 18:40, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia "photoshop team"

I remember that there is a page in the Wikipedia namespace where you can go to request that someone create/modify an image. Does anyone know what page that is? Ryan Vesey Review me! 20:22, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

You can request creation of an image at Wikipedia:Requested pictures, and modification at Wikipedia:Graphic Lab. -- John of Reading (talk) 20:30, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

Thank you very much. The Graphic Lab was exactly what I was looking for and the other link helped too. Ryan Vesey Review me! 20:32, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

Article been moved without following request for move procedures

Good evening Wikipedians, Daniel Callegaro (talk · contribs) has executed a page move without submitting a request for move at WP:RM. The article and its talk page have moved from the English written text of Leyla Aliyeva (presenter) to Leyla Əliyeva (presenter) which is using the Azerbaijani written text. The user is relatively new, and may not be aware of the move procedure. Would it be possible for an admin to look into this, and revert things accordingly. Thank you! Wesley☀Mouse 23:26, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

Note that per Wikipedia:Requested moves, 'If you have no reason to expect a dispute concerning a move, be bold and move the page.' If they had filed at Requested Moves, however, Wikipedia:Naming conventions (use English) would certainly have been cited as justification for the article remaining where it was. It will now take an administrator to move it back over the created redirect. Dru of Id (talk) 23:38, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the speedy reply. I knew about the naming convention somewhere along the lines, especially with this version of Wiki being English speaking. I've noticed the same user has also changed English versions of the presenter's name, to Azeri written versions - I have reverted those, and left an explanatory note on the users talk page, in light that I am aware the user is relatively new, and may not be aware of WP:ENGLISH. Wesley☀Mouse 23:47, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

Not sure why Dru of Id thought it needed an admin to move it back, but I've done it. - David Biddulph (talk) 01:23, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

Ah well, thank you for fixing it though - much appreciated. Wesley☀Mouse 01:25, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

The same user also moved Leyla Aliyeva to Leyla Əliyeva, I moved it back.--ukexpat (talk) 01:29, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

Well spotted, I hadn't even noticed that one. I did notice some of the edit summeries listed things as "Azeri words, it´s difficult to me". I'm wondering if it would be wise to encourage adoption to the user, so that they can gain a better understanding into editing correctly? Wesley☀Mouse 01:33, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, forgot that was if the redirect had subsequently been edited. Dru of Id (talk) 01:44, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

April 17

Delete Account

Delete my account. Due to some privacy concerns, I need my account to be terminated immediately. I have been told that that can't be done, but that is false. Please delete my account and my posts. Thank you in advance for the professionalism Johanna Orchid — Preceding unsigned comment added by Johanna orchid (talk • contribs) 04:16, 17 April 2012‎

Your account cannot be deleted, but it can be renamed to something which is unconnected to your real name. See Wikipedia:Changing username. Textual contributions you have made to Wikipedia cannot, however, be removed. As noted on every single page where you pressed the "Save Page" button: "By clicking the "Save Page" button, you agree to the Terms of Use, and you irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 License and the GFDL.". When your account is renamed, your contributions will be attributed to the anonymous account, but they cannot be made to simply "not exist". --Jayron32 05:19, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

template for photo gallery

Hi. What is the template for not turning an article into a photo gallery? One of the editors is doing this at Roseville, New South Wales and has reverted my attempt to reduce the photo content. What template can I put on it?

Sardaka (talk) 06:57, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

See WP:GALLERY. But does the article for a town really need so many pictures of random houses? Dismas|^(talk) 07:23, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

The style guideline is at Wikipedia:Image use policy#Image galleries and there are some likely templates at Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup#Images. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:43, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

Battle of Culloden

Please add to the Talk page about the Battle of Culloden that 16 April 2012 was the 266th anniversary of the battle. People should remember the fact, regardless of their loyalties to the Hanoverians or the Jacobites.Maclennan123 (talk) 07:53, 17 April 2012 (UTC)