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June 18

Wikifrustrated! I want to create a template!

I want to create a template– Wikifrustrated!
You know there are many reasons to get frustrated here– continuous edit warring etc, personal attack, foolish comments etc
So, the basic idea is right now this user is frustrated with Wikipedia, so he may not response to all discussions now and he may try to avoid some particular discussions"
Is there any similar template? I know about WP:Wikibreak, this is not what I am looking for! Any opinion?--Tito Dutta ✉ 05:00, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The closest I found is {{Discouraged}}, which is in Category:Wikibreak templates listing other templates. If none of them is what you want, then you might want to create a new one (you could use one of the existing ones as a basis). -- Toshio Yamaguchi (tlk−ctb) 05:09, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I just created {{User frustrated}} per the suggestion. Hope it's what you had in mind. I can see people finding something like this useful. Equazcion ^(talk) 05:11, 18 Jun 2012 (UTC)

Excellent! Can you change the bgcolor to #fae5b0 or similar please? --Tito Dutta ✉ 05:21, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I added a parameter for that, see the documentation. Equazcion ^(talk) 05:30, 18 Jun 2012 (UTC)

request length report for Fluorine

Please give me the full length report (readable prose of most interest) for F. 64.134.168.97 (talk) 05:50, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Please do your own homework.
Welcome to the Wikipedia Help desk. Your question appears to be a homework question. I apologize if this is a misevaluation, but it is our policy here not to do people's homework for them, but merely to aid them in doing it themselves. Letting someone else do your homework does not help you learn how to solve such problems.
Please attempt to solve the problem yourself first. You can search Wikipedia or search the Web.
If you need help with a specific part of your homework, the Reference desk can help you grasp the concept. Do not ask knowledge questions here, just those about using Wikipedia.

Also see Fluorine.--203.84.180.42 (talk) 06:38, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I cannot imagine how this could be a homework assignment. This is the second time this exact same question has been asked. As I provided the last time: Using User:Dr_pda/prosesize.js:

Document statistics: 
   Prose size (including all HTML code): 124 kB
   References (including all HTML code): 25 kB
   Wiki text: 185 kB
   Prose size (text only): 73 kB (11056 words) "readable prose size"
   References (text only): 1636 B

--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 06:48, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Some text had been added and also several paras behind bullets were converted to unbulleted form. Expected to see the length go up. Thanks again for running the script.

Um...now...um...could you write this essay for me on how I should spend my summer. ;-) 64.134.168.97 (talk) 06:52, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, here's the updated numbers:

Document statistics:
   File size: 734 kB
   Prose size (including all HTML code): 134 kB
   References (including all HTML code): 28 kB
   Wiki text: 189 kB
   Prose size (text only): 78 kB (11805 words) "readable prose size"
   References (text only): 1755 B

--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 06:56, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

See Friendship, Kinship, Physical exercise, Leisure, Outdoor recreation, Storm, Internet access, Plan B, and Summer reading program. Good luck. Dru of Id (talk) 07:07, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oh god, sorry. I focused on the word "report", not "length report" and assumed he/she was requesting a full-length paper/essay on fluorine. Sorry for the mistake.--203.84.180.42 (talk) 10:09, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The question could have been worded less ambigiously - "Request for a length report of the article Flourine" would have been clearer. When I saw the initial post I also assumed "homework!". Roger (talk) 10:52, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

To the OP: does the suggesion at User:Dr pda/prosesize#To try without installing work for you? Then you wouldn't have to ask here each time. -- John of Reading (talk) 10:37, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, yes, works. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.134.168.97 (talk) 01:52, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Pictures

This is probably a dumb question. How do I search for pictures? I see images in articles but I cannot find them searching Wikipedia. What is the obvious thing I am missing? Thank you!!!! --Kinkykitteh (talk) 07:22, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Images are held in the file namespace - on the search page, use the Advanced search to select only "File" pages. It's also a good idea to prefix your query with a single tilde (~), which makes the search fuzzier (image names are often pretty obscure). You can also search for free images at Wikimedia Commons. Yunshui 雲‍水 07:32, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Super helpful! If I link images from Wikimedia Commons how do I do that? file: is for local stuff but what is for those images? I'm sorry if these are dumb questions. I really appreciate your help. --Kinkykitteh (talk) 07:39, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

To display an image from Commons, just use the "File:" prefix as you would for local images. The software knows to look in both places. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:44, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Awesome! That makes life way easier. One last image question. I'm working in an obviously 'adult' area. Am I correct in assuming that I should try finding the most tasteful images possible for the topics? Is that wrong? Should I use the most fitting images? Should I try to find some balance? I'm not quite sure how I should be making judgement calls like that and I don't want to cross any lines. Is there some rule about that? I know Wikipedia Is Not Censored and all that but surely there must be some kind of boundaries. I don't know what they are and how to weigh that. I don't want to mess things up or do it wrong. --Kinkykitteh (talk) 08:08, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Questions like these have been debated at length. I guess you should start reading at Wikipedia:Offensive material, and be prepared to discuss your choices on your article talk page. -- John of Reading (talk) 09:01, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Unwanted markup fragment on target page

Can someone help me with User:Toshio Yamaguchi/Template:NFCC issue note? There appears some code that shouldn't appear on a page with a transclusion of this template (see the template page in my userspace and my sandbox). -- Toshio Yamaguchi (tlk−ctb) 07:29, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I've made an edit. Have I removed the right text? -- John of Reading (talk) 07:52, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I am not sure. I want the template to have a small date appear at the end of the text, as in Template:Unreferenced. -- Toshio Yamaguchi (tlk−ctb) 07:56, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The tagging date will have to be passed in as a parameter; you won't be able to do that with CURRENTMONTH and so on. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:09, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Why doesn't this change fix it (see test)? -- Toshio Yamaguchi (tlk−ctb) 08:36, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, got it. Really fixed now Test transclusion. Thanks John. -- Toshio Yamaguchi (tlk−ctb) 08:46, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Other templates like this one have a named parameter "date", so I think you should stick with "date=". -- John of Reading (talk) 08:50, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Can you point me to an example where I can see how the "date" parameter must be used? -- Toshio Yamaguchi (tlk−ctb) 09:00, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

How about starting with a copy of Template:Unreferenced, or (a bit simpler) Template:Copy edit? Then the fiddly details would be handled by the usual code inside {{Ambox}}, and you wouldn't have to worry about it. -- John of Reading (talk) 09:05, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I made User:Toshio Yamaguchi/Template:NFCC issue note 3 using ambox. I guess that's better. -- Toshio Yamaguchi (tlk−ctb) 10:05, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Is it possible to substitute only part of a template, ie. the date parameter, while everything else is being transcluded? If so, how could this be done? How can I achieve that only the date parameter in User:Toshio Yamaguchi/Template:NFCC issue note 3 is substituted, while the rest is being transcluded? When I add {{subst:Currentdate}}, the current date becomes part of the template markup. Is it possible that the template markup always has the current date and the substitution only takes place, when User:Toshio Yamaguchi/Template:NFCC issue note 3 is itself being transcluded onto another page? -- Toshio Yamaguchi (tlk−ctb) 14:40, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

If there was a way to do this, then I am sure that templates like {{Unreferenced}} would have been written to use it. What you can do is to code this template with a required "date" parameter, and then create a second template that subst's the first one. Have a look at {{non-free reduced}} and {{furd}} as an example. Alternatively, once your new template is up and running it could be added to the list of templates that are automatically dated by various bots. -- John of Reading (talk) 16:13, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I just had an insight and finally found a method to achieve what I want. See User:Toshio Yamaguchi/Template:NFCC issue note 3. I used five tildes as parameter. Thank you for all your help John, very much appreciated. -- Toshio Yamaguchi (tlk−ctb) 16:42, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Multiple questions

Should I always use an edit summary? Should I break up my edits to make sure the summary can cover each one? When should I use the talk page instead of or in addition to edit summaries?

What about the TOC thingy with underscores? When should I use that? I see that on some pages but not on others and I don't understand why.

How do I turn a redirect into one of those disambiguation pages? Is there some shortcut or template for that? Plus can anyone point me to some rules page about disambiguation so I know I'm doing it right?

Is there some live chat feature or site I can use to ask more questions as they come up so I don't keep cluttering up this page?

Thank you so much for any help!! --Kinkykitteh (talk) 08:03, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, unless your edit is extremely minor and uncontraversial. No, usually a general overveiw of what you've done ("fixed typos", "reverted vandalism", "added headers", etc.) is fine. Use the talkpage if your edits are likely to cause arguments, or if you're about to get embroiled in an edit-war.

TOCs usually sort themselves out; you'll rarely need to create them yourself - but see WP:TOC for full details. Adding the underscores forces the table to appear in a specific place, whether there are enough headers to generate it automatically or not.

The answer is probably too long to expound here, but you can find details at MOS:DAB. Feel free to ask me on my talkpage if you need more explanation. Yunshui 雲‍水 08:11, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

There's also WP:IRC for real-time assistance. Yunshui 雲‍水 08:12, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Kinkykitteh, you can also enable a feature that reminds you each time you forget to add an edit summary, by checking the box "Prompt me when entering a blank edit summary" (under "Advanced options") at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing.

Another gadget is the " Add two new dropdown boxes below the edit summary box with some useful default summaries" box (under "Editing") at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets. benzband (talk) 10:02, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You should, but don't have to. KKwren (talk) 15:59, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Stephen Hinchliffe

I have attempted to correct the factual inaccurate statements in your page about me. The corrections through editting are initially accepted but soon after revert to the oncorrect text. Why do you not allow me to correct the incorrect facts please? You are supposed to be professional. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.8.34.197 (talk) 10:13, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

If you really are Stephen Hinchliffe then in most circumstances you should not be editing the article about yourself - see our guidelines on conflicts of interest and autobiographies. If you believe there are inaccuracies in the article, the correct course of action is to raise the issue at the article's talk page and see if other independent editors will agree to change the article. Also, you should note that almost all Wikipedia editors are volunteers, not professional editors. Gandalf61 (talk) 10:35, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

If the information you want to remove is supported by reliable sources, then it should not be removed. If it is not supported by reliable sources, then anybody may remove it, particularly in an article about a living person: however, to avoid problems with conflict of interest it's probably better that you request removal on the talk page rather than doing it yourself. --ColinFine (talk) 11:54, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

HOW TO DE-ORPHANE AN ARTICLE

Dear Sir, Yesterday I produced several links to Dorin N Poenaru

from: Spontaneous fission, Nuclear fission, University of Bucharest, Island of stability, Cold fission, Neptunium, Cluster decay, Alexandru Proca.

Please let me know what shall I do to de-orphane the article Dorin N Poenaru.

Yours sincerely, Sobieski Wanda (talk) 10:19, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I removed the orphan tag from the article. If the tag no longer applies you can remove it. Quasihuman (talk • contribs) 10:30, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You must add links to it. DinosaurP (talk) 14:32, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

No, it's about having incomming links from other articles. Roger (talk) 10:42, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

No English version

hello,

I am searching for a category, tool or anything similar which lists all articles not created in the English wikipedia, for example [1]. Thanks.--GoP _T ^C _N 14:12, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

If you mean all titles which exist in at least one other language but has no interlanguage link to English and no English article with the same title then it would be a huge list, maybe milions. See Wikipedia:Translation#Articles needing translation for something more modest. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:27, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Will go through the several listings. Regards.--GoP _T ^C _N 15:29, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Account Deletion

I am request to have my account Tiparrish removed/deleted from the Wikipedia site. Please do so ASAP.

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tiparrish (talk • contribs) 14:40, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Accounts cannot be deleted but you do have the right to vanish.--ukexpat (talk) 15:03, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Cloud.com

Can anyone add the proper cite templates to the article's refs rather than bare URL links, thanks. 117.227.30.10 (talk) 14:53, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Done you can do that in two clicks if you register an account and add the Reflinks script to your monobook. Regards.--GoP _T ^C _N 15:32, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Please recheck. Refs like no. 8 and 5 seem to be wrong. 117.227.4.212 (talk) 10:32, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Snafu re category move to new name

Hi. I want to change Category:Singers awarded knighthoods to Category:Singers awarded British knighthoods. My rationale is sound but I screwed up in setting it up (see [2]). Help!! Thanks. Quis separabit? 15:40, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The place to discuss renaming of categories is at WP:Categories for discussion. GB fan 15:46, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Adding shortcuts to this page

I've decided to be bold and add the shortcuts WP:Y and WP:HDH to the formerly abandoned sandbox for the header of this page, but I was wondering why they had been removed, as I do remember that they used to be there. There is nothing on it on the header's talk page so I don't have a clue. AndieM (Am I behaving?) 16:38, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

WP:Y - After first being added sometime in 2007, WP:Y was removed from the page in this 2007 edit (which has no edit summary), and then was re-added in this 2009 edit (with the edit summary "add additional stuff from the help page") before being deleted most recently in this 2012 edit (with the edit summary "better use of space").
WP:HDH - The WP:HDH template was also created in 2007, and remained until 2012 when it was removed in this edit along with the edit summary, "rm useless shortcut, added teahouse link". Shortly after this edit, WP:HDH was nominated for deletion and it is currently up for discussion here. The nom's rationale is that it is a redirect that links to a page that hardly anyone ever edits (i.e. the help page header) and for which a shortcut is needless.

So from what I gather, WP:Y was removed to cut down on space taken up by the header and WP:HDH was removed because hardly anyone edits the header so its use is severely limited. These are the views of other editors, and not necessarily shared by me. If you want to weigh in on the WP:HDH RfD then I'm sure your views would be welcome considering how few editors have weighed in on the question. -Thibbs (talk) 00:26, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

All right, I'll let the current one stand. I've !voted against keeping WP:HDH. AndieM (Am I behaving?) 09:14, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

How do I add the Reflinks tool (Toolserver) to my Toolbox menu?

The heading say it all. Roger (talk) 17:29, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Nevermind, I found the instructions. Roger (talk) 17:56, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Incorrect information on my page

My name is Laurie Blalock Vanzura. I write under the pseudonym Lori Wilde. Someone has input incorrect information on my page. I tried editing it and it seemed to take it, but when I go back to the Lori Wilde entry the old, incorrect information is still there! My last name is NOT Moeller. My birth name is NOT Blabok and my first name is NOT Laura. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.14.153.36 (talk) 17:50, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I think in this case your not writing pulp fiction (on this occasion) and you are who you say you are but Wikipedia needs a independent and good verifiable source. See:Wikipedia:Verifiability Do you think it possible that a relative of yours has the name Moeller and has thus caused confusion here by you using a nom de plume. Post here (or better still -on the article talk page) a good reference that we can cite and it will be corrected before our next reprint.--Aspro (talk) 18:18, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Also being discussed at WP:BLPN.--ukexpat (talk) 20:39, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Removing a tag/flag

An editor has been working to help you and two of the tags have been removed; the orphan tag remains. Nine of the 'references' are to its own site, which should probably removed. Its social media sites should be removed and one (1) link to its main page should be in a section External links. Dru of Id (talk) 19:57, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Change name of new page

i am making a new page and i do not know how to change the name Maxbeyer (talk) 18:18, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:MOVE.--ukexpat (talk) 18:25, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

(note) This is the user's only edit. AndieM (Am I behaving?) 08:55, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

In that case, the way to change the name of a redlink is to edit the article. If doing so would produce an ugly result then one can create a redlink in the sandbox or on one's userpage simply by clicking "Edit" at the top tab and then writing [[Example Name]] in the edit field. Here "Example Name" can be replaced with whatever seems appropriate. After the redlink is created, clicking on it will take you to an empty page where you can write your article. -Thibbs (talk) 12:47, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Addding a citation

I want to add a citation to http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Health_informatics&action=submit. When I look at the present citations, then click Edit, I'm given a mostly blank screen, showing none of the existing citations. Should I just enter my citation, then click edit, and expect that the system will add it to those existing. (I don't want mine to change anything already existing.) — Preceding unsigned comment added by White, Jim (talk • contribs) 18:49, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, welcome to Wikipedia. References in Wikipedia are actually added within the text of the article itself, where you see those little^[1] numbers^[2]; this is to ensure that references are associated with the text they support. The software then displays them in that mostly blank section you found. This page provides some explanation about how to create these references, but in general, do this: Text that needs a reference.<ref name="johndoe">{{cite book|last=Doe|first=John|title=Title of referenced book|year=2012|publisher=Publisher|location=Location|pages=42}}</ref>. Hope this helps! Hersfold non-admin^(t/a/c) 19:38, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

For example, in the article you mention, if you edit the History section, you'll see this sentence (second in the first paragraph):

In 1949, Gustav Wagner established the first professional organization for informatics in Germany.<ref name="nyu">{{Cite web |url=http://www.nyuinformatics.org/education/degree-programs |title=NYU Graduate Training Program in Biomedical Informatics (BMI): A Brief History of Biomedical Informatics as a Discipline |work=www.nyuinformatics.org |publisher=NYU Langone Medical Center |accessdate=11 November 2010}}</ref>

That reference (the stuff in the <ref> tag) is then shown at the bottom of the screen as reference 4. Hersfold non-admin^(t/a/c) 19:41, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks much, the reference has been added, and works! — Preceding unsigned comment added by White, Jim (talk • contribs) 21:53, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong Founder

How do I edit a company's "founder" in the info box? It is wrong on the Wikipage. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.164.172.90 (talk) 19:07, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

First, you need to find a good independent and authoritative source which states your company's founder. See Wikipedia:Verifiability. Then click on the edit tab at the top and correct the info with a reference to the source or just click on the 'talk' tab at the top on the article page and add it there (at the bottom) – with an explanation. A skilled editor will then update the article next time they’re cruising through.--Aspro (talk) 19:29, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The above answer assumes you are affiliated with the company. If that isn't the case, then you can just be bold and edit it yourself. RudolfRed (talk) 00:25, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

(my)Deleted wiki page still shows in Google Search

Hello Long back ( When I was new to the whole internet world) , I had created a page of my own in Wiki and I donno what I was thinking at the time. The page have been deleted but whenever I google my name, the deleted wiki page with my name is the first search result. I do not want that page to be appearing. The page is deleted long back but the deletionpedia still appears. Can I know what I have to do to avoid this.

Thanks Indira22 (talk) 19:41, 18 June 2012 (UTC) Indira[reply]

Hello, I'm sorry that you're having problems with this, but it sounds like the copy of the article you're seeing is being hosted on another website; there are a few sites that will grab copies of articles from Wikipedia before they are deleted. You may wish to contact administrators on that site for further assistance. Hersfold non-admin^(t/a/c) 19:44, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Take a look at Deletionpedia's list of stuff they don't want. If your page meets any of those criteria, you can request deletion via Special:GrimReaper. Reach Out to the Truth 17:47, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

IRC

Tell me all about every single command on IRC, I want to know every-thing!--Deathlasersonline (talk) 21:57, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

See List_of_Internet_Relay_Chat_commands. Also, this page is for just questions about using Wikipedia. Next time ask non-Wikipedia questions on the reference desk at WP:RD RudolfRed (talk) 22:23, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Self Grandizing

Charles Carreon, after picking a legal fight with the Oatmeal, apparently created a wiki page that has very little real information on him. Thinking this might have been a left over from his prior 15 seconds of fame involving sex.com and just had a recent update, I left it alone. It appears to have been updated again within the last week and this time it has his website - it was not there beforehand. Now he is claiming his website, which he just updated to wiki article about himself, is under attack. I'm sure the updates at logged and will show a pattern. No doubt, he updated his Wiki entry after filing a suit against the National Wildlife Federation and the American Cancer Society. Please do not let this man continue to use your platform to basically promote himself. I am old friends with Randal Keith Milholland of Something Positive and I'm aware that several of HIS attempts to post a wiki on himself (before a well meaning fan did) were shot down for far less than this person. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 20.137.7.64 (talk) 22:39, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, but this article is currently being discussed for deletion. Editors are voting as to whether this article should remain on Wikipedia or not, and your concern is one of the concerns listed. If you would like to !vote, then you can vote here. Please note that this page is for questions on using Wikipedia, and similar problems can be reported here in the future. Electriccatfish2 (talk) 22:56, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The article has actually been around since 2008, long before his dispute with Inman. Possibly even before 2008, since the article was created with an unreferenced tag alrady on it. Reach Out to the Truth 17:56, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

June 19

Two different pages for Core War, or not?

Core War lists 4 bulleted variants under ==Variants==
Core war lists 3 bulleted variants under ==Variants==

The difference in URL is War vs war (lowercase w). What is going on and why isn't there simply 1 page? I would think Wikipedia should not be case sensitive in this case. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.73.58.182 (talk) 00:19, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Core war is a redirect to Core War. The top of Core war says "(Redirected from Core war)". Unregistered users sometimes see an old page version for cache reasons, especially when they access a page via a redirect. Purge the page to see the current version, or click the "Article" tab to jump to the non-redirect version. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:32, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Amber Alert first usage?

Wikipedia question of correction? > The Andy Griffith Show: 1963 – Character Ernest T. Bass wants to join the army and is angry and wants to break all the windows in town because he was rejected by the Army. He was going to break all the windows in Mayberry and Barney (Don Knotts) told the Sergeant, that he and Andy Griffith were going to do an “Amber Alert”, when asked what it was, Knotts said it was staying up 24 hours to catch Bass at his breaking glass.

> Question: When was the “Amber Alert” first used?

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, states that President Bill Clinton signed it into law in October 1996. > > While it may have not been for the search of children by Law Enforcement, it appears, it was used by Law Enforcement for searching for a possible criminal. ^{[details removed]} > — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.49.156.215 (talk) 02:06, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I deleted the duplicate question. Clearly the two articles are referring to two different things, so there is no error to correct. RudolfRed (talk) 02:11, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

deleting pages

To whom it may concern:

How do I delete pages off of wikipedia that I created? If few others have contributed to it, is there a way to quickly delete it? Also, once deleted, will it still prompt up on google as an empty page with the title? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.176.41.47 (talk) 03:46, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Did you create the pages with an account so that you can point us to the page in question? If you are the only contributor to the page you can place {{db-self}}, but you must be logged into your account to do so. Otherwise you should take it to Wikipedia:Articles for Deletion. Using the Wikipedia:Proposed Deletion process could work too. Ryan Vesey Review me! 03:49, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It should be removed from Google's search index when they revisit the page and discover it's deleted. If a Wikipedia mirror has copied the page before it was deleted then their copy may remain. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:59, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

ETEKOSOFT

The branch of Etekosoft is in Pakistan. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Drzik (talk • contribs) 03:52, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

If you spot an error in one of our articles, please be bold and fix it. I'm not sure which article you might be concerned about, but we don't have an article on Etekosoft. RudolfRed (talk) 04:39, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

A Wikipedia search of Etekosoft gives no results on any page. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:56, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

HOW DO I CORRECT WRONG INFO ON THE INFAMOUS COLWICK MURDFERS?

The boy who witnessed those murders was playing hookey from school and was up a tree looking for birds eggs. Your item goes on to say that the bodies of the murder victims were discovered three days later. Not true. His parenst started to search for him when he didn't come home and it was the searchers who found the bodies whilst looking for this lad who was still in the tree, absolutely terrified. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.13.30.103 (talk) 06:13, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It is greatly preferable if you provide a reliable sources for that, as it is potentially controversial. You need to provide a source for that information. Thanks CyanGardevoir ^{(used EDIT!)} 06:53, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Circulating article contents by e-mail

Dear sirs, after reading your explanations about copying from your different sites, I still do not understand, whether I may add meanings of the contents of articles, without copying them, to a circulatory e-mail I intend to prepare. I would appreciate an explanation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.64.0.248 (talk) 06:19, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Theoretically you would need to comply with the terms of WP:REUSE if you intend to circulate your e-mails to a large mailing list.--ukexpat (talk) 12:54, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Another template question

At User:Toshio Yamaguchi/Template:NFCC issue note 3 I specified category = Articles with problems regarding the non-free content criteria and all = All articles with problems regarding the non-free content criteria. Yet when I test for example here, my sandbox isn't added to any category, there's not even a redlink or anything? Why? Does that only work in mainspace or did I miss something? -- Toshio Yamaguchi (tlk−ctb) 07:18, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It works for other namespaces too, but yes the problem you're running into is that you've encountered a limitation imposed by the "Category handler" template which is used by the ambox template. This blocks the addition of ambox template categories to userspace. See here for more info. -Thibbs (talk) 12:41, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. -- Toshio Yamaguchi (tlk−ctb) 14:30, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

All Cap

Is there any script or something by which I can correct all cap errors very quickly (eg. Gopaldas_Neeraj#Writings_that_appear_in_movies)

Advisor.js does not help in most of these cases.
I'll not be able to install anything in my computer! --Tito Dutta ✉ 07:33, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I also know about word processor change case! --Tito Dutta ✉ 07:34, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know if there is one, but I had time to kill so I just corrected them myself :) AndieM (Am I behaving?) 11:47, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

TWITTER Names

Would it be possible to add the official Twitter name or Facebook page of celebrities on the wiki page? In order for fans to follow them? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.38.152.4 (talk) 11:06, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see why not, but only if you can include a reliable source.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 12:17, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

See Template:Twitter.Edinburgh Wanderer 22:22, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, per our guidance on external links, there is no reason to add these links to articles, and they generally should be removed from existing articles, since they add no encyclopedic content to Wikipedia. "In order for fans to follow them" is not a valid reason for putting links into Wikipedia. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:57, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Navigation box fix

I know I've been asking questions an awful lot these days, but there is a navigation box here that I want to add to my userpage to aid in frequently-visited links and I can't seem to get all the links I want displayed. Thank you! AndieM (Am I behaving?) 11:39, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You must write [[:Category:...]] with colon in front if you want a link to the category instead of placing the page in the category. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:51, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Did this edit produce more or less what you want? Deor (talk) 11:53, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that's great, but it would be better if the links were set to normal (left) rather than centered. AndieM (Am I behaving?) 13:32, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Have taken this to AndieM's talk page. Deor (talk) 01:45, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Month's top editor (count)!

Is there (most probably there is) a page which keeps record of a month's top editors! Can someone give me link of that page please? --Tito Dutta ✉ 13:17, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

What does "top editor" mean? If it is purely by number of edits then there are a bunch of bots that do routine maintenace which would always head the list. Roger (talk) 14:20, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Can I find the list somewhere in Wikipedia? --Tito Dutta ✉ 14:22, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You can find a list of editors by all-time edit counts here. As for monthly tallies and similar, several older lists are maintained for historical reasons (e.g. July 2003, 2004, and 2004-2010), but I don't think that these stats are currently tallied anywhere. If they are then I don't know where. Hope this helps a little. -Thibbs (talk) 14:32, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Instructions on how to create a list like this are given here. -Thibbs (talk) 14:35, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I too knew it! In some editors' talk page you'll notice message "You are one of XY most active editors of this month" I am searching that list (if there is any)! --Tito Dutta ✉ 14:38, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Can you post an example of such a userbox? Or alternately you could maybe ask one of these editors how they are getting the info. -Thibbs (talk) 18:15, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Duplicate ref button?

I only just now noticed some stuff in the toolbar between the edit window and the header box. There are two 'Reference' buttons. I don't know since when it looks that way (I might just have missed the introduction of this feature). What is the purpose of having two buttons? I note that the first button simply inserts ref tags with some text, while the second triggers the appearance of an 'Insert reference' window. Still the end effect seems to be the same. Is there some deeper purpose behind this which I am missing? -- Toshio Yamaguchi (tlk−ctb) 14:44, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, I rarely use either of them because the RefToolbar using the cite button is much better. I assume that the one that triggers the Insert reference window was created afterwards and they didn't remove the first. Ryan Vesey Review me! 14:51, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, actually I also prefer to type the tags by hand. It's just that I do not see the purpose of this change. But you might be correct that one of them just hasn't been removed yet. -- Toshio Yamaguchi (tlk−ctb) 15:00, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hollywood's Top Ten

Your information on the Hollywood's Top Ten listing is incorrect. The ONLY host the show EVER had was Lynda Halligan. Richard Roeper appeared on a few episodes as a guest CO-host, along with Lynda Halligan. Henry Dittman, etc. were comedians solely providing commentary on some of the movies on the countdown. Also, the top ten list was NEVER put together by the host/s of the show. It began as a list put together by the producer and executive producer of the show based on extensive research, box office results, etc. A few months after its debut, the show's viewers started voting online and had complete control of the outcome of the lists. In addition, Lynda Halligan was not only the show's sole host, she was also the writer and producer. New episodes aired nationally five days a week from March of 2010 through December of 2011. Re-runs continued airing on ReelzChannel for a few months after that. Episodes of Hollywood's Top Ten continue to air all around the world and you can still catch snippets of the show at McDonald's restaurants. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.41.82.182 (talk) 15:56, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You should raise this issue on the article's talk page. RudolfRed (talk) 17:51, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia on my mobile(cell) phone.

Something has changed recently and Wikipedia does not load correctly on my mobile phone.Please revert back.

Which phone do you have? Are you using the mobile site or an app? Regards, - Jarry1250 ^{[Deliberation needed]} 16:03, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

locking a book

Is there a way to lock a book I made so others can view it without making changes.I want to be the only one with access to make ammendments to the book.

Thanks, Gabriel — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gpenfield1871 (talk • contribs) 16:53, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Is this a physical book made from trees or an e-book?--Aspro (talk) 18:03, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I suspect the OP is referring to one of these. – ukexpat (talk) 18:09, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I think you mean WP:Books. - Purplewowies (talk) (How's my driving?) 20:37, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Dang, yes I did.--ukexpat (talk) 20:46, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Article error?

Kurt Cobain died in April 7, 1994. Not April 5th! -_- — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.201.87.233 (talk) 16:55, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I added a section header to your question. If you see an error in an article, you can fix it yourself, if you have a reliable source. Or you can raise the issue on the article's talk page. RudolfRed (talk) 17:50, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

His body was discovered on the morning of Friday, April 8 1994. Multiple sources confirm that he "lay dead for three days before his body was found" (Rocky Mountain News - Apr 15, 1994) (it was based on the Coroner's estimation in his report). So, the fifth, not the seventh. See here for it stated in black and white.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 19:16, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Quick question about the appropriate name for an article

I originally moved an article called Center for Retirement Research to Boston Center for Retirement Research (the article was only about the center in Boston). The person who made the article originally then made a new article called Center for Retirement Research at Boston College (and deleted the old one). What should it be called, one of these two or something else? Cliff12345 (talk) 18:08, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The quick answer (per WP:UCN) is that it should have the title that it is most commonly referred to in the reliable sources. In cases where the "common name" is split more or less evenly between two or more terms, then it becomes a matter of editorial discretion with the best name proving the most meaningful in relation to the article's scope or the clearest in relation to related articles. -Thibbs (talk) 18:13, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

I think that means it'll be Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. Cliff12345 (talk) 18:16, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

antique books

How much would the 51 volume books by Harvard CLaaics/ Colier on charles Darwin copyright 1909 be worth today? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.125.51.139 (talk) 18:53, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Have you tried the miscellaneous section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there; this help desk is only for questions about using Wikipedia. For your convenience, here is the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps.Template:Z38--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 19:02, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Zero people are interested in buying the set for $300 on ebay. Amazon lists them for $275 to $400.[3] Alibris list them for about the same and upwards.[4] Darwin only was in Vol 11 and 29. See Harvard Classics. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 13:18, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

CAN I PRINT A WIKIPEDIA REFERENCE

HI

I AM WORKING ON AN ART PROJECT AT A AN ARTS UNIVERSITY IN LONDON, AM I ABLE TO HAVE "THE MEANING OF ART" PRINTED ONTO VINYL WHICH WE THEN WANT TO PUT UP ON GLASS PANELS IN THE UNIVERSITY AS YOU WALK IN, BUT IM NOT SURE FOR LEGAL REASONS IF I AM ABLE TO USE??

I AWAIT YOUR RESPONSE

MANY THANKS — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.24.224.253 (talk) 19:24, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. Uh, is there some reason you are SHOUTING AT US? Anyway, there is no article on Wikipedia I can find called "The Meaning of Art", so if this is about printing something from a work that is cited in one of our articles, you will need to determine copyright compliance for yourself as we cannot give legal advice. Please see the legal disclaimer. If it is about quoting a Wikipedia article itself, on the other hand, we can tell you how to comply with our standards for reuse of material under our copyright licenses. Thanks for understanding.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 19:51, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Can you be more specific about what "THE MEANING OF ART" is? KrSCP (talk) 20:54, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

If think he/she means if the phrase itself is trademarked or copyrighted.Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:57, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

How do I add a "see also" to a wiki entry in another language?

Hi, See subject header.

Thanks

Shlishke (talk) 22:39, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The See also section should only contain links to existing English Wikipedia articles, see WP:SEEALSO. To add interlanguage links to articles about the same subject in other languages, see Help:Interlanguage links.--ukexpat (talk) 23:27, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Strange Mix of Capitals and lowercase Letters in Names of Languages in the 'Languages' Section of English Wikipedia.

Hello,

Few days ago I noticed that English pages on Wikipedia started to display many language names in lowercase letters, without capitalising the first letter (e.g. "dansk" instead of "Dansk"). Still, the names of other languages remain capitalised (e.g. "Deutsch"). I am wondering what the reasons for this change might be. I think this change is to the worse, is unnecessary and unwarranted, takes away from the usability and ergonomic qualities of pages, aside from producing a sense of inconsistency and sloppiness, which, in turn, takes away from Wikipedia's image.

I recommend reverting to the old style of listing all the names of the languages starting with a capital (e.g. Suomi instead of suomi). Existing ergonomic and usability studies, my experience as an industrial engineer and mere common sense indicate that reverting to capitalising names of languages will make it find their language of interest faster, decrease confusion and generally make it easier for users to navigate through the list of languages, thus improving their overall satisfaction with Wikipedia and its content. Although small and seemingly insignificant on their own, things like these are what constitutes the most part in producing a visual appeal and impression on the users. Making things like that make sense and fixing them timely is only benefiting us all as the users, contributors and editors of Wikipedia, as well as any other source on the web.

I hope the present recommendation will be noted, taken into due consideration and acted upon.

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.209.52.184 (talk)

It's a known issue, see Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#MediaWiki 1.20wmf5 deployment complete.--ukexpat (talk) 23:24, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The idea is to write the language name like it's normally written in that language. That makes sense in some places but I don't like the resulting mix of capitalisation in the list of interlanguage links. Others have suggested to only use upper case first letter there. See bugzilla:37705. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:27, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

June 20

Private database report?

Is it possible to get a list of all edits in the past 24-48 hours which have my name in the "edit summary" field. There is a certain IP-hopping editor who makes a practice of undoing my edits, and I'd like to get a list of his work. (Edits over a long period would be nice, but would probably tax the toolserver.) — Arthur Rubin (talk) 00:57, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Wouldn't it be possible to just look at your contributions from the past 24-48 hours and review the ones that no longer say "(top)" beside them? -Thibbs (talk) 02:02, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

No. Sometimes he waits a week or two. I found one article last month in which he reverted an edit I made in 2011, which had still been on top. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 03:04, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

And sometimes he "undo"es my edit (obviously, an anon doesn't have the "rollback" flag) which is only the top edit in that section. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 03:06, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I see. What a pain in the neck. I'm afraid I don't know how to create a list like you are asking for, but I'm sure something can be done. Perhaps someone else here know how to do this? If it gets to be a big enough problem and these edits are clearly vandalism you might look into requesting a filter for edits from the vandalizing IP range(s) that would flag edits that reverted you. -Thibbs (talk) 05:14, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Kelapstick's comment below reminds me that Scotty Wong's tool at toolserver can look up edits by edit summary. Would that do the trick? -Thibbs (talk) 11:32, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ah but scratch that. Looking at it again, I see you can only search a certain user's summary, not an IP-hopper's range so that probably won't be very helpful. -Thibbs (talk) 11:43, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

hindu bangalis of northeast india

This is a political problem and not solvable by Wikipedia's Help desk. Bielle (talk) 01:49, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This page is for questions about how to use Wikipedia. We can't help with political questions. RudolfRed (talk) 01:47, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Twinkle preferences

I changed my preferences to keep a CSD log. Does that only capture nominations from this point forward, or should it list any nominations I've made in the past? I'm assuming it only works from now on as the subpage hasn't even been created. I don't suppose there's an easy way to populate it with previous nominations.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:44, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yes it will only capture edits from this point forward, Scotty Wong's tool at toolserver can lookup your edits by edit summary, which will link show you edits to talk pages where you left notifications. --kelapstick^(bainuu) 01:47, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, well, better late than never, thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 10:58, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Deering High School, Portland, Maine

Please add to the notable alumni list.

Andrew G Lano II , PGA Tour Caddie — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alanotwo (talk • contribs) 02:10, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not done and not likely to be done See the guidelines Wikipedia:Notability (people)#Lists of people, Wikipedia:Red link, and the essay Wikipedia:Write the article first. Only those both with articles and reliably sourced should be listed, although if someone, for example, became a state representative, a position of assumed notability, they could be added before the article. This was recently asked somewhere else, too, and rejected. Dru of Id (talk) 02:27, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Just 4 days ago. Dru of Id (talk) 02:34, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Reference irrelevant

Suppose there are statements in an article that are followed by a citation, but the citation is either irrelevant to the statements or does not support them. What's the correct procedure? Just remove the citations and put in a "citation needed"? Or is there a flag that should be used to indicate the problem?Ordinary Person (talk) 03:24, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You could use {{Failed verification}}.--ukexpat (talk) 04:19, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

white text?!

II Wanted to read and article on my phone which is hard enought. But then the text is white? How the fuck do you read white text on a white background? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.54.85.174 (talk)

Please post a link to the article. Or are all articles displayed with white text on your phone? PrimeHunter (talk) 10:38, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Page does not exist

In the page 'Abu Hurairah', His wife "Bushra bint Ghazwan", Page does not exist. Why? Wikipedia doesn't have the information about her or the information available is not authenticated? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.167.64.211 (talk) 09:42, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It is a red link. That's common in Wikipedia. It means there is currently no article about the subject. No article has been written and Wikipedia appears to have no other information. I'm also unsure of the English name. I cannot find independent sources. The article creation [5] said "Busrah bint Ghazwan". PrimeHunter (talk) 10:35, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sandbox showing

Dear Wikipedia, I seem to have messed up. My sandbox has been showing on the internet. What have I done wrong? Can you please remove it for me? How can I avoid this happening again? Sorry for my incompetence, and thank you for your help. Maya Frida Barr (talk) 11:54, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry you chose to blank your sandbox. It was well on the way to becoming a nice little article. Please consider reverting the deletion. I saw no sign of incompetence. Roger (talk) 12:13, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) Didn't this happen in February as well?[6] and [7] In reagrds to your above request, are you referring to User:Maya Frida Barr/sandbox showing on the internet?[8] -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 12:21, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

All pages are visible on the Internet. User subpages are indexed by search engines by default. You can avoid search engine indexing by placing {{NOINDEX}} or {{User sandbox}} on the page. It's still possible that the page will be copied by independent mirrors who don't use noindex. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:19, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Contacting the subject of an article

Some place in Wikipedia says how to go about contacting the subject of an article, such as to ask for a photo to use in the aritcle. I think the suggested text starts out as "I am an editor at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia." I can't find that Wikipeia: page. File:Ulama 37 (Aguilar).jpg has a copy of a letter written based on that Wikipeia: page. Please provide a link to the project page that says how to go about contacting the subject of an article, such as to ask for a photo to use in the aritcle. Thanks! -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 12:09, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Found it!: Wikipedia:Example requests for permission -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 12:11, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Reverting page moves

Just a quick query. I was wondering if the facility to revert page moves has been disabled. There's a page move I'd like to revert because someone did it without discussion, but the (revert) on the page's log seems to have disappeared. Paul MacDermott (talk) 13:05, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Page moves are reverted by making a new move and choosing the old title. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:34, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

That doesn't appear to be working for me. It may be because the old page was subsequently redirected to something else. I've reverted that, but still can't undo the page move so I've posted a request. Paul MacDermott (talk) 13:43, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, if the redirect from a move has been edited since then the page can only be moved back by deleting the target and that requires an administrator. I have moved it back to Cheryl. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:14, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Mobile Wikipedia

I'm sure this has been mentioned before but why not provide mobile users the option to have white letters on a black background? For those devices with AMOLED it will reduce battery usage? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.254.173.13 (talk) 13:13, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

My edit keeps getting removed and shouldn't be

On the Lucas Oil Stadium page I want to add Moore Engineers P.C. and a reference to their sports page in the stadium box under service engineer. When I added it it was taken down the next day. This is factual information and i'm not sure why it would have been taken down. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MEP Engineer (talk • contribs) 15:02, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It has already been explained to you on the talk page of your other username User talk:MooreEngineers that the infobox template does not have a paramater for "service engineer". You should also read WP:Spam Roger (talk) 15:22, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Also see our policy on usernames and Conflict of interest Arjayay (talk) 15:27, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note that the user's previous user name, User:MooreEngineers has been blocked as a spamname. I will also report this one to WP:UAA.--ukexpat (talk) 15:42, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'm trying to go about this the correct way. There is a parameter for service engineer. I was originally going to put it under MEP Engineer but since it's not a parameter I decided it fits just as well under Service Engineer and it still got removed.

Since the username was invalid I changed it like I was told to.

I'm not trying to promote a business I'm trying to get correct information on this page. There is a parameter for this type information for a reason and there are already other businesses listed. How am I promoting a business more than them? — Preceding unsigned comment added by MEP Engineer (talk • contribs) 16:05, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It is the effect of your edits that is the problem - adding the name of a non-notable (by Wikipedia's definition) firm, together with a link to their website, is spamming, especially when done by a user with a obvious conflict of interest.--ukexpat (talk) 16:25, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Also, here is a link to Lucas Oil's website. http://www.lucasoilstadium.com/about.aspx The engineering firms that were involved are listed under the facts and information link. If you would like to edit the page you can do it instead of me but there is nothing wrong with updating factual information. That is what Wikipedia is for. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MEP Engineer (talk • contribs) 16:23, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I have the exact same problem w/my factual edits on another topic,19:04, 20 June 2012 (UTC)~paita — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paitalona (talk • contribs)

It isn't enough for edits to be "factual", they must follow all of Wikipedia's policies, particularly reliable sourcing. Without a reliable source, how does the reader know that the information is indeed "factual"?--ukexpat (talk) 00:25, 21 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

change of software

Can anyone answer me this question, does the copyright infraction stop you from changing the software of a device if the device is copyright protected??? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.103.178.8 (talk) 15:47, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry we cannot give you legal advice.--ukexpat (talk) 15:48, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

about me

hi dr, im just want to know that i came from mauritius to england at 29 nov 2010 with some friends and i got 6 months visa from uk then with the uk visa i come from uk to belfast and belfast to dublin. i got a jobs here in a asian restaurant as i didnt know anything about visa or pps number i didnt try to apply one as i was new to europe. i was just listening to my friends as they told me to do but i didnt know that they were all just using me for money but now it has been 1 year and seven months and i dont have anything nor job. now i know all the truth about my friends they told me to leave the house till the end of the months. dont know what to do then i just ask help from a familly friend he just told me to go to the social welfare in dublin but im afraid if they deported me because i have come here to help my family and i do not wish to return empty hands that why i need your help... sorry my english is not too good but i try... please help me as soon as possible as i have only 10 days to move and not yet found anything... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Harsh0303 (talk • contribs) 16:02, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Consult a professional legal advisor. We cannot give legal advice. Roger (talk) 16:13, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You could look around for community groups, outreach centres, and even your local church may help.--Canoe1967 (talk) 18:06, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

No email from either password/account information request or new account confirmation (already checked the spam filter)

I am the mail administrator at a small liberal arts college and we have had a few people report to us that they have not gotten any sort of communication from Wikipedia when requesting their login information or creating a new account. I have tested this myself and see no message come in, however when I check our spam filter (We use a Barracuda Networks Spam Firewall 400) which logs both accepted and blocked messages, but has no indication that any attempt at connection was ever made. I was hoping someone could investigate this on Wikipedia's end and see if there is some sort of error code that could explain what is happening. Since you will probably need our domain to test its centre.edu.

I can also confirm that emails from other external institutions and businesses are getting through. The issue is only with Wikipedia and all signs indicate it is not our system causing the issue. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.65.49.243 (talk) 16:04, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Contact us Does this page help?--Canoe1967 (talk) 17:46, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Emailing users may work as a test. Have 2 users email each other through wp? They need to have email activated in wp preferences.--Canoe1967 (talk) 18:11, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

There wasn't much on the Contact Us page that seemed pertinent, other than the link to this helpdesk. I would test the email feature, but I doubt it works and I can't really get to it when our users can't get a confirmation message from Wikipedia when creating a new account. If you create a new account with a gmail address you will get the confirmation right away, but nothing to our system. I have checked and rechecked and find no attempts at connection to our mailserver from anything to do with Wikipedia which makes me think something on their end is either blocking us or broken. Is there something I missed on the Contact Us page that would allow me to get a hold of a Wikimedia employee who maintains their mail system? --Terawatt (talk) 19:40, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The mails are from wiki

wikimedia.org. I always receive them in seconds at both my addresses. It sounds unlikely to me that Wikimedia is systematically failing to send mails to centre.edu. Maybe they are intercepted somewhere before they reach you. An email address is not needed to read or edit Wikipedia. I have around 25,000 edits and very rarely use the email feature. You say gmail works for you. Hotmail works for me. See Comparison of webmail providers for other options for the occasions where users may need or want the email feature. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:09, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

And see Help:Using talk pages for the way users usually communicate here. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:12, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I tried sending Terawatt an email. It said you had it off in preferences. Wikipedia:Village pump (technical) may be able to help. I had assumed they were on the contacts page, but don't seem to be.--Canoe1967 (talk) 22:17, 20 June 2012 (UTC) I realize the absurdity of Wikimedia not able to send to centre.edu but able to sent to Gmail, but unfortunately that appears to be what is happening. We have nothing between us that would intercept the email, just our spam filter and I did a search for anything from wikimedia.org and had no results. However I just went into my profile to enable the option to allow emails from other users, but before doing so I changed a few other things. When I hit save I immediately got an email from Wikipedia. Perhaps there was something going on earlier that has since been corrected. I will contact one of our faculty members that was having issues and see if they are getting emails now.--Terawatt (talk) 01:31, 21 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

App creation

I have an amazing idea for an app for iphone/ipad/tablet. How can I go about getting it created? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.185.40.129 (talk) 16:29, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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--ukexpat (talk) 16:45, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

How would you get some info on a person changed

Dear Sirs,

I was wondering how would I get you to change some information you have on Ernest II Duke of Saxe-Coburg and gotha. See even though he had no ligitament children with his wife, he did have a mistess by the name of Anne Bennett that worked in the Queens home as a maid to the wardrobe maid. When the Queen would have her lavish parties as she was known to Ernest II Duke started consorting with Anne Bennett and she became pregnant with his bastard child. This childs name would be William Charles Bennett unable to take the Duke's name for many reasons. so what kind of info would you need to correct this. The Dukes name obviously could not be on the birth certification, William was born on June 27 1848 in Milborne Port, Somerset, England. Soon they would have to move to Canada.

Denise — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.54.162.130 (talk) 16:38, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You would need to find a source that meet the requirements of a reliable source as we use that term on Wikipedia.--ukexpat (talk) 16:44, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Edit Triggered a Filter to Warn Editors

Your edit has triggered a filter designed to warn editors, organisations and companies against using Wikipedia as an advertising medium

I have specific links of content that is hostory, research and event information that supports specific locations at the NJ Shore and I have received this notice.

An example of a link is below

Doo Wop at the New Jersey Shore

I think that the links meet the criteria under the following part of the External Link Policy - Sites that contain neutral and accurate material that is relevant to an encyclopedic understanding of the subject and cannot be integrated into the Wikipedia article due to copyright issues — Preceding unsigned comment added by Visitnjshore (talk • contribs) 16:53, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:Spam, your username also violates our rules, see WP:SPAMNAME. Roger (talk) 17:09, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Username reported to WP:UAA.--ukexpat (talk) 17:17, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The Doo Wop link may well be accurate, but it is neither neutral nor relevant to an encyclopedic understanding of the subject. --ColinFine (talk) 22:33, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Geoiplookup.wikimedia.org bugging me on every page.

File:Geiplookupauthentication.png

Geoiplookup Authentication Dialog

I have a window is popping up on every single wiki page I visit to authenticate with http://geoiplookup.wikimedia.org. It is requesting a username and password even though I am already logged into my wikimedia account and every combination I've attempted doesn't work. After cancelling out enough, I can just look at the page like normal, until I click on a link, then it starts over. It is very annoying, any ideas how to fix? I'm using Firefox.

Cyllibi (talk) 17:59, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

There's some information here about what it is, and some more at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 82#http://geoiplookup.wikimedia.org/ about the same or a similar problem including an apparent kludgy way to put a band aid on it. If no one comes along with an answer, I'd try posting about this to the same page linked for the discussion above, the technical section of the village pump.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 20:22, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the suggestions, unfortunately these don't seem to resolve this specific issue. I tried blocking it via hosts; somehow it still comes up. Oh well, at least this at work and not at home. I can deal with being paid to click cancel each time the page loads hehe. --Cyllibi (talk) 00:21, 21 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Donating the contents of a website to wikipedia

Hello I am the owner of the Johnny Winter Story website and would like to transfer the contents of the www.yee.ch/winter website to wikipedia. Unfortunately I do not have the time to accomplish this transfer. What i expect from you is to : - transfer the contents (text and photos) of this Johnny Winter website to wikipedia, within a given time frame. - you will be allowed to make editorial changes to textual contants. - Conditions - transfer is done in an agreed time frame - information may not be used for commercial purposes - to the best of my knlowedge all contents all information and photos are free of copyright - you will put a reference to me and the main contributors of my website

Please contact me via email to complete this transaction

Jima — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vinylmeister (talk • contribs) 19:39, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for thinking of us, but all our text content much be freely-licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License which does not allow the terms you have in mind. The images you say are free of copyright do not appear to me to be, e.g., I highly doubt the album covers are free. We already have an article on Johnny Winter and while it may not have some of the material you have at your website, the material there is entirely uncited to independent reliable sources. We need to do that for our content so just "transferring it" would not work. We would need to take the text, rewrite it to fit with the existing content and for our style, find independent sources and cite them, and fold it in. This would not be an easy process. In fact, it would probably be easier to just look at the a website as a place to get ideas for missing material than it would be to transfer anything. All this would have to be done by a volunteer who wanted to do it—that is where all our material comes from. I don't think you realized that because the nature of your post indicates that you think there is some central authority that could and would comply with your requirements to take your material under your terms. That's a non-starter in light of what Wikipedia is and how it works (your tone is a little off too; your post is written in the form I would expect a demand to drop off a ransom would be, but I'll let that go).--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 20:08, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

making a template in userspace?

am i allowed to make a template in my userspace, the reason i ask is often i am trying to point to wikipeida polcies lets say 3RR but i either cant be bothered to write it so it looks nice ie 3RR or i cant remember the policy of the topic of my head,

so i was hoping to make a template where i put say |policy= and i set if statements up that would then output the policy for example |policy=cry and that then output Wikipedia is not a crystal ball i could also use it for common replies etc — Preceding unsigned comment added by Andrewcrawford (talk • contribs) 19:49, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You're allowed. I've got a number of templates in my userspace. I don't think you'll succeed in saving keystrokes for this purpose though -- you'll need to type out the address to your template, ie. {{User:Andrewcrawford/mypol|policy=3RR}}. Equazcion ^(talk) 19:55, 20 Jun 2012 (UTC)

Having been intrigued by your suggestion I created {{ff}}. Use {{ff|3rr}} to create Template:Ff. It saves you some keystrokes over [[WP:3RR|3RR]], plus you don't have to type in caps as it automatically converts to uppercase. PS. The template name "ff" is just the first short unused template name I could find :) Equazcion ^(talk) 20:19, 20 Jun 2012 (UTC)

Turns out {{f}} was also available, so I redirected it to {{ff}}. You can use the single "f" now. Equazcion ^(talk) 20:29, 20 Jun 2012 (UTC)

cheers ill work on adding other policeis to it :)Andrewcrawford (talk - contrib) 21:51, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not convinced (yet). This doesn't save many keystrokes, and ""text-transform:uppercase" only makes the parameter 'look' as if it is uppercase. Thus {{f|rfo}} displays as a red link, Template:F, while [[WP:RFO|RFO]] is a blue link RFO. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:21, 21 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/H. J. High Construction

I wrote an article about H. J. High Construction that was accepted and published around June 5. However, when I google H. J. High Construction, my article does not show up. I realize this is probably not the place to have these questions answered, but I don't know where else to go for advice. So:

• Do you have any ideas on why my article does not appear on google? • Do you have any suggestions on how I can get my article to show up on google? • Is there some website or something where I can go to get answers to these questions and find out how to get my article on google?

I'd appreciate any help you can give me.

Thanks very much,

Dan McD D102653A (talk) 20:26, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The official answer is that we have no control over how and when Google updates, but in fact, I've often seen it show up in well under a day. It does show up, in a Google search, but not until the fourth page. This is also unusual, because Wikipedia articles usually show up higher on the list.

I thought it might be because it was no indexed, but that isn't the case. The search is pulling up the AFC page which is a redirect, which I think is part of the issue, but I can't tell you why. I've also seen articles appear down the list a bit, and move up over a couple days, so maybe it will move up, but this is longer than I would have expected.--SPhilbrick (Talk) 21:01, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Pissed off

SIR, I am angry and furious. Why, of why was my article deleted? Thank you SIR. --LopkanContrib (talk) 21:46, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Because it was utter and absolute bollocks. --Orange Mike | Talk 21:55, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

British Delehay Seinnally was rightfully deleted as a blatant hoax. Read the message at User talk:LopkanContrib and please don't add more nonsense to Wikipedia. This is an encyclopedia. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:55, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The same thing happened to an article I wrote about my cat. There seems to be many cats that just eat, sleep, and chew clothes. I fought long and hard, created 100+ sock puppet accounts to fight deletion as well, but alas, wp killed my cat (article).--Canoe1967 (talk) 22:27, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'd rather have an article on your cat actually.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 22:36, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Cat articles should not be fully deleted until they've first been deleted 8 times.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:39, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ha!--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 22:47, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

My Cat Seems admin restored it?--Canoe1967 (talk) 22:56, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You should rename the article to BartholomeowLuigiPeterCAT. Then you can add material about the cat's religion and sexual orientation, assuming they self-identify, of course.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:02, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Creating a Merger proposal after nomination for deletion fails?

An article had been recently nominated for deletion but the result was keep. Would it be alright to make a merger proposal for it afterwards? 119.224.27.62 (talk) 21:47, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

That may depend on the reason. If it is for personal reasons then the merge discussion will end up in wikidrama. I haven't got a clue what article you are talking about, but I have seen much time wasted battling over merges and splits after renames and deletes fail. That does not add much to the project.--Canoe1967 (talk) 22:05, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Wikidrama? Btw if I do this would I be going against the consensus? since one had already been reached from the previous AfD ?119.224.27.62 (talk) 22:35, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

No. If the consensus was to keep then it is kept. Merge would probably use the same arguments from both sides. It will probably end up in wikidrama then. If re-directs and wikilinks are created correctly, any reader should be able to find the info they seek no matter where others try to hide it or show it.--Canoe1967 (talk) 22:41, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I kind of understand your answer a bit. Like the same posts/reasons would be posted by those who voted "Keep" in the previous AfD right? But how can opening a merger proposal end up as Wikidrama? Is it because some users would think that I'm being disruptive or have that perception that I wanted to get this article deleted by all means since my previous attempt failed? 119.224.27.62 (talk) 23:15, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright

Hello,

Can i use a text from Wikipedia on another Wikipedia article i am creating?

Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dburtsev (talk • contribs) 21:54, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

See Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:57, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Major villages in Jalandhar District

Hi: Under " major villages in Jalandhar District", please include name of Village:

" Lidhran".

Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.117.75.3 (talk) 22:58, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I cannot find the string "major villages" together with Jalandhar District in Wikipedia. If you refer to Category:Villages in Jalandhar district then it's a category and only shows Wikipedia articles. If you mean another page then please link to it. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:25, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

June 21

How do I remove unjustified warnings that appeared at the last edit?

I received three warnings on the last edit, but none are true. How do I get the warnings removed? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caryn_Davies The article is Caryn Davies as an Olympic rower; Caryn is my daughter; The article is correct accurate and true; it contains no non-factual information and no negative comments: "This article's tone or style may not reflect the encyclopedic tone used on Wikipedia. Specific concerns may be found on the talk page. See Wikipedia's guide to writing better articles for suggestions."

"This article includes a list of references, related reading or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. Please improve this article by introducing more precise citations." There are links to videos and articles for further reference; most apply to no particular statement. There is one bio reference at the bottom from USRowing. It applies to no particular line. The Wiki article has more (accurate) date than the bio.

Copyright-problem paste.svg "This article or section may have been copied and pasted from a source, possibly in violation of Wikipedia's copyright policy. Please remedy this by editing this article to remove any non-free copyrighted content and attributing free content correctly, or flagging the content for deletion." There is zero copying!!!!!!!!!! I wrote it all myself!!! DRPeterJDavies (talk) 03:13, 21 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'll remove the copy/paste template, but everything else is a concern, along with conflict of interest. Right now it's a mess of unsourced or inadequately sourced content, is improperly formatted, is clearly not neutral, and reads a lot like a press release....that was written by a subject's family member. Please read the links to guidelines before adding content to articles; that would help alleviate a lot of such situations. 99.156.68.118 (talk) 03:25, 21 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

(ec) You have to be careful when you edit the article about your own daughter, due to a conflict of interest. You should discuss the issues above, plus any edits you would like to make, on the article's talk page. RudolfRed (talk) 03:26, 21 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Good advice. And at least part of what you've added is a close paraphrasing, if not a direct copy, of this website bio [9]. 99.156.68.118 (talk) 03:29, 21 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

(e/c) Actually it's all true. There are tone issues; the article while not written as promotionally as some, includes material that does not belong in an encylcopedia article, Some of that improperly toned material is a copyright violation (so that tag is correct as well) and please note that surface changes in content does not insulate material from being a copyright violation. I refer specifically, at least at this time, to the last paragraph in the "College and On:" section, which is blatantly taken from http://www.usrowing.org/Pressbox/AthleteBios/CarynDavies.aspx with some minor rearrangement. Finally, it contains not one inline citation so that is true as well. I will now go remove the copyvio and unfortunately, where there's one, there's often more so I will look. I am aware that you may not have meant to plagiarize and violate copyright, but you have.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 03:36, 21 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Insert citation access date

On the "insert citation" button, how can I change the auto-generated access date to the "Month day, year" format? --William S. Saturn (talk) 08:53, 21 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

A General George S. Patton, Jr. quote

Bold text HELLO I HAVE SEARCHED DOZENS OF PATTON QUOTE SITES WITH NO SUCCESS IN FINDING ONE QUOTE MADE BY HIM THAT I DESPERATELY NEED TO FIND. HERE IT IS PARAPHRASED: "It's what you do when you don't have to that makes you what you want to be when you can't do anything else." CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ME? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CHAPLAIN KERRY L. BULLS

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June 18

See also rules

Wikifrustrated! I want to create a template!

request length report for Fluorine

Pictures

Unwanted markup fragment on target page

Multiple questions

Stephen Hinchliffe

HOW TO DE-ORPHANE AN ARTICLE

No English version

Account Deletion

Cloud.com

Snafu re category move to new name

Adding shortcuts to this page

How do I add the Reflinks tool (Toolserver) to my Toolbox menu?

Incorrect information on my page

Removing a tag/flag

Change name of new page

Addding a citation

Wrong Founder

(my)Deleted wiki page still shows in Google Search

IRC

Self Grandizing

June 19

Two different pages for Core War, or not?

Amber Alert first usage?

deleting pages

ETEKOSOFT

HOW DO I CORRECT WRONG INFO ON THE INFAMOUS COLWICK MURDFERS?

Circulating article contents by e-mail

Another template question

All Cap

TWITTER Names

Navigation box fix

Month's top editor (count)!

Duplicate ref button?

Hollywood's Top Ten

Wikipedia on my mobile(cell) phone.

locking a book

Article error?

Quick question about the appropriate name for an article

antique books

CAN I PRINT A WIKIPEDIA REFERENCE

How do I add a "see also" to a wiki entry in another language?

Strange Mix of Capitals and lowercase Letters in Names of Languages in the 'Languages' Section of English Wikipedia.

June 20

Private database report?

hindu bangalis of northeast india

Twinkle preferences

Deering High School, Portland, Maine

Reference irrelevant

white text?!

Page does not exist

Sandbox showing

Contacting the subject of an article

Reverting page moves

Mobile Wikipedia

My edit keeps getting removed and shouldn't be

change of software

about me

No email from either password/account information request or new account confirmation (already checked the spam filter)

App creation

How would you get some info on a person changed

Edit Triggered a Filter to Warn Editors

Geoiplookup.wikimedia.org bugging me on every page.

Donating the contents of a website to wikipedia

making a template in userspace?

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/H. J. High Construction

Pissed off

Creating a Merger proposal after nomination for deletion fails?

Copyright

Major villages in Jalandhar District

June 21

How do I remove unjustified warnings that appeared at the last edit?

Insert citation access date

A General George S. Patton, Jr. quote