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June 30

I'm writing because i really need to understand why is not possible to find it on the search bar? The article i wrote is a biography and i still have it in my personal page but i want it to be evident to everyone Could you please help me on this? Thank you so much

incorrect link

The Rossington-Collins Band (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

If you pull up the Rossington Collins Band on Facebook. The members are listed. Derek Hess is the drummer. If you click on his name it tells you he is some artist and it is completely not him. He is a friend of mine and he deserves to have the correct bio for him be the right bio. Please fix it for him and his fans. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ‎74.239.223.79 (talk • contribs)

By "artist", I think that the page means "musical artist". I'll fix that. :) Hadger 00:58, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

I think you misunderstood the OPs issue. The Derek Hess that we have an article for is a different person entirely. The one we have an article for has an official site that does not mention his work with Rossington-Collins at all. The response to the OP is that we simply don't have an article on the Derek Hess that he knows and is part of the RC band. Dismas|^(talk) 01:17, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

I have removed the link to Derek Hess on the band's page. Andie ▶Candy◀ 13:26, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Zeta Delta Xi

I am not the author of--nor have I ever contributed to--this article, and I have no connection with the subject. I performed a Google search on the organization this evening, and followed the Wikipedia link to discover the article deleted:

20:38, 22 June 2012 SarekOfVulcan (talk | contribs) deleted page Zeta Delta Xi (A7: Article about a group or club, which does not indicate the importance or significance of the subject)

I do not believe A7 applies in this case.

The article cited several examples of the significance of the organization, foremost among which is that after 130 years at Brown University as Zeta Psi fraternity, the Epsilon chapter had its charter revoked because of its decision to accept females as full members of the organization.

Despite being one of the first chapters of Zeta Psi, the Epsilon chapter was forced to forfeit its franchise for what was then viewed as a radical defense of gender equity. They are now fully-chartered at Brown University as Zeta Delta Xi, a coed fraternity in full and equal standing with the rest of the Greek community.

The article Zeta Delta Xi should be restored because

• the deletion criterion cited by SarekOfVulcan appears to have been misapplied: A7 does not apply to any article that makes any credible claim of significance or importance even if the claim is not supported by a reliable source or does not qualify on Wikipedia's notability guidelines;
• despite no per se claims of significance (i.e., the organization is significant because...), several credible reasons for the organization's significance are clearly provided;
• as an article under the category Student Societies in the United States, the threshold for significance should plainly be in the context of organizations comprising that category.

My primary concern is that as a third party, do I have any systematic recourse for restoration of a deleted article?

I realize I am coming in post hoc, but I am troubled that this deletion is presented as a fait accompli, with no information provided other than date of deletion, editor responsible for deletion, and criterion cited for deletion. Transparency can be expected to suffer when accommodating such large numbers of users, but I can find no arena for recourse, debate, or consensus-seeking regarding restoration--nor can I find evidence that any such discussion ever took place.

Thank you for any guidance you might be able to provide. --Patronanejo (talk) 06:11, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Deletion review is the proper venue for requesting undeletion. The article claimed several examples of the significance of the organization, but there was not a single working citation; the only in line reference spoke to the re-use of their former building, sourced to the school's department, which currently doesn't mention the building, let alone the fraternity. The other references were the fraternity itself, the university, and a university history; as none are independent, none speak to notability, which is established by external coverage. Sources probably exist, and if found, Deletion review can restore the article, though it would still be subject to scrutiny and might be taken to Wikipedia:Proposed deletion or Wikipedia:Articles for deletion even after the references are included. While I agree the topic should have been discussed, since deletion is reversible, it is not worth dwelling on. Dru of Id (talk) 13:20, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

From Louisville Kentuckh

How do I get listed on the "Actors From Kentucky" page? I'm from Louisville (Valley Station) and I've been an actor for 55 years. See my IMDb. Conrad Bachmann — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.219.191.14 (talk) 02:14, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

If you meet the criteria to be notable, leave a note on the article's talk page suggesting that you be added. RudolfRed (talk) 02:17, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

reading list

hi I am a doctor and I was thinking : why cannot I organize name of diseases or medications of a certain system into a list- like reading list if this is possible I can put and organize wiki articles into a meaningful reading material depending on subject that matter to me.

in similar way people do make list on youtube to listen to or playlist on itunes if i can put say for example all pneuomonia related articles (bacteria, medications, etc,..) I can help other people find quick answers when I am looking for a subject only be referring them to such a list that cite few articles is this feature available thanks Dr alsawah — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.43.213.191 (talk) 02:25, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Books. Dismas|^(talk) 03:01, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Eric P. Hamp

EricusPraticus (talk) 02:33, 30 June 2012 (UTC)Someone created his page. We did not create it. We were not aware of it when it was created nor was he consulted. That said, he does not mind the page exists, however he wants the information to be correct. I am his daughter and I created this account recently in the hopes of correcting what had been entered on wikipedia.

I have been (very poorly) going through his info trying to make small edits and make it sound more objective and readable.

BEFORE I did this, I tried to contact someone at Wikipedia (a grad student friend who knows about Wikipedia suggested I contact the person that created the page) to find out who started this so I could get this updated with correct info. I never received a response. Don't know if I did it the correct way though.

So ... Now what do I do?

I am so new at this that I feel it will take me ages to get this edited correctly, so since you know what the rules are, I am asking for help.

Thank you for reading this and replying.

Respectfully,EricusPraticus (talk) 02:33, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Eric P. Hamp (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Post your concerns or suggested changes on the article's talk page, and also read the guidance for conflict-of-interest. It is usually better not to made the edits yourself. RudolfRed (talk) 02:43, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

If there is information on the page that is wrong and not cited to a reliable source anybody may remove it, and for a biography of a living person, anybody who find it should do so. But by the same token, nobody should add information unless it is cited to a reliable published source: personal knowledge is not sufficient.

But as RudolfRed has said, because of your conflict of interest, you should generally not edit the article yourself, but should make suggestions on that article's talk page. --ColinFine (talk) 19:56, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

Registration

Hi,

I have registered with your site, and have received a confirmation of this. But when I try to upload my information, it says that I am not registered.

Can you please help me out with this problem. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ron.stretton (talk • contribs) 02:37, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

What information are you trying to upload and what page are you using to do it? RudolfRed (talk) 02:41, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Can you copy and paste here the message you are receiving when you've tried to edit or "upload" and it failed? What I suspect, though I am by no means sure, is that you tried to do something that only autoconfirmed accounts have permissions to do. Autoconfirmation is a threshold that kicks in when you account is at least 4 days old and has made at least ten edits.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 02:45, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

If you are Ronald Stretton, please read WP:COI as soon as possible. Dismas|^(talk) 02:46, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

faulty link

May I suggest an "Incorrect Link/ Flag" on every page. It was too damn frustrating to get to this page to tell you good volunteers what the problem is. And I'd fix it myself but apparently it is more difficult than you think to do this. Thank you for everything that you do Wiki!!!

When on this Wiki page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturated_fat

there is a link to "Stearic" [acids]  (under "Fat Profiles")

FAULTY LINK!

It directs you to the misspelling: 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stearic_aid

(supposed to be "stearic acid" NOT "Stearic_aid"

Thank you for your time & courtesy in reviewing this correspondence, as well as your forthcoming correction :o) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.60.76.152 (talk) 04:20, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

I fixed the Wikilink. Thanks for pointing it out. Next time, feel free to be bold and fix the error yourself. RudolfRed (talk) 04:31, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Figuring out a good name for a new article

I recently created Imperial Gift which is about the post WW1 donation of surplus British aircraft to various Dominions - South Africa, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and India (or more correctly the British Raj) The intention was that the Dominions take up a share of the burden of defending the empire. Some of the countries used the donated planes and related equipment to establish their own Air Forces.

As I am South African I happen to have access to far more detailed information about South Africa's portion of the Imperial Gift than that of any of the other countries, so instead of creating a single unbalanced article I want to start a separate article that comprehensively covers the South African part of the story.

Finally I get to my question: Please help me come up with a suitable article title for - "This article is about the history and technicalities of the portion of the Imperial Gift that went to South Africa and how it facilitated the founding of the South African Air Force." Thanks Roger (talk) 09:24, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

I assume you have enough info on South Africa to satisfy WP:N? I'd say something very simplisitc like Imperial Gift (South Africa) or South Africa Imperial Gift. I wouldn't stray too far from the current article title. CTJF83 10:08, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

I have a fairly good pile of impeccably reliable sources: Articles from the journals of the South African and the Royal (UK) Aeronautical Societies; books by recognised aviation historians; a few popular aviation/military books and magazine articles - written by the aforementioned historians. Documents and other material from the South African National Museum of Military History (an independent org - not part of the military "establishment") and last but not least, the South African Air Force Museum's own publications and website (primary, but good for some details.

Is posessive case acceptable in article titles? I'm thinking South Africa's Imperial Gift would look less like a disambiguation title. Roger (talk) 10:26, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

All sound like good sources. As far as possesive, I'm not sure actually. Can you think of an instance and check if a page exist with a possesive? Being it's close to bed time, I can't think of anything right now. CTJF83 10:31, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Valentine's Day has the answer! Go for your suggestion :) CTJF83 10:34, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Excellent! If anyone needs me I'll be in my Sandbox... Roger (talk) 10:37, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

editing reverted

I edited a highly inaccurate article and my edits were rejected. I have personal, indisputable knowledge on this topic (and in fact provided indisputable citations in my edits.) Please let me know who I need to contact to ensure that this article is reverted to my final edit.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Vanmus (talk • contribs)

Your edits were reverted by a bot. Due either to your youtube and/or myspace links. Try reverting the bot's edit and omitting the youtube and myspace links, save it, and then try and readd them, and see if that helps. CTJF83 10:28, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

MySpace and YouTube links will get you reverted, since these are not reliable sources. --Orange Mike | Talk 19:54, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Downloading large numbers of pictures?

I'm working on a project which requires the download of large numbers of pictures. Obviously, I'd like to do this without breaking any Wikipedia rules or guidelines. I have read that using "Wikix"[1] is the recommended way to download all images from Wikipedia, but some people have said they were blocked from Wikipedia by using it. Could someone please advise if this is the right way to do it? Many thanks,Nozzleberry (talk) 11:33, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Restoration of Article Zeta Delta Xi

Using a cached Google image, I have re-created a deleted article and saved it to my user space. I believe the editor responsible for its deletion has misapplied speedy deletion criterion A7, and I would like to have the article considered for restoration unchanged.

I do not wish to have the matter reviewed by that editor, whom I have named in an earlier post. Let me state explicitly that I have no reason to suspect malice, and hope he does not take it personally that I wish to have his actions reviewed by a third party. If I am correct about misapplication of A7, the decision to delete would appear to have been made arbitrarily. Further, it appears to have been undertaken despite some objection, although I can find no evidence of it here.

While I agree the article would benefit from more support for the notability of its subject, my understanding of A7 is that it precludes speedy deletion if the author makes credible mention of such attributes as he believes confers significance on the subject. -- Patronanejo (talk) 13:19, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Please note that as you were posting this, I was responding to your previous post; as it remains visible, this section should probably have been appended to it. While I am not sure, I would guess that recreation of an article from it previous version(s) without its editing history creates licensing problems, and suggest Deletion review is still the best path forward. Dru of Id (talk) 13:53, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

using many sources

I have found that in one article I need to source many state records to provide verifiability. Can I, in any way, compile these records into one "source," or is that original research?Computerchippo (talk) 14:13, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

It depends on the context here. Here is an example:

If you have 4 sources that state the following:

• X happened in 1955.
• X happened in 1956.
• X happened in 1957.
• X happened in 1959.

And you want to back up the claim that "X happened in 1955, 1956, 1957, and 1959", then you can either intersperse the sources directly after each date or you can add four sources one after another to the end of the statement.

If you are instead trying to back up the claim that "X didn't happen in 1958" or that "X happened 4 times between 1955 and 1959" then this is original research.

Because the issue depends on the specific context and this board is only intended for general help in using wikipedia, you would probably do best to repost this question at the Reliable Sources Noticeboard. -Thibbs (talk) 15:06, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

adding a reference

Hello,

I am trying to add a reference to the article on Westenhanger Castle, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westenhanger_Castle. I have a book with both a history and illustrations of the house/castle. But the information I am typing in is not being accepted. I am trying to add: Archaeologia Cantiana Volume 17 (1887) pp 193-208 "Thomas Smythe, of Westenhanger, Commonly Called Customer Smythe". This book is available on-line for free as well as bound.

Thank you, Constance — Preceding unsigned comment added by Constancedaly (talk • contribs) 16:07, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

I have added a {{reflist}} template that the article was missing. It will now accept and generate your references properly. Please feel free to continue editing! :)  -- WikHead (talk) 16:22, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

(edit conflict) - It has been accepted actually, but it has been properly formatted and shifted into a different part of the article. You can find it here in the References section. The standard procedure for Wikipedia articles is to include general references in the references section and wherever possible to include specific references as inline footnotes. For more information on how to properly format references see WP:REF. Thanks for your contribution! -Thibbs (talk) 16:24, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

No references in Constituent Assembly of Egypt despite adding Reference Reflist markup

After adding content at the Constituent Assembly of Egypt page the references are not listed, despite adding an Reference Reflist markup at the bottom of the article. What's the problem with the site? --91.42.35.210 (talk) 16:24, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

The site is fine, one of the references in the article was not closed with a </ref> - that caused everything efter that point to be parsed as the cite. Roger (talk) 16:29, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Actually I think the problem was that a refname tag had been misformatted. Instead of writing <ref name="xyz/"> make sure that the terminal "/" falls outside the quotation marks like this: <ref name="xyz"/>

Hope that helps. -Thibbs (talk) 16:32, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for your help. --91.42.35.210 (talk) 16:44, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

books that are notable biography guidellines

I am the author of Art Talk: Conversations with 12 Artists (reprinted in 1995 by HarperCollin in 1995). It is in the collection of many notable academic citations. Which books qualify a person for a biography page in Wikipedia?

Thank you for your help.

Kind regards, Cathy — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cindynemser111 (talk • contribs) 17:58, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Hi Cathy, please read Notability for the notability guideline. Also, please do not write the article yourself, or have anyone affiliated with you write the article, as you and all those affiliated with you have a Conflict of Interest. Athleek123 18:04, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

The book does not make the author notable. Notability of a person depends on the existence of third party reliable sources about the person, not the person's work or other activities. Even if there are hundreds of published reviews and commentaries of the book but none of them say anything substative about the author, the book probably would be notable but not the author. Roger (talk) 10:47, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

Advertisments

Whats with all the advertising from UK companies,why do we need to see that rubbish??? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.31.231.126 (talk) 18:10, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

You'll have to be more specific. Wikipedia does not have advertisements. If you feel that an article is promotional of specific companies, please indicate which articles. Cresix (talk) 18:22, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Or you are not looking at Wikipedia's real site (http://en.wikipedia.org/*** ), just a mirror site which often include adverts - please provide the URL of the page you are referring to. Arjayay (talk) 18:31, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Or you have malware on your computer which inserts ads on Wikipedia pages. See WP:RFAQ#ADS about that. We cannot answer your question without knowing which pages and ads you refer to. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:30, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

No tabs on Talk Page

The talk page for Lemmy currently has no tabs across the top (Article/Talk/Read/Edit/New Section/History) and no WP logo or text in the LH column - Yes I've purged my cache, and even rebooted my machine, whilst all other talk pages seem OK - any idea what's up? Arjayay (talk) 18:27, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Seems to have sorted itself out now (Best way to solve a problem - post about it and it solves itelf, although it can make you look stupid) Arjayay (talk) 18:36, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Remove copyright writings please

hello. i have copyright for the writings in your article. Nobody have e-mailed me for permission to copy the writings to your website. Your editor ksanthosh89 has also copied from other websites into all the articles he has written. Please remove all the copyright writings. immediately. Thanking you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 223.235.128.94 (talk) 19:53, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

We have almost four million articles here. Which ones do you mean? And who are you? --Orange Mike | Talk 19:56, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellanahalli copied writings from ootyrealestate.wordpress.com/2008/06/02/plots-for-sale-in-ketti-valley-ooty-the-nilgiris-tamil-nadu-india/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 223.235.128.94 (talk) 20:20, 30 June 2012 (UTC) and I am a student doing online part-time work. please remove the copyright writing from other articles also. thanks.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 223.235.128.94 (talk) 20:27, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

I removed some of the material in that article and placed a message about copyright violation on ksanthosh89 (talk · contribs) talk page. Cresix (talk) 21:17, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Thank you vert much. And about the other articles? 223.235.128.94 (talk) 21:45, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

List them please Athleek123 21:46, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

I checked his other articles and all of them were copied from other websites.. There is too much websites to list.223.235.128.94 (talk) 21:55, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

You should be bold and fix them. Or, raise the issue on each article's talk page. RudolfRed (talk) 22:38, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Took care of quite a few. See ksanthosh89's talk page. Athleek123 23:51, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Thanks..223.236.142.51 (talk) 11:04, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

Can't create a peer review page as an IP user?

I placed Talk:José Rizal for peer reviewing and the " is currently undergoing" just appears red. When I clicked on it the article does not appear to have been created. 119.224.27.62 (talk) 21:31, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

I created the page for you Wikipedia:Peer review/José Rizal/archive2. You can label why you listed it there. Ryan Vesey Review me! 21:39, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Thank you! :) 119.224.27.62 (talk) 21:44, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

July 1

paraggelia games

tha eithela na paranggilo to spyro the dragon 3 games gia pc.pitemou tin diadikasia pou hriazete na paranggilo kai th tha stihisi apo leuta olo to paketo.to onomamou einai apostolos kai meno sto neo souli serron.otahidromikos kodikas einai 62100 kai to tilefonomou einai (telephone number removed by Deor (talk) 10:21, 1 July 2012 (UTC)). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.68.6.164 (talk) 01:16, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

This is the English Wikipedia. You'll have to communicate in English. Cresix (talk) 01:20, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

(ec) Hello, this is the help page for the English Wikipedia. We do not have an article on "paraggelia games". Can you repost your question in English please? Or, find the Wikipedia for your langauage (http://www.wikipedia.org/) and inquire there. RudolfRed (talk) 01:21, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

My Modern Greek is pretty much nonexistent, but this appears to involve ordering some version of the video game Spyro (series). I'd direct the OP to the reference desk at the Greek Wikipedia, but they don't appear to have one (at least, there's not a relevant interwiki link at our ref desk). In any case, the OP isn't going to get an answer here. Deor (talk) 10:34, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

THUMBAIL and THUMBS

Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_thumbnail_cache

Dear sirs

Reference: THUMBAIL and THUMBS

It seems that the application creates the Files thumbs, with photo files has its origin in your company.

I would not have this application on my computer. How should I proceed to delete it permanently?

Best regards

Carl Wang. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.1.154.29 (talk) 11:30, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

I think you misunderstood the text in that article you've linked at the top. Windows is a Microsoft product. Wikipedia has nothing to do with it. -Thibbs (talk) 12:51, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

You could try WP:RD/C for information on how to disable it or purge it on a timer.--Canoe1967 (talk) 20:30, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

Input requested

I'm sorry if this is the wrong place to post it, but I'd like to see if anyone would be willing to give some input on a proposed change to List of Presidents of Egypt. The issue is whether to have one table for multiple sections for this list article as in the current revision or multiple tables as in this revision. The discussion is at Talk:List of Presidents of Egypt#Tables. Thanks! Trinitresque (talk) 16:52, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

defamatory vandalism

The "Richard Marggraf Turley" page has been vandalised regularly for over a year, to this date in relatively good humour. However, changes made on 1 July 2012 were defamatory. I'm at a loss what to do about this problem, because I have no desire to check the page every day to see what new things have been added. Is it possible to delete the page? I'd rather that than have to keep checking. thanks, Mollymoggle (talk) 17:28, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

If this belongs anywhere, it's at WP:BLPN. However, there's no need for you to check on anything if you don't wish to. Others will no doubt check the article for any clear vandalism. I'm still struggling with how one vandalizes "in relatively good humour".--Bbb23 (talk) 17:39, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

Since the OP is the creator of the article, has contributed all but the most minor of amendments, patrols it regularly for vandalism and has made almost no edits to any other article, I would hazard a guess that he may also be the subject of Richard Marggraf Turley. The creator of a page can request its deletion by adding {{db-author}} to the page, provided no substantial content has been provided by any other contributor and that the request is made in good faith and not out of frustration. The OP could try this, but I suspect the page has been around too long, and has attracted too many other contributions, for it to qualify for a speedy deletion, to say nothing of the fact that the motivation does indeed seem to be frustration with the frequent vandalism. We don't delete articles on Wikipedia simply to prevent them being changed in a way that their creator dislikes. If I am correct that the OP is indeed Mr. Marggraf Turley, then this is unfortunately a prime example of why writing an article about yourself is not a good idea. See Wikipedia's Law of Unintended Consequences. Karenjc 18:39, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

If the page is frequently vandalized,then protection might help. See WP:PROTECTION RudolfRed (talk) 18:42, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

The OP made the same comments at WP:BLPN. I have no comment on the identity of the OP, but the page does not qualify for protection. There hasn't been much vandalism and almost no recent vandalism. One obvious vandalism today (reverted), and one piece of weird trivia put in by the OP in early June (reverted). Then, you have to go back months.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:41, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

When did the OP make any comments on BLPN? I don't see anything on the noticeboard or in the OP's contribs. RudolfRed (talk) 01:08, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

Home handyman

i have a book called the home handyman which i think was published by the news of the world.? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.32.241.204 (talk) 21:19, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

Please read WP:COI before thinking about creating an article for your book. Athleek123 21:24, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

Pretty sure owning a copy of a book would not constitute a COI if writing about it. OP, if you're asking who published it, look in the front of the book or do a search using the ISBN. If you think it should be included in or as an article, we don't really mention every book released by a publisher, unless it is especially notable.--Jac16888 ^Talk 21:34, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

You're totally right. For some reason when I read it I thought it said "i wrote a book ... " Sorry about that, Athleek123 21:53, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

Also, please use the article wizard before creating it. Electriccatfish2 (talk) 22:46, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

Conspicuously Absent Article

Hi I'm a big fan of wikipedia and wikipedians. I just read about this website on a news site today, thedirty.com and it seems to have a strange community and with the owner subjected to lawsuits etc so of course I immediately came to wikipedia to read about the site and the guy,(nik richie) but there is no article on the website or the guy, they seem pretty infamous and get lots of google hits etc so why is there no article? It seems very odd, is there a story behind it? Thank you 60.241.171.231 (talk) 23:11, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

It probably doesn't meet our notability guidelines for web content. Electriccatfish2 (talk) 23:14, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

Fair enough, I can see how the guy is a case of just being famous for being famous (among other things) but the its hard not to notice the discrepancy between this article and other similar ones. Obviously there is some other reason, but thank you for your answer.60.241.171.231 (talk) 23:31, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

It's also possible that nobody who cares enough about the subject has gone to the effort of writing the article. People tend to write articles about things that they have a genuine interest in, so maybe no thedirty.com fans are also Wikipedia editors. You could start the article yourself if you felt compelled to and if the site meets the requirements as stated above. Dismas|^(talk) 23:36, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

A one-line article at thedirty.com was appropriately deleted in 2008. The only content was: "thedirty.com, aka dirty scottsdale, aka the dirty, is a notable gossip site. more information must be added". The deletion doesn't preclude others from creating a proper article if they can find sources but it hasn't happened so far. There are millions of websites. I wouldn't make assumptions based on some others having articles. I'm sure there are loads of more notable websites which don't have articles either. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:48, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

Yeah... its probably a mutually exclusive interest situation, also I am quite happy with it not existing.60.241.171.231 (talk) 01:16, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

Thousand Oaks High School

On the Wikipedia page , you have the location correct...(thousand oaks, calif.)

But on my facebook page, you have this high school address in la canada minnesota... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.50.92.215 (talk) 23:17, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

Facebook sometimes includes content from Wikipedia, but Wikipedia has no control over how it is displayed. RudolfRed (talk) 23:19, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

Facebook community pages may incorporate content from Wikipedia— such use complies with Wikipedia policies on reuse of content. We at Wikipedia have no control over how the content is included nor can we help to remove it. Facebook does have a topic on Community pages and profile connections on their Help Center.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Thousand-Oaks-High-School/113066058703697 says "Description above from the Wikipedia article Thousand Oaks High School". This only applies to the part with heading "Description". The alleged location in other parts of the page is inserted by Facebook and not taken from Wikipedia. I don't know how Facebook generates location information but they sometimes get it wrong. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:30, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

It seems likely that that "location" information has nothing at all to do with the content of the page, and I guess that it is using the location of the person who created the page when they created it. But this is speculation.--ColinFine (talk) 08:46, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

Note that the complaints registered here give a lob-sided view, 100 Facebook location complaints in x months: Yes, but of how many? How many are overlooked? How many are noticed and ignored? How many aren't looked at? Dru of Id (talk) 00:13, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

There may well be more than one "Thousand Oaks High School"; and Facebook is notoriously bad about keeping institutions with duplicate or similar names straight when ganking information from Wikipedia. --Orange Mike | Talk 13:27, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

July 2

Category history

Is there a way to find the number of articles that were in a category at an earlier date/time? —Torchiest ^talk_edits 01:17, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

You could try asking at Village pump (technical), but I don't think there's any easy way to do this. -- John of Reading (talk) 06:58, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

Improper IP Address..?

I got a notification banner upon visiting Wikipedia stating that I had edited an article improperly and it had been reverted to its original content due to being considered vandalism.

Now, this is all well and good, but I have no idea what 'City of Ember' is, nor have I ever visited its page, short of just clicking on it today to find out what it is that I was supposed to have edited. In fact, my area of the country has not had power for over 48 hours (just got it turned back on today around 5 pm EST), so I have not been on the internet, much less Wikipedia, in days; nor has anyone been able to use my laptop for said edit.

My questions are: does this happen frequently? Why was my IP address credited for this when I did not do it? If, for some reason, this continues to happen, will my IP address be suspended from USING Wikipedia, as well as editing (which I do not do)? If it does continue to happen, is there any way to prove that I am not in fact the one responsible?

I have never edited this site, via IP address or registered account, but I am a frequent user. I love and appreciate this site, hence my concern as to why this may have happened. Any input is appreciated.

I apologize if this is not the proper place to post this concern. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.248.9.76 (talk) 02:25, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

If your IP is used by other people (such as an organization) or if it is a dynamic IP, then someone else did the vandalism. How often this happens depends on a number of factors, such as how many people use the IP, how many of those people visit Wikipedia to vandalize. The best way to avoid getting such messages is to register. You don't have to register to edit, but if you're registered then no one else can use your account and you will not receive such messages needlessly. Registration is free, and it can be done in about one minute. Cresix (talk) 02:34, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for your help! :) I may register now, just to make sure it doesn't happen again. Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.248.9.76 (talk).

I know you got an orange banner saying "You have new messages" but the message at User talk:96.248.9.76 is actually dated 11 December 2011 and was in response to this edit the same minute. See also the box at the bottom of User talk:96.248.9.76. PrimeHunter (talk) 09:53, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

Inclusion of new Article

Hello ;

I want wikipedia to include the information about the insitue called ' Indian Insitute of Cost and Management Studies and Research, Pune '

Thank You — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.198.90.95 (talk) 03:31, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. You should first check that the subject is notable. If you want to create the article yourself, follow the tips at WP:YFA, or you can make a request at WP:RA and explain in your request why the subject is notable. RudolfRed (talk) 03:40, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

Bio seems more of an article

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Dutchsinse

Seems to be less of a user bio than a platform for pseudoscience.

Nominated for deletion. Ruslik_Zero 09:04, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

PROBABILITY

Scores on an examination are assumed to be normally distributed with mean 78 and variance 36. 1)Now suppose that students scoring the 10% of this distribution are to receive an A grade.

What is the minimum score a student must achieve to earn an A grade?

2)What must be the cut-off point for passing the examination if the examiner wants only the top 28.1% of all scores to be passing?

3)If it is known that a student's score exceeds 72,

what is the probability that his/her score exceeds 84? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ghmoleleki (talk • contribs) 10:48, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

Have you tried the Mathematics section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there; this help desk is only for questions about using Wikipedia. For your convenience, here is the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps.Template:Z38 PrimeHunter (talk) 11:02, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

However, they will not do your homework for you. If this is homework, then you need to show that you have tried to answer it and explain where you are stuck if you want any help from the Wikipedia Reference Desk. --ColinFine (talk) 12:48, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

How do I feature Keys Hotels on wikipedia

How do I feature Keys Hotels on wikipedia — Preceding unsigned comment added by 14.97.63.245 (talk) 11:53, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

Firstly the company would have to comply with the notability criteria for organisations. Secondly, if you are in any way connected to the company you must take careful note of the conflict of interest guidelines. If you are certain that both preconditions are met you should follow the Articles for creation process. Roger (talk) 12:06, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

Article has Stopped Appearing in Google Searches

When my article was first created, it appeared almost immediately when I put in a google search for "Colin Ratushniak Wikipedia". Not suddenly today it has stopped bringing up the page at all in the search results. The page still comes up when I search Wikipedia for the name Colin Ratushniak but nothing at all is coming up on google. The page still appears to be live and I can find no messages about any issues. Can you let me know why this might have happened around Google? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Karendawes (talk • contribs) 12:47, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia has no control over, or special knowledge of, anything that Google does. You'll have to ask Google. Sorry. --ColinFine (talk) 12:52, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

Colin Ratushniak appears in Google searches now. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:14, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

Company Name Change

The name of my company has changed. However, the description in the article is still fine. How can I simply change the title as it appears on the page from "Sunbridge College" to "Sunbridge Institute"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by J.alan.kessler (talk • contribs) 15:14, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

See WP:MOVE. RudolfRed (talk) 17:33, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

Abbreviations

Edits at Foundation degree and FD. The Foundation degree, a qualification in the UK, is fairly often referred to as "FD". I get 45,000 ghits. More often it is the specific degree in the abbreviation, FDA (foundation degree in Arts), FDSc (Foundation degree in science), etc. But still there is for example http://www.higherskillswales.co.uk/fdp/ from the Welsh government. An editor seems to want to clean up the disambiguation page FD and has put cn tags on the abbreviations of this article and other articles whose titles abbreviate to FD. I could add the Welsh page, but really would prefer not to add a citation at that point in the lead for such an uncontroversial statement. Is it necessary to clean up like that? I really do think that someone looking for information about foundation degrees might search on FD. And surely the list in the disambiguation page can be quite long without bewildering the reader? Itsmejudith (talk) 15:23, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

In general the threshold for inclusion on Wikipedia is verifiability. This doesn't mean that every statement has to be verified with a source, but it does mean that the statement should be capable of verification. Usually noncontroversial material can be added without strict sourcing, but when material is challenged by another editor, the challenge is resolved by the reliable sources. In this case it sounds like another editor has challenged the claim that Foundation Degree and several other terms are commonly abbreviated as "FD" so it would probably be best to add a reliable source. If this is a case where an editor is using the rules to cause a disruption to Wikipedia then none of what I just said applies, but unless there's clear evidence that these are badfaith challenges, you should add a ref as requested. -Thibbs (talk) 18:21, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

Note also that the positioning of the source is a matter of editorial discretion and if a consensus can be established on the talk page that the source is superfluous or that it negatively impacts the article, then you can forgo it. -Thibbs (talk) 18:28, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Disambiguation my provide advice as well.--Canoe1967 (talk) 11:13, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Bill Williams -game designer - for Alley Cat video game-- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Williams_(game_designer)

This is the wrong Bill Williams!! My father Bill Williams Jr. Who worked for IBM was the designer of the game. He is still very much ALIVE. I had edited the wiki page for this as well as added a photo however, today I got a e-mail from Wiki stating that they were going to switch the page back.

I would like to be able to change this information to the right data. You are handing out incorrect information about my father and I would like to know why I can not update his information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lillywaters (talk • contribs) 16:55, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

You need to be cautious editing the page, since you have a conflict-of-interest. Read the guidelines at WP:COI. It is usually better to suggest changes on the article's talk page instead. RudolfRed (talk) 17:22, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

However, if you could provide a link to a reliable source at Talk:Bill Williams (game designer) confirming that he is still alive, someone will probably remove the incorrect information. For information about what is considered a reliable source, read WP:RS. Thanks. Cresix (talk) 17:59, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

I entered it at the BLP board. There are no sources at all for birth or death dates. I haven't removed them as it seems when they are it is reverted.--Canoe1967 (talk) 11:27, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Help with Infobox on Fiserv Page

I'm working to update the Fiserv wiki page. As of this weekend the Infobox is not showing up correctly. I reviewed the text and everything seems to be in order, it should be showing up in the correct format. Please advise.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiserv

Thanks, Kabursch (talk) 19:53, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

I will have a look, and please note that you have a conflict of interest for this article. Athleek123 20:06, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

It has something to do with the "equity" parameter. If you blank that it shows up OK. Cresix (talk) 20:15, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

Fixed and removed COI material Athleek123 20:21, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

Lucas Oil Stadium

A friend and I have been trying to update the Lucas Oil Stadium page to reflect Moore Engineers as the engineer of record under the service engineer category, but it has been removed from the page. Moore Engineers was the engineering firm leading up the service side of the build as can be seen/proven on our website under the facts & information drop down http://www.lucasoilstadium.com/about.aspx. If you would like me to send you more reference material I can do that. Our stadium wouldn't be the quality it is today if it weren't for Moore Engineers continued service, that is why I asked them to put themselves on our Wiki page. I did not realize that would cause a conflict of interest to have them post it themselves. Sorry for the confusion. Roserunner12xc (talk) 21:07, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

 Done--Canoe1967 (talk) 21:27, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

Canoe1967 I appreciate it but you've put the wrong engineering firm. Walter P Moore Engineers and Consultants is a separate company from Moore Engineers. They both contributed to this build but Walter P Moore Engineers and Consultants were strictly structural engineers and Moore Engineers did the service work to the building. If you could correct that I would appreciate it. Roserunner12xc (talk) 12:02, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Ooops, sorry. It is  Done x2 now.--Canoe1967 (talk) 13:58, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Page: Colin Ratushniak

I am a complete novice at Wikipedia, this is my first article. I have just noticed that the external links to you tube videos that I included in the page and also the website that links to the subject's support site, have all been deleted. The website in particular is relevant as a source of further information and was used because the subject's website is currently under construction. We asked and received from him permission to use our website address as an alternative until his was up and running again. Also, the article was accepted and graded with the external links and website link in with it. Can somebody explain why the external links and the website links have now all been deleted? Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Karendawes (talk • contribs) 22:59, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

Links to Youtube and to fansites are hardly ever acceptable in Wikipedia, and external links (other than citations to reliable sources) should only appear in a separate "External links" section.When his website is up, the article may have a link to it in an 'External links' section or perhaps an infobox, but that should normally be the limit of links to it. See WP:External links for the various policies. --ColinFine (talk) 23:21, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

You're talking about my edit [2], moving the article more in keeping with Wikipedia:Manual of style; expect to see further de-capitalizations, especially in section headings, and other minor changes, as other editors review and edit it. I've added the basic categories and stub tag, and may work further on it later this week. Dru of Id (talk) 00:35, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

The website link was to his official fanpage which contains further sources of information about his background, show history, and a more substantial biography all of which reinforces and builds on the information on this Wiki page. In the absence of his own website, which would carry the same information, he agreed that we could use this site to direct people to further sources of information. Do I have any route of appeal in relation to the website inclusion, if only to include it in the infobox? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Karendawes (talk • contribs) 06:16, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Fansites are notoriously not reliable sources. --Orange Mike | Talk 12:46, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

On Kushiro Wetland

I have written Kushiro Wetland, but someone redirected it to Kushiro Shitsugen National Park. So, I cannot read my article. Although my article is the translation of Japanese Wikipedia, my article is much better than Kushiro Shitsugen National Park, in my opinion. I would like to see my article. --Ichiro Kikuchi (talk) 23:38, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

Since your article covers the same ground as an existing article, User:DAJF appears to have decided there was no need for a new article and just redirected to the old one. Your text is still visible by

• Going to Kushiro Wetland
• Picking the 'redirected from' link at the top
• Picking the History tab
• Picking one of your versions.

Since there is an existing article, you would be better to edit that than create a new one. But I observe that your version of the article has no inline references whatever, so by the standards of English Wikipedia it is a greatly inferior article to the existing Kushiro Shitsugen National Park.

I urge you to open a discussion on Talk:Kushiro Shitsugen National Park with User:DAJF and others, and agree on the way forward, which will probably involve manually merging the existing article and your translated text. --ColinFine (talk) 10:23, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

July 3

Need the consent from Wikipedia to reproduce in my book the Trinidad Anglican Episcopal Coat of Arms.svg

I would like to know how can I obtain permission or consent from Wikipedia to copy and reproduce the File: Trinidad-Anglican-Episcopal-Coat-of-Arms.svg that is shown in the Wikipedia, on the free encyclopedia page. I would like to know if I can do this or what are the steps to obtain the consent from your office in order for me to reproduce it in my book. Thanks in advance, — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.110.0.88 (talk) 00:04, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

I do not believe you need to obtain permission, as it is in the creative commons. Athleek123 00:56, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

The licensing information for the image indicates that it has been released into the public domain, which if accurate, means that you need no permission from Wikipedia to reproduce the image. Licensing information on Wikipedia/Wikimedia is not always accurate, you should evaluate the credibility of the licensing tag yourself, though regardless you do not need Wikipedia's consent to use it. Monty₈₄₅ 05:04, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

The general answer to your question is in Wikipedia:Reusing Wikipedia content. --ColinFine (talk) 10:25, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

I don't know if this is the right place for this, but

We need some admin assistance on a controversy with User:Zzspeed. They keep reverting the redirect of "Cassandra Hall Rawlins" (a non-notable soap opera character). The page has been redirected numerous times per WP:NOTABILITY, but the user doesn't seem to care. Any help is appreciated. Shark96z (talk · contribs) 01:39, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

WP:DR? - Purplewowies (talk) 01:46, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

The next time they revert the redirect I will report them to an admin. Athleek123 01:52, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cassandra Hall Rawlins.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 04:47, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

July 2012 Calendar

I need help re-arranging the days in the calendar, so that it starts on a Sunday, and ends on a Tuesday. SuperHero2111 (talk) 02:53, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

What Wikipedia feature are you referring to? RudolfRed (talk) 02:59, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

I'm referring to the calendar. You see, I copy-and-pasted the contents of the 2010 calendar, but I just changed the last 0, to a 2. However, July 2012 has a different calendar, than July 2010. So, I don't know how to change the days of the week, in the calendar. SuperHero2111 (talk) 05:12, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

You could try lobbying the ISO-8601 technical comittee. People still are upset about the Pluto thing, but that was the IAU so you might be OK. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 05:22, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Normally when asking about a specific article, it's good to provide a link to that article. That way we can look at it and have a better understanding of just what it is you're working on and give better answers. That said, I'm guessing that you are referring to Portal:Current events/July 2012/Calendar. If so, I just fixed it for you. Dismas|^(talk) 05:23, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

regarding my company products

I publish 2 article on your website one under smart voice network second AVIDO web conference I have been rejected twice I need to know why please call me at [redact] or contact me by email my address [redact] — Preceding unsigned comment added by SmartVoice (talk • contribs) 03:02, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Your pages were blatant advertising. Also, you have an obvious conflict of interest. If you want help, submit your articles at Articles for Creation. Athleek123 03:20, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

It is not permitted to use Wikipedia for promotion or advertising. Period. --ColinFine (talk) 10:27, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Name of spouse is abusive..

Hi, The Bollywood actor Salman Khan is single. But name of his spouse is mentioned as Aishwarya Rai. Ashwairya Rai is wife of Abhishek bachhan the whole universe knows.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salman_Khan This sounds offensive and abusive.

Please block the user who as done such bullshit.

Regards, Sandip — Preceding unsigned comment added by 223.183.110.249 (talk) 03:06, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

It's already been fixed. Dismas|^(talk) 03:31, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Blue Links

Is there a way I can get rid of the links in a article while i'm reading it? They sometimes get distracting 173.175.74.6 (talk) 04:30, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

I don't think there is any built-in way to do that. If you create an account, you can choose a different "skin" and in some of the skins, such as modern, the link color is not quite as intense as other skins. Also, with an account, you can load custom css settings, and with that you can probably make the links whatever color you want. RudolfRed (talk) 04:36, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

If you register an account, you can turn the links off. The option is right under the options that Rudolf refers to about the "skin" that you can have Wikipedia display. I'm sorry, the option that I was referring to only takes out the underline. The linked words still appear in blue. Though you might find that less distracting and be able to not let it bother you. Dismas|^(talk) 04:38, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

(ec) What's the name of that option? I don't see it. RudolfRed (talk) 04:42, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

It's on the Appearance pane of your preferences and is labeled "Underline links". Just set it to "Never". Dismas|^(talk) 04:45, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Click "printable version". Anna Frodesiak (talk) 04:44, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Ok Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.175.74.6 (talk) 05:00, 3 July 2012 (UTC) Ill see if it helps... by.. registering.. hah (*maybe registering) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.175.74.6 (talk) 05:02, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

recovery data from hard disk

I formatted my hard disk contained 90% data. After i save 60% data to this hard disk. But now i want formatted data( 90% data). is it possible? please help me — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.207.233.244 (talk) 07:07, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Have you tried the computing section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there; this help desk is only for questions about using Wikipedia. For your convenience, here is the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps.Template:Z38--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 07:12, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

creating an article

I have put my article into the sandbox but when I look it on preview it has multiple columns that I don't want . Does anyone have any ideas abou thisJkidner (talk) 09:36, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

I went ahead and removed the gallery code that was causing problems. Hope that's okay. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 09:42, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Renaissance Malmö Hotel

I was able to correct from 5 star to 4 star, I found no way to correct Marriot to Marriott, how do I solve this Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Randolph23 (talk • contribs) 12:28, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

 Done All I did was to add a "t". I don't understand how you could not do it. Roger (talk) 12:43, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

What is your source for 4 star? The inline reference [3] says 5 star. I don't know whether it's obsolete or there are other rating systems but articles should not contradict their own references. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:48, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Logo

I may need help on removing background on File:Awake logo.png image. I kind of would like it to be adjusted to something like File:Grey's Anatomy Logo.svg. Thanks, TBrandley 12:47, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Try WP:LAB. Regards.--GoP_T^CN 14:02, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Or GIMP, probably faster if you do it yourself.--Canoe1967 (talk) 14:14, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Done. Did it with Photoshop. Drovethrughosts (talk) 14:50, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. TBrandley 14:51, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Article editing: paragraphs eliminated when previewing text

Hello,

When I edit an article I wrote (that is not published yet), and I click preview or save changes, it does not show all the text I wrote. Is there a word limit that I am unaware of? It's not very long, so I don't know why it would cut out a couple small paragraphs. Is it just a glitch? It keeps the majority of the text, but the bottom three small paragraphs, including the references, are cut out. Please let me know if there is something I need to do or something that I'm doing wrong.

This is the page I need help with: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Jacques_Heim_(choreographer)

Thank you,

Chloezakiya

I fixed it so all the information shows. You hadn't closed one of your references. GB fan 16:24, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Feedback

I don't know whether it is a right page to post or not. I just wanted to give some feedback having used the site for years and more recently as an editor. I believe, most editors are not willing to write in the GA Review process. May be, the Wikipedia is lacking tools and techniques. I believe, this amazing site must make use of some kind of chat facility where editors are able to collaborate, not just by writing to each other, but face to face. It saves time of the editors to complete the review process, resolve conflicts. Many editors (sometimes including me) are not willing to collaborate just because it takes time and effort to pen down in an article or a talk or a review page. Having experienced it recently in a GA review page, I could say this with a bit more certainty, that many editors at the end feel frustrated of having going through the pain of writing an article at first place. Right now, even I am feeling the same and the very reason of writing this post. I have been at both the supply end and at the receiving ends at different instants of time. Also, the look and feel of the Wikipedia should change for better. There needs to be a mechanism where consistency between the articles is maintained for good. I wish all of you the very best in life. Regards.Vaibhavgupta1989 (talk) 16:59, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

I don't use it myself, but many Wikipedians do chat in text in real time about many matters, including editing. See WP:IRC. Karenjc 21:42, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

cfcuk Chelsea Fanzine / Roman Abramovich

I had to laugh when I looked at the Wiki page for Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich. All the way through the page about him, it said that he owned Carlisle Football Club when in fact it is Chelsea that he owns. Your administrators were quick enough to delete the article I wrote about the cfcuk Chelsea Fanzine for not having any 'notable' sources yet they have allowed the Abramovich article to go unedited with what are major factual inaccuracies. I hope that some administrators who are not biased against the Chelsea Football Club or the cfcuk Chelsea Fanzine can now reconsider including my article that was written about the fanzine. Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blueblagger (talk • contribs) 17:04, 3 July 2012 (UTC) Blueblagger 17:06, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Roman Abramovich (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Thank you for repairing the article, which was vandalised for just 15 minutes thanks to your prompt action. With 50-100 article edits being made every minute, the encyclopedia relies on sharp-eyed readers such as yourself to draw attention to this kind of nonsense.

The consensus at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cfcuk was clear. The article needs to show that people have written about the fanzine, not just mentioned it in passing. The page WP:42 is a handy summary of the level of coverage required. -- John of Reading (talk) 17:17, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

I am grateful for you for taking the time to reply. However, I still feel aggrieved. The problem stemmed from the fact that I used the term ‘notable’ in the original piece that was written about cfcuk in order to describe the fact that the fanzine costs just £1, the price being maintained since it was first published and something that is noteworthy in these times of rising prices and inflation.

As well as being referenced on the official Chelsea website – as pointed out in earlier responses to yourselves, it has also has numerous mentions in the press – both in the UK and abroad – the most recent being in the Daily Telegraph by renowned football journalist Henry Winter http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/chelsea/9276305/Champions-League-final-2012-Chelsea-put-their-faith-in-Didier-Drogba-and-Roberto-Di-Matteo.html (18 May, 2012) who confirmed what I had written in the piece about the management and staff at Chelsea FC reading the cfcuk fanzine. As well as retaining the feeling that there is a bias against the fanzine because of tribalism, I wonder how, for example, Wikipedia can include a page about the Fulham fanzine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOOFIF) and not Chelsea’s. Thank you Blueblagger 11:19, 4 July 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blueblagger (talk • contribs)

Two things you could do: try to have the Fulham fanzine deleted, or write a better article on the Chelsea one in a sandbox and submit it for reconsideration. Success with either would leave you "equal" again. Britmax (talk) 11:34, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

I’m not ‘bitter’ about the inclusion of the Fulham fanzine and I would never try to get anyone else’s insertion deleted as that would, I feel at least, be petty. However, the original article I submitted was edited to take out the ‘offending’ use of the term ‘notable’ and, as well as being fully informative and 100% accurate, can you explain what, in your opinion, I would need to do to the article I posted to ‘improve’ it. Thank you Blueblagger 11:54, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Ref Tags and Reference Lists

Hello, I am having difficulty editing my piece, "Fabrizio Divari". My main issue is correcting my improperly added "ref tag". I have cited the verified sources to which my article is built from, but cannot place them under a numbered reference list. Rather, the reference list is numbered with the embedded phrase evidence that is directly from the source, which I am attempting to properly cite. How do I fix this error of invalid ref tags? I do not know where to place them.

I am incredibly confused by all of the tutorials and cannot figure out how to solve "invalid ref tags."

Also, WikiTalk that I have attempted to publish my article under the title of "MP: Publishing". I do not recall doing this after sending my article for review. How do I reverse this error?

Many thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by OlaMazz (talk • contribs) 18:58, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Please post URL of the "article" in its present state. I put "article" in quotes because when I enter "Fabrizio Divari" in the search box that appears near the top of every Wikipedia page nothing is found. Jc3s5h (talk) 19:33, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

User:OlaMazz/sandbox, based on the OP's recent edits. RudolfRed (talk) 19:39, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

I see that you are working on User:OlaMazz/sandbox. The style of citations you have chosen is very close to list-defined references, which I have linked to. One thing that needs to be fixed are tags like this: <ref name = "Now Magazine"/>{{Citation | title = Best of Toronto/2011/Best Tattoo Artist | url=http://www.nowtoronto.com/bestof/winner.cfm?category=623&area=606 | accessdate = 2 July 2012 }}

There should be no "/" in the ref element; that means that the entire ref element is contained between "<" and ">". Since the citation should be contained in a ref element, you should start with <ref name = "Now Magazine"> before the citation and end the citation with </ref>.

Also notice that for this citation system, the {{Reflist}} template must be written in a slightly more complicated way. Jc3s5h (talk) 19:52, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

how to become a pregnant

i want to know about pregnancy my qus is how to became a pregnant?i want to know every details about this topic. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 180.149.7.111 (talk) 20:57, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

This page is for questions about editing Wikipedia. Please consider asking this question at the Reference desk. They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. You could always try searching Wikipedia for an article related to the topic you want to know more about. I hope this helps. RudolfRed (talk) 20:59, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Human fertilization--Canoe1967 (talk) 21:00, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

How to become a pregnant what? Britmax (talk) 21:02, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

"like" 60.241.171.231 (talk) 02:29, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

LOL. - Purplewowies (talk) 03:11, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

You can also look at the Pregnancy article. - Purplewowies (talk) 03:11, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Global account issues

There's a problem with my global account. When I log in here, it lists all the other Wikimedia sites that I have also subsequently been logged into with my global account, Commons included. However, Commons doesn't have me logged in. In fact, my username over there doesn't exist, even though it should have been created when my global account was created. And i'm also not logged in at Commons, even while i'm logged in everywhere else. What exactly is going on here and how do I fix it? Silverseren^C 21:53, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Your Commons account is unattached (see here for details). You can try to attach it by visiting Special:Mergeaccount. This may not work properly if you are using a different password for that account. If it doesn't work, I suspect asking a 'crat at Commons to usurp that unattached account first and then retry the reunification is your best next step. QU ^TalkQu 22:08, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, to be clearer. This probably means the account at Commons is owned by somebody else, but they've never used it (it was created before the SUL was put in place). So you need to have it usurped (i.e., renamed) so that you can take it over. The place to do this is on Commons QU ^TalkQu 22:12, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

I don't even remember what my password is for that account. So i've left a message for Commons bureaucrat Juliancolton, so hopefully this will be fixed soon. Thanks for the help. Silverseren^C 22:19, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Move a wikipedia entry to wiktionary?

I see the entry on Lant and I propose it be moved to wiktionary rather than keeping it as an entry in wikipedia (it's mostly definition, not description) what should I do next?

Riventree (talk) 22:45, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

There is a template Template:Move to wiktionary. 69.62.243.48 (talk) 02:20, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

BLP for divorce

What do I do if a BLP contains marital information that keeps getting removed without regard for sourced content. My beleif is that there is a high probability of a recent divorce that is not documented in the public record. Examples of BLPs in this situation are David Baker (poker player, born 1972) and Christian Cook.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 23:06, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

You revert and warn until a source is provided. Athleek123 23:14, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

I think TonyTheTiger is wanting to add information which he believes to be correct but is not reliably sourced. If that is the case, it cannot be added. Further, if the information which you say is out of date is reliably sourced, then it should not be removed. It's unfortunate, but verifiability not truth is a backbone of Wikipedia. --ColinFine (talk) 16:29, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Euro bronze medals

I can not understand the logic of article on the European national football teams. Why does the "UEFA European Championship record," the European Championship semi-finalists are marked bronze color, but in the section marked achievements simply as a semifinal, and profiles of players there are no notes on bronze awards. If the wiki does not know no match for third place does not mean the absence of a set of bronze medals. Two teams semifinal losers are awarded bronze medals. There is no match for the bronze - there are two bronze medalist. For example - Russia and Turkey were awarded real prizes in 2008, the magnificent ceremony was not, but the medals were awarded. I hope the problem will be fixed or will be made ​​public the reasons for the position of the wiki on this subject. — Preceding unsigned comment added by EddyBenoit (talk • contribs) 00:08, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia is supposed to be neutral in matters like this, so there should never be a need to make public its position. Wikipedia's "position" on topics should be the position of the reliable sources. If it isn't then the problem should be corrected by editors. The question you've asked is a very specific one about football, and you could probably get a more precise explanation or help to change any errors related to it by posting your question here. Good luck. -Thibbs (talk) 03:57, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

custody forms

hi i was told i could get on here and get a form for shared parenting. i can not find it can you please help thankyou

Jennifer Corwin — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mama2001 (talk • contribs) 00:15, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 6.8 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. RudolfRed (talk) 00:25, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Help Needed ASAP

Hello all,

I was doing some review work in AFC earlier today, and one of the users whose articles I denied (Ssimmons01) sent me this email:

<email text removed>

The user seems to believe that his article, located here, is licenced to him, as he asks for all copyrighted content to be removed. He has blanked the article and put another review tag on it (for some reason). What should I do? Thanks, Athleek 00:25, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

I also found a second article by him of the same subject: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Bear_Lake,_Chattaroy,_Washington, and seeing as User:Avs5221 declined that one, I am also wondering if Avs5221 recieved the same email from him. Athleek 00:39, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks Fuhghettaboutit for taking action on this issue. Would you mind emailing him and identifying yourself as an administrator and explaining things to him so he stops sending those emails to me. It would be greatly appreciated, Athleek 00:50, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Sure, no problem. Please see the additional message I left on his talk page. I will simply email him and refer him there.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 00:51, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Thank you so much! Athleek 00:52, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Anytime!--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 00:55, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

However, there is one more issue. I am going to delete the posting of the email. It has "outing" information, and I will revdelete it. I know you might not have been aware of that issue, but keep it in mind. Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 00:57, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

That makes sense Athleek 00:59, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

I also received this email. Said I was making unclaimed allegations of vandalism and then listed off a litany of legalese. Also claimed complete ownership over his articles. avs5221^{(talk|contrib)} 01:49, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

The growing "Google + no disambiguation page" problem

Consider the following scenario:

You want to go to the Dallas article in wikipedia.

1. Google "Dallas". (no one googles "Dallas(city)" )

2. "Dallas(TV series)" is the only Wikipedia page google gives you. (Fine you think, I'll just go through the disambiguation page)

3. Click on Dallas(TV series)

4. No disambiguation page. (you see Dallas (2012 TV series) at the top, you think, maybe that page will have a disambiguation page)

5. Click Dallas (2012 TV series). Dead End.

Frustrated you now have to go back to google and type "Dallas (City)". This time you will find the query you were looking for from the beginning.

The final kick in the teeth: The article is named "Dallas" what you searched for in the first place.

This experience is becoming more and more common as we have tried to move away from the use of Disambiguation pages in wikipedia.

Unless we can change google's algorithms which we can't, the well-intentioned policy of marginalizing disambiguation pages results in frequent "Dead End" experiences for users who overwhelmingly arrive at wikipedia via google.

This is not a complaint, I just wanted to bring to light this growing issue, I just think this problem needs to be looked at seriously by someone. I hope some diligent administrator takes up this cause.

To get a sense of the problem you may wish to add the Disambiguation Page to the respective articles and observe the change in traffic here:

http://stats.grok.se/en/latest90/Dallas%20(1978%20TV%20series)

http://stats.grok.se/en/latest90/Dallas%20(2012%20TV%20series)

http://stats.grok.se/en/latest90/Dallas

Thank you 60.241.171.231 (talk) 00:40, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Or, on the encyclopedia that anyone can edit, someone like you could modify the disambiguation message at the top of any page to add further clarity for this "kick in the teeth". Voila!! Problem solved. Or you could wait to see if someone reads this and decides to do it. Cresix (talk) 00:53, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Thank you.

I was waiting for someone to make that response so I could paste the following:

In another Example:

Pretend you are a general user and attempt to reach the article on the object worn on your finger known as a ring. follow the links and see how many steps it will take you to find the article.

In this case I have actually intervened and tried to minimize the steps by adding a disambiguation link at the top of the first google result: ring(mathematics) but this was reverted by those watching that page in accordance with wikipedia policy.

Do you see the problem? 60.241.171.231 (talk) 01:08, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Yes, we do. If you could fix it, that would be great! WP:BOLD Athleek 01:16, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

I am trying to bring light to what seems be a systemic problem, Any thoughtful input would be much appreciated.  :) 60.241.171.231 (talk) 01:21, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

It's not systematic, I have never seen it before and I work with disambiguation pages every now and then. You just caught a few errors. Remember Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia that anyone, including you, can edit. Athleek 01:24, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

The Wikipedia article on Dallas (the city) is the third Google search result (when I Google Dallas alone), with the TV series being second and a non-Wikipedia site being first; on Yahoo! it is the first Wikipedia result, and fifth result overall; on Bing it is the first Wikipedia result, and third result overall. I know that at least with respect to Google, the results ordering does change based on your search history, maybe the location your IP returns to and I don't know what else their algorithms uses. What I am saying is, my mileage is differing from yours significantly, and at least from the perspective of those results, the problem you've identified is illusory.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 01:29, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Interesting. I just dumped all my cookies and edit history and tried the same search and the results were quite different. On Google the city was the fifteenth result; fifth on Yahoo! and third on Bing.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 01:38, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

I am in Australia and I don't get Dallas at all. I get only ONE result in the first page and that is the TV series, and in general I only ever get one or at most two results, I have never noticed five wikipedia articles in google's first search page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.241.171.231 (talk) 01:52, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

If you know you want a Wikipedia article then you can use Wikipedia's own search box or add "wikipedia" to the Google search. Disambiguation links to articles which cannot be confused with the title will be irrelevant to most visitors to a page. We have no technical way to display different disambiguation links for readers coming from Google searches, Wikipedia searches, wikilinks, or elsewhere. An internal search [4] currently finds 1293 articles with ring in the title. Should they all have a link to Ring? Or should we examine Google results periodically and add links to whichever articles are currently high in search results for common words? Should we then repeat it for other popular search engines? It doesn't seem practical to me. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:32, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

if the problem is just that you can't find the right page with Google, try using the Wikipedia search instead to find a Wikipedia page you want. RudolfRed (talk) 01:33, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Sorry maybe I didn't bring the correct emphasis on what I meant, The current wikipedia policy is to remove disambiguation pages as much as possible. Users follow this policy but this results in the problems I have stated above, If a user attempts to find ring using google the wikipedia policy which is being more and more enforced, results in more and more dead ends.

On the wikipedia search engine: The vast majority of users do not use it and have no reason to believe it will give better results than google (which it generally does not). All I can say is this is how the vast majority of people use wikipedia. If the aim of the policy is to change their behavior that's fine, I believe this is not in fact the aim, the aim is usability.

I feel I have done enough on my part to raise this issue and I'm not really interested in arguing with anyone. I'm just trying to help. All I can hope for is that someone more active on the site sees this and recognizes the problem and investigates it further. I feel I have made it as clear as I can. Hopefully it will make a difference. 60.241.171.231 (talk) 01:43, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

"The current wikipedia policy is to remove disambiguation pages as much as possible.": I wasn't aware of that policy. Do you have a link to the policy so we can read it? Cresix (talk) 01:51, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

If it is not then I fully retract my problem report.60.241.171.231 (talk) 01:55, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

No, seriously, even if you have misunderstood a policy, I think we could benefit from knowing the source of the misunderstanding. Is it an actual policy, or something an editor wrote to justify reverting one of your edits, or something else? Cresix (talk) 01:57, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

I just re-read the policy and it seems to draw a logical dividing line between what should have disambiguation and what shouldn't, fair enough. however the idiosyncrasies of google (if we accept they exist) means the best policy might be that all articles should have disambiguation links at the top if there is any article with the same name. 60.241.171.231 (talk) 02:07, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Can you please provide a link to the policy you're reading? Thanks. RudolfRed (talk) 02:08, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Just google Wikipedia disambiguation policy  :) never mind. If the I'm the only one who sees a problem, then its not worth looking at it any further.60.241.171.231 (talk) 02:25, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Your refusal to reveal which policy you refer to is confusing but when you say "wikipedia policy is to remove disambiguation pages as much as possible", I guess you mean a guideline about removing links to disambiguation pages from pages with names which cannot be confused. For example, the first Wikipedia page in a Google search on "mark" is Mark Zuckerberg. In accordance with Wikipedia guidelines, that page has no link at top to Mark for readers who are interested in other people or things called mark but still clicked a link to a page called "Mark Zuckerberg". PrimeHunter (talk) 10:35, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Reference not working, not sure why

Here's the link: [5]

Thanks -- Vranak (talk) 02:18, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

fixed. You were missing closing ]] for the New York Times. RudolfRed (talk) 02:25, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Aaaahhh... thank you so much. Vranak (talk) 03:25, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Where can I seek advice for a WikiDrama or user conflicts without getting anybody else involved?

Long story but I'm going to make it short, last month I got into this huge argument with 3 other users, they kind of took most of my own posts out of context and kept on applying other policies to make it seem like I was violating them. This made me feel stressed and frustrated and it let towards an exchange of uncivil responses from both sides. It was mainly because they disagreed with the article being deleted or moved since I was planning on proposing a merger. The conflict ended when one of the users involved left a kindly written letter and told me to put the merger on hold for now.

A month had passed since then and I'm planning on finally proposing a merger this time but I'm worried that this conflict might occur again. If it does then I am planning on taking it to the Wikiquette assistance but I'm having doubts if my actions are necessary so I want someone in Wikipedia with the right expertise to review what had gone wrong with this conflict last month without having to get the other 3 involved just yet. Is there a way for that to happen? 119.224.27.62 (talk) 03:24, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

I think you could request a short mentorship relating only to this issue. From what you've described so far, though, I don't think there should be any reason to avoid proposing the merger. A proposal is a way to request input from the community. In the end I suppose it depends on the exact context here, but it's hard to imagine why any other editors would wish to avoid such a discussion. -Thibbs (talk) 03:47, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

wrong Map of India

Dear Team, When I was searching for information on "Lakshadweep", I found that the map of India was incorrect. It did not show the POK of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. As a result, the portion looks truncated. As far as I know, the POK is not in Pakistan, it lies still in India.

Kindly rectify the same. It is a National Honour for us at Inida.

Rajesh Gopalakrishnan — Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.61.94.235 (talk) 07:29, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

The map you refer to seems to be the same as the map in the India article. If you think the map is wrong, you should explain why on the talk page of the India article. Maproom (talk) 10:34, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

I guess you refer to a region which is claimed by both countries but controlled by Pakistan. Your IP address is in India. Indian sources probably tend to support the Indian claims and maybe show maps with everything claimed by India. It appears Wikipedia follows the Line of Control to indicate who actually controls which area without taking sides in the conflict. Both countries claim areas controlled by the other. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:44, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

The map is used in many places and discussed at commons:File talk:India location map.svg. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:51, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Hide rollback links on watchlist

I've been checking my watchlist from my phone while my dad works on finding some drivers for my new computer. I keep fat fingering the links and accidentally hitting rollback quite often. Sometimes I can stop it before the action goes through, but sometimes I can't. No matter how far I zoom in or out, a rollback link always seems to be right up against the link I want to click. Is there a way to hide the rollback links on my watchlist? (I'd like to have them available everywhere else, though, since rollback is one of the few types of edits I can do easily and effectively from my phone if I need to.) - Purplewowies (talk) 07:50, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Just add the following to your common.css page:

.mw-special-Watchlist .mw-rollback-link {
    display: none;
}

(from Wikipedia:Customizing_watchlists#Remove_or_modify_the_.5Brollback.5D_link). benzband (talk) 08:03, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! It was a bit hard trying to do it from my phone, but I did it; thanks! - Purplewowies (talk) 17:10, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Irrelevant muzak in article

Wikipedia's File:Aerial Superhighway.ogv (used in the jet stream article) is accompanied by an annoying and irrelevant piece of musak. Should/could this be removed from the file?--Shantavira|^{feed me} 11:00, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

I agree that it is annoying and irrelevant. If I knew how I would separate the sound from the image. Cresix (talk) 15:53, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

what you need is a "demuxer" for ogg vorbis video, though a cursory Google doesn't yield hopeful results! Nikthestoned 16:03, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

How to remove deleted page?

I created a page which was deleted. My question is 'how do I completely remove that page?' so that when anybody visits, nothing appears, not even the deletion notice. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 182.178.89.214 (talk) 11:35, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

The deletion log cannot be removed but the url will report a HTTP 404 Not Found error message. When external search engines like Google detect this they should remove the page from their search index. Wikipedia does not control when this happens. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:58, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Avoiding my name showing

Dear Wikipedia. I am now ready to go live with my article. When I went live with a previous draft some months ago, my name appeared next to the subject name. How can I avoid this, and what is the easiest and simplest way for me to move my article to the live page. Thank you for your kind help. Maya Frida Barr (talk) 11:51, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Hi Maya, you have to move it from your userspace into the mainspace. That way, the User:Maya Frida Barr/ prefix will no longer appear. benzband (talk) 11:57, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

See WP:So you made a userspace draft. You appear to have blanked your sandbox for some reason, but you can retrieve the text if you want to from the History of the page. --ColinFine (talk) 17:03, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Adding missing geocoordinates

A recent edit of The Anomebot2 forced the article Versatel building to appear in Category:Germany articles missing geocoordinate data and Category:All articles needing coordinates. How do I fix this? I guess I could just add {{Coord}} to the article, but I don't know where to get the correct values for the parameters from. -- Toshio Yamaguchi (tlk−ctb) 11:55, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

File:Versatel Stuttgart (2008).jpg has camera coordinates. From there I used Google maps to find more precise building coordinates. 48°47′03″N 9°10′41″E gives [6] in Google Maps. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:26, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

I added the template with 48.78409 N and 9.17799 E and that leads one to the correct location when clicking on the link. -- Toshio Yamaguchi (tlk−ctb) 12:55, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Blacklisted BLP name

Hi all. I can't create the talk page to the William Robert Colton page as The title "Talk:William Robert Colton" has been banned from creation. It matches the following blacklist entry: .*colton.*... Anyone know where this blacklist is and where I can make requests to change it? Doesn't appear on either the Meta spam blacklist or the Wikipedia one... Nikthestoned 12:51, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

I have created Talk:William Robert Colton. I guess you have chosen en-GB as language at Special:Preferences. This is not recommended because many interface messages have only been customized for the default en. If you switch to that then you get links to the right pages. .*colton.* is at MediaWiki:Titleblacklist. The links in your post are for external links and not for Wikipedia page names. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:22, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

You talking about the meta-wiki link? I've only ever seen them like that, how else would it look? The interface message also looked fine to me lol - what should I have seen? Cheers, Nikthestoned 14:03, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for creating the page also!! Nikthestoned 14:08, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Compare http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:W_Colton&action=edit&uselang=en-gb and http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:W_Colton&action=edit&uselang=en (admins can create the pages and don't see the difference). The latter is shown to users who haven't changed away from en in preferences. There are many other interface messages where en has been customized and en-gb has not. Help:Preferences says: It is not recommended to select "en-GB - British English" or "en-CA - Canadian English" at the language option in preferences. (I added it). PrimeHunter (talk) 18:00, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

I want to add a Japanese entry for a famous person that currently has no Japanese entry.

I was wanting to create a Japanese section for Andy Griffith due to his recent death, but I'm not sure how I would go about creating the separate language edition of it. Any tips? Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bluefiberoptics (talk • contribs) 12:56, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Hi there. Assuming you can indeed read & write Japanese, just head over to the same page on the Japanese wikipedia and create it! Here's a link: Andy Griffith. Cheers, Nikthestoned 12:59, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Translate us is supposed to help you with this, but it's not yet very useful. You could have a look anyway. --Colapeninsula (talk) 14:09, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

A photo of someone else is stated to be me.

I am DAVID RUBINGER. Wikipedia used a picture of someone else in the biography of me. I find this affects me in many unfavorable ways and ask you to rectify this immediately. If you wish, I shall provide you with a photo which is REALLY me. Please inform me how to go about it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.172.154.143 (talk) 13:56, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

I've taken it out. If we need to put it back the ref is still in the history, of course. Britmax (talk) 14:01, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Hi David. If you own a photo of yourself to which you own the copyright, and which you are willing to release under an appropriate licence, then the simplest thing to do is upload it to Wikimedia Commons. Use the Commons Upload Wizard and it should be fairly straightforward. It can then be used in the article. Yunshui 雲‍水 14:02, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Did I break it? (possibly Twinkle-related)

Could someone take a look at 2012 NCAA Division I baseball season? I tried to tag it with {{context}}, using Twinkle, and all manner of odd things happened. Twinkle gave me an error message once, so I tried again, so two edits were recorded. The second edit shows up in my watchlist as having added 24,431 characters, but in the article history and in the diff it's clear it added none. The template's also showing up oddly on the page. – Arms & Hearts (talk) 13:58, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

The refs show "Node-count limit exceeded" everywhere, which is mentioned on the Template limits page, I'd recommend you check that out! Nikthestoned 14:23, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

I think I might be even more confused than I was before I read that page. Can someone explain it in layperson's terms, or alternatively just advise me as to how to fix the weird transclusion? – Arms & Hearts (talk) 14:47, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Yea, I don't understand that page either but it is the reason! I think it's due to the many many {{CBSB link}}s within the transcluded {{2012 America East Conference baseball standings}} etc templates in the Conference standings section. I CAN fix it by simply removing all of these, but this appears to constitute the entire article! Nikthestoned 14:51, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Well, given it was entirely broken before, I've commented that section out... No idea how to fix the page properly without first amending all of those (now-commented) transcluded templates such that they're not using the (allegedly) inefficient {{CBSB link}} templates. That make any sense heh? Nikthestoned 14:55, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Yeah, that'll do I suppose. I've certainly come across a lot of sports-related articles composed almost entirely of transclusions – do you think this problem's likely to recur? If so it might be worth pointing it out at WP:SPORT. (I still wouldn't know how to explain it.) – Arms & Hearts (talk) 15:18, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

I think it's known that {{CBSB link}} in inefficient, there's a note on the template page stating it. Each of those templates I commented out used the CBSB template many times - the fix would be to go through each of those transcluded templates and just put in proper wikilinks to the team pages... Which looks like it may take some time! I can provide you with a list of these somewhere in your userspace if you like? Nikthestoned 15:25, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

I.e., do this for each of these... Nikthestoned 15:39, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Not sure I'm confident enough about my knowledge of either sports or templates, to be honest. Also not sure I can be bothered. Thanks for your help though! – Arms & Hearts (talk) 15:44, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Well it's actually super easy but it is indeed going to be time consuming! If you'd like to sort it at some point, just let me know and I'll give you some tips on the "how". Nikthestoned 15:51, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

List order

Should a "List of <officeholders>" be in normal or reverse chronological order - current person at the bottom or the top? Roger (talk) 16:48, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

I would suggest the most recent office holder at the bottom, following the example at List_of_Hewlett-Packard_executive_leadership RudolfRed (talk) 17:54, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

That's what I thought, but I couldn't find any specific guidance in the MOS. Roger (talk) 19:07, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

edited article deleted twice

hi.i'm writing because i really need to undarstand why the article that i edited twice was removed twice.when i first edited it it got deleted and i recived a message saying that it was deleted because i posted a link wich was not according to wikipedia format and it adviced to re edit the page without the link so i added the text without the link and i saw it got deleted again.I want to know why as long as the informatiuon that i included can be verifiedHhattceppssutt (talk) 14:55, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

It really helps if you tell us what article you're talking about so that we can research things and therefore give a better answer. So, with that said, I'm going to assume that you're referring to Candy Candy. You added a link to YouTube that was a copyright violation. The person who posted that video likely does not own the rights and therefore should not have posted it to YouTube. Second, the info that you added did not have a reliable source stating where you got the info. If I'm wrong, please tell us more precisely which article you're referring to. Dismas|^(talk) 15:05, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

hi I'm new to wikipedia but I would like some help please.

Hi I'm 28 years old, i'm a new wikipedia user, I have a cognitive condition that I don't want to specify, but can a mentor help me use wikipedia? thanks. Narwhalgal84 (talk) 17:40, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Yes, you can get a mentor. Check out WP:ADOPT. RudolfRed (talk) 17:56, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

template help

hey all,
having a problem with my template code

{{#switch:{{{p|}}}| 3rr | 3RR=[[wp:3RR|3RR]]}}
so if do
{{template|p=3rr}}
it will output
3RR


but if i do
{{template|p=3rr}}
{{template|p=3rr}}
for some reason it outputs it as
3RR


3RR


so it has this big space between it i aint sure why it i doing that
anyone give any advice, oh the template isnt called template just using it as a example, it only becomes more obvious when you do the template twiceAndrewcrawford (talk - contrib) 18:13, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

i think i have worked otu what is causing it i have various lines like this {{#switch:{{{p|}}}| 3rr | 3RR=[[wp:3RR|3RR]]}}
well 4 in total and that is the number of blank lines space thee is so i suspect i need to contain these all i another if type statement?Andrewcrawford (talk - contrib) 18:29, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

I fixed your problem. Ruslik_Zero 19:00, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

thanks really appericate it, i didn't think it would be as simple as <!-- --> after each bit of codeAndrewcrawford (talk - contrib) 19:04, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Correcting miscatagorization of article as Orphan

This article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Delta_Sigma_Pi_chapters

is incorrectly labeled/flagged/catagorizd as Orphan.

It is linked under http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Sigma_Pi#Collegiate_Chapters

My research did not reveal any method for correcting this.

Please assist.

67.79.76.100 (talk) 18:16, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

With only one incoming link from mainspace it basically still is an orphan. I think the simplest solution would be to merge them. Roger (talk) 19:21, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Transclusion

Special:WhatLinksHere/Rongel says Rongel is being transcluded onto itself. When I look at the page in edit mode, I don't see anything like {{Rongel}}, so what does that mean? -- Toshio Yamaguchi (tlk−ctb) 18:36, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

It's caused by {{Short pages monitor}} which generates the code {{PAGESIZE:Rongel}} when used on Rongel. This apparently causes the mentioned page to be listed as transcluded. This also holds for other pages and if the code is not for the page it's placed on. For example, {{PAGESIZE:Great Pyramid}} generates 135 and causes Great Pyramid to be listed as transcluded here on the help desk. PrimeHunter (talk) 19:29, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. I also see now that in the preview of this reply Great Pyramid is listed under Templates used in this preview: below the edit window where it says Please note: just as you said. -- Toshio Yamaguchi (tlk−ctb) 19:39, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

My Grandmother

Good day, I'd like to know how to submit a short bio of my Grandmother who's 107 years old today & still has all her 5 senses straight for record, how do I go about this? Thank you.--Amazimaop (talk) 19:19, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

An article about her must include reliable sources to demonstrate Wikipedia's criteria for notability. Someone besides you should create such an article. See WP:AUTOBIOGRAPHY and WP:COI. Cresix (talk) 19:23, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

highlight

Is there a highlight tool readers could use when reading an article? If there isn't could you make one? It makes researching a lot easier if you could highlight things. Thanks! 65.186.196.79 (talk) 19:59, 4 July 2012 (UTC)A Wikipedia user

famous people from Homer, Alaska

in the section of famous people from Homer,Alaska, you list Larry Martin, which is correct, but you have him connected to a paleantoligist, which is not correct. Larry Martin, who participated in cross country skiing in the 72 and 76 Olympics, was born in 1950, still lives in Homer and runs a glass shop with his wife, Linda.