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July 10

How to quickly search IMDb bad link in external links?

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How to quickly search bad IMDb external links in Wikipedia articles?
For example: {{IMDb name|nmnm2082853}} which results this bad link: http://www.imdb.com/name/nmnm2082853/ ? --Tito Dutta ✉ 02:13, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

I'm not sure, but Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser can do regular expressions so maybe it could help? RudolfRed (talk) 02:16, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

In Ununtu, I could not install Ubuntu successfully (long story), any other suggestion? --Tito Dutta ✉ 02:26, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

If you know the pattern to look for and the pattern to fix it with, a bot could help. WP:BOTREQ RudolfRed (talk) 02:33, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Excellent! --02:39, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Foreign language translation of article being read, by mouse pointer or between lines.

This would be a good example about 'reading between the lines'! How about an option when say, you read something in latin to see the applicable line translation underneath or place the mouse pointer on a word and see it's translation in the mouse's ivory box. Same between pairs of other languages? That would help a lot many who want to read the specific language version without reading the article in another language - usually quite different, and many other similar situations. It is easy to do and helps those who learn or don't know enough of a language e.g. english since most articles are written in it. tks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.246.172.8 (talk) 02:23, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

This would take extensive development. You can find out more information on how to request a feature here, though. Gold Standard 04:35, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Page Move

I am having a problem moving a page. I am trying to move Private company marketplace to Private Company Marketplace (PCM) but it does not seem to be working.

Please help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Privatemarketguru (talk • contribs) 03:31, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

I moved it to Private Company Marketplace, I don't believe acronyms are supposed to be part of article names. Also, your username makes me think that you may have a conflict of interest with the subject of the article you created, although I very well could be wrong. If I am right, however, you should not be creating or editing the article. Please read WP:COI for more information. Gold Standard 04:39, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

The article has been created and deleted twice under that name today, under the speedy deletion rationales G12: Unambiguous copyright infringement of http://nowstreetjournal.com/2011/02/01/2011-predictions/ and A3: Article that has no meaningful, substantive content. Looking at the blog that was copied, I can't see any mention of the proper noun Private Company Marketplace, so I'm doubtful that the capitalised version was appropriate. In any event, it would be a good idea to take a look at Wikipedia:Your first article and Gold Standard's COI link above before attempting to add any further information on this subject to the encyclopaedia. Karenjc 13:50, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Information

Hello, I am an international Author....Can you tell how to make our wikipedia page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.225.73.32 (talk) 04:08, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Please read WP:COI, it explains why you should not be creating articles that you are affiliated with. To submit an article for review, visit WP:AFC. Gold Standard 04:30, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

articles mysteriously in Category:Science fiction series templates

Many articles are mysteriously in Category:Science fiction series templates. I don't see how to correct this.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 07:02, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Fixed by Bencherlite (talk · contribs). -- John of Reading (talk) 07:46, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

ACCOUNT CREATED

BY MISTAKE I CREATED AN ACCOUNT, I WANTED A FACEBOOK ONE, HOW DO I CANCEL MY ACCOUNT — Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.238.72.68 (talk) 07:54, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

There's no need to cancel the account, just don't use it. Wikipedia has a huge number of inactive accounts. -- John of Reading (talk) 09:01, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

And accounts cannot be deleted at all. They can only be renamed. See more at Wikipedia:Courtesy vanishing. PrimeHunter (talk) 09:05, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Strange message received from Wilkipedia

Hi

I looked at Wikipedia today and there was a Message displayed for me. I clicked on the link and it basically accused me of making an inappropriate edit of a page about Lucy.

But I have never visited this page and certainly never edited it.

The problem may arise because my ISP (BT) uses dynamic IP addresses.

I am worried that Wikipedia is collecting data which it is incorrectly attributing to me - I don't think this is right (as to whether it si legal or not I cannot say) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.159.7.132 (talk) 09:43, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Any data is attributed to the IP address, not to you as a person. The IP address has been used to make an inappropriate edit, and due to the nature of the IP address assignment of your ISP, you happened to receive the message, even though you were not the same person as the one making the inappropriate edit. This has no consequence for you as a person. Wikipedia is very much aware of the transient nature of IP assignment and it will not be held against you. In the most extreme case, it might cause you not to be able to edit without creating an account, but that is it. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 09:55, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

The solution is to create an account, and log in when you edit. That way, any edits attributed to you are your own. —[AlanM1 (talk)]— 10:26, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

I know you saw a banner saying "You have new messages" but the messages at User talk:81.159.7.132 are actually from 2008. Don't worry about it. The box at the bottom of the page also explains the issue with changing IP addresses. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:19, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Categories in wrong order

See this category listing Category:Works_by_century. 9th and 8th century BC works should be the other way around. Is there a way to fix this?--Dblk (talk) 11:01, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

I've fixed it with this edit. The description at Help:Category#Sort order also applies to the category pages themselves, setting their sort order within their parent category. -- John of Reading (talk) 11:15, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Submitting a Wikipedia profile for review

Dear all,

Apologies if this is a very simple query. I have recently made adjustments to a Wikipedia page I am creating in light of feedback I have received. In making the adjustments I accidentally deleted the link to re-submit the article for another review.

Could I ask as to how I now resubmit the page please.

Many thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rscurlock-Jones (talk • contribs) 11:45, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

I have recovered the templates you accidentally deleted from Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Clive Beer. I also made a few minor edits to fix errors. Roger (talk) 12:05, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

rgardind global demand of epoxidised soyabean oil

dear sir,i want to know about the global demand of epoxidised soyabean oil which is a chemical for plastic industry.and the largets importing and exporting countries for the same esbo or epoxidised soya oil. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.168.66.128 (talk) 12:38, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 6 million articles and thought we were affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is for asking questions related to using or contributing to Wikipedia itself. Thus, we have no special knowledge about the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck.SPhilbrick(Talk) 12:48, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

You might find what you are looking for in the article Soybean oil. If you cannot find the answer there, you can try asking your question at the Miscellaneous section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk. They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer just about any question in the universe (except about how to use Wikipedia, which is what this help desk is for).For your convenience, you may click here to post your question. I hope this helps. -- Toshio Yamaguchi (tlk−ctb) 12:57, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Request to pass an appeal to unblock 81.175.138.59

I would like to ask to unblock 81.175.138.59 , which is a public utility IP in Finland. Refingin some arcticles lead in http://fi.wikipedia.org into an immediate block for unknown reason. Also questions about the block lead into an immediate block of the alternative IP, the inquiry is made from. 81.175.138.54 (talk) 13:17, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

• http://fi.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kanteleenj%C3%A4rven_lintuvesi&diff=11854694&oldid=11854652

• http://fi.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ritoil&diff=11854695&oldid=11854642 => This article can not be updated to the latest information without a fear of immediate block. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.175.138.54 (talk) 13:20, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

That IP is not blocked on the English Wikipedia. You need to make your request on the Finnish Wikipedia as they have their own admins. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 13:23, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Share alike advice.........

Thank you for your clarification ........ Sounds like total nonsense. Why would use of a freely licensed image with proper attribution have any effect on another image that is not freely licensed? If for example, the book stated some blanket text such as "all images in this book are freely licensed..." or other type of blanket release, that would be different—the non-free images owned by the party making the blanket statement would be then released and any they didn't own would remain copyrighted with the false release being a lawsuit waiting to happen, but no I cannot see any way this could be true. Of course, the author would be wise to mark their copyright inside of or in conjunction with each of their own images included, and give credit and use by permission information for ones they do not own. You say "I have heard that..."; from what source?--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 22:43, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

I am writing an IBook and one of the contributors to the IBook forum emphatically insisted that SHARE ALIKE photos should not be used and warned they would make all the authours photos devoid of copyright protection. I have posted a comment and included your message to dispel this myth and encouraged other authors to use the treasure trove of images and maps to enhance their books or textbooks!!!!!!

Thaks again, Ken — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.144.26.13 (talk) 14:04, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Affiliation

How should I declare my affiliation with an article that I just created and submitted for review? Should I wait to see if it goes live, and then put it in the talk page? Or is there somewhere else that I should do it?Bobby1379 (talk) 14:26, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

What do you mean by "declare my affiliation"? Do you want to admit a conflict of interest? Or do you just want to be credited with creating the article? If you want to be credited with its creation, then this will happen anyway, automatically via the article's history page, if it goes live. Maproom (talk) 14:39, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

State on the talk page of the article what the exact nature of your conflict-of-interest may be. --Orange Mike | Talk 14:41, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

I am talking about a potential conflict of interest. Bobby1379 (talk) 14:42, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

I see that you have now declared it, in the article's talk page, as advised by Orange Mike. Thank you. I have taken the liberty of reformatting your declaration so as to have a section header, as is normal. Maproom (talk) 16:38, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Sources?

Can someone point out which of my sources are not reliable so that I can pull them out of my article? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Quadrant_%28company%29

Drsteam (talk) 15:21, 10 July 2012 (UTC)Drsteam I am having trouble with sources can anyone help, I'm not sure which one of my sources are not considered reliable. Can anyone help?

abuse of elderly in nursing home

I have visited and/or spoken with 3 lawyers in St. Louis regarding the treatment of my 90 year old aunt in a nursing home. I have been denied 3 times because of the expense involved to take the case to trial. They have piddled around so long that the nursing home has had time to change their answers. I want justice for my aunt's abuse. Please help me — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.198.66.196 (talk) 15:23, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 6 million articles and thought we were affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is for asking questions related to using or contributing to Wikipedia itself. Thus, we have no special knowledge about the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck. Britmax (talk) 15:44, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

We are not allowed to give legal advice, please consult a qualified professional legal advisor. Roger (talk) 15:54, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

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

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas is corrupt — Preceding unsigned comment added by 159.125.79.37 (talk) 16:31, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

In what way? Can you be more specific? Karenjc 16:36, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Transferring PD textlogo file to Commons

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 – File is at Commons now and article has been adjusted to use that file. -- Toshio Yamaguchi (tlk−ctb) 17:39, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Is there an automated way of resizing a file that was originally uploaded at low resolution as non-free, but found to be PD to a higher resolution and transferring it to Commons? Do I have to do the resizing myself or is there an on-wiki process for that I could use (as far as I know, we have bots for resizing files, not sure whether there is one for this case)? What is is correct procedure for transferring it to Commons afterwards? The file in question is File:Boerse stuttgart logo.png. -- Toshio Yamaguchi (tlk−ctb) 16:37, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

If it was originally uploaded at low resolution, there is no automatic process that can increase the resolution of what has been uploaded. You can't generate information out of nothing. Yes, you could resize the image (or I could do it for you if you don't know how), but that would not help, you would just get a larger and fuzzier image, not a higher-resolution image. What you should try to do, if possible, is find the original image, and re-upload it at its full resolution. Maproom (talk) 16:44, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

I found three possible candidates:

One at the German Wikipedia at Datei:Börse Stuttgart 2009 logo.svg

this one

this one

Which of them should be used? See here for what the logo on the official website looks like. -- Toshio Yamaguchi (tlk−ctb) 16:55, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Moving the one currently on de.WP to Commons is probably the easiest solution. Roger (talk) 17:03, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

How do I do that? Do I have to download it and then reupload it to Commons or is there a possibility to directly move it there? -- Toshio Yamaguchi (tlk−ctb) 17:07, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Moving files to the Commons but having skimmed through that page it may be simpler just to upload a fresh one direct to Commons. Roger (talk) 17:14, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

wikipedia article not showing up in google search results

Strangely, an article in Wikipedia doesn't turn up in any google search I do, even if I type in the name of the article and Wikipedia in the search bar. Does anyone know how to label or tag the article so that it enters google's brain? Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.74.246.42 (talk) 18:18, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Only Google knows how the Google brain works. We don't have any control over it. RudolfRed (talk) 18:20, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

What article? If it is a newly created page just wait a day or two - Google takes a while to re-index the whole of WP. Roger (talk) 18:24, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

It is also possible to disable google indexing for a particular article or page. Without a link to the article in question it is hard to further evaluate what may be causing it. Monty₈₄₅ 03:09, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Why blame Google? Even our search engine doesn't show it up. I have observed that even new changes made to an existing article doesn't show up. To verify the former, go to the [recently created pages] and select a patrolled one. Then search by typing ~article name and you can find that the article is not there. Vanischenu m^Talk 10:43, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

User using talkpage for self-promotion

How to proceed in this situation? This user is using his talkpage to post messages/manifestos promoting his candidacy in an election. I've reverted and advised him of our policy on using wikipedia for promotion but he has simply restored the info. Valenciano (talk) 18:42, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

He's been given a second advertising warning, and an autobio warning. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:50, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

My account name

Is the name of my account is all legit according to rules of wikipedia? Iamthewinnerofthemonth (talk) 18:53, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Unless you're gonna use this account to advertise some contest or something, I certainly see nothing objectionable about it. What was your concern? --Orange Mike | Talk 19:17, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

• My previous account was blocked saying INAPPROPRIATE USERNAME.Its name was just like this.:(Iamthewinnerofthemonth (talk) 19:29, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

What was the exact name of the prior account? --Orange Mike | Talk 21:27, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

If the previous username was simply a :( sad face emoticon, I think that goes against the rules since it's just punctuation. Dismas|^(talk) 21:53, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

I don't think it's technically possible to have a username that begins with a colon: Wikipedia:Naming conventions (technical restrictions)#Colons. —Yutsi ^Talk/ Contributions ( 偉特 ) 14:12, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Wiki

I have been making wikis for some time now, I have two good wikis at the moment. One gets 2/3 edits a day, the other gets around 8 edits per day. It's all a bit random, on a good day I moght get 40/50 edits , on a rainy day I might get none edits whatsoever. Now I want to give up my wikis and come back to wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SolieLInitiative (talk • contribs) 19:16, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Looks like you already have an account. Is there something specific you need help with? RudolfRed (talk) 19:29, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

What change from 2008'till now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SolieLInitiative (talk • contribs) 19:40, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

I believe about 2 million articles have been added since then... Roger (talk) 19:45, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Whoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooouuuuuuuu--SolieLInitiative (talk) 19:48, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Edit a page without being noticed?

I just logged in today and I noticed that my talk page has changed a bit. Perhaps a past section that I may have removed or archived has been placed there again. Upon looking through my contributions I have found no evidence of such actions. Is there a possible explanation to this? Bleubeatle (talk) 21:31, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Look at the page history. Other people have been editing your talkpage besides yourself. Someone else may have made the change you're looking for. RudolfRed (talk) 21:48, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

I did. It seems like the user deleted this from the history after making the edit.Bleubeatle (talk) 22:31, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

I looked at the history of your talk page and nothing has ever been deleted as far as I can tell. What is it that you feel has been added and is not showing up in the history. GB fan 22:50, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Yeah, the Proposed deletion of Eldar & Nigar section. Are there certain users in Wikipedia who are capable of making actions and then deleting its evidence on the page history? Bleubeatle (talk) 23:09, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

As I have the help desk on my watchlist, I couldn't help but noticed this topic pop up and was intrigued by the header. Bleubeatle, are you aware that Werldwayd (talk · contribs) made a total of 17 redacts on that particular section of your talk on the 6 June 2012 between the times 17:02 and 17:35? 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17. Wesley☀Mouse 23:35, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Yes I am aware of that as I have recently checked the page history just a while ago. But what I am asking for was during the month of July. I am just a bit curious.Bleubeatle (talk) 01:13, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

I see no evidence that the section was ever removed from your talk page and no evidence that it was added back in. I supposed there are a few people that have the technical ability to add something to a page without it showing up in the history, but I don't see a reason someone would readd that section and remove the evidence that the section was removed and then readded. GB fan 23:48, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Yeah I'm not sure either. That's really strange.Bleubeatle (talk) 01:13, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

While it may be technical possible for an editor with oversight or a developer to have done that, I think its extremely unlikely. Have you considered the possibility that when you tried to remove the section you hit preview instead of save, or otherwise didn't save the change you made? Monty₈₄₅ 03:07, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

I see. And yes I am pretty sure that I hit save. I think I removed it before and I do remember providing its diffs on another page. I really don't understand why that editor didn't tell me this and just used it on my talk page.Bleubeatle (talk) 02:35, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

I also find it extremely unlikely that the page history has been manipulated in this way. There is nothing in the section of interest to oversighters or developers. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:39, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

I see no reason why someone would use that feature on my page since I have nothing to hide about the section and I have shown them in the form of diffs in many discussion pages in the past. Anyways I have removed it now and I have kindly noted why in the edit summary. I hope that the user who used it on my talk page would get the message not to do the same in the future. I am not going to raise anymore concerns about it. Thanks for answering! Bleubeatle (talk) 23:30, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Peter O'Toole - Thomas Kinkade's Christmas Cottage

I noticed in the listing of movies in which Peter O'Toole starred that there is no mention of Thomas Kinkade's Christmas Cottage released in 2008 starring Peter O'Toole, Jared Padalecki, and Marcia Gay. I feel this was an excellent movie and certainly worth mentioning as one of Mr. O'toole's credits. Perhaps someone more enterprising than me could add this to his list of films? Also, Peter has just announced July 10, 2012 that he is retiring from acting. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.5.180.154 (talk) 21:47, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

There's no comprehensive "listing of movies in which Peter O'Toole starred" in the Peter O'Toole article. What is there is a link to Peter O'Toole filmography, where an entry for Christmas Cottage does indeed appear in the appropriate place. Deor (talk) 00:47, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Trying to set up an account under a specific user name for an artist but someone is already using something similiar

Hi awesome Wikipedia staff! I am trying to set up an account for my boss who is an artist under the name L.A. JAY but it will not let us create an account because someone is already using the name LA JAY but this doesn't even have the periods and it's still not letting us use it. He is a credible artist and he needs to set up an account for music credits and bios to him and his group. what can we do? Thank you so much108.93.194.232 (talk) 21:53, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

It won't let you because the names are too similar. Besides which, what you're doing is a bad idea. Wikipedia is not an advertising medium or platform. If your boss is notable enough, someone will eventually write an article about him that will be neutral and not promotional. Additionally, accounts are meant to be for one person to use. Not an entire office/staff/etc. See the relevant policies at WP:COI, WP:AUTOBIOGRAPHY, and WP:USERNAME. Dismas|^(talk) 21:57, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

The only acceptable purpose for having a Wikipedia account is to edit Wikipedia articles, according to the policies of Wikipedia. These specifically exclude promotion of anybody or anything, no matter how worthy. --ColinFine (talk) 15:42, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Getting on the main page

Dear Wikipedia. I have finished my article, but I am still very confused as to how I get it to go live, ie to appear on the Wikipedia main page. Thanks for your kind help Maya Frida Barr (talk) 22:20, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Three points.

1. You asked your question twice, the first time added on to the end of the previous question, and the second time properly, here, with a section header. I have deleted the first version.
2. It's not your article, it's an article which you have created. At least I assume you have; I can't see it anywhere. Maybe someone has deleted it already, or maybe you created it with a different account.
3. The new articles which appear on the Wikipedia Main Page are a tiny proportion of those which get created and accepted. Don't assume that the one you have created will ever appear there.

Maproom (talk) 22:50, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

I can help you get your article to go "live" but the first step is for you to undo your edit that blanked the article you created in your sandbox. Gold Standard 23:09, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

The draft was moved to mainspace back in February but subsequently deleted on Maya Frida Barr's request. SeeAdam Tedder - yes it's red but the deletion log does show up. This user has been asking the same questions here for months - but so far seems to be totally impervious to the answers or any other advice. Roger (talk) 09:00, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

earthquakes in 2010

Hi. The July and August monthly figures boxed at right for the year show monthly totals for magnitude 7+ that do not correspond with the respective detailed lists of events - i.e. the detailed lists for those 2 months each show 2 7+ events, while the 7+ magnitude totals in the boxes are, from memory, 3 (July) and 4 (August). There might be other discrepancies, but those are the only months I looked at. Regards Malcolm — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.187.25.54 (talk) 23:02, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Are you referring to an article on Wikipedia, and if so, which one? You could be bold and make the fixes yourself. Or, you can raise the issue on the article's talk page. RudolfRed (talk) 23:34, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

It's about Earthquakes in 2010#July and August. The monthly totals match Earthquakes in 2010#By magnitude but not the list in the section for that month. The July issue is whether 3 2010 Mindanao earthquakes on July 23 count as 1 or 3. The August issue is whether the 12 August earthquake in Ecuador was 6.9 or 7.1. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:17, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

edit

Hows do you edit an article already on line when you know it is WRONG?AdolftheGreat (talk) 23:17, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

You can click on the "Edit" link at the top of the page. I've added a welcome notice to your talk page which should explain more. Dismas|^(talk) 23:30, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

July 11

Making a Wiki?

How do I do this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ryan82sm (talk • contribs) 00:23, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Do you mean creating a new article at Wikipedia? See WP:YFA for how to do that. If you mean something else, please clarify your question. RudolfRed (talk) 00:25, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

A wiki is a type of website powered by wiki software. All of the English Wikipedia with millions of articles is one wiki made with the MediaWiki software. Some people incorrectly use the word wiki about a single Wikipedia article. If you want to make a Wikipedia article then see WP:YFA as RudolfRed said. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:31, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Go on wikia to make wikis.--SolieLInitiative (talk) 17:25, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

No you do not. Wikia is just a wiki host. I wouldn't recommend them, because of their horrible service, but try something else. Or, get your own server and set up MediaWiki. Click here to download. --J (t) 19:48, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Writing an article

Where do we write an article where we don't want anyone else to edit it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Soniasingh08 (talk • contribs) 02:52, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

The best place is in your sandbox. You can make one by editing User:Soniasingh08/sandbox. Just bear in mind not to place copyrighted or libelous material there. Happy editing, hajatvrc with WikiLove @ 03:08, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

But bear in mind that if and when it transfers to the encyclopaedia's main space, it can be edited by anyone. You cannot control the content of any Wikipedia article. Karenjc 10:19, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

And what do you mean by "we"? Is this account Soniasingh08 being used by more than one person? --Orange Mike | Talk 14:59, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

If you don't want anybody else to edit it ever, you write it somewhere other than Wikipedia. When you submit an edit anywhere in Wikipedia, you are accepting the line If you do not want your writing to be edited, used, and redistributed at will, then do not submit it here. (see the bottom of the page when you are editing.

Having said that, as Hajatvrc implies, if you are working in your sandbox, most editors will recognise that it is a work in progress and not interfere, unless they see something serious on it like a copyright violation or a violation of the policy on biographies of living persons. --ColinFine (talk) 15:48, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

A new article

Hello, I'm writing an article about a faculty memeber at Capital Law School. The article is already done, and I'm working on citations at this point. Some of my sources are journals produced by the University. Do these qualify for my new Wikipedia article? Could you, please, take a look at the source? http://law.capital.edu/uploadedFiles/Law_Multi_Site/About/Publications/DeansReport0506.pdf Thank you. Aisupova (talk) 03:42, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Yes, you can use that as a source. Though if you're referring to User:Aisupova/sandbox as the article that is "already done", I'd strongly disagree. Dismas|^(talk) 04:15, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Dismas, of course not. The sandbox was just trial and error. I basically copied text from the textbook and experimented with images. I needed to make sure that I can actually do this. The actual article is still a paper copy. But, thank you for the advice. Aisupova (talk) 04:43, 11 July 2012 (UTC) One more question. How can I erase this horrible thing that I created in the sandbox. I had no idea that anyone would be able to open this but myself. Is there a way to delete this information? I just went to the sandbox to do that, but it looks like the changes have been saved. Aisupova (talk) 04:43, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

You can blank your sandbox page if you want to use it again (just delete all the text and save). If you want to remove the entire history, you can make a deletion request by putting {{db-userreq}} at the top if the page. Yunshui 雲‍水 07:21, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

To answer the unasked question, yes, anyone can edit or view your sandbox. It's just like any other page here. The difference is that people generally don't edit other people's sandboxes because it's slightly rude. ("rude" is a bit harsh. Maybe "frowned upon" would be better.) That said though, I have edited sandbox articles before though because sometimes people will put category links in their sandbox article and that puts the page in that category. Whether they meant to or not. So, I'll go in and just put comment tags around the categories so that the sandbox doesn't show up in the cats. Having a history on the sandbox is a good thing too though. If you're working on an article and then move it into the regular article space, the history will still be maintained. So if more than one person works on a draft article which is later moved to the main article space, the attributions will be maintained in the history. Dismas|^(talk) 08:13, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

I would really like to delete the entire history of my sendbox. Could you, please, explain once again how that should be done. Do I type the request in the sandbox and then add {{db-userreq}} to it? Thank you.

{{db-userreq}} is the request so it's the only thing you have to add. However, harmless junk in a sandbox history is no problem. Lots of users have it and it's basically what sandboxes are for. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:45, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Quote

When I am quoting on articles, should is use this "Test". or "Test." This is the article, it is an American show, so. TBrandley 04:06, 11 July 2012 (UTC) Thanks!

The WP:MOS states here that "On Wikipedia, place all punctuation marks inside the quotation marks if they are part of the quoted material and outside if they are not." For example, that whole sentence was quoted, so the period was inside it. That second link provides more detailed advice for special cases. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 04:10, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

WP:QUOTE may be of use as well. Dismas|^(talk) 04:12, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

MOS:LQ is the exact link to the guideline for this topic. TRLIJC19 (talk) 05:19, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Some coding error

File:Sample of userpage1.jpg

Looks okay on User:Aditya Kabir/Page content whether transcluded or not irrespective of browser

File:Sample of userpage2.jpg

Doesn't look okay on User:Aditya Kabir after transclusion when I use Chrome, but not Firefox

My user page has a few collapsible bars that are transcluded from a user sub-page. The collapsible bars look okay in the sub page when I use Chrome or Firefox. But, when I use Chrome, it doesn't look okay on the user page after transclusion. I have tried shifting around stuff, but they keep folding up. I am pretty sure that there is some error in my coding (which was copied from here and there). Please, take a look and let me know what I can do to fix this. Aditya^{(talk • contribs)} 04:29, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

I removed some unneeded code with unclosed tags.[1] Does that look like you want or did the code have a purpose I missed? PrimeHunter (talk) 09:40, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Thank you so very much. It works wonderfully. Aditya^{(talk • contribs)} 11:37, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Rename

How Do I rename a page which has a wrong title? Iamthewinnerofthemonth (talk) 09:51, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

The page must be moved. Dismas|^(talk) 09:54, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

You probably should start a discussion on the talk page first and get agreement. And why are you trying to become an Administrator after only 10 edits? Dougweller (talk) 10:28, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Hehehe.I was just doing timepass.I thought by clicking on the page I would become an administrator.You can delete it.It was just for fun.Iamthewinnerofthemonth (talk) 11:08, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

I have deleted Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/User:Iamthewinnerofthemonth. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:14, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Contesting deletion

hi There appears to be conflicting information about how to dispute the deletion of a removed article. I created 'Austin goh prefix:Wikipedia:Deletion review' and it was immediately tagged for speedy deletion for inappropriate usage of an article. So please, tell me how do I get an article reviewed and dispute the deletion of an article with someone other than the original moderator who deleted it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kittensfoot (talk • contribs) 09:55, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Instructions can be found at WP:DELREVD. Yunshui 雲‍水 09:58, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Austin Goh has been restored. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:39, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Existing and useless account - any chance to get it?

Hi. I´m from czech wikipedia and I want existing account "Ususfructus", which is unified (I have another account there, but old and I can´t log in here). If he has no edits anywhere and also no logs from 2010, is there any chance to get this account? I think I cannot ask for usurpation, because I can´t create account with this name in czech wikipedia. (If this is not right place to ask this type of question, please tell me where I should go.) --194.213.41.2 (talk) 10:22, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

You have a good chance at usurpation. Make a request at WP:USURP. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:36, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Thank you. But can I usurp, when I cannot log in here (my account have somebody on de wiki and unified it to)? --194.213.41.2 (talk) 10:46, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

I'm unclear about the situation of your current account. What is the username, can you log in with that at the Czech Wikipedia, and do you want edits from that account to be transferred to Ususfructus if you get the name? You may have to first make a usurp request to get the English Ususfructus renamed without taking over the name right away, and then request at the Czech Wikipedia to get your account there renamed to Ususfructus. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:01, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Now I don´t understand. I have old account "Norik" on Czech Wikipedia, don´t use it for years and at these days I find that somebody else has it on German Wikipedia. And he/she unified it, so I can log in only at Czech Wikipedia. I thought I will choose a new name, "Ususfructus", but there was the problem, I´ve explained above. What I want is to transfer my account Norik to Ususfructus, if it isn´t possible just create new on. Unfortunatelly:

• With my account I can edit only Czech Wikipedia
• I can´t create Ususfructus anywhere

You think that I can ask for usurpation, here at English Wikipedia, without being logged in? And what kind of usurpation, renaming my czech account to english Ususfructus? Or should I ask for renaming at Czech Wikipedia (to Ususfructus) first and then come here and ask for usurpation? But it is possible when Ususfructus is existing and unified account? --194.213.41.2 (talk) 12:13, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

http://toolserver.org/~quentinv57/sulinfo/Norik says there is no unified account. The German account has the right to unification because it has the most edits. I suggest you do this in this order: 1) Log in to cs:User:Norik and post at cs:User talk:Norik that you want renaming to Ususfructus. 2) Without logging in, make a request at WP:USURP to have User:Ususfructus renamed so you can get the name later. Link to cs:User talk:Norik in the request. 3) Wait for the request to be reviewed. 4) If the request is satisfied then request renaming of your Czech account at cs:Wikipedie:Změna uživatelského jména. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:58, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks a lot! I´ve done, what you´ve said, I hope it will be OK. Maybe you can check my reguest of usurpation? --194.213.41.2 (talk) 13:16, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

I don't think it's considered a SUL request but it has the needed links so just leave it as it is, and monitor it so you can answer any clarifying questions. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:38, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Problem articles

I just came across an article whose content is highly dubious - Ancient Old Jade, where most of the items (perhaps all) shown in the page look like fakes. I'm not even sure if this is a legitimate category of jade. Another page it links to is also suspect - Jade carved WuengJonq. I'm not knowledgeable on jade, so have requested help in Wikipedia talk:WikiProject China#Problem_article to assess if this article is legitimate. There are however enough fake items (a few of them are obviously modern copies of ancient figures found and were originally made of terracotta or bronze, and never of jade) to cause me to have serious concerns that the pages may be used for fraudulent purpose. While I wait for some input about the validity of the article to see if it should be deleted, what is the right way to warn of the content of this article, and deleting the images that are obvious fakes? Hzh (talk) 11:34, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

I know nothing about jade. But I agree that if I were in the business of selling fake jade items as real, I might create a Wikipedia article using my fakes as illustrations, in the hope of convincing customers. I would, however, take the trouble to provide a variety of backgrounds for them. Maproom (talk) 13:21, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

I do strongly suspect the pages were created for the sole purpose of using wiki to give false credibility to fake items. All the images given appear to have come from a couple of users, one called Orionwebmuseum, another OrionHsu (perhaps they are the same person). At least some of them are obvious fakes, this one for example of a servant girl holding a lamp servant girl holding a lamp is a copy of a bronze figure discovered in a tomb - second picture, while the warrior figure is copied from figures of the Terracotta Army (these figures are never found in jade in ancient China). Since many of the others also have similar appearance, those are also likely to be fakes. I do think all the images need to deleted wholesale because I do think they are all done for fraudulent purpose, and proper warning needs to be given to page while this page is considered. Hzh (talk) 14:18, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

ETA - what exactly is the policy regarding users who use wiki for fraudulent purpose, and how do you deal with them? Hzh (talk) 14:53, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

See WP:HOAX. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 21:45, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Hoax and fraud are not the same thing though? Hoax may be done just for fun, or it may sometimes may be malicious, but not necessarily criminal, whereas fraud is definitely criminal. There is a strong suspicion of something criminal being involved here. Hzh (talk) 22:00, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

I agree with Hzh. The current warning "The authenticity of the items in this page is suspicious, please see discussion" seems understated. Remember that potential customers, shown a Wikipedia article, may not know how to find its discussion (talk) page. I would prefer "Most or all of the items shown in this page are fakes, please see discussion" - but as I said, I know nothing about jade. Maproom (talk) 22:13, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Tosh

A simple fix: making two articles (Tosh, John Stewart's Daily Show) have the same data.

On the Tosh Page, John Stewart's audience is listed as 200,000 . This disturbed me a bit as it made both Tosh & Colbert Report seem to be much more popular (4x - 11x): so I check and Stewart's audience is described as ca. 2,000,000 in the other article, making sense with the context of the erroneous page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.105.223.98 (talk) 12:21, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Please link articles you refer to or give exact names. I couldn't find mention of The Daily Show at Tosh.0 but I found this at Daniel Tosh: "Tosh.0 is averaging 2.2 million viewers beating The Daily Show by 200,000 viewers and The Colbert Report by 800,000 viewers." Is that what you refer to? "beating The Daily Show by 200,000 viewers" means getting 200,000 viewers more than The Daily Show. It does not mean that the Daily show has 200,000 viewers. 2,000,000 + 200,000 = 2.2 million so the articles look consistent. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:44, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

publishing

Hello,

I have just written an article, there is one reference and I am the author of it. Will it be published, or there is still something wrong? Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Magertainterlux (talk • contribs)

You created it in article space at Astra Vitkauskiene so it's already published. Whether it will be kept is uncertain. Try to add references to satisfy Wikipedia:Notability (academics). PrimeHunter (talk) 13:51, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Citations Issues

Hi, I have a couple questions about citations. I'm using newspapers, magazines, online journals, and news articles as my sources. (1) My first question is about newspapers/magazines. I found a citation format on Wikipedia, which is an altered version of the APA style. An example is something like this: Blair, Eric Arthur (August 29, 1949). "Looking forward to a bright tomorrow." New English Weekly, p.57. Will this style be appropriate? (2) For those journals that do not have an author, the style is: "On the importance of modesty." (May 5, 1821). Pravda, pp. B1, C12. However, Wiki suggests to make the aticle title a link to the URL. How do I do that? (3) What is the right format to cite those news announced by the University? I can't find that information anywhere. (4) And finally, if I'm doing inline citations, will that suffice to enclose the citations I just described into <ref>...</ref>? I'm sorry for asking so many questions. I'm new to this and need to make sure I'm doing the right thing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aisupova (talk • contribs) 13:59, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

No need to apologise, it's great that you're checking this sort of thing. Your examples are fine, but my suggestion would be to use a citation template to make things a bit easier for you: {{cite web}}, {{cite news}} and {{cite journal}} are all likely to be useful to you. To use the templates, put them into your article like this:

Information needs to be cited.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Barryson |first1=Barry |last2= |first2= |year=1985 |title=Make sure you cite stuff! |journal=Journal of Citing Things Correctly |volume= 1|issue=1 |pages=27 |publisher=Elsevier |doi=10.1038/news070508-7 |url=http://journalofcitingthings.com |accessdate=11 July 2012 }}</ref>

This will create a footnote with the following: Barryson, Barry (1985). "Make sure you cite stuff!". Journal of Citing Things Correctly. 1 (1). Elsevier: 27. doi:10.1038/news070508-7. Retrieved 11 July 2012.

You can add the various parameters (title=|, url=| etc) in any order, and the template will format the reference correctly for you. If you add url=, a link will be created automatically. Yunshui 雲‍水 14:13, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Thank you, Yunshui! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aisupova (talk • contribs) 14:21, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

One more question. If I understand this correctly, I can use template after each sentence that I want to cite that in turn will create footnotes, correct? Also, will that be OK to create general references in addition to the Section titled Notes to cite additional sources? Thank you once again! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aisupova (talk • contribs) 14:29, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

We encourage the use of citation templates to create footnotes for specific items, not for generic "general references". The latter would fall in the "additional sources" section.--Orange Mike | Talk 15:10, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

unregistered user

I have edited over 300 articles as an unregistered user (based on my IP address) but my previous work does not show up even though when I joined, your E-mail system assumed (correctly) that it was me. 86.30.243.179 = DeliaVenusWynn... can I do this or can you do this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Deliavenuswynn (talk • contribs) 15:01, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, there is no way to do that (although there once was). --Orange Mike | Talk 15:10, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Thomas the Tank Engine

Resolved

Does this need a rollback, or should I just revert a few times?--Canoe1967 (talk) 15:32, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

I've just deleted it - not major vandalism - Arjayay (talk) 15:38, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

You don't need rollback to revert consecutive edits at the same time. You can just edit and save the last good version in the page history. See more at Help:Reverting. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:41, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks all. I have never done it before so I thought I would check before I messed it up as I have in my previous learning curves.--Canoe1967 (talk) 16:01, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Using share alike images in iBooks Author

The message below was posted when I copied in your reply to me saying that it was nonsense to say that including SHARE ALIKE in an IBook made all the authors images SHARE ALIKE and not copyright protected.

kenfromUK wrote:

The feedback from Wikipedia indicates that the information about Wikipedia images affecting the copyright of the images of an author in an iBook is totally false!!!!!!!

I enclose the return message:-

".......................

Did you get this response from a Wikipedia executive, or is it just a reply to a question on a talk page? If the latter, all it is is a comment from any one of a hundreds of thousands of Wikipedia contributors, meaning that it might not be correct.

I have myself uploaded a number of images to Wikipedia. (Of course, I had copyright on those.) Some of these images I placed into the public domain. If you want to use one of those images, go ahead. They are free to use, and you don't even have to acknowledge a source.

Other images I published are under the Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license. That license states that, if you want to use my image, you must acknowledge me as a source and you must make your work available under the same license: Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA

This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work even for commercial purposes, as long as they credit you and license their new creations under the identical terms. This license is often compared to “copyleft” free and open source software licenses. If a book contains a mixture of copyrighted images and Attribution-ShareAlike images, I expect that the book cannot be published under an Attribution-ShareAlike license because it's not possible to simply give away the copyright to a copyrighted image: one license requries you to allow others to freely re-use your book, whereas, for the copyrighted images in your book, you presumably have permission to use those images specifically in your book only, so the two licenses are in conflict.

The ShareAlike license makes some exceptions for works that are deemed "collections." However, my reading suggests that, if you include an Attribution-ShareAlike licensed image in a book, that does not make the book a "collection."

Also note that, if you include an Attribution-ShareAlike licensed image in a book, it looks like you cannot sell that book with DRM: When You Distribute or Publicly Perform the Work, You may not impose any effective technological measures on the Work that restrict the ability of a recipient of the Work from You to exercise the rights granted to that recipient under the terms of the License. The DRM interferes with the free re-use of the work, and so violates the ShareAlike license.

Licenses such as ShareAlike have their roots in the eighties, with the Copyleft licensing. The idea of copyleft is to say "We give you something to use. You can use it to create your own stuff, but only if you make what you create available for others too."

Now, please, take all of the above with a grain of salt. I'm not a legal expert. If you have any doubt about the consequences of including an image in your book, I strongly recommend that you consult a copyright expert, particularly if your book includes images that use different licenses.

Michi .............

He casts doubts on the knowledge of the person from the Wikipedia forum. This issue is of great importance to me and to other authors who are writing books and textbooks in iBooks author. He suggests that a reply from a employee of Wikipedia is needed. I am not sure if the reply was from such a person - the comments certainly sounded as though they were. Could someone from Wikipedia reply to this message please so that the issue is clarified and the situation does not rumble on with claim and counter claim! Thanks, Ken — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.144.26.13 (talk) 16:52, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

We cannot provide you legal advice. Interpreting how the license would apply to your fact pattern is a complex legal question and you should ask it to an Attorney licensed to practice in your jurisdiction. What you can and cannot do with material once it leaves Wikipedia is also beyond the scope of the help desk. Monty₈₄₅ 17:05, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Not to give any legal advice but... I am confused. Does the iBook software somehow only allow one license for the whole book? As far as I know with other paper books the images each have there own license. They can be tagged at the image or licenses listed at the back of the book. I can't see how putting one share-alike image in a book alters the license on the other images unless the software does it somehow. You may wish to speak to a digital copyright lawyer or an iBook technician depending on which case it is.--Canoe1967 (talk) 19:32, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

And yes, replies here are from other users, not from Wikipedia's (bare handful of) paid employees. We do our best to help, but like Wikipedia itself, our function is to provide answers supported by citations to reliable external sources. We're not a substitute for expert professional opinion on highly specialist issues, although we do have some seriously clued-up people helping out here. And no, a reply from an employee of Wikipedia wouldn't carry any more weight on this issue, unless they were also an expert on copyright law, and how could you tell? - 86.153.82.165 (talk) 22:17, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Sort order problem

Is there any way to get consistent sorting results for entries with the same value in a sortable table column? Take the Players table in this article for example: Sort any of the columns with numerical values and compare it with the "Cap" column; keep sorting the same column over and over again, observing the pattern of the "Cap" column (ex: The top results for batting HS goes 2, 37, 2, 27, 2, 41, 2, 32...) I know that this can be fixed by assigning appropriate sort values in the template {{sort}}, but this is going to be quite tedious for columns with entries that have dozens of similar values. Is there a simpler way of doing this? Perhaps using a different template? Thanks in advance. ASTRONOMYINERTIA (TALK) 17:15, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Try asking at WP:VPT.— Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 18:38, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Infobox CPU now broke in IE compatibility mode

FYI, I think something has broken in low-level creation of some web pages. I just now notice the infoboxes are too tall on STM32, when "compatibility mode" in enabled in IE 9 v9.0.8112.16421 (64-bit). I did a Ctrl-F5 to clear my local cache, but it still did it. I noticed that "compatibility mode" was enabled, so I disabled it. I think I've had "compatibility mode" enabled for a long time and I never saw this problem when I created the STM32 article, nor did it exist when I lasted edit the article on July 6. • Sbmeirow • Talk • 17:42, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

I found the bottom info box too wide. I removed an extra space from the info box template. Is that what was causing the problem?--Canoe1967 (talk) 19:17, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Yes, it appears to be correct now for the STM32 article. I'm not sure if any other articles were affected? Thanks! • Sbmeirow • Talk • 21:53, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

You are very welcome. I will mark this as resolved for now.

Resolved

--Canoe1967 (talk) 23:25, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Help with my troutme template

I created a group of templates similar to Template:Trout, Template:Troutme/preload and Template:Trout me. They are User:Toshio Yamaguchi/Template:NFCC zealot, User:Toshio Yamaguchi/Template:NFCC zealot/preload and User:Toshio Yamaguchi/Template:NFCCZ. How can I achieve that User:Toshio Yamaguchi/Template:NFCCZ is being substituted and not transcluded onto my talkpage when someone clicks on the small square button in the top right corner of my talkpage? -- Toshio Yamaguchi (tlk−ctb) 17:59, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

It was the name space designator, 3 is usertalk, 2 is user. I changed it for you. Monty₈₄₅ 18:05, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, however when I click the icon and preview the page, I still see {{User:Toshio Yamaguchi/Template:NFCCZ}} in the edit window. How can I achieve that I will see {{subst:User:Toshio Yamaguchi/Template:NFCCZ}}? -- Toshio Yamaguchi (tlk−ctb) 18:12, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Ahh sorry, I misunderstood what you were looking for. To the best of my knowledge, you can't get a preload to load {{subst:template}} without including additional code that the editor will need to manually remove. For instance, for WP:ACE we used Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2010/Candidates/Preloader/Statement as a preload, but the candidate needed to remove the comment codes. Sorry I couldn't be more help, but if you ever do find a way, let me know as it would be handy to know. Monty₈₄₅ 20:53, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Alteration of message left on talk page...

Let's say that I left a message on the talk page of user:zpzpzp that says "I'd like to discuss the future of article ..." and signs it. user:zpzpzp changes the text to say "I like to perform acts on little boys" and leaves it with my signature. While theoretically a user has complete control over their talk page, I feel uncomfortable with the alternation left with my name. Note, at the rate things are going said user will likely be banned within the month (due to specific continued editwarring removal of a referenced fact), so I can just change it then, but I'd like to know what would be appropriate in the mean time.Naraht (talk) 18:02, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

That is clearly inappropriate. And editor is free to remove comments from their talk page, but normal comment editing rules apply if they leave parts of your signed comment. I would revert them and leave them an NPA warning with an invitation to either leave the comment alone or remove the whole thing. Monty₈₄₅ 18:08, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

OK, it is inappropriate, simply change it back (he's currently blocked for a while) or take some other measure?Naraht (talk) 18:11, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

If already blocked, just change it back. If they keep doing it while blocked find an admin to revoke talk page access. Monty₈₄₅ 20:35, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Thank you. Given that he is already in what I think of as the block to ban spiral, eventually it won't make a difference...Naraht (talk) 21:11, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

A-Class

How do you nominate an article for A-class status? Thanks, TBrandley 18:05, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment/A-Class criteria (section "Basic method"). benzband (talk) 20:12, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Proper procedure for submitting an entry with COI issues.

Hi All. Main question: Where do we post our sandbox article for feedback?

I'd like to submit an entry for a long established artist. However he is a family member. We've composed the article from a variety of sources, mainly his official biography, as well as numerous magazine articles and news clippings over the last 60 years. We've taken a large amount of material and given it to a 3rd party to create a more abridged version; which hopefully is ideal for a start as a Wikipedia article.

I realized some might say that if he was important enough to be in Wikipedia other would create an article about him. I'm not sure how to answer that. I know people have been trying to look up entries for him, and I know he is firmly established. There are many thousands of artists of probably lesser stature on Wikipedia. We'd very much believe he should be on Wikipedia too.

From everything I've read it looks like there is no way to avoid Conflict of Interests issues when writing any article, as someone must have some kind of vested interest to do so. But I read through everything I can to make sure to avoid COI issues as much as possible, and it seems the main way to absolve a COI 'infringement' is to state directly in the talk pages that there is a COI issue up front.

Basically the article is ready for submission. But I tabled the project for a while I forget what step to take now. We have the article in an associate's sandbox. I can move it over to my sandbox if that makes things easier. And I guess we're ready to submit it to some kind of peer review. I think a 'formal' peer review on Wikipedia is meant to be requested for major articles, which I don't think this would be. But we'd like to have some of the community input before publishing it. So for now I'm wondering what to go next in the process? I.e., where do we post our sandbox article for others feedback? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thegallery (talk • contribs) 18:06, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

A good first move is to declare the conflict of interest on your user page, so no one can accuse you of trying to hide your affiliation. If you believe the article is good enough to be published, I'd recommend going ahead and putting it up. Perhaps include a notice on the talk page that you were the originator of the article and that people should be aware of your connection to the subject.

Conflict of interest does not prohibit users from editing on a given topic, but it places extra scrutiny on their edits. If your article is good, have faith that it will be kept. Once you have declared your COI and tried to avoid being partial, the onus is on the other editors to demonstrate that you edited in a biased way. --Jprg1966 ^(talk) 20:29, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Is zeekrewards company good mlm company?

please give full details about zeekrewards.com website may i join that company? may i invest zeekrewards or not? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.110.172.151 (talk) 18:14, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

We do not give financial or legal advice here. 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. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:18, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Personally (I am speaking for myself, not for Wikipedia) I believe there is no such thing as a "good mlm company". They are all scams. Of course, you will be told otherwise by people who have paid money to them and are now trying to earn some of it back. Maproom (talk) 20:15, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Update Please about Brixton Karnes

Hello. I have recently looked up the actor from TKR, and sadly the information is a bit out of date. May someone please update the information!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.53.59.117 (talk) 18:45, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Since you seem to know that the information is out of date, why not be bold and update it yourself? Just remember to cite all changes! Gold Standard 19:02, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Article feedback tool

How do i activate AFT on the GlaxoSmithKline page? 18:48, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Scroll down to the bottom. Gold Standard 19:01, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

It shows a rating tool.I want a tool with which I can comment about the article. 19:04, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Are you thinking of AFT5? If so, it hasn't been released yet, I believe. Gold Standard 19:07, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Why?? I can see it on the bottom of Justin Bieber page. Iamthewinnerofthemonth (talk) 19:09, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

It is being slowly released, first to just a small percentage of pages, then eventually to all of them. Gold Standard 19:11, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Great, by the way, why my IP address showed up in the comments above? Iamthewinnerofthemonth (talk) 19:12, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Beats me, you must have been logged out when you posted them. Gold Standard 19:13, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

• Nope, See the comments of mine in the section below.I had commented at 18:58, 11 July 2012 (UTC) being shown as user.while I commented in this section at 19:09, 11 July 2012 (UTC)..with showing my IP.What's that? a glitch? Iamthewinnerofthemonth (talk) 19:16, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Dunno. Gold Standard 19:16, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

• What dunno? Wikipedia had written that create an account to conceal your privacy..and now showing up my IP address here publicly.What's the deal? WHAT ABOUT MY PRIVACY?. Delete my IP information now.I am very concerned about my privacy.Please. Iamthewinnerofthemonth (talk) 19:19, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

You can be bold and delete it yourself. Gold Standard 19:22, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

What abt deleting it from history section above left corner? I can see it there.Iamthewinnerofthemonth (talk) 19:27, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

You cannot do that and neither can I. Btw, it looks to me like you logged in after your first post, then after a few posts you accidentally logged out, then posted, then logged back in again. Gold Standard 19:30, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

If you say so.Then I think that would have had happened.But I really want to conceal my identity.Please call the manager or the owner of any one having privilege to delete it. Iamthewinnerofthemonth (talk) 19:32, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

I do not know the phone number of the owner. Gold Standard 19:34, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

• I am not joking ok.Wikipedia don't have any authorized people to do it? I am serious about this, you son of a bitch. Iamthewinnerofthemonth (talk) 19:36, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

I wasn't aware that this existed until it was posted below: WP:RFO. Also, I would warn you about cursing, but you're leaving Wikipedia so you probably wouldn't care. Gold Standard 19:37, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Calling people names won't help you much. This is a volunteer project and volunteers don't normally want to help those who cuss them out. You'll need an admin to redact those edits from the history. Dismas|^(talk) 19:38, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

@Gold Standard sorry, for that.but, you started it by making fun of mine.Sorry again.I'm confused now.Contact whom? Administrators or Oversight? Iamthewinnerofthemonth (talk) 19:41, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

I was not making fun of you. You asked me to call the owner, and I do not have his phone number, so I am unable to. And I'm fairly sure you need to contact an oversighter. Gold Standard 19:43, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Besides which, the owner (if that's even the proper term in this situation) of Wikipedia is the Wikimedia Foundation. Calling them for this would be like calling the President of the US for a dog license violation. Dismas|^(talk) 19:46, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

What he said^ Gold Standard 19:49, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

• • It's Okay.How the hack I am used to know all this things? I don't know anything about this project, so I thought that you are an employ of Encyclopedia.By the way, I went through the list but can't decide whom I should contact on the talkpage.Could you please suggest me one, who is active now-a-days ? Iamthewinnerofthemonth (talk) 19:49, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

You can use this form Gold Standard 19:52, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Pal, I don't use e-mail, so can't.(I used it once, but I forgot password). I want to contact them directly at talkpage.Iamthewinnerofthemonth (talk) 19:55, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Here is a list of oversighters: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:ListUsers/oversight Gold Standard 19:57, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

• Thank you very much for your help, but I think that you might not have read my comments above.I went through the list you above mentioned, but can't decide whom to contact.Could you please suggest one who is active now-a-days? Iamthewinnerofthemonth (talk) 19:59, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

No, I cannot, because I don't keep in contact with them, but feel free to go through their contribs and find out for yourself. Gold Standard 20:02, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

User:Beeblebrox has edits from today. So they are still active. I've dealt with them in the past, if I'm not mistaken, and they were helpful from what I recall. Dismas|^(talk) 20:03, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

I've emailed oversight. -- John of Reading (talk) 20:06, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

...and it's already been hidden. The volunteers watching for oversight emails are really on the ball! -- John of Reading (talk) 20:16, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Thank you very very very much for such quick respose.Long live Wikipedia.By the way, Could you tell me the name of the person who done such nice act? I need a little help from him. Iamthewinnerofthemonth (talk) 20:27, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Although I received an email reply from the oversighter responsible, it's signed with only a forename not a Wikipedia name, so I can't think of a way for you to contact him. -- John of Reading (talk) 21:00, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

My account.

Hello, I had created this account to save sitewide books of some of my articles which were required for college project.I have ordered an printed version of my custom book.Now, my task is done and I don't require this account anymore.Therefore, I am requesting you to delete my account.Thanks.Iamthewinnerofthemonth (talk) 18:51, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

We don't delete accounts here. Your account just stays dormant until either you come back or someone legitimately takes over the user name per WP:USURP. I would just post a note on your talk page that you won't be using it any more. Valenciano (talk) 18:55, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

• It's okay.I am giving my password here so anyone who wants to use the name could be able to use it.

Account name: User: Iamthewinnerofthemonth Password: Iamthewinnerofthemonth (talk) 18:58, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

It's really not a good idea to post your password here. -- John of Reading (talk) 19:03, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

• Why? My username is good one and a humors at the same time.Anybody who is interested in getting this username, could open the account and change the password for them to use this account for them.I don't have many contributions, too.

The rule here is that each account should be controlled by one person (WP:NOSHARE). -- John of Reading (talk) 19:15, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

• Yeah, I am stopping my account.So, the person who takes over it and changes password will be SINGLE holder of the account.Iamthewinnerofthemonth (talk) 19:17, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

That is not the way to go about it. As I say we have probably millions of disused/dormant accounts here, it's no big deal. I would simply just leave, though you can put a note on your talk page that you won't use it any more and therefore it is available for WP:USURP in the unlikely event anyone wants that user name. Posting passwords etc is a bad idea. Valenciano (talk) 19:23, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

• Sorry about that.I wasn't aware of it.But deleting it help any better, as I can access my IP address from "history" section above right corner. Iamthewinnerofthemonth (talk) 19:27, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

You can ask at Wikipedia:Requests for oversight to have your IP address hidden from the history. -- John of Reading (talk) 19:35, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

You have the right to WP:VANISH. Dismas|^(talk) 19:35, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Can't edit a lead

How do I notify a spelling error in a lead? It doesn't have an edit option. The page in question is Society of Biology and the word "education" is misspelled on the second line. Regards, Sandy — Preceding unsigned comment added by SandyTheScientist (talk • contribs) 18:57, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Click the "edit" button next to "view history" in the top right. Gold Standard 19:00, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

The spelling mistake has been fixed. benzband (talk) 19:57, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

I usually just use the edit tab for the whole article. Britmax (talk) 20:14, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Or press Alt⇧ Shifte (which I personally use). Most probably there is/was an option in Special:Preferences which add an edit link for lead section, I can not find this at this moment! --Tito Dutta ✉ 20:34, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

It's on the "Gadgets" tab under "Appearance". -- John of Reading (talk) 20:50, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Oops

I have accidently deleted all of the information for film director Gil Green in 2011. Can you please restore it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.116.153.127 (talk) 19:53, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

It's been fixed. benzband (talk) 19:55, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Editing glitches

Lately I have encountered a glitch when I use the edit toolbar. (I usually use the standard one, not the advanced one.) If I hit "cite," I get the regular menu of buttons so I can choose which form to fill out. However, I am not able to actually insert the citation once I hit "insert." On the advanced toolbar, I have noticed a similar problem, although the "preview" function allows me to copy+paste the Wikimarkup that would be necessary — a feature which the standard toolbar does not have. I am also having this problem when I try to insert something using the bar beneath the editing space (the one with symbols and foreign language characters). When I try to insert an 'm dash,' for example, clicking that symbol just takes me to the top of the page without inserting the character. What might be causing these problems? --Jprg1966 ^(talk) 20:05, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Try a skin reset: Under Preferences → Appearance, change your skin to anything else, save and set it back. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 21:41, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Sending and receiving messages on msn

i am cracking up as ime not getting any help at all it is so simple all i want to know is how do i send and receive messages on msn if there is nothing showing up to send or receive no icon

is no — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.103.160.13 (talk) 20:08, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

This page is for help using Wikipedia. Gold Standard 20:11, 11 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.— Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 19:45, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Show more fields in cite web references!

For last few days Show more fields in cite web references is not working for me, also "restore this version" of Twinkle! Is it a known issue? I am using FF 11.0 in Ubuntu 11.10, with lots of userscripts, extensions (but nothing changed (removed/added/updated) in last few weeks)! --Tito Dutta ✉ 20:29, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Try a skin reset: Under Preferences → Appearance, change your skin to anything else, save and set it back. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 21:40, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Juston R Graber

If my name is googled wiki has a page linked to it entitled Operation Iron Triangle where you clearly state that I executed and Iraqi. This information is incorrect and it has prevented me from obtaining employment. You need to get your facts straight before posting things about individuals. I carried out a mercy killing after running up on the aftermath when Clagget and Hunsaker unjustly shot the detainees after cutting their zip ties and telling them to run. I called for the medic because one guy was puking profuse dark red blood and another guy was taking a breath every few seconds. When the medic came to check on the two individuals, the iraqi man who was puking blood had already died. The medic checked other man and said nothing could be done for him. SSG Girourd looked at me and said to put him out of his misery to which I did not take as an order and felt it was the humane thing to do considering the circumstances. --signed by 67.240.178.228, this notice left by Jprg1966 ^(talk)

Get the facts right or I will be forced to take another avenue in order to rectify this issue. I have been fighting back and forth via email messages with you people and any time I try to change the story it is changed back.

See WP:No legal threats. Note that we can not use your firsthand account as a source because we require all cited sources to be at the very least secondary sources in order to avoid embellishment. Your beef is more with the sources being cited, not us. —Jeremy v^_^v ^Bori! 20:41, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

I'm sorry this has caused you distress, but Wikipedia is not an original source for information. The information you are disputing comes from a New York Times article, which is considered a reliable source by Wikipedia. Material that is harmful to an individual's employment prospects can only be removed if it is unsourced (as this would be libel). If you think the article is incomplete, find a reliable source that corroborates your interpretation of the events. --Jprg1966 ^(talk) 20:44, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

http://nostalgia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia

What's relationship between original and the above one? Iamthewinnerofthemonth (talk) 20:58, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Everything on Nostalgia Wikipedia is from December 20, 2001. See nostalgia:Wikipedia:About. - Purplewowies (talk) 21:06, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Translate caption in French

Resolved

Could a French speaker put the photo caption on this page into English please? Thanks.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 21:02, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Jac16888 has already done it. Maproom (talk) 21:30, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Cos I'm just that damn good ;)--Jac16888 ^Talk 21:35, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Source classification

Hello, I'm using this source http://law.capital.edu/uploadedFiles/Law_Multi_Site/About/Publications/DeansReport0506.pdf to create an article on Wiki. Could you, please, tell me how should I classify it. Is that a journal or rather a web page? I'm using templates for inline citations, so it is important. Thank you. Aisupova (talk) 21:05, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Does anyone know the answer to this question? Aisupova (talk) 22:19, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

It's a printed publication that has been placed online in PDF form, so a template for a printed source with a space for the URL would probably be most appropriate. {{cite book}} probably contains fields you can use, or just the generic {{citation}}. - Karenjc 07:17, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

em to px conversion

Is it possible to convert em to px using a template?--Jsjsjs1111 (talk) 21:31, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

But the conversion must depend on the user's font setting, and a template can't know that. Maproom (talk) 21:38, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Remove "updated since last visit" from history pages?

Is there a way I can remove that type of notice from history pages? - Purplewowies (talk) 21:35, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Add this to Special:Mypage/common.css:

span.updatedmarker{display:none;}

PrimeHunter (talk) 21:44, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Bad faith nominations

Hello

There is a guy called user:Banimustafa keeps making fake cases to attack me and to prevent his own editing being examined.

I had a disputation with him about the content of article Jerash, and it was solved by DRN (look here please). But he didn't like the way it was solved, he just want to force his point of view.

Now everyone who tries to edit any page of the pages he watch, he always accuse him/her it is a sock puppet of me!!!

I would like to note that user:Banimustafa has been blocked for sockpuppetry (Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Banimustafa/Archive) and Banimustafa has accused me of sockpuppetry (Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Historyfeelings/Archive), an accusation that did not result in a determination that the accusation is true. And he keep accusing me of sockpuppetry until now with same words same circumstances.

Banimustafa has a history of vandalisim; user:Wakwakwiki is a banned[2] sockpuppet of Banimustafa,[3] who has his own history of blocks[4] user:soufray is a banned souckpuppet of Banimustafa.

recently he used a new sockpuppet called: user:Amb04 to nominate an article I edit called Ayasrah and here I would like to point out that Banimustafa is under restrictions of only having one account (see Bwilkins' comment here), but the Sockpuppet investigations shows that he really use a sockpuppet but unfortunately no action taken.

Kindly have a look at his contributions, he even uses same templates in my user page!!

what should I do? thanks a lot.--HF► 21:54, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Now that I think about it, you might want to take this to ANI. Gold Standard 01:28, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

The user trying to shop for adminstrators to support his dispute with me. This is completely unfair as he presents his pointview to adminstrators who are not aware of the history of the dispute and try to play innocent, while he continues his "bad faith" accusations against me. The user:Historyfeelings has been blocked several times and was banned for his unlawful practices as shown here. The user unblocking conditions bannes him from accusing me of vandalism, however he continues with these unlawfull accusations as shown above. He is also banned from using multiple accounts and IP addresses. Please review his unblocking conditions here. The user keeps making "bad faith" accusations against me and he continued his sockpeppetry which he repeated so far, more than ten times using 8 different IP addresses and 2 diffirent user names in order to influnce the relevant discussions (Please check here). The user has been blocked for adminstrators shopping as shown here; however he continues doing that. Banimustafa (talk) 22:48, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Multiple Pages from the Same Source

The article I'm working on has many sources. However, I've been using about 6 or 7 pages of each source. I'm planning on using inline citations and templates. Considering the number of times each source is repeated, will that be OK to continue that way and ingnore short citations? Thank you. Aisupova (talk) 23:05, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Well, no one can make you do more than you're willing or able to do, but if you have the sources available, you could indicate the pages commented out next to the reference so that someone comfortable with doing so can refine the reference. Commenting out would code like: <ref>''Encylopedia Brown''</ref> <!-- page 14 -->. Alternately, you could post the info to the article talk page, but reference numbers change over time and content gets re-organized, so that leaves a mess for someone to untangle if it waits too long. Dru of Id (talk) 03:35, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Navy and Marine Corps Medal

I was awarded the Navy Marine Corp medal but do not see mine. I have the certificate how to get it posted? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mlcatcdog10 (talk • contribs) 23:57, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Unless there's a Wikipedia biography article about you, you don't. Such lists, other than the highest award level for each nation, are meant to be lists of Wikipedia articles which are referenced as being awardees, not comprehensive lists of every awardee. If there is a Wikipedia article about you, find a Reliable Source (RS) which has the information correct, and post the reference to either the biography or list article's talk page, with your request. Dru of Id (talk) 01:29, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

July 12

I lost images on Wikipedia

I LOST IMAGES ON WIKIPEDIA

Hi, I right clicked on a symbol on the Landau Pole wiki page (the symbol was called "Quadratic theory" or something I don't know because the symbol wasn't named or linked to anything to explain what it was .... hence why I was right clicking on it) and after right clicking on it I may have chose "view element" ... I'm not sure what I did but now every symbol on wikipedia is gone/invisible. Like for example the Wikipedia logo on the main page top left is just a white blank square.

Anyone know what I clicked to make this happen ... I remember some window opening by accident and it had something to check which I didnt want to check but I was just trying to close the window and somehow maybe I uncheck marked something or maybe check marked it I dunno ... anyone know what I did to lose every symbol on every wiki page?

Sorry but this is annoying. Thanks.

By the way, I am reading wikipedia NOT logged in and it should be showing tons of images but every image is now gone or white.

Help please and thank-you

173.238.43.211 (talk) 00:23, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

I guess you told your browser to block images from this site. This is a feature of your browser and not by Wikipedia. It often happened by accident with earlier Firefox versions but I haven't seen reports about it for a long time. Which browser and version number do you have? PrimeHunter (talk) 00:49, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Umm says Firefox 13.0.1 - I know under options in one window it says "block images from wikipedia" and its NOT checked .. so it shouldnt be blocking images.

Not sure how I caused this .. I just remmeber right clicking on some symbol I didn't know what it was (the circle with a line through it symbol for some "theory" on the page for Landau Poles) and wanted to see info on it and next thing I know all images dissappeared.

Thanks 173.238.43.211 (talk) 00:54, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

13.0.1 is the current Firefox version. See http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/fix-problems-images-not-show#w_check-image-permissions. Note that Wikipedia's images are hosted at http://upload.wikimedia.org so that's the site to look for. Did that help? PrimeHunter (talk) 01:30, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

YAY - ya that said to make sure there is no url's under "block website images" under advanced in options-content ... somehow I ended up blocking the images.

Great job! +1 karma to you Prime Hunter ... irony since I just finished a paper on Prime numbers

thanks 173.238.43.211 (talk) 02:52, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Please delete wiki page

Hi there...

My wiki entry is no longer relevant and does not need to exist. It was recently hacked and I would like it removed.

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

Kind Regards, — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kellieanngray (talk • contribs) 01:06, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

It has been proposed for deletion. Gold Standard 01:13, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Are you claiming to be Hayley Chapman? (Because that's not what your prior posts have said.) Or somebody named Kellie Ann Gray? I'm confused. --Orange Mike | Talk 12:53, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

I'm curious what is meant by "no longer relevent". Notability is not temporary. If the subject was notable before, then it still is. WP:NTEMP. RudolfRed (talk) 16:02, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

It seems it means all the RS are gone. The waybackmachine didn't even have the ones I checked. Should we wait a few days for the deletion process or slowly remove unsourced statements until we just have her name and a statement that 'she is believed to be female but we only have the name to verify that'?--Canoe1967 (talk) 04:31, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

QQ

Why am I getting this when I try to inset "named references" tag on the top? I clicked on that link, then I clicked on a the ref I wanted, but it does not actually put in the article, it just sits there and does nothing :(. Is this a bug issue? YE ^{Pacific Hurricane} 04:02, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

I'm afraid I don't know the answer to your question, but what is that you are using to edit Wikipedia? Gold Standard 07:26, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

This is the "ProveIt" tool. I've never used it, but you could try posting at User talk:ProveIt GT. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:50, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Thank you! Gold Standard 07:54, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Okay, ill ask him there. YE ^{Pacific Hurricane} 14:34, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

liver funsion test

i want to no if you have 3 liver funsion tests in a space of two weeks and they come back the best that they had ever been,can you die a week later,13:27, 12 July 2012 (UTC)81.107.59.46 (talk)

Yes, if someone drops a piano on your head. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 13:36, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

We cannot offer medical advice. Please see the medical disclaimer, and contact an appropriate medical professional. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:37, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

HANNAH MONTANA DVD

When will HANNAH MONTANA dvd season secons & third 4-disc collector's set be out in stores? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.126.74.67 (talk) 14:53, 12 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) 15:56, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

From what I can see, there are no American plans for the release of either of those two seasons at all. Some other countries have released a set, but I don't know if it's available in stores. - Purplewowies (talk) 16:39, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Disputer Resolution Process

(edit conflict) Hiya all,

I am just wondering what process is available if you get to formal mediation and still no resolution of the dispute -- what then? I am in the process of making a Request for Comment before I need to go to formal mediation but I fear it will go there and that parties involved will never agree or find a compromise. They have basically said as much on the talk pages, but there are about 40 or 50 articles that are affected by the dispute. Thankfully only one has been getting content dispute edit warring and is now full protected, but the rest aren't and I am sure the dispute will spill to them soon enough. I don't think we can have that many articles full proctected indefinitely, and there are about 60+ users invovled in the diuspute with about 30 odd highly involved--Andrewcrawford (talk - contrib) 15:02, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Judicious use of a modicum of punctuation would really help readers understand what your issue is. Roger (talk) 15:39, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Nothing is highlighting [my errors] at all. I think there is a problem with my browser. I'll try Firefox--Andrewcrawford (talk - contrib) 17:08, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Strange its not highlighting at all i think it might be to do with the bug from using wikied. I'll ask User:Drmargi to copyedit this for me92.235.241.39 (talk) 17:12, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Talk page edit by Drmargi on behalf of Andrewcrawford

Legal Question

My dad has just passed two days ago. he had a will drawn up in new jersey a fews yrs back. the last year and half he has gone to live with my sister in Il. prior to leaving he sold his house. my sister helped him do this and all his paperwork needed. car,insurances,belongings etc without my knowledge. my question is could he have another will drawn up in Il.? and wouldnt that have changed his wishes as far as dividing the house proceeds between his two daughteres up? I havent seen any proceeds or have been notified by anyone! please help — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.168.208.63 (talk) 15:19, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

I am sorry for your loss. This is a help desk on how to use Wikipedia we can not help you with your legal problems. Please go see a lawyer and ask your questions there, they can advise you on what can be done. GB fan 15:23, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

And this is the reason why GB fan is correct. Wikipedia cannot provide you with advice on this topic. - Karenjc 16:09, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

How can I message another editor on their talk page?

I would like to contact the editor who posted notices at the top the article New York College of Health Professions because I believe their concerns have been satisfied. Therefore I would like the messages removed as they have been up for over two months and unfairly detract from the subject matter. I've visited the editor's Talk Page but can't figure out how to leave a message. I'm a relatively new editor. Can someone please help? Dkolarek (talk) 16:03, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Two of the tags were added by Dthomsen8 and one by Orange Mike; click on the links to go to their respective talk pages. To edit a user talk page, just do exactly what you did to edit this one: add a title (header) below the page's existing text, then type and sign your message. Both are active editors, so they should receive your message quite quickly. If you would like to initiate a discussion on whether the concerns in the tags have been satisfied, your best bet is to do so on the article's talk page, which you edit in exactly the same way. Inviting the two tagging editors to comment on this talk page discussion would be appropriate. You are entitled to remove the tags yourself, if you are genuinely confident that all the concerns have been satisfied, but consensus on this point, particularly if supported by the editors who placed the tags, would be a good result. - Karenjc 16:29, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

I suggest you do some more work on the article before raising the issue. Statements like "New York College has been on the cutting edge of holistic health care technology" belong in an advertising brochure, not an encyclopedia article. Maproom (talk) 16:37, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

My user page is blocked

Hello,

My user page appears to be blocked, and I looked at the history and it says it is "protected" as per a violation of a biographies policy. Can you please un-protect??

Thanks, Mrmewe (talk) 16:30, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

I think you should ask at User talk:MuZemike, since that was the administrator who protected the page. -- John of Reading (talk) 16:43, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

If he doesn't reply, a request at WP:RFUP should do the trick. But admins pass by here regularly, and one of them may also oblige. Karenjc 16:48, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Done, but I can see that an IP's edit had to be rev/del's on your page, Mrmewe, and an editor was blocked after that. Dougweller (talk) 17:59, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for your help. Mrmewe (talk) 02:55, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

Toolbox menu

Under the Toolbox menu, what happens when you click on the "Permanent Link" option when that option is available?

Thanks,

John — Preceding unsigned comment added by JohnofSligo (talk • contribs) 16:52, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

See Help:Permanent link. -- John of Reading (talk) 16:56, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks,

John JohnofSligo (talk) 16:59, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Shavington high school

the image of the school on Wikipedia is out of date . Since taken in 2007 it has changed considerably- this is no longer the entrance!!! Please see the schools official website or an accurate image of the school www. Shavington.Cheshire. Sch.uk — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.105.208.223 (talk) 19:51, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

The best way for you to fix this, is for you to take an image of the school with your own camera, then upload it to Wikimedia Commons at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:UploadWizard then edit the article to use your newly uploaded picture. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 20:14, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Shavington High School doesn't have an image. After a search I guess you refer to File:Shavington High School, Rope.jpg displayed in Rope, Cheshire#Education. Most photos on the Internet cannot be used in Wikipedia due to copyright so as Demiurge says, it would be good if you took and uploaded a photo yourself. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:25, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Editing wiki

Dear sir / madame,

I'm new to editing wiki. In fact I have created my very first wiki article today. I was told that my article needs references or else it would be deleted. Could someone please help me with these references? and how can I add an infobox? further,I'd really appreciate if someone could show me how to link my article to it's equivalent in other languages. The article in question is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lian_Bazlamit

Thank you so much for your help.

LoneBlast

LoneBlast (talk) 21:10, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Use Wikipedia:Citing sources#When and why to cite sources. Remember to include references listing websites, newspapers, articles, books and other sources you have used to write or expand articles. New articles and statements added to existing articles may be deleted if unreferenced or referenced poorly. See: Wikipedia:Citing sources and Wikipedia:Verifiability for more information.Moxy (talk) 21:16, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Where should I be? Forever young and ignorant.

After a mind-numbing 10 minutes of dozens of pages warning me that the earth will shatter if I fail to follow every rule ever stated, imagined, thought of, or given to a cat in a dream, I have no idea where to actually ask my question. Is there an abbreviated version of how and where to ask a questinon on wikipedia that includes maybe a few hundred fewer warnings to wade through? — Preceding unsigned comment added by NittOK (talk • contribs) 21:20, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

If your question is about how to use Wikipedia, ask here. If it is a general knowledge question, ask at the reference desk at WP:RD RudolfRed (talk) 21:24, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

It's not "that the earth will shatter ": we're trying to channel you to the right queue in order to get your question answered. People get cranky when told, "Sorry: wrong desk!"; so we try with the various warnings to improve the odds that folks will go where they can get help the first time. --Orange Mike | Talk 21:25, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

It is not. I did read the first half dozen web pages of dire warnings, including that information. It is about the layout of mobile. — Preceding unsigned comment added by NittOK (talk • contribs) 21:27, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

If you ask your question about layout of mobile here, and it is not appropriate for here, someone will probably tell you where you might get a useful answer. Some people ask inappropriate questions here repeatedly, so I believe the redirection process is painless  :-) aproom (talk) 21:51, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Maybe someone could tell me where I can ask a question about mobile layout? I would hate to increase the length of the list of prohibitions, as I am certain I already have.

If you mean the appearance of the Wikipedia app on a smartphone, probably WP:Village pump/Technical is the best place to ask. If you mean something else, that may not be the best place. --23:14, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Lcg article

I was trying to write an article on a notable international security company and was told it was promotional and it was deleted. I understand the idea and purpose behind the policy but it was not intended to be nor was it written in promotional context. If it was then there are many on wikipedia that are similar, because I used them as the format to write the article and base what type of content was acceptable. It is a notable international company and the article is only informational and comparable to that of MVM inc article on wikipedia , and others. I receive messages stating I am using it for a soapbox and advertising.I actually used other articles for reference as to what content was acceptable and expected. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Info1012 (talk • contribs) 21:35, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

The issue was not the format of the article, but the notability of the subject. Please read Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies) and if you feel that the company in question meets those requirements, then feel free to recreate the article. However, make sure that the article explains why the company is notable and includes references to reliable sources that back up the claims of notability. -- Selket ^Talk 21:42, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Dear Huon, Thank you for your information regarding submitting the article. I really want to get this right and I am glad to have your assistance. I have addressed the non-neutral sentences and several primary sources by removing them. Can you also please help me with the following points: 1. I have found many reliable secondary sources to be negative, whereas the positive secondary sources are more from web articles and websites secondary sources and not so much from preferred secondary sources. Therefore, if I were to cite from these negative sources only, the article would have an overwhelming negative slant. How do I deal with this? 2. In addition, most of the reliable secondary sources I have found are copies on websites. I have been unable to find the original article on the journal or publishers website. Therefore, even though their origin is a reliable secondary source, how do I deal with these sources since they exist only as a copy on a third-party website, and remain open to alteration. 3. You instructed me not use Peacock phrases but one of the phrases quoted was from an article that was actually negative to the subject matter. I thought it was good to include both the negative point of the article and show what an opposing viewpoint from a professional in the field in question. I am unclear as to why this would be considered a positive slant if it was to counterbalance the negativity. Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Planktonium (talk • contribs) 23:51, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Regarding peacock words, it's not so much about a positive and/or negative slant as it is about generalizations. For instance, saying "The ABC Company is one of the leaders in the food service industry" (just for example) does not give any criteria as to why they are a leader in the industry. Rather, it's preferred if you use a source to say something specific and verifiable, like "The ABC Company was listed as one of the top ten leaders in the food service industry in 2012 according to Food Service Magazine </source>. Or, if the source is lacking, just state the plain fact that "The ABC Company is part of the food service industry," without any qualifications. Many sources do not follow WP's rules of sourced, verifiable information, but we, as WP editors have to, or simply not include the info, even if it's true. Ditch ∝ 00:18, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

If there are reliable sources, negative or not, then they should appear in any article on the subject. If the only positive sources are not reliable, then they may not appear in an article. Have a look at WP:LUC. --ColinFine (talk) 10:59, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

July 13

Edit counter

Is their a way, in preferences, to display my current edit count somewhere that I can easily see it? Maybe up there on the the tool bar. Barring that, what about some sort of edit counter on my user or talk page that is automated. I'd just like to be able to easily see my current edit count when I log in. It'd be even cooler if it distinguished article edits from project page edits, but that's probably asking too much. Ditch ∝ 00:04, 13 July 2012 (UTC)e

I thought that a template for this would exist for sure but I've searched and didn't find one. Well, if nobody else provides a more targeted answer, maybe you'd find it useful to display something like {{Sp-contributions-footer}} on your user or user talk page instead.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 00:17, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

You can click "My preferences" on any page to see the field "Number of edits". Isn't that sufficient? There is no wiki code to display the current updated number. I suspect this is for efficiency reasons. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:35, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Recover account without password and without access to email

I would like to recover a wikpedia account but I cannot remember my password and I also cannot remember the password for the email account to which the account was assigned. But I remember the name of the wikipedia account and the name of the e-mail account. What can I do to recover this account? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.58.197.60 (talk) 00:11, 14 July 2012(UTC)

Help:Logging in#What if I forget the password? says you will have to create a new account under a different username. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:27, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

My understanding is that it may be possible to recover an account in such a situation, but it is a tedious process and you will need to convince a number of editors with very advanced permissions to help you. If you really want to go down that road, I think your journey starts with a request at Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard. If your not terribly attached to your old account, PrimeHunter's advice is definitely the way to go. Monty₈₄₅ 02:02, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Help with college infobox

I'm trying to add File:Marshillcollegelogo.png, which I just uploaded, to the article for Mars Hill College. I've done this a bunch of times already, but this time the college has a NRHP sub-infobox or whatever you want to call it, and I'm having a difficult time adding the logo, which I want to go right before the NRHP info starts like on a regular university infobox, without messing anything up. I attempted to add a |image thing above where the NHRP template begins, but that messes everything up. Can anyone help, I have no idea what I'm doing. DavidSSabb (talk) 00:29, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Template:Infobox NRHP#Embedding suggests to place it in the last displayed parameter of another infobox. {{Infobox university}} shows a logo parameter. Is [5] OK? PrimeHunter (talk) 00:46, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Yes, that is what intended. Thank you very much :) DavidSSabb (talk) 15:50, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

How do I reference a living source interviewed for a page?

How do I reference a living source for a page. My grand uncle and his father, my great grandfather both have pages that I find horribly inaccurate and badly edited. I have living references both my mother and my grandmother. However, I don't know how to correctly reference them in the articles. Please advise.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azizul_Haque_%28educator%29

Thank you :) Sally Siemagirl (talk) 00:59, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

The short answer is that you can't. Sources must be verifiable. You conducting an interview would be considered original research. See WP:V and WP:OR for the applicable policies. Although, anything that is not backed up by a reliable source (see WP:RS) may be deleted. Dismas|^(talk) 01:38, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

To expand what Dismas has said: if there is information in the article which is not referenced to a reliable source, you may remove it. You may not remove information which is referenced to a reliable source, even if you think it is wrong. You should not add any information unless it is referenced to a reliable source; and because of your conflict of interest, it would be best if you do not add any information to the article, but discuss on the article's talk page what information you would like to see added. --ColinFine (talk) 11:05, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

NCIS episode 10

When is episode scheduled to be on air? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.148.241.236 (talk) 03:42, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

This page is for asking questions about Wikipedia. Questions like yours belong on the reference desk, but according to the article at NCIS (TV series), season 10 dates have not been announced. RudolfRed (talk) 04:15, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

This is the encyclopedia Wikipedia. If you refer to episode 10 of one of the previous seasons on a television station with reruns or delayed airing then you can try asking at Wikipedia:Reference desk/Entertainment. You will have to tell which station it is. We have articles about thousands of stations. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:09, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

epguides

Can be epguides be used as a good source for production codes on List of Awake episodes. Here, it says it is okay, just like to make sure. TBrandley 04:33, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

You could try asking at WP:RSN. I tried searching the archives, but I didn't really find anything. - Purplewowies (talk) 04:42, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Facebook

greetings:

I am a new user. My question is this: can I share an article or picture from Wikipedia on Facebook...like as part of a status update? If not, I am assuming it is a copyright issue? Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kwains (talk • contribs) 05:10, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia doesn't have a short-cut "share" button for Facebook, but you can share a link to a Wikipedia article or image file in a status update in the same way that you share a link to any other site. Find the page you want to share and highlight its URL in your browser window. Use copy and paste to place that URL in your status update box, and save. - Karenjc 08:25, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Sharebox is a script that reorders your toolbox. It adds new buttons that make it easier to mail, print or share an article on Facebook or another linksharing service. You must have an account to add Sharebox to the sidebar. See User:TheDJ/Sharebox for more information. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 09:54, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Generally, you can reuse any material from Wikipedia for any purpose, as long as you attribute it. For details, see WP:Reusing Wikipedia content. --ColinFine (talk) 11:07, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

America: Freedom to Fascism

on arron russoes america freedom to fascism it seems you are giving your opinion to the reader and as this is not an opinion site i would ask that the page be cleaned up and only give the facts of the film and not opinions as is on the page. thank you for your time — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.63.163.231 (talk) 05:59, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Like many articles on controversial subjects, this one has a history of claims and counter-claims of bias. The best place to take your concerns is the article's talk page, where you can discuss the wording that concerns you and the references that support it (if any), and try to reach consensus on a neutral, factual version. - Karenjc 08:10, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Need help at FFU!

Hi, an IP requested an upload of an very big file, but sadly Commons always breaks the uploading — Anybody want to help? More information at Wikipedia:FFU#Barack Obama and Google+. Regards, mabdul 10:07, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Re-reviewing an article

How do I get someone to re-review an article I have just re-written in an attempt to make it more neutral and less of an advertisement? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Martinascapin (talk • contribs) 10:21, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Telling us what article it is and providing a link to it would be a good idea. Roger (talk) 11:22, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Page Rebecca Rust (American cellist) deleted

Unfortunately the page of the American cellist Rebecca Rust has been deleted. As one of the reasons it was mentioned, that the article only talked about her concerts. That is simply not true. Her great achievements were to re-discover unknown compositions by well known composes such as Villa Lobos, Georges Enesco, Robert Kahn, Hans Gal, Donald Francis Tovey, and record them on CD which are now publicly available for the first time. Many composers dedicated compositions to her, such as Otmar Macha, Jan Novak, Jan Koetsier, Harald Genzmer, Karl Michael Komma, Max Stern and others. Most of these composers are listed in Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.255.41.44 (talk) 11:39, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

I can't find a record of such an article being deleted, so I don't know what the reasons were. But very often, the reason for articles being deleted is that the article does not establish that the subject is notable. This does not mean or imply that the subject is not important or significant: it means that the article does not establish, by reference to reliable sources that the subject has already been written about in reliable places. Sometimes this will be because the subject really has not yet been so discussed; often it will be because those who created the article have not understood the importance of citations in Wikipedia and have not found such references. --ColinFine (talk) 12:54, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

According to the deletion log, the article about her was tagged as needing reliable sources for three years. There was plenty of time to supply sources to demonstrate her notability. Please see WP:MUSIC for the notability standards of musicians. If you'd like to recreate the article with sources, you can. Though you'd have to create an account first. Please see WP:YFA for a start. Dismas|^(talk) 12:52, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Any tool for an admin to delete pages en masse?

Hey guys, is there any tool that you know of using which pages can be deleted en masse? I am an admin on sa.wikipedia and I have this backlog that I just can't clear; it takes quite a while to delete pages one by one. Does anyone know how I can delete all these pages at one go? Lynch7 11:44, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

There is no bulk delete tool for the problem you have. Nuke is only usable in limited circumstances. Probably the best tool is AWB. It can't delete en masse but it does provide a much faster mechanism than performing the delete via the MediaWiki interface. QU ^TalkQu 19:50, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

contacts

trying to get contacts of the person who organised for the TAZAMA group which accommodated in White Sun hotel Kariokoo. Time range, May ending and Beginning of June JMSG — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.191.92.83 (talk) 11:53, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

This helpdesk is for questions about using and editing Wikipedia. If the article Tazama Pipeline does not help (and I suspect it won't), you might find somebody on the Wikipedia reference desk who has an idea. --ColinFine (talk) 12:57, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Article disappeared

What happened to Goldie Harvey when I moved it to User:Flava4life/Goldie Harvey? The history of each (Goldie Harvey, userspace draft) doesn't show anything weird. Ryan Vesey Review me! 14:04, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

I don't know what went wrong but a purge fixed it. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:08, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Thank you. Ryan Vesey Review me! 14:09, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Eh. I re-userfied it at the same time. Anyway, everything looks good now. ~Amatulić (talk) 14:15, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

So, here's an issue, the re-userfied version is different from the one the editor started. I don't know how big of an issue it is, but that would make this version a recreation of an article deleted through AFD. Ryan Vesey Review me! 14:25, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Category links

What namespace are Categories in? I thought they were in their own namespace that could be linked like [[Category:People from Warren, Ohio]], but I just learned that Category wikilinks need a : in front, like this: [[:Category:People from Warren, Ohio]]. What does the leading : do Categories need them but other links like WP and User and Talk do not? RudolfRed (talk) 14:35, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

When you're categorizing an article—i.e., adding a category at the bottom of the edit window—you just use [[Category:People from Warren, Ohio]]. When you're mentioning a category link elsewhere (on this page, for instance), you use the colon ([[:Category:People from Warren, Ohio]]) so that the page doesn't actually get added to the category. Unlike the nowiki tags, the colon preserves a link to the category page without categorizing the page the link is on. Deor (talk) 14:58, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

A similar situation exists for templates. If you want to link to a template you can put {{tl|flagicon|USA}} or use [[Template:Flagicon]]. But if you just use the template markup by itself, it will come out looking like . Dismas|^(talk) 15:56, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/John de Ruiter

Dear Wikipedia, Thank you for your information regarding submitting the article. I really want to get this right and I am glad to have your assistance. I have addressed the non-neutral sentences and several primary sources by removing them. Can you also please help me with the following points: 1. I have found many reliable secondary sources to be negative, whereas the positive secondary sources are more from web articles and websites secondary sources and not so much from preferred secondary sources. Therefore, if I were to cite from these negative sources only, the article would have an overwhelming negative slant. How do I deal with this? 2. In addition, most of the reliable secondary sources I have found are copies on websites. I have been unable to find the original article on the journal or publishers website. Therefore, even though their origin is a reliable secondary source, how do I deal with these sources since they exist only as a copy on a third-party website, and remain open to alteration. 3. You instructed me not use Peacock phrases but one of the phrases quoted was from an article that was actually negative to the subject matter. I thought it was good to include both the negative point of the article and show what an opposing viewpoint from a professional in the field in question. I am unclear as to why this would be considered a positive slant if it was to counterbalance the negativity. Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Planktonium (talk • contribs) 14:36, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

You've already asked this question above (under heading #Lcg article - I guess that you added it without a new heading, so it looked as if it was appended to that question) and got some replies. --ColinFine (talk) 17:44, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

whitespace

Is there an editing trick to remove large amounts of whitespace created when there are numerous, relevant pictures for a relatively small section?

For instance, in the Amber article, there is a large whitespace between the contents box and the following "History and etymology" section", which is caused by numerous pictures in the lead section. It would be nice if the sections following the lead could be brought up, without disturbing the current layout of the pictures, which are well-presented. Many thanks! 78.26 (talk) 15:21, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

What browser are you using? I see nothing unusual in either Safari or Firefox. -- Toshio Yamaguchi (tlk−ctb) 16:46, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Does bypassing your browsers cache help? -- Toshio Yamaguchi (tlk−ctb) 16:58, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Yeah, it's a IE8 thing. I usually edit on Firefox and/or Chrome, where it displays fine. However, there are times where I'm in locations where there is no choice of browser. Can any fix be made in the underlying wiki coding that would fix this display issue. There are still a lot of readers using various versions of Explorer. Thanks! 78.26 (talk) 00:58, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

4 millionth page and 500 millionth edit

Resolved

What was the 4 millionth page and what was the 5hundred millionth edit.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 15:21, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

You will find one of the two answers there: WP:4MIL. Regards, mabdul 18:25, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

The 500 millionth edit is easy enough to locate: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=500000000 The page will likely require a bit more hunting, unfortunately. Never mind, someone already found it Hersfold non-admin^(t/a/c) 18:24, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 21:16, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Campaign Finance Infobox

I have been editing some North Carolina legislator and political candidate pages. Particularly the pages for Pat McCrory and Walter H. Dalton. I uploaded an image of a chart I made in Excel to show first quarter campaign finance reports. I would like to use wiki code to visually show the fundraising figures instead of uploading an image that can't be edited easily as new information becomes available. Any suggestions? Vitocmarda (talk) 15:38, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Does Wikipedia:Graphs and charts help? Dismas|^(talk) 15:50, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

minor edit

I had edited an article, was ready to submit it, then saw

This is a minor edit (what's this?)

I clicked "what's this?", then tried to go back to my edit window: blank!

Nasty. "what's this?" should open a new window, like "Editing Help"; or, did I miss something? TAB (talk) 15:54, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

You didn't miss anything. That's the way it works. You can suggest a change to the Wiki code at Wikipedia:Village pump/Technical. You can also turn on the navigation previews in your preferences. Look for "Navigation previews" on the Gadgets tab of your preferences. Dismas|^(talk) 16:02, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Table showing in wrong place

Hi,

When reading Scottish Football League Third Division I noticed that the table listing stadia was displayed within the Winners of the Third Division section (picture of what I mean: [6])

However, upon editing the page, I noticed its already seems to be in the right place in the source... sure I'm missing something obvious, but can't figure out what?

Cheers, davidprior ^t/_c 17:08, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

It's working for me; it could be that your screen resolution is smaller than mine, and that (admittedly excessively large) image is forcing it elsewhere. If you can, try increasing your screen resolution or checking with a computer that's got a larger monitor. Hersfold non-admin^(t/a/c) 18:19, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Adding photos

How do I add a photo to an existing page? I have a photograph of George Berrell (1849-1933) that I would like to add to the entry about him17:34, 13 July 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wilsonroberts (talk • contribs)

In order to add an image to a page, that image needs to be uploaded first (see Help:Files). We also need to know, under which license that image has been released, though given the timespan you mention, there is a good chance that it might be in the public domain because its copyright has expired. Do you know who took that photo and when? -- Toshio Yamaguchi (tlk−ctb) 17:43, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Table

Why does the last cell not appear at User:Siddhartha Ghai/Sandbox? Please fix it. Rcsprinter (articulate) @ 19:46, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

I made an edit to your sandbox here. There was an empty comment which I removed. -- Toshio Yamaguchi (tlk−ctb) 20:11, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

and I made the WTO emblem bigger. Indeed, there still are many empty comments, which make it hard to read, but are otherwise harmless. Maproom (talk) 20:14, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Not my sandbox - somebody was wondering on IRC so I asked on their behalf. But thanks! Rcsprinter (talk to me) @ 20:23, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Hmm, I really need to read stuff more carefully. :) -- Toshio Yamaguchi (tlk−ctb) 21:14, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks to all for the help.--Siddhartha Ghai (talk) 21:48, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Category:Categories

A Tip of the Day contains this text:

Main namespace: Main Page, List of basic topics, List of topic lists, all Portals (see Portal:Browse), the entire category system (see Category:Categories and Wikipedia:Browse), Wikipedia:Browse by overview, and Wikipedia:Quick index.

[Category:Categories] is red-lnked.

Thanks -- Jo3sampl (talk) 21:11, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

There were 11 tip of the day pages from 2006 to 2008 with a red link to Category:Categories. I have changed all 11 to Category:Contents. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:31, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Thank you! -- Jo3sampl (talk) 04:03, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Arkansas Tech University-Ozark Campus

The page for Arkansas Tech University-Ozark Campus was created with an incorrect title (Arkansas Tech University Ozark campus).

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

I did not create the page, but I now head the campus' public relations department and made several changes today; however, I cannot figure out how to change the page's title and/or URL. Is this possible? Or, do I need to create a new page with the same information (but with our name correctly spelled in the title and URL) and ask that the old one be deleted?

Arkansas Tech-Ozark's Public Relations page (showing the correct spelling): http://www.atu.edu/ozark/publicrelations/

ATUOzark (talk) 22:22, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Pages are renamed using the Move function. If you are using the default Vector skin you will find the Move function on a "drop down" list that is accessed by clicking the downward pointing arrow that is to the right of the "star" and "View History" tabs at the top of the article text. However, are you sure the name you are quoting above is the correct name? QU ^TalkQu 22:38, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

If you head the PR department of the organisation, it is important that you familiarise yourself with Wikipedia's guidelines on organisations and Conflict of interest, or you may find yourself wasting effort on changes which will be swiftly undone. --ColinFine (talk) 23:23, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

The page you cite, http://www.atu.edu/ozark/publicrelations/, does not unambiguously show the correct spelling. At the top it has the strings "Arkansas Tech University" and "Ozark Campus" separated by an (extremely long) dash. Then in the first paragraph, it has the words "University" and "Ozark" joined by a hyphen. Maybe I'm being overly pedantic, but I feel you ought to clarify what the name of your campus is before making changes to its Wikipedia entry. Maproom (talk) 10:08, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

File:2108c1c4b74543a9938dfd8f1e178a82b80114eb.jpg

Hi, I think the file 2108c1c4b74543a9938dfd8f1e178a82b80114eb.jpg need to be reduce and renamed. Please like putting some templates or something. Thanks.--NeoBatfreak (talk) 22:31, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

• Done, tagged with {{Non-free reduce}} and {{Rename media}}. Thanks for noticing the issue. Monty₈₄₅ 22:40, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
  • Hey, glad I can help. I also sent a message to the uploader, however, can I reduce the file myself?--NeoBatfreak (talk) 22:43, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
    • Yes, you can do it yourself if your comfortable with an appropriate image editing software. Monty₈₄₅ 22:51, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
      • Thanks.--NeoBatfreak (talk) 04:23, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

How do I archive my talk page?

My user talk page is a wasteland of automated and 5-year-old messages. Honestly my life would be easier if I could get rid of it all, but apparently that's against policy. How do I make a talk page archive? DavidSSabb (talk) 22:45, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Actually, while it is generally discouraged, you are permitted to blank your talk page. It can be useful for those you interact with to see an archive of your talk page, an outline of how to archive can be found at Help:Archiving a talk page, but again, archiving is not required. Really the best and easiest approach is to set up automated archiving, one of the archiving bots has instructions at User:MiszaBot/Archive HowTo, set it up once, and forget about it. Monty₈₄₅ 22:49, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

I would prefer to keep the archive. I decided after reading the Archive HowTo page that I would like to set up a date-based archive (example 3) that archives discussions older than 30 days (rather than 5, as in the example). But because of my lack of understanding about wiki-coding, it's not working. I'd love if someone could take a look and tell me what I've done wrong. DavidSSabb (talk) 04:53, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Your "User:MiszaBot/config" looks fine to me. The archiving bot runs just once a day, I think, so wait 24 hours and post back here if nothing has been archived by then. -- John of Reading (talk) 06:36, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

...and it's worked. -- John of Reading (talk) 14:04, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

It wasn't working before, but I had copied it incorrectly. I forgot to mention that I fixed it on here. I see that it's working now. Thank you everyone for the help :) DavidSSabb (talk) 18:45, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

July 14

Spam email?

Hi all.

I am wondering if anyone else has received this e-mail from LedZeppelinFan1970gmail.com. It has obviously been mass-mailed, because I don't listen to Led Zeppelin music, maybe I've fixed a typo on a Led Zeppelin-related article, but not on that article itself as far as I can see and I don't think my "passions would fit well" in a community that annotates Led Zeppelin songs. Arcandam (talk) 03:42, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

spam email?
The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.
Hi there, my name is Shar, I'm a huge Led Zeppelin fan and I realized you've contributed to wikipedia articles about Led Zeppelin. I wanted to ask for your help in annotating Led Zeppelin's songs and songs of any other bands through a browser-based mp3 player I made with a team of music lovers called www.color.fm So far our community has annotated 17 of Led Zeppelin's songs and annotated even more for other bands. These annotations will appear as you're playing your uploaded copies of these songs. You can create an account on www.color.fm and submit annotations to help our community reach our goal of annotating all 81 of Led Zeppelin's songs and songs of other bands! We use an audio identification technology so whenever someone else in the world is playing their copy of a song, regardless of the filename or id3 tags of their mp3, the annotations you wrote appear on their screen as the song is playing! We created a fun and easy to use annotation builder so you can share what's beautiful or special about any of your songs. Hopefully you could contribute to www.color.fm! If you have any questions or need help finding your way around don't hesitate to email me, I'd love to help you out. -Shar staffcolor.fm ================== P.S. Sorry if this email comes across as solicitous, I just thought your passions would fit well with our community at www.color.fm and wanted to reach out to you. I won't proactively send emails like this again. Thank you for your time =) Unfortunately I will NOT be checking my wikipedia talk page and can only be contacted exclusively through email.

Ignore email if you think it is a spam! Was it directly sent or through Wikipedia? --Tito Dutta ✉ 05:56, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

BTW, I have searched in Google, and there is no search results, I don't think he is a known spammer! --Tito Dutta ✉

It was sent through Wikipedia. OK. I deleted the email. Arcandam (talk) 06:44, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Mist net

What does the italicised second part of the sentence "Sometimes, a particular species can appear in the mist net often because they are easy to catch or the species enjoys being caught for various reasons such as protection or an easy way to catch prey." in the article mist net mean? Arcandam (talk) 03:49, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

This desk is for answering questions about how to edit Wikipedia. Meanwhile, the Science Reference Desk is for asking science related questions. So, are you asking because you think there may be something wrong with the article or are you asking about the mist nets themselves? If the latter, the Ref Desk is the place for you. If the former, could you better explain what you feel is wrong with the article? Dismas|^(talk) 06:36, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Well, I am asking because I think there may be something wrong with the article, more specifically with that particular sentence in that article, because I do not understand what it means. Does it mean some species (other than humans being silly) enjoy being caught in a mist net? That seems rather unlikely. And the reasons that are provided to explain the fact that some species enjoy being caught are even more puzzling: what kinds of species think getting caught in a mist net themselves is an easy way to catch prey? Does the author mean that birds fly deliberately into mist nets to catch prey that was also caught in the same mist net? Why would any animal seek protection in a mist net? Arcandam (talk) 06:50, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

I agree that the text in the article is unclear: the use of "enjoys" is very odd (who knows what a wild species "enjoys"?) and I wondered whether the sentence might be vandalism. But using Wikiblame, I find that the whole paragraph was inserted (without references) by User Wildlifegroup3 last November, which suggests that it was in good faith. They also inserted the section Banders, which is also unreferenced, and appears to be from personal experience. You could ask them on their talk page to explain the sentence (and give references!). --ColinFine (talk) 08:57, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Wildlifegroup3 edited between 21 November 2011 until 1 December 2011 for a schoolproject and has used a talkpage once so I think it is unlikely that she will respond. I'll send her an e-mail. Arcandam (talk) 09:08, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

The word "enjoy" does appear odd for an encyclopedia. Without knowing the subject, I assume the idea is that some species deliberately fly into the mist net so they occur there more often. They may see the net and think it's more solid and offers protection against weather or predators, and predators may see already caught animals and fly in to hunt them. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:34, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Requests for Comment

I seemed to have missed an RfC regarding changing the way that references are used in the recent deaths pages. I can't even find the history of the decision making for this. I do not know how I can be a part of these RfCs when I would have wanted to vote on some of them. The RfCs are not always pushed to all users (it seems). Just what is it that I'm doing wrong? Nasnema  Chat  08:13, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

At Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Wikipedia policies and guidelines I found an RfC at Talk:Deaths in 2012#RfC: Red links. There I found a discussion at Talk:Deaths in 2012#References format, which points to Talk:Deaths in 2012/Archive 2#RfC: Should we use references, but that seems to have resulted in no change. I have to admit I am also confused. -- Toshio Yamaguchi (tlk−ctb) 09:28, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for your time - I could not see where this decision was made or how or why. It's not as if there is a need to have multiple use of references on the page, except for a plane crash with lots of celebrities. So now it is impossible to use my smartphone or just make a one-click to source. Nasnema  Chat  18:34, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Searching inside edit window

Resolved

Is there a way to search for all instances of a specific word on a page inside the edit window? -- Toshio Yamaguchi (tlk−ctb) 09:34, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

You can use the search button of the advanced editing toolbar. It also has a replace function (as in "search and replace"). benzband (talk) 09:59, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the help. I found that this doesn't really work for what I want to do. Please see section below. Moot now, as I resolved the issues. -- Toshio Yamaguchi (tlk−ctb) 11:01, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Amanda Smock

Hello, I am Amanda's mother, Beth Thieschafer. Corrections to her information is as follows: Amanda was born on July 27, '1982' She was married in 2009. Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Beththieschafer (talk • contribs) 11:42, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Thank you. I have corrected Amanda Smock. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:15, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Why I cannot upload mp3 files on Wikipedia

Why I cannot upload mp3 files on Wikipedia — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sunnysinghthebaba (talk • contribs) 16:23, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Help:Sound file markup It looks like you need to convert to .mid or .ogx file. Commons has a how to page. .ogg will probably be the easiest. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Software --Canoe1967 (talk) 16:28, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

It's interesting that the original question of "Why...?" wasn't answered. I've often wondered the same thing. The rest of the online world uses mp3s pretty universally these days. Why not Wikipedia? HiLo48 (talk) 23:14, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

If I'm not mistaken, it boils down to two things. First is that ogg is open whereas mp3 is not. Second, mp3 is lossy whereas ogg is not for audio. Those are the two details that jumped out at me after reading the leads to both the MP3 and Ogg articles. Maybe someone else can point us both to a WP guideline page. Dismas|^(talk) 23:33, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

How can I convert mp3 files into ogg file

How can I convert mp3 files into ogg file — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sunnysinghthebaba (talk • contribs) 16:29, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ is a very popular program, and free. Just open as mp3 and 'export' as .ogg I think.--Canoe1967 (talk) 16:32, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Batman: Earth One

Hi, this article about the 2012 DC Comics graphic novel Batman: Earth One, needs to be labelled as a stub. However, I can't find any stub either for comic books or graphic novels. Please help.--NeoBatfreak (talk) 18:13, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

{{DC-Comics-stub}} seems best. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:19, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks.--NeoBatfreak (talk) 19:19, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors: suggesting a Chinese version

Administrators

By any chance, that anyone of you can contact the Chinese Wikipedia administrators to set up a Chinese version of Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors page? Even Chinese language has its own sets of rules on grammar and format, that might need copy-edits.--NeoBatfreak (talk) 21:01, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Is it a good idea to ask that question to an experienced user on the Chinese Wikipedia who understands English? Arcandam (talk) 21:21, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Well, I just left a brief message to the Chinese Wikipedia Help desk for my suggestion. That's all I can do at this point.--NeoBatfreak (talk) 00:58, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

Please delete my artical

Please delete the artical "User: Mazi Ngozi Ottih" I do not wish for this information to be made public. I tried to delete this information myself, but was unsuccessful. Thank you for your time and help. Sincerly, Mazi Ngozi Ottih — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.253.68.169 (talk) 21:04, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

@Mazi Ngozi Ottih: I deleted the information on that page. Arcandam (talk) 21:15, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

@Everyone else: I am pretty sure this person is who he says he is. Arcandam (talk) 21:15, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Undue Weight and Recentism Regarding a Politician

A recent edit of a politician's wikipedia page was deleted citing undue weight and recentism. According to definitions provided on wikipedia, undue weight means that articles should not give minority views, and recentism is writing or editing without a long-term, historical view, thereby inflating the importance of a topic that has received recent public attention.

It is a fact that this politician has a long history of making outrageous statements, these outrageous statements have have been frequent and have occurred over a period of several years, these outrageous statements have been verified through numerous authoritative sources, these statements have been describe as outrageous by numerous sources, and the politician has never denied these statements and in fact has refused to apologize. As such, how it this undue weight and recentism?

It is a fact that such statements have occurred frequently and over a long period of time. As such, this is a long-term characteristic of this politician and is not just one or two isolated recent events. It is a fact that numerous sites have reported on this behavior describing it as "outrageous." As such, this is not the viewpoint of a minority.

Is Wikipedia only presenting superficial information or a complete picture of this controversy concerning this politician?

And, if this is undue weight and recentism, how does one present facts without this characterization? What if instead of citing one source, numerous sources are cited? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.186.187.171 (talk) 21:49, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Allen West (politician). It may be useful to read Niteshift36's comment on the talkpage, especially this part: "If you have specific items to discuss, then please present them. If all you have are vague 'we need a controversy section' suggestions, then you'll find little support". Find a couple of reliable sources about Allen and make a proposal on the talkpage. Arcandam (talk) 23:06, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

July 15

Help finding picture for page.

Hello,

I am in need of a website where I can get a picture that meets wikipedias copyright standards for the comedian, Tom Cotter.

The following is the page for which I need the picture:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Cotter_(comedian)

If someone could either add a picture themself to Tom Cotter's page, OR give me a good website which has a good picure of Tom Cotter it would be much appreciated.

Thanks, 01:15, 15 July 2012 (UTC)01:15, 15 July 2012 (UTC)~~ — Preceding unsigned comment added by ChristianMartin0624 (talk • contribs)

You could ask Tom or his agents to donate a photo with the correct licencing for Wikipedia to use it. There's a link on his web site. RudolfRed (talk) 01:18, 15 July 2012 (UTC)