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July 26

Gooseberries

hello, My Name is Jasmine and I would like to know if anyone knows where i can get fresh gooseberries. I have seen that it's a seasonal fruit and a farm in CT have them and you can go pick it yourself but every time I call them they never get back to me. PLEASE HELP, Ooh and I did find some in a store but its in a jar and its pickled..yuck..I need it fresh. thanks, Jasmine (: — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.92.224.24 (talk) 01:45, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

Hi Jasmine. This is not a general help desk, this is for help editing or using Wikipedia. You're looking for the reference desk and I think its miscellaneous section would work best. When you ask your question there, however, I suggest you state where you are located so people can tailor their answers to your locality. The clue of CT is good but more specifics would help.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 02:05, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

I provided an online citation which can no longer be accessed for free. What do I do?

Last January, when editing the article John Hardon, I provided an online citation of an article which appeared in the Pittsburgh Tribune Review on August 18, 2011. I provided a link to this article on the newspaper's website. Later, I discovered that the link I provided no longer lead to the article, and the article was no longer on the newspaper's website. I did determine that the opening sentences of the article could be accessed at highbeam.com. The article in its entirety can only be accessed by subscribing to their service (with a 7 day free trial). Is it better for me to provide a link to highbeam.com in the citation, or to simply cite the newspaper as an offline source?JDefauw (talk) 02:39, 26 July 2012 (UTC)JDefauw

There are enough people who have Highbeam access that I think for purposes of verification, providing the convenience link is warranted, but you should add to the citation format=subscription required.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 03:04, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

Thank you very much. I did as you recommended.JDefauw (talk) 22:49, 26 July 2012 (UTC)JDefauw

How do I Rename a Wikimedia Commons File?

Resolved

I made a typo in this file name and I want to rename it-- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aliyahnumbersby_country.svg

I do not want there to be a space between "by" and "country". And for the record, I made this map all by myself. Thank you. Futurist110 (talk) 03:02, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

To rename a Commons image you would go to it, click edit at the top add {{rename|Better proposed name.svg|numeric reason|Reason for rename}} replacing numeric reason with the number from here (I assume it would be "1"). However, I don't think you should ask for this rename. I think instead you should ask that it be renamed File:Aliyah numbers by country.svg. As with all names of images, they should follow standard spelling, spacing, punctuation and usage. Please note that the Commons has its own help desk here.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 03:15, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

Thank you very much. Futurist110 (talk) 03:59, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

You're most welcome.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 12:37, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

It is good that you have it resolved. I usually do it the normal commons way though. I re-upload the file under a new name. Then we spend months on which exact copy to delete in DR, dispute boards, email to WMF, Bill Gates, Obama, the Pope, etc, etc. This is far more fun than the quick methods.--Canoe1967 (talk) 07:32, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

How do I Apply for a Wikipedia Award?

My major contributions so far:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans-- The huge first table on the Statistics section of this page
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_Jewish_population_comparisons-- The Other population estimates section on this page
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beilin-Abu_Mazen_agreement
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kadima_primary_election-- The Campaign section of this page
• Several new supercentenarian biography pages, as well as lists of the oldest living man in the United States (since 1978) and Japan (since 1997)
• http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Holocaustdeathtoll%25.svg
• http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aliyahnumbersby_country.svg

Do any of these contributions qualify me for some kind of Wikipedia award, and if not, what contributions do I need to further do in order to increase my chances of getting a Wikipedia award? Futurist110 (talk) 03:02, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

What kind of an award are you expecting? Are you referring to barn stars? Dismas|^(talk) 04:22, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

I'm referring to barnstars and other awards like these:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Israel/Awards

Futurist110 (talk) 04:29, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

That WikiProject may have their own guidelines but in general, Wikipedians don't do things looking to get rewarded. They do it out of a sense of making the encyclopedia better and helping their fellow man and woman. That's kind of the point of volunteering. For instance, people volunteer at soup kitchens, animal shelters, nursing homes, etc. But they don't generally do it for fame and glory. Dismas|^(talk) 04:33, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

I actually agree with you about that part. The main reason why I work on Wikipedia is to improve it and its quality and contents. However, it would be nice to get a barnstar award eventually, just to be able to see that my work around here is getting recognized. Futurist110 (talk) 06:29, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

I've only ever gotten one barnstar. Getting a barnstar depends on whether someone sees your edits and goes, "Wow, that stuff should be recognized!" Just edit; if someone feels you deserve a barnstar, you'll get one. - Purplewowies (talk) 16:51, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

You seem to be under the impression that these things are awarded in some kind of centralised way, and provide "official" recognition. Wikipedia is quite possibly the last place in the world you should expect such a degree of organisation. If another editor likes what you're doing, and they are a barnstar-awarding type of person, they may drop by and leave you a barnstar (or a smile, or a cookie, or something). Whatever it is, it's not from "Wikipedia" but from the person who looked at what you're doing and liked it. Some Wikiprojects excepted, there are no criteria for receiving awards. I've even seen people award themselves barnstars, although that does seem too much like sending yourself Christmas cards. Just enjoy it when and if it happens. Karenjc 17:07, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

You can easily place barnstars on your own talk page, but I wouldn't recommend it if you don't want to appear self-centered and perhaps endure a bit of teasing. Best to just do the best job you can, and then if someone likes your work and decides to praise you with a barnstar, enjoy. But as others have said, improvement of Wikipedia generally is considered an intrinsically rewarding endeavor. Cresix (talk) 17:13, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

You can add a Service award to your own page. Rmhermen (talk) 18:36, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

Still, a bit of recognition is a nice way to enhance morale. We're all human, we all have egos, many of the regular editors have spent many, many hours working on Wikipedia, and yes, we do it because it's a worthwhile thing to do, but darn it, a pat on the back once in a while would be nice. Editor retention is a problem as it is - a little ego stroking couldn't hurt. Rwessel (talk) 14:56, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

human life-complexity,life relations, phiosophy, religion, importance of money in human life,modern age humanlife, humanity, service, child hood old age

i wantarticles on human life, life relations,philosophy,religion, service, humanity.importance of money, youth, friend ship and human values,.these articals are useful to understand human nature and contributions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.204.55.181 (talk)

Human life, philosophy, religion, service, humanity, Money, youth, friendship. Value (personal and cultural)... what exactly is it that you're looking for that we don't have articles on?--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 04:22, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

Is There a Place Where I Can Find All the Various Wikipedia User Templates?

Such as "This user is Jewish" or "This user is an American"? Thank you very much. Futurist110 (talk) 07:26, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

Yes, start at Wikipedia:Userboxes#Gallery and follow any links that interest you. You could also make your own using the {{Userbox}} template. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:36, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

Installed Mac OS X 10.8.0 - Lost Wiki masking-frame

How do I get the main reference frame around Wikipedia again which contains the articles like I did before installing the new Mac OS? It seems to work with Safari OK - No Da, but not Wiki chris — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.13.116.155 (talk) 08:44, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

The best places to ask would be WP:VPT and Wikipedia:Reference desk/Computing.— Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 19:42, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

The word 'muggle'

I have been trying to add a new meaning to the word that has been verife3d by reference to Alistair Moffat's History of the Borders from Early Times. Why has it not appeared as an update? rgds David Blackburn — Preceding unsigned comment added by D.i.blackburn (talk • contribs) 11:16, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

Here is a link to a page with your contributions to Wikipedia. The first edit got reverted because you deleted part of the page, probably by accident. Please read Help:Page history and WP:DIFF. Arcandam (talk) 12:55, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

The article which you edited is about the sense of "muggle" used in the works of J K Rowling. Your addition was deleted because it was irrelevant to that sense. Maproom (talk)

Then you should probably move that info from Muggle#Later_usages to Muggle (disambiguation). The first HP novel was released on 30 June 1997, that 13th century word is a bit older. Arcandam (talk) 13:10, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

New Content

We would like to put our organization and info on Wiki but when I go through the various pages, if I'm understanding correctly, we (our org) cannot put info or an article out ourselves about ourselves? We're a not-for-profit org and want to get our message about what we do and how we help people out to the public. Thank you for any help you can give me. 65.23.2.234 (talk) 13:18, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

What is the name of the organization? I am sorry, we probably can't help you if it is a small organization, and if its a big organization we probably don't need to because someone will write an article about it anyway. The problem is the fact that we are an encyclopaedia, we don't promote stuff, we only report what is written in reliable sources. We are not a means of promoting something. WP:COI, our guideline on editing with a conflict of interest allows it in some cases, but in general it is strongly discouraged. Arcandam (talk) 13:26, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, but if your purpose is that you "want to get [your] message ... out to the public", then you may not do it in Wikipedia, however worthy your message. --ColinFine (talk) 18:29, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

What if you just want to have the organization's info on there? Tell about the organization ... same answer? All we can really do is write an article about ourselves? 65.23.2.234 (talk) 13:23, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not about "just having the organization's info on there". And no, do not write an article about it yourself. Please read the links that you have been referred to above, as well as WP:COI.--ukexpat (talk) 13:34, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not here to promote your cause, however noble. --Orange Mike | Talk 13:39, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

Disinformation on our product.

Good day,

We are the manufacturer of a natural health product listed on your website by an external and unknown source. Although some information seems right, there is a lot of disinformation about the product and its creator.

Since Wikipedia is a worldwide reliable ressource, we, as the manufacturer, are very concerned about the public being deliberately misinformed on our product witch is totaly legal and accessible in our country and troughout the world.

This beeing said, we understand that, as a professional incorporated business, Wikipedia will return to us shortly in order to remedy this problem.

Best regards,

Anne Simard Canada — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.37.22.58 (talk) 14:39, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

It would help us if you told us the name of your product. Floating Boat A boat that can float! 14:49, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia is run by volunteers, so you should not rely on any of us "to return to you shortly". Indeed, as you have not mentioned the name of your company nor of your product, we wouldn't even know how. The recommended procedure is for you to describe your concerns on the talk page of the article about your product. Maproom (talk) 15:28, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

The best and likely fastest way to get this resolved would be to contact our OTRS team at info-enwikimedia.org. They'll be able to work with you to address the concerns you have about the article on your product, and they've received very high customer service ratings over the past several years. Hersfold non-admin^(t/a/c) 16:37, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

Find a meaning

How do I use this site to just find a meaning of a word like you would use a regular dictionary?§ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.228.217.152 (talk) 15:23, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not a dictionary (regular or otherwise), it is an encyclopedia. If you want to find the meaning of a word, you should use a dictionary, such as Wiktionary. Maproom (talk) 15:27, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

Broken link to another wikipedia page

I tried to create a link within one of my wikipedia entries to another wikipedia page, and it's telling me that the page does not exist. However, the page comes up when I search for it so it appears to be live and functioning. The specific page in question is called Specimen Provenance Complications. I can't figure out what is going wrong. Any ideas? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Knowerror (talk • contribs) 18:35, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

The page in question is Specimen provenance complications, not Specimen Provenance Complications (our software is case-sensitive). --Orange Mike | Talk 18:41, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

I believe it is not case-sensitive. You can link to the article titled "Banana" with this link: banana. Maproom (talk) 09:38, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

That only works for the first letter, it's the only exception to case sensitivity. The OP was incorrectly using upper case for the second and third words in the link. Roger (talk) 09:43, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

Your edit [1] made the link "Specimen Provenance Complications (SPCs)". That is not the title of any article or redirect. The article is called "Specimen provenance complications" and there is a redirect at "Specimen Provenance Complications". You could have written "(SPCs)" after the link as in [[Specimen Provenance Complications]] (SPCs). PrimeHunter (talk) 23:38, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

Researcher

I am a researcher and want that flag..Please..Jinxpolit (talk) 18:50, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

Please see WP:RESEARCHER. – ukexpat (talk) 18:55, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

• Explain in nutshell.Jinxpolit (talk) 19:23, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

The link does that. Dismas|^(talk) 19:26, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

How Many References??

Hello Sir,

Hope you'll be fine.. Sir, I created an article but it was rejected by you because you think you need more references. So, sir from your point of view how many references will be needed to complete my article..??

Regards, Aizaz Ur Rahman — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aizaz Ur Rahman (talk • contribs) 20:57, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but any "article" filled with lines like, "He is a rising star in the Painting World. He has got a bunch of appreciation by his fans for making extraordinary paintings. ... always propels him to achieve greater heights of excellence in art in which he is succeed by creating New techniques in previous school of thoughts in art. Therefore his worldwide fans declares his work at Mak's Art." is going to get rejected out of hand, as a shameless and unsalvagable advertisement. --Orange Mike | Talk 21:29, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

Informal mediation

Hello, can someone please let me know how to request Informal mediation for a content related dispute, there is no way to submit one on the dispute board? Thanks! (Ximhua (talk) 21:11, 26 July 2012 (UTC))

Look at WP:DR. I think there is some info there. RudolfRed (talk) 21:30, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

Canvassing concern

If I were to mass message 1000 editors with User:EdwardsBot (to which I have access), asking those editors the following, would it be canvassing or otherwise problematic?

"I'm contacting you because you have participated in the WP:HighBeam, WP:Credo, or WP:JSTOR partnerships where those research databases donated free accounts. I think you should know about a current Community Fellowship proposal to create a Wikipedia Library--a single point of access for approved Wikipedia editors to gain free entry to all participating resource providers. Your feedback on the proposal would be appreciated. I should note that the feedback is for the proposal, not the proposer, and even if the Fellowship goes forward it might be undertaken by presently not-mentioned editors."

Proposal: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Fellowships/Project_Ideas/The_Wikipedia_Library

Thanks for your guidance! Ocaasi ^{t | c} 23:41, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

July 27

agent orange use in new zealand

I have repeatedly tried to update the information about rumors of Paritutu being highly contaminated with 2378-TCDD from Dow actually being FACT from the NZ MoH Govt website, but for some reason the govts own data is not sufficient? the Hatfield Group of BC Canada did the soil samples at a cost of $500k,,,,, has wikipedia got a conflict of interest? Wikipedia owes us all an explanation as to why you wont let the truth about new zealand using Agent orange for 50 years out. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.95.61.199 (talk) 07:27, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

Agent Orange (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Your addition did not include enough detail for anyone to check the information for themselves; at minimum you need to include the full URL of the page that supports your assertion. The page Help:Footnotes and the template {{Cite web}} may help you to format your addition to match the others in the article. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:41, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

submerged temple under bay of bengal sea water at visakhpatna

Respected sir,

will you pls provide/advice me to retrive the information regarding the above said subject,very long back i heard that there is some sort of information related to the temple was submerged under the sea water,constructed by kuluthunga chola maharaj ,kindly provide me the information other wise advice me whete to get it ,i have confidence there is some information in very famous thanjavuru library in india , very long back i found tamil script related to the subject.kind send me the information to my mail id mentioned below

thanks & regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.162.199.157 (talk) 12:26, 27 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.--Orange Mike | Talk 12:47, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

Gilbert Young

Morning everyone! I'm creating a page for the artist Gilbert Young. He's was listed in Who's Who in America this year and is already mentioned on two wikipages (Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial, Lei Yixin). I've begun writing and have gatherer newspapers, mags, etc to ready myself to cite what's been written. Question is: the only way to access and edit what's been written so far is sign in and click on the "user" name "Gilbertyoung". When the page comes up it says "User Gilbertyoung" at the top. Am I writing in the right place to be able to transfer this to an actual page later on??!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gilbertyoung (talk • contribs) 13:52, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

I've moved the page to your sandbox, since there can be problems if you try and move your usepage into mainspace. You can carry on working on it there, I'll put a link on your talkpage. Yunshui 雲‍水 13:57, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

If you are Gilbert Young please read WP:AUTOBIOGRAPHY. If you are not Gilbert Young please change your username because it is violating the WP:Impersonation rule. Roger (talk) 14:08, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

Pronunciation

Where do I go to find out how to pronounce words? Thanks Jane — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.28.76.119 (talk) 14:15, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

This question really ought to be at the reference desk, but I personally use howjsay.com. Floating Boat A boat that can float! 14:44, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

Infobox help

I need User:Ryan Vesey/Guy K. Cleveland to show that he was a member of both the house and the senate in the infobox. Can anyone think of a way to do that? Ryan Vesey Review me! 14:26, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

Does the "Multiple terms" section of Template:Infobox officeholder/example#Assembly Member help?--ukexpat (talk) 14:30, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

Yes it does; although, it would be great if someone could figure out how to embed the templates in eachother or something. Ryan Vesey Review me! 14:35, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

Page creation question

Hey,

I am trying to create several pages for different producers on our roster (BrissettMusic)

I have never created/edited with Wiki before, i am registered now but very confused... could someone please just spell out what i need to do?

Thank You

V — Preceding unsigned comment added by BrissettMusic (talk • contribs) 14:32, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

Sorry but the best advice is to stop. You have a clear conflict of interest and unless the individuals are notable per the guidelines at WP:BIO, articles about them do not belong on Wikipedia. Also, your user name is a clear violation of the user name policy.--ukexpat (talk) 14:36, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

Help

How do you find out how many characters are in a Wikipedia article? Thanks, TBrandley 14:53, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

Select "View history". Look at the line about the most recent edit. It will include something like "(32,889 bytes)". Maproom (talk) 14:58, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

I see it. Thanks! TBrandley 15:00, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

Also, if you use FF, there is an ext. called Count Word Professional. Install it (no restart needed) and select text and do Ctrl+C and then Ctrl+E and above the clock (status bar) you should see a popup showing how many words as well as characters. It even works in text boxes. Thank God for those who make such neat extensions! There is also one for Chrome called Word and Character Count. Grace and peace thru the Lord Jesus (talk) 15:31, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

Outdated Logo used

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

Please removed the logo at the top of the page. The logo that is near the bottom of the page is correct. The updated logo is represented with a curved window. The one with the state of Illinois should be removed. Thank you.

Sharon Felker Public Relations Specialist Shawnee Community College — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.124.211.18 (talk) 15:13, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

Done. Dismas|^(talk) 15:16, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

New look: no edit, etc. functions

I use WP often, and sometimes edit, however for the first time today i came across many pages (such as Caesaropapism) that do not allow editing (not that i wanted to) or show things like My talk, Log out, etc. while others are as before (i use the monobook look). I find this new handicapped template to be much inferior to the "normal" one. Grace and peace thru the Lord Jesus (talk) 15:16, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

It works fine for me. Perhaps you should purge your browser's cache. Dismas|^(talk) 15:17, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

Did so, not change and it just began today, and it does the same in Opera and Sea Monkey, both of which use a different cache.

Here is the problem: I followed a link from Google which was to an article in http://en.m.wikipedia.org, which rendered in the "new look," and from which i went to the sample article linked above, but that was an internal link rather than http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesaropapism. But what is up with that? Thanks Grace and peace thru the Lord Jesus (talk) 15:46, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

That's because you are accessing via the mobile interface (denoted by the "m" in the URL).--ukexpat (talk) 15:53, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

Interesting. Google (as i think that is where i began) must think i am using a mobile device rather than a 7 year-old Desktop, or it thinks that interface is more desirable than the normal one, or had other reasons. Grace and peace thru the Lord Jesus (talk) 15:58, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

How to get Page Hits info once I create a page within Wikipedia

If I create a page within Wikipedia and then want to know how many page hits, is there a way within Wikipedia to do that? If not what are other options: a counter, Google Analytics etc? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.12.62.92 (talk) 15:26, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

If you click the "View history" tab for any page, you'll see a line of "External tools" near the top. One of those is labelled "Page view statistics". There's more detail on this tool at Wikipedia:Pageview statistics. -- John of Reading (talk) 15:40, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

Sorry

Dear Wikipedia, Sorry. I seem to have irritated you. I apologise. I am not very confident with IT and working online. To those who are, it is probably a mystery that others can be so inept. I think I have written a good article, but panicked when it appeared online a couple of times with my name in the title, and when I hadn’t cited it. Again sorry. I am still a little confused, but will try harder! All the best,

86.143.16.133 (talk) 16:07, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

It's hard to give you specific advice without knowing your registered account name or the article title. Does anything at Wikipedia:So you made a userspace draft help you? -- John of Reading (talk) 16:12, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

Dear friend(s)

What is the "RELATED CHANGES" in left box? Irontaker (talk) 17:37, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

It's a page with all the recent changes made to pages linked from the page you're currently viewing--Jac16888 ^Talk 17:38, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

See more at Help:Related changes. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:36, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

Sock Puppet

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nick_Adenhart&action=history

What's actually sock meant in terminology of wikikpedia? somebody called me that over there. Irontaker (talk) 18:25, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

See WP:SOCK.--ukexpat (talk) 18:32, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

Why isn't the bot working right?

I reported User:Breivik knows best; death 2 Arabs! at WP:UAA, but the bot removed it ("Blocked by..."), even though the user's block log is empty. What happened? 2001:18E8:2:1020:14CA:926D:7D1C:85A5 (talk) 20:27, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

The user has been globally locked, a more advanced form of blocking. Elockid ^(Talk) 20:38, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the pointer; I was editing logged out because it wasn't convenient to use my public sock. Looking at the user's contributions now, I see the block log, although the username of the blocked user is hidden; I had no clue that RevDelling the log entry would prevent IPs even from seeing that there was an entry in it. Nyttend (talk) 21:09, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

Improving article layout

Just wanted to ask around if anyone could me improve the layout of the Liverpool Pride article. As you can see, I've put some detailed info up on artists and acts that performed at previous Liverpool Pride festivals, but the layout does not look symmetrical or pleasing to the eye, could anyone help me to improve? Thanks. Richie wright1980 (talk) 23:26, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

July 28

Statistics template / bot for WikiProject Indigenous languages of California

Haven't gotten the Statistics template / bot for WikiProject Indigenous languages of California to work yet. Does someone here know how to do this? Djembayz (talk) 01:50, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

Not me! But Wikipedia talk:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Index seems to be the place to ask. -- John of Reading (talk) 20:20, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

How can I change my user name from buffyfan84 to robotgal84?

Buffyfan84 (talk) 04:57, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Changing username. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 07:52, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

SPI and notification

I created a sockpuppet case, but because I am an IP it has to be moved to main space. Should I wait until the link is blue to notify the accounts, or should I risk confusion and/or hoax accusations by notifying while the link is still red? 71.234.215.133 (talk) 05:33, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

I have posted the notifications but I would still like to know what is proper: post red immediately or wait for blue? 71.234.215.133 (talk) 07:17, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

Is that page semi-protected? I still fail to understand why regular editors can't create an account and save many headaches such as this.--Canoe1967 (talk) 07:37, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

Yes, the SPI page is semi-protected hence the question, wait until the link turns blue, or notify immediately with a red link? 71.234.215.133 (talk) 07:55, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

In the news article image

I had a look at 2012 Assam violence since I noticed it on the Main Page. What do the black-white lines to the left of the image center depict and what is the point of the artifacts at the top and left border of the image? -- Toshio Yamaguchi (tlk−ctb) 06:41, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

The black and white bars are the scales in various measurements. The "artifacts" are, in fact, the longitude and latitude numberings. The image is displayed smaller than its actual size to fit in the article. 71.234.215.133 (talk) 06:48, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

Ah, okay, I see. Displaying the image at full resolution solves the mystery. Thanks. -- Toshio Yamaguchi (tlk−ctb) 06:52, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

IP address from IPv6

Recently, I have found severel IP addresses (one of them is 2602:306:CDFC:19D0:48C0:E03B:2BA2:355E). I want to know more about them and their contributions. Why are they marked like "Please note: these are the contributions from a user editing from an IPv6 address"? Is there any differences between normal IP address and IP address from IPv6? Can they be suspecious or can they vandalize any wiki page? Thanks in advance--180.234.193.128 (talk) 15:21, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

IPv6 addresses are just like normal IPv4 adresses. They are marked that way because some people may be unaware that that hexadecimal jibberish is an IP address. They can vandalize, just like any other IP can. Arcandam (talk) 15:31, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

Our username policy prohibits people from registering usernames that are long strings of gibberish. When IPv6 addresses first appeared a couple of months ago, at least one administrator blocked one indefinitely, thinking that it was a username with a long string of gibberish. It's my guess that preventing such blocks in the future is one of the primary purposes of the "Please note" warning. Nyttend (talk) 00:13, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Woodstock, Connecticut

Sorry to bother everyone, but I found some falsities in the Woodstock Connecticut page. My wife was born and raised there, and we've read a few mentions of the town in some biographies of the Presidents we have been reading. I edited the text, as it said that Grant was the only person to visit Woodstock as a sitting President. This is false. Benjamin Harrison visited in 1889 as President as well. I found the appropriate information in the third volume of Harrison's biography. I also expanded upon Rutherford B. Hayes visit, as he gave an important speech there. Unfortunately, I must be too old to figure out how to properly add footnotes to the article. I left my edits there, unsourced; I figured it we be better to have unsourced and correct information than false information. Here are the proper references, if anybody could help to put them in. I cited (though probably not necessary for the actual footenote) the name of the corresponding chapters as well, so anyone who is skeptical may look them up in the "search inside" application at Amazon.com. Here are the references:

Hoogenboom, Ari . "Popular Education." Rutherford B. Hayes: Warrior and President. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 1995. 480-481. Print

Sievers, Harry Joseph. "A Vacation With Politics." Benjamin Harrison: Hoosier President. Indianapolis: American Political Biography Press, 1996. 83-84. Print.

Thank you so much and apologies for making more work for someone. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.105.251.150 (talk) 15:42, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

Anyone

Might want to see this. Dipankan ^{(Have a chat?)} 15:59, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

I'm afraid you missed the E. Oh, wait, never mind. Floating Boat A boat that can float! 18:14, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

You'd made a typo that rendered the E at its normal size. I corrected it and now it's fine. Floating Boat A boat that can float! 18:17, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

Bogus organisation using trademarked identity on Wikipedia page

• British Boxing Hall of Fame (edit | visual edit | history) · Article talk (edit | history) · Watch

Hello

I am writing with reference to the Wikipedia page for the British Boxing Hall of Fame.

This article is factually incorrect.

I own the British Boxing Hall of Fame Ltd (as well as the trademark - see below), which is registered as a company within the UK and this article does not represent that organisation. We are also a non-profit organisation, whereas the organisation using our name, linked in the article is a commercial organisation.

Our company and trade mark details are as follows:

BRITISH BOXING HALL OF FAME LIMITED 2ND FLOOR 2 WALSWORTH RD HITCHIN HERTFORDSHIRE UNITED KINGDOM SG4 9SP Company No. 07824592

I also own the trademark - British Boxing Hall of Fame 2552093 reference - http://www.ipo.gov.uk

The actual website for my organisation is www.bbhof.info.

can you please remove the page.

Thank you Stewart Howe — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bbhof (talk • contribs) 18:07, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

Hello! After looking at the article I am considering it for WP:Articles for Deletion, as it does not contain a single source or external link and obviously contains factual errors. It would need a fundamental rewrite to be encyclopedic. It may take a little time before it is nominated for deletion, as I have to do some research about the subject before I can do so responsibly. hajatvrc @ 18:20, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

I have nominated it for deletion on notability grounds. Really your trademark doesn't influence much in our decision to keep or not keep the article. If the organization turns out to be notable, it doesn't actually matter to us if they are violating your trademark, however in my opinion they are not notable enough for inclusion, which is why I nominated it for deletion. If you want to do anything about the alleged trademark violation, deal with the violators directly. Monty₈₄₅ 18:24, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

Little Confusion

Hey there folks, I got a confusion about Wikimedia foundation; Hope you could be able to help. Back on the article a text below Jimmy Wales' photo says that he founded in December, 2008. Meanwhile, the box in the article says that in June 20, 2003.So, What's correct date ? Thanks. GiantBluePanda (talk) 21:06, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

• The article is Wikimedia foundation GiantBluePanda (talk) 21:14, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

The caption below Jimmy Wales's photo at Wikimedia Foundation#History and growth refers to when the photo was taken when it says "in December 2008". Click on the photo to see more about it. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:17, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

add a Today's featured picture

Hello, I want to add a picture as "Today's featured picture", please guide me I have a picture of about 120 years old historical bridge which have still been using. thank you very much Shakeelgilgity — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shakeelgilgity (talk • contribs) 21:08, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Picture of the day. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:13, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

Formatting

Could somebody help me with the formatting of this page? There is a massive gap now that the table became wider and I can't think how to manage the photo next to it. Many thanks. Airelivre (talk) 22:04, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

Would you be so kind to upload a screenshot somewhere? It looks like this to me. Arcandam (talk) 22:25, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

July 29

Page on requested edit list without an edit request?

Why is Wikipedia_talk:Contact_us showing up at WP:SPER? I don't see {{edit semi-protected}} anywhere on the page. It might be a caching issue, but I don't see it in the history either. RudolfRed (talk) 01:01, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

I only see Wikipedia talk:Contact us/blocked which redirects to Wikipedia talk:Contact us. Are you sure you saw Wikipedia talk:Contact us and not Wikipedia talk:Contact us/blocked? PrimeHunter (talk) 01:07, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Oops. I didn't notice it redirected. I just clicked on the "request" link on the edit request page and then copied the page name when I asked my question. Thanks. RudolfRed (talk) 01:11, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Resolved

Re-use of content

Resolved

According to Wikipedia#Content_licensing can I copy paste a debate from my talk page to an article talk page without the other editors' consent as long as I redact their signitures if they request it? When the project was started in 2001, all text in Wikipedia was covered by GNU Free Documentation License later replaced with a CC license.--Canoe1967 (talk) 03:57, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Sorry for not answering your question, but isn't it much smarter to simply post a permalink on the talkpage? Arcandam (talk) 04:00, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for your response. I don't know how yet. Could you revert my talk page and put the link to Talk:Gun laws in Colorado for me?--Canoe1967 (talk) 04:13, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

 Done I am marking this thread as resolved, if you have any further questions you can respond on your talkpage, I have it watchlisted. Arcandam (talk) 04:34, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Thank you very much. Sorry if you got dragged into the mud on it though. I agree with resolved.--Canoe1967 (talk) 07:24, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Print bigger

How do I make the print bigger, I can't read it as it is so small — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fbiaggi (talk • contribs) 05:09, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

I am not sure which browser you are using, but pressing Ctrl + makes text bigger in Firefox and Chrome. Arcandam (talk) 05:14, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Static IP redirect?

I have a static IP address assigned to me by my ISP, would it be in order for me to redirect the user/ talk page(s) to those of my account in-case I make edits and forget to login? I believe this would help in tracing and thus querying any edits made under the IP and allow me to be notified of any such comments without being logged out. --wintonian ^talk 05:12, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

I see now harm in it. On the re-direct page you may wish to make a note explaining it though?--Canoe1967 (talk) 07:21, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Its probably best to leave a comment containing a link on the talkpage of the IP. Arcandam (talk) 07:41, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Olympic rowing

Why, in rowing are the called "skulls" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.151.124.216 (talk) 11:08, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

It's sculls with c. See Sculling. wiktionary:scull#Etymology 1 says: "From Middle English sculle (“a type of oar”), Unknown".

Have you tried the Language section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there; this help desk is only for questions about using Wikipedia. For your convenience, here is the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps.Template:Z38. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:21, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Changing picture file name

File:Ireland town 1860 census.jpg

County Cavan, Ireland

How do I change this "File:Ireland town 1860 census.jpg" file name to "1860 census County Cavan, Ireland.jpg"?--Doug Coldwell ^talk 12:06, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

You need this user right. I have it and have moved the file for you this time. Rcsprinter (chat) @ 13:34, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! --Doug Coldwell ^talk 13:36, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

how do I print a map

how do i print a map