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i have started a [[[User:Zeroro/sandbox|sandbox]] and was wondering, when i click to have it requested to be created, will it automatically be renamed inappropriately? thank you Sincerely zeroro 13:48, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

Category section won't recognise certain links

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Seek the Fair Land

In the above page, which I am currently working on, the Category section will not recognise two categories which I know to exist i.e 'List of Irish Novelists' and 'Cromwellian conquest of Ireland' i.e. that both appear as Redlinks Also I would like to change the main title from 'Seek the Fair Land', to 'Seek the Fair Land (Novel)'. Is this possible? Thank you. Wildmountainscene (talk) 10:24, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

Hi Wildmountainscene, welcome to the Teahouse. None of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Seek the Fair Land, Category:List of Irish Novelists, Category:Cromwellian conquest of Ireland exist. I guess you mean Seek the Fair Land, List of Irish novelists, Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. The latter two don't have "Category:" in front of the name so they are not categories. They are articles and could be linked in a see also section, but there is no need for that here. The article is not about a novelist, and Cromwellian conquest of Ireland is already linked earlier in Seek the Fair Land. "(novel)" is only added to an article name if it's needed to disambiguate it from another pagename, for example Waverley (novel) versus Waverley. It's technically possible to change the article title but we don't do it in cases like Seek the Fair Land which cannot be confused with another page. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:52, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

"Cite" doesn't work (started yesterday)

When I'm editing and select "Cite", I get the "Templates" pulldown. If I choose anything, like "cite web" -- nothing happens. This is new behavior as of yesterday. Using Win7Pro and IE10. Where should I go for debugging problems like this? Thanks -- ResearcherQ (talk) 00:03, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the question. I would suspect this relates to your browser configuration - have you changed how you allow/disallow javascript? or cookies? Have you changed your preferences??? Hope this give you some ideas on where to look. Regards, Ariconte (talk) 04:09, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

How do I create columns while creating a new Wikipedia page?

Column is the only word I can think of, though it's not quite what I'm looking for. When you go on a musician's Wikipedia page and you go to an album's track listing, there are "columns" that have, for example, No.- Title - Writers - Length,things like that. I'm creating a new page for an artist's album and I want to add those things, but the problem is that I have no idea how to create the column things in the first place. Can someone explain how to do this? Thanks! JessicaKilgore (talk) 23:59, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. Are you perhaps looking for how to make a table? Technical 13 (talk) 00:16, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

Hi Jessica! As Technical 13 writes, it sounds as if you want to use a table. They're pretty tricky to get right from scratch -- usually the easiest thing to do is to copy the entire code for a table that looks broadly like what you want (same number of columns) and then rewrite the data. You might like to play around in your sandbox (linked top right menu) with the coding before trying it out in an article. There's also a help page about tables, which explains how to create a simple table from scratch using the table button (second from the right) on the edit toolbar, which you should see when you have an edit window open. Hope this helps and good luck! Espresso Addict (talk) 09:16, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

When I Want to Add an Image it Does Not Recognize the Selected Article

I have an existing article named Stphughes/Town Diary which is in edit mode. When I go to add images to prove authenticity it does not recognize the Town Diary article. Yet the underlying article is there. Can someone help. The images are to be used for citation and authenticity purposes to have the article submitted for review.

Please help

Stephen HughesStphughes (talk) 23:56, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Welcome to the Teahouse, Stephen. Images do not demonstrate notability on Wikipedia. Your draft article needs references to reliable, independent sources that give significant coverage to the film. There are none now. Normally, we would link to articles in newspapers and magazines covering the film. The draft article mentions awards, but there are no references verifying the awards. The websites of the awards listing winners would help with that. In its current state, the draft article doesn't meet notability standards. I would recommend that you concentrate on that now, and perhaps add an image of a movie poster later. I hope this helps. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 00:25, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

What to do about reverted changes?

I delete some junk in the Richard B. Handler article, but twice it has been reverted. I wouldn't mind a second opinion about whether my edits are reasonable, and if so, what can be done about the reversion? Horatio (talk) 22:06, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Hello and welcome to the Teahouse Horatio. The first course of action is to start a discussion about the links on the article's talk page where you and the other editor can discuss it. I would be happy to chime in as an unbiased 3rd party once both sides have had a chance to offer their perspective on the matter. One of the core suggestions of Wikipedia is to assume good faith. Once you have had a chance to open the discussion and ask your questions as to why this person disagrees with you whether or not the links belong there, you should post a {{talkback}} template on their talk page as a neutral way to tell them you want to communicate. Then it is just a matter of seeing how they respond. Technical 13 (talk) 00:43, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

Horatio, I have left a comment on the article's talk page; I agree that your edits are reasonable. Steven Zhang re-removed that content, so he probably also agrees. Let's hope Vvv321 doesn't just revert again but joins the discussion instead.

In general, inviting more editors to take a look as you did here is always a good idea when you find you disagree with another editor; often articles are covered by WikiProjects (listed on the talk page); the WikiProjects' talk pages are good places to find interested editors. Huon (talk) 00:57, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks to both of you. I guess adding something to the talk page is a good idea, although I'd be interested to know if there's also some other place of listing such an article, if you fear it's turning into an edit war? It doesn't seem like this page would always be the right place. Horatio (talk) 01:56, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

WikiProjects' talk pages - could be a good suggestion. Horatio (talk) 01:57, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

The article's or the other editor's talk page is always the first place to start. If that doesn't work, you can request a 3rd opinion, come here to the Teahouse, go to the Help Desk, ask at one of the village pumps, ask the proper WikiProject if it is active. There are lots of options. Technical 13 (talk) 10:59, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

Just an FYI, Vvv321 has been blocked as a check-user confirmed sock puppet. There is an ongoing sockpuppet investigation at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Vvv321. Keri (talk) 11:29, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

20 accounts just to edit the Richard B. Handler article? Stunning. Horatio (talk) 11:42, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

Link question

Hello. I am interested in editing the JC Penney article on Wikipeida. I have tried to remove some info,well this is what I am trying to remove- In 1998, JCPenney launched its Internet store, which has since grown into one of the largest apparel and home furnishings retail sites on the Internet.[13] . This statement is near the bottom of the article. My problem is this. I removed the bit about JC Penney having grown into one of the largest apparel and home furnishing retail sites on the Internet since the link number 13 seems dead and goes to a web page named Search dot com. I just wanted to reword it to say In 1998, JCPenney launched its Internet store. I did this because the link seems dead and the link is also 10 years old but I keep getting reverted by user Winkelvi, who says the link works fine. My question to you is can you click link number 13 and see if its a dead link to you as well because I can't understand why I get a dead link and user Winkelvi does not. I am not trying to canvass or get an other editor on my side, but I don't understand why I get a dead link and he doesn't. It is link number 13 in the ref section. Thank you. Becki Green. BeckiGreen (talk) 21:19, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Hi Becki. The link appears dead to me also. I have marked it with a {{dead link}} template. That way the original information is retained for future reference and someone may be able to find it hosted elsewhere. Keri (talk) 21:38, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Dead to me to, but found the article elsewhere and have updated the link. NtheP (talk) 21:40, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

But the linked article [1] says nothing to support the statement. The Internet store isn't mentioned at all. The article does support the first time it's used as reference, but that was for something completely different. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:54, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

thank you for your help.BeckiGreen (talk) 21:41, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

How do you cite a physical newspaper article?

I'd like to cite a physical newspaper article, but I have no idea how.

It's available online, but only in a database that requires a subscription, so it's not easy to link to. Ttowzey (talk) 17:05, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Welcome to the Teahouse. The easiest way is to use Template:Cite news. - David Biddulph (talk) 17:11, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Alright, got it figured out now, thanks! Ttowzey (talk) 17:24, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

If you want to use a reference more than once in an article, then when you first specify it you replace the initial <ref> by <ref name="whatever you want to call it">, then in further places where you want to use it you don't need the <ref>{{cite news|.... }}<ref/>, you just use <ref name="whatever you want to call it" />. See Wikipedia:Ref#Repeated citations. - David Biddulph (talk) 17:25, 25 April 2013 (UTC) This bit is, of course, answering the question which you've subsequently deleted.

Citations to articles that are archived and consequently pay-per-view

Hi All,

I am following your suggestions and cleaning up the draft of my first entry on Nicholas Basbanes. I have run into a couple of articles I would like to use as citations in the new copy, but to see the entire article, I had to pay to see archived material. One is the Washington Post and the other is the South Florida Sun Sentinel, so I would really like to use them. Is it okay for the reader to have to pay to see the citation in its entirety? Dnikkir (talk) 12:52, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Hi Dnikkir! Yes, that is still fine - while it is generally preferred to link to sources that everyone can read, this isn't essential, and just as it is perfectly ok to reference print sources, it is fine to reference reliable sources behind a paywall. The only thing I try to take care of is to make sure that I add all the fields I can to the reference, in case someone wants to follow it up. - Bilby (talk) 13:01, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks very much.

And while I'm at it. I see that some biographical entries that I am using as templates have sections for both references and notes.

Maybe I am querying the wrong way, but I cannot find any info on notes v.references -- how to parse them, cite them (differently?) and have them appear in the contents box. Can you tell me more or direct me to the proper URL to get this info? Or should I just forget about notes?

Dnikkir (talk) 13:26, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Following up on Dnikkir's first question, WP:RX will allow a person to contact someone who might be able to access articles that require payment. I can see NewsBank at several libraries I go to and frequently use it to edit Wikipedia articles.

As for the second question, I found a possible answer at WP:REFGROUP.— Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 18:27, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Thank you. Very useful. 24.147.247.94 (talk) 13:40, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

I HAVE ABIG PROBLEM

In my talk page. I am not able to see any of my latest messages. I need some help qucikly....  Miss Bono (zootalk) 12:01, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Miss Bono. Can you please be more specific. I don't see anything wrong with your talk page. --Ushau97 (talk) 12:19, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

The problem has been solved. It was my mistake, and Miss Bono managed to correct it. TheOriginalSoni (talk) 12:28, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Look, yesterday I login into my account and found an agressive message from an IP telling I was idiot. Today, I login and I found another agressive attack from the same IP this tuime in a userbox, telling I am a lesbian, and TheOriginalSoni tried to delete the userbox. I don't know what else to do. I wasn't screaming...sorry for the capital letters. Miss Bono (zootalk) 12:30, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Glad the problem's resolved. And Miss Bono, always be specific when you ask questions. It will help the hosts to answer your question faster and easily. Cheers :D --Ushau97 (talk) 12:33, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Sorry I was desperate  Miss Bono (zootalk) 12:37, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

FTR Miss Bono, that IP has been temporarily blocked due the the personal attacks on yours and Moxy's pages. Whereas it is a shared IP, that block will eventually be lifted, but you can rest assured that one of your many (talk page stalker)s will take care of any further personal attacks or vandalism on your page. No worries. Hakuna matata. Technical 13 (talk) 14:42, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Plagiarism of Wikipedia articles

I assume copying text verbatim from other Wikipedia pages would be considered plagiarism, and a quotation would similarly not be possible since Wikipedia is not a reliable source. But what if the copied passages are from your own edits and cite the same secondary sources? If permitted, would this be considered bad form? —Strachkvas (talk) 10:50, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Hi Strachkvas. Technically, reusing your own text is not a copyvio. However, it's still worth noting that you've reused content from elsewhere in Wikipedia (which is perfectly acceptable, as long as it's properly attributed). The best way to do this is to use the {{copied}} template on the target article's talkpage - fill in the various parameters, and it will supply appropriate attribution for reusing the content of the original article. Yunshui 雲‍水 10:55, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Please help me move this to wikipedia commons?

This picture I took is a candidate to be moved to Wikipedia Commons. I can't even figure out how to add the "lhuman=username" thing to a-okay it. All the copyright info checks out - I took the picture myself and I release it into the public domain. If anyone could help I would appreciate it. Here is the picture in question: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Moodna_viaduct_across.jpg MegaZega93 (talk) 02:15, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Hello Megazega93, and welcome to the Teahouse. It appears that the image in question has already been moved to Wikimedia Commons. This makes the image available for use by anyone, anywhere, including but not limited to other languages of Wikipedia. Thank you for making your image freely available. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 03:23, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

(e/c) Hey MegaZega93. I moved it to the Commons and deleted the local image. If you have a similar issue, you can try following these steps. The template the image was tagged with, {{Copy to Wikimedia Commons}} has a little (easily missed) link at the bottom of it that says "Copy to Commons: via CommonsHelper". If you clicked on it you would then be using this tool, except by clicking on it from the image rather than just following the link for the tool I posted it would pre-fill-in the image name and other specifics. All you then need to do is click the button "get text" and it will do almost everything for you. Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 03:27, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Thank you so much everyone for all of your help! I really appreciate it.

MegaZega93 (talk) 04:52, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Zodiac

The zodiac has 26 signs. I have to edit the zodiacal section. What is the best way to do it? Here is a link.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/137790249/Academic-Zodiac-13-13-26

http://qat.ch/fk0a historically hosts some 45000 relevant publications. http://qat.ch/EdlD

Since this is the scientific zodiac, it is greatly opposed by superstition. What is the best way to present it?

Thanks.

The Author

Moving this possible question from the host page heather walls (talk) 22:04, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Hi 25fact you cannot edit Wikipedia to reflect information in a publication unless the publication was not self-published (with rare exceptions), has or is by an author having a reputation for fact checking and accuracy, is broadly supported by scholarship in the field as shown through independent published reliable sources (e.g., peer-reviewed journals; books published by university presses; university-level textbooks; magazines, journals, and books published by respected publishing houses; and mainstream newspapers), is a significant opinion in the literature of the field such that it should be mentioned at all, should only be represented in proportion to its prominence in the field, and must not present scientific claims that are not supported by mainstream science. Even where such criteria are met, it should not be added by the author of the publication because of a conflict of interest. Because of the way this has been presented as your publication, and looking at the websites you refer to, I think this does not meet our standards for inclusion anywhere on Wikipedia. However, the internet is wide and there are many alternative outlets where this material might belong. Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 22:45, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

I am relevant source: all calculations are NASA based. The journals will at best wonder at some 13 zodiacal stations, not even knowing how to calculate ascendant; thus, the problem is what is relevant and what is not: public opinion has nothing to so with science. do I make a separate page?

213.103.161.192 (talk) 06:32, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Of course you are a relevant source, because it is your theory. But you are considered not a reliable source for writing about it in Wikipedia, because you have a conflict of interest. Unless and until the theory is written about by multiple reliable sources, independent of you (books from reputable publishers, refereed academic papers, newspapers) it may not appear in Wikipedia. --ColinFine (talk) 11:52, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

i think i need some tea

I think i need some tea. having a hard time with some recent messages and discussions. (full disclosure: i'm not exactly a new editor though.) thanks. Steve, Sm8900 (talk) 22:02, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Hello Steve, and welcome to the Teahouse. I am sorry that you have had a hard time recently. If you want to keep it private, then please accept my sympathy and warm wishes. Editing Wikipedia isn't always easy, but in my opinion, it is worthwhile. If you want to describe your challenges in more detail, perhaps the Teahouse regulars can offer some helpful advice. In any case, sip your warm tea, relax, and thank you for helping improve the world's greatest free information resource. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 03:27, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Tito Dutta (contact) 04:59, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

thanks. well yes, I sure could use some help. to start with, could you please visit this section on my talk page? i posted most of the details there. thanks!!!! --Steve, Sm8900 (talk) 11:32, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia entry

As a college student I have been assigned to enter a paragraph I wrote by one of my professors, but I don't really know how. I am old and tech. challenged. Slemoine2011 (talk) 19:29, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Hi, the way to do that is to click the "edit" link to the right of the section you wish to edit, and then either type or paste your paragraph into the "edit window".--Gilderien Chat|List of good deeds 19:32, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Hi Slemoine2011. I suggest before you do anything else you take a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial. This should not only introduce you to some of your key policies, but teach you the basics of editing. One of the most important aspects of editing is to cite your sources—something anyone in in college should already be familiar with, though doing so here presents it's own challenges. A beginners guide to citing sources can be found at Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners. This is so readers can verify the information people add is reflected in published reliable sources. Some other key policies are that Wikipedia content should be written from a neutral point of view and you should avoid original research (encyclopedia articles are not the place for announcing new things, but should summarize previously published knowledge). Best regards.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 01:57, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Publishing from user sandbox

Hi Teahouse guys, When I put an article into my user sandbox to see how it will look, I can preview or save. If I save, will the article actually be published? All the legalese makes it look that way. Or is it just a mockup of the editing pane for a real article? Thanks, Jim James Council (talk) 18:07, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Actually it won't be published until you post it in the main space. feel free to save your changes at your sandbox.  Miss Bono (zootalk) 18:10, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Hey Jim,

A sandbox is a "testspace" to see how articles and stuff look, and to edit them at your own leisure. Which means that if you save, it just saves to the "Sandbox", but not publish the article. To actually publish it, you (or someone else) will have to move it to the main space, where the readers can actually see the article.

Hope this helped.

Cheers,

TheOriginalSoni (talk) 18:44, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Just to be clear, while it is not officially "published" in the article mainspace, it will still show up in searches and anyone can view it. Technical 13 (talk) 18:50, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Actually, it'll only show up if someone searches for your sandbox exactly. It won't show up in Google searches normally until it's in mainspace :) Remember that all rules still apply in sandboxes however. gwickwire^talk_editing 20:29, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Why is my page getting rejected?

Hello!

I am a first time wikipedia user and am having trouble with my submissions. They keep getting rejected!

Can someone help me out and break down exactly what I'm doing wrong??

Here is a link to one of my pages: Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/BPN

I added references after the first rejection. However, I disagree that it lacks notability, as this company has recently won awards that various media festivals, plus it's sister agencies, which do pretty much the same thing have pages (UM and Initiative)

Your help is GREATLY APPRECIATED!

Abrusovanik (talk) 16:10, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Here is a link to the article WT:Articles_for_creation/BPN for anyone interested.Theroadislong (talk) 16:15, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

I suggest asking Geek4gurl (talk · contribs) to be more specific in their reasoning for declination. Outside of that, you can always resubmit it. Technical 13 (talk) 17:20, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

I followed up with "Geek4gurl" and did not see a clear rationale in what they did. Which is why I am asking for a fresh perspective.

Abrusovanik (talk) 14:24, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

How do I use this script?

Hi, I'm new to Wikipedia, and I was hoping to start using the Recent Change Patroller, but I know nothing about using scripts... so I don't know how to make it work. I tried pasting importScript('User:TheJosh/Scripts/RecentChangesPatrol.js'); in my skin area (is that what it's called?) but I don't think anything happened, and I made sure that I'd bypassed my cache. Can anyone give my completely computer-illiterate self some advice? Thanks. Dignifiedrice (talk) 14:50, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Hi Dignifiedrice, welcome to Wikipedia. Actually, there is a very useful tool, Twinkle, which you can use to revert vandalism, request page protection and report vandals etc. Full documentation is here. To enable Twinkle, click Preferences in the top right hand corner of your screen. Then, from the menu, pick Gadgets. Scroll down and under the "Browsing" section, check the box beside Twinkle. You are done. But to use Twinkle, you need to be autoconfirmed if I'm not wrong, which means you need to be registered for 4 days already and made 10 edits. Before you do any recent changes patrolling, I also suggest you read WP:VANDALISM first. Cheers and happy editing. :)
Arctic Kangaroo 15:36, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

References

Sorry the bothers but I am still not confident enough to orginize references in an article, please if anyone would like to help, here is the link User:Miss_Bono/Eve_Hewson Thanks in advance Miss Bono (zootalk) 14:47, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

The simplest way to tidy the reflist is to run the WP:Reflinks tool. It's a really easy tool. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 18:48, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

I'm not sure I'm going to be published?

I've completed an entry in my Sandbox, and I requested that it be made into a page. But it's been two days, and I haven't heard anything. What's more, when I look at "Contributions", the most recent activity has this piece of text in it:

Request review at Leonard of Mayfair (Leonard Lewis) WP:AFC: new section) (current)

What does this mean?

Thank you! Charlotte.bailey (talk) 13:40, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Hi Charlotte. Your sandbox content is virtually identical to the page at Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Leonard of Mayfair, created by User:DesignerJumble last year (you should be aware, if this was your own previous account, that multiple accounts are not permitted) I've moved your sandbox to that page, added a submission template, and merged the history of the two pages. You can continue to work on the submission, but it may take several days, even weeks, before it is reviewed; the AFC process currently has over 700 articles in its queue. Yunshui 雲‍水 13:55, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Hi Yunshui,

Thank you so much for your help! (Also, just FYI—I don't have multiple accounts. The user from the previous submission was my partner - she quit mid-project and wouldn't give me her password). Thank you!

Charlotte.bailey (talk) 14:02, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Everything's as it should be, then - the page history attributes her text correctly, and there's no issue with multiple accounts. Now it's just a waiting game, I'm afraid. Yunshui 雲‍水 14:05, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

I've marked the article as being reviewed and am now waiting on you Charlotte to clean out the double article.  ;) Technical 13 (talk) 17:26, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

What should I do when my Page was vandalize

I am gonna quit Wikipedia :'(  Miss Bono (zootalk) 13:04, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Surely you're not going to be set back by a vandal? Just revert/rollback his edit. Simple. ☯ Bonkers The Clown \(^_^)/ Nonsensical Babble ☯ 13:18, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Ok... Thanks!  Miss Bono (zootalk) 13:22, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Reviewing a draft by experts

Thank you for your time in reading this. I would like to know whether there is process to get feedback or review of a drafted article by existing expert users of Wikipedia before actually submitting the article to the Article Space. Getting feedback on the article about whether all references are placed okay, formatting is okay etc. from experts would be incredibly helpful. Thank you. Arman Khossain (talk) 10:46, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Yes, there is! Copy and paste {{subst:Submit}} to the top of your article and someone will review your article. Be advised as there has been a backlog of submissions at our "Articles for Creation" WikiProject it may be a couple of weeks before your article is looked at. If this concept of peer reviewed articles interests you, you may also consider using the article wizard to create future articles. Technical 13 (talk) 11:13, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Thank you PrimeHunter, that's exactly what I was looking for. After checking that in my preferences it works perfectly. Now I think we need to report this to whoever in control of the email notifications unless I'm the only one who thinks this:

"There will be no other notifications in case of further activity unless you visit this page. You could also reset the notification flags for all your watched pages on your watchlist.

Your friendly Wikipedia notification system"

Should be changed to this:

"There will be no other notifications in case of further activity unless you visit this page. You could also reset the notification flags for all your watched pages on your watchlist by checking "Display pages on your watchlist that have changed since your last visit in bold" at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets and clicking the "Mark all pages visited" button on your watchlist.

Your friendly Wikipedia notification system"

That should prevent anyone new from being in my position again. Matt (talk) 22:22, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

What Am I doing wrong?

Hi, I am trying to create a page and after the last edit and after I tried to change and remove some references, what I had been asked for-still no success. What else I can do to emprove it? What Am I doing wrong? Last time I was asked to do:Youtube isn't reliable - please remove these links-did it The Google Image search doesn't help in any kind - remove this also-did it The russian Wikipedia is also unreliable - remove it-did it Headlines should be in lowecase - please fix it-fixed it I'm really not sure, but most gaganews links don't help the reader as these are very short-added new websites Check {{cite web}}: Empty citation (help) and improve the display of the references-did it Check WP:WIKILINK and add some useful links to other articles Overall I give you some useful hints to improve this draft, but without adding any new and bettere references this article won't get accepted. This drafts lacks simply reliable and independent references.-I had added more I got a notice: You did nothing of what was specified.FoCuSandLeArN (talk)......... Please let me know. Thank you very much for your help Aleksandra55 (talk) 03:06, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Hello Aleksandra55, and welcome to the Teahouse. It is difficult for me to evaluate your draft article since the sources are in Russian, which I can't read. Let me emphasize that high quality Russian sources are acceptable, such as respected, reliable newspapers and magazines. Other editors may be skeptical of notability because the topic is a young, upcoming singer. So, I recommend that you identify three or four of the very best sources. The rock solid sources like the New York Times or the London Times. Translate the references into English even if the content is in Russian. Invite the reviewers to take a look at those, using Google Translate. If those publications have Wikipedia articles, wikilink to those. Give other editors solid evidence that this person is notable. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 05:46, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Thank you very much for getting back to me> I will add material from famous in Ukraine newspapers. Thanks again.

How to "reset notification flags"

I am starting to build a watch list, and am getting this message in every email from wikipedia

"There will be no other notifications in case of further activity unless you visit this page. You could also reset the notification flags for all your watched pages on your watch list."

The second sentence is what I don't understand. After searching for a while I could not find any info about how to remove notification flags or what a notification flag even is. I would like to not have to worry about accidentally missing an email and after that never receiving notifications again from the page unless I visit it. If I could I would even turn this whole system off and just receive an email every time even if I don't check the actual page, at least while my list is small or for certain pages. Can someone explain this system in more detail? Thank you. Matt (talk) 22:06, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

That has to do with the section titled "Email options" on your Special:Preferences. There are four checkboxes:

• Enable email from other users
• Send me copies of emails I send to other users
• Email me when a page or file on my watchlist is changed
• Email me when my user talk page is changed

Unchecking all of those options will remove all email notifications. The system is set up so that it will only send one email notification for a change on any one page until you have visited the page. That will not prevent the list on Special:Watchlist from offering you every change to every page on your watchlist. Not sure if that answers your question, but if not, I'd be happy to elaborate more and try and find you some resources to read on how it works. Technical 13 (talk) 22:19, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Thank you, but my main question is how exactly do I "reset the notification flags for all your watched pages on your watch list" which wikipedia seems to be suggesting I can do instead of actually checking the page Matt (talk) 01:07, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Hi Matt, welcome to the Teahouse. I'm not sure but it may refer to a watchlist button which has been removed from the English Wikipedia.[2] The button was also associated with another feature which was unpopular. It appears the connection to email notifications was not known in the discussion. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:44, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Thank you PrimeHunter. But this is really unfortunate. I plan on growing my watchlist and I can see myself forgetting to click the link on an email at least once. After that I will cease to receive emails about updates to that page, and I won't even know what I'm missing unless I systematically check up on each of my pages to make sure I didn't miss an email. Is there anything I can do? If not I think they should bring the feature back. 69.112.29.184 (talk) 02:57, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Hi. I think your best bet is to ask at WP:Village pump/technical. --ColinFine (talk) 08:49, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Interesting stuff there Prime. I know that currently one of the sites gadgets will let you turn on bolding for unread items, and I have a "mark all items as read" style button on my watchlist. It was likely something they were messing with and at very worst they've moved stuff around and made a little mess although all the pieces are still there. I'll have to read up on it more and see if I can submit a Bugzilla report to clean up and clarify it. Someone else on WP:VPT may have more answers as well, and if the OP doesn't ask there I may ask for some clarification there as well. Technical 13 (talk) 11:00, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

You refer to "Display pages on your watchlist that have changed since your last visit in bold" at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets. This uses MediaWiki:Gadget-WatchlistChangesBold.css to turn back on the watchlist-resetbutton which was removed by default for the English Wikipedia in the diff I posted above. I guess the mail notification refers to this button but I haven't tested it. The button says "Mark all pages visited". Other Wikipedia languages still have it by default, for example Simple English at http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Watchlist. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:32, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Thank you PrimeHunter! Changing that setting was exactly what I needed, and now it works perfectly.

However, the email I keep getting needs to be fixed. It still says:

"There will be no other notifications in case of further activity unless you visit this page. You could also reset the notification flags for all your watched pages on your watchlist.

Your friendly Wikipedia notification system"

This is unclear, and I'm sure other new users run into the same problem as me if they actually read the email. I think that it should say:

"There will be no other notifications in case of further activity unless you visit this page. You could also reset the notification flags for all your watched pages on your watchlist [by activating the "Display pages on your watchlist that have changed since your last visit in bold" feature in your preferences and clicking the "Mark all pages visited" button on your watch list].

Your friendly Wikipedia notification system" Matt (talk) 23:19, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

the isra and miraj

how did allah teach the prophet ?41.118.227.218 (talk) 21:51, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

no respond41.118.227.218 (talk) 21:53, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Hello, and welcome to the Teahouse. This page deals with questions regarding the use of Wikipedia. For knowledge questions like this, you should use the reference desk. Since your question deals with religion, you want the humanities section. For your convenience, here is a link to post a new question. Regards, FrigidNinja 22:17, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Hey there :) This is more for help editing Wikipedia, if you have specific questions regarding something else, feel free to ask at our reference desk. gwickwire^talk_editing 22:18, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Using Redirects

Hello, I would like to redirect the searches for "Made in USA" to the new article "Made in USA Brand Certification Mark." However that is self-promoting; and there is already a redirect page titled "Made in USA label" that redirects to the article "Made in USA." My goal is to help readers find Made in USA Brand Certification Mark, which is a Made in USA label. Is a redirect a reasonable option? How to I go about it, because it appears double redirects are prohibited and my ideal redirect "Made in USA label" is already taken. Thank you.AndreaAufden (talk) 20:59, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Welcome to the Teahouse, AndreaAuden. I think the best thing to do is add a link in Made in USA (disambiguation). Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 21:15, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Coding is annoying

I have a little problem with some references code here. I'd appreciate any help.  Miss Bono (zootalk) 18:22, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Fixed; you forgot to close one of your cite template/ref tags. :) Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 18:26, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks friend..as always :D  Miss Bono (zootalk) 18:55, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Hey it's Sarah I'm testing this out for some students in New MExico!!

How do I edit Wikipedia? I'm so confusseddd!! How do I get Museum on Wikipedia? Awaaaahhhh SarahStierch (talk) 17:50, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Don't worry, be happy! Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 17:51, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Inside joke? Technical 13 (talk) 18:03, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

No, she's probably just really testing this out for some students in New Mexico, and I'm just mildly trolling her. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 18:05, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

• Hello Sarah, and welcome to the Teahouse!

To edit Wikipedia, simply click on the edit button at the top right of any page that you want to edit. Make any necessary changes, and save the page. Please know that anyone can edit Wikipedia, and if your edits are not very helpful, they might be reverted by other editors!

Were you looking for this article - Museum?

I hope this helped clear your confusion. Feel free to ask again if you have any further confusions.

Happy editing,

TheOriginalSoni (talk) 18:57, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Hello SarahStierch, and welcome back to the Teahouse. We've missed you. How many cities and countries have you visited recently, and how many frequent flyer miles have you accumulated? If you name a specific museum, perhaps some of the Teahouse regulars can help by finding significant coverage in independent, reliable sources. That is what we need to show that a museum is notable by Wikipedia's standards. Thank you for helping to improve this encyclopedia, and enjoy Santa Fe. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 22:25, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

The word 'Museum' is now hyperlinked. RCNesland (talk) 00:58, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

<3 thanks guys :) i was so busy showing off the Teahouse to some students I forgot to remove my "question" glad it became a source of entertainment :) SarahStierch (talk) 02:28, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Sarah, perhaps you might want to consider expanding the article Jet set. Just be sure to avoid original research as colorful personal anecdotes, while delightful on Facebook, are not considered encyclopedic content. Have fun tonight! Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 02:36, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

• Or perhaps souvenir would be a good object of your attentions... or object for your pocket. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:20, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

How do dispute a merge?

An article (OK, this one http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She_Speeds ) has been marked as suggested merge. I don't believe it should as the song is notable both in terms of chart success (top 10 in NZ) and critical acclaim (voted one of best NZ songs of all time by musicians). How do I address this?

Vickytnz (talk) 16:39, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Go to the talk page of that article and write your opinion or ask the user who posted that merge to the article. Hope this helps.--Pratyya ^(Hello!) 16:56, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

(ec) No Pratyya Ghosh, that is not the correct procedure. Merge discussions always happen on the target article's Talk page.

There is a "Discuss" link on the Merge proposal template, you click on it and post your objection on the talk that will open. If there is no existing discussiuon of the merge, you should start it as a new section. BTW I've added the missing "merge from" template - merge templates must be posted on both of the involved articles. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 17:00, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, will do.

Vickytnz (talk) 16:58, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Ref tag?

Can anyone please find the ref problem of User:Pratyya Ghosh? If anyone kind find that and also fix that remind me.--Pratyya ^(Hello!) 11:13, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

I've fixed the problem of your missing {{reflist}}; there was a help link in the error message on your version to explain the problem. There is apparently a further problem in your reference, but I'll leave you to tackle that separately. - David Biddulph (talk) 11:55, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

I see that your troublesome reference has now disappeared altogether. Was it something buried in one of the countless files which you've transcluded onto your user page? - David Biddulph (talk) 13:07, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. It's fixed.--Pratyya ^(Hello!) 15:49, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Notability for films/movies/documentaries ?

Hello dear Wikihosts !

I would like to ask the long time and experiences users over here on Wiki to help me get rid of this question ? The question is very simple but includes a vast subject. Does every film/movie/documentary (regardless of the language, country, length,language) has the criteria of notability when it is atleast reviewed by one critics or magazines ? Ghorpaapi (talk) 09:12, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Hi Ghorpaapi. WP:MOVIE explains notability guidelines for movies in depth; it also offers as a rule of thumb: "The film is widely distributed and has received full-length reviews by two or more nationally known critics" (my emphasis.) Keri (talk) 10:34, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

University newspapers

Can articles written in university newspapers be used as a reference? Superfly94 (talk) 05:34, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

University newspapers can be used to support factual statements. University newspapers can support notability so long as the topic is not connected with the university, or a conflict of interest applies. Stuartyeates (talk) 09:57, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

I think there's more to it than Stuartyeates has said: he has addressed the topic of independence, which is required for most sources, but not the question of reliability. If you mean organs published officially by a university, they probably will be regarded as reliable; but student-run papers may not be. (I'm sure that there are some student papers with a very good reputation for reliability, but many are not so regarded). Reliability of sources is sometimes hard to determine, and may depend on what claims they are being used to support: the reliable sources noticeboard is the place to ask about specific cases. --ColinFine (talk) 22:19, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

How to make jerseys like the ones on football (soccer) pages ? for example in Chelsea F.C.

How to make jerseys like the ones on football (soccer) pages ? for example in Chelsea F.C. Longojahado (talk) 02:23, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

You may used this codes for creating t shirt image. You may used the exact hue and color using hex format. Example in Chelsea:

Pattern in 1st set:
|pattern_la1 = _chelsea1213h
|pattern_b1 = _chelsea1213h
|pattern_ra1 = _chelsea1213h
|pattern_sh1 = _millonarios11a
|pattern_so1 = _grash0607h

Colors for 1st set in hex:
|leftarm1 = 0000FF
|body1 = 0000FF
|rightarm1= 0000FF
|shorts1 = 0000FF
|socks1 = FFFFFF

Pattern in 2nd set:
|pattern_la2 = _chelsea1213a
|pattern_b2 = _chelsea1213a
|pattern_ra2 = _chelsea1213a
|pattern_sh2 = _chelsea1213a
|pattern_so2 = _chelsea1213a

Colors for 2nd set in hex:
|leftarm2 = FFFFFF
|body2 = FFFFFF
|rightarm2 = FFFFFF
|shorts2 = FFFFFF
|socks2 = 0E1425

Pattern in 3rd set:
|pattern_la3 = _chelsea1213t
|pattern_b3 = _chelsea1213t
|pattern_ra3 = _chelsea1213t
|pattern_sh3 =_asse1011t
|pattern_so3 =_color_3_stripes_yellow

Colors for 3rd set in hex:
|leftarm3 = 000000
|body3 = 000000
|rightarm3 = 000000
|shorts3 = 000000
|socks3 = 000000

Hope this may help :) Jrplaza (talk) 08:37, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Longojahado, welcome to the Teahouse. What Jrplaza has said is correct but you need to know which template to use this information in. If it's an infobox for an article about a soccer club then this code can be used inside the template {{infobox football club}}. If it's free standing image you want, for example in the text of an article about a soccer club then you can use {{Football kit}} to hold the information. An awful lot of club kits are already defined so check out the articles on those clubs and copy the code if you want to use it somewhere else. If you have specific editing questions about the template or a kit that already exists, I'd suggest asking for specialist help at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Football. NtheP (talk) 19:36, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Moving a wikitable to a different part of the same article

In Textile#Production methods there is a table listing the top exporters of textiles. It looks like it's in the wrong place so I thought I would try to reposition it but when I looked at the result of my work it was a mess; I clicked on cancel. Could someone please have a look and see if they can move it successfully and let me know how it's done. (I really think it should be in another article as I wrote on the talk page of Textile, what do you think?). Jodosma (talk) 00:37, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

You can move the wikitable, as long as you move everything from the opening {| to the closing |}, which looks like the code in the collapsed section below.

Wikitable code

{| class="wikitable" style="float:left; margin:1em;"
|-
! colspan=2| '''Top ten exporters of textiles—2008'''<br><small>($ billion)</small>
|-
| {{EU}} || style="text-align:right;"|  80.2
|-
| {{PRC}}|| style="text-align:right;"|   65.3
|-
| {{USA}} || style="text-align:right;"|  12.5
|-
| {{KOR}} || style="text-align:right;"|  10.4
|-
| {{IND}} || style="text-align:right;"|  10.3
|-
| {{TUR}} || style="text-align:right;"|  9.4
|-
| {{ROC}} || style="text-align:right;"|  9.2
|-
| {{JAP}} || style="text-align:right;"|  7.3
|-
| {{PAK}} || style="text-align:right;"|  7.2
|-
| {{UAE}} || style="text-align:right;"|  5.8
|-
| {{IDN}} || style="text-align:right;"|  3.7
|-
|colspan=2 style="font-size:90%;"|''Source:<ref name=stat>{{cite web|url=http://www.wto.org/english/res_e/statis_e/its2009_e/its09_merch_trade_product_e.pdf |title=Leading exporters and importers of textiles, 2008 |format=PDF |date= |accessdate=2011-12-04}}</ref>
|}

Happy editing! Technical 13 (talk) 11:04, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Letting off steam

If someone (an editor, what else?) gets your goat (I'm angry), is there anywhere on the Wiki that you can go to vent your spleen (to avoid an edit war or some other kind of confrontation? (I'm angry).Jodosma (talk) 18:18, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Hi Jodosma. Check out WP:CALM. Keri (talk) 18:22, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

I look at this. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 18:24, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Thank you so very much Keri. I was about to dump Wiki but now I'm going to stay on, I think you may have just saved my sanity.Jodosma (talk) 18:32, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

No worries. Keri (talk) 18:41, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

I like to read WP:LAME to put everything in to perspective. Livewireo (talk) 20:07, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

I just call Comcast snd then whatever is bugging me on Wikipedia pales into insignificance...--ukexpat (talk) 20:20, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

/*Format new picture upload*/

Hi all, I give suggestion how format for new picture in edit an article and where places.Ask suggestion me,yea !FarizMadridista (talk) 12:03, 24 April 2013 (UTC).

/*Football Picture*/

Hello all,I like football,I want add picture such as stadium,players,matches,and many other.I curious where web suitable by Wikimedia Commons ?.FarizMadridista (talk) 16:57, 24 April 2013 (UTC) User:FarizMadridista (User talk:FarizMadridista) 16:57, 24 April 2013 (UTC).

/*Articles and Comments Vandals*/

Hello,I want now signs that an aricle and a comment characteristic vandalism. --FarizMadridista (talk) 09:06, 25 April 2013 (UTC)User:FarizMadridsta (User talk:FarizMadridista) 09:02, 25 April 2013 (UTC).

Welcome to the Teahouse. You may want to try asking that again in English, or otherwise you may be happier at a Wikipedia in your native language. You'll find the languages listed at http://www.wikipedia.org/ . - David Biddulph (talk) 10:36, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

I'm from Indonesian,I have many contribution in Wikipedia Bahasa Indonesia, but i also like Wikipedia English Language.--FarizMadridista (talk) 11:08, 25 April 2013 (UTC)FarizMadridista (talk) 11:08, 25 April 2013 (UTC)