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September 10

a patroller

Surely the patrollers can see when a new page is being edited? As a new user, I saved a new page a small amount of info as I added it, as I was learning how to add it. Only to have the page "cited for speedy deletion" after I added every other bit of info that would've proven it's relevance. The guy doesn't seem to give us newbies a chance to put together a proper page. All my additional info has been deleted and only an opening summary lies there now. What a waste of my time! This has completely ruined the new user experience for me. Considering Wikipedia occasionally petitions for fundraising because the page is run by volunteers etc, I now have zero inclination to donate if it's going to go towards that dismissive person who deleted my info :( — Preceding unsigned comment added by Funhouse99 (talk • contribs) 02:49, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

Are you referring to Esjay Jones? Looking at the history, I don't see that anything got deleted. I recommend you follow WP:YFA to create your first article. RudolfRed (talk) 02:59, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

@Funhouse99: I also must recommend reading WP:YFA and using the article wizard for your first few articles. Not because there's any problems, but because they are more welcoming than a CSD template like you saw. Also, just a trivial piece of information, your donations go to funding technical things (mostly), such as servers, and people to keep them up. None of the editors of the English Wikipedia, be they new page patrollers, administrators, bureaucrats, or just editors gets paid any money at all from your donations. ~Charmlet ^-talk-

(edit conflict) I have provided a number of useful links for you on your user talk page. In particular you should read WP:Your first article. Rather than trying to generate an incomplete article in article space, you ought to develop your draft as a user subpage, which you could call User:Funhouse99/Esjay Jones, or through the article for creation process. This will allow your work to be reviewed when you think it meets Wikipedia's standards, rather than being deleted. Note that no content has yet been deleted from Esjay Jones, but it is quite likely that the whole article will be deleted because it contains no references to demonstrate the subject's notability. - David Biddulph (talk) 03:13, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

Another editor has moved your draft to User:Funhouse99/Esjay Jones, so you can now work on it without immediate risk of deletion. - David Biddulph (talk) 03:17, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

In addition Funhouse99, you asked a specific question which wasn't answered, can a patroller see that an article is being edited. In short, no. If you happen to open the article for editing, the software doesn't literally open the article, it makes a copy and opens in an editing window, If you spent an hour working on it, no one else would know it was open. That's one of the reason that it is better to work in user space, as no one can tell that you might be working on it.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 12:51, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

ok, thanks guys — Preceding unsigned comment added by Funhouse99 (talk • contribs) 20:40, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

David, thank you for converting the page. I've now "built" the page and can hopefully submit without deletion. I really appreciate everyone else's advice, links, etc as this process is quite tedious especially if one has no coding knowledge outside of Myspace... Might somebody be able to tell me how to make one of those discography boxes that are often on artist pages? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Funhouse99 (talk • contribs) 22:42, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

--Funhouse99 (talk) 23:00, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

Would you be looking for {{Discography list}}? - Karenjc 16:38, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

thank you so much Karenjc :) --Funhouse99 (talk) 22:28, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

Pic captions

I feel serious need for a maintenance template telling editors not to litter pictures' captions in the articles with irrelevant details on the particluar picture. Ukrained2012 (talk) 03:41, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

Have you tried bringing your concerns to WT:Templates? Cyphoidbomb (talk) 04:08, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

Gannon Dunkerley

sir ,please add the page of a company GANNON DUNKERLEY CO. LTD ,i have tried many times but i nt gt success....plz add this page ...this is very large organisation serving from 1924 in india — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sid053 (talk • contribs) 04:27, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

Hello, Sid053. According to your list of contributions, this post is your first edit. Did you work on this company's article under another username? I notice that you are typing your company name in all capital letters. This may be part of the problem, since this is against Wikipedia policy. You should spell it Gannon Dunkerley instead. —Anne Delong (talk) 12:26, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

I think, Anne, that you need to remember that deleted articles are not shown on the user's contribution record. You may have missed the fact that the OP had written Gannon dunkerley corporation limited, which was speedily deleted under the criteria A7 and G11. A message on the OP's user talk page explains this. - David Biddulph (talk) 12:47, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

A previous attempt was deleted, with the details shown at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gannon Dunkerley & Company. It appeared, from the evidence available at that time, that the company did not meet Wikipedia's requirements for notability. - David Biddulph (talk) 12:52, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

User talk:Sourav87, User talk:Skcpublic and User talk:182.72.245.138 were among those previously involved, and copyright violations were mentioned at Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2012 July 17. - David Biddulph (talk) 12:58, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

I apologize to Sid053 for my not very helpful answer. I'm not sure why I didn't think of the deleted contributions, considering that over 2,000 of my own edits have disappeared into the deletion logs. —Anne Delong (talk) 07:09, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Facing Problem with file K D Singh an Indian Politician.png

Hi January, Received your message to provide copyright for media K D Singh an Indian Politician.png. Still confused as if person by himself got clicked by camera by me 'What as a copyright should I provide'. Or what kind a mail should I write to justify that. As i want to keep it under permission says 'share a like' creative common. Please help me. Thanks in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anonymous 2108 (talk • contribs) 05:40, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

The note on your talk page has instructions. RudolfRed (talk) 05:59, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

Is it a "Synthesis of published material that advances a position"?

I would like to have an advice, concerning my writing deletion: Why did you deleted the sentences referring to the Water Plan.

The deletion Diff page.

There is a claim, that my writing is forbidden because of Synthesis of published material that advances a position. However, as I understand it, my sentences complies with SYNTH is not mere juxtaposition.

These are my points:

1. - The Arabs opposed the Israeli NWC (National water carrier) since it would be used to irrigate the Negev and enable more Israeli farmers there.
2. - The Israeli NWC consumed water were within the Johnston plan allocation
3. - Israel and Jordan adhered to those quotas. The Arab League technical committee accepted it as well, but the League rejected it later, because of political reasons
4. - The increase in water-related Arab-Israeli hostility was a major factor leading to the June 1967 war.

Those points are supported but not necessarily by the same wp:rs.

Can I write those points together (as in The deletion Diff page or modify it) ? or is it offending the wp:synth ? Ykantor (talk) 05:48, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

Points 1 through 3 are facts. There may be irrelevant/unnecessary/trivial (see WP:UNDUE), depending on what the Wikipedia article is about, but otherwise they are fine. Whether or not the same reliable source is used isn't that important (and, arguably, it's better, if only for readers interested in looking at sources directly, if there are different sources).

Point 4 is clearly conclusionary - "major factor leading to". If this is your personal conclusion, then that is a violation of WP:SYNTH. If there are authoritative sources (experts) who have concluded this, then those experts should be cited. If the point is disputed (for example, other experts don't think this was a major factor), then that too should be included.

Assuming that you can find sources/experts that argue about water issues helping cause the war, then, again, WP:UNDUE is relevant. If most experts don't think that water issues were a major cause of the war - either saying so directly, or listing other causes but omitting water issues - then giving this topic much space in the article is not acceptable. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 16:36, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

I'd go so far as to say that parts of 1 and 3 could be considered conclusionary or synthesized, unless there are historians and/or other sources that prove the causation in those points. ~Charmlet ^-talk- 16:39, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

John Broughton and Charmlet thank you. My question might be unclear. The other editor does not oppose any of those 4 points (As I understand, which is rather difficult for me), since the points are well supported. He oppose mentioning of any relation between the Johnston water plan and between the war, since none of the RS mention such a relation.

• My view is:
  • The increase in water-related Arab-Israeli hostility was a major factor leading to the June 1967 war. (which he accepts)
• What is this water-related Arab-Israeli hostility?
  • The Arabs opposed the Israeli NWC (National water carrier) since it would be used to irrigate the Negev and enable more Israeli farmers there. (which he accepts)
• What the Arabs has done in order to thwart Israel's National Water Carrier project?
  • Arab states resolved to reduce the operation of Israel's National Water Carrier by diverting the headwaters of the Jordan. (which he accepts)
• What is wrong in the Arab diversion project?
  • Because it Deny's Israel water rights, according to the Johnston plan.

At this point, his attitude becomes rather complicated (for me). I would prefer that you would read his claims. The deletion Diff page

Anyway, he says:" As no source has placed the compliance of Israel's plan with the (failed) Johnston plan quotas in the context of the lead-up to the war, it has no place in that section."

my reply:

• The This compliance is an integral part of the water related hostility , and this hostility was a major factor leading to the June 1967 war.

• Here is a quote of an RS, accepted by this editor, that mentions all this points.

name="Murakami1995p287">Masahiro Murakami (1995). Managing Water for Peace in the Middle East; Alternative Strategies. United Nations University Press. pp. 287–297. ISBN 978-92-808-0858-2. Retrieved 15 July 2013. The book appears in: http://archive.unu.edu/unupress/unupbooks/80858e/80858E0m.htm . The initial diversion capacity of the National Water Carrier without supplementary booster pumps was 320 million m3, well within the limits of the Johnston Plan. ......Shortly before completion of the Israeli Water Carrier in 1964, an Arab summit conference decided to try to thwart it. Discarding direct military attack, the Arab states chose to divert the Jordan headwater......he Arab states chose to divert the Jordan headwaters.......diversion of both the Hasbani and the Banias to the Yarmouk.....According to neutral assessments, the scheme was only marginally feasible; it was technically difficult and expensive......Political considerations cited by the Arabs in rejecting the 1955 Johnston Plan were revived to justify the diversion scheme. Particular emphasis was placed on the Carrier's capability to enhance Israel's capacity to absorb immigrants to the detriment of Palestinian refugees. In response, Israel stressed that the National Water Carrier was within the limits of the Johnston Plan......he Arabs started work on the Headwater Diversion project in 1965. Israel declared that it would regard such diversion as an infringement of its sovereign rights. According to estimates, completion of the project would have deprived Israel of 35% of its contemplated withdrawal from the upper Jordan, constituting one-ninth of Israel's annual water budget.......In a series of military strikes, Israel hit the diversion works. The attacks culminated in April 1967 in air strikes deep inside Syria. The increase in water-related Arab-Israeli hostility was a major factor leading to the June 1967 war. {{cite book}}: External link in |quote= (help)</ref>

In my opinion, I would have insert this text into the article , and that's it. Ykantor (talk) 18:31, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

Aimee Du Buc de Rivery

I have an MA in History, so I am great at adding references but, alas, I have zero qualifications in editing Wikipedia. Could you have a look at the history of the edit page about Aimee Du Buc de Rivery ? The article now shows her correct date of birth, backed by the correct evidence. However, I made about ten entries to make that edit. Can you help me clean my entries up? I am now terrified to touch them.--Galleeson (talk) 07:51, 10 September 2013 (UTC)
I added a title for you Rojomoke (talk) 09:18, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia, Galleeson. Your addition looks quite ok to me - it's what one would expect a book reference to look like. It would be helpful if you could provide the ISBN number of the book. If you don't want to add it to the reference you can simply post it here and I'll put it in where it should go. You might also want to take a look at the Referencing for beginners guide. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 10:00, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

You may also want to preview your edits before submitting them. This makes the page history a lot easier to read, since there will only be one change, no matter how many times you need to correct yourself before saving your edit. MChesterMC (talk) 10:54, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

Userboxes

Hello, I am trying to create a new userbox and I don't know what code to enter for the desired colors. Basically what I'm asking is: is there a place that lists all the six-digit codes? Jinkinson (talk) 15:10, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

• Help:Colors to get you started maybe? Technical 13 (talk) 15:27, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

See also Web colors and this large chart. Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 22:53, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

Audio pronunciation feature

I've lost the pronunciation feature when I look up a word. Can you help me reinstall whatever is missing? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.24.84.205 (talk) 15:27, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

It's not at all clear that this has something to do with Wikipedia directly - which is what this page is for. Instead, it sounds like something in your web browser may have changed. If so, you might ask for help at the computing section of our Reference desk. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 16:45, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

How can I publish my Biography?

I am a recording artist; my genre is Rap. How can I publish my biography on Wikipedia site? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rah4life (talk • contribs) 15:54, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

You shouldn't try to publish your own autobiography; see WP:Autobiography and WP:COI. If you meet Wikipedia's definition of notability, someone else can write an article about you. - David Biddulph (talk) 16:10, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

Template on Talk page about an AFD links to the wrong one

Please take a look at the template on Talk:2016 Summer Paralympics it refers to an AFD which resulted in a Keep, but the "discussion" link goes to the wrong AFD. The template refers to the second AFD but links to the first AFD. I'm not sufficiently skilled in templatese to fix it. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 16:20, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

 Fixed by this edit.--ukexpat (talk) 16:30, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

Notre Dame men's lacrosse page

Read the history section and see the obviously vulgar passage. How do we get that removed? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.74.116.49 (talk) 19:44, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

I found it and removed it. There was some missed vandalism. GB fan 19:51, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

Currencies on Wikipedia

What is the policy for currencies on the English Wikipedia? I find it easier if US Dollars are used, as I know what its worth in many other currencies. But when a lot of articles have all kinds of currencies, its nearly impossible to quickly figure out what the numbers are, without using a converter or calculator to figure it out. Jørgen88 (talk) 20:08, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

See WP:CURRENCY. Scarce2 (talk) 20:37, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

i keep requesting my password and never get it , you are sending somewhere else....i have had a hacker on my email and computer

please be aware...i am not receiving my password reset...user is smocked.....password should go to and no where else pls adjust...i am not getting my password reset...when you send it — Preceding unsigned comment added by 101.171.170.150 (talk) 20:54, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

An email is associated with your account but are you absolutely certain you are looking at the correct e-mail address; that you didn't use an alternative email address from your most commonly used when you signed up on February 8, 2010, or that you haven't changed emails since then? Have you checked your spam and trash folders?--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 22:58, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

And as the account Smocked has made no edits since it was created in Feb 2010, you might as well ignore it and create a new one with the correct email address associated with it. - David Biddulph (talk) 05:10, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

I have removed the email address from your post here to protect your privacy - this page is regularly indexed by search engines. -- John of Reading (talk) 06:27, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

How to create a page on a topic or person on Wikipedia

Who creates the page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abigail Blanco (talk • contribs) 22:05, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

Hopefully, someone completely unrelated and uninvolved with the person that the article is about. Apart from that, anyone does! You do! Start with WP:YFA and WP:42 perhaps. When you've read those, move to WP:AFC. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 22:59, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

September 11

References [edit source] link not displayed as it should be

Hi All,

As I am very new (less than 72hrs member) please let me down gently! I have added content to this Macor page and that went pretty well even including picture etc. The problem lays in the References on the bottom the page where I added references regarding source of macor material. On the reference list the number 4: www.macor.info stays black and does not turn into a link. I have tried to fix it but don't know how as I don't want to bugger the list up.

Any help or a fix would be highly appreciated in this matter.

Regards,

Technical ceramics (talk) 00:20, 11 September 2013 (UTC)technical-ceramics

The reference didn't display as a link because it wasn't preceded by http:// . Fixed. Robert McClenon (talk) 00:51, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

There seems to be another more serious problem here: a potential WP:COI, if Technical ceramics has a close connection to Macor or its manufacturers. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 09:36, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

RFC

I started a request for comment on Josh Willis about 24 hours ago, and for some reason it still hasn't been listed under WP:RFC/BIO. I was wondering if anyone knew why this is the case. Jinkinson (talk) 03:38, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

Did you click the link at the bottom that says "add a new request?" RudolfRed (talk) 03:44, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

Yes, but it says you're supposed to post it on the article's talk page first, so I assumed I didn't have to post it on the request board too, but I just did that. Jinkinson (talk) 03:51, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

If you place an RFC on a talk page, then within 24 hours a bot should add the RFC to the list of RFCs on the topic. If you then added the RFC manually to the category, it may then appear twice, which is nearly harmless. My guess is that the bot was having performance problems. Never be surprised by performance problems with computers. Robert McClenon (talk) 01:13, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

VisualEditor adding refnames

When I add references using the visual editor, I've not figured out how to add refnames. How do I do this? (if this is already implemented. else I'll file a feature request). Thanks Staticd (talk) 06:39, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

The visual editor invents names for the existing references when you click "Use an existing reference" at the bottom of the "Reference" dialog. But, in the test I just carried out at User:John of Reading/Sandbox, I wasn't able to re-use my reference until I had first saved the edit and then clicked "Edit (beta)" again. Disclaimer: I haven't used the Visual Editor to make any real edits yet. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:39, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

Yes, you can only re-use it after the page has been saved. There's a bug for this, but I can't find the number right now.

The inability to name the refs is Template:Bug. It was possible to name refs for a few weeks, but it's been turned off for now. I don't know why. Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 16:54, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

Copyright

Dear sir,

i recieved a message that "It seems to me that an article you worked on, Dubai Herbal and Treatment Centre, may be copied from http://www.linkedin.com/company/dubai-herbal-&-treatment-centre. It's entirely possible that I made a mistake, but I wanted to let you know because Wikipedia is strict about copying from other sites."

Actually this site company page copyright were belong to us. How could i claim it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dhtcuae (talk • contribs) 07:36, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

It is possible for the Dubai Herbal and Treatment Centre to release its copyright in this text, allowing it to be used in Wikipedia. But there are two other, more serious, problems with the article Dubai Herbal and Treatment Centre. One is that it gives no evidence that the Centre is notable enough to justify the existence of a Wikipedia article. The other is that you are associated with the Centre - this makes you an unsuitable person to create or edit the article. Wikipedia articles should be written by neutral persons. Maproom (talk) 07:46, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

Please note that your Username contravenes Wikipedia:Username policy which prohibits usernames which "consist of a name of a company" Furthermore, as you admit you work for the centre, you have an obvious conflict of interest, so you should not be editing that page at all, except in a few, extremely limited, circumstances. Please read Wikipedia's policy on conflict of interest before editing it again. Arjayay (talk) 08:37, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

I haven't changed anything

I haven't changed anything, but after the Rock Central, they only robbed two other times at Gads Hill Mo. on Jan.31, 1874 and their last at Blue Cut Mo. Sept 17,1881, relieving the passengers of thier pursesMensatop2 (talk) 09:48, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

I was trying to add the info above because it is fact please insert thanksMensatop2 (talk) 09:43, 11 September 2013 (UTC) two times they were forced to rob passengersMensatop2 (talk) 09:48, 11 September 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mensatop2 (talk • contribs) 09:45, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

We have more than four million articels. Please clarify. I Googled some of your terms to make a guess. Were you trying to edit James-Younger Gang? What happened? PrimeHunter (talk) 09:59, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

Pop-up on Watchlist.

For about the last 1-2 weeks, when I go to my watchlist, I get a single popup that reads "The page at https://en.wikipedia.org says". Note this occurs on two completely different machines that I have so, it has to be something in my setup, I think. Can someone help with where I should investigate? I'm using vector, so would it be one of the tools in User:Naraht/vector.js? Note, this *only* occurs on the watchlist page.Naraht (talk) 10:40, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

You should get an answer here in a day or two, but if you don't, post the question again at WP:PUMPTECH - X201 (talk) 12:33, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

Copying from other sites

Hello, I am an art lover and I wrote a new article about an artist I discovered recently in the press who was not yet in Wikipedia.

I received this message : “It seems to me that an article you worked on, PHIL AKASHI, may be copied from http://www.philakashi.com/biography. It's entirely possible that I made a mistake, but I wanted to let you know because Wikipedia is strict about copying from other sites.”

Some excerpts of the article appear indeed on the website of the artist in his biography page. That's why I have mentioned the references in the article. If the artist agrees to “free” the copyright of this text and allow it to be published in Wikipedia, would it be ok? I am going to contact the artist via his website, what should I ask him precisely to be sure to clarify the situation?

Thank you in advance for your feedback — Preceding unsigned comment added by PA Contemporary Art (talk • contribs) 12:23, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

Permission from the copyright owner must be for all purposes, including commercial reuse, see WP:IOWN. Permission for use only on Wikipedia is not sufficient. Also, note that even if the copyright issue is resolved, the tone of the text will almost certainly be inappropriate for Wikipedia - websites usually exist to promote people, companies etc, which is the very antithesis of what Wikipedia is all about.--ukexpat (talk) 15:12, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

Changing a logo

Hello,

The logo on the page about my organisation, TMF Group, is wrong but I can't work out how to change it/ask for it to be changed. Please can someone help? 62.232.37.26 (talk) 12:23, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

Help us first. What do you mean by wrong? - X201 (talk) 12:30, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

The logo on the website for the company you mentioned seems to be the same as the logo in the Wikipedia article. Can you be more specific please? --Mdann52talk to me! 13:56, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

I'm guessing that both the color and the proportions of the logo have changed, albeit slightly. But it would be helpful, as noted above, to be told specifically what is wrong with the logo in the Wikipedia article, not just that the logo is "wrong". -- John Broughton (♫♫) 00:33, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Racism

Please check the first line on this page - Fissler — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.29.32.64 (talk) 12:32, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

Vandalism from a computer registered at Kentucky Department of Education now reverted. Thanks for pointing this out. Arjayay (talk) 12:37, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

Renaming an article

Hi, I did an error on the article title of Lycée Georges Clémenceau. The name Clemenceau doesn't take an accent. could you please correct it or help me correcting it? Black-Star (talk) 13:34, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

I have added a section header and moved the article to Lycée Georges Clemenceau Arjayay (talk) 13:46, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

And after Arjayay moved the article, I've removed the stray acutes from the text. - David Biddulph (talk) 13:51, 11 September 2013 (UTC) Which I was doing, but got an edit conflict with DB Arjayay (talk) 13:58, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

Columns-list template

It seems you can include external links in a list, but not within a columns-list template. Am I correct? Thank you for your help. Vzeebjtf (talk) 14:31, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

This is not correct. If you have problems with a specific case then you can post it here so we can see the problem. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:58, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

Upon further investigation, I find that the "=" signs seem to be the problem; if I delete them, it works! I wouldn't expect the url to work without the "=" signs, but the second one does. (Note that the first item has one "=" sign and the second has three.)

With the "=" signs:

2

Without the "=" signs:

2

Vzeebjtf (talk) 01:09, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

An unnamed parameter cannot contain an ordinary equals sign, as this would be interpreted as setting off a named parameter. See the first bullett at Help:Template#Usage hints and workarounds. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:23, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Thank you so much! Vzeebjtf (talk) 15:30, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

How do I get Wikipedia through Goggle and Google Chrome.

How do I get Wikipedia through Goggle and Google Chrome. I stopped getting it after I made a donation to Wikipedia several weeks ago. When I cleak the Wikipedia shortcut icon on my homepage all I get is is a messages that says there is a "Error 404!

What should I do to get Wikipedia through Google or Google Chrome? Thank you for your response! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:3296:A0:95E6:AA98:1DF5:1EA6 (talk) 15:54, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

This isn't a problem in Wikipedia - you aren't getting to Wikipedia. At a guess, your shortcut is corrupt. Try typing http://en.wikipedia.org into the URL. bar. --ColinFine (talk) 20:22, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

moving article

I need to change the company's name. I have already edited all the content to reflect the new name, but cannot "move" the article. Can you do that? Editorialmanager (talk) 16:00, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

I have renamed and moved the article Lincoln Center Education for you, I have also removed all your promotional marketing edits, it needs to be re written in a neutral tone with references. Theroadislong (talk) 16:23, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

CANCER

IS CANCER HEREDETORY,ESP. BREAST CANCER,PLEASE LET ME KNOW. -RAO — Preceding unsigned comment added by 14.96.13.200 (talk) 18:35, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

Please have a look at this article Breast cancer#Genetics -- L o g X 19:40, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

Article Feedback Tool

Do anyone know how to turn off the Article feedback tool? I accidently turned on in the page Senthil Kumar. -- L o g X 19:36, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

Hey LogX. Go to your preferences → appearance tab → scroll down to Advanced options → tick the box for "Don't show the Article feedback widget on pages". Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 22:00, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

I just realized you might have meant something else. My post above regards turning off feedback from your view but not all articles on Wikipedia have feedback enabled in the first place. If you meant removing an article from the feature itself, you can disable it by going to the article's associated feedback page (you can navigate there by going to the talk page of the article and clicking "View reader feedback"); click on the cog () icon, and then click "Disable feedback on this page".--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 22:26, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

Let me try that! Thank you for your time and help!! -- L o g X 14:52, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

It worked!!!!! Thank you very very much @Fuhghettaboutit: -- L o g X 15:07, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Unified login

I'd like to make an account, but the name I want has a unified login conflict. I've read up on this concept a bit, and I know I'm supposed to contact bureaucrats on the Wikipedia where the name exists. But I don't know how to check on that. How can I tell which projects a given user name is in use in? --129.101.79.158 (talk) 22:24, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

You can try Special:CentralAuth or https://toolserver.org/~quentinv57/sulinfo, but we may be able to help more if you tell the username. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:52, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

The toolserver linked worked, thanks. Toolserver was down at some point yesterday. --129.101.79.158 (talk) 16:05, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

September 12

How can I see what templates will look at before placing them?

Hello fellow editors! I do a lot of work at Afc, so I am frequently using both the Afc script and Twinkle. Both of these tools (very useful, by the way) often place templates either on articles or on talk pages without allowing a preview. Often the text placed bears little resemblance to the short summary on the pop-down option list. Some of the list items don't say the name of the template tha will be placed. This makes me hesitant to use some of the features because I can't see what the result will be. Some templates have samples on their documentation pages, but not all. Is there a way to test out templates placed by these tools without actually placing them, in the same way that the "preview" function works on articles? An example is the "Warn" feature on Twinkle. I tried to use it in my sandbox, but it disappeared from the list. I tried it on my talk page, but it seemed to think that I was making an error by warning myself. —Anne Delong (talk) 01:05, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Hey Anne. To test article tagging, use the article sandbox. To test user-page tagging (warn, welcome, and talkback), use the user warnings sandbox. I've copied and pasted this from Wikipedia:Twinkle/doc, which has other material you might find useful. If I were you I'd keep those two sandboxes open in separate tabs as I was working. Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 02:26, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Thank you; that's just what I need. I learn something every day!—Anne Delong (talk) 06:30, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

List of Angel Novels

I tried to add to the List of Angel Novels by putting in City Of, the novelization of the series premiere. I tried using edit beta and edit source, neither of which worked properly for me. Here's the url - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Angel_novels?veaction=edit I'm afraid I messed up the first two entries. Mine and the first one have no boxes. Template:Wfkeil — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wfkeil (talk • contribs) 01:41, 12 September 2013‎

List of Angel novels (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

I've had a go at fixing the table. The "new row" marker, |-, must be placed on a line by itself. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:38, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Two sources, two versions

Hi. Last night, after the end of matches listed in the article 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF Fourth Round, I waited for the end of various updates to make some technical controls. In a match, Honduras-Panama (2-2), the FIFA report (both in index and final report forms) assigns the 2nd Panamanian goal to Gabriel Torres, min. 90'. CONCACAF report assings it to Roberto Chen, min. 90+2' (see live commentary), after an assist... Yesterday I reverted an anon edit (this one) explaining the reasons in the summary and preferring FIFA version to CONCACAF's one because, in the doubt, FIFA's is the one linked in the article. By now I've seen this edits but I've not reverted them. Well, I've not reverted for some reasons: to avoid a possible edit war because the anon could be right (CONCACAF report) and, btw, the IP seems to come from Panama... and the IP could have seen the match on TV... Well, in cases as this one what is the report to follow? It's just a help request to a most experienced user in this field. Sorry for the mini-minimality of the problem shown. Thanx for listening. --Dэя-Бøяg 02:53, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

This is a really specialized question. I suggest you ask it at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Football rather than here (or, if you will, rather than waiting to get an answer here). -- John Broughton (♫♫) 03:15, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Just a thought but I think this is the video showing the scoring (except it's experiencing technical difficulties right now, at least when I try to view it). If you can view it and they focus in on the scoring goals, you should be able to see the face of the person scoring the goal (or maybe their team number) and match that to their public likeness or number. This might be seen to tread into original research territory, but what you would be doing is bolstering one of the existing sources with a corroborating source you can cite, with just a twist of commonsense that anyone can duplicate.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 03:19, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Changing my username from to

Basically, I'm wondering how do I go about changing my username from my current one (mybodymyself) to new one (waybeyondfedup or waybeyondskeptical) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mybodymyself (talk • contribs) 05:16, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Start at Wikipedia:Changing username. If your proposed new name isn't already taken, post at Wikipedia:Changing username/Simple. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:25, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

K C Carceral

An author of books, journal articles, and art work. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.176.237.41 (talk) 05:28, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

You probably want WP:Requested Articles Rojomoke (talk) 06:52, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Split question

A user have decided to split an article without prior discussion on the that article page, to allow other users who follow it to comment, after a 4 comment "discussion" on another article, where he failed to gain consensus, and was asked to start a discussion in an appropriate place. I have reverted his changes t the article page, but what do I do with the new article he created? --PLNR (talk) 09:04, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

You can turn it into a redirect to the original article. Dismas|^(talk) 10:25, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Thank you.--PLNR (talk) 10:54, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Raymond Paul Russell

I am trying to add references to the Raymond Paul Russell page. He is a writer and was a child actor and has had 3 books published. I don't want to write it as an advertisement, just a record as I've seen on Wiki. I don't think I have put the correct punctuation around the internet links. Can anyone help please. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Randomharvest (talk • contribs) 09:05, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

I have added a new section heading above your question, as I don't think your question related to the #Split question topic under which you included it. I have also included a WP:wikilink to the article concerned. You asked a similar question at the Teahouse and I have tried to answer it there; it is generally frowned on to ask the same question in multiple places, as that can tend to result in contributors wasting time answering questions which have already been answered. Happy editing! - David Biddulph (talk) 09:56, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

For those puzzling over the redlink to the article, this is from the deletion log:

15:06, 12 September 2013 Orangemike (talk | contribs) deleted page Raymond Paul Russell (A7: No explanation of significance (real person/animal/organization/web content/organized event))

-- John Broughton (♫♫) 19:17, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Hope College Page, incorrect logo

Hope College (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Greetings. I have a few needs.

First off, I need the logo updated - which we cannot currently edit, and the page author is nonresponsive.

Secondly, I need my account to be confirmed and have the ownership of the Hope College page on wikipedia transferred from the independent user who created it, to myself or someone inside the college's Integrated Marketing office.

We don't as individuals or an office have the need to make edits on Wikipedia as a whole, but rather to manage the content about our organization.

Please advise as soon as possible. Thank you kindly

Craig Tommola '00 Web Communication Specialist Integrated Marketing

Hope College Andersen-Werkman Building 100 East 8th St, Suite 260, Holland, MI 49423 hope.edu — Preceding unsigned comment added by Craigtommola (talk • contribs) 13:06, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Not done and will not be done That is not how Wikipedia works. Nobody "owns" an article, least of all the subject of said article. These articles are intended to be impartial, written by people without a conflict of interest, and drawing from published, verifiable reliable sources. --Orange Mike | Talk 15:09, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

I'm sure that Hope College must have a web site on which to place their "managed content". —Anne Delong (talk) 20:47, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Footnote Referencing with a Label in place of a URL

I have edited an article (of my own creation) by adding a link to "http://psychiatryonline.org/data/Journals/AJP/3683/1774.pdf" using the "Cite" function. The link appears in the footnotes just that way (with the addition of a pdf icon). What I wonder is: Is there a quick way to replace that long URL with a much shorter label, in this case with "American Journal of Psychiatry"? Anadessma (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 14:19, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

 Done With this edit. Dru of Id (talk) 15:36, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

draft template param displaying pipe 2 ways

I'm drafting a template with a parameter that takes a manually-entered string as a value. If the string includes "{{!}}", the rendering depends on whether it is in a URL or not. If it is, the rendering is as "%7C"; but if is not in a URL, the rendering is as "|". In a test, I found that a URL (a different one) does not necessarily resolve percent-encoding to the unencoded form so the intended address can be reached (tested by percent-encoding either the dot before "com" or a letter); the Internet service provider was unable to determine what destination I wanted and sent me some advertising instead. How can I make the parameter display the literal result of the "{{!}}" template even if embedded in a URL, just as happens when there's a string without a URL? Although a pipe is not common in a URL, I think it is permitted. (I asked about the problem at Help talk:Template but there's no answer.) Nick Levinson (talk) 16:04, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

@Nick Levinson: - For this question, and the one in the section immediately below this, better places to ask (sorry) are WP:VPT or WT:WikiProject Templates. If you don't get any further answers here, I suggest trying one of those in a day or so. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 23:17, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

URL from draft template linked with next word

If a parameter value is a URL ending with either an equals sign or a template that generates an equals sign ("=" or "{{=}}", respectively, without quotation marks), the displayed result is of a linked URL that extends the link to include the next word in the displayed result, beyond the URL, making following the link difficult except for us geeks perceiving the error. Examples are visible of the overextended link despite ending with "{{=}}" and the proper link even though the value has subsequent text and the proper link even though the value has a subsequent space template (I assume a plain space there would get stripped) and are based on the template draft. By contrast, another template has no such problem. (I asked at Help talk:Template but there's no answer.) Nick Levinson (talk) 16:12, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Citing "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFM2x9uCUP4"

Dru ID: PLEASE IGNORE. I THINK I HAVE FIGURED THIS OUT! 12 September 2013

To Dru, thank you very much for the expert assistance. Can you also edit fn 3 of the same article ("J. Nigro Sansonese"), so as to replace "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFM2x9uCUP4" with something along the lines of "J. Nigro Sansonese–Jeffrey Mishlove: 'Thinking Allowed,' excerpted from PBS interview of December 1994"?Anadessma (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 16:39, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Author requesting article about their new book

My name is Julia Barkey and I am the author of the new teen book Waybrooke. I'm afraid I'm having a difficult time navigating through the publishing process. Is there a way I can put a request in to have an article made for my book? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Julia Barkey (talk • contribs) 16:41, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Your starting point is to read Wikipedia:Notability (books). - David Biddulph (talk) 17:02, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

e/c You can ask at WP:Requested Articles but that will depend if an editor is interested in the subject, and may take some time. More importantly, is your book "notable" i.e. does it meet the criteria at Wikipedia:Notability (books)? If not, any article that is created will be deleted. Arjayay (talk) 17:03, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Disagreement with another author

I need some help dealing with some guy who insists on vandalizing my contributions and falsely reporting me. The page in question is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clan_Young The abusive editor is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Brianann_MacAmhlaidh Hobbe Yonge (talk) 17:05, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

This is the wrong place to raise this, try Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents. However, considering this edit of yours I suggest you read WP:BOOMERANG before doing that. Arjayay (talk) 17:15, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Abraham Lincoln - color picture

Hi,

I saw the famous picture of Lincoln seating now available online with colors. This is a real professional work and it really show how the picture would look like if it had been taken with a today's camera. Would it be the Wikipedia policy to use one of those pictures? Cause it's obviously a fake but made to look so real.

202.53.170.195 (talk) 20:03, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

The person who tinted that picture holds the copyright to the altered picture. Additionally, such a work is speculative, and thus fails our requirement for verifiability. --Orange Mike | Talk 20:26, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

I WAS SENT TO YOU BY ASHLEY TO HELP RESOLVE 2 ISSUES I HAVE.

QUESTION 1: I HAVE TRIED TO ACCESS AND FIND THE 2 BOOKS I CREATED AND CANNOT LOCATE THEM. IF I NEED TO LOG IN, YOUR SYSTEM IS NOT ALLOWING ME TO CHANGE MY PASSWORD [I FORGOT THE OTHER ONE] {CAN YOU GIVE ME DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO FIND THEM?}

QUESTION 2: SOME OF THE PDF'S I DOWNLOAD INCLUDE THE PICTURES THAT ARE IN THE ARTICLES AND OTHERS DO NOT. HOW CAN I RECTIFY THIS PROBLEM. DO I JUST HAVE TO 'SAVE AS' FROM WITHIN THE ARTICLE. THIS HAS NEVER BEEN A PROBLEM BEFORE ..... DO YOU HAVE A BUG?

I HOPE THESE ARE CONCISE ENOUGH ....PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME BY EMAIL IF YOU REQUIRE MORE INFO. .....THANK YOU. JUDITH — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.134.210.178 (talk) 20:14, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

If you do manage to log in (see Help:Logging in for ideas), your saved books will be listed if you click the "Contributions" link at the top right. Alternatively, you can visit Special:Contributions and key your user name in there, whether or not you have logged in, and see the names of any books you have saved.

For question 2, I believe the book software is currently configured to leave out any images that have copyright restrictions; i.e. those marked as "non-free". There's some discussion among the developers about this at bugzilla:50948. -- John of Reading (talk) 20:42, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

TAKE THIS DOWN!!!!!!!!!

Take the Pornographic down from this page. It is ruining my life and I will have to get a lawyer. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.163.116.98 (talk) 20:29, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Which page? Bretonbanquet (talk) 20:32, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Hello. Please, first of all, refrain from making legal threats such as "getting a lawyer", it is strictly prohibited and may result in you being blocked from editing. Secondly, we will need to know what page you are referring to before we can help further. Please tell us the name (or give us a link) to the page. ~Charmlet ^-talk- 22:04, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Search "Simpson"

I noted while searching "Simpson" you have links to places and people, however there is no link to sir James Young Simpson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Young_Simpson who pioneered the use of chloroform. I feel this man should be included, perhaps also adding a link to the Simpson centre for reproductive health in Edinburgh royal infirmary named in his honour Thanks, Douglas — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.42.164.133 (talk) 21:43, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Hey person editing from 164.133. I have added him in in this edit. Thanks for suggesting this. By the way, you could have done this yourself, by simply clicking "edit source" and doing what I did, emulating the form of other entries. Wikipedia wants people to improve its content, if capable. If you have a desire, try the Wikipedia:tutorial to get started, and then consider signing up for an account, which takes just a few moments and provides significant advantages over editing by your IP address. Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 21:57, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

How to protect my privacy

Hi, is there a way to protect the privacy of my talk page's archives? This user User:Stiarts erid just admited that he had invaded my privacy reading my talk page's past messages.--NeoBatfreak (talk) 23:23, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Nothing you do on Wikipedia is 'private', and nor is it claimed to be. AndyTheGrump (talk) 23:26, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Thanks.--NeoBatfreak (talk) 23:28, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

September 13

article about "tick (parasite)" doesn't link/list all languages

Hello, in my daily browsing of wikipedia I stumbled on the english article about "Tick".

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

I wanted to read it also in my native language (Italian), but I couldn't find the link in the listed languages on the left. I thought it was impossible and indeed I was right; here it is:

http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ixodida

I understand it might be a matter of orders, but the scientific name is the same (Ixodida) and in a casual conversation when you say "tick" in english you means "zecca" in Italian. One more thing. As you can see the Italian version is somehow linked to very few other languages who form a separate group from the others with two exceptions, Spanish and Portuguese. These languages lead to different pages.

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ixodoidea and http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ixodida

http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrapato and http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ixodida

But if you have them checked, they are really saying the same things. Could it be that one was written for Spain and the other for Latin America in one case. Portugal and Brazil in the other case?

Best Regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.50.121.64 (talk) 00:07, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

I tried to fix this problem by adding a link at Wikidata, but the system objected. So I reposted the above comment at https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Article_about_.22tick_.28parasite.29.22_doesn.27t_link.2Flist_all_languages . Someone with more interest (and experience) will presumably fix this problem (and yes, it's definitely a problem). -- John Broughton (♫♫) 04:14, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

URL problem, redux

I ran into this problem before, and got help here, but I can't remember what the repair was. A reference in The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959 film) has an "|" in the url which is causing trouble. Help, before the world is depopulated and there are only three people left alive ... Clarityfiend (talk) 00:43, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

Hey Clarityfiend. Just replace with %7c See Help:URL. By the way, have you ever seen The Quiet Earth? Good flick. After I read the plot description of the The World, the Flesh and the Devil, I recognized it as very similar to the Quiet Earth and now see it described as an "unofficial remake". --Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 01:20, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

Yes, I've seen The Quiet Earth. Hadn't struck me before, but I guess there are similarities. Nowhere near as good is Roger Corman's Last Woman on Earth. (Maybe I should start Category:Films with a cast of three or less, not.) Anyway, thanks. Clarityfiend (talk) 02:35, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

Stock exchange links in an article

Dear editors: While checking out an article that has been nominated for deletion, Neustar, I saw that it had an external link in the lead paragraph. This apparently is generated by a template. I am not all that familiar with business articles; is this an exception to preference for keeping URLS out of the paragraph part of an article? —Anne Delong (talk) 03:22, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

Sometimes. The link is supposed to be only in the article once, preferrably in an infobox. See {{Nyse}}. If the article survives deletion review, it will need to be cleaned up. RudolfRed (talk) 03:29, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

The article is going to survive the deletion nomination, I guarantee - this is a NYSE company, not a small business. In any case, I've removed the template-generated link (that is, the template itself) since it is, as noted, already in the infobox, and that's the only place (based on other articles about companies that I looked at) that it should be. (And yes, WP:EL essentially bans external links from the body of an article; infoboxes are an exception.) (@RudolfRed: It's at WP:AFD, not WP:DRV. ) -- John Broughton (♫♫) 04:03, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

10 letter city

I need a 10 letter city using a combination of these letters and one number.

Here are the letters given for puzzle NeoLmalb2acdra l — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doblick67 (talk • contribs) 03:36, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

This is the help page for how to use Wikipedia. We can't help you with your puzzle or homework. RudolfRed (talk) 03:38, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

Parenthetical disambiguation

Can a word or phrase be a redirect to that word or phrase with a disambiguating term in parentheses? For example, the novel "Les Misérables" is a primary topic for the phrase "Les Misérables". In such a case, can "Les Misérables" be a redirect to Les Misérables (novel) with a hatnote in the article for refering to the disambiguation page? I mean is there any specific guideline that prohibit adding parentheses to a primary topic? --Ali Pirhayati (talk) 06:30, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

Automated chapter adding to books

Take a look at this book. Is there a way to automatically add Chapters for each page/article with the same name? I know you can add them in the source with ";Chapter name" --Drogonov 08:18, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

Deletion of Wiki Page

Due to an individual continually placing a libelous entry I wish to completely delete my Wikipedia page. Please can this be done with immediate effect. I have attempted to delete but it keeps returning back to its original form.

Thank You