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March 2

Good Day -

I am thoroughly disappointed with several discrepancies on the Wikipedia website. The both, ironically enough, have to do with The First State of Delaware.

First, when "The Diamond State" is typed into Wikipedia Search, you are directed to the state of Arkansas portal. "The Diamond State" is almost always associated with the state of Delaware. In fact, Thomas Jefferson contributed to this nickname by calling Delaware "a jewel among states" - several decades before Arkansas would become a state itself. This error, it would seem, needs to be corrected.

Secondly, whom ever maintains the Delaware portal does an inadequate job as it pertains to various facts. At one time, and this went uncorrected for several months, Dover was ranked as the third most populated city in the state, when, in fact, it passed Newark in the 1980's to become the second most populated city in the state.

Also, it perplexes me as to why Delaware (Maryland and Washington, D.C. included), is not considered to be a part of the Northeastern Corridor. Am I to believe that the United States Census Bureau is the judge and jury when it comes to deciding the cultural divide? Mind boggling indeed...

A response would be much appreciated. Thank you very much in advance.

Barun De

I write to appeal against the editing of an article I had started on 21 May 2007 on Barun De. I signed in as B_de2002. It has been locked for an year, until 15 February 2014, by a group of editors, who have all commented on TalK: Barun De. My contention is that the contents of the page are not agreeable with the original writer of the article. Since there is no agreement between the original writer and a few editors, I sincerely request that the page be deleted.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.194.241.191 (talk) 04:38, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

The situation has been explained in crystal clear terms at Talk: Barun De, so you know that by coming here you are wasting your own time and ours. --David Biddulph (talk) 05:31, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Please read the policy that no one "owns" an article and the caution against forum shopping. By coming here after having the situation explained on the article talk page, you are forum-shopping. You have a right to request that the article be deleted via the Articles for Deletion process, but, as was discussed on the talk page, that is unlikely to prevail, because, although the subject is not notable as a historian, he is notable as an administrator. You do not have a right to request that the article be deleted because of disagreements between different editors, or because the article is not satisfactory to the subject's family. If you think that the subject's family has the right to veto the article if it doesn't pass their wishes, you are mistaken, and as David Biddulph said, you are wasting everyone's time including your own. That is not how Wikipedia works. Robert McClenon (talk) 00:30, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

I don't wish to waste anybody's time, but I must say here that it was grave mistake on my part to have donated any article on my father, Barun De to the Wikipedia in the first place. Mores the pity that such rules exist, but clearly copyright rules vary from search engine to search engine. There's nothing much that I can do about this. A page will exist on my father on the internet that will misrepresent his contributions to society and will not be anything more than internet spam. So much for the legitimacy of this particular search engine. Henceforth, I'll have to tell people not to rely on or use the Wikipedia. All best. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 14.139.214.178 (talk) 11:27, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Changing link target in template

There are quite a few articles, such as Liswerry and Ringland, Newport, that use {{Infobox UK place}} with unitary_wales = [[Newport, Wales|Newport]]. But the sentence below the map that says, for instance, "Liswerry shown within Newport", still links to Newport (a disambiguation page) rather than to Newport, Wales. How can I fix this? —Mr. Granger (talk · contribs) 05:20, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

The problem is in Template:Infobox UK place/local, which is a protected template. I have made an edit request at Template talk:Infobox UK place/local. Thanks for pointing it out. --David Biddulph (talk) 05:46, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

 Fixed with this edit. --Redrose64 (talk) 14:08, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Shyne Po

Shyne po is from flatbush gardens. It use to be called a different name. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.56.17.101 (talk) 05:38, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

If you have information to contribute to Shyne Po or any other article, you are welcome to put it in; but please be aware that information in Wikipedia (especially about living persons) is required to be referenced to a published reliable source. The information about his origin in Belize is cited in the article which in no longer available, but you need a reliable source to change it to something different. --ColinFine (talk) 12:17, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Main Page Redesign 2014

Dear all,
The main page redesign has started, welcome to hand in your designs and join the discussions! :)
Gabrielchihonglee (talk) 06:53, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

how to change title of an article

There's a small mistake in the name of the person. (link below)

the last name first letter is in lower case, and I dont know how to change it:

it says: David lussier but it should be David Lussier (capital L)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_lussier

is there a way to change it? Because if the search engine is case sensitive it could be a problem.

thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wisez001 (talk • contribs) 07:08, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

@Wisez001: I've moved it for you and done a copyedit, added categories and so on. You would not have been able to move it yet as your account is not yet autoconfirmed. Here's the problem Wisez001: you are not using reliable sources to verify the article but rather using user generated sources which neither show notability nor are they proper to verify the article's content.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 07:30, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

The "thank" button

Apart from the two parties involved in the process, does anyone ever see who thanks whom? --Theurgist (talk) 10:24, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

@Theurgist: Yes, Special:Log/thanks --Glaisher [talk] 10:26, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

@Glaisher: Thanks. Does the log (or anything else) not indicate the specific edit for which one is thanked? --Theurgist (talk) 10:31, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

I don't think so. --Glaisher [talk] 10:34, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

• @Theurgist and Glaisher: You can follow the intense at times discussion about allowing some editors to view which edit on Template:Bugzilla. — {{U|Technical 13}} ^{(t • e • c)} 14:04, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Interesting log - starting at 17.07 today, one editor thanked the same other editor 30 times in 4 minutes, with 7 more in the subsequent minutes - is this a competition? or does it actually achieve anything? - Arjayay (talk) 17:54, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

• Arjayay, that actually sounds like abuse of the feature to me, which has been part of the argument for logging which edit in that BZ ticket I mentioned above. My current position is that the people who should be able to see which edit include the system itself (another ticket which is mentioned in there could use this information being added to the database to prevent multiple thanking from one user to another for the same edit), the user sending the thanks, the user who received the thanks, oversighters, and anyone who has been vetted through an election process or is otherwise attached to the privacy policy (admins, crats, developers, etc). Anyways... Happy editing! — {{U|Technical 13}} ^{(t • e • c)} 19:03, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

There have been a few incidents in which the "thank" feature has been used abusively as a form of harassment. Robert McClenon (talk) 00:18, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

edit - end reference -

page Counterfeit electronic components#Purchasing policies and procedures - error message occurs; missing end reference — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fineng5893 (talk • contribs) 19:59, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

I added the missing </ref> tags. Samwalton9 (talk) 20:07, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

How do I upload an Image

I need help in knowing how to upload a JPG image from my computer so it shows up in my page article and question that I want to ask on the reference desk? I am new to Wikipedia, this is my first time. I don't want to mess it up and would appreciate a walk through the process. Can I copy and paste with my photo or what is the process? I am totally confused and need your help. thank youPolkateer (talk) 21:54, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Hello, Polkateer. Adding images to Wikipedia is a two-stage process: the image must first be uploaded from your computer to Wikipedia, or preferably to a sister project called Wikimedia Commons (because then the pictures can be used in other projects, such as other-language Wikipedias). Wikipedia is very strict on copyright, so the picture normally must have been explicitly released by the copyright holder on a suitable licence: if you hold the copyright (which will usually be the case if you took the picture), then you can licence it; but if you don't, and are not in contact with the copyright holder this may be difficult. (Most pictures found on the internet cannot be used, or can only be used under very limited restrictions, for this reasons). Once the image is in Wikipedia or Commons, then you can use it in an article.

You can find out more about how to do these two steps at Help:Uploading images and WP:Image tutorial. --ColinFine (talk) 23:12, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Query about inappropriately protecting talk pages

I have a concern about what I feel may be inappropriate protection of a talk page. A while back, I commented on a discussion on this talk page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Anjem_Choudary

I recently came across another dispute on the same page and, curious to see how the original discussion turned out, looked at it again.:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Anjem_Choudary/Archive2

The page has now been archived but, in a nutshell, it was addressing references to photos published in tabloid newspapers. User:Bencherlite felt that details sourced from tabloid newspapers are never acceptable for inclusion and, as he felt that this should be the end of the discussion, he made the decision to protect the section from further edits with the following justification:

"Wikipedia does not source information of this sort from tabloid newspapers. I have protected the page from editing from anonymous and new editors to prevent further breaches of the Wikipedia policy for articles about living people. That's enough of this discussion."

I have been unable to locate a particular Wikipedia guideline or rule that specifically addresses this but, as far as I am aware, for an editor to simply shut down discussion on a talk page because he disagrees with the forming consensus is way out of line. Is this correct? I have not seen this occur anywhere else on Wikipedia.

As an additional note, what concerns me further is that User:Bencherlite was probably wrong anyway. According to Wikipedia:Potentially unreliable sources the use of tabloid newspapers should only be avoided when there are other reliable sources. A blanket ban is simply not correct. As tabloid newspapers were the only source for the news in question, the information cannot be removed on this basis. Thus, it is even more concerning that not only did User:Bencherlite inappropriately close down a discussion, he did so on the basis on an incorrect application of editing policy.

I appreciate that this happened a while back (June 2013) but, on my recent revisit, it is clear that a small group of editors, primarily User:Bencherlite and User:Parrot of Doom have driven off a large number of other editors over a lengthy period of time with a constant refusal to permit edits they have not made, twinned with a generally aggressive and hostile approach. Thus, the issues that are raised by this inappropriate action are still ongoing and seem to be having a negative impact on the quality of the article and the collaborative editing process. I have said that I felt that the editors in question are acting inappropriately but many others have made similar comments and have been rudely rebuffed.

I would be grateful if someone could a) let me know whether I am way off base with these concerns and b) what steps I can take (if any) to try to assist in resolving these concerns about the editing process of this article? Thanks. Robinr22 (talk) 21:57, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

WP:BLP is the policy you are looking for. Content about living people must be from impeccable sources, particularly potentially controversial content. Tabloids are certainly never allowed for use for their main fare - scandal about living people. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 03:04, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply. I see now that the criteria for BLP is tighter than for other wiki articles and that tabloid sources shouldn't be used in any circumstances. I had previously only reviewed the general guidelines which stated that they should only be used when there are no other reliable sources. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. However, I still have concerns about the approach of the editors on the article, namely Parrot of Doom. There is no question that something is going badly wrong with the editing process -- a quick explanation of the relevant policy would have solved the issue immediately, yet his responses (and those of his cohort) are rude, abusive, hostile and aggressive to both me and other editors. Is there any advice you can give me to try to put something in motion to resolve that? Robinr22 (talk) 14:22, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Please note that the discussion was closed but the talk page was never protected. The article only was semi-protected for 20 days, which was thereafter extended by another admin. By the way, I agree with both the protection and the decision to keep out unproven accusations by sensationalist sources in a biography of a living person.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 05:12, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Ah, thanks. I've misread the comment above the closed section. I thought Bencherlite had protected the talk page but he had actually closed the discussion and protected the article, as you rightly point out. Is closing an ongoing discussion still acceptable though? I also accept that I was wrong about the use of tabloid sources in a BLP and so now have no issue with the article being protected. Thanks for the help! As I state above, I still have concerns about the behavior of the editor involved. No reference was ever made in the discussion to anything other Parrot of Doom's personal opinion, while a brief reference to the relevant policies would have cleared this up immediately. Additionally, he is generally abusive and hostile to other editors and acts with a unnecessary degree of contempt and rudeness. I think there is a need for additional community involvement in order to get the collaborative process back on track and prevent a single editor from dominating the discussion and owning the article. Any tips on that? Thanks again for the help Robinr22 (talk) 14:22, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

March 3

Referencing errors on International College, Beirut

Reference help requested. How can I please correct my error? Thanks, Seekerofjustice (talk) 03:39, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

You added four, nested but otherwise empty, <ref> tags to the article. A few hours later they were removed by another editor. Is this what you mean? Maproom (talk) 08:12, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

List of Nokia Products

In this Article of wikipedia "List of Nokia products"

In that there is "3-digit series since 2011" Article you have to Mention About Nokia 220 and Nokia 220 Dual Sim which was released At Nokia Mobile World Congress Febraury 2014 Along with Nokia X, X+, XL

http://www.nokia.com/in-en/phones/phone/220-dual-sim/

This Is the Proof about Nokia 220 and Nokia 220 Dual Sim Above The Article

You Have to mention in this Article "Worded series (Asha/Lumia/X)Asha (2011–) " http://www.nokia.com/in-en/phones/phone/asha230-dual-sim/

This is the Proof About Nokia Asha 230 Dual Sim which was also launch along with Nokia X, X+, XL at Nokia Mobile World Congress Febraury 2014 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 223.178.250.39 (talk) 03:40, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

If you have improvements to make to an article, you are welcome to make them youself, or to suggest them at the article's talk page: that is more likely to get acted on than making suggestions for a particular article here. Normally information added should be referenced to sources independent of the subject, so a review in a reliable magazine, for example, would be better than using Nokia's own website; but where for uncontroversial factual information the manufacturer's website will do. (If you do decide to edit the article yourself, please note that it is customary to use capital letters only for proper names and the start of sentences). --ColinFine (talk) 19:11, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Mulatu Teshome Wirtu

Extended content

H.E. Dr. Mulatu Teshome Wirtu President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia H.E. Dr. Mulatu Teshome Wirtu was elected President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia on October 7,2013 by the joint session of the House of People’s Representatives and the House of Federation of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. Prior to his election as the President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, he was Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia to the Republic of Turkey. H.E Dr. Mulatu Teshome WIRTU was simultaneously accredited to the Republic of Georgia, the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Republic of Kazakhstan, and to the Republic of Tajikistan, as non resident Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (March 2006 - October 2013) Prior to his post as an Ambassador of Ethiopia to Turkey , he was the Speaker of the House of Federation of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (October 2002-October 2005) H.E. Dr. Mulatu Teshome was elected speaker of the House of Federation on October 10th, 2002. He is the second speaker in history to be chosen as the Speaker of the House of Federation of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, which is the Second Chamber of the Federal Parliament. H.E. Dr. Mulatu Teshome has devoted his entire professional life to working for the Government. Prior to being elected Speaker of the House of Federation, He was Minister of Agriculture (2001-2002). During his tenure as Minster of Agriculture, he was Head of the Ethiopian Delegation to the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg, South Africa, August 26- Sep.4, 2002; Alternate Head of the Ethiopian Delegation to the World Food Summit: Five Years Later in Rome 10-13 June 2002; Head of the Ethiopian Delegation to the 25th Session of IFAD Governing Council, Rome, 19-20 Feb. 2002; and Head of the Ethiopia Delegation to the 22nd FAO Regional Conference for Africa, Cairo, Egypt, 4-8 February 2002. Before his appointment as Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Mulatu held the position of Vice Minister (1995-2001) at the Ministry of Economic Development and Cooperation. He was in charge of international economic cooperation both bilateral and multilateral and lead the Ethiopian delegation in all bilateral and multilateral negotiations and annual consultation meetings with Ethiopia's development partners since in office at MEDAC in 1995. He lead the Ethiopian Delegation to all COMESA Council of Ministers, and specifically Represented Ethiopia at the Summit level in Kenya (1998 June); Mauritius (1999 June); Egypt (2000 June). He was also Head of the Ethiopian Delegation to all the preparatory meetings of TICAD II and assumed the role of Rapporteur in all of the preparatory meetings in Tokyo (Nov. 1997) Dakar (March 1998), Harare (June 1998), Addis Ababa (Sept. 1998), and finally at the summit in Tokyo (October 19 – 21, 1998). Before joining the Ministry of Economic Development and Cooperation Dr. Mulatu was in the field of diplomatic service: Ambassador Extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the People's Republic of China (1994-1995); Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Japan (1992-1994); and non-resident Ambassador to Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Australia and the Philippines. He started his career as a Counsellor where he held senior positions as a civil servant at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in October 1991. Dr. Mulatu's professional experience also includes research and teaching. He was a research and teaching assistant in international relations when he was a MALD student at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University (1988 – 1990). He was Assistant lecturer at the Debre-zeit Agricultural College and Veterinary Institute of the Addis Ababa University (1982-1984). Born in 1957 in Wollega, Ethiopia, Dr. Mulatu is fluent in English, Amharic, Chinese, Oromifa and tries a little bit of French. He obtained a B.A. degree at Beijing University in 1982 in Political Economy and Philosophy. In 1988 he obtained LLM in International Law and a Ph.D. in 1991 from the same University. After finishing his course works for the Ph.D. candidacy at Beijing University he went to the U.S.A for further studies in International Relations. He was at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (administered by Harvard and Tufts University 1988 - 1990) where he acquired his MALD degree in May 1990. Dr. Mulatu is married to Meaza Abreham with whom he shares a son, Paulus Mulatu. His hobbies are swimming, Football, Tennis, Classical Music

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.55.104.236 (talk) 05:46, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Mulatu Teshome (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

You are welcome to improve this politician's article, but this help desk is not a good place to submit content for the encyclopedia. Please note that all new content must be backed up by references to reliable sources so that readers will be able to check the information for themselves. -- John of Reading (talk) 09:04, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

I recovered password a few minutes ago. Ten Years Gone is a long time. I did check the article I started and was pleased it had evolved close to my original vision

Kyle Chapman page

I am Kyle Chapman I have complained before about Lefty wing activists misleading or lying on wikipedia about me. I have been trying to remove a misleading introduction done by a person who obviously has bias. I have done a talk to him/her but there is no change.

The primary issue is the misleading statement that I am well known for fire bombing a Marae, that is untrue as it is is old media news only.

"Haminoon" is the person doing these bias edits and I have concern of the motivations. In one sentence he/she has explained them-self as saying that was the only significant thing I achieved, however, as a social worker, serving on the crime prevention committee and many other social projects and leadership in many organisations, this is hardly the most significant thing, it can only be said by someone who has reason to try and keep slander in the header. — Preceding unsigned comment added by NZTrooper (talk • contribs) 09:40, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

The statement in the Kyle Chapman article is "He was convicted in his youth of fire-bombing a marae". It is supported by two reliable sources. Are you claiming it is untrue? If so can you cite a source for that? It does not say that that is what you are best known for, that statement has been removed in a recent edit. As the subject of the article, you have a WP:COI. You should not edit the article directly -- make any suggestions on Talk:Kyle Chapman and use {{request edit}} to call attention to them if needed. Be sure to cite reliable soruces for any suggested changes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DESiegel (talk • contribs) 13:59, 3 March 2014‎ (UTC)

The lead of an article ought to summarise the rest of it. But the mention of fire-bombing a marae appears only in the lead. This statement, with its references, ought to be moved to the body of the article. Maproom (talk) 17:46, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

A couple of points; I grew up in the same suburb as Mr Chapman and I can assure everyone that the fire-bombing of a marae was an incredibly significant and unusual event. I understand this needs to be expanded on before being placed back in the lede. Mr Chapman is also well known as a serial political candidate but I have never seen any references to him being a social worker, which I doubt is true. Haminoon (talk) 21:24, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Replacing an entry created in my name (without my approval)

I would like to create a new entry for myself to replace one (titled by my name) that some unidentified creature has established without my knowledge or approval. How do I do this? Thanks. Richard Barsam — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.215.170.222 (talk) 16:40, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Firstly, you are unlikely to get far in Wikipedia when your first sentence is to describe an experienced editor as a "creature".

Secondly, we don't need, or even want, your approval to write an article about you - provided you are notable - in our meaning of the word some one will write an article about you - although reading the talk page, there are questions as to whether you actually merit an article, or not.

Thirdly, because you have a conflict of interest the one person who should not be writing an article about you, is you. Furthermore, anyone closely related to you should not do so either.

If you wish to propose any changes, to the article please suggest them at Talk:Richard Barsam and provide reliable, independent, sources where the information can be verified. - Thank you Arjayay (talk) 17:18, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Turn off 'mentioned you' notices?

How do I get rid of the notice that pings you when you're mentioned on a talk page or whatever? I have a whole stack of them today but when I check there's nothing there, so the system may be on the fritz. Doesn't seem an essential feature so I'll just turn it off if it's possible. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 16:49, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

If you click on the notification, at the bottom is a link to set your preferences for notifications. GB fan 16:58, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Wow, no idea how I missed that. Thanks! Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 17:09, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

You didn't give examples of pages you were notified about and the notifications are only visible to you so we cannot investigate but I guess there actually was a link to your user page at the time, maybe from a transclusion. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:33, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

I uploaded an Image of a Statue

I uploaded an image picture of a Statue of St. Therese the Little Flower. I think I did it correctly. Now I don't know where to find it to look at it. Can you help me to find the Wikipedia Commons page where it would show the picture.Polkateer (talk) 17:19, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

• Here you go: [1] also, the page listing your Commons contributions is [2] Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 17:26, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

I wonder how old that statue is. I fear that it may still be restricted by copyright, meaning that you should not upload a picture of it to Wikipedia Commons. Maproom (talk) 18:07, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

@Polkateer and Maproom: I have no information about that specific statue but we have to assume it's post May 17, 1925, since that's when she was was canonized.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 23:20, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Why do vehicles emit carbon dioxide?

Why do vehicles emit carbon dioxide??

Umang Shukla — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.52.96.19 (talk) 17:21, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Please do your own homework.

Welcome to the Wikipedia Help Desk. Your question appears to be a homework question. I apologize if this is a misinterpretation, but it is our aim here not to do people's homework for them, but to merely aid them in doing it themselves. Letting someone else do your homework does not help you learn nearly as much as doing it yourself. Please attempt to solve the problem or answer the question yourself first. If you need help with a specific part of your homework, feel free to tell us where you are stuck and ask for help. If you need help grasping the concept of a problem, by all means let us know. - Arjayay (talk) 17:44, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Formatting Photos

What HTML codes do i use to get two photos to line up side by side rather than one under the other?

I want to put

Biggish images
and South Dakota Wing

side by side.SDWG-PAO (talk) 19:55, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

If you're looking to do so in an actual article, don't. Avoid using unconventional methods for displaying content of any kind in actual articles. If you're looking to do this for some other use, you can just do this:

<div style="text-align:center">[[File:SDWG aircraft flies past Mount Rushmore.jpeg.jpg|500px]] [[File:South Dakota Wing.jpg|200px]]</div>

I just picked some random sizes (500px and 200px), you can obviously change them to whatever works for you. Scarce2 (talk) 20:18, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Doesn't {{Multiple image}} with the appropriate switches do what you want?--ukexpat (talk) 15:32, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Now that I have my photo uploaded

I have uploaded my photo and see it in the commons. How do I get it inserted onto my message and question page for the reference desk? Polkateer (talk) 20:15, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Just put [[File:St.Therese the Little Flower.JPG|thumb|Caption goes here]] where you'd like the image. Scarce2 (talk) 20:22, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Sorting by date in a table when you don't want to write it as YYYY-MM-DD

This isn't a question about Wikipedia per se, but about wider MediaWiki markup and syntax (I'm up to template antics on another wiki). Is there a way to get a sortable table to sort dates in "Month day, YYYY" format correctly that doesn't involve inserting the YYYY-MM-DD date in a hidden format in front of the text date? Is there any sort of way to create a template that would call the sortable date for the table's but display the "month day" one? Or is the best route (since this is a template that will create a sortable table) to create a parameter where the user inserts the sortable date that is housed within the same cell as the text-based date? - Purplewowies (talk) 23:13, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Never mind, I *think* I've done it. I will come back if it hasn't worked. - Purplewowies (talk) 23:32, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Text of auto signature on edits says comment is unsigned.

Hi. Here's hoping I've found the right place for this question.

When I use the auto-signature device (~ x4)my edits are signed as:

Wayne 16:14, 3 March 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wayne aus (talk • contribs)

Which seems to be saying that I didn't sign the comment. Now I may be a creature of very little brain, but that seems confusing to me. I thought I was signing it! Am I missing something here?

Thanks in advance for any advice.

Wayne 00:51, 4 March 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wayne aus (talk • contribs)

EDIT: Oops ... think I found the answer in:

It is because your signature does not include links to your talk page or user page. See point #2 in the FAQ at the top of this page for more info and how to fix your signature.

I'll try that and re-post if I need further assistance. Wayne 01:01, 4 March 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wayne aus (talk • contribs)

March 4

Move of page but name in use for redirect

Hi. Seems that my approach to moving a page (to rename it) ran afoul of the automatic redirect paging features in Wikipedia. What I was trying to do was rename a page from Quantitative no trump bids to Quantitative notrump bids. The move was to reflect the standard use of 'notrump' instead of 'no trump' as stated in the WikiProject MOS for contract bridge articles. When I tried a simple move, I was alerted that the move was not permitted because the destination page already existed - it was a redirect. I thought that I could simply move the redirect page 'out of the way' and so moved the redirect Quantitative notrump bids to Quantitative notrump bids temp which I planned to subsequently move back to Quantitative no trump bids. Please help me by achieving my original intent which is that the article page title should be Quantitative notrump bids and the redirect should be Quantitative no trump bids redirecting to Quantitative notrump bids. If I try to fix this myself I fear creating more unnecessary redirects. Thanks. Newwhist (talk) 01:48, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Non-admins can only move over a redirect if the only edit in the target history is creation of a redirect to the source title. In this case there were other edits, currently seen at [3]. I have made the requested move and moved Quantitative notrump bids temp to the old title Quantitative no trump bids without leaving a redirect, so the two original pages have swapped and no content from page histories has been deleted. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:17, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Thanks but the Talk page for Quantitative notrump bids is still in error and shows as Talk:Quantitative notrump bids temp. Newwhist (talk) 02:54, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

All in good order now. Thanks. Newwhist (talk) 12:47, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

My page for Katie Nolan

I'm not sure why JMHamo took down my page for Katie Nolan. Can I have the original and make needed changes? I worked hard on it.

Rusty — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rusty Ehringer (talk • contribs) 02:05, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

It was User:JMHamo who nominated Katie Nolan for deletion but it was User:Bbb23 who performed the deletion. JMHamo is not an administrator can cannot delete or restore pages. You should contact Bbb23 at User talk:Bbb23. See Wikipedia:Why was the page I created deleted? PrimeHunter (talk) 02:26, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

According to the information on your talk page, the article was nominated for speedy deletion, "because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia." The information here indicates it was deleted for vandalism. But yeah, as PrimeHunter says, you can also ask the parties involved. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 05:35, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Referencing errors on American Graffiti

Reference help requested. Hi, I have 2 questions: 1.) I'm trying to add a reference to the American Graffiti and Mels Drive-in page so as to correct a misconception about the closing of Mels which was featured in the 1973 film, American Graffiti. When I click on the edit button for References I don't see the other references. 2.) The caption for the Mel's Drive-in photo had been incorrect but I'm not sure how to cite the source after I've corrected the text since it seems like there's only room to cite the source of the photo. I've looked at the HELP page but am still confused. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks! Thanks, Markybgoode (talk) 02:07, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Markybgoode Hi, references typically go "inline", that is, they are added after the sentence you wish to reference. It gets a little more complicated if you want to re-use a reference, (see WP:REFB) but that's it in a nut-shell. So short answer: Don't put it in the references section, put it at the end of the sentence you are referencing, and it will show up at the bottom after you save the page. For example:

Ron Howard consumed a strawberry milkshake on the set of American Graffiti.<ref name=HowardShake>[http://www.wikipedia.org Ron Howard Milkshake - Wikipedia]</ref>

There is another question as to whether or not the blog you are referencing is a reliable source per Wikipedia's standards. It does not look so to me. Do you know if the blog has a clear editorial policy? Cyphoidbomb (talk) 05:21, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Request to add the biography

Dear Wiki,

Please check out the below link, I've added an article which is really authenticated and genuine. I couldn't understand why Wiki refusing to publish it. Please help me and do not delete this biography. Please assist me Mufti Badruddin Ahmad Qadri Razvi — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.105.118.160 (talk) 05:23, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

As it is, that article is very likely to be deleted. There is a message at the top of it, explaining why: "Text copied from elsewhere, formating bad, not obviously noteable". I could try to help by rewriting the text and improving the formatting, but I can't help with the lack of evidence that he is notable. This will have to be done by someone who knows about the subject and can provide citations to prove his notability. I am unwilling to spend time on the formatting etc. while the article is likely to be deleted anyway.Maproom (talk) 07:47, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

And now the article has been deleted, as a copyright infringement. Maproom (talk) 08:55, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

Biographies of living persons - poorly sourced paragraphs about events that may be reputation damaging

Hello, I'm after a bit of help. I am attempting to fix an article about a living person which has a paragraph on a alleged incident which is of no real relevevance to that persons current career. I admit I may have gone about editing the article in the wrong way in the past, but I am now determind to play it by the books and have it removed for good. If anybody tries to remove the paragraph, their edits are reverted, and editors are told to take it to the talk page after reading Not Censored,

My question is, how would I go about bringning the page to the attention of somebody who can remove the paragraph, and, what guidelines say that sort of thing is disallowed??

Reading WP:PUBLICFIGURE It says there should be MULTIPLE sources or else it be swiftly removed.

Thanks for the help.

Misterbrownstone (talk) 07:28, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

PS: article is question is Gareth Ward

It appears that User:TheRedPenOfDoom responded to your request and removed the questionable material from the article. It appears that there has been a history of the insertion and removal of questionable material in the article. Do you have the article watch-listed? While Not Censored is a policy, it is sometimes misused to justify the inclusion of questionable material, because it is trumped by the reliable source requirement, and, in this case, by the policy on biographies of living persons. The insertion of questionable material in biographies of living persons can be reported at the BLP noticeboard. Robert McClenon (talk) 20:20, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

problems changing the title on an Arabic Page

Hi there,

I have been trying to edit this page: https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%8A_%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1

It's in Arabic and I'm trying to make it say Dubai Cares rather than Dubai Care..in Arabic but it just won't change the 2 titles. One is at the top of the page and one is in the info box. Any ideas on what's going on?

Currently it looks like this:دبي كير and I keep changing it to read like this: دبي العطاء

Help much appreciated AlexAlexandra Grayling (talk) 07:54, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Each language's Wikipedia is separate, and some work in different ways. I would normally say you should raise problems with the Arabic Wikipedia at the Arabic help desk, but having gone down the language links on the left, there isn't one listed - is there an Arabic Help-Desk? Arjayay (talk) 08:33, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

But the answer is probably that the way to change a page's title is to move it. See ar:ويكيبيديا:نقل صفحة. --ColinFine (talk) 10:05, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

False or outdated statements about Pebble Hills University at the List of unaccredited institutions of higher education

Hello,

As mentioned at List of unaccredited institutions of higher education,

"A police fraud investigation revealed that the University's "headquarters" in Seborga, Italy is a room in a building used as a cellar, also the home of ten other diploma mills: Saint Bernard University, Eurasia Community College, Instituto Latinoamericano de Psicobiofisica - I.L.A.P.; St. Paul Ottawa College & University, Phoenix International University Europe, West Coast University - WCU; The International University; Miranda International University; Marquis Open University; and James Monroe International University"

I have no idea about other universities listed above, however, Pebble Hills University has no longer claimed herself being a part of Seborga (Maybe they did before? But it is no longer the case. Please refer to it's website at http://pebblehills.edu/explore/about-the-university/.

I have friends studying there and they are seriously pursuing their degree and they do not even grant life-experience degree so it is so wrong to say it is a diploma mill. This description severely damages its reputation and my friends' credentials.

Right, at the moment, you can still put it under this list, but not a history of this or at least you need to be fair in stating the current situation and it was the past.

Thank you very much for your time and attention. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Online educate (talk • contribs) 08:36, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Its placement in that list is supported by a reference to what appears to be a reliable source, from 2010. In order to remove or change the information, you would need a reliable source, independent of Pebble Hills University, which says otherwise. The link you provided to Pebble Hills' own website (which is written in incompetent English) mentions various organisations: one of them, "International Accreditation Organization", is listed in Get Educated's "List of Fake College Degree Accreditation Agencies" from 2013. Another, the "Oxford Association of Management" is the subject of this blog: as a blog, this could not be used as a source in a Wikipedia article, but I have been unable to find anything else about the association apart from its own materials and all the institutions which it accreditates. All this evidence is circumstantial, but everything I have found indicates to me that Pebble Hills is a scam, as are all the bodies it lists as accreditators. You will need strong independent sources to demonstrate otherwise. --ColinFine (talk) 10:18, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Referencing errors on Bogdan Bogdanović

Reference help requested. I do not how to include this reference for Bogdan Bogdanović: Korolija Fontana-Giusti, Gordana 'Bogdan Bogdanović: Dissident in Life, Architecture and Writing' (2014) in Architecture and the Paradox of Dissidence, ed. Weizman I., London and New York: Routledge, pp 33-45 ISBN: 978-0-415-71408-9 This is a chapter in the book. Here is the relevant url for the book http://routledge-ny.com/books/details/9780415714099/ Could you please include it, as I am not quite sure how to do it. Many thanks, Gordana

Thanks, G.fontana-giusti (talk) 09:03, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Hello, Gordana. The "name=" in the <ref> is not part of the citation, but an optional name you want to give to this reference for the purposes of this Wikipedia article. (It's useful where you want to cite the same reference in several places in the article.) All the other information, including the title of the work, should go inside the {{cite xxx}} template. In this case what you need is something like

<ref> {{cite book |first1=Gordana Korolija |last1=Fontana-Giusti |chapter=Bogdan Bogdanović: dissident in life, architecture and writing |year=2014 |title=Architecture and the Paradox of Dissidence |editor1-last=Weizman |editor1-first=I. |location=London and New York |publisher=Routledge |pages=33-45 |id=ISBN: 978-0-415-71408-9" |url=http://routledge-ny.com/books/details/9780415714099/ |accessdate=3 March 2014}}</ref>

I suggest that {{cite book}} is a more appropriate template than {{cite web}}: have a look at Template:cite book for the various arguments. I haven't inserted it in the article myself because I haven't seen the source.

There is another issue to bring to your attention: this appears to be a citation of your own work. Wikipedia considers there is a potential conflict of interest in doing that, so please make sure you are working in accordance with that policy. --ColinFine (talk) 10:57, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Translation

Is it possible to upload the same text in various languages to Wikipedia?

Thus, how do I upload basic information about the International Association of Gaming Regulators in both English, Spanish and French? From the same page or do I need to create three different pages on each language respectively? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Iagrsecretariat (talk • contribs) 09:32, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

This Wikipedia is only for articles in English. To create an article in another language, just head over to that language's Wikipedia and create it there: Spanish Wikipedia, French Wikipedia. After you do that, you can link them to each other so they're easier to find. Scarce2 (talk) 09:43, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

But judging by your username, you have a conflict of interest and should not be creating or editing an article on that subject at all, at least in the English Wikipedia. (I guess that the Spanish and French Wikipedia's have similar policies, but I don't know for sure). Your role should be limited to suggesting or requesting that particular changes be made (with reliable sources), and leaving it to uninvolved editors to decide what is appropriate. In addition, I'm afraid your username contravenes Wikipedia policy as accounts are required to be for individuals and may not suggest or imply that they are being used on behalf of an organisation: you are likely to find that account blocked shortly, and should create individual accounts whose names do not suggest that they are representing an organisation. Please read the articles I have linked to(blue links)for more information. --ColinFine (talk) 10:37, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Changing logo due to branding

The branding of for Automation Anywhere has changed. How do I upload the latest logo? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Avti274 (talk • contribs) 10:59, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

I think the current rationale is also applicable to the current logo from the website. Just copy the rational and add it to the uploaded image. Maybe find out when they changed it and add at least the year to the filename and the date in the description. If you can't find it, describe how the image was retrieved (URL, Date) --Yamavu (talk) 11:43, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Question about he use of symbols from an Role-Playing Game

File:BlackFuries.gif in the article Garou tribes returned as File:BlackFuries.png with the following rationale:

1. it is a logo of a clan described in the article;
2. I think it could be argued that the content of the article irself is copyrighted, since the idea "black furies" (and the rest of the clans) is an elaboration from Whitewolf. In this context there is no difference between the logo and the idea: both are concepts elaborated by the same company with no real existence outside the context created by the said company;
3. in the article there are shown the symbols of the rest of the clans, I don't see a reason why some of them are ok to be shown and not the rest: if Black Furies is copyrighted, so are the rest of the symbols depicted;

If we can use one, we could use all. So my questions:

• Can I have an oppinion wheather we can use tribe symbols or not?
• Should they be compiled into one single image?

I'm not very familiar with US copyright and fair-use. I realize these fictional logos would be "illustration" if only one image was used in the article, but in this collection of stubs about 20 images make sense. --Yamavu (talk) 11:36, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

WP:MCQ would be a better place to ask.--ukexpat (talk) 20:01, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

include this name top the list

https://www.facebook.com/nellikkafilmz?ref=hl this film is directed by Vysakh Reetha why his name is not in the list of Malayalam film directors actually this is his second project — Preceding unsigned comment added by 49.249.81.46 (talk) 12:25, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Because you didn't add it yet. Nothing at Wikipedia happens unless people who care make it happen. You obviously care, and yet you haven't made it happen it. So get on it. --Jayron32 12:38, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

(edit conflict) - I assume you mean List of Indian film directors#Malayalam film directors? Vysakh Reetha does not appear in that list because there is no article about him - in fact a search for Vysakh Reetha reveals that he doesn't appear in the English Wikipedia at all. When he is notable enough for someone to have written an article about him, then he can be added to the list - please note that Facebook is not a reliable source to base an article on. Arjayay (talk) 12:41, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Signature

Hi friends. can anyone help me to customize my signature on my talk pages?
Aftab Banoori 12:47, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Signatures and User:Smurrayinchester/Tutorial/Signature. --  Gadget850 ^talk 15:01, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

2006 Lebanon War

Hi

I am trying to find the changes to this article 2006 Lebanon War that happened on the 1 August 2006 at 19: 48 I cannot find it, can you help me please

thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.83.249.212 (talk) 13:08, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

You'll need to let us know which timezone you're using - there were no edits at that precise time in UTC, but a large number of edits did take place that day. Most of them can be seen here. Yunshui 雲‍水 13:16, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

There actually was one at 19:48 UTC [4] but also several others at 19:48 in other time zones. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:20, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Ultimate what?

Dear editors: While checking old Afc drafts I came across this one: Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/DC Current (MLU). Can anyone tell me what this is about? Ultimate what? Maybe Tiddlywinks? Thumb wrestling? Sorry, I am not a sportsperson. —Anne Delong (talk) 14:07, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

The word ultimate in the draft links to Ultimate (sport). Your answer is in that article. See also Major League Ultimate, which is also linked in the draft. Deor (talk) 14:19, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Contributions to Wikipedia

Dear Sir/Madam, Does Wikipedia pay for useful contributions? I have a real case study (my own case,which can be verified) about erectile dysfunction and complete lack of male-orgasm , which have been successfully cured. I have prepared a full-fledged report , with relevant data / pathology reports / progressive effects. This is a subject of infinite interest. If you do pay , how should I proceed? Thanks, Skulbhushan (talk) 14:22, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

We don't pay for content, ever. We also don't publish original research, which is what your work would be classed as. You will need to find somewhere else to publish, I'm afraid. Yunshui 雲‍水 14:24, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

deleting page St. Nicolaus Distilery

Hi, I was wondering how I can have my page deleted, under copyrights violation, if I am shareholder, and international sales manager/marketing? Tell me that please? I hope for future co-operation with wikipedia, this forbidden incident would not happened ever again!

Sincerely,

LT — Preceding unsigned comment added by STNtrade (talk • contribs) 16:48, 4 March 2014 (UTC)‎

We don't delete articles on request - though if there is a copyright violation, obviously we would rectify that. However, you haven't specified the article concerned, and I am unable to locate it. Could you please provide the correct title so we can take a look at it. AndyTheGrump (talk) 17:00, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

May have been talking about St.Nicolaus,Distillery, which was deleted for infringement a whole day before they asked here. - Purplewowies (talk) 17:23, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

And looking into this further, it appears that this person was asking why the article they made was deleted when they're the person who works for the company, not how they could get it deleted. - Purplewowies (talk) 23:09, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

US Century Bank

U.S. Century Bank (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Please note that the information provided on your website about US Century Bank is incorrect.

Reference our website at www.uscentury.com to see the correct list of management and board of directors. The bank has almost $1 billion in assets The bank has 22 branches We have 241 employees The referenced deal about C1 Bank purchasing US Century Bank in 2012 was terminated US Century Bank remains an independent community bank and we are in the process of raising capital

Thank you for your kind attention! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.52.207.75 (talk) 17:54, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Please discuss on the article talk page. If a previous acquisition plan was discontinued, please provide a reliable source, such as a news article, reporting the discontinuation of the acquisition. Since you appear to be an employee of the bank (based on your use of "we"), thank you for not editing the article directly due to your conflict of interest. Robert McClenon (talk) 20:09, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Referencing errors on Super Motherload

Reference help requested. I wanted to fix the Super Motherload page with a link citing the source, but I did something wrong with the reference. It just needs adjusted and all will be well. Thanks, 68.231.142.69 (talk) 21:36, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

In the error message, the words "help page" are in blue, indicating that they are a wikilink to the relevant specific help page. --David Biddulph (talk) 21:40, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

I've fixed the page so that it displays correctly, but as I do not know what statement the reference is intended to prove I have removed it. The page itself currently has no references at all so that should be addressed. CaptRik (talk) 13:21, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

Request edit

I work with a realtor whose name is Rosie Alfaro. She has owned and maintained www.RosieAlfaro.com. The concern is, in Wikkii when pulling up a murderer by name it reflect to a nic name which is her name. Some of her clients googled her and your page came up under the first page of hits for her name. If the "other ms Alfaro" had the same legal first name as my partner than I would expect nothing could be done about this issue. Since the muderer uses nic name - which is my partners legal name- my partner is receiving unwanted attention on top of losing potential all clientele that google her and can only see the wiki pages of a murderer. Can you please let The Real Rosie Alfaro what her options are? Thank you.

mrs Rosie Alfaro — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.0.181.202 (talk) 22:28, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Note: I've removed the contact information. We will only respond on this page, not by telephone. Anon126 (talk - contribs) 22:31, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

I'm safraid I don't see that there is anything we can do about this. It must be distressing to share a name with a notorious person; but unfortunately that is the case. Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia, which has articles on subjects (including people) who are notable, in the sense that they have been written about in places like published books or major newspapers. This means that we are likely to have articles on notorious people, but not necessarily on other people who share their names. You point out that "Rosie" is not her legal name; but that is the name under which her crime and trial has been reported, so that is the name under which people are most likely to search for her, so it would be perverse if that name did not lead to her article. I'm sorry. --ColinFine (talk) 23:34, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Thompson Donald

There are a few lines about Thompson Donald on Wikipedia. He was an MP at Westminster 1918-1922 and a member of the first Northern Ireland Parliament 1921-1925. The few lines which are already on Wikipedia gave wrong information re the years of his birth and decease. I have corrected these. I am Thompson Donald's grandson. A few years ago I wrote an article about Thompson Donald which I would now like to enter in Wikipedia. The article is now in my sandbox. How do I arrange for someone to read it, comment on its suitability and help me get it on to Wikipedia? PT Donald PT Donald (talk) 22:33, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

The first thing you would have to do is use inline citation to identify which parts of the text are traceable to which of your sources. --David Biddulph (talk) 22:41, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

(edit conflict) You can discuss any changes to the article on its discussion page, Talk:Thompson Donald. If you are not getting any response there, you can bring this up at the relevant WikiProjects (groups of editors focused on a topic area): Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Northern Ireland or Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Politics of the United Kingdom. Anon126 (talk - contribs) 22:50, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

March 5

Referencing errors on GM Futurliner

Reference help requested.

Thanks, Jbschev (talk) 02:04, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

The current issue is that you are using {{cite web}} but there is no |title= value, just as noted on the linked help page. --  Gadget850 ^talk 02:12, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

adding a business location /new account

Hi. I want to add our non-profit organization to wikipedia. Basically just with the address/map (googlemaps, maybe?) and contact info. I have no idea how to do this. Help! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Primitivepursuitsithaca (talk • contribs) 03:27, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

the first place to start is to see if you have a conflict of interest in creating such an article. if not, then collect reliably published third party sources that have discussed the organization in a non trivial manner. when you have that, then see Wikipedia:How_to_write_a_great_article#Uncreated_articles-- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 03:44, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

Title of Wikipedia Article

I'm not sure what I just did, but I know this is a very stupid question!

I just submitted an awards page for an actor, but the title was incomplete when I submitted it (an accident). However, it was approved anyway. I just went to "move/rename" the article to the complete title, but in doing so I selected the format to be "Wikipedia." This is now at the start of my title, and I don't know if I just changed the format of my article. Can I un-do this move or change something where it doesn't have "Wikipedia" at the start? I'd like to keep my new title, but without the 'wikipedia' domain. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RichWatt (talk • contribs) 05:58, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

User:RichWatt: It been moved to your userspace by someone I suspect didn't know it should have been in mainspace. The move maze screwed it up so it can't be moved back to the same title in mainspace. Ask for a move at WP:Requested moves or ask an administrator. - Purplewowies (talk) 06:26, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

Interestingly, there is already an article at List of awards and nominations received by Jeremy Renner, so I've moved your version to User:RichWatt/List of awards and nominations received by Jeremy Renner and tagged Wikipedia:List of awards and nominations received by Jeremy Renner for deletion. Anon126 (talk - contribs) 06:25, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

Thank you, this is PERFECT! I was able to transfer my new information to the existing page(List of awards and nominations received by Jeremy Renner), & it looks great, title and all. Thank you again! — Preceding unsigned comment added by RichWatt (talk • contribs) 06:29, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

@Purplewowies: Hello. As you might be able to tell, I was the one who moved it to userspace, per my reasons above. I don't believe requested moves is necessary.

I suggested requested moves without looking at the article's content, and I had initially thought there to be a redirect there. I had misread the article's history and thought that there had just been an awkward maze of moves from the subpage title (but in mainspace) to WP to User that had managed to make it so that the original couldn't take the page being moved back there (but I didn't realize "the original" wasn't the "real" original). - Purplewowies (talk) 09:23, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

@RichWatt: I wouldn't recommend just replacing the existing article; rather, I think you should add to the existing article. Anon126 (talk - contribs) 06:31, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

@Anon--I agree, the information from the existing article is definitely not replaced, just reformatted--all the info (date, what prize, category, etc.) that was there before is still there, but it should be much more updated now and hopefully easier to read than before. I hope this is alright — Preceding unsigned comment added by RichWatt (talk • contribs) 06:51, 5 March 2014 (UTC) --RichWatt (talk) 06:56, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

Creation of more than one Wikipedia company page

Hi,

I work for an organisation with operations in different countries? Is it valid to create a Wikipedia company profile for each major country of operation? Pls advise. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Asbbb (talk • contribs) 06:03, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

User:Asbbb: No. And you really shouldn't be making an article about your organization at all. Wikipedia is not a place for "company profiles". It's an encyclopedia. - Purplewowies (talk) 06:20, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

Hi,

Thank you for the clarification. I went through Wikipedia's guidelines for Organizations, and there is this guideline, which says:

"You can also submit a draft through the Wikipedia:Article wizard, if you feel strongly that you can meet the requirements of neutrality and sourcing. However, be aware that even in a user subpage or through the article wizard, advertising is forbidden, so you should not create a draft unless you are reasonably certain you can do so within Wikipedia's expectations. Do not be surprised if such a draft ends up deleted as advertising, and be willing to adjust your approach.

If you have little or no experience with editing on Wikipedia, please realize that starting new articles that are not soon removed can be very difficult for new users. Wikipedia has a lot of policies and guidelines that are not very obvious and may trip up new users who start from a blank page. The result is that we delete many articles from Wikipedia every day; see Why was my page deleted? A gentler introduction to Wikipedia is to begin by making small edits to existing articles, to gain experience and understanding before adding new articles, and to demonstrate a good faith interest in helping the Wikipedia project and not just your own organization. See our Cleanup and Maintenance pages for lists of articles that need work. You may also request adoption by an experienced user who will help you learn to edit productively here. If you can find a similar organization that already has an article about it, then examine its style and tone and its wikisource and use that as a model for building your article. Take your time and build your article in a page under your own userpage. When you are ready, have an experienced editor review it and then deploy it by copying it into as a regular article with an appropriate article title."

So, according to this guideline, it seems organisations are allowed to have their own article provided they adhere to Wikipedia guidelines. Pls clarify.

I also see individual Wikipedia article pages for companies such as Microsoft and HP for their countries of operation (e.g. Microsoft India, Microsoft, etc.). So, is it not possible to create such Wikipedia articles for our company too? Pls clarify. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Asbbb (talk • contribs) 08:08, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

Those pages - hold your hats, for this'll blow your mind - aren't written by employees of Microsoft or Hewlett-Packard. In general, "X exists, so Y should too" doesn't hold water here - WP:Notability rules the day. —Jeremy v^_^v ^Bori! 08:13, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

Does the company already have an article? It might help us better answer the question if we knew that. Dismas|^(talk) 08:42, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

The guidelines for whether a company is notable enough to have an article is at WP:CORP. A very quick rule of thumb is "If there has been an article about your company in the Los Angeles Times or a similarly notable newspaper or magazine -- an actual article, about the company generally, written by a reporter, with interview quotes and that sort of thing -- then that brings you a long way toward being notable enough to have an article. If not, probably not, and at any rate we have to get down in the weeds of WP:GNG and WP:CORP and it gets complicated." This would apply to sub-companies of a conglomerate or holding company, but branch operations in individual countries would be included in the company's main article; if the company is one of the world's twenty or so largest we could talk about possible exceptions. Herostratus (talk) 11:46, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

Our Company Profile Page is out of date

hi Our Company profile (Arab Banking Corporation) page is out of date, and we have posted a modification but they are still under review for a long time. link

Our Corporate Communications department wants to have the ability to update this page instantly because they are the most appropriate entity that can provide up to date information.

Regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mohdbh (talk • contribs) 09:32, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

The English Wikipedia doesn't have any jurisdiction over the Arabic Wikipedia, I'm afraid. Here, our policies would severely discourage you from making updates to a page about your company, but ar-wiki may well have different rules - you would need to contact them. Yunshui 雲‍水 09:38, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

how to post

Please, how can i list our organization on Wikipedia directory`````` — Preceding unsigned comment added by Goodmarriage (talk • contribs) 09:40, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

Hello, Goodmarriage. The simple answer is that you can't. Wikipedia is NOT a directory. It is an encyclopaedia, which has neutral, comprehensive articles about subjects which have already been written about by other independent reliable sources (such as books from reputable publishers, major newspapers etc). If your organisation meets that criterion, then there may be an article about it - but you should not be the one writing it. Please see WP:NCORP and WP:COI. --ColinFine (talk) 10:57, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

You can also see WP:NPOV,WP:! and WP:YFA. Signed -- Yutah Andrei Marzan Ogawa¹²³|UPage|_☺★ (talk) 11:32, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

My book

HELP!, the book I created is gone, now lets get serious, I created a book and I put many article/pages in it, then after leaving it for many days (or maybe a few months, 2 or 3 maybe, don't really know what time) When I opened up book creator, the book was essentially gone, can someone help me, I put my work and time in to it, and to realize it is lost is disappointing, moreso if it is lost forever to history. (:-( ☹ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Andrei Marzan (talk • contribs) 11:25, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

Special:Book has an option to save the book you are working on. It appears you have not saved it. If you are on another computer now then try going back to the computer and browser where you worked on the book. If that doesn't help then I'm afraid the book is gone. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:24, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

How can I TOTALLY delete a page so it is unsearchable on Google?

How can I TOTALLY delete a page so it is unsearchable on Google? My page 'Paul Rooney artist' was deleted but still appears in Google searches, which is confusing as I have submitted an undeleted article entitled 'Paul Rooney (artist)' which does not appear in searches! Please help. Many thanks, Onfadingout. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Onfadingout (talk • contribs) 13:11, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

Google cached the old article an hour before it was deleted. Next time Googlebot tries to visit the page it will discover it has been deleted and remove it from Google's index. We cannot say when that will happen. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:13, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

Links in source code

Sometimes when I see something like [[Page Name]] in the edit window it is a clickable link to the page. Other times it is not. Does anyone know why this is and how I can make all such links clickable? --Guy Macon (talk) 14:16, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

I think it used to be a feature of the old popups script - you would wave your mouse near the markup for a link and popups would activate. It was intermittant and I never could determine exactly what circumstances caused it to trigger like that. Since I deleted the old popups from my monobook.js file and started using the popups gadget, I've not seen the same behavoir. The old popups was "importScript('User:Lupin/popups.js');". Astronaut (talk) 17:09, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

That wasn't it. I had no monobook.js and my common.js vector.js don't have anything like that. I turned on the popups gadget, and got an improved popup where it recognizes a link, but it still doesn't recognize at least half of the links in the source code. :( --Guy Macon (talk) 19:06, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

I have only seen that feature in diffs and "Show changes", but it varies whether it's there. Do you have it in the box where the text is edited? PrimeHunter (talk) 19:43, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

Altoona Tribune Office Location - Altoona, PA

Gentlemen: Your post card photo and information about the Altoona Tribune newspaper offices states that it was located on 11th Street at 12th Avenue. This is erroneous. The Tribune Office Building was located on 12th Street, between 11th and 12th Avenue on Green Avenue (alley). From 11th Street to 12th Street, Green Avenue narrowed down into an alley. Herman Nagle — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.140.112.78 (talk) 14:40, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

Right. According to the article text the address was on 12th street and so the caption was possibly misleading. I changed it from "on 11th St. at 12th Ave" to "at 11th St. and 12th Ave" which just describes the intersection shown without implying an address. By the way you could have done this yourself! You can't break the Wikipedia, don't be shy about editing the article. Herostratus (talk) 17:32, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

"Markup" bar

Hi. I'm having technical problems clicking the lower "markup" bar in edit mode ('insert, wiki markup, symbols etc...). For example, clicking [[Category:]] it appears [[Category:[[Category:]]]], clicking {{Reflist}} the result is {{Reflist}}{{Reflist}}, for <noinclude></noinclude> the result is <noinclude><noinclude></noinclude></noinclude>, and so on... This double result does not appears in other WP, Commons, Species etc (I checked) and the upper bar ("redirect, signature, gallery"...) has no problems. Thanks for the attention. --Dэя-Бøяg 16:45, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

It doesn't happen for me. What is your browser? Does it happen if you log out? Have you tried to clear your entire cache? PrimeHunter (talk) 19:40, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

Duplicate articles

Hi, I found two articles about the same individual: Shekou Touray and Shekou Momodou Touray. Not sure how to go about nominating them to be merged? Thanks --Flaming Ferrari (talk) 18:13, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

 Done This would appear to be pretty uncontroversial, as they are duplicate articles, you may want to move any useful content into the longer article and turn the shorter one into a redirect to the longer article... Roberticus (talk) 18:21, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

... but don't just copy and paste from one article to another, as that would be a copyright violation and loses the attribution of the contribution by each editor. Roberticus has correctly proposed a merge, and the process is described at WP:Merging. --David Biddulph (talk) 18:28, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

Original Article scrapped and replaced by someone.

Hi I had contributed to one particular WikiPedia Article. The article was about the place in India, where certain interesting historic events(Battle) had taken place. This contribution had come from the years of my research about the place. I am not from India. I was in UK when I did that research as a part of my Doctorate thesis. Anyone can imagine how much it took me to thread the pieces of the history. It costed me so much time, money and connections.

I thought I have done with that Article, so did not pay much attention in 2013. But when I visited that Article to pull some references, I saw that someone replaced the total article. It seems that there is another place with similar name. Someone has scrapped the whole article and replaced with the information about that another place. I could not find in the history who and when it was done. Now the article history does not have any of the references for the changes done for the original place. When searched for the place, it goes to this new article. I also had provided the Link to this place in all the articles where this battle was mentioned. Now those links are pointing to this new wrong place.

How do I revert the article back? I am afraid, that even if I do it, the author of other article will do the same and revert my changes.

I have Wikipedea code for the original article.

Ez darren (talk) 22:33, 5 March 2014 (UTC)EzDarren

The last version of the article before it was redirected is located here if you want to have a look at it. On a quick perusal the two articles look almost identical, so we may have to do some work to fix the attribution, if a copy and paste move had been completed. I will look into that thought. --kelapstick^(bainuu) 22:57, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

Yes it looks like somone copied and pasted the information from Aragon into Adgaon. If you have a look at this report you can see that the last version of Argaon is almost identical to Adgaon. I will merge the histories together (required for attribution) and leave the page at Adgaon, if you want to discuss a move, please do so on the article talk page. Cheers, --kelapstick^(bainuu) 23:02, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

←This seems to be a recurring issue with this page (second time a history merge has been required between the two articles), there must be some conflict in the name of the article, and people are copy/pasting over the redirect. The article you are looking for is located at Argaon, it has all the same information, just a different title. --kelapstick^(bainuu) 23:15, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

Upload video

I would like to upload a Youtube video to an existing page. How do I? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ronmor47 (talk • contribs) 23:10, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

You can't upload a Youtube video. You could link to one, if it isn't a copyright violation. See WP:YOUTUBE. CTF83! 23:44, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

I'd need some help

I'm a regular editor at the Spanish Wikipedia and only come around here every now and then. Today I noticed I had been thanked for an edit I didn't make. Can anyone help me? It's really strange Thanks in advance!--Facu89 (talk) 23:29, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

At the time many pages had a link saying "Enable feedback" or "Request feedback" under "Tools". You must have clicked it. There was no save or confirmation step, and some users did it accidentally. Don't worry about it. The system has since been removed. It's described at Wikipedia:Article Feedback Tool/Version 5. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:16, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

March 6

Hyperion_Sewage_Treatment_Plant

how we can inherit stewardship for the varying Bureau of Sanitation related sites

Susan

00:01, 6 March 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lacitysan (talk • contribs)

Somebody will probably come along and provide specifics, but, the short answer is "you can't". This link has details: WP:OWN   ~:71.20.250.51 (talk) 01:56, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

However, it depends on what you mean by "inherit stewardship", see this section of the article: WP:STEWARDSHIP   Added:04:26, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

Susan, I encourage you to read about Wikipedia's conflict of interest guideline, username policy, and organisation name policy before becoming involved with the articles on Bureau of Sanitation sites. Maproom (talk) 08:12, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

Where do I find the Wikipedia file of non-acceptable sources ?

Having had the experience of over 4,000 edits in Wikipedia, I understand much of what I want to ask, except for one little detail. First, a little story: The elderly teacher tells her young class on the first day of school, "I have no rules in the class, just be nice, and if you break one of my rules, I'll tell you." A year or two ago, I had a reference blocked by the software and got a note I had referenced a website that was on the 'black list' or some such wording. I spent more than half an hour trying to find the list of such sources, and found nothing except the Wikipedia article on black list and black-listing. (That was fun to read.) I understand the thinking, practice, and procedures of the majority of good and almost good editors of Wikipedia, but still would like to know if there is a file or a list of acceptable sources and which sources the software will block, rather than by my trial-and-error. Can someone mention where to find this? Thanks in advance. — Charles Edwin Shipp (talk) 02:19, 6 March 2014 (UTC) —PS: I understand to not use blogs and sites that are obscure.

Searching just now, I've come across MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist; is this the best source? Charles Edwin Shipp (talk) 02:19, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

• I think you are looking for MediaWiki:Titleblacklist. — {{U|Technical 13}} ^{(t • e • c)} 02:27, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

I doubt it - that is the title blacklist - and it is barely readable by the 99% of the population that don't understand regex syntax. AndyTheGrump (talk) 02:33, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

The post is clearly about MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. black list starts:

It's also the first search result for wp:blacklist or wp:black list. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:41, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

• (edit conflict) It could also be an Edit filter, but most of those are unlisted and you can't see what is there unless you have a special permission which is very difficult to get due to the possible damage that could be done if a simple mistake made it good faith occurred. The "title" blacklist affects more than just page titles too. I suppose if we are going to link to all of the possible things that could have prevented an edit, we should also mention MediaWiki:Bad image list. — {{U|Technical 13}} ^{(t • e • c)} 02:46, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

Thanks so much! I really appreciate the insights—and I see that "It is not just me" regards to finding the 'to-be-avoided' list. I'll just "carry on." — Charles Edwin Shipp (talk) 15:12, 6 March 2014 (UTC) — PS, I put a 'watch' here to continue learning on a variety of interesting and useful insights for editing Wikipedia. {[(Good to hear from you, not-so-Grumpy Andy)]}

major newspaper sites and books.google.com * and items from scholar.google.com are almost always going to be acceptable sources or at least not blocked by the filter. (*books.google is getting a lot of Lulu self published and Wikipedia scraped "content" so you do need to watch for them.) -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 15:27, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

How to not go directly to edit box

How do I set it to not go directly to edit box? Now when I hit preview, instead of going to the preview on top, it automatically goes to the box. Also, when I click to welcome (Creating User talk), it goes to the box, so I have to go to the top to click on "wel" (Twinkle). Is there a way so it goes to the top as it normally does on other pages? --Musdan77 (talk) 03:52, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

There's some discussion about this at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#Preview now jumps directly to edit window. For what it's worth, I'm not seeing this behaviour. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:55, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

Gentex Gold - Ortiva mktg. -- pls let us know the name of dealer at Lucknow (UP) from where we can purchase bulk medicine.

Dear Sirs, pls let us know the name of dealer at Lucknow (UP) from where we can purchase bulk medicine. If you help — Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.94.150.55 (talk) 06:46, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 4 million articles and thought we were affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is for asking questions related to using or contributing to Wikipedia itself. Thus, we have no special knowledge about the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck.Template:Z25 Anon126 (talk - contribs) 07:22, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

Image uploading rights

Currently I don't have rights to upload a photo on Wikipeida so I upload it on Wiki commons but later that image was removed because of copyright violation (it was copy-righted but free to use). Please help me what else I can do? If possible any admin please confirm me I will be very thankful to him. --INPanda ^Talk 06:48, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

In another 3 hours your account will be 4 days old, so at that stage you should be auto-confirmed. --David Biddulph (talk) 07:59, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

@IndianPanda: Hi IndianPanda. What is referred to above is autoconfirmation, a threshold to take certain actions including uploading images that is passed when an account is more than four day old and has made at least ten edits. The problem here is that even after you have the technical ability to upload the image, you may not do so properly, and the image of Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani will simply be deleted from here as well. The dictates of the fair use policy do not allow uploads (except in rare circumstances, not applicable here) of non-free images of living persons because of the concept of replaceability. So please don't spend any more time on attempting to upload this image. Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 13:11, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

I have requested for an article on my company. No response yet

I had requested for an article for my company, and provided all press and media links as well. However, I have not heard back or can see the article. Can somebody please guide me if I am in fact going about it the right way. Thanks. My company name is Reado.com from India. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SiddharthSuneja (talk • contribs) 12:00, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

You made your request about a week ago. I have today moved it into its correct position in alphabetical order. You will have seen how many similar requests are in the list. If your company is sufficiently notable in Wikipedia terms, then it is likely that an editor will decide to write an article about it relatively soon. If it is not regarded as particularly notable, it may have to wait for years. Remember, There is no deadline. --David Biddulph (talk) 12:14, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

how to remove error message

Hi,

I went in to edit the information on Romper Room for CJCH TV in Halifax, NS. I have created some kind of error message after my edit. The name given was Ann Wilson. she was the national Romper Room lady I believe. My mother Jo-Anne Lawson was the Romper Room lady during that time frame for CTV in Halifax.

Just wondering how to remove the error message?

I did not send a reference url. I do have a picture though.

Thxs — Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.167.150.252 (talk) 14:53, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

I assume this was about Romper_Room#Canada. Someone had added an empty <ref></ref> pair of tags. I have removed them, so the error message is gone. Maproom (talk) 16:34, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

Elizabeth barret browning page as seen on my mobile device

I was just using my mobile phone to look at the page for Elizabeth barret browning. instead of viewing pictures of her there were pictures of penises. however when I looked up the same info on my computer the pictures were only of miss browning.

looks fine to me. there have been a massive amount of edits today so there could have been some vandalism that slipped in when you were first looking and then was quickly repaired. you can page through the changes of the article [5] to see if you can find the issue. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 15:20, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

DEFAULTSORT

I feel kind of dumb asking this, still I'll do it:
The Cippi of Melqart article using this default sorting

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cippi Of Melqart}} (note the capital O)

was not showing up at all (as it should -at least I think so; I repeat, I presently feel dumb- since the lang|phn template is used therein triggering the category inclusion) at the Articles containing Phoenician-language text category (created yesterday) and I couldn't figure out why (I still can't...) or how to fix it. The category just appeared to be empty (yes, I know, Phoenician text...). I purged and waited and purged again, but nothing. Today adding to the Phoenician alphabet article the lang|phn code (where appropriate), the latter article instantly appeared inside said category. The Cippi article though, was still missing therefrom. So I purged, waited and purged again and waited..., but still nothing.
Then realising the presence of the capital O spelling and trying my luck, I changed it to

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cippi of Melqart}} (note the lower case O).

The moment I did that, the page instantly appeared at said category.
Could someone please explain this to me?!? Thanx.
P.S. 3rd time is a winner: I feel dumb...
Thanatos|talk|contributions 15:08, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

{{lang|phn}} has code to only add the category if the category page has been created. Category:Articles containing Phoenician-language text was created yesterday, but Cippi of Melqart had not been edited since then. You should have made a null edit (or any other edit) of the article to rerender the page and force an update of associated link tables and categories. A purge rerenders the page but doesn't update associated link tables and category pages. A purge of a category page only processes the wikitext of the category. It does not update the page listings. The problem and solution had nothing to do with DEFAULTSORT. The first edit of the article after the category was created just happened to be your change of DEFAULTSORT today. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:42, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

How do I stop watching the protection log?

Somehow, I managed to add the protection log to my Watchlist. However, I cannot find a Stop Watching link on the protection log page or the Watchlist. How do I stop watching the protection log? Thanks, David Spector (talk) 15:25, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

Have you tried looking at the watchlist using the "Edit raw watchlist" and removing the entry by hand. MilborneOne (talk) 15:36, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

• Are you watching the log itself, or does it just so happen that the pages on your list are having their protection levels changed? — {{U|Technical 13}} ^{(t • e • c)} 16:07, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

Downloading books as ePub

18 months ago, it was annoucned that you could download WP Books as ePubs. Is this option still available? When I look at (for example) User:Tompw/Books/History_of_rail_transport_in_Great_Britain, I just see " Download PDF ] [ Download ODT ] [ Download ZIM ] [ Open in Book Creator ] [ Order Printed Book ]"... none of which fit the bill. Is the option to download a Book as an ePub still available, and if so, how do I use it? Tompw (talk) 16:24, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

Referencing errors on Judith Estrin

Reference help requested. I have received a message on my Talk page about an error I caused, but I don't see any error on Judith Estrin page. Is it possible one of my subsequent edits fixed this? How would I know?

Thanks, Ultrasaurus (talk) 16:52, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

It appears to me that your edit was subsequently fixed by another editor here. DonIago (talk) 17:07, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

It appears ReferenceBot linked to the wrong edit at User talk:Ultrasaurus#Reference Errors on 4 March. The error was actually in the most recent edit at the time of the post: [6]. You forgot url= in front of http://www.commerce.gov/americacompetes/meet-innovation-advisory-board. It was fixed by another editor in the next edit. Pinging User:A930913 who operates the bot. PrimeHunter (talk) 17:11, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

Russell Blaylock Post

This post contains a number of factual errors and is obviously written by a critic. I am not opposed to safe vaccines. Many of the items listed as "conspiracy theory" are supported by factual data and not "theory". The medical opinions I give are all supported by scientific researchers accepted scientific literature, and are referenced carefully in my articles. Many of my qualifications to address these various subjects has been omitted. In addition,my published articles (in Pubmed) have been ignored. Many of these articles have been referenced by experts in these various fields. This is obviously a hatchet job by a critic and not an objective presentation. It should either be corrected or removed.

Russell Blaylock, M.D.