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May 25

Beverungen

I was trying to make a change on the English version but it did not work and now it has this message in red at the top: Cite error: There are tags on this page without content in them (see the help page).

Can you remove that message? I have no idea how to do that.

So sorry. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.183.158.152 (talk) 03:44, 25 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

See the diff for the changes you had made. Accidentally, a tag was added in the start of the article. You need to put a URL inside the ref tag for it to work properly. You can see a diff by clickking on the "View history" tab, select two revisions and clicking "Compare selected revisions". --Fauzan^{✆ talk}_{✉ mail} 04:36, 25 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Autistic editor asks: am I splitting hairs or just respecting copyright?

Hi, I wanted an opinion on a matter of not linking to a GNU-licensed image in order to serve as a functional button.

I'm a template editor who's refurbished {{Post-it large}}. I really wanted to have an image that would function as a "refresh" button, because it's compact and cooler looking, like how AnomieBot gets to have a big red "off" button.

A paragraph in WP:ALT remarks that (emphasis mine):

Wikipedia articles sometimes contain images that do not link to an image page, for example an Information icon. ... Removing the link is acceptable for images in the public domain or the equivalent CC0. Links should not be suppressed for any image that requires attribution.

So Template:Post-it large has, right now, an unattributed link to File:Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg, which instead links to the action "refresh page".
Since Gnome-colors-view-refresh is licensed GNU GPL v.2 or later, technically it's a copyright violation. I've tried other icons [1][2][3] that are in the public domain/C00 but they pretty much all suck.

How big a deal is this attribution-through-linking? Meteor sandwich yum (talk • contribs) 06:01, 25 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Meteor sandwich yum - people tend to be lax or unaware of that rule, but avoiding linking to the file is still against policy and violates the terms of the license. I'm going to see if I can make a similar, alternative icon that you can use, which I'll release into the public domain. ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 06:41, 25 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

How's this one?

Threw it together real quick based on another public domain work I found online. If you'd like anything changed, let me know. ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 06:55, 25 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

SuperHamster, It's perfect! Thanks!

Meteor sandwich yum (talk • contribs) 22:39, 25 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

"Contents" box

I want to edit the "Contents" box in the article Death of Osama bin Laden (the subparagraphs need adjusting), but cannot see how to get into it. It does not show up in the wikicode on the edit page. Where is it? - P123cat1 (talk) 08:36, 25 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It's automatically generated from the section headings in the page. See Help:Section. PrimeHunter (talk) 08:46, 25 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I have looked at the help section. The right number of = signs enclose the sub-sub-paragraphs in the edit text (I did not need to alter anything), but these are not showing up in the table of contents, e.g. para 3.3 does not show 3.3.1, 3.3.2 etc. Why is this? - P123cat1 (talk) 09:31, 25 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The wikicode at the end of the lead "{{TOC limit|3}}" is limiting the TOC to the third level of headings. Including lower level headings renders a TOC that is longer than my screen is high. See WP:TOC and please discuss your proposed change on the article talk page. Surprise changes on such high profile article are generally not a good idea. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 10:01, 25 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I will leave a note on the talk page. I did not think a change of this sort would be such a big deal; the content of the article was not being altered in any way. --P123cat1 (talk) 10:09, 25 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Death toll articale

List of wars by death toll (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Muslim conquest in the Indian subcontinent (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Dear Wikipedia publishing team;

I'm writing this letter to express how surprised I am with "Death toll" article. I noticed that "Muslim Conquest on the Indian subcontinent" poped up at the top of the list of "List of Wars by Death toll", it was not even in the list ??!!!

When I checked the reference of these numbers, I was shocked to see there is no concrete evidence for these numbers, I really cannot understand how "demographic changes" can be considered as an evidence for massacres with 60,000,000 to 80,000,000 deaths. It is academically wrong to publish such false info without strong evidence on such huge numbers.

I really advice you to reconsider publishing such false info and seek strong and concrete evidence before putting it here as such false info published here in wikipedia would severely damage your credibility.

Regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.112.231.109 (talk) 10:29, 25 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

In the article death toll the 60,000,000 - 80,000,000 is referenced. You can see this by clicking the small [1] next to the numbers and you will be taken to the details about the reference. Regarding the Muslim_conquest_in_the_Indian_subcontinent article, although more sources are desired to cite some of the information, I can't see any blatantly wrong information. Perhaps you can point to a specific piece of information that's unsourced and you feel is false? CaptRik (talk) 20:29, 25 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

insert a photograph to an article

I ould like to know how to insert a photograph to an article which I wrote. I am writing in arabic and I do not find the right button to insert multimedia files. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mateuris (talk • contribs) 10:50, 25 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Do you own the copyright to the photograph? If you do not, then you must first get permission to use it under a free licence. Once you have done that you may upload it. Before you can insert an image into an article, you must first upload it to Commons: using the form at Commons:Special:UploadWizard. Spinning Spark 20:56, 25 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Question?

In the past if I typed Wikipedia into my browser I instantly got Wikipedia with a space to wright my question into. Lately this space does not appear any more. Has that been changed? It was very convenient. Or is Wikipedia becoming as complex and complicated as everything else in computer land? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 101.170.42.160 (talk) 12:21, 25 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

i am not really sure what you mean when you say "a space to wright my question into", but what happens with your browser and where your browser's recommendations autopopulate is determined primarily by your browser settings. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 12:30, 25 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

They mean that the top result in a Google search for Wikipedia includes a search box so the user can go straight from Google to the article they are looking for. Not all search engines do this, so the answer may be that the user has (accidentally?) changed their default search engine. Of the ones I tried, Google and Microsoft provide a search box but Yahoo and Ask (Jeeves) do not. Possibly this is also browser and plugin dependent. Spinning Spark 13:01, 25 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

No whitespace between templates

Dear Wikipedians,

On several articles there is a header template followed by a sidebar template without any whitespace in between (see here for an example), which looks rather ugly. One can force a whitespace between them manually (eg. with {{-}} ), but that's not very elegant and is a potential source of trouble down the line. Is there a better way to handle this? François Robere (talk) 12:57, 25 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The sidebars are based on template:Sidebar which supports an outertitle parameter. So if you add to template:Program execution (or any other problematic sidebar) that does not already have an outer title) the line

| outertitle = &nbsp;

within the sidebar parameters that should space the template down by one line. If you really needed to you could do something more precise with css inside div tags, but just one whitespace character is all you probably want here. Spinning Spark 23:55, 25 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Not an ideal solution either, but in the current situation preferable. Who should I alert to solve this issue at the layout engine level? François Robere (talk) 11:19, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

There is nothing wrong with the engine. There are situations where we don't want padding between templates. If padding is needed, it is down to the template creator to add it with suitable css code or other means. But to answer your general question, bugs in the software can be reported using WP:Bugzilla. Spinning Spark 11:34, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. François Robere (talk) 15:54, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Lledrod

This Lledrod (Bwlch-y-Rhiw farm) is at the other end of Wales, near Oswestry. Although the B4580 is partly within Powys, no part extends to Ceredigion. Thus, the entire page two entry for Bwlch-y-rhiw farm should be deleted: it is entirely another part of Wales.17:21, 25 May 2014 (UTC) clive betts. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Clive betts (talk • contribs)

I have deleted the section, which clearly relates to a different Lledrod (though I would say it's at the other side of Wales, not the other end). Maproom (talk) 21:24, 25 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Edit Teenage Time Killer

I don't know how to change the title - it should read "Killers" with an S — Preceding unsigned comment added by Matfreman (talk • contribs) 21:39, 25 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Of the four sources cited in the article, three refer to the group as 'Killer' rather than 'Killers'. AndyTheGrump (talk) 21:44, 25 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

traduzir um texto que irei digitar

Professions related to the internet Aweb designer plans, develops and implements websites.this professional must consider all essential components for browsing websites in order to create an appropriate design for the contractingn company . an online community manager acts in social networkes and internet communities making the connection between company and society in virtual environments.this professional promomotes conversations and debates about the needsand intereests of customers , developing and consolidating the company´s imagein environments such as websites and social networkes. web anlysty analyze data data and traffic statistics or number of acess in onder to optimize the use uof wesite . they are able to say for example, what is the best landing page to encourage customers to ma make purchases. these professonais use these indicators in order to help the company to improve its website thus achieving better results. the lawyer is an old professional that gained a new brach with the popularization of internet.theft of information,improper dawnloads bank frau, undelivered purchase , calummy and defamation are all examples of eletronic crimes .the internet lawyer analyzes each case according to current laws. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 177.213.36.3 (talk) 22:58, 25 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 6.8 million articles and thought we were affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is for asking questions related to using or contributing to Wikipedia itself. Thus, we have no special knowledge about the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck. Robert McClenon (talk) 23:09, 25 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wow! This inquiry was addressed and answered in 11 minutes. I couldn't even type out such an answer that fast! --Marshall "Unfree" Price 172.56.27.152 (talk) 03:17, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The answer comes from the {{astray}} template, so all that needed to be typed was the curly brackets and "astray"! - Purplewowies (talk) 19:36, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

May 26

DAME PATIENCE JONATHAN

The details provided by whoever wrote about Patience Jonathan on wikipedia is biased, uncalled for and more like a news article than a biography, especially in the OTHER section of the biography. I am sure such article was written by a hater and/or someone who is out to tarnish her image. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.175.150.119 (talk) 00:15, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The material in the "Other" section is supported by references to sources outside Wikipedia. If you still feel that it is biased or misleading, you should complain on the article's discussion page. Maproom (talk) 07:28, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed a couple of things from the article that I think don't meet the BLP guidelines (I might be mistaken). The final paragraph in the "Other" section looks true (or at least supported my the BBC reference), but may fail WP:COPYVIO on the source? Several sentences seem to have been copied verbatim.--Otus scops (talk) 08:46, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You refer to her as Dame Patience Jonathan. If she is entitled by Nigerian law or custom to be referred to as Dame Patience, a sourced comment to that effect would be useful. Robert McClenon (talk) 15:25, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

wat if they say they are retire but they keep edit

some users have a sign on there page and it says "RETIRED" but then they edit. like not just a little edits. like 100s of edits in the past week. what are the consequence for this type of lying. can it lead to a ban?--24.228.94.244 (talk) 01:24, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Retired users are free to come out of retirement whenever they wish, and is not a violation of any policy to do so. ♥ Solarra ♥ ^{♪ Talk ♪} ߷ _{♀ Contribs ♀} 01:25, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Do you think there should be a policy, though? I think blatant lying shows poor moral character, don't you? Shouldn't they at least be required to take the RETIRED label off their talk page?--24.228.94.244 (talk) 01:32, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It more likely just shows that they forgot they put the "Retired" notice on their User page, and therefore didn't think to remove it when they began editing again. That's more disorganisation than lying. HiLo48 (talk) 01:49, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I know a case where a user left a "Wiki-break due to being discouraged" banner up while actively editing, along with derogatory comments concerning certain editors though they were unnamed. I agree with the IP it sent both a confused and dishonest message. (Not sanctionable, just a reflection on the personal standards of the user doing it. The user exhibited other low forms of conduct as well, so there you go.) Ihardlythinkso (talk) 06:16, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

As others have said, it is probably just an oversight. The poster should have assumed good faith (which is explicitly in policy) rather than complain about it here. A friendly note to the user along the lines of "Hi, sorry to bother you, do you realise you still have your retired notice up?" is all that is needed. On the question of whether it is sanctionable, the answer is no, unless it could be shown that it was being deliberately done to mislead, such as (a rather ineffective) attempt to avoid scrutiny, but even if that were so there would then be disruptive behaviour that was of more direct concern than the talk page notice. Spinning Spark 08:48, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Unwanted Wikipedia

Wikipedia appeared on my Foxfire. I did not request it and do not want it. It is causing me problems trying to use Foxfire. How do I get Wikipedia off my computer? I just want it gone. Allen McRae — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.65.144.229 (talk) 02:44, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Allen - I assume by Foxfire, you mean the Firefox web browser? Could you elaborate a bit on the problem you're having? Saying that Wikipedia is on your browser is a bit vague, especially since Wikipedia is just a site. Is Wikipedia bookmarked? Your homepage? Thanks, ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 04:17, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'm also unsure what you mean. Another possibility is that the search box in your Firefox browser searches Wikipedia instead of your preferred search engine. If that's the case then look for a little triangle in the box and click it to change search service. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:11, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Should this article be locked?

There are many Christians in the world, and most of them would be antagonistic towards Barbara Thiering if they knew about her. Those who do are inclined to stick with their own interpretations of the Bible and reject hers. So the article about her cannot maintain its neutrality in the face of so much opposition, and can never make any progress towards representing her point of view. Its history ought to make that pretty obvious. In the interest of fairness, can it be protected somehow from the hordes of opponents so her friends can edit the article (neutrally) without interference? I've lost all her books, but will buy them anew if I get any encouragement. --Marshall "Unfree" Price 208.54.85.173 (talk) 03:09, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia does not lock articles so only 'friends' can edit them. AndyTheGrump (talk) 03:15, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Can anybody help solve this problem? --Marshall "Unfree" Price 172.56.26.202 (talk) 03:27, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

"Solve this problem"? I see no problem. I hold no Christian beliefs, but I see the article as well-written and balanced. Maproom (talk) 07:39, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

For one thing, I can't contribute anything. This article is of utmost importance to me, but whenever I tried to expand it, I ran into trouble. The section on "critical reception" might not be biased (except that it contains only negative criticism), but it surely shouldn't be the bulk of the article. The historical discoveries Thiering has made are vast, if you accept her theory, but I cannot even begin to elaborate on them without interference from other Wikipedians. Of course you don't see any problem, but if you went to her website, you might get a glimpse of the treasure trove of information she's found, all in plain sight between the covers of the New Testament, but all hidden, deliberately, by its authors. The validity of her theory can't be examined without delving into the substance of it, and as I said, her enemies are legion. It's well written because nobody cares about that, but it's not at all balanced, because it doesn't include her side. When I've attempted to contribute, I've been thwarted on every occasion. Funfree (talk) 07:55, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You have only just created this account and it has no edits in the article, if you want us to look at why your particular contributions were rejected you will have to point them out, preferebly with a diff. However, there is only one edit to the article for all of this year [4] made by an IP in the same range as the OP, which I assume is you. This was reverted by user:Dougweller for a very good reason, please read his edit summary [5]. As for requiring us to go read Thiering's website, we don't base our assessment of the academic worth of an article subject's work on the claims made, or the arguments deployed, by the subject. Rather, we base it on the analysis of independent reliable sources. If you have such sources that can help balance the article then discuss the issue on the article talk page and I'm sure you'll then be able to improve the article.

By the way, User:Unfree claims to have the same real-life name as the one used by the OP here. If you are user Unfree then you should mark the user page of both accounts with the information that they are the same person along with a legitimate reason for creating multiple accounts. You can find suitable templates for doing this here. Spinning Spark 09:36, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This comes up from time to time, usually on fringe articles such as this one. In a similar debate, another editor commented "Per No original research, "Do not analyze, synthesize, interpret, or evaluate material found in a primary source yourself; instead, refer to reliable secondary sources that do so."" Our articles rely on what sources that meet our criteria at WP:RS and WP:VERIFY say about a subject, and we use sources according to our WP:NPOV policy and in this case WP:Fringe as well. There are relevant discussions at both Talk:Richard C. Hoagland#RfC: Should article be trimmed down where material is likely to be removed because it is just selective analyses of Hoagland's work with no secondary sources, and at Talk:Bart D. Ehrman#Entire "Works" section in WP:OR. I stole my quote from the latter discussion. So if sources can be found that analyse/explain her work, then they can probably be used so far as the use follows our guidelines and policies. But editor's deciding what is important about her work and adding that is not a good idea. Almost forgot, I'm not a Christian either. Dougweller (talk) 10:25, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wikitable problem?

Hello, I recently asked a question about Wikitables. I got an answer to my question, but that created a new problem. I would like to put an expandable section in the Wikitable on my List of World War II puppet states page. More specifically, I would like to make the "Country" section have an extendable section (I have found Template:Collapsible list to work best), where you can click "expand," and it will show you the name in whatever language. Now, however, my new problems arise. For some reason, the expand tab blocks part of the text. Also, in the section after country, for sections with background color, the bgcolor=lightgreen doesn't work properly. Thanks for any help, Cnd474747 (talk) 03:18, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The collapse template tries to write the title in one line, it no longer wraps within the table cell. You can solve this by manually putting a line break within the table, by making the table column wider, or both. The css for the background was not working properly because you had started a line with a double bar (||) instead of a single one. Example of fixed table code below. Note that a blank line is required at the top of the drop down if the title has been manually wrapped. Spinning Spark 10:05, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Created	Disestablished	Puppet State	Country/territory	Notes
1921-08-14	1944-10-11	Tuvan People's Republic Tuvan: Tьвa Arat Respuвlik Russian: Урянхайский край	Tannu Uriankhai, part of China	Also known as "Tuva," Russia had been sending people (mainly farmers and fishermen) in to Tuva since 1860. In 1921, Russian-backed Bolsheviks stormed Tuva, after recently having declared its independence during the Mongolian Revolution of 1921. It was later annexed into the Tuvan Autonomous Oblast, per request of the "Little Khural," the executive committee of the Great Khural.^[1]

^ Kolarz, Walter (1954). The Peoples of the Soviet Far East (PDF). Great Britain: Frederick A. Praeger, Inc., Publishers. pp. 161–166. ISBN 0208007016.

Thanks, that was exactly what I was looking for! Cnd474747 (talk) 13:39, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Cnd474747, Please make sure you consult MOS:COLLAPSE. There is a specific exception for Collapsible sections or cells may be used in tables that consolidate information covered in the main text...; I do not know whether your proposed plan is covered by this exception.--S Philbrick (Talk) 00:41, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sphilbrick, thank you for letting me know. It is not hiding references, pictures, or image captions. It is also not a spoiler. The information that is hidden is also not covered in the main text. I am not sure if it can still be accessed by users without CSS or Java. Originally, I was planning on incorporating the added text into the side section, but it did not always incorporate well. All I am adding is a translation in whatever language is needed. Thanks, Cnd474747 (talk) 01:20, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Dispute at Premise (programming language)

I have raised issues of notability, promotion, conflict of interest and original research on the new article Premise (programming language), mainly edited by user: Piagetmodeler. Other than adding some problem tags, which Piagetmodeler has removed three times, I have not edited the article itself, and have confined myself to a discussion on the article talk page. Piagetmodeler has accused me of editing in bad faith, having a personal interest in removing the article, sock and/or meatpuppetry (via User:Soimort), and “trolling”. I’m going to step back and would like some other editors to have a look. Thanks. Rwessel (talk) 03:19, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

In the interests of completeness (I had not seen the latest edits on the article before posting the above), Piagetmodeler has restored the problem tags after his last removal, but has also removed a PROD tag added by User:Soimort. Rwessel (talk) 03:44, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I have also sent an e-mail to info@wikipedia.com regarding this dispute asking them to intervene to resolve this matter. Piagetmodeler (talk) 04:01, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The entire article appears to be original research. It provides no evidence that the language is used; or even that it has been implemented. In the talk page, Piagetmodeler appears to acknowledge this, but to argue that Wikipedia's rules on original research should not be applied. Maproom (talk) 07:57, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

WP:OTRS (info@wikipedia.com), where I am a volunteer responder, is unlikely to intervene in what appears to be a content dispute - this should be resolved on-wiki.--ukexpat (talk) 14:56, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

If you look carefully, Maproom, you'll see that I said several times on the talk page that the Premise language is available for anyone who wants it for evaluation purposes. Simply send an e-mail request to the address on the talk page and they will respond with a copy of the language file which you can run and evaluate. It's only 170K. And it works. Please do that if you doubt the existence of the language. I also said that all programming languages start out as original research. That is true. Piagetmodeler (talk) 08:09, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'll accept your word that the language has been implemented. And yes, all languages start out as original research; a fraction of them later become notable enough to warrant a Wikipedia article. Maproom (talk) 08:15, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Nobody is arguing that it's not available. The issue (or one of them) is whether the programming language is notable enough to meet Wikipedia's guidelines for inclusion. Existing and being available, sadly, doesn't make it notable in itself. The subject needs reliable independent sources about it. Personally, I don't see how a programming language invented last year can possible meet this criteria.--Otus scops (talk) 08:22, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Disruptive IP

Hi, I'm not sure what the correct procedure is for dealing with the IP editor 69.219.216.130 (talk · contribs · WHOIS). He has made disruptive, possibly libellous edits to Talk:chessgames.com and Talk:BoxRec, and restored them after they were reverted. Certainly a violation of WP:NOTAFORUM and probably several other policies too. MaxBrowne (talk) 03:24, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I have placed a warning on their talk page. If they continue, place a stronger warning (warning templates can be found here) and finally, if they do not respond to multiple warnings, report to WP:ANI where they will likely be blocked for a period. Spinning Spark 10:26, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Changing creative commons to copyright

How do I change the creative commons on the file I created to copyright instead? — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheArmyGrows (talk • contribs) 03:58, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Assuming you mean this file [6], you still own the copyright - though you have released it under the GNU Free Documentation License, which allows others to copy, distribute and/or modify it, under the terms of the license. As far as I'm aware, once something is released under such a license, it can't be revoked. AndyTheGrump (talk) 05:23, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

AndyTheGrump is right – if TheArmyGrows released the copyright in this image, he can't withdraw it now. But I suspect that it was not his to release. The image shows a number of works of art. Unless TheArmyGrows holds the copyrights in these works, he should not have uploaded the image (and Commons should not have accepted it). Anyway, a better place to ask may be the Commons help desk. Maproom (talk) 08:06, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I do own the image of which I am the photographer. I and Fumero are the founding fathers of Grafstract Expressionism. Jointly we agreed upon uploading the jpg. TheArmyGrows (talk) 00:34, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Notable residents Keene, NH

Add screenwriter Robert Rodat, born in Keene 1953. Wrote screenplay for Saving Private Ryan, Fly Away Home and others . Currently has TV program Falling Skies on TNT network. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.169.160.24 (talk) 04:13, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Done, thanks for suggesting the edit - note that you can always make edits yourself. I've placed Rodat into Keene's list of notable people, since the subject meets out notabilty guidelines and has his own article. ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 04:24, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Can Wikipedia be deleted?

If the wikipedia edtors got together and the overwhelming majority of them voted that all of Wikipedia should be deleted, could it be deleted? And how?--166.137.85.69 (talk) 04:48, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Miscellany for deletion, anyone? /joke

In seriousness, Wikipedia, in the end, is owned by the Wikimedia Foundation who has final say of the project. If for some super weird reason all of Wikipedia revolted and wanted the site shut down, it would be up to the Foundation to make that decision. But I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that the likeliness of that happening anytime soon is roughly zero. ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 04:53, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

m:Proposals for closing projects:-0--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 05:14, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Assuming you are referring to English Wikipedia, the answer is a hypothetical yes. You would have to persuade a significant majority to clearly support such action. The last time I checked there are about 130,000 active enwiki editors, and with this being a very serious matter, you'd probably need a supermajority like 99%. Best of luck with that. :) Green Giant (talk) 23:47, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

There's already a bazillion forks and archived versions of Wikipedia, so even if Wikipedia got deleted its content would still be available, and its license means you could create a new encyclopedia project and use all of Wikipedia's content.AioftheStorm (talk) 23:51, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

NEW KURT COBAIN DEATH SCENE PHOTOS

hello I'm Spaceman1978, these pictures were released by the PD, I fail to understand why you won't change that one fact on Kurt Cobain's wiki page? A user told me to come here, the Kurt Cobain page says the photos will not be released publicly but the PD did in fact release them & they are on Ultimate Classic Rocks website, just google it. I think its rediculous that these photos were released over a month ago & you people ignore it. In fact here's the link http://ultimateclassicrock.com/kurt-cobain-death-scene-distrubing-photos/

Spaceman1978 (talk) 07:10, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The best place to discuss this is the article's talk page. Maproom (talk) 08:42, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Spaceman. You treated a quotation about release of the photos by a third party as if it was Wikipedia speaking. The quote remains correct; the person did say the photos would not be released. The fact that they were later released does not change that the person said they wouldn't. That is not "bullshit" as you described it, an it's not Wikipedia speaking, as you've treated it. If a person was going to add something to the article about that, it would not be by commenting in the article on that statement as if it were wrong. It might be a decision to remove that content and replace it with a cogent, composed statement about the release cited to a reliable source. Or it might possibly be a sentence following that quotation, left intact, saying something like: "Despite the initial statement that the photos would remain under seal, on [insert date], the Seattle Police Department released ____ images showing..." etc. ... or something else, cited to a reliable source. It would not be SCREAMING UPPERCASE LETTERS in the article breaking the fourth wall to speak at the reader and at Wikipedia as if it was a person, and as if you had proposed good encyclopedic text to add, with a proposed source, that was denied. Wikipedia doesn't work the way. Content is added by people who are interested enough to do so, writing or suggesting appropriate text to add. That has not happened.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 12:57, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Watercolour Painting

I teach watercolour painting at the Ruskin School of Art, Oxford University and elsewhere, and belong to the Global Network of watercolour painters. I would like to contribute to the page on watercolour painting. Is it appropriate to add the following links:

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Rebecca Hind (talk • contribs) 10:23, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

In my opinion, no. The guideline for what external links should be added can be found at Wikipedia:External links. All three of the these fail #1 and #4 of the Links normally to be avoided section of the guideline. GB fan 10:32, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

israel

well victor kattan is absolutly wrong. internationally jerusalem is recognized as the capital of israel. many countries keep their ambassies in tel aviv but recognized that israel capital is jerusalem. just not to fight with the arabs. the map snoe israel boarder is 1948 today its much bigger. regarding ethnic group 81% jewish plus others your writing is full of incorrectness. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.132.215.227 (talk) 12:27, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

First, you should be making these comments on an article talk page rather than at the Help Desk. Second, be very careful in editing in that area, because it is subject to discretionary sanctions under ARBIP, and be sure not to engage in edit-warring or tendentious editing. If you want to report edit-warring or tendentious editing about Israel and Palestine, go to Arbitration Enforcement. Robert McClenon (talk) 15:47, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Non-breaking spaces

I made this edit but it was only to remove the word "of" as part of MoS date changes. I did not add the non-breaking spaces ( ). Does anyone know how these got added to my edit? One of my tools or plug-ins perhaps? I'm slightly worried that these changes are associated with my name when I'm not even sure I agree with them. --Jameboy (talk) 15:12, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Your edit did not add the non-breaking spaces, it replaced some non-standard non-printing characters by non-breaking spaces. I have no idea why it did that, nor what those non-standard characters were, nor how they got there. Here is a bunch of the things. Maproom (talk) 16:34, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I think those are non-breaking spaces, character  . I suspect that they got there when somebody copy-pasted text from elsewhere into the article. It's now listed at WP:CP for copyright processing. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 17:48, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

They are definitely not the result of a copy-paste. Jameboy's diff clearly shows that they were inserted into already existing text (but no comment on whether or not it is a copyvio). This would seem to be a bug to me and should probably be reported to Bugzilla. Apparently, the software is programmed to replace spaces in front of punctuation with non-breaking spaces. This is useful because in some languages and dated English a space is sometimes required, for instance, before a colon. The nbsp prevents the colon wrapping to the next line. However, this causes numerous other problems and there are a whole heap of bugs on Bugzilla asking for exceptions to this rule, this one for instance. I note that nearly all the replacements are replacing one space of a double space at the beginning of a sentence. I suspect that this could be due to one of these fixes having unforeseen consequences. I habitually type with double spaces for new sentences, as do many people who have been taught to type properly, and I have never noticed this before, so if it is a bug, it is a new one. Report it and see where it goes. Spinning Spark 18:19, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Well, this is most definitely not my field of expertise, so I expect you are right. What I did: I copied one of the highlighted "invisible" characters that got replaced from the left column of the diff above, pasted it into Pages, and selected Show invisibles. It showed up as bullet-point with a circumflex over it, which is the symbol for a non-breaking space. If I copy a space from elsewhere on that page (say, the one between "Warner" and "has") and paste it in the same way, it shows up as an ordinary space (blue bullet-point). As Maproom has already said, some kind of hard space was replaced in Jameboy's edit. What kind, and why, and whether it should be reported as a bug, I don't know. But since much of that article was apparently created by pasting in material copied from elsewhere, I think it's a reasonable guess that that is how those things got there. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 20:44, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Adding References - in my page

Hi,

I have just created a new page for the Italian model 'Renata Zanchi' and just added some references at the end of the page as requested (articles, newpapers links, etc). However, I just got a message that tells me that altough on the page there are 'ref' tags I need to add something else, but do not understand what, could you please help me?

Looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Thank you.

Acr8 (talk) 21:11, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

What the error message says is "Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist}} template (see the help page)."

The words "help page" are in blue, indicating that they are a wikilink, in this case to Help:Cite errors/Cite error refs without references. That is the page you need to read to see about including the {{reflist}} template.

You also need to read WP:Referencing for beginners to see how to provide inline citations to give specific references for particular statements in your article. --David Biddulph (talk) 21:22, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Add References on new page

With reference to my previous mail, this is the message I got: There are <ref> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist}} template (see the help page).

Thank you for your help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Acr8 (talk • contribs) 21:15, 26 May 2014 UTC (UTC)

See WP:CITE. There is no one method that is required, but it is considered proper to place citations close to the material that is being supported, rather than putting it all at the end. Also, just giving the URL of a web site is not considered good practice. A normal scholarly citation should be composed, which would include not only the URL, but the author, date, title, publisher, and similar information about the web site. Have you written papers before that required citations? What method did you use? Jc3s5h (talk) 21:25, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Jc3s5h I think it is a bit strong to say it is "considered proper to place citations close to the material ". I use WP:LDR, and place the bulk of the reference at the end, so that it does not clutter up the text. There is a piece of the reference next to the material being cited, but the way you phrased your answer might lead someone to conclude that List Defined References are not proper. Frankly, I think they are much better than what most people use.--S Philbrick (Talk) 00:23, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I meant that there should be some kind of in-line indication near the material that is supported by a particular citation that allows the reader to determine which citation supports the nearby claim. Jc3s5h (talk) 00:29, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I understand, Jc3s5h, and user:Acr8 was doing it incorrectly, but many editors, even long-time editors, do not know about List Defined References, so I wanted to mention that option.--S Philbrick (Talk) 00:32, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Having said that, user:Acr8, I looked at Renata Zanchi and that is not the right way to create references. I also note that it was deleted, not simply because it had no references, but because it was written in a style that is not encyclopedic. I urge you to look at some of the featured articles to get a sense of the style and tone desired.--S Philbrick (Talk) 00:31, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

NB Renata Zanchi has been deleted per G11 for being too promotional in tone.--ukexpat (talk) 15:11, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

May 27

Adding an article

Hi

I just joined Wikipedia and i find that there is no article for the software called XOWA, can i just write it up? is it notable enough?

Timothy — Preceding unsigned comment added by TimothyBoland1 (talk • contribs) 01:55, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Possibly, google turns up a fair number of hits. I'd suggest working on the article in your sandbox, and adding references not made by the developers of the software themselves. Stuff like Tech Republic and Arstechnica is good. MaxBrowne (talk) 06:57, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@TimothyBoland1 - See Your first article for guidance on how to begin. Before you begin first collect your sources, such as magazine or news articles, so that you can add references to them as you proceed with the writing. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 11:33, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@MaxBrowne

Thank will do. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.211.189.231 (talk) 01:58, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

What is this?

and is it edible to humans? Thanks. --Kísk Kisk (talk) 08:56, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Clicking on the image will bring up the File page, where you will discover that this is the eye of the Antarctic krill. So probably edible. It's also worth noting, entirely tangentially, that this Help desk is for questions relating to the use of Wikipedia, and frivolous or obviously foolish questions often result in a block being issued to the questioner. Yunshui ^雲 _水 09:08, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This question is more suited for the Science Reference desk, maybe. At any rate, basically what Yunshui said. - Purplewowies (talk) 09:41, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Dutch "van" names

In the Dutch and Belgian phone books you'll find "van Dijk" under D, in the rest of the world you'll probably find it under V. When listing people from a variety of nationalities on the English wikipedia, should "van Dijk" be sorted under V or D? MaxBrowne (talk) 10:32, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Examination of for example Category:Dutch rowers shows that "van" names are not under V. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:43, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

See Dutch name and Tussenvoegsel which states "In the Netherlands, these tussenvoegsels are not included when sorting alphabetically" - Arjayay (talk) 11:02, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'm thinking of List of chess grandmasters which includes players from all sorts of nationalities and naming conventions. Sorting them all alphabetically is a pain; it's not always clear whether you're dealing with a surname, a given name or a patronym and what the correct naming order is. So even for the familiar Dutch "van" names there's no clear answer as to how they should be sorted? MaxBrowne (talk) 11:35, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'd agree that the different order of given and family names makes it difficult, especially as, when sorted, it doesn't "look" sorted. This came up recently with the new Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal on the Premier league article. When I've dealt with this before, I used the default sort names hidden in the edit page of the individual's article - but many of the names in your list don't have articles.

I think the Dutch position is fairly clear, ignore the "van", but having re-read Tussenvoegsel it also says "In Belgium, surnames are collated with the full surname including tussenvoegsels", so a Dutch de Vries would be under V, whilst a Belgian one would be under d, making your alphabetical list look ridiculous. As this is the English Wikipedia, should we be following these conventions in any case? - Arjayay (talk) 12:04, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

my website

This is not the place to advertise your business Rojomoke (talk) 14:15, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.

I like to help people using my website for web development and desktop application development.

My website is : coderefiner.com

http://coderefiner.com/Contacts.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.101.2.127 (talk) 12:37, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

password reset

It's been a couple of years since I logged in. I forgot my password and requested a reset yesterday but got no response. Today I tried again but received a message that only one password reset in 24 hours would be processed. I cannot log in. What can I do about it? Thanks, Tom C — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.210.40.180 (talk) 13:00, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Is the email account that you specified when you created the account still active? Have you checked its spam folder? If you don't have the password in your inbox or in your spam folder, you may need to create a new account. Robert McClenon (talk) 14:57, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

List of armed groups in the Syrian Civil War

I can't find anything in the FAQ, what to do if I want to report an article editor or changes and I'm too careful to try and do changes myself but someone deleted VERY important references in this article which cited some of the involvements of Al-Qaeda.

List of armed groups in the Syrian Civil War — Preceding unsigned comment added by Christian Shinja (talk • contribs) 13:01, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

By the sound of it, you have a content dispute with somebody. The page I have linked to tells you how to proceed, which begins with opening a polite discussion on the article's talk page, or the talk page of the person you disagree with. --ColinFine (talk) 16:22, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

How to mark quotations of uncertain authenticity?

Certain historical figures get quotations falsely attributed to them on a regular basis.

So for example History of central banking in the United States#Bank of North America cites a page with a number of quotes by Benjamin Franklin and other founders of the U.S. which I can find widely reposted across the net. However, a sampling of the pages show they seem to be cut and pastes from some original source, all seem to have a certain ideological bent, and notably don't actually say when and where the quotes originated. The information may be in this book, but I don't have a copy to check.

I'm not sure it's wrong; the page on Currency Act describes it as being a significant issue at the time with more mainstream sources. But I don't trust the neutrality of the sources I have access too, either. I used Template:Better source with an explanatory note. This doesn't seem like a unique situation, however; is there a more specific template that would be better suited? Thank you!

71.41.210.146 (talk) 15:13, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

{{dubious}} or {{Disputed-inline}} maybe?--ukexpat (talk) 15:21, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong information recorded - Muslim conquest of the Indian subcontinent - makes it to the top list of death toll ! What !?

See above.--ukexpat (talk) 16:14, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

This ridiculously high number and misinformation provided should be removed. It is obvious that the conquest didn't exist from the first place as it is mentioned in the article and these numbers would be impossible to exist in before 1000 years.

Please delete this article - Muslim conquest of the Indian subcontinent from death troll table. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.65.122.59 (talk) 15:52, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

See #Death toll articale (sic) above--ukexpat (talk) 16:14, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

cannot use "Talk"

Tumaini University Makumira (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Makumira University College (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

I cannot use my own talk page nor an article's talk page. I have no idea how I write a message. I want to discuss the article "Makumira University College" which should have the heading "Tumaini University Makumira". However does this latter article exist already, but it is inferior. Actually some kind of fusion between the two would be the best. --Dr DagO (talk) 16:50, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You have already been editing article pages so you clearly know how to edit. Are you getting some kind of error message when you attempt to edit a talk page? Please ask a more specific question on that. Spinning Spark 17:18, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You may merge the articles yourself by copying material from one page to the other. Please be sure to place a link in the edit summary indicating the article the material came from. This is required for copyright reasons. When you have finished, replace the contents of the article you don't want to keep with a redirect. Spinning Spark 17:23, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ivo Andric article in English language

"Some claim that the works of Andrić, particularly his thesis The Development of Spiritual Life in Bosnia under the Influence of Turkish Rule have resurfaced as a source of anti-Muslim prejudice in Serbian cultural discourse.[23]"

Dear Sir/Madam

I have quoted this sentence from article about Ivo Andric in English language. Could you please reconsider putting this sentence as it claims that Ivo Andric is responsible for anti-Muslim prejudice among Serbians. The argument for that is not supported. Anybody can write "some claim" and write whatever they want after that.

I am myself Serbian and really love Andric`s literature but I in the same time don't have prejudice about any religion or nation. Andric's literature writes about the time while our countries were occupied by Ottoman Empire and negative attitude is preliminary desire for freedom not desire to hate anybody but rather to love our countries and all nations that live here.

So please reconsider this part as it hurts my feeling as human being and I believe lots of Serbians will feel the same way.

Faithfully yours Jelena Zujovic — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.87.124.48 (talk) 16:53, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, the claim is supported by a reference to Ammiel Alcalay, Memories of Our Future: Selected Essays 1982–1999 (City Lights Books, 1999: ISBN 0-87286-360-3). In my opinion "some claim" is weasel wording and the claim should instead be attributed just to Alcalay, if it is kept at all. However, I have no access to that book so cannot even confirm that is what Alcalay said. Spinning Spark 17:40, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Bot notification question

How does one enroll an RfC into the bot notification system? I'd like to get this RfC placed with one. Thanks. SW3 5DL (talk) 18:31, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

As I understand it, the recipients of the RFC notifications are chosen randomly by the bot based on the participants preferences. You are not able to influence it from the RfC end. 80.41.155.80 (talk) 18:46, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

No, not trying to influence the bot. Just trying to put it with the bot so it can notify editors at random. SW3 5DL (talk) 19:06, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Nevermind, got it. SW3 5DL (talk) 19:20, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Category for attempted murders or spree killings

Does the English Wikipedia have a category for attempted murders or spree killings, which had undergone enough planning to be illegal in itself, but which never actually happened? JIP | Talk 18:48, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The closest I can find: Category:Assassination attempts, Category:People convicted of attempted murder, Category:Failed terrorist attempts. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:05, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki entry question

Hi-

I'm confused about why my article got declined. The message I got, "This submission's references do not adequately evidence the subject's notability."But, I have a full press section all tied to stories in the references section.

Is it just a matter or moving info from one section to another? Any direction is greatly appreciated.

Thanks! Stacey

IKravitz680 (talk) 22:47, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Just posting to let anyone else reading this know that the OP also asked this same question on the talk page for the editor, User:Chris1834, who declined the original submission. Dismas|^(talk) 00:18, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflicted with Dismas)

From the reviewer's comments, I think they are looking for inline citations in the body of the article. This makes it easier to verify that the facts stated in the article are in the sources referenced. The lack of inline citations are definitely a deficiency of the article, and could result in large sections of the article being deleted if it were to be put into mainspace as it now is, although your article should not be rejected for this alone.

The notability issue is that independent reliable sources discussing the subject in depth are required to establish notabiity. I haven't done a thorough review of the sources but I took a quick look and have some concerns. The NYT is certainly a reliable source, but the piece only gives a passing mention to the company. Most of the rest appear to be trade press. Such articles are often based on company press releases or are company submitted and thus cannot be considered independent sources. I don't know whether or not that is the case here, but maybe that was what the reviewer was thinking. Also, many of the links are dead so I could not read the actual articles. Those I did look at were mostly about the buildings rather than the company. The only one that I looked at that is in-depth and on the right subject was the Architect Leaders Today article. Perhaps the reviewer has independence concerns on that one. You can discuss the issues directly with the reviewer—ah, I see you have already found their talk page. Spinning Spark 00:22, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I see two issues. One is that the references should be cited in the body of the article, after the statements they support, rather than below the article. The other, more serious, issue is that the only reliable independent source cited, in the New York Times, does not mention the subject of the article. My advice is: if you are unable to find references better than any of those you have provided, the article will be rejected, and you are wasting your time working on it.Maproom (talk) 06:42, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sanjay Jha

Hello,

My name is Jennifer Sterkel, and I am the Director, Corporate Communications at GLOBALFOUNDRIES. I have a number of edits I would like to make to the Wikipedia page for Dr. Sanjay K. Jha who is currently CEO of GLOBALFOUNDRIES. Because I work for this company, I am not sure if my updating the information is a conflict of interest.

I would welcome your guidance and assistance, if possible, to update his Wikipedia profile page. Sanjay Jha

Thank you, Jennifer Sterkel Director, Global Employee Communications GLOBALFOUNDRIES GF-CorpComm (talk) 23:11, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Jennifer, there are a couple issues here.

The first, as you mention, is the fact that you have a conflict of interest. You can find our conflict of interest policy at WP:COI. We are building an encyclopedia and not trying to advertise for anyone or anything. So, everything must remain neutral in our articles. So, to make sure that we can keep the article neutral, we prefer that people unrelated with Dr. Jha be the ones who edit the article about him. Therefore, it would be best if you were to provide information about Dr. Jha on the talk page for the article which can be found at Talk:Sanjay Jha. When you provide that information, which may or may not be used in the article, please provide reliable sources for it. Just like when you wrote papers for school and had to list your sources in a bibliography, we also must list where we get our information. We can't just take people's words for it.

The second point I'd like to make is that your username is not allowed. See WP:USERNAME. Usernames should not be names of companies or the like. If you'd like to create another username under your real name or some other moniker that you'd like to go by, that would be fine. Oh, and that account would be yours and yours alone. It would not be for you and the rest of the employee communications department. One person - One account.

Any questions, feel free to respond here and myself or another editor will be happy to help. Dismas|^(talk) 00:09, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

May 28

Blog

Hi.. I created a page about my blog but want to change the name of the page. By mistake it is User:Sorfinker but i want it to be Sorfinkers instead.

How can i do that? I want that a logo that i have sent through my email should be displayed on my page. How can i do that? My blog is www.sowersreapersfinderskeepers.com

Thankyou — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sorfinkers (talk • contribs) 00:46, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia. It has articles on notable subjects - such notability being demonstrated through citations of extensive coverage in third-party reliable sources. It isn't a platform for the promotion of random blogs. AndyTheGrump (talk) 00:57, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Corporate name change - Do I redirect to new page or edit old page?

Hi - I've been asked by a company I work for to update their wikipedia entry. In addition to general content editing, the company rebranded itself with a new name a few months ago. Do I create a new page with the new corporate name and updated information and redirect to the new page from the old page? Or is it possible to change the title/name of the old page with the new corporate name and edit the content on the old page.

Thanks! Mary Harpmary (talk) 00:54, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You have a conflict of interest because the company is your employer. Please post a request to the article talk page to ask to move (change the name of) the existing article to the new name, citing a reliable source. When the article is moved, it will create a redirect from the old name. Please ask to have a paragraph describing the rebranding added to the article. Thank you for asking for advice here rather than for just editing the article. Robert McClenon (talk) 01:05, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Chart Color Inconsistency

Can someone provide me with a link to the instructions for how to designate colors in Wikipedia bar charts? I am not familiar with this functionality, but I want to correct a discrepancy. The colors in the bar chart itself are not consistent with the colors listed in the legend at the bottom of the chart. Robert McClenon (talk) 00:56, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, the chart is in Patriarchs (Bible), and lists the (implausible) lifespans of the patriarchs. Robert McClenon (talk) 00:56, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It is certainly confusing. The first two colours used in that timeline are "claret" and "rgb(0.89,0.46,0.36)". The article Web colors gives some information; but it does not list "claret", and while it does mention four ways of using an "rgb" specification, including the one used in the timeline, it does not actually explain that one. Also, the identifiers "CAR", "earlypermian", etc., are unhelpful, and clearly copied from another timeline.

This sort of mess is common in Wikipedia, particularly in areas that are visible only to editors. It is the result of sequential edits by unorganised amateurs (as we all are). There are two approaches an editor might take: spend a lot of time redoing all the colors, and their names, from scratch, so as to be consistent and sensible; or do the minimum work necessary to remove a visible error, possible making the mess worse in the process. Maproom (talk) 06:25, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Many of the names are those of geological periods, and so may have been copied from a geological timeline, from an entirely different reality space. If you accept the Genesis chronology, you don't accept a geological chronology. Robert McClenon (talk) 15:04, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I quite like all the ids being names of geological periods, it nicely shows up the ignorance of the biblical timeline. But perhaps they ought to be changed to prevent Wikipedia inadvertently expressing this wonderful POV. Spinning Spark 16:44, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Wikipedia help page for the <timeline> tag is at Help:EasyTimeline syntax. The syntax is based on Ploticus and the Ploticus colour chart will show you the names of the colours. Possibly the easiest way to ensure the colours are consistent between chart and legend is to use the html code in both rather than colour names. Another way is to define the legend within the Easytimeline chart using the "legend" parameter instead of seperately in article text. That way the Ploticus colour names can be used in both. Another way is to leave the colours in the chart as they are and use the html equivalents in the legend. Unfortunately, the Ploticus colour chart does not say what the html is, but you can easily find this out by sampling the chart, for instance by dropping the chart into Inkscape. Spinning Spark 16:44, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, Inkscape will make a much better job of this chart if you want to completely redo it from scratch. The text rendering in EasyTimeline is rubbish. Spinning Spark 16:50, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

If it is not obvious to you how to convert between html codes and the rgb fractions used by Ploticus ask again here. Spinning Spark 17:08, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This page gives the rgb values for the standard Ploticus colour names. Spinning Spark 18:30, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I was looking through the list of improvement templates to tag the article as having a chart that needs improvement, but couldn't find one having to do with a chart. Robert McClenon (talk) 20:11, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Indian Prime Minister details

Dear Admin of this web site. In your website the details about the PM India shows that Narendra Modi is 14th Prime Minister of India But Narendra Modi was sworn in as India's 15th Prime Minister .

So I request you to please update your website information.

i also send the link of TOI regarding PM India.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/lok-sabha-elections-2014/news/Narendra-Modi-is-sworn-in-as-the-15th-Prime-Minister-of-India/articleshow/35620796.cms

Best Regard: Roshan Kumar — Preceding unsigned comment added by 164.100.1.80 (talk) 04:46, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

According to List of Prime Ministers of India, "fourteen people have served as full-time Prime Ministers of India, and one (Gulzarilal Nanda) who has twice acted in that capacity". So he is the 14th person, and has just begun the 15th Prime Minister-ship. But there's a discussion going on at Wikipedia talk:Noticeboard for India-related topics#Which Prime Minister; I suggest you read that and join in there. -- John of Reading (talk) 05:40, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Bibliography addition for Oakland A's

Herbert Michelson wrote "Charlie O: Charles Oscar Finley vs. the Baseball Establishment", which he copyrighted in 1975. It was published by Bobbs-Merrill Co., Inc., Indianapolis and New York. ISBN 0-672-52013-3 Library of Congress catalog card number 74-17643 ### — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.103.223.73 (talk) 04:56, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You may edit the article yourself, and add information from the book with a reference to the book (unless you have a conflict of interest). You may, in any case, post the information that you have provided to the article talk page. Robert McClenon (talk) 15:17, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I haven't read the book, but information from the book, which appears to be about the owner (an outspoken innovator and gamesman who annoyed baseball's other owners) rather than the team, would probably be more applicable to Charlie Finley than to the article about the team. Robert McClenon (talk) 15:25, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Disruptive behaviour

A contributor nicknamed Danielmordor has added incorrect information on 2014 FIFA World Cup squads at least twice: [7], [8]. He ignored both the note to the squad in question and my message on his talk page. Obvious vandalism although administrators may not admit it. What can be done about this? The Other Saluton (talk) 07:31, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You and User:Danielmordor should discuss this on the article's talk page. I don't blame him for ignoring the offensive message you left on his talk page. Maproom (talk) 10:52, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ignoring the note and my message is offensive, too, and he never answers messages anyway, so I find it pointless to try contacting him. The Other Saluton (talk) 15:41, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

If he is engaging in "sneaky vandalism", changing numbers in ways that are not obviously wrong, then you should provide diffs with reliably sourced information indicating that the changed numbers are inaccurate at the vandalism noticeboard. Robert McClenon (talk) 17:01, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

How to deal with an emailed correction to an article?

I've been trying to improve the article for DSV Sea Cliff. The article is ambiguous about the vessel's current status. This page has two relatively strong sources (the New York Times and US Naval Register) that seem contradict each other. In attempting to resolve the issues on this page, I contacted Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the organization which is universally acknowledged as the custodian of DSV Seacliff. They responded via email "We were in possession of the sub in 1998. A couple of years ago, the sub was shipped up to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in NH and last we heard it was in process of being disposed of." This seems to rather conclusively demonstrate that the submarine is in fact no longer active (and definitely was not reactivated in 2002 as claimed in the Naval Register).

I now have information from a very strong source that the information on this page is wrong, but I don't have anything I can cite. What should I do? Should I just post the email correspondence on my personal web site and cite that? That doesn't seem very official...

Exactly text of my correspondance with WHOI:

To Whom it may concern,
I'm attempting to update the Wikipedia article on DSV-4 Seacliff and various public sources seems to disagree as to its fate. One of your press releases (http://www.whoi.edu/main/news-releases/1995-2004?tid=3622&cid=1263) indicates that it was gifted to WHOI in 1998 and the Naval Register remarks that it is in service vessel in WHOI's custody. This is seems to contradict a New York Times article and I can find no mention of DSV-4's recent use. Can you tell me what ultimately happened to DSV-4?
--Redacted

Their response:

Hi Redacted,
We were in possession of the sub in 1998. A couple of years ago, the sub was shipped up to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in NH and last we heard it was in process of being disposed of.
Hope that helps!
-WHOI Info Office

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.22.54.208 (talk) 07:40, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Personal e-mail is not a reliable source and cannot be used to support article content. --ukexpat (talk) 16:07, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

INHERITANCE FUNDS claim by GIVEN

Greeting unto you sir, my name is MPHO GIVEN SERUMULA I’m the cousin to Mr OWEN SERUMULA, who left us years ago for United kingdom Late Mr.Owen Serumula . He died in 1996 there in United Kingdom in a car accident. I’m now asking you about my INHERITANCE FUNDS claim left by my uncle Late Mr. Owen Serumula with The Reference as HFPBD-OM512/HP/92

My regards MPHO GIVEN SERUMULA — Preceding unsigned comment added by 197.168.246.44 (talk) 08:34, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 6.8 million articles and thought we were affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is for asking questions related to using or contributing to Wikipedia itself. Thus, we have no special knowledge about the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck. CaptRik (talk) 08:38, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You might find 419 scams to be informative. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 15:41, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Project being submitted at AfC

Dear editors: Can someone who is knowledgeable about starting WikiProjects check out this thread and help the editor? Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Articles for creation/Reviewer help#Not an actual article? Draft:Wikipedia:GLAM/American Folk Art Museum Thanks. —Anne Delong (talk) 10:30, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

i left a note directly at the WP:GLAM project. if you have more background about the draft page that would be helpful , feel free to add details there.-- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 10:56, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

No, I just saw the request for help on the Reviewer Help page. I remembered coming across something like this last year, handling it all wrong, and getting help here to fix it up, so I thought that I would just short circuit that process by reporting it where someone might know best what to do. The page reads as if this is all organized between the museum and Wikipedia. —Anne Delong (talk) 11:04, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Nothing to see here folks, that sub-page of the GLAM project already exists. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 15:23, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wreck It Wreck It Ralph Song

Video game cameos and references

The "Bad-Anon" villain meeting features various well-known video game characters, such as Bowser, Clyde, Doctor Eggman, M. Bison, Neff, and Zangief amongst the generic video game villains. In addition to the spoken roles, Wreck-It Ralph contains a number of other video game references, including characters and visual gags. At the meeting of video game villains, the above characters include, in addition to any mentioned above: Bowser from Super Mario Bros.,[1][10][19] Doctor Eggman from Sonic the Hedgehog,[1][19] and Neff from Altered Beast.[14] Characters from Q*bert, including Q*bert, Coily, Slick, Sam, and Ugg, are shown as "homeless" characters and later taken in by Ralph and Felix into their game (Q*bert also speaks to Felix at one point using the signature synthesized gibberish and word-balloon symbols from his game, called Q*bert-ese).[18][23] Scenes in Game Central Station and Tapper's bar include Chun-Li, Cammy, and Blanka from Street Fighter,[19][24] Pac-Man, Blinky, Pinky, and Inky from Pac-Man,[18][25] the Paperboy from Paperboy,[14][26] the two paddles and the ball from Pong,[27] Dig Dug, a Pooka, and a Fygar from Dig Dug,[27] The Qix from Qix,[25] Frogger from Frogger, and Peter Pepper from BurgerTime.[28] Additionally, Lara Croft and Mario are mentioned in reference.[29] Additional references are based on sight gags. The residents of Niceland and the bartender from Tapper are animated using a jerky motion that spoofs the limited animation cycles of the sprites of many eight- and sixteen-bit arcade games.[30] King Candy uses the Konami Code on an NES controller to access the programming of Sugar Rush.[31] Throughout Game Central Station is graffiti that includes "Aerith lives" (referencing the character of Aerith Gainsborough from Final Fantasy VII),[26][32] "All your base are belong to us" (an Engrish phrase popularized from the game Zero Wing), "Sheng Long Was Here" (referencing an April Fool's joke around a made-up character Sheng Long from Street Fighter), and "Jenkins" (a nod to the popular Leeroy Jenkins meme from World of Warcraft).[33] There is also a reference to the Metal Gear series when Ralph is searching for a medal in Tappers Lost and found, finding first a Super Mushroom from Super Mario Bros., and then Metal Gear's "Exclamation point" (with the corresponding sound effect from the game).[30] Mr. Litwak wears a black and white striped referee's shirt, a nod to the iconic outfit of Twin Galaxies founder Walter Day.[30] One of the songs in the credits is an original work from Buckner and Garcia, featuring guest vocalist, Danny Jones of Atlanta, Ga. They are famous for writing video game-themed songs in the 1980s.[30] The Walt Disney Animation Studios opening logo is animated in an 8-bit pixelated fashion,[34] whereas the Walt Disney Pictures closing production logo appears in a glitched state, a reference to the kill screen from many early arcade games such as Pac-Man.[33] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cdig2000 (talk • contribs) 10:59, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 6.8 million articles and thought we were affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is for asking questions related to using or contributing to Wikipedia itself. Thus, we have no special knowledge about the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck.

Nothing about this question implies the person is astray. It's just a general knowledge question which belongs at the reference desk. Or moreover, it looks like an edit request to Wreck-It Ralph, which is semi-protected. @Cdig2000 However, the added text is already present in better form within the article, and if you'd like to add it to the article, please be specific and ask on the article's talk page, Talk:Wreck-It Ralph, instead of posting a wall of text. Thanks! - Purplewowies (talk) 15:36, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Facebook Timeline

I'm not used Face book since 30 days due to my persanal works, Now I'm going to back FB with wishess & greetings to all my friends,pls hw to write to my time line to my frnds ??? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.39.185.52 (talk) 11:47, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This is Wikipedia, you need to take your question to the {{Facebook}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.. -- Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 15:34, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You can also try Wikipedia:Reference desk/Computing. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:37, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Recreation of deleted material

Dear editors: While checking out this old AfC draft: Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Cassey Ho, I realized that this article, Cassey Ho was a recreation of an article that was the subject of a deletion discussion less than a month ago (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cassey Ho (2nd nomination), and a previous one as well (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cassey Ho). Is another AfD the usual route? Also, what should be done with the old AfC submission? db-g13 with potential refund doesn't seem quite right. —Anne Delong (talk) 14:16, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy G4 both the mainspace article and the draft. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 15:29, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I have deleted the old draft; it was quite similar to the article being deleted at the second deletion discussion, although superior to the first. Is G4 still applicable if the article was userfied (though the close did say delete) and has had multiple changes before being moved back to mainspace, as seen HERE]? —Anne Delong (talk) 17:52, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

As per Roger, I have tagged the mainspace article as speedy G4. If someone disagrees, they can remove the tag, but then a third AFD nomination is in order. Robert McClenon (talk) 19:01, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

There isn't a draft article to tag as G4. Robert McClenon (talk) 19:02, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

As I reported earlier, I took Roger's advice and deleted the draft. The G4 of the article is being contested. —Anne Delong (talk) 19:09, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. User:I am One of Many and User:ThaddeusB pointed out that the mainspace article is not substantially the same as the deleted article because it was significantly edited in user space before being moved to mainspace. A third AFD may be in order. If anyone wants to prevent yet another recreation of the deleted article, they can !vote to Delete and SALT, but that is extreme, and I don't recommend it. Robert McClenon (talk) 19:20, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Issues With Wikipedia Page for Text-to-Pledge

Answered at the Tea House.--ukexpat (talk) 16:09, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Hi, I we are mildly confused about the issues raised by Wikipedia on our submission of Text-to-Pledge. Can you please assist us in making it Wikipedia friendly?

I understand you have issues with my ties to the company. I am simply trying to post facts about the company, it is by no means an advertisement. All the information posted is factual, and not based on any opinions.

Text-to-Pledge is, in fact, a major and established organization that deserves a place on the Wikipedia site. We are happy to make any necessary changes to comply with your standards. Any guidance would be very much appreciated. For you convenience I have included a link to the page in question. Text-to-pledge

All My Best, Dani Drichmand (talk) 14:23, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I have restored some of the issue templates, you do appear to have a conflict of interest, which related to your relationship with the company, not the way that you have edited it. I removed the template for only primary sources since that has been handled. It *still* is written very much like an advertisement.Naraht (talk) 15:19, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Answered at the Teahouse. Please don't post questions on more than one forum. --ColinFine (talk) 15:10, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Newbie - Biography - trouble with references

Hello

I am a total newbie here.

I am creating a page about fingerstyle guitarist Adam Rafferty.

As soon as I hit save, I saw a "proposed deletion" notice.

I have added a magazine reference, from an award he received, yet the notice of proposed deletion remains.

Help.

Here is the wikipedia page I am working on:

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

Thank You

Judith F. Judithfrechinger (talk) 14:29, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Judithfrechinger (talk • contribs) 14:28, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The information indicating that the article may be deleted for lack of references and lack of notabilities are from Templates at the beginning of the article, they would be removed manually. However, while you've added a reference, the question as to whether the award that is talked about in the reference is enough to give notability to Mr. Rafferty.Naraht (talk) 15:05, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Monica Massaro

Monica Massaro was killed monday July 30th 2007 in Bloomsbury, New Jersey -Adam Knoble (New Jersey State Police Trooper) She was attacked on the 29th very late and after the atopsy they declared she died very early on monday morning July 30th. Live to Tell:Surviving Victim of Serial Killer Adam Lane (48Hrs.) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.42.41.204 (talk) 14:38, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed the empty <ref></ref> tags, to get rid of the error message. --ColinFine (talk) 15:12, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

If you can improve an article, you are welcome to do so; or else, the article's talk page is the best place to make suggestions. --ColinFine (talk) 15:14, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

We don't have an article about Monica Massaro.--ukexpat (talk) 16:16, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I guess they were referring to the one about Adam Leroy Lane. I'm not sure there much to do with it without a reference though.--Otus scops (talk) 17:11, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Edits to my Wikipedia Page were apparently not saved

I followed all directions, made changes (it took about an hour) to the accuracy of the information about myself and my career, clicked save, and then was VERY disappointed to see that the changes were not saved afterall.

Why isn't easier to see that the edits have been saved and replace the older, inaccurate information?? Please tell me how to do this so I don't waste another hour.

Kay Behrensmeyer — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kay Behrensmeyer (talk • contribs) 14:41, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please see WP:AUTO#IFEXIST for information on what to do. Wikipedia works on published sources. However, I only show one recent edit to the article, by an IP editor 160.111.250.109 . Naraht (talk) 14:49, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Cameramanager.com acquired by Panasonic. Please help in editing this

[I've post the same message via the b'talk' button but just in case it gets lost I use the 'help' page. Thank you]

Since Cameramanager.com was acquired by Panasonic this is an important business event which is missing under the '2000 to present' section.

In July 2013 Panasonic announced the acquisition of Cameramanager.com, a leading provider of Video Surveillance as-a-Service (VSaaS)Company aiming to reinforce Panasonic's existing security business and looking to extend its cloud-based solutions to the business and consumer markets. http://business.panasonic.co.uk/professional-camera/press-and-events/panasonic-europe-announce-new-operating-company-to-expand-new-cloud-video-surveillance-service — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.75.72.179 (talk) 15:56, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

WP:SOFIXIT?--ukexpat (talk) 16:17, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The IP resolves to Panasonic, so we are probably dealing with a WP:COI editor who should not be editing the article directly. The correct action is to put a request on the talk page. Spinning Spark 18:10, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox

I have created an article about a Bluetooth speaker and since currently there is no specific infobox for audio equipment have used mobile phone infobox, that has similarity in many spec fields. I have asked previously about it on WP:IRC and as far as I remember (it was a few month ago) I was told that I can use any suitable infobox. However, recently an editor (experienced) edited the article and replaced the infobox with a generic "product" infobox and moved the specs inside the article. My questions are: 1) Can I use mobile phone infobox on an article about a Bluetooth speaker? 2) In what venue can I have discussion between unrelated editors regarding which infobox should be used in that particular article? This version [9] is mobile phone infobox and this version UE Boom uses the product's infobox. Dmatteng (talk) 18:06, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The right place to have that discussion is the article talk page, ask the other editor involved to take part in the discussion on their talk page. If you want to discuss infoboxes generally, or possibly propose a new one, there is WikiProject Infoboxes. Spinning Spark 18:15, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

prescription drugs

modafinil-200mg-provigil costs? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.32.154.136 (talk) 18:52, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

(heading added) 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 --ukexpat (talk) 19:48, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

removing an article template

Does anyone know if a copyvio template requires an admin to remove it once the copy vio has been resolved? There's one here. Thanks. SW3 5DL (talk) 18:54, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The copyvio is still in the history, and that template seems to ask an admin to remove the history. I think it is best if an admin decides on the request. Sincerely, Taketa (talk) 19:55, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

How do I present a screenshot image from a TV program to Wikipedia to be used in an article?

I apologize for not understanding that page I used to attempt this. I would like to add an image of actress Jena Engstrom to her Wikipedia article. My sources for an image are (1) publicity photos sent by the TV networks to newspapers when a show was to be shown on TV and (2) screenshot images captured from TV, computer, or DVD.

I think I understand the copyright issues of using a publicity photo, so I have tried posting an image taken as a screenshot, something that appears to be acceptable, but if so, I don't know how to justify doing it. I think I got onto the wrong page to justify what I was trying to do. I will continue trying, but if I could be directed to the right page I would appreciate it a lot -- or, also, to be told that I misunderstand the permitted use of screenshots on Wikipedia.

[1] Kolarz, Walter (1954). The Peoples of the Soviet Far East (PDF). Great Britain: Frederick A. Praeger, Inc., Publishers. pp. 161–166. ISBN 0208007016.

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