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July 15

Edit Help

Greetings,

I am trying to add a section entitled "No. 1 hit singles" to the page entitled "1949 In Music" I have copied the same format that was used for 1950 and then edited it for 1949. When I click priview, the entire section comes up just as it should. But when I click save, only the heading and the introductory line appear. Please help.

Chuck Ford

Editing Help

Greetings,

I wrote you concerning a problem with editing a page but have solved the problem. Thanks anyway.

Chuck Ford

RE the preceding topic about footnotes, e.g. Grenadier Guards

I think I've got this straight. Do I do the "References" section using Citation Templates - WP:CITET - ? And do I use <ref> and </ref> tags within the text, containing between them the footnote, followed by a Notes section with <references/> for "Footnotes"? as described at WP:FN

• Please confirm that my understanding of this is correct. Thanks for your forbearance. It's a steep learning curve. -- FClef (Talk) 02:13, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Sounds about right. You can think about it as two independent issues. When you place something between <ref> and </ref> tags in the text, cite.php will move whatever you put there to where the <references/> tag is. Because you're using this for footnotes, you'd put that <references/> tag in a Footnotes or References section at the end of the article. The {{cite}} templates just make it easy to format your whatever as a standard bibliographic form...it's unrelated to the cite.php mechanism. DMacks 08:25, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
    • Thanks for clarification. -- FClef (Talk) 00:59, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Why My articles showing "For Deletion"

Hello I made 2 articles in AntiVirus secion.

Namelly - eScan and MicroWorld.

Today I find that they mark as "This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedia's deletion policy"

- why?

can you help in this case........

Someone thought they should be deleted. There is probably a big blue link to a discussion about it. This will probablly say more about why.—WAvegetarian•(talk) 06:20, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

The two articles violate WP:NPOV because they read like an advertisement. You can argue your case at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/EScan but don't expect to garner much suppor. Remember that in addition to being written in a neutral point of view, they must meet notability criteria outlined at WP:CORP.--Max Talk (add) 05:29, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Contents

Is there a way to move the Contents to the right or in the middle? --User:Jou46 18:35, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

None I know of, and I doubt if there is any. This is most likely hard-coded in the MediaWiki software, and unlikely to be changed according to a user's wish. — Ambuj Saxena (talk) 18:42, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Assuming you mean the Table of Contents, you can move it to the right by placing {{TOCright}} at the top of the document. There are two ways of centering a TOC. The cheap way to do it is to use <center>__TOC__</center>. However, the <center> tag is deprecated in HTML 4.01, so the modern way to do it would be to use <div class="center">__TOC__</div>.--Max Talk (add) 18:52, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Oops, I was thinking the question was about the navigations tabs of the left of the screen. Anyway, thanks for updating the answer. BTW, other "cleaner" ways of moving the TOC also exist: like {{TOCcenter}}, etc. All such options may be found at Category:TOC templates. — Ambuj Saxena (talk) 19:26, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

You can change the location of the navigation links. Go to "My preferences" and click on "Quickbar". Of course, this only works if you're logged in. User:Zoe|^(talk) 03:11, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the help --Jou46 18:54, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

• ??????? What's the use of that? It only means you have to type more. Why deprecate useful stuff? - Mgm|^(talk) 19:16, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

  The W3C has deprecated all presentation tags in HTML in favor of their CSS style equivalents. The point is to cleanly separate presentation information (font, alignment, etc.) from document structure tags (heading levels, list elements, etc.). The premise is that if all HTML documents only used CSS for control of presentation, the world would be a better place. -- Rick Block (talk) 01:22, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

  • I think what Rick means is that it's SCIENCE, and harder = better. Right? --Sam Blanning^(talk) 08:41, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Adding footnotes to an article with existing references

Hello. If you add footnotes to an article do the existing ones re-number themselves accordingly, or do you have to go through and alter the numbers of the other references? -- FClef (Talk) 00:50, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

If you're talking about <ref> ... </ref> style footnotes (per Wikipedia:Footnotes), they should re-number automatically. -- Rick Block (talk) 01:02, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Yes I am, I think. I also need to add the reference to the list of references as well as make the footnote consistent with the article's style. Thanks for encouragement. -- FClef (Talk) 02:00, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

help please

I trying to find all the miniuma prisons in illinois.... I would like the name of the prisons... Thanks

This desk deals with questions on Wikipedia and how to use it. You may find that you get more responses over at the Reference desk, where editors answer general knowledge questions. Good luck! GeeJo ^(t)⁄_(c) • 02:47, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

• Try Category:Prisons in Illinois. — Reinyday, 19:45, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Antlion Family Myrmeleontidae

Do antlions in there larval atage have eyes and if so where are they?

Do antlions have eyes? If so where are they?

This desk answers questions about Wikipedia. You will need to ask your questions at the Reference desk, they might be able to help you over there.This question was modified to make answering easier and to take up less space. --Ali K 04:24, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

del or change any present article

can i delete some article in "community portal " or make changes to it so i can upload a newer article ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aasoobila (talk • contribs)

Hi,

First, please be very sure as to what you expect to do as the Wikipedia namespace is often associated with policies of Wikipedia. However, as with any other pages in Wikipedia, they too can be created, modified, or deleted by the editors. But most changes to policy pages should be first discussed with the community before changing. You are welcome to create new articles, people often write essays on Wikipedia, but make sure that they carry a generalised viewpoint that is supported by the Wikipedia community. Those pages that are not considered worthy of Wikipedia namespace are deleted by listing on Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion. If you find any delete-worthy pages, you can nominate them for deletion on this page. However, I would suggest you take some more time to understand the working of Wikipedia before actually doing so. — Ambuj Saxena (talk) 06:00, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Symbols in Warning templates

This is the only warning you will receive. Your recent vandalism to [[:{{{1}}}]] was profoundly malicious. The next time you vandalize a page, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia.

What is the purpose of the "[[:{{{1}}}]]" Obviously, it's supposed to be replaced with a hyperlink. But what's the purpose of the colon and the brackets? JianLi 05:34, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

some of help desk screen shots

It has to do with the way templates work. The template you've just mentioned is {{test4im-n}}; if you use it, you need to reference it to a particular article by typing something to the effect of {{test4im-n|Wikipedia}} (try previewing it to see what happens!). Otherwise, you can use {{test4im}}, or see a list of user talk page warnings here. Note that you should always use the subst: prefix with warning templates. Feel free to let me know if you need anything else. Luna Santin 05:45, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply. Actually, I did in fact put this on the page using "{{subst:test4im-n}}", so I understand how these templates work. I'm just wondering what the significance of the default text :{{{1}}} is. JianLi 05:53, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

(edit conflict)

The {{{1}}} is the article name parameter. So, {{subst:test4im-n|Foo}} results in

This is the only warning you will receive. Your recent vandalism to Foo was profoundly malicious. The next time you vandalize a page, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia.

The reason for the brackets is so that there's no need to manually add brackets to the article name parameter, so you can just use {{test4im-n|Foo}} rather than {{test4im-n|[[Foo]]}}. The colon is so that if the edit was to a page which is usually shown rather than linked when added inside brackets (for example an image page) then you get the link rather than the shown contents (if you want to show a link to an image you have to use [[:Image:Foo.foo]] rather than [[Image:Foo.foo]]). To make things a little clearer, if there wasn't a colon {{subst:test4im-n|Image:Stop hand.svg}} would result in:

This is the only warning you will receive. Your recent vandalism to was profoundly malicious. The next time you vandalize a page, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia.

With the colon you get

This is the only warning you will receive. Your recent vandalism to Image:Stop hand.svg was profoundly malicious. The next time you vandalize a page, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia.

I hope I made things clear, though I'm not sure I explained it as well as I could have done. --Daduzi ^talk 05:56, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Ahh okay, thanks. That was very helpful. So if a regular article is used, it would still be [[:article]] with the colon. But that works as if it were [[article]], because I guess the people who made the wiki language foresaw this kind of situation happening. So you explained the square brackets and the colon. But what about the squiggly brackets, {{{, around the "1"? Are they just ornamental?JianLi 06:14, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

The triple squigglies are parameters, in templates. Let's take {{unsigned}} as an example. Supposing I use {{unsigned|Luna Santin}}, the section after the pipe is now a parameter; using {{{PARAMETER-NAME}}} in a template inserts the text of the variable. Since the parameter in this example isn't given a name, it's treated as "1," so in the case of {{unsigned|Luna Santin}}, the {{{1}}} in the template's code (have a look here) will insert "Luna Santin," giving us:

• —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Luna Santin (talk • contribs) .

Make sense? Help:Templates will have more information, if you like. Luna Santin 06:40, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

In other words: 1 without the triple braces ("squiggly brackets") would be just the digit 1. {{{1}}} is the first parameter given to the template. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 08:42, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Hmm...still a little confused...so what's the significance of the parameter being six squigglies and a 1? Would it have worked just as well making the parameter a {1} ? JianLi 21:53, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

No. The syntax to refer to a parameter is three open squiggles, parameter name, and three close squiggles. The squiggles aren't part of the name, they're the syntax cue that says "this is a parameter". Two squiggles were already used for template references. One is taken as a literal squiggle character (no special meaning, just the character). -- Rick Block (talk) 00:23, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Oh, ok, gotcha. Thanks everyone! JianLi 03:38, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

first level headings

I googled why =first level headings= aren't used and got this result, which stated that page titles are first level headings. However, we don't input page numbers by typing in "=Page Title=", and therefore first level heading markup symbols are never used, so shouldn't we just free up the "first level heading" symbols by making them designate the second level headings, and then shift each of the othe headings down? JianLi 06:04, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

I don't see the pressing need to make such a large change like that; ==, and ===, and ==== seem to be working just fine. --Hetar 06:30, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Actually, there are places where first level heading are used. In fact, you're looking at one right now. The help desk and similiar pages use them for the day header (like the "July 17" header above). -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 08:35, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Oh I see, thanks.JianLi 18:07, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Infobox person

Is there an infobox for a person? Rather than a celebrity. Djsteen 06:28, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Checkout Category:People infobox templates. --Hetar 06:32, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

• Not that I know of. People who get an article are notable or famous in some way, so regular people aren't included and don't need boxes. - Mgm|^(talk) 11:06, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Is it true that one shouldn't delete material from one's user talk page?

Is it true that one shouldn't delete material from one's user talk page, at least where that material isn't offensive or doesn't constitute vandalism? If so, and a user removes material I've placed there, do I have a "right" to put it back? Thanks in advance! (Part of what was erase was, in fact, a warning that someone should stop violated Manual of Style guidelines.) --Cultural Freedom 2006-07-18 08:27 (UTC)

Removing warnings is vandalism - generally in such cases, the message should be replaced with a warning (generic ones can be found at {{wr}}, {{wr2}} etc), or if that's too strong you can gently direct them to WP:TALK#Etiquette. "Having a right" is not the term I'd use, but putting your post back would certainly be justified. --Sam Blanning^(talk) 08:31, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick response! (Yes, "having a right" was a bit... legalistic....) --Cultural Freedom 2006-07-18 08:46 (UTC)

User:User

Is this a doppelganger account?--Quentin Smith 08:49, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Nope, it's a redirect. There is no such user really. Also note, they have zero contributions Dismas|^(talk) 09:06, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Well yes, but to be fair somewhere around 75% of Wikipedia accounts have never made an edit (including our millionth account); which is the main impetus behind the proposal to delete them. GeeJo ^(t)⁄_(c) • 14:42, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

There is such a user, actually, otherwise you wouldn't see the contributions link at all. It's true, however, that they've never edited, though. Curiously, though, they haven't been blocked either, so presumably whoever created the account could still decide to use it some day, if they haven't forgotten the password. For what it's worth, the deletion log for the user page says it was "created by accident". Not sure if that refers to the account or just to the page, though. —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 20:45, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Rydberg constant

"Bohr's condition,

2πr = nλ where

n is some integer r is the radius of some atom "

I didn't write this myself, I don't contribute much to maths articles. Instead it was an anonymous friend who "can't be bothered" to ask the question. The <math>...</math> tags are around this formula, but it isn't big like the rest. Why is this so? Can someone please fix this? Thanks a lot Gizza^{Chat ©} 09:36, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

It's because you can represent it solely as normal characters; the default setting is, IIRC, to only render equations as PNGs when you can't render them another way. Look in your preferences under "Math"; it's probably set to "HTML if very simple or else PNG". What you want is to check "Always render PNG". Shimgray | talk | 11:52, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

That wasn't the problem. I fixed the errors myself through observation despite never learning how to write math formulas on Wiki! The formulas that remained small did not have a \ before the math tags, which is meant to be the case. Thanks for trying solve the issue though. Gizza^{Chat ©} 12:29, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

There's no reason to have a \ in front of the </math> tag. Shimgray is right; if you want all math to be rendered as a PNG, then you need to set your preferences accordingly. —Bkell (talk) 20:41, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Squad Box Template

I would like to add a squad box template to all the Chamois Niortais FC players, for easier navigation like some other teams, but dont know how to create one?

If you dont know how to create a template, then you can request one at Wikipedia:Requested templates -- Lost 11:41, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

From your post it sounds like the template you want already exists. Try going to the page which has the template you want, click 'edit', and find the code for the template - if it's a transcluded template you'll see something like {{squadbox}} in there. If it's got curly brackets round it, it's a transcluded template, and the code (and, possibly, instructions for using it) can be found at Template:Squadbox (replacing 'squadbox' with whatever it's actually called).

It's difficult to give you better information without knowing exactly which template you're talking about. Which articles were you referring to by "some other teams"? --Sam Blanning^(talk) 13:10, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

I want to create this type of box↓ but with different players

You're in luck, recently a few of us at WikiProject Football created a set of templates that make creating squad boxes easier. The documentation is at Template talk:football squad2 start. Hopefully that should be enough to explain how to set it up but if you have any questions feel free to ask me here or on my talk page. --Daduzi ^talk 17:08, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

GNU for pictures

I have found some images on a website that I would like to post on Wikipedia, and I'm a little confused about how to obtain the rights to them. Can I just e-mail the GNU lisence agreement to the current copyright holder and have them fill it out electronically, then send it back to me, with the images attached? Or is there physical paperwork involved? I've searched the help pages but it's still unclear to me. Please send me a short explanation of the process. Many thanks!! Medora 12:56, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

It may be optimistic to think that the site owner will give that permission, including all rights to any commercial use of the pictures without a fee. Do they say that they will give away their rights in return for a request? Notinasnaid 12:58, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission explains the process. Basically you just send them an email, then they email you back the permission (which needs to be releasing the image under a free licence like {{GFDL}}). You then paste their reply on the image description page and email the letter to address it says to at the link I gave so we have a record. That's my hazy idea, the link is more reliable.--Commander Keane 13:04, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

To be honest, the Creative Commons licenses are much more useful for tagging images, since they don't require a huge text to accompany offline versions. They're also significantly easier to understand, and by/by-sa are fully acceptable both on Wikipedia and Commons. GeeJo ^(t)⁄_(c) • 14:46, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Okay, that all makes sense, but...what address? I couldn't find anything on the link pointing to an adress that I should send the reply to if creator gives permission to use his/her images. Thanks again! Medora 19:33, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

It's there, immediately under the heading "When permission is confirmed". Notinasnaid 19:38, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Help me, please

I am having trouble posting my article...so far it shows up under "my talk". I want to post a page with the heading of the name of the company that I am writing about. Can you help me figure this out, please? Thanks. JB.

It looks like you want to write an article about a company called JK Harris. Its fairly simple to write an article. Please see: Help:Starting a new page. You might also look at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article. But please go through the policies and guidelines of wikipedia first. Especially WP:SPAM and WP:Notability in this case. -- Lost 14:24, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Assigning my actions to myself

When editing or adding comments to Wikipedia from public computers, I don't log in to my account because of cookies and privacy concerns. Instead, I four-tilde to show whatever IP address the machine uses.

It's now starting to get a bit hard for me to keep track of pages which interest me, or discussions which I plan to follow. Therefore, I'd like to know if there is a way I can go back and reassign these comments to my personal account.

I realize that it's possible to reassign unsigned anon entries, but what I'd like to assign are IP-signed entries.

I did try to find the answer to this question in the Help section, but was unable to (probably due to my using inadequate keywords).

Thank you for your time. :) 83.132.98.149 14:40, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Hello 83.132.98.149, there is currently no way that I know of of reassigning comments. You can still sign comments with your signiture without logging in by having the code pasted on your talk page for retreval User:Whatever. You can also keep track of what you want to look at by leaving it on your talk page for addition to your watchlist. Those are my suggestions. --Wslack 15:41, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for your suggestions, Wslack. While it is a shame that I can't reassign my schtuff, those seem like pretty satisfactory solutions! :) 83.132.98.149 16:03, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Actually, one used to be able to reattribute an edit at Wikipedia:Changing attribution for an edit, however, the requests are currently on indefinite hiatus. You can still list your request there in case they start processing changes again. — Reinyday, 19:40, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Law of Cosines Image

Figure 1 includes the following:

"This image (or all images in this article or category) should be recreated using vector graphics as an SVG file. This has several advantages; see Commons:Images for cleanup for more information. If an SVG form of this image is already available, please upload it. After uploading an SVG, replace this template with template Template:SupersededSVG in this image"

I have created this file - http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bc/TriangleWithNotations.svg

Despite looking through template help, I have no idea how to "replace this template with template..."

Dweisman 16:39, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Hello Mr. Weisman,

As I can figure out from my experience, the problem is that the image is hosted in commons and you are trying to update the enwiki page. To change the image description page in commons, you need to edit the page at commons. Here is the link to the required page. It will be advisable if you upload the image at commons so that all sister projects can use the image. I also see that you haven't specified the copyright tag. Please do it as soon as possible otherwise the image may be deleted. If you need help in determining the right license, you may contact me at my talk page, or any editors here. — Ambuj Saxena (talk) 18:52, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Userspace links

Moved from Wikipedia talk:Help desk

I created my own watchlist User:TonyTheTiger/watchlist so that I can monitor related changes. Most of the links don't seem to work. Why? TonyTheTiger 15:42, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

This seems more as if it belongs on the Help Desk itself...? Notinasnaid 15:46, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

• You have an invisible character in your links, so "Five-tool_player" is actually "%E2%80%8EFive-tool_player". I'll fix it for you. — Reinyday, 16:53, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

• • Thanks. That solved everything. TonyTheTiger 18:37, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Deletion of userpage

Can you viably speedy a userpage if there is no associated user? I can't see anything in WP:CSD. --Quentin Smith 19:52, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

You can speedy delete your own userpage, not someone else's. — Reinyday, 20:13, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

• Yes, userpages that do not have an attached user, violate the purpose userpages are designed for. There is a few exceptions. Some users have redirected alternative usernames to their own userpage and some userpages contain info on vandal nicknames who didn't actually use those names. Usually the pages you mention violate another one of the speedy criteria. If in doubt, just use WP:MFD. - Mgm|^(talk) 21:22, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Policy

Many have asked about external links to copyvio sites, and we seemed to have established they are not acceptable.

My questions are;

1. Where is this in policy?
2. If a user does this, is there a warning template to add?

--Quentin Smith 19:56, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

• If it's not in WP:EL or WP:SPAM, it doesn't exist. We're not responsible for the copyvios of other sites, but if you can find an original rather than a copy. Link to the original. - Mgm|^(talk) 21:18, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

At WP:EL it is stated that: "Linking to copyrighted works is usually not a problem, as long as you have made a reasonable effort to determine that the page in question is not violating someone else's copyright. If it is, please do not link to the page." (emphasis suplied)--Fuhghettaboutit 22:07, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

free admition .

respected sir, i want free study applecation form in any university of sweden, but pls in ENGLISH. thx urs truly , saleem ,

• You're going to have to ask those universities yourself. No one here can sen you any such forms because we're an encyclopedia and we don't have access to them. (side note: while there's less of them, there's also respected ladies around here). - Mgm|^(talk) 21:16, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Redundant Articles

List of universities in Canada is split into sections by province. However, Some of them link to 'main article' pages which have exactly the same information. Should I put those articles up for deletion? Foxjwill 21:00, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

• I would just redirect them back to the full list. There's no need for a 'main article' if it doesn't contain more information. - Mgm|^(talk) 21:14, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Video animation question

Hello! I work at a company that makes video animations dealing with the aerospace industry. We have contributed videos to various news organizations on current events such as missle and shuttle launches. We are interested in contributing these videos and images to Wikipedia, I just wanted to make sure this was within the rules of the webpage. All videos and images produced have a small company logo similar to a television station logo. We have many videos of the recent shuttle launch, the North Korean's Taepodong-2 missle, and many different current space missions.

Is this something that we can do? Thanks! --Coolblue33 21:29, 18 July 2006 (UTC) Coolblue33

Replied on user's talk page. EVOCATIVEINTRIGUE TALKTOME | EMAILME | IMPROVEME

your web page

About one week ago your web page suddenly ceased to display frames and all I get is the classical ugly html serial display. My browser is Firefox 1.5 on Windows XP Professional.

• You're going to have to be more specific, as far as I know the Wikipedia site never loaded any frames. - Mgm|^(talk) 04:25, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Maps

How do you create the green country maps with yellow location dots on them? In fact, where can I create the maps that are commonly used in wikipedia (world maps, etc)? Xtrememachineuk 20:34, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

The folks at Wikipedia:WikiProject Maps may have some tips. -- Rick Block (talk) 00:12, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

July 19

Bio's........

I'm a DJ/Hip Hop producer & recording artists. How can I add my Bio/info to your website for people to have access/info about me. Thank you.

DJ Lord Ron

To add any article is simple. See Wikipedia:Your first article for more info. Please be aware that Wikipedia has notability guidelines for musicians and vanity pages are discouraged. -- Scientizzle 00:31, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

... and autobiographical articles are particularly discouraged, see Wikipedia:Autobiography. -- Rick Block (talk) 02:49, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

pirates, my new page

I'm new at this, and am having trouble kick-starting my pirates page.

I have alot of questions.

1.) How do I split the page into sections, or even create the contents table?

If even that question alone could be answered, it would help me alot.

Thank you, and you will porbably hear from me often, with my questions and concerns.

BlackTangledHeart 00:52, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Hello BlackTanglesHeart: There is already on article on pirates at Piracy. Please go there to add your information, but also read:

• The Five Pillars of Wikipedia
• Simplified Ruleset
• How to edit a page
• Editing, policy, conduct, and structure tutorial
• Picture tutorial
• How to write a great article
• Naming conventions
• Manual of Style
• Wikipedia Glossary

And remember:

• Be Bold!,
• Don't let grumpy users scare you off.,
• Learn from others,
• Play nicely with others, and
• Contribute, Contribute, Contribute!.

Inreagard to your question, you make sections with the code ==Section 1== and ==Section 2==. Subsections have ===, and your Table of Contents is automatic. Regards, --Wslack 01:21, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Template question

Is there a template for "This section appears to contain information that is of little importance or notability", or similar? I can't see one on the templates page. If there isn't, perhaps there should be... BenC7 03:04, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

{{notability}} and {{importance}} might be of some help. --JD[^{don't talk}|_email] 03:08, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Hmm. Thanks, but neither of those are specific to a particular section of an article. BenC7 12:15, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Help!

Labas! My wife is from Lithuania and I am an American. She is legal and a sworn American citizen also. We intend to soon move back permently to Lithuania to be with her family.

   I am sure I will need your services from the encyclopedia in Lithuanian.
    I am studying Lithuanian from a text book, and my wife is helping me.
    Please inform me how to log into your web site.  I tried but had problems.
    Sincerely,
    John F. Mantia

There should be a link at the top-right corner of the page, that'll say "Sign-in/Register account" or something to that effect. Go for it. Luna Santin 05:27, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

• Try the Lithuanian Wikipedia at http://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagrindinis_puslapis. — Reinyday, 15:49, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

I would like to know ....

hello -

I would like to know if i want a information about the companies, not particular about the history rather working and related companies.

where do i find? I know this site is not for search companies but i thought it is 'wikipedia' then it must have data related above my queries.

thank you —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 61.17.93.26 (talk • contribs) .

I'm not sure if I understand your question. If you're looking for a specific company, try using the search function, or see if you can find it in the appropriate section of Category:Companies. If neither of those helps you, could you be a little more specific about what you're looking for? Either way, good luck. Luna Santin 05:30, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

om

can i register the word "om" as trade mark in india? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 61.17.163.30 (talk • contribs) .

Not the right place to ask this question, sorry. We mainly deal with questions relating to the use, browsing, and editing of Wikipedia. You might consider Wikipedia:Reference desk/Humanities, but I'm not entirely sure if they'll be able to help you, either. Good luck. Luna Santin 08:42, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Road bicycle racer infobox

I made a Road bicycle racer infobox for Tadej Valjavec. Because he has not won any professional race yet, I want to change Major wins (look e.g. Jan Ullrich infobox) to Best results but I don`t know how. I would appreciate a lot if someone could help me.

Thanks a lot

Virenque 11:57, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

You can't add fields to the infobox without changing the template itself, and that's fairly complicated. The best bet might be to suggest adding a "best results" field to the template at Template talk:Road bicycle racer infobox. --Daduzi ^talk 13:49, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Question on "Wikipedia:Neutral point of view" --> "Undue weight"

in article "Wikipedia:Neutral point of view" --> "Undue weight" is written:

"Articles that compare views need not give minority views as much or as detailed a description as more popular views, and may not include tiny-minority views at all (by example, the article on the Earth only very briefly refers to the Flat Earth theory, a view of a distinct minority). We should not attempt to represent a dispute as if a view held by a small minority deserved as much attention as a majority view, and views that are held by a tiny minority should not be represented except in articles devoted to those views. To give undue weight to a significant-minority view, or to include a tiny-minority view, might be misleading as to the shape of the dispute. Wikipedia aims to present competing views in proportion to their representation among experts on the subject, or among the concerned parties. This applies not only to article text, but to images, external links, categories, and all other material as well. Undue weight applies to more than just viewpoints. Just as giving undue weight to a viewpoint is not neutral, so is giving undue weight to other verifiable and sourced statements. An article should not give undue weight to any aspects of the subject, but should strive to treat each aspect with a weight appropriate to its significance to the subject. Note that undue weight can be given in several ways, including, but not limited to, depth of detail, quantity of text, prominence of placement, and juxtaposition of statements."

My Question : what do you mean by "popular views" and majority? for example if in one of the wikipedia languages, one view is the most popular and the other views are minority views, but in the whole world other views are majority, which view must be the most detailed one?--Seraj 12:11, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

in other words, in one of the languages of wikipedia, the viewpoints(majority, minority) of people speaking that language must be presented, or the viewpoints of all the people of the world?

I'd say these terms are deliberately undefined so that any disagreement can be settled using common sense rather than diktat. Each Wikipedia is governed by a consensus of its own editors, who may introduce cultural bias, though they aren't supposed to. Notinasnaid 12:16, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Adding content about companies

Hi,

I work in a company which is over 10 years old and has established itself with several major clients like Nokia Siemens, etc... I have seen that Wikipedia is immensely useful in finding out information about companies and people who influence the future. There are numerous companies about which there is a wealth of data, about their practices, their clients etc. There are also several prominent people who work with our company who are significant enough in their field of work to be included here, considering that a lot of trivial (but relevant)information is found in Wikipedia.

My question is : as an established, above the board, company with a product portfolio used by lots of people, and a significant web presence(verifiable) is it fine to have a page dedicated to the company?

My concern is that attempting to do that without getting an approval from you guys would lead to misunderstanding of the addition of content.

Thanks and Regards, Ps: regardless of the possibility of addition of content,wikipedia has been very useful in finding information for us and thats why we felt a presence here would be good for us.

You should read our guidelines on inclusion of articles on companies. The most typical criteria are inclusion in stock market indices, such as the FTSE 100, and received reliable, third-party, non-trivial coverage (i.e. articles which explictly focus on the company - not just passing mentions, rentaquotes from the MD, etc).

Even apart from that, writing about yourself is generally discouraged. If your company is really notable enough, someone who doesn't work for it will be interested enough to write an article about it. --Sam Blanning^(talk) 12:46, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

chemistry

why ph of a solution doesnt goes more than 14?

• Because pH=-log[H₃O⁺]. pH is partly defined by the ionization constant of water. The fact this has an exponent of -14 means the result of the formula can't get over 14. See pH. Please ask further questions like this at the reference desk. - Mgm|^(talk) 13:20, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

The pH of a solution may exceed 14, given that molarity of [OH⁻] ions in it exceeds 1 M. This is very strong and is not practically found, though superbases have pH exceeding 14. For more such questions, please refer to Reference desk for better and quicker solution to your querries. — Ambuj Saxena (talk) 13:25, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Because in any aqueous solution (with one or two exceptions), there is far more water than there is solute: the acidity of the bulk solution is governed by the minimum acidity of water, not that of the solute. This is a simplified response, you may get more luck at WP:RD/S. Physchim62 (talk) 13:36, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

microbiology

can anyone say how to culture thermophiles(bacteria)?and one more ....how ozone used in water purifiers....by psg tech muthu 2nd biotech

• You culture those bacteria like any other. Just make sure you put them in the right temperature. As for the other question, see water purifier and ozone. - Mgm|^(talk) 13:22, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

visit

I want to visist H M Patel Medical Institute, How to visit? I am from chennai, Tamil Nadu...Please give the route for train. thanks

• Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that's what this Help Desk is for). For your convenience, here's the link: Reference Desk (when you get there, just select the relevant section, and ask away). I hope this helps. - Mgm|^(talk) 15:06, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Key word search

How would I be able to associate certain key words to my page when someone types in a search? Food Safety Network 14:47, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

• You don't. Pages on wikipedia can only be searched by their title and the words contained in their text. We don't use keywords as in regular webpages. - Mgm|^(talk) 15:03, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Namespaces for search

When I search for something, there's a search form at the bottom of the search results that allows me to select which namespaces should be searched. Is there a way for me to get to this advanced search form without having to type something in the search box and scroll down to the end of the results? —Bkell (talk) 14:52, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject User scripts/Scripts/Multi-NS search —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 15:08, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Backhanded way to propose deletion?

This user is using a strange template for proposing deletion, rather than creating a proper AfD. I've mentioned this on his talk page, but I'm curious...why does this template exist? It completely avoids both the speedy deletion and the AfD process, in favour of one user's belief that it deserves deletion and a 5 day waiting period, without any attempt at reaching consensus. Unless I'm missing something? --Kickstart70-T-C 15:33, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Proposed deletion is policy. It's linked to from that template. —Bunchofgrapes (talk) 15:38, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Ah, ok. Not sure I like that, per my points above. In any case, I removed it from the article I was involved with, as per the contesting directions. --Kickstart70-T-C 15:43, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Last Jewish Pope

Who was the last Pope that was a Jew?

Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that's what this Help Desk is for). For your convenience, here's the link: Reference Desk (when you get there, just select the relevant section, and ask away). I hope this helps. -- Lost 16:57, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

No, this question is obviously a bad joke. There is no need to bother the refdesk too with it. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 17:17, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Meni, just a comment. Jesus was Jewish and at the dawn of Christianity, many followers of Jesus believed that practicing Judaism was part of following the teachings of Jesus. Eventually the church decided that people did not need to be Jewish in order to follow the teachings of Jesus, so after that, few people were Christians who practiced Judaism. The revival of this idea is seen with the Jews for Jesus. — Reinyday, 18:21, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Not sure it's that funny a joke. The answer[1] is either Saint Peter or Antipope Anacletus II . Notinasnaid 18:13, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Well guys, sorry for striking and unstriking myself but I am obviously ignorant of the topic in question -- Lost 18:18, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

It is an interesting question. The thing is that the church did not have a centralized hierarchy until it became the official religion of the Roman Empire and even then there were 5 patriarchs of the church. Eventually the patriarch of Rome acquired power as he was in the midst of everything in the church and became the big bully on the block. The patriarch of the province of Antioch seated in Constantinople disagreed with the centralization of power and thus was created Orthodox Christianity.

So to answer your question there never was a “Last Jewish Pope” because there never was a first because by the time the office was created Christians had split from the Jews. Unless at some time in history a Jew converted to Christianity and became pope (not likely).

Note: Saint Peter is not considered a “pope” per say though he did found the Roman Catholic Church the office was created much later.

I’ll fetch u some links later. --SvenGodo 18:44, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

"doctrinal differences developed between the Church in the Eastern and Western Roman Empire that ultimately led to the Great Schism in 1054, dividing Chalcedonian Christianity into Western Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy." Eastern Orthodox

"It is generally accepted amongst most Catholic and non-Catholic historians that the institution of the papacy with all associated authorities and practices did not arise immediately with the traditional arrival of Peter in Rome c. 50. Most historians hold that instead the institution evolved gradually over the first millennium of the Christian era. In fact it was not until the year 1073 that the word "Pope" came to denote the meaning that it conveys today, when applied to the Bishop of Rome." Pope#Early history

--SvenGodo 03:11, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

GNFDL /copyright question

I'm having difficulties understanding the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). How would I attain one since I want to postinformation from my already published web-site. Food Safety Network 18:03, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

If this is only text, this is not usually necessary. Very few outside sites write in encyclopedia style. Since it will be necessary to reword any material, this means the new work is not covered by the old copyright. What you submit then automatically gets released under a license for anyone to use for any purpose. Or is it pictures? Notinasnaid 18:06, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

My post was taken off for copyright reasons. So I'm assuming I need to get a GFDL license. And the information is text, not pictures. Food Safety Network 18:14, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

I suspect you would find that if you solved the copyright reason, the article (which I haven't seen, of course) would be immediately marked for deletion or rewrite for its writing style. Copyright always wins, but that isn't the only issue. So, you should be rewriting the text. (You may disagree, of course, and you might be right with regard to your site. If you want to post the URL of a page with some text on it that you would wish to reuse, then we may be able to suggest something one way or the other. But going to the lengths of releasing your text under a license, when it is only to be rewritten, may just be a waste of your time.) Notinasnaid 18:18, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

• You don't need to obtain a license, you need to make sure the text is freely available and that others are allowed to copy it (even for commercial purposes). If you haven't written the text yourself, you are not allowed to make that decision; you need to ask the copyright owner to release the work under the GFDL (I'm pretty sure the article has a link to the specific text of the GFDL) and explain to them what it means. You can never copy any material from books, websites or any other source. Unless otherwise stated, they are copyrighted and copying them would be illegal. Based on your username and your previous questions, though, I suspect your work was removed for violating WP:SPAM or WP:NOT with regard to advertising. - Mgm|^(talk) 19:54, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

new question

can mute swan cygnets 8 weeks old survive without both parents--81.159.75.91 18:35, 19 July 2006 (UTC)<removed email>

• Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that's what this Help Desk is for). For your convenience, here's the link: Reference Desk (when you get there, just select the relevant section, and ask away). I hope this helps. - Mgm|^(talk) 19:57, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

External link locator

About 5 days I found a tool that allowed you to search for articles that used a particular domain in it for external links (kinda like a "what links here" for external sources). It was a good tool, but I can't locate it (mostly because I don't remember where I found it or what it's called). Does anyone know where to find it? I want to use it because I wasn't able to update all the links I wanted to the other day and want to finish it. If someone could point me to it, it'd be much appreciated. Metros232 19:02, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

• My question is probably related to this. I once found a list of all tools on one of the toolservers, but unfortunately I can't find it anymore. Were is that list located. I know it was off-wiki. - Mgm|^(talk) 19:56, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Don't know exactly what you're referring to, but you can try here: WP:TOOLS --NMajdan•talk 21:03, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
• Toolserver is an external site that hosts, well, tools created by tech-savvy people to make querying and editing Wikipedia easier. - Mgm|^(talk) 21:12, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
• Metros, you're looking for the unlinkspammer. Ran across it by accident after finding what I was looking for. - Mgm|^(talk) 21:19, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
  • This functionality is now available within the wiki: see Special:Linksearch. —da Pete (ばか) 14:14, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
    • Ah ha! That was it. Thanks! Metros232 14:15, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
• For others: Toolserver. — Reinyday, 23:19, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Create article

How do you create a artical on wikipedia?

• Try Wikipedia:How to start a page, YFA (your first article) and Wikipedia:Tutorial. - Mgm|^(talk) 21:10, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Question about image use

I would like to add some images to the University of Puget Sound article. I go here and I noticed they had a digital collection of historic images online. Since I work in the library at this school, I went and asked the person in charge if I could use some of the articles in Wikipedia. She gave me permission. Do I now have permission to upload the images, and what do I tag them with? Here is their Image Use Policies. Also, what's the guideline with pictures so old that they are in the public domain? --Liface 20:25, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Unfortunately the policy is that Wikipedia-only permission is insufficient for free use here, since the Wikipedia content is freely licensed and so can be, and is, used by many other sites and distributers. You can tag the image as {{withpermission}} (provided you show some evidence of the permission), but the image must also be tagged with some fair use tag, so that other distrubuters know whether they can use it or not, and it's limited by the fair use policy. A better bet would be to contact the person again and ask if it would be OK to license the images using one of the free licenses (GFDL or Creative Commons are the typical ones). If they give permission then the images can be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons and used in any Wiki project. It'd probably be a good idea to get them to forward the permission to permissions@wikimedia.org while you're at it. Commons:Email templates has a useful template you can get them to agree to. --Daduzi ^talk 20:46, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

What about, for example, the third image on this page with the first graduating class from UPS in 1891. Does this qualify as public domain? Should I tag it with template:PD-US? --Liface 20:56, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Read here: Public_domain#United_States_law--NMajdan•talk 21:05, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

So the photo was taken in 1891, but I assume it was never published. If we don't know how long the photographer lived (the article says life of author+70 years), I'm guessing it's just better to assume it's not public domain? --Liface 21:16, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

That's probably the safest approach. Unless it's clearly impossible that the author died less than 70 years ago (if, say, the work was created in the 18th century) then it's best to assume it's still protected unless it can be confirmed it's not. --Daduzi ^talk 07:05, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Too early to start a page?

I have a page that I've developed in my userspace (here) that I am eventually wanted to create. As you can see, it will track college football ratings through the season. There is a link to another discussion page on the subject but I'd thought I'd ask here to get outside opinion. Preseason polls are usually released in early August (last year, the first was released August 5). When would be an appropriate time to create this article? I am wanting to leave time for others to edit the opening text and add links and make other modifications before population of the table begins.--NMajdan•talk 20:44, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

One or two weeks before the polls are released sounds good to me. Nice page! --Liface 20:58, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

weather - temperature change in same area

I would like to know what causes a noticeable temperature change in 2 or 3 days in the same area. Other than temperature all other weather conitions appear the same - one period to the next.

Thank You - bl — Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.158.195.191 (talk • contribs) 21:39, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that's what this Help Desk is for). For your convenience, here's the link: Reference Desk (when you get there, just select the relevant section, and ask away). I hope this helps. Jacek Kendysz 21:42, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Executions

Where can I find information on methods of executions? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 65.12.38.115 (talk • contribs) 23:49, 19 July 2006 (UTC).

See List of methods of capital punishment. In the future, you might want to ask your factual question at the Reference Desk. tiZom_(2¢) 00:14, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

July 20

I need to Re-Add 3 Templates, I Accidentally Erased! As I Edited a Show.

What Steps are required to redraw A Wikipedia Template? 63x927is58401.

Do you know which template you deleted? I don't see a deleted template on that page. Here is a link for others to check: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_The_Dick_Van_Dyke_Show_episodes&diff=64649156&oldid=59969280 --NMajdan•talk 00:47, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

• By comparing the article before and after your edits, it does not appear that any tempates are missing. Please note that we do not sign articles in the Wikipedia. Thanks for your work to improve the page! — Reinyday, 18:37, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

How legit is Answers.com?

For future references for articles, can I use Answers.com? Is it a good source? I've found unique information on that site (about Captain Falcon) however its information is an official site page that no longer exist. Respond on my talk page. Thank you. FullMetal Falcon 02:33, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Answers.com is a Wikipedia mirror - that is, the information you find on it is in large part from a (possibly outdated) version of Wikipedia. So no, you can't use it as a source. According to our own article it uses information from other sources as well, but you should go directly to those sources rather than Answers.com. --Sam Blanning^(talk) 09:16, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Can't set column width

I am trying to create a simple table with two even-width columns. For some reason, the table turns out thus:

Comparison of mainstream Christian and corresponding controversial Jehovah’s Witness beliefs

Mainstream Christian belief	Corresponding Jehovah’s Witness belief
God has revealed himself as the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. They are one God. (Trinitarianism)	Only the Father (Jehovah) is God. (Unitarianism)
Jesus (the Son) is God in the flesh.	Jesus is a god, even a "mighty god", but not God.
The Holy Spirit is a person of the Trinity, and is personal.	The Holy Spirit is God’s impersonal, "active force".
The human soul is eternal and does not cease to exist at any time.	The soul ceases to exist when a person dies.
Immediately following death, there is afterlife in the spirit.	There is no afterlife following death and preceding resurrection.
Hell is a literal place of eternal torment.	Since there is no afterlife, there is no eternal torment.
Jesus’ body was resurrected.	Jesus’ body was not resurrected.
At the resurrection, people will be judged by what they did during their lives on earth.	Those who are resurrected to life on earth will be judged by future deeds which they will perform during the millennial reign.
The 144,000 (referred to in the Book of Revelation) will be taken from people of the tribes of Israel.	The 144,000 will be taken from "spiritual Israel" (i.e., Jehovah’s Witnesses).
The gospel to be preached today is that there is salvation available through faith in the sacrifice of Jesus Christ.	The gospel to be preached today is mainly that the Kingdom of God was invisibly established in 1914.
All Christians are born again and will thus spend eternity with God.	Only 144,000 believers are to be born again and will thus spend eternity in heaven with God.
One cannot see God’s kingdom or enter into it without being born again.	Those who are not born again have only an "earthly hope" and no need to be born again.
To be saved, a person must believe in Jesus Christ.	To be saved, a person must believe in Jesus Christ, dedicate himself to Jehovah, recognize the Watchtower Society as God’s organization, and conduct his life in accordance with the teachings of the Watchtower Society.
Jesus’ redemptive work alone is sufficient for the justification of a believer.	Christ’s redemptive work alone is not sufficient for the justification of a believer.
The return of Christ to the earth has not yet occurred.	The return of Christ occurred invisibly in 1914.

...even though I have specified the width for each column as 350px. Any help would be appreciated. BenC7 07:53, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

The first column's style was set at width=”350”, when it should be width="350" - note the different quote marks, the software wasn't recognising the slanted ones. I've corrected it - is that what you were looking for? --Sam Blanning^(talk) 09:11, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

I think so. I just opened the page in Firefox, and it appears to have worked there. But viewing it in IE, the second column just goes all the way to the edge of the browser window. Has anyone hit this issue before? BenC7 10:04, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Same here. I'm not sure why it is, but one workaround would be to use percentage instead of absolute widths. Just now in IE I changed the overall width of the above table to 70%, and the columns to 50% each. That will hopefully work in both Firefox and IE (after I save this edit I have to check it in Firefox), and will also keep the widths constant no matter what resolution the reader uses. --Sam Blanning^(talk) 10:22, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, that worked better. Thanks very much for that. BenC7 10:28, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Transclusion

Hello! This may be a silly question, but here goes: does transclusion only work for things in the Template namespace? I know that if I type {{furball}}, I will get the contents of Template:Furball displayed. If there any way to transclude things from the Wikipedia or Article namespaces? A reading through Wikipedia:Template namespace (which covers transclusion) didn't seem to answer my question...

Thanks in advance! — QuantumEleven 08:31, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

You can transclude any non-mainspace page by typing, for example, {{Wikipedia:Help desk}}. Many pages use this technique, most obviously the current AfD logs (e.g. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2006_July_20), which transclude each individual log. Go to that page, click 'edit' at the top (not a section edit, as that will edit the transcluded page) and you'll see all the transcluded pages.

Mainspace articles can be transcluded by sticking a colon at the beginning, e.g. {{:Cat}} will transclude Cat. Though I don't know why you'd want to. --Sam Blanning^(talk) 09:06, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Aha - that's exactly what I was looking for. Thanks, Sam! I didn't really have a specific use in mind, I was just curious. — QuantumEleven 10:29, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

New article does not show up on search

Hey all,

I wrote an article on Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative. It shows up when you type it in exactly as the article title or when you click on one of the links I inserted, but not otherwise. How can I fix this?

Amit0108 08:56, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia's search index updates quite slowly. Google's updates a lot faster, and is often the better option for searches on Wikipedia. --Sam Blanning^(talk) 09:00, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

And if you create a wikipedia:redirect from Drugs For Neglected Diseases Initiative, if you type the title in the search box (any any mixture of upper and lower case letters) and press "go" you'll get to the article. -- Rick Block (talk) 15:35, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

user page

what for a user page is and what should be there in that?plss tell me im new to this place

Every registered user has the option of a user page. You don't have to have a user page at all, but some people use it to describe what they specialise in or any special skills that help with the encyclopedia. Some people do use it as a personal page for info not related to the encyclopedia, but that is not really what it is for. Some people seem to manage to spend all of their time working on a pretty user page rather than actually editing the articles in the encyclopedia. My advice is to create a user page only when it seems useful to you, perhaps later in your editing career. Here is a tip for you though: when you add to this page, or a talk page, but NOT an article, be sure to sign your message. That way, people understand who is participating in a discussion. You can do this by just typing ~~~~ which is what I did after this- Notinasnaid 09:28, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

thk u very much actually i answer many of science questions and always sign them .i din think the user page was tht important..thts the reason i dint create it till now my aim is just to edit stubs and answer questions more related to psychology,medicine and life sciences--hima 16:12, 20 July 2006 (UTC)hima

Renaming a Rename

There was a pretty obscure baseball article on Average and Over (hands lost). I mistakenly renamed it to Average and Over, not realizing that there is a related and also obscure article on Average and Over (Runs).

I want to fix my mistake, but I don't know how to do it. The article currently named Average and Over should be renamed Average and Over (Hands Lost) with the latter two words capitalized, to keep it parallel to Average and Over (Runs).

There are a couple of links to each of these articles; everything is related to 19th century baseball.

HELP!!!! Lou Sander 13:13, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

• Excuse my complete baseball an cricket ignorance, but why would these words need to be capitalized? - Mgm|^(talk) 14:14, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Yes, both titles should be uncapitalized. I've made the necessary moves (there was no problem; what gave you difficulties?). However, in my completely uninformed opinion, the articles should be merged and cleaned up. No need for two articles for such small and closely related topics. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 14:22, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

I want to start an article but i have little info is it worth it?

I was on the blackpool page (my home town) and i saw winter gardens in red so i clicked it and found i could add my own information.. is it worth starting it when i dont know much about it.

Lombers 14:35, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

It is indeed very easy to start an article. However, please go through WP:Notability to understand this guideline. If the topic is notable enough, then someone else will surely add info to it in the future. After all, that is the spirit of wikipedia. Also you may like to go through Help:Starting a new page. You might also look at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article. -- Lost 15:06, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Lost gave you good advice. I have some specific advice for this particular case. If you create the new article, you will want to add a link to the new article to the disambiguation page Winter Garden, and probably tag the new article with a stub template. You may also want to consider a more specific title for the new article, such as Winter Gardens Blackpool or Winter Gardens & Opera House. Powers 15:10, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

WIKIPEDIA ACCOUNT

DOES IT COST MONEY TO CREATE A WIKIPEDIA ACCOUNT?

It doesn't cost you anything, no. Notinasnaid 17:27, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

distance learning phd in theology in the UK

I would like to know if i can have a list of universities ans seminaries that affer phds in theology in the UK by distance learning80.87.86.31

Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that's what this Help Desk is for). For your convenience, here's the link: Reference Desk (when you get there, just select the relevant section, and ask away). I hope this helps. -- Lost 19:45, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia policy regarding strong language

Please forgive me if this is answered in the FAQ section, but I cannot find it. What is wikipedia's policy on strong language in your articles? For example, I added an item to the Bono (U2) article, referring to his "fuck the revolution" speech. Another user then changed this to "---- the revolution". I am of the opinion that strong language shoud be justifiable in the interest of accuracy.

Thankyou,

Machisto12. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Macphisto12 (talk • contribs) .

See also the guideline Wikipedia:Profanity. To quote "profanity should either appear in its full form or not at all; words should never be bowdlerized by replacing letters". Garion96 (talk) 21:13, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

July 21

How to set up a wiki for a website

Hi, how are you?

I am not PC Lit so I may sound a little stupid.

How do I go about setting up my own wiki for a webiste I am involved with.

Thanks Beth

Please see Wikibooks:Wiki Science:How to start a Wiki. -- Rick Block (talk) 01:16, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

inappropriate comments

I was browsing around in the reference desk and noticed some inappropriate comments there of a possibly sexual nature. What is the proper procedure when this happens? Do I notify someone? Should I say to the commenter that I think his comments are inappropriate and completely irrelevant to the discussion (which they were) and should be removed? I've never removed someone else's work before (except once with a lot of advance notice, by placing it on the associated discussion page), so I'm a little nervous about doing that. Any guidance someone could give me would be appreciated. Thanks. -- Lynne Jorgensen 02:23, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Would you mind showing the exact location of this comment please? ~Kylu (u|t) 02:32, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

(edit conflict} Hi, be bold and go ahead with removing any inappropriate comments. At the same time, be sure that the comments really are inappropriate otherwise it sometimes also lead to edit warring. You can of course always notify an admin at WP:AN/I -- Lost 02:37, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

I would strongly suggest talking to the poster rather than removing their comments. Interfering with other people's comments is an extreme breach of wiki etiquette if not justified (because it's very easy to do and can be very damaging). Wikipedia is not censored for the protection of minors, and editors may be offended if you remove their comments as 'inappropriate', especially as the Reference Desks are very high-traffic and consequently replacing a comment can be annoying, as your edit can't simply be reverted unless caught very early. --Sam Blanning^(talk) 15:52, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

How do I find "cite page", for example.

I can see examples of "cite page" in the page I'm editing, but I can't find out how to search Wikipedia Style Manuals, etc., for the full description of "cite page", or things like "cite paper", "cite serial", ... that I would assume exist. Rwwww 03:36, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

You need to go to WP:Citing Sources to see how to cite sources -- Lost 03:43, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

More specifically see Wikipedia:Citing sources/example style -- Lost 03:44, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

New article

I want to know how to create a new article, not to edit someother´s one. Is this possible? Thanks, Babarmando

Hi, its very easy... See: Help:Starting a new page. You might also look at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article. -- Lost 05:39, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

editing the title of the article on Jive Aces

Hi - I know how to edit the article on Jive Aces, but the title reads "Jive aces". How do I edit the title so it reads, "Jive Aces"?

WP:VFAQ#How_do_I_change_the_name_of_an_article.3F--Commander Keane 06:54, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

transparent

I checked the image pages for the images at the top of the help desk, and they seem to be unaltered. Why are they no longer transparent? - Mgm|^(talk) 10:56, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Are you using Internet Explorer? I don't think it supports transparancy on any PNG images. —Mets501 (talk) 13:26, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

It did until now, and I have the same problem with Firefox. Apparently it only works on the white background it used to have which has now been reinstated. - Mgm|^(talk) 13:38, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I put the white background back. —Mets501 (talk) 14:28, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Can you always get from one Wikipedia article to another in less than 10 clicks?

If you open up Wikipedia in two browser windows, press "random acticle" in both, is it always possible to get from one acticle to the other in less than 10 mouse clicks and using only links on the main page? e.g One window shows "Dunlop cheese" and one window shows "Peril at End House" (by Agatha Christie)

Dunlop cheese > Scotland > England > Author > Lists of writers > List of mystery writers > Agatha Christie > Peril at End House

I think it's always possible, can anybody prove me wrong?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 193.100.193.18 (talk • contribs) 15:09, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

There is in fact a nice tool at http://tools.wikimedia.de/sixdeg/ by river that lets you figure out the nearest path from one article to another. However, it doesn't seem to be working at the moment. You can be proven wrong, though - orphaned pages, which are pages which are not linked from any other pages, will not have links to them, so unless you start at one of them, you can't use them as a node in your trail. - Tangotango 15:23, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Special:Lonelypages (orphaned pages).--Commander Keane 15:26, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Redirect

How do I undo a redirect? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Globalhealth (talk • contribs) 15:17, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Do you mean you want to move a page back? As long as the destination article in question doesn't have any other edits, it is possible to move a page over a redirect to itself. However, you'll have to be specific - which redirect do you want to undo? - Tangotango 15:20, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

I would like to disable the redirect from "Reproductive Health" to "Human Sexuality." I feel it warrents its own page.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Globalhealth (talk • contribs) 15:34, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

If you'd like to create a page at Reproductive health, then just go to that page, and when you get redirected, look for the bit at the top of the page where it says '(Redirected from Reproductive health). Click where it says 'reproductive health', which will be bluelinked, and you'll go to the page without being redirected. Then just edit that, delete the #REDIRECT [[Human sexuality]] code, and create an article as you would any other. --Sam Blanning^(talk) 15:46, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

town clerk

who is the town clerk for the town clerk for the town of willing?

connie moultrup —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.75.202.102 (talk • contribs) 15:27, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that's what this Help Desk is for). For your convenience, here's the link: Reference Desk (when you get there, just select the relevant section, and ask away). I hope this helps. --Sam Blanning^(talk) 15:48, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

New Entry

How do you create a new entry? — Preceding unsigned comment added by User:Shannon wb (talk • contribs)

You've successfully made a new entry on this page. To create a new article why not see Wikipedia:Tutorial.

-=# Amos E Wolfe ^talk #=- 15:57, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Or, more specifically, Wikipedia:Your first article. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 16:23, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Peer review

Hi, I would like to know what happens if there is a certain select group of editors here who are specifically involved with the Wikipedia:Peer review process. For instance, if I ask for a peer review of an article concerning a rather obscure subject, will there still be at least a few editors who will definitely get involved to verify the work? Thank you. DragonRouge 16:09, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

• You can always contact people you think will be interested. - Mgm|^(talk) 17:12, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Inclusion problems

(cross-posted from village pump (technical), where I got no answer -- in fact, which was pretty much deserted.)

My monobook file (see history) was getting unwieldy, so I decided using includes would be useful. It appeared to work at first after refreshing and purging each change, but near the end, I suddenly started losing the purge tag and extra edit buttons. What am I doing wrong? - Mgm|^(talk) 15:22, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Adding column to table

List of individuals executed in Texas needs a column in the table for the number of executions (like List of individuals executed in Virginia). I have tried Microsoft Notebook and Works and cannot get it to substitute "returns". Is there any simple way to do this? I tried manually adding it on Wikipedia but it kept disappearing (I would add the first 50 or so by hand and then the whole text disappeared.) Rmhermen 17:55, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

I added a column. -- Rick Block (talk) 18:41, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. Rmhermen 20:07, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

adding external link

i am not terribly computer savvy - but i would like to add an external link to the Meisner Technique. could someone walk me through the process?

Please see Wikipedia:External links. It covers not only what to link to but also how to link. -- Lost 18:15, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

adding an item to wikipedia

How do I go about adding a subject in any capacity to wikipedia?

See: Help:Starting a new page. You might also look at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article. -- Lost 19:02, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Aaron Burr, the Revolutionary War years

I'm an historian. Making a few corrections and additions to Burr's career. A couple have appeared where they belong, but I'm having trouble with the consistancy in transfering the changes into the text. Sometimes I do it, sometimes I can't - and sometimes the text I've put in dissapears. ??? Help? Bruno.

You used {{ to set off parenthetical text. Double curly brackets are a Wikicode which inserts a template into the article. Since there is no template with the name of your text, it shows up oddly. Usually we use single parentheses where required. Rmhermen 20:55, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Odd glitch?

Anyone mind taking a look at this user page? Several editors appeared to have added text which doesn't appear in normal view but is still present in "edit"!

Thanks.

EVOCATIVEINTRIGUE TALKTOME | EMAILME | IMPROVEME 21:37, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

This is because of the database problems that occured early/mid moring today (UTC). Similar things happened all over the project.—WAvegetarian•(talk) 21:59, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Nevermind, I misunderstood the problem. I have no idea but I'm looking into it further. —WAvegetarian•(talk) 22:02, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Someone removed the closing > from a <!-- comment. It's fixed now.—WAvegetarian•(talk) 22:15, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

ROTFLMAO! Check history for the joke.—WAvegetarian•(talk)

July 22

Protection

How do I protect my User page from being edited? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 146.235.66.52 (talk • contribs) .

If you really do mean your user page, please see Wikipedia:Requests for page protection (although this would be considered highly unusual — unless there is some extraordinary circumstance I doubt such a request would be honored). If you're uncomfortable discussing the issue here feel free to email me or any other admin. -- Rick Block (talk) 02:58, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

User Page

How do I create a user page, and why would I want one?--Salvax 03:33, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Please see user page. -- Rick Block (talk) 03:37, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Documentation on RfC

Is there any documentation on how RfC's work in general? Ste4k 04:31, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

The working is detailed in WP:RFC. Are you looking for anything in particular? -- Lost 04:34, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

That just says how to make one. I responded to the one I am in. I don't see any documentation on what else I am supposed to do or not do. I feel kind of lost. Ste4k 05:29, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

(no pun intended. I just noticed it.) Ste4k 06:18, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

If you are referring to my signature, no offence taken. I myself feel kind of lost many times, hence the name. Regarding your second question, I will let another, more experienced editor answer it. Better still, you could ask at the talk page of WP:RFC -- Lost 07:19, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

• If I remember correctly, there's a template which to base off an RFC request which details exactly what you should do. Of course, all the regular rules apply. Have you looked at any existing RFC's to get an idea of how they work? - Mgm|^(talk) 08:27, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

About Editing

Sir, I am new to this site What i understand is that anyone can edit inforamtion on the site. What i would like to know is "how do you prevent someone from putting 'wrong'information on the site.". Thank You

Srinivas

Any information added to Wikipedia is iterative. If a user enters wrong information, it is reverted by other editors who would have the page on their watchlist or are recent change patrollers. If a user keeps adding wrong info, he/she may get WP:Blocked by an WP:Administrator after warnings. If you see any wrong information in any article, please feel free to correct it yourself. -- Lost 07:22, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

• Information should be backed up by reliable sources. Look out for those. - Mgm|^(talk) 08:22, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

This is one of the common objections to Wikipedia - however, in practice, it works very well on high-profile articles (which are watched by dozens of users simultaneously), and moderately well on more obscure ones, as Lost pointed out. You can read more about it at replies to common objections. — QuantumEleven 09:51, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Possible spam query

Hi - new enough to be unsure whether it is spam or to know what it's best to do so sorry if this is the wrong way/place. Yesterday virtually all UK national parks pages had a link placed in them to a website dealing with accomodation for the area. All edits were from an IP address from which this seems to me the only activity. Spam? Looking forward to learning - thanks --Nigel 07:32, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Our policy regarding external links can be found here. The propriety of a specific link on a specific page can be determined through discussion leading to consensus on the talk page of the article in question. —WAvegetarian•(talk) 07:39, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for that. I guess I think it isn't really useful to the pages concerned and will put something on the talk page --Nigel 07:58, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

You might also find the information at Wikipedia:WikiProject Spam useful, and if you really hate Spam you could always sign up with them. --Daduzi ^talk 11:55, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

About Editing

Hi I am new to this site. I understand that this site enables one to edit the information available on the website. I would like to know "How do you prevent some one to put "wrong" or 'unreliable' or 'unauthentic' data on the website. Thank You.Srinivaschirala 07:32, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

I have answered your query above. Please see it. In case you are referring to a particular article, please let us know -- Lost 07:36, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Taking Back A Barnstar

I awarded a Barnstar to a user only to have this user behave, within a short period of time, in a terrily inappropriate manner, completely oppposite of behavior that I believed merited a barn star,and that behavior has persisted despite my several cordial attempt to warn him, etc. Can I take back a barnstar? Ptmccain 19:14, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Copied from Wikipedia talk: Help desk. — QuantumEleven 09:48, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

• I've never seen it happen before, but since you gave it, I think you are allowed to take it back, unless said behavior is an edit war you are also part of. - Mgm|^(talk) 10:48, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Hide/Show thingy

I want to change Template:Half-Life series so that it's hidden by default, as it's quite a big template on alot of articles. I couldn't figure out how to do that tho, so I'm asking here. --Conti|✉ 16:53, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Im not sure I understand your question. Why would you want to hide the template? Do you mean you want to hide parts of it? Road Wizard 20:35, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Look at the template, there's a small link on the upper right corner called [hide]. If you click on it almost all of the template will be gone, if you click again, it's back. That's a really neat feature for big templates, so they can still exist without making articles look ugly. --Conti|✉ 20:40, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, I didn't spot that "hide" flag in the corner when I looked at it the first time. I have a partial answer for your question though. Through looking at other templates with this feature as default, I have created a replica of the template in my sandbox, with the actual code stored here. I have no idea how or why it works, but adding the code <div class="NavFrame" style="clear: both; "> between the first two <div> sections at the start, with an extra </div> at the end, seems to cause the raction you want. Hopefully someone else will pop along later and explain the how and why. Road Wizard 21:26, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Reverting help

how do you revert stuff --Madcow 20:27, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

The Help:Reverting page should answer any questions you have about reverting. If you still need help though, pop back and we will see what we can do. :) Road Wizard 20:33, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Geography of the Vatican City

Right now the coordinates are inside the article. I'm trying to clean this article up, so how do I place the coordinates at the top of the page next to the title as they are in other articles about locations? 69.40.255.25 20:40, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure exactly what you're after, could you give an example of a page with the right coordinates position? --Daduzi ^talk 20:56, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

In Vatican City, for example, the coordinates are in the upper right hand corner of the article. 69.40.255.25 21:09, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

You're looking for an infobox -- you can see an example if you click the "edit" link at the top of the Vatican City page. To be honest, I'm not sure which one would suit your purposes, but the places to look would probably include Category:Geography infobox templates and probably in particular Category:City infobox templates. The infobox atop Vatican City is a modified version of {{infobox country}}. Hope that helps! Luna Santin 22:36, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

I don't think so – check {{Coor title dms}} fetofs ^Hello! 00:53, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks.

Ack, sorreh. I saw the coordinates in the infobox at Vatican City (they're shown twice, apparently), and assumed you meant those. M'bad. Luna Santin 08:19, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Protection again

Why would a User page protection request be so unusual?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sacredvisions (talk • contribs) 22:03, July 22, 2006 (UTC)

The person requesting protection wouldn't be able to edit it themselves. That is one thing that seems unusual to me about it.—WAvegetarian•(talk) 22:12, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

A second point is that it would be more difficult for editors to remove content if they discovered a copyright infringement later on. Also, maintenance functions such as moving the page to a renamed category would require more time and the involvement of an administrator. Road Wizard 22:22, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

I see.
Well then, what is to stop someone from editing or completing changing your
own user page?146.235.66.52 22:23, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

There is nothing to stop them. However, unless their edit was to remove inappropriate content, you are well within your rights to revert them. If your user page is being vandalised frequently, your protection request will likely be accepted, but administrators are encouraged to set the protection for as short a period as possible. See WP:UP#Use of page protection for user pages for more information. Road Wizard 22:28, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Kewl.--146.235.66.52 22:56, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
Where does removal of inappropriate content stop and violation
of free speech begin?--SacredVisions 00:16, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Naturally, there's a bit of a grey area. Fortunately, most problem cases I've run into don't fit into that grey area. The most important guideline would probably be WP:USER. Luna Santin 23:03, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Since there is no right to free speech on Wikipedia there can be no violation of free speech either. Wikipedia is dedicated to being an encyclopedia. Also, user pages are there only to serve that purpose, not to serve the vanity or opinions of the user. The question may arise from the idea that a user page can be used as a soapbox; that isn't what it is for. Generally, you should avoid substantial content on your user page that is unrelated to Wikipedia Notinasnaid 07:39, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Weird

How funny is it to see this on your talk page?

Please stop now

This is your last warning.

The next time you edit a page, you will be loved by Wikipedia.

It is weird, but this is does not seem to be a "question about how to use Wikipedia." :P —WAvegetarian•(talk) 22:17, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Profanity

Some profanity may crop up on my user page in the discussion of certain films
and other media related areas.
Is it considered inappropriate? Will it be edited?--SacredVisions 00:24, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

No, it's fine on your user page. Wikipedia:User page may help you with other questions that you may have. Dismas|^(talk) 00:29, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Account

how do i create my account? i just started and people want to deete my article

You have already created an account. However, before writing an article, please see: Help:Starting a new page. You might also look at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article. -- Lost 05:34, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

It seems you already created your account. You wouldn't have been able to start an article without one. The article in question is at City Limits. You may want to read over a few of the tutorial pages such as Wikipedia:Your first article before proceeding with any more new articles. Dismas|^(talk) 05:35, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Non-Commerical Tags for User-Created Images

Is there a way of creating a Copyright Tag for user-created images that allow the image to be used for any non-commercial reason? --Commander Zulu 06:10, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Actually such images are not encouraged here. See the mail from Jimbo Wales -- Lost 06:20, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

• • Thanks for that... seems like an odd policy, though! It's got to be limiting the number of available images for Wikipedia. I've got a couple I'd like to upload, but I'm not really prepared to do it if that makes them available for commercial use, since that would mean someone else could make money off my work.--Commander Zulu 07:01, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
    • It's not odd if you consider that one of Wikipedia's principles is that others can reuse its content for any reason, so long as attribution is provided. Keep in mind that others may already be making money off work you have done in writing or improving articles. — Knowledge Seeker দ 07:07, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

• • • It's also worth bearing in mind that non-commercial licenses quite likely make printed or CD/DVD editions impossible - you wouldn't be allowed to make any money by selling the media, and indeed (uder some interpretations) you would have a difficult time even being allowed to recoup costs. The very successful CD edition of the German wikipedia couldn't have been done non-commercially, and it's a textbook case of the sort of thing we want to do. Shimgray | talk | 11:59, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Adding an album cover

I need to add an album cover that I scanned myself for a rock band, but I don't know wich is the right license for it. Wich one?

--Kapaue 08:43, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

(Copied from WP:NUH): Here's the right tag: {{albumcover}}. Please remember to add a fair use rationale for its use -- Lost 08:43, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

hi again... I'm a newbie here. I went to "upload file" and then it makes me choose one kind of license and I still don't know wich one to use and where to put that tag that you told me. help please

searching wikipedia

How do I limit search results to a specific category, e.g, looking for "strainer" only in the chemical engineering category.

With the current search tool this is not possible, see Wikipedia:Searching. I think it might be possible to add this capability to the CatScan tool. I'll suggest it. -- Rick Block (talk) 16:09, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Editing page

Hello there,

I have made a new page called ProgArchives, its about a website on www.progarchives.com.. So my question is, I am not able to search the page without spelling with the same caps, I mean, I have to type "ProgArchives" with capital P and A. How can I make it searchable without typing the right caps?

Cheers, imoeng Imoeng 11:44, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

See WP:VFAQ#An article doesn't show up in the search. Also since this is your first article, please see Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article -- Lost 11:46, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

New article

How do I start a new article?

The first thing to do would be to create an account. Also see the message on your talk page -- Lost 12:22, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Original date of publication

I have seen somewhere in these pages that it is good practice to include the original date of publication in square brackets. I am trying to add this to a reference but don't know how. It is an endnote reference of the type {{cite book ... I don't know if that makes it a .php reference or not. Can you advise? Thanks. --Itsmejudith 12:37, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

I think this is what you are looking for -- Lost 12:42, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Contrib counts?

Are there any true contribution counters that show your exact number of contribs at any time? If so, what are they and where can one be found? And if not, what is an easier way to check one's contrib count without scrolling through paga after page? Teh tennisman 12:52, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Here's the project that contains a list of edit counters -- Lost 13:03, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

(edit conflict)Interiot has a toolserver tool and a javascript tool, both of which can show you how many edits a user has made, and what namespaces they made them to. --Daduzi ^talk 13:14, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

• Interiot's counter stopped working. I recommend Flcelloguy's program. - Mgm|^(talk) 14:58, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

helpme

I want to find a specific artical. I only know the date of publication, March 23, 2006, for sure. I think the authors are John Mershime and Stephen Walt, but I am not sure of the spelling.

If it was created in March, it would probably have gone through many changes by now. The simplest way to search for an article is to type its name in the search box on the left column and click Go. Have you already tried that? -- Lost 14:38, 23 July 2006 (UTC) oops -- Lost

I think you mean this article: http://www.lrb.co.uk/v28/n06/mear01_.html (by John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt). Please note that this page is for getting help with Wikipedia; in future, general knowledge questions should go to Wikipedia:Reference desk instead. Cheers, Tangotango 14:40, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Redirect to to headings inside an article

• #REDIRECT [[article]]is used for redirecting.
• [[article#heading]]is a link to a chapter of an article (example Full Ascii Code 39).

#REDIRECT [[article#heading]] thus should redirect to a chapter. Unfortunately this does not work (example Full Ascii Code 39) The redirect jumps to the article instead. This "feature" probably should be posted to http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/ together with information about the software run on this wiki. -- Xypron 14:46, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

• There's a good reason this doesn't work. Headers can be renamed. And there'd be no paper trail to show where the link should be pointing if such a change happened. That's why moving entire pages automatically leaves redirects, but unfortunately, the way sections are edited doesn't allow for a similar way to redirect in section renamings. - Mgm|^(talk) 14:56, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

  There's a technical issue as well. I believe mostly for performance reasons, Wikipedia's REDIRECTs are implemented on the server side of the HTTP request (not as an HTTP REDIRECT, which is a server response telling the browser to fetch a different page instead of the one it originally requested). Since the "#section" syntax is part of the URL of the page to fetch, there is no way to tell the browser the section without reimplementing Wikipedia REDIRECTs as HTTP REDIRECTs. -- Rick Block (talk) 15:20, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

  There's already a bug filed for this. Bugzilla:218 – Pedantic79 ^(talk) 20:26, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Superstations about Indian Cobras

Hi!,

I want to know about the above subject. There is a superstation in south India that if you have by chance stepped on a cobra or tried to kill a cobra and if it has escaped from you, then it will take revenge on you by killing you within 12 years time. I want to know the following, 1. Is the above superstation TRUE?

2. How long the cobrs normally live?

3. What are the immediate steps to be taken on a snake bite?

4. Any information that could be related to the above subject is greatly welcome.

Thanks,

RAMACHANDRAN

I doubt if you will find information about superstitions on wikipedia because all information here must be verifiable. Regarding questions 2 and 3, please see Cobra and Snakebite respectively. Also please ask such questions at the WP:Reference desk as the help desk is for questions pertaining to Wikipedia only -- Lost 17:48, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Superstations, though, we got that. · rodii · 17:51, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, and Superstitions as well, actually -- Lost 18:05, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

What to do if I think an admin stepped over the line?

On this page I see that User:Essjay blocked User:CovenantD, after what really appear to be fairly mild negative comments. Yes they were negative, yes there should have been an attempt at resolving the dispute, but I don't think the heavyhanded immediate blocking was fair or right. I'm no real friend of CovenantD (the only reason I know him at all is that we've both edited one page that had some major problems).

So...who do I take this to, if I think someone with blocking capabilities is using them without trying other methods of dispute resolution? --Kickstart70-T-C 18:50, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

You take it to the blocking administrator, discussing your concerns with him. — Knowledge Seeker দ 19:21, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

I did, as you can see in the linked issue. However, I don't think his response was satisfactory, nor do I think my concern is/will be understood by him. That's why I think this should have some outside help. --Kickstart70-T-C 19:24, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

• If talking to the admin in question doesn't give a satisfactory result, you can ask for a second opinion from other admins at WP:AN. - Mgm|^(talk) 19:27, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Thanks, that's exactly what I wanted to know. --Kickstart70-T-C 19:50, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Talk page

Hi! I've had a slight problem with another user on a specific page, and instead of falling into "edit war" I wrote my opinion on the talk page. In his response he called me names and wasn't ready to discuss. I was about to come to the community for help when a third party came in and made things right and told him to stay polite. Now... All of this was on the talk page of this article. This user, the offensive one, removed EVERYTHING that was on the talk page, even the description of what the third user did to fix it. I've always felt that talk page weren't supposed to be erased... (He even removed my comment on his talk page, but I guess you can do whatever you want on your own page.) Who's right? If you want to take a look: West syndrome Thanks! Aristiana 20:58, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Hmm. Blanking talk pages, especially to avoid negotiation, is generally frowned upon. You can revert the blanking, and you can likewise place a {{test1a}} warning on his talk page, with a little explanation (find other warnings here, if he doesn't stop, or just for your own reference). If you prefer, you can use {{test1a-n|Talk:West syndrome}}. You may also wish to refer this user to Wikipedia talk page guidelines. Remember to assume good faith, even when it is difficult; hopefully, the other editor is just stressed, and will come around. If you have any problems, or if you'd rather have the warning come from a third, neutral party, you need only send me a talk. Hope that helps. :) Luna Santin 21:18, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

what kind of rifles used 2nd world

--152.163.100.11 21:59, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

I'm afraid I'm not sure what you're asking, but I get the impression you'd be better off asking it at Reference Desk/Humanities, Reference Desk/Science, or Reference Desk/Miscellaneous. This page is generally only for questions relating to using, reading, or editing Wikipedia. Hope that helps. Have a good day. Luna Santin 22:08, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Harassment

I feel I've been targetted by a fellow user who for the last week or so have left snide remarks and nonsense on pages I've been involved with, including my personal talk page. Where should such behaviour be reported to? Many thanks. OSP 23:12, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

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HEY LETS FORGET THE PAST AND BE FRIENDS.

CAN I HAVE YOUR VIRTUAL HAND SHAKE?

--Qho 23:27, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Well, it appears that said user is interested in reconcilliation. I would suggest trying to work it out. If that doesn't work and the behavior continues, you could report it to the Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard. I would suggest you go to Wikipedia:Resolving disputes first, however.—WAvegetarian•(talk) 00:44, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

• Hey WAvegetarian, I fixed the faulty link in your reply. If you're unsure about the spelling of a link, I recommend you use the shortcuts. :) - Mgm|^(talk) 00:53, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Question about a fact in an article

Hello,

I was reading the entry for the late Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson. The article refers to the fact that "another child born out of wedlock surfaced in 2005." Could you please give me more information about this source. Who is this person? Where do you find out this information? I have searched the internet over and cannot find any further information.192.251.73.123 00:30, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Thank you, Jeff 192.251.73.123 00:30, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure what the source of that is. It was added with this edit, which I found using the history tab at the top of the article. As "verifiable from records and sources close to the Beach Boys" doesn't cut it, I have removed this "fact". Thank you for catching it and contributing to the encyclopedia.—WAvegetarian•(talk) 00:59, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

How do I upload this special image?

I am trying to upload an image, but it has a special property: when you put the mouse pointer over it (but don't click), it changes pictures. Go to it here: http://dbzuncensored.dbzoa.net/series/gallery01.html (it is the second one; the one of the farmer with the hat and stick) (By the way, I would be uploading this under Fair Use on the article Editing of anime in American distribution). If you go to the the direct website of the picture: http://dbzuncensored.dbzoa.net/graphics/screencaps/ep001farmerscigj.jpg (which can be found by clicking on it, or by looking at its properties), it doesn't do the effect and only shows one of the pictures. So, I couldn't enter the direct website address on the "Upload file" page for "Source filename," nor could I put http://dbzuncensored.dbzoa.net/series/gallery01.html, as Wikipedia wouldn't know which image to upload, and it wouldn't work. I also tried saving the picture to my computer, but that only saves the one picture, without the effect. It would be okay if I had the two pictures separately (without any effect), but nothing I tried worked to get the pictures separately (except on Microsoft Word). So, how can I upload this picture with this effect? Or, how can I upload the two images within the image separately with no effect? (answer both of the last two questions, if possible)

• This change happens because of the use of Javascript. Once you move the mousepointer over the first picture, the website knows how to load the second one. So it is simply two separate images. That said, I don't recommend uploading either of them because they are copyrighted. And they will likely be deleted if you did. Fair use only applies in limited circumstances, and with the amount of pictures already in the article, I doubt a valid fair use claim could be made. - Mgm|^(talk) 07:36, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Add an album picture - licenses?

hi again... I'm a newbie here. I went to "upload file" and then it makes me choose one kind of license and I still don't know wich one to use and where to put that tag that I was told here. help please, I keep searching for a easy guide to this but I don't find anything.--Kapaue 04:50, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

I believe that {{album-cover}} is what you are looking for. Just put {{album-cover}} in the edit summary of the upload and choose nothing under the licensing. Ryūlóng 05:01, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

trouble merging articles

I recently wrote an article on the Supreme Court decision Spinelli v. United States, and then subsequently learned that somebody else wrote a better article on the same subject. Therefore I decided to merge my article into the pre-existing one by changing my article to a #REDIRECT [[Aguilar-Spinelli test]], but it didn't work. I must have overlooked something, but I can't figure out what it is. What did I do wrong? 68.50.203.109 06:23, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

found the answer to my own question, but thought the answer was worth noting here: i had to do a "super reload" of the webpage instead of just a "regular" reload in order to force the browser to pick up the redirect. I thought that Netscape had gotten rid of the distinction between the two types of "reloads." 68.50.203.109 06:29, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Submitting an article

I have written a short biography (Don Tate) but have been unable to work out how to submit it and categorise it. I guess I'm semi computer-illiterate. It is my biography. Rregards, Don Tate —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Warvet (talk • contribs) 08:08, 24 July 2006 UTC.

We have policies about autobiographies. In general, we don't like them due to notability and neutrality issues. If you still want to submit it, type Don Tate into the search box. Then write an article there. You must be registered to make a new article however.—WAvegetarian•(talk) 07:21, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Userbox/Usertemplates

Hey there.. How can I find userboxes or usertemplates for my userpage?? Cheers Imoeng 10:24, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

You can start at Wikipedia:Userboxes.—WAvegetarian•(talk) 10:32, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

new entry

how do i nominate a new entry for wikipedia? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sarateiger (talk • contribs) 11:46, 24 July 2006 UTC.

You can either start an account, or visit Articles for creation. Luna Santin 10:52, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

If you have got an account you can start an article yourself, see Help:Starting a new page. Or you could request for an article (not very effective in my opinion) at Wikipedia:Requested articles.--Commander Keane 11:11, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Where to get help resolving disagreement over naming an article.

Some editors disagree on the naming of the article currently named Kite (toy). Where can we get input from other editors? Please notify us on Talk:Kite (toy). --Bensin 11:31, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

why??????????

why did people start to celebrate halloween

You might find what you are looking for in the article about Halloween. If you cannot find the answer there, click here to post your question at that article's talk page. If that doesn't solve your problem, you can try asking your question at Wikipedia's Reference Desk. They'll be glad to answer questions about anything in the universe (except about how to use Wikipedia, which is what this help desk is for). I hope this helps. - Tangotango 11:50, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Re-naming articles

For a while I have been trying to find information on how to re-name articles. How does one do it? I request to be notified on my talk page. Tashtastic 13:33, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Answers to helpdesk questions are posted here on the helpdesk - that way many people can learn from one question. Assuming you're logged in and your account isn't new, there's a "move" button at the top of each page. In most cases, though, it's worth discussing it first on the article's talk page. --HughCharlesParker (talk - contribs) 13:41, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Sandbox on user page?

Is it ok to create the subpage User:CoolGuy/Sandbox to test out some ideas on my own? CoolGuy 14:44, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Yes, its ok. Lots of people do it. But also please see my reply to your other question below. User pages need to follow certain guidelines. You would do well to go through them -- Lost 15:00, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

List of templates

There are a lot of templates around Wikipedia, such as fact, speedy, etc. Where can I find a directory or portal that can help me browse some of these? CoolGuy 14:46, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Hi Coolguy. WP:Templates should do the trick. GofG _|^|_| Contribs 14:50, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

That's just what I needed. Thanks! CoolGuy 14:54, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

User page

Where can I find out more info on the rules about my user page? I currently use it to provide links to articles that I find interesting or that I had a large role in editing. What if I'd like to write some opinions on there--such a review of a meal I had at a restaurant (just an example). If this isn't an appropriate place, does anyone know a sister wiki where that would be appropriate? CoolGuy 14:58, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:User page for guidelines about userpages. Also see what wikipedia is WP:Not -- Lost 15:01, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Once again, just what I needed. Thanks! CoolGuy 15:05, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

July 24

Picture Copyright

I'd like to know 2 things. One, if the pictures and screencaps on this site (http://yugiohpics.net/yugioh.html) are allowed to be uploaded onto Wikipedia to be shown in articles.

Two, if they are allowed, how would I go about uploading and posting them in an article?

User: Drake Clawfang, July 24, 2006.

Unless explicitly mentioned otherwise on the website, the material is assumed to be copyrighted and cannot be uploaded to Wikipedia. Please see the WP:Copyrights policy. -- Lost 19:28, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

All images from Yu-Gi-Oh, without exception, wherever you find them, and whatever else a site might say, are copyright in Japan until the year 2066 at the earliest. Copyright in the USA is likely to be similar. Notinasnaid 19:38, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Speed Limits

What speed limits - minimum and maximum - apply on I40? thank you. Ken Cooke UK.--82.18.79.112 19:50, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that's what this Help Desk is for). For your convenience, here's the link: Reference Desk (when you get there, just select the relevant section, and ask away). I hope this helps. Jacek Kendysz 20:09, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Removal of Automobile Club of Southern California Logo

We are requesting you remove our logo as it is a registered mark and we would need a license agreement before it could be used. Would you like to discuss using our license agreement for royalty-free use of our logo, or simply remove it?

Thanks.

Roger Kempler Corporate Counsel Automobile Club of Southern California 3333 Fairview Road, A451, Costa Mesa, CA 92626 Tel: (714) 885-1302 Fax: (714) 885-1307

This message is intended for the exclusive use of the named addressee and contains information that is privileged and confidential or otherwise legally exempt from disclosure.

The page Wikipedia:Contact us/Article problem/Copyright explains what do in this situation (under the "Are you the copyright owner?" heading). There is an email listed there for dealing with this sort of issue. Regards --Commander Keane 20:02, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Derogatory comments about a person

I emailed info-en-q@wikimedia.org about a problem with a page - someone keeps editing to include derogatory comments about a person - and I have not gotten a reply. Is there someone who can help me speed this process up? Not to be inpatient but, well, it's a fairly serious issue. Thanks in advance.

Can you give a link to the derogatory remarks? -- Lost 20:21, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

• I'm sure there's enough people who can help if you tell us who is doing the editing to which article. - Mgm|^(talk) 20:22, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Article Title Change

How do you change the title of an article? The title for the airline named "go!" is: Go! (airline). If you do a search for either "go!" or "go! airline" you do not come up with the correct title. When you search for "go!" you come up with "Go! the third album by the band Letters to Cleo." If you click on the link "For other meanings, see Go," you go to "Go (board game)." What can one do to correct this. Thanks, Gmurnane 20:57, 24 July 2006 (UTC)