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    September 5

    Starting my own Wiki.

    I see all kinds of different types of specialized Wiki's all over the internet. How would I go about making my own Wiki for an individual topic? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mofuggin bob (talk • contribs) 00:14, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Wikipeda uses MediaWiki so all you have to do is to download MediaWiki software and install it on your server. Another way which is easier would be to create your own Wiki on Editthis.info. --Hdt83 Chat 00:38, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    See: b:Wiki Science/How to start a wiki. But first check WikiIndex to see if a public wiki already exists for your topic of interest. --Teratornis 01:16, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Archiving

    Hi, is there any reason why archives should be chronological only, as some people maintain? I'd prefer to archive by topic and/or type. Regards, Guido den Broeder 00:38, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Nope. Have a look at Help:Archiving a talk page, some people do do just that. KTC 00:42, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I'm Wondering....

    How do I propose a WikiProject? 75.90.79.209 00:50, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals looks to be a good starting point. :) --Moonriddengirl 00:54, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Slightly Mispelled Article Title

    I'm trying to figure out how to approach fixing the title of this article: Ruben Ortiz Torres The corrrect spelling of the Artist's name is Rubén Ortiz Torres and is dead-linked elsewhere in Wikipedia with the correct spelling. what is the best way to handle this? I was thinking maybe I should start a new page with the correct spelling and have the new entry linked from the old one at the omission of the accent is a minor mistake and a common one. Is there a way to edit the title only? Any opinions on the best way to handle this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.43.192.57 (talk) 01:08, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    The best way to handle it is probably to move the page. You do have to log in to do this. If you don't want to create an account, I'm sure that there are editors who would be happy to help. --Moonriddengirl 01:18, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    It's been done. --Orange Mike 12:58, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    WP: Lawsuits?

    If there is not already a category for this, I believe it would be helpful to compile a public list of lawsuits against Wikipedia. The reason simply being: this will be a better encyclopedia if we have examples of how we have failed to observe copyrights or biographies of living persons, to name a couple of examples. Wikipedia is the way of the future. Let's all come together to ensure that we are doing everything possible to honor trademarks, copyrights, and non-libel articles.

    BadMojoDE 01:18, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Lawsuits against Wikipedia are handled behind-the-scenes (due to the fact that they are lawsuits), and should not be aired on the encyclopedia itself. Further, this page is not for proposing new projects. -- Kesh 03:08, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Mc/Mac; etc.

    Can someone provide confirmation that for auditing/counting purposes surnames starting with "Mc" should be default sorted as "Mac", and surnames starting with O' (say O'H, O'S, O'M or O'N) should be default sorted as, for example, Oh, Os, Om, On, etc., as this is my understanding.

    I don't want all my meticulous default sorting reverted by the diligent, yet unenlightened on this point.

    Then we should spread the word to the wider Wiki community via WP:FOOTBALL as per User:Dudesleeper.

    Thanks.

    Ontheveldt 01:43, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Why just the football project, and not WP:WPBIO? I would wait for consensus before changing articles en masse like you are currently doing. Neier 14:48, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Also, this question probably belongs on the village pump, and not the help desk. Neier 14:49, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    translate from Dutch to English

    How do I translate a Netherlands page written in Dutch to English? 24.147.132.211 01:47, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    If you mean that you'd like a page translated and incorporated in the English Wikipedia, check out Wikipedia:Translation. :) --Moonriddengirl 01:51, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Aligning text right

    I can't seem to find any info on how to align text right. It seems like it should be simple to find, but it's not. Anyone know how to do this? -- LGagnon 02:11, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Sure. It's a tricky formatting trick; nice question! Just type <div style="text-align: right;">Text to align right goes here.</div>. For example,
    <div style="text-align: right;">Hello world!</div>
    Becomes:
    Hello world!
    Hope this helps, and happy editing, Arky ¡Hablar! 02:24, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    benefits of larix decidua

    what are the benefits of taking larix decidua? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.59.94.235 (talk) 04:14, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    We don't dispense medical advice and the article on European Larch has no information. I suggest google.--Chaser - T 05:07, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    West Siberian Laika

    I would like to write a new page concerning West Siberian Laika.The page will be based on best in the world study concerning this breed - the book Hunting Laikas written by family Voilochnikov in Russia.Most important of all I would like to post two Pictures of real pure bred West Siberian Laika in this page. Please let me know how to do this? With Best Regards Madmadamim —Preceding unsigned comment added by Madmadamim (talk • contribs) 04:38, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Before creating an article, please search Wikipedia first to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject. Please also review a few of our relevant policies and guidelines which all articles should comport with. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite to reliable sources which verify their content and must not contain unsourced, negative content about living people.
    Articles must also demonstrate the notability of the subject. Please see our subject specific guidelines for people, bands and musicians, companies and organizations and web content and note that if you are closely associated with the subject, our conflict of interest guideline strongly recommends against you creating the article.
    If you still think an article is appropriate, see Help:Starting a new page. You might also look at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation. --Silver Edge 05:04, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    The West Siberian Laika article has existed since 2006 (see the article history). Also see List of dog breeds for the articles of that type which we have, and the articles we still need (the needed articles will appear as red links). If you have photos which can improve the West Siberian Laika article, see Help:Image for instructions on uploading them. The West Siberian Laika article currently has an {{Unreferenced}} tag, so if you have references you can WP:CITE in the article, that would be helpful. See WP:FOOT and WP:CITET for instructions on how to add references. Those instructions may be complicated for someone new to Wikipedia, so if you find any of this confusing, feel free to write whatever you have in rough form on Talk:West Siberian Laika (the article's Help:Talk page), and another more experienced editor can then work your content into the article. --Teratornis 13:40, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Also, you may wish to join WikiProject Dogs. Woof. --Teratornis 13:46, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Starting Essay Pages

    I am almost finished writing an essay about Wikipedia (a wiki-essay) in Microsoft Word. I obviously wish to put it up here, but I am not sure how. I know to use the {{essay}} after it's up, but I'm not sure what to do before that. Any help would be appreciated. --Sharkface217 05:59, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Replied on user's talk page. Sebi [talk] 06:06, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Commons images in Wikipedia

    Can one use a Commons image in wikipedia?--Donrub 06:37, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    yes, in just the exactly the same manner as images uploaded to wikipedia.--KerotanLeave Me a Message Have a nice day :) 06:40, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Correcting information

    Just noticed the date of birth for the Chemist "Anselme Payen" is wrongly stated as the date of his death acording to the encylopedia Britanica he was born on the 6th of January 1795, in Paris, France. not 1871 which you also have as his date of Birth and death they cannot both be correct or he would not have had time to achieve anything.

    Dont know how to correct this just thought you would like to know.

    Anthony Baker. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.133.247.146 (talk) 07:39, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Thank you for your suggestion! When you feel an article needs improvement, please feel free to make those changes. Wikipedia is a wiki, so anyone can edit almost any article by simply following the Edit this page link at the top. You don't even need to log in (although there are many reasons why you might want to). The Wikipedia community encourages you to be bold in updating pages. Don't worry too much about making honest mistakes — they're likely to be found and corrected quickly. If you're not sure how editing works, check out how to edit a page, or use the sandbox to try out your editing skills. New contributors are always welcome. As far as this specific change is concerned, I would be glad to help out, but I'm not sure at which page his birth date is incorrectly given. At the Anselme Payen article, the date you provide for birth is the one listed. If it is still incorrectly listed at another article, please feel free to update the information yourself. :) --Moonriddengirl 11:18, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    On which page did you see the wrong birth year? Anselme Payen, List of mathematicians (P), Portal:History of science/Selected anniversaries/May, January 6 and May 12 all say 1795 and have not been edited today. PrimeHunter 13:25, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Page deletion

    I don't understand. Wikipedia is supposed to be a Free Encyclopedia. I wanted to learn more about the history of my last name. I can't get any information anywhere else. I know 12 Moroniak's, and they're all family of mine in the US. I Can't Find Anymore (Unless they're in Poland) and I don't speak the language.

    I simply wanted to open the door to anyone who could help me, and possibly others, gain more knowledge about the name. I thought Wikipedia was the perfect place to let that happen, then I found my page deleted.

    I read the terms, and I thought I was clearly within them. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Moroniak (talk • contribs) 07:59, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I'm sorry. I'm sure that's discouraging. Presuming that the information that you're discussing is now posted at User:Moroniak, I wonder if Wikietree would be of any service to you. Unfortunately, Wikipedia is not a tool for furthering research in that way, but for presenting previously written, verifiable facts. It strives to be an encyclopedia something along the lines of print encyclopedias, though more comprehensive. If the contents of your current user page do duplicate your absent article, I think that it might have been moved because it is not encyclopedic. Good luck tracing the history of your surname. --Moonriddengirl 11:18, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Path to Adminship

    I am a moderately experienced user and contributor of Wikipedia, and I would just like to know if there's any program out there that can assist me in my goal of becoming an administrator someday. I am familiar with the RfA process, but am afraid to nominate myself due to my low edit count and lack of contributions on the talk namespace.

    I thought there was some page where you could do something like a "test run" of the RfA to see what your chances would be. Does anybody know what I'm talking about? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Paradoxsociety (talk • contribs) 08:18, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Meaningless redirect

    Thomas Cook TV is a redirect to Thomas Cook AG (former), but there is no mention of Thomas Cook TV in that article. I assume there is some connection, but for all I know there may not be. I know nothing about either company, but some elucidation would seem to be called for.--Shantavira|feed me 10:40, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Thanks for pointing that out. I added a mention to the "companies" list in the article. According to the corporate website, it's a British travel channel owned by Thomas Cook AG. There's plenty of room for expansion, but at least "Thomas Cook TV" searchers won't be scratching their heads in complete befuddlement. :) --Moonriddengirl 11:25, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Any scope for adding an essay with dissenting views on Wikipedia's entries under "Competitiveness?"

    Dear Wikipedia,

    Your article on "Competitiveness" cites various of the programs I helped to initiate (e.g., the Sri Lanka Competitiveness Program.) I have a dissenting view on competitiveness, different from Prof. Krugman's. If there is scope to upload articles that seek to deliver a more balanced, experiential approach to the subject at hand, then perhaps my essay could have value? I have copied my essay here below in it's entirety, for your consideration. If it can be appended or modified to be of use on Wikipedia, please advise. If it is indeed outside the scope of consideration on Wiki, that's okay too. Thanks. Davidbflood 10:13, 5 September 2007 (UTC) Essay at User:Davidbflood[reply]

    • Hi David, and thanks. I owuld sugest you look at WP:NOR - Wikipedia is not a place for original research. However we also strive to attain WP:NPOV - a neutral point of view. If there are articles that are unbalanced in their view point please feel free to fix that - but remember that you should cite reliable third party sources and not your own work when making contributions. please click on any text in blue to find the policies. I hope that helps. Pedro |  Chat  10:54, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Pedro has answered this question, but I wanted to let you know that I have relocated your essay to User:Davidbflood, where it will remain accessible to you and to Wikipedia editors who read your note above but will not hamper the effectiveness of the help desk. I'll also suggest that you may wish to discuss your concerns at the talk page for the article in question. You can provide a redirect to User:Davidbflood if you wish to illustrate your points, but please don't reproduce the whole essay there. :) --Moonriddengirl 11:33, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Jimbo Wales e-mail?

    What is Jimbo Wales e-mail? --Angry Early 12:48, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    He has contact information at his Wikipedia user page User:Jimbo Wales. Maybe we can help instead. What do you want? PrimeHunter 13:03, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I want to send him hate mail and sign him up for newsletters. --Angry Early 13:09, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Wait just a moment, we'll help you right away in that case. Leebo T/C 13:13, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank You very much. Anything to piss off Jimbo. --Angry Early 13:24, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Don't worry, Leebo. He's taken care of. =P Cheers, Arky ¡Hablar! 15:01, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    At least he was upfront about it.  :) Corvus cornix 16:29, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Haha, yeah; we appreciate honesty here at Wikipedia ;P Arky ¡Hablar! 16:48, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Talk page format

    At Talk:2007 National Express coach crash an editor has some code in his/her sig that puts all subsequent discussion into italics. I haven't been able to figure out how to switch off the italic formatting. Could someone take a look please? Thanks.--Shantavira|feed me 13:07, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Some one did it for you already. --Tλε Rαnδom Eδιτor (tαlk) 13:47, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Commotio (choir)

    I would like to create a Wikipedia entry about the Oxford-based choir called Commotio (see www.commotio.org). I've read the criteria about whether an organisation merits an entry, but can't decide about Commotio. No books etc have been written about the choir, but a number of newspaper / magazine articles have been written, and several composers have written works for the choir. Could you give me some guidance about what else might be needed, please?

    Thank you.

    OxfordSinger 13:19, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    As a general rule, if you can find two substantive articles in independent larger-circulatin newspapers, then you are notable. Just find two such reference and include them. -Arch dude 05:43, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Hi

    Am I on this page? Can you see my text? --Lareegaastereichen 13:54, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Yes. Anybody can edit Wikipedia. However, you should experiment like this in the sandbox. -- kainaw™ 14:14, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Infobox graphic

    After uploading a graphic image to the Commons, I typed the filename into the Infobox of the Wikipedia target page:

    {{Infobox musical artist 

    | Name            = Necdet Yaşar
| Img             = Yasar_on_tanbur_in_1972.jpg
| Img capt        = Necdet Yaşar performing at a private home (1972)
| Img size        =

    ...but the page does not display the image, only the filename.

    Neyzenhasan 13:54, 5 September 2007 (UTC).[reply]

    No such image (Image:Yasar on tanbur in 1972.jpg) exists. You'll have to first upload the image. utcursch | talk 14:10, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I guess I need specific instructions on how to upload to Wikipedia. I looked long and hard without finding any. Neyzenhasan 14:28, 5 September 2007 (UTC).[reply]
    Could it be Image:Necdet Yasar in 1972.jpg you are looking for? PrimeHunter 14:31, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    If it isn't, just go to Wikipedia:Upload and follow all the instructions there. Cheers! Arky ¡Hablar! 14:32, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Oops. PrimeHunter was wise to sniff out the file. I'm embarrassed to say I garbled the filename. File displays OK now. Thanks. Neyzenhasan 14:50, 5 September 2007 (UTC).[reply]
    Good. You can see which files you have uploaded by clicking "my contributions" (at the top of any page depending on your skin) and then "Logs", which should result in [2] for you. PrimeHunter 15:18, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Definitions

    How do I find a word definition. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.225.150.213 (talk) 15:08, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Wikipedia is not a dictionary, so you could either use one of many online dictionary sites or the sister project Wiktionary. Leebo T/C 15:12, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Google's define [3] can also be helpful. PrimeHunter 15:20, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    How to leave Wikipedia and delete an account?

    I may want to leave Wikipedia and delete my account and user page forever. How can I do it? I mean , how I can delete my user page and account?--behmod talk 15:39, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    User page deletion can be requested under WP:CSD#U1. User account however cannot be deleted due to GFDL reason, do however have a look at meta:Right to vanish. KTC 15:48, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Also, user talk pages are rarely deleted. Leebo T/C 16:14, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Login Problem - HELP!

    I have a problem. I had not done any editing on Wikipedia for a while. But, when I tried to strart up again, around May, I could not get Wikipedia to open (come up) if I was logged in.

    If I deleted my cookie and re-booted, I could go to Wikipedia fine, surf around and make edits on some articles. But, if I logged in, "nope", the progress bar just sits there. It just sits there, says: "Login Successful," but the progress bar is just stuck. If I use "Secure Login" it logs in, is very slow (I am on dial-up), and then logs me out when I go to a new page. It never opens the page, any Wikipedia page. Delete the cookie and re-boot, can go to any page. Login seems to go fine, says that you're logged in, but doesn't open any pages.

    So, after a week or so of frustration, I started using a different account. That worked fine until today (2007-08-25). Now it is doing the same thing. Logged in, nothing just a stuck progress bar. Delete cookie and re-boot, view articles.

    I tried the things on the help page. But, they don't seem to work either.

    What is the deal? 207.69.139.146 16:12, 5 September 2007 (UTC) (WikiDon)[reply]

    I'm afraid I can't help you, but I did want to suggest that if you don't get an answer here (and you may well, since some of these folks seem technologically very savvy), you might want to appeal for help at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical). It sounds horribly frustrating. Good luck! --Moonriddengirl 17:17, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I don't have problems with any other site. Just this one. It has to be something that the sever admin's did, made a change in the cookie or something. 90% sure of that. I can connect fine, I can be connected for six, eight, tweleve hours at a time, and surf around to a hundred sites. Of course with dial-up I do avoid sites like U-Tube and the like. I can't believe I am the only one having this issue..???
    I think it must have something do with COOKIES? I did a search for "WIKI" on the hard drive and found 26 files (2 *.HTM and 24 *.TXT). I deleted all of them, rebooted, searched, "none", signed on this time it worked, but then when I went to the next page...LOCKUP... So, I searched again:
    • C:\Temporary Internet Files
      • Cookie:don@en.wikipedia.org/
    • C:\Documents and Settings\Don\Cookies
      • don@commons.wikimedia[1].txt
      • don@en.wikipedia[1].txt
      • don@en.wikipedia[2].txt
      • don@en.wikiquote[1].txt
      • don@en.wikisource[1].txt
      • don@www.mediawiki[2].txt
    With just ONE sign in I got SEVEN new files. And notice the "1"'s and "2"'s....this must have something to do with it?? I had to delete them all to get to this page. I have never seen a sight that gives you so many cookies (unless they are ads embeded in a webpage) with just ONE signin. It would also seem that having a "1" and a "2" might cause a conflit?

    Is anybody else going to step up to help? I see questions in this forum being answered that don't even belong here, but my problem goes mostly ignored. Thanks 207.69.139.157 00:33, 7 September 2007 (UTC) (WikiDon)[reply]

    Suggesting an article

    I can't seem to figure out how to just 'suggest' that a certain article be added?? I think one on the trend and history of 'body carving' would be interesting! Thanks!! circeii@yahoo.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by Circeii (talk • contribs) 17:06, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Are you referring to a form of body modification? -- kainaw™ 17:12, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Also, if you want to suggest that an article be created, you can add it to Wikipedia's requested article list. Cheers, Arky ¡Hablar! 17:52, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    wikipedia pages that parallel and check other media

    Could wikipedia users create pages that parallel, i.e. cover, discuss, enable critique of, other media? For example, a newspaper online called Z publishes a story, "A says B to C". Could we create a page with the title, Z: "A says B to C"; and then allow people to comment, critique, rebutt, or add, information? If this is not appropriate for wikipedia itself (not encyclopedic), then is there another part of wikimedia where this is more appropriate? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.235.141.171 (talk) 17:43, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    That is not appropriate for Wikipedia. Check other sites, such as Digg and reddit. -- kainaw™ 17:47, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Indeed. If you want to see anything else that might be inappropriate for Wikipedia, I'd suggest you check out Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not. Cheers, Arky ¡Hablar! 17:50, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    To a certain extent, I suspect that Wikinews functions in the way you describe. While it's not for specific "Z publishes" announcements, it might have a page "A says B to C" which can be critiqued, rebutted, commented upon & altered. Take this story, for instance: Woman suffers heart attack at cardiology summit. Editors may add to that story or simply put opinions about it in another tab. --Moonriddengirl 17:52, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Merging two pages and then removing one?

    I have created two pages with similar titles

    1) wiki/Residents_association 2) wiki/Residents_Association

    It appears 1) is the default page when searching, however other members have added their associations, to entry 2).

    Therefore, it is possible that members have posted the link to 2) elsewhere, but if people search at the Wiki site, they're more likely to find 1)!?!

    What would be the most effective way to address this matter and merge the two entries and then delete one?

    TIA —Preceding unsigned comment added by Armybike (talk • contribs) 18:01, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I don't know of any way to merge them specially, but my advice is to copy the text from, then add a redirect onto "Residents_association" to either your computer or maybe the talk page of "Association" then add the better parts to the article. ::Manors:: 18:07, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    The proper title is with a lower case "a" for association. That should be the title of the article. Since other editors have contributed, a history merge could be performed, which can be handled by an administrator. Copy and paste merges can cause the history to be lost, which breaks GFDL requirements. Was there a reason for creating the two pages or was it an accident? Leebo T/C 18:12, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    The two pages were created following an oversight. I initially created 1) and then being new to this whole thing couldn't find it!?! I then created 2) and to be honest have only just realised that 1) is still there. How would I request a history merge from an admin? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Armybike (talk • contribs) 18:22, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Actually, community league is about the same subject and someone attempted to redirect to that. If that article existed first and covers the same thing, the others can probably just redirect to it. Leebo T/C 18:28, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    community league are American, were as a Residents association is in the UK. Whilst they are similar, not all aspects are the same. Armybike 18:46, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    They could still be covered in one article, just with different sections showing the differences by location. Leebo T/C 18:50, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Please help me to simplify the question

    Dear Sir or Madam,

    The process of getting to the page where one actually types the new article is both labyrinthine and Byzantine. Please make it simple for me. Please just give me a link to get there directly, without having to chase all the red herrings. I would appreciate it very much.

    Cordially,

    Bradwell Jackson —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bradwelljackson (talk • contribs) 18:15, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    You can create a new page from anywhere, by searching for the title of the page you want to create and clicking on the red link that appears at the top of the search page. Alternatively, you can put the page name in double brackets like this [[TheNameOfYourArticle]] and following that link. Leebo T/C 18:18, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Page deletion

    Why is my page repeatedly deleted? And the rference page to my name Ray Smith sems to be change regularly to delete my name. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bulletmovies (talk • contribs) 18:53, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Bulletmovies has several times been deleted for failing to meet the notability requirements of Wikipedia. The policy behind the blue-linked text will explain to you what criteria a company needs to meet to have an article. Ray Smith Filmmaker was deleted for the same reason. Your article Ray Smith (film director) is currently being questioned as well in terms of meeting notability for biographies. There are specific criteria related at that document for meeting the notability requirements for creative professionals. The explanation given for the removal of your name from Ray Smith is that it has been redlinked. It probably will not be removed again unless Ray Smith (film director) is deleted. To avoid that, you should review the notability guidelines and ensure that the article is supported by reliable, third-party sources. You should also be aware that Wikipedia strongly discourages autobiography and conflict of interest editing. It isn't impossible, but it may substantially increase the challenges of editing. --Moonriddengirl 19:08, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Your articles are being deleted because you are promoting your company and yourself (Bulletmovies and Ray Smith respectively). This goes against Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy and represents a conflict of interest. My advice would be to stop writing about yourself and your company; let someone else do it if you are notable. Leebo T/C 19:08, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Watchlist scripts

    Are there any watchlist scripts that allow me to watch a a selection of pages that I highlight (e.g. in a category), rather than going through them one by one? Thanks, RHB - Talk 18:56, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I don't know about scripts, but you can use the "view and edit raw watchlist" feature, copy/paste the contents, and keep text files to copy/paste by hand if it would be more convineant --lucid 19:01, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Pornography

    Please delete the pornography posted at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgrade.

    Cynthia —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.36.230.250 (talk) 19:33, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I can't see images when I'm at this computer, can you be more specific in what you want removed? Leebo T/C 19:37, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    There is no more pornography on that page. Remember, you can delete vandalism yourself. Click the history tab then undo the vandalism, or simply edit out the alterations. ::Manors:: 19:40, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I don't see any sign there has been pornography, but it's not impossible that one of the images has been vandalized without showing in the article history. PrimeHunter 19:55, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I looked at the history for each image, and there's no indication that any of them were ever vandalized or altered in any way. wikipediatrix 22:37, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    There are probably people in the world who would call Image:Ada leti.jpg "pornographic". I may have spotted a topless woman, but Wikipedia is not censored, and the image is harmless to most people. PrimeHunter 00:20, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I had to squint really hard to even find the alleged topless woman you speak of, and the modulation of the pixel hues actually suggests that she might be wearing a tan bikini. Either way, it's a ridiculous thing to lodge a complaint about. wikipediatrix 00:26, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    If the complaint was actually about that picture then I agree it's ridiculous. PrimeHunter 01:55, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    fleeing a police officer

    Bold text IS FLEEING A POLICE OFFICER ON FOOT A 'FELONY? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.179.185.193 (talk) 19:37, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Wikipedia questions only. Perhaps you could try the reference desk. ::Manors:: 19:39, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    This page is for help with using Wikipedia, not for general reference questions. That's what the reference desks are for. However, your question can not be answered, because Wikipedia cannot provide advice on legal matters and laws vary greatly around the world. Leebo T/C 19:40, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Start, create content, stub or article

    Hello and please forgive the ignorant question: how do I start a stub or article? I have scoured the how-to sections and can't find the answer. Thank you, Mark —Preceding unsigned comment added by Markcnsg (talk • contribs) 19:59, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    • No ignorant questions. :) This may be a good place to start. You can also put the title of the page you want in the search box on any Wikipedia page and, if it comes up with "No page with that title exists," it will indicate that "You can create this page or request it." Click on the redlinked "create this page" and off you go. :) --Moonriddengirl 20:09, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Thank you so much!!! I think I have it now. Take care, Mark —Preceding unsigned comment added by Markcnsg (talk • contribs) 20:28, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Advertising/Marketing posts.

    Hello,

    Just wondering how this post: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snapalope made it past the Wikipedia editors since it clearly states in the rules that posts about marketing or advertising campaigns are forbidden on Wikipedia. I tried to post a similar page about an advertising campaign and it was very quickly erased.

    Thanks.

    Binzerella 20:11, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    • At What Wikipedia is not, it says, Wikipedia is not for "Propaganda, advocacy, or recruitment of any kind, commercial, political, religious, or otherwise. Of course, an article can report objectively about such things, as long as an attempt is made to approach a neutral point of view." In other words, it's all right to write an encyclopedic article about an advertising campaign; it's just not all right to conduct one. That said, the article you point out seems to be lacking in third party reliable resources, which is a problem. Wikipedia being large, problems can escape detection for some time. --Moonriddengirl 20:28, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Unnecessary swap

    Is this appropriate? All this person did was to swap the order of "Xbox 360" and "PS3". Jeffrey.Kleykamp 20:29, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    It's not inherently inappropriate. They might have been motivated by nothing more than a desire to see them in alphabetical order. --Moonriddengirl 20:31, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Basically, the edit is just useless. Not really anything to worry about. ::Manors:: 20:40, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Parser Functions

    I am trying to figure out parser functions. Please look at [4]. I'm trying to make {{X5|right}} make the box to go the right and {{X5|left}} make the box go to the left. Alpta 20:29, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I'm not really an expert on this....you might want to check out m:Parser functions. Happy editing, Arky ¡Hablar! 20:34, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I have read it. Alpta 20:41, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Does anyone know? Alpta 21:08, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Although your question is about Wikipedia, you could post your question at the Computing Reference Desk. ::Manors:: 21:26, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I will fix it. I know what you have done wrong. You have not set which parameter is to be #switched... -- Anonymous DissidentTalk 21:27, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    (ec2)I've already changed it from a switch to a parameter, which works just as well, so that {{X5|align=left}} will left align, and "align=right" or just {{X5}} will right align.--Werdan7T @ 21:34, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Okay, thank you. Alpta 21:36, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    If you are sure. But I can make a parameter (later on, I have to run) -- Anonymous DissidentTalk 21:41, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Could you make a parameter? Alpta 22:24, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I have made parameter. Left is default, but align=right will make it align to the right. -- Anonymous DissidentTalk 07:47, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Reference format

    I bet this question is familiar to many: is there any rule or guideline, as to which type of reference format (Harvard or endnotes) should be preferred in Wikipedia articles? I found no such guideline in the help pages.

    Thank you.

    Gidip 21:00, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Hello, Gidip. Don't worry, all questions are welcome here! :D Have you tried looking in WP:REF? It should answer your question. If not, feel free to ask me onmy talk page. Good luck! *Cremepuff222* 21:04, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    There are a couple ways to cite sources, but I'll show you the most popular ways. One way is through external links. This is done by placing a website in a single pair of brackets next to a fact like this: [http://www.wikipedia.org]. Another way is to use <ref> tags. This is done like this: Oranges are orange. <ref>[http://www.oranges.com Oranges.Com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>, which looks like this: Oranges are orange.[1] After you do this, place the text <references/> at the bottom of the article, under a References header. Cheers, Arky ¡Hablar! 21:10, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I understand it can be difficult at first, I'm sure it is for most. Feel free to contact us if you need anymore help. If you want to practice with citing, you can use the Sandbox to test. ::Manors:: 21:24, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Thank you all. I never thought I explain myself so badly - well I guess it's my fault. What I meant was: how do I decide which format to choose - footnotes or Harvard references? Is there any common preference throughout all Wikipedia? WP:REF says nothing about it. Thank you all for your concern. Gidip 22:21, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Ah, I see. I'd suggest you look at WP:HARV, WP:ECITE, and WP:FOOT. They are the three best ways to cite sources, and all are equally acceptable, although I myself prefer WP:FOOT. However, there is no "best" way. Cheers, Arky ¡Hablar! 22:28, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks. Gidip 22:31, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    To get a better grasp of my dilemma, take a look at this talk page: User talk:Calliopejen1#self-incompatibility in plants. Gidip 22:34, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    You might also want to check out Template:Cite web and Template:Cite book, especially the latter. I find it is more useful to cite books and non-internet publications "Harvard-style", although, again, this is only preference. Cheers, Arky ¡Hablar! 00:51, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Default sorting with certain surnames

    I am pretty sure that at some point in the past I was informed that when default sorting surnames that begin with "Mc" (i.e. McNamara) or "O'" (i.e. O'Sullivan) that Mc becomes "Mac" and O'S, O'N, O'M, etc. become "Os", "Om", "On", et al for auditing/counting purposes. I would like to verify this so my good-faith edits are not reverted.

    If this is the case we also need to get the word out to the wider Wiki community (via WP:FOOTBALL as per User:Dudesleeper). Can you please confirm on my talk page (and that of User:Dudesleeper) so we can get the (foot)ball rolling.

    Thanks. Ontheveldt 21:30, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Woah, no need to yell in the topic there! :D *Cremepuff222* 21:33, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Sorry, I forgot what all caps mean. Fixed it.

    Ontheveldt 21:43, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    download wikipedia earth

    how to down load wikipedia earth? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mukund chotai (talk • contribs) 21:50, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I think you mean Google Earth, and you can find more information about it on that page. We don't have a "Wikipedia Earth" or a "WikiEarth," however there is a proposal for such a project here. Hersfold (t/a/c) 21:54, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    If you are looking for maps that work like a Wiki, there is the website Wikimapia, which requires no download. ::Manors:: 23:43, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Embedding Videos

    How does one embed a video from Google Video using Wiki code? 67.177.186.240 22:04, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    what could cause fluid buildup on the lung? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.224.182.218 (talk) 22:43, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    This is for Wikipedia questions only. Try a reference desk. You also interrupted someone elses question. To answer the question, there isn't a wiki code because Wikipedia doesn't allow integrated video. You will need to link to it in external links. ::Manors:: 23:40, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    2,000,000 articles- What if we reach it on September 11th?

    We're doing swell and are creating them really fast! At the rate we're going, chances are we might hit 2,000,000 by September 11th. What if it happens on that significant day, and not any other? --70.179.175.240 23:51, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Life goes on? We can't stop the world to mourn every time someone dies, there have been so many horrible things in human history if we spent all that time worrying about times and dates and deaths we'd never get anything done --lucid 23:56, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    There is nothing special about coincidence. What is special is a lack of coincidence. -- kainaw™ 23:59, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Uhm... it might make the day marginally less sad? Oh, and give the crazed conspiracy crew a great new "Jimbo did WTC" idea. --tjstrf talk 00:01, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I'm actually not so happy that we're "creating them really fast". Compared to when I joined Wikipedia two years ago, the place is now dangerously top-heavy with really half-assed articles that do more harm by existing than if there were no article at all. Instead of being excited about the frenzied production of more and more substandard stubs, I'd love to see people working harder to improve the ones we already have. wikipediatrix 00:19, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I'm hoping many more will concentrate on improving the existing articles after we reach the 2,000,000th. Who knows whether that hope will come true though. --70.179.175.240 01:49, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    The beauty of Wikipedia is that we don't merely have to hope for desirable outcomes, we can actually make them happen. If not entirely, then at least we can take action, and see our efforts having noticeable influence on the course of events here. One small example from my personal experience came from my early dabblings as a Help desk volunteer. One thing I learned of by reading other people's answers to questions was a fascinating tool called the Editor's index to Wikipedia. I found it immediately useful, but I thought of some ways to improve it, and I suggested them to the author. To my surprise, he not only took my suggestions to heart, but implemented them more cleverly than I had initially envisioned. So now a tool exists that dozens if not hundreds (thousands?) of other editors are finding useful, and every time I use it (which is daily), I see and use some features I suggested - although I humbly emphasize that the vast bulk of the work that went into building the index was not mine, and neither was the original idea for it. But there is something deeply satisfying about seeing one's own trivial contribution to the larger structure wedging its way in and persisting because it adds some small but worthwhile value.
    So, my advice is don't merely hope that many more will concentrate in improving existing articles - instead get involved with one or more of the Active Wiki Fixup Projects. Your ideas and labor can make a visible difference around here. Furthermore, the user interface of Wikipedia is all editable, and I think the portions relating to article creation may need some adjustment. Currently, I don't think the system does enough to caution new users against creating new articles (which are likely to be of low quality, or even inappropriate). For some reason (having to do with the way Wikipedia presents itself), a sizable fraction of new users seem to get the idea to create yet more new articles rather than try to improve existing articles. Which is to say, it's much easier for a new user to detect the absence of some article we don't have, than to detect the presence of all the Active Wiki Fixup Projects we do have. I think that is an ergonomic shortcoming we could correct. But to correct it, somebody would have to do the work to analyze how the current interface is going wrong, and exactly what we could do to fix it. And then sell the idea to all the interested parties. --Teratornis 05:30, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]


    September 6

    Netherlands

    what makes the netherlands different from other places? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.2.129.76 (talk) 00:36, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Supporting

    Does creating articles count as supporting Wikipedia? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.14.216.60 (talk • contribs) September 6 2007

    Of course it does. (Though I think that link is specifically meant for fundraising.) --tjstrf talk 00:47, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I think we have to add the qualification that the articles should stick. Articles that violate policies or guidelines and get deleted just end up wasting the time of other Wikipedians, and it would be hard to argue that that sort of activity supports Wikipedia. Since creating articles that stick turns out to be rather difficult for a significant fraction of persons new to Wikipedia editing (many people form initial impressions of what Wikipedia is that are wide of the mark), I would go so far as to suggest that a new user would support Wikipedia better by trying to improve existing articles (and preferably under the guidance of one of the article improvement projects) rather than by trying to create new articles. Wikipedia already has 6,851,982 articles, making this the largest encyclopedia ever, and a dreadfully large number of these articles need serious work, so it's not as if the most pressing need here is to get even bigger. Most newly-created articles tend to be of rather low quality for some time, until more people come by to work on them. For some reason, the notion that article creation is the first thing to try seems to be a common first impression - it was for me. I consider this something of an ergonomic shortcoming in Wikipedia's user interface, that it could even lead to such an impression, rather than reliably directing ambitious newcomers to the much greater need to improve the backlog of low-quality existing articles. --Teratornis 04:59, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Maybe we can start here, at the help desk? I personally believe that the best answer to the question "how do I start a new article?" is "you don't. Creating articles should only be done by more experienced users". By the time the user has gained enough experience to judge whether an article should be created, he will have no need to ask again. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 11:54, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I tend to agree. A brusque but often correct answer would be "If you have to ask how to create an article, you're not ready to create an article." Perhaps we can work up a suitable warning template to go along with the somewhat optimistic {{Creation}}. OK, {{Creation}} is not really all that optimistic, but I think we need to get the point across that a new article faces grim odds similar to a newly hatched fish, and call more attention to the dark side of Wikipedia, before new users discover the horror firsthand. --Teratornis 23:22, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Possible copyvio

    Would the Lex Hixon article happen to be a copyvio? 69.40.254.142 01:24, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Well, it's certainly not neutral. The majority of the article seems to be a self-written biography, and isn't sourced to anything. I can find the exact same text on several other sites, several of which do not appear to be mirrors of the article here. Thanks for pointing this out, I'll see what can be done about it. Hersfold (t/a/c) 03:33, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Citing Audio Evidence

    I added some information about Julia Murney, stating that she is known for dead-on impressions of certain people. Since they are impressions, there is obviously no written proof of that. She does them during audio interviews. I do have at least three podcasts where she does some impressions of other actresses, but I'm not sure how to site proof when it was given orally (from the actress). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Midoria (talk • contribs) 01:37, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    If she is "known" for something, then doubtlessly someone else will have commented on it somewhere, and you can cite that.--Max Talk (+) 04:37, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Delete from search drop down menu

    how do i delete something from the the search drop down menu? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.202.42.95 (talk) 02:24, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    That's something caused by your browser, not anything to do with Wikipedia itself. If you clear out your private data, that should get rid of it for you. (In Firefox, Tools -> Clear Private Data... -> Saved Form and Search History -> Delete. Not sure in IE, sorry). Hersfold (t/a/c) 03:23, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    In IE, Tools-->internet options-->content tab-->autocomplete-->clear forms and clear passwords.--Fuhghettaboutit 04:16, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Improving Google search result

    Is there a way to get a Wikipedia article a higher placement on Google search results?

    I just did a Google search and entered the exact title of a Wikipedia article, and it didn't show up in the first 15 pages of results (I stopped checking after that).

    The weird and frustrating thing is that after the first page of Google search results, the relevancy of the links decreases dramatically, while the Wikipedia article that doesn't show up is 100% relevant and contains all five searched-for words.

    Any ideas? Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.142.255.180 (talk) 02:37, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    What is the exact title of the article? If it's very recent then maybe Google hasn't indexed it yet. If it's The Kings Of Classic Rock‎ then it's the 6th Google hit for me in quotes.[5] PrimeHunter 03:17, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Google Search uses a page-ranking algorithm that depends on your search terms. For example, if you type the exact title of a Wikipedia article, and put double-quotes around the whole thing (so you are searching for an exact phrase), the Wikipedia article usually lands quite high in the search results, with possible exceptions for phrases that are extremely common. In contrast, if you search for several keywords (not in quotes) which appear in the body of an article, widely spaced from each other, that may put the Wikipedia article lower in the search results, because Google considers page titles more relevant than words lower on the page, and pages that have your search words close to each other are more "relevant" than pages that have your search words far apart. Again, words that are extremely common may appear on millions of Web pages, creating many opportunities for various pages to sneak ahead of the Wikipedia article's ranking by one or another quirk of Google's page ranking algorithm. Of course one way to boost Wikipedia articles in your Google searches is to type the word "Wikipedia" along with your other search terms. And if you specifically want to search only on Wikipedia with Google, you can do that too. All that being said, page ranking is an inexact science. Google tries to come up with an algorithm which presents search results in the order you want, but it might be difficult even for another human to sort the pages just the way you'd like. Getting Google to dance to your tune may sometimes be akin to pushing with a rope. --Teratornis 04:34, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Your list of Buffalo actors and actresses

    My name is missing from your long list of Actresses and Actors from Buffalo. How can I join the list. You can confirm my lengthy credits on IMDB. I was born in Buffalo and lived there for fifty-five years before moving ot Southern California.

    Thanks, —Preceding unsigned comment added by Brynababy (talk • contribs) 03:03, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    It would help if you said who you are. Maybe Bryna Weiss? [6] And are you referring to Famous people from Buffalo, NY#Entertainers and actors? PrimeHunter 03:09, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Additionally, please be aware that IMDB is not a reliable source, so cannot be used for verification purposes, or to establish notability. Thanks! Ariel♥Gold 03:20, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    And why doesn't Wikipedia allow integrating videos? (Re: Embedding Videos)

    I thought an online encyclopedia was supposed to be interactive, and less like a printed one. What's the harm in integrating videos onto an article? --70.179.175.240 03:03, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I believe the main reason is copyright concerns. Ariel♥Gold 03:06, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Also security concerns. It's possible to encode a virus into a video which can be loaded onto someone's computer when they view it. The same goes with images, but in order to include those you'd have to upload the image to the servers, and we've got a pretty good malware filter on the servers. Embedding videos doesn't require uploading, so it puts users at higher risk. Hersfold (t/a/c) 03:21, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Our sister project the Wikimedia_Commons accepts video and links can be added to articles here. Check out commons:Commons:Media_help for the details on this. Because of the concerns with virus and copyright that Hersfold pointed out, this is not a simple process! --JayHenry 06:33, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    redirects

    I'm trying to make a redirect from "Miyako Ito" to Miyako Itō, but I'm scared, because I'm beginning to worry that it might be declined. Can you help me?

    Sure; just create the page Miyako Ito with the content "#REDIRECT [[Miyako Itō]]" (without the quotes) Veinor (talk to me) 04:09, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    For the full details, see: Help:Redirect. And for future reference, you don't need to add the {{Helpme}} template to your Help desk questions (I removed the one you included above), because dozens of Wikipedia volunteers monitor this page around the clock, and someone will see your question. And while a bit of caution is always a good idea when trying something new, fear not - Wikipedia is by its design remarkably robust. Of course do read the help first. --Teratornis 04:40, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Why was my article deleted?

    Hi!

    Thanks for reading. I recently attempted to update a page called 'Brian Rimmer', a fledgling musical artist who I manage and has recently signed to a major label. I intended to verify the information already on the page but the page has now seemingly disappeared and any links to the page in question have turned black. The page more than meets Wikipedia's requirements for validity (I have checked these thoroughly) and I am afraid it may now be a candidate for speedy deletion.

    At the time I was unaware of the four tildes guideline, which may be a contributing factor. Any help with this would be much appreciated - if the page in question could be 'unlocked' so to speak, I could verify and source the information & rectify any doubts about its validity as a Wikipedia page.

    Thanks again, Lance —Preceding unsigned comment added by LancevincentOZ (talk • contribs) 05:17, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Just a quick answer as I am going to bed - see: Why was my article deleted? It would be nice, of course, if somehow everyone whose article gets deleted would automatically get a message telling them to read that page. Even a canned explanation is better than no explanation at all. --Teratornis 05:56, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    It does. "If the page has been deleted, check the deletion log, and please see Why was my page deleted?." Doesn't help having the notice if people don't read them. ;) Also, in this case, the page wasn't actually deleted. It was tagged for speedy deletion, the page creator then proceed to remove the speedy tag against the instruction left on his/her user talk page, and the original editor then changed it to a redirect instead. KTC 06:27, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    To clarify, the link is on the article page location, and not left on the creator page, which I'm thinking might have been what you were thinking. Though in this case, it wouldn't have made any difference, as the page creator (not the one that asked the question above) didn't read and follow the message on the message that was left on his/her talk page. KTC 06:29, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Oh yes, please do read our page on conflict of interests before you proceed to edit page regarding people you manage. Regards. KTC 06:30, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Please also read WP:BAND to make sure that the musician meets the notability guidelines. Corvus cornix 22:12, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    External links

    I've adopted a user under the adopt a user program, and he asked me a question to which I'm not certain of the answer: is it possible to create external links that open in a new window? From what I gather from WP:MARKUP, the answer is no, but I thought I'd check here to be sure. Sarcasticidealist 08:39, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I believe its not possible, when ever I open external links, I right click and "open as new tab".--KerotanLeave Me a Message Have a nice day :) 08:41, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I have seen others say it's not possible in Wikipedia. People with their own wiki can set up the MediaWiki software to do it. See mw:Manual:Opening external links in a new window. PrimeHunter 13:32, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    What algorithm is used for "Random Article"?

    I would like to find out what algorithm is used to select a "Random Article" in the Wikipedia feature of the same name.

    I am currently writing my MSc thesis, and have used this function as part of my investigation process. It would therefore be beneficial to make reference to this algorithm during my discussion/analysis section.

    Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.36.112.136 (talk) 10:22, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    You'd probably be better off asking at Meta-Wiki, the headquarters for all Wikimedia projects, or at MediaWiki, the site for the software Wikipedia uses. I do know that it searches only in the "Main" namespace, that is, actual articles, but aside from that I don't know much about it and I doubt many others here would. Sorry. Hersfold (t/a/c) 13:24, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/2007 June 17#Wikipedia Random Article - see Steve Summit's 2nd post. Code available here. x42bn6 Talk Mess 14:16, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    If your thesis relates to Wikipedia more than incidentally, you may wish to see: Wikipedia:Wikipedia in academic studies and Wikipedia:Researching Wikipedia, to see what other academics are doing with Wikipedia. You might find something you can use. --Teratornis 15:56, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I think the way that it works is that whenever an article is created, it's given a random number, and when 'random article' is clicked on, another random number is chosen and the non-redirect article that has a random number nearest to and higher than the chosen number (choosing the article with the lowest number if a number higher than any article's number was chosen) is presented as the random article. You can look at the software yourself to make sure; here's a link to the relevant code. --ais523 16:45, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

    I will have to disagree with a comment from the linked archive, for a project the size of the English Wikipedia, the page is randomly selected from among all pages. My calculations show that there will be many articles with a chance as low as roughly 1 in a trillion () for being chosen, while others may have a chance as high as 1 in 100,000. (for those more pedantic than myself, I am aware of the irrelevant "it's not random, it's pseudo-random" issue.) -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 19:36, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    This is a FAQ. —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 19:41, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Correcting typo's in archive

    Hi,

    On the Dutch Wikipedia, back in February someone wrote 'Guide' instead of 'Guido'. When I corrected this typo in my archive this morning, I got blocked for 3 days and was vehemently attacked by no less than four moderators.

    I have two questions:

    • What is the English rule regarding the correction of archived typo's?
    • Are moderators allowed to make their own rules, when nothing is written?

    Regards, Guido den Broeder 10:36, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    See WP:TALK#Behavior that is unacceptable. --Silver Edge 10:44, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    That is slightly odd, my best guess is that you were blocked for some sort of 3RR violation, and that the block may have been extended on account of your pre-existing block history. But then, I don't actually speak Dutch, so these are all guesses.--VectorPotentialTalk 10:52, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Hi, there is no Dutch 3RR rule to violate, but if there were, should it apply to correcting a typo? Guido den Broeder 10:55, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    It might help if you could translate a few of those edit summaries into English so we could get a better idea of what was going on there.--VectorPotentialTalk 11:00, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    (Nogmaals:) niet editten in andermans bijdragen = (Again: don't edit another person's contributions Guido den Broeder 11:05, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I find the block a little bit odd, but then I don't really know anything about nl.wikipedia's policies.--VectorPotentialTalk 11:09, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    There are no written Dutch policies on the topic except for a proposal page nl:Wikipedia:Archiveren (Archiving) that reads in footnote 2: Sometimes small edits are done to improve the usefulness of the archive, e.g. the correction of links. When I pointed to that page the reply I got was: "No discussion is possible." Guido den Broeder 11:12, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    There's a general rule on en.Wikipedia that you do not edit another person's comments on Talk pages. Sometimes folks don't mind minor formatting fixes (indentation & such) but correcting someone's spelling or grammar is frowned upon. Editing someone's comments in an archive is just bad form. Sounds like you ran into someone who is very strict about that. -- Kesh 11:35, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Hi, this seems to contradict Wikipedia:Refactoring talk pages. Also, the person who made the typo did not object. Guido den Broeder 11:42, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    In fact, he has given me permission to correct it. Guido den Broeder 12:39, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Actually, Wikipedia:Refactoring talk pages only speaks about formatting (such as indentation), not spelling. Correcting spelling and grammar is a bad idea. If you can point this out on-Wiki to an admin, they should unblock you. If it was personal correspondence, you're out of luck. Either way, I'd suggest not doing this again. -- Kesh 14:25, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    It speaks about other minor fixes, too. Anyway, I've pointed it out, but I get no response. Guido den Broeder 19:55, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Aha:

    • Refactoring ... is a stronger term than copy editing
    • Copy editing involves correcting spelling, terminology, punctuation, and grammatical and semantic errors...

    Guido den Broeder 20:29, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    want to purchase sex toy

    I want to purchase sex toy for my wife, can i be helped by you that how can i purchase and from where. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.50.164.219 (talk) 11:41, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Sorry, we can only help you with Wikipedia, which, as you may have noticed, isn't exactly in that line of trade. Good luck with that. Hersfold (t/a/c) 13:21, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Wikipedia does not traffic in Sex toys but we do have an article about them, as we have articles about 6,851,982 things. --Teratornis 15:51, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I think he was looking for sex toy advice, but we don't really have a reference desk for advice like that. A specific question about sex toys might be appropriate at the miscellaneous ref desk. Leebo T/C 15:53, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    RE:Speedy deletion of Decisional analysis of complex systems

    I don't know the name of the administrators who deleted my article after debate and consensus and what is the reason why my article was deleted. First, I wrote a previous article under the name of "decision engineering" and the vocabulary and grammar need to be improved. Some adminatrators invited me to do it. I made some corrections and re-writings, but it was not enough and without any help from anyone english or american trough English Wikipedia, the article was cancelled again by Wikipedia administrators in June 2007. Convinced that my suject is fair, I created in september 2007 an article on English Wikipedia with the permission of the author under the original title of the method "Decisional Analysis of complex systems". I mentioned sources and references, as this method is recognized by the top universities (HEC) and Research center CNRS) in France. Nay way the article was deleted without explanation. So I am not sure the reason of this deleting process regarding my subject is either vocabulary, or grammar, either a copyright question. Now vocabulary and grammar are perfect and if I can prove I have the permission of the author, I can do it. I have permission from the author (J. Bucki) to release the content of the article you mentioned freely and I am the administrator of the site (http://iegd.institut.online.fr/ART02-B-ADSc-BPR-en.htm in this case) First I want to know the name of one of the administrators in charge of the deleting process in order to communicate. If I know why English wikipedia has problem with the subject, the matter of my article, I can understand: may be concepts are not enough classical etc. They have to tell me the exact reason according Wikipedia policy. I ca follow a rule if it is explicit. But if I see wrong reasons are given, it is fair that I request to know the truth. Isn't it your position too ? Robertatum 13.53, 6 september 2007

    • Hi Robertatum. The article was deleted as it was a copyright violation. For infomration on Wikipedia Copyright Violations please see here. If you want to relase the copyright please see here. There are a lot of other policies that link from those pages as well. This should help you. I can't comment on any other aspect of the article as it is deleted. Pedro |  Chat  12:10, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
      • Even if you have permission of the author (your assertion thereof is not enough to prove that by the way), it doesn't matter. All material on Wikipedia must be freely redistributable under the GNU Free Documentation License, so posting material here that is copyrighted but permission has been given to use here only is not useful; the material remains single use only and not redistributable. Instead, you or someone else would need to list on the external site a statement releasing the material wholesale such as "I, (name), am the author of this article, (article name), and I release its content under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 and later."--Fuhghettaboutit 12:56, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Editing

    The problem I have is that after editing my article does not remain permanently on Wikipedia. Apart from the core criterias that I have respected, do you know what could be the reason?? Ty —Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.202.93.248 (talk) 12:58, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Sorry no, we can't help you much presently because you haven't told us the name of the article and you're editing here under your IP address so we can't search for deleted articles you created. Very generally, you can take a look at Why was my article deleted?, but we can answer much more specifically if you tell us the exact name of the deleted article.--Fuhghettaboutit 13:04, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Perhaps you forgot to press the 'Save page' button and looked only at the preview. Guido den Broeder 13:52, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Lifeline Expedition

    I have written a piece about the Lifeline Expedition, but the 4th paragraph does not seem to have worked properly and has gone in one long line in a frame. Could you tell me how to sort this out? Many thanksDlpott 14:38, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I fixed the formatting (that happens when you leave space before beginning a line).
    like this
    On another note, your article needs to be cleaned up a bit. I'll review it later and try to improve the formatting. Leebo T/C 14:45, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Distinguished Flying Cross list of Recipients

    Gentlemen, I would like to submit my father's name to the list of Distinguished Flying Cross Recipients. His name is Robert Jackson(no middle name). U.S. Army Air Corps, 10th Air Force, 351st Bombardment Group(medium), 490th Bombardment Squadron. China-Burma-India Theatre of Operations. 1944. This is straight from his DD-214. Thank you in advance for your efforts. Regards, Thomas G. Jackson

    Son of a B25 Tail-gunner. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.25.142.225 (talk) 15:03, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Wikipedia is a wiki. Anyone may edit it. If you have a reliable source to support your claim, you may add him to the article as long as you cite that source. Leebo T/C 15:06, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    It appears that you where trying to add your fathers name to the Category:Recipients of US Distinguished Flying Cross, here which isn't a "list of Distinguished Flying Cross Recipients", but is a category, categories are populated from their articles, for example the article about Michael Collins (astronaut) at the bottom of the page you will see the categories that are relevant to his article, in order for your father Robert Jackson to have this category an article must be written about him that demonstrate his notability. see, Wikipedia:Notability (people) on what standards are used. Thank you.▪◦▪≡ЅiREX≡Talk 17:37, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Getting Involved with WikiProjects

    Although I edit pages regularly, I am not very knowledgeable about much that goes further from that. What are some of the ways that I can become involved in a WikiProject, for instance, WikiProject English? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Oddmartian2 (talk • contribs) 17:56, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    The main aspect of WikiProject involvement is editing articles that fall under that project's scope. You may want to go to a project's page and look through the article's that it covers for ones to improve. Most projects have a "to-do list" of activities that anyone can do at any time. Regarding WikiProject English, I don't think such a project exists, but there is a WikiProject Regional English dialects. Is that what you were referring to? Leebo T/C 18:00, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    That project appears to be currently inactive. --Tλε Rαnδom Eδιτor (tαlk) 18:07, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    True. Hopefully, Oddmartian can clarify what he meant. Leebo T/C 18:08, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I'm pretty sure that I saw a WikiProject English somewhere that involves improving spelling and grammar. I'll have a look. Oddmartian2 18:39, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Wikipedia:WikiProject Grammar and Wikipedia:Typo might apply. :) --Moonriddengirl 19:41, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Thanks--WikiProject Grammar is what I was thinking of. Oddmartian2 14:07, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Also see Wikipedia:Cleanup for many other ways to get involved. --Teratornis 23:11, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Posting while logged in

    What additional steps are needed after logging in to post an edit using my logged in identity? It seems 50-75% of the time after I log in, any edit I make appears as an "anonymous edit" and displays my IP address. Since I'm editing pages involving known criminals and possible terrorists, I really love that my IP address is displayed every time I make an edit so these savory individuals can hunt me down for a friendly chat. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Factcheck 4uwingnuts (talk • contribs) 18:13, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    If you are getting logged out unknowingly, that is a problem with your computer or your Internet browser. Wikipedia will not log you out. Also, I'm not sure your username is really an appropriate choice. Leebo T/C 18:25, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    • Nothing further should be needed. Checking your talk comments I don't see anywhere where your IP was recorded - can you name a page? Remember to sign your name (on talk pages) with four tilde marks ~~~~ (like that) to put your user name against the comments though - it stops the bot signing them. I also echo Leebo that your username would seem inappropriate. Would you like help on changing it?Pedro |  Chat  18:29, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Ah, didn't read it that way. The editor asked what additional steps he needed after logging in, and the answer is none at all as the only way his IP can now be checked is via a 'crat at RCU. As you say his browser could be logging him out for whatever reason and that's the issue. Pedro |  Chat  18:36, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Right, his issue is that he gets logged out while editing, so the edit he thought was going to be attributed to him is instead attributed to his IP address, which he'd rather not be showing. Understandable. However, like Pedro says, there are no additional steps involved after logging in for staying logged in. Leebo T/C 18:40, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    • I have never lost my login during a session if I check "Remember me" at login. If I don't check it then I sometimes lose the login without noticing it. But it can depend on your browser settings and other things. If you are alert then you can check that the top of the page displays your user name before clicking "Save". If your user name is not displayed then log in again. PrimeHunter 18:42, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    • It seems inappropriate because it would appear that you are referring to the editors you are factchecking as "wingnuts". Doesn't really have a collaborative spirit. Leebo T/C 18:45, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]


    I was shocked and offended by the username of the first editor I came into contact with after registering, but of course "he did it too" is not an excuse. I wasn't aware that my username had to be anything other than non-profane. How do I change it?Factcheck 4uwingnuts 18:50, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Goto WP:RENAME and make a request▪◦▪≡ЅiREX≡Talk 18:54, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    You may also want to read Help:Logging_in#How_to_log_in, it may be a cookie problem, to test to see if you are logged in, click the "my contributions" link that is located at the very top when you are logged in you should also see your username ▪◦▪≡ЅiREX≡Talk 18:51, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    How can I

    block other users comments/emails?

    hellllp!

    Éowyn Alestrii 18:41, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    You cannot. Wikipedia relies on a system of transparency and open communication. If specific editors are leaving you inappropriate comments or emails, you can report them to administrators after warning them. Leebo T/C 18:43, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    The only message you have received on your talkpage is a Welcome message, if you are taking about BetacommandBot removing fairuse images from your userpage with the message "Removing fair use image used outside the mainspace per WP:NFCC" that you received here it because you cannot use fairuse images on your userpage only freeuse images, see Policy #9, Restrictions on location, here▪◦▪≡ЅiREX≡Talk 19:17, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    You can avoid emails by clicking Special:Preferences, clicking "User profile" (probably already selected), and unchecking "Enable e-mail from other users". But it appears from Special:Emailuser/MurtaghxMisery that emails are already disabled. This does not affect edits on your talk page. PrimeHunter 21:26, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    an external link?correction?addition?

    hi folks, at the end of the Cindy Sheehan information there are two external links; one "official" and one "unofficial" - the latter is a man in Oregon (with the best of intentions, i think) but he does NOT have any direct connection to the Cindy Sheehan campaign. at the request of Cindy and her sister DeDe i have created a google group which anyone can sign-up for:

    //groups.google.com/group/cindy4congress

    which will keep them up to date. Can we add this link as the "official" google group supporting Cindy's campaign?

    thanks buddd 19:03, 6 September 2007 (UTC)


    we really need folks to contact us directly - not just sign on to an unofficial site where their information doesn't actually help the campaign!

    I removed the unofficial link, as per Wikipedia:External links, which states that links should to be officially related to the subject and that they should be reliable sources. Leebo T/C 19:13, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Entry for famous gays and lesbians

    I have posted a name on the list for famous gays and lesbians and it seems to disappear or someone is erasing it. How does one resolve the erasing of an entry? Am I posting the name incorrectly? When the entry is made the name remains in red while the others are in blue, then POOF the entry is gone. Aimthehun 19:07, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    It seems you're trying to add Jude Schell. When the link is red, it means there is no article for that individual. Notable individuals typically have articles written about them, so that may be leading people to remove it. If you want the entry to stay, you should provide a reliable source that indicates Jude Schell was in fact a notable gay/lesbian person. Leebo T/C 19:09, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people/P-S is only intended for people who already have a Wikipedia article, as said in Talk:List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people/P-S#Red Links.. PrimeHunter 21:21, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    New redirect

    Will you help me redirect "Miyako Itou" to Miyako Itō, please?

    Sure thing, just a second. Leebo T/C 20:21, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Done. All you need to do is create the redirect page with the content #REDIRECT [[Miyako Itō]]. See Wikipedia:Redirect for more information. Leebo T/C 20:24, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    about using wikipedia

    Hi

    how do i post a new article in wikipediaMjb1854 20:23, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    See Wikipedia:Your first article and Help:Starting a new page. Note that your account must be at least four days old in order to create a new page. Hersfold (t/a/c) 20:25, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm pretty sure the 4 day wait only applies to moving pages and editing semi-protected pages, and not page creation. Leebo T/C 20:27, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    redirect

    I'm trying to make a redirect from "Miyako Itou" to Miyako Itō, but if I create it, I'm worried that it may be declined. Can you help me, please?

    Miyako Itou already redirects to Miyako Itō in response to the request a couple of sections up. PrimeHunter 21:13, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Protection from Editing

    Hello, Can I protect a Wikipedia article from being edited ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rhmistry (talk • contribs) 20:30, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Administrators can protect pages, but only in circumstances that meet our protection policy guidelines. See Wikipedia:Protection policy. Requests can be made at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection. Leebo T/C 20:32, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Image identification assistance

    Is there any kind of mechanism for assisting editors with identifying the subject of an image? I have numerous high-resolution images of various insects that I'd like to upload to Wikimedia Commons, but I have no idea what the pictures are of. I could upload the image and then request help from WikiProject Arthropods, but I can't provide a descriptive filename without knowing the name of the insect. Also, my primary goal in uploading an image is to improve an existing article ... without knowing the species depicted in each image, I can't make use of the images. Any suggestions? Black Falcon (Talk) 20:42, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    hmmm,I don't know of such a mechanism, you could try uploading to a free image hosting site like imageshack click the "resize image" checkbox and provide the links to the WikiProject Arthropods talk page for identification, just an idea ▪◦▪≡ЅiREX≡Talk 21:29, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Side efftects of ICD

    I would like to know of any side effects from the implantable ICD? Has there ever been any deaths related to this device.

    I would like to know ASAP. Thank you for your time in this matter. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.229.175.37 (talk) 21:40, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I'm sorry, but we cannot offer medical advice. I'd suggest speaking to your doctor or cardiologist. Hersfold (t/a/c) 21:43, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Headline

    How do I change the Headline to my entry. I put in a Colon (:) and I dont want it there? Also, is the search function of Wikipedia case sensitive? thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by ODYSSEY: Driving Around the World (talk • contribs) 21:51, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I'm not sure what you mean by "entry", but if the colon is on a page, you can edit the page to remove it. If you're talking about your username, you can go to WP:CHU and request a change.
    The search function is EXTREMELY case-sensitive, which is why we often have redirects for capitalization mistakes. If what you searched for does not match exactly to a page title, you'll get a bunch of results instead. Hersfold (t/a/c) 21:58, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    ODYSSEY: Driving Around the World has requested a user name change to get rid of the colon. Wikilinks are completely case sensitive except for the first character. The "Go" button below the searchbox (which is also activated by Enter) is partly case sensitive and will sometimes not go to an article with other capitalization. The search function on the "Search" button ("GO" also results in search if it doesn't find an article to go to) is not case sensitive. For example, we both have ICE and Ice. A search on "ICE" [7] or "ice" [8] gives the same results with the same order and relevance: Ice hockey is currently the first result with relevance 100.0%, Ice is second with 70.7%, and ICE is 55th with 9.3%.[9] Don't ask me how relevance percentage is computed or what the people who decided or coded it were smoking at the time. PrimeHunter 22:48, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Publishing my article

    Dear Sirs,

    I have created the article below and wonder how can I make it accessable via the search engines, such as Google?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=H._E._Eng._Hassaballah_El_Kafrawy&oldid=156136481

    Kind regards

    A.elkafrawy 21:52, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    The article is immediately available on search engines, although it may not appear immediately due to caching problems on the search engine's part. Hersfold (t/a/c) 21:55, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    It's pretty fast but I believe Google and other search engines must first spider this site, find the new page and then catalogue it in its index. In any event, I don't think there is anything you can do to speed up or aid in that process.--Fuhghettaboutit 00:58, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Inactive, Vandalism-only accounts

    When I checked "What links to here" of my user page, it came up the talk pages of users whose only edit was the edit was the one I gave them warnings to. That was a few months ago (but in a case it was 3 days ago). Should I let those accounts to rot? --Samuel di Curtisi di Salvadori 22:10, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Might as well. Most vandals don't come back for a second shot anyway. Hersfold (t/a/c) 22:16, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Creation

    I want to create an article under the name "Small Talk," but the process is so convoluted that I just can't figure out how to do anything. I can get to sandbox, but I'm ready to write, and I'm done writing random things in the sandbox. Please help —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kev g48 (talk • contribs) 23:25, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]


    That didn't really help very much. Can you just teach me how to start an article? I've seen all that information so many times, and every time it doesn't get me any closer. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kev g48 (talk • contribs) 23:42, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Before creating an article, please search Wikipedia first to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject. Please also review a few of our relevant policies and guidelines which all articles should comport with. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite to reliable sources which verify their content and must not contain unsourced, negative content about living people.
    Articles must also demonstrate the notability of the subject. Please see our subject specific guidelines for people, bands and musicians, companies and organizations and web content and note that if you are closely associated with the subject, our conflict of interest guideline strongly recommends against you creating the article.
    If you still think an article is appropriate, see Help:Starting a new page. You might also look at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation.--Fuhghettaboutit 23:35, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Looking at your contributions, I am guessing that the article you want to create is on the "small talk" subforum at PBNation. Unfortunately, that does not look to be a good prospect for an article. It's possible that PBNation itself has been significantly written about in multiple, independent, reliable sources (which is what is generally required in order to write an article on a topic), but it strikes me as highly doubtful that a subpage discussion forum of that larger website has ever been written about in any detail in any reliable sources. Of course, I may be wrong about this. But please take to heart that standard and only write if the subject meets it.--Fuhghettaboutit 23:47, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Edit Counter Update times?

    Greetings,

    How often is Interiot's Edit counter (aka Tool1) updated? It seems not to be completely updated to the moment...

    Thanks,

    Perfect Proposal Speak out loud! 00:15, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Tool1 is never updated as it scrapes contributions directly off of Special:Contributions. —[[Animum | talk]] 00:18, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Interiot's counter is based on the toolserver, which has been having server problems for the past few days. According to the site now, MySQL on the database server crashed. Most likely that is the problem. Mr.Z-man 00:21, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    If it is down completely, an alternate quick version (no details, no breakdown, just page count) is available here: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/query.php?what=contribcounter&titles=User:YOURNAMEHERE While it is not super-helpful, when nothing else is working, it at least shows the total edit count. (Note that it includes deleted pages/edits that Kate's doesn't, so counts will not match up when comparing the two.) Ariel♥Gold 01:36, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    montmorency football club

    I am the website administrator for montmorencyfootballclub.com.au and I went to an effort to put our information on wiki only now to find some narrow minded person has deleted my information with no proof or foundation. They have made themselves wiki police. I am upset as i was not communicated with before this deletion from some"RN" who "Knits". They should find something better to do than delete things they have no knowledge of or rights to do so. I have forgotten my wiki logon Very upset Ed203.12.64.254 00:30, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    It was deleted because most of the text was copied directly fromhere. Wikipedia takes copyrights very seriously and text copied directly from another website is a copyright violation. Mr.Z-man 00:44, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Very upset Ed is talking about me. Yes, I am an RN, and yes, I knit.
    The article deleted was Montmorency Football Club, which was tagged (not by me, by Whpq) as a copyvio of http://www.sportingpulse.com/club_info.cgi?client=1-3913-48160-0-0&sID=46088&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=3929724&sectionID=46088 . It was tagged on August 30 at around 2200 UTC, and I deleted it as a copyvio about five hours later.
    He's welcome to recreate the article in his own words or to follow the procedures at copyright problems to license the site's content under the GFDL. However, he left a personal attack on my webpage, and if he does it again he will be blocked. - KrakatoaKatie 00:51, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    New redirect

    Will you please redirect "DOA3" to "Dead or Alive 3" like I've been desiring for months, now? Please? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.14.216.60 (talk) 23:47, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Done: DOA3.--Fuhghettaboutit 23:50, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    If you created an account, you could do it yourself after 4 days. Corvus cornix 16:03, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Why 4 days? Unless I'm very mistaken, page creation requires no waiting period, but now I've seen two people say that it does in the last day. Leebo T/C 16:07, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Page creation requires no waiting period, but page move does. This is to avoid move vandalism. Corvus cornix 17:24, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Another redirect

    Will you please redirect "DOA2" to Dead or Alive 2? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.14.216.60 (talk) 00:11, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Done. --Silver Edge 00:17, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Another new redirect

    Could you redirect "Totani" to Kōji Totani, please?—Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.14.216.60 (talk) 00:41, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

     Done Totani And please do not put the {{helpme}} request here on this page, that's for use on your own talk pages. Thanks! Ariel♥Gold 00:45, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]


    September 7

    merging articles

    Could you please merge Ju Ji Hoon with Joo Ji Hoon? I don't know how to merge articles. Sorry. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.14.216.60 (talk) 01:08, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Done. For future reference, that's something that can be done even without an account. The steps are here :) --Moonriddengirl 01:27, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    shortcut

    Is a redirect, when it has to do with Wiki, like a shortcut? 24.14.216.60 01:25, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Sort of, yes, it is usually a common misspelling, pronunciation, or other variant of an article's name, that leads to the most likely article desired. Sometimes, it is not what the person is looking for, and at the top of the article, they will usually find a link to alternate articles with same or similar names, or a link to the disambiguation page to assist them. Ariel♥Gold 01:26, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Yet another redirect

    If you ever have time, could you please redirect "Lee Min Gi" to Lee Min Ki? 24.14.216.60 01:26, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

     Done Lee Min Gi Cheers, Ariel♥Gold 01:30, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    -_- You're done, huh? -_-

    Never mind! ♥ Thank you!♥ You know, I feel like I'm making new friends on Wikipedia!♥ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.14.216.60 (talk) 01:30, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Done, please check your talk page for information about signing your posts. (At the top right, click on 'my talk') Cheers, Ariel♥Gold 01:32, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Citing my sources

    Hi, I recently edited an article on Plato, and I was wondering how I can cite my fact. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Schipbob (talk • contribs) 01:39, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    See reliable sources, citation, and citation templates. Hope that helps! Ariel♥Gold 01:47, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Hey, i just tried one of the templates for a book, but i dont know where to insert it. if you would just look on the Plato page under the sub topic, "The State", you will see the problem. please help! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Schipbob (talk • contribs) 02:00, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Fixed.[10] PrimeHunter 02:11, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Thanks a bunch, now how did you do that? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Schipbob (talk • contribs) 02:13, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    You have to put your references inside <ref>{{Cite web template here}}</ref> tags, without them, it does not work as inline refs. This is explained in the citation page here Hope that helps! Ariel♥Gold 02:16, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    (edit conflict) Look at the edit link I gave. A template use must end with }}. Citations are usually enclosed in <ref> ... </ref> (there are other methods). Then the software automatically places them in a reference section (if it exists) with links back and forth. See WP:CITE#Footnotes. PrimeHunter 02:20, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Another redirect (almost forgot)

    Will you please redirect "Victor and Moritz" to Evil Twins (Crash Bandicoot) and put the article on Evil Twins (Crash Bandicoot) back as an article?

    24.14.216.60 02:24, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]


    New redirect 2

    Will you please redirect "Jimmy Lin" to Jimmy Lin Chih Ying? 24.14.216.60 02:45, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Done. {{Helpme}} is for user talk pages. There is no reason to use it here. If you register then you can make redirects yourself. PrimeHunter 03:05, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Induction hob

    Dear Sir(s),

    I live in Trinidad & Tobago and I am interested in buying an induction hob. Our current here is 110/220 volt 60 Hz. In Holland I am able to buy a hob for Euro 700.00, but it is made for 50 Hz. Since a hob has no moving parts, is it possible to install such a hob here in Trinidad where we have 60 Hz and what are the consequencies? My e-mail address is fariesta@tstt.net.tt or henkklaverweide@yahoo.com – —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.108.11.253 (talk) 03:11, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Please try the Reference Desk. --Boricuæddie 03:24, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I wish to delete a photo

    I wish to delete a photo that I took and posted. I originally posted it as "Impatiens pallida.jpg". Another user, who feels it's actually a different species renamed it "Impatiens capensis yellow form.jpg" [11] and re-uploaded it. While I disagree with his assessment (as do a botanist I was hiking with when I took the photo, and another online botanist friend of mine), I do not wish to belabor the taxon of this specimen and would prefer it simply be deleted from Wikipedia. How can I go about doing this? ++Arx Fortis 05:58, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I am going to give you my best answer, but I've never encountered this, so I am unsure if it's the correct answer. My apologies if I steer you wrong. I hope somebody will come along who knows definitively. It seems from the GNU license posted on the image page that you may not have the right to rescind your permission and request deletion of the file. The GNU license states that "Arx Fortis on the English Wikipedia project has granted permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License." Reading that license, it seems that the steps for modification have been properly followed, including explaining the change and crediting you with the original. While the license indicates you do not "assert or imply endorsement of any Modified Version," I think that you may have relinquished the right to object. Nevertheless, there is a deletion process on Commons where you might be able to explain your reasoning and have the image deleted. Here is the policy guiding deletion on commons, and here is the page to request it. I have no idea if such requests are common or how it might be received. Good luck, and, again, I hope somebody comes by who has a definitive answer for you. --Moonriddengirl 12:09, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Two different pages about Jönköping University

    Hi!

    I represent Jönköping University in this matter.

    While checking that information about our University is correct on Wikipedia we discovered that there were two pages for it, one called Jönköping University - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B6nk%C3%B6ping_university (that is the correct one) and one called University College of Jönköping - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_College_of_J%C3%B6nk%C3%B6ping (that is the faulty one).

    Because our official english name is Jönköping University we would suggest that the page University College of Jönköping is removed and that Jönköping University links to the swedish page - http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%B6gskolan_i_J%C3%B6nk%C3%B6ping - and the swedish page links to the english one (Jönköping University).

    For facts visit http://www.hj.se and http://www.hj.se/eng

    If you have any questions in the matter, email me at magnus.palm@hs.hj.se .

    Regards
    Magnus Palm
    Webmaster
    Jönköping University
    —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.10.187.224 (talk) 06:26, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I made the "faulty" page into a redirect of the other one, and merged the information. I also inter-wikied. THE DARK LORD TROMBONATOR 09:02, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    clearing search history

    how to clear search history? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.100.205.102 (talk) 08:15, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    If you are using internet explorer 8, click tools on the menu followed by delete browsing history and the click on delete cookies and it should delete all of your wikipedia history --Sunderland06 19:48, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Adding an information box in an academic page

    I would like to know how to add the information box that appears on the right hand side of most college and university pages. This box usually has an image of the school's seal and logo, as well as the motto, colors, establishment date, enrollment information, etc. I would like to add this for a school that does not currently have one. Thank you. 71.255.157.141 08:19, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Addition to request above

    My apologies for not being more specific in my first submission. The page I would like to add the academic informational box to is for Franklin Pierce Law Center. They already have a page in Wikipedia, but I would like to expand on it. Thank you! 71.255.157.141 08:25, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    You can use Template:Infobox School. Just add that template to the article and fill out the required fields. --Silver Edge 09:21, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    You may also want to check out the other infoboxes in Category:Education infobox templates, as there may be a more specific one for this kind of institution. Since it appears to be a law school, Template:Infobox Law School would seem like an appropriate choice. --Pekaje 13:14, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Hiding

    Morning all. Just a query - is it possible to hide the section at the top of the page that says what the page is called? Eg this page I am on now says Editing Wikipedia:Help desk (comment). Thanks in advance, THE DARK LORD TROMBONATOR 08:53, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Add the following code to your monobook (User:The dark lord trombonator/monobook.js):
    h1.firstHeading { 
   display: none; 
}
    Then to finish, bypass your cache by pressing Control + Shift + R (in Firefox). Sebi [talk] 09:01, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks... about the monobook... what am I supposed to put in there, other that the code? I've just used whatever default setting is there until now. Oh, and I only want it on one page - does that make a difference? So, it becomes like the Main Page. THE DARK LORD TROMBONATOR 09:06, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    ATTEMPTING TO ADD PHOTO, TEXT DISAPPEARS!! HELP!!

    I was trying to add a photo to the Tiger Stadium (Detroit) page, and at least half the text disappeared. What the heck happened??? —Preceding unsigned comment added by DaBigMotor (talk • contribs) 11:36, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    • Fixed sort off. One picture does not a gallery make, so I'll revisit and see if it can go somewhere better. Can you give me some more info or a caption for the picture? The reason was that you entered a carriage return after the </ just before the word "gallery" - this broke the markup on the page. It's no big problem - thanks for advising the help desk! Pedro |  Chat  12:00, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
      Further I've moved the image up the page to be more relevant - I see it's from 1968 (ignore my request for a caption I saw your upload comments) so it belongs neatly in the history section. There is another photo there that looks similar but I'll let other editors who know the subject decide if we want one or two images. Please note that you will need to reslove the licence information (as per the automated message on your talk page) or the image will be deleted. Thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia, and again thank you for reporting the problem to the helpdesk. Pedro |  Chat  12:09, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    hanover, germany

    hanover,germany —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.227.177.213 (talk) 12:37, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Do you have a question? :) --Moonriddengirl 12:44, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Hanover, Germany!--VectorPotentialTalk 12:48, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Watchlist a page please

    Andy Reid (footballer) had BLP vandalism last for a week before I happened by and reverted it. I'd hate to semi-protect it so can a responsible editor please watchlist the page? Thanks a lot. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Xiner (talk • contribs) 13:05, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I don't mind watching it. Done. Leebo T/C 13:17, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    For your information WP:FOOTY have an article watchlist for situations just like yours. Wikipedia:WikiProject Football#Articles that need watching is the link. Woodym555 14:45, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks. It's a low-activity page so hopefully it won't burden anyone. Cheers. Xiner (talk) 15:18, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I contributed to an entry or two, but my signature does not appear ---- Why?

    I contributed to the entry on model theory, and some others, and I signed my entries. However, my signature (wikisbtr) does not appear. Why is that? --131.151.20.163 13:31, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Because we do not sign our entries. You sign remarks on this page, or on a talk page; but actual articles are a collective document, and are not signed. If you did leave a signature in one, it will have been removed by the next editor who spotted it. Nobody owns an article, or even a passage therein; "If you don't want your writing to be edited mercilessly... by others, do not submit it". --Orange Mike 13:35, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Right now you are not logged in, and this is your first edit from this anonymous IP address. We can't look at the edits you've made if you don't tell us your previous account or IP address. There is no User:Wikisbtr. Can you tell us what your name was? Leebo T/C 13:38, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Do you mean your user name is Wikisbtr ? I can't see that you've created a user name like that [12]. To greate an account just go here. To sign your name on TALK pages (like this one) use for tildes ~~~~. As above, you don't need to sign edits to articles. Pedro |  Chat  13:40, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Keep in mind that he may not be familiar with Wikipedia jargon, and was possibly referring to something else, like the history page, when using the word "signature". Leebo T/C 13:41, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Nevermind, he was talking about the model theory page which he really did sign when contributing as User:WikiSBTR. As Orange Mike said, we don't sign articles. Leebo T/C 13:44, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    That must have taken some digging - nice one! Pedro |  Chat  13:46, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Spam

    How can I stop a spammer from usurping my e-mail address to request that that you send me a new login password for the English Wikipedia?

    LROS 14:16, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Not sure what you mean when you say "usurping". How could a spammer usurp your email? Leebo T/C 14:25, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    It is most likely that someone wants to use the username LROS. So, they keep clicking the "I forgot my password" link and it is sending emails to the current owner of the username LROS. Nobody is usurping anything. -- kainaw™ 14:29, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    You can just ignore them, the password won't get changed unless you actually follow up on the procedure in the email. If you get tired of receiving the emails, you can use your email program's spam filtering mechanisms. Corvus cornix 16:07, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Biased Article

    How to i flag us that an article may be biased and impatial? JP 14:43, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Possibly with {{pov}}, and if it appears that there is a conflict of interest, with {{coi}}. Less obvious cases might better be tagged with {{POV-check}}. You should probably leave a note on the talk page explaining your issue, unless it's extremely obvious. --Pekaje 14:54, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    bgcolors

    I want to change a background color on The Wire page to correspond with the Season 4 DVD box, I noticed they listed the colors as something to the effect of bgcolor="999999", so I wish to change it to a cardinal red type color and need the proper numbers to do so. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Conradege (talk • contribs) 14:50, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I usually go to this site for hexadecimal color codes. However, I'm not clear on what you wish to do. What part of the article do you want to make red? Leebo T/C 15:02, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    The hex code you want for pure red is #FF0000 - however per Leebo I think you might want to discuss on the articles talk page or here before changing the background colour of info-boxes or similar. Pedro |  Chat  15:19, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Entry not appearing

    Hey there, I submitted an entry yesterday for "Waffling" and it never got posted. Did it get deleted for some reason? I believe I followed the instructions properly.

    Please let me know. Thanjs —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.150.14.236 (talk) 15:16, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I assume you have a registered account with which you did this, but you are currently logged out. Can you specify your account name or the exact article name? Waffling is a redirect to Waffle (speech) and has been since before yesterday. Leebo T/C 15:20, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Oh, I see. You went to articles for creation and proposed a different Waffling article. It was rejected with the comment by User:Lucid "We cannot accept unsourced suggestions or sources that are not reliable per the verifiability policy. Please provide reputable, third-party sources with your suggestions. Third party sources are needed both to establish the verifiability of the submission as well as its notability. Leebo T/C 15:23, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Entry not appearing part 2

    hey... no i'm not a registered user. i thought i had created a new article on waffling but then it didn't appear. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.150.14.236 (talk) 15:25, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I expanded my comment above. You did not create a new article, you proposed an article to registered users, but it was rejected because you did not provide reliable sources to back up the claims you made in the proposal. Leebo T/C 15:26, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Homosexual

    This is NOT a wierdo speaking. I am serious. I would like to know where I can find out information regarding WHY Homosexual, mainly men-gay men, (I am a 40 yr. old Nurse-Woman) seem to speak like they do. I am interested in finding out WHY most gay men SOUND the same and act in a feminine manner? I am curious, that's all. I am not a wierdo nor do I have any intentions other than finding out WHY? Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.229.178.135 (talk) 16:26, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    This page is for help with using Wikipedia. The reference desk is for fact-based questions. Leebo T/C 16:30, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Most don't. As to your question, like Leebo said, you can get a more factual answer on the reference desk. -- Kesh 16:58, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    We don't care whether or not you are a weirdo. It's pretty weird to be answering questions on the Help desk for free, so we can't very well be knocking people for being weird here. As to your question, you could start by reading Camp (style). It's difficult to know what "most" gay men do, but presumably the ones you will notice are those who behave differently than you expect men to behave, depending of course on how finely tuned your gaydar is. (Mine seems to be quite poor, or at least it was when a fairly close friend of several years surprised me with his admission. I had no idea, just as I seem nearly devoid of any sense of style.) --Teratornis 18:33, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Heres what appears to be a stupid question

    (diff) (hist) . . Talk:Microsoft Excel‎; 16:16 . . (+168) . . The juggreserection (Talk | contribs)

    the part in bold, what exactly is that?The juggreserection 16:27, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    You added 168 bytes of content to the article in question. Leebo T/C 16:28, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    ahhh...i see.The juggreserection 16:30, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Actually I believe it is 168 characters, I think it was changed a while back. Prodego talk 22:09, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Malayalam

    Is Wikepedia available in malayalam language? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.93.25.114 (talk) 16:34, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    here. :) --Moonriddengirl 16:37, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Requested Username - Successful or Not??

    Hi, I requested a username on 5th Sept. I haven't had an email with a password, nor one that says I was unsuccessful.

    Who do I go to / what link is provided for me to ask a question as to whether I have been given the requested username or not? Z 87.113.83.27 17:16, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I recently had a username change, one day I just couldn't log in. I logged in with the name I had requested and there it was. I'm sure it will be the same for you. ::Manors:: 17:26, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Which name did you request? Manors, he's not referring to a username change. If it was rejected, it would be listed at Wikipedia:Request an account with a rejection reason, probably not emailed to you. Leebo T/C 17:30, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Hi. Presuming that your e-mail server didn't snag a message from Wikipedia in some sort of spam protection, the first thing you might want to do is check the logs to see if there was a problem with the username you requested; as Leebo says, from September 5th, it should still be listed at Wikipedia:Request an account. You can also look at the creation logs here to see if the username appears to have been created. If it's there, you might be able to generate a new password at the login screen. Otherwise, your best option might be to try again. Good luck. --Moonriddengirl 17:33, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    OK the username has been created but I get the message "Login error: Incorrect password or confirmation code entered. Please try again." when I use the password that I entered on sign-up. I don't have an email with a confirmation code and it hasn't dropped out of my spam box! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.113.83.27 (talk) 17:55, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I have requested a new password "A new password has been sent to the e-mail address registered for "Zaphod B". Please log in again after you receive it". I've looked in my dump email account (specially created for Wiki registration) and NO EMAIL. So it looks like Wiki's system has the wrong email address?

    OK - so what do I do now? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.113.83.27 (talk) 18:34, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I don't see any other options at Help:Logging in than to create a new account. :( --Moonriddengirl 18:40, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    vikipedi

    tr:Vikipedi:Danışma masası —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kutu su (talk • contribs) 17:43, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Do you have a question? You seem to refer to the Turkish Wikipedia. Note: I inserted a leading  : character into your interlanguage link to stop it from placing an improper "in other languages" link on the Help desk page. --Teratornis 18:22, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    OK, I think I see what you were trying to do. You were trying to add a link to the Turkish Wikipedia Help desk to the "in other languages" sidebar on the English Wikipedia Help desk. (Please confirm my guess, as I cannot read Turkish.) If that is what you were trying to do, we can do that properly. --Teratornis 18:37, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I think that was the intent, as the "English" link on that page is to this Help desk. Leebo T/C 18:39, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I added the link: tr:Vikipedi:Danışma masası to the Wikipedia:Help desk/Header page. --Teratornis 18:53, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you. :) --Kutu su 18:58, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Neah Bay Washington Page

    Hello, I'm a Makah indian living in Neah Bay. I have been inspired to add to the pages for Neah Bay. I have ideas about the new memorial Fort for the veterens as well as the Makah Fisheries projects. I may need some help with submitting my updates or additions. I'm now getting some supportive help from my peers Thank you Ray Colby —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.206.232.197 (talk) 17:48, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Hi. Thanks for choosing to help out. :) When you feel an article needs improvement, please feel free to make those changes. A good starting point for finding assistance might be on the talk pages of the articles you plan to improve, but many of the changes you'd like to make may be easier than you think. Wikipedia is a wiki, so anyone can edit almost any article by simply following the Edit this page link at the top. You don't even need to log in (although there are many reasons why you might want to, especially if you want to create new pages). The Wikipedia community encourages you to be bold in updating pages. Don't worry too much about making honest mistakes — they're likely to be found and corrected quickly. If you're not sure how editing works, check out how to edit a page, or use the sandbox to try out your editing skills. New contributors are always welcome. --Moonriddengirl 17:58, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    InfoBox for Kibbutz (Eng) is too restrictie - need to enhance

    How can I update an issue in Wikipedia configuration? The template for kibbutzim (English), i.e., {{Infobox Kibbutz |, is limited and incomplete, it does not have many of the items in the Municipalities template, nor in the Kibbutz template (Hebrew). For instance, there is no means to add and define items such as pushpin map 

    |pushpin_map            = Israel
|pushpin_label_position = <!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none -->
|pushpin_map_caption    =
|pushpin_mapsize        =135

    or 

    |timezone               = 
|utc_offset             = 
|timezone_DST           = 
|utc_offset_DST         = 
|latd=32 |latm=59 |lats= |latNS=N
|longd=35 |longm=55 |longs= |longEW=E
|elevation_footnotes    =  <!--for references: use <ref> </ref> tags-->
|elevation_m            = 
|elevation_ft           =

    or 

    |subdivision_type       = Country
|subdivision_name       = {{ISR}}
|subdivision_type1      = [[Districts of Israel|District]]
|subdivision_name1      = [[Tel Aviv District|Tel Aviv]]
|subdivision_type2      = Region
|subdivision_name2      = [[Gush Dan|Dan metropolitan region]]

    How can Info Box options and behavior be modified? Atleast to equivalent of Hebrew page, if not Municipality Box

    Many thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by SZAgassi (talk • contribs)

    While we are not supposed to edit other people's entries on this page, I added some <pre> tags to format your template code examples in the way you probably intended. What you are asking to do falls into the rather arcane world of template coding. I will look for some references for you. --Teratornis 18:03, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Go to this page: Template:Infobox_Kibbutz to edit the template. ::Manors:: 18:04, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    However, be careful if you are not familiar with template editing. One small mistake could break every page that uses {{Infobox Kibbutz}}. I don't read Hebrew so it may be difficult for me to look up the template(s) on the Hebrew Wikipedia that you compare to {{Infobox_Kibbutz}} on the English Wikipedia. Given that both Wikipedias use the same MediaWiki software, I would imagine the template coding should be similar. Presumably, you could just copy the wikitext of a template from the Hebrew Wikipedia to the English Wikipedia, and translate all the field names and values from Hebrew to English. I would guess the MediaWiki markup codes should be the same in both languages (but I don't know that for a fact). If you are new to template programming you may not understand what I'm talking about, in which case your best bet might be to visit WikiProject Israel and ask if ayone there knows Hebrew, English, and MediaWiki template coding. --Teratornis 18:15, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Content Question

    I understand that most people will probably already know the answer to this, but I don't. I was viewing the page on wet t-shirt contests and there was an image of a woman in a wet t-shirt. Are wet t-shirt photos considered pornographic or age-restricted? No one I've asked has been able to answer the question.

    Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.76.128.71 (talk) 18:28, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    This may be a question for the Reference desk, however note that views and laws regarding pornography and obscenity vary widely by location. --Moonriddengirl 18:34, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    That's not really a question that Wikipedia would be concerned with. What is pornographic or offensive may differ based on personal feelings or morals. In the case of that article, the image accurately depicts a wet t-shirt contest, so it is encyclopedically appropriate. Wikipedia is not censored, so you may occasionally find material that would be restricted on other sites if it is of encyclopedic use here. For instance, pages related to human anatomy are not censored, though such images would usually be restricted. If you want to know if there is an official distinction related to pornography standards, maybe the reference desk users could help. Leebo T/C 18:35, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    (edit conflict) I'll answer it. The article is Wet T-shirt contest, and the picture under discussion is Image:Wet T-shirt.PNG. I don't know if I'd consider that picture pornographic because it does not show naked skin, though I do find it objectionable according to my religious standards. Notwithstanding, it is permitted on Wikipedia because Wikipedia is not censored. Shalom Hello 18:38, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I decided it was my solemn civic duty as a selfless Wikipedian to review the photograph in question. I regret to report that after extensive scrutiny I cannot decide whether it is pornographic. However, I think I am falling in love. Does the woman in the photo like nerds? --Teratornis 05:20, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    All seriousness aside, if you want a version of Wikipedia suitable for children, rather than a version which might inspire the production of more children, see:

    Broken template?

    The {{selfref}} template seems to be broken. It just produces {{{1}}}. Or am I not using it correctly? Are we supposed to add parameters? If so, they should be documented at Wikipedia:Template messages/General.--Shantavira|feed me 18:39, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    The usage and documentation is at Template:Selfref. Leebo T/C 18:40, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    But basically the documentation says that, yes you need a parameter - the self reference to be avoided. For instance this 
    {{selfref|The Wikipedia Help Desk [[Wikipedia:Help desk]]}}
    includes this page's link, but the selfref template keeps it from being rendered as one. Instead it renders like this:
    The Wikipedia Help Desk Wikipedia:Help desk
    Alfrodull 18:58, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    The Wikipedia:Help desk link renders as bold and non-functional because we're on the Help desk page. You can't link to the page from here. Leebo T/C 19:24, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Article marked for deletion?

    IS the article for Interactive Intelligence marked for deletion? We have complied with the guidelines - what else can we do. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Interactive Intelligence (talk • contribs) 19:17, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    It is not currently marked for deletion. It is, however, tagged with a notice saying that it is written like an advertisement. I'd suggest you read the following policies: Wikipedia:Conflict of interest, Wikipedia:Weasel words, and Wikipedia:Spam. Cheers, Arky ¡Hablar! 19:21, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    (edit conflict) We've discussed this. I have deleted the article because it was still advertising. I informed you that it is not appropriate to write an encyclopedia article about your own company. Let uninvolved editors write it if you are notable. Leebo T/C 19:22, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    So should I not have created an account and just submitted my information for posting by an unbiased individual. Please explain I find this very confusing. --209.43.1.25 19:39, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    If you want a suggestion, I would recommend that you propose Interactive Intelligence at articles for creation. Please do not concern yourselves (the company) with writing the article. That is not an appropriate means of writing an encyclopedia article. Other companies do not write their own articles (and when they do, the articles are deleted). Leebo T/C 19:50, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Articles for creation is for unregistered, anonymous editors. :) Registered users might want to go through



    Wikipedia:Requested articles. --Moonriddengirl 20:48, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Well, that account shouldn't be used anyway. It's a username violation, but I didn't block it due to the communication here. Leebo T/C 20:51, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    How do I get our account canceled? --209.43.1.25 18:01, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    user talk: Sunderland06

    Am i allowed to delete warnings from my own talk page? --Sunderland06 19:45, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Yes. See Wikipedia:User page#Removal of warnings. --Moonriddengirl 19:47, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    physical geography

    –what is the latitude of the vertical direct rays of the sun —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.242.239.119 (talk) 20:00, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    This page is for help with using Wikipedia. This looks like a question for the reference desk. Leebo T/C 20:03, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    The sun can only be directly overhead if your latitude puts you somewhere between the tropic of Cancer and the tropic of Capricorn. The particular day(s) of the year when the sun becomes directly vertical at zenith would depend on your latitude. See: Circle of latitude#Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. --Teratornis 23:37, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Listing our firm

    I have gone through the help, and it is not clear on how to list our company here.

    Thank you —Preceding unsigned comment added by Axisgroup (talk • contribs) 20:09, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    If I were you, I'd take a look at Wikipedia:Conflict of interest. Creating a page for your own company is not allowed. Cheers, Arky ¡Hablar! 20:14, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    If your company meets notability guidelines, you might want to post a request at Wikipedia:Requested articles. --Moonriddengirl 20:35, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    From your contribs, it looks like you already at least have an external link at Facade. Alfrodull 21:37, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I "do not have permission" to view main page source, but I can anyway

    I guess I don't need "help," really, but I don't know where else to put this.

    When I click on "view source" (I'm not an admin) on the main page, it says:

    You do not have permission to do that, for the following reasons:
    • This page is currently protected from editing because it is transcluded in the following pages, which are protected with the "cascading" option enabled:
    Main Page/1
    Main Page/2
    [etc.]

    Then is the standard "This page is either protected or semi-protected" spiel, and then is, as usual, the main page's source code in an uneditable gray text box! --zenohockey 21:44, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    You don't have permission to edit the Main Page. By clicking on "view source", you essentially clicked what would be the "edit" tab in unprotected pages. Hence, MediaWiki is telling you that you don't have permission to do that, with "that" being editing the page. You do have permission to see any page's source, though. That said, the wording is quite clumsy. Titoxd(?!? - cool stuff) 21:51, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Blanked for now, is it used for anything useful? or should it just stay gone? Prodego talk 21:54, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    That message is MediaWiki:Permissionserrorstext, which appears to be a general message. I wouldn't delete it unless I knew that it wasn't used for anything else. Titoxd(?!? - cool stuff) 22:00, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I am operating under the principle that there is always going to be a 'because' message below it anyway, so it is redundant under any situation. Prodego talk 22:05, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    ?

    Uh, what's "Uncyclopedia?" That must be a pun on "Encyclopedia." More importantly, it sounds like a goofy word. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.14.216.60 (talk) 21:57, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    See Uncyclopedia. Corvus cornix 22:00, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    It is not only a goofy word but a goofy wiki. For example, instead of a Village pump as we have on Wikipedia, they have a Village dump. Good silly fun. --Teratornis 22:57, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    New article

    Will you let me know when the article for Risa Hayamizu is ready? I just started that article and I'm hoping for it to be accepted.

    24.14.216.60 21:59, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Getting BORED!

    When are you going to have the article for Risa Hayamizu ready?!—Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.14.216.60 (talk • contribs)

    Patience, young padawan. ^_^ —[[Animum | talk]] 22:18, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
     Done. --Boricuæddie 22:22, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    human anatomy&physiology

    What does the term mean deep? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.79.239.251 (talk) 22:22, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Try the Reference Desk. --Boricuæddie 22:27, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    More on Risa

    Will you make a redirect for Risa Hayamizu and call it "Lisa Hayamizu" for me, please? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.14.216.60 (talk) 22:25, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

     Done. --Boricuæddie 22:27, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    apology

    I'm sorry for accidentally vandalizing wikipedia. Can you forgive me? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.14.216.60 (talk) 22:56, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    For a price. --Teratornis 23:24, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    According to m:Conflicting Wikipedia philosophies#Rehabilism we should forgive you if you henceforth strive to edit constructively. The fact that Wikipedia deliberately encourages vandalism by allowing anyone to edit reflects a deep faith in the essential goodness of human nature. Or perhaps a deep faith in the power of guilt to motivate former vandals to go straight. Or maybe it reflects nothing in particular. --Teratornis 23:30, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    A deep faith in the power of WP:RCP and WP:BLOCK? -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 23:41, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I forgive you. Go forth and sin no more. For penance, you must do the following:
    • create a user name for yourself:
    • do not make any anonymous edits: log in first.
    • go to Wikipedia:Community Portal and check out the "help out" section.
    • make at least five constructive edits. even trivial spelling corrections count.
    If you are a young editor (12 years old or less), then you are an especially valuable resource. You should read the lead paragraph of twenty random articles. If you cannot understand the lead paragraph then the article needs to be improved: edit the article's discussion page to add a comment that the lead section cannot be understood by a 12-year-old.
    Welcome to Wikipedia. Please help us. We need you. -Arch dude 02:01, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    If you cannot understand what "lead paragraph" means, see: WP:LEAD. Also, I think Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak did some rambunctious things in their days of misspent youth. There wasn't any Wikipedia to vandalize back then, I think they sent prank messages by telegraph or was it smoke signals. Historical inaccuracies aside, you'd better shape up because you wouldn't want to end up like those guys. --Teratornis 05:25, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Copyright tag

    How do we add a copyright tag to an image which my Allenstone uploaded? I created the image and I want to grant unlimited usage to any and all viewers. My wife took the picture, titled BRANFORD MARSALIS AND RAY REACH 2.JPG. Anyone may use it in any way they wish.

    Thank you,

    <removed>

    Please answer me at: <removed> —Preceding unsigned comment added by Allenstone (talk • contribs) 23:19, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    If you want to 'grant unlimited usage to any and all viewers' it sounds like Public domain is the license you want. Simply copy and paste the following code into the image description page: {{PD-user|Allenstone}}. You will also be able to remove the code which says {{di-no license}}. Next time, please add a copyright tag to images when you upload them. Wikipedia:Upload will help you choose the correct tag before you upload the image. Also, I have removed your address and e-mail from this page to protect your privacy. next time, please sign your messages with four tildes, like ~~~~. This will automatically insert a signature so we can tell who posted the message. Thanks. Raven4x4x 02:01, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I've added a description to the image description page at Image:Branford and Ray.JPG, since that appears to be the version used in the article on Ray Reach. Feel free to correct any part of it. GeeJo (t)⁄(c) • 14:48, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    can't add proper citations because most of the article has been removed for lack of citations!

    Article: Buddy Sheffield. This is a living person bio. I have cites and references but don't know how to add them and cannot access the full article. Apparently it's been taken down for lack of cites and references. You see the problem. Please advise. Thank you —Preceding unsigned comment added by Libbylibbylibby (talk • contribs) 23:22, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    It's still there in the history. You can access and edit older versions of the page (directions behind bluelink), but be sure not to leave in material that isn't properly sourced with third party verification. With biographies of living people, when in doubt, leave it out. :) --Moonriddengirl 23:28, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    September 8

    Article deleted

    I submitted an article that was factually correct and it has been deleted. How do I get the article put back on to wikipedia? The article concerned a man named John Kimble. Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by LittleReddog (talk • contribs) 01:29, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    The article was probably not notable, he isn't even on the first links on google except the, now deleted, article by you, see [13]. Jeffrey.Kleykamp 01:34, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    There was also consensus to delete the article because of his lack of notability, see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Kimble. Jeffrey.Kleykamp 01:36, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    (edit conflict) :This article has been deleted several times and has now ben protected to prevent its recreation. The discussion that led to its deletion can be found at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Kimble. The [logs show] that it has been deleted and protected by User:Sandahl. If you have reason to believe that he conforms to the Notability guidelines then contact the administrator to see whether he thinks he should be recreated. Woodym555 01:38, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Jude Stringfellow

    I am a book editor for a company where author Jude Stringfellow has published three books. I am trying to make her a Wikipedia page, but I'm not sure I'm doing it correctly. First of all, I signed up Stringfellow rather than myself not realizing that they wanted MY address, and she accepted the invitation. I didn't know I was making her a page at the time. So it is under jstringfellow. I would like that fixed so she is not the one making the page.

    I wish to add her to your site. She is an author and national key-note speaker. I wish to do this correctly. Please go to the area and see if I am doing it correctly. If I am, please post it. I would also like to add her biography sections such as her date of birth, things like that, but don't know how. Thanks. You can write me at: email redacted —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jstringfellow (talk • contribs) 01:57, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]


    As you state you are an editor in the company that publishes her, you should read our conflict of interest guidelines. As for writing a biography on her, be sure she satisfies our notability policy and guidelines on biographies of living persons.
    Someone else may be able to explain how to get the account name changed, or it may be better to just create a new account of your own. -- 68.156.149.62 12:43, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    You need to cite third-party references for everything you've said in the article. Nothing there is backed up by sources, and it sounds like a press release. -Wooty [Woot?] [Spam! Spam! Wonderful spam!] 00:44, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    US Petrochemical

    I created a page for US Petrochemical and it was deleted twice.

    I listed it in the name of Houston Companies. It was not spam and it was in the same category of the other companies listed amongst Houston Companies. If this was spam why is Wikipidia not deleting the other companies? And as a Energy Trading Company it had more relevance to the Houston economy exporting millions of dollars of products from refineries in Texas and creating jobs. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 1hotrod (talk • contribs) 02:48, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Please see Why was my page deleted?.-- 68.156.149.62 12:35, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Looking into it further, the article was first deleted as spam, then deleted again with the note: Speedy deleted per (CSD a7), was an article about a company or corporation that didn't assert the importance or significance of its subject. This means your article did not show how the company satisfies our notability policy, more specifically the guidelines at WP:CORP. -- 68.156.149.62 12:40, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    research

    Im trying to find who to ask about why my additions to a page keep getting deleted though it is factual and documented information. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jaipate (talk • contribs) 03:19, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I assume you mean the addition of Jai Pate to September 15. The page is intended for people considered notable by Wikipedia. There are only 15 Google hits on "Jai Pate".[14] See also Wikipedia:Conflict of interest before making edits about yourself. PrimeHunter 03:31, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    In general, when adding people to a list such as that, it's expected that they have existing articles on Wikipedia. Please also make sure that the person you are adding is notable and the the information you are adding is confirmed with reliable sources. Hersfold (t/a/c) 03:31, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    That's funny, why didn't that get an edit conflict? Hersfold (t/a/c) 03:32, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    On a side note, if you want to be wished a happy birthday on your birthday by fellow editors, I'd suggest you take a look at the Birthday Committee's page and add yourself to their calendar. Cheers, Arky ¡Hablar! 03:36, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Adding rows to existent tables

    How do you add a row to an already existent table? (For example, if I want to add an episode to the episode guide of The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, how do I do it. I've been using the keyboard codes and shortcuts the exact same way they are in the previous rows, but it gets messed up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Crocketmeow (talk • contribs) 03:19, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    You use:
    |-
    |
    to do what you want, adding the content after the "|" Prodego talk 03:23, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Problem getting latest version of uploaded JPG to load in articles

    I have been creating charts for various pages related to polling data for the upcoming U.S. Presidential election. For example, see: Mitt_Romney_presidential_campaign,_2008#First_Six_Republican_Primaries_and_Caucuses.2C_plus_California_and_New_York. Right now, using my Firefox browser, for Iowa and South Carolina, a previous version of the image appears in the article, but when you click into the images themselves, they clearly reflect the most recent upload. Is anyone else able to reproduce this problem on their browser? I tried clearing my cache and refreshing the page several times. --Rpilaud 05:54, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Check it now. I purged the servers and I think it's working now. Hersfold (t/a/c) 06:03, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I got around the problem by changing 700px to 701px for each image, but that's a lot more work than I should have to do to get it to recognize a change to an image. I appreciate the purge, but I don't think that fixed it. So that an example still exists, I will revert the above link back to 700px to show an example.--Rpilaud 06:10, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I think your problem may be your browser cache. I've had that happen numerous times, and it can be quite frustrating. Try the instructions here (if this is a regular problem, this extension may come in handy). In very rare cases it can be almost impossible to purge an image thumbnail cache from the Wikimedia servers, but I have found that a null edit on the image description page can do the trick. --Pekaje 09:37, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I've tried clearing the cache, making the cache 0MB, purging the page using ?action=purge, loading in a different browser, a dummy edit and a null edit and nothing seems to be updating the image. Is anyone else having the same problem? That is, when _you_ load the page, do you see the pink line showing data for Undecided voters? --Rpilaud 01:06, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Fixed it for at least one of them. I actually had to purge the thumbnail itself. In Firefox you can do this by right-clicking the image, selecting "View Image", and appending ?action=purge to the thumbnail cache URL. Tedious, but very occasionally necessary. --Pekaje 13:52, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Pictures on this site is not being able to see on webpages

    sir,

    The pictures on webpage is not visible

    please reply me why is it so

    07:51, 8 September 2007 (UTC)07:51, 8 September 2007 (UTC)07:51, 8 September 2007 (UTC)07:51, 8 September 2007 (UTC)07:51, 8 September 2007 (UTC)Udaymani

    I'm seeing pictures fine. What problem are you having? KTC 07:59, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    it may be because of lots of things, say if you are using shared or networked computers were the administrator has blocked images in wikipedia, or you might have blocked them yourself by right clicking on an image and choosing "block images from wikipedia.org", however I am not aware of the solution, try another computer maybe?, check if any who runs your pc hasn't blocked images on wikipedia?.--KerotanLeave Me a Message Have a nice day :) 08:01, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Edit Conflict on article

    I was looking at recent changes and this person started editing Visual kei, they made big changes which deleted all the references. I reverted back, but they don't agree, so i'd like to get someone else to look at this please. Thanks. Phgao 08:21, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I have dealt have with it. see this diff:[15] —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kerotan (talk • contribs) 08:32, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you! Phgao 08:37, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Well, they will not stop. I'm not sure what to do. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Visual_kei&diff=156447178&oldid=156445997 Phgao 08:43, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    SUSTAINABLE LOGGING

    I am looking for some peer reviewed articles on sustainable tropical forest logging 2007 , and am unable to find any, could you help please —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.137.233.136 (talk) 09:28, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Google Books

    How do we feel about adding Google Books links to footnotes? See this edit, for example. It looks to be done in good faith, and I can see it might be useful: but presumably it should be something we do consistently across Wikipedia or not at all. That's why I'm asking for a second opinion here at the help desk rather than seeking a more local consensus on the article's talk page. Anyone have any thoughts? AndyJones 09:46, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Seems incredibly helpful to me. Kappa 11:48, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Fair enough. I won't touch it, and we'll see what others make of it. AndyJones 12:12, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Now I'm just lost

    OK, so I was instructed to paste some kind of code into my monobook to get the title of each page NOT showing up. Following instructions at WP:MONOBOOK, I attempted but did not succeed. This is probably a good thing, as I do not want the title of all pages to go away, just one particular one (a user subpage of mine). I am attempting to recreate the Main Page, and it would be nice if we could make the title go away. Can anyone help me with this? Heck, is this even the right place? THE DARK LORD TROMBONATOR 10:34, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I think your best bet to get a definitive answer is to ask at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical).--Fuhghettaboutit 14:45, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Categories

    Can someone show me how to create a category or give me a link to a page which shows how? --Thanks DerRichter 11:38, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    One way is this: add the category tag to a page, e.g. put the tag [[Category:Green stuff]] in the page Grass. Then you will see a red link to the category at the bottom of Grass. Click on the red link and it will allow you to create the category, e.g. you might type "This category contains green stuff" and put it in [[Category:Stuff by color]]. Kappa 11:45, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    See also Wikipedia:Categorization FAQ. Kappa 11:50, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    war

    why are showing something about how poeple died from a mistake about to much fuil will guss what I bet right now some man is fight for every one's right to be free and, your talking about that men that just died becouse of to much fuil.Will men die for our fredom. How would you Like it if you would have died for our fredom and now body carse becouse, men died from to much fuil. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.196.181.15 (talk) 11:54, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    This is a page for questions about how to use Wikipedia, not a soapbox. -- 68.156.149.62 12:48, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Uploading pictures

    Can I upload a picture onto Wikipedia just to use it in another site or does it have to be for an article? NFreak007 13:34, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Wikipedia is not image hosting service, images should be used in articles, even if these articles are user pages. try photobucket.--KerotanLeave Me a Message Have a nice day :) 13:49, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Alternatively, provided the images have some potential use, and aren't just snaps you took of friends at a party, for example, you may wish to upload them at Wikimedia Commons. Make sure to be clear about your choice of licence, and add it to any categories you believe to be relevant. GeeJo (t)⁄(c) • 14:57, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Deleted Page

    After spending 3 hours making a page on Pi-Con, the largest sci-fi con in my area, I find that it has been completely deleted without a trace. There was some notice about non-notability, which is ridiculous. Pi-Con is the largest convention in the area! How can it be non-notable? I did what it said with the hold on tag and the explanation on the talk page, but still poof, three hours of work gone. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fireheart (talk • contribs) 14:34, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Did you create the page under a different username? Because your account has never edited an article named Pi-Con. -- 68.156.149.62 14:42, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Deleted pages do not appear on that list. If you look at User talk:Fireheart, you'll see the notice of speedy placed on it. :) --Moonriddengirl 14:46, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    D'oh. I never noticed that deleted pages are gone from contributions. Thanks! -- 68.156.149.62 15:24, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Not a problem. Confused me the first time I ran into it. :D --Moonriddengirl 15:25, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm sorry. Having put many an hour into Wikipedia projects myself, I can well imagine how frustrating that must be. :( I'll note that an article on Pi-Con has been deleted twice, today and several months ago. The deletion log for today indicates there was no assertion of notability made within the article. I can't access the text, so I don't know if you made an assertion of notability that qualifies per the guideline on notability (organizations and companies). If you feel like trying again, maybe you'd like to seek feedback at the drawing board before posting it? Good luck. --Moonriddengirl 14:44, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Fireheart, would you like me to restore the article to your userspace where we can help you work on it until it's ready to go to the encyclopedia? Leebo T/C 15:01, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    That's a nice offer. :) --Moonriddengirl 15:04, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I guess Fireheart would want that anyway... It's at User:Fireheart/Pi-con. Leebo T/C 15:11, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Articles must assert notability outside your "area". A local coffee bar may be the biggest in my area but it has no significance outside it. Wikipedia is not a local directory. Asserting notability with third-party sources is the best way to keep your article from being deleted. -Wooty [Woot?] [Spam! Spam! Wonderful spam!] 00:39, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    request to block/delete a user account

    Hi,

    I would like to request the immediate cancellation/deletion of the account "dyjodee" and, if possible, the reversal of any edits that were made using this account. This account was created by my 10-year-old nephew, Stephen, without my knowledge. With it, he has spoofed my identity on this site and has even put up my personal information. While some of the updates that he has made may be factual, like any child, he has an overactive imagination and often makes up stories and writes them on this site as facts.

    I sincerely apologize to you and to your site visitors for any inconvenience this may have caused. I'm hoping for your prompt action on this matter.

    Thanks and best regards, —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dyjodee (talk • contribs) 14:48, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    You signed using that account. Is this a joke? Jeffrey.Kleykamp 14:55, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm sure any of the inappropriate content has already been handled, so there is nothing else to do. Accounts are not deleted. Leebo T/C 15:03, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Note that the questioner explicitly states that it was this account. The thrust is that the personal information at User:Dyjodee is not about the user who created the account, but their aunt. To Dyjodee, while we can't delete the edits to Mainspace articles (provided they weren't offensive or revealed personal information) due to the terms of the GFDL, you can ask an admin to delete the account's Userpage by placing {{db-user}} on User:Dyjodee, which will remove your personal details from view. The account will remain, but if you (for example) scramble the password in Special:Preferences, your nephew will be unable to use the account in future. GeeJo (t)⁄(c) • 15:06, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Gone ahead and deleted the Userpage, and left a note on the User's talk page about possible further steps. GeeJo (t)⁄(c) • 15:20, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    To Jeffrey, no this is not a joke. I chanced upon this page while surfing and asked for the password from my nephew, since I don't have an account myself. Thanks GeeJo and Leebo for the info. I'll do as you suggested and scramble the password.

    wikitable sort

    Why are only the first 3 columns sorting at List of Chicago Marathon Winners?--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 15:14, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    The problem appears to be the following line in the table:
    |-
| 1987 || colspan=3|ran as half marathon || colspan=3|No Marathon
    When I deleted that line in the table and previewed it, all the table columns became sortable. I guess the table sorting code does not deal gracefully with colspan modifiers. This might constitute a bug worth reporting, or perhaps someone already reported it, in case anyone cares to check. --Teratornis 15:26, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I should probably point out that I did not save my edits to the table after I previewed the effect of deleting that line. The table, and its sorting problem, remain as before. --Teratornis 16:18, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks. I will get to it during the week.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 21:10, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Japanese characters

    Where's the page on Wikipedia to request that an article have Japanese characters added? The article in question is Kosei Ono. Thanks in advance, and please reply on my talk page. --Montchav 15:53, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    See the entries in the Editor's index under the "Japan/Japanese" heading just below WP:EIW#J. --Teratornis 16:25, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    How do I contribute to Wikiquote?

    I wish to contibute to Wikiquote for the article about the film Tears of the Sun. How do I do this?Rickhavoc1 17:11, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Go to *English Wikiquote, open an account and have fun.--Thw1309 17:16, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    can someone fix the edouard manet page for me??

    Something is going wrong with my browser (at least that's what I'm assuming is happening), and it is cutting off the text of wikipedia articles when i open them with the edit button. I keep accidentally deleting huge chunks of teh Édouard Manet article and now I can't put it back because I can't open the entire article in the edit function to revert it. I'm at a public computer so I don't really care about troubleshooting, but I do want to undo the damage I've done. Calliopejen1 17:22, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Ideally, could you put it back to the 17:08 version? :) Calliopejen1 17:23, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
     Done [16] by Etacar11 (talk · contribs). Cheers, Arky ¡Hablar! 17:44, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Help

    hello i need some help please im at college and have been set and assignment i dont need help finding the information but i have found the page i need within this site and i need to write who maintains the website but were abouts do i find this information on the website please could you email back to <email removed for security>

    thanks you chelsey —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.64.24.69 (talk) 18:04, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Wikipedia is maintained by the Wikimedia Foundation, but the foundation does not have an active role in writing the articles - the act of writing and updating the articles is left to the users of the site. If you have a question about the article, you can leave a comment on the article's talk page, which you can get to by clicking the "discussion" tab at the top of the article. Hersfold (t/a/c) 18:21, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Go to the article you're wanting to cite. On the left hand side of the page is a link that says Cite this article. Click on that link and you'll get a page with all the information you need to properly cite the article. Note, however, that most teachers will not accept Wikipedia as a source. You're better off looking at the References section on the article and citing from those. -- 68.156.149.62 18:37, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    My Photos / Would like to Contribute

    I would like to contribute some of my own photographs to Wikipedia to enhance an article. How do I this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.28.107.221 (talk) 19:09, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Go to the Wikimedia Commons, create an account, and upload them there. You can then access them using the same syntax as images on Wikipedia: [[Image:TITLE]]. --Max Talk (+) 19:26, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Make sure to upload them under an appropriate licence, or the image may well be deleted shortly after you upload it. GeeJo (t)⁄(c) • 00:45, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    redirected to malicious website

    just a few minutes ago i was looking at the info on vanessa hudgens and was redirected to a winvirusscan site which tried to download crap onto my computer. what pracctices are in place to protect against these attacks? i think the info on vanessa hudgens needs to be disinfected. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dwrogers77 (talk • contribs) 20:02, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    What article exactly were you on, this one? Were you on Wikipedia or a mirror site, or did you click on a link at the bottom of the page or a reference? Also, was the redirect inside the window, or was it your own virus scan software downloading an update as virus scan software does occasionally? Jeffrey.Kleykamp 20:16, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    The only way that could happen is if you clicked on an external link that had the malicious material. It wouldn't happen while you viewed the Wikipedia page unless you already have some kind of virus that would do that. When clicking on external links, you should be aware that they are not under Wikipedia's control. Leebo T/C 20:21, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    dang...yes, it was that one. I was on Wikipedia, and i think it was indeed an external link. i guess it was another reminder to be extra careful when i'm on the internet. no harm done, at least my firewall and security suite software didn't pick anything up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dwrogers77 (talk • contribs) 14:59, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Help with tables

    Can someone help me with this: User:Hdt83/Sandbox. I want to move the user boxes to the right of the userpage section and its baffling me why its not working properly. Thanks in advance. --Hdt83 Chat 21:13, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Tamao Satō (related) questions

    About new article

    Will you please let me know when he article on Tamao Satō is ready, that is, if it is accepted, of course?

    24.14.216.60 19:40, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Pardon me if this sounds blunt, but there's nothing stopping you from checking, correct? It's not really the help desk's job to watch pages for you and tell you what happens. Also, I see you constantly requesting for help desk users to create redirects or check on your requested articles; Why don't you create an account? Then you can do all of this without coming to otherss for help. Leebo T/C 19:49, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    About new article again

    I had put sources on the article I started. Why did you decline it anyway? 24.14.216.60 20:38, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Please do not use the {{helpme}} template here, that is for use on your talk page. Your article was declined, as explained in the submission entry, because it did not have reliable, third party sources. Sources such as personal websites or fansites/blogs are not generally considered reliable, and are not third-party sources. Please review the above guideline to fully understand this. Thanks, Ariel♥Gold 20:58, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Need help

    I can't seem to creat an article on Tamao Satō without it being declined. Can someone help me?

    Please do not use the {{helpme}} template here, that is for use on your talk page. Your article was declined, as explained in the submission entry, because it did not have reliable, third party sources. Sources such as personal websites or fansites/blogs are not generally considered reliable, and are not third-party sources. Please review the above guideline to fully understand this. Additionally, please review the notability requirements for biographies. Thanks, Ariel♥Gold 20:59, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Anonymous user, if you propose the Tamao Sato article again after it has been declined with the same submission, you may be blocked for a short period. Your actions are disruptive; please read what people are telling you. Leebo T/C 21:09, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Getting angry

    I've been trying to creat an article on Tamao Satō, and it has been declined twice, now. You probably are refusing to accept even though it has a source, right?! RIGHT?!

    If it is not accepted this time, I'm going to get angry! 24.14.216.60 21:33, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    It's actually been declined 3 times. Twice is too many anyway. It doesn't have a reliable source. Anime News Network is not enough to sustain an article on its own. Leebo T/C 21:39, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    You can get angry all you like, but it's not affecting the fact that no reliable, third party source have been provided with the entries everytime it's been submitted. Read why it's been declined, address the problem, then submit it again. Not submitting the same thing every single time, and wondering why it keep getting declined. KTC 21:43, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Speaking of

    Speaking of being blocked for a short period, that probably means I'll be blocked from editing temporarily, right?

    24.14.216.60 21:35, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Well, read why it's being rejected and talk to the user who rejected it. We here at the Help desk can't help with that, it's not our collective decision. Leebo T/C 21:37, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Explainations for trying to create article

    I've been trying to create an article on Tamao Satō, because I only want to support Wikipedia. Why do you keep rejecting it? :( —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.14.216.60 (talk) 21:40, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Please stop creating new threads for the same discussion. You've been told why it was rejected. Because you provided one source, Anime News Network, which is not reliable enough to sustain a whole article. Leebo T/C 21:41, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Getting upset

    Well, if you're not going to accept my article, then I guess I won't be creating articles anymore! But if there are like a million articles being vandalized, don't come crying to me! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.14.216.60 (talk) 21:42, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    It is being rejected because it dosen't have enough reliable sources. Anime News Network is not enough to establish notability. More reliable 3rd party sources are needed to establish notability. --Hdt83 Chat 21:43, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    There's no reason to get upset. Listen to us and talk. Use the existing discussion instead of starting a whole new thread. Leebo T/C 21:45, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    .......

    I guess someone else will have to create the article Tamao Sato for me. It is probably no use if I tried to crate it, because I found some info on her website, too, and if you won't accept Anime News Network as being the only source, fine! Because it said to include at least 1 source! Maybe you don't want me creating articles anymore!

    If that's true, then fine! But don't yell at me if you end up having a bankrupt because of little support!

    24.14.216.60 21:46, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    We do want you to create articles, but Wikipedia will not go bankrupt from not having new articles. Wikipedia receives money from fundraising, not directly from article creation. Leebo T/C 21:49, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    The English Wikipedia is not the only wiki you should consider. If you read and write Japanese, see if the Japanese Wikipedia wants the article, or already has one on this topic. If the Japanese Wikipedia has such an article, with adequate sources and so on, you could translate it to the English Wikipedia. If you do not speak Japanese, try another wiki that is not part of the Wikimedia Foundation. See: wikiindex:Category:Anime; for example, you could try Anime Wiki. Many wikis that specialize in a particular topic accept articles in their topic area with fewer hassles than you get on Wikipedia. --Teratornis 22:42, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]


    I have a question

    Does the Internet Movie Database count as a third-party reliable source? I'm not very sure whether or not it is, because I'm trying to start the article again. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.14.216.60 (talk) 21:54, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    The IMDB is alright, but it's not entirely reliable. More sources would be needed than just ANN and IMDB. Sorry if this is frustrating, but new articles should be held to high standards too. Leebo T/C 21:56, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    It should also be noted that some of the content on IMDB can be edited by anyone once they create an account. AngelOfSadness talk 21:57, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    The same is true of ANN, which is why it's also not considered reliable for some things. News articles are different from the fan-edited encyclopedia pages. It would be like using Wikipedia as a source. Leebo T/C 21:59, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    As mentioned, since anyone can edit IMDB, they do tend to (quite often) add false/unsubstantiated/unverifiable information to IMDB. Because Wikipedia is based on verifiable information, IMDB is not considered a WP:RS, however, Wikipedia has a template to add an actor/film's entry from IMDB to the external links. The template is: *{{imdb name | id=number | name=First Last}} (You must go to IMDB and look up the item's ID number yourself). Hope that helps Ariel♥Gold

    TVRAGE

    Is TVrage a reliable source? Can you list all of the reliable third-party sources? Please? 24.14.216.60 22:01, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I'm not sure about TVrage, but listing all reliable third-party sources would be impossible. That list would include just about every newspaper and online news organization. I recommend you read Wikipedia:Reliable sources if you want info on what makes something a reliable source. Leebo T/C 22:07, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Check out the many links in the Editor's index under: WP:EIW#Source. This one looks interesting, but not necessarily relevant to the question:
    --Teratornis 22:32, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    More to say

    I try not to do anything wrong, and I want to help you.

    24.14.216.60 22:35, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    See: WP:WWMPD#If all else fails, try another wiki. As I mentioned above, please see: wikiindex:Category:Anime; for example, you could try Anime Wiki. Many wikis that specialize in a particular topic accept articles in their topic area with fewer hassles than you get on Wikipedia. You can develop your anime articles on Anime Wiki, probably with less fear that they will be deleted while you are still working on them. Later you can ask us to look at them over there, and we can tell you when they are ready to meet Wikipedia's requirements. Everybody wins. Anime Wiki runs on the same MediaWiki software as Wikipedia, so you only have to learn one wikitext markup language. --Teratornis 22:48, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    If you had an account, which I've been encouraging you to do this whole time, you could create articles yourself in your userspace and move them to the encyclopedia when they're ready. You haven't said why you won't create an account though. Leebo T/C 22:51, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Should I create Tamao Sato article another day? I mean, those were the only sources I could find. 24.14.216.60 22:56, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I have an idea! How about a wiki user creates Tamao Sato for me? :) 24.14.216.60 23:01, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Please, respond by clicking the [edit] link next to "More to say". Why dont' you want to create an account? Leebo T/C 23:03, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    You might have to wait until you have reliable third party sources for those sources. A lot of the content with those sources was made by fans so it's a mixture of fact, fiction, and rumours(original research if you will). Creating the article tomorrow(let's say) will be pointless if you don't have reliable third party sources. AngelOfSadness talk 23:04, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Are you talking about this Tamao Sato? As you can see, DramaWiki already has a brief article about her. Why don't you make an account on DramaWiki and edit her article there? Then we can see it and advise you on what it would need to meet Wikipedia's standards. --Teratornis 23:09, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Sources

    I couldn't find any reliable cources for Tamao Satou, so someone else will have to create the article for me either way.

    24.14.216.60 23:18, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I'd encourage you to review the notability guideline for people. Most of the time, if an actress is notable enough, there will be at least a few news articles, reports, etc., about the person. Unfortunately, not all actresses would fit into Wikipedia's notability guideline, and as such, may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. However, there are several other "wiki" type sites given to you above that you can create an account on and create an article about her there. (Note that I have no idea how notable this Japanese actress is, I'm merely speaking generally.) Cheers! Ariel♥Gold 23:22, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    This is getting a little irritating, so I'm just going to help do the research instead of telling this person to do it with reliable sources. This is all I've found so far:
    Leebo T/C 23:36, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Irritating? After only a dozen rehashes? The Google test results depend on the spelling:
    Are we discussing Tamao Satou or Tamao Sato? Are these two different people, or two spellings of the same person? (A Japanese name may not have a distinct English counterpart for all I know.) The latter appears to be much more notable. One would think an actress with 57,800 Google hits would be notable enough for an article here. --Teratornis 23:42, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    They're the same person. The correct spelling for romanization would be Tamao Satō. Leebo T/C 23:45, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks for clearing that up. I could have figured it out by looking at the photograph of "Tamao Sato" in the Tamao Sato interview in Metropolis magazine. (The various articles suggest she is a no-talent actress who makes it on her looks and willingness to work a lot. And she seems to be the actress most hated by Japanese women. She sounds like a Japanese version of Jessica Simpson.) She seems to be notable enough in Japan but is probably not known to many English speakers, since an actor probably needs some talent to go international. I would imagine she has an article on the Japanese Wikipedia already, but I have no idea how to search for her article there. --Teratornis 00:00, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Notability is not really bound by nationality. If she's notable enough for the Japanese Wikipedia, where she does in fact have an article ja:さとう珠緒, then she's notable enough for an article here. Leebo T/C 00:08, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I just had an idea for a reality TV show. Jessica Simpson and Tamao Satō trade places, then we see if either of the lightheaded lovelies harms the other's career while coping with the resulting culture shock. --Teratornis 00:15, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    That's a great idea. Maybe when it airs, it will have a wikipedia article aswell :D AngelOfSadness talk 00:17, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Dictionary

    Do you have a dictionary here? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.36.150.176 (talk) 21:51, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    See Wikitionary. --Hdt83 Chat 21:52, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    (edit conflict) No, not here at Wikipedia, but there is Wiktionary. Leebo T/C 21:53, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Also try the "define:" option in Google Search. For example: google:define:dictionary. And see: WP:DICT. --Teratornis 22:34, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    This is also a helpful website. --Thε Rαnδom Eδιτor (tαlk) 22:54, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    How do I change an article?

    Hi. I'm working on some changes for the entry "Baku (spirit)" and do not know how to proceed. Please see my user page for who I am.

    How does one make those changes? I have rewritten the article offline, using the original material plus a good deal more material including references, links, and several subheadings. Now, normally, I would simply highlight what I want to change on the edit page for the article and paste in the new material. But that seems to be some sort of no-no.

    Second, since I am not a Wikipedian (I'm a subject matter expert, not a Wiki-lawyer), I don't have any idea how to format the references, subheadings, links, and so on. So I need some help with that.

    Third, I could include some images -- in fact, I think they're necessary -- but no matter what copyright policies for Wiki might say, I personally believe that including these images DOES violate copyright. So what should I do?

    Timothy Perper 23:35, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    How about you put your version of the article at User:Timothy Perper/Baku (spirit) so we can look at it and help format it. Just click that link and paste what you've got. It's your userspace. Leebo T/C 23:38, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    accounts

    I know you want me to create an account, but I don't know how to do that, and I don't know if my parents will let me! What if I have to remember a specific password?!

    24.14.216.60 23:38, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I'll help you. I don't think your parents would mind you having an account, since you don't have to give any personal information, not even an email address. Click here, pick a username and a password that you can remember. It doesn't have to be really complicated, make it something you would think of. Leebo T/C 23:43, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    However, you should ask your parents first anyway, since we cannot safely speak for them. --Teratornis 23:54, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Also remember that while there are a number of additional tasks you can perform with an account, you're perfectly free to continue to contribute anonymously. GeeJo (t)⁄(c) • 00:48, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Thank you, Ariel♥Gold!

    Thank you, Ariel♥Gold! You're the best! :)♥♥♥♥

    24.14.216.60 23:41, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    We all know Ariel is great, but this isn't really an appropriate thread for the help desk. Take it to User talk:ArielGold if you want. Leebo T/C 23:48, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Heh, not sure what I did, but Leebo seems to have done some excellent sleuthing and found some good sources, resubmit to WP:AFC using those, with a link here, and it should be approved. Cheers! Ariel♥Gold 00:07, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Sources

    Leebo, Tamao Satou and Tamao Sato are the exact same person. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.14.216.60 (talk) 23:45, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I know that, and that's what I said above. I didn't ask that question. Leebo T/C 23:47, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    September 9

    SNL Celebrity Jeopardy

    I recently encountered the page for SNL Celebrity Jeopardy while going through wikipedia. I noticed that there is a section that lists the episodes and the name of each character in portrayed in them. Missing was 'Turd Fergusson,' an assumed name used as a gag by Burt Reynolds in one of the episodes. This name should of course be noted parenthetically. So, I made the edit and found an admin warning directing me to the talk page.

    The talk page, in large part, consists of numerous users arguing with the admin about this issue. They want the Turd Fergusson edit, he doesn't. They have made the Turd Fergusson eidt, he has deleted it.

    Throughout the talk section, he fails to produce a logical reason why this information should not be included in the episodes section. His main talking-point for me has been that the name was mentioned 'only' four times in the episode, and that other gags are mentioned more frequently in the series. This entirely misses my point. Since the 'episodes' section lists the characters' names it should also, parenthetically, list this assumed name. So what if they did a different sort of gag more times, those gags don't concern the characters' name and hence, if listed, would not be listed under 'episodes.'

    I believe this admin (Croc) is opposing the user consensus and vandalizing the page he is ostensibly supposed to admin. As such, I would like him reprimanded and/or removed by the real wikipedia administration. I would like the REAL wikipedia editors to review the article and talk pages. I have posted links below for your convenience:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebrity_Jeopardy%21_%28Saturday_Night_Live%29#Episodes
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Celebrity_Jeopardy%21_%28Saturday_Night_Live%29 - in particular note item # 19.

    For the moment he has kept the 'Turd Fergusson' edit pending further discussion. However, he has sent me a threatening message claiming that I am engaged in an aggressive 'edit war.' I reject that idea since I hold that he is vandalizing the page by reverting my edit. 141.166.224.83 14:23, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I request that wikipedia review this discussion to resolve the issue. 141.166.227.172 03:19, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Your best bet is to follow our dispute resolution process. -- Kesh 23:27, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Question

    Am i allowed to remove vandalism warnings, copyright image notices, etc, from my user talk page? User:Yamakiri user has threatened to permanently protect my user talk page so that i cant edit it. Can i remove copyright image notices at least? i hope you see this soon. thx Modelun88 00:23, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Getting of tired of going behind him... Anyways, he's removed block notices, and I'm not an admin so I just requested that his page be protected and that he get a block. P.S. he's copied and pasted this on quite a few pages now.Yamakiri 00:41, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    It's not against policy to remove warnings from ones own talk page. While archiving is preferred, removing such notices is permitted. — Timotab Timothy (not Tim dagnabbit!) 00:47, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Users are allowed to remove warnings, please see Wikipedia:User page#Removal of warnings. On the other hand, users are not allowed to make threats, please see Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines#Behavior that is unacceptable. -- Rick Block (talk) 00:47, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I do not beleive that was a threat, I said that I was going to report him and get a RPP on his talk. Anyways it's been sorted out now. Since I couldn't do that how is it a threat? Yamakiri 21:18, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Userbox

    How do you make userboxes?Kitty53 00:44, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    WP:Userboxes should tell you all you need to know about making userboxes. AngelOfSadness talk 00:46, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I'd like to report an article.

    I want to report an article as being false and kindly request that it be removed. The Satanic Ritual Abuse article ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satanic_abuse ) is fueled by far fetched propaganda. In actuality, Satanists are essentially atheists with more structure and Darwinistic values. Rituals are viewed purely as psychodrama - a way for one to stimulate the mind and achieve a desired effect catered to the individual. No magic, no blood, no cannibalism, no sexual abuse and so on and so forth. They are rarely performed in a group, only when the number of people have the same interest. There is no real purpose to ritual, it is meant to be a fun activity with no harm done to anyone. My information comes from my own relations with Satanists, not my personal beliefs. My motivation to request that you remove this article is that it is perpetuating a skewed view of Satanism and furthering the lies promoted by such propaganda. Those who actually wish to research Satanism are often deterred by articles like this one because of the lies it promotes. Satanism is so feared because of the insultingly vast amount of articles like this one. Please do me, and the Satanists who may have been appalled by that text this service and remove that article. Thank you for your time.

    I would appreciate an email with your decision. My email address is as follows: [email removed]

    -Morgana —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fmb426 (talk • contribs) 00:52, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    As long as an article has references and is notable it has a right to be on Wikipedia, at the most you could argue that the article doesn't have a neutral point of view (in which case you should post it on the talk page or maybe change it yourself, that is if you don't have a conflict of interest and are up to rewriting it into a neutral article). Also, why should we e-mail a decision when we can answer here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jeffrey.Kleykamp (talk • contribs) 01:24, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you for your suggestion regarding Satanic Ritual Abuse. When you feel an article needs improvement, please feel free to make those changes. Wikipedia is a wiki, so anyone can edit almost any article by simply following the Edit this page link at the top. The Wikipedia community encourages you to be bold in updating pages. Don't worry too much about making honest mistakes — they're likely to be found and corrected quickly. If you're not sure how editing works, check out how to edit a page, or use the sandbox to try out your editing skills. New contributors are always welcome. You don't even need to log in (although there are many reasons why you might want to).  :) We do ask that you provide sources for new information and discuss potentially controversial changes on the article's talk page in order to help reach consensus. If an item is sourced with a reliable source and you have an equally reliable source that presents a different view, it is policy to provide balance rather than to choose one. Wikipedia strives for neutrality, which can be hard to achieve if the topic is one about which you feel strongly. And please remember to explain your actions in your edit summaries.:) --Moonriddengirl 01:17, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I'd be interested in seeing some sources showing the existence of this atheistic satanism movement you speak. As a lifelong atheist, and someone involved in atheist organizations, the only people I have come across who identify atheists as satanists are certain theists. Atheists don't believe in the devil (by definition) and every one I've ever met would have no use whatever for such rituals and trappings you speak of and would shudder at the idea of engaging in mock satanism, which could only serve to verify the ridiculous notion that atheists are satanists; a notion which again, I have only seen suggested by outsiders with an agenda.--Fuhghettaboutit 13:42, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I've known some Satanist groups who are essentially just a club that performs "rituals" as a method of rebellion and nihilistic self-fulfillment. It's a variant on LaVeyan Satanism satanism: the emphasis on personal power, wealth and material gain over the needs or wants of others. The anti-Christian trappings are more of a symbolic rebellion against society as a whole than any actual religious belief.
    As to the article itself, Satanic ritual abuse has been written about in numerous books and soundly debunked. Just like other conspiracy theories, though, it has gained enough notable coverage in the media that it deserves an article, and the one we have is written in a neutral point of view. Wikipedia does not bury unpleasant facts, and the whole "Satanic Panic" is one of those that we shouldn't forget. -- 68.156.149.62 14:09, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    How do you create a company box

    How do you create a company box on the right side of a definition - for example type vmware... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Greg.wyman (talk • contribs) 01:05, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    See Template:Infobox Company's documentation. Jeffrey.Kleykamp 01:15, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    About edit conflicts

    I just responded above, clicked save, then I looked at the text and an entire paragraph from Moonriddengirl was posted beneath mine without an edit conflict even though, according to the history, my edit came later without me writing between posts, why is this? Jeffrey.Kleykamp 01:31, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Most likely, you edited a section rather than trying to edit the whole page. If you do this, you will avoid edit conflicts, unless (a) someone else is editing the same section, (b) someone else is editing the whole page or (c) you are editing the last section, and someone else is adding a new section that will go after it. — Timotab Timothy (not Tim dagnabbit!) 01:42, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Oh, wait, you mean in the report an article bit section (rather than your edit about company infoboxes). Huh. I don't know. :) — Timotab Timothy (not Tim dagnabbit!) 01:43, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Edit conflicts work by paragraphs (blocks of text separated by a blank line). Moonriddengirl added a blank line before her post, thus creating a new paragraph. You have not, thus your post was added to the previous paragraph, and there was no conflict. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 08:12, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Odd formatting in Polydor_Records using Firefox browser

    I'm not sure whether this is the right place for this, but there is a weirdness in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polydor_Records.

    The Company history contains three subsections. Their [edit] links have floated down over the top of the text of the second sub-section (entitled "PolyGram"). This appears to be specific to the Firefox browser (I am using 2.0.0.6) as it looks fine in IE.

    Regards, Paul. 124.170.8.233 01:48, 9 September 2007 (UTC) Paul C.[reply]

    I've dispersed the images to appropriate points through the text, and that seems to have fixed it for Firefox. Let's hope it still looks fine in IE. :) --Moonriddengirl 02:13, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Just checked. It looks perfectly fine in IE. Cheers, Arky ¡Hablar! 03:00, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Image not thumbnailed correctly

    thumb|right|Image thumb|right|100px|Image This image has not thumbnailed correctly. It shows ok when displayed in other sizes as mediawiki makes a new thumbnail, but for the default (180px) it's failed and just shows a white image. Is there any way to get it to show? --h2g2bob (talk) 03:26, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I don't have an answer, but since this is a copyrighted image, I've turned the images to links. Leebo T/C 04:29, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    On the Flying Spaghetti Monster article I added 1px to 181px it now shows in my browser▪◦▪≡ЅiREX≡Talk 06:05, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I purged the page, the image description page, performed a null edit on the image description page, purged the thumbnail, and cleared my cache. Now it works. This occasionally happens to SVG renderings, though I don't know why. With thumbnail images it's best to not hack a solution, as people might have their thumbnails configured for more than 180px. --Pekaje 14:04, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    downlode

    how to downlode Pagewise A-Z index automaticali. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.95.130.225 (talk) 06:03, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Your question is too vague for me to understand, but you might find something useful in the following:
    If none of those address your question, please explain what you want. --Teratornis 06:18, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    The contents of wikipedia can be found at WP:CONTENTS an a-z index can be found at WP:QI. DeSalvionjr Talk | Contribs 17:55, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Missing or deleted article about William F. Draper, painter

    William F. Draper (1912-2003), was a prominent painter/portraitist who used to have a page/article in Wikipedia. When I checked it today to find out if new information had been submitted, it was gone - but his grandfather, William F. Draper (General in civil war and ambassador to Italy) remained in Wikipedia.

    I wondered if perhaps there was intergenerational confusion that led someone to think there was a duplication, leading to deletion of information about W.F. Draper the artist?

    Thanks

    69.12.248.247 06:24, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Interestingly, William F. Draper does not appear in the long list of Drapers in Draper (disambiguation), but he does appear in William Draper. I don't know where the article about William F. Draper the artist went (the history for William F. Draper does not show an earlier article revision about the artist), but this Google search finds Draper the artist (unlinked) in the article: Pomfret School. --Teratornis 06:36, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I checked the deletion log for William F. Draper and William Draper, with no results. --Teratornis 06:38, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Someone unlinked William F. Draper in this revision of the Pomfret School article. The editor probably noticed the link went to the wrong William F. Draper at that time. Maybe someone can figure out where the William F. Draper (artist) article went (not knowing the exact article title does not help). --Teratornis 06:50, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I tried looking for an old article in the Wayback Machine, with no luck. However, I haven't used the Wayback Machine much, so I might not be searching it correctly. --Teratornis 06:57, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I haven't found sign of an article, but William Franklin Draper painter is requested at Wikipedia:Requested articles/Culture and fine arts#D with a link to [17]. PrimeHunter 22:13, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I have created the article, it can be found at William Franklin Draper. Will add a note to existing William F. Draper article for redirect. Ariel♥Gold 23:00, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Great job! For my trivial contribution, I added links between Pomfret School and William Franklin Draper. --Teratornis 03:02, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    cannot find information

     i cannot find any peer reviewed articles on tropical timber logging, does the

    > site have such peer reviewed articles please? > > richard > —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.137.233.136 (talk) 08:34, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Sorry nothing specific concerning peer reviewed articles on tropical timber logging but here are some related topic I've found

    User blanking their Talk page

    I just noticed a user (Scorpio87) blank their Talk page, which contained a number of warnings and advice about their recent edits. I know that archiving Talk pages is preferred and I could Undo, but since some of those warnings and advices were from me I am very hesitant to Undo it for fear that it would appear I'm targeting and hounding the soul. Plus, is Undoing someone's blanking of their own Talk page the right thing to do anyway?  SEO75 [talk] 08:36, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    No it´s not the right thing. An editor has the right to change his userpage or talkpage (within the rules). This does not say, that your warnings now are forgotten. If he blanked the warnings, he shows, that he did read them. They are not forgotten, because the old versions are archived. You are right, archiving is preferred, but blanking is not forbidden. --Thw1309 08:51, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks. Just hope that the warnings and advice were read and understood. :)  SEO75 [talk] 08:57, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    When I am reverting vandalism and go to talk pages to warn them. If there are no warnings there, I normally start with a 'Welcome to wikipedia' one. I don't check the history. If they had gotten a final warning, I don't know, so don't report them. I think there should be a more clear way of knowing.... Tiddly-Tom 09:26, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    My thoughts exactly, which is why I asked my question.  SEO75 [talk] 09:34, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    From what I've seen this editor hasn't done anything over the top, some unsourced edits and some newbie mistakes, such as the edit on your user page rather then your talk page here, I didn't see any vandalism on this editors part remember not to bite newcomers :) ▪◦▪≡ЅiREX≡Talk 09:40, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Take that back there was there were a couple such as this joke edit early on that was rather off, but since then the editor mistakes haven't been outrageous▪◦▪≡ЅiREX≡Talk 10:03, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    • [reset indent] Fortunately, it's pretty easy to determine if a blank discussion page is unused or blanked. :) If it has been blanked, there's a "history" tab and the word "discussion" is blue. If it's legitimately blank, no "history" tab, red word "discussion". More insidious is when they blank some of their messages or replace it with other text. I've run into that a couple of times. --Moonriddengirl 11:31, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    pronouncment

    Where do you find help for proper pronouncement of a word ex: Schecter? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.174.235.24 (talk) 10:59, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    This site has an audio pronunciation for Schecter▪◦▪≡ЅiREX≡Talk 11:41, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Professional associations and organizations

    There doesn't seem to be any Infobox format for scientific or professional organizations, such as the International Association for Plant Taxonomy, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Could an appropriate box format be generated? --EncycloPetey 14:47, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    If existing infoboxes like {{Infobox Organization}} are inadequate then you can request help at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Infoboxes or Wikipedia:Requested templates. PrimeHunter 15:25, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks. I did not know about that template because it isn't listed at Wikipedia:List_of_infoboxes/Society. However, it does not really meet the needs for an organization like the IAPT. Most of the parameters don't apply and the ones that would be useful don't exist. --EncycloPetey 19:40, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Copying images from Wikipedia

    I'm not an expert, but it seems that very recently it's become impossible to copy images from Wikipedia - i.e. right click, select copy and paste to another program. Why, if I'm correct, has this change been made? CTwells 16:12, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I just tried it with some of the images on the main page and it worked (pasted into Paint). What program were you trying to paste into and what browser are you using? Leebo T/C 16:17, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Yeah, the main page seems to work, but any other article - e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_League_of_Cambrai doesn't seem to have the option to copy when I right-click. Yep, I'm using paint, but it won't copy to Word either. It may just be my PC of course, but everything was fine last night CTwells 16:30, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I had no problem copying that image into Paint. Leebo T/C 17:45, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I've recently copied a picture from here, from my PC I click the image, click the image in the next screen, highlight the last image, edit, copy, but then I'm forced to paste into word, then paint. Yamakiri 21:21, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    User login for tonymartin

    Resolved

    I submitted a question about my account earlier today. I was incorrect in believing that my account had somehow been disabled.

    The error was my own. I am able to login successfully. No further action needed.

    Thank you.Tonymartin 16:33, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    RHE76 Adaptable Modem

    Hello,I have a question regarding my RHE76 Adaptable modem in regards to Wikipedia's html display. What make of modem will I need to view Wikipedias pages with proficiancy? Models RHE12-74 wouldnt be suitable nor my current modem. My modem details (in regard to the FTS code) is HDHD746H. Thank You. --Lownneraatzimmereichen 16:44, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I'm not sure why a different modem would make a difference to the display of webpages (although it might load faster or slower). A modem is simply used to, put simply, send and receive data, and how a webpage is displayed depends on your web browser. x42bn6 Talk Mess 04:23, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    text appearing in different languages

    Hi,

    Most of the time when a Wikipedia page loads, portions of the text are in different languges. Is there anything I can do to make al the text appear in English? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Goodkarma01 (talk • contribs) 17:14, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    If the page is in the English Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org then it should be in English (except for the box called "in other languages"). Parts not in English should be removed or translated except rare cases (for example if the article discusses other languages). Can you give examples? PrimeHunter 17:21, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]


    I'm not sure if I can. If I copy and paste an article, it is spelled correctly and in english. If I try to take a snapshot of the screen, I cannot paste it here. How can I show you?


    Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Goodkarma01 (talk • contribs) 17:51, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]


    Upon closer examination it may not be languages other than English but garbled letters and symbols like quotes, brackets and mixtures of letters that do not make words. Thanks again. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Goodkarma01 (talk • contribs) 18:03, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    By examples I meant links to the pages. It sounds to me like the problem is in your browser, but it could also be that you are viewing vandalized pages. PrimeHunter 18:20, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    When I open the home page the section "Today's featured article" should say:

    "Hey Ya!" is a hip hop song written and produced by André 3000 for his 2003 album The Love Below, part of OutKast's double album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below. The song takes influence from funk and rock music, drawing comparisons to the work of The Beatles.

    But my screen shows:

    "Hey Ya!" is a hip hop song written and produced by André 3000 for his 2003 album Vjg"Nqxg"Dgnqy, part of OutKast's double album Urgcmgtdqzzz1Vjg"Nqxg"Dgnqy. The song takes influence from funk and rock music, drawing comparisons to the work of The Beatles. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Goodkarma01 (talk • contribs) 18:36, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    What browser are you using? HoCkEy PUCK 18:43, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Safari 2.0.4 running on a powermac with OSX 10.4.10 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Goodkarma01 (talk • contribs) 18:47, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    The main page text looks fine for me. The garbled part for you is in italics which your browser can apparently not display with the used font. This sentence is normal. This sentence is in italics. Do you see garbled text after "This sentence is normal"? Can you change font? PrimeHunter 18:56, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I have a secure account but someone called 'ryulong' has indefinitely blocked access

    Sir,

    I wanted to upload a description of a newly formed sub-group officially sanctioned by the UK Liberal Democrats, called the Liberal Democrat Friends of Palestine.

    However, having created an account i then hunted all over the Wikipedia web pages to see how i could contact the adminstrator 'ryulong' who blocked my access, but i can fin no way of contacting them to ask why they have denied me access.

    All i want to do is upload an above board, genuine text about us but am blocked form doing so.

    Our website if you wish to chekc this is a genuine request is at

    www.ldfp.eu

    Would someone please explain why I have been blocked and how i can be unblocked so that I can add the information about our organisation to Wikipedia.

    Thank you.

    account name: patriote —Preceding unsigned comment added by Patriote (talk • contribs) 18:27, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Your account User:Patriote was created 27 minutes before making the above post, and it has never been blocked. Liberal Democrat Friends of Palestine has never been created and is not protected against creation. Can you be more specific about what you have tried and what happened? Did it involve another account? PrimeHunter 18:35, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    You can contact the user ryulong here. --Thw1309 18:54, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I would assume that he edited from an IP, and made the post. <personal attack removed - Corvus cornix 16:33, 11 September 2007 (UTC)> Could you tell us if you're editing from the same IP you made the post as? Yamakiri 20:28, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    WP:NPA. Ryulong is an admin and therefore has proven that he has the support of the community. If you disagree, there is always the WP:RFAR process. Corvus cornix 16:33, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    How do I request an article be created?

    I would like to request an article (External hard drive; it is currently a redirect) be created. Is there any place to do that? HoCkEy PUCK 18:40, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    There is an official request page at Wikipedia:Requested articles, but that´s no fast way. I would ask at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Computer science--Thw1309 18:50, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    The article exists already, it is just simply named differently. The redirect goes to Disk enclosure which is a comprehensive article about external hard drives. Ariel♥Gold 21:38, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    incorrect link

    Hi, I am new to wikipedia. I found a link which is incorrect in the sense, its dedicated to a person adn the name of the person is incorrectly given and hence so is the link. how to correct it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rahulsarma (talk • contribs) 18:53, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Please could you tell us the name of the article and of the link?--Thw1309 18:55, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Problems with imagemap

    I use the imagemap tag to produce clickable icons in my contents page - ie clicking on the icon should link to the page listed rather than the image tag. However, this has stopped working for most links - though it still works for the To do link. I know it used to work and it hasn't chnaged recently. Has the syntax for imagemap changed, or is there a bug in the system at present? – Tivedshambo (talk) 20:44, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I checked the page and there don't seem to be any problems. If the problems persist, though, you might want to use the template {{click}}, but use it only if the imagemap tags don't work. Cheers, Arky ¡Hablar! 21:06, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    It seems to be a browser problem - it works in Firefox but not in IE6 (my default browser). – Tivedshambo (talk) 21:43, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Happy!

    Who created Tamao Sato?! Whoever created this article, please let me know, because I am so happy!♥Kitty53 20:46, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    The page history says it was User:Kappa who created it. AngelOfSadness talk 20:48, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    To show your appreciate you might want to add the following {{subst:smile}} to his/hers talk page. --Thε Rαnδom Eδιτor (tαlk) 22:57, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Restoring Flugpo Article

    I am trying to create an article on a website which has been deleted under the context of advertisment and lack of nobility. After further researching Wikipedia's policies, my userpage contains the latest version of the article and I was interested in recieving further information how to meet Wikipedia's requirements. If you could either assist me in this or point me in the right direction, it would be very much appreciated. Thanks.Saracity123 22:25, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Hi, Saracity123. Your tone does not seem inappropriate--you seem to have the neutral point of view down. But I note that your article is lacking sufficient external sources and there really still is not claim of notability. What makes Flugpo of interest to readers of an encyclopedia? Once you've set that out, you need third-party sources distinct from company specific ones to help substantiate claims. For instance, if you've won a major industry award, you might provide a citation for that from reputable media, an industry publication perhaps. The third party source you do have seems to be from a blog without editorial review, which would not qualify it as a reliable source. Once you've asserted what makes Flugpo of interest to an encyclopedia's readers and backed it up with third-party sources, then you can expand from the company's own webpage. If you feel you can improve the article, you might want to take it next to requests for feedback. --Moonriddengirl 00:12, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    creating an article

    I want to create a page about the beat poet Philomene Long. I am worried about content and quality issues.

    cheers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Theaetetus (talk • contribs) 23:09, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Hi. Be bold. :) An article doesn't have to be perfect to be good. Remember the pillars--particularly the first two as regards tone, sourcing and content. If you're worried about quality, you might want to review the manual of style and check out some of the links at "what is a good article?" or "article development". If you're really nervous, you may want to take your ideas to the drawing board for feedback. Once you write it, you might choose to seek feedback. Good luck, and I hope you have fun with it. :) --Moonriddengirl 00:24, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Being bold by itself won't affect whether your article gets deleted. I suggest keeping a copy of your article on your computer in case that happens. (I think gladiators were also advised to be bold.) --Teratornis 06:29, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    September 10

    aurora borealis

    what do scientists usually call aurora borealis? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.185.92.192 (talk) 01:02, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    In my experience, they call it the Aurora Borealis. — Timotab Timothy (not Tim dagnabbit!) 01:07, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    That's tthe Northern lights.K14 09:19, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Craftsman Design

    My daughter is using a Craftsman design from the internet and needs interior finishes to be able to specify interior designs to the builders bidding on it such as how interior doors are trimmed, design of baseboards, kitchen cabinets etc so as to be as authentic as possible to the era of the Craftsman house designs. How do I search for that information? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.77.25.38 (talk) 01:05, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    You might find what you are looking for in the article about American Craftsman. If you cannot find the answer there, click here to post your question at that article's talk page. If that does not solve your problem, you can try asking your question at Wikipedia's Reference Desk. They will 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. --Moonriddengirl 01:12, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    missing information

    why dont u have the Feb 2, 1963 Northwest Airlines crash in florida Everglades listed???? My mother was on that plane, and yes, it is a "notable" airline disaster. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.96.66.163 (talk) 04:02, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Do you mean February 12? Either way, it's listed at Northwest Airlines#Fatal accidents. If you think it is notable, then you can write an article on it. x42bn6 Talk Mess 04:20, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    editorial changes are visible only when I am logged into Wikipedia.

    I edited the Wikipedia article on Ross Dress for Less (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Stores) and saved my changes. When I am logged in and view that page, I see the changes that I made, but when I view the page without being logged in, I see the original, unmodified page. This is very strange. What's going on? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pfeldman (talk • contribs) 05:06, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    You need to clear your cache. Go to your browser options and delete the temporary files. See WP:CACHE for more details. --Hdt83 Chat 05:16, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    hyperlink not working

    whenever i try to hyperlink a website through google after searching

    it displays page cannot be displayed

    whats the problem, with other sites its working202.54.42.17 05:12, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    You may be observing link rot. Google Search results usually provide an additional link to a cached copy of a page; can you view that? I guess you are asking for help with Google here because Google sure does not have a Help desk for the general public like Wikipedia does (and imagine the questions they would get). --Teratornis 06:33, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Commons images

    I just uploaded an image at the Commons, but after coming back here, I noticed a nonfree image under the same name. Is there any way to use to the Commons image (and not just link to it) without having to change the name of one of these files? -- RG2 06:30, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Sorry no luck, This is what i found from Commons:FAQ
    "I want to use a Commons image, but there is already a file at my local wiki with the same name which is blocking it. How can I access the Commons file?
    Unfortunately at this time, the only options are to have the local file deleted, or re-upload the Commons image under another name." ▪◦▪≡ЅiREX≡Talk 10:13, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    OK -- I didn't see that. Thanks for the help. -- RG2 16:06, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Want to add list

    I want to add my hospital in the list of Hospitals. How do I do it?07:35, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

    Uploading an image to a page

    I am having problems understanding how all of this works. I would like to offer an image of my German Coolie dog for use on the corresponding page in the section describing colors of this breed. I have successfully uploaded the image (Image:P63000700110240540540202.JPG) but do not understand how to get the photo approved for the page. Any information on this would be appreciated. Thank You, Ssircle —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ssircle (talk • contribs) 07:43, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Reply on user talk. Shalom Hello 07:49, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Deleting previous versions of a picture

    I want to delete the previous versions of Spencer Chamberlain pictures that I've uploaded. I uploaded one a while ago, found that another picture was better, and just recently decided that I had another picture that was better (this one is now the current version). I would like to delete the previous versions of the image Image:Warpedtourspencer.jpg. Is there anyway to do this? -Lindsey8417 09:00, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    You can upload new versions of the image on top of the old one, by specifying the same name. Generally, there isn't a need to delete older versions of an image unless they're copyright violations or there's something similar wrong with them; the old versions will simply stay in the image's history. If there is a pressing need to delete old versions of an image, you can contact an administrator via the admins' noticeboard to request the deletion. --ais523 12:35, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

    Pale color scheme for Scheme code examples

    I don't know if the colors used for syntax highlighting of the code examples were changed recently or if they always were like that and it is just that my eyes are not what they used to be, however: as I am writing this, Scheme keywords in code examples are displayed with a very pale yellow/green color that I find hard to read on the white background that is given by the monobook skin I use. Wikipedia is apparently using the GeSHi extension for syntax highlighting. Who do I have to contact if I want to change the color scheme? — Tobias Bergemann 09:29, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Wikipedia administrators. The colour scheme can be overriden at MediaWiki:Geshi.css; you can read discussions about it at MediaWiki talk:Geshi.css. If you have a change to suggest, then you can place ideas or preferably coding on that talk page, and place the {{editprotected}} template there to request an administrator makes the change for you. (A change is likely needed; the consensus on that page was along the lines of 'comments should be green, keywords should be blue', which the current Scheme colour scheme doesn't seem to fit.) Most programming languages still have their colours set to the defaults, so extra input would be very helpful. Hope that helps! --ais523 10:15, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

    to creat an account

    I went to the said page and correctly typed the word indicated by you. Indicated my user name and the PASSWORD pressed log in . Was surprised to receive a reply from you that the password is incorrect. I fail to understand your reply. I have never used Wikipedia so what makes you reply that the password is incorrect. If you do not desire that I should open an account pl tell me so. If that is the case then to hell with you. Most disgusted. SOLI —Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.65.84.110 (talk) 10:47, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Sure, we'd like you to contribute from an account, that just means you didn't type the password the same both times. I usually spend a minute both times typing in my passwords the first time, so I know for certain they're the same, and I didn't just happen to make the same mistake twice. Yamakiri 10:50, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    If you have given an e-mail address for the account then click "E-mail new password" at login. You can also create a new account. PrimeHunter 12:08, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    It's also possible that somebody else already has the username you were trying to set up under. --Orange Mike 16:26, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Hide/show menus

    Since I didn't get an answer when I posted this Aug 31, I'll repost the question below:

    Someone the menus in my userpages have stopped to load in the default hidden manner I coded them for originally. I think this changed because someone changed the code for it. Can someone help me fix it or point me to the appropriate page for details? - Mgm|(talk) 11:40, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    There are two different pieces of show/hide code in use; both are in MediaWiki:Common.js, and there's documentation for both at Wikipedia:NavFrame, which should help fix the problem. --ais523 12:15, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
    If you are talk about the default show on your userpage for example "My subpages" that are displaying

    chance this line

    • <div class="NavContent" style="text-align:left">
    • to
    • <div class="NavContent" style="display:none; text-align:left">

    ▪◦▪≡ЅiREX≡Talk 19:17, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Searching using Cyrillic alphabet

    When viewing a page in Russian I may want to search for topic in Russian but when I switch my keyboard to Cyrillic (which do frequently in Word and other applications) I find the search box contains non-Cyrillic characters. How can I rectify this? James McM 11:33, 10 September 2007 (UTC) James[reply]

    You can try searching in the Russian Wikipedia. Chances are you're not going to get a very good search using Cyrillic characters here. As for why the characters aren't displaying, I'm not sure. Make sure your web browser is completely up to date, but besides that, I'm out of ideas. Hersfold (t/a/c) 16:21, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Eeh, I don't understand the rules on deletion.

    And how to get an article back, the only information I'm given is "(notability not asserted) " thus, I have absolutely no idea what of the 3 categories it falls under. Mattz1010 12:39, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Is there a specific article you mean? --Moonriddengirl 13:08, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    It sounds like WP:CSD#A7 but we may be able to say more if we get the name. Wikipedia:Why was my page deleted? may be of interest. PrimeHunter 13:25, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    To get a copy of your article back for your own use, see: Category:Wikipedia administrators who will provide copies of deleted articles. You may be able to find another wiki that will accept it, if you cannot make the article meet Wikipedia's requirements. --Teratornis 02:50, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Well - I didn't personally create the article, it went by the name of Advanced Anime

    However - we're reorganizing the article and starting off with something much smaller than what was originally put up and deleted, so when we're ready again, I suppose we'll put it up.

    The reasons for putting AA onto wiki, is that it's a fairly popular site, and thus being, should probably have a wiki article on it. Searching for "anime" in Google usually brings it to a pretty high result Mattz1010 12:04, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Wikipedia:Notability (web) can help you determine if Advanced Anime meets criteria. Particularly important will be third party verification. Good luck. :) --Moonriddengirl 13:04, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    The article was at Advanced anime. The deleting administrator apparently never makes a relevant policy link [18] which is sometimes unfortunate. PrimeHunter 15:22, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Someone changing something with false information

    I keep changing a page and someone keeps changing it back with false information. How can I stop this? The page is re: the University of Maryland victory song and what students do during the M-A-R-Y-L-A-N-D portion of it

    Homertuck 14:03, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    What is the exact page name? If it's Maryland Terrapins then the current version has your statement. Note that Wikipedia content should be based on published reliable sources. Your personal knowledge cannot be used. PrimeHunter 14:18, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    thyroid disease

    Is it advisable for a person taking levothyroxine to take Creatine suppliments? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.109.43.51 (talk) 14:33, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Wikipedia's editors are not qualified to give medical advice. Please consult your doctor or pharmacist. --Moonriddengirl 14:34, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Error

    I am an employee at American Express and noticed that you have incorrectly linked to the wrong biography page for the above listed AmEx executive. Please delete the link and replace with a "there is no article on this person".

    The link begins at the American Express article (management section) to a redirect page to John Daniel Hayes, a deceased person (1902-1991). If you want further information on John D. Hayes you can request to speak to a public affairs and communications person by calling the main operator at 212-640-2000.

    Thank You —Preceding unsigned comment added by MariaM-NYC (talk • contribs) 15:29, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Thank you for your suggestion. When you feel an article needs improvement, please feel free to make those changes. Wikipedia is a wiki, so anyone can edit almost any article by simply following the Edit this page link at the top. The Wikipedia community encourages you to be bold in updating pages. Don't worry too much about making honest mistakes — they're likely to be found and corrected quickly. If you're not sure how editing works, check out how to edit a page, or use the sandbox to try out your editing skills. New contributors are always welcome. You don't even need to log in (although there are many reasons why you might want to). Hersfold (t/a/c) 16:15, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Copyright issues

    do i need to get permission from someone for a picture if i use a screenshot of a video? I mean since you usually use the printscreen button and then cut it out, doesnt that technically mean the picture becomes your own work?The juggreserection 13:49, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

    Simply the act of taking a picture of a larger work of art does not involve enough creative work on your part to justify your ownership of the copyright. You will need to contact the producer of the video, or other appropriate agent, for permission to use the screenshot, or you may upload it to Wikipedia under a fair use criteria, provided that all of those criteria are met to the letter. Hersfold (t/a/c) 16:14, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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

    This article is a malicious attack from what looks like to be an angry person who had an account with us. It is false and malicious for many reasons:

    First, He claims that our "unethical" practice of having a website that sells directly to the customer lowers the retail price. - What shoe company does not have a retail website? Practically none! - Two, we threaten to close accounts if people sell our sandals BELOW our suggested retail price. Our retail website keeps the price high!

    I have worked with the company since I was since I've been 16 years-old and have heard Jay saying "we don't do it that way." However, “we don’t do it that way” refers to accounts placing big orders early in advance to be first in line for the season and then wanting to change their order right before it's to be shipped. It takes a lot of time and money to unpack, restock, and repack a big order. If one does so, we charge a 15% restocking fee, hence, wholesale customers get angry (particularly the ones from North Carolina). 85% of upset customers that threaten us come from the Carolinas. We don’t have the time or resources to accommodate such changes, because surprisingly, we are still a small company, hence, we only advertise in the Surfer’s Journal, where our competitors advertise, in Surfing Magazine, Surfer Magazine, Water Magazine and spend hundreds of thousands of dollars in sponsoring the top surfers and sending them around the world.

    The second malicious attack is in the area of China Production. He claims that we decided to move all production to China in 2002 and that working conditions are poor and that the workers "toil" in the small city they are produced. For one, we're a private company and no one knows who makes them but us. Also, if Hong Kong is a small city then my name is not Rudolph Patrick Huber, -- they are made in Hong Kong.

    Third, he claims that all Rainbow Sandals are produced in China and that number is 9,000 per day. Approximately 6,500 a day are produced in China and WE STILL produce 1,200 a day in San Clemente, CA USA. In 2002, the Southern California Air Quality District came to use and said the VOC (volatile Organic Compounds) in our glue were exceeding maximum. We had to either find a way to lower the VOC levels, move production to China, or quit doing business. The same exact thing happened to Clark Foam (At the time produced 90% of the surf board blanks in the industry) who felt too old and decided to quit throwing the entire surfboard industry in to a world-wide scare for about a year.

    We decided on doing both. In order to still produce in the US we had to purchase a 4 million dollar catalytic oxidizer, contain all the glue, and limit production to no more than 1,200 pair per day. Otherwise, suffer severe penalties. We didn't have the space or the money to make bigger facilities with oxidizers to serve the demand we had. In 2002, our Total Revenue was only 4.1 million. So, we had to move to China. We didn't want to because of the consensus of the working conditions being poor, so we did our research and found an appropriate place. Also, we have a quality product and couldn't sacrifice any quality so we send our materials to China. As a result the cost per unit production is the same. Working conditions are fair and quality of product is the same, hence, the warranty of our product is still the same.

    I could go on much longer, but I think I have relayed enough information that this article is a malicious attack on our company. Please make necessary changes or remove it from your website.


    Thank You Pat Huber Marketing Rainbow Sandals —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.169.248.226 (talk) 16:32, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I have removed considerable unsourced material from the page and also your comment, which should more properly be placed at Talk:Rainbow Sandals. I've placed it there under a subheader marked tone. What remains is neutral in tone. The article is problematic anyway because it does not meet Wikipedia's requirements for verification. I'll be working on the article further. --Moonriddengirl 16:49, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    AIDS TEST

    How do I get a test for AIDS? I don't think I have it, but I want to make sure. Thanks a lot Pilotbob 17:46, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Wikipedia does not offer medical advice. Please consult your doctor. ::Manors:: 17:55, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    updated image doesn't display properly

    I uploaded a newer image file for Image:FPLP Maggie.png, and it displays fine in the image page, but the older version (smaller, without transparency) is still displaying in article pages. I've tried refreshing the page, emptying the cache, logging out and back in, even looking from other computers, but the new image won't display. The others that went through the same upgrade (Image:FPLP Eddie.png, Image:FPLP Michael.png, Image:FPLP Sarah Lynn.png, and Image:FPLP Sonya Lee.png) seem to not have the same problem. HokieRNB 18:12, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    This happens sometimes. I'll try to purge the servers, which sometimes helps. It should work in a few hours in any case. Hersfold (t/a/c) 18:20, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Seems to be working now. If this ever happens to you again, try adding ?action=purge to the end of the URL in your address bar on both the article and the image page. This should force the servers into updating their information. Hersfold (t/a/c) 18:22, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    khurry ov ghetto

    is there a website called khurry ov ghetto —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.1.224.78 (talk) 18:43, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Please put new question under a new header. The help desk is for question on how to use wikipedia. You might want to try the reference desk. KTC 19:12, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Adminship

    If you nominate yourself for adminship and are turned down can you re-apply? Thanks,Thedjatclubrock :) (T/C) 18:54, 10 September 2007 (UTC).[reply]

    Most certainly. However, do note that RfA contributors will look to see it has at least been a couple of months since the last nomination, and that you have learned from whatever constructive opposition were present the first time round and has improved / gain more experience to address those opposition. KTC 19:10, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I don't see a previous request by you so I assume that you are trying to make sure that if you do a self-nomination you won't permanently burn your bridges. Even though you can reapply, as noted by KTC above, if you are thinking of nominating yourself I suggest you read Wikipedia:Guide to requests for adminship and also that you hold off for some time until you gain more experience. Having taken a quick look at your contribution, you seem to be on the right track. However, for good or bad, there are many RFA regulars who require more than 2,000 edits as a standard—even 3 or 4 thousand. There is a bit of controversy over such "editcountitis standards", with some users decrying that users who vote on this basis ignore the substance of the edits, but it is nevertheless a reality. Some users will also oppose if a user hasn't been editing for a certain time span, such as at least six months or a year. Some users like to see significant mainspace contributions and edits across a number of areas and you seem (in my cursory review) to be mostly involved in anti-vandal work. Very useful but it will not give you the breadth of experience some users may like to see. If writing articles is not your thing, stub, maintenance and category tagging, and helping out with adding sources to article is a good way to gain some experience there. Significant experience with AfD and newpages patrol are often expected—especially if you plan to help out with admin backlogs associated with either of those processes. You also need to start using edit summaries consistently. Many users will oppose if you don't have near perfect usage. I suggest you turn on "Prompt me when entering a blank edit summary" under the editing tab in your user preferences. One note: don't correct other users' grammar or spelling on talk page posts or userpage messages, as I noticed you had for one user. Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit 22:46, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Centering an Infobox

    My infobox at Template:Civil_War_DC_forts recently switched to left-justified when it was updated with the latest Military History infobox standards, and I can't seem to figure out how to center the information. Could someone either fix it or tell me how, please? No one seemed to be able to figure it out on the IRC channel. JKBrooks85 21:00, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    USER NAME

    I have a problem with the user name ...MAYVEN ...which is not being accepted ...for whatever reason . I wish to participate in a discussion . This is my first time useing this site . Please help ...

    Thanks

    marty —Preceding unsigned comment added by 154.20.140.238 (talk) 21:56, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    If you are having trouble creating an account you can request one here: Wikipedia:Request an account▪◦▪≡ЅiREX≡Talk 22:12, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    (ec) There is no user registered with the name MAYVEN. However, Mayven registered at 13:44, September 11, 2006 UTC (but never made any edits), so that username is taken (but eligible for usurpation). What username did you register under? Remember that it's case sensitive. --Pekaje 22:18, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Dispute Resolution Question

    I'm a law student doing some research for a professor who is researching dispute resolutions on your Wikipedia & Wikipedia Japan websites. I was wondering where I could find out more information about the number of people who have been banned from Wikipedia since it's creation. I would like to know the number for Wikipedia Japan as well. Also, I would like to find out the number of frozen or locked pages in Wikipedia Japan and Wikipedia. Is any of this information possible to obtain on the website itself, or from an administrator?

    Thank you so much for your help.

    155.247.166.28 22:17, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    English Wikipedia: blocked users • protected pages
    Japanese Wikipedia: blocked users (In English) • protected pages (In English)--Werdan7T @ 22:29, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Dispute

    Please help...I have someone who keeps changing the information on a page which he keeps changing to incorrect information. The page is LOTAR and it is in reference to a legally copywriten name here in the US. My old partner teaches KAPAP and the information for my LOTAR page keep getting reverted back to his information...The system in question has history in the US and has changed and evolved over time and separation from what the person keep claiming please help me with this issue...you can see by the editing was has been going on. I have asked him to stop but he will not...it is a legal issue at this point. Please help me with this and block him from editing my page...the user is Ynhockey…please advise what to do….

    Thank you, 

    Brian Rauchbach

    President Lotar Self defense —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ronin6969 (talk • contribs) 22:31, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Please do not make legal threats on Wikipedia. As to your issue with the edits, follow the steps outlined in our dispute resolution process. Also, please read our conflict of interest guidelines. If you are the President of Lotar Self Defense, it is rather inappropriate for you to be editing the article yourself. -- Kesh 23:50, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    What was the two millionth article?

    And how did you guys find out what the millionth was? I remember when this site reached one million articles, you knew what the millionth was right away. 71.187.170.128 23:16, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    See: Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2006-03-06/Millionth article which might give some background on your second question. --Teratornis 23:19, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    And see: Wikipedia:Two-million pool. I found the first article with this Google search, and it linked to the second. --Teratornis 23:21, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    You might also see:
    --Teratornis 02:32, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    September 11

    Quoting

    What are the guidelines for quoting a book within a Wikipedia article and what is the correct Wiki formatting to use when doing so?

    Icosahedron 00:01, 11 September 2007 (UTC)Icosahedron[reply]

    Guidelines can be found at citing sources. There are different formats set forth there from which you might choose. :) Linked from within that page is a list of citation templates that might be helpful, and there is a page of examples. Hope that helps. --Moonriddengirl 00:46, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Thank you both to Moonriddengirl and Hersfold - very useful Icosahedron 00:52, 11 September 2007 (UTC)Icosahedron[reply]

    Sending pictures

    can i send picture thru this page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ngmary (talk • contribs) 00:05, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    TO Icosahedron: You should quote as little from the book as possible, only what is needed to illustrate your point. Most of the information in an article should be in your own words. To add the reference, use the {{cite book}} template enclosed in <ref></ref> tags. See WP:CITE and WP:FOOT for more details. Hersfold (t/a/c) 00:47, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    TO Ngmary: I'm not quite sure what you mean. Can you rephrase your question in a new section? Hersfold (t/a/c) 00:47, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Garlows deletion

    My article about the Garlows was deleted for copyright infringement. I also had a external link. I removed the link but the page is still deleted. I am the originator of the story, the pictures and the website of which the referance is made. How do I get my story about the Garlows replaced. Too much work to try to do over from scratch If its gone for good, I won't try to rebuild it. The garlow story is about americana that has been largely overlooked. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kemetianmotif (talk • contribs) 00:28, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    See Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials#Granting us permission to copy material already on line. If you give the required permission to use your website, you can request undeletion of Garlows. For example at User talk:ST47, the administrator who deleted it. I haven't seen the article and don't know whether the content is otherwise appropriate for Wikipedia, for example with repsect to Wikipedia:Notability and Wikipedia:Verifiability. PrimeHunter 00:52, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Attempted Retention Process/Policy

    Greetings, I have not looked into this before, so here goes. Currently our deletion policy makes it far to easy to nominate an article for deletion[19] when all it actually needs is some love. All articles should first go through an "attempted retention" process. Here is my idea but I don't know how to start a new piece of policy.

    All articles that do not qualify for speedy delete would need to go through the following process before they are allowed to go for a AfD.

    Fix it - Can you fix it? Does it needs sources? Have you tagged it as such?
    Yes? Then Fix it!
    No? Merge - Can this article be merged with its parent topic? Can a group of articles be merged into one?
    Yes? Commence the merge process!
    No? - TransWiki Can we move this to another wiki with a compatable licence?
    Yes? Move it then!
    No? Delete - Commence the Deletion process.

    Comments? Suggestions? Help? - Fosnez 00:43, 11 September 2007 (UTC) Italic text[reply]

    There are at least two initiatives to try and improve articles rather than delete them. Wikipedia:Article Rescue Squadron and Wikipedia:Intensive Care Unit. You might like to join them, and discuss with them about changing policy as you'll find other like minded people there. — Timotab Timothy (not Tim dagnabbit!) 02:14, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    New policies can be suggested at Wikipedia:Village pump (policy). PrimeHunter 02:11, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]


    Thankyou. I am a member of Wikipedia:Article Rescue Squadron and have placed this item at the village pump Fosnez 02:32, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I wrote some random gibberings at: User:Teratornis/Outplacement about possibly organizing an effort to "outplace" some of our deleted articles with other wikis that would want them. I use "outplacement" because "transwiki" seems to refer to moving articles to other Wikimedia Foundation wikis, and that barely scratches the surface of available wikis. From what I gather, outplacement seems to be an underused option, judging from the many people who find their way to the Help desk to ask Why was my article deleted? In many cases the victims aren't aware of other wikis suitable for their articles, and the people who deleted their articles did not inform them of this possibility. It seems there is a gap in the information flow between deletionists and those they "serve." I would like to help invent a way to close this gap. --Teratornis 02:43, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    OK, let me ask you this. Just perusing the list of today's AfD nominations (not counting the redlinks of articles which were speedy deleted already), tell me how your proposal would apply to:
    I can't speak for Fosnez, but the Film on Thursday article, for example, is a possible candidate for outplacement to a hospitable wiki. Someone should tell the creator of the article to try another wiki if Wikipedia deletes the article. But what seems to happen normally is that nobody tells the article's creator about that option. --Teratornis 17:40, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Gailer School article

    Dear Wikipedia folks,--Chauc 00:44, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I happened upon an article today that is about a school that I founded and have kept an eye on over the last six years during which I have been working as a professor of education (and no longer associated with the school). There seems to be a troubled person with an axe to grind attempting to bring down the school's reputation via the Wikipedia. Some specifics:

    "Harry Chaucer, a disaffected former high school teacher". I am Harry Chaucer. I was not disaffected. This is someone else's value judgment and does not belong in an encyclopedic article.

    "an emphasis that contrasts with the more multi-cultural approaches found in most progressive schools". My son remained at Gailer until this fall. His study was multi-cultural included trips to the Dominican Republic, the entire school learning Spanish for six years, books from other cultures etc.

    "all of which may have constituted "progressive" pedagogy at one time but are now mainstream even in public schools. The school has notably not achieved accreditation by any national, state, or regional agency." Two problems here. I work in public schools each week. Sadly, few of these progressive ideas mainstream today. Regarding accreditation, this is the most egregious error. Gailer was fully approved by the State of Vermont in 1989 and remains approved today (see Department of Education website listing of approved Vermont Independent Schools). See http://education.vermont.gov/new/pdfdoc/pgm_independent/directory_020807.pdf for the DOE listing.

    "however in the wake of continuing financial troubles and mismanagement, it relocated to rented quarters at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Middlebury, Vermont, a move which brought about a significant loss of both faculty members and students and also engendered much opposition from parents. The school has faced many problems, including bullying amongst the student body, charges of discrimination against minorities, board interference with the day-to-day running of the school, and financial mismanagement. Late in 2006 the head of school suddenly resigned and left in the middle of the school year. Gailer's loss of talented teachers and students has been rapid, and the school's enrollment is now roughly half what it was only two years ago." This paragraph is full of personal judgments that do not belong in a fair-minded and objective reference.

    This person seems to have a personal grudge. Gailer is no longer my school - I chose to work in a college setting many years ago. However, my sense of fair play demands that I write to you and ask you to somehow block this person's efforts.

    Thanks very much.


    Harry Chaucer Professor of Education Director, the Woodruff Institute for School Leaders Director, ACT II post-baccalaureate Program Castleton State College


    I have restored an earlier version of the article, from before Leonardodv started editing, and I have asked him to cite sources for any information he adds. If he continues to add unsourced information, he may be blocked.--Werdan7T @ 01:02, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    New user wants to add pages edited anonymously to "my contributions"

    I edited an article several times before signing up as a user. How can I add those anonymously edited pages to "my contributions"

    Scotwriter 04:30, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    You can't. They belong to the IP address that made them. -- kainaw™ 04:31, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    But you can link to the IP address on your userpage and say that all edits before X date were yours. —Dark•Shikari[T] 05:13, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Relating to my contribution list. There is a M inserted to it. What's that means? Thanks for your help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Anacrossan (talk • contribs) 04:50, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    The bold m means a minor edit. --Hirohisat Kiwi 04:57, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    tagging

    I wrote an article for The Mary Baker Eddy Library, and I don't know how to tag it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Simplywater (talk • contribs) 05:27, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Tag, meaning to make a tag like

    You must add a |reason= parameter to this Cleanup template – replace it with {{Cleanup|reason=<Fill reason here>}}, or remove the Cleanup template.
     (not likely), , or on talk pages like

    WikiProject iconJapan NA‑class
    WikiProject iconThis page is within the scope of WikiProject Japan, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Japan-related articles on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project, participate in relevant discussions, and see lists of open tasks. Current time in Japan: 06:54, July 15, 2024 (JST, Reiwa 6) (Refresh)JapanWikipedia:WikiProject JapanTemplate:WikiProject JapanJapan-related articles
    NAThis page does not require a rating on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
    WikiProject Japan to do list:
    • Featured content candidates – 

    Articles: None
    Pictures: None
    Lists: None

    --Hirohisat Kiwi 05:29, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    You can find the templates at [[Category:Template categories]]. The second kind, you can find at the project page of the projects, which care for the subject. For example, if you have an article about a Catholic church in Japan, you look at Wikipedia:WikiProject JapanWikipedia:WikiProject Architecture and Wikipedia:WikiProject Catholicism.--Thw1309 09:32, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Can I use Wikipedia Commons images that are in the public domain in a commercial item to sell?

    I've looked everywhere and can't find exactly what I am looking for.

    If I know that an image in Wikipedia Commons is in the US public domain for certain, and it is also marked as such, may I copy that image and use it in an item to sell? For example a T-shirt? Or a CD? Thank you —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.105.241.132 (talk) 05:53, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Yes. --tjstrf talk 05:58, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    You may want to verify whether that image is indeed "in the US public domain for certain" ... and make absolutely sure before you begin your entrepreneurial endeavors. Many users mistakenly assume an image is "public domain" when it is in fact distributed under a creative commons attribution sharealike license. That is not the same thing as "public domain".
    If you are absolutely certain about the "public domain" status, and you go ahead with your business venture, you might also want to consider adopting a business plan that makes appropriate recognition of the source of your business assets, and allocate a percentage of your revenue accordingly. dr.ef.tymac 07:22, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Thank you all very much. Great info and great ideas. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.105.241.132 (talk) 15:03, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Didn't anyone remember that we aren't supposed to offer legal advice? It depends on the picture and the use. All we can say is that free images can be reused. The specific reuse and specific caveats for a pictures (eg. personality rights or moral rights) may need an intellectual property lawyer to answer the question. Carcharoth 16:37, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Heidi Montag

    her webpage has some really nasty language in it, but the code is hidden so people can't remove it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.91.57.205 (talk) 09:47, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    • Hi, and thank you for reporting that vandalism. I have removed the last 2 edits that were indeed very nasty. I'm a little confused about where "the code is hidden"? There seems to be nothing nasty buried in the mark-up. Can you clarify that so I can help further? Pedro |  Chat  10:17, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    HELP

    What is the defination of susceptible host —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.37.25.59 (talk) 13:27, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    This page is for questions related to using Wikipedia. You may have more luck asking at one of the reference desks. Leebo T/C 14:34, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    And be sure to specify what the susceptible host is susceptible to, because your question as you worded it is ambiguous. For example, you might be talking about biological parasites, diseases, or computer viruses. See: Host (biology), Host (network), Host (psychology), and the Host disambiguation page. --Teratornis 17:35, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Sandbox

    1. How do I create and use the sandbox?

    2. How can I create a named subpage for my user page (e.g., userpage/subtopic). Someone created one for me a while back but I can't find it and can't make another.

    Timothy Perper 14:19, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Hi, Timothy. Please don't use the {{helpme}} tag on this page, it's for requesting help at your talk page. You can create a sandbox or other user page by creating a link like User:Timothy Perper/Sandbox. Leebo T/C 14:27, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    • Hi Timothy, and thanks for your questions. To create a personal sand box go to your User page (or talk page). Edit it and type (for the User Page) [[User:Timothy Perper/Sandbox]]. Save the page and you will see it's redlinked. By then clicking the red link you can edit it as you wish. When you save it the link will turn blue from your user page. Is that okay, or would you like me to do if for you for the first time?Pedro |  Chat  14:27, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Further is User:Timothy Perper/Baku (spirit) the previous sub page you were after ? Pedro |  Chat  14:31, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    You have a user subpage at User:Timothy Perper/Baku (spirit). "the sandbox" usually refers to the common sandbox at Wikipedia:Sandbox. You can either use this (which will quickly be overwritten) or create your own sandbox. PrimeHunter 14:31, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    How to add a company to a category?

    Hi,

    I would like to add a company to the category /Transportation/Car Rental

    How to do so?

    Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Emaurer (talk • contribs) 14:25, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    • (edit conflict)Hi, Emaurer. Category pages are not static pages that you can edit directly. They are created automatically by the database by collecting the list of all articles containing the category tag. For instance, if a company contains the tag Category:Transportation, it will appear in that category. You can add an article to that category by placing the category near the bottom of the article. Leebo T/C 14:30, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    • Thanks Pedro. How to add an article? Or how to add an article to the category?

    Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Emaurer (talk • contribs) 15:28, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Hi Emaurer. See Wikipedia:Your first article for help on starting an article. As above, to categorise the article add the category at the bottom of the page - see this page for a bit more and some useful links. Also - please remember that you should sign your name on talk pages if you can. Just type four tildes ( ~~~~) at the end of your question or comment. Pedro |  Chat  15:35, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    font type

    my font has been chane to some wierd fancy type font while everything still appears normal only the text in wiki is weird looking and hard to read any fix for this172.163.177.17 14:50, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    If you have an account and the problem is only there when you are logged in then try going to Special:Preferences and change skin. PrimeHunter 15:08, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    If the problem appears when logged out, see if bypassing your cache sorts it. --ais523 16:30, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

    Listing the names of September 11 attacks victims

    Can someone list all the names of September 11 victims so we can see who was killed that day. That day will never be forgotten. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.90.27.179 (talk) 15:54, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Wikipedia is not a memorial site, but we link to memorial sites at 9/11#Memorials_2. PrimeHunter 16:10, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Creating content/conflict of interest

    To whom it may concern. I uploaded a page explaining who I am as an artist with a short biography. In it I directed interested parties to visit my website to hear music. I've been to many pages on musicians & they all have way more informationi & full hot links to their specific websites. Why has my page been deleted when literally hundreds if not thousands of like pages already exist? Austin Donohue callofisis@hotmail.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by AustinDonohue (talk • contribs) 15:56, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Hi, Austin. Sorry to hear you are frustrated by the deletion of your page. The difference you may not be recognizing with your page is that you created it for the purpose of promoting yourself. This violates our neutral point of view policy. If you are notable, someone else may create an article about you. Other musicians did not create their own articles, or they'd be violating the same policies.Leebo T/C 15:59, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Inserting an Image

    I'd like to suggest adding an image to the definition of photogrammetric parallax. The image I have in mind can be found on Google Earth. If you enter "Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, NV" in the search cell, then zoom in on the hotel you will be close to the image I have in mind. If you move to the west, across the street from the Hilton you will see the Turnberry Towers under construction. What's unique and exemplary about this image is the appearance of four towers, all appearing to lean in different directions, yet if you look at their shadows you can clearly see that the buildings are parallel and vertical on the z plane, though at angles to one another on the xy plane.

    I don't know if Google would allow you to use their imagery for this example, but I think it would be a real eye-catcher for this definition.

    Thanks for considering my suggestion.

    Cheers, 67.77.148.135 16:05, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Thank you for that suggestion; it is quite insightful and would probably be a great encyclopedic addition. I have a suggestion, since I also don't know if a Google Earth version is feasible. Perhaps you or someone else could draw a version of it with simplified buildings, either on paper or with a computer program. That should solve the copyright problem. Leebo T/C 16:13, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]


    What is going on here

    A long time ago, I created an account, and for a while, I haven't used it. But now when I put in my username and password, it gives me an error message. Have I been kicked out, or has my account been deleted? And if so, why? I just wish to get things cleared up. Also, I ended up creating a new acount with the same name, but then it gets me the same error message when I try to log back in. But now that I think about it, the e-mail address for my account has changed.

    Signed formerly known as Neo Guyver September 11, 2007 at 11:43 AM —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.31.50.68 (talk) 16:43, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    If you were User:Neo Guyver, you asked a question about getting a new email address. Did you ever do that? Did you ever change your password? Can you have a password sent to your current email? Leebo T/C 16:50, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    How to add to an existing biography

    There is now avery short paragraph on a prominent person. Editing does not seem practical since what I have in mind will take many pages (life history, accomplishment, etc). I assume my offer is not considered a NEW article since the name is alrady in your data base. How do I approch this? Hummelswi 17:13, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    You're welcome to edit the article. If what you're planning is a very large edit, you may want to draft up your revisions on a user subpage first, then copy the text into the article. Just make sure that any information you add is in accordance with all of our policies. Hersfold (t/a/c) 18:37, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Adding footnotes to Wolf's Head Society article

    I've attempted to add footnotes to the article with the additions editing completely the remainder of the article. I've added two footnotes to the section preceding History, but when attempting other footnotes, that section of the article displays a "preview" minus the original text. What keystrokes are necessary to add easily the footnotes.64.61.144.67 17:34, 11 September 2007 (UTC)Sly111[reply]

    I think you're looking for this help page. Hersfold (t/a/c) 18:40, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Citing a DVD commentary

    Are there any Wikipedia guidelines for citing a DVD commentary? A Streetcar Named Marge uses the {{cite video}} template, but the results don't look right. We have to put too much information into the "title" field. Zagalejo^ 19:59, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Perhaps one of these can help you. --Thw1309 20:21, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Adding a name to the "Fantasy Artists" catagory.

    I can't figure out how to edit the catagories to add a name to the list of fantasy artists located there. When I clicked the edit button, there wasn't anything to edit. How do I add an artist name there?

    Thank you! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Frivilousity (talk • contribs) 20:05, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Hi, Frivilousity. Category pages aren't static pages that can be edited manually. That page is compiled by the database from all articles that contain the text [[Category:Fantasy artists]]. To add a name to the list, the category must be added to an existing article. If no article exists, the name can't be added. Leebo T/C 20:08, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    You have to add the category to the article. This means, you look for an article about the artist, you want to be included of if this article does not exist, you have to write it. At the end of the article, you write [[Category:Fantasy artists]]. This shows, that the article is part of this category. The category will appear at the end of the article and the article´s name in the list of this category. --Thw1309 20:15, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Also see: Help:Category. --Teratornis 20:42, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Point of interest

    Hi, we have serious problem. Somebody keeps deleting our link, almost every day! Please can you block them or can you give us some advice, what can we do?

    It is happening here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_of_interest#External_links Our link is: GPS-Support, Thousands Points of Interest (POI) and Speed Camera Alerts/Speed Traps records FOR FREE. STOP DELETE THIS LINK!!!

    Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.160.47.153 (talk) 20:43, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Such links are not acceptable on Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a collection of links, nor a venue for advertisements. When such links are inserted, vigilant editors remove them, and will continue to do so. That is not a problem, it is a feature of the project. --Orange Mike 20:49, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    help on everything

    I wanted to add a person to the Oakland Chinatown notable persons category and wrote up what I thought was an article. It was tagged for deletion. Why? I don't know. This author and writer is a noted journalist and writer who is already noted several times in the Oakland, Chinatown pages and so I added him to the notable persons list. What's the problem with that. Go to his other sites yellowjournalist.com or oaklandchinatownhistory.org or CCH pages where he is mentioned as a grant recipient.

    Also, I wasn't able to figure out how to make my entry look like the other ones. This was not an easy process. I was trying to add to the vital information of the area, but there was no real help along the way, and now I'm both frustrated and upset. Joyce Mende Wong 20:45, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    First of all, you'll have to check if the person satisfies the conditions listed in WP:BIO. If it satisfies it, start writing an article. If you don't know how to start, take a look here. Note that as a rule of thumb you don't have to re-create most of the good looking stuff ;), for istance, I think you were referring to the "infobox" many people have. To create it, we have what we call "templates". Learning how to use those is easy, just pick the code from the article of a person who already has that and fill properly the right fields (a template name is included in parenthesis like this -> {{ <template name> }}). Don't forget that biographies of living people have to be strongly supported by references, or are likely to be deleted. --Outspan [talk · contribs] 21:28, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    But the most intelligent way to learn how to use templates is, after you've identified the name of one, go to en.wikipedia.org/Template:<temp name>, edit the page. This way you see all the parameters you can put in there. Occasionally (why just occasionally and not always??) templates are documented directly in that page so you don't have to look at the code. -- Outspan [talk · contribs] 21:32, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Have you gone through the tutorial? That's a good place to start.--Orange Mike 21:20, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    talk pages

    Hi, I was trying to start a new article so I added a few lines but I was immediately warned and my content was deleted. However, someone asked to verify that I really did want to start an article to which I checked yes. How do I talk to that person, or any of you people for that matter? Vancinator17 20:55, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    If you go to a user's user page and click the "Discussion" tab, it will take you to their talk page. Is that what you wanted to know or were you looking for a specific person? Leebo T/C 20:59, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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