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February 26

Creating a wiki page for my band

Can I create my own wiki page for my band? I have tried to do it twice before but I've been told that there is a conflict of interest as a I am part of the band. Does someone other than a band HAVE to create the page? I also used info from our band's websites in my initial attempts and the info was deleted due to copyright issues. Help! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Herecomethebirds (talk • contribs) 00:23, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

1. Does your band meet the criteria listed at WP:BAND? If not, it shouldn't have an article on Wikipedia.

2. As long as you write in an unbiased way about your band, you shouldn't have any issues with NPOV (conflict of interest). flaming lawyer 00:26, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

(e/c) Creating articles about yourself or organizations you are associated with is strongly discouraged because of conflict of interest, which is likely to violate the neutrality of the article. Also, the subject must be notable enough to have an article (in this case, the guideline is WP:BAND). The information must be verifiable through reliable sources as well. If your band qualifies the criteria at WP:BAND, then it would be OK to create an article about it. However, if you don't want to create it because of the conflict of interest, I suggest you put a request for the article here or ask someone else to create it. Cheers. Chamal ^talk 00:31, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Also, you probably tried to create an article rather than a wiki. - Mgm|^(talk) 05:43, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Spam filter notice

Resolved

I have been working on Frankie Rayder, an article that uses http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com links. However, I am trying to create an article for her sister and am getting

Spam filter notice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search

The spam filter blocked your page save because it detected a blacklisted hyperlink. You will need to remove any instance of the blacklisted link in your text addition before you can save the page. Blacklists are maintained both locally and globally. Before proceeding, please review both lists to determine which one (or both) are affecting you. You can request help removing the link, request that the link be removed from the blacklist, or report a possible error on the local or global spam blacklist talk page. If you'd like to request that a specific link be allowed without removing similar links from the blacklist, you can request whitelisting on the local spam whitelist talk page.

The following link has triggered our spam protection filter: http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com Either that exact link, or a portion of it (typically the root domain name) is currently blacklisted.

Why can I use this link in one article and not the other.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 02:07, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm seeing multiple entries in the whitelist talk page all of a sudden - got to be a server glitch somewhere. — Ched (talk) 02:20, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What is the whitelist talk page?--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 02:30, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

here - but mIRC says apparently admins are working on a blacklist problem now. So, I guess the people who need to know about the problem do. ;) — Ched (talk) 02:52, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

O.K. I have been able to create Missy Rayder so my problem is solved.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 03:08, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Question on the font style for every page.

We have been using Wikipedia for quite some time (and love it) but we searched for something just recently and the instead of the normal font, we are seeing an italicized script font... everywhere. Is there something that we changed or touched or was there some kind of change on your end that we are not aware of? Is anyone else having this problem?? <e-mail address redacted>—Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.251.237.11 (talk) 04:24, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've seen this happen a few times, it's usually when the last editor doesn't close his formats correctly. Normally, the next editor will fix that when he or she sees it. Refresh in a couple minutes and it's normally fine. If there's a particular page you're interested in, post the link, and I'll take a look.

It is also possible you changed your default font settings in your browser. If you post what kind of operating system, and browser you're using - we might be able to help there as well. For example, Firefox 3.x - you would look in Tools, Options, and the Content tab. — Ched (talk) 05:28, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I wish to create an atrical on "Foxen"

Hi,

I wish to create an article on Foxen and think for searching there use to be one (not by me) and it was deleted.

Before I go to the hard work of creating it I wanted to check if and/or why the last one was deleted and if you think it meets the criteria to be an article.

"Foxen" refers to the name of a valley in California on the outskirts of a National Forest, as well as a winery and a family name. Does this meet the criteria (which I have read and been left a little confused by)? sources follow: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&q=Foxen+Canyon+Road,+Santa+Maria,+CA&ie=UTF8&split=0&gl=uk&ei=jhCmSdr6DuTSjAe58JTjDw&ll=34.812676,-120.19146&spn=0.182656,0.265045&z=12 , http://www.surnamedb.com/surname.aspx?name=Foxen , http://www.foxenvineyard.com/ .

I would like to write just a small amount about each of these to give some presence to the name "Foxen" within wiki.

Kind regards Thomas. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Foxandthehen (talk • contribs) 04:26, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

According to the deletion log, the article was deleted as "patent nonsense". —teb728 t c 04:44, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

So I should be safe to write my article and it meets the requirements? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Foxandthehen (talk • contribs) 04:55, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

(e/c) The prior article was about a nonexistent plural form of the word for

s, so don't worry about that. The three subjects you list are not really unified in any manner that I would think would be a proper subject of a single article. The three sources you list don't really do much to show whether the aricle subjects are notable. We show that by citation to reliable sources; sources that are independent of the subject they are used to verify. So, for example, an article on the winery would be a valid topic if independent and reliable sources, such as newspapers, books, and the like have discussed it substantively, which you can then cite in the article. Please see Wikipedia:Your first article for an overview.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 05:06, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

(e/c) Certainly not a single article about all three or even any two. In deciding whether an article would be appropriate for one of the topics, read the notability guideline. Basically for a topic to be notable enough to have an article in Wikipedia, which means it has to have significant coverage in reliable independent published sources. It doesn’t look promising to me. —teb728 t c 05:19, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

oh dear, ok! I would have though maps would be a good published coverage at least! Well I'm not going to write it with the risk it will get deleted. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Foxandthehen (talk • contribs) 11:06, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Help with reverting a undiscussed move over redirect

I think a admin is needed to do such a thing, right? Well... a rather controversial move has been made without a RM or any form of consensus, just a user riding in stating his opinion before executing it. America was moved to America (disambiguous) with the reason: "This article only provides a list of links." — CHAN DLER #10 — 04:51, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Done - Fuhghettaboutit fixed it. – ukexpat (talk) 05:17, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Rihanna

Resolved

– Chamal ^talk 11:56, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi,

When are you going to change Rihanna's wikipedia page? After she was beaten by her boyfriend, someone posted "Bitch Got Owned" on her page and it has yet to come down.

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

It's fixed, but you could have done it yourself. – ukexpat (talk) 05:15, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well actually, he couldn't, because the page is semi-protected. Someguy1221 (talk) 06:55, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The edit was reverted by ClueBot (talk · contribs) in less than a minute. The editor who vandalised the page is now indef blocked from editing. So, some harm done, but not too much I hope. Chamal ^talk 11:56, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Reflist strangeness

I was just randomly browsing around as one does and came across the article Post-rock. It uses the multi-column reference list functionality of {{reflist}} and is set to display two columns which works on my Firefox fine. What is puzzling me though is that this reflist display is lopsided, in all the other articles in which i've seen reflist used with 2 columns - the template automatically balance the columns out to avoid whitespace. {{reflist}} and {{reflist|3}} work fine on preview without leaving any whitespace, so why isn't {{reflist|2}}? Nanonic (talk) 06:48, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm... this is weird. It looks fine on other pages. I've made a note at Template talk:Reflist, we'll see if someone comes up with an idea. Chamal ^talk 12:12, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

See my response at Template talk:Reflist#Is something wrong here?. --—— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 12:13, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

ABOUT UPFC

how the shunt converter damp the oscillations in a transmission line —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vinay.mandi (talk • contribs) 08:00, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. I hope this helps. - Mgm|^(talk) 08:48, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Lost.

An apparently saved page on 'My Talk' Michael Nettleton (talk) 13:56, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It appears that you have made one edit to your talk page. If you are trying to create an article, you can use a personal sandbox to test everything out before you move the page to the mainspace. Let us know if there's anything with which we can help. TN X Man 14:02, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

McMansion

This is a derogatory term used in the construction industry. In the References section, number 1 reference is Sereno Canyon. It includes a link to the Sereno Canyon website. This is a custom home community in Scottsdale Arizona. No homes are built yet. When homes are built,they will be custom designed and constructed, not "McMansions." The reference to our community is in error. Please remove the reference, and contact me that it is complete. —Preceding unsigned comment added by DebbieOmundson (talk • contribs) 14:09, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've looked at the source and the article. The only thing for which the source is used in the article is to attribute the quote by Jay Westervelt. I don't see an implication that Sereno Canyon does or does not build McMansions. TN X Man 14:21, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that the reference doesn't indicate that homes in Sereno Canyon will be McMansions, but I also think that a better source for the quote should be found and the advert currently being used as a reference should be replaceed. Looking for a new source now. --Onorem ♠Dil 14:43, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

User box

This user remembers using
a rotary dial telephone.

Can someone help me make a User Box that says:

"This user remembers building and using a Crystal radio." Perhaps using this picture of an old crystal radio: ------>

<---- Maybe something like user box for the rotary dial telephone. Thanks.--Doug Coldwell ^talk 15:21, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Replied on user's talk page. TN X Man 15:33, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Adding an article to wikipedia

I am having a hard time adding a page to wikipedia. I read some Q & A and i know that there are lots of "terms" and that need to be met in order for an article to be published. So my question is once i have the credible resources and an artiacle is ready, what do i do with it? Do i send a list of resources to wikipedia, and if so what is the email to send it to? Also what is the link to see the terms that need to be met so I can post an article. I am making a page on a charitable organization. How should I go about getting this article on wikipedia. Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Volunteerafrica (talk • contribs) 15:22, 26 February 2009 (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. Algebraist 15:23, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Editing Reference links

Hello

I work for Fairfield University - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairfield_University We recently launched a new website, making nearly all the links under 'References' on our Wikipedia page invalid. I need to update the links to their new URLs, but when I click on Edit for that section, I'm not getting the code to update those links. How can I access the code for our References links to update them?

thank you Lauraj515 (talk) 15:44, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The code for the footnotes is in the body of the article where the footnote appears, not in references section. See Help:Footnotes for more information. You might want to read cool URIs don't change too. Algebraist 15:51, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Problem requesting an IRC cloak

I'm trying to register and get a IRC cloak for using the Wikipedia IRC channels. I've registered as Pyrspirit and connected it to an email address and alternate nick, and I'm trying to complete the steps at the cloak request page. I'm currently stuck at step 5, which is checking that all steps have been completed. It gives the following message:

We couldn’t find the message sent to bot. It appears that it was not sent or was sent using a wrong nickname. Incomplete requests will be stored for three days before being discarded, so you can return later to complete this request from this computer in that time frame.

I've tried sending the message it specified (/msg wmfgcbot !reqcloak [confirmation code]) several times, but it doesn't seem to work. I've never used IRC before, so I'm not sure what to try next. Why isn't this working? Pyrospirit (talk · contribs) 16:19, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for posting this - I got exactly the same problem. Regards, Moselschwimmer (talk) 14:51, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe you bumped into wmfgcbot's not actually working, but it was working a few days ago. Poke User:Martinp23 maybe? ~user:orngjce223 how am I typing? 19:06, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Calling all non-free use experts

I have a question about magazine covers at Wikipedia talk:Non-free use rationale guideline#Magazine covers. That talk page is kinda quiet so asking here for input there. Thanks. – ukexpat (talk) 16:44, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Deleating an image

I originally put up an image to wikipedia. Then with this wikicommons thing I put the same image up there. But there seems to be no way to call the new image up from wikicommons because the first one is still up on wikipedia. how do I eliminate the one on wikipedia and/or call the one on wikicommons?????? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Christian Skeptic (talk • contribs) 17:50, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Tag the image with this: {{db-G7}}, and an admin will delete it for you. – ukexpat (talk) 17:55, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

New page

I have been following a photographer for years and have the correct references to upload. Why do you make it so difficult/offensive to do this. I was directed to a page that said "Fuck all of you ///suck your own dicks" when I tried using sandbox. How is this professional? Now I have a blacklist...Can someone please help. There are so many areas/ and you get redirected...I have the page in correct format...just need to post it —Preceding unsigned comment added by 2009pedia (talk • contribs)

If you'd like, you can post the page to a personal sandbox, like User:2009pedia/Sandbox. Just click on the redlink and paste your article. Once your account is autoconfirmed, you can move the page to the mainspace. Also, be sure to check out this handy guide. TN X Man 18:32, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Abusive Content

If someone put information about me personally on wikipedia without my consent, could I sue wikipedia or could they get banned? I am thinking about both, as it has really offended me. Search the following for details:

User: brawn118

There was no report abuse section, so I thought it would be appropriate to put this information here. If nothing is done about this page, I will be forced to take action. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.216.244.205 (talk) 19:08, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The page has been tagged for deletion as an attack page. While we are happy to work with you to resolve this situation, please remember that legal threats will not help your case. If you have further questions, feel free to ask. TN X Man 19:16, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The page has now been deleted. AngelOfSadness talk 19:19, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Also, I don't know the exact name of the law, but there is some legal thingy that ensures Wikipedia can't be held liable for what individual users post. =- Mgm|^(talk) 21:40, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe you should take a look at Wikipedia:Risk disclaimer and Wikipedia:General disclaimer? Cheers. Chamal ^talk 00:17, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sock puppet investigation notification

What's the template for letting puppeteers and puppets know they're the subject of an investigation? Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/SPI/Guidance has no guidance. THF (talk) 19:21, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Suspected_sock_puppets#Reporting_suspected_sock_puppets has the wiki-mark up of said template. AngelOfSadness talk 19:24, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

{edit conflict) How ironic! I think what you're looking for is at Template:Sockpuppet. Best, TN X Man 19:25, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

how to change article header?

I would like to change the title of my article from "Edward Jackson (photographer)" to "Edward N. Jackson (photographer)" but I can't find an edit link. How can this be done?

Niteflyer Niteflyer (talk) 19:38, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You could click the "move" tab at the top of the article page. That way, the old article title is left behind, which would seem reasonable. Please, before you do this, read Wikipedia's Naming Conventions for Articles about People. There are some rather specific rules about naming articles, and it would be a good idea to be certain that this article matches those rules. --Jayron32.talk.contribs 19:44, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) In order to change the name of an article, you must move the page to the new title. In order to do this, your account must be autoconfirmed, which means that it has been active for four days and made at least ten edits. The only question I would have is why you would like to include the initial. Is Jackson most commonly referred to as "Edward N. Jackson" or is there another photographer with an article with the same name? TN X Man 19:47, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There is no existing Edward N. Jackson article so the disambiguating parentheses are not required. – ukexpat (talk) 20:21, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I did everything right!

Hi. I do not understand. I did everything that the guide told me to do, but someone gave me an A7 anyway! What am I doing wrong? User: Extremo —Preceding unsigned comment added by Extremo (talk • contribs) 20:20, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please read WP:CSD#A7. – ukexpat (talk) 20:21, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

How did you indicate why its subject is important or significant? According to A7, an article that does not indicate why its subject is important or significant can be speedily deleted. —teb728 t c 20:32, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The deleting admin says it was a repost. That is G4 instead of A7 speedy deletion. Reposting material when it was previously deleted without making any changes generally leads to another deletion one way or another. You still didn't explain why it met the inclusion criteria and the article lacked references to make it verifiable too. - Mgm|^(talk) 21:36, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

How do I move a page?

I recently authored my first page "Profiles in folly" and would like to move the entire content of the page to a new one, "Profiles In Folly"

Thanks, Sanitas (talk) 21:32, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It appears that TheRedPenOfDoom has replied on your talk page. However, here's how it's done. First, your account must be autoconfirmed, which means that it has been active for four days and made at least ten edits. After that, you will see a "move" tab at the top of pages. Click that tab and select the new title you wish to which you wish to move the article. If the new title's not taken, it will be moved. TN X Man 21:37, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

And I responded there with regard to the miscapitalized "In" in the new title suggested by Sanitas above. Deor (talk) 21:43, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Removing talk page warnings

Hi, I have some really ridiculous warnings on my talk page. Can I just go ahead and remove them? Nerfari (talk) 21:50, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, responded on your talk page also. dougweller (talk) 21:54, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

(ec) The short answer is, Yes, you can. I don't really see why you'd want to, though. The discussions seem to show that, by and large, you've been doing the right things (although Martin was probably right about your AfD nomination of List of cities in Texas). Don't be so defensive. I don't think anyone's picking on you just because you're a new user; some people are suspicious of newbies at AfD, but pay them no heed. There's a learning curve to becoming a productive Wikipedian, and you seem to be well on your way. Deor (talk) 22:01, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Criticism can only be valid or invalid. If it's valid, you should heed it. If it's invalid, then it reflects poorly on the critic. Either way, having some criticism on one's talk page gives one a chance to hone one's sangfroid. On Wikipedia, as in the rest of life, it is useful to cultivate a detached, objective response to criticism. In contrast, the instinctive reptilian response, which comes from the emotional brain, is generally not productive, and overcoming it is a lifelong battle. What's on your talk page now will matter less in the future, because if you stick around on Wikipedia, your talk page will eventually get longer and you will archive the older portions. Once the warnings are in your talk page archive, very few people will be likely to see them, unless you attain such a high level of Wikipedia eminence that teams of scholars feel motivated to dig into your archives. --Teratornis (talk) 00:06, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Content Deleted

I was editing something that says rght on the bottom you can help wikipedia by expanding this page. I edited it and then two days later it was deleted. The two pages were: CJCY-FM and CJOC-FM. Can you tell me why they were deleted? Thanks!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kunzy (talk • contribs) 22:14, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You added a list of programs, which are prohibited by WP:NOTDIR, point number 3. Xenon54 (talk) 22:23, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Click the "history" tab on a page to see the edit history. It shows your edits were deleted in [1] and [2] with the edit summary "WP:NOTDIR: no program schedules." If you click the "discussion" tab then there are links to Wikipedia:WikiProject Radio Stations. See Wikipedia:WikiProject Radio Stations#Article content for some suggestions. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:34, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Template question

Resolved

– ukexpat (talk) 14:41, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Is there an easy way to make a single template appear like ambox on articles and tmbox on talkpages? I would like to do this with templates like {{Expand German}}, which are generated by {{Expand language}}. For these templates it makes sense for them sometimes to go on the article page and other times on the talk page. Calliopejen1 (talk) 22:42, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Try wrapping it in {{mbox}} which has namespace detection. --—— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 23:34, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Looking a bit more closely, you should be able to make a simple change to {{expand language}}: ambox → mbox. --—— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 02:17, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Perfect! Thank you! Sure a lot easier to post here than to search for hours among templates..... Calliopejen1 (talk) 02:41, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Company article - conflict of interest

FULL DISCLOSURE: I am an employee of the company mentioned in this article.

I have recently come across the Altium Limited stub by the WikiProject Business group. This stub is a great introduction to Altium, however I was hoping to extend this article to include some of the organisation’s background and history. I would also like to update the 'links' section with new articles and to list more items in the 'products' section. However, I am an employee of Altium and I fully understand my conflict of interest. Therefore I am trying comply to the following guidelines: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Business#I_think_my_company_deserves_an_article_on_Wikipedia_but_none_exists._What_can_I_do.3F

I've already posted my draft on the wiki project discussion page, but I have had no replies. I really want to comply to Wikipedia's policies and remain neutral, so I would greatly appreciate if someone can give me any tips on how I can update this page. My draft is located here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:WikiWriter2345/Altium_draft
I would appreciate any feedback on this and I'm open to discussions.

Kind regards
WikiWriter2345 (talk) 23:43, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Side note: read Help:Link so you know how to make links like these:

Thank you for reading the instructions in WP:BFAQ and attempting to do the right thing. On Wikipedia we have lots of rules, enough to determine what to do in almost every situation. However, we also have Ignore all rules because sometimes doing things by the rules can be very slow. Since Wikipedia is a collaborative editing project, everything depends on who you can collaborate with. That in turn depends on how many people are paying attention to a particular article, page, process, discussion, etc. The Altium Limited article is not getting a huge number of views. That means if you do things the "right" way, which would be to suggest your changes on the article's talk page and wait for someone not connected with the company to implement them, you might be waiting a long time. Or maybe not. Calling attention to your situation on the Help desk is more likely to generate a response, because the Help desk gets more attention from helpful people (go figure) than a lot of other pages on Wikipedia. On much of Wikipedia, the number of people with questions far outweighs the number of people with answers. The answers are all in the manuals, but reading them takes a lot of work.

You took the right approach with User:WikiWriter2345/Altium draft, that is, it's good to write an article draft as a user subpage before going live with it. I don't see any glaring problems with what you wrote. It seems factual and neutral, and avoids peacock language and public relations hagiography. However:

See WP:LAYOUT as you have your standard sections out of order at the bottom (External links should go last).
The article could use a See also section. Surely there are some articles related to this one that you haven't mentioned inline. A list of Altium's competitors, for example, would be helpful, and would go a way toward proving your neutrality.
Has there been any reliably sourced criticism of Altium? An article devoid of criticism of its subject may not be neutral, as nobody is perfect.
You've linked some of the jargon, but not all of it. The lead section, in particular, should link to something else. For example, what is Altium an example of? Does Wikipedia have articles on the general classes of things that Altium is, does, or sells? Linking to these articles inline helps the reader establish the context for the article's subject.
When you mention specific individuals in the company, it's nice if they are notable enough to have their own biographical articles. Mentioning people who are not notable can seem a bit suspect.
The article could use more footnote citations. See WP:FOOT, WP:CITE, and WP:CITET. And please use citation templates. They are a bit bothersome to learn, but the result is more consistent and professional than ad hoc formats.
You have a set of external links in an "Articles" section. That's not a standard section we normally use (see WP:LAYOUT for the preferred layout). Instead you should turn all those articles into footnotes if you can.
Some additional reliable sources not connected with the company would be helpful.
You don't need   tags after every hard return. The MediaWiki software that powers Wikipedia has a wikitext markup language that is designed to be as compact and clean as possible. We normally don't have to resort to using HTML tags unless we are doing something a bit unusual. As a new Wikipedia user, hopefully you won't be doing anything that needs HTML yet.
Look over some featured articles about other companies, for example Microsoft. Featured articles represent Wikipedia's best work. That's where you want your article to go.
This phrase might start to brush the border on WP:PEACOCK:
- "to embrace all the other disciplines that make up the complete electronics design experience."
How about backing off on the buzzword bingo with:
- "to support other disciplines that electronic designers use."

You may want to read the book for new Wikipedia users: H:TMM. It tells how to do just about everything you need to know. --Teratornis (talk) 00:53, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

February 27

tag on public domain image

What tag should be put on an image that is in the public domain, if you are not the creator? {{PD}} is depreciated and {{PD-self}} is for the creator. Bubba73 (talk), 02:57, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It generally goes by country and/or by subject i.e., a generic public domain template for the United States is {{PD-US}}. See Category:Wikipedia image copyright templates (and don't forget to click on "(next 200)" at the bottom of the page). Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 03:09, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

How do I go about adding IPA pronunciations to Wikipedia?

I already know how to type in IPA and transcribe sounds.

What are the conventions, wikitext, etc. for inserting IPA pronunciations? What are the guidelines for deciding when & where to use an IPA pronunciation? For example, would it be overenthusiastic of me to call up each and every article on a nation (Canada, France, Peru, etc.) and insert the IPA pronunciation for each nation's name?

In "Robert Anson Heinlein (July 7 1907 – May 8 1988) was an American novelist," do I put the pronunciation before or after the date? What convention should I use to separate Robert from Anson from Heinlein?

Is there some kind of Portal for IPA editors? Minetruly (talk) 03:36, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:IPA is probably a good place to start. --Jayron32.talk.contribs 06:27, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There is also Wikipedia:Spoken Wikipedia. Buried in there somewhere is a taskforce of people who provide pronunciation sound files. Since a lot of people DON'T know how to transcribe sounds into IPA (or how to decipher them again), it might be a good idea to try that instead. - Mgm|^(talk) 08:29, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

external link to file on HD

OK, maybe I'm just tired - but I'm missing something - I'm trying to put a link on my user page - to a file on my HD. I tried:

[file:///C:/Users/Ched/Documents/wiki/backup-webpages/ched/somefile.htm name]

and

<a href="file:///C:/Users/Ched/Documents/wiki/backup-webpages/ched/file.htm" name</a>

I even tried putting in the http:// in a couple places, but I'm just missing it. could a fresh set of eyes give me a clue as to what I'm missing or forgetting? Thanks. ;) and I'll offer the preemptive "facepalm" in advance — Ched (talk) 05:42, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I don't believe that the MediaWiki software allows this functionality. You would have to upload the file to Wikipedia directly and link it from there. It would help to know exactly what the file is and what your intent for using it here at Wikipedia is... --Jayron32.talk.contribs 06:26, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I guess you are using Internet Explorer which can both navigate the World Wide Web and your hard disk, but I don't think your browser would allow a switch from the Web to your hard disk by clicking a link. If you want to try then I uploaded your link here: http://users.cybercity.dk/~dsl522332/Chedtest.htm (including a missing '>' in your html). PrimeHunter (talk) 13:25, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sandbox

Resolved

– TNXMan 14:23, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Where's the sandbox. and if this isn't just to ask a qeustion and it's to write a page i'm sorry, o.k —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.19.222.54 (talk) 06:24, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

WP:SANDBOX. --Jayron32.talk.contribs 06:25, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

How do you use the sandbox because Mikaey(Mikey) wouldn't tell me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.19.222.54 (talk) 06:28, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

yeh i'm sorry man but that didn't help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.19.222.54 (talk) 06:32, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Can you explain it to me in words, because I don't get it, because this is the first time I've been on Wiki for more then 10 min. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.19.222.54 (talk) 06:37, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Instructions for using the sandbox are in the sandbox directly. If you left a more detailed explanation of what you are trying to accomplish, we could help you better. --Jayron32.talk.contribs 06:38, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm done —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.19.222.54 (talk) 06:39, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

OK. Bye bye now... --Jayron32.talk.contribs 06:40, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Creating a Sandbox - Help Please

I have created a Wiki page prior to this and am currently using it. I had created a Sandbox, somehow, and now as I am responsible for another project, I am struggling to find simple directions to creating a Sandbox.

I would like you create it for me if possible, since there are endless pages that I have read with little success. If you could put a link to it, so that when I sign in I could work in it, that would be wonderful.

Thank you for saving me a nervous breakdown! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cognitively Equipped (talk • contribs) 12:21, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You created a correct link to a personal sandbox in [3] but I see you removed it again. All you have to do is click the currently red link (red signals there is no page at the moment) User:Cognitively Equipped/Sandbox and save something there, for example {{User Sandbox}}. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:46, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I appreciate what you are trying to do for me, but on the page I created before, when I logged in and clicked on the group name at the top center, it would bring me to a backslash and typed next to it , Sandbox. This was evidence that it was a legit sandbox. Right now I get nothing like that after I log in and it means our work could be deleted. I was hoping for a simple Sandbox like I somehow created before. This current project has a title listed as though it were a Main Page and Main Pages are subject to deletion. Whatever I created that you made a shortcut to, i am not interested in, I want a legit link to a Sandbox for when my group logs in.

thanks for your understanding and help —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.144.50.63 (talk) 16:01, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

See your user page at User:Cognitively Equipped - I changed the link there to [[/Sandbox]] which takes you to the same page as User:Cognitively Equipped/Sandbox. – ukexpat (talk) 16:51, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know what you are referring to. Which website was this at? Anything on the Wikipedia website can be deleted, but User:Cognitively Equipped/Sandbox is as legit as it gets for a user sandbox. It is not the Main Page and it is not in the main namespace, but anybody can see it and anybody is able to edit it when it's not protected (but it's rare to edit other users sandboxes). You can also get to User:Cognitively Equipped/Sandbox by clicking your username Cognitively Equipped at the top of the page and manually adding /Sandbox to the url. Maybe this is similar to what you did at the other site. I'm not sure what you mean by "group name", "our work could be deleted" and "my group logs in", but note that shared accounts are not allowed and Wikipedia is not a webhost. See also Wikipedia:User page. PrimeHunter (talk) 17:42, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Saving one's own files

can i save my own files in this site so that i can read it when i want. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.163.250.182 (talk) 12:49, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I am confused by what you want to do? Wikipedia is not a filehosting service. If you could explain in more detail what your purposes are, we could perhaps help you? --Jayron32.talk.contribs 13:05, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think that's exactly what the poster is looking for, a file hosting service and Wikipedia is not it. Try box.net or Google "free file host". – ukexpat (talk) 14:35, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Or see File hosting service#Comparison of notable file hosting services. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:39, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I suspect he may want to save articles to his hard drive; so he can read them offline. —teb728 t c 19:58, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Uncategorized pages

Am I halluncinating? This category used to be filled to the brim with articles just a few days ago and now it suddenly has subcategories with no indication in the history of either parent or child cat how they came to be there. Special:UncategerizedPages doesn't update properly. Did I visit the wrong cat or what? - Mgm|^(talk) 12:59, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I checked Category:Category needed as well, and I don't see anything there. Either folks at the categorization WikiProject have been working extra hard over the past few days (unlikely but possible) or there is a glitch in the system somewhere we are missing. Perhaps a post at WP:VPT or something may get someone's attention with more technical savvy?!? I am confused here as well. --Jayron32.talk.contribs 13:09, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

adolf hitler

having followed the link and then searched for 'adolf hitler' i am deeply unimpressed by the article. please advise why i cannot get any actual information about the man. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.249.138.179 (talk) 13:48, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Your question is not clear. There is a lot of info on the article Adolf Hitler. So much in fact, that it is tagged as too long to read comfortably. The article had been recently vandalized though, and maybe you have read the vandalized version. This has been reverted soon after. Cheers. Chamal ^talk 13:53, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

for some reason i see this too it says "He Has A **** (vagina)" but then i purge the page and it display now correctly

The vandalism was at 13:25 (UTC) and was reverted the same minute by a bot. The vandal has been blocked indefinitely (User talk:Devils Advocate). PrimeHunter (talk) 14:45, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Strangely enough, though, Hitler Has Only Got One Ball. And he has an article to note that fact too. Ok, that was probably excessive. But come on, laugh a little people]]. --Jayron32.talk.contribs 14:53, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

IEEE logo =

The logo used for IEEE on the page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE is wrong and outdated.

Please upload a new logo using this page as reference: http://www.ieee.org/web/aboutus/toolkit/masterbrand/index.html

Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 140.98.210.243 (talk) 14:41, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The correct place to raise this issue is at Talk:Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers rather than here. Comments about the quality of an article should be made at the talk page of the articles themselves. --Jayron32.talk.contribs 14:47, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Additionally, investigating the logo in question, it does not appear that the new logo is substantively different from the one in the article. Its basically the same logo, with some text underneath indicating the 125th anniversary of the company. Unless a completely new logo is designed, I don't see where changing the one in our article would be much use. --Jayron32.talk.contribs 14:49, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The IEEE site has two logos: the IEEE Master Brand (nearer the bottom of the page) and the IEEE 125th Anniversary Mark (the master brand with anniversary text). The article uses the master brand, thus is correct. It is not un-common for an organization to have a variant of a logo for some special purpose, especially anniversaries, but the main logo is that one we should use. --—— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 15:13, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see text

My internet it working fine, but on most pages I dont see text or boxes, just the Wikipedia background. Anyone know what I can do? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.7.60.38 (talk) 16:00, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Try to clear your entire cache. PrimeHunter (talk) 17:44, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Printing Wikipedia articles

When I tried to print out your article on "Multiverse," I found that p. 5 could not be printed. The "print preview" command showed it to be blank, in both the regular and printable versions, and that's the way it was when I went ahead and tried to print them anyway. I never had such a problem until several months ago; since then, I've had it fairly often with various internal pages when trying to print out articles of, say, more than a few pages in length.69.250.218.149 (talk) 17:46, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I can confirm this for IE7; it works fine in Firefox, however. Cheers, This flag once was red^propaganda_deeds 17:51, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm assuming you're using IE. Are you able to use a different browser? If not, could you copy and paste the text into a word processor? I can't see anything about the article that would cause this, but I'll keep poking. Cheers, This flag once was red^propaganda_deeds 17:53, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

To resolve the issue of blank pages when printing from Internet Explorer 7:

Create an account if you do not have one
Open Special:Preferences → Skin; from your currently selected skin, click on Custom CSS and open it for editing
Add:

@media print {
sup, sub, p, .documentDescription { line-height: normal; }
}

Save and bypass your cache using the instructions at the top of the CSS page

--—— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 18:17, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I just noticed an interesting "create a book" box at the bottom of the left sidebar below the toolbox. See Help:Books. It's only for logged-in users at the moment. --Teratornis (talk) 21:10, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

England Test cricket team colours

Resolved

– Answered at Wikipedia:Reference desk/Entertainment#England Test cricket team shirts – ukexpat (talk) 20:44, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

On the England Team's shirts there is a number underneath the three lions logo. This number appears to be different for each player. What does the number signify? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.14.182.97 (talk) 17:50, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Have you tried the Entertainment section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there; this help desk is only for questions about using Wikipedia. For your convenience, here is the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps. Algebraist 17:52, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I am guessing it's a player ID number, maybe something mandated by the International Cricket Council? – ukexpat (talk) 18:53, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

OP has asked as suggested at the RefDesk, and received the correct answer that it is the player's "call up" number. DuncanHill (talk) 19:22, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Can not delete a user page

Apparently I have an unknown user page that can not be deleted that is tagged can harm my computer. Can someone delete this page: User:Doug Coldwell/monobook.css . I have no idea what it is or what it is suppose to do - other than harm my computer or my account at Wikipedia! Perhaps people at Village pump (technical) might be able to help!--Doug Coldwell ^talk 19:54, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Don't Panic!. Monobook simply tells your browser how to display Wikipedia. You can see more details at WP:Skin. Best, TNXMan 20:06, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The page is not malicious. You created it on 9 July 2007. The current code lets you view the normally hidden persondata in an article. If you don't want that feature, just edit the page, blank it and follow the instructions on the page to bypass your cache. --—— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 20:06, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Great! Now that I know what it is I can sleep again. Thanks for telling me what it is and what it does.--Doug Coldwell ^talk 21:04, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Filariasis

Page 3 in your article about Filariasis will not print. Please Help!72.11.41.88 (talk) 19:55, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

See #Printing Wikipedia articles above. --—— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 20:03, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

And see Help:Books for a fancy new printing option (only for registered users at the moment). --Teratornis (talk) 21:11, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Modifying Wikipedia:IPA table

Look at this page here: Wikipedia:IPA. See the table to the right that has links to Wikipedia:IPA for Arabic, Wikipedia:IPA for Armenian, Wikipedia:IPA for Czech, etc.?

I've written a Wikipedia:IPA for Japanese article and would like to add it to that list.

How do I do this?

Note that I am new, and it appears my access to this section may be restricted. It doesn't even show up in the editing field. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Minetruly (talk • contribs) 22:33, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The table on the right is actually something we call a navigation template; the template page is: {{IPAhelp}}. As the template page is not protected, you should be able to edit it now. The template uses some table markup, but it is so simple that you should be able to see what to add. Just make your entry like the others. --Teratornis (talk) 22:48, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Review of entry on Sarah Keys v. Carolina Coach Company

This article was tagged at top about two or three weeks ago with a caution about avoiding ibid., op. cit, and the like in citations. I removed the ibid. I had used but the tag (or whatever you call it) is still there. Is there something I'm not seeing that you are? Also, I would like to get a more specific idea of why this article is ranked C class. I asked about this on the discussion page but the response was simply to refer me to your ranking chart/guidelines. The article appears to adhere to the standards for an A rating and I wondered if you could review it and tell me what, if anything, is lacking so that I can revise. Thanks! Megavoice (talk) 22:44, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

General note: you can make your question easier to answer by linking the article title, like this:

Sarah Keys v. Carolina Coach Company

(You did at least state the correct title, which is better than some questions we get.)

To your questions:

On removing the {{Ibid}} template:
- The bold approach is to remove the template yourself when you think you have corrected the problems that motivated someone else to put the template on the article.
- However, if you are new to Wikipedia, the prudent approach would be to identify the person who put the template on the article, and ask him or her if he or she agrees that you fixed the problems. To do that, check the history of the article. You can see that Ukexpat added the template. Since Ukexpat reads this Help desk, he will probably notice that we are talking about him and chime in. If he doesn't, you could get his attention on User talk:Ukexpat.
On the C class ranking:
- Again, look at the history of the article's talk page, see who ranked the article as C class, and ask him or her if he or she thinks the ranking could increase now.
- I wouldn't worry too much about the ranking. It only appears on the article's talk page. Here is how many views it got last month - the view count tool says zero views in January. Presumably the view count will jump up a bit for February, due to the recent edits on the talk page. However, in general talk pages get fewer views than the corresponding articles. Article rankings on Wikipedia do not matter nearly as much as the actual quality of the articles. If an article is of high quality, it will meet the needs of its readers, most of whom will be utterly oblivious to the ranking.
  - In other words, I recommend spending your time on learning how to improve articles, rather than on the procedural overhead necessary to push up the rankings. The rankings are only one means to the end of improving articles. One might consider rankings to be something of a motivational gimmick - not necessarily a bad thing, but not the ultimate goal. If you are already motivated to improve articles, and you know how to improve them, you don't need to pay much attention to rankings. Just go improve some articles, and eventually the rankings will reflect your improvements. The great majority of readers pay no attention to rankings anyway.

--Teratornis (talk) 23:40, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

How to change a file name from Commons

I want to change File:Lomatium bicolor .JPG to File:Lomatium parryi.JPG. Is an administrator needed? ZooFari 23:08, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

See commons:Commons:FAQ#How can I rename/move an image or other media file?. --Teratornis (talk) 23:21, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Stephen Joseph Christopher (Change Needed To Information Please...)

Where it says:

On January 11, 2008 Christopher posted on Alien-earth.org stating that he planned to assassinate Obama in a thread titled "ok we have 9 days until my Presidential Assasination". Christopher stated that the motive for this was because he "can no longer allow the Jewish parasites to bully their way into making the American people submit to their evil ways."

It SHOULD read "On January 11, 2009". Somehow, it was posted as 2008 instead of 2009!!!

Thanks!

M7® (Member at Alien-Earth.Org) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.170.57.97 (talk) 23:20, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The question refers to the Steven Joseph Christopher article. I must say, the subject of the article sounds like a real piece of work. --Teratornis (talk) 23:46, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The cited references such as this one give the year as 2009, so you can be bold and change the year yourself. Just click the "edit" link at the top of the section. --Teratornis (talk) 23:48, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I changed the year in two places.[4] PrimeHunter (talk) 23:54, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

February 28

Is wiki broke?

Due to high database server lag, changes newer than 15250 seconds may not appear in this list??? Ryan4314 (talk) 03:40, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Seems to be OK now :) Chamal ^talk 05:08, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It was discussed at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#Watchlist. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:51, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Signature problem

I have a signature worked out that should look like this I Grave Rob_«talk» but when I check the raw signature box so the WikiMarkup becomes part of it and save my preferences it says Invalid raw signature. Check HTML tags.

How can I fix this? '''[[User:I Grave Rob|I Grave Rob]]'''[[User talk:I Grave Rob|«talk»]] (talk) 06:12, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Signature taken out till I can fix this. I Grave Rob (talk) 06:15, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

In terms of HTML, it should be:

I Grave Rob_«talk»

I'm sorry, I haven't been able to test it, but that should do it. - Jarry1250 ^{(t, c)} 10:02, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, the element is called 'span', not 'span style'. is nonsense. Algebraist 10:59, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

COI

I am new to wikipedia and see a conflict of interest box at top of page for "Gavin Lurssen". I apologize for the deletion of one of the COI notices. Did not understand the meaning of this and that they should be left there even after reverting to previous version. I had added some factual points to this page and did not realize there would be a conflict of interest because I am related to this person. I thought I had reverted to a previously saved version where the page was started by an outside individual. Please advise what needs to be done to remove this COI box on the page. Thank you —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jeanlurssen (talk • contribs) 07:01, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

From the discussion on User talk:Jeanlurssen it appears the problem you are asking about is fixed now. However, it is obvious from the problems you ran into that you got in way over your head by trying to start with a tricky type of editing that requires an advanced level of skill, along with knowledge of how to communicate with other users on Wikipedia: editing an article in which you have a personal association with the subject. Wikipedia is extremely complex and unlike anything most people have experienced before, so there are a tremendous number of things you have to learn before you can really understand what that whole situation was about. If you are serious about using Wikipedia, you should read Wikipedia: The Missing Manual. That book will give you all the background you need to make sense of what you are experiencing here. --Teratornis (talk) 23:08, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

disambiguation

Resolved

– Ka renjc 12:12, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

My page "John Cook (musician)" does not currently appear on the John Cook disambiguation page. This makes it impossible to find the article on this person unless one searches for the exact title. Is there a way to change this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Brenterstad (talk • contribs) 07:08, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Then edit the disambiguation page and add his name (and his link via [[ ]])there.

Angdl (talk) 08:35, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've done it for you. Take a look at the diff to see what I did. Feel free to do it yourself in a similar situation. Ka renjc 12:07, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Would any of the actresses/actors in this reliable local newspaper article pass as notable?

http://www.goldstardailynews.com/content.php?sectionid=4&id=1429

Look at the last sentences in the article to find the names of the said actors/actresses. They are mentioned in a local newspaper, so that does mean they pass as notable as an actor/actress right? There are many famous people from the country Philippines, which are featured in the said local newspaper Gold Star. Angdl (talk) 08:34, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You can't say from the single mention. You'd have to find out if their role in the performance is relevant and if there's actually any other information to build an article with. (I know several people who are notable under the guidelines. But I wouldn't write an article on them, simply because there's too little information I can use) - Mgm|^(talk) 10:54, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The Tagalog Wikipedia may have more lenient requirements for notability of Filipino celebrities. Since the Tagalog Wikipedia is much smaller than the English Wikipedia, perhaps the Tagalog user community is more interested in adding content than deleting it, but I have no idea. I also have no idea whether you speak Tagalog, since you don't have any Babel boxes on your user page. If you do speak Tagalog, I would expect you might have an easier time developing articles on the Tagalog Wikipedia first, and then translating them to the English Wikipedia once they were well-developed there. Just something to consider. --Teratornis (talk) 23:15, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It might help the case for an article's notability on the English Wikipedia if well-developed articles already exist on other language Wikipedias for the same subject, but I don't have direct experience with deletion debates in which the existence of other language versions of an article was a deciding factor. I would expect it to help. If nothing else, it would give grounds for browbeating any would-be deletionists as blinkered ethnocentrists. --Teratornis (talk) 23:20, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Twin cities of U.S. cities

Whenever I go onto a "Twin cities" section of a city, I always see something like this:

Pierre, South Dakota, USA

Should it be this or:

Pierre, United States?

Filper01 (Chat, My contribs) 09:02, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know the answer (though I prefer the first) but one quick comment: in the first example "USA" should either be "United States" or piped to United States, e.g. [[United States|USA]] (this avoids a redirect). Cheers, This flag once was red^propaganda_deeds 09:24, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The US is such an enormous place, that - to me - it seems reasonable to narrow it down by mentioning the state in the link. It gives the reader a general indication on where the twin city is located which your suggestion wouldn't do. - Mgm|^(talk) 10:51, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

For larger cities, I think Los Angeles, United States would probably be fine. The problem with smaller cities is that there is often another city in the US by the same name. According to our disambiguation page, there are 31 Springfields, and I'm willing to bet that every medium to large British city has at least two American towns named after it. This doesn't apply to all US cities, just enough that it's probably something to keep in mind when making a twin towns list. AlexiusHoratius 15:59, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Naming conventions (geographic names)#United States says:

The canonical form for cities in the United States is [[City, State]] (the "comma convention").
A United States city's article should never be titled "city, country" (e.g., "Detroit, United States") or "city, state, country" (e.g., "Kansas City, Missouri, USA").

However, that refers to the naming convention for an article title, not for the text to display when linking to an article. In an article which is about a city outside the United States, it could be ambiguous to omit the trailing "United States" or "USA", for example when the state name is also the name of a country ("Georgia"). You might ask this question again on Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (geographic names) after searching the archives there. --Teratornis (talk) 21:31, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I am not finding my name

I uploaded my research paper, thesis and photography. But when in search box i write my name or topic of the article, i didnot get it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by AminaTara (talk • contribs) 12:36, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

For some reason, you created these on Wikipedia talk pages, not in article space. I will respond further on your talk page. --—— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 14:16, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

User page rediredcting to article I created and moved.

Hoping someone can tell me how to either unconnect my user page from the article I created or create a new user page.

Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kreiny (talk • contribs) 14:00, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Simply open it for editing and remove the redirect. The trick is that after it redirects to the article, you will see a small "(Redirected from User:Kreiny)" at the top; click on this link to get to the redirected page. --—— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 14:14, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I have blanked your user page so it doesn't redirect. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:41, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

font

why do every page in wikipedia had a font in script? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Marius zephius (talk • contribs) 15:07, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Do you see all of the article text as a script font? --—— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 15:13, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

How to add images

I wish to upload an article written by me. This is in MS Word and has a table, and a few graphics drawn using MS drawing tool. How can I upload this? I am a registered user. 91.140.201.155 (talk) 15:29, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well, firstly you don't appear to be a registered user (unless you forgot to log in). You need to have an autoconfirmed account, which means you have to have 10 edits, and been registered for 4 days. If these are currently applied, you can log in a upload them. Sunderland06 (talk) 15:37, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

See Wikipedia:Your first article about creating an article. Unfortunately you cannot upload an MS Word file. You will have to convert it to Wikitext including the Wikipedia:Table. Each graphic will have to be uploaded separately as a Wikipedia:Image and licensed under a free license. —teb728 t c 18:35, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please note also that the subjects of all articles must be notable, and the article must demonstrate that notability with references to reliable sources. Articles cannot be used for advertising the subject: they must be written from a neutral point of view. —teb728 t c 18:45, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

How to format a second response in a Talk page thread

In the Talk pages, what is the proper way to indicate the start of a new response to an entry, when there is already a response to it?

Assume that there is an entry at a certain heading level, and one response at the next higher heading level (the customary way to format a response). I wish to respond to the first entry (not to the first response).

If I simply append a new entry to the section, at the same heading level, it is often not clear that it is a new entry. At first glance, it appears to be part of the first responder's entry.

If, instead, I append to the section, increasing the heading level by one, it appears that I am responding to the first responder.

In the example below, the first three response lines are from Ivan, and the last by me.

Example:

(New Section:) The sky is blue --signed by Mary

Good point, Mary. But why is the sky blue?

Many reasons have been given.

I will research this and update this page. --signed by Ivan

According to reference xxx, the sky is purple. --signed by me.

Mark.camp (talk) 15:39, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Personally I prefer your way - i.e. indent by the same amount as "Ivan" - and I consider this "the one true way". I've noticed some people indent as if they were replying to Ivan, and of course some people simply don't indent at all ;-) Cheers, This flag once was red^propaganda_deeds 15:47, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

To Mark.camp: when I want to respond to someone's comment which is not immediately above mine, I type "To: (whoever I mean)". That way I can use indenting to distinguish my comment from the comment immediately above it, yet still make clear who I am responding to. Wikipedia:Indentation says to indent according to the comment you are replying to, but the illustrative example is misleading because it shows only two short replies. When replies get long, as mine like to do (why state in a few words what can fit comfortably in twelve paragraphs?), having successive replies at the same indent level rapidly becomes unreadable, in my opinion. --Teratornis (talk) 21:38, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

More points:

On the Help desk, most users successively indent their replies, although most replies are to the original questioner.
On a talk page elsewhere, the style in Wikipedia:Indentation may be more appropriate.
If a reply comes after several successively indented replies, then it can be clearer to indent one level below the entry to which one is replying (since the entry immediately above will be indented farther, helping to distinguish the new comment from it).
If a discussion thread is evolving considerably away from its first comment, it may be better to start a new section.
Summarizing the points you are responding to can be helpful if you are responding to points after a large amount of intervening text, regardless of what indentation you use.
Be aware that MediaWiki's talk page feature is not perfect. It is really an example of opportunistic design, a reuse of wiki technology originally developed for the article pages. People realized later that having pages to discuss things was useful, so the talk page feature got tacked on cheaply. Notice that we use no special markup codes for talk pages - because there aren't any. There was no attempt (initially) to create a real threaded discussion feature. However, see WP:EIW#LT for information about an attempt to fix that.

--Teratornis (talk) 22:00, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Prayers for the sick-

My name is rev. Miguel A Urrea; Catholic Chaplain at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, <contact details removed> I would like to respect your beliefs especially with the patients that come to our hospital. I would like to know what prayers I may pray with them and in which way I can help the patient as well as the family when they are terminal ill. Will you please help me in this matter. Thank you very much for your time. Respectfully yours, Rev. Miguel A Urrea/Catholic Chaplain —Preceding unsigned comment added by 170.164.246.221 (talk) 16:22, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 6.8 million articles and thought we were affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is for asking questions related to using or contributing to Wikipedia itself. Thus, we have no special knowledge about the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck. Algebraist 16:26, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

hello

why do i keep getting emails saying that im vandalising? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.4.37.177 (talk • contribs) 16:54, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Somebody using your IP address made these edits. If you do not want to receive messages that someone else is responsible for, you can create an account and login. That would also protect you from being blocked from editing due to someone else's vandalism.

By the way when you post to discussion forums like this one, please sign your posts with four tildes (~~~~). That will add a signature like this: —teb728 t c 17:55, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

downloading music score

I went to the I.M.S.L. project to get some Bach and Beethovan ..I can't figure out how to find it or down load itKennyYoung (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 17:13, 28 February 2009 (UTC).[reply]

You may find information at the IMSLP article. Otherwise ask at the Wikipedia:Reference desk/Humanities; they answer general knowledge questions. This forum is for questions about using Wikipedia. —teb728 t c 18:18, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep getting logged out

I keep getting logged out. One of your FAQs tells me I might be able to fix this by removing all my Wikipedia cookies. Unfortunately it gives me no clue how to go about this. How do I remove all my Wikipedia cookies please?--Shantavira|^{feed me} 17:54, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This will depend on your browser. On FireFox it's tools/clear private data. Algebraist 18:05, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

On Internet Explorer up to 6.0 it's Tools > Internet Options > "General" tab > "Delete Cookies" button. Admiral Norton ^(talk) 20:35, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

See also Help:Logging in for tips on staying logged in. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:35, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Uploading picture

Hi, Ive never uploaded a picture of my own and am not familliar with the process. I think a picture of mine can help an article im working on but have never uploaded one before, can some one direct me to the pages I need to upload a picture, and also how to clear the copyright thingies so it doesnt get removed, thanks a bunch, Im sure its probably something silly to ask Ottawa4ever (talk) 18:26, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If I understand correctly that you have not used anyone else's work in making it, go to Wikipedia:Upload and click on the link in the first bullet. That will describe the applicable free licenses and give you an upload form. —teb728 t c 18:55, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

WP:MOS

Resolved

What part of the Manual of Style deals with appropriate linking in "See also" sections? THF (talk) 19:18, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Does WP:SEEALSO give what you are looking for? —teb728 t c 19:30, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Just so. THF (talk) 19:39, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

How can I fix a GFDL historical issue long after the violation?

If an article was forked into another or merged in violation of the GFDL, but discovered much later, is there a standard way to deal with this? I have come across an article that has its entire content taken from another. The content was deleted from the first and placed in the later one without giving any attibution for where the material came from. But this was two years ago. It looks today like the new article was created by the person who forked it. But the prior article history has a over a hundred edits adding the material. There's no way for anyone, looking at the history of the newer article, to know that the material was not created and added in one edit as a new article by the forker. Can we fix the GFDL problem by making a banner note at the top of the forked article talk page? Is there some other way? I know that there are history merges. Can I ask that just the part of the history of the prior page which added the material be merged to the beginning of the other article history page? I thought this might be very difficult since the old article history has lots of other edits that are not dealing with this material that are interspersed (and some that were edits to the forked material and also to other material in the article). So I do not think a clean history merge is possible. 70.19.64.161 (talk) 19:41, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You may want to ask at Wikipedia:Copyright problems, which is a noticeboard designed for questions like this. At the least, someone who patrols that noticeboard may be more likely to know how to answer your question. --Jayron32.talk.contribs 21:21, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

{{Splitfrom}} and {{Split-to}} may be appropriate. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:32, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

And see Help:Moving a page#Fixing cut and paste moves. (These situations can become nightmarish.) --Teratornis (talk) 23:23, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

New Account

I know that there is a list of every Wikipedia user account ever made somewhere, but I con't remember where it is. I want to create an account and keep running into the "username is already taken" message. 86.45.153.52 (talk) 20:05, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Special:Listusers. Xenon54 (talk) 20:07, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm lost...

I was editing the Fort Kent, Maine article, and placed one of my own photos [5] of the town in that section. A few months later, user Fame uploads a copywrited picture [6] of the town from Paul A. Cyr of NorthernMainePhotos [7], the same one that's there now. I know this because I have his DVD, and that is on there.

I reverted it, but soon I got some whining from him, complaining that my picture did not reflect the town. I countered by saying that his photo was not fair use, according to the allegations on his user talk page, and my DVD I have. I even took a picture ( [8] ) of the DVDs and the original picture. Still, this did not satisfy him, so he fired back at me and made me feel guilty, so I ended up reverting to the picture HE uploaded, since I didn't want to have to fight with him.

I actually LIVE here, and that picture DOES convey an actual sense of the town, but my picture was taken looking down Main Street, and that is the liveliest part of our town. Should I just put mine back up and forget about Fame unless he does this scheibe again, or should I just let it go? Did I do the right thing?

Draconiator (talk) 21:19, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You're right, if that picture is uploaded without the permission of the photographer, fair use has to be asserted and in this case that would fail because at least a couple of hundred people could make a free alternative. Since you live in the area, it's a good idea to listen to ideas for improvement if he has specific complaints about your image, but otherwise reverting is indeed the right thing to do. - Mgm|^(talk) 21:28, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Alternatively, you could ask the original photographer to donate the image if you feel adventurous. - Mgm|^(talk) 21:30, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

- You are certainly in the right here. A picture taken and specifically uploaded by the copyright holder is always and forever prefered over a copyrighted photo claimed under fair use. There is no fair use where a free equivalent is availible, regardless of arguements over which picture is "better". Quality is not a consideration on fair use with regards to Wikipedia policy. If you need some back up on this, post your complaint to Wikipedia:Copyright problems, a noticeboard designed to deal with these issues. --Jayron32.talk.contribs 21:36, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

- - Thanks, if he does this AGAIN, I will take it to the Copyright Problems page, but I'm just going to revert to my picture and see what happens. Thanks, y'all! Draconiator (talk) 21:44, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

(undent) And read Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria so you can authoritatively cite the rules in this dispute. Wikipedia's rules are complete enough to resolve most disputes. Often in a dispute, it's a simple matter of one side or both not being fully aware of the rules that apply to their situation. Wikipedia has so many users doing similar things that the same kinds of disputes tend to come up repeatedly. --Teratornis (talk) 21:48, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

When you revert, add a link to the guideline or policy page you are following, to your edit summary. That will make your actions easier for other interested users to understand. --Teratornis (talk) 21:50, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I could also add that WP:CIVIL and WP:AGF suggest we should not characterize another editor's communication as "whining" even if it seems to be. Just describe objectively what another user has done, and allow other editors to independently decide how to characterize it, if they choose to characterize it at all. What may seem like whining or ranting to one editor might seem like an honest mistake or even reasoned discourse to another. Try to be aware of how different other minds can be. On Wikipedia the challenge is to work harmoniously with the staggering diversity of our 47,982,118 registered users and the unknown number of unregistered users. (Life would be so much simpler if everybody thought like I do, but so far I haven't really found one person who does, across the board.) --Teratornis (talk) 22:48, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with Teratornis that you should not characterize the other editor’s posts as “whining.” Is File:Fort kent.JPG the other photo? The uploader claims to have created entirely by himself. If you know that is false, you could tag it with {{db-imgcopyvio|source url}}. (It is odd that the photo has not been tagged {{di-no license}} since it was uploaded in November.) —teb728 t c 01:19, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

force category to show all its subcategories

Is there an instruction to force a category to show all its subcategories on the first page? Debresser (talk) 21:57, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Does Special:CategoryTree do what you want? Algebraist 22:00, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Or mw:Extension:CategoryTree? PrimeHunter (talk) 22:03, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This is how you do it [9]. DuncanHill (talk) 22:43, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That one I knew. But these add the cattree in addition to the subcategories.

I remember that there is a command to force the category page to show all its subcategories on the first page (if there are more than 200 members and so more than 1 page in that category). Debresser (talk) 22:59, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I have not heard of such a command. Wikipedia:Categorization#Split display only says <categorytree> can be used. It's possible to place a sort key like space or * in each subcategory to list it before articles starting with normal characters. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:36, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Homeowner Associations (HOA) Problems and Solutions

How does one add this entry to start a discussion on HOA horror stories and solutions? Let's move beyond rant and rave about the injustices and provide each other with constructive solutions through education and advocacy at the local, county, state, regional and national levels. Include links and letters to elected officials and media contacts as a beginning.

65.91.82.62 (talk) 23:16, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. Wikipedia is not for discussion or sharing a point of view. Should a HOA article exist, you could include a criticism section providing reliable sources are used. Computerjoe 's talk 23:34, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

How do you create an article?

How do you create an article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Williscool123 (talk • contribs) 23:41, 28 February 2009 (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. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:46, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

March 1

Purge Problem

I have a link to purge my page and whenever I click it some other links cover up my rollback logo can anyone help? L07ChLeo3 (talk) 00:13, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm New to Wikipedia...

Just curious...about how long does it usually take to get a response on a discussion page? Eatanorange (talk) 00:38, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Most replies usually take up to 5-15 minutes but as you can see with my post above this is not the case :). L07ChLeo3 (talk) 00:41, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It depends entirely on the page and the post. An easy-to-answer question on the help desk will be replied to very quickly. An obscure or confusing post on the talkpage of a minor article can sit there for years. Algebraist 00:43, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Also you can think about making a userpage; you can view mine for ideas. A userpage is a way of telling editors who you are so that they can interact with you on subjects with shared interests. L07ChLeo3 (talk) 00:45, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know if it applies to anything in particular you're trying to find a solution to, but I thought I'd mention: You can place the {{helpme}} tag on your talk page. Several experienced editors who enjoy helping new editors become acclimated to Wikipedia monitor those. It allows you to interact with an experienced user without being confined to a particular topic. — Ched ~ ^(yes?) 02:18, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Section

What would the URL be to edit a specific part of a page. L07ChLeo3 (talk) 01:05, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You can edit a section by clicking on the edit link next to it. The exact URL cannot be given, since it changes from section to section. But it's something like this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Page_name&action=edit&section=section_number

Where "Page_name" is replaced by the name of the page you're editing, and "section_number" replaced by the number of the section you're editing. Chamal ^talk 02:25, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Talk page squeezing

I just did my monthly archive and now my talk page is squeezing stuff. I don't see that I removed anything that I shouldn't have.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 01:10, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It looks fine to me. DId you, like, purge the cache and check again? --Jayron32.talk.contribs 01:13, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Left align header template

Can I left align my header at User:TonyTheTiger/Header template?--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 01:12, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Protection of a user talk page?

I noticed that Shalom Yechiel is retired from wikipedia according to his talk page. I then noticed that his user talk page was under full protection, so I checked the prot guidelines. There is nothing to indicate that a talk page can be protected simply because a user has retired. I see the user exercised WP:RTV, however there is nothing about protection there as well. Sephiroth storm (talk) 02:43, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The page history indicates the user had specifically requested protection as part of his Right to vanish. Normally, user talk pages are only fully protected if a blocked user is abusing the {{unblock}} template or are otherwise being disruptive. Xenon54 (talk) 02:46, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Is there any precedent for this? I cant really see any reason to do it. Sephiroth storm (talk) 02:51, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

wrongly accused

i have a brother 12 hours away and is being accused of a crime and has no help what can i do for him —Preceding unsigned comment added by JONATHANCHAISSON (talk • contribs) 02:53, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

We cannot offer legal advice. Please see the legal disclaimer. Contact your lawyer. Chamal ^talk 02:56, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Unless he has other family already involved in getting him a lawyer, I suspect he'd appreciate it if you got him one. - Mgm|^(talk) 09:00, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

please define 'established registered users'

I checked the "why create an account page" but it doesnt define it for me. I am trying to edit a page that is semi protected. The page zombie at the bottom there is a reference.(number 6 to be exact) that seems to be wrong. It seems to be referring to number 5. I was going to play around with preview to see if I could get it to work but i need to be an established user. What does this mean? And if the page needs fixing could someone do it? thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ivtv (talk • contribs) 03:42, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia messages often link to relevant pages on words in the message. MediaWiki:Protectedpagetext has a link on established user which explain the requirements. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:54, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I have added the ten edits requirement to Wikipedia:Why create an account? [10] The ten edits is a more recent requirement than the four days. PrimeHunter (talk) 04:03, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

My Username

How may I change my username? Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Joey090879 (talk • contribs) 06:41, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:CHU. - Mgm|^(talk) 08:59, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

House centipede pages

Hi, our House centipede pages don't work properly. There's a disambiguation page that should be the first stop. Instead the link goes directly to Scutigera coleoptrata from the side bar. From the "Search" page neither "house centipede" nor "Scutigera coleoptrata" get proper results. Instead one has to go via the "Centipede" page and a link in a table there. The second species known as "House centipede" isn't even listed there and is impossible to get to unless s.o. remembers the scientific name. Could someone please see if you could fix this. It goes way beyond my wikipedia-fu. THANKS.76.97.245.5 (talk) 09:23, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Would this stage actress pass the english wikipedia's bio notability guidelines?

http://en.wikipilipinas.org/index.php?title=Donna_Rugay

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Creating a wiki page for my band

Category

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Help with reverting a undiscussed move over redirect

Rihanna

Reflist strangeness

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New page

Abusive Content

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how to change article header?

I did everything right!

How do I move a page?

Removing talk page warnings

Content Deleted

Template question

Company article - conflict of interest

February 27

tag on public domain image

How do I go about adding IPA pronunciations to Wikipedia?

external link to file on HD

Sandbox

Creating a Sandbox - Help Please

Saving one's own files

Category:Uncategorized pages

adolf hitler

IEEE logo =

I don't see text

Printing Wikipedia articles

England Test cricket team colours

Can not delete a user page

Filariasis

Modifying Wikipedia:IPA table

Review of entry on Sarah Keys v. Carolina Coach Company

Advertisements

How to change a file name from Commons

Stephen Joseph Christopher (Change Needed To Information Please...)

February 28

Is wiki broke?

Signature problem

COI

disambiguation

Would any of the actresses/actors in this reliable local newspaper article pass as notable?

Twin cities of U.S. cities

I am not finding my name

User page rediredcting to article I created and moved.

font

How to add images

How to format a second response in a Talk page thread

Prayers for the sick-

hello

downloading music score

Keep getting logged out

Uploading picture

WP:MOS

How can I fix a GFDL historical issue long after the violation?

New Account

I'm lost...

force category to show all its subcategories

Homeowner Associations (HOA) Problems and Solutions

How do you create an article?

March 1

Purge Problem

I'm New to Wikipedia...

Section

Talk page squeezing

Left align header template

Protection of a user talk page?

wrongly accused