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April 2

Public Domain

I was wondering, if you put something in the public domain, is it impossible to take it out of the public domain? If you accidentally mistagged an image you uploaded to commons, for example, and didn't notice it for an hour, could you change the tag or is the damage already done, legally speaking? How about if it was a day, a month, a year? TastyCakes (talk) 02:51, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

If you place an image in the public domain, it's permanently public domain. I really don't think anyone will care though, if you make a mistake and promptly fix it. The longer the gap between tagging as PD and admitting a mistake... the more complicated it gets. Calvin 1998 ^(t·c) 03:20, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

There are some images you cannot place in the public domain, even if you create them yourself, for example a faithful photographic reproduction of someone else's copyrighted work, or works that are substantially derived from copyrighted works. Thus we aren't sure from your description whether you actually could have (legally) placed the image in the public domain. See Commons:COM:EIC#Copyright for links to all the documentation about copyright law that I have found on Commons so far. For a definitive answer, you might need to consult an attorney. --Teratornis (talk) 19:41, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

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do i have to pay to have a wikiaccount? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lego Cheerio (talk • contribs) 03:41, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

No. Algebraist 03:44, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Just in case - see: WP:Signup — Ched :  Yes?   : ©  08:53, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Still having trouble with the delete process

I know how to prod the article (get the delete box on the page). I know how to notify the creator of the deletion thingee. But I am missing a step somewhere in the middle. Do I put something on the discussion page of the article? How does my nom get to the actual list of articles to be deleted? Yes, I'm green. I appreciate the help. I'm going through stubs in two projects, and there are some doozies that need nominations, but I can't get past just getting the box to show up.--Levalley (talk) 05:24, 2 April 2009 (UTC)Levalley

You don't need to put anything on the talk page. Us admins know about your nom because putting the template on an article automatically transcludes it into Category:Proposed deletion. bibliomaniac15 05:27, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

• I'll finish his sentence: "automatically transcludes it into a category". - 131.211.211.181 (talk) 07:37, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

I suspect the user would be interested in WP:TWINKLE  Chzz  ►  20:24, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Possible minor sockpuppetry

Is there a way to check if a user account and an IP address originate from the same place? I suspect User:MHazard9 is trying to bolster his position by using an anonymous IP here. They are both fond of the word "prolixity". It's not vandalism (just bad writing IMO), so I'm just curious. Clarityfiend (talk) 07:23, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Clarityfiend, You need to go to Wikipedia:Usernames for administrator attention or Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations. I hope i help you out. --Michael (talk) 08:02, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

It is possible to see which IP an account is using via checkuser, however it can only be done witin the bounds of policy, and only if nessecary. As Micheal mentioned above for non-obvious socking you need to go to sockpuppet investigations and open a thread on that user. If its a very obvious sock you could try reporting it to WP:AIV. —Nn123645 (talk) 11:46, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Talk#Others.27_comments

Does that explicitly apply just for talk pages? So anything on the main pages could be corrected (e.g. on userpages)? -- Mentisock 09:21, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Yes, it is called just "talk page guidelines", but I would think twice about editing someone's userpage without their permission. Xenon54 (talk) 10:10, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Are there guidelines prohibiting that? Even if it's just fixing typos? For example recently I noticed some typos on meta:User:Anonymous Dissident/Metadata, hesitated to correct them but were later corrected by someone else. -- Mentisock 10:22, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

The guideline is at Wikipedia:User page#Ownership and editing of pages in the user space. It isn't prohibited, but thinking twice is certainly a good idea. Algebraist 11:44, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Challenging External Links

How can I challenge an external link to a site that may contain information that infringes my copyright? Is it possible to submit a request for links to be removed on this basis and if so, how? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bookworm181 (talk • contribs) 10:36, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Assuming that the external site does infringe your copyright, then it's a WP:COPYVIO and:

• the external link can be removed by you - I'd note in your WP:Edit summary that the link was removed as a copyright violation;
• if you don't feel comfortable removing the link yourself you could tag the link with {{Copyvio link}} and then discuss it on the article's talk page;
• if the article is protected and you're unable to edit it then your best bet would be to post on the article's talk page, possibly using the {{Editprotected}} template, and ask someone else to remove the offending link.

Cheers, This flag once was red^propaganda_deeds 10:47, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

How can I add information to an existing article?

How can I add information to an existing article? I have facts and figures relating to a number of articles about different countries and would like to contribute them. Thank you.reference six Reference six (talk) 11:37, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

At the top of the page is a tab "edit this page". Click that and make the necessary changes and then click save. If you can't see the tab, the page might be protected from editting - let us know if this is the case. Zain Ebrahim (talk) 11:43, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

But please remember, you need to prove a reliable, verifiable source for them or they may be removed. See WP:RS and WP:Verify. Dougweller (talk) 12:18, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Special:Tags

Hi, I am tring to understand where are the actual tags. How do I know which articles are tagged? The links in the above page refers me to the RC page. Am I missing specific CSS to be able to see the tags? Thanks, 212.199.200.76 (talk) 12:40, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Which particluar tags are you looking for? Could you be more specific? Tagged for cleanup, tagged for wikify, what? They go into categories, e.g. Category:Cleanup from March 2009. Queenie 13:00, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

The heading links to Special:Tags. I have not seen that page before. The right column "Tagged changes" contains Recent changes links with things like &tagfilter=spam in the url. It's apparently supposed to only show recent changes with that tag, but it shows all recent changes. There may be people knowing more about this at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical). PrimeHunter (talk) 13:21, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Special:Tags doesn't do anything much as yet. The Abuse Filter can tag edits, but the tags don't show up anywhere, and the search-RC-by-tag thing doesn't work. Algebraist 13:22, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Interesting. Then whats the use of tagging edits? bah. 212.199.200.76 (talk) 09:49, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

No use for now. The feature has yet to be implemented fully. Algebraist 20:31, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Whats it called when one article focuses too much on a tangential topic?

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 – JoshBr (talk) 20:44, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

I know there's a term for it but I can't remember what it is. And it's a problem in The Painted Bird, where a good half of it is an overview of controversy surrounding the author, not necessarily specific to the book, and thus would fit under that term, but I don't remember what the term is. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.15.101.155 (talk) 13:18, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Its called Undue Weight, and the guildline can be viewed here: WP: WEIGHT Livewireo (talk) 13:24, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

I guess the poster is after Wikipedia:Coatrack. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:25, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

YES, Coatrack, thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.15.101.155 (talk) 13:31, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

I lost my password and my mail address has changed

My name is [redacted]. As far as I remember my password was [redacted], but somehow it doesn't work. On top of that my mail adresse has changed and is now [redacted]. Is there any possibility to help me retrieve my page? Thank you for your assistance. Regards, Therese. my website is : [redacted] in any case. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.68.19.145 (talk) 13:48, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

I have redacted your personal information, as this is a highly visible page, so posting your email address and password (albeit one that doesn't work) is not a good idea. If you cannot remember your password, and no longer control the email address that is specified in your preferences for the account concerned, then I suspect that you will have to create a new account, as the password for the old one cannot be changed by anyone other than you, when logged in. Anyone else got any ideas? pushthebutton | go on... | push it! 13:50, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

It may be possible at a later stage to usurp the old user name, but it may not be worth the hassle. – ukexpat (talk) 13:54, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Account login problems (no email)

I have an account that when i try to login to does not allow me, but then when i try to email myself the password it says

Login error Error sending mail: There is no e-mail address recorded for user "[username]".

I know this username is mine as it is unique and rarely used, but I can't seem to get logged in nor does it have an email for this account. Is there any way to retrieve this account? Have it deleted as the contact information is null so I can re-create it?

Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.172.169.15 (talk) 15:12, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Please read the several answers above to similar questions. In short, without a password and without an e-mail address linked to the user name there is nothing you can do except create a new account. Accounts cannot be deleted and re-created. – ukexpat (talk) 15:19, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Picture on commons, how do I get it to the article

Resolved

 – JoshBr (talk) 20:28, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

I have succesfully uploaded a picture to commons,

commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Colorado_and_Southern_890.jpg

and i want to insert it in,

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GE_U30C

I have an account but have not edited any articles, I just want to add my picture to this location.

I have made the picture public domain.

Ksamson1 (talk) 15:29, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Simply list [[File:Colorado_and_Southern_890.jpg]] in the article. There are various things you can do with the picture once it's there, such as making it a thumbnail, forcing right or left alignment, etc. See WP:Image syntax for more info. TNXMan 15:33, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

 Done I added it, see GE U30C. – ukexpat (talk) 18:45, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

"username removed"

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 – ukexpat (talk) 19:10, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

This is the first time I've seen gray, struck-out text for usernames and edit summaries. Is that what oversight looks like? Just curious. -kotra (talk) 18:02, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Yes, I think that it is oversight. tempodivalse [☎] 18:05, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Oversight was invisible. That's what mw:RevisionDelete, which has essentially replaced oversight, looks like. Algebraist 18:07, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks! Is RevisionDelete restricted to oversighters or is it a totally different user group? This is the first I've heard of it. -kotra (talk) 18:19, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

It is limited to oversighters, if you try to access Special:RevisionDelete it lists the user groups the function is limited to. tempodivalse [☎] 18:22, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Oh, right. Thanks! Hmm... on a related note, I'm surprised nobody has registered User:username removed yet. -kotra (talk) 18:54, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

We also have a rare sighting of (comment removed) here. This used to say something like "Reverted vandalism by nice try". Certes (talk) 19:24, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

License Plates in Photographs

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 – JoshBr (talk) 07:31, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Hi, I have a couple of pictures I would like to upload, but they include readable British license plates, should these be blurred out? Thanks in advance, JoshB (talk) 19:39, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Yes. Xenon54 (talk) 21:17, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. I will censor them. JoshBr (talk) 07:31, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Notes

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 – Off2riorob

Why is it that if I find a non working link under notes that when I try to tidy it or remove it all I get is "reflist" and how would I correct it? eg.White_Anglo-Saxon_Protestant notes . number 3[1](Off2riorob (talk) 20:23, 2 April 2009 (UTC))

The {{reflist}} is the template that displays the references that are listed elsewhere in the article. To edit the reference itself, find the corresponding reference number within the article and edit that section. You should see the reference between a <ref> and a </ref>. TNXMan 20:37, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks (Off2riorob (talk) 20:49, 2 April 2009 (UTC))

I've edited to create a neutral point of view. Now what?

I added a page called Tombras-Group. It was tagged as needing to be edited for a neutral point of view, which I did. How do I get feedback on my edits? Also if this page would be better placed in the Companies category under Advertising Agencies, is it better to move the page or delete it and create an entirely new one?Mettamom (talk) 21:00, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

In my opinion, the article doesn't quite meet WP:N because none of the sources seem really notable themselves. You may want to move the page to main space anyway and see what people think. If somebody nominates the article for deletion, there will be a discussion (to which you can contribute) on whether or not the article should stay. If nobody nominates it after a few days, then try removing the template. Most likely, whoever put the template is watching the page so, when you remove the template, he/she will check the article for neutrality. I'd suggest, "Advertising Agencies" as a category - no need to delete it to move it there, just add the category template at the bottom of your current article. Regards. Laurent (talk) 21:11, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

IMO it's way too promotional in tone.  – ukexpat (talk) 21:34, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Changing redirects created after a merge

If I want to change a redirect that was created after a merge, so that it redirects to a different article, can I do that, or would that not comply with the GFDL? Calathan (talk) 21:52, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Yes, you can do that. I can't see why there would be any licensing issues. Algebraist 22:02, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Technical answer: yes, you can change it. The only requirement is a note in the page history when the merging was done saying where the stuff came from. Actual answer: we break the GFDL literally thousands of times a day, via template substitution. So I wouldn't worry about it terribly. Prodego ^talk 22:09, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Wikimedia commons

Could someone help me transfer File:Blast_Main_Logo.png to wikimedia commons? I'm not quite sure of the procedure. Perhaps for a more speedy result, would someone be so kind as to do so for me? Thanks in advance. Bounce_G ^{talk · contributions} 21:55, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

This type of image cannot be transferred to Commons. They only accept media that have been released into the public domain, and it is against their policy to upload fair-use media. See Commons:Commons:Fair use for more information. tempodivalse [☎] 22:48, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure they also accept images uploaded under GFDL, Creative Commons, CC-by-SA, etc. "free" licenses. This includes most images already on Wikipedia. However, copyrighted and fair use images used on Wikipedia for the sole purpose of adding important non-replaceable visual detail to article(s) are not accepted there. ~AH1^(TCU) 01:54, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Can i make a copy from the history on Alexander Fleming for my essay in college?--Hazel eyez (talk) 22:54, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

--Hazel eyez (talk) 22:54, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Legally, you can copy anything from Wikipedia per GFDL. However, many teachers and college professors check Wikipedia and you won't get a very good grade if you have copied your essay word-for-word from here. Read out article first to get an overview and then read some books about Fleming. --Richard (talk) 23:11, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia articles are copyrighted. If you copy from wikipedia without complying with the license, you are in violation of copyright law. To comply, you must cite the Wikipedia article and the GFDL in your paper if you copy. As a completely separate issue, if you copy anything from anywhere without attribution, whether or not it is copyrighted, and you fail to cite your source, you are committing plagarism. Plagarism is not illegal, but it is a serious violation of acedemic norms and will generally cause you to receive a failing grade at least, and can lead to suspension or expulsion for students, loss of tenure for faculty, and demotion or firing for professionals, and loss of credibility for just about anybody. If you got a bunch of ideas from Wikipedia and then used some of the ideas to write you paper after checking Wikiopedia's sources, that's OK, but you should cite bot the Wikipedia article and the sources. You might choose to make a direct copy of the wikipedia article (citingthe GFDL) and attach it to your paper if your teacher does not have access to a computer, but this would not be part of your paper. -Arch dude (talk) 23:39, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

See also WP:REUSE. – ukexpat (talk) 13:21, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Editing Reverted

I recently discovered that much of the article on Enterprise, Florida was lifted from an article I wrote for a website called OldEnterprise.org. Not only was I not credited for the information (which I had researched for many years), but the lifter inserted his own little bits of "misinformation" at various places in the article and added some revisions that made much of the information inaccurate according to Florida history.

I carefully edited the whole article to improve the writing and historical accuracy only to have the whole thing "reverted" by someone from Jordan named "Madhero."

Who are the people who do the reverting? What background does he have in Florida history? I have been studying it for about 20 years now and wrote much of the Volusia County, Florida government website on county history including the background on Enterprise.

What good is it to try to improve and correct an inaccurate article when someone from another country is going to decide that he doesn't like it and delete everything you did?

How can I submit my own correct version of this topic?

Thank you.

74.170.33.216 (talk) 23:04, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

You raise two separate issues: 1)unattributed copying and 2) non-expert editing. Unattributed editing is is a violation of your copyright on the original web site, unless that site explicitly permits it via a notice of release of your copyright. You have a copyright by law unless you explicitly renounce it. Such material should be immediaely removed from Wikipedia by you or by anyone else. For non-expert editing, we explicitly refuse to recognize any editor as an expert: this includes you. Instead, we require that all material be referenced to reliable sources. See WP:RS. This concept seems bizarre when you know for sure that you are an expert and that the other guy is clearly a twit, but it is one of the fundamental principles of Wikipedia. -Arch dude (talk) 23:46, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Also some of your edits seem to be vandalism. And remember, Wikipedia has a neutral point of view. Read the policies and guidelines to learn about Wikipedia. Cheers. :) -Porchcrop ^{(talk|contributions)} 23:57, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

I just went through the article and compared it to the one on oldEnterprise.org and as far as I can tell there is no copying issue. The topic is the same obviously but that's as far as the similarity goes. Also the revert done by Madhero makes sense as you didn't provide any sources for your changes. Any statement on Wikipedia must be properly documented by third party reliable sources. Laurent (talk) 14:21, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

To understand the need for reliable sources, consider the difference between these two claims:

• The earth is flat.
• The Flat Earth Society says the earth is flat.

Not all of Wikipedia's 47,913,053 registered users would agree with the first claim. However, they could possibly all agree with the second claim, if it comes with a footnote reference that cites a reliable source, which anyone can examine to verify the claim (namely, that the Flat Earth Society really exists now or did exist in the past, and says or did say that the earth is flat). On Wikipedia, we cannot always get everyone to agree on what is true, but often we can get everyone to agree on who said what. Since we have no satisfactory way to determine which user is an expert and which user is a twit, the best we can do is to make sure everyone can verify who (outside of Wikipedia) said what.

Since it can be frustrating to learn Wikipedia's odd style of editing with other users constantly reverting your edits, I suggest that you create an account, so you can practice editing on what we call a "sandbox" subpage in your "user space". When you edit in your user space, other users will generally leave your work alone (unless you write something which creates serious problems, but that's easy to avoid with a little common sense). --Teratornis (talk) 20:08, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

April 3

Changing an article's title

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Ah, don't you guys get tired of us n00bs? I'm copyediting an article Uniform civil code. Except, that's not what it's about. It's about the Uniform civil code of India. It is a fascinating article. How it exists with this title (perhaps because its capitalization is different?) from a general article on UCC, I don't know. But at any rate, it's an excellent article about the UCC of India and needs to be renamed. How do I do this? It has been on the copyediting backlog list for more than 2 years - it would be off that list if this were fixed. Thanks in advanced. If it's as simple as simply moving (cutting and pasting) the article from where it is to the new title - that's great, but how does its discussion page and history then move with it? Obviously, can't be that simple...right?Levalley (talk) 00:03, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

See Help:Moving a page. Algebraist 00:07, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Ah ha! I answered my own question! For the others with the same problem, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:MOVE WP:MOVE Levalley (talk) 00:09, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, Algebraist - you are so fast and helpful!Levalley (talk) 00:10, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Name Change

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Hi. I know how to change the name of a WP article (move), but how do I change the name of a picture here I'd like to change it to Frank-Kimmel-SalemIN2007.jpg, but don't see a "move" tab. The help desk there (wikimedia) doesn't seem to be quite as well attended as here, that's why I'm here instead of there. ;) — Ched :  Yes?   : ©  00:06, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

At present, only admins can move images on the Commons. This suggests just asking an admin to do it for you. Algebraist 00:10, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

OK .. thank you Algebraist. Appreciate it. — Ched :  Yes?   : ©  04:05, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Capital letter in the title

Hi, I am new to here. I just create an article. But the letter 'R' in the title 'Sun Rui' should be capitalized. How can I do this? Can anybody help me with this? Thank you Grace01854 (talk) 01:00, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Absolutely, I have gone ahead and done the page move. You can see how to do this yourself at Help:Moving a page, although you won't be able to do this for a few days yet. Editors have to be around for a few days (for most users, 4) and have 10 edits to be able to move pages (or upload images, or edit semiprotected pages). This is done to head off some kinds of vandalism, sorry for the inconvience. Hope this helps and welcome to Wikipedia! --TeaDrinker (talk) 01:10, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

relation

i was told that there is some relation between air,water,fire...and sun signs....please may i know that what is the relation between them?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.96.139.125 (talk) 02:00, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Have you tried the Humanities 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. TNXMan 02:31, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Fonts are small in Wikipedia

Hi Iam currently using Internet Explorer 7, & using Vista Home Premium as my OS, whenever I browse to the Wikipedia website the text is very very small & unreadable, is there a font which I might have missing on my system & will need to install? Thanks for your help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.133.43.229 (talk) 05:18, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

It's possible you've just changed the font size somehow, in which case view→text size→medium ought to fix it (or some similar menu option; I don't have a copy of IE 7 to check). It's also possible you've hit the dreaded 'IE randomly decides to change its default sanserif font' bug, for which I'm told there are workarounds. The easiest is just to upgrade to a browser less prone to stupid bugs. Algebraist 06:51, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply,I upgraded to IE8, & also installed firefox, IE8 is still displaying wikipedia in small fonts (they are set at medium size), firefox however displays wikipedia ok without any problems at all. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.133.43.229 (talk) 08:42, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

You can change the size in IE7, IE8, and Firefox (and maybe others) by pressing Control and moving the mouse's wheel at the same time. HTH -- Alexf^(talk) 14:30, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

A quick way to increase the font in size is by pressing and holding the key ctrl, and then hitting the plus sign. Each time you hit plus while holding down ctrl the font increases. Conversly, if you hit minus, the font decreases. --Pgecaj (talk) 00:32, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Manawan Police Training School coordinates

Pl correct it's coordinates.yousaf465'

Here are it;s corrdinates [2].yousaf465'

You are welcome to correct the error yourself if you want. Just click here and enter the new coordinates on the top line of the page. Post back or at my talk page if you need anything else :) — Deon555^talk_{I'm BACK!} 09:12, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

power lifting

Is power lifting included in olympics?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.184.123.200 (talk) 08:16, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

There's weightlifting, but not powerlifting (see: Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics). In the future, you can ask random questions like this on the reference desk; the help desk is meant only for question about using Wikipedia. Cheers. Someguy1221 (talk) 08:27, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

languages

Which language is older Hebrew or Sanskrit.Please advise and how, please explain. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.177.10.75 (talk) 09:08, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Have you tried the Language 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. Zain Ebrahim (talk) 09:09, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

can not edit pages

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 – tempodivalse [☎] 18:56, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

hi i am new here, i wanted to make some edits on the Conficker page, (its about a computer worm). anyway i tried to find the edit tab and it is not there so I created a account and I still can't edit it. What am I supposed to do to edit pages. I heard that anyone can edit on this website. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fukuemos (talk • contribs) 13:50, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

The Conficker article is semi-protected to prevent vandalism by new and unregistered users. You need to be registered for four days and make a total of ten edits in order to be able to edit such pages. Xenon54 (talk) 13:58, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

(ec)The Conficker article is semi-protected; which means that you have to be a registered user, which you now are, and be auto-confirmed (in most cases). To be auto-confirmed, you have to have had a good user-name for 4 days, and have contributed 10 edits. After that, a registered user with a good user name can edit articles. — Ched :  Yes?   : ©  14:00, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for that, 10 edits. what should i do to to edit ten pages. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fukuemos (talk • contribs) 14:05, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Just edit some pages... you know, correcting spelling mistakes, grammar, stuff like that. Remember to sign you comments on talk pages btw. Chamal ^talk 14:08, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

You still have to wait four days though. What do you want to change precisely? Zain Ebrahim (talk) 14:09, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

If you don't feel like waiting for four days in order to make a change to the Conficker page, you can ask for someone else to do it for you. To do this, go to the Conficker page, then click the "discussion" button at the top of the page, near the "article" button. Then, add {{editsemiprotected}} to the bottom of the page, along with the changes you want made. Hoped this helped. tempodivalse [☎] 14:12, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

You may want to talk to someone about your user name as well - I'm not making any judgments, just wondering if there would be another name you'd consider. — Ched :  Yes?   : ©  14:24, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

I have been trying to reply for ages. I just figured out that wikipedia has deleted my account because of my user name(fukuemos). I created this account now with a nicer name, if this gets deleted I wont even bother trying. So I have been reading some dexter pages and I can add stuff here and there i think I will give it a try. Can I ask if this user name is ok, I does not mean or say anything bad, and how will i know if it is going to get deleted? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Slateglass (talk • contribs) 15:25, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Your new username seems fine, there shouldn't be any issues with it. Happy editing. tempodivalse [☎] 16:08, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

I have no clue

I have looked and still have no idea how to publish and article. HELP! I have it formatted and ready to go. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Racerx0027 (talk • contribs) 14:25, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

You can create a new article by going to a URL such as this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_your_article (replace Name_of_your_article by whatever you want to write about). Then, on that page, click "Start the Name of your article article" link and you are ready to go. For more information, have a look at this page or feel free to ask here directly. Laurent (talk) 14:34, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

(e/c) To be "published" it has to be moved to the mainspace. To do that, your account has to be autoconfirmed (10 edits and at least 4 days old). However, before it is moved, it needs work. Please take a look at WP:YFA, WP:RS, WP:N and the ultimate guide at Wikipedia: The Missing Manual. – ukexpat (talk) 14:36, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Are you saying it won't be published into it gets "work." That doesn't seem to be true. People do check (and tag) new articles for all kinds of things, but one is able to publish a new article immediately, even if it needs work. There are various tags one can use to prevent early deletion while the article is in progress - but I don't know those offhand.LeValley (talk) 02:41, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Epitaph

Hi! I am searching for the Epitaph of Lucullus,with his last words.

Sven —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.165.241.116 (talk) 15:53, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

You might find what you are looking for in the article about Lucullus. If you cannot find the answer there, you can try asking your question at Wikipedia's Reference Desk. They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer just about any question in the universe (except about how to use Wikipedia, which is what this help desk is for). I hope this helps. TNXMan 16:00, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Love Sex Magic

Hi i've been reading up the article for Ciara's new single Love Sex Magic and a spent a significant amount of time addressing the articles two issues ("this article and written like an advert and "improper use of copyrighted material"). I have done so with guidance from the WP:advert, WP:albums and WP:crystal. I am wondering now how i can get approval and/or feedback to eventually get the tags of advertisement and copyrighted materials removed? thanks, (Lil-unique1 (talk) 17:12, 3 April 2009 (UTC))

You can remove the tags yourself - the worst that'll happen is someone will re-add them if they don't feel the issues have been addressed. I had a quick look just now, and nothing jumped out at me that screamed "advert" or "copyrighted material". In fact, I'll amble along and remove the tags myself ;-) Cheers, This flag once was red^propaganda_deeds 17:19, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Tags removed. Cheers, This flag once was red^propaganda_deeds 17:21, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Thank you. I wasnt sure of exactly how that worked but thanks. (Lil-unique1 (talk) 18:02, 3 April 2009 (UTC))

Common courtesy is to leave a note on the Talk page as to why one is adding/removing tags. That way it shouldnt be reverted by someone the original editor or somone scanning the diff thinking you made a drive-by edit. Livewireo (talk) 20:58, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Done. Cheers, This flag once was red^propaganda_deeds 10:33, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

rates

i want to edit in abortion rates for different countries onto a page, i am able to give sources for the raw data i.e the countries population and the number of abortions in these countries, but would have to calculate the rates my self. is this allowed under wikipedia rules? or is it classified as your own work? ~~—Preceding unsigned comment added by Tom1974 (talk • contribs) 21:43, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

The verifiability policy only requires sources for material that might be challenged. If the number of abortions and the population sizes are well sourced, there's no problem with calculating the ratio yourself. Best, Zain Ebrahim (talk) 01:02, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Where are you getting the information on abortions? There are hidden and overt abortions (illegal and legal, often). Are you saying you have a source for every abortion in all nations? What is that source (I'm thinking CIA Factbook - does it have that figure?) If it's not in a major sociological/demographic journal or a major governmental publication (like the CIA), you don't have a source. Even if it is in one of those publications, there can still be skepticism - although I'd back you up, as an editor, in using qualified sources like demographic journals (nation by nation - all of them individually verified by journals - not a wegpage!) or (even) the CIA, although surely you understand that the CIA's data might not be completely accurate? It's still a valid source - but we quote those sources individually because...everyone should know where the information is coming from. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Levalley (talk • contribs) 02:38, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for replying. Iam getting most of my information from United nations demographic year books. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tom1974 (talk • contribs) 13:24, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

geneology

Thompson family from chipping any clues can trace my family up to 1800 ....................? Debbs —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.77.90.21 (talk) 22:16, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

I see that you punctuated that with a question mark; so you must have had a question in mind, but I can't imagine what. —teb728 t c 00:04, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

(e/c) Are you aware that you are on Wikipedia, the free encyclopaedia anyone can edit? We are unfortunately unable to help you with your question. You might want to try websites such as Ancestry.com to help fill in your family tree. Good luck! Xenon54 (talk) 00:06, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

For other factual questions, please try the reference desk. ~AH1^(TCU) 01:43, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

April 4

My talkpage TOC formatting disaster

Hi. My talkpage was getting too short, so I manually added a table of contents. However, since I have a hidden list at the top, the A-Z (1-26) are taking up too much room in the TOC! Is there a way I can make the TOC so that the hidden list does not show up? Thanks. ~AH1^(TCU) 01:41, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

I'm seeing a TOC that says "You clicked my blue A..." etc., which appears to be a box. Is this the TOC you're talking about? I'm asking because your talk page and mine look very different - but I'm using a particular skin. I don't see any lists that go from A-Z. How does a page get too short? I'm confused!LeValley (talk) 02:35, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

I would suggest that instead of a hidden transclusion of User:The Transhumanist/List of country outline government sections that you link to it. That way you could visit it when you want, but its sections would not appear in your TOC. As it is, the TOC is doing what it is supposed to. —teb728 t c 04:59, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

If you don't mind if they're not actual headings, and just want the look & feel of them, you could also always use ;A or <big>A</big> instead of ==== A ====. hmwithτ 21:13, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Grammar questions

How to ask questions about grammer? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 113.19.17.177 (talk) 02:19, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Go to the language reference desk. Cheers. Chamal ^talk 02:22, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

To write with International Phonetic Alphabet

I don't know if this is the right place to ask. Does somebody know how to write "Steinway & Sons" and "Steinway" with the International Phonetic Alphabet (Wikipedia:IPA)? Fanoftheworld (talk) 02:20, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Based on WP:IPA for English, wiktionary:stein and wiktionary:way, I would go for {{IPA2|ˈstaɪnweɪ}} (IPA: [ˈstaɪnweɪ]), or perhaps IPA: [ˈʃtaɪnweɪ] if you feel the initial S should take the Germanic "sh" sound. Personally I would not bother explaining the "& Sons" part in an English encyclopaedia, but it would be IPA: [ˈstaɪnweɪ ænd sʌnz]. I am no IPA expert, so corrections are welcome. Certes (talk) 14:09, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Thank you very much for helping! Fanoftheworld (talk) 22:12, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Style on Wikipedia

Is it against the rules to make the lead paragraph of an article somewhat interesting, as opposed to an etymological/linear entry? I'm not being facetious or rude, I hope. Specifically, I'm talking about entries in very broad categories, like Anthropology or...well, lots of other topics. I know everything is supposed to be verifiable, but as a copyeditor, we're asked to pay attention to tone. People often say the "tone" of the article is too dry and, while informative (in my example, the reader learns that "anthropos" is Greek for "human being" early in the article), may linger too long on less interesting stuff. Anthropologists study modern and ancient cannibals, using everything from mythology to mtDNA to fossilized feces (coprolites). That's interesting and truthful - but apparently we're supposed to lead with..."The ancient Greek root..." (except that of course the word wasn't invented until way after the Greeks lived - along about the 18th century...in use by 1781 when Kant used it...(etc.) Is all that dry stuff about Greeks and Kant necessarily first? Or are there degrees of freedom in editing Wikipedia? I am in favor of some sort of "happy medium," but I also think the "medium" would be different, based on article topic. Anthropology is broad and interesting, inviting various kinds of leads whereas an entry on "centimeter" or "Ionian mode" isn't quite the same. Oh - and if someone can direct me to where discussions like this are already taking place, that would be very helpful. LeValley (talk) 02:31, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

The instructions for the lead section can be found here. There is no 'order' that the information is presented in, but we should use common sense to determine the most suitable way to present the information. Unless there is an established format for the articles at WikiProject Anthropology, this should be ok. But make sure you don't use unnecessarily decorative language (no peacock or weasel words etc). I suggest you try at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Anthropology if you need a more detailed answer, since the people interested in this subject area would know about this more. Cheers. Chamal ^talk 02:49, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Check Category:Anthropology for other articles relating to anthropology that might be better suited for emphasizing whichever aspects you care about. I'm not familiar with our anthropology articles, but I know that in other topic areas, a common misstep is to try to pile everything into the top-most article for the topic area (such as Solar energy), instead of breaking out subordinate ideas into the many related subordinate articles. (See WP:SPLIT and WP:SUMMARY for guidelines on how we divide up large topics into several articles.) If you have some new take on anthropology that Wikipedia doesn't already cover, you might be able to start a new article about it (although starting new articles and getting them to stick can be difficult). The top-most article in a topic area usually gets the most views and the most edits, which can make it much harder for getting your edits to "stick", since so many other editors might have a different idea for the article. Look at the article's history to see the frequency of edits - an article that gets edited every few minutes becomes harder for any individual editor to reshape. If you want to do something major to an existing article, discuss it with other editors first on the article's talk page. If you want to rewrite an article completely, you can make a user "sandbox" page to practice (almost) anything you like by clicking here: User:Levalley/Sandbox. That can be helpful for showing other editors what you have in mind, with less chance of someone deleting it out from under you. In general, the more of Wikipedia's articles you read in a given topic area, the more indications you may see that other editors did not necessarily read all the related articles - you may find contradictions, redundancies, and absences of informative links. Before editing the Anthropology article, it helps to be very familiar with what's in the related articles. Wikipedia often has extensive coverage of major fields, so it can take some study just to catch up to what's here, before you are in good position to break new ground. --Teratornis (talk) 07:57, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, guys. I have read every page in the Anthropology project that I can find, and talk pages of many of the editors. I am thinking of trying to rewrite the article completely or substantially in my sandbox, this time. Anthropology is meant to be a pgae on anthropology-in-general (which in a sense, doesn't exist, but which is always a goal in the field), there are dozens of pages that represent various subfields in anthropology, to which that page should be linked. I am indeed finding contradictions, redundancies, etc - no one's fault, just part of the process. It's exciting to try and fix it. I'll stop editing bit by bit and try my sandbox.Levalley (talk) 19:05, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

How to set up disambiguation

As noted in the talk page about The Grail Movement, there is a need for disambiguation, and I'm unclear about how to go about this. The Grail Movement that is portrayed in the article is neither the only or the first Grail Movement. There is one that precedes it that is a women's organization not characterized by the inflammatory charge on the page. I would like to disambiguate the two different Grail Movements (they are completely unrelated). I can't find directions that help me to do that.

Here is verifiable information about the Grail: http://fore.research.yale.edu/religion/christianity/projects/grailville.html

02:43, 4 April 2009 (UTC)Prairiefyre (talk) 02:43, 4 April 2009 (UTC)prairiefyre

This page has the instructions for disambiguation pages. Please feel free to come back here if you need further help with this. Chamal ^talk 02:52, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

tags

What do these tags do:<noinclude>, <includeonly>, {{DEFAULTSORT}}?—SV 03:36, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

The noinclude and includeonly tags are used in transcluding a page. See here for the details. The defaultsort is a magic word used in adding an article to a category with a different name than the page name. More about that here. Cheers. Chamal ^talk 03:49, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

about the place

I am a volunteer from india working in indonesia, flores island, ruteng, would like to add information about ruteng, i live here more than a year, i can provide information about social, culture, entertainment, touristic places , food, staying etc., hope right now there is nothing about Ruteng, i can update information, which will be very useful for tourists when they want to visit this place. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Raviridwi (talk • contribs) 04:10, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Information included in Wikipedia must be published in reliable sources. Unfortunately information based on unpublished personal knowledge cannot be included. —teb728 t c 04:27, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

However, if you can provide written sources for the information, please do contribute. We don't have much about Ruteng; indeed, our coverage of the whole area around East Nusa Tenggara in general is poor. Please examine other articles to see the kind of information we seek, which should be neutral in point of view, not the kind of advertising calculated to attract tourists. See WP:CITE for rules on citing your sources of information in verifiable publications. --Orange Mike | Talk 04:30, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

If you want to start a new article, see Wikipedia:Your first article. —teb728 t c 05:31, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

There is one major exception to the "no original research" rule: you are allowed (and encouraged) to take photographs and add them to Wikimedia commons, and then add them to articles in Wikipedia. We consider Photographs to be their own reliable sources, since someone else could actually go to the location and verify them (in theory.) Please take some pictures for us. If you need help adding them to commons and thence to Wikipedia, please come back and ask -Arch dude (talk) 15:55, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

For more information about uploading images to Commons, see Commons:Commons:First steps. If you upload images from your area, you can categorize them in Commons:Category:East Nusa Tenggara. If you find Commons difficult to figure out, you can upload your images to Flickr and license them as CC-BY-SA which makes them relatively simple to upload to Commons from there. (I suspect Flickr may be somewhat easier for more people to figure out because it has about 3 billion images compared to the 4 million on Commons.) See the Indonesian Wikipedia which may have some information that nobody has translated to the English Wikipedia yet. If you are bilingual, you might consider helping with translation. --Teratornis (talk) 07:35, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

How to write my something to WIKIEPEDIA?

Hello guys, I am new and confused. Can someone tell me how to add my definition into the WIKIPEDIA world, as well as description of that definition so everybody can search for it? Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by AlexanderMoroz (talk • contribs) 04:18, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

By "my definition" do you mean something new, a neologism or something you just created? Because Wikipedia is not for things made up one day. We are a reference guide to things already notable. --Orange Mike | Talk 04:24, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Even if you are talking about the definition of an established word, Wikipedia is not generally a place for definitions of words. The related dictionary project (for established words) is Wiktionary. —teb728 t c 04:35, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

If you want to start a new encyclopedic article, see Wikipedia:Your first article. —teb728 t c 05:33, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Request copies of files: File: Outline map metro and rail Brussels.svg and File: Metro Brussels.svg but with new lines

Hello, Is it available to copy the files: File: Outline map metro and rail Brussels.svg and File: Metro Brussels.svg but changing the lines? Why? Because on Saturday, 4 April 2009, the STIB changes its lines. Metro lines 1A, 1B and 2 give them up to 4 lines. If you do not know the new subway lines, it is these 4 new lines following:

• 1 Gare de l'Ouest - Stockel (purple color)
• 2 Simonis (Leopold II) - Simonis (Elisabeth) (orange color)
• 5 Erasme - Herrmann-Debroux (gold color)
• 6 Roi Baudouin - Simonis (Elisabeth) (steelblue color)

Info: 4 color lines such as the example of Modèle:Métro de Bruxelles (in French). Note: In addition, the station Simonis has changed its name: Simonis (Leopold II) is the station on the upper level of the station Simonis (formerly served by the line 1A), and Simonis (Elisabeth) is the station's lower level of Simonis Station (where the terminus of line 2 done). TravauxSTIB

I think the best place to discuss this would be on the Brussels metro talk page. The editors there should be more aware of the situation and the best way to approach the images. TNXMan 12:30, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

How do I bring up an alphabetical list of each article I have have edited?

I did this yesterday, and it was very easy to do, but I can't seem to duplicate it. Its very frustrating. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. KevinOKeeffe (talk) 12:21, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Try this tool which shows the articles you've created. Not sure if this is what you were looking for, but you can access this from your contributions page. The link is at the bottom of the page. Cheers. Chamal ^talk 12:55, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

If your acount is set up (in preferences) to add every page you edit to your watchlist, an alphabetical list is available by clicking My watchlist > View and edit watchlist. --Kateshortforbob 16:36, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

You can also see your most edited articles using this tool to see your most edited articles, but that's the closest tool of which I'm aware. If you do remember one that lists every page, let me know. hmwithτ 20:53, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Template:Campaignbox Pakistan attacks

Pl correct this [3].yousaf465'

I don't see any obvious problem with the template. What do you want us to do? Chamal ^talk 16:29, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

I wanted to add the latest attack.It's o.k.--10:32, 5 April 2009 (UTC)~~

main logo in upper left of every page ...

why is the wikipedia logo blurry?—Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.15.11.44 (talk) 16:44, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

It looks fine to me. Is it a browser problem or display error, perhaps? Try purging your cache. tempodivalse [☎] 17:44, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

TROY DOUGLIN

Troy Douglin did not work for Charlton Athletic Academy in the USA he worked for BE Soccer Academy in Seattle USA.

Thanks

Stewart Brown BE Soccer Aacademy Director (phone number removed) (email removed) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.208.229.132 (talk) 19:17, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

I have hidden the OP's phone number and e-mail to deter abuse. NonLeagueDaily and Rushall Olympic think Troy Douglin was with Charlton. Could he have worked for both, perhaps in different years? Certes (talk) 19:33, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

If you have reliable sources stating that he did work for BE Soccer Academy, please add it to the article. hmwithτ 20:45, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Where should I ask for removal of full protection?

Thanks! —Pgecaj (talk) 21:12, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

WP:RPP. – ukexpat (talk) 21:18, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Question on IP block vs account

Most of the time on Wikipedia, I am on a public network with a shared IP. I have decided to create my own account instead of anonymous IP editing. Today at some point, the IP on this network was blocked for editing. But it seems that my account is ok. Does this IP block in any way affect my account that is currently in good standing?Ivtv (talk) 21:44, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

No, you should still be able to edit via your account. As long as you didn't cause the block on the IP using the account is perfectly acceptable.  GARDEN  21:59, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

No, I do not vandalise which is why I created the account to begin with. Thanks for clarification.

Ivtv (talk) 22:02, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Deletion of Comment to Article

Can you tell me why my edit to an article ws deleted? Isn't it appropriate for the administrator to give a reason?≈≈≈≈Grandparent

This was already addressed at User talk:Grandparent. —C.Fred (talk) 22:23, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

April 5

Problematic reference

Resolved

 – I applied Andrew's suggestion to the article. —teb728 t c 05:27, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

I'm having probles with references on NSW Premier League 2009 Results. Specifically I'm having problems citing a reference whose URL is "http://www.footballnsw.com.au/index.php?id=17&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=1761&tx_ttnews[backPid]=16&cHash=69a6e380cb". Seems the "[" character messes up the processing of the text and you only get half the reference as a link which then doesn't work. Any ideas how I can get a ref that works? Astronaut (talk) 00:10, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

I had the same problem when writing a Wikinews story about Schalke 04, whose website has the same style of address. You could try TinyURL or a similar service to generate a working URL. Xenon54 (talk) 01:08, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

You could also replace the [ and ] characters with %5B and %5D respectively, which will cause a browser to interpret the square brackets as intended, I think. --AndrewHowse (talk) 01:58, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Just remove the problematic bits. You get the same story with http://www.footballnsw.com.au/index.php?id=17, though I suspect that such a short number may be temporary unless the site is a new one. Sometimes, extra numbers are there for a site to track users rather than to identify the article. Certes (talk) 12:15, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Creating an article

How do I create an artical? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Veegie (talk • contribs) 00:52, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Your first article. Xenon54 (talk) 01:08, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

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. – ukexpat (talk) 01:11, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Computer lockout

I whent in and removed the administrator from my computer trying to removed the pasword to log into the cumputer and did not enter a new adminstrator know i turn it off and when i saw the screen i can not log in because is asking to begin click your user name which I dont have so I can not get in to. how can I get in my cumputer —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.41.94.135 (talk) 01:06, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

This page is for questions about Wikipedia. Try the Computing reference desk. Xenon54 (talk) 01:08, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Offline Wikipedia

hello, is it possible to download a full copy of wikipedia to a computer/laptop to use offline? articles, pictures etc... thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.150.1.133 (talk) 01:24, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Currently not all of Wikipedia, as that would be a tremendous amount of data. You can, however, get a DVD of some of Wikipedia's better and more important articles for reading offline. Calvin 1998 ^(t·c) 01:31, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

The entire Wikipedia download is available, but as Calvin 1998 mentioned, it's a very large file. The download is in XML file, and you will need to import it into MediaWiki software to use it. I recommend the WikipediaOnDVD option mentioned above. Should you really want to go ahead with the entire database, see WP:DUMP. Cheers — Deon555^talk_{I'm BACK!} 07:01, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Log In

When I try to log in, the response is always that this is not an existing email - but, this is my email address. What is wrong? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.88.157.107 (talk) 04:25, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Where are you trying to login? I doubt that is a response you get when trying to login to Wikipedia, for Wikipedia does not expect a email address. —teb728 t c 04:43, 5 April 2009 (UTC) Perhaps you are trying to login to your ISP windstream.net. If so, please understand that this is the Help desk Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. —teb728 t c 04:49, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Maybe you are trying to log in to Wikipedia using an email? You should log in to Wikipedia using your username you set up when you registered. — Deon555^talk_{I'm BACK!} 06:59, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

low cost airline

tell me about advantages of low cost airline ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jassi31 (talk • contribs) 08:45, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer just about 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. Zain Ebrahim (talk) 09:14, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

• Low-cost anything means you'll have more money left to spend on other things which is always a good thing during an economic crisis. - 87.211.75.45 (talk) 10:33, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Where do I find those icons?

Resolved

 – TNXMan 16:02, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Where do I find those icons people have on their pages? Thanks!--Saffron831 (talk) 15:42, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

I'm not sure to which icons you're referring. If you mean userboxes, you can find more info at WP:Userboxes. TNXMan 15:43, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Thats it, thanks!--Saffron831 (talk) 15:46, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

No problem. Best, TNXMan 16:02, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Tenochtitlan

I am editor at huWiki. Just used an image of Tenochtitlan from the enWiki MediaCommons. It is from someone named Dr.Atl, from 1930. I need to know whether the image is a drawing or a painting. Who this Dr.Atl was is too much to ask, I suppose, but if I knew the nature of that image, it would help. Thank you. 97.112.133.155 (talk) 17:55, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

This area is for questions about Wikipedia, for factual questions, try the Reference desk. --Kraftlos (Talk | Contrib) 21:46, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

General Wiki Editing

I haven't edited for awhile and I forgot most of the commands. Can you refresh me on the info? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vcolin (talk • contribs) 17:57, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

I assume you're talking about wiki-markup? If so, see WP:MARKUP, that shows most of the important markup functions. Hope this helped, tempodivalse [☎] 18:06, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

adding a person and info

How can i add a person to Wikipedia (a bio); currently not on here, and up-and-coming entreperneur —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.48.190.100 (talk) 19:00, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

You will need to first register an account, which has many benefits, including the ability to create articles. Once you have registered, 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. – ukexpat (talk) 19:23, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Sub-page

I've saved my wiki page believing it to be my subpage!!!! Messages about speedy deletions etc??? Has the page I created been deleted? If not, how can i access it again? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.21.88.156 (talk) 19:16, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

What is your user name or the name of the article in question? You posted your message without logging in so it is impossible to tell what article you are referring to. – ukexpat (talk) 19:24, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Creating Wikepedia shortcut on Windows screen

My Wikepedia Shortcut in the main Windows screen stopped working. How can I recreate it? Possibly a link, dll, or something else got deleted. I have been using Internet Explorer 7. I can download Explorer 8 if that will help solve the problem. 20:07, 5 April 2009 (UTC)20:07, 5 April 2009 (UTC)~~ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.59.132.93 (talk)

To create another shortcut to Wikipedia on your desktop, position your browser window so that you can see your browser and your desktop at the same time. Make sure that you are viewing a Wikipedia page. Drag and drop the Wikipedia logo from your browser to your desktop. This will give you an icon on your desktop that will open the Wikipedia homepage. Tra (Talk) 21:36, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

admin help with a new user.

a new user .. User:Rishi1410 has edited a page I monitor and I have undone the edits ..two .. and left a note for her to read on her user page and she has come back online and redone the two edits which are uncited and generally don't make sense ..I notice she has also inserted on her user page her email address ..I am quite new and don't want again to revert and start a tit for tat situation..how would be the best way to perhaps get an admin to say hello to her ..(Off2riorob (talk) 20:19, 5 April 2009 (UTC))

I don't think admin intervention is required yet (when it is, please report at WP:ANI). Just leave the user a message to the effect that they are in danger of violating the three-revert rule. – ukexpat (talk) 20:40, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Resolved

thanks for commenting..another more experianced editor has reverted the edits.. so I have been spared . (Off2riorob (talk) 20:47, 5 April 2009 (UTC))

checking printing colours in idesign cs

how do i check printing colours in layout? especialy where i have used cmyk —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.203.185.51 (talk) 20:38, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Have you tried the Computing 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. – ukexpat (talk) 20:41, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

moving pages or changing their names

I was wanting to create an article for a character but there is already a character article for that page for another TV show. The character on the page is a minor character in the tv series they are featured on whereas the one i was going to create was the central character of the show (Taggart). Andrew22k (talk) 21:04, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Try making a page like that but add where the charater originates from in parenthesses. An example is there is more than one article about a certain Tom and Jerry. If you want the MGM cat and mouse duo, you type in "Tom and Jerry (MGM)". If you want the cocktail, type in "Tom and Jerry (cocktail), and so forth. Carabera (talk) 21:49, 5 April 2009 (UTC)