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May 11

Hiring a developer

I wish to hire a developer to fix bug 1605. I have asked about it by e-mailing infowikimedia.org and was told that they do not provide service in return for a donation, but according to this discussion, that might not be true. Since bug 1605 seems like it will never get fixed, I was willing to hire a developer to get it done. If hiring a developer will significantly accelerate the process of fixing bug 1605, then how much should I pay? Also see https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1605#c48 -- IRP ☎ 00:21, 11 May 2009 (UTC), modified 00:25, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Your question is probably beyond the scope of the Help desk. I can't understand from the discussion why this feature would be necessary. The example application in comment 3 seems kind of pointless since you can do the same thing with subpages. That is, just make the template transclude a subpage, and the template can link to the edit command for the subpage. --Teratornis (talk) 02:01, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

I'd say you get better response& discussion on Wikipedia:Village pump (technical) or Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals). hmwithτ 02:12, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Mistakes made with AWB

Help? I made a really bad mistake using AWB. Because of a mistake in the creation of a regular expression I changed and unknown number of level three headers to become level two headers. There might be over a thousand pages involved. Is there a way to roll back that may edits. Waiting is only going to make things worse. I'll watch his page. I left a note at the village pump before I thought of coming here. --droll [chat] 00:42, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

You should request rollback rights at Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Rollback. It will make reverting your mistakes much easier. -- IRP ☎ 01:50, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the response. I think I can handle it. I've fixed about 700 already. Only about 1 in 12 of the articles have a problem. I want to get it done ASAP. I'll look into the rollback thing though. Thanks. --droll [chat] 02:02, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

I've given you rollback rights. Should make the job a bit easier. :) –Juliancolton | ^Talk 04:16, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Putting a picture in a article

How do I put a picture from my desktop to the article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by TehWolf39 (talk • contribs) 01:18, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

First you have to upload the image to Wikipedia, but before you do that read the non-free use policy to make sure that the intended use of the images meets one of the rationales. When it's uploaded, take a look at WP:IMAGE to see how to add it to the article. – ukexpat (talk) 01:32, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Forgot to mention that to upload to Wikipedia your account has to be autoconfirmed. If the image is one you have created yourself, you should upload it to Commons so that it is available for use on all Wikimedia projects. Commons does not have an autoconfirmation requirement. – ukexpat (talk) 02:40, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Obsessed talk page

Resolved

This has only 3 paragraphs when you look at the page, but it should have 6 or so...

You can see them when you go to edit the page, but they don't show up...

Can I fix this?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Obsessed_(2009_film)

Jabberwockgee (talk) 01:19, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Fixed. The talk page contained an unclosed "invisible comment". That is, a <!-- that wasn't followed by a -->. Someguy1221 (talk) 01:23, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

how to add a picture?

how do i add a picture in any article? Militaryhistorystudent (talk) 02:14, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

You'll need to first upload the picture to Wikipedia or Wikimedia Commons, assuming it is not in one of those places already. To upload the picture here, simply go to this page and follow the directions (note that your account must be autoconfirmed, which means that it has made ten edits and been active for four days). To upload the picture to Commons, simply the follow the link provided above (they do not have the autoconfirmation requirement). Once you have uploaded the picture, simply list the file name in the article as [[File:Example.jpg]], replacing "Example" with the name of the file and making sure the extensions match. I know it's probably confusing, but post here if you have further questions. TNXMan 02:18, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

How do you propose for a featured picture

So, it's a picture that I think satisfies the criteria of featured content, and I wanna propose it. By the way this the picture...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ottawa_River_Parkway_interchange.jpg —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.190.94.112 (talk) 02:51, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

The page to nominate pictures is located at WP:FPC. Good luck! TNXMan 03:01, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

I am having a hard time nominating it!! I'll try tomorrow. In the mean time, if someone else does it instead I'd really appreciate it! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.190.94.112 (talk) 03:21, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Charles Paterson Park

Charles Paterson Park Perth Australia who was this named after —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.107.97.74 (talk) 05:59, 11 May 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. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:18, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

having troubles referencing.

I would like to credit myself for the changes i made and also quote the external webpage that I found the information to which i credited in the article. when I go to the resources part, it dosn't make much sense to me.

Can someone please provide me a template to which I can edit appropriately when I edit an article? I am in your debt.

Dbreault (talk) 07:29, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

I think that this change is what you want for external references. You wrap your footnotes in <ref></ref> tags and put the display text after a space in the brackets of the external references. As for credit to you as editor, that is added automatically to the page history. —teb728 t c 08:54, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Amending the logo image on my Company's wikipedia entry

Good morning,

The company logo on the wikipedia entry for Avon Rubber p.l.c. is out-of-date.

Can you please advise how I can amend it, thanks.

Jason Hargreaves IT Director Avon Rubber p.l.c. www.avon-rubber.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jh23wiki (talk • contribs) 09:10, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

You need to upload the new version. To do so you need to be autoconfirmed, which means your account needs to be 4 days old and you need ten edits. If you provide a link to a new logo, someone might upload it for you. —teb728 t c 09:32, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

I uploaded File:AvonRubberLogo.png and edited the article accordingly. Is that correct? – ukexpat (talk) 14:36, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Font Size

I have been away for a little bit and cannot remember how to change the font size. See Awaba, New South Wales, Bouddi, New South Wales, Bouddi National Park and Bucketty, New South Wales. I have put in a ref list and now the writing after it is smaller. If somebody can just put a fix into the first article, I will amend the rest.

thanks .....Todd^#661 09:21, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Done - you just forgot to close the <div> tag with and endtag (</div>) Excirial ^{(Contact me,Contribs)} 09:36, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Or just use the {{Refbegin}} and {{Refend}} templates... – ukexpat (talk) 14:14, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Richard Bamping article

I have a feeling that it might qualify for deletion, but I'm not very sure. Vltava 68 09:47, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Principle cellist? You'd have a hard time getting that through any deletion process. - Jarry1250 ^{(t, c)} 11:16, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

One of my edits was signed with my computer number instead of my name... UNDO?

One of my edits was signed with my computer number instead of my name. I had logged in, but I guess was automatically logged out prior to finishing my edit? My question is two-fold:

1. Can I replace my computer number (on that edit) with my username? It's partly for safety reasons...

2. What happened? Does Wiki log people out automatically? My edit took a while, but I don't remember ever being logged out before.

Thanks! Walking Softly (talk) 10:28, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Edits with an IP address cannot be reassigned to a user account. Edits can be deleted from public view but that is generally not done just because somebody was logged out. People can lose their login for different reasons. See Help:Logging in for tips on how to stay logged in. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:54, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

It appears Wikipedia:Oversight#Policy has been changed since I last saw it. You can make a request at Wikipedia:Requests for oversight. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:58, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

The change was made in [1]. Worth noting for help desk workers since there are sometimes questions about this. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:05, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Logging back in and simply replacing the IP with your signature actually compromises your anonymity. WikiScanner trawls the database looking for these replacements and logs them at Poor Man's Checkuser. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 11:35, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

My reply refers to the IP address credited for the edit in the page history. Gadget850's reply refers to the IP address shown on the page when you sign an edit with ~~~~ (or somebody else signs for you). The latter can be changed or removed by you or anybody else, but as Gadget850 notes, if you log in and change the IP address then an external site may publish that your account has probably edited from that IP address. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:09, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Help required in creating a wikipedia content on - Software Testing : Cloud Testing Awarness please advice.

Hi, I want to create a Wikipedia Content on topic "Software Testing : Cloud Testing Awarness".Please advice how to proceed on the same.Regards,MakSwandove (talk) 11:01, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Put together your article with sources on a Sandbox. Then ask an editor or few who have written on related subjects whether they care to comment. BTW note the spelling of Awareness. Cuddlyable3 (talk) 11:11, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Have you considered editing the Cloud testing page by adding verifiable (referenced) information to it? - Jarry1250 ^{(t, c)} 11:14, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Problem with refs

Can anyone help fix the glitch with the references in the entry Canonical situation of the Society of St. Pius X ? Thanks. ADM (talk) 11:30, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

i've fixed the main glitch, i hope. Sssoul (talk) 11:50, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Watchlist2

Resolved

 – TNXMan 12:56, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

What do the plus and minus signs in my Watchlist mean? It has the name of the article, then the time it was edited, then ... and then a number in brackets, either in green text prefixed with a + or in red, prefixed with a -, for example (+123) or (-168). I have looked in the FAQ and the page about watchlists but can't see what these represent. —Preceding unsigned comment added by GaryReggae (talk • contribs) 11:48, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

It indicates the net number of bytes added or subtracted by the last edit. For example a green (+21) means 21 total bytes were added. TNXMan 11:56, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Oh, is it bytes? Are you sure? Haha, I've always thought & it appeared to be characters. hmwithτ 11:59, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

99% of the time, bytes = characters. - Jarry1250 ^{(t, c)} 12:47, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

(edit conflict) It's the number of characters added to or subtracted from an article. For example, if you add one letter, it will say +1. hmwithτ 11:57, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, that answers that question! GaryReggae (talk) 12:04, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Change title

Hello, I would like to change the title of the article "José María Gallardo del Rey" edited by me becauase there is an error in the name (It is Rey, not rey) Thank you very much and sorry if you have answered this question yet. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Emiliogy (talk • contribs) 12:31, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

I've done this for you (more information at WP:MOVE). Looking at the article, you may also be interesting in Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials. - Jarry1250 ^{(t, c)} 12:46, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

moving an article

hi, i wrote my first article as a subpage to my mytalk page. I got copyright permission and Ive edited it; etc., so now I'd like to move it from a subpage and put it in the "real time" wikipedia where it will be searchable. I've read the 'How to' on moving pages but didnt find it helpful. !can someone just tell me how to turn this subpage of mypage into a real article with its own page? thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fdhparis (talk • contribs) 12:53, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

I have taken a look at the draft and made a couple of formatting changes. However, I don't think it is ready to be moved to the mainspace yet. The biggest problem is that it has no references from reliable sources to support the notability of the organisation and without those, it will sooner or later be nominated for deletion if in the mainspace. Also, it is a little spammy, which leads to the final problem -- your user name appears to be in breach of the user name policy, so you should consider changing it or just abandonning that user name and creating an account with a name that complies. Hope this helps. – ukexpat (talk) 13:58, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Helpful- kind of. still lost. I really don't know a lot about using wikipedia, so tossing out terms doesn't do much for me. As far as the notability of the org, they're supported by the European Union and their site is legit, so I'm not too worried about it- I'd rather get it online and then deal with any problems that may, but hopefully don't, come. Can some one just tell me HOW to put it on the main space? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fdhparis (talk • contribs) 15:09, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

See WP:MOVE, but you will only be able to move pages when your account is autoconfirmed (4 days old and 10 edits). You should be concerned about notability - that is one of the cornerstones of Wikipedia and without showing notability, supported by references, your article will be, at the very least, tagged with issues tags. So please read the pages I linked to above. – ukexpat (talk) 15:17, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

If you're the only editor, you can just copy/paste it to the mainspace if you'd like. hmwithτ 15:43, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Not now - I have been cleaning it up a little. – ukexpat (talk) 17:19, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Clarification: However, that doesn't mean that the article will not be deleted if it doesn't meet notability standards. That's a whole different beast. hmwithτ 15:47, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

This article about a nonprofit organization is just as good as many others which are posted on WP, and I think it ought to created and moved to mainspace. Ukexpat, why don't you do it when you are finished with it? I will put a Construction tag on it so it others can help out. Sincerely, GeorgeLouis (talk) 17:41, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Contents Box

How do I edit/ change items in the Contenct Box on my page?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 162.129.44.19 (talk) 14:48, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

I'm not sure to which page you are referring. Are you referring to an article or a user talkpage? TNXMan 14:52, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

I am referring to the page on Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions. I want to change the Contents box where we have research, college health and wellness study, the health care equity program, etc. I just dont see where that is on my page when I go to edit it. I am very new to Wikipedia and have never edited a page before. Thank you for your help! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tlaveist (talk • contribs) 15:34, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

I think he's referring to the table of contents. You can change what's in the TOC box by actually changing the titles or ordering of the sections in the article. However, be aware that there is a certain, basic way pages should be organized (see WP:MOS). hmwithτ 15:37, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

(edit conflict) The contents box is automatically generated when there are four or more headings in the article. You can create a new heading by placing the section title between two equal signs. For example, adding ==References== in the article would create a new entry in the contents box for a references section. TNXMan 15:39, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Just two points - are you editing on behalf of this institution? If so, please read WP:COI. Also, your message sounds like more than one person may be sharing your user name/account - please note that that is not permitted. Thanks. – ukexpat (talk) 15:43, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for your help. I work as the Marketing Coordinator for the center and I am the only one who will be editing the page. I appreciate your help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tlaveist (talk • contribs) 15:55, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

As the marketing coordinator for the center, you have a conflict of interest. hmwithτ 16:09, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

...and therefore strongly discouraged from editing the article. – ukexpat (talk) 17:01, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Request

Please delete the page I created at Wikipedia:Books/test I was clicking around —Preceding unsigned comment added by Amplitude101 (talk • contribs) 15:56, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Mentifisto already has. - Jarry1250 ^{(t, c)} 15:58, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Edit section links aligning left?

Since I've been gone a little bit, something must have been changed to cause the "edit" links on the sections to align left, rather than right. I've searched a bunch, but can't find when or where this was discussed/implemented. Can someone with some knowledge help me out? Mahalo. --Ali'i 18:58, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Was there a particular article on which this was happening or was it all of the articles you are viewing? If it's only one article, then it may be an issue which is addressed by WP:BUNCH. TNXMan 19:05, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

So maybe it's simply an issue with my computer? For instance, I see the edit link to this very section appearing before "Edit section links aligning left?" in the header. It's every page. And since I have the "give the lead section an edit button" gadget turned on in my preferences, I get an "Edit" link directly before the article title. --Ali'i 19:11, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Hmmm... after purging my cache, the links jump back to the right. Grrrrrr. Thanks anyway. --Ali'i 19:13, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Passing parameters through templates and substitution

I just created a new template ({{USMS designation}}) to help signify properties that are Mississippi Landmarks using {{Infobox nrhp}}. I thought the template would simply transclude its contents inline, but it appears as if the template must be subst'ed to work. Is there a reason for this? Also, when the template is subst'ed, the {{{accessdate}}} parameter is not passed to the {{cite web}} template. (An example can be found at Eudora Welty House) I can't figure out why this is happening. Any thoughts? I didn't really know if I should ask this here or not, but I can't think of anywhere else on the site that would be of any help. --Dudemanfellabra (talk) 19:38, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Ah— the old parameters don't work inside <ref>...</ref> tag bug. See Wikipedia:Footnotes#Known bugs. Let me fiddle with this a bit. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 19:52, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Try it now. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 20:01, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Ah yes the accessdate works now. Thanks for that! Do you know why the template must be subst'ed? Is there any way to get around that? --Dudemanfellabra (talk) 20:15, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

What Should a Director's InfoBox Look Like?

I've noticed that the color of the Infoboxes of directors are inconsistent. Modern filmmakers have yellow (i.e. Coppola, Scorsese) while others have silver (Kurosawa, Fellini). Which should it really be? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stepusual (talk • contribs) 22:46, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Those articles all use the {{Infobox actor}} ibox. My guess is (and I am not a template coder) that the ibox code displays dead actors with a silver background and living with the yellow/buff background. – ukexpat (talk) 23:42, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Yes, but Kubrick, Fellini, Kurosawa, Bergman, Antonioni, Tarkovsky, etc. aren't actors. Should their Infoboxes be changed?--Stepusual (talk) 00:17, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

There is no director infobox, well not that I could find, so I guess the actor one is the next best thing. – ukexpat (talk) 01:05, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Looking at the infobox markup, if death_date is is included, the the background is silver. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 11:18, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

May 12

My profile page

Where is my profile page? Please tell me what URL. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aviva Butt (talk • contribs) 00:21, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

I see you have now created your user page at User:Aviva Butt with url http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Aviva_Butt. I guess this is what you call your profile page. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:51, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

How to rename an uploaded file to its correct name

Hi,

I uploaded a file to wikimedia commons and Wikipedia. I thought it were 2 Buckeye Butterflies. Now I have its correct ID - its Owl Butterflies.

How to change the name?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Common_Buckeye_Butterfly_in_Artis_Zoo.jpg

Aseem —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aforaseem (talk • contribs) 06:43, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Simply upload it again under the correct name. Goodraise 10:12, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Or see commons:Commons:FAQ#How can I rename/move an image or other media file? PrimeHunter (talk) 10:21, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

problems hitting internal links

hi sometimes when i hit an internal connection, rather then go to page itself, I get a windows dialog box askong me to save a file. problem exists in both hebrew and english wikipedia i use ie8/vista home answer by email to <blanked> would be most appreciated Rzg (talk) 15:49, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

It sounds like you have a box checked in your preferences that shouldn't be. Go to the "My preferences" tab at the top of the page, then click on the "Editing" tab. Make sure that "Use external editor by default" and "Use external diff by default" are unchecked. Let us know if that fixes it. TNXMan 15:55, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

I am not editing. Just browsing through wikipedia and hitting an internal link. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rzg (talk • contribs) 09:05, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

nope. no help!!!Rzg (talk) 04:05, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

I get this sometimes— I think it is a connection issue. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 11:10, 9 May 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.134.102.16 (talk)

Deleting a Page

Hi, Just wondering, how do you delete a page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.51.168.52 (talk) 09:55, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Only administrators can actually delete pages. Non-administrators have to get an administrator to do it for them. How to do that is described in Wikipedia's deletion policy. Goodraise 10:10, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

(e/c) :Only administrators can delete pages. We have three processes for asking an admin to delete a page: speedy deletion, for very uncontroversial cases; PROD, for articles not eligible for speedy but where it is expected that deletion will be uncontested, and Articles for Deletion, a method whereby all interested parties can discuss the suggested deletion for five days before a decision is made. You can find more information about each method and when to use them at WP:DELETE. Gonzonoir (talk) 10:11, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

How to create a whole new innovative existing new subject?

Resolved

 – User:Vientsolutions blocked as a WP:SPAMNAME. ukexpat (talk) 14:33, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Hello..

I have a query. I want the profile of first Marketing Process Outsourcing to be accomplished. Can you please provide me thy way to add new content. As the last content I added, the wiki says it is a spam.. please help me! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vientsolutions (talk • contribs) 11:04, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Please read the business FAQ. If you have any further questions, please ask again. Cheers,  Chzz  ►  14:02, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Searching by Language

I am bilingual in both English and Polish and I was wondering if there is a way to search wikipedia pages to see which pages exist in Polish but not in English, and vice versa. 79.184.48.210 (talk) 12:28, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

I assume you want to find such articles to translate them. If so, you might want to start reading at Wikipedia:Translation. Goodraise 12:35, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

The Polish Wikipedia has 603,007 articles, whereas the English has over 2.8 million, which means that only about 1 out of every 5 English Wikipedia article can possibly have a Polish equivalent. Such a search for all articles without an equivalent in another language would probably not be very useful for English because of these numbers. Finding what has a Polish article that isn't in English might be. I know of no such search ability. However, a large number of articles both here and there are not really good translation candidates because they are unsourced, short stubs.

One way to target good translation targets into Polish is to visit featured articles and good articles as well as the candidate pages (featured article candidates and good article nominations) and see which do not have a Polish Equivalent by checking the interlanguage links on the left hand side of the page for "Polski". Such articles are likely to be well developed and sourced and thus make good additions. For the other direction, you could try visiting the Polish equivalent pages, pl:Wikipedia:Artykuły na medal, pl:Wikipedia:Dobre Artykuły, pl:Wikipedia:Propozycje do Artykułów na medal and pl:Wikipedia:Propozycje do Dobrych Artykułów and see which do not have English equivalents. Of course it's far more likely in the pl → en direction that a large proportion already have English equivalents. You could also look for underdeveloped articles here that are featured in Polish by visiting Category:Wikipedia featured articles in other languages (Polish). Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 17:29, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject

How do you join a WikiProject? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Baileyf07 (talk • contribs) 13:32, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

I believe each WikiProject has a list of active members - simply add yourself to the list. You can also drop a note on their talk page introducing yourself. TNXMan 13:37, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Dario Minieri

Hi there,

I work for PokerStars and Dario Minieri is one of our sponsored players:

http://www.pokerstars.com/team-pokerstars/dario-minieri/

and

http://www.dariominieri.com/

The image used has Dario wearing a competitor's logo. We'd like to have the picture changed to a more up-to-date image, and we can supply this.

Please let me know asap what we can do with this, and also feel free to link to his offical site as above.

thanks, Chris Marais —Preceding unsigned comment added by Christianmarais (talk • contribs) 14:17, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Sorry but you won't get much support for changing an image for promotional purposes. I will add his website to the article. – ukexpat (talk) 14:35, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

 Done - I added the website and also fixed the edit link bunching. – ukexpat (talk) 15:25, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Deleted page, can't understand instructions for having it undeleted

Hi

The page Digital Standards Organisation has been deleted for no fathomable reason. I would like to discuss this decision as the reason given Prod:N made no sense (based on a Google search for the subject and the times we live in). Tried (with very limited time) to understand the instructions on the deleted item page re. starting a deleted page debate but couldn't understand. One too many links maybe.

Please help. Chris Putt1ck (talk) 14:57, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

I've had a word with the deleting admin, and he's agreed to userfy the page for you, so you can improve it before putting it back on show. You can find it at User talk:Putt1ck/Digital Standards Organisation. A few things stand out, however. Firstly, the name is clearly spelt with a Z, and therefore the article should be also. Secondly, it feels different to most other contributions, and therefore would have stood out. To help with that, see Your First Article. I'm sure others will have their own thoughts. - Jarry1250 ^{(t, c)} 15:19, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Take a look at WP:CORP which explains notability criteria for companies and other organisations. Note also that the article has been undeleted to your user space at User talk:Putt1ck/Digital Standards Organisation so you can work on it there and get into in shape for the mainspace. – ukexpat (talk) 15:21, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Note also that there is a page Digital Standards Organization (this is how they spell their name, according to their home page), which currently redirects to Open standard#Digital Standards Organization definition. Gandalf61 (talk) 15:29, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

change password of my account

how can i change my account password? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fighterfalcon (talk • contribs) 15:05, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

See Special:ChangePassword. – ukexpat (talk) 15:17, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Changing the listing title.

I am listed in Wikipedia under a nickname. I would prefer to use my real name as the main title and list the nickname as an A.K.A. I am able to edit the content but can not figure out how to edit the title. Please help. Notreallytrue67 (talk) 17:07, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

It's hard to help without knowing which article you are referring to... – ukexpat (talk) 17:10, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Sir Arthur Payson perchance? – ukexpat (talk) 17:12, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

You can't edit titles, but you can rename an article by moving it to a new title (see Help:Moving a page). But, as Ukexpat mentioned, we'd have to know the article name to give you more information. hmwithτ 19:18, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Question about Editing Titles

Hello how are you? I'm new here and above where the title of the article is at the top where it says, "Jalil patel" and then Underlined, I wanted to capatalize the P in Patel because I'm a stickler for details LoL. Is there a way to do that? (Oh, and sorry about adding my email address, I thought this was just a help-line where I had to add my email to get a response from the staff! Sorry!)

XLMasters (talk) 17:14, 12 May 2009 (UTC)XL Masters

You would need to move the page to the correct title. However, your account must be autoconfirmed (made at least ten edits and been active for four days) before you will be able to do that. TNXMan 17:17, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

I have moved the page for you to Jalil Patel. TNXMan 17:18, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

And I cleaned it up a little. – ukexpat (talk) 17:50, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

For future reference, if you cannot do a move on your own, you can use WP:Requested moves. hmwithτ 19:17, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Borderless section — maybe pages - while using the Modern skin

I am using the Modern skin (selected from My Preferences), the problem is some of the page is borderless (starting from the last language section, at the very left of your screen) Try to compare between this two pages — Sunderland AFC and Nicol David using the Modern skin and you will understand. You can see the difference right ? I've tried to fix this on Sunderland AFC. But I can't. I didn't know what went wrong, i think it has something to do with the coding, perhaps. My question is, can it be fixed ? Arteyu ? _{Blame it on me !} 18:18, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Are you using Mozilla Firefox 3? If so, this is a known problem . It occurs for me, as well (I use Wikipedia's default skin). I'm not sure if people have found any work around yet. hmwithτ 19:15, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

No, I use IE. I really don't like the page to look like that. I really need someone who can fix this. LOL Arteyu ? _{Blame it on me !} 19:23, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Hello, is there someone who can help? Arteyu ? _{Blame it on me !} 21:31, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

is it possible to get an EXTERNAL website to cause wikification to redirect to wikipedia?

I was hoping to put my law school casebook's table of contents into a wikipedia article, but I was informed that this is a copyright violation. Conceding the point, I am looking for an alternate way to wikify the table of contents (because it contains, literally, hundreds of names of major cases, and because a wikified table of contents would make law school INFINITELY LESS PAINFUL.) What I'd like to do is post this content to my personal webpage, and take the responsibility for the copyright infringement solely into my own hands.
Here's my question: suppose I have a fully-formatted wikipedia article. Is it possible to find an EXTERNAL website that will
1. recognize the wikification (e.g., so that [[dog]] will link to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog)
2. color non-existent articles in red, so that readers will know which articles to populate with info?
Thanks very much. Agradman (talk) 20:22, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

In short: no. We cannot link to known copyright violations. --Orange Mike | Talk 20:31, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Fear not, I don't plan to link to it from Wikipedia. I will rely on word-of-mouth to circulate the URL. The point is to link INTO Wikipedia. Agradman (talk) 20:41, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Yes, it is possible. You just need to program it to replace [[some text]] with a real link. You can prefetch the page when it loads. If you get the "this page does not exist" page, color the link red. It isn't difficult to do - but impossible if you don't know how to program. -- kainaw™ 20:36, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

<grin> so, I don't know how to program. Follow up question:

• Can anyone identify pre-existing software that will do this? (Honestly, when you think about the large market for copyright infringement, you'd think that someone would have come up with the "shadow wikipedia" by now whose sole purpose is to host wikified tables of contents like this.)Agradman (talk) 20:41, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Host your own wiki? See MediaWiki. --AndrewHowse (talk) 20:48, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

(edit conflict) You could set up your own Wiki site using the MediaWiki software. Again, this will probably require some programming knowledge, but possibly not much. I'm not entirely clear on what would go into setting up something like that. TNXMan 20:48, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

See b:Starting and Running a Wiki Website, but before you reinvent the wheel, check out the wikis under wikiindex:Category:Law. You might find something useful, or not, in my userspace essay: User:Teratornis/Tips for teachers. --Teratornis (talk) 20:56, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Also see WP:EIW for another example of how to organize a large number of links. --Teratornis (talk) 20:57, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Try typing your page content, formatted in wikitext, into Special:ExpandTemplates. When you click OK, the HTML will be rendered for you under the preview section. You could then go to view source and find that rendered HTML to copy and paste back to your website. Also include the line <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/monobook/main.css?207xx" type="text/css" media="screen" /> in your site so that the links are coloured properly. Tra (Talk) 22:12, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

tomalley.

can anyone tell me: what would be the tomalley % weight in a live lobster, i.e a 1 lb live lobster would have.....oz of tomaley? or it is estimated that a 454 gram live lobster would contain xxxxxx grams of tomalley?

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. Or maybe tomalley may have the answer. I hope this helps. – ukexpat (talk) 21:55, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

layman's terms?

im 16 and constantly use wikipedia to look up things for history class. people who edit articles and write them--Use retard english! i cant look up islamic fundamentalism or arab israeli conflict without being overwhelmed with terminology i dont understand. thanks---scz.

You could try the Simple English Wikipedia which uses less complicated words. Tra (Talk) 22:23, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

And when the Simple English Wikipedia fails you, you can still fallback to the traditional method, looking the words up in a dictionary, like Wiktionary. Goodraise 22:35, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

When a Wikipedia article uses a jargon term that few readers will understand, the article should link at least the first instance of the term to an article that explains it. See Wikipedia:Build the web. When people first write articles on Wikipedia, they sometimes neglect to put in all these necessary defining links - because they themselves do not need them. Someone who knows a subject well already knows what the related jargon means, and may not think of the reader such as you who does not know the jargon. Fortunately, Wikipedia is editable by anyone, so the readers may defend their own interests (nobody knows your needs as well as you know them). When you see a term in a Wikipedia article that you don't understand, you can improve it. Look up the term by using the search box, look it up on Wiktionary, or use Google (try the define: search modifier). If you cannot find the definition or a suitable article to link the term to, ask for clarification on the article's talk page, and/or insert a {{Clarify me}} template immediately after the term. Wikipedia needs your help to become less confusing to millions of people like yourself. With a little practice, you can learn to look up the articles that jargon terms should link to, and add the missing links. You can see this is the normal evolution of an article by scrolling back to earlier revisions in its history. Often the early drafts of an article have few links, and later readers filled them in. --Teratornis (talk) 17:06, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

May 13

Jehovah's Witnesses

I think that this article has been edited over time into information that is misleading and not in line with actual teachings. The information is more journalistic in nature rather than a report, and calls into question the teachings of the religion rather than what it is. The organisation is noted for having only one genuine website - watchtower.org - and this is because it recognises that there are many groups who are "anti" jehovahs witnesses. i think the more neutral article that i recall in earlier circulation reflects the truth more accurately. Otherwise I would conclude that this site would be peddling misinformation. 203.59.123.234 (talk) 01:04, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your suggestion. When you believe an article needs improvement, please feel free to change it. You can edit almost any article on Wikipedia by just following the Edit link at the top of the page. We encourage you to be bold in updating pages, because wikis like ours develop faster when everybody edits. Don't worry too much about making honest mistakes—they're likely to be found and corrected quickly. You can always preview your edits before you publish them or test them out in the sandbox. If you need additional help, check out our getting started page or ask the friendly folks at the Teahouse.  Chzz  ►  01:52, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

mosfet

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT MOSFET U4Q 029 AND ITS EQUVILANT AND ALSO ITS AVAILABILITY IN INDIAN STORE —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.93.51.130 (talk) 05:49, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

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. Also please do not use all CAPS; it is considered rude. —teb728 t c 07:51, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

fire box

my fire box is not opening after clicking &i donot know the problem so i want a solution —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.200.225.2 (talk) 07:25, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

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. —teb728 t c 07:51, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Request for translation?

Hello, there's an ongoing dispute on the Republic of China article regarding its capital - we can't agree whether it is Taipei or Nanjing. In order to prove that it is Nanjing, one of the contributor regularly brings sources in Chinese. Although the source is reliable, I can't verify it since I can't read Chinese. So is there some place on Wikipedia where I could request somebody who speak Chinese to check the source, or possibly to translate the relevant parts? Also is it ok in general to provide non-english sources for controversial topics? Here is the source: [2]. Any suggestion would be appreciated. Thanks, Laurent (talk) 09:47, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

You can get a machine translation from Google translate. The source you cite doesn't seem relevant; it seems to be a ROC Ministry of Education dictionary. —teb728 t c 10:33, 13 May 2009 (UTC) Your link here is not the same as the one in the article http://dict.revised.moe.edu.tw/cgi-bin/newDict/dict.sh?cond=%ABn%A8%CA%A5%AB&pieceLen=50&fld=1&cat=&ukey=1104020453&serial=1&recNo=0&op=&imgFont=1 which is broken and which possibly intends to look up 南京市 (Nanjing). —teb728 t c 11:19, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

I've tried using Google Translate but the translation is not very clear to me. I think the sentence I need translation for is: "民國十六年，國民政府定為首都". Google Translate gives "In sixteen years, as the capital of the Nationalist government", which obviously doesn't make much sense. Laurent (talk) 11:26, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

You might like to try the language section of the reference desk. They often receive requests for translations, and I am pretty sure there are at least a couple of regulars who speak Chinese. --Kateshortforbob 15:31, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks Kateshortforbob, I'm going to give that a try. Laurent (talk) 16:14, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Speedy delete, AfD, or prod?

When dealing with an entire article of BLP that is unsourced, it should be deleted, but what kind of deletion is it? Speedy, AfD, or prod? The article in question is Kirstin Jean Lewis, and may not meet WP:NOTABILITY, as it is a single event, but the enire article is unsourced, and the tag on the article says unsourced info should be taken out immediatly.Drew Smith What I've done 10:05, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Prod. I might get that template reworded to "Unsourced - or poorly sourced - contentious material may be...". Some articles deserve some time to be sourced (there is a long standing argument about this which I shan't get into here), but certainly, if you think that the notability is itself questionable, I would prod it, then if anyone objects, take it to AfD. - Jarry1250 ^{(t, c)} 10:23, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

The above response may be OK, but I wrote it before I checked the claim of competing in the olympics, something which provides inherent notability. My advice would be to, in fact, try to source the article. It shouldn't be too hard. - Jarry1250 ^{(t, c)} 10:27, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

(e/c) Not all unsourced info in a BLP needs to be removed immediately; unsourced or poorly sourced contentious material does. It isn't (unsourced) or (poorly sourced contentious material), it's (unsourced or poorly sourced) contentious material. Nothing in there seems remotely contentious. Surprisingly (to me), competition in the Olympics appears to be all that's necessary to meet WP:ATHLETE, so notability is at the very least asserted (no speedy), and likely met. Best to look for sources. If found, add them. If not, an AfD might be reasonable. --Floquenbeam (talk) 10:28, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

I'e proposed the addition of suitable punctuation to the template. - Jarry1250 ^{(t, c)} 10:41, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

She easily passes WP:ATHLETE. She competed in the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympics, and got an 11th team place and 16th individual place.[3] Other sources like http://www.africasbowhunter.com/kirsten.html gives plenty of other information. If a BLP is unsourced but appears uncontentious then I would never propose deletion before looking for sources, and they are easy to find here. See WP:BLP#Deletion. You wrote "When dealing with an entire article of BLP that is unsourced, it should be deleted". Have you seen this claim somewhere? PrimeHunter (talk) 11:00, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Yes. On the tag on the article it says, "Unsourced, or poorly sourced contentious material must be removed immediatly"Drew Smith What I've done 11:07, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

The key word there is "contentious", but I suggest there is a comma missing. As the comma isn't there, the sentence can easily be mis-interpreted to mean, "material is removed in these two cases: either the material (of whatever nature) is unsourced, or there is poorly sourced contentious material." I can see how you reached the conclusion you did. Maedin\^talk 11:17, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

I have added 3 references and removed the unsourced tag. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:24, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Archived talkpage in category

I was looking at Category:Railway stations opened in 1904 and noticed that it contained Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Trains in Japan/Archive 6 which is an archived talk page. I was wondering the best way to remove the page from the category. Is it acceptable to modify such a page and if so is there some markup that one can insert so that the page contents remain the same but that it no longer belongs to the category? The situation is complicated further by the fact that the category inclusion is done inside a transcluded template (one of the station infobox ones). Boissière (talk) 12:32, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

If a category is located directly in a talk page archive where it does not belong, it should be okay to simply remove it. In this case, the best thing to do would be removing the category from the template code and placing it directly on all pages where the template is transcluded to (except for that talk page archive of course), because making navboxes add categories is sloppy at best. Alternatively, you could change the navbox to make it only add mainspace pages to the category by wrapping the category like this: {{#if: {{NAMESPACE}}||[[Category:Railway stations opened in 1904]]}} Goodraise 13:32, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Currently there is no nice way to fix this. I think you either have to remove the transclusion from the talk page or edit the template to give an option to not add categories. bugzilla:835 discusses the problem but no solution has been implemented yet. Wikipedia:Database reports/Polluted categories shows many other examples. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:37, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Uploading Photos.....

I'm trying to upload a photo of a band member that currently has no photo on his page. I can't seem to figure out how to do that, it's all a little confusing. Can someone please help me to understand the process or direct me specifically on who to contact to be able to gain access to uploading photos? 14:26, 13 May 2009 (UTC)14:26, 13 May 2009 (UTC)~ —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vnerres (talk • contribs)

You can only upload files when your account has been autoconfirmed (10 edits and 4 days old). When you reach that status, the upload page is here. But before you upload, please read our non-free content guideline. – ukexpat (talk) 14:42, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

You can also upload the pictures to Wikimedia Commons where there is no autoconfirmation requirement and the photos will be available to all Wikimedia projects. TNXMan 14:52, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

But only if it complies with Commons' free content requirements. – ukexpat (talk) 15:17, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Sandwich effect when using the 1024x768 screen resolution?

To the administrators, I would like to get some comments from you.
According to Wikipedia:Layout#Images, I use the 1024x768 screen resolution but I can not see any "sandwich effect" (empty space) beetween the two images [[File:Rachmaninoff - Steinway grand piano.jpg]] and [[File:BillyJoel.jpg]] on the page User:Fanoftheworld. (I use my own page temporarily regarding this question). I look forward to hear from you if you can or not can see a sandwich effect when using the 1024x768 screen resolution. Thank you. Fanoftheworld (talk) 16:32, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Not sure what you mean by "sandwich effect". The images are well spaced, so that there is no bunching. Only issue that I see is the preference that profiles of persons should face towards the body of the article. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 16:56, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

I've never liked photos on the left. They disrupt the flow of text more than photos on the right in my opinion, because when we read, our eyes have to jump from the right to the left margin with each new sentence. Having photos on the left causes the starting positions of sentences to "bounce around" which interferes with fast reading. Photos on the right do not cause this problem, because our eyes reach the right end of a sentence, wherever it is, without needing to jump to it. Opinions differ, which is why this should be a user preferences setting. That is, each user should be able to select the layout he or she prefers. --Teratornis (talk) 18:07, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Wait, so you don't see: A) A blank, white rectangle where there are no text or images? or B) A space that is not occupied by any images, but has text inside of it? hmwithτ 18:08, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

It looks okay to me, but I know they say not to do that, because it means there are only a few words per line on low resolution screens. hmwithτ 18:12, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

How to rewrite/repost a deleted Article

Alright I am new to wikipedia and I tried to write an article, I worked really hard on it but then when I posted it, it got deleted very very fast. I am not angry or anything but I have made some changes to the article trying to make it more wiki friendly in hopes that it wont be deleted again. My issue is I don't know if all my changes are going to be enough. I want to try reposting it but I am afraid it will just be deleted. Is there anywhere I can go to have it edited prior to posting it? I have been maing all of my edits on a subpage, but I don't know where to go from here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Clinehan (talk • contribs) 17:45, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

There are a couple of options. You could post the article to a sandbox in your userspace (something like User:Clinehan/Sandbox) and ask others to review it for you. Or you could check out the drawing board and get input that way. TNXMan 18:03, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

reference links

I have been trying to make a footnote that takes the readers of my article down to the reference list but I can not figure it out for the life of me. I feel like this should be relatively simple but I am having problems with it. Help me out please! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Clinehan (talk • contribs) 17:51, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

See WP:FOOT. If you find any part of the instructions unclear, let us know. --Teratornis (talk) 18:00, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

How do I get people to come edit my sandbox?

So I put an article that I am working on in my user sandbox, but no one is coming to help edit it. How do I get people to come help? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Clinehan (talk • contribs) 18:51, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Typically, you wouldn't - your sandbox is for you to experiment, and, in this case, get the article up to a standard where it won't be summarily deleted once it's moved to article-space.

That said, there's nothing to stop you inviting other editors to take a look and make recommendations or even edits - I presume that the page in question is User:Clinehan/Sandbox? I'll start the ball rolling by taking a look now...!

Cheers, This flag once was red^propaganda_deeds 18:55, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

No, it's at User:Clinehan/Skyhawks Sports Academy and I have made some formatting changes. The tone needs work though as it still reads like a sales brochure. I would blank the Sandbox version and work on this subpage otherwise all my hard work will be for nought! – ukexpat (talk) 19:02, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

NO! Then all MY hard work will be wasted! Heh, I noticed that after editing the "/sandbox" version: I mentioned on Clinehan's talk page that I preferred your version, so blanking the sandbox and continuing at User:Clinehan/Skyhawks Sports Academy seems sensible. Cheers, This flag once was red^propaganda_deeds 19:08, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Tagging pictures

I uploaded a picture on an article I created. I took the picture, but couldn't figure out which tag to put on it. I tried reading the list of tags page, but it was very confusing. The article is Pala Casino Resort and Spa —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sean118 (talk • contribs) 20:19, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

There are two things wrong with your image. First, you need to edit the information template and add something after Description= (like what the picture is of) and Date= (when you took the picture). Then, you need to add a copyright tag. Pick from {{GFDL-self}} (GFDL, same license as Wikipedia), {{cc-by-sa-3.0}} (requires attribution and link, any reuse of the picture needs to use same license), {{cc-by-3.0}} (only attribution and link), {{Attribution}} (only attribution), and {{PD-self}}, (public domain, anyone can use your picture for any purpose). Then, replace {{no copyright information}} with your choice. If you need any more help, please don't hesitate to come back here - it's a real shame when a perfectly good image is sucked up by Wikibureaucracy! Xenon54 (talk) 22:40, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Image or File sandbox existed ?

I want a thorough explanation for this. Thanks Arteyu ? _{Blame it on me !} 21:49, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

You are going to have to explain a little more, you haven't given us much to work with. – ukexpat (talk) 22:04, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Translations

The book "Wikipedia Revolution" discusses foreign language Wikipedias. I would like to read some of the articles in them translated into English. The page "Wikipedia: Translations" gives instructions about templates and sidebars. Have no clue how to use a template and the sidebars are all foreign words. 66.99.235.2 (talk) 22:48, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

There isn't a simple to way to do what you want, but I can make a suggestion. There's no easy way (of which I'm aware) to see which articles did not exist on the English Wikipedia until they were translated from another project. If you would like to search for a topic in a foreign language and then read about the topic in English, go to the Wikipedia in the language you want, search for the topic in which you are interested, and once at the article, select "English" from the list of languages on the left. TNXMan 03:38, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

May 14

Wiki Statistic abilities

Hi The wiki I use has a standard Statistic's function in that I can find the hits for the pages from the time it was set up and the most hit pages. What I would like to be able to do is define the type of statistics that I require eg: enter a date and get the highest hit pages for that day, or, enter two dates eg 24/04/09 to 14/05/09 and get the highest hit pages for that time period. Is a standard wiki's statistics funtion able to do this? I can't see that it does but maybe I am missing something? If it is not is there an ADD ON that one can down load to enable me to be able to do this? PG2AN2 (talk) 00:19, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

Report a Page

How do I report a page for vulgar or inacurrate content? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.74.226.42 (talk) 01:28, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

First of all, welcome to wikipedia. On wikipedia, since you do not have an account, you are identified by your ip address, 71.74.226.42. Please sign your posts at the end with (~~~~) and your identification and the time of writing will be automatically generated. Now on to your question... If only part(s) of the page is vandalism, you can point me to the article and I will deal with it. If the entire article is advertising, copyright infringment, Patent nonsense, or rouge content, refer to this official Wikipedia policy article on dealing with serious rogue content. If you need help, point me to the article and I will help you out or do it for you. Cheers! --Mr. Mentil (Goldblattster) (talk!) 03:08, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

It depends on what you mean by "vulgar"; remember, always, that Wikipedia is not censored. On the other hand, vandals are fond of their little obscenities, so we get a lot of that (although most of it is cleaned up with heartwarming rapidity). --Orange Mike | Talk 03:18, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

Message while editing?

I notice that when editing some pages, such as Jimbo Wales's user page, there is a message at the top above the text box for editing.

What is this, how does it work, and how can I do it? thx. --Mr. Mentil (Goldblattster) (talk!) 02:53, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

That is an editnotice. You should see one when you edit the help desk as well. You can also set them up on your talk page (as I have done, see my talk page as an example). You can find out all of the details on this page. TNXMan 03:33, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

Wiktionary html dump

I searched in Google and mediawiki but could not find an en-wiktionary html dump. I'm also looking for es. and fr. Anyone could point me in the right direction please? Thank you. 190.17.201.142 (talk) 03:49, 14 May 2009 (UTC)