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July 31

What Is the "Users Talk Page"?

Upon creating my new account I went to users talk and... no relavent examples or guide lines. Granted it begs for html formatting, I still can't see how User talk coincides to a encyclopedia entry nor any disscussion thread to begin with. Is there any linear example from here to there for creating a new entry in wiki? Finally does the 4 tildes render the signature entered in my preferences? Why no indication of what that formatting yields and where. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wiki206Seattle (talk • contribs) 00:25, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

User talk:Wiki206Seattle is the user talk page of your account. Other users can contact you there. See more at Wikipedia:Talk page and Wikipedia:User page. Nobody else has edited your user talk page when I write this. The 4 tildes ~~~~ turn into a signature when you save. Your signature can be customized at Special:Preferences but that is optional. I haven't done it so my post ends with the default signature. See more at Wikipedia:Signatures. Creating a new article satisfying Wikipedia requirements can be difficult for a new user but here is some standard advice about it:

Before creating an article, please search Wikipedia first to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject. Please also review a few of our relevant policies and guidelines which all articles should comport with. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite to reliable sources which verify their content and must not contain unsourced, negative content about living people.

Articles must also demonstrate the notability of the subject. Please see our subject specific guidelines for people, bands and musicians, companies and organizations and web content and note that if you are closely associated with the subject, our conflict of interest guideline strongly recommends against you creating the article.

If you still think an article is appropriate, see Help:Starting a new page. You might also look at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:46, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

The Killers' page crashes Wikipanion for iPhone

Whenever I try to access the page for the band "The Killers" Wikipanion for iPhone crashes. Page works fine wheni use Safari on iPhone. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.167.61.118 (talk) 03:20, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

That sounds like a problem with Wikipanion then. Their support email is support at wikipanion dot net. Algebraist 03:33, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

How can I help to translate a page to another language?

I want to help to translate a page to another language. How can I do? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Yangmx (talk • contribs) 03:50, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

See WP:TRANSLATE which contains instructions for both translating pages from other languages to English and for translating English articles to other languages Wikipedias. --Jayron32 04:02, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

possible misuse of CATEGORY Speedy Deletion

I looked at Speedy Delete and it says "the only cases in which administrators have broad consensus support to, at their discretion, bypass deletion discussion and immediately delete Wikipedia pages" (are)... Speedy Delete#Categories C1-C2. C1 is "Unpopulated Categories." There are entries, so this does not apply.

C2 is "Speedy renaming" and they didn't say they want to rename the category.

In the name of not asking you to guess, the specifics are: CATEGORY name: "Gates news items" Some obvious known "gates" are Watergate, Koreagate and Travelgate. (Google shows that Gatesgate exists in England and the USA, albeit some use Gates-gate).

THIS REQUEST FOR HELP is not about Gatesgate. It's about the Category. What's wrong with the category? More importantly, WHY SPEEDY deletion . . . even The President did not say anything public right away (arrest July 16, public statement July 22).

S-P-E-E-D-Y ? ? ? Seems like an abuse of what Wiki policy says is "cases in which administrators have broad consensus."

(( Many articles have tags from 2008 and 2007. I won't pick examples. One person's "notable" is another persons "not able" to understand why (but then again, the space in "not able" and the space to store an article may have a link: Gigabytes cost today less than what Megabytes cost some time back, pre-Y2K). ))

Why rush to attack something useful (the ability to see a CATEGORY on an article and link to the CATEGORY page listing and then link to another article, as in the above -gate example) ?

I consider myself a newbie; what about the "be nice to the newbies" concept I saw somewhere? Trink24 (talk) 05:06, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

C1-C2 are the speedy deletion criteria that are applicable specifically to categories. However, there's another general set (G1-G12) that are applicable in all namespaces (article, category, files etc). The category in question, Category:Gate news items has been nominated per CSD G4, which is "recreation of deleted material". The previous one was probably not created by you since it was deleted way back in 2007 (see here), but the two must be similar. BTW you are correct about not biting the newbies, but the same Wikipedia policies apply to new and experienced editors. ≈ Chamal ^talk 11:46, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

And the "broad consensus" part simply means that there is consensus in Wikipedia that material falling under the CSD criteria must be speedily deleted, and not that admins have to wait for consensus to delete them. Deletion discussions on the other hand, decide the outcome on consensus. ≈ Chamal ^talk 11:49, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

And let's not forget that the "speedy" in "speedy deletion" refers to the process, ie a "speedy process". If the procedures imply otherwise they should be amended. – ukexpat (talk) 14:45, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

I've declined the speedy, you can see my edit here. The last discussion was two years ago and is currently being discussed at WP:CFD. TNXMan 14:55, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Date formatting

Is there a tool that lets you format dates from m-d-y to yyyy-mm-dd in the references only? Thanks, Theleftorium 09:58, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

You could try AutoWikiBrowser. hmwithτ 14:24, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

UK English or US English?

Which of these two ought I use, writing Wikipedia? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.24.56.87 (talk) 11:27, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Any of them. The important thing is to be consistent with it and use the same type of spelling throughout an article. For example, if an article uses UBritish english, then even when you make a new edit to that article it should be in British english. See WP:ENGVAR and Wikipedia:Manual of Style (spelling). ≈ Chamal ^talk 11:33, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

The big exception being where the subject matter itself is of one or the other sort; i.e., in writing about William Blake or Ken Livingstone one should undoubtedly use U.K. English; writing about Frank Zappa or Frank Zeidler one would use U.S. English. --Orange Mike | Talk 14:31, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Not Logged In on Main Page

After successfully logging in, every time I go to the Main Page, it acts as if I am not logged in. "Log in / create new account" is the only thing displayed at the top of the page, not the usual collection of things (my username, my talk, preferences, etc.). Other pages seem to be okay. What's going on? Truthanado (talk) 14:15, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

I know there were some database problems earlier, but I think they've cleared up. You appear to be logged in now however. Are you still having issues? TNXMan 14:24, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

I seem to be okay now. Thanks. Truthanado (talk) 14:35, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Clarification: I knew I was logged in okay and have been editing successfully, even though the Main Page didn't think I was logged in. Maybe the Squid servers were hungry? Truthanado (talk) 14:38, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

The problem is with your local cache on your computer; which is loading the old "unlogged in" version of the Main Page. I have run into this some times, and it is a result of the way that your browser cache is set up. If you are using IE, just hold down shift while clicking the reload button to clear the cache; you can also reconfigure the way your browser uses its cache to access content. For other browsers (Opera, Firefox, Chrome) there exists similar procedures for fixing the problem. --Jayron32 19:01, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Were you using a link to get back to the Main Page, or using your Back button? If the Back button, you would have been seeing what the screen was showing you the first time you went to the page. Who then was a gentleman? (talk) 20:37, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

About MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn, IL

Hi.

I did a search about MacNeal Hospital and the results came back as either a link to a different Hospital or a list of Hospitals in Illinois.

When I clicked on Hospitals in Illinois, I got an alphabetic listing by name. I scrolled down the list and went to the "M"s. When I clicked on MacNeal Hospital, I was redirected to a different hospital -- University of Chicago -- which is not related to MacNeal Hospital.

Can this be corrected in your system?

Are there any material in your databases about MacNeal Hospital?

Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.131.54.30 (talk) 15:03, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

I don't see any material currently in Wikipedia about MacNeal Hospital. It doesn't mean you can't create it though! You can register an account and create an article or make a submission to the articles for creation page. If you can provide well sourced information that shows why the hospital is notable, we can help you out. As for the current state of the page, MacNeal Hospital currently redirects to the other page. If this is incorrect, let us know. TNXMan 15:11, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

movie mahabharat made by Pitar burk

please send me information to get the film mahabharat made by pitar burk.my mail id is <blanked> —Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.184.234.241 (talk) 15:25, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Hello. I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our roughly three million articles, and thought that we were directly 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 a help desk for asking questions related to using the encyclopedia. Thus, we have no inside track on the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the left hand 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. TNXMan 15:38, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

I think wrong information is posted on Bobby Charlton's profile...

Even if he is dead, he surely was not the one who passed away today. The introductory part of his profile is saying so.

Someone should correct it.

Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.40.151.219 (talk) 15:39, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

It appears someone has done so. Without a reliable source, you are correct in stating we should not list such info. Thanks for the heads up! TNXMan 15:47, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Yes, thanks. I imagine there's some confusion with Bobby Robson. --AndrewHowse (talk) 15:54, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Black rectangles on vandalism level images

I think a bot has somehow created black rectangles on vandalism level images. Please see File talk:Dc three 1.svg. Nunquam Dormio (talk) 16:44, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

It is possible that a bot could add a black rectangle on to a image, but it appears that the black rectangle is from the original image, since there is only one user in the File History. (I think the bot edit you were referring to was to change a license for the image, which didn't actually modify the image itself.) Thanks. AHRtbA== ^Talk 17:24, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

The image is listed at commons (see commons:File:Dc three 1.svg), but there are no recent edits that would indicate where that came from. TNXMan 17:39, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Wow, I was wrong, it's not on the original. It must be the way Commons is displaying the image. Check out the actual hosted image. Thanks. AHRtbA== ^Talk 17:46, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Bunk Johnson

Hello In reviewing this article, I noted that it incorrectly lists in 2 places ( headline & under photo),Bunk's middle name as "GarY" rather than as all jazz histories as "GEARY" I don't see how I can edit this so as to correct the error. <e-mail redacted> 71.249.212.186 (talk) 17:24, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi, You can edit pages by clicking the "Edit" link near the top of the page. See this page on editing a page. Thanks. AHRtbA== ^Talk 17:33, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Using MediaWiki extensions: Wiki2LaTeX

As much as I like Wikipedia, I find it hard to read an article on screen, specially if long, which annoys me a bit. I found out that I can download a pdf version of selected articles with Wikipedia:Books. Quite a step forward, but the output is far form being good from my point of view. Since I discovered LaTeX some time ago, it is the only thing I use to typeset my works in real-life, and I thought it would be brilliant to have something which turned wiki-text into LaTeX markup. And that's when I discovered mw:Extension:Wiki2LaTeX. It seems to be what I want, unfortunately I have absolutely no clue as to how to make it work. It looks like it should be installed at a local copy of a Wiki site (using MediaWiki, that is)? Can I use it in this Wikipedia, and if so, how? I am in real need of your help to get this extension working. Thanks in advance! - Keta (talk) 17:27, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Hmm... Unless someone knows otherwise, I think this is install-only, meaning that Wikipedia would have to install this on their site for it to work. What feature do you like about the PDF? There are different themes for Wikipedia that you can use for easier reading. (See how to change your skin) Thanks. AHRtbA== ^Talk 17:39, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Bad news for me then. Thanks for the hint on skins, but I just want content to be printed, with higher quality than the current PDF Book export, something I bet LaTeX would be able to offer me. I haven't been able to find anywhere a long text which I can comfortably read on screen. I realize it might be just me, but that's the way it is. Thanks though ;) - Keta (talk) 08:39, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

What about another approach? Could I install MediaWiki in my computer, with Wiki2LaTeX extension enabled, and copy Wikipedia content into it? It might be tough, but would be interesting to see if this is possible... - Keta (talk) 08:39, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

How to specify multiple articles in Non-free software screenshot Template

For e.g. this following screen shot is referenced in multiple articles: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Otac_yammer.png

How can I list all those articles? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Saqib (talk • contribs) 17:45, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Figured it out. Each referencing article needs to have its own "Non-free use rationale" block. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Otac_yammer.png for an example. Saqib (talk) 17:59, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

If you want to see the links to a specific page, you can use Special:WhatLinksHere, but on Files, they have a "File Links" section. Look at this for a list. Thanks. AHRtbA== ^Talk 17:49, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Font problem

Whenever I type something in verdana (I'm doing it right, honest), it comes up with arial. Why is this? 89.240.73.221 (talk) 18:08, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Type where? In a Wikipedia edit box? – ukexpat (talk) 18:10, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

In the Sandbox. 89.242.142.85 (talk) 08:43, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

You have to include this in font tags, something like <font face="Verdana">Example text</font> which produces Example text. Don't do this in articles though. ≈ Chamal ^talk 09:26, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Footnote question

I wanted to add a reference to an article's References section and then add a footnote in the text pointing to the new reference. I was able to add the reference () but when I tried to add the footnote I got an error message along the lines of "Cite error: no text has been created for the reference named XXXX". I looked at the Help:Cite Errors page but wasn't able to figure out what I had done wrong.Redound (talk) 20:21, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

New footnotes made with the <ref> tag is automatically added to the references section (they are all displayed by the {{reflist}} template). Calvin 1998 ^(t·c) 20:26, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

I moved the new reference (without the ref tags) to the Sources section as it was not clear to which particular section it related. – ukexpat (talk) 20:57, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

How do I embed the results of Special:WhatLinksHere in an article?

How do I embed the results of Special:WhatLinksHere in an article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Saqib (talk • contribs) 21:36, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

If you're talking about a transclusion I'm almost 100% sure you can't for special pages. See Help:What links here • S • C • A • R • C • E • 21:50, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Special pages are generated directly by the MediaWiki software and cannot be transcluded. What are you trying to do? ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 21:54, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

See: Help:What_links_here#In-page_list_of_backlinks. But I can't seem to get it to work. Any thoughts? Saqib (talk) 00:09, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Your post does sound like you are looking to transclude the results, and I'm finding it hard to think of any use for that, especially in an article, but if, possibly, you are asking how to make a link that will always take a reader to the current whatlinkshere results for a specific article, then it would be [[Special:WhatLinksHere/ARTICLE NAME]] (which link can be piped to another name of your choosing). Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 22:41, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

By saying "the results" I figured he/she was trying to transclude • S • C • A • R • C • E • 00:15, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

I don't think you can do it in Wikipedia. See [1] and [2] for some 2006 versions of help pages. The latter says: "Some special pages can be included, such as Newpages, Wantedpages, Allpages, Prefixindex, and Recentchanges". I don't know all details of the current situation but apart from the no longer updated Special:Wantedpages, I could include the mentioned pages in a test. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:47, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

explaination

hi, i have made a page called (SamuTorrents.com), after while some of the admins deleted it, and i didnt understad why, Im admin on samutorrnts site, and we thought making page here will suport out site for who looking for it on search,, can i know the reason or deleting, i really will be grateful if some one told me what i did wrong?, and if i can do it again or not? and if yes, what i should prevent in future to not deleted again??

thank you in advance....--Sarah.gkhia (talk) 23:14, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

See the message on your talk page. There is a link there to get an admin to restore it to your user space. You can then improve it until it is suitable for inclusion into the main space. Note that the article has to be notable to stay in main space see WP:NOTE - it was tagged for deletion because it was not notable.  Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 23:18, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

HI, thanks for fast reply, im just super confuse coz im new here, and most of what u say i cant get its option, but i will try now and hope i can reach, thanks once again --Sarah.gkhia (talk) 23:31, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Your can sign you posts by typing ~~~~. Also you can find out about something after it was deleted at the deletion log. Such as the deleter, date, the reason, etc. Also, you can request a admin restore the page with User:Sarah.gkhia/ prefix if you would like a copy • S • C • A • R • C • E • 00:19, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Another link for future, similar situations: WP:Why was my page deleted? hmwithτ 03:41, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

August 1

Special:Export limit?

I've been trying to export the contents of a large category (8000 articles) in XML format, so that I can analyze it in AWB. However, whenever I try to do so, I can only get 5000 articles. Is there any way of getting the entire category short of downloading the full database dump?--Danaman5 (talk) 00:50, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

No, there's a 5000 limit on just about everything. You should be able to export the category in two parts, though, right? Calvin 1998 ^(t·c) 01:40, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

User Name?

What do we do if we can't remember our user name? I just switched computers so it doesn't automatically show up. I don't want to make a new account... -Hannah —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.197.207.119 (talk) 01:48, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

If you remember any pages you edited while logged in, you could look through their page histories for your username. Algebraist 01:49, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

You could also try looking through the user creation log. Calvin 1998 ^(t·c) 03:28, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

You might also look into your internet browser's history and check if you can find your userpage in it. --$\xi ri\pi i\vartheta \alpha \xi$ 09:24, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

That won't work if they have switched computers (and the browser software with it) though, unless the properties/preferences have been transferred from the earlier browser. ≈ Chamal ^talk 09:30, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

You could also try Special:ListUsers. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:19, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Why are some articles picked more often than others?

Why do I see featured articles on cricket, video games, rock bands, and astronomical objects more often than other subjects? Really! Can I customize so that the featured articles of the day reflect my interests rather than those of the staff? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jplmedley (talk • contribs) 04:56, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

You might find featured articles you're interested in by using the portal directory. So, for example, if you like architecture, you can check out Portal:Architecture for a list of featured architecture articles. Zain Ebrahim (talk) 07:34, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

The reason is that featured articles are promoted not for their subject matter, but for whether they meet the featured article criteria, such as professional prose, comprehensiveness, great sourcing and so on. This is done through a review process at featured article candidates. Once an article is promoted, it is featured on the main page. Because of the nature of Wikipedia, which has no centralized authority on who writes what, the topics that are featured are the result of what is brought to the featured article candidates page and passes. So if, for example, the only people who are interested enough and able to write articles which pass muster at WP:FAC are all writing astronomy articles, all we would get on the main page are astronomy articles. They do try to break it up by not showing on the main page featured articles on the same subject matter days in a row, and they recycle older featured articles for this purpose, but there is only so much you can do when the articles that are being submitted and passed cluster around certain topic areas.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 08:20, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured articles lists all featured articles. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:15, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

There is also the problem that some subjects are inherently less amenable to writing featured articles. For example, the Wind power in China article would be difficult for most English speakers to improve to meet the featured article criteria, because much of the source information is in Chinese, and The PRC often blocks Wikipedia so we don't get the potential contributions of 1.3 billion people. The topic also suffers because the Chinese wind power industry is relatively young and expanding fast. The subject hasn't had as much time as, say, some astronomy topics have had for people outside Wikipedia to publish about. Writing about Jupiter for example is straightforward because it is easy to find many reliable sources about it in English. Many excellent photographs of Jupiter come from NASA and are thus in the public domain. The quality of information about wind power in China isn't nearly as good, mostly sketchy news accounts written by journalists who sometimes get the engineering details wrong, most of the photos that show up with Google Images search are not free content, etc. But we can expect the Wikipedia community to get better eventually even with the challenging topics. Also note that many articles on Wikipedia are worth reading without having gone through the featured article review process. You almost can't go wrong just by following links from any article you find interesting. Also search for articles, because sometimes Wikipedia has related articles written by different groups of editors who have not found each other to link up yet. --Teratornis (talk) 20:50, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Learn

Hi,

Can i learn By using wikipedia.org?

Thanks, Aasharam —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.227.4.82 (talk) 07:09, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Sure. Just type a topic in the search box and learn away. Zain Ebrahim (talk) 07:30, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

There is also Wikipedia's sister project, Wikiversity, which exists solely for learning. hmwithτ 13:56, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Plus, there's Wikibooks--SPhilbrickT 14:31, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Open proxy

What are open proxies and why are they not allowed in Wikipedia? I saw this at the admins noticeboard - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#Ongoing_quick-fire_spam-vandalism 202.124.189.14 (talk) 12:01, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

See Open proxy and Wikipedia:Open proxies. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:04, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

(e/c)An open proxy is a proxy that is free and open to the public. A proxy is a computer that allows an Internet user to hide their IP address and other data originating from their computer. The traffic coming from the original user appears to the destination site to be coming from the proxy. Proxies can be used for a number of applications - the most common are probably getting around geolocation techniques (restricting a page to one country or a group of countries) and as "virtual gloves" to keep a user's "fingerprints" off an unsavoury site. Open proxies are banned from editing Wikipedia because many people can be using one at one time, and a vandal can hop from proxy to proxy, making themselves impossible to stop. There are only two exceptions: a few proxies have been set up to allow users in China to bypass the Great Firewall, and registered users in good standing can apply for permission to edit via proxy. Xenon54 (talk) 12:10, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

User talkpage protected

why this user talkpage is protected?? we are unable to post messages to him, per wikipedia policy usertalk pages should not be protected, unless he retires or take a break. but the user daily visits wikipedia and make some contributions. please unprotect the talkpage 59.92.139.155 (talk) 12:21, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Some people like to have their user and talk page locked on long breaks, and that is the case here. If you really really needed to, I suppose you could ask an admin to post for you, but there's really no point as the message won't be seen until the user gets back. Xenon54 (talk) 12:27, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

the user didn't take any break, he daily visits wikipedia, see his contributions 59.92.139.155 (talk) 12:30, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Contributions show that the user has made a large number of edits yesterday, and a few more today. Not exactly minor edits either, so I'd say that someone else might have a valid reason to contact him about his edits. ≈ Chamal ^talk 12:32, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

I have unprotected User talk:Sanfy. The wikibreak was declared on June 14 but user contributions indicate it was aborted on June 20. Staying away from Wikipedia can be hard. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:18, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

I think that when talk pages are protected, there should be an unprotected subpage, such as User talk:Sanfy#Non-autoconfirmed posts. hmwithτ 13:53, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

User talk:Sanfy#Non-autoconfirmed posts is a section link to the same page. User talk:Sanfy/Non-autoconfirmed posts would be a subpage. I agree protected talk pages is a problem but the protection is often (not in this case) due to something likely to spill over to an unprotected subpage. I don't have a good solution. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:15, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

If the only acceptable reasons for protecting talk pages are retirement or break, then it should be relatively easy to have the protection turned off automatically if the user edits. I'm not sure the rare need for this feature justifies the programming resources, but it's one of those things that could be put on a list - if there's need to make other programming changes related to user status, it might be easy to add it in at the same time.--SPhilbrickT 14:40, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Actually, I could see protecting a user talk page for a short time due to gross vandalism from multiple places. We have had cases where a 4chan or anontalk vandalism campaign has targeted user talk pages, and we need to protect it for a short while to stem the tide of vandalism. But in general, long term talk page protection should not be undertaken. Even if one goes on a long-term Wikibreak, ask a few stalkers to keep an eye on the shop while you are gone... --Jayron32 14:46, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Save page from wrong editing

HI, I have found here some page, and I found in it many wrong information, and Im sure with no doubt that my info are right as the page on one actor and we know him personally, so I edited the correct info, but next day i found someone deleted my info and and others info as well and didnt put any other info instead, even he/she putted dead links istead of the orginial which it was here even before i come here or register,, Im now for sure someone is like to distory the facts, I know its an open site and anyone can edit anything specially if the article or the page is not ur creation, but how can I or other protect somehow any page form wrong edition, i guess its imposible, but there is no harm from asking anyway, as u most expert in these issues, and i cant come everyday to correct what other distory with this page, I hope u got me right, i dont mean any harm at all, I just want to protect my friends info from any such issue can effect him in future..

Thank you so much in advance --Sarah.gkhia (talk) 12:44, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

I assume that you're talking about Rajat Tokas.

• With your first edit to the article, you added an external link.
• With your second edit, you primarily tried to add an image before figuring out that they have to be uploaded to Wikipedia.
• You later uploaded that image. However, there is no licensing information, so, unless that's provided to prove that the image is free, we cannot use it, & it will be deleted. See WP:Image policy.
• In your next two rounds of edits, you just edited the website and moved around information in the infobox.

You didn't change any substantial information with any of these edits. It seems to be about the official website. Try starting a discussion on the talk page. Don't edit war. If no one can reach a conclusion, you can try dispute resolution. hmwithτ 13:51, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

-- no, im sry if u got me wrong, and u r right, but i never try to satrt any kind of war, i never do that, but the offcial site is done by rajat request himself, and someone is trying to put another site, that i was wondering, and for his date of birth, i ddint touch it as it should be 93 not 91, and i ddint want to edit that till i speak with rajat to conforum, thats it, im sry if u coudnt give my opinion right las time, sorry once again, and for the image I l;eft my comment there, but really i dont aware of what should i add or not, I fell like super confuse, im sry, i still new here and most of things i dont know how it should be done properly,i will check the imagie privacy link, and i hop i get soultion in it, thanks--Sarah.gkhia (talk) 16:52, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

You should also be aware of our policy on original research. You are not allowed to include information based on personal interviews or the fact that "everyone knows it". The material has to be first published elsewhere before it can be cited here. TNXMan 17:25, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Is there anyway to get a random featured article

Is there a way that I can use the Random article link to only get featured articles? Thanks. 68.78.140.79 (talk) 15:00, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Not the Random article link Special:Random, but see Wikipedia talk:Featured articles#Random Featured Article. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:25, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

RSS feeds for Watchlist

Is there a feature with the Wikipedia software that allows me to receive notifications of updates to my watchlist vis RSS feeds, or do I need to write my own script?--Zthatin (talk) 16:01, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

There is indeed ;-)

This should do the job.

Wikipedia:Syndication is worth a read, too.

Cheers, TFOWR^{This flag once was red} 16:03, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

cool, thanks man--Zthatin (talk) 16:11, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Toolserver down?

Is the toolserver (such as file contribution gallery and edit count) not working or is it just me? • S • C • A • R • C • E • 17:35, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

I've been getting Java errors from Toolserver's edit count all day, if that helps? Cheers, TFOWR^{This flag once was red} 17:37, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, I can't get access to that or my favorite, the gallery • S • C • A • R • C • E • 17:44, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

is arbitrary archive of talk page allowed?

The Talk page of "War of the Pacific" had been archived in a arbitrary sequence. Not according to the date (as I did the first time) but to, probably, dead threads.

I think, later, no one will find his thread or postings.

Is it allowed such criteria?.

--Keysanger (talk) 18:58, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

You can add a search bar to the {{Archive box}} template which appears on Talk:War of the Pacific. That should make it easier for people to look up old discussion threads. See Template:Archive box#Search. If you want to reorganize the talk page archives, discuss it with the other editors on the talk page. --Teratornis (talk) 20:27, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

I added the search bar. Thank you. But, is it warranted that all contributions are allways available?, Can someone delete a thread or a posting making it invisible for the search maschine? --Keysanger (talk) 20:59, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Changing Pages

ok well how do I change the osama bin laden page thank u for the help from tell me who's eating —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tell Me Who's Eating (talk • contribs) 19:17, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Have you tried clicking on the edit this page link at the top of the page? Is whatever information you are going to changed/add adequately documented at reliable sources? Can you add citations to these sources? If so, just edit the page. If you are planning on making a lot of changes, may I recommend that you discuss these on the talk page - it may be that your suggested changes have already been discussed and dismissed. -- PhantomSteve (Contact Me, My Contribs) 19:53, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

(e/c)Due to vandalism Osama bin Laden is semiprotected (against editing by brand new editors); so you won't be able to change it yourself until you become autoconfirmed. Before that you could propose changes on the talk page, Talk:Osama bin Laden. —teb728 t c 20:00, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Template Abbreviation

Similar to how the abbreviation for "Wikipedia:" in the search bar is "WP:", is there an abbreviation for "Template:"? Dogposter 20:05, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Shortcut#List of prefixes lists four namespace abbreviations that Wikipedia's servers automatically convert, and no abbreviation for Template: appears among them. --Teratornis (talk) 20:20, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

(e/c) There is a "T:" shortcut, but it is only used for the most accessed templates, such as T:DYK and T:RFPP. A list of all template shortcuts is here. Xenon54 (talk) 20:24, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Also note that the T: shortcut is not automatically translated by Wikipedia's servers as the WP: shortcut is. So a particular T: shortcut would only exist if someone had explicitly created it as a redirect page. I think a generally better way to refer to templates in discussion context is to use the {{Tl}} template (and its variants), for example: {{Peak oil}}. This displays a clickable link to the template page, in the form of wikitext that someone can copy and paste to add the template to a page. --Teratornis (talk) 20:30, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Image upload... where did it go?

Hi, I'm trying to upload an image of George McWhirter for the George McWhirter article. I followed the intructions on uploading images and then saw the image and my summary and went to the sandbox to see if it had gone directly to the article, but couldn't find the image. I tried to return to the uploaded image I'd left, but it wasn't there...so I uploaded it again. I'm stuck. Please help me get the image into the article. Thanks. --Readerwild (talk) 21:55, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Add the code [[File:George McWhirter June 2009.jpg|thumb|right]], which will make the picture display as such. Xenon54 (talk) 22:18, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

In addition to that, you need to edit the image description page, File:George McWhirter June 2009.jpg, to indicate by which free license you allow Wikipedia to use the image. I recommend {{cc-by}} or {{cc-by-sa}}. Without a free license the image ultimately will be deleted. —teb728 t c 23:55, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Also, articles about people (and various other things) usually use infoboxes (the boxes with the photo in the top right corner of George W. Bush is an example). If you put the following code on the article it will produce one:

{{Infobox Writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox Writer/doc]] -->
| name         = George McWhirter
| image        = George McWhirter June 2009.jpg
| birthdate    = {{Birth date and age|1939|9|26}}
| birthplace   = Belfast
}}

There are lots more parameters you can add, like nationality, famous works and so on, listed at Template:Infobox Writer; but I've just put a few in to get you started.

I hope we haven't swamped you with all those answers - if you need any more help feel free to ask! Olaf Davis (talk) 13:16, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Feature picture

Is there a place to say you don't vote for a feature picture nomination? Dogposter 22:10, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome to oppose a nomination for a picture to have featured status on the nomination page. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 22:22, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

If you're talking about the guy to the right, I totally understand. Keepscases (talk) 06:02, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

The guy to the right is George McWhirter from the preceding unrelated section. Dogposter has opposed File:Ridgefield Town Hall.JPG. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:21, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

I know, I was trying to make a stupid joke. Keepscases (talk) 18:52, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Suggestions?

I've been looking at the article Benjamin Perrin. I can't decide if I should nominate it for deletion or not. On the one hand, he was mentioned by the US state department for his anti-trafficking work, which I suppose could be construed as notable. On the other hand, none of the other 8 people awarded the same honour have their own article. I don't really see anything else that makes him notable. It appears Perrin wrote the article himself, adding to my dislike of the article. What would you guys do? I don't want to start an AFD for trivial reasons. TastyCakes (talk) 23:56, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

It does appear that the author/subject attempted to delete the content himself after the COI tag was added, but that edit was reverted. -- Tcncv (talk) 01:48, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

The author created the page at Wikipedia:Articles for creation and has only wikified it after an experienced AfC worker accepted it and moved it to mainspace. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:11, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

hmm ok I'll leave it then. TastyCakes (talk) 16:56, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

August 2

Free logos

Under what conditions can a logo be released free? The Google logo is free, but is under the incenses Trademark and PD-textlogo. Could this logo (after undergoing a creation, similar to the Google logo's) be released under the same license? • S • C • A • R • C • E • 02:09, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Nope. Google's logo is simply differently-coloured letters. I could create the same thing in two minutes, and so the logo isn't creative enough to be copyrighted. But the logo of Nightmare on Elm Street is a completely different story - it's almost certainly copyrighted. Xenon54 (talk) 02:51, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

noting content added to the wrong section of an article

You know how you can add {{Citation needed|date=August 2009}} into the content of an article and it will create a small notation within the article drawing attention to the issue? Well I wanted to know if there is a page somewhere that lists a whole bunch of the available "in-line notation tags" (p.s. what is this type of thing called?)

A list of many available tags would be great but the real reason I'm asking is because I wanted to know if there is an "in-line notation tag" for the issue of statements in a section of an article being misplaced or not belonging in that section. For example, there's a city article with a subsection called "transportation" and there's some good facts about the city's location influencing trade, but that fact belongs someplace else and not in the section designated for transportation. So is there a tag that says "hey this fact belongs someplace else in this article but not in this section"?

Thanks --Fife Club (talk) 03:40, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Rather than tag the text why don't you just be bold and move it to the more appropriate place? – ukexpat (talk) 03:45, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

You probably want {{trivia}} • S • C • A • R • C • E • 08:49, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

I'm not sure {{trivia}} quite covers it - I can see people removing it saying "this isn't a list of indiscriminate info" and missing the point about the appropriate section. I'm with Ukexpat: while tagging may sometimes be helpful for small 'concentrated' things like , your concern is probably better dealt with by direct action or a talk-page thread. Olaf Davis (talk) 12:48, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Depending on the traffic of the article, a message may not be read for years (literally, especially template talk pages). In which case, I look for the top, most current editor and send a message via {{new talk}} • S • C • A • R • C • E • 13:53, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Incomplete article

Out of curiosity, what should be done with this? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Neebish_Resort Keepscases (talk) 06:01, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

It's currently marked as a stub meaning it's not considered a full article. "An article too short to provide more than rudimentary information about a subject should be marked as a stub by adding a stub template from the list here to the end of the article. Anyone can edit a stub article, or remove a stub template from an article which is no longer a stub" • S • C • A • R • C • E • 08:39, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Do you mean with regards to deletion, or finding sources, or what, Keepscases? Olaf Davis (talk) 13:00, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Before another user updated it earlier today, it had a lot of blanks in it and just didn't seem like it should have been published. Keepscases (talk) 18:54, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

I removed the blanks. Also, as I could find no reliable sources of information, I put up the Proposal for Deletion too. I meant to say so here earlier... but apparently the decorating is more important than editing Wikipedia! -- PhantomSteve (Contact Me, My Contribs) 18:56, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Don't your housemates know there is no deadline? Olaf Davis (talk) 20:05, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Creative Commons on Flickr

Is it kind of an unspoken rule that if an image licensed under a Creative Commons license uploaded to Flickr and appears to be a professional photo or other copyvio not be uploaded to the Wikipedia/Wikimedia Commons? I've seen film posters, promo pics, all under the CC license. If uploaded, how would such a matter be handled? • S • C • A • R • C • E • 08:44, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

You mean Flickr washing? Such images are copyvio, and should be listed for deletion. /--59.95.100.85 (talk) 08:58, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Thank you, you're a pretty helpful IP, have you considered logging in/creating an account? • S • C • A • R • C • E • 11:45, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Judging by the contribs, I'm sure it's just a regular user who forgot to login. hmwithτ 13:46, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

I'm not so sure. There have been several helpful 59.95.* at the help desk recently. Getting an account is of course optional but it has benefits. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:00, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Are Userpage Guestbooks allowed?

That is, can subpages of userpages be created where people who visited the userpage sign a guestbook?--<color=orange> Occono </color> (talk) 09:00, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Many people have those in their userspace, even though WP:NOTMYSPACE. --59.95.100.85 (talk) 09:04, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Hmm, so are you saying people do it but I shouldn't? I wouldn't use it for starting conversations/social networking.--<color=orange> Occono </color> (talk) 09:18, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

No, I'm not saying that, neither am I opposed to these things (don't really care tbh). You can create one too, guestbooks don't do any harm. :) By "..even though WP:NOTMYSPACE" I just meant to point out that guestbooks have little or no use in building an encyclopedia and having one may be viewed as being bit myspacey by some.

Is your signature supposed to be orange? -59.95.109.162 (talk) 10:20, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

I've given him the correct coding for that... -- PhantomSteve (Contact Me, My Contribs) 10:30, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

User pages are given a lot of latitude, but should focus on the Wikipedia project. When you create a userpage, the questions to ask are "how does this help Wikipedia?" and "how does this make me a better editor?" ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 10:24, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IE8#Missing_features

In regards to the above Wikipedia article/topic, I see this claim is unsourced. It is however probably true but could also constitute vandalism. I am very, very new to Wikipedia should I delete this as it does not stand up to any of your policys that I have read. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zthatin (talk • contribs) 11:06, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Adding to the above by whos recommendation is this feature required?--Zthatin (talk) 11:08, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Strictly speaking, un-cited claims can be removed (though it's a good idea to mention why you're removing it in your WP:Edit summary). A better approach, and what I've done, is to add a {{fact}} tag after the unsupported claim - this alerts other editors, and enables them to look for references supporting the claim. If a tag remains for a while, and no evidence is provided to support it, then an editor may remove the claim without concern.

My reading of the article is that SVG is recommended by W3C, the "World Wide Web Consortium".

Cheers, TFOWR^{This flag once was red} 11:12, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

I was thinking maybe the {{Unreferenced}} tag would be more suitable, which is found here, Thanks for helping me again.--Zthatin (talk) 11:20, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

{{Unreferenced|section}} would have been fine, though I'd tend to use it for sections with numerous uncited claims, in order to avoid adding lots of {{fact}} tags.

I've added a reference for IE8 not supporting SVG, and removed the parts of the sentence about "all major browsers supporting SVG" and "SVG is a W3C recommendation" - the former needs to be cited, and raises "what is a major browser?" issues, and reading the W3C site it's unclear to me whether SVG is recommended for web user agents ("browsers") - W3C publish "recommendations" a lot, similar to RFCs elsewehere.

Cheers, TFOWR^{This flag once was red} 11:22, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

thanks for adding the reference, I might add to this sentence. That news article you have provided is very good. I am indeed getting sucked in to Wikipedia like you said lol. All the best:).--Zthatin (talk) 11:27, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Didn't acknowledge your thanks - no problem!

Incidentally, as a final part of this I posted on the article's talk page, to let its regular editors know what I've done and why. I removed some text, that may feel needs to be re-added - hopefully my comments will help them re-add it with supporting references. Cheers, TFOWR^{This flag once was red} 11:28, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Fixing a picture

I just added a picture to the article on Bellevue University, but the picture is not one of the best ones I could have put on Wikipedia. Specifically, there are lines in the picture which obviously should not be there. Is there a way to fix that, other than getting a new picture? (I realize this may be something I have to ask on Wikimedia Commons.) DandyDan2007 (talk) 11:49, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

I've corrected it. You can take your image through any image manipulation software. For instance, for this task, I used Paint since it wasn't something that required much editing, but for more challenging jobs I use GIMP • S • C • A • R • C • E • 12:08, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

If you use an Apple, download GIMP as Scarce uses. If you use a PC, you can download PAINT.net. You can't go wrong with either; they're both powerful and free.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 15:32, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Hiding the Contents box

Is it possible to hide the Contents box in an article? Or at least collapse it by default?poisonborz 17:23, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

There is. See WP:TOC - you can do it on a user-level (you never see TOCs) and on an article-level (no one sees the TOC for that article). Cheers, TFOWR^{This flag once was red} 17:27, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

computer speed

Does wikipedia offer suggestions for removing programs that slow computer response time? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.8.236.2 (talk) 18:17, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

This page is for questions about using Wikipedia. Please consider asking this question at the Computing reference desk. They specialize in answering computer questions and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link and ask away. You could always try searching Wikipedia for an article related to the topic you want to know more about. I hope this helps.-- PhantomSteve (Contact Me, My Contribs) 18:25, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

publish my article

Ok friends I have it written , is there a button or page that I use to publish and make the article Live? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bella1968 (talk • contribs) 18:58, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

I see the article on your talk page. Please copy the contents, and then type your article's title into the search box and press "go." The article's title should appear as a red link. Click the red link and paste the contents of your article and then press "save." --William S. Saturn (talk) 19:29, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Not bad, and I understand the urge to publish as soon as you can, but your citations need some work - try reading wp:cite.--SPhilbrickT 21:17, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

BLP images

If the subject of a BLP article wants a picture of them removed from their article, are we required to comply? If so, is there a link on the wiki that talks about this? Supposedly the subject of the article initially gave verbal permission for the picture to be on the article, then changed their mind.--Rockfang (talk) 19:45, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Is it someone marginally notable? They can request deletion of their articles (see here - pretty sure it appears elsewhere too but I can never find it) but I've never heard any precedent either way on removing photos. If they're more than marginally notable then the answer would be no, I'm sure. Olaf Davis (talk) 20:01, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

The person is indeed notable. They've won numerous literary awards. Thank you for your input.--Rockfang (talk) 20:10, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

What is the license on the photo? If it is based only on verbal permission of the subject to be used on the article, perhaps it should be deleted for lacking a free license (even if the subject were still content to have it there. In the first place the license must come from the copyright owner (likely not the subject). And it must allow reuse anywhere by anyone for anything: Wikipedia does not accept permission for use only on Wikipedia. —teb728 t c 22:31, 2 August 2009 (UTC) Oh, and if the subject doesn't mind having a photo in the article but just doesn't like the photo that is there, they could probably arrange to replace it with a free photo that they like. —teb728 t c 22:44, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

This is the image..Kate_Grenville it has been readded by rockfang, correctly I think. The uploader added the ccby3 and then the subject didn't like it and asked for removal, a bit sad but it is free in the wind now..no going back, so to speak. The idea from Teb is good and perhaps should be added to the talk page to help the subject. (Off2riorob (talk) 22:53, 2 August 2009 (UTC))

This claim is on the tallk page from the uploader..."that she expressly asked that her photograph (which I had taken of her, with her permission) be removed from her entry, and not be replaced" (Off2riorob (talk) 22:56, 2 August 2009 (UTC))

GA Sweeps review userbox

Is there a userbox for reviews done as part of GA sweeps? I would like to put one under my userbox for GACs reviewed.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 20:24, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Could you please rephrase you question? Are you talking about "This user helped promote the article "So and so" to good article status."? Or, if you'd like to create one see WP:UBX • S • C • A • R • C • E • 06:35, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

August 3

My Contributions

Over the past week or so, I made a number of contributions to various articles. Now it appears that all my contributions have been deleted. Can you tell me what happened to them?

Michael Griske (talk) 01:45, 3 August 2009 (UTC) Michael Griske

All of the contributions made from this account can be seen here. You have one deleted edit made July 22 of this year. Were these the edits for which you were looking? Alternatively, you may have made edits while you were logged out. If you remember some of the articles you edited, you can check the page history to see if the edits came from an IP.TNXMan 02:39, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

I think that the OP is asking why WP:SPAM for his book was reverted. Michael, because you have a conflict of interest, you should not be adding citations to your book. The fact that you added them in multiple articles made made the additions particularly suspicious. Wikipedia is not for publicity. —teb728 t c 04:12, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

making a new page

If I have recently heard of an upcoming artist, can I add this person to their own page? If so, how would I start that? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mjtoews (talk • contribs) 06:49, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

For notability guidelines please see:WP:N, WP:CREATIVE, WP:MUSIC.

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.--59.95.122.36 (talk) 07:53, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Windows

I have mavis 9 and its not working in the windows vesta. can you assist A Singh —Preceding unsigned comment added by 222.152.68.30 (talk) 07:14, 3 August 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.59.95.122.36 (talk) 07:50, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

No one will reply to my question on the reliable sources noticeboard!

Can someone look at my question please:

Is David Ray Griffin a reliable source?

See Here 97.104.226.129 (talk) 08:20, 3 August 2009 (UTC)