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    March 25

    Nonsense Editing Code

    Is there any way I can get rid of those ps that show up between greater and lesser symbols? There (sorry, they're) driving me insane! MR.PreZ 00:12, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    :Do you mean in this edit? I don't know what caused it but did you copy the text into another program for editing and then back to the browser? Some programs can make unwanted changes. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:43, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    ::Ah, I'm not quite sure what you mean, but these things are now now attacking my talk page! Please, please, pleaaaaaaaaaaaase HELP!!!!!!!! MR.PreZ 20:38, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    They are all introduced in your edits: [1][2]. Somewhere a piece of software is trying to turn source lines into html paragraphs (see HTML element#Basic text). You have to identify and avoid that software. Which browser are you using? Do you use other software than the browser while editing? Try to disable any editing gadgets at Special:Preferences. wikEd has been known to sometimes add unwanted html to edits. Or try to log out and see if it still happens. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:14, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm using Safari… why? MR.PreZ 21:42, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    Ok, I've now checked out my preferences, there's nothing there that would lead me to believe that some gadget would be controlling some nuisance editing code thing. MR.PreZ 21:48, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    Some things may not be tested properly and not reported frequently with a browser with a low market share like Safari. In order to isolate the cause you could try another browser for a period to see if the problem goes away. Or try disabling things under Gadgets at Special:Preferences even if it sounds unlikely that they should cause this problem. This type of problem may be an unfortunate interaction between a combination of a gadget or script and a specific browser version. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:00, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    Ok, thanks, I'll try using Mozilla Firefox. MR.PreZ 15:19, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    uploading my own photos to a page

    I received a message sayin gpictures I uploaded will be delated. I took the pictures os there are no copyright issues, though they are not intended for reuse by the public.

    i can't figure out the correct way to tage the photos so they stay on the page.

    Mckingsf (talk) 01:05, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    You may release File:LaMesaVerdewikipedia.jpg for use on Wikipedia by adding {{pd-self}}, or, for disclaimers, {{GFDL-user}} or {{GFDL-self-with-disclaimers}}. However, by releasing it for use on Wikipedia you agree to allow it to be copied and redistributed, used commercially or non-commercially, and to be modified by anyone for any purpose. If you use one of the second two templates, it is required that the image credit you and that derivative images be released under the same license.
    The second image, File:SHCSlogoForWikipedia.jpg, is a logo and would be better uploaded under the logo license. When uploading, click "The logo of an organization" rather than "entirely my own work"- unless the organization would allow it to be released under one of the conditions I discussed above. liquidluck✽talk 01:18, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    And note that non-free logos (tagged with {{logo fur}}) cannot be used in draft articles while they are in userspace, they can only be used in mainspace. – ukexpat (talk) 01:25, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Wikipedia screwed up

    Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org isn't displaying correctly today (neither in Firefox, Google Chrome nor Internet Explorer. I cleaned cache and stuff but nothing changed. Screwedupness includes:

    1. No images
    2. Simple format instead of monobook.css

    somewhile before was even worse: wikipedia was only accessing throug google cache

    router? server problem? any suggestions? Mdob (talk) 01:44, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    See #Problems with Wikipedia display and down. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) talk 01:57, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks. Mdob (talk) 02:05, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    new user who only wishes to upload photos and doesn't wish to add or edit text (yet)

    G'day, as I was browsing through the Big things in Australia page, I saw an opportunity to add a photo of the big pelican at Loxton, SA. As stated above I don't wish to edit or create any pages yet. My only ability lies in photography and I can add a photo here & there to fill out the relevant page/s. However I note that I don't have the authority to upload images until I have edited 10 pages/items etc. how can i overcome this dilemma? thanks Fairv8 (talk) 02:33, 25 March 2010 (UTC) It's OK, I found I have to upload to Wikipedia Commons first, and then I suppose I can edit the page with a thumbnail & link to the photo on Commons. Cheers, Fairv8 (talk) 03:03, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    If you're going to be concentrating on image uploads at commons and your edits here will be adding them to articles, it would be really great if you were aware of the need to add Alternative text for images so that visually impaired readers can share in the images as well. Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 03:07, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    The reference cited does not say what it claims

    How to I add an inline template to mark a citation when the cited does not say what it claims to say. I cannot find it. Carlaude:Talk 03:08, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    {{Failed verification}}. See also Wikipedia:Template messages/Sources of articles.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 03:16, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Editing window scrolls automatically if certain keys are used

    Editing has suddenly become very difficult for me because of a cursor/scrolling problem in the article editing window. Whenever I press a keyboard control such as backspace or the space bar, the whole window automatically scrolls one row upwards until the cursor is lowered right down to the bottom of the window. Something similar occurs if copying and pasting, say, citation text for multiple uses: the window scrolls upwards several lines. This constant jumping within the editing window makes it almost impossible to keep track of the text to be edited unless I happen to be working on a single section of an article. Up until just recently scrolling did not occur unless I did it manually - e.g. via mouse. Could this be something to do with my Wikipedia preferences, or is it a wider problem to do with internet browser settings? My current browser is Internet Explorer 8. Many thanks for your time. SuperMarioMan 03:38, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Does F7 fix it? – ukexpat (talk) 04:00, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    No, sorry, I forgot to mention, whether Caret Browsing is on or not seems to have no effect. The problem must originate from my IE settings, because having tried the editing window in Firefox it is perfectly static on that browser. SuperMarioMan 04:16, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    This is happening for me too. I don't know what changed. Even moving the mouse pointer into or out of the edit window can make it scroll. IE 8.0.6001.18882 John of Reading (talk) 21:05, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    Yeah, Internet Explorer suddenly changed for some reason. I wouldn't be surprised if there were a very simple solution, but I'll be damned if I knew what it was. SuperMarioMan 21:36, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    <smug>Firefox or Google Chrome?</smug> – ukexpat (talk) 02:22, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Thanks for alerting us to this issue. We will be working to resolve this issue ASAP. --Parul Vora (talk) 03:09, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Seems like some aspects of an old problem have come back... somehow! See Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 60#Weird behavior when editing and the follow up Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 61#Weird behavior when editing (part 2). Astronaut (talk) 03:46, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    D'oh, nothing happens on IE7. Kayau Voting IS evil 12:57, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes, this was an old problem that came back to haunt us. We were aware of it and believed we'd worked around it, but it turned out to be subtler than we thought. Fixed now. --Catrope (talk) 13:20, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Music Template Question

    So I'm not sure if a user is doing the right thing by removing stuff from a Singer's template, but I want to double check the rules before an edit-war potentially starts. However, I have been searching and can't find anything. IS there a page that shows the rules for Music Templates? --Shadow (talk) 03:49, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Is it {{Infobox musical artist}}? If so there is a documentation section on the template page, that should help. – ukexpat (talk) 03:53, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    No, sorry I forgot about that one, should have been clearer. This is the kind I'm talking about. --Shadow (talk) 04:04, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    Do you mean the edit on Feb 18 by User:Rodhullandemu - if so that looks correct to me. In any event the place to discuss such changes is the relevant user's talk page, or on the template talk page. – ukexpat (talk) 04:14, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    That's not the template I was referring to, that's just the one I had open on the computer screen at that moment. :) --Shadow (talk) 04:21, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    Well it's a little hard to opine without specifics but if we are talking about navboxes, they should be just that, an aid to navigating to related articles (and they can contain external links too). I have seen navboxes with redlinks where it is pretty clear that the redlinked subjects are notable, but just do not have articles yet. Are we on the right track here?! – ukexpat (talk) 16:15, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    Well that sounds good enough for me. Basically a user was removing an EP on the navigation template because it doesn't have reviews or "media attention", but it is still a EP by an artist. It's on Britney Spears's navigation template. --Shadow (talk) 02:12, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    I would imagine that template has an active talk page, so you should probably open a discussion there if this is likely to develop into an edit war. The above is just my view, the consensus in a targeted talk page discussion may be different. – ukexpat (talk) 02:20, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Post deleted for copyright when I wrote the copy

    I have updated our Wiki page today with information from our company's press releases and fact sheets. Other sources throughout the world have obviously had access to this and have used it on their sites either in part of full. My post was removed for copyright issues. How can I prove that we wrote the content and have the right to use it?203.149.67.226 (talk) 03:51, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    The issue is one of proof - we only have your word that you are who you say you are, and in any event the company owns the copyright, not you personally. See WP:IOWN, but also see WP:COI, WP:CORP, WP:SPAM (corporate press releases are inherently spammy) and WP:FAQO. – ukexpat (talk) 03:55, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Letters after name

    I have a question about the neurolgist i am currantly seeing after his name is M.D. FABHP. I would like to know what these letters mean. 173.58.2.42 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 06:28, 25 March 2010 (UTC).[reply]

    Please use a descriptive title in future questions. I have added one
    This page is for questions about using Wikipedia. Please consider asking this question at the Miscellaneous reference desk. They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link 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. --ColinFine (talk) 08:25, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    As I know the answer to your question, I will answer here, even thought the Reference Desk is the proper place to ask! FABHP means that he is a Fellow of the American Board of Hospital Physicians (see Certified Health Physicist) - "A certification by the ABHP is not a license to practice and does not confer any legal qualification to practice health physics." -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 08:28, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Mixed content: HTTP mixed with HTTPS

    When using Wikipedia in SSL mode, I keep getting warnings from Firefox that all the pages I visit on Wikipedia have mixed content. I tracked it down to two links that are present in every page: <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/apple-touch-icon.png" /> and <a style="background-image: url(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bc/Wiki.png);". These links are forced to non-SSL (HTTP) transfer and Firefox complains that the page is mixed secure and non-secure items. How can I set Wikipedia to always give HTTPS links and thus remove the annoying warnings? Note: That I know I can simply turn off the warning in Firefox but I don't want to do that since that will lower my security. I prefer to keep the warning so that I know when something bad is happening. It is preferable if Wikipedia can be set to not generate mixed content. HumphreyW (talk) 06:31, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    This would probably best be handled at the village technical pump, where they answer the more in-depth technical questions. TNXMan 20:50, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks. I have asked there. HumphreyW (talk) 23:06, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    This is a long-known issue and when I asked at VPT about 6 months ago I was told there were not any plans to fix it. I dunno whether that is the case now, though, so I don't think it would hurt to ask again. Xenon54 / talk / 21:47, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    It sure is annoying, and it makes Wikipedia feel like an amateur site. HumphreyW (talk) 23:06, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    Amateur compared to what other free online encyclopedia with similar content? Wikipedia is built almost entirely by unpaid volunteers, so by definition we are an amateur site. However, the issue you mention might be the work of Wikipedia's small paid staff of developers. For more information about what they do, see the Wikimedia Technical Blog. --Teratornis (talk) 19:04, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Regular Expressions in AWB

    What regular expression (Regex) do I use to find {{fnb}} templates and replace with {{note}} templates. Any help will do. Thanks Paul2387 10:10, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    I expanded my answer on my talk page. You can't just replace the template, you also have to replace the matching markup for the incline cite, which has over a dozen variants. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) talk 11:06, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Uploading photos

    Hi, I want to update some nice photos related to Guwahati. May I know how to upload photos to wikipedia page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 20.142.120.34 (talk) 11:26, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    • If you want to add an existing image to an article, add [[Image:File name.jpg|thumb|Caption text.]] to the area of the article where you want the image to appear – replacing File name.jpg with the actual file name of the image, and Caption text with a short description of the image. See our picture tutorial for more information.
    • If you want to upload an image from your computer for use in an article, you must find out what the proper license of the image is. If you know the image is licensed under a free-license, upload it to the Wikimedia Commons instead of here, so that all projects have access to the image (sign up). If you are unsure what license the image takes, see the file upload wizard for more information. Please also read Wikipedia's image use policy. I hope this helps. – ukexpat (talk) 12:10, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Unimplementable merger

    This morning, I happened on the article Nancy Duarte, which was the subject of an AfD last November, where the consensus was to merge the article into the article Duarte Design. However, the latter article was deleted about a week later as a result of another AfD; so Nancy's article has been sitting there ever since with a tag requesting that the content be merged to a nonexistent article. I'm presuming that the article should be deleted, but none of the speedy criteria seem to match this situation, and I can't prod an article that's already been through AfD. What's the best way to handle this? Is another AfD really necessary? Deor (talk) 15:26, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Interesting one! It looks like another Afd is the only option, unless I am missing something obvious. – ukexpat (talk) 15:59, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    The original AfD at WP:Articles for deletion/Nancy Duarte included some links to sources which never got added to her article. The sentiment in that AfD was (a) the current form of the article wasn't very good, (b) at most one article should exist. If anybody wants to go to the trouble of adding the sources to the article it might avoid an AfD. Her book slide:ology is published by O'Reilly and seems to have got good reviews. Except for that, I would not have much enthusiasm for keeping the article. EdJohnston (talk) 20:25, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Latest MySql articles dump

    Hi I am trying to downlaod the latest mySql article dump http://download.wikimedia.org/enwiki/latest/enwiki-latest-pages-articles.xml.bz2

    For the past few days the size of the archive is 1.7GB, whereas it is supposed to be around 5.*GB. The archive is corrupt. could someone look in to the problem? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.242.130.236 (talk) 16:45, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    You should probably post this at WP:VPT where the techie types hang out. – ukexpat (talk) 17:19, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Munky Uk

    I was trying to write an article about www.munkyuk.com but I'm not sure if i can as I work for the company? If I cant because of my role within the company, do you have copywriters who are independents who can write and review it.

    Regards,

    Martin Stock —Preceding unsigned comment added by Munky UK (talk • contribs) 17:22, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    You can try the Articles for creation process, but you will have to register for a new user name - your current one is a clear violation of the user name policy. – ukexpat (talk) 17:27, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    And your request at WP:AFC will have much more force if you find and mention the multiple independent reliable sources that cover the company, which will be needed to establish that it is notable and therefore merits an article. --ColinFine (talk) 22:47, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    Also, please read the business FAQ, to avoid problems down the line.  Chzz  ►  11:17, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    External linking

    My page is in danger of being deleted and I figured that if I linked the page to the bands myspace and you could see that this is a real band then it would help but everytime I try it just says that the link doesn't exist. http://www.myspace.com/lostautumn. Is a real website yet it doesn't work for external linking. What am I doing wrong? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ajsenn (talk • contribs) 18:25, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Hi Ajsenn. Wikipedia doesn't generally accept MySpace links to show notability. Do you have any other sources you could use? --NeilN talk to me 18:29, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    To elaborate, existence is a necessary, but not sufficient, criterion for inclusion in Wikipedia. Has your band been mentioned in, for example, newspapers or magazines? A MySpace page isn't sufficient, because just about anyone could have one. I exist, and I could have a MySpace page if I wanted to. (I do have a Facebook page but it's not public to just any random people.) But I don't harbour any delusions of being world-wide notable solely because of that. JIP | Talk 20:33, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    (e/c)It has been deleted per A7 of the speedily deletion criteria. Before you attempt to re-create it, please read WP:BAND. The vast majority of bands are non-notable and do not meet Wikipedia's inclusion criteria - a self-created MySpace page is not evidence of notability. – ukexpat (talk) 18:32, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    Your deleted article was mixing notation for internal and external links. You wrote [http://www.myspace.com/lostautumn|'''Lost Autumn'''] but should have written a space instead of '|' to give Lost Autumn. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:51, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Question about photographs

    In regard to this question I asked earlier, I also have photographs of the protest. Should I upload some to Wikipedia? I was thinking of using them in the body painting or PETA articles. Is this a good idea? JIP | Talk 19:44, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Be bold and courageous :) ▒ ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ ▒ ―Œ ♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣ 19:55, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    If you own the copyright to these images please consider uploading them to Wikimedia Commons so they are available to all Wikimedia projects. If you have not yet enabled single-user login, head over to WP:SUL and follow the instructions, then you can log in to Commons with your En Wikipedia user name and password. – ukexpat (talk) 22:15, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    See Commons:Commons:Photographs of identifiable people. --Teratornis (talk) 02:01, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    Did the information help JIP? :) ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ ―Œ ♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣ 09:57, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    As for the issues about identifiable people, I am fairly sure I have the right to upload the photograph. I don't know either of the women, but they were in a public place, and by being painted as foxes and carrying signs, it's likely that publicity was what they were after in the first place. I am aware that even in a public place, specifically portraying people in a derogatory manner is not allowed, but I don't think this applies, otherwise the women wouldn't have get painted as foxes in the first place. If either of the women as a private person, or PETA as an organisation, takes issue about the photograph being published, then I will of course delete it. JIP | Talk 19:25, 29 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    v:Musamba Village - Kenya

    Could an admin import this page so we can delete it on WV? -- Jtneill - Talk 06:43, 28 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Apparently admins don't have import for WP, so I've pasted to Musamba, Kenya and for now soft redirected v:Musamba Village - Kenya to it. -- Jtneill - Talk 08:50, 28 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    My signature

    Resolved
     – Mysdaao talk 01:04, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    My signature has suddenly changed and I do not know why-but I suspect it may have something to do with the fact that I changed the set preferences prior to the change. Please revert it immediately. Regards. [[User:Immunize|Immunize]] ([[User talk:Immunize#top|talk]]) (talk) 19:57, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Nobody can revert a change in your preferences except you. You probably need to check the "Sign my name exactly as shown" box under your signature to make it work again. --Mysdaao talk 20:03, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    You did see what happened to my signature, right? [[User:Immunize|Immunize]] ([[User talk:Immunize#top|talk]]) (talk) 22:33, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Yes, I see it. Is the "Sign my name exactly as shown" box checked in your preferences? --Mysdaao talk 22:52, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    No, it is not. [[User:Immunize|Immunize]] ([[User talk:Immunize#top|talk]]) (talk) 22:56, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    In that case you should check that box. Calvin 1998 (t·c) 23:14, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

     Done I already have. I saw the edit summary left by Mysdaao (talk · contribs) and that alone was enough to make me realize that that would fix the problem. Immunize (talk) 23:16, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    March 26

    Watchlist settings...

    Hello all. I have seemed to set a setting somewhere that says "all pages with edits I make should be watched". I turned it off in my preferences, but it's still coming back. I'm twinkling at the moment, and my watchlist is getting filled with vandals' talk pages. Help would be appreciated. Hmmwhatsthisdo (talk) 06:53, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    I believe that, for some reason, is a default setting of Twinkle. Take a look at Wikipedia:Twinkle/doc#Configuration to learn how to turn it off. That should work if you have Twinkle installed through the Gadgets tab in Special:Preferences or if you installed it the "old-fashioned way", by pasting it into your [skin].js. Xenon54 / talk / 10:20, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    I happened to have the same problem recently, so I have the answer; edit your JavaScript file (standard warnings apply) which, assuming you are using the standard 'monobook' skin, will be User:Hmmwhatsthisdo/monobook.js, and add this;
    //TW CONFIG
if( typeof( TwinkleConfig ) == 'undefined' ) TwinkleConfig = {}; // DO NOT REMOVE THIS LINE - ALL TWINKLE SETTINGS AFTER THIS
TwinkleConfig.watchProdPages	=	false;
TwinkleConfig.watchRevertedPages=	[];
TwinkleConfig.watchSpeedyPages	=	[];
TwinkleConfig.watchWarnings	=	false;
//TW END
    That should disable all the watching performed by Twinkle (whether it is installed as a gadget, or the old-fashioned way).  Chzz  ►  11:02, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    Now, if I reset (Watch pages I create/edit) on my preferences, will this override that? Hmmwhatsthisdo (talk) 21:10, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Encyclopedic?

    I note that the following sentence has recently been added to Patsy Cline: For more information on upcoming shows, including Fiddlehead Theatre Company's production, visit [3]. Is this sort of promotional language/link acceptable on Wikipedia? (I don't think so but thought I'd ask). Thanks, RadioBroadcast (talk) 03:24, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Seems to be a spam link (for a Broadway type show)... which someone else has removed for us. Astronaut (talk) 03:31, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Where is Joanna Smith II Gambling ship

    I have an 4 page invite dated 1933 showing a picture of Joanna Smith II to board for music dinner and gambling..A totally different ship from the original which burned in 1932..I would appreciate any information...I see the listing for Joanna Smith which was built in 1917..a lumber ship however the JS II was a completely different ship... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.134.20.251 (talk) 03:44, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Please see the referece desk for any knowledge-related questions. Kayau Voting IS evil 04:11, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    If you're suggesting that we're missing an article about Joanna Smith II, and you believe this ship meets our notability inclusion requirements, please add it to the list at Requested Articles - or you could be bold and create it yourself. Our guide to writing your first article shows you how. Gonzonoir (talk) 12:10, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Why cant I click links. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.92.85.91 (talk) 05:38, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    What happens when you try to click links? Someguy1221 (talk) 05:47, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    Can you give an example of a link you cannot click? PrimeHunter (talk) 12:21, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    Is the link external, ie it links to a site outside Wikipedia? Kayau Voting IS evil 12:54, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Hi, Wanted to know, if I can upload PDF files. We have a page on Indian Express Newspapers in wikipedia. I wanted to add more content to it. But I have PDFs of the same. Can I give a link from the page so that the new window opens in a separate window as a PDF page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vyasiv (talk • contribs) 06:25, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    You can put it as an external link to it AFAIK as long as it's on a website. Things like this can't be uploaded into Wikipedia or the Commons, to my knowledge. But don't quote me on it. Hmmwhatsthisdo (talk) 06:55, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    The first question would be, what is the copyright status of the file? We can only upload files with appropriate copyright permissions.
    Secondly, as stated, we do not use PDF format normally (it is technically possible, but very much an experimental/special case, for example WikiReader). Usually, a PDF should be converted into regular article text/pictures etc. or, if it is appropriate, it could go on Wikisource instead. - but there is no way to make it 'open in a new window'.
    External links open in a new window; that sounds like your best chance - see the external linking policy.  Chzz  ►  10:55, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    External links do not open in a new window by default. Logged in users have the option "Open external links in a new tab/window" under Gadgets at Special:Preferences. It sounds like you enabled it. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:19, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Multiple vandal-only accounts

    Resolved

    There is a recent pattern of edits of Samuel Taylor Coleridge that suggests mutiple accounts created for the sole purpose of vandalism, and that they are all the same person. The names are Rammy x, Ramsinyyy, Fvdcsx12, and also IP 86.132.213.94. Advice, please, on what action should be taken, and how? Jan1naD (talk • contrib) 09:51, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Head to Sockpuppet investigations. Xenon54 / talk / 10:15, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Information

    Are all the information that are on Wikipedia true or just lies, because i use the information from Wikipedia for school work and i don't want to lie about something just because someone put wrong information? —Preceding unsigned comment added by AussieBoyV (talk • contribs) 11:55, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Hopefully any "lies" are spotted and corrected; unfortunately some are overlooked. What you should be doing is following the reference links (the little [1]) and then reading up from the source which is then given. That way you can be sure. --Redrose64 (talk) 12:04, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    Have a look at our guide to researching with Wikipedia. In a nutshell, because of the way it is written and edited, Wikipedia shouldn't be used as primary source, but offers lots of valuable information to get you started. Gonzonoir (talk) 12:06, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    Always try and find more than one source to use. I don't know how old you are, but as you get further along in school, you should be using sources like Wikipedia less and less. As said above though, it's a good starting point.--BelovedFreak 12:07, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • It's always an issue using Wikipedia as a source for your projects as Wikipedia can be edited by anybody and the base qualifying criterion for including any information on Wikipedia is verifiability, and not truth. This is not to say that any/all/some material on Wikipedia is a lie; it might not be at all. But this means that Wikipedia by itself cannot be considered a reliable source. But it is always better to show caution while using Wikipedia as a source, especially for your school project. My personal suggestion is, use it as a starting point for your research, not as the end point. ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ ―Œ ♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣ 09:47, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Balance between "Primary Future" vs. "Secondary Past" references

    Which of these two would be preferred as a reference for the date of a National Conference of an organization which occured more than a decade ago.? A) A website with a scanned image of the National Organization's quarterly magazine immediately prior to the event inviting members to the event or B) a website of a local chapter talking about experiencing the event. I know there is "Wikipedia is not a crystal ball", but should that downgrade references for a past event which are announcements about the event? Yes, the answer is probably to list both references...Naraht (talk) 12:32, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    As you say, I think adding both is best; I also think that source B in your example is probably a "primary source" in the Wikipedia sense, in that it was generated by people involved in the event themselves. Best of all would be an imaginary source C, being newspaper coverage of the event. (Though as the example is a reference only for an event's date, provided that detail was uncontroversial primary sources would probably be acceptable.) If you want more input, the reliable sources noticeboard might have more knowledgeable commentators. Gonzonoir (talk) 13:51, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    The announcement that dates from before the event is a reliable source for the announcement, but not for the subsequent event. You could use the announcement to footnote the claim that the organization announced on a certain date that it would hold a meeting at some later date. To support the claim that event later occurred, ideally you would need another source which could verify that it did. Obviously that source would have to date from after the event to be reliable. To pick an extreme example, you might find a source that announced a meeting in the World Trade Center with the publication date of the announcement before September 11, 2001 and the announced meeting date after. At the time of the announcement, the announcers probably could not have known their plans would encounter some difficulty. The basic principle is: use a source to support the specific claims it supports, and no more. Avoid inferring beyond the source; without other sources to directly support such inferences, that would constitute original work. But note that everything on Wikipedia depends on what users will object to. If nobody ever disputes your use of a particular source, then practically speaking it is not wrong. The more strictly you adhere to the rules, the less likely you are to run into conflicts with other users, or lose when you do. --Teratornis (talk) 20:44, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    And see Hindsight bias and Black swan theory. We tend to read historical documents differently than the people alive at the time read them. When you use a dated source, try not to read more into it than it could have meant to a reader at its time of publication. --Teratornis (talk) 20:51, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Mini-Wiki

    How do you get a wiki as I like to start one, also what is a small wiki as I am confused as to whether it is the same thing as a wiki project such as wikibooks. It would helpful if someone points me in the right direction as I am unsure where to go. Thanks Paul2387 15:02, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    There is nothing called "mini-wiki" within Wikipedia itself, but MiniWiki.org is a mirror site of Wikipedia. A WikiProject is a project within Wikipedia that usually seeks to increase collaboration among editors on articles related to a specific topic. If you are interested in starting one, see Wikipedia:WikiProject. ≈ Chamal talk ¤ 15:28, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    Read the following to sort out the confusing terminology:
    --Teratornis (talk) 19:10, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Ahmed Bayonle Arashi

    collapsing draft article

    Young and enterprising Ahmed Bayonle Arashi is someone you can describe as VERSATILE individual born in Ibadan Oyo state of Nigeria, he has been in Media for over a decade with special attention in Broadcasting, and has worked in all the most important departments in the Industry from Marketing, Directing, Producing, and Cinematography to Editing.

    He is one of the best Football Matches and Live event Directors in Nigeria and has covered local and international football competitions such as the Nations cup in Mali 2002, Tunisia 2004, Egypt 2006 and Ghana in 2008 as well as some of the Nigeria’s National team world and nation’s cup qualifiers for both the senior and junior team around Africa and Europe.

    He formed his own company MIDAS MEDIA CONSULT in December 2006 and incorporated in September 2007 as a Football/Media Management company, the company’s services includes products and services branding through football, management of football players, football event organizers and consultant, training tours for football clubs and teams around the world and Broadcast content production management.

    Arashi is married and has many acronyms to his name; he is a member of several top social and professional organisations around the world. He is a Microsoft certified system engineer (MCSE) A member of Academy of Entrepreneurial studies A.AES, Successful Entrepreneur Network SSN, National Society of Cinematographer NSC to mention a few.

    In July 2009 Ahmed Bayonle Arashi led his football academy (Midas Football Academy) to Germany and Denmark for Lions Gold Tournament and Football Festival and won both competitions in the under 17 category as the first Nigerian and African to do so. He is the founder and director of Midas Football Academy in Nigeria and Europe and he is working towards his FIFA player’s license and has embarked on major projects on the development of grassroot football in Nigeria that will produce future soccer stars and also help the talented ones for professional career in the local league and abroad. He is widely travelled and a consultant to big time broadcasting firm on live football events around the world and help his country Nigeria on the MDG’S and FIFA goal projects.

    —Preceding unsigned comment added by Midassoccer (talk • contribs) 15:49, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    This is not an appropriate place to post a draft article.

    A Wizard is available to walk you through these steps. See the Article Wizard.

    Thank you.

    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 with which all articles should comply. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite 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 Wikipedia:Your first article. You might also look at 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. An Article Wizard is also available to walk you through creating an article. – ukexpat (talk) 16:18, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    How do I change the capitalization of the name of the page?

    Resolved
     –  – ukexpat (talk) 16:12, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    I meant to create a page called ZebraTickets, but it says "Zebratickets". How do I change the "t" to capital "T"? I can't seem to find a way or a way to delete and recreate the page...

    Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zebratickets (talk • contribs) 15:56, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Moving pages can only be done by users with autoconfirmed accounts. An account is automatically autoconfirmed when it is at least four full days old and has made at least ten edits.
    However, what you have created a is user page, not an article. If you want to create an article or a userspace draft, please use the Article Wizard. If you create an article with the content that is currently at User:Zebratickets, it will be deleted as non-notable website. Please read Wikipedia:Notability (web) for the notability guidelines on websites on Wikipedia. --Mysdaao talk 16:07, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    Spammy userpage speedily deleted, username blocked as a spam name. – ukexpat (talk) 16:12, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    How do I add a picture/diagram to an article?

    Hi everyone, I am wondering how I add a picture/diagram to an article. They are on my computer and I drew them myself. They are simple but really help communicate the concept of draft and undercuts in making a mould from sand to cast molten metal in. I saw several questions like this but didn't understand the answers. thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by AlejoM (talk • contribs) 15:59, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    • If you want to add an existing image to an article, add [[Image:File name.jpg|thumb|Caption text.]] to the area of the article where you want the image to appear – replacing File name.jpg with the actual file name of the image, and Caption text with a short description of the image. See our picture tutorial for more information.
    • If you want to upload an image from your computer for use in an article, you must find out what the proper license of the image is. If you know the image is licensed under a free-license, upload it to the Wikimedia Commons instead of here, so that all projects have access to the image (sign up). If you are unsure what license the image takes, see the file upload wizard for more information. Please also read Wikipedia's image use policy. I hope this helps.Template:Z40 – ukexpat (talk) 16:05, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Forest Hill, Toronto

    I tried editing this article (Forest Hill, Toronto) that claims its most western boundary is Fairlegh Crescent when in fact in my deed it states that the street I live on is it's most western boundary, namely being Marlee Avenue. How do I go about ensuring that this article is more accurate and remains edited ( change from Fairleigh Crescent to Marlee Avenue ).

    Please e-mail me at <redacted> I don't know how to approach this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.107.44.75 (talk) 16:12, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Please do not include contact details in your questions. We are unable to provide answers by any off-wiki medium and this page is highly visible across the internet. The details have been removed, but if you want them to be permanently removed from the page history, please email this address. To answer you question, please begin a discussion on the article's talk page. – ukexpat (talk) 16:14, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    What will make your change stay is if you find reliable sources for the information you are putting in. I see that User:Blackjays1 removed your edit, but did not leave a very informative edit comment. You should not have made your change again: that can lead to edit warring: it would be better to post a question about your information either on the article's talk page or on Blackjays' talk page.
    A reliable source needs to be one that in principle anybody can go and check. I don't know whether deeds would be acceptable for this purpose: the page I linked to earlier may say. If you cannot find a source that meets WP's criteria, then I'm afraid your information cannot be included: Wikipedia works on verifiability, not truth. --ColinFine (talk) 17:33, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    Also note that political boundaries may change, and some municipal boundaries may not be well-defined. Neighborhoods within a city may not even be distinct legal units, and thus there is no reason for any authority to determine their boundaries exactly. For example, the city where I live has ill-defined neighborhood boundaries, and real estate agents like to stretch the boundaries of the prestigious neighborhoods to include houses just outside, particularly where "good" neighborhoods border "bad" neighborhoods. The information in your deed may be out of date, or may have been incorrect when written. At best your deed might support the claim that your house was in a particular neighborhood when the deed was written. To establish the current boundary, you need a current reliable source. National and provincial boundaries tend to be more stable and reliable (except in parts of the world where such boundaries are in dispute) because these larger units of government are more consistently able to afford competent surveyors and geographers to settle such questions, and because these boundaries matter. Local governments or neighborhood councils may not always follow the best practice when determining their exact boundaries. You might want to join WP:WikiProject Maps and WP:WikiProject Toronto where Wikipedia users get to grips with questions like this. --Teratornis (talk) 18:57, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    How do I post a my biography on your website?

    Can you show me how to add the biography on the website —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sueanncutshaw (talk • contribs) 16:47, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Short answer: you don't because you have a conflict of interest. If you are notable someone else will write an article about you sooner or later - there is no deadline on Wikipedia. If you do not meet our notability guidelines there are other outlets such as Wikibios. Hope this helps. – ukexpat (talk) 17:08, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    Resolved
     –  – ukexpat (talk) 22:01, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    I'm seen some method of listing all links to a specific site. I can't recall how it's done. How can I find all links to a site, such as billboard.com for example Regards, SunCreator (talk) 18:50, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Special:LinkSearch allows you to search for external links in Wikipedia pages. --Mysdaao talk 19:04, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    Excellent! Thank you. Regards, SunCreator (talk) 21:33, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    You're welcome! --Mysdaao talk 00:47, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    New edit counter

    I do not understand how to opt in to the new edit counter I created User:Immunize/EditCounterOptIn.js to attempt to opt into the new edit counter. Please help. Immunize (talk) 20:00, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    You have opted in correctly. Now that the page is created (it doesn't matter what's on the page, as long as it exists) the edit counter displays full information for you. Have a look at http://toolserver.org/~soxred93/pcount/index.php?lang=en&wiki=wikipedia&name=Immunize --Mysdaao talk 20:13, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    It stated that from opting in there was a risk of your account being compromised. Is that a risk in this case? Immunize (talk) 20:16, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Where is that stated? --Mysdaao talk 00:49, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    It's a general warning from MediaWiki:Jswarning when you view or edit a .js user subpage, for example User:Immunize/EditCounterOptIn.js or User:Mysdaao/monobook.js. In this case there is no risk by creating User:Immunize/EditCounterOptIn.js without adding any JavaScript code to it. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:48, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Multiple Images

    I'm having trouble creating a multiple image in an infobox. Is this even possible? MR.PreZ 22:06, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Only if the infobox template supports it. The meta-template {{Infobox}} supports two images; templates based on {{Infobox}} must pass the |image2= parameter. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) talk 23:48, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    Montages like File:442px - London Lead Image.jpg in London can be made outside Wikipedia with some image software and uploaded as one image file. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:37, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Can you fix these references? - They go to a site selling fleshlights.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Canada reference number 3 and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas reference number 101


    Keep your fork, there's pie was nice enough to fix one such problem, but I don't want to pester him or her with more of them.

    Thanks!

    Could you be more specific?
    Sure - clicking on reference number 3 at the article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Canada - specifically here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Canada#cite_note-cultural_influences-2 takes you to a page with text: "People who visit this site are also looking for: is fleshlight realistic, fleshlight giftcards, original lady fleshlight male masturbation, muscle fleshlight jack off, flesh light free videos, fleshlight clips masturbate, how to make your own homemade fleshlight, fleshlight sitelpk, how does fleshlight feel, fleshlight sales, my fleshlight movie, fleshjack, fleshlight ribbed review, fleshlight cheep, wiki fleshlight, gay flesh lights, cumming in fleshlight, fleshlight super ribbed sleeve, fleshlight changes, fleshlight can."

    The reference for Indigenous peoples of the Americas is similar.

    Thanks, Uncle uncle uncle 22:56, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    As far as I can see, the links in the articles appear good (to www.foreign-policy-dialogue.ca) but that site (which is nothing to do with Wikipedia) has been hacked. I'm not sure of the best way to deal with this: WP:LINKROT doesn't deal with the case in particular, but does suggest trying the Wayback machine; but I have been unable to find this resource there. --ColinFine (talk) 00:57, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    Sure would be nice to have a bot that periodically sweeps through Wikipedia and automatically adds a copy of everything we cite to the Internet Archive, and adds the archiveurl= parameter to the citation templates. --Teratornis (talk) 01:56, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    Or to WebCitation.org or both. Bot requests anyone? – ukexpat (talk) 02:04, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    Doesn't User:DeadLinkBOT already do all that? ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ ―Œ ♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣ 10:09, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    The vast majority of citations on Wikipedia do not contain archiveurl links, so there is no bot already doing what I suggested. Perhaps the bot you mention tries to repair links that have already rotted, by which time it might be impossible to retrieve the original source and add it to an archiving site. If the source had not already been archived by some other means, it is too late to resurrect the content. I'm talking about automatically archiving all our citations right now, before they die. It is possible for a user to manually archive a citation at the time of making it; see Wikipedia:Using the Wayback Machine, and thus render that particular citation rot-resistant. But it is already too much work to edit citation templates. We need to automate this tedium to the extent possible, especially since reliable sources are central to everything we do on Wikipedia. A rotted source would seem to have become less "reliable". --Teratornis (talk) 17:30, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    March 27

    LocalSettings.php

    I have just set up my own wiki but can't seem to access the LocalSettings.php file. Could someone tell me how you access this file so I can set some settings.Thanks. Paul2387 10:47, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Shouldn't you use the computing reference desk? The help desk is only about Wikipedia. Kayau Voting IS evil 14:46, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    The file should be in the root of your wiki installation. If the wiki is hosted by a wikifarm, then you might not have access to it. See mw:Manual:LocalSettings.php. Please note, as this question is not related to English Wikipedia, further questions belong on mw:Project:Support desk.  Chzz  ►  16:28, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    You must have shell access to the server that hosts your wiki so you can edit files on the server. You might be able to edit the LocalSettings.php file directly on the server with a text editor program such as vi running on the server, or download the file to your computer and edit it locally in your favorite text editor. (I use rsync to transfer MediaWiki files between my workstations and remote servers.) If you want to learn MediaWiki administration, I strongly recommend that you start by setting up a Personal wiki on your own computer with the instructions in mw:Manual:Wiki on a stick. This eliminates the extra complications of dealing with a remote server and lets you see how everything works. Note that administering your own wiki is quite difficult, and if you are having trouble with what should be a very simple step, your odds of success are probably low unless you learn much more about the general field of system administration, or find someone who does know and can help you. (The problem you are having is like a mountain climber who is gearing up for an attempt on K2 but does not know how to put on crampons.) For example, to get shell access to a remote server, you generally need the system administrator of that server to grant you access and tell you how to log in. You might be able to run the ssh program on your computer to log into the server, for example. What operating system do you use on your personal computer? If you are running Windows, you might like to install Cygwin to get all the standard GNU/Linux tools like ssh and rsync. --Teratornis (talk) 17:53, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Trying to edit (add information but can't)

    Hi, I am trying to add information to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Hullinger

    I want to show the following sentences under "awards and recogition." I am unable to do so. Can you help?

    The Atlanta Journal Constitution ran an online poll the second week of February 2010. Of almost 900 votes cast, 81 per cent wanted Hullinger back on the Atlanta airwaves. The Hullinger article also drew 150 comments. Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).

    —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.126.155.60 (talk) 11:04, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]


    A ref was not closed correctly with '>' at the end. I have fixed it.[4] PrimeHunter (talk) 11:31, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Editing the Intro

    Hi, How can I edit the introduction of a particular page? I see that we are given the edit option after the introduction. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vyasiv (talk • contribs) 13:56, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Just click the "edit" tab at the very top of the page, next to the one that says "talk". That gives you the editing box for the whole page. (See also Wikipedia:How to edit a page) --BelovedFreak 14:00, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    You can also edit just the lede section, in two ways;
    See Wikipedia:Lede#Editing the lead section  Chzz  ►  16:22, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Notification on changes on categories

    Resolved
     –  – ukexpat (talk) 21:23, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Is there any way to be notified on changes in this category? Category:Wikipedia_semi-protected_edit_requests Meaning, if any new requests are added. --JokerXtreme (talk) 14:31, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Apart from checking the category page, there are a couple of options. One is to put {{User:VeblenBot/SPERtable}} onto your own user page, which will display them, in a table. The page User:VeblenBot/SPERtable is updated by a bot at regular intervals.
    The other method is to join the IRC help channel, where an automated system alerts helpers of the requests, pretty much as they happen. The easiest way to enter that chatroom is with this link.  Chzz  ►  14:38, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    I'll try the first option, thanks! --JokerXtreme (talk) 14:45, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Review unreviewed article

    How long does it typically take for the "This page is a new unreviewed article" template to go away? I know there's a large backlog, but this article has been up there about four months. Can I call it to the attention of someone? (It's about Aage Giodesen, a fairly respectable 19th-century painter.) --WH Bonneywhb123 (talk) 15:29, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    I've had a look at Aage Giødesen, and it looks fine to me, so I've removed the template. DuncanHill (talk) 15:35, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Inserting an image from another wikipedia

    I would like to insert this picture from the Tamil wiki into the Mohammad Hamid Ansari article, but I'm not sure of the format. How is this done - or if its even possible to do it directly? Thanks, Wormcast (talk) 16:37, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    The short answer is that you need to upload the image either to en.wikipedia or to Commons before it can be used here. I can't read the license on the Tamil page: If it's a free image, you should upload it to Commons; if it's a fair-use nonfree one, you'll need to upload it here. Deor (talk) 16:55, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks. I was afraid that was the case - I can't read the license either... Wormcast (talk) 17:11, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    The edit window contains {{PD-self}}, the license box has a line striken through a c (symbolising no copyright), and the English Wikipedia also has a {{PD-self}}. Seems clear to me. PrimeHunter (talk) 17:17, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    (edit conflict) See WP:MITC, and:
    • Push-for-commons – tool to show a set of images from a wikipedia, helping to find license problems, {{NowCommons}} candidates, and images that should be copied/moved to the commons.
    Push-for-Commons finds images with apparently valid licenses for Commons at least on the English Wikipedia. I don't know whether it can understand the licenses in Tamil. I also don't know how to tell Push-for-commons to look up that particular image from the Tamil Wikipedia. However, I clicked the edit link for the image there and saw that the license template code is {{PD-self}}. That is, the template text displays in Tamil but the template seems analogous to {{PD-self}} on the English Wikipedia. If the license is legitimate (that is, if the uploader was the copyright holder of the original image and had the legal right to place the image into the public domain) then you could safely move the image to Commons with tools:~magnus/commonshelper.php. I have some notes about my adventures of moving images to Commons in User:Teratornis/Notes#Move some images to Commons. I have only moved images from the English Wikipedia because it is too scary to edit on other Wikipedias in languages where I lack fluency. Incidentally, some of the images I moved to Commons from the English Wikipedia ended up getting deleted on Commons (and thus from the English Wikipedia) because even though their licenses looked legitimate, they weren't actually, and it seems Commons users were more vigilant and found the errors that went undetected on the English Wikipedia. So you'd like to be really sure about the license before you move the image to Commons. Perhaps only a small fraction of image uploaders really understand copyright law. To gain an amateur's understanding, read all the pages linked under Commons:COM:EIC#Copyright. --Teratornis (talk) 17:22, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    Perhaps you could ask for help from a Tamil-speaking user? We have over 300 people in Category:User ta, and some of them are surely active. One of them is User:Rsrikanth05; he's edited in the last few days. Nyttend (talk) 21:41, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Children's Hospital

    Would it be ok to create an article on the new ITV Documentary Children's Hospital that started last Tuesday, heres a reliable source [5]. Paul2387 19:35, 27 March 2010 (UTC

    That source can't be used to demonstrate notability as it is a selfreference. You need multiple, independent reliable sources. – ukexpat (talk) 21:20, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    Some more independent source's are [6], [7] and [8]. Paul2387 21:43, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    The first, being two sentences, runs into issues with the "significant coverage" bit of WP:N; the second has the same text as the first; and the third is subscription only. Sorry, but I don't see how any of the sources provided even come close to establishing notability. Remember that every fact in an article must cite a reliable source, so even if the sources did establish notability they are much too short to be useful. Xenon54 / talk / 21:50, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Continued Harrassment on Wikipedia

    This is an article I wrote on my Blog last year about some online harrassment I've been experiencing both here on Wikipedia, and seperately over at Twitter since July 2009: http://blog.john-duck.co.uk/2009/07/27/some-people-should-be-euthanised-at-birth/

    After a quiet spell, the person concerned has been busy vandalising my user profile again (Which I've had fix yet again): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jduck1979

    After receiving a fat lot of help when the idiot first started doing this last summer, I would much appreciate it THIS TIME for IP Addresses, or any other information that may help track this idiot down finally. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jduck1979 (talk • contribs) 20:45, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    I just protected your userpage. If you need additional help with harassment, may I suggest that you contact ArbCom. Arbitration Committee members are equipped with the CheckUser tool, and may be able to help you out. Information on contacting ArbCom is located at WP:ARBCOM. Normal users and administrators do not have access to the CheckUser tool, and so are unable to help you with your problem. Only ArbCom and a select few functionaries are equipped to help you out. Contacting ArbCom is your best option. --Jayron32 20:59, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Becoming More Anonymous on Wikipedia

    Hello, I'm Tolerant666 aka Rourke and I have very little idea how to use Wikipedia. I've been a member since 2006, but mainly to stave off accusations of vandalism because my original account was on a public computer, so other people vandalized articles pretending to be me. I'd still like to be a member of Wikipedia, but I edit very rarely.

    Should I delete or destroy "Tolerant666," then create a new username? Should I assume that "Tolerant666" is defunct and ignore it? I want to get rid of Tolerant666 without leaving Wikipedia entirely? Is there a userbox to tell people that I'm not a regular user?

    Rourke 20:56, 27 March 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tolerant666 (talk • contribs)

    You can abandon your old account and just start a new one. There is nothing wrong with that, but the old account will still exist. For techincal reasons, accounts cannot be deleted. You can just abandon it. The other option is to request a username change. See Wikipedia:Changing username. When your username is changed, all of the edits made by the old account are migrated to the new account, and the old account is effectively dead. So, you can abandon the old account and start a new one, or you can change your user name. If you never want to edit Wikipedia again, you can just stop editing altogether. --Jayron32 21:02, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Redirect transclusion error

    Resolved

    I am having problems with {{Princeton Tigers basketball}} in places where it is transcluding from the redirect. E.g., Bill Carmody--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 21:48, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Malplaced brackets solved.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 21:55, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Article Tisangi

    The article Tisangi does not appear to be a encyclopedic article. For example, sentences like ' among the muslims there is the dalvi family' and 'our village proud of mr Anant Geete' are included in the text. What would be the appropriate way to deal with this text? Should this content be removed? --82.32.50.5 (talk) 23:15, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Yes. It is barely coherent, completely original research and obviously unsourced. Xenon54 / talk / 23:49, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    I have taken it back to a one-line stub. Clearly someone just bunged new, garbled text at the end. – ukexpat (talk) 00:22, 28 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Question re creating Subpages

    Hi, new user here. The links for instructions on how to create a user subpage seem to be taking me around in circles. Wikipedia:User page says to see Wiki:Subpages, which says, "To create a user subpage, see Wikipedia:User page#Creating user subpages." But the link User page#Creating user subpages just takes me back to Wiki:Userpages, and the only reference there is the link to "Wiki:Subpages." (There isn't a section specifically titled "Creating user subpages.")

    I searched the Help Desk FAQ and found two relevant links: the 1st 1 is back to Wiki:Subpages, so we know that doesn't help. The 2nd link is to the Article Wizard and says it contains a link for creating a Subpage, but I wasn't able to find anything besides a brief, general description of what Subpages are for. (The link may well be there, but there are a lot of pages in the Wizard, so I may have missed it.)

    BTW, I accidentally put this question on the Talk page first, not realizing I wasn't on the main project page. I tried to delete that entry entirely but couldn't figure out how to do it, so I just cut the text from there and pasted it here. Sorry for the rookie error.

    I'd appreciate any help you can provide. Thanks. --Jackftwist (talk) 23:58, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Subpages are created in the same way as other pages. If you want a page called User:Jackftwist/Sandbox then you can for example enter that name in the search box and click the link saying You may create the page "User:Jackftwist/Sandbox". Or you can make a wikilink to the page somewhere and then click the link: User:Jackftwist/Sandbox. Save anything there and the page is created. There are other ways but they basically all boil down to somehow getting a url like http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Jackftwist/Sandbox&action=edit. Simply typing or editing the url in the address bar is another method. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:08, 28 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    March 28

    Unable to remove page from my watchlist

    Resolved

    There's a page on my watchlist that I probably accidentally watched when tagging for CSD or something, but I can't get rid of it. I've tried "View and edit watchlist" and checking the box, and I've even edited the raw watchlist and removed the line, but it's always still there after I save. The page in question is HAGGER?. Any ideas on how I can get it removed short of clearing my whole watchlist? --Darkwind (talk) 01:19, 28 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Did you click on the 'unwatch' tab? Kayau Voting IS evil 01:22, 28 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    Works for me. Perhaps you could purge? Kayau Voting IS evil 01:23, 28 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    If I go to the redlinked edit page, it actually says "watch" and not "unwatch" for the tab at the top. However, the page is undisputably in my list. I guess I could copy my raw watchlist, clear it from the server, and paste it back excluding the unwanted page. --Darkwind (talk) 01:35, 28 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    That worked.--Darkwind (talk) 01:36, 28 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    If a page on your watchlist is moved by anybody then the new title is automatically added to the watchlist and stays there if the page is moved back or deleted. See Help:Watching pages#Moves, creations and deletions. There has been a lot of page move vandalism to titles containing variations of "HAGGER". PrimeHunter (talk) 10:07, 28 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    BTEX EMISSIONS

    Can you give me the legal limits for BTEX that are in force say in SE Asia? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mhargate (talk • contribs) 03:04, 28 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer just about any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. I hope this helps.Template:Z37 – ukexpat (talk) 03:11, 28 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Are you serious? Don't encourage them.

    Yes, this is a problem that hurts the credibility. Shit like this is why wikipedia can't be cited for reports or essays.

    Featured articles achieve community-based consensus before they become featured, and after they become featured, they need to go through another discussion to achiece community-based consensus before they go to the main page. Even if the featured article is fascism, nazism, or even something that's pornographic (like the German Wikipedia scandal), it can go into the main page as a featured article. All featured articles have a neutral point of view, so you can be sure that we are not encouraging anything. Regards, Kayau Voting IS evil 07:44, 28 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    Wikipedia (or any other encyclopaedia) should almost never be cited for reports or essays. See WP:Citing Wikipedia and the links therein for why. --ColinFine (talk) 09:52, 28 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    And Criticism of Wikipedia. Kayau Voting IS evil 11:54, 28 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Verifying Resources

    How does one verify a source on a topic that is at the bottom of a wikipedia page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.238.226.249 (talk) 08:19, 28 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Right after the fact, use the code: <ref></ref>. See WP:Inline citations for more information. Kayau Voting IS evil 08:28, 28 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm not sure what you mean. Verifying a source usually means to check that an already listed source exists and supports the article. Do you want help checking a source that isn't available online? PrimeHunter (talk) 09:45, 28 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    I think he means the 'see also' section. Or maybe the cats :) Kayau Voting IS evil 11:56, 28 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    accessibility view?

    I apologize if I'm not posting this question in the right place. I have looked around Wikipedia and tried to find where to put it. If it needs to be somewhere else, please move it. For about a week the format of Wikipedia has been doing odd things - it seems to be going back and forth between normal view and what I guess is accessibility view (all logos and images removed, plain text on a white background). There doesn't seem to be any pattern to this - as I navigate through Wikipedia, some pages will be normal, some will be plain. One of my colleagues at work has mentioned the same problem - but I also get this problem at home, so I guess it's not my employer's browser or server. I have no idea if this has to do with my preferences or settings, but I haven't changed them anyway - ever. What's going on? Can I fix this somehow? SPimpernel (talk) 10:15, 28 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Wikipedia had technical problems 3 days ago. They should be fixed but maybe your browser still has bad files cached. Try to clear your entire cache (not merely reload the page you are watching). PrimeHunter (talk) 10:37, 28 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    My page has not been moved

    I am a new user to wiki. I drafted a page and requested for a move on 18th March. My page is still not active and I can't see it in deletion log. What should I do to ensure that it is up on wiki.

    Page title: u-rooms User: VibhaSridhar

    Vibhasridhar (talk) 13:33, 28 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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