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June 3

LA Rams - My Father?

To Whom It May Concern,

I am interested in creating a page within the LA Rams section of my father, who played for the Rams during the 50's, and who is not listed. Is this ok to do? Where can I go to reference? My father has his memorbilia from the time he played with the Rams but I did not know where to look to see if there is an actual place to reference that he did indeed play for the Rams. Can you please help?

Thanks BT 00:19, 3 June 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Booaug11 (talk • contribs)

I've asked over at Wikipedia:WikiProject National Football League to see if anyone can help you. Bencherlite^Talk 00:25, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

It's pretty hard to see whether your father meets our inclusion criteria if you don't tell us his name.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 04:04, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

He played for the Rams, so he "competed at the fully professional level of a sport" and meets the criteria, see wp:ATHLETE. ErikHaugen (talk) 16:19, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

If he played for the Rams, it's pretty likely he meets the standard of notability. However, we do need at least a name to you pointed in the right direction. — DeeJayK (talk) 15:06, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Say your father's name is Don Simensen. You can just type in: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Simensen (see the _ there in between the name parts) then get started. You can look at other football players' pages to get ideas about page organization, etc. A google search should yield some kind of references, which you should include from the beginning, since wikipedia places great importance on making sure that articles about people are backed up, see wp:BLP for more on this. Have fun! ErikHaugen (talk) 16:19, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Stadler Image

I messed up the File:Stadler.jpg image (please revert my edit). I apologize for the mix up. I saved the image I wanted under Lewis-Stadler-NIH.jpg

Thanks NorwalkJames (talk) 00:47, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Done. Bencherlite^Talk 00:56, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

remove this pic

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hospitalized_child_with_IV.JPG

the childs weenie is showing, please remove this picture before some nasty assholes get ahold of it.

Wikipedia is not censored. – ukexpat (talk) 17:54, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

be alert! ip address stolen

please disregard all actions from the ip i owm so far. That was not mt, and is similar of id theft in nature. i will try to change my ip address, etc b —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.236.250.213 (talk) 03:33, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

As it says on the talk page for this IP address, if this is a shared IP address, and you didn't make the edit, consider creating an account for yourself so you can avoid further irrelevant notices. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:56, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

How to place my article on another blog on Wikipedia?

How to place my article on another blog on Wikipedia?

i have created a article on blogger.com.

i tried to place the same content on wikipedia; but it goes under speedy deletion.

How could it may be possible again... successfully? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ydeora (talk • contribs) 08:14, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

The article was deleted under G12 category of copyright violation. Please see WP:COPYVIO. -Reconsider! 08:16, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Ther'es a much deeper issue that the article is fundamentally unsuitable for Wikipedia. As an encyclopedia, Wikipedia merely quotes, paraphrases, and summarizes content that has already been published by reliable sources (genereally peer-reviewed publications from journalists and scientists). Wikipedia does not publish personal opinion or original research (including original analysis and conclusions, even if the base information is unoriginal). Someguy1221 (talk) 08:19, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Image shrunk to a point

What is wrong with the second photo in this article? I see the first normal, and the second is shrunk to a tiny vertical bar about the size of letter I. I'm on Firefox/Win7. East of Borschov (talk) 09:07, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

I saw the same problem. I threw a size in parameter into the image syntax, which seems to have fixed it. I think (and if someone wants to jump in with a correction, that would be great) that because the original image is so large, the software doesn't render a thumbnail for it. TNXMan 11:49, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

1,712 × 2,288 pixels isn't big at all, weird things usually start at far larger sizes like 20-MB panoramas. East of Borschov (talk) 13:31, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Which Language is it?

Hi,

I want to send a link to Wikipedia to a Japanese company. It would be best if I could send them the Link to the Japanese article, but as I know neither Japanese nor Chinese I am not able to tell the difference between the two languages, so I dont know which article to send them. Is there a way to see the English names of Languages in the Language selection on the left hand side of an article the syombols dont't help too much and I would not want to send the wrong language link to my Japanese associates.

best regards from Germany, Lars 62.206.11.162 (talk) 10:07, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Hello Lars, there is two other ways to tell. Japanese Wikipedia's language code is "ja", while Chinese Wikipedia is "zh", so if there are links to both the Japanese link will always be listed first. Secondly, if you rest your arrow on the link and look at the bottom of the browser's window, you can see where you will be taken should you click. The link to Japanese Wikipedia will be http://ja.wikipedia.org followed by the article name in Japanese. :Or, you can tell us the English name of the page you want to send and we can tell you the proper Japanese link. Xenon54 (talk) 10:18, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

The List of Wikipedias at Meta may also be helpful for identifying Wikipedia language codes in future. Gonzonoir (talk) 10:33, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

A Japanese link will usually but not always be listed before Chinese. The links appear in the same order as in the page source. There is no automatic sorting by MediaWiki but some bots sort the source when they edit the page and discover links in the wrong order. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:08, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

By the way, Japanese (日本語, [nihoŋɡo] ) should be sorted under N and not J in the language links. Languages are not always sorted by the spelling of the language code. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:12, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks a lot, that helped. With more and more languages added wikipedia might consider an english description for the languages. regards, Lars —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.206.11.162 (talk) 12:13, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

meta:List of Wikipedias is linked from the main page and shows the English name with a link to an English Wikipedia article about the language. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:47, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Wrong name of article

Dear moderators, the page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foydor_Pavlov-Andreevich should be titled as 'Fyodor Pavlov-Andreevich' (not Foydor), as this is the correct name of the person who is this article about. That was accidental mistake. Could you please rename this article. Thank you in advance! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ekrylova (talk • contribs) 10:19, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Hi - I have moved the page for you (which effectively renames it). Once your account is autoconfirmed you will see a "move" tab at the top of each page and will be able to make actions like this yourself. Gonzonoir (talk) 10:31, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

There are a few issues with the way the article is written - I have added some issue tags to the article. Gonzonoir (talk) 11:29, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Background color no longer uses my Windows setting

Until today, the Wikipedia boxes where you can type (such as the one I'm typing in to create this post) were colored as per my Windows preferences (a light blue, to make things easier on the eyes). Today they started showing up as white all the time. Why did that change, and can I change it back? Thanks. --Auntof6 (talk) 11:30, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Are you using the new interface? That may have something to do with it. Try clicking on "Take me back" at the very top of a page, which should disable the new features and try editing again. TNXMan 19:15, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

No, I haven't been using the new interface, but your reply gave me an idea. I switched to the new interface, and the edit window was once again in my preferred color. I then switched back, to see if that might reset something, and now the window is white again. --Auntof6 (talk) 21:47, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Hmm. Well, I can point you to the new interface feedback page, but I don't if they'd be able to help (and I've just about hit the limit of my technical knowledge). Have you tried the computing reference desk? They may also be able to figure out the issue. TNXMan 22:01, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

I think I have this figured out. It had to do with IE 8 compatibility view. With it on, I get the color I want. With it off, the background is all white. We live and learn! --Auntof6 (talk) 12:37, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

COI question

Hello, I'm organizing a conference on Rudyard Kipling's 'The Absent-minded Beggar', and wanted to link to this at the bottom of 'The Absent-minded Beggar' page. This might promote the conference (in Bristol, Uk). I believe, though, that the fact that there was a conference on this poem is of interest; and the conference website adds information about Kipling in general, and the poem in particular. The conference is non-profit making. I'd be glad of advice re COI, and have read the Wikipedia page. Postrestant (talk) 12:12, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for asking. From my reading of the Wikipedia policy on external links I don't think a link to your conference would be appropriate. The policy is much stricter than many contributors realise - I've just edited The Absent-Minded Beggar and deleted five of the links. -- John of Reading (talk) 14:28, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

I'm still a little unsure (and please note that some of the links you deleted have been reinstated). But I guess that it's a question best left until after the conference, as then the potential coi is dramatically less. Thanks for your help.82.32.3.192 (talk) 15:37, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

General Aristide Razu

Resolved

 –  – ukexpat (talk) 20:41, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the tips.Sounds very complicated .So I have to provide birth certificates ....etc.?to the following addresses(!?)

Andrei —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.114.127.23 (talk) 14:49, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

No, ColinFine's point, above, was that the sources have to be mentioned in the article. So far the source has only been posted at the help desk. Before you copy the text from your user page into the article, you must add the note of where it came from - please add the book title, author, publisher and publication date.

Before copying the text into the article, however, we need to work out whether the book is copyright. I hope another editor can chip in with some help on this. -- John of Reading (talk) 15:48, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

The copyright experts are here--SPhilbrickT 16:22, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, I've posted there. -- John of Reading (talk) 16:47, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Lady Gaga

Hi

I am wanting to know if Lady Gaga starred in Days of our lives as Mimi Lockhart and if Lady Gaga really is a man. Jade Neil (talk) 15:45, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

You may want to check our article on Lady Gaga. If you cannot find the answers there, you may also want to ask at our reference desk, where they specialize in answering specific questions. This desk is for questions about using Wikipedia. TNXMan 15:46, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Wasn't that Farah Fath? ErikHaugen (talk) 16:24, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

figure it out episodes

How to make the figure it out episodes viewable? Can you do that? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.7.208.202 (talk) 17:25, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

I'm not sure what you mean. Would you like to add a list of the episodes to Figure It Out? Or would you like to watch the episodes (in which case, you are not on the correct webpage to do so)? TNXMan 18:43, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

General Aristide Razu's resources

Well here is about the Army part of General Aristide Razu

http://www.panoramio.com/user/2365578

And here is about the nationalized properties of his in Romania 2010,due to the corrupt/communist regime in Romania.

http://www.panoramio.com/user/2560742?with_photo_id=17073997

As about th battle of Marasesti told by Constantin Kiritescu ,as the whole Romanian War of 1916-1919,nobody knows anything since the book cannot be found in any book shop in Romania.I searched for it for months at antique dealers,and I only found out about it through family notes. Not even the Army Leaders do not know much about it as i asked them.Strange ain'it?

Also as sources for the nationalized properties 1.Guvernul Roman 2.Inalta Curte de Casatie si Justitie,Bucuresti 3.Primaria Bucuresti 4.Primaria Birsanesti +Primarul Comunei Birsanesti/Bacau 5.Primaria Constanta si Primaria Amzacea 6.Ministerul Culturii,Bucuresti 7.Arhivele Statului Roman 8.Gospodaria Partidului Comunist Roma 9.Sc Herastrau Nord S.A. etc.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.114.127.23 (talk) 18:15, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Andrei —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.114.127.23 (talk) 17:59, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Hello. Your sources need to be put into the article you are writing, not posted here on the help desk. Wikipedia:Citing sources explains how to do this in an acceptable format. Also, please remember to sign your posts here and on any discussion pages you edit (but don't sign any edits to articles themselves). You can do this by typing four tildes - ~~~~ like this - at the end of your comment, and the software will do the rest. Karenjc 19:21, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Well,thanks for the tips, I think making an article on ...is like making a program ,a bit. Aristiderazu —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.114.127.23 (talk) 21:08, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Yes. And writing templates is even more like writing programs, but with a much weaker syntax than most scripting languages provide. And there is no debugger or lint tool for wikitext. It's like writing programs without an Integrated development environment. But we have a pretty good Help desk. --Teratornis (talk) 07:10, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

I can't get to mobile mode!

I went on to wikepedia on my Iphone and I can't get on mobile version. Please Help! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.137.14.206 (talk) 18:37, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

The wikitech:Server admin log says that the system administrators made some changes to Wikipedia's mobile gateway, including some to the DNS system that temporarily rendered Mobile Wikipedia unavailable. You can wait some hours for the DNS changes to propagate or you can try the address http://mobile1.wikimedia.org/ or http://mobile2.wikimedia.org/ for now. PleaseStand ^(talk) 19:43, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Does http://en.m.wikipedia.org/ work? Or take a look at Wikipedia:Enable mobile version. – ukexpat (talk) 19:40, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

The server has been heavily overloaded, and now it's reachability is almost 0 because of the system maintenance. Hopefully it will be fixed soon. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 20:20, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Parsing Wiki XML Dumps ver0.4 just got tough

Hello, I am trying to parse Wikipedia XML Dump using "Parse-MediaWikiDump-1.0.4" along with "Wikiprep.pl" script. I guess this script works fine with ver0.3 Wiki XML Dumps but not with the latest ver0.4 Dumps. I get the following error.

Can't locate object method "page" via package "Parse::MediaWikiDump::Pages" at wikiprep.pl line 390.

Also, under the "Parse-MediaWikiDump-1.0.4" documentation @ http://search.cpan.org/~triddle/Parse-MediaWikiDump-1.0.4/lib/Parse/MediaWikiDump/Pages.pm, I read "LIMITATIONS Version 0.4 This class was updated to support version 0.4 dump files from a MediaWiki instance but it does not currently support any of the new information available in those files."

Any work arounds would help me get to the next level. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.167.71.155 (talk) 19:32, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

You should probably ask this at the tech hangout. – ukexpat (talk) 19:38, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Aurora Organic Dairy - factual errors in content

After several attempts to edit the Wikipedia entry for Aurora Organic Dairy continue to be reversed by Wikipedia users, we ask that Wikipedia editors correct this entry for its numerous factual errors and apparent bias. The following represents the errors in the existing article ... correct information follows the ellipses.

Aurora Organic Dairy is an American company, based in Boulder, Colorado, which operates large factory farms, each with thousands of dairy cows, in Colorado and Texas. ... Aurora Organic Dairy operates five organic dairy farms in Colorado and Texas. It's organic dairy herds range in size from approximately 900 milking cows up to 5,000. (strike "factory farms" as that is a subjective term and has no clear definition as a descriptor for these farms).

Add text: The company also operates an organic-dedicated milk processing facility in Colorado where it ... packages private-label, store-brand, organic dairy products for many of the country's grocery chains. (strike: largest grocery chains, as the customers vary in size from national to regional. Also strike the names of retailers, as this is not an accurate or exhaustive list, therefore no customers should be listed).

The company ... (strike: was founded) transitioned to 100% organic in 2003 and was subsequently run by Marc Peperzak and Mark Retzloff (Aurora Dairy Corporation had been operating as a conventional dairy business for nearly 30 years prior to its transition to organic. Marc Peperzak was the founder of that business and he partnered with Mark Retzloff to run the organic-dedicated milk production and processing company, Aurora Organic Dairy) as a combined farm and bottling plant situated on a sloping plain north of Denver. In 2005, this had 5300 cows (strike: not relevant, as the number of cows at any given farm will change depending on consumer demand, production needs, etc. ... could say that the Platteville, Colo. farm currently has approximately 900 milking cows on the property. At this time, the organic standards of the new company were already causing squabbles with other organic producers.[1] ... strike this last sentence, as it is subjective and not relevant to an overview of the company.

The Cornucopia Institute, a Wisconsin-based farm policy research group representing organic and family-scale farmers, complained to the USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service about their livestock management and organic practices. In particular, it was alleged that their cows were not allowed to graze upon pasture and were instead kept in feedlots or buildings. This was said to be contrary to the National Organic Program which the AMS administers.[2] ... strike this paragraph ... while it may be true that this activist group made claims about Aurora Organic Dairy, these claims were one group's attempt to attack this company and the claims are false. As proof that these were false claims, the USDA's National Organic Program confirmed that allegations made by Cornucopia were only allegations and NOT findings of fact stated an Associated Press clarification, which ran on the AP Wire 2/18/08: DENVER (AP) _ In a Jan. 17 story, The Associated Press reported that the U.S. Department of Agriculture had found more than a dozen violations of organic standards by Aurora Organic Dairy. In April 2007, the USDA had said it "identified willful violations" by the dairy of the Organic Foods Production Act. The agency and the dairy signed a consent agreement in August under which the dairy agreed to change some of its practices, and the agency said its complaints were resolved. In a follow-up interview in late January, USDA Deputy Administrator Barbara Robinson said the consent agreement had settled the complaints without a final determination that the dairy had violated the Organic Foods Production Act.</ref>:</ref>.

In August 2007, Aurora was sanctioned by the United States Department of Agriculture after the agency's investigators found 14 wilful violations of federal organic law. The agency considered decertification and then placed Aurora on a one-year probation. The company agreed not to sell as organic milk from cattle that may not have been raised organically.[3] An agreement was reached by the USDA and Aurora which resulted in Aurora agreeing to reduce the size of its herd and provide cattle with pasture grazing during the growing season.[4]... strike this paragraph, see above reference to the Associated Press clarification. There were no findings of fact regarding "willfull violations" and the USDA confirmed the allegations made by the Cornucopia Institute were allegations, not findings of violations. Therefore, this pargraph is false, biased and misrepresents the Consent Agreement between Aurora Organic Dairy and USDA.

In June 2009, a court dismissed lawsuits against Aurora, grocery chains that sold Aurora's milk, and QAI, a certification body.[5]

Cornucopia filed additional legal complaints against Aurora in 2009, claiming that Aurora does not provide sufficient grazing for its cattle, as required by regulations. According to Cornucopia, Aurora planted "substandard crops that are planted on an annual basis," not providing sufficient year-round grazing for cattle. Aurora responded by saying that Cornucopia's new claims were identical to those that were brought up in 2007, and were summarily dismissed.[4] ... strike this paragraph as, again, this is part of an attack by the Cornucopia Institute on Aurora Organic Dairy and is based on the subjective opinions of those involved with Cornucopia Institute, rather than based on reality of Aurora Organic Dairy's operations.

We have repeatedly tried to post a brief description of Aurora Organic Dairy that is very neutral and unbiased, but provides factual information about the company. We suggest you adopt that version rather than try to rewrite the current one as shown above, as it would require a complete rewrite due to the numerous factual errors and bias with which it was written. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sonjatuitele (talk • contribs) 20:24, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

The first place to try to addresss this is the article's talk page, inviting the other editors of the article to participate and attempt to reach consensus. This is even more important as you have a conflict of interest and should not editing the article yourself. Also please note our policy on shared accounts. – ukexpat (talk) 20:39, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

new page

Today i realized there is no wikipedia page for A Very Potter Musical. It is a popular fan-made musical on you-tube that deserves its own page. Either someone should make one or please tell me how to make a page. Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.197.124.87 (talk) 22:06, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

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

Thank you.

You will need to first register an account, which has many benefits, including the ability to create articles. Once you have registered, please search Wikipedia first to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject. Please also review a few of our relevant policies and guidelines which all articles should comport with. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite to reliable sources which verify their content and must not contain unsourced, negative content about living people.

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

If you still think an article is appropriate, see Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article, 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 available to walk you through creating an article, but you will need to create an account to use it. if you don't wish to do so, you can submit a proposal for an article at Articles for Creation. TNXMan 22:07, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Note that an article on this topic was deleted last summer as the result of an AfD and that recreations have been speedied three times since, the last time only a little more than a month ago. I'd think hard before creating a new article on this. Deor (talk) 22:31, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

In case it is not clear why these have kept being deleted, look at notability again: only if you can find multiple non-trivial references in independent reliable sources would the subject be notable enough for a Wikipedia article. --ColinFine (talk) 23:16, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

I just noticed that A Very Potter Musical has also been salted, so if anyone wants to create an article about it, he'll have to take the matter to deletion review first to seek a consensus that such an article would meet our guidelines. Deor (talk) 17:27, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Photographs?

What's the protocol for putting pictures into articles? Can we use publicity shots, or do we have to clear the copyrights to use pictures? Regent of the Seatopians (talk) 22:45, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

The long answer is at Wikipedia:Image use policy, but the short answer is that freely licensed and public domain images must be used wherever possible, and only where free alternatives are not possible can you use something copyrighted that requires a fair use claim, which includes publicity shots. Confusing Manifestation(Say hi!) 00:04, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

TFA - What is the point of this?

Hi. Why do I get the following notice when editing today's featured article:

Yes, you really are editing Wikipedia right now!

Cyclone Gonu is Today's featured article. You are actually editing it and if you press Save, your changes will be publicly viewable – immediately. Vandalism and test edits are swiftly removed by Wikipedia volunteers, so please do not waste your time and theirs by saving changes which do not improve the article. Of course constructive changes are welcome – but know that vandals will be blocked from editing.

Use the Sandbox for test edits, or go to Talk:Cyclone Gonu to make comments or suggestions. See the Tutorial on how to get started editing. We are excited to have you contribute! Thank you.

Is this really nessecary? I'm an experienced editor here and this notice is rather distracting so is there a way to turn it off for TFA? Thanks. ~AH1^(TCU) 23:09, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Perhaps someone at Template talk:TFA-editnotice would be able to explain it better, but I think the idea is that a big warning notice might help to deter silliness or vandalism from those unaccustomed to Wikipedia but who are tempted to hit the "edit this page" button and try things out when their favourite subject is showcased on one of the most popular websites. You can turn it off by following the instructions at Template:TFA-editnotice/doc. Bencherlite^Talk 23:18, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

The Citroen Visa Forum

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am trying to remove my website from the blacklist but it is not happening. Is there a way that a Wikipedia Moderator/Admin can do this for me. The web address is:

www.visaforum.freeforums.org ( I cannot link it because of the blacklist)

It is not a spam website and it is there only to promote the great little car. I would like to put it into the links section of Citroen Visa:

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

Can you help me please. Regards.

June 4

Ventro-ventral should be renamed

The page titled Ventro-ventral redirects to Missionary position. I would like to change the title "Ventro-ventral" to "Ventro-ventral copulation". This change is appropriate because ventro-ventral means face-to-face and does not in itself a sex position. For example, see Dynamics of a relationship: rhesus mother-infant ventro-ventral contact at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4203804 And see Ventro-ventral Thoracopagus at http://ddc.aub.edu.lb/projects/health/specimens/gross-specimens/fetuses/ventro-ventra-thoracopagus/index.html

Can the title of the Ventro-ventral page be changed to Ventro-ventral copulation? If so, can you please tell me how to do that?

Thanks, DPS145192 (talk) 03:04, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

I have done so on your behalf - it is the move function once you are autoconfirmed. ~QwerpQwertus ·_Talk_·_Contribs_· The Wiki Puzzle Piece Award

The relevant manual pages are WP:MOVE, WP:REDIRECT, and WP:AUTOCONFIRM. --Teratornis (talk) 07:03, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

have photos etc to contribute for Steve Fossett bio re the search

I was the mentioned Public Information Officer - Maj (now Lt Col) Ryan - for the entire Fossett search.

I have photos that I could release to the Public Domain and add to the entry, but don't have a clue if they are wanted or how to do that.

If anybody would like to help, I'd appreciate it.

Lt Col Cynthia S. Ryan (email address redacted to prevent spam) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.65.39.176 (talk) 03:54, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Having possession of photos is not as relevant to their copyright status as having created them. Did you create these photos? If not, do you have permission in writing from the creators to redistribute them freely? (Or are the photos in the public domain for another reason such as having been created by an employee of the US Federal government in the course of his or her duties?) As to whether the photos would be useful on Wikimedia Foundation projects, see Commons:Commons:Project scope. If you give us more details about what the photos depict and how they were taken (from the ground? from the air?), we can guess whether they would be relevant to an encyclopedia article. Without seeing them, I would guess they probably are relevant, given your position. Are the photos already available online somewhere? How many photos are you talking about? If the number is large, it is possible to arrange for a bulk donation to be handled automatically. Several institutions have donated large numbers of photos this way. For details about how to upload photos manually, see Commons:Commons:First steps. The best place to upload public domain photos is Wikimedia Commons, so all the WMF project sites can use them. You have to create an account on Commons to upload files there. You can also upload files to Flickr and license them freely over there. That makes them somewhat easy for experienced users to then upload them to Commons. We have bot programs to help with that. Some people find it easier to upload files to Flickr, I guess, because Flickr has far more photos than Commons. About a thousand times more. --Teratornis (talk) 07:01, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Gary Coleman

I am aware that Gary Coleman recently passed away, but I only wanted to include an appearance he made on the TV show "Martin." He played an inmate released on parole named "MadDog No Good." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.218.111.226 (talk) 05:37, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

While the page is protected, you can make a request on the article talk page. -Reconsider! 06:19, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

But without a reliable published source that says that he did, that information should not be included in Wikipedia. --ColinFine (talk) 21:40, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

I didn't disagree with you

Can this sentence means "I did not express my opinion" or "I hold a neutral wiew"?--刻意(Kèyì) 06:18, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

If this question is a question about language usage, please ask it on Wikipedia:Reference desk/Language. But I can try to answer. The sentence "I didn't disagree with you" could mean either of the two sentences you mention, or neither, but it would depend on the context. Many speakers of English (or presumably, of any language) may say something that is not literally what they mean, or which does not cover all the possibilities. Precise speaking is actually a rare skill, which is part of what makes understanding sometimes difficult between strangers. Only by getting to know someone can you master their idiolect. Anyway, when someone says "I didn't disagree with you" they may or may not have expressed their opinion. If my opinion agrees with your opinion, then I can express my opinion without disagreeing with you. If I hold a neutral view, and I do not disagree with you, then you must hold a neutral view too. Since disagreement can make some people uncomfortable, they may be purposely vague about it. Politicians must also be masters of purposeful vagueness. They use glittering generalities to stir positive emotions, but try to avoid specific details that would give people something to object to. --Teratornis (talk) 06:43, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

I've also replied to this question on here, on your English-language Wikipedia talk page. Cheers,  – OhioStandard (talk) 03:28, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

How do I resize an image?

Currently I have an image with the source looking like this: [[File:Crosby Opera House. (Before 1871), by Zimmerman, Charles A., 1844-1909.png]] The problem is that the image is too big, and I would like to know how to make it smaller; and also, I would like to wrap it around a box too. I don't know how to do that either. Minimac (talk) 10:08, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Here's a link to the image: File:Crosby Opera House. (Before 1871), by Zimmerman, Charles A., 1844-1909.png. And how do you mean, "Make it smaller"? Do you want to display the image as a thumbnail? In that case, you would use something like [[File:Crosby Opera House. (Before 1871), by Zimmerman, Charles A., 1844-1909.png|thumb|right|caption]]. Dismas|^(talk) 11:13, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Read all about it at Wikipedia:Picture tutorial -- John of Reading (talk) 12:06, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Thea Garrett (Controversy section)

Dear Sir/madam

A suer created a page for Maltese artist Thea Garrett. Noe there is a section which is called Controversy section. There are very sensitive details there and for the sake of this Maltese artist which i own her website , it would be fair on her since this case is in court, to delete this section from her page. It is extremley important to do so since its harming her alot.

Hope to hear from you soon.

Mrs. Falzon (her mother) has already sent you an e-mail and you sent her a ticket number (#2010060210014317)

regards Mark Soler Marksoler (talk) 10:17, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

I think WP:BLPN is a more suitable place to address these concerns. -Reconsider! 11:28, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

This seems to be a control issue. Marksoler (talk · contribs) has already been warned at 07:19 UTC about removal of reliably sourced material from this article, yet at 11:00 UTC he has removed the section again. WP:BLP does not mean that we do not report on issues which portray the subject of the BLP in a negative light. It means that we have to be sure to be able to verify what is said, and that it is sourced from reliable sources. The Times of Malta meets this policy easily. Mjroots (talk) 13:48, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Writing in red

Some words are in red because the words don't have a page.should i keep them red or remove the [[ ]] around them?Gobbleswoggler (talk) 14:25, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

It depends. According to WP:RED, some links should left red to indicate that articles can and should be written about the subject. However, redlinks in lists (such as List of radio stations in Africa) should be avoided. TNXMan 14:35, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Threats on my user page

I have reverted a users vandalism and now I have received a threatening on my user talk page. I am a bit upset about this and i want someone to ban this user. If someone looks on my history page and compares the last two revisions you can see the message. Gobbleswoggler (talk) 15:13, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

I've reverted them (and given them a warning). Another editor, an admin, has also blocked the user responsible. TFOWR^{idle vapourings} 15:17, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

(edit conflict) I've blocked the user for 31 hours. Usually, vandalism like this can be ignored or (if persistent) reported to WP:AIV. TNXMan 15:18, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

linking to sub heading

I want to add some content to an article that links to Architectural drawing, but particularly to the sub-sub-sections on "Floor plan" and "Elevation". Usually to do that I would write: Architectural drawing#Floor plan|Architectural drawing enclosed in double brackets and that would link to the particular section. But that does not seem to work in this case. What do I need to do to get the links to work? 173.52.182.160 (talk) 15:57, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Architectural drawing seems to work for me. Where does the link you entered take you? TNXMan 16:04, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

It did not work when I tried previewing the added content, but perhaps it was just a momentary glitch in the system and I will try again. Thanks. 173.52.182.160 (talk) 16:14, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Remember to use square brackets (i.e [[]]) and not regular brackets (()) or {{}}. Jeffrey Mall (talk • contribs) - 16:33, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Recreating an article

An article of interest to me was deleted in 2008. It has indisputably become more notable since 2008, appearing in multiple news sources. What is the proceedure for beginning the article again? Is it acceptable to just create it? SmokingNewton (talk) 17:20, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Usually. It's been two years and if there is significant coverage, there shouldn't be a problem. To which article were you referring? TNXMan 17:25, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Well, it's a contraversial one: Andrew Schlafly, creator of Conservapedia. He's General Council of AAPS and leading their claim that Obama's healthcare is unconstitutional. He's also leading a committee to recall a senator, and he's been on the Colbert Report. Back in 2008, his notability was purely through Conservapedia and his communications with Lenski. Right now, I think his notability is established. And I think I'm a good candidate to write the initial article neutrally, fairly & with good referencing. SmokingNewton (talk) 17:28, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Well, I would certainly read through Talk:Andrew Schlafly as the article has been discussed and examined several times. However, the most recent discussion appears to have been several months ago. If any of those editors are still active, you may want to drop them a note so they can help with the article. TNXMan 17:38, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Adminship

I have requested to be an administrator but no-one has opposed,supported or being neutral yet. Can someone look into this and let me know. Cheers,Gobbleswoggler (talk) 17:24, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

I see one comment so far (in the oppose section). You've done everything correctly to list the RfA, so now you just have to wait. TNXMan 17:26, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Asking for comments in an RfA will probably make a few people question you. Just wait, and good luck. SmokingNewton (talk) 17:29, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

uploading a new corporate logo to a company's existing article/page

Please help! I have been trying to figure out how to change my company's logo on our Wiki since it has been updated. I am a new user, i.e., I have a login but have not made any contributions yet.

Thank you! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dlabinger (talk • contribs) 17:28, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

You won't be able to upload images until your account is autoconfirmed, which happens automatically when your account is at least four days old and has made at least ten edits. Your account is old enough, so go make more edits to anywhere on Wikipedia (including Wikipedia:Sandbox), and then you will be able to update the image. Once that happens, you will see a link that says "Upload a new version of this file" on the image page that you can use. --Mysdaao ^talk 17:32, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

(edit conflict) To upload an image (i.e. your logo), your account must be autoconfirmed, that is active for four days and made at least ten edits. Alternatively, you could post a request on the article's talk page asking another editor to upload the image for you. Finally, I would definitely encourage you to read our info on conflict of interest. While you've certainly not done anything improper, it's good to be aware that Wikipedia discourages people from editing where they have a conflict of interest. TNXMan 17:34, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Ok, now I have a question regarding this, can you upload an image if you are a Confirmed user? wiooiw (talk) 17:39, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Yes. Confirmed users are the same as autoconfirmed users, but have been exempted from the normal waiting period. TNXMan 17:41, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

No COI, I promise. I just do not yet have the rights to upload the company's new logo, and it needs to be done for branding purposes. Thanks so much for your help!Dlabinger (talk) 18:14, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Well you have a de facto COI as it is the article about your company (note that it is not your company's page). So long as you take heed of the advice at WP:COI, you shouldn't have a problem. – ukexpat (talk) 18:26, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

See Commons:COM:CB#Trademarks to learn how to tell whether the logo meets the threshold of originality which would make it by default under someone's copyright. If the logo is copyrighted, then either the copyright owner must state in writing that they release the logo under a free license (see Commons:COM:OTRS), or you would have to claim a fair use rationale for it on Wikipedia. Also, if by "our Wiki" you refer to an article about the company on Wikipedia, the latter is how we like to refer to it, since Wikipedia is not Wiki. For more about the wonders of copyright law and licensing on the Wikimedia Foundation projects, see the links under Commons:COM:EIC#Copyright. If you unify your account with Special:MergeAccount, you can upload new files on Wikimedia Commons without needing to wait for autoconfirmation there. However, Commons does not accept fair use files. --Teratornis (talk) 20:59, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

templates with a number of red links

I have a question here, whether Wikipedia discourages a template with red links in majority?

I created a template to replace Template:Jiangxi which is largely redundant with Template:County-level divisions of Jiangxi. But my edit was reverted and I was told to create more articles before changing back to my version. However, I find it frequent templates with many red links on wiki, such as Template:Driving licences in Africa. Thanks.--Symane TALK 17:38, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

The guideline at Wikipedia:Red link is that red links are generally not included in navigational boxes. They're not forbidden, but the reason they're not meant to be used is because navigational boxes are for finding existing articles. By the way, {{Driving licences in Africa}} may have a lot of red links but it's not used on any articles. --Mysdaao ^talk 18:22, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

It's a guideline. The key thing with redlinks in templates is their relevance. There's nothing wrong with a template having lots of redlinks as long as those redlinks are to articles which should be created and are going to be encyclopedic - see {{Dutch Windmills}} for an example of this. Mjroots (talk) 19:26, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

I think that {{Colleges_and_universities_in_Maryland}} is a good example, it has two redlinks, these are for the two out of the sixteen community colleges that don't have articles yet. There is just as much likelihood of those two being good articles as the other fourteen.

Creating a red link basically amounts to telling other people to do some work for you. That's forgivable if the person who creates a red link is very new to Wikipedia and hasn't mastered the details of creating articles that stick. In that case, the new user should also list the article(s) at Wikipedia:Requested articles. For experienced users, who know perfectly well how to create new articles, why not just go ahead and create the needed articles? If the topics are clearly notable, stubs will do, and if notability is not so clear, then it only takes a few minutes to Google up some sources to establish notability. If a few minutes' searching does not turn up any reliable sources, then maybe the topic is not actually notable and we shouldn't have a red link to it. The only way to be sure we should have a red link to a topic is to do the same sort of preliminary work that you would have to do to write a start-class article. So why not just start the article? --Teratornis (talk) 22:46, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

As a related observation, it's odd how obviously needed articles like Wind power in Japan can remain as red links for years, while every day Wikipedia deletes hundreds if not thousands of new articles on other topics for a variety of reasons. Large numbers of people approach Wikipedia with preconceived ideas about what they want to do, instead of looking around for what needs doing. If only we could somehow redirect the efforts of our aspiring article creators away from their pre-existing interests to Wikipedia's interests. --Teratornis (talk) 22:50, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

I disagree that mass creation of stubs is to be encouraged. We had huge numbers of almost useless stubs created to "blue-up" lists of rivers and all they do is discourage creation of decent articles. Rmhermen (talk) 22:59, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

I'm in full agreement with you there, Rmhermn. Had that problem with some Friesland windmills. It's not that the material isn't available there, just that it's almost exclusively in Dutch so article creation will be as and when I get round to it. Mjroots (talk) 06:40, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

Vandalism

Can an administrator ban this account : 94.11.243.161 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)? Gobbleswoggler (talk) 19:10, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Vandalism issues should really be reported at WP:AIV. Mjroots (talk) 19:19, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

I've granted the IPs request for a Wikibreak. Mjroots (talk) 19:23, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

User account redirect to article page OK?

I've never run on to this before, but is this okay? — TRANSPORTERMAN (TALK) 19:42, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Nope, that redirect should be nuked. It looks like he wrote the article on his user page, and moved it to mainspace, thus creating the automatic redirect. Arakunem^Talk 19:48, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

I don't think it is, but I'm not 100% sure what is going on here. I'll copy your post over to WP:AN where more other admins will see it. Hopefully a more experienced admin than I am will be able to deal with this. Mjroots (talk) 19:50, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

I also agree that it isn't okay, as it is both confusing and misleading (as it makes it look like Wiki Rticles is Doug Davis, unless he actually is him). In addition, WP:CNR states that the general consensus is that newly created cross-namespace redirects should be deleted. Anyway, I decided to go for it and removed the redirect from the userpage. I doubt it was done on purpose anyway - it's just the result of the article being moved. ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 19:54, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

I did the same on the talkpage after seeing what you'd done on the user. — TRANSPORTERMAN (TALK) 19:57, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

I don't really see it as a problem. I'm not inclined to revert, but I believe many editors redirect their userpages to bizarre places and I know of an admin whose userpgae redirects to a category. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:59, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

SuperHamster, I assume you realize that page is an essay, no more than a list of arguments proffered by various people? I don't know how the user who wrote that essay gets to decide what is "general consensus". Personally, I believe userspace to X-space redirects are fine, but articlespace to userspace should be deleted. But I digress. More importantly, I have prodded the article because the sources provided are forums, fansites and YouTube -- hardly reliable enough to satisfy the notability guideline. Xenon54 (talk) 20:04, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

A moot point. As I was posting that Guy deleted the article because of both A7 and an expired prod, even though the prod was only a few minutes old at that point. I'm not going to ask; it probably was an appropriate A7. Xenon54 (talk) 20:08, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, I know it's an essay - I don't consider all essays to be complete trash, though. Not all essays are just biased and opinionated pages of content that should not be taken seriously. Perhaps it may be me over-trusting the essay, but I took it that it was right regarding what the established consensus is, based on the outcome of past discussions. In addition, if you actually look at the discussions that the statement is sourced to, you'll see that consensus was to delete cross-namespace redirects. But nonetheless, when I go to a userpage, I typically want to see a page that tells me about the user, if anything - I don't want to be redirected to an article when that's not what I want to see. ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 20:11, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Whenever I see these I just tag them for G6 speedily deletion as housekeeping. Never been a problem. – ukexpat (talk) 20:06, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Certainly the user's talk page should not be a redirect anywhere. That is was in this case, I feel, reinforces that it was not intentional, but an artifact of the page move. Arakunem^Talk 20:09, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Interesting, though (and I make no implication here, just the observation), that the user blanked the talk page, which only had a couple of deletion warnings on it, right after the redirect was removed. — TRANSPORTERMAN (TALK) 20:12, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

report abuse, IP issue

Hello someone in NZ has copied your website design for an anti abortion website. It gives the impression that it is a wikipedia page. http://www.exposingalranz.org.nz/index.php?title=Abortion_Law_Reform_Association_of_New_Zealand There have already been disputes with the person running this website. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.57.41.47 (talk) 21:46, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Hi there. This website appears to indeed be running on the same software that all the Wikimedia sites use, known as MediaWiki. It's a free software package that's distributed by MediaWiki.org and is one of the most popular Wiki software packages available and is fairly widely used. Thanks for taking the time to let us know about this though. Cheers, Jeffrey Mall (talk • contribs) - 22:00, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Actually, it appears they are using the wiki software (which is completely OK) for their website. You can learn more about MediaWiki, which is what Wikipedia uses, in our article on the subject. Furthermore, content is allowed to be copied from Wikipedia, as long as the copier properly cites Wikipedia as the source. TNXMan 22:02, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

how do i extend the width of a section. The line only goes halfway across the page

how do i extend the width of a section. The line only goes halfway across the page22:45, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Is there an image above the line which is impinging on the section header? If so, adding the template {{clear}} below the last part of the section above should take care of it. It would help to provide a tailored response if you told us the name of the article and which section header you are seeing this in.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 22:56, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Below the Sports Car & nascar Results section is the Indy 500 results section and the line only goes halfway across the page causing the images in that section to stack. Same with the see also section

Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 23:17, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

By process of elimination, it appears to be something with the {{multiple image}} template(s). I thought at first it was the HTML tables (which I replaced with wikitables) but that's not it. If you remove the two templates and hit preview, everything looks fine, but I don't know what's wrong exactly.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 23:37, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

It's completely distorted now so would you please undo the changes you made. Thank you68.5.39.2 (talk) 00:02, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

I've also taken a crack at it using some {{FixBunching}} templates and moving the images around a little. It looks better, but not perfect. – ukexpat (talk) 00:42, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

And you have just reverted... – ukexpat (talk) 03:39, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

I think I fixed the problem by by changing the multiple image template to a gallery. I did this for the first template use as an example. For some reason I was reverted where I did it, but the same idea was used by the creator to fix the second use of the template. I'm a bit confused by this but looks like matters are okay now.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 00:34, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

June 5

Code can't be hidden in infobox

The image in the infobox at Barbara Hershey was just deleted, so I removed the image code from the infobox. However, this leaves some code visible in the display of the page; how do I get rid of it without adding a new image? Nyttend (talk) 00:17, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

It had one of those little red blobby things that are visible sometimes using WikEd (I think it's a hard space) - I deleted it. – ukexpat (talk) 00:28, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

Complexity

I'm finding it very hard to see through the trees here.

I wanted to try to update an entry as an expert on a subject, yet it's taken me 15 minutes to figure out how to make any response at all?

I'm bookmarking this page in the hope of some help.

Thank you. :)

93.96.98.124 (talk) 02:59, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

You may find the editing tutorial helpful, or try making test edits in the Wikipedia:Sandbox. It is possible that you were trying to edit a "protected article", an article locked to prevent vandalism. Most protected pages are "semi-protected" and can be edited by users with an autoconfirmed account. If you can provide more information about your problem, we can give you more specific instructions.

Please be aware that although Wikipedia welcomes editors who are experts in their fields, all information should be verifiable and cite references---even information added by experts. Thanks, liquidluck✽talk 03:10, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

A simpler options is often to suggest changes on the talk page of an article. Then other editors with more experience at editing on Wikipedia may consider your suggestions and apply them to the article. The rules and procedures for editing on Wikipedia can be surprisingly complex, depending on what you want to do. --Teratornis (talk) 06:36, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Mobil wiki not working

A few days ago some of my searches would not redirect to the mobil site. Now none of them go to the mobil site. I thought I accidentaly hit the permanently disable the mobil site button. So I followed the instructions to reactivate it but nothing has changed. Can anyone help? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.171.168.204 (talk) 06:51, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

The mobile site has been overloaded recently. Hopefully it will be fixed soon. PleaseStand ^(talk) 07:51, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

You could try http://en.m.wikipedia.org/ which is a direct link. PleaseStand ^(talk) 19:36, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

Blocking?

Having read an article & found blatant vandalism- how does one notify admins in order to have an unregistered user blocked? The user is 110.34.4.242 - if you look through the edits he's made I believe them to all be BS... Aurelius2007 (talk) 08:35, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

WP:AIV. If you like, you may activate Twinkle (My preferences -> Gadgets) so that you can warn and report certain users, as well as requesting page protection. E Wing (talk) 08:41, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

Hi Aurelius2007, you may find it beneficial to read Wikipedia's policy on vandalism: Wikipedia:Vandalism, in case you haven't done so already. Cheers, Jeffrey Mall (talk • contribs) - 10:07, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

Need help to revert the changes and add new subcategory on the config examples page.

Hi Team, Was trying to add config example, but looks like I added it to the wrong page. http://docwiki.cisco.com/wiki/Category:Configuration_Examples I expect first I need to revert changes. And re-add the example to the tech category. But there is no "Video" Category yet. Could some one explain how to achieve that, as a bit unclear what exactly to do, too much info. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.103.25.233 (talk)

This is the help desk for Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. You are asking about an unrelated Cisco wiki called DocWiki. It uses the same MediaWiki software as Wikipedia but we have no control over it and cannot edit there. That being said, I can see you did indeed edit the wrong page. Click the "history" tab at http://docwiki.cisco.com/wiki/Category:Configuration_Examples, then click "last" next to your edit, and then you may see an "undo" link when you are logged in (I cannnot edit there so I don't see it). Click the undo link and save to revert your edit. After reverting, try to follow the instructions carefully, starting by writing your configuration example title in the box and clicking "Create page". PrimeHunter (talk) 12:21, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, I managed to restore the previous page, but I still can not add the Example or the new sub category. When I click on the button Create Page, it does not show me the page template but another set instuctions. I can not guess how to create sub-category first. Under "V" there is "Category:VoIP Configuration Examples", I need to create another under "V" "Video Configuration Examples", Could you please clarify how that should be done.

You can create either your example page or the subcategory first. I guess the other set of instructions you mention is (the source of) the page template, as seen by clicking "edit" (or possibly "view source") at http://docwiki.cisco.com/wiki/Template:Configuration_Example. After clicking the "Create page" button you should be able to edit the box showing the instructions, to add your example. Place the code [[Category:Video Configuration Examples]] at the bottom of the edit box and save. After saving, the category name at the bottom of the page should be a red link to indicate that the category doesn't exist yet. Click the red link, add the code [[Category:Configuration Examples]] in the empty box, and save. You never have to edit http://docwiki.cisco.com/wiki/Category:Configuration_Examples. A page or a subcategory is placed in a category by adding the code [[Category:Name]] on the page or subcategory. Then the category called Name will automatically list the page containing the code.

Note that this page is really for questions about how to use Wikipedia, as said at the top. It's difficult to help you on a wiki I know nothing about in advance and cannot edit. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:52, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

If you are new to editing on wikis that run the MediaWiki software, categories can be confusing at first. You should read Help:Category at least once. --Teratornis (talk) 06:31, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Quick question

Are there circumstances where {{db-author}} would not apply when the creator blanks the page? -Regancy42 (talk) 13:09, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

Yes, for example when others have contributed substantial content. Special considerations may be taken in other cases, for example for a template or category already in use on articles. Do you have a specific case in mind? PrimeHunter (talk) 13:24, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

Yes, Baburaj.T.V. -Regancy42 (talk) 13:26, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

Looks like the only non-author edits (apart from IP edit that may be the author, it certainly performed an identical edit) are notability concerns and deletion requests. I'd not argue with applying {{db-author}} here. TFOWR^{idle vapourings} 13:31, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

STiki

When using the tool STiki,if you pressed innocent but realise that is is vandalism but its too late,is there anyway you can go back to the last slide again? Gobbleswoggler (talk) 13:28, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

No, I don't think you can. ~QwerpQwertus ·_Talk_·_Contribs_· The Wiki Puzzle Piece Award

Mobile Wiki

Is Mobile Wiki havin issues? My Wiki app page automatically redirects to regular Wikipedia and so does a direct attempt. I saw that there was a general issue with Mobile Wiki in the last few days...Ref: [edit]Mobil wiki not working

A few days ago some of my searches would not redirect to the mobil site. Now none of them go to the mobil site. I thought I accidentaly hit the permanently disable the mobil site button. So I followed the instructions to reactivate it but nothing has changed. Can anyone help? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.171.168.204 (talk) 06:51, 5 June 2010 (UTC) The mobile site has been overloaded recently. Hopefully it will be fixed soon. PleaseStand (talk) 07:51, 5 June 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.205.14.140 (talk)

The mobile site is currently disabled, until new servers are setup to better support the mobile site. Gary King (talk) 05:56, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

iPhone devise browser format of Wikipedia articles has stopped working

Wikipedia article were appearing on the iPhone web browser formatted for the device until a few days ago. Now articles are no longer formatted for the iPhone Safari web browser. What occurred? The only thing new that might have changed is a new Java release. Will the issue be resolved? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.248.154.174 (talk) 14:53, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/ still appears to work. Try that link on your iPhone. The mobile website has had problems with load lately. Xenon54 (talk) 14:58, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

Abusive comment

On my talk page i have yet again had an abusive message.If you look on the last entry there is a comment from a different user. Gobbleswoggler (talk) 15:25, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

It doesn't look abusive, just a question. Please assume good faith. Eagles 24/7 (C) 15:26, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

I have to say it definitely looks abusive, at the very least unprovoked. I normally remove abusive comments and ignore the user. Xenon54 (talk) 15:31, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

Gobbleswoggler, you may remove any comments you would like from your talk page, so if you think it's abusive, you can remove it. Eagles 24/7 (C) 15:33, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

Making a page: will it be deleted if?

Hi I want to make a page on myself as a musician. I don't really have many reliable sources I can list but it's about myself so does that still have a chance of being deleted if it's not vulgar or inappropriate?

Cody Degaust —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cyde7 (talk • contribs) 16:30, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

Unfortunately, without reliable sources to determine notability, the article would be deleted. Please see a guide to creating your first article and WP:AUTO for why you shouldn't create an article about yourself. Eagles 24/7 (C) 16:37, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

(e/c) I am fairly confident the article would quickly be deleted for four reasons:

• You are discouraged from creating autobiographies. It's nearly impossible for you to write neutrally about yourself; many new users quickly find out that writing neutrally about any topic takes practice.

• All articles, but especially biographies of living people (BLPs), must be verified by reliable sources. A BLP without any sources or that cites self-published, questionable, or otherwise poor sources will be deleted.

• You do not have any hits on Google News, and the only pages that come up with a regular Google search are your MySpace and Facebook pages. These are not reliable sources, so chances are you do not have any reliable sources at all. I suggest you review our definition on what is considered "reliable".

• If you are a musician, and you do not already have an article here, it is highly unlikely that you pass the notability guidelines for musicians at the present time. Notability cannot exist without reliable sources. Xenon54 (talk) 16:39, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

General of Division Aristide Razu

Hi,

I have deleted the content of the article which became simply Aristide Razu(!?) and i have created a new one which is more to the point General of Division Aristide Razu.But now I cannot find it.

Also I have uploaded some photos from my family album with 32nd Mirce Voda Regiment ,which were made especially by this regiment as a gift to my ggrandfather General of Division Aristide Razu,but they cannot be seen.Christ!Also I have uploaded photos with him and wife ,my grandfather etc.

Aristiderazu. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aristiderazu (talk • contribs) 18:05, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

I can find two articles...

• General of Division Aristide Razu
• Aristide Razu

Since you put only a title, JNW redirected it to the old one. Would you like me to undo his deleting it for a redirect and delete the old one (I'll leave you a copy) so that you can do the new one instead?

Yes please!So I have to make it all over again? Aristiderazu~QwerpQwertus ·_Talk_·_Contribs_· The Wiki Puzzle Piece Award

Per Wikipedia:Naming conventions (people), the appropriate title is Aristide Razu, not General of Division Aristide Razu, although the latter may be acceptable for a redirect (as it is being used.)--SPhilbrickT 18:26, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

I moved your new version to Aristride Razu and left the long named one a redirect to it. Aristride Razu is now your new one and, if you need it, here is a copy of the old one below.

Well my gggrandfather was Doctor Aristide Razu,father of General of Division Aristide Razu,so.... But thanks. Aristiderazu

Copy Of Old One

Aristide Razu (1868-1950) was a Romanian General and Commander of the 22nd Romanian Infantry Division in 1916 and of the 5th Romanian Infantry Division during the Great War against the Central Powers. After his retirement in 1928, the Romanian Government started with nationalization of the underground of the lands (underground resources such as petrol etc. having been declared as belonging to the State in 1932) and in 1946, his land and family properties in general such as Muzeul Nicolae Balcescu (Land Balcesti-Giltofani) belonging to Radu Mandrea, brother of Margareta Razu, born from Zoe Balcescu and Nicolae Mandrea, wife of General Aristide Razu, in Birsanesti, Bacau County, Romania, 99 Ha and Cobadin, Constanta County, Romania, including his house on Vasovia Street, Bucharest have been nationalized and still are today in 2010. References http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=116307

~QwerpQwertus ·_Talk_·_Contribs_· The Wiki Puzzle Piece Award

Mystery template

In an article, I found the template {{clear}}. I tested in the sandbox to find out what it does, but I couldn't see anything at all. What is the point of this template? Lova Falk talk 19:58, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

It is documented at Template:Clear. SmokingNewton _{(MESSAGE ME)} 20:02, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

Thank you! Finally I learned how to find a template... I was looking at WP:template and getting really frustrated. Lova Falk talk 20:10, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

No problem at all. Write on my talk page if you need anything else at all :) SmokingNewton _{(MESSAGE ME)} 20:15, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

Resolved

Jointing references?

If someone is adding a reference, they source the same website in two seperate text, is there a way to direct them to the same reference line? Thanks in advance,SwisterTwister (talk) 21:05, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

Yes, using refnames. Instead of typing <ref>http://www.example.com</ref>, type <ref name="examplename">http://www.example.com</ref>. When you next want to reference example.com, type <ref name="examplename" />. It'll produce a link to the same reference. liquidluck✽talk 21:10, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

Ancestry.com & Wikipedia

I have another question, I have been adding Ancestry.com surname meaning pages to surnames here on Wikipedia. Because I have add WikiProblems before where people would disagree with the source and such. I just want to know if it's a green light to post Ancestry.com surname meaning to their Wiki pages. Thanks in advance for your advice, SwisterTwister (talk) 21:39, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

If your question is whether ancestry.com is reliable, I would say yes, it gets it's info from public documents and census, ect. - though I'm not sure whether it would officially be considered a reliable source. Try this.

~QwerpQwertus ·_Talk_·_Contribs_· The Wiki Puzzle Piece Award

The best place to ask questions about the reliability of sources is the Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard. I believe Ancestry also takes user submitted information, which would make it a bad source to use, but I'm not sure. liquidluck✽talk 16:10, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

It might be better to quote the source Ancestry.com use for this: "Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4" in many cases.

How to protest decision

What's the process for protesting or asking for reveiew of an admin decision? Specifically there was an article nominated for deletion. Although the consensus was strongly to delete or merge with another exisiting article on the same subject, an admin designated it as "Keep." This doesn't seem in keeping with Wiki policy of discussion and consensus. JoKing (talk) 23:48, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

This is handled at Wikipedia:Deletion review. Good luck! SmokingNewton _{(MESSAGE ME)} 23:57, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

(edit conflict) I presume you are referring to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Puggle. There is no formal process for reviewing administrators' decisions, as Wikipedia is not a bureaucracy. You can discuss it on the closing admin's talk page, or renominate the article for deletion after a considerable amount of time has passed. From looking at the discussion in question, however, it seems that the arguments in favour of deletion were weaker than those in favour of preservation. In this case, the argument that the article is substantiated by secondary sources (offered by those in favour of keeping) was deemed to be stronger than the assorted and generally weak arguments offered by the 'delete' !voters. AfD discussions are closed according to consensus, rather than a vote-count. In response to SmokingNewton above, DRV does not handle AfDs which were closed "keep", as far as I know. Intelligentsium 00:00, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

I've never been involved in Deletion Review, so I'm not sure, but the page says: "includes appeals to restore deleted pages and appeals to delete pages kept after a prior discussion." SmokingNewton _{(MESSAGE ME)} 00:02, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

It seems DRV can be used to contest discussions in which the result was not "delete" (though this is less common), thank you for pointing that out. However I would not recommend going to DRV before discussing it with the closing admin. Intelligentsium 00:04, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

I have reviewed the deletion discussion and this was pretty clearly a keep so while taking this to deletion review is your prerogative, I think it will be a waste of your time. Many of the deletion arguments were not based in policy, and some were very poor ("if we keep this it will set a precedent and every designer breed will get an article"). Some of the keep arguments were poor as well, but the fact that it was shown that there were multiple reliable sources (existing, not necessarily in the article) cuts through most of the arguments for deletion. That is the linchpin of the general notability guideline of verifiability and of original research; our inclusion guidelines and policies. More importantly for the review, even if it was found that it was not a clear "keep", but there was simply lack of consensus, that defaults to keep so you would have to show not just that finding this was a keep was poor, but that this went past no consensus, to delete, and I think that is a very unlikely to be found here.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 00:26, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Challenges to a closure of a deletion discussion, whatever the closure is, is within the jurisdiction of DRV. As to this particular AfD, most of the delete comments are not well-argued at all; no one actually rebutted the claim that GNG is satisfied, as Fuhghettaboutit pointed out. Moreover, most delete !votes are by new users or IPs with very few edits, and these comments are accorded substantially less weight. Tim Song (talk) 03:46, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Speaking as a non-admin, it looks like a good close to me. – ukexpat (talk) 17:05, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

June 6

Please forward my email to actor Eric Roberts

Dear Eric,

I saw you today in a TV movie, "Fatal Desire"...you played "JOE". I have to tell you that you are by far one of the most handsome men I have seen and an absolute wonderful actor. I just read you are married and Julia Roberts brother-that is awesome! I wish you weren't married(Like I'd ever get to spend time with you-ha!). Your wife is VERY lucky to have you. The movie was SO sad though, I wished I could have been in it to save you. If you ever get this email, I hope you will have time to write back to me-I would be truly HONORED. Thanks for reading HANDSOME!!!

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. Though we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome, no one is going to forward your post to Eric Roberts, even if they knew how. Personally, I imagine that actors grow quite weary of being fawned over and would never act that way toward one, but that's just me.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 04:44, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

To the original poster: Eric's wife may or may not be lucky to have him. Hollywood marriages have a high failure rate, in part because Hollywood actors get a lot of opportunities to stray. If you want a stable relationship, marry a schlub who doesn't have any better options. --Teratornis (talk) 06:27, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Archiving

Hi, could someone see what I'm doing wrong here - I'm trying to archive my talk page with ClueBot 111. You will have to look in edit mode to see it correctly.
{{User:ClueBot III/ArchiveThis |archiveprefix=User talk:QwerpQwertus/Archives/ |format=DATE_RSS |age=20 |index=no |minkeepthreads=5 |header={{archivebox}} |archivenow={{resolved}},{{done}},{{User:ClueBot III/ArchiveNow}} |maxkeepthreads=7 |maxkeepbytes=40 }}
Thanks! ~QwerpQwertus ·_Talk_·_Contribs_· The Wiki Puzzle Piece Award

Fixed. Gary King (talk) 05:49, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! ~QwerpQwertus ·_Talk_·_Contribs_· The Wiki Puzzle Piece Award

What is the best warning template to use?

I noticed a relatively inexperienced editor adding images to article which add no encyclopedic benefit to the articles. I have been reverting a lot of them, but I'm thinking a warning template might be appropriate. Unfortunately, I don't think {{uw-vandalism1}} is the right one to use because the higher level warnings mention vandalism and I think they are doing these edits in good faith, but then again neither is {{uw-image1}} appropriate because that one seems to be more about adding things like pornography. So, what is the bst course of action in this case? Astronaut (talk) 08:21, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

We might be able to advise you better if we knew which editor you are referring to. Sometime, a personal note achieves more than a standard warning template. Inexperienced editors are allowed to make mistakes in editing - especially if the editing is in good faith. Hopefully, they will learn from their mistakes over time, but if nobody tells them (nicely) that they are doing something wrong then they won't have the chance to learn from the mistake. Mjroots (talk) 08:35, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Probably referring to this user. -- wiooiw (talk) 08:52, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

The user is obviously trying to help per this edit as it clearly is a trash can at the university. And you may want to see this discussion as well as his talk page. And this edit shows his justification of the new pictures. Perhaps we should explain to the user why the pictures are unnecessary. wiooiw (talk) 09:06, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

I've got a combination of Friendly and Twinkle enabled ("My preferences" -> "Gadgets"). In a situation like this I'd use Twinkle's "Rollback (AGF)" button to undo their edit, without labelling it as "vandalism". I'd then use Friendly to stick a "welcome" template on their talk page - I'm yet to find the perfect template for situations like this, but one of them provides hints and tips to new users. Ideally, I'd follow it up with a short message about the article they were editing, what was good about their edits, and what could be improved. Disclaimer: I'm using the old Monobook skin; I have no idea if Twinkle and Friendly work with the new Vector skin. TFOWR^{idle vapourings} 09:16, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

If that is the user in question, they were welcomed in 2008 and have had plenty of interaction with other editors. Plus, according to the template on their talkpage, they are "currently feeling discouraged about wikipedia" so how about actually discussing the issues rather than just putting a template there? From messages posted here previously, they seem keen to learn. Remember, WP:DTTR. --BelovedFreak 09:22, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Ambulance passenger(s)

How many people can an ordinary, everyday ambulance carry to hospital after attending (for example) an RTA. My 8 year old grandaughter asked me! (driver, medic, stretcher, one or two sitting wounded?) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.100.115.19 (talk) 09:42, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Hello, I'm afraid I don't know the answer to your question. You might like to try our reference desk. People there can answer all sorts of general questions. This page is just for asking/answering questions about how to use Wikipedia, so you're not likely to have much luck here. --BelovedFreak 09:52, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Copying to ref desk. Ghmyrtle (talk) 10:43, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Trying to get an image file renamed, and am not allowed to upload

I'm trying to correct an image name of an existing image on Wikipedia. It incorrectly identifies the service members as being part of Juliet Platoon rather than X-Ray Platoon. According to the licensing info provided for the original image: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Navy_SEALS_Juliet_Platoon.jpg, it is a work from the Federal Government and therefor in the public domain.

The original poster of the file seems to have had copyright violation issues at some point, though I'm not sure if this image was part of those problems, so I am unsure how to proceed.

I have a renamed copy that I could upload to the wiki-commons (because I don't have the correct credentials yet to upload here),but when I start that process, I am prompted for Permissions in the upload form. I am NOT the original poster of this content, and cannot assure that it is from a Government source. From research of the photo, my understanding is that it was part of a collection that was purchased on Ebay from a Vet.

Do snapshots taken by service members truly count as a 'Government Source'? If so, I can proceed I guess???

My brother was a member of the platoon, and I am trying to get this corrected at his request, and in order to properly honor the other members of X-Ray, which historically had the highest number of casualties of any SEAL Team platoon.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by David Ocean (talk • contribs) 10:08, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Media copyright questions is the place to go for this kind of question.--SPhilbrickT 13:11, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Also note you have to be Autoconfirmed to upload images on the English Wikipedia.I guess you know that already. wiooiw (talk) 13:24, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Is there a rule prohibiting the identification of members of the US special forces on security grounds? I am pretty sure there is for members of the British SAS and SBS. – ukexpat (talk) 17:14, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

making link text a different color.

User:Sonia/test has all the links in blue, despite my attempts at making them white. Does anyone know how to fix them? Thanks, {{Sonia|ping|enlist}} 10:33, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

<span class="plainlinks"><font color="green">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Wiooiw wiooiw]</font></span>

result= wiooiw. : ) --wiooiw (talk) 10:46, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Actually let me do it for you if you dont mind. wiooiw (talk) 10:55, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

This is what I did [1]. Seems to work. Hope this is fine. wiooiw (talk) 11:01, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Yes, that's fine. Thank you. :) {{Sonia|ping|enlist}} 11:38, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Deletion of Pages With an Outside Source

User:Hekewe is a founder of the Five Islands Republic, a page that has been repeatedly deleted when I try to post it. When I made the website though, the domain name Five Islands Republic was already taken and so I chose Hekewe.com, and that is where all the facts of my nation are posted. I have tried to put this on the page I have tried to create but it has been deleted before I could put those facts onto it. As I am writing this, I see that it says Encyclopedic content must be verifiable, and if I could post the information, editors will find that it is verifiable, just at a different domain name. I will not recreate the page until I am sure it will not deleted to assure editors don't get annoyed. Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.56.204.113 (talk) 11:56, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

It is not enough to be verifiable; if your "republic" is to have an article you must show that it is notable, which is not a matter of opinion but needs to be demonstrated by showing "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." Significant means more than just listing-type mentions; reliable excludes Myspace, Facebook, blogs, places where anyone can post anything; independent excludes the subject's own website, affiliated ones and press releases. Anyone can invent a micronation, set up a website about it, and list it on Micronations.wikia; to have an article here you would need to show that someone independent of it has taken it seriously. See also Wikipedia is not for things made up one day and, if you are the founder, WP:Conflict of interest. JohnCD (talk) 12:37, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

So does that mean that if I get another micronation - say Sealand - to recognize mine, I would have an outside source and would be able to create the page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.56.204.113 (talk) 22:52, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

No, see WP:RS for what constitutes a reliable source. And you will need more than one - notability requires significant coverage in multiple reliable sources independent of the subject. – ukexpat (talk) 17:17, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Substandard old FA articles

I was surprised to see that the article on the Abbey Theatre, Dublin is a featured article. It is quite brief, and I have corrected one inaccuracy and queried another. To whom should one apply to have the FA rating reviewed against current WP standards? - Tim riley (talk) 12:25, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured article review :-) TFOWR^{idle vapourings} 12:28, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Thank you! Greatly obliged. Tim riley (talk) 12:32, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Errors on several articles

Hi there! Whenever I open several articles, I see so much errors and wrong informations. Why is that so? I mean, I guess so many other contributors write junk on the articles. What is the best way to fight against that and why is my discussion page red? Dr. OS (talk) 12:58, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

If you see that an article could be improved, then be WP:BOLD and improve it. If someone reverts your change, don't just make it again; start a discussion on the article talk page and try to reach a WP:Consensus with other editors about what the article should say. See WP:BOLD, revert, discuss cycle for an explanation of how this works. The link to your talk page was red because there were no messages on it, but I have given you a Welcome message, with some useful links, so now it will be blue. Welcome, again, to Wikipedia! JohnCD (talk) 13:05, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

About the "reverting your change", Wikipedia:Edit warring is also a good link to read as it can lead to this. Removing clear vandalism or edits by a banned user is not considered edit warring. wiooiw (talk) 13:16, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Looking for a template.

Resolved

 – wiooiw (talk) 14:18, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Hi. I remember a template which is put at the top of new articles saying that it's under construction and still being developed, but I couldn't find it. Could somebody possibly link it to me? SmokingNewton _{(MESSAGE ME)} 14:01, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Is this it? wiooiw (talk) 14:07, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Or is it this? --wiooiw (talk) 14:11, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks a lot. SmokingNewton _{(MESSAGE ME)} 14:14, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Wow!Thanks!

Wow!Thanks! to the Team of Wikipedia. Aristiderazu —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.114.127.23 (talk) 15:18, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

You might like to tick the "Remember me" checkbox on the login page so that you stay logged in. Then your edits will be tagged with your user name instead of your IP address. See Help:Logging in. -- John of Reading (talk) 15:59, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

OK.Thanks again. Aristiderazu —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aristiderazu (talk • contribs) 20:03, 6 June 2010 (UTC) And thanks for the tips.Which are many! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aristiderazu (talk • contribs) 20:07, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Login issues

Hi, For some reason I can't login. I get 'There is no user by the name "Moriarty". Check your spelling, or create a new account.'. This is evidentially false: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Moriarty I'm trying to log into the English version (which is where my only account is - not unified) because I want to move a page. I've tried this via the unsecure ( http://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin ) and secure ( https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/simple/wiki/Special:UserLogin ) logins. Both say the same thing. I'm not on the blocklist and even if I ask it to send me a new password it says the same thing (that I don't exist); Note that I've received countless new passwords over the years, most of them from other people clicking the button but I know it works. So why is wikipedia saying there's no such user and how do I fix it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.139.162.98 (talk) 16:12, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Your account is at en.wikipedia.org, but your links are to the login page at simple.wikipedia.org. Try again at the right login page! -- John of Reading (talk) 16:24, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Ah, I see. That's what I get for going to wikipedia from google (searching for how to move pages). Thanks. 86.139.162.98 (talk) 16:36, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

references help - formatting

Nokian Tyres Look at reference 2. That's the way most of the article is. Now look at references 16 and 17. Help me fix it to make it the same way. I don't know how to do it. Suomi Finland 2009 (talk) 17:20, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

I'm not sure what you mean, Suomi, could you be more specific? Or was it fixed in this edit? --BelovedFreak 18:03, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

You need to use {{cite web}} to reference a website. It looks complicated but as a minimum you need url, title, publisher and accessdate. Mjroots (talk) 18:03, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

See:

• Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners
• Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners with citation templates

---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 18:41, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Musical notation

Hi, I want to write “B flat” (as in musical notation) using the musical flat sign. How to, please. Thanks.Patthedog (talk) 17:45, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

This is for questions about using Wikipedia, but the Reference Desk should be able to help you.

~ QwerpQwertus ·_Talk_·_Contribs_· The Wiki Puzzle Piece Award 17:55, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

It's a valid question, simple way is to copy and paste B♭. Mjroots (talk) 17:59, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Assuming that perhaps you're wanting to write it somewhere on Wikipedia, when you're in the edit box, if you click on the menu underneath the edit summary box, you can find symbols there, one of which is the ♭ sign. That's in the mono skin. If that makes no sense, just copy & paste it as I've written it here!--BelovedFreak 18:00, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Thank you all! --Patthedog (talk) 19:33, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Oh, I though he meant writing it on paper. Sorry!

~ QwerpQwertus ·_Talk_·_Contribs_· The Wiki Puzzle Piece Award 00:25, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

May I copy an article/chart for use in a lecture without written permission? If I need permission, how do I get it?

May I copy an article/chart for use in a lecture without written permission? If I need permission, how do I get it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.2.43.214 (talk) 19:11, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Yes you may, and no written permission is needed, though there are some attribution requirements. Please see Wikipedia:Reusing Wikipedia content for the skinny on this.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 19:14, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

search engine

How long does it take that newly created pages can be found using the search engine? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gandhiserve (talk • contribs) 19:16, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

The index is typically updated every morning GMT. If you see the index lagging more than a couple of days, you can report it here.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 19:25, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Note: the real issue was the "article" was user space, so it would not be indexed, but I have also indefinitely blocked on multiple grounds.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 19:34, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

For clarification: "every morning GMT" applies to the indexes used by the Wikipedia search box. The delay for searching with Google, etc, is likely to be more than this and is outside Wikipedia's control. -- John of Reading (talk) 19:43, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

New messages

I am costantly getting a note saying I have new messages when I edit or look at a page's edit history. These are my old messages that I have read many times before. How can I stop it from appearing? It's making me crazy. 60.224.3.243 (talk) 20:17, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Your talk page has been quite busy today (Talk page history). When that calms down you shouldn't see any more "new message" notices. Post again here if you see more "new message" notices and nothing new has happened to the talk page. -- John of Reading (talk) 20:34, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Admitting defeat: protected pages with expiry expired.

Resolved

 – Null edits by Fuhghettaboutit.

For some reason, both Template:Infobox television and Template:Infobox television/sandbox are listed at Category:Wikipedia protected pages with expiry expired, one of the maintenance categories I try to watch and keep empty. I cannot find any page-protection templates on either page to get removed/updated. What am I missing? (side note: If an admin wants to unprotect User talk:Hoots Hagis Kilts Porridge like it says it should be, or update the expiry tag, I'd appreciate it!) ^Avicenna_sis @ 20:29, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

I made null edits to both pages, which took them out of the category. Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 20:39, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! :) ^Avicenna_sis @ 20:47, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

You're welcome.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 11:09, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Uploading Pictures Created Created on Photoshop

I have been using photoshop to try to upload some images that I created on photoshop. I have made them .jpg, .gif, .svg and .jpeg and none of them seem to be compatible with the system. In February or March I uploaded many images to Wikipedia that I had created on Photoshop without a problem, but now I have to go to the Commons, create an account, sign in, try to upload them, and still have no luck, so I need some help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.56.204.113 (talk) 23:00, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

You need to have an account to upload images on Wikipedia or Commons. What is your username? When we know that, we can see the images you've uploaded and be able to help you better. --Mysdaao ^talk 23:10, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

June 7

Anthony Bustos and Sara Isaacson, DADT activists

I'm new to this whole thing, but I really believe that Anthony Bustos [2] [3] and Sara Isaacson [4] should have a wikipedia page of their own detailing their own story. They are two of the youngest soldiers to do so in such a public way. I know I can go through facebook and myspace and google their names and get info, that's no problem, I just fear I would not do them justice and want to throw the idea out there hoping someone more experienced will take the ball! Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Patriotsupporter (talk • contribs)

They most likely would not be notable enough, so an article couldn't be made on them, but you may be able to mention them in an existing article. QwerpQwertus (talk) 02:28, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

You could concievably make a case for Sara Isaacson. There's quite a bit of coverage out there, and her particular case is a new twist on the implications of Don't ask, don't tell. However, unless there are further significant developments she's probably an example of WP:BLP1E. I'd suggest adding a paragraph on her to the Don't ask, don't tell article. Anthony Bustos has less coverage and his case doesn't seem to add anything new to DADT, other than another example of someone who faced dismissal for coming out to his employer. I'm not sure he'd satisfy WP:N either on his own or as a featured example in another article, although he could be mentioned as part of an in-article list of "victims" of DADT, if such a thing existed. Karenjc 09:13, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

How to Report Duplicate Pages?

I have discovered two Wikipedia pages with different titles that cover the exact same subject. How should I report this duplication so the pages can be combined? JimJ821 (talk) 01:38, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Which pages? See Help:Merging, but we can give more specific advice or maybe handle it right away if you say the precise page names. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:47, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

parts

Resolved

 – Friendly reply, technically outside scope for this page. – ukexpat (talk) 17:26, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Hi there, i am a tech guy that needs to buy parts for radio shack electronics. If possible could some one help me? THANKS!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.229.246.31 (talk) 04:51, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

See http://www.radioshack.com. Most Radio Shack retail stores also still maintain a small, dedicated section for electronic components, even though the bulk of the stores have become largely cellphone stores. In much of the U.S. you can't swing a dead cat without hitting a Radio Shack, they are fairly ubiquitous. The website, however, sells a wide range of electronic components, though you may get better help by going to a store in person and speaking with a live person who can help you find the parts you are looking for. --Jayron32 05:06, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Can anyone fix this?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaide_36ers#Roster

When u click edit on the template it says deleted page or something. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Eathb (talk • contribs) 09:17, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

I have no idea how to fix it, since it seems to be triple-transcluded from {{Tnavbar-header}}. But it's because the template is {{Adelaide 36ers roster}} and the edit links to {{Adelaide 36ers}}. {{Sonia|ping|enlist}} 09:27, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Have a look at PBC CSKA Moscow, which uses Template:PBC CSKA Moscow for its roster. That makes use of Template:RBSL roster header, which has a built-in assumption that the name of the roster template will match the name of the team's page. So you need a Template:Adelaide 36ers. Does this help? -- John of Reading (talk) 10:51, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Since the tnavbar's use in {{RBSL roster header}} includes {{{team<noinclude>|{{PAGENAME}}</noinclude>}}} one way to to fix this is to change team=Adelaide 36ers at the top of the template at issue to team=Adelaide 36ers roster, but I'm not sure that that parameter definer doesn't have some other use that doing so would mess up.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 11:04, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Best way is to simply pass along the original template name in a separate param. I'll fix that. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 12:43, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Done, other templates that use that header, can use the same parameter if they are renamed, but I have not converted them at this time. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 12:50, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

vmware

wat are the frequently faced problems in vmware. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Spradeep786 (talk • contribs) 11:51, 7 June 2010 (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.Template:Z38 TNXMan 11:52, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

wikitable formatting problem

Resolved

 – Mysdaao ^talk 16:20, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Something has gone wrong with the formatting of the table : List of Primeval episodes#Series 1 (2007). The grey outlines have disappeared from all but the first row of the table. The other tables on that page are okay. I can't see how the first table is formatted differently. I'd appreciate a brief explanation, not just have someone magically fix it leaving me clueless the next time it happens. Thanks. Barsoomian (talk) 12:30, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

This seems to be something to do with including a bulleted list within the "ShortSummary". With those removed my preview looks ok. This is not an explanation, though... -- John of Reading (talk) 13:37, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

I've seen this before, but I don't know why it happens. The only fix I know is to move the start of each {{Episode list}} template to the same line as the end of the one before it, like I've done here. I can't explain it, but it fixes the problem. --Mysdaao ^talk 13:38, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. At least I know what triggers it. The bullets are actually unnecessary, so I just made it a text list. Barsoomian (talk) 15:21, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Babels

Hi, how can I add babels to my userpage and to my talk page? Lt. S.V. (talk) 13:24, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Use {{Babel}}. The babel on my user page is coded {{Babel|en|nl-2|fr-1}} Mjroots (talk) 13:30, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Red text, blue text

hi Can you please tell me the why some text is in red and some in blue? Thanks John. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.71.37.15 (talk) 13:58, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

You can click on blue text to jump somewhere else within Wikipedia. A "red link" tells you that the "somewhere else" hasn't been written yet - see this explanation - which is shown in blue because you can jump there by clicking on it. -- John of Reading (talk) 14:03, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Want a job in Wikipedia

How to get a job in wikipedia organization ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ajzamarian (talk • contribs) 14:45, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Well, Wikipedia is an all volunteer project. However, Wikimedia has several job openings, which can be found here. TNXMan 14:50, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Ps3 browser problems

I can't view wikipedia on the ps3 browser because of two white blocks covering the left and right side of the screen. I've tried making an account and changing wikipedia back to the old style but it won't let me click on the login button. Please help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by DeeJayBeatles (talk • contribs) 15:25, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Deleted pages

Is there anyway i can look at deleted pages as there is one page i really need to look at. Gobbleswoggler (talk) 16:24, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Deletionpedia has some of Wikipedia's deleted pages. --Teratornis (talk) 16:25, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Alternatively, depending on the reason for the deletion, you could ask an administrator to put it in your user space (userfying) - but if it was deleted as an attack page, or for copyright violation, this is not possible. If you have specific page(s) you want to look at, either let us know here, or contact me on my talk page -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 16:29, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Also, please note that Deletionpedia has nothing deleted before Feb 2008, or, generally, anything deleted in the last 36 hours -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 16:33, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Lowercasing an article name

Hello-- I am submitting an article about a brand whose name is spelled in all lowercase letters ("iheartradio"). I see that iTunes, iPhone, etc all have lowercase letters in their entry title. Please let me know how this can be done before I publish the entry.

Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Iheartradio (talk • contribs) 17:32, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Hiding IP address

before I registered as a user , i read that I could hide my ip address - could someone please instruct me how to hide my ip address. thank you. Withlight —Preceding unsigned comment added by Withlight (talk • contribs) 17:34, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

If you are logged in (as you were when you left this message), your IP address is not available for the vast majority of users of Wikipedia, including admins and bureacrats. The only people who can link your account name to the IP you use are check users - of which there are only about 40, if I remember correctly. Even they would not look into your IP address(es) when you are logged in, unless there are suspicious edits! So, you don't need to hide your IP address, as it is automatically done. -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 17:38, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

wikipedia

Is this the english version or the american and english version. Gobbleswoggler (talk) 17:35, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

This is the English Language Wikipedia. As such, it covers British English, American English, Australian English, etc, etc - basically all varieties of English. In general, the specific variety of English (e.g. American vs British) depends on the subject (e.g. an American singer's article would use American English, a British singer's article would use British English) - or which variety of English was used when the article was created (so one written in American English would generally always remain in American English). I hope this explains it! -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 17:40, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

It's both...and neither - see WP:ENGVAR. – ukexpat (talk) 17:42, 7 June 2010 (UTC)