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June 20

Is there an automated way to determine if an article has broken links?

A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 02:36, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Try this tool. Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 02:46, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!

Resolved

A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 00:26, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Huge White Space at bottom of Wiki pages

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I recently noticed that there's a huge white space at the bottom of wikipedia pages. I'm pretty sure this wasn't there before. I could scroll down and the page would stop shortly after the content area of the page ended. Any reason why this white space was added? -- GateKeeper ^(talk) @ 04:00, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Phew, glad to see someone else has the same problem I noticed quite some time ago. It's still bugging me. See my previous question here about this and the replies I received.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 04:39, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps you have peerreviewer installed ? It does that (uses visiblity:hidden;, which leaves the space reserved, unlike display:none;) —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 16:24, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I commented out the peer-review script and it seems to have fixed the problem. Many thanks :] -- GateKeeper ^(talk) @ 03:04, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Mystery Diagnosis TV Show

Wikipedia says it has a list of 72 episodes but I can only find the first 7,the first season. How does one access the other seasons and thus the other 65 episodes? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.233.200.141 (talk) 04:25, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. The page doesn't say we have write ups on the 72 shows. It says there are 72 shows. It appears List of Mystery Diagnosis episodes is an incomplete list. Since you appear interested in the subject matter and have found a hole in our coverage, why not be bold and edit that page to list the missing 65?--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 04:43, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Undo / Revert

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– – ukexpat (talk) 15:07, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. I want to revert an article back to a previous point beyond a single “undo”. Please can someone explain how to do this? Thanks.--Patthedog (talk) 10:35, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Go to the history, and click on the link to the last "good" revision. On the history page, the links to revisions are the big ones with the dates and times. Click edit once you're viewing the revision, and save the page without any changes, ignoring the warning messages. That should do it. If I'm not making any sense, do tell me and I'll try to clarify. Regards, {{Sonia|ping|enlist}} 10:39, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I think I've got it, but does it allow me to explain my revert? Thanks.--Patthedog (talk) 10:43, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it does. The edit summary works as if you were just editing the article, in these cases- unless you're using navigation popups to do it. {{Sonia|ping|enlist}} 10:45, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

First, find the edit you want to revert the article back to. For example, here is what was changed five edits ago on one article. If you wanted to, essentially, revert all five edits following this edit, and I presume this is what you want to know how to do, you should click the brown words at the top of the edit you want to revert back to, which read 'restore this version'. Once you click them, the article will change back to what it looked like, in this case, five edits ago. WackyWace ^{talk to me, people} 10:48, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Great - done it! Thank you very much xxx.--Patthedog (talk) 10:52, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

OK. Would someone just check out what I've done to Jimmie Nicol --Patthedog (talk) 10:55, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Looks fine to me. @Wackywace: That only works if you have twinkle installed. {{Sonia|ping|enlist}} 11:07, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Does it? Sorry about that. WackyWace ^{talk to me, people} 11:13, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Looks fine to me too though you might want to discuss things with the other editor that you seem to be starting an WP:EDITWAR with. Dismas|^(talk) 11:09, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) I checked for you, but you can check yourself. Go to "history", click on the left column of circles at 18 june, Pawnkingthree, and click on the right column of circels at your latest edit. Then click on "Compare selected versions" and you can see that your version is exactly the same as Pawnkingthrees version. Lova Falk talk 11:10, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks everyone. Although I’ve achieved what I wanted, I’m not sure if it was done in the accepted way. “you should click the brown words at the top of the edit you want to revert back to, which read 'restore this version’” I do not see these words I’m afraid. Oh dear. This reminds me so much of school! “Stupid boy”. The other editor needs to propose any major changes first on the article's talk page where I’ll be more than happy to listen. --Patthedog (talk) 11:17, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

As I have said, the "brown words" thing only works if you have twinkle installed, which I recommend you do. It will be of much use to you. Just go into Special:Preferences and click on the "Gadgets" tab, then tick the box for twinkle and also for friendly. The two tools in conjunction will make things a lot easier for you. {{Sonia|ping|enlist}} 11:21, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, have done it. Thank you, and have the rest of the day off.--Patthedog (talk) 11:30, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Great! If you have any questions on using either tool, feel free to ask me. (And about having the rest of the day off: It's 11.30 pm here, so that's about half an hour.

) {{Sonia|ping|enlist}} 11:35, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, eleven hours difference! You must live on the moon. Thanks again and night night!--Patthedog (talk) 11:51, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Mediawiki spam blacklist

How do I get a site added to this list? I have in mind EUtimes.net Kittybrewster ☎ 12:15, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist, I assume. {{Sonia|ping|enlist}} 12:17, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Problem printing with "New Features" on Wikipedia...

My printer is a 9-year-old HP DeskJet 840C, my OS is Windows XP, and my browser is Mozilla Firefox 3.6.3, the latest version. Last week, I switched on the "New features", and the other day, I tried printing a Wikipedia article, and my printer couldn't print it, I thought it might be a problem with the connection to my computer, and so I bought a new USB cable for my printer, and I tried printing the article again, it didn't print, then I thought it might be my computer, so I tried printing the Wikipedia article on my father's laptop, but it didn't print at all. I tried to "Print Test Page", that was provided in the Printers and Faxes section, and it printed fine on both my computer and my father's laptop, and so I tried printing the Wikipedia article again on both computers, it didn't print at all. So I decided to experiment, I switched back to the previous look of Wikipedia, by clicking on "Take me back", then I tried to print a Wikipedia article and it printed fine, without the "New features". I think there is something wrong with the "New features" on Wikipedia, particularly in printing, maybe the "New features" are not compatible with older printers, like my 9-year-old HP DeskJet 840C, I don't really know, since I'm no expert. In any case, I have switched back to the previous look of Wikipedia, because I'm unable to print with the "New features" on. I hope this can be resolved, thank you... Gregorynovella (talk) 15:11, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

What steps are you taking when you print? Are using the Printable version link in the toolbar or the browser File → Print? What browser and version? ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 16:15, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, I mentioned it above, my browser and version is Mozilla Firefox 3.6.3. I tried printing the Wikipedia article on both the printable version and the default version, it didn't print, it only printed when I went back to the previous look of Wikipedia... Gregorynovella (talk) 01:37, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

And I tried printing on other websites, my printer printed fine on other websites... Gregorynovella (talk) 01:50, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, the problem printing with "New Features" on Wikipedia hasn't been solved... Gregorynovella (talk) 22:58, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

On the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus page there is the word herfordshire. Does it mean herefordshire or hertfordshire? Gobbleswoggler (talk) 16:32, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

St. Albans is in Hertfordshire, and I've fixed that. Someone just copied a lot of material from [1], a 100 year old encyclopedia, which had the original error. Dougweller (talk) 17:11, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

We have 2 articles, Missionaries of the Sacred Heart is the same order but is more up to date, so I'll turn the obsolete c&p one into a redirect or whatever seems best. Dougweller (talk) 17:20, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Reaching for the Moon

An autobiography by Buzz Aldrin —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.3.198.47 (talk) 16:37, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have a question? We have an article about Buzz Aldrin but his book is not mentioned. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:55, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

quoting complex URLs to "cite web", etc.

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– – ukexpat (talk) 15:07, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm stuck on the proper way to use a URL such as

http://www.pwaworldtour.com/index.php?id=35&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=208&cHash=ebeb837387

in a citation.

I'm trying to source Robby Naish, and this ref and another with a similar format are biting me hard. I read the template discussion and tried templating the equal signs, but ....

Any assistance appreciated, thanks! --j⚛e decker ^talk 16:37, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

See m:Help:URL. The key is where the URL cuts off into plain text. You have to encode [ as %5B, ] as %5D and the = as %61:

http://www.pwaworldtour.com/index.php?id=35&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D%61208&cHash%61ebeb837387

---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 18:50, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Looks like someone has gone (using that technique) and already fixed the article, makes sense that percent-hex notation would work. Much appreciated! --j⚛e decker ^talk 19:08, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Question about creating pages for a company and its owner (probable COI)

I want to create two pages, one for the new company called Lawrence photography, and one called Ben Lawrence who is the owner. How do i do this and have 2 very findable on google pages. I have made a page called Ben Lawrence(ceo) but it isnt findable and also i have made a page that i have done a typo to it, i havent put the space in Lawrencephotography. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ben Lawrence (CEO) (talk • contribs) 17:53, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It appears that you misunderstand our purpose, which is to build an encyclopedia based on reliable sources (see WP:RS. We require articles to meet our notability criteria at WP:NOTE and you will also see there links to specific pages on notability and people. We also ask editors who are directly involved with a subject to follow our guidelines on conflict of interest at WP:COI. What you have done is created a user page for your account which is in the name of Ben Lawrence (CEO).Is this also yours - User:Lawrencephotography?

Wikicompany is probably a better site for what you want to do. Wikicompany wants to list every company in the world, whereas Wikipedia only wants to have articles about companies that meet our requirements for notability (see WP:CORP). Also see WP:BFAQ. --Teratornis (talk) 09:40, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

chewing tobacco

is it leagle to chew tobacco sitting at a bar and spitting it into a can or a cup —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.78.6.120 (talk) 18:21, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over three million articles, and thought that we were directly affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is a help desk for asking questions related to using the encyclopedia. Thus, we have no inside track on the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck. ^Avicenna_sis @ 19:51, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia categories by size

Hello to all,

Is there any way to see a list of the categories by size (meaning - the number of articles they hold)? 19:50, 20 June 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.250.207.208 (talk)

Special:MostLinkedCategories. See WP:EIW#Cat for everything in writing about categories. --Teratornis (talk) 19:58, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

But what if you wanted to check a specific category? Also, Special:MostLinkedCategories hasn't been updated since Oct 2009. ^Avicenna_sis @ 20:02, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Avicennasis - i suspect you would be able to see that in the specific category's category page. 20:15, 20 June 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.250.207.208 (talk)

Actually, I'm not completely satisfied - is there a way to see a list which contains ONLY articles, without sub-categories? 20:23, 20 June 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.250.207.208 (talk)

And by that i meant that i want to be able to see the list, by number of actual articles each category contains, without the sub-categories. Thanks! 85.250.207.208 (talk) 20:36, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. This would be very handy. Hopefully someone has a solution. ^Avicenna_sis @ 00:20, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Category crossroads

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Similar but separate question: Is there a way to take two categories and compare them to see what pages are listed in both? ^Avicenna_sis @ 00:20, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

...Nevermind. :) ^Avicenna_sis @ 01:10, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Babylon & Wikipedia

In the Babylon translation-software, the user can add Wikipedia as one of the online dictionaries. It is possible to download Wikipedia for offline use, through this link: http://download.wikimedia.org/enwiki/20100130/enwiki-20100130-pages-articles.xml.bz2 But is it possible to do one of the following: (1) Get an offline version of Wikipedia for Babylon? (2) Convert the above XML-file to a BGL file?

Thanks in advance. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.228.84.140 (talk) 21:48, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Try the Wikipedia:Reference desk/Computing for your question... They'll be able to guide you on this. ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ _―Œ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 04:25, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Photographs - how do they get uploaded onto a wikipedia page?

In my hometown we had a large rugby league stadium which sadly closed back in 1992. It was one of the largest grounds for the sport of rugby league in the North of England. The stadium is featured briefly on its own page but there are no pictures to see at present. However, I have an excellent colour picture (on my PC) taken immediately prior to the Test match of Great Britain v Australia on the 9th November 1963 showing the Australian players doing their "wardance" on the pitch. This is a really good picture showing a big crowd of about 35,000 spectators in the stands and on the terraces. I would like to be able to upload this onto the page in question but don't know how to do so. The stadium's name was "Station Road, Swinton", the home of Swinton RLFC (near Manchester, UK) between 1929-1992 and this is the exact title of the wikipedia page about it. Can someone please help with this? I was at at the actual match, a mere youth of 17 at the time and my memories of the stadium during its heyday are still vivid. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.108.31.41 (talk) 21:57, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If you took the picture yourself (important for copyright reasons), you can create an account here – it's fast and easy to do – then go to Wikimedia Commons (commons:Commons:Upload) to upload the highest resolution file you have (you can log in to Commons with a Wikipedia account). Once you have uploaded the picture, it is possible to add it to the article by inserting into the article the code [[File:Example.jpg|thumb|Caption]] where "Example.jpg" is the file name and "Caption" is the image caption to be shown beneath the photo. Alternatively, you can ask for help at Files for upload if you can load the photo onto a publicly accessible picture sharing site. PleaseStand ^(talk) 02:46, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Signature

My signature is not getting recorded properly on talk pages, as it can be seen here also. Can you some one rectify it, please?--Nvvchar 22:57, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

Hi, go back into Special:Preferences, and untick the box that says "sign my name using the provided wikitext". That should fix it. Cheers, {{Sonia|ping|enlist}} 23:24, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Page editing - why are my [edit] links bunched at bottom of page?

..

Hi,

I'm editing page Honda Civic GX with a large monitor (small monitors don't exhibit this issue as much). The edit links which normally would be next to each heading (History, Specifications, so on) are bunched at the bottom of the page. I want it to be like this page, for example, where the edit links are over to the right of each heading.

Why do they bunch at the bottom? How can I change it?

Thanks

Fx6893 (talk) 23:21, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's because all the infoboxes are listed at the top of the article instead of being put into their respective sections. So the browser displays them first, then goes to work on the text, and the associated edit links. Though they don't have anywhere to go but down to the bottom because there are all those boxes pushing them down. It's just bad formatting. Dismas|^(talk) 23:24, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:BUNCH. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 23:25, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) This is a phenomenon known as bunching, and occurs when there are too many items (in this case infoboxes) on the right side of a page. I have fixed the page for you. The procedure to fix link bunching is not at all complex; you can do it yourself, if you are good at following instructions: see {{fixbunching}} and Template:Fix bunching/doc for details on how to do so. Intelligentsium 23:27, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, thanks much to you both!

Fx6893 (talk) 23:28, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

sortability with two row headers

At 2009 College Football All-America Team, I would like adding a two row header showing first and second team in the Academic All-American section.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 23:27, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Tony, so what's the issue? ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ _―Œ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 04:19, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

June 21

When do birthdays start?

Suppose there is an edit which is timely as soon as a specific notable person has his 65th birthday. Presumably that birthday begins at midnight. But is that UTC, local time for the subject, or local time for the editor? Ma^t_chups 02:55, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

What type of edit do you have in mind? Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Precise language may be relevant. There will rarely be a demanding reason to update an article right after midnight. Wikipedia generally uses UTC, for example in {{Age}} which is used in many biographies to display the age. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:22, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. My immediate interest was moving Walter Breuning into tenth place at List of oldest men. Perhaps there is no "demanding" reason to do it right after midnight, but it does (IMHO) support the goals of the encyclopedia to enter facts as soon as they become true, and it's fun! Ma^t_chups 01:27, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps local time for the subject would be a little more logical but it doesn't seem important, so if it's fun to add it (before somebody else might beat you to it) then just go ahead at midnight UTC when it matches the calculation by {{Age in years and days}} and similar templates using UTC. Local time for the editor is irrelevant. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:11, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

While you are maintaining the list, it seems Stanley Lucas has died and should no longer be in the Oldest people#Verified oldest men currently living (over 110 years) section. May he rest in peace. --Teratornis (talk) 08:47, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

However, I'm not finding a news source documenting his death. A couple of IP users added that unsourced claim to the Stanley Lucas article. Hmmm. --Teratornis (talk) 08:57, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Anyone ever gotten 403 errors for all Wikipedia/Wikimedia images?

This is causing me to be unable to view images on Wikipedia. There were a few results on Google, but all the advice I could find was really unrelated to the problem at hand. Anyway, for some reason, whenever I look at any image such as:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e0/Programming-republic-of-perl.png

Wikimedia is returning a 403 error. In particular:

"Error 403 bad bad, very bad request

We didn't feel like serving it"

Anyone had this before? Is this Wikimedia wrongly throttling my access to images or what? Minute Lake (talk) 03:44, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

My immediate reaction is that such language is so unlikely to come from us or the normal settings of most computers that I would bet it's a virus on your end. Anyway, I am not the right person to speak on such matters, but note this recent discussion; that someone uploaded this image (not in use anywhere) likely because they were getting the same strange error; and that this error has occurred for others in places unrelated to Wikipedia (see this thread) implying it's wholly external.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 04:01, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I think the issue has to do with Wikimedia, and that language must be the language that Wikimedia set somewhere in their server settings. It is not a virus, because I can reproduce this issue on all the machines in my house, all of which are running Ubuntu. While I know there is random advice throughout the Internet where people claim this is a virus, I am confident that it is not. Rather, what I think is happening is that Wikimedia's server is returning a 403 error when I try to view any image for some unknown reason. Furthermore, when I tunnel my connection through a VPN, I am able to see all images, further supporting the theory that Wikimedia's servers are causing this for some reason. Minute Lake (talk) 04:15, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I am incompetent on such matters. If no one else can help you here though, I think it would be a good idea to bring this up at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical). Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 04:23, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Have you/can you run a tracert to wikimedia.org and post the results? If you need some help, just poke me on my talk page or IRC (with this or this.) VPT would also be a good place for this, as Fuhghettaboutit suggested. :) ^Avicenna_sis @ 04:35, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Unfortunately, the problem has now gone away: all images are working fine (I say unfortunately, because I am pretty sure this will happen again, as it has happened before.) Next time it happens, I will definitely run a tracert and post the results. Minute Lake (talk) 04:39, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No prob. I suspect the problem is with routing, as Wikipedia.org's servers are in San Francisco, whereas wikimedia.org's are in Bayern, Germany. :) I've dealt with a similar issue not too long ago where users of a certain Canadian ISP where unable to load Wikipedia at all, and sure enough it was a routing issue. ^Avicenna_sis @ 04:51, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

beta webs

please show me how to remove your web of my desktop which is showing on the left hand cornerand its getting inthe way of my icons —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.170.255.12 (talk) 04:08, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Your question is a little unclear: Wikipedia is a website and won't (by itself) install anything on your desktop. Can you give us any more information? Gonzonoir (talk) 10:03, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

We sent this info on nowsthetime.org two weeks ago and it has not

We sent the info below on nowsthetime.org two weeks ago and it has not been added. Please add this to your website.

Nowsthetime.org is a nonprofit evangelistic website that was founded in 2002 by Pastor D L Dunning. This website features streaming audio and video testimonies from people who say they have been eyewitnesses to Heaven and Hell. Many people today have questions about this life and also what come after life on earth. Nowsthetime.org features answers to these types of questions and scriptures from the Bible that talk about the reality of Heaven and Hell. This site is an informational tool by which people can hear for themselves and make their choice whether to believe.

Do you ever wonder why am I here on this planet? Do you sometimes question what will happen to after this life is over? There are many in the Christian faith that were former atheist, agnostics and sceptics. Some of these people have converted to the Christian faith after reporting to have had a glimpse of the Heaven or Hell. Others say that Jesus visited them and showed them parts of Heaven and Hell. In recent years, there have been a great number of these testimonies from people who say they have actually seen up close and personally the reality of Heaven and Hell.

Heaven and Hell are two places that have always been a mystery to many and the Bible does speak in depth about both. In today's fast pace society, many don't take the time to read or research these two places. The streaming audio and video files on this website makes it easier for anyone to hear for themselves what eyewitnesses have to say. Since eternity is a whole lot longer than 70 or even 80 years of life on earth, it would be wise for us think about our eternal destination.

The testimony of Dr. Azzacove and his recordings of the Sounds of Hell can be found on this website. Evangelist Mary K Baxter's books A Divine Revelation of Heaven and A Divine Revelation of Hell have audio files that are featured on this website. There are other eyewitnesses to the reality of Heaven and Hell that are also featured on nowsthetime.org.

Many report that their lives have been transformed for the better by the information on this website. Nowsthetime.org just provides you with the information and the decision to believe or not is up to you. Nowsthetime.org is and outreach of Gospel of Peace Christian Assembly in Birmingham AL.

This website doesn't ask for anything it just offers free information to it's visitors and that was refreshing. www.nowsthetime.org I must say that this was a great informational tool that was well worth the visit.

J Shaw —Preceding unsigned comment added by Coolingwater921 (talk • contribs) 06:16, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Wikipedia! I've left a welcome message with some links on your talk page. For a topic to be listed as an article here it must be notable and the information must be backed up by reliable independent sources. To work out whether your web site counts as "notable", in this Wikipedia sense, please read through the notability guidelines for web sites. The next step would be to post your suggested content and the "reliable independent sources" at Wikipedia:Requested articles. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:30, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Also note that Wikipedia articles must present a neutral point of view rather than advocating for a particular point of view, especially on topics such as religion for which no conclusive evidence exists, and on which many people disagree, often violently. Prose that seeks to proselytize for a particular religion (or political party, etc.) is not acceptable on Wikipedia. You can, however, describe what various people (Muslims, Jews, Christians, Hindus, etc.) believe. For example we have an article about the Flat Earth Society which describes what members of the society allegedly believe - but the article does not claim that the earth is flat. --Teratornis (talk) 09:36, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wikibooks - awesome idea, but what about a "disable notes, references and external links"-function?

Hey!

I'm not sure this is the right way to pose my question, but:

I've discovered the book creator application which is a brilliant idea. I'm currently collecting a lot of articles in order to form a book, that I can buy. But I've noticed that around 50% of the pages will be composed of Notes, References and External Links - something I'm not very interested in speding half of the money on.

Can anyone tell me if there is a disable-opportunity for these parts? Or at least if there will be such a function in the future?

Best regards Mathias —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mathias Blicher (talk • contribs) 06:23, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If you don't get an answer here, it means nobody among the possibly thousands of Wikipedia editors who watch this page know the answer. Just tracking down the people who might be able to give an answer could be difficult. You could start by looking at the history of whatever manual page you read to learn about the book creator application, and start asking the people who wrote the manual. Or ask on the manual's talk page. --Teratornis (talk) 08:37, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure that it is possible to remove the notes and references - they show the sources of the information in the article(s). I would agree that External links aren't necessary - and I can see that not having the notes and references would be desireable - but I'm not sure how easy it would be to implement that (it wouldn't be just a case of removing the notes and references list, but also the citation marks (e.g. ^[1]). You might want to ask about/suggest this at Wikipedia:Village pump (idea lab) -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 09:22, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Image from wikitravel.org

Is there a simple way to use this in an article? http://wikitravel.org/shared/Image:Sign_NoWomen.JPG

This did not work: File:Sign NoWomen.JPG Noloop (talk) 06:30, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wikitravel is not a Wikimedia Foundation wiki so you cannot display an image from there with Wikipedia's image syntax. However, the image on Wikitravel is available under the {{cc-by-sa}} license, so you could upload a copy to Wikipedia or to Wikimedia Commons. --Teratornis (talk) 09:23, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I will upload it to Commons in few moments. – ukexpat (talk) 15:17, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Done - now at File:Jeddah Marriott no women sign.jpg. – ukexpat (talk) 15:27, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Uploading photo

Stereo Mike - MTV EMA winner Dolbyex (talk) 09:28, 21 June 2010 (UTC)of Best Greek ActDolbyex (talk) 09:28, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

What is your question? -- John of Reading (talk) 12:05, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

jabber chat

I downloaded jabber chat source code written in jsp. I am using tomcat6.0 as my server. but i am not at all able to run the application because of some errors. is there any need of downloading and installing jabber client or jabber server? If yes, from where i will get those exe files for jabber client and jabber server? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.90.27.183 (talk) 11:13, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This page is for questions about using Wikipedia. Please consider asking this question at the Computing reference desk. They specialize in answering computer questions and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link and ask away. You could always try searching Wikipedia for an article related to the topic you want to know more about. I hope this helps. -- John of Reading (talk) 12:07, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oracle

Hi! I'm an italian user and I would know if in your WP there is the "oracle", as in ours... Yours faithfully, --Phyemai (talk) 12:41, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

it:Wikipedia:Oracolo appears to be equivalent to WP:Reference desk. Algebraist 12:50, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note that both of those pages have interlanguage links to each other. See the "Altre lingue" list box on the left column of it:Wikipedia:Oracolo which would lead you to the counterpart pages on other language Wikipedias. --Teratornis (talk) 20:54, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Suitability of picture

Is this picture suitable for addition to the sodium bicarbonate article?

--Chemicalinterest (talk) 13:36, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'd say no; it's not of any particular informative value for the article. --Orange Mike | Talk 13:47, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

So it would seem more of a curiosity than something notable enough to put in an encyclopedia? --Chemicalinterest (talk) 14:03, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yup. Not exactly fascinating, aethetically speaking; and adds nothing to the educational content of the site. --Orange Mike | Talk 19:39, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If you move the image to Commons, you can categorize it in Commons:Category:Sodium bicarbonate, and then people who read the sodium bicarbonate article can find it via the {{Commons category}} template which already appears at the bottom of the article. You can also make a gallery page on Commons for this fascinating chemical. --Teratornis (talk) 20:58, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Problems linking to a video

I recently tried linking a video to my wikipedia page and it got deleted. I saved it and tried to go back again and it was not there. I got a message saying it had been deleted due to "misuse of the policy." I have permission to use this video. Will you please explain to me how to be able to put this link onto my page and/or the policy for links? Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gracecottage (talk • contribs) 14:05, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Wikipedia! I'm afraid you have run into a number of policy issues here.

First, it is not "your" wikipedia page. Wikipedia is the encyclopedia that anyone can edit. The page can and will be edited by all sorts of people. In fact, the conflict of interest policy strongly discourages editing by people who have a close connection with the subject of an article, since it is so difficult to write with a neutral point of view.

Second, the policy on external links is here; it is stricter than many editors realise. I see that you were trying to add a direct link to the video that is on the Grace Cottage Hospital's home page, so it won't be hard for Wikipedia readers to find and play the video.

Third, you will have to choose a new user name. A user name must belong to a person and not to a group or organisation. See this page. -- John of Reading (talk) 16:16, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Seconding what John says, and adding an explanation of the formatting problem you encountered. On both occasions you inserted the link to the YouTube video wrongly, linking first to a nonexistent Wikipedia page and second to a nonexistent template. The correct format for an external link of this type is [URL Caption]. Note the single square brackets for an external link, and the space, rather than a pipe, separating the URL and caption. So, for example, [http://www.vases.com/red Picture of a red vase at vases.com]. As for policy, many YouTube and similar links added to Wikipedia are unacceptable because the material has been uploaded to the host site in breach of copyright, and Wikipedia does not accept links to copyright violations. Brief guidance is at WP:YT. In your case, the copyright status of the video doesn't seem to be described on the YouTube site, and Wikipedia assumes that such material is protected by copyright unless its copyright or license status clearly says otherwise. Rather than struggle to get the YouTube version licensed (which the copyright holder may be reluctant to do), I would just stick with linking to the hospital's homepage - as John says, users can access the video from there. Good luck, and feel free to ask for more help if you need it. Ka renjc 16:40, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Clarification

i was invited by a friend for a vacation to tel aviv and i will be staying inhis place and that he said that related expenses during my vacation will be up to him. Should i still prepare 2,000 USD show money upon arrival, How long does the processing of application for a vacation by invitation normally takes ? Is there a surety or bond required by my friend who invited me, and how much if there is? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.58.248.58 (talk) 15:06, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Have you tried the Miscellaneous 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 ^Avicenna_sis @ 15:17, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings-Researcher Permission?

Hello, I am a researcher of new religious movements, and plan to publish on wikipedia and its frictional relationship with various NRMs. A colleage informed me that recently Wikipedia has been granting access to researchers to view information from deleted pages. I saw it listed here but no advice on how to go about obtaining such permission. I was wondering where i should go? A NRM Researcher (talk) 15:57, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You need to contact the Wikimedia Foundation directly, as they are the ones granting the right. Their contact information is listed here. TNXMan 17:18, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much A NRM Researcher (talk) 17:24, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Interaction

Can Methandone and Xanax be taken together? Is this a deadly combination? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.109.107.253 (talk) 17:15, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry, but Wikipedia does not give medical advice. You should consult your general practitioner. TNXMan 17:16, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Replacing company logo

Hello, I'm hoping someone in the Wikipedia editing community can help with this. ... I work for Yamaha Motor Company in the U.S. and would like to replace the outdated blue corporate logo in the profile box on this Wikipedia page:

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

The red corporate logo (actually implemented in in the U.S. in 2008, and globally prior to that) is shown on the company's U.S. and global websites at:

http://www.yamaha-motor.com/sport/products/lifestylehome/home.aspx

and

http://www.yamaha-motor.co.jp/global/index.html

As additional background and clarification, Yamaha maintains a separate racing visual identity scheme that uses a white Yamaha logo on a blue background, always (officially) with the words "Factory Racing" or "Racing" underneath the logo, as shown here:

http://www.yamaha-motor.com/sport/apparel/apscitemdetail/1/31/all/all/9826/detail.aspx

I'm a first-time editor to Wikipedia and have read a number of the relevant policies and FAQs, but it seems that I am restricted from changing the logo out myself becuase I have not previously posted any edits.

Is it possible for someone to help with this?

Thank you.

Afishism (talk) 17:59, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm working on it. – ukexpat (talk) 19:04, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oops, spoke to soon. The blue image is a .svg file and converting the red form of the logo to SVG is beyond my capabilities. Any SVG experts willing to help out? – ukexpat (talk) 19:13, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, but I believe the shadowing, etc., on the new logo (in the tuning fork area) is different in the red version than the blue; therefore, I belive the logos would actually have to be swapped out (the blue one deleted, and the red one added). I tried to reach out to the person who initially posted the blue logo (back in 1995, I believe), and their talk page says they are no longer active as a Wikipedia editor. Hope that additional info helps in some way. Thanks again. 198.136.143.22 (talk) 23:18, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I don't suppose you know where an svg version of the logo could be found. It looks like the uploader of the logo we are displaying now got it from Yamaha. Additionally, is the global Yamaha (Corporation) logo purple now? Prodego ^talk 00:59, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I replicated the logo as best I could, it is on the article now (may require a hard refresh). Prodego ^talk 01:39, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not that it matters, but Wikipedia did not exist in 1995. --Teratornis (talk) 02:04, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Looks good to me. Some day you will have to explain to me how you did that. – ukexpat (talk) 14:29, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Embeded video

The only policy I can find on embedded video is one from 2007. Have there been any updates since? Maybe include a link to the policy. I'll need to site it for a paper. Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Glider23 (talk • contribs) 18:16, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You may be looking for Video at Wikimedia Commons. -- John of Reading (talk) 18:45, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Infoboxes

Is there a way to use infoboxes and templates created here in other language wikipedias (without recreating them there?). --Sodabottle (talk) 19:12, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry. Templates cannot be called globally, only locally (as far as I'm aware). I've seen this when users try to copy articles from foreign language wikis and end up with a bunch of gobbledygook when the templates won't call. TNXMan 19:19, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

See mw:Manual:$wgEnableScaryTranscluding. That feature would (possibly) do what you want, but the people who run the English Wikipedia have not enabled it here. Scary transcluding would probably create problems, such as what to do when a template requires a CSS class that is not in the local MediaWiki:Common.css. Templates may also depend on software running on the local server such as HTML Tidy. You probably wouldn't want to use an exact copy of a foreign-language template anyway, as it would probably have some foreign-language text hard-coded to disply, or used as field names. If you merely want to show how a particular instance of a foreign-language template looks on some other Wikipedia, you could upload a screen capture of it to the English Wikipedia. --Teratornis (talk) 20:40, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the replies. I will recreate them (sigh!) :-)--Sodabottle (talk) 04:37, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Image problem

Take a look at the last image in Port of Long Beach. Looks normal (perhaps color balance is warmer than normal). Now go to the image page: File:Command and control center Port of Long Beach CA.jpg. It appears overexposed, all blown highlights. But the thumbnail is fine (and i it's the only upload for this image - so it's not a cache issue). What's up? East of Borschov (talk) 21:29, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Whilst I don't get how it could be the issue (for the reason you describe), have you tried bypassing your cache anyway just in case? I've viewed the picture on the page, the file description page and in full and they all look the same to me. AJ Cham 22:56, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

FWIW, I am having the same issue, only in Firefox, even after bypassing my cache. IE7 shows it fine. Windows XP Machine. ^Avicenna_sis @ 23:48, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed it's a firefox something; I see it washed out on FF/Win7 and all normal on IE6/XP. But I suspect there's also something odd inside the file (I use FF for years and never saw such behaviour). East of Borschov (talk) 03:59, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

~~Fixed.~~ Apparently, there is something called a "Color Profile" for images, and Firefox is the only browser (As far as I found out) that reads color profiles. I used GIMP to remove the color profile and reupload it, and it seems fine on my end now. Before and after.

Credit where it's due: A big thanks to Cork from #firefox ^connect who told me what the problem was, and to User:Dcoetzee from #wikimedia-commons ^connect who told me how to remove the color profile using GIMP. Thanks! :) ^Avicenna_sis @ 06:48, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Disregard, still messed up on some of the PCs in my house after cache clearing. I've posted a request for help at Commons. ^Avicenna_sis @ 17:04, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Requesting a new infobox

Where do I request a new type of infobox? I want to get one for sniper scopes. Faceless Enemy (talk) 23:00, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You can use Wikipedia:Requested templates. An infobox type is implemented as a template. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:54, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Firearms is another possible place to ask if you don't get a quick response to your first request. It's not too hard to create a new infobox template if you can find an existing template that is similar to what you want, to use as a starting point. --Teratornis (talk) 02:01, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Awesome, thanks guys. Faceless Enemy (talk) 05:44, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

June 22

encrypting special characters letters in the ps2 console game, for call of duty.

I like to know, how do I incorporate different letter characters into a playstation2 console,like in the game call of duty —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chuckhugg (talk • contribs) 00:30, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 6.9 million articles and thought we were affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is for asking questions related to using or contributing to Wikipedia itself. Thus, we have no special knowledge about the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck. AJ Cham 01:29, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Video in article

I know that videos aren't used in articles very much. I added a video to Grizzly Bear because I thought that it would be an alright video to use for a section that talks about bears in captivity. Is the video fine for the article? Joe Chill (talk) 02:49, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Joe, you might have already seen this work-in-progress, but thought if you haven't, it might have some good points. Wikipedia:Videos. Best, ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ _―Œ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 04:09, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

And the video looks fine to me. ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ _―Œ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 04:15, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yea, the video looks fine to me too.--Toontown59153 (talk) 19:30, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Speed limit thru round about

Speed limit thru the round about in Fernley NV is 15 mph. The next mph sign is a ways out of the round about. What is the speed limit between leaving the round about and the 35 mph sign? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.142.139.186 (talk) 03:09, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over three million articles, and thought that we were directly affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is a help desk for asking questions related to using the encyclopedia. Thus, we have no inside track on the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck.Template:Z25 PrimeHunter (talk) 03:38, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

9mm luger bullets

can a 9mm luger bullet cause lead poision? and what are they made from?please help —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.177.43.239 (talk) 04:17, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

While Wikipedia doesn't give medical advice, you might be interested in seeing 9 mm Luger about its technical specifications. ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ _―Œ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 04:32, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Is the bullet in you? Or are you planning on eating it? Faceless Enemy (talk) 05:49, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Also noting that Wikipedia doesn't give medical advice, we have an article about lead poisoning with some mention of bullets but not specifically Luger. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:47, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

mobile sim manufacturing

how one can manufacture mobile sim? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.168.38.210 (talk) 07:38, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over three million articles, and thought that we were directly affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is a help desk for asking questions related to using the encyclopedia. Thus, we have no inside track on the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck.Template:Z25 ^Avicenna_sis @ 07:43, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You may find some useful information at Subscriber Identity Module. Ka renjc 20:55, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Retrospectively linking IP and wiki ID

I've created/edited a couple of articles before registering. All those old edits are from the same IP (a static one, no collision with any other user). I wonder if there's a way of linking that IP to my wiki ID retrospectively, so that the edit history of those old articles would show my wiki ID instead of the IP? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kocsonya (talk • contribs) 07:44, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Why don't you put a note on the IP talk page which says you are the owner of the IP? Kayau Voting IS evil 08:53, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No, unfortunately. However, what you can do for attribution purposes is edit each of those articles, saying in your edit summary that "xxx.xxx.xx.xxx" was you. That should make it clear. Cheers, {{Sonia|ping|enlist}} 08:59, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Although this will of course publicly link your IP address with your user account - you may not have a problem with this, but some people dislike it for reasons of privacy and security, which is why IP anonymity is listed as one benefit of creating an account. Ka renjc 20:51, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Statistics about articles/pages etc.

Hello, I need to find statistics about SOME CATEGORY e.g. USA (how many pages/articles/uploaded files etc.) where I can get such information? With best, Sultan —Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.211.24.162 (talk) 09:04, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure what you mean. If you mean how many pages are in a certain category, that information is listed on the category page. For example, Category:Living people lists 462,157 pages. TNXMan 14:44, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

statistics on user profiles

hi there,

does wikipedia hold any statistics on their user profiles, such as gender or age group etc? obviously only statistics that would keep the user anonymous. is it possible for the public to view these types of statistics? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.109.41.117 (talk) 09:28, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No, such informations may be written on user pages if the user wants to, but there is no enforcement to do it. Kubek15 ^write/sign 11:28, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

But I did think we did do studies about the types of people that used wikipedia? I'm sure such information exists. I'll have a look for it later. --Cameron Scott (talk) 12:17, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Some data from a 2008 user survey are here. Deor (talk) 14:34, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

how to create column at the right

I am trying to create a new article. How do I insert a column at the right of the page like for example European Journal of Human Genetics, please —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tsowiley (talk • contribs) 09:37, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That is called an infobox; the one in the article you cite, for instance, is Template:Infobox journal. Go to Category:Infobox templates and select an infobox appropriate to the topic of your article, copy the template and paste it at the top of the article, fill in the fields relevant to the article, and you will have what you want. If you find it difficult to select the most appropriate template, check another article on a similar topic to see what's used there. Deor (talk) 10:17, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

New user to upload photo

I would like to upload a picture with a new article. The copyright is owned by my company. Is this picture then considered as free content / or how do I catagorise it —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tsowiley (talk • contribs) 10:49, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

By default we cannot consider the image free unless it is explicitly declared as such by the copyright holder (or in the case of a company owning copyright, an authorised representative). Please refer to Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission for details of how this can be done. Regards, AJ Cham 12:26, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If it happens to be a logo then see Wikipedia:Logos. If you want to make edits about your own company then also note Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:39, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Problems in creating a Wilki Book

Hi there, I have tried to create a Wiki book on Pink Floyd. I have prepared the book uing standard settings but when I try to create a .pdf the operation fails and I receive a message stating that the file is damaged. Are there any known fixes to this problem? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.69.8.127 (talk) 11:19, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have a username? I'm not familiar with the Book creator tool but Help:Books/Frequently Asked Questions#Skin support says: "The tool currently only works with the Monobook and Modern skins." I don't know whether this is up to date. The default skin is Vector and can be changed under Appearance at Special:Preferences when you are logged in. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:34, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

FYI, the book creator does work under Vector (for me at least) so this should not be the source of the trouble. AJ Cham 17:47, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Interpretation of policy

I am reading; [[2]]. What my query is though is if an article has been deleted and restored in a user page by an admin. Is there a time limit for how long your allowed to keep an article userfied that was already had consensus for deletion? My interpretation of this essay and referenced policy is that indefinetaly leaving an article that was demmed deletable would be subject to deletion under misslacnious for deltion (excuse the spelling). Am I right to think this?., Thanks for any clarifications and help. Ottawa4ever (talk) 11:47, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Userfication of a deleted article is done with the understanding that the user intends to improve the article and bring it up to a standard so that it may be moved back into the mainspace. Such articles, for example, may be poorly sourced or promotional in tone, etc. – big problems, but resolvable assuming the subject meets the GNG. If it were to transpire that the user has no intention of further editing the article, or it otherwise has virtually no chance of making it back into the mainspace it would indeed be a potential candidate for MFD. AJ Cham 12:20, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Six months seems to be what people think is the length of time we should wait (I think sooner could be appropriate at times), but there's nothing in writing. Userfied pages should also have the noindex template added to them. Dougweller (talk) 12:59, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Alrighties, thanks for the input :) Ottawa4ever (talk) 14:56, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Problem with printing

The problem was discussed here: Problem printing with "New Features" on Wikipedia..., the problem hasn't been solved nor discussed... Gregorynovella (talk) 12:22, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Post it over at WP:VPT. You will get a better response there. Gtstricky^{Talk or C} 13:17, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Vertical text

Is there a way to render vertical text, either within the Wikipedia interface or with styling that would work for an acceptable proportion of browsers? I found this reply from 2008, which says no, but I wondered if it is still the case.

The context of the query is different as well: rather than tables, I am looking to create composite images of scientific graphs, where the label on the vertical axis would be in vertical text. The idea is to have a single SVG graph on commons for all projects, and that each project could label the axes in its own language... thanks for any help or suggestions! Physchim62 (talk) 12:52, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Are you saying you want to implement graphs in HTML or wikitext rather than creating them as SVG files with an external program such as Gnuplot? If so, I don't think that is how we do it. If you create graphs with Gnuplot, you or other users can edit the text labels with an SVG editor such as Inkscape, although there seems to be a problem sometimes with displaying SVG text as text. Converting text to paths gets around the display problem, but then does not leave the text editable as text. For further reading see the links under Commons:COM:EIC#Inkscape, and media in Commons:Category:Gnuplot diagrams. The way Internationalization and localization work on Commons now is to upload duplicates of graphs labeled in the various languages. Another method is to put as little text on the graph itself as possible, and put the text into separate language-specific {{Legend}} templates which are completely outside the image files. For an example see the pie chart at the top of List of power stations in Wisconsin. There is an inactive page: Wikipedia:Multilingual coordination. Maybe the best place to discuss this is on Commons, perhaps Commons:Commons:Village pump or Commons:Commons:Graphics village pump. This is not a very good answer to your question, but I would be surprised if a good answer exists. The Wikipedia projects collectively are a long way from smoothly handling localization in all contexts. Much work remains on this. --Teratornis (talk) 23:15, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Did you try the ugly brute-force method of stacking the vertical axis label vertically with one horizontal character per line? And did you search with Google for: rotate text css? That finds a lot of pages, but I don't know whether any of the techniques would work from MediaWiki. --Teratornis (talk) 23:25, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your suggestions. I think we'll try using SVG files for the axis labels at the moment, just for testing the "proof of concept". Physchim62 (talk) 23:45, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Namechange- Password etc.

If you change your username, does your password stay the same? And if I have less than 3000 contributions, should I be safe to change without trouble? And what about my custom signature? Does it stay the same until I change it? 2D ℳaestro ^{Hablar/Escribir} 12:57, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:CHU. That will answer most of your questions. Gtstricky^{Talk or C} 13:06, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I believe your password stays the same. Your signature (and all of your other preferences) will remains as they were. As for your contributions, it simply depends on the job queue, and how many other things the servers have lined up to do before they get to reassigning your contributions. See WP:Changing username for more. TNXMan 13:08, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Need help correcting an image

Hi — There's a partially incorrect image in the article Season, and I don't have the imaging competence to correct or replace it. Could you tell me how I can find someone who could do this? I've described the problem with the image on Talk:Season, but so far no one has responded. Duoduoduo (talk) 15:44, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The image-drawing specialists live at Wikipedia:Graphic Lab/Illustration workshop. -- John of Reading (talk) 20:17, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Toad Outbreak

As never before, I am seeing very many baby toads in my yard and others in northest Ohio. Is there some explaination for this happening?

Dale Beaver —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.189.48.9 (talk) 15:45, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer just about any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. I hope this helps.Template:Z37 Gonzonoir (talk) 15:47, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This recent article may also be of interest. I know it's Sri Lanka, but toads are toads. (And, as per the above, this Held Desk is for Wikipedia-related questions only). Orphan Wiki 15:53, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright

I dispute the copyright on the image http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vishey-logo.png It should be PD-simple —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.230.7.141 (talk) 16:03, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This page Vishay - Privacy Policy and Legal Notice places extensive restrictions on everything shown at the Vishay website. -- John of Reading (talk) 20:23, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Irrelevant. If the logo doesn't meet the threshold of originality they cannot claim copyright on it (trademark restrictions still apply of course). Typefaces and simple geometric shapes do not meet the threshold, so I am inclined to agree with the IP and say this image is PD. AJ Cham 22:05, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Also see Commons:Commons:Image casebook#Trademarks. --Teratornis (talk) 05:45, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete the page title "Farmleigh Fellowship"

Hello

I am the author of a page title "Farmleigh Fellowship"

The contents of the page have already been deleted but i would like to have the title deleted from your data base.

How do I do this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Donaghf (talk • contribs) 16:08, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure I understand what you mean. The page has been deleted and is no longer publicly visible. Do you mean the record of the deletion, as seen here? TNXMan 16:09, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

He probably deleted the content, and then posted this message, not knowing the actual page had been properly deleted by an admin. (Donaghf, the red link to your page means the title no longer exists within the list of articles.) Orphan Wiki 16:12, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, you cannot delete a "Page Title" because simply in WP, anyone can create any page with any title not already taken. But it must follow the rules of WP. Otherwise it will be deleated. --Toontown59153 (talk) 19:27, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Your post here came 11 hours after the page was deleted so I'm unsure whether you want more. Can you clarify what you mean by "have the title deleted from your data base"? It will not be deleted from the deletion log which is there exactly to show which page titles have been deleted. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:22, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

bug in pdf creation script for multi-language entries

Download PDF application has following bug while processing multi-language pages with languages both in left-to-right (e.g. English) and right-to-left (e.g. Hebrew) writing direction: It writes right-to-left entry in left-to-right way, so for example מלחמת יום כיפור (Yom Kippur War) is written רופיכ םוי תמחלמ i.e in mirror image as if it would be left-to-right —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.139.88.253 (talk) 16:16, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have verified this on the Yom Kippur War page. I think the correct place to report this is Help:Books/Feedback, but I'm not sure. Anyone have any ideas?Naraht (talk) 20:25, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps post at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)? -- John of Reading (talk) 20:33, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Researchers

How can you request to be a researcher so you can view deleted pages? Gobbleswoggler (talk) 16:17, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You have to contact the Foundation directly, as it appears they are the ones granting this right. Their contact information is here. TNXMan 16:18, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Also, it's worth noting that users with that right cannot view deleted pages, but rather can "search deleted pages and view deleted history entries without their associated text." TNXMan 16:20, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Some deleted pages are visible to everyone on Deletionpedia. --Teratornis (talk) 17:50, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Tabulating machine content about Nazi Germany

Resolved

– – ukexpat (talk) 20:18, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The article Tabulating machine has two paragraphs on census statistics in Germany being used to help identify people to send to extermination camps. The link is that tabulating machines were used in the census but that seems two steps removed to me. The content could be interesting but isn't cited. I was wondering what to do, just note it as citation neeeded, move it to the talk page of a relevant page (census perhaps, any ideas?) and leave it to editors there to decide what to do,, or just delete as being not directly related? Thanks. Dmcq (talk) 17:45, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's been removed with comment 'removed massive irrelevance apparently intended to imply guilt by association'. Thanks for that - sounds good Dmcq (talk) 19:46, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Michelle Morgan

I just watched the story of litte Michele Morgan whose death occurred in 1962 as a result of beatings and stomping by her stepmother, Mary Morgan. When apprehended 35 years later, she was sentenced to five years although her own four children had been hospitalized a total of 150 times in 5 years. I saw this on A&E Channel, on June 22, 2010. Five years? She should have been beaten and stomped to death. More facts should be available from Cold Case Files A&E if anyone knows how to contact them. -- —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.205.97.200 (talk) 18:57, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Well, that's sad, but this desk is for asking questions about using Wikipedia. TNXMan 19:10, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There is an article for Michelle Morgan if you would like to add referenced information from the A&E program.--Supertouch (talk) 21:30, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-Protected Pages

How can I show that I understand the policy reasons behind the Pending changes trial so I am able to edit semi-protected pages?

Thanks! --Toontown59153 (talk) 19:23, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

As an autoconfirmed user, you are already able to edit semi-protected pages. Your account has been active for four days and made at least ten edits. TNXMan 19:28, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, cool! Thanks so much! --Toontown59153 (talk) 19:47, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If you only want to edit semi-protected pages then you already can as an autoconfirmed user. Do you also want to review pending changes in Wikipedia:Pending changes/Trial? Then more is required. See Wikipedia:Reviewing#Becoming a reviewer. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:14, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Verifiability / web page disappeared

Does anyone know of a way to preserve a web page for verifiability at a later date if the page has already disappeared? The page in question has been cached by google, so can be verified now, but that presumably will disappear as the google cache updates. It's not on the wayback machine, and webcite won't work since the original's already gone. Any ideas?--Beloved Freak 19:56, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

How about WebCite? – ukexpat (talk) 20:16, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Won't work; I tried it, but I guess because it's trying to archive the googlecache and not the original website, it doesn't work. I don't really understand how it works, but I did try that.--Beloved Freak 20:48, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I can't find out . .

I wrote an an article: Soul Style. I edited it today. I put soul style into the 'search' but my article doesn't come up. What am I doing wrong? thanks. ShawneM (talk) 20:17, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's currently a draft in your userspace at User:ShawneM/Soul Style. Your contributions are listed here. I should add that it is not ready to be moved to mainspace - you need to cite reliable sources to demonstrate that the subject is notable. – ukexpat (talk) 20:19, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

And the article does not give information on a specific item or thing. Just gives a breif description on this "Soul Style". Toontown59153 (talk) 21:18, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I see it has a CSD template, one I don't think it is deserved (I have a query in to the editor leaving it).--SPhilbrick T 21:22, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

ellipsis and quotations.

Sorry, I don't know much about them and I would like to know if I used them correctly to fix a quote. Did I use the ellipsis correctly and does the period go inside or outside the quote? wiooiw (talk) 20:45, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I don't believe the brackets around the ellipsis are required.

Whether punctuation belongs inside or outside the quote can be a matter of raging debate in some circles, but I'm happy to see that Wikipedia adopts logical punctuation. See Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#Quotations for more detail.--SPhilbrick T 21:08, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The period does inside of the quotation marks. At least that is how it is taught now a days. Toontown59153 (talk) 21:15, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

(in response to above, e/c with below) At least in America. The usual practice in British English is to only include punctuation inside the quotation marks that was in the original quotation. An ending-sentence period would go outside the marks, unless it was in the original quotation; if the period was in the written source originally, it should go into the marks. Wikipedia follows this practice.

A couple of other minor errors: the single quotation marks around 'big' were correct; the brackets should probably be removed from around the ellipsis; and the period immediately after that should be omitted, unless for some reason it's been decided it needs to stay. Xenon54 (talk) 21:28, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Your edit had been the subject of a good-faith revert by someone unhappy that you'd changed to the "Adolph Hitler" spelling, but since it's a direct quotation you were correct in doing so. I've reverted back to your version and put an invisible comment in the text to alert future editors. Oh - and the correct position of the period depends on where you are and what variety of English you use. For Wikipedia use, see Sphilbrick's link. Ka renjc 21:20, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The incorrect spelling of Adolph (for Adolf Hitler) need not be preserved. At MOS:QUOTE, it says "Trivial spelling or typographical errors should be silently corrected ...—unless the slip is textually important." The spelling of 'Adolph' is not textually important here... the author was not trying to make a point of the misspelling.

The ellipsis does not need the brackets—its function is obvious denoting omitted material—so the quote should not have them. Per WP:ELLIPSES, it would need the brackets to differentiate between the omission-type ellipsis and the pause- or suspension-type ellipsis already present in the same quote. I have brought the quote into alignment with WP guidelines. Binksternet (talk) 02:02, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

What if voters in an AFD contradict Wiki guidelines

I initiated an AFD a while back where I requested a rename from an uncommon form of a phrase to a much more common form. However 2 others voted against which was enough for my request to be rejected. Yet my request was fully compliant with Wikipedia naming guidelines Wikipedia:Naming_conventions#Common_names. What takes precedence ? Can voters in an AFD chose to contradict Wikipedia:Naming_conventions#Common_names? --Penbat (talk) 22:42, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There is probably no magic rule that applies invariably on Wikipedia. See WP:IAR - every rule has the built-in possibility of being overridden. This makes Wikipedia vexing sometimes, since you cannot predict with certainty the outcome of every possible dispute. If you want a useful answer, give a link to the specific AFD so Help desk volunteers can consider the specifics of the case. Since WP:TITLE is a policy, that would mean anyone who wants to override it would need a good reason. --Teratornis (talk) 23:32, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

AFD refers to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion. It discusses deletion of articles and is not a vote. It sounds like you describe a requested move which belongs under another process Wikipedia:Requested moves. It isn't a vote either. Editors often disagree whether something is within policy or guidelines, and some things like determination of common names can depend on personal experiences and preferred sources. We cannot comment on your case without seeing the case. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:01, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You might be interested in this discussion at VP. In fact, when I first saw this question, I thought forum shopping, but it is a different person asking and the question isn't exactly the same.--SPhilbrick T 01:09, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Which AfD might you be referring to? A context would be good. Thanks. ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ _―Œ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 04:09, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

May I publish original research about origins of 5 Wikipedia articles on my user talk page?

I believe I detected paid authoring of related articles, each supporting the same political position. My OR is based on Wiki user and article logs, plus a bit of web searching to connect the dots.

If such publication is permitted, may I refer to this on the discussion page of one of the articles?

Please answer to my talk page.Oldtaxguy (talk) 22:53, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

OR is for articles, not for talk pages, so feel free to do so. Kayau Voting IS evil 00:32, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You could try to create a sub-page in your user space to write those OR articles. Do read WP:User pages too. ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ _―Œ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 04:06, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

How do I transfer or copy and paste an article I prepared in my log-in page and submit it for review. Can it be reviewed in my user page?

I prepared an article in my user page. I would like to submit it for review and public posting. Can you review it in my user page or do I have to transfer it elsewhere for review? Can it be copied & pasted to the required location or does it need to be retyped in that location?Cheodiaz (talk) 22:55, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:LAYOUT, WP:YFA, WP:BIO, WP:AUTOBIO, WP:PEACOCK, WP:REALNAME, WP:FOOT, WP:V, WP:CITE, and WP:COI. If you are new to Wikipedia editing, it is best to learn by making small edits to existing articles at first, while reading the friendly manuals. Starting new articles from scratch and making them stick can be very difficult due the complex rules for content and formatting here (see the instruction pages I linked above). --Teratornis (talk) 00:00, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

And just to put a note here, if the article you're creating in your page is about yourself, read our conflict of interest guidelines and try not to edit the article yourself. ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ _―Œ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 03:57, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

June 23

Question about articles

Is there a Wikipedia page I can talk about improving main articles? Not specifically one article such as its talkpage. I have thoughts about improving a certain subject on Wikipedia. Thanks for any advice, SwisterTwister (talk) 03:53, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Try seeing Wikipedia:Village pump. It might be the place you're looking for. ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ _―Œ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 03:59, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

And look in WP:PROJ to find a WikiProject that covers the articles you have in mind. You can discuss the articles on the WikiProject's talk page. For general guidance see Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and navigation templates which compares some tools for grouping related articles. A first step in improving a set of related articles on Wikipedia is to understand and document their structure. For example, if several related articles have no navigation template, users who edit some of the articles may not be aware of all the related articles, and this can lead to inconsistencies when different groups of editors edit different groups of articles without realizing what the other groups are doing. WP:MERGE, WP:SPLIT, and WP:SUMMARY tell how to deal with subjects that form hierarchies. --Teratornis (talk) 05:28, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Can't log into account

unable to log in to my account with my email/username & password. I get a message saying "no email address found" but I can't edit my account to include it so I can have my password sent to me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.248.201.50 (talk) 06:30, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry, but if you have forgotten your password and don't have an email address registered, the account is lost. If you would like to keep editing, simply register a new account, and if you wish to be associated with the original account, simply redirect your old user and user talk pages to your new ones (and make sure to register an email address!). Someguy1221 (talk) 06:45, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Reversing a redirect

There is a page with a long name. A shorter name is redirected to it. (Mut, Mersin → Mut (District), Mersin) I think ıt should be the other way around. (Mut (District) Mersin → Mut, Mersin) . I tried to reverse the redirect. But I couldn’t succed in moving Mut (District) Mersin page to Mut, Mersin. Because although I emptied Mut, Mersin, it is not deleted ( only the admins can delete it). What do you suggest ? Thanks. Nedim Ardoğa (talk) 08:19, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I think you can move a page over a redirect (i.e. If you leave the redirect in place at Mut, Mersin, you should be able to move the other page). But since you've already blanked it, you can also do {{db-G6}} for an admin to delete it. {{Sonia|ping|enlist}} 08:28, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

... or hope that a passing admin spots this and moves it for you!

Done Bencherlite ^Talk 08:34, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

about XML Schema of "pages-articles.xml" dump

hello,

I am looking for a separate XML schema of the XML dump "pages-articles.xml" file. It is mentioned in you Website that the XML schemas are defined at the top of the file. Can you tell if there is a possibility to have such a file?

Thank you.

D.B. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 159.84.128.133 (talk) 08:33, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This page is for questions about using Wikipedia. Please consider asking this question at the Computing reference desk. They specialize in answering computer questions and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link and ask away. You could always try searching Wikipedia for an article related to the topic you want to know more about. I hope this helps. Kayau Voting IS evil 13:11, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

translation

Is there any English saying for 口同鼻拗? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ciesse 203 (talk • contribs) 09:48, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This page is for questions about using Wikipedia. Please consider asking this question at the Language reference desk. They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link and ask away. You could always try searching Wikipedia for an article related to the topic you want to know more about. I hope this helps. By the way, I checked Xiandai Hanyu Cidian (trad. Chinese version) and it isn't there. Is it a slang term? You should provide the meaning of the phrase if you want to ask there. Kayau Voting IS evil 10:43, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Photo licensing

Does anyone know which licence to use to allow free use of a photo you have taken? I had tagged two of my photos with the "self|cc-by-sa-3.0|GFDL" - but an editor has just put them up for deletion "per WP:CSD." -- Myosotis Scorpioides 13:06, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Can you specify which image you mean? You've uploaded lots of pics. Kayau Voting IS evil 13:10, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The pics the editor wants to delete are: File:Britishlingfisheroct009.jpg and File:Bomba poodlerunning.jpg. I took 'em both, so can't understand the problem. Out of desperation I've just stuck a WTF Public License on them both - which I got off Wikipeda, but not convinced that will help!-- Myosotis Scorpioides 13:14, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've declined the speedy deletion tags - the images are freely licensed, thus not eligible for a "unused fair-use" CSD tag. TNXMan 13:17, 23 June 2010 (UTC

Brill, thanks a lot!-- Myosotis Scorpioides 13:17, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

How to use image found in Chinese Wikipedia?

Hi, I found this image that would be excellent in an article work of mine. The image however was found in the Chinese Wikipedia, at this link: http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ringbell.JPG. I can't seem to use it here in the English Wikipedia, despite writing the correct syntax. Also, do all images hosted on any language-edition Wikipedia originate from Wikimedia Commons? Something I still don't get. Thanks, AngChenrui (talk) 15:32, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No, because that image from the Chinese Wikipedia is not from Wikimedia Commons. The pics from Commons from be used globally but some images, like this one, can be used locally. This looks pretty good to me so you can propose that to be copied to Commons on the Chinese Wikipedia, so that it can be used here. Kayau Voting IS evil 15:36, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the quick reply. How do I propose to get the image copied onto Commons? AngChenrui (talk) 16:02, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The easiest way to do this is to use the CommonsHelper, found here. I see where there are two Chinese interfaces as well. If that does not work, you can copy the image to your hard drive, then upload it to Commons. TNXMan 17:30, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Holy Apostles

Dear Sirs: the Holy apostles Soup Kitchen website was just posted with at least a half dozen reliable secondary sources. We were wondering why there is still a warning post that the site may not meet the notability guidelines, which are saying the page might be deleted if this is not addressed. Could you help us understand why we have not met the notability guidelines? thanks so much.66.114.64.171 (talk) 16:45, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There's still a warning post as these posts are manually uploaded by our editors who review the article from time to time. Do read our notability guidelines and also add more reliable sources in the meanwhile, as long as you have no conflict of interest. Once any editor reviews your article, the notice would be automatically removed in case it meets our notability guidelines. Cheers. ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ _―Œ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 18:47, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Subpage

How do I move my article from the subpage in my user profile to go live? —Preceding unsigned comment added by TechWriterNJ (talk • contribs) 17:15, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Look for the star at the top of the page. Just to the right is an arrow. Click on it to see "Move" and "purge" options. You want "move"--SPhilbrick T 17:53, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I don't have such a star on my user subpages. Are you assuming the user is using the new Vector skin? Not everyone is using it. --Auntof6 (talk) 18:13, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

TechWriterNJ, you moved the article, and it got speedily deleted. I'll recommend that as a start, before creating any article, do read our notability guidelines, as well as details on what constitutes reliable sources. Cheers. ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ _―Œ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 18:39, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Blocking Content From Being Edited By Unauthorized Individuals

To Whom It May Concern:

We are interested in creating a page for our firm. However, we have heard that there is a chance that the page could get edited by a competitor, leaving us to continually have to monitor it for accuracy.

Is there a way, once the page is completed to our satisfaction (and approved by Wikipedia) to have it blocked for editing? We understand that we would then need to have it unblocked each time we wanted to make adjustments, which would only be once or twice a year, if that.

I look forward to hearing back from you.

Thank you.

BL 63.138.49.86 (talk) 17:51, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

In short, No. Not only that, but you are discouraged from creating a page for your firm. See WP:COI--SPhilbrick T 17:55, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If someone else does create a page about your firm, which, if it is notable, is highly likely eventually, you are permitted to correct factual errors, but in terms of editing, the preference is that you comment at the article talk page and let other editors make the changes.--SPhilbrick T 18:00, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

SPhilbrick is correct. One of Wikipedia's great attractions is that it is an encyclopedia that anyone can edit. This does mean that occasionally there will be problems such as the one you decide, but on the whole we are extremely hesitant to block editing. Furthermore, since Wikipedia is written neutrally, we cannot allow companies to maintain their own articles, as there is an inherent conflict of interest. TNXMan 18:11, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

referencing birthdates

Are birthdates in the beginning of articles supposed to be referenced or is that optional? Some people have their birthdates referenced while others don't. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Afm2105 (talk • contribs) 17:59, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If you mean that the dates are linked, that is an obsolete practice. It used to be the standard to link all dates, but that is no longer done in most cases. Is that what you mean? --Auntof6 (talk) 18:11, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If there is some controversy about the birth and/or death dates mentioned at the beginning, this can be referenced. However, in most cases, the reference is given in the body of the article, usually in the section entitled "Early Life" or something similar. TNXMan 18:15, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If you're asking whether we should reference birthdates, yes, they necessarily have to be referenced, all the while. But as Tnxman mentions, I find it cleaner to give the references in the body of the main article (in Early Life, for example), than right there up in the beginning. But nobody's stopping you from doing that either... Cheers. ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ _―Œ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 18:31, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There was a bit of an earthquake just now here in Toronto. Now what?

No, it's not Judgement Day. It's likely the kind of Earthquake most Californians and Japanese would have slept through, but it was noticed by a lot of people at the employment centre I'm posting this in. (Craton rock strong.) I googled "earthquake Ontario June 2010" and got a link to the WP article on Ottawa. Seems they got it too. I doubt it happened 15-20 minutes ago. Now what do I do wiki-wise? Thanks.70.54.181.70 (talk) 18:10, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Nothing. It's not encyclopedic content. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:18, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

So what about the mention in the Ottawa article? Could there be a "2010 June Ontario earthquake" article? How about Wikinews?70.54.181.70 (talk) 18:20, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

For reporting current news in the world, see Portal:Current events. For the what Wikipedia is not concept, see WP:NOT#NEWS. ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ _―Œ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 18:21, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for refering to the portal. Still, if something is salient for even a short while, doesn't it deserve a mention, however transitory? If there is a limit, then what is it? If Ottawa and Toronto were shaking and/or feeling the effects for months, then presumably, such would be worth mentions. Indeed, the quake might warrant its own article. Okay, how about a few weeks, or a few days, or even a few hours? Mention it, and when the relevance passes, edit it out?70.54.181.70 (talk) 18:31, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

2010 Central Canada earthquake - ʄɭoʏɗiaɲ ^τ _¢ 18:35, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

WOW! :-D 70.54.181.70 (talk) 18:52, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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