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January 31

Editing "our own" entry (Monash University)

The Monash University media team has been contacted by colleagues expressing concern that our Wikipedia entry now includes a "This article is written like an advertisement" notice on it.

More than that, we're concerned that the offending introduction also contains several factual errors.

We'd like to change this introduction , but we're not sure about what the "etiquette" is. We've drafted our own revision, but should we post it ourselves? Should we recommend changes to someone else? Should we take a different course of action?

Many thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Monash University (talk • contribs) 02:15, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Well first your user name violates policy as a company name. Second, if you post yourself, it could be a WP:COI. Do you have a rough draft you can post on your talk page that someone can review? CTJF83 02:18, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

You shouldn't edit the article, the way to address the problems is to use the article talk page, Talk:Monash University, to address your concerns. It would be good for you to read WP:COI, our conflict of interest guideline. The other concern I have is that your username appears to violate our username policy. Usernames are per individual and you username appears to indicate that your username is for a group of people. ~~ GB fan ~~ 02:25, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice and sorry about the name - we only chose it to be as transparent as we could. Up until now we've very deliberately chosen not to create a Wikipedia account, but have now become concerned with some of the misinformation in the article's introduction.

I've posted the draft on my page. What's the best thing to do now? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Monash University (talk • contribs) 02:29, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Would you mind providing the footnotes as well? I see that you have numbers on the draft which seems to imply footnotes, but you did not provide them. Kayau Voting IS evil 02:31, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

I assume the footnotes are the same as on Monash University CTJF83 02:33, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

No, the footnotes, aren't the same and use of outdated footnotes is one of our concerns. The article seems to be using old references in some cases. For instance, our 2010 "Pocket Statistics - http://www.opq.monash.edu.au/us/summary/pocketstats-2010.pdf - would be better used for basic figures such as student numbers instead of our 2009 statistics. Also, we would suggest making certain deletions that would remove certain footnotes entirely. Thanks for your help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JRRivett (talk • contribs) 03:52, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Where do I Upload Screenshot of Software?

I would like to contribute by adding a screenshot of new software, but I'm not an autoconfirmed user yet. Should I use the Wikimedia Commons as a free image, or send it as an image upload request? — Preceding unsigned comment added by CmdrKeene (talk • contribs) 02:53, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

I assume the software is copyright, so Commons is out. You need to review WP:NFC before uploading or requesting to upload software screenshot. CTJF83 02:58, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

See also Template:Non-free software screenshot. Your account is old and only needs 10 edits in total (7 more from now) to become autoconfirmed. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:54, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

A few things I need to discuss

1. Should Atlin,_British_Columbia go under the category Stikine_Country? 2. Should Alyson_Hannigan go under the category Category American people of Jewish descent since she is Jewish on her Mother's side? 3. Is it OK if I an article for the book called More Than Weird by English author Martyn_Godfrey? 4. Could someone help help write a plot summary for the movie The_Seventh_Coin? I find a summary from this website:http://www.movieguide.org/reviews/movie/the-seventh-coin.html But I need help putting the summary into my own words. Thanks! Neptunekh2 (talk) 04:05, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

It's not a good idea to ask several unrelated questions together, because if some of them lead to discussions, these will get confused, and because some of your questions might just get missed.

I'm only going to attempt one of them: your no. 3. Please read WP:NBOOK. If it meets the notability criteria (and you are not connected with the book - see WP:COI - you are welcome to go ahead and create the article. --ColinFine (talk) 23:47, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

My Bio

I may be in the wrong section. Can I submit my biography. In show business 50 plus years. You can Google me under Ray Marco - recordings - Eisenhower Library - Abilene, etc. Thanks RM Remobaldis (talk) 06:22, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

You can try... but autobiographies often fail Wikipedia guidelines on neutrality and whatnot. Use this to create your article (choose the option where you can submit it for review), and be sure to read the notability guidelines and the reliable source guidelines before anything. [CharlieEchoTango] 06:30, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

You can, but you should be aware of certain guidelines. Please first read Wikipedia:Autobiography, and Wikipedia:Conflict of interest (in addition to the ones pointed out above). -- œ^™ 06:33, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

I would submit it to WP:Articles for creation, and have someone without a COI write it. You could help them find sources, and give them direction, but it would probably be best if you didn't write it yourself. Mesoderm (talk) 08:25, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

A quick correction : AfC is not the place to request an article to be written; we only review new submissions (and give advice). And just to clarify, the subject can (try to) write it himself if he uses the review process at AfC, thus the link above. If it is notable, appropriately sourced and conform to NPOV and whatnot, then being the subject does not disqualify article from being moved to the mainspace. [CharlieEchoTango] 08:45, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Oops. I was think of WP:RA, not WP:AFC. Anyway, I wasn't suggesting that he can't write one, but that it's probably best if he didn't to alleviate any concerns about COI. If he can do it neutrally though, I don't personally see a problem with it (I was just concerned that other people might). Anyhow, thanks for clearing up my mistake re: AFC vs. RA. -- Mesoderm (talk) 19:51, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

User Page Creation Request

Where can I go to ask that a registered user create my user page? Would that be here? 24.177.120.74 (talk) 08:38, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

You need to be a registered user yourself to have a userpage. Kayau Voting IS evil 08:42, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

(edit conflict)I'm not quite sure what you're asking. Once you create an account, you can create your own user page. It's not generally something that gets done by someone else. Dismas|^(talk) 08:43, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Please can't someone just go create User:24.177.120.74 so that I can use it? I don't want an account. 24.177.120.74 (talk) 09:17, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Sorry, having a user page is one of the advantages of having an account. See Wikipedia:Why create an account?. —teb728 t c 09:24, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

 Done You are entitled to a user page just like any other user. Has nothing to do with having an account or not. [CharlieEchoTango] 09:27, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

I was about to create the page for the IP, but decided against it. There are IPs with userpages (see Category:Anonymous Wikipedians), but they are mostly static IPs. 24.177.120.74 is a dynamic IP so when s/he returns, they'll be on another IP. Therefore, the userpage would not be very useful. Goodvac (talk) 09:44, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Good point, and I wouldn't know how to differentiate static IPs from dynamic IPs (is there a tool for that?), but the 'opposition' he was facing both here and on his/her talk page was not called for. Any user is entitled to have his/her userpage, and IP users are contributors just like others. Now I agree that this being a dynamic IP, it makes things a bit more complicated, but nonetheless the IP is currently a user in good-standing and thus entitled to a userpage. [CharlieEchoTango] 09:48, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

whatismyipaddress.com/ tells you whether an IP is dynamic or static.
I agree that the refusal to create the page was bureaucratic and rather unwelcoming at best, so let this be a lesson for everyone involved. Goodvac (talk) 10:05, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the tool! [CharlieEchoTango] 10:09, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Section header

This website http://www.legallyindia.com/wiki/School_of_Excellence_in_Law_(SOEL)_Chennai is a replica of wikipedia —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.227.30.129 (talk) 09:25, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

WP:MIRROR [CharlieEchoTango] 09:27, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

I don't think this is a mirror. This is an unrelated site that uses the same MediaWiki software that is used by Wikipedia. -- John of Reading (talk) 10:41, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

WhatLinksHere without templates?

How can I watch WhatLinksHere without showing all the pages that are included by any template. (for example: Beonex Communicator, I'm working on, shows a big list of articles that linked to this article only because Beonex is included in "some" templates) How can I exclude these? mabdul 11:08, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

I don't know how to do this. But a search for "Beonex Communicator" (in quotes, using the "containing..." option) returns only eight hits. -- John of Reading (talk) 11:23, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

mmh, ok. Thanks. that helps. How good that this name is not used for something other... mabdul 11:37, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

This cannot be done. It's requested at bugzilla:3241. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:00, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Thx, interesting bug report. Will hope that someday this feature request can be closed. mabdul 12:30, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

If you want to get in line behind all of the others who have requested that feature, you can take follow the yellow arrow that will take you to the shuttle to the airport and after you go through customs, you can fly to the end of the line. I'm only about two miles ahead of you. :) (Anyone got a Wiki-essay on the (quite reasonable) multiple requests for this feature?)Naraht (talk) 13:56, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Incorrect Logo in company entry.

Hi There,

I work for an organisation ESOMAR there is an entry for our company: European_Society_for_Opinion_and_Marketing_Research

Some of the information on there, including the logo are currently incorrect. I understand that Wikipedia policy about editing articles that you have a direct connection to, particulary when envolving a company or organisation.

So what is the best way to have this information changed or requested to be amended?

Cheers — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jcpenners1 (talk • contribs) 12:42, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

You can submit changes on your talk page, or mine (if you wish) and I can review them, and add them if they are good and pass policy requirements. CTJF83 13:05, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

permanent injunction decree holder can file execution petition or not

property situated at Tamilnadu, India. The Plaintiff has filed the suit for permanent injunction against the defendant to not interfire with peaceful possession of plaintiff. defendant has said exparte and suit has decreed. after issued the decree in suit the defendant has interfeared with in peaceful possession of plaintiff. hence the plaintiff can file execution petition on the base of suit decree to vacate the defendant possession or the plaintiff has to file declaration suit? have any citation regard this problem —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.193.179.41 (talk) 13:08, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

We cannot offer legal advice. Please see the legal disclaimer. Contact your lawyer. -- John of Reading (talk) 13:11, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Bots and other "automagic" to help improve a newly created stub

Is there an index page anywhere listing bots and other tools that can be used to improve this article - Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act - that I have just started. If no such list exists I would appreciate a few pointers anyway. Roger (talk) 14:41, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

A list of all Wikipedia bots can be found here. However I am not aware of bots that are operated for the purpose of creating article content, which I guess is what you are asking for. Bots are primarily used to perform recurring article maintenance tasks. Content creation (and of course previous collection of content) is actually our task as editors here. I think any such bot (and I doubt creation of such a bot would be possible) would make us as editors redundant and as such a bot or tool like that will perhaps never be created.Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 15:10, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

I understand bots can't create content but they can check and fix formatting, add suitable templates, notify relevant WikiProjects to attract more editors and so on. Roger (talk) 15:35, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

If you want a template to attract attention of editors to a specific task that should be performed on the article, you can choose one or more of the Cleanup templates and add appropriate ones to that article. Adding these templates to an articles places that article in a category of articles having this template on it such that editors looking at the category can find the article. And most of the bots performing cleanup/formatting tasks run periodically through all articles. So you will have to wait until one runs over the article. I am however not an expert on bots and I am not sure if there is a bot that can be directly used by editors to be run over a specific article. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 16:12, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

WP:CHECKWIKI might also be helpful.Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 16:23, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

I let the AWB General fixer add a blank line before the stub tag. It didn't find anything else to do. I don't normally allow it to save such trivial edits. -- John of Reading (talk) 16:34, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Semi-Urgent: 2011 Egyptian protests markup/display error

Something weird is going on at the article. Sections are present in the markup but not displaying on the actual page. Can someone with some technical expertise check it out. The sections are 2011 Egyptian protests#31January, 2011 Egyptian protests#1 February, 2011 Egyptian protests#Arrests, and 2011 Egyptian protests#Deaths. It started after this edit and we're discussing it on talk here. Thanks, Ocaasi (talk) 15:29, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Fixed now, it seems, the problem was pretty obvious though, incorrectly closed WP:COMMENT tags. Rehevkor ✉ 15:48, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Yep, it was <!--from tv->. Obvious if you speak markup. Thanks for the help. Ocaasi (talk) 15:51, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Academic Sources that are Controversial: Wikipedia Policy?

I'd like to know if a policy has been developed on Wikipedia regarding including material in articles that is well-sourced to books and articles published by reputable publishers or in academic journals, but which have caused a lot of controversy and debate. In other words, the sources are legitimate, yet strongly disputed in other sources. We are facing this situation at the article on Ramakrishna. Devadaru (talk) 16:26, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

If information is controversial, cite the source explicitly so it is clear that cited text is not universally accepted. For example, say "According to John Doe, the earth is flat. However, Jane Smith states that the earth is more doughnut shaped". In other words, where there is NOT agreement in academic sources, Wikipedia should also not pretend there is agreement. Let the article be in the voice of the experts, since Wikipedia's voice is supposed to be neutral, if there is a genuine disagreement among academics, then make that explicit in the article. However, and I cannot stress this enough, do not give undue weight to fringe opinions. If the overwhelming academic opinion is that John Doe is a crackpot, and no one gives his opinion any serious credence, then don't bother reporting his opinion at all. Just make sure the Wikipedia article reflects the general, mainstream understanding of the subject. And if the mainstream understanding is split, represent that as well. --Jayron32 23:14, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply. We are having just such a problem over at Talk:Ramakrishna with a very long-running argument about which sources deserve more weight—how to decide just who are the "experts". Some ideas are propounded by a few scholars which vast numbers of other people, including some scholars, consider as lunacy. Devadaru (talk) 02:37, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

If you feel that WP:NPOV is being violated on a particular article, you should take it to the neutral point of view noticeboard, or seek some kind of third-party dispute resolution. -- Mesoderm (talk) 03:32, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. Not sure, we may have to go for 3rd party (again(!); I think that was done about two years back!). Devadaru (talk) 04:00, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

I see authentic info in other publications on topics/bios etc.that Wikipedia doesn't have. How do I alert your folks to the source of the info so you all can continue on the path to total knowledge?

--Saw an article in "Der Spigel" on Jan 28/29 2011 about Max von Oppenheimer; bio, archeological finds, personal activites (!) and your cite was practically bare. How can I alert your folks to other info as I traverse other avenues so you can flesh out your data?72.92.119.136 (talk) 16:34, 31 January 2011 (UTC)Der Speigel allows use of their material if you tell them you will use it and give appropriate citation.

Wikipedia is a website that anyone can edit! So you can add material yourself! You could start here. Also, you could post a note on the relevant talk page. Best wishes, good luck, and happy editing! Devadaru (talk) 16:59, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

User message received upon opening page

Ladies and Gentlemen,

The following message was received when opening a page on your site (search for Senne Valley).

User:84.13.63.214 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Wikipedia does not have a user page with this exact name. In general, this page should be created and edited by User:84.13.63.214. If in doubt, please verify that "84.13.63.214" exists.

   Start the User:84.13.63.214 page
   Search for "User:84.13.63.214" in existing pages of namespace User.
   Look for pages within Wikipedia that link to this title. 

Other reasons this message may be displayed:

   If a page was recently created here, it may not yet be visible because of a delay in updating the database; wait a few minutes and try the purge function.
   Titles on Wikipedia are case sensitive except for the first character; please check alternative capitalizations and consider adding a redirect here to the correct title.
   If the page has been deleted, check the deletion log, and see Why was my page deleted?. 

April 2010

Information.png Welcome to Wikipedia. Your test on the page Ball bearing worked, and has been removed. If you would like to experiment further, please use the sandbox. You may also wish to read the introduction to editing and its related help page for more information. Thank you. Tommy2010 19:22, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

Information.svg Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Duke Ellington. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted or removed. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Deagle_AP (talk) 11:34, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

Nuvola apps important.svg Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Duke Ellington, you will be blocked from editing. Deagle_AP (talk) 11:35, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

May I point out that a) I have only once edited an article, some month ago, where I corrected the spelling of "Tow Tree Island" to "Two Tree Island" which is where I volunteer with the EWT, b) I have no idea about Ball Bearings, never searched for an article or edited one of that nature, same applies to the Duke Ellington article.

It would be very kind if you could explain how I came to be suspected with such activities. BTW, our connection is not shared and not wireless either, so hardly any chance of someone else having used our connection without us knowing.

Thank you very much for your time

Frank —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.13.63.214 (talk) 19:32, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

This has (possibly) nothing to do with you. You should have looked at the dates these notifications were posted: nearly a year ago! mabdul 19:40, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

If you carry on reading to the bottom of your talk page it includes the following: "This is the discussion page for an IP user, identified by the user's numerical IP address. Some IP addresses change periodically, and may be shared by several users. If you are an IP user, you may create an account or log in to avoid future confusion with other IP users. ..." - David Biddulph (talk) 20:26, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

I plugged your IP address into the tool cited above at Wikipedia:Help_desk#User_Page_Creation_Request, and yes, it is indeed a dynamic one and will change periodically. A year ago, the offending edits were made by whoever was editing from the address that is currently assigned to you. Karenjc 20:32, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Let me just add that Special:Contributions/84.13.63.214 shows the vandalism edits by that IP address in April 2010. You can just ignore it or create an account. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:25, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Today's Best Nonfiction

Do you have any information on the Reader's Digesst series, Today's Best Nonfiction. Specifically I am looking for the kind of information you have on the Reader's Digest Condensed Book Series where you have listed each volume and the contents. I have a collection of the nonfiction books but several are missing, and I would like to identify the ones I do not as yet have by year and volume number.

Thank you for any help you can provide. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.251.115.208 (talk) 21:01, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia is created by volunteers, and contains information when somebody has chosen to put it in (and has found a reliable source for it). If that information is not there, it probably means that nobody has been interested in collecting it here (though it could mean that nobody has found a reliable source for it). So the chances are that the answer is no, not in Wikipedia. However, we do have a Reference Desk where you can ask questions like this and people might dig a bit and find the information for you. --ColinFine (talk) 23:58, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Australian place categorization

Barcaldine Region (and many other Australian districts) is currently in Category:2008 establishments. It should be moved into Category:States and territories established in 2008. Its membership of the former category appears to be imparted by Template:Infobox Australian place which includes the code :

{{#ifeq:{{{type|}}} | lga | {{#ifexist:Category:{{{est}}} establishments|[[Category:{{{est}}} establishments|{{{name}}}]]}} | {{#ifexist:Category:Populated places established in {{{est}}}|[[Category:Populated places established in {{{est}}} |{{{name}}}]]}}{{#ifexist:Category:Populated places established in the {{{est}}}|[[Category:Populated places established in the {{{est}}}

Regions have <type>=lga and hence they are made members of for example Category:2008 establishments; this needs to be changed to Category:States and territories established in 2008. It appears an easy change but I am not confident enough to do it; can anyone assist? One other question - how quickly will such a change be reflected in the actual categorizations of the regions ? Thanks GrahamHardy (talk) 22:04, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Takes about 24-48 hours to go through. One question though - why states and territories? LGAs are the next level down (municipal government, basically.) Orderinchaos 22:36, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

It seemed the most relevant category Category:Populated places established in 2008 looks to be about towns and cities etc. Is there another category they should be put in ? Can someone make they change for me ? Thanks GrahamHardy (talk) 09:40, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

February 1

Automobile Driving

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Saturday Night Special

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Special_(film)

This Wikipedia entry is totally self-serving and laudatory in a creepy way. There's a page about himself that is equally self-promoting. It looks like he wrote both pages

This gentleman runs a "film festival," The New Mexico Film Festival, which is apparently intended to promote his own projects.

Please advice and/or refer to the proper Wikipedia authorities. I'm wary of this whole situation.

Thank you --

cc: Withoutabox; the Federal Trade Commission. Mig (talk) 00:39, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Saturday Night Special (film) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

You are quite right. I've added another tag at the top of the article so that readers can see that the information is suspect.

But there are no "proper Wikipedia authorities", since this is the encyclopedia that anyone can edit. You are welcome to improve any sub-standard articles you run into. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:49, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Charles Edward Stuart: Talk Page

I have logged in to Wikipedia, but I cannot figure out how to contribute to the Talk Page indicated in the Subject/Headline item above. Can you assist me, please?

Thank you.

Dr M WimsattCupstid123 (talk) 02:21, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Just go to Talk:Charles Edward Stuart and click edit at the top of the page. ~~ GB fan ~~ 02:27, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

help with editing at all

Here's the thing: I understand that when I edit something there's a good chance that it will be changed in a few weeks or even a few months, but there's one article in particular that, when I replaced it with my own, my article was submitted but in less than a day it was replaced with the original article. I thought it was a glitch so I did it again, but the same thing happened. I never had any problems with any other articles I submitted, so why is this happening? Is there something about my account that I don't know about. By the way, all the articles I submit are my own handwriting and no one else's. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bluegirl285 (talk • contribs) 05:30, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Have you read the edit history where the reversions were explained? If, after reading the link provided in the edit summaries, you wish to discuss changes to the article, please do so on the article's talk page, or discuss it with the editor who reverted your changes. - David Biddulph (talk) 07:56, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

It's fine to be bold in Wikipedia, and there are certainly times when "replacing an article (or article section) with your own" produces an improved encyclopaedia. But see WP:BRD. If you boldly erase the cumulative work of all previous contributors and rewrite from scratch, and someone promptly reverts your change (and gives reasons why), it's a sign that your new wording may not be better in all respects than what was there before. The next step is discussion, and (ideally) consensus. Karenjc 11:17, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

RE: Saved page but can't find it on wikipedia

I've saved the page for "Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP) Marketing Hub" but unable to find this and it says there is no such page.

Please advice on what to do.

Regards, Don — Preceding unsigned comment added by Donny1990 (talk • contribs) 06:31, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

The page appears for me at Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP) Marketing Hub. The article seems not to satisfy some of Wikipedia's policies, most notably WP:NOTE and WP:SOAP and thus might be deleted soon.Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 07:13, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

I have tagged it for speedy deletion as it appears to be nothing more than an advertisement masquerading as an article. – ukexpat (talk) 15:14, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

nationality

Why is Welsh not permitted as a nationality? Christian Bale was born in Wales but is cited as English. This can not be corrected which seems a little silly. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.162.86.189 (talk) 08:02, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

That statement in the article has a reference. - David Biddulph (talk) 08:05, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

....specifically "I was born in Wales but I'm not Welsh – I'm English". See also nationality.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 12:31, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Trojan in web page

I viewed the information on Nicholas Pettas and when I clicked on to his official web site & blog, my computer blocked a Trojan virus. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.183.78.171 (talk) 08:08, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Hm, I tried that but my computer didn't detect anything. Maybe you could contact Pettas? Kayau Voting IS evil 09:03, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

McAfee thinks the site is OK (McAfee report). It is always possible that the problem is malware at your end. -- John of Reading (talk) 09:06, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Removing dead links from a wikicommons page

Hi,

In the page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2005carrot_and_turnip.PNG, there are dead links to Faostat, the statistics website of the FAO of the UN. According to our logs, they are used a lot. The Faostat team would like to change them for the general address of the faostat website: http://faostat.fao.org. It is impossible to join the author of the page, for his account is a sock puppet of Shinas.

Can you help ? Faostat (talk) 08:54, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

 Done [CharlieEchoTango] 09:00, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

<edit conflict>The image is hosted on a separate site, Wikimedia Commons. The page you linked to merely reflects the description page at the Commons. You need not contact the uploader to alter the description. You only need to log on to the Commons and edit it. Here is a direct link. Kayau Voting IS evil 09:01, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

European Air Group

I have a remark about the existing article about the European Air Group or EAG. The crest that is pictured in this article is not theactual crest of the European Air Group.This can be verified by going to the official website of the European Air Group (www.euroairgroup.org. Besides that, the information is outdated and not comprhensive and the article is mainly talking about other organizations like EACC and EATC. I tried to correct things by discussion, but there is no reaction on the discussion page. Keesbleijerveld (talk) 10:28, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Just stopping by to add a section header to your question, and a link to the article in question, European Air Group, to help those who will try to help you. Dismas|^(talk) 10:42, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Your note on the article talk page does not say much about what is wrong, and does not mention your conflict of interest. Your proposed rewrite, on your user page, was based entirely on the text of the organisation's own website and was deleted as a copyright violation. Can you come up with any reliable sources, independent of the organisation, showing where other people have written about it? Without these, the article could be deleted entirely as non-notable. -- John of Reading (talk) 10:52, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Redirect for discussion - HM The Queen

The "this redirect's entry" link is pointing at nothing. Kittybrewster ☎ 10:58, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

At WP:RFD#HOWTO there are two steps to follow, and it looks as if the second step hasn't happened. I've run into similar problems when trying to list an article for AFD using Twinkle. I think you'll just have to do the second step manually. -- John of Reading (talk) 11:14, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

I think that 31 Jan and 1 Feb both don't list a redirect created using twinkle. Kittybrewster ☎ 15:09, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Sometimes a server purge is required after a Twinkle Xfd nomination so that the servers all synch up and the redlink turns blue. – ukexpat (talk) 15:19, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Picture problem in the "Paris By Night" series of articles

The series "Paris By Night", including one main article and more than 60 "episode" articles is having problem with the infobox. The picture in the box can not be displayed in many articles (In Vietnamese edition of Wikipedia, the pictures display normally). Any help please. Thank youMemberofc1 (talk) 10:54, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Paris By Night (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

I'm sorry, I haven't understood your problem! The infobox in the Paris by Night page does not ask for a picture to be displayed, and there is no picture in the Vietnamese version of the page. Can you give an article name and an image name, please? -- John of Reading (talk) 11:08, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

I'm sorry, the main article Paris By Night don't have any picture. The "episode" articles , for example : Paris By Night 66, Paris By Night 99, Paris By Night Divas, ... is having problem in some articles, few of them , for example Paris By Night 80,Paris By Night 100 don't have the problem with the picture, I don't know why.Memberofc1 (talk) 11:17, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Oh, I see. To use the Vietnamese picture for episode 66, you'll have to download it from the Vietnamese Wikipedia and then upload it here with a non free use rationale. Pictures at Wikimedia Commons can be shared by all projects, but, sadly, these film posters cannot be uploaded at Commons because of copyright restrictions. -- John of Reading (talk) 11:22, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Regarding sock puppetry

I want to confirm if an anonymous user is using two different IP addresses for editing, does that come under sock puppetry? For Example I think that User:205.242.229.69 and User:205.242.229.70 are the same (because of the similar edit patterns). As the latter IP was banned for vandalism, the other IP is still active. Can I report this to WP:SPI? --- Managerarc ^talk 12:59, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

I don't know a lot about SPI, but, I know you need a sock master, which, I generally think is a user who has been indefinitely blocked, and then creates new accounts/IPs to edit. In the case of two IPs, I would personally go to WP:ANV and use a reason of "block evasion"...you'll get much faster results. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. CTJF83 13:04, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

You don't need an SPI for something as "ducky" as this. If the IPs are obviously being used by the same person, an administrator can issue a range-block on the range being used, so long as the range is sufficiently small and there would be no collateral damage (i.e. inadvertantly blocking good users). If you install the correct gadget in "My Preferences" you can view the contributions from all users with the 205.242.229.XXX range (specifically the 205.242.229.0/24 range) here: [1]. Using unliscenced sockpuppet-smelling equipment, I can positively identify at least 2 and possible 3 or more unique persons using that range, based on behavioral patterns. The OP's user appears to be using solely those two IP addresses, again based on behavior. The WHOIS data for the two cited IP addresses above, AND for a random number of other IPs from that range does all resolve to the same place. --Jayron32 13:38, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Your link to the range contributions isn't working, maybe admin specific? CTJF83 13:48, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

No, you have to turn on the correct gadget in the "My Preferences" tab. Click "My Preferences", click "Gadgets" then place the checkmark in the box next to "Allow /16 and /24-/32 CIDR ranges on Special:Contributions forms..." I am pretty sure this is availible to all users, not just admins. You merely have to turn it on. --Jayron32 14:05, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Ahhh, yes, thank you, CTJF83 14:12, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks a lot:) - Managerarc ^talk 14:56, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

LiquidThreads

I just read about WP:LiquidThreads. When will this new system be implemented in Wikipedia Talk Pages?Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 14:26, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

"This year", according to this thread. But don't hold your breath. -- John of Reading (talk) 15:07, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 15:14, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Keep getting advertisement message

Hello, I am designing a Wikipedia page for a large company, and keep getting a statement saying this is written like an advertisement, and demands a immediate re-write. However, nothing on my site is promotional in nature. I state the company history, officers, services offered (in an objective manner, not stating why they are good or bad), and professional memberships. Really, my Wikipedia page is like most any other company, but why will min not post to the open web? Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jamesbuscaglio1 (talk • contribs) 15:07, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

As a retained (paid?) editor you have a massive and, I would say, insurmountable, conflict of interest, and you are strongly discouraged from creating such an article as it will be almost impossible for you to maintain a neutral point of view. Also bear in mind that we have inclusion criteria for companies and that reliable sources are required to demonstrate notability - that means that very few companies of the millions out there will have the required notability for a Wikipedia article. I would suggest that WikiCompany would be a better outlet for your client. – ukexpat (talk) 15:26, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

(e/c)Well, for a start, the draft article on your user page is, in large part, a copyright violation or close paraphrase of the company website, which is unacceptable at Wikipedia. Even if you are associated with the company, we cannot take your word for it that you have the right to copy that material here. There is a process for donating copyright material to Wikipedia, but in almost every case, the content of a company website is not suitable for use in a neutral, independent article, simply because a company website's purpose - reasonably enough - is to present the company in a positive light.

Look at featured articles such as BAE Systems to get an idea of what our best articles look like. Of course, not every article will be as detailed as this, but it can give you an idea of the structure of an article. For example, we don't find out what this company does until the third sentence, and even then "interior specialty maintenance" requires an explanation of what that means.

Lastly, if you have a conflict of interest with the company, you should most likely not be writing the article. If the company is an appropriate subject for a Wikipedia article, someone will independently write one. --Kateshortforbob _talk 15:34, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

I have tagged the user page draft for speedy deletion as copyvio and I have also tagged the logo for deletion as the reservation All rights of this logo are solely for the use of Corporate Care is incompatible with public domain. – ukexpat (talk) 15:55, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Let's be careful here not to jump down this editor's throat while of course maintaining our standards, people! There are positive things he can do--Wehwalt (talk) 16:04, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

That is certainly not my intention, but we need to clear up some misconceptions about what Wikipedia is about, see below. – ukexpat (talk) 16:10, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

(e/c)Also, I think it is worth clearing up one other apparent misconception. Users here do not engage in "designing a Wikipedia page" for anyone or anything. We write articles about notable subjects. Those articles will be edited by other users, sometimes ruthlessly, that's the essence of Wikipedia. Wikipedia does not host pages for anyone. – ukexpat (talk) 16:10, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Some excerpts from your short deleted page: "... successfully led the company through many positive transitions to become a leader in the industry. ... able to partner with small, medium or large commercial clients to provide a personalized, local service on a nationwide basis. ... has been working to continuously to refine it's services offered."

Above you wrote: "nothing on my site is promotional in nature. I state the company history, officers, services offered (in an objective manner". I think most people would disagree strongly with that. Maybe you have worked so much with marketing that this doesn't strike you as promotional but others wouldn't and Wikipedia shouldn't describe the company like that. The page was deleted for copyright infringement of the company website but the advertisement tag was also appropriate. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:34, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Changing page title

I mistitled the page Written World Publications, which should be Written World Communications. How can I fix this? Swimmerwinner72 (talk) 17:55, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

The "Move" tab at the top of the page. - David Biddulph (talk) 17:58, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Article has been speedily deleted. – ukexpat (talk) 21:18, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

recent visits to Wikipedia

I searched an instrument for measuring distances on a map. I was sure I found one. No I am positive I found an answer and now can not find it. No matter what i do I can not find it again. How do you look up when and what you last visited Wikipedia so that I can find my page again. The instrument I found was a pisometer. I think! There was a description and a photographic illustration of this instrument. It is called a mechanical map measurer in sale rooms but its classical name is a pisomenter (I think!). Hope you can help me "get back to the place I was before"! Zeatal — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zeatal (talk • contribs) 19:37, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Opisometer! Found by entering "measure distance on map" into the "Search" box. -- John of Reading (talk) 19:52, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia does not have any public access or tracking data, so there's no way "where did I read most recently?" or any similar question could be answered on-site. However, this sort of history of website browsing is often saved and available in the "History" or similar menu of the web browser on your own computer. DMacks (talk) 20:04, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

sometimes this feature in web browsers is called chronic.(i mean that was so in firefox) mabdul 20:21, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

broken account pevents me from adding it to my global account

Hi,

maybe someone can help with the following problem:

In 2007, I created an en.wikipedia account, as I had found out that my account created on de.wikipedia was not valid for en.wikipedia. I used the same name and password as for my de.wikipedia account.

With this initial login (right after creating the account), I made exactly one edit.

However, from that day on I could never ever log in again to en.wikipedia with this account, for a reason that I never understood.

So I continued to make edits to en.wikipedia without being logged in as I did not want to create a second account without any understanding why the first one wouldn't work.

In the meantime, global accounts have been installed by wikipedia - a change that is highly reasonable! I happily transformed my account to such global account,

however my "en" account was not connected, as can be seen here:

http://toolserver.org/~vvv/sulutil.php?user=Jbuechler

The fact that I could never log on with this account seems to fit to the weird fact that the one edit made (and counted!) won't display if one clicks on the (c) field behind "enwiki". It also claims (when I click on "Send new password" at the login screen) that no e-mail address is known connected to this user name. This can't be true either.

Is there any way to re-activate the en-account so that I can add it to the global account?

Thanks, Joe —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.157.196.238 (talk) 22:05, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Figuring out why you can't log on to your en account would probably be the first step here. Why can't you? Password not accepted? Rehevkor ✉ 22:21, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

(It may also be possible to usurp your own account, see Wikipedia:Changing username/Usurpations) Rehevkor ✉ 22:24, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

There is no e-mail address recorded for User:Jbuechler at the English Wikipedia. An e-mail adress at the German Wikipedia does not work at the English when the accounts are not unified, and you cannot unify them without knowing the English password. The only edit by Jbuechler at the English Wikipedia was deleted. Only administrators like me can see deleted edits. The edit created an article at Mr. Ady. If you don't know the right English password then you either have to create a new English account or request usurpation. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:36, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

That en account meets the requirements for usurpation, which you can do even if you are one who created it. Go to WP:CHU/U and follow the instructions on that page. You may technically have to leave a message on the en account's talk page asking if it is OK to usurp, but since it is you, there should be no objection raised. Arakunem^Talk 18:21, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

February 2

The beautiful city....

There are uncountable number of villages,town, cities etc across the world. But, to everyone of them,there is a peuculiarity. some of these pecularity sometimes makes take a braek and have a deep breath. On this note, come a town called Ajowa Akoko. This a community of a little more than fifty thousand people. He was founded in 1955. With the coming together of eight diffrent villages, each having her local dialet. as such, each community has a king. Each king rulling her immidiate commuity in full capacity . In a way ,its a town where eight oba rule. Yet, they experience peace. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Obabigbusayo (talk • contribs) 02:00, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

How can we help you with using or editing Wikipedia, though? Bencherlite^Talk 02:01, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

You could try reading Akoko. CaptRik (talk) 08:51, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

contributions

I first found wikipedia via freelance writer job ad from which I got the impression contributors would be paid for contributions, is that the case or are submissions purely volunteer? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bimkerly10 (talk • contribs) 04:12, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Everything here is done on a volunteer basis. No one here has been paid by the Wikimedia Foundation (Wikipedia's parent company) to do anything. It does happen that third-parties will "pay" to have someone edit Wikipedia for them, we cannot deny that this happens, though when it does it usually violates Wikipedia's strict Conflict of interest guidelines; getting money from a company to write a Wikipedia article about them means that your writing will tend to be overly favorable towards that company, either deliberately or subconsciously, and that lack of neutrality is a violation of Wikipedia's core policies, see Wikipedia:Neutral point of view. So, do people get paid sometimes to edit Wikipedia? Sure. Are they supposed to be? Probably not. As it is modeled, everything here is created purely on a volunteer basis. The articles are created, edited, and maintained by people who are primarily interested in spreading knowledge around the world, and for no higher purpose than that, and without any need for more personal gain than a sense of satisfaction of a job well done. --Jayron32 04:48, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

The survival rate of such "commissioned" articles seems to me to be very low anyway. The articles get deleted for being irredeemably biased or failing to comply with the notability standard, so the company concerned is generally just throwing away their money. Roger (talk) 11:33, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Only the ones that get caught... It's like saying that our jails are full of criminals, so we must be doing a good job getting them off the street. Buddy431 (talk) 17:15, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

That is sadly, probably, very true. For really large companies, they can often afford to have people who can figure out how to subtly influence the content in Wikipedia articles in ways that reflect well on them, and still avoid the appearance of doing so overtly. McDonald's therefore is more likely to get away with whitewashing its own articles than Bobs Burger Barn would be. I have no specific companies that are doing this (my McDonald's example was purely hypothetical). For that reason, I tend to believe that Wikipedia articles on certain subject (corporations, political groups and figures, etc.) are inherently less trustworthy than Wikipedia articles on subjects where there is less motivation to fudge the truth to boost the subject. To take a recent example from the Main Page, there's very little motivation to cover-up or whitewash the article on the Common Firecrest in the same way that there would be for doing so on an article about a company. All that taken into account, we can only say that paid editing is not supposed to be happening at Wikipedia; when it is known to have occured it has always gone badly for both the editor and the articles in question, and it undoubtedly goes on at some small level undetected by people who are just very good at covering their tracks. --Jayron32 17:39, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Please assist me

How do I share wikipedia articles on facebook? — Preceding unsigned comment added by AnnaVeileroglou (talk • contribs) 10:55, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Still, there is no automatically way for that, because Facebook and Wikipedia didn't make an agreement about it. However, you can publish URL of desired article on your Wall on Facebook. It's like sharing! Alex ^discussion 11:02, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

The (only?) way to share a Wikipedia article on Facebook is to copy the article's URL or address and paste that onto your Facebook wall. We don't have any "share" buttons here on Wikipedia. Dismas|^(talk) 11:06, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

But if you want to ass share buttons, see User:Gadget850/FAQ#Sharebox. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 15:38, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

add? -- John of Reading (talk) 15:45, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

I'll pass on the ass share buttons, thanks. TNXMan 17:25, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Double-matching categories

I don't know how to gain articles together located in two or more categories. Actually, I need to find non-existent category Living writers, in which coincides following categories: Living people and Writers. Thanks in advance! Alex ^discussion 10:57, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

I think WP:CATSCAN is what you're looking for. Dismas|^(talk) 11:04, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

High traffic site

Should I add the Template:High traffic (or maybe a template for "in the news") to the Cello (web browser) since st 20 April 2010 a news article on favbrowser.com quadruplicated the views on the 22.4.2010 as I wrote at the talkpage? mabdul 11:40, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

I'm not convinced that either template applies here. For {{High traffic}}, the page has to link to Wikipedia. That page does not; it only has the link to the article traffic statistics that you posted there. For {{Current}}, you need "live" news, not a newly-written page describing something from 1994. -- John of Reading (talk) 12:05, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

A tool to generate a list of selective contributions

Hello, I'd like to find out, if there's any tool that will generate a clickable list of all my posts on AN/I for the last 5 months for example? Thank you.--Mbz1 (talk) 13:51, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

What about this link? *g* mabdul 14:16, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

That includes a number of pages other than ANI. I think this may be a bit more selective, but it may still include references to Mbz1, rather than just posts by him. And of course it doesn't list each contribution separately, so each of the archives may have numerous contributions. - David Biddulph (talk) 14:29, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Thank you both for trying to help me!--Mbz1 (talk) 16:47, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

How to get article live

I'm trying to get an article called DiGa LLC live. The info below popped up after requesting the move, but it has not appeared in the discussion list. Can someone please help? Thank you.

It has been proposed in this section that User:SunshineSachs/DiGa LLC be renamed and moved. A bot will list this discussion on Wikipedia:Requested moves within 15 minutes of this tag being placed. The discussion may be closed after 7 days of being opened, if consensus has been reached. More information about closing discussions is available at Wikipedia:Requested moves/Closing instructions. Remember to base arguments on article title policy, and to keep discussion succinct and civil. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SunshineSachs (talk • contribs) 14:47, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

To be blunt, it isn't ready, and may well be deleted if moved to main space. More details shortly.--SPhilbrickT 14:50, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

• You have used Wikipedia as a citation. That's not allowed. See Wikilink for how to do it right.
• You have bare links in the External Links section. See External links (which does show how to do a bare link, but they are really no longer acceptable)
• The article is too long for a single section. See Manual of Style for help
• There are other issues, but this is a start. Try checking in at Requests for feedback after you've addressed some of these issues.--SPhilbrickT 14:57, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

(ec)To start with, think about WP:Notability, and use a Google search to see how notable an organisation DiGa LLC is. - David Biddulph (talk) 15:00, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

And more for your reading list. Sunshine, Sachs & Associates seems to be issuing press releases about DiGa, so please read WP:CORPNAME and WP:COI. - David Biddulph (talk) 15:06, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Blatant user name violation reported to WP:UAA. – ukexpat (talk) 15:39, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

IMHO that's biting the newbie. He/she hasn't done anything in mainspace yet - no harm, no foul. He/She has come to this page for help - not to be beaten up. Roger (talk) 06:52, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Sorry, but I don't have much sympathy for a "newbie" whose only contribution is to promote a client. – ukexpat (talk) 15:41, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Slight bug on search results display?

I did a wikipedia search on the two words: Iranian Shahs . The output appears to have a slight bug. On the second and third answers, Pahlavi Dynasty and Shah, the bolding of the search words in the result is odd, instead of Iranian being bolded, 'Iran' is bolded and the a space appears to be there before the unbolded 'ian'. Looking at those articles, they have used the quite normal trick of doing [[Iran]]ian to make Iranian point to Iran. I'm not sure where to report this (I'm not quite sure I'm up to making a Bugzilla entry) and I can probably be argued out of viewing this as a bug (though it will take work 1/2 :) ).Naraht (talk) 17:37, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

That's not a bug, it's a feature! (without ironic undertone) mabdul 17:46, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

It's a feature to have "ian" stand by itself in some articles but not in others? It means that the search results don't show information based on the shown text in those pages, but rather the information "below" them.Naraht (talk) 18:35, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

I misunderstood you at the first. Do you have really whitespaces in iranian like "iran ian"? Which browser do you use, because with my web browser there is no problem. I do think you found a bug in your web browser! mabdul 18:54, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Yes, I do, I copied the text into notepad and there is an actual space. Could you try the same thing? BTW, I am running Chrome.Naraht (talk) 21:00, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

You could try changing the text to [[Iran|Iranian]] rather than [[Iran]]ian so that the whole word is linked to the article on Iran. -- Bk314159 (Talk to me and find out what I've done) 21:35, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

The entire word is linked there anyway. [[Plum]]s displays and does the same thing *in the article* as [[Plum|Plums]], it just apparently shows up differently in the results of the search. And Help:Link indicates that they should be the same *and* that [[Plum]]s is prefered.Naraht (talk) 21:49, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

USER:XXXXXXX I want to add the title

Hello, I have no idea how to get ride of the title of my article. I want to put Spanish White WIne (Bogatell) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Chadturnbull

Can someone please just change it for me and explain it too me. I spent a lot of time research and i just want to have the right title. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chadturnbull (talk • contribs) 17:39, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

You have to move your article. In the tab "move" above the article is the option to move the article into mainspace. mabdul 17:42, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

A bit more, you need to also read Wikipedia:Article titles for more on choosing a proper title to move the article too. The title "Spanish White Wine (Bogatell)" doesn't follow Wikipedia's article naming conventions. The proper name for the article, after reading it, is probably just Bogatell. --Jayron32 17:49, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks Jayron — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chadturnbull (talk • contribs) 17:53, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

You don't see the "Move" option because your account is too new - an account has to be registered for four days before it is given the autoconfirmed user status. However, I'm not going to move the page for you because this LinkedIn page suggests that you have a close connection with the brand that you are writing about. Because of this conflict of interest, at the very least, the page requires careful review by other editors before it is moved. Please see the FAQ for Organisations. -- John of Reading (talk) 17:52, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

(ec)I was going to say that you may need to convince the copyright experts in Wikipedia that you are indeed the holder of the copyright in the labels, but now I see that you apparently are (but would probably need to go through the appropriate processes for allowing their use), you probably ought to read WP:COI to consider whether you ought to be writing the article at all. - David Biddulph (talk) 17:57, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

See WP:IOWN for the process to communicate copyright permissions. – ukexpat (talk) 18:10, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Note that by licensing File:Bogatell's offical label.jpg under commons:Template:Cc-zero you are granting anyone the right to use the image for any purpose, even commercial, without asking for permission. See the links under commons:COM:EIC#Trademark for additional information about trademarks. --Teratornis (talk) 19:35, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Can it be used under the fair use rule - that way the owner's rights are still protected? Roger (talk) 06:55, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I need to contact wikipeada

I accidentally forgot to log in when editing a talk page and my IP address is on show. I would like to get it hidden this is a genuine error and once I saw what I had done I re signed the edits with my account name. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ruth-2013 (talk • contribs) 19:45, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Please contact our Oversight team at Wikipedia:Requests_for_oversight, as this is the best place to request assistance. TNXMan 19:49, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

How to cite an Associated Press article?

How do you cite an AP article when it's reproduced by a different news organization? For example this article is an AP article, but it's posted on The Japan Times. Do I cite The Japan Times or do i cite AP and simply post a link to The Japan Times? Thanks --Torsodog^Talk 19:48, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Use the |work parameter for the AP, and the |publisher parameter for the Japan Times. Albacore (talk) 19:57, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Ah, got it. Thanks! --Torsodog^Talk 19:58, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Ancestors of Qais Abdur Rashid

I am looking for genealogical information of Qaid Abdur Rashid. It is said in Wikipedia that Qais Abdul Rashid is the 37th descendant of King Saul, but I couldn't find the genealogical ancestry tree anywhere. I would be grateful if furnished with the requested information. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.211.121.46 (talk) 20:01, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

This question is not suitable for the helpdesk. People over at this reference desk might be able to answer your question. Jarkeld (talk) 21:08, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Any Admins about?

Hi everyone, I tried to archive my talk page today - for various reasons - and made it into a subpage of my user page instead of a subpage of my new talk page. I moved it to the intended location, and then ended up with a superfluous page that I would now like to delete. Can anyone help me out? My main user page is User:KageTora. The archived talk page is at User_talk:KageTora/Archive 1, and the new talk page is at User_talk:KageTora. The superfluous page is User:KageTora/Archive 1. Is it possible for me to delete this myself, or do I need an admin? Cheers. --KägeTorä - (影虎) (TALK) 23:13, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

 Doing...... Bencherlite^Talk 23:16, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Cheers. --KägeTorä - (影虎) (TALK) 23:17, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

(edit conflict)x2 If you want a page within your userspace to be deleted: add {{db-userreq}} on that page and an admin will come along to delete it. Jarkeld (talk) 23:18, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Done. There are bots that will archive your talk page if you want; see Help:Archiving a talk page (or click "edit" on my talk page to see what I've done, for example). Bencherlite^Talk 23:19, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Ah, excellent! Very useful, thanks (to both of you). --KägeTorä - (影虎) (TALK) 23:32, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

February 3

Featured articles

What article is a featured article in the most languages? Albacore (talk) 00:42, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

This actually came up a while back. The long and short of it is that it appears to be Julius Caesar with 13, though no one was able to be sure.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 01:41, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

And we aren't even one of them :( CTJF83 01:51, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

If this question was multiple times asked, why doesn't anybody write a bot that checks every weeks (or so) for identical articles? Can't be so hard since every (interwiki-)article is connected... mabdul 15:24, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Anon whistleblowing

Is there anyway to whistleblow on Wikipedia policy breakers anonymously? My experience today (see diff) is that anonymous whistleblowers are not taken seriously and their edits are erased, but I'm afraid to speak out under a username for fear of retaliation/harassment by potentially offended editors. 128.253.26.82 (talk) 01:40, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

That's not the case. I'd assume from the edit summary, your post was disruptive somehow? Clarification with User:SarekOfVulcan would be warranted to see why s/he removed your post. CTJF83 01:46, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

The issue as I read it is clearly explained at WP:SOCK. Longtime users should not mask their identity (either by logging out or by creating new accounts) when they are working outside of the article space, especially in regards to discussing policies and behavior of editors. If you want to be taken seriously, you need to stand by your accusations with your user name. --Jayron32 04:36, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Whistleblowing is where someone within an organisation knows of abuse or bad practice of which the authorities are unaware, and reports it even at the risk of real-life repercussions. Wikipedia routinely seeks community consensus on everything from content to policy to user conduct, so raising the issue of another user's behaviour here is hardly "whistleblowing". The user you report can't try to get you fired or threaten your family (well, in theory they could if you chose to disclose your real-life identity, but the likelihood is very low and we have police for that sort of nonsense) so why should you be allowed to report anonymously? If someone accused you of misbehaving here, wouldn't it be fairer to know who they were and what your history, if any, was with them? Karenjc 11:03, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Copyright violation question

Can anyone explain to me how List of assassinations and acts of terrorism against Americans (USA) can be a copyright violation of List of assassinations and acts of terrorism against Americans, of which it is an identical copy, when the latter is another article on the same Wikipedia and not itself a copyright violation? And why is it not even allowed to replace the former with a redirect to the latter? JIP | Talk 06:52, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Uhhhh, you're the one that deleted it, you tell us. CTJF83 07:05, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

I only deleted it because I was told it was a copyright violation, I'm not the one who decided it was one. JIP | Talk 07:35, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Ok, so basically it's because it doesn't give credit to everyone who's edited the article. Wikipedia's licensing specifies that you can use, modify and redistribute any article at will as long as you credit where it came from. Ideally, this should be a link to the history, which lists all the contributors. I hope this helps! --- c y m r u . l a s s ^{(talk me, stalk me)} 07:40, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Who told you to delete it? Why would you as an admin, do something you didn't agree with? I see no reason why a redirect wouldn't be ok. CTJF83 07:43, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

User:Seb az86556 placed a copyvio tag on the article, and after I replaced the article with a redirect, he undid the change and restored the copyvio tag. I thought that I'd just delete the article, because it was redundant with List of assassinations and acts of terrorism against Americans anyway, being an exact copy of it, and no one would search for the title with "(USA)" in it anyway. JIP | Talk 08:06, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Redirects are cheap...but either way is fine I guess...CTJF83 08:10, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

For reference, I believe that where all versions of a page are copyright infringements, it's preferable to delete the page entirely than simply to remove the latest version of the infringing content (which is what the conversion to redirect effectively did). However, in this particular case, perhaps the creator was trying to split the list at List_of_assassinations_and_acts_of_terrorism_against_Americans and create a new list limited to acts that took place in the USA? (Caveat: I haven't actually looked at the deleted page.) If that was so, firstly I don't think the original list is long enough to warrant splitting, but secondly (assuming it had been) there's a procedure for repairing inadequate attribution of material copied within Wikipedia at WP:Copying within Wikipedia. Gonzonoir (talk) 09:29, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

The page started out as an exact copy of the already existing page List of assassinations and acts of terrorism against Americans, which should mean that its edit history didn't credit the contributors of the earlier page, whose material it copied. I presume the author was trying to move the page under a different title, but was doing it incorrectly by copy-pasting the content to a new page and then converting the old page to a redirect. I would undelete only the version of List of assassinations and acts of terrorism against Americans (USA) that contains my redirect to List of assassinations and acts of terrorism against Americans, but I don't think the title with "(USA)" added is a plausible search target. JIP | Talk 19:48, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Oh, and another link: Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia. --- c y m r u . l a s s ^{(talk me, stalk me)} 07:46, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

In my opinion, unless the editing histories are also identical, JIP should have reverted Seb az86556's revert of his redirect and explained in a nice admin-like way that even though the "(USA)" version was an unlikely redirect, it was necessary to do that due to the need to preserve the editing history as required by the licensing conditions. Perhaps now, the best action would be to restore List of assassinations and acts of terrorism against Americans (USA), immediately redo his redirect to List of assassinations and acts of terrorism against Americans and then drop a note on User talk:Seb az86556 explaining what's happened. Astronaut (talk) 15:10, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Alexandra Powers

Hi! I was wondering if someone could edit the Alexandra Powers page. I found this article online that talk about her personal life: http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,308844,00.html Would it be ok to use this article as a reference? Thanks! Neptunekh2 (talk) 06:55, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

I don't see why not, EW is a reliable source. CTJF83 07:02, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

I should remind Neptunekh2 that it's not really proper (or necessary) to post this question on several users' talk pages, as well as the help desk. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 07:20, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Format display

I use my smartphone about 90% of the time for browsing and research. I'm using an HTC-HD2 Cell phone with TMobile as my carrier. the OLD Wiki page layout style that would display on my phone say about 6 months ago and earlier LOOKED better, UPLOADED FASTER, and EASIER TO READ WITHOUT having to SCROLL ALL OVER THE PLACE like the "NEWER" FORMAT LAYOUT of say 2 months ago.

Am I missing something? In other words, is there a page layout similar to the "old" one that's specifically designed for the approx. 3" x 6" smartphone screen? I understand the "new" layout provides a great deal of info that, perhaps the "old" style did not. Personally, I liked the OLD one BETTER.

Please advise. Joel —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.174.5.147 (talk) 11:38, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Just a thought: Did you perhaps switch from en.m.wikipedia.org to en.wikipedia.org? —teb728 t c 12:06, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

alternatively create a account and change the design as long as you are logged in! mabdul 13:48, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

(edit conflict) The last time there was a site-wide style change was last June when we switched from the monobook skin to the vector skin (what you are using now). You can still access monobook by either registering an account and setting it in your preferences, or appending ?useskin=monobook to the URL (like so). As for the mobile gateway there are 2 that I am aware of: en.mobile.wikipedia.org and en.m.wikipedia.org. The first (.mobile.) is the old one, which is designed for the pre-iPhone era. Other than that as Teb suggested you may be viewing the full (non-mobile) version of the site. At the bottom of the page there is a link to "permanently disable mobile site", which likely sets a cookie to do so. Additionally there are quite a few third party applications available to view wikipedia. Android for instance has a few dozen. While Windows Mobile 6.5 isn't the greatest platform for third party applications I would try checking the windows marketplace and seeing what you find. It is possible to put another mobile OS on the HD 2, so if it's that important to you could always consider doing that. Note that doing so will typically void any warranty or insurance you may have on the phone if it is discovered that you had anything other than stock settings on there. --nn123645 (talk) 14:04, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Would like to usurp German and maybe Finnish user account for unified account

I irregularly edit on other language wikis (usually adding photos, bibliographic citations, etc. nothing heavy requiring linguistic skills). I have a unified account under my user name "Quartermaster" that covers almost all of the wiki universe. The exceptions are for the German and Finnish wikipedias. I.e., there were pre-existing users named "Quartermaster" on both of those. My question is specific to the German wikipedia - it appears that there is no one inhabiting the "Quartermaster" user name on that wiki and I don't know how to usurp it. What's odd also is that all of the edits by that user name were ones that I did while originally logged in as "Quartermaster" on the English language wikipedia. It appears that the German "Quartermaster" has never made an edit (but appears to get credit for my English wikipedia edits). Is there any way you can point me in the direction or assist me in usurping the German "Quartermaster" name so I can include it in my unified ID? The Finnish one is more problematic since there appears to be a real user "Quartermaster" but their last edit was in 2008, and they only did 84 total edits over a period of a couple of weeks. Nothing earth shattering or time sensitive here, I'm just anal retentive enough to want to have a REAL unified account. --Quartermaster (talk) 13:49, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

I don't know about the details of unified login, but the German wiki anomaly is likely caused by importing revisions from English wiki in order to write a translated article. This causes a known bug where the edits of the user on the home wiki get attributed to the foreign-wiki user of the same name. I'm not sure if anything is being done to fix this or not.... Calliopejen1 (talk) 17:42, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Disambiguation for Kazuhiko

Kazuhiko currently redirects to an astoroid, but there are several people with that name. Shoudn't a disambiguation point to them (and the astoroid)? --88.130.134.32 (talk) 15:27, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Be bold! mabdul 15:34, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

intitle:Kazuhiko does indeed show many people. Kazuhiko to 26170 Kazuhiko is one of around ten thousand redirects to numbered asteroids created by User:PotatoBot in April 2010. Here is a link to the last 500. Many of them look questionable but creating huge amounts of disambiguation pages would be very time consuming. I'm considering to examine a few hundred of the redirects and as a test case make a mass deletion nomination of the inappropriately looking at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion. I think many of these asteroids will rarely be the wanted article in searches, and a search results page will serve users better than a redirect. Now I'm just wondering how to examine the rest of 10,000 redirects if there is consensus to delete the test cases... PrimeHunter (talk) 18:04, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

I do think anybody will start then a pool ;) mabdul 18:22, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Ownership Transfer

Dear Wikipedia,

We would like to ask more information about the process to transfer ownership of some pages on Wikipedia.These pages originally belong to our company and have been created by our former employee. However, this employee is not with our company anymore and we do not have username and password to log in to these pages for editing and updating. So we need to ask you the process to transfer the current ownership(username, password and all other related information) to one else'name

We really appreciate your help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.6.14.2 (talk) 18:27, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

You seem to be laboring under a severe misapprehension. Nobody "owns" any article in Wikipedia.. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:34, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Additionally, I will point out that "role" accounts, those belonging to more than one person or to some form of collective entity, are not permitted here; and that we have a very stern policy militating against editing by persons with a conflict of interest. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:39, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Your request is fundamentally flawed. First, all Wikipedia user accounts must belong to private individuals, not to companies, organisations, or other collective entities. Second, all Wikipedia material is licensed under the GFDL, which is non-refutable. If the author of the pages had the right to create them in the first place, they are now under GFDL, and cannot be transferred to new ownership. If the original author did not have the right to create them (because of copyright or disclosure reasons) they should never have been created. Anyway, what you ask simply cannot be done, it goes against Wikipedia's fundamental policies. There is nothing stopping another employee of your company from creating a new account and editing these pages however, provided that he/she does this as him/herself and not as a representative of your company. JIP | Talk 20:22, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Hi, It is not our point. we all that our previous employee had already set these pages semi protected. SO now we want to know how to update, change information on these pages. Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.6.14.2 (talk) 20:22, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Oh, you are asking how to be able to edit semi-protected pages rather than about ownership issues? In that case, it would depend on what pages they are. Please point them out. JIP | Talk 20:24, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

You didn't read the policy WP:COI: you have a conflict of interest and aren't allowed to edit the article about your company. semi-protection means that users that have autocomfirmed (a few edit and a few days old) accounts are allowed to edit these pages. mabdul 20:30, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

That's not quite correct - editors with a COI are strongly encouraged not to edit where they have a conflict, but rather they should use the article's talk page to discuss requested changes, supported by references to reliable sources. – ukexpat (talk) 20:51, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Permian extinction

I have prepared a paper on the cause of the Permian extinction. This occured 240 milion years ago when most of the marine live was killed. I have exhibits that explain my position and are included as figures in the paper. I am a retired geologist and currentlly do not belong to any to any geological society, consequently I thought of publishing it on Wikipedia. Please advise.19:40, 3 February 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eyenstone (talk • contribs)

I'm sorry, but Wikipedia is not a place of first publication. Your research would need to be published in a reliable source before it could have an article here. TNXMan 19:46, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Looking for a specific Wikipedia policy

Hello. I asked a question about featured topics, and a user kindly replied mentioning a certain consensus on treating featured topics and their subtopics as a tree. I am looking for the specific page on which said consensus was reached, can anyone help me out? Thank you very much. Leptictidium (mt) 20:15, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Transliteration of Cyryllic text

hello,

which transliteration system should I use to romanize the Russian cyryllic alphabet; is it ISO 9?-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 20:55, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

You may want to ask at either Wikipedia:Reference desk/Language or Wikipedia talk:Translation or Wikipedia:WikiProject Russia. --Jayron32 21:35, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Still more about SUL usurpation

I originally started to use SUL on 30 December last year, and found out that my username was already taken on two WikiMedia projects: the Danish Wikipedia and the Russian Wikipedia. So I left a SUL usurpation request at both. The Russian Wikipedia soon accepted the usurpation, but the Danish Wikipedia has so far done exactly diddly-squat. I have left a message both at the SUL usurpation page (in Swedish, as I was told Danes understand it) and on the Danish user's talk page (in Danish, from a ready-made template), but nothing has ever become of it. The Danish Wikipedia is the only WikiMedia project where the account "JIP" belongs to someone else than me. And the user there doesn't even have any edits ever. What can I do to usurp this account? JIP | Talk 21:01, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Did you post any request at Wikipedia:Changing username/Usurpations? I can't find anything in the archives... mabdul 21:11, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

That is for the English WP only. He did post at the Danish WP but there has been no action on that request. Interestingly enough, the user who handles the Danish usurps has done some since your request. Perhaps a note to him on his user page to inquire about any reservations or questions he may have regarding your request. His page is at: [2]. I don't see any edits from JIP or the IP he used for the usurp request on the Bureaucrat's talk page or in the archives. Arakunem^Talk 21:33, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

My pages aren't visible?

Hi. I created three pages in January but don't see them visible. I spent some time on these so am concerned. Can you tell me where they might be? They were for Camp Edmo, Camp EdTech and Edventure More. Thanks.------------