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    November 11

    page created redirected to another title, why?

    Why was the page with a specific title redirected to another title? And how can I change that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Okhereitgoes (talk • contribs) 00:24, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Which page(s) are you talking about? This is only your second edit to Wikipedia and so your contribution history gives me no clues here. BencherliteTalk 00:35, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    If you are asking about Thomas (Tomek) S.S. Lamprecht and Tomasz Lamprecht, the former title was moved to the former latter, leaving a redirect at the former title so that anyone using the former title can find the article. —teb728 t c 01:21, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    I replaced a "former" by "latter" in the above post to avoid confusion. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:27, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    If the OP was asking why the article was moved in the first place, it is because on Wikipedia the article title of a bio is name the subject is most commonly by. The full name/birth name if different and any aliases are given in the text. But having looked at the article, I am beginning to think it should have been moved instead to Thomas Lamprecht. (Thanks for fixing my typo.) —teb728 t c 03:49, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Emmerdale

    Just recently, when I change the date in the Emmerdale template, the documentation changes too, without me doing snything to it. Thee seem to be kind of bug in the template. Can someone please help me fix that bug? Wingard (talk) 00:41, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    I assume you mean {{Emmerdale episodes}} and Template:Emmerdale episodes/doc? The doc page uses {{FULLDATE}} with an unsupported parameter ("type=month=[etc]"). {{FULLDATE}} will always show you the current date without requiring any updating. If you want this, fine, but check the documentation for FULLDATE to get the parameter(s) you want to use. If you don't always want the doc page to show the current date, as opposed to e.g. the date you last updated it, remove FULLDATE. BencherliteTalk 01:07, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Harry Potter/Christopher Columbus

    Why is nothing said about why Columbus did not direct any but two of the Harry Potter films and stayed involved in only three but provides the commentary for all of them? Was he fired, not asked to direct them, what is the true story? How do I find an answer to this question? VAC — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.79.137.89 (talk) 01:17, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Harry Potter (film series)#Directors says: he did not want to return for the third film as he claimed he was "burned out".[1]:
    Have you tried the Entertainment 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. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:44, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Wikipedia article on Facebook

    I know that I should ask Facebook this question, but as you probably know it is almost impossible to get in touch with the Facebook administration.

    The article Milosevic on Trial can also be read on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Milosevic-on-Trial/113947928615325. But the article Jersild Live can not be read on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jersild-Live/106455062715218. Does somebody know, how I get the Jersild Live article to show on Facebook?

    PS: By the way, the title of the two articles Milosevic on Trial and Jersild Live are not written in italics as the should be. I don't know how to change this. --JAL78 (talk) 02:32, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    I fixed the italic title issue on the articles. GB fan 02:38, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Template:HD/facebook has a link to http://www.facebook.com/help/?topic=profileconnections. I'm not on Facebook and don't know how they operate but if a Facebook user adds a Wikipedia article title to their profile (timeline) then perhaps Facebook will copy the article or part of it at some time. PrimeHunter (talk) 04:20, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Facebook community pages may incorporate content from Wikipedia— such use complies with Wikipedia policies on reuse of content. We at Wikipedia have no control over how the content is included nor can we help to remove it. Facebook does have a topic on Community pages and profile connections on their Help Center. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) talk 11:30, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Recreation?

    I ran across an entry at WP:RM that jogged my memory. Could an admin take a look at the deleted article Writing Process Phase 3: Revise, Proofread, Evaluate and judge whether the new article Writing process phase:Revise, Proofread,Evaluate is sufficiently similar to merit a G4 speedy deletion. Deor (talk) 14:07, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    It's clearly the same subject, but the bulk of the article appears to be original text. The current version also uses the same source as the deleted version, though this time it's the 2012 edition rather than the 2010. Moreover, there's nothing in the new version that addresses the concerns raised at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Writing Process Phase 3: Revise, Proofread, Evaluate. I'll leave this for another admin to doublecheck, but I believe a G4 deletion is warranted. UltraExactZZ Said ~ Did 15:49, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Go easy on this one, though - the author of the new version may be writing this article as a school assignment, given their username. Stranger still, we have the now blocked User:Mimibeo who was working on several variations of this same article. Each was deleted, mostly because of copyvio using a website as the source. The kicker? The website, here, is comm212chapter7.blogspot.com/. Not sure what to make of this. UltraExactZZ Said ~ Did 15:54, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    No problem. If no one wants to speedy it, I'll take it to AfD, as it clearly runs afoul of WP:NOTHOW, as the previous articles did. Deor (talk) 15:59, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    It's been G4'd – ukexpat (talk) 20:02, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Maths rating

    What is the correct procedure to add {{Maths rating}} to a new article? Can I simply go ahead and add it? If so, how do I know what the correct choice for the 'Priority' parameter is? Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 14:18, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    If you want to add a article to another article, you must either do this (example: Maths rating) or you can just type in Maths rating to where ever you want to add the article to. CPGirlAJ (talk) 18:50, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Is there enough detail at Wikipedia:WikiProject Mathematics/Wikipedia 1.0 to answer your question? -- John of Reading (talk) 19:03, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Strange Redirect

    I was doing a little bit on work of Air Bud (series) and I noticed a strange redirect for the film Treasure Buddies. When you click on the link within the Air Bud (series) article, it takes you back to the Air Bud (series) article. Likewise, if you search "Treasure Buddies" in Wikipedia, it takes you to the Air Bud (series) article. It doesn't appear to be a normal redirect, and I can't quite figure out what's going on. The link for Treasure Buddies should be a red link (because there is not a page for this article). If someone wants to create a page for Treasure Buddies, they can't. Can you point me in the right direction? Thanks. --TravisBernard (talk) 17:30, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    "Treasure Buddies" is a redirect to the specific section entitled Air Buddies films within the article "Air Bud (series)". You can see that here.
    You can get to that link by going to Treasure Buddies (which takes you to a part of the "Air Bud (series)" article) and then moving to the top of the page, and clicking the link in the small message underneath the page name, which says "(Redirected from Treasure Buddies)".
    It was redirected as a result of this discussion.
    Redirects are just pages with a single line; they can be changed into articles by editing them. See also Help:Redirect.
    As to whether it should be changed, in that specific case, I have no idea.  Chzz  ►  18:19, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks. --TravisBernard (talk) 19:26, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Lists of blues artists by decade

    Hello,

    Earlier I have found a site with a List of Blues Artists by Decade, but not anymore.

    What shall I look for?

    Best Regards

    Jan-Erik Olsson — Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.14.70.168 (talk) 17:35, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    The article List of blues musicians is partially split into decades, and the tables may be sorted by birth/death-year. Does that help?  Chzz  ►  18:10, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Archive search and indexing

    I did a search of the WP:BLPN archive using the term "haskell", and even though there is an article in the archive ([2]), the search didn't find it. From looking at a previous discussion on this issue, it may be that the archive is too recent and hasn't been indexed yet. Assuming that's true, is there a way to force indexing? Is there a way to find out how often indexing is set to occur? I'd like to understand this better.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:36, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    There's some info on Help:Searching#Delay in updating the search index. I don't think there is a way to force it; for that, you may be better asking at WP:VPT. Chzz  ►  18:02, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    The Haskell section was archived 11 hours before your post.[3] That is usually too recent for indexing. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:38, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks to both of you.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:58, 12 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Infoboxes

    How do you create an infobox for a article? When I edit articles there is a table at the beginning of the page that gives you information about the person or article. It usually says infobox person, so I am wondering how you make those infoboxes? — Preceding unsigned comment added by CPGirlAJ (talk • contribs) 18:46, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Have you seen Help:Infobox? That page has sections on using and designing infoboxes. -- John of Reading (talk) 19:05, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    How do you add a ciatacon needed?

    I do not know how to add a ciatacon needed to an article. I want to add a ciatacon needed to something qustuanbale but I do not know how. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Darrman1 (talk • contribs) 19:21, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Edit the page, and put {{fact}} directly after the questionable statement - for example, putting;

    The world is flat.{{fact}}

    ...will appear as...

    The world is flat.[citation needed]

     Chzz  ►  19:25, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    {{Fact}} is redirect to {{citation needed}} as is {{cn}}. – ukexpat (talk) 19:56, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Um, {{fact}} is for requesting a citation. For guidance on how to add a citation, see Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners. —teb728 t c 01:40, 12 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    2 issues - one request and one more bothersome issue

    Hello, I just wanted to place a small request/suggestion, but in trying to do so, it became nearly impossible to find a simple 'contact wikipedia' via email section. The 'contact us' is not user friendly at all. I realize u probably get a lot of emails from idiots, but can't u plz just ignore those emails? Just dump them and respond to the more sensible ones while making wikipedia more easily contactable? I've been fondly using wikipedia for years. I love wikipedia. But i've only had the need to contact u one time before in order to report profanity abuse.

    So, the original reason I wanted to contact wikipedia (though i know this is not the right category but is the only one i found after 10 minutes of clicking)....there is a 'rating' box at the bottom of the page, that's nice, but I don't really care what people think about wikipedia articles cuz i like almost every article i read. however, if there could be a place at the bottom for 'is there content that u would like to see added to this article?'...that would be wonderful :) specifically, there is an article on Tom Stidham, the 10th football coach for the University of Oklahoma. If, there was a requested info box at the bottom, I would have requested information (if available) about why Tom Stidham left OU to go to Marquette U. Job Offer, Controversy at OU, etc. I know it might be hard to get around to a lot of requests, but u could just do what u could when u could. thank you for your time :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hestiazfire (talk • contribs) 20:42, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    If you have suggested changes to an article, you can discuss them on the article's talk page, or (if you have reliable sources that can be given as references) you can edit the article yourself. As to your more general point about how to contact Wikipedia, the foot of each page has a link to Wikipedia:Contact us. - David Biddulph (talk) 20:48, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    (edit conflict)

    Wikipedia is entirely edited by volunteer editors, just like you, so it's hard to have a central point of contact. Instead, for issues concerning articles, we prefer to put the comments and replies on the wiki pages.
    Suggestions regarding the article Thomas E. Stidham are best placed on Talk:Thomas E. Stidham. All articles have a 'talk' page, which is in a tab at the top.
    The "Article Feedback Tool" is a new feature, and any suggestions like yours are welcome, on Wikipedia talk:Article Feedback Tool/Version 5.
    In general, it's probably best to ask things here, rather than via email. The exception to that is, of course, private matters which are best kept off-wiki - and that's where the contact pages come in.
    But, as you can see, you're likely to get answers right here quite quickly.  Chzz  ►  20:51, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Chzz, thank you very much. I actually learned something from your response, lol. For instance, I obviously saw the 'contact us' link but there were numerous redirects, ugh. You actually directed me to the links I needed to be seeking (since some of the links have similar substance) and there are many many many links on each wikipedia page. I appreciate your help VERY much and will start clicking soon and see if I find what I'm looking for ;) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hestiazfire (talk • contribs) 20:58, 11 November 2011 (UTC) Update: Chzz, so far so good. I was able to voice my suggestion on the rating box. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hestiazfire (talk • contribs) 21:19, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    I tried to donate $20 and received the following error:


    Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.

    Return to Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.

    Error Message

    The link you have used to enter the PayPal system contains an incorrectly formatted item amount.

    At this time, we are unable to process your request. Please return to Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. and try another option. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.214.230.187 (talk) 20:51, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Comment: I've cross-posted the above query on Meta:Talk:Fundraising_2011  Chzz  ►  21:01, 11 November 2011 (UTC) [reply]
    THanks for the notes guys. We received a bunch of emails about this too and tracked down the 2 offending problems. 1 problem was fixed last night and we pulled down all of the offending forms for the 2nd problem so that it can be fixed Sunday morning and those forms won't go back up until it is and tested. If you have any other problems feel free to send us an email at donate@wikimedia.org or problemsdonating@wikimedia.org. Jalexander--WMF 03:09, 13 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Cree Q5

    There are now many places where you can buy a torch/flashlight referred to as "Cree Q5". When I purchased one recently, I expected it to have the brand name Cree on it. Turns out that Cree is a company that makes LEDs and Q5 is a particular category of LED (apparently approximately 107 lumens). And this is just one example. I have looked in vain for a Wikipedia page that describes this number, and what it means. Is it there but some place I haven't thought to look? How can I find such information, or determine that it doesn't exist?

    50.0.128.237 (talk) 21:12, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    We have a page about Cree Inc..
    If you look up Cree, then that article is about native Americans - but notice at the top it says For other uses, see Cree (disambiguation).
    We don't have great detail about their products - possibly because there isn't enough info in independent reliable sources, or possibly because nobody has added info. You could add information about their specific products to the page, if you can find appropriate references.
    But for your actual query, I'd suggest that the company website is probably a better bet than Wikipedia.  Chzz  ►  21:39, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    P.S. I've just created a redirect from Cree Q5 to the company article - at least that might help others who search for that term.  Chzz  ►  21:41, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    If your question is about lumens, does Lumen (unit) help? – ukexpat (talk) 21:42, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    If you want to learn more regardless of whether it's from Wikipedia articles:
    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. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:48, 12 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Autobiography

    Bala K. Srinivas (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

    I have added more information about myself and it has been saved on your website (Maxgta). How do I transfer the information to the main page about me--Srinivas, Bala K.76.212.4.85 (talk) 23:47, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    We are not connected to "Maxgta", if that was a website. You should not edit an article about yourself. Instead, suggest the changes you would like to be made to the article on the article's talk page, include references and wait for another uninvolved editor to do it for you. Please read the following policy pages regarding regarding this:
    Take note of the suggested methods.-- Obsidi♠n Soul 23:56, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Beekay, In my opinion, little if any of the content from your user page, User:Maxgta, would be appropriate for your main-space bio, Bala K. Srinivas. In order to be eligible for inclusion in main-space, anything would have to be verifyable by references to published reliable sources. If you have such sources for anything you would like to add, suggest the content together with the sources at Talk:Bala K. Srinivas. —teb728 t c 01:30, 12 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    "You should not edit an article about yourself." is not supported by the text of either Wikipedia:Conflict of interest or Wikipedia:Autobiography. Please try reading the policy pages before throwing them at newcomers. Weakopedia (talk) 08:33, 12 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Wow. Angry person. What part of "Creating an article about yourself is strongly discouraged. We have biographies here, not autobiographies." did you not understand? See WP:YOURSELF and apply your own advice.-- Obsidi♠n Soul 12:28, 12 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    November 12

    Publishing

    I have created an article under jgbarrett/anne evans. I do not know how to make this so that it is available to the entire environment. I want to publish for public review and use. What am I missing ???Jgbarrett 01:49, 12 November 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jgbarrett (talk • contribs)

    See Wikipedia:So you made a userspace draft. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:44, 12 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    OK, so how to create a user page?

    I've been pouring over FAQs and articles about how to do this or that on one's user page, but haven't seen a darn thing about how to create it in the first place! When I go to the URL it just says that the page does not exist yet. This is a real "sink or swim" system here. P.S. I just donated $$ to pay for usage. — Preceding unsigned comment added by CousinJohn (talk • contribs) 02:51, 12 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    All you need to do is put something in here and press save, Wikipedia:User pages and Wikipedia:User page design center may be of use to you. And thank you for your donation, although you don't need to worry about paying your way, wikipedia would be a lot richer if everyone made a donation to create their userpage :)--Jac16888 Talk 02:57, 12 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    You must be logged in to create User:CousinJohn and the page must be non-empty when you click Save page. That's it. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:07, 12 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you both. And Jac, I meant that I donated anyway for using Wikipedia (not for using the user page).  :^) Will continue reading FAQs. CousinJohn (talk) 03:15, 12 November 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by CousinJohn (talk • contribs) 03:14, 12 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Error on page "Bittu Sahgal"

    On the page on Bittu Sahgal, "Tara Sahgal" is listed as "spouse" when she is in fact his daughter. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.183.164.8 (talk) 02:55, 12 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Thanks for the correction. I have fixed the article and added a reference.[4] PrimeHunter (talk) 03:24, 12 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Flow of Consciousness

    I am using this method of contacting you, because it is only way I know. Sorry!

    You have probably thought of this already, but I just thought I would run it past you anyway.

    Phonetic Language

    "English" is a conglomeration of words from all over the place. For this, and probably a lot of other reasons, spelling of English words is very difficult, especially for people that have English as a second language.

    Thought ? thot

    Why not "invent" a language that is based on sound, using English as the base language? And then have it taught as a second language to all kids everywhere. Kind of like the way kids text each other. Kind of like Esperanto.

    English is already the working language of a number of countries. By using phonetics, someone at least gets a running start when trying to spell words that are not faintly related to what they sound like.

    At first I thought it would be too difficult - English has a lot of words.

    But if you can create an encyclopedia, surely you can create a phonetic dictionary. If you "outsource" the task to a number of people, I think it is a very doable project.

    After a while, anybody will be able to talk to, and write to, anybody else.

    Think of all the keystrokes that would be saved. Think of all the time that would be saved.

    Anyway, I would like to know what you think. It seems obvious to me. lol

    Tom Peterson (Redacted)

    Thanks.

    Tom — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.151.232.53 (talk) 05:06, 12 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Thanks for the input, but as you noted, this is an encyclopedia, not a phonetic dictionary or a project to create a new language. If you would like to propose that the Wikimedia Foundation start a new project for that purpose, you can do so at m:Proposals for new projects. --Philosopher Let us reason together. 07:10, 12 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Tom, you might be interested in reading English language spelling reform for the history of this idea (and the problems inherent in it), and Initial Teaching Alphabet for a real-world attempt to do what you suggest. International Phonetic Alphabet is a real system currently in use by thousands of linguists and other interested people, but many people are not willing to put in the initial effort to understand it. (See for example this discussion). --ColinFine (talk) 09:31, 12 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Images

    I mistakenly clicked a link that blocks all images on Wikipedia. How do I revert this back so I can see all images?

    N8sta (talk) 06:46, 12 November 2011 (UTC)Nate.[reply]

    Images here are downloaded from URLs beginning "upload.wikimedia.org", so that is the domain you need to unblock. In Firefox, you do with via Tools > Options > Content > Load images automatically > Exceptions. If you can't see how to fix it in your browser, post the browser name and version here and someone will give you step-by-step instructions. -- John of Reading (talk) 10:25, 12 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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

    Hello Team,

    There is one more temple to be added, Sri Sathyanarayana Swamy Temple, Parigi Road Shadnagar. It is approximately 1 KM from shadnagar X road towards Parigi. Built and inaugurated in 2003 by H.H Sri Sri Sri Tridandi Chinna Srimannarayana Jeeyar Swamiji. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.14.103.50 (talk) 07:09, 12 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    If you can cite a reliable published reference to the temple, you are welcome to add it. In fact, if you can add citations to published references for any of the other temples already there you would improve the article hugely. --ColinFine (talk) 09:45, 12 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    A good edit has been removed and wrongly cited as "did not appear to be constructive".

    I added a direct quote to the following article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_%28Or_the_Decline_and_Fall_of_the_British_Empire%29 It was from one of the writers of the work in question, and not available anywhere else. As such, it seems to me to be a highly constructive contribution. I am concerned that the bulk of the citations in this article come from only two sources, and while published works, they are not particularly scholarly and worse, these authors may have personal reasons for keeping themselves as the sole sources cited. cheers, Kenji Fuse — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.92.221.21 (talk) 08:14, 12 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    You cited email correspondence as the source of your addition. Unless the email has actually been published by a WP:reliable source you cannot use it. Roger (talk) 08:24, 12 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Indeed. See WP:V for why this is important. It doesn't matter whether or not the sources are scholarly, only whether they are available and reliable. You also seem to be implying that the authors of those sources have been instrumental in the shaping of the article, and are motivated by "personal reasons". While this is certainly possible, I see no evidence for either part of this suggestion in the page history. Please assume good faith and don't make scurrilous imputations unless you can back them up by published reliable sources. --ColinFine (talk) 09:53, 12 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    I want to translate poetry &literature works

    I have just made an account on Wikipedia, and i am especially interested in translation Poetry from my native language /Serbian/into English. What is best way and page to do it? Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by SlavicaGlory (talk • contribs) 09:49, 12 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    The English Wikipedia is not a place for the text of poems or other literature, and I guess that the same is true of other language Wikipedias. If you want to translate articles about literature from the Serbian Wikipedia into English, that is very welcome: please see WP:Translation.
    If the poems are in the public domain Wikisource would welcome translations of them; but if they are copyright, I don't think any Wikimedia project will be willing to hold translations. --ColinFine (talk) 09:58, 12 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Deciphering this citation

    I'm writing an essay on mythopeoia and found this citation on wiki/Mythopoeia_(genre)

    "Dundes, quoted by Adcox, 2003." How do I find the actual resource? (Or at least the name of the publication?) 220.255.1.33 (talk) 11:15, 12 November 2011 (UTC)[reply] 

    — Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.255.1.72 (talk) 11:14, 12 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    The "Footnotes" section appears to refer to the "References" section in Mythopoeia (genre). In this case, Adcox refered to "Adcox, John. Can Fantasy be Myth? Mythopoeia and The Lord of the Rings. Published by The Newsletter of the Mythic Imagination Institute, September/October, 2003." I don't know who Dundes is, though. --Philosopher Let us reason together. 11:20, 12 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    If one goes to the first time that reference is used in the article (by clicking on the superscript "a" at the beginning of the note), one will see that it refers to "the noted folklorist Alan Dundes". Deor (talk) 11:27, 12 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    regarding GOUTRA OF ANY BUNT

    HELLO AS WE ALL INDIANS KNOW THAT WHILE ANY POOJA THE BATRU ASKS ABOUT THE GOUTRA OF THE PERSON SITTING ON POOJA I STILL CANNOT FIND MY GOUTRA AND STAY MUM WHILE ASKED FOR EG. FEW GOUTRA IS AS FOLLOWS 1. BHARGAV 2. KASHYAP 3. SHANDILYA 4. VASISTA FROM WHERE COULD I FIN DINFO ABOUT GOUTRA ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dineshetty (talk • contribs) 11:30, 12 November 2011 (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--♫GoP♫TCN 11:39, 12 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    And stop SCREAMING. Thanks.--♫GoP♫TCN 11:39, 12 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Deleted contributions

    Is there a way to have a look at your own deleted contributions? Just asking, because my deleted edits-counter went from 900 to 902 recently, and now I'm wondering where those two new deletions come from. So, I'm not necessarily interested in the content that has been deleted, but rather when the deletions were performed and which articles were affected. (Lord Gøn (talk) 11:48, 12 November 2011 (UTC))[reply]

    I do not believe there is any way for you to see even the list of deleted contributions. I looked through your deleted contributions and found the last 2 deletions.
    (del/undel) 18:40, 9 April 2009 (diff | deletion log | view) . . Westside Middle School massacre (Undid revision 282661934 by Marksdaman (talk) No cut and paste moves, please)
    (del/undel) 20:31, 1 April 2009 (diff | deletion log | view) . . Westside Middle School massacre (Reverted cut and paste renaming)
    Graham87 was doing some history merge on 5 Nov 11 and these two edits got dropped. It doesn't look like it really effected anything. GB fan 12:05, 12 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    I've already suspected that said article might be the culprit, but obviously there was no way I could be sure. Anyway, I'm glad that this has been clarified, so, thanks a lot for helping out. (Lord Gøn (talk) 15:44, 12 November 2011 (UTC))[reply]

    sayfada örnek hatası

    http://translate.google.com.tr/translate?hl=tr&langpair=en%7Ctr&u=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stack_(abstract_data_type) adresindeki (((8+1)-(7-4))/(11-9)) örneginin çözümünün kesinlikle yanlış olduğunu düşünüyorum ilgilenirseniz sevinirim saygılarımla Ahmet GENC <email redacted> — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.131.52.250 (talk) 13:16, 12 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    I don't know Turkish but according to Google Translate, you appear to be saying "I think the solution is definitely wrong" about Stack (abstract data type)#Conversion of an Infix expression that is fully parenthesized into a Postfix expression. I don't see a problem there. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:01, 12 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    A little help please

    Hi there. I am currently trying to do my first page on Wikipedia and for the topic I chose a gentleman I used to work for who is pseudo famous. Lived an amazing life, made a bunch of money, national attention, now working on a book etc ans so forth.

    John Todora

    The page is created but I am not sure what else wikipedia wants. I have listed most of the sources I used. I have one more, but its a print article for a local magazine and its not online yet. In the references I have listed the name of the website/newspaper, the writer and the Month and Year it was posted. Is there something I am missing?? I really want to make this page for him. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you. JP — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jp vasaio (talk • contribs) 14:20, 12 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Ok, so there are a couple major problems that need to be addressed right away. First, your citations should be placed in text so you know what citation is the source of what. Second, the article reads like an advertisement. This is the biggest problem and must be changed or your article will be deleted. It seems like John Todora has done enough things to make him notable, but writing in a promotional manner actually makes the person seem less notable than they really are. Another thing to check out is Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Biographies. This will help you reformat the article. In addition the layout should be changed. I have attempted to find an outline of a biographical article for you but I haven't found a good one so the best thing to do would be to take some examples from other pages. Finally, you should use Wikipedia's hyperlink process to link pages. For example you would link Miami Heat by putting two brackets around it like this [[Miami Heat]]. Then it would look like Miami Heat. I hope this advice helps and you are able to reformat your article well. Ryan Vesey Review me! 15:05, 12 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    References do not have to be online, as long as they are available to the public. --ColinFine (talk) 16:36, 12 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    American River College

    The link to "The Current" is out-dated. It should be www.arcurrent.com. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.178.169.154 (talk) 15:35, 12 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    I changed it Ryan Vesey Review me! 15:48, 12 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    filter bag to be used in coal pulverising

    dear sir we need filters for coal pulverising machine. we are using cotton filter bags. which on stopping 2-3 days work during holidays catches fire. so suggest right kind of material as to be used . how many microns and what material .thanking you vijinder kumar e-mail i.d. [details removed] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.225.99.82 (talk) 15:35, 12 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    (I have removed your email address to protect your privacy) You are at Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia, and this Help desk is intended for questions about using or editing the encyclopedia. You could try asking at the Science reference desk, since some of the volunteers there tackle engineering questions, but I think your best course is to talk to the company that made the machine. -- John of Reading (talk) 16:26, 12 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Special characters

    When editing, I can not get my "special characters" to appear when I click on the link. Does anyone have any idea what may be causing this? Everything else about my PC seems to work just fine, on Wikipedia and elsewhere. Joefromrandb (talk) 16:44, 12 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    WP:VPT would be a better place to ask that. CTJF83 22:26, 12 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you. Joefromrandb (talk) 03:48, 13 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Graciela Rivera opera singer

    Hello,

    Graciela was my mother. She passed away July 17 2011 at the age of 90. I was reviewing this Wikipedia article and noticed an error. My mother retired from teaching at Hostos Community College in 1987. So, the reference that says she was "appointed as Assistant Professor in 1992" is inaccurate. Although I don't have handy the exact documentation, I know that mom was employed 15 years at the college which would likely make the year she was appointed 1972 and not 1992. It was likely a typographical error.

    I would kindly appreciate the correction. Thank you.

    If you need to contact me, below is the e-mail where I can be reached.

    Ginny Soto [details removed] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.39.25.117 (talk) 16:49, 12 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    I made the change and found a source to confirm it. You might be interested in the book. Ryan Vesey Review me! 17:41, 12 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    I have removed your email address to protect your privacy. -- John of Reading (talk) 17:50, 12 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    "African American" diffusing or non-diffusing subcat of "American"?

    I've come across quite a few articles that categorize the subject as both an "American x" and an "African American x", while others only use the latter category. Which is correct? I'm unsure myself because "American" is a nationality while "African American" is technically an ethnic group, so both would seem warranted. However, "African American" also indicates nationality so using both would seem redundant.  Mbinebri  talk ← 18:54, 12 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    I personally am slightly confused by your question. Obama for instance is categorized by both, and in reality, all blacks Americans should be because they are both African Americans and Americans. CTJF83 19:07, 12 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Is there or do we need a portal on the world power struggle?

    I have searched for a portal or article entry which would lead to an organized approach for revealing the structure and modes of the world power struggle. I say world, although it may be deconstructed into the struggles on all levels downwards.

    Perhaps this is outside Wikipedia's scope. But have not found a forum here where questions of scope are handled.

    This is an area full of opinions masquerading as facts. However, a NPOV should be possible to achieve, and a relevant balanced review of opposing positions made which admits revision over time in accord with maintenance principles.

    Please help me with this question.

    Idealist707 (talk) 20:37, 12 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    It sounds like this would definitely be outside Wikipedia's scope, as it would require an accumulation of original research and synthesis, which has no place here. --Orange Mike | Talk 01:52, 13 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Category:Feminist television series

    Dear Wikipedia

    I've created the page Category:Feminist television series. If possible, please help and encourages other users to identify other Wiki articles about TV shows that have a feminism theme. Thanks.--NeoBatfreak (talk) 21:18, 12 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Do you have a question on how to use Wikipedia? CTJF83 22:07, 12 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Hi. I would like to know if there is any way to recover/replace a reference which became a dead link, like this one. Regards; Felipe Menegaz 22:39, 12 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    See Wikipedia:Link rot. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:44, 12 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you very much! It helped a lot! Cheers; Felipe Menegaz 23:11, 12 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    November 13

    Weird Layout

    Hey,

    For some reason, about two days ago, right in the middle of going from one article to the other, wikipedia suddenly changed its layout format, reverting to what looks to be an older and less well organized layout (and less professional looking: No breaks between sections, no borders or frames, no images, and all in a single column).

    Is there something wrong with the site?

    Matthew Bailey [details removed] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Matthew R Bailey (talk • contribs) 06:40, 13 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    It works for me. Try to clear your entire cache. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:34, 13 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    I need help with a page I started.

    Help is needed for the layout for the article/page Thomas Joseph Simpson. I have all the information and photos but my is problem is technical. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ThomasJosephSimpson.D.S.M (talk • contribs) 07:10, 13 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    As it says on your talk page, the article Thomas Joseph Simpson is liable to be subjected to speedy deletion under criterion A7, "This article may meet Wikipedia's criteria for speedy deletion as an article about a real person that does not credibly indicate the importance or significance of the subject.". You need to read Wikipedia's guidelines on notability, and those specifically for biographies, and you would need to provide reliable sources to support the content. - David Biddulph (talk) 10:13, 13 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    So, what is your technical problem? Unless you tell us what you think the problem is, we can't help you. —teb728 t c 10:54, 13 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    You probably also need to read the guideline on autobiographies. --ColinFine (talk) 11:35, 13 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    The editor is unlikely the article's 90 year old subject as his other online mentions are by a relative (still COI). I have edited the article and put the (unavailable to me) RS on the talk page. Subject may meet WP:SOLDIER #5. Played an important role in a significant military event; or... As the UK copyright goes to 50 years (?), WP accesses the content at Wikipedia:London Gazette Index/19/1945#August, which should have the award listing near the end of the 14th pages, but they shut down my browser. The award citation would need to be cited or reproduced in full to demonstate the subject pivotal role. Subject's copy is a primary source, but if WP:N is met...? Dru of Id (talk) 02:02, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    PP

    Where is a good wrapup on the Public Policy Initiative? Wonder how much it cost, how much "helper" time spent (in addition to students themselves), and what the results were. Was it a success (yes/no/why/how)? What worked well or bad and what do we learn from it. Was public policy a good uni subject or a bad one (for this approach) and how would things look if generalized to other fields (science, literature, history)?

    Are there some good talk threads or posts on this? Here or at Meta?

    Thanx...71.246.144.154 (talk) 04:20, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

    Template:Dyoh CTJF83 16:32, 13 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    The question refers to http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Public_Policy_Initiative. I haven't followed it but you can try looking at the links there. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:38, 13 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks for the clarification, Prime CTJF83 17:50, 13 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    "You Never Can Tell (C'est La Vie)"

    I always thought that the best version was by Chely Wright but today November 14, 2011 I heard a version played on our local Community Radio Station and believe me nothing beats this version. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.3.135.40 (talk) 13:37, 13 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Do you have a question?--♫GoP♫TCN 13:54, 13 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    "Rate this page."

    I think Wikipedia is great. Occasionally it gets a few things wrong. Who doesn't. What I want to know is when was the "Rate this page" item added. I refer to Wiki for things I know nothing about. To find out. Why is there not a box which says "I know nothing about this subject." (Or a little or a lot".) Which is why I look things up. Come on Wiki., finish the job. Otherwise the Rating has no value at all. If you rely on machines all the time U will get misleading answers. Please please make it right. Then it will have some value. I have asked several times and don't even get a reply. You want the thing to work. We all want the thing to work. What is the problem? I wouldn't dare correct an article. I just swear at it.

    Please Please make the Rating Box relevant.

    Yours faithfully. D.T.Rowe.


    — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.184.208.45 (talk) 15:31, 13 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    The "Rate this page" feature went live on September 22 last year, though to start with it was only shown on a small number of articles. It was extended to cover all articles in June/July this year. You can read more at Wikipedia:Article Feedback Tool, and make comments via the talk/discussion page there. -- John of Reading (talk) 16:39, 13 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    The Hands Resist Him

    The Hands Resist Him (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

    I own the copyright to the image 'the hands resist him' I normally get requests by many people asking to for permission to use the image so I really need to add this information to the page, can I do that? according to repsonse I got below you can add it to the 'files page' is that correct? if so how do I do it?

    Regards

    Darren

    You cannot place the copyright info in the article; you can place it on the file's page, I believe (though I don't usually edit in the File: namespace); my advice would be to ask on the Help desk, however, to make sure. Sorry I can't be of more assistance. Salvio Let's talk about it! 18:49, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hands_Resist_Him — Preceding unsigned comment added by SaracenXavier (talk • contribs) 19:14, 13 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Hm. Interesting question. I can see why you want to add the information, but I can't think of anywhere where it would be appropriate in Wikipedia. Information in articles should always be supported by published references in reliable sources. The copyright information in the "file" that Salvio is referring to is that in File:Handsresisthim.jpg, which is the copyright information for the image as used in Wikipedia: in this case, that the original is copyright, and an image is being used under a fair use rationale.
    I can think of a couple of things you could do.
    • If you have your own website, which has a section about the painting, I think it would be appropriate to add an "External link" to it in the main article - with text to make it clear that this is the website of the owner of the copyright, not some random website that somebody has written about it (which would not be appropriate).
    • If you were willing to donate the copyright under a license acceptable to Wikipedia, you could follow the procedure in WP:DCM: this would involve your executing an irrevocable license to use the image for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, so it would be quite understandable if you did not wish to do this.
    Perhaps other editors will have further suggestions. --ColinFine (talk) 20:58, 13 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Fixbunching

    I've added an image to a section of Philander C. Knox, but due to some sort of problem (presumably a bunching error) it's appearing three sections below where it should. I attempted to use the {{fixbunching}} template, but upon preview I found that it no longer exists; it was deleted at TFD some months ago. How do I get the image (his house, not him with three other men) to display in the "Early life, education, and marriage" section instead of in the "U.S. Senator" section? Nyttend (talk) 21:12, 13 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    It didn't want to display the house image before an image which was placed earlier in the source code. I moved down the other image.[5] PrimeHunter (talk) 23:40, 13 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Is there any way to get around the lack of the fixbunching template without moving images? Nyttend (talk) 12:32, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Wikipedia:Bunch#Example 4 works for me in a preview test of the former article version. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:57, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    {{stack begin}} and {{stack end}} around the infobox and image also works for me. It probably has less risk of other editors breaking the code. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:02, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Copy and paste

    I want to split out Terminology_of_homosexuality#Slang_or_pejorative_terms to List of LGBT slurs in a similar that we have List of ethnic slurs. The proper way is to copy and paste it with a summary of "merged from Terminology_of_homosexuality#Slang_or_pejorative_terms", right? Been a while since I've done it. CTJF83 21:19, 13 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    It's not a merge, it's a split. See Wikipedia:Splitting. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:15, 13 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Ok, thanks, CTJF83 22:41, 13 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Can't find cite error in article

    In the article Dr. Mustafa A.G. Abushagur, there is a "Cite error: Invalid Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page). with missing text in the article, so I am unable to correct this citation error. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Soumiea (talk • contribs) 21:50, 13 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Fixed. Goodvac (talk) 21:51, 13 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    What should I do now

    I noticed some serious factual errors in the article entitled "soldering" so I spend considerable time revising the text and submitted an update. The next day, all my changes were reversed by an editor. Since then, I've been in discussions with two editors trying to get the revisions done with no success. I've posted numerous comments on the soldering discussion page with occasional replies, but I still don't know how to get permission to make the changes. I believe the accuracy of my changes are accepted (and if not, I'd be happy to provide references). I just need an editor to review my changes and tell me what changes I can make and which are rejected and why. How do I do this?

    I must say that this has been a time-consuming and frustrating process and it discourages people from trying to improve the quality of wikipedia. Thanks. Ebnpebnp (talk) 23:07, 13 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    It seems to me that you're doing the right thing: arguing the case on the talk page: please see WP:DR. I know little about the matters you're discussing, but it is clear to me that what you call "serious factual errors", some others do not regard as errors, or else do not regard as serious. Given that this disagreement exists, it is not surprising that the process of reaching consensus is taking some work. (I also notice that you appear to have put somebody's back up by referring to a US organisation as "the final standards authority": I see that you've subsequently looked for some European standards, but it may be, for example, that terminology actually is different in the UK from the US, or that the formal definitions are the same, but people are less careful about how they use them in the UK. This may not be the case, I'm just throwing out suggestions). Certainly Crispmuncher invited you to quote the AWS's view as one view, rather than as an authoritative statement. --ColinFine (talk) 00:32, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Thanks for your reply. Yes, it is possible that EU, China, India, Russia, or even New Zealand have different terminology and I'm completely willing to add the phrase "In the U.S. . . ." But what I'm wondering is how do I get things going - its been 14 days since I last heard from the editor - should I wait longer, and how long should I wait?. I'm waiting for someone to say "yes we'll accept #1 and #3, but not #2 because . . ." Ebnpebnp (talk) 06:35, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    "Rate this page."

    What do I have to do to get a reply. Only wanted to improve the "Rate this page". As it stands it is useless. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.184.208.45 (talk) 23:13, 13 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    John of Reading has replied at your first post at #"Rate this page."
    You can edit an existing section with the "[edit]" link to the right of the section heading. You can choose to ignore the feature if you don't find it useful. Logged in users have an option to disable it at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-rendering where they can mark "Don't show the Article feedback widget on pages". PrimeHunter (talk) 23:50, 13 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    November 14

    Creating a list of ways to die by nature or notable poisons and nature accidents.plus change my user name account

    Would it be good if i created a wikipedia article on list of ways to die by nature and notable poisons or accidents like hurricanes tsunami thunderstorm lighting bolt taser laser supernova gamma ray burst coronal mass ejection plasma volcanic eruption earthquake quick sand meteoroid acid rain ozone layer overdose on poison ivy cancer box jelly fish sea urchin neurotoxin anthrax and maybe include space diving parachute crazy xtreme missions,and attacks by killer whale,anaconda venom . I actually have a list of over 1000 ways of possibly deaths by nature and notable accidents and deadly creatures to avoid. This death article will not be about ways to die like final destination like car plane crash accidents. This article will attract new wikipedia members it will have a lot of electric in the air for people that want to write books about danger zones or natural deaths. Wikipedia has nothing to lose and a lot to gain. It sound random but most people will already know most of these ways to die. It wont vandalize anything or anyone no one has this article yet to.It will be a interesting article for every field in science especially medical. It might even save lives or put fear into people that want to go out into animal kingdom to provoke a grizzly bear or reptile alligator or do extreme chaotic events that puts there life at stake just for adrenaline rush. Wikipedia needs a little steroid boost in action adventures not just facts and equations put it all together u will get a grand finale super fantastic universal wikipedia.

    AND I checked out Wikipedia:Changing username on how to change my user name but it just shows u what to avoid on creating user names, do i type it in the archives box on bottom right? or is that only for to create a new page article, where do i change my user name and how long can it be,where is the sight to change it, i want to add my last name worthington. Shawn laser lightning plasma (talk) 02:56, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Please don't write that; Wikipedia is not a directory. We already have nice, neutral articles about all those things, and we have categories, like Category:Poisons etc.
    Please take the time to read WP:FIRST.
    I'm sorry, but, it's an Encyclopaedia - we're not here to save lives, and we're not here to be thrilling and exciting, or to frighten people. We're here to provide neutral, factual information. We'll document weird and wonderful things, if there is appropriate coverage in reliable sources. Just take a look at Wikipedia:Unusual articles - I think you might like it.
    To change your user-name, you'd need to file a request over at WP:CHU.  Chzz  ►  02:58, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Where should i talk about convincing wikipedia to put this article,i see a lot of articles that are just famous but no use full facts. And on the changing name archives bottom right search box thing it just says if i want to create a new page article, where so i request to change my name.Shawn laser lightning plasma (talk) 03:19, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    You can request a name change at WP:Changing username/Simple. And Article X does not justify Article Y. As Chzz notes, we're an encyclopedia first and foremost, not 1000 Ways to Die. —Jeremy v^_^v Components:V S M 03:42, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Your suggested article sounds far too unwieldy for Wikipedia. List of fatal diseases was deleted at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of fatal diseases, and your article would probably also be deleted. If people want to live longer then they should look at something like List of preventable causes of death and not a huge list of exotic causes with few or no deaths in a year, but Wikipedia is not here to warn people of potentially dangerous things. If they want morbid entertainment then they can look at List of unusual deaths. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:45, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    thanks i guess the only way my article to be accepted is by it being published in some kind of selling or publishing source. Its just to warn people and amp up there fantasy thrillville minds but with facts and actual death rates statistics.wikipedia has a lot of comics and celebrities so why do u have to be special or a official scientist publisher to qualify to write a article. It does not need any sources to qualify so its pretty basic and creative. My article would have more pristine facts and action on how nature strikes back with just the catastrophic event single word instead of a story like the List of 1000 Ways to Die episodes. wikipedia's goal should be to attract almost all types of fans and diverse article ideas that are sophisticated that would lead to more wikipedia editors and not just dates and years or notable accidents places of death from a special event in history or glamorous notable place. that was than this is know. encyclopedia could almost be any subject as long as it relates to the world and is not random garbage facts that has no meaning. it could even have shark finning that kills the shark from people just for aphrodisiac soup witch throws of the food chain leading to a lot of killer whales leading to other sequence of events that allow smaller sea urchin creature fish to survive that could actually kill more humans and cause red tide pollution.Whats the best was to recommend this article to wikipedia besides becoming famous like harry potter. Shawn laser lightning plasma (talk) 05:55, 14 November 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shawn laser lightning plasma (talk • contribs) 05:54, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Acorns

    Is there a reason why there are no acorns falling from the trees this fall? I have a hugh oak tree and no one acorn anywhere to be found, have spoken to several people and they have found the same with there trees. What does this mean?

    Thank You (Redacted) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.153.170.130 (talk) 04:47, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    This page is for help editing Wikipedia. Try one of the reference desks. —Jeremy v^_^v Components:V S M 04:51, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Ask your question at the Science reference desk. When you do so please also say where the oak tree is and mention if it has had and diseases or infestations recently. Roger (talk) 11:40, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    B-class troubles

    Recently me and a few other wikipedian contributers have been working on an article that is under the 'C-class' article rating. Although we agree the article is not yet up to scratch for a 'Good Article' status, I've been recently thinking that the article is at least good enough to pass a 'B-class' review, which may at least garnish some interest in the article or maybe show us that we're on the right track. I am, however, having trouble finding just what the process for this nomination is. How do you nominate an article under the 'music' category for B-Class status? Trollyboy (talk) 07:01, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Assessment for B-class status (and any status lower than GA) doesn't need a formal review. Editors simply use the assessment scales here Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment. Various WikiProjects often have different assessment scales as well, so check the links in the WikiProject boxes in the talk page. However, be warned that assessing an article you've been heavily involved in is sometimes considered bad form. It's best to leave it to an uninvolved editor. You can blank it and wait for another editor to come across it or you can directly ask another editor to assess it for you. In fact, you can post it here so someone else can check it against the scale.
    Assessment scales are also an internal feature. It helps editors gauge what improvements can still be made to the article. With the exception of GA and FA class articles, they're not meant to be seen by regular readers.-- Obsidi♠n Soul 07:23, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks for that! Given my previous contributions to the article in question, it's fair to say that I would have some bias towards it, so I certainly won't review it myself. Could anyone maybe check it out and affirm/deny the articles advancement? (and better yet, leave a message on my talkpage about what improvements could be made to it)
    The article is called 'Gloomy Sunday', and I suppose should be reviewed under the specific song related guidelines as listed in the Wikipedia:WikiProject Songs article, and more generally against the 'Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment/B-Class criteria'. Any assitance would be appreciated. Trollyboy (talk) 08:26, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    You could post a request for assistance on WT:WikiProject Songs, experienced members there would be best able to help you. Roger (talk) 08:37, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Redirect and new page.

    Hi I just created a new wikipedia article, unfortunately shortly after I created the article I noticed the title was wrong written. I used the move option and I renamed the article's title. Now i have the page with the wrong title and the new page with the correct title. I know i can't delete pages myself. I searched on the help page about deleting pages, but I had some problem on finding what should I do. - What should I do to delete the old page with the wrong title? - If I delete the old page, the new page will be affected? Thank you and sorry for my bad english. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89Slh (talk • contribs) 11:28, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    You don't need to delete Evgeny stalev; it is a plausible redirect, as if someone types "Evgeny stalev", he will be directly redirected to "Evgeny Stalev". See also WP:R#CRD. Regards.--♫GoP♫TCN 11:33, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Redirects are not needed for typing in the article name; the search box in case-insensitive. — Edokter (talk) — 12:50, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Thanks for the help. Is there a way to delete the small text "(Redirected from Evgeny stalev)"?

    No, it should stay there, as it is standard for all redirects.--♫GoP♫TCN 11:39, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Thank you. I'm a bit fussy and that small text bother me a bit. Nothing I can do, right? 89Slh (talk) 11:43, 14 November 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89Slh (talk • contribs) 11:41, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    You can ask on WP:VPT. They might help you. Regards.--♫GoP♫TCN 11:44, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Ok thank you. I'll post it there.--89Slh (talk) 11:46, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Actually the "small text" only appears at the top of Evgeny Stalev if you arrived at the page by first going to Evgeny stalev. If you direcly linked to or searched for Evgeny Stalev the redirect note will not be shown. Roger (talk) 11:50, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    If you search it on google, the page will appear with "the small text". Is it a google problem? Like the server are not updated? But before on google the page was Evgeny stalev, now it is Evgeny Stalev, looks like the search is now updated. But why there is still the "small text"?--89Slh (talk) 11:58, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Google is still linking to Evgeny stalev. When their crawler comes back through and reindexes it should index Evgeny Stalev and fix that. GB fan 12:08, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm coming here from WP:VPT#Redirect and new page. where an identical question was asked; I'm replying here in line with WP:MULTI. There is nothing wring with the existence of the redirect Evgeny stalev, it is in line with WP:R#Purposes of redirects . The only thing I would suggest is that it should have a {{R from other capitalisation}} added; I would have added this for you, but somebody else has deleted the redirect per WP:CSD#R3. --Redrose64 (talk) 12:52, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    I just noticed the old page "Evgeny stalev" has been cancelled, when i search on google the page is still indexed on "Evgeny stalev" and I receive the message "this page does not exist etc...". I think google will re-index the wikipedia page with "Evgeny Stalev". Is it correct? When it could happen?--89Slh (talk) 13:01, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Yes. Should be within a few days. - David Biddulph (talk) 13:04, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Moving content between articles

    Is there a standard procedure for moving content between already existing articles? For example a paragraph of biographical detail about the founder of a company that is WP:UNDUE in the company article but moving it to the founder's bio would fill gaps there. How does one do such a move without breaking attibution? WP:SPLIT doesn't work because no new article is created and similarly WP:MERGE is not relevant because no article ceases to exist. Roger (talk) 11:32, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    • Try to get a consensus on the talk page so the move doesn't cause an edit war. When you make the move. Mention the original article where the content came from in a clear note in the edit summary, so it is easy to track back (and so you comply with attribution requirements). Don't forget to copy any relevant sources. Ddon't remove them from the old article if they could confirm other details in the same section or paragraph that aren't being moved. - 194.60.106.38 (talk) 11:37, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Yep. WP:MERGE does still apply. See WP:SMERGE (selective merge) for the minutiae of the process.-- Obsidi♠n Soul 13:17, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Actually WP:SMERGE is not completely relevant; take a look at Step 5, it says that the source article's entire content must be deleted and converted to a redirect. I'm concerned with deleting only some content from the source while leaving the rest of the article intact and then pasting the content into an already existing destination article. There are no redirects involved in the process. Roger (talk) 13:44, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Oh, in that case, Fuhgettaboutit and 194.60.106.38's advice covers it I think, per Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia#Proper attribution. You need to specify it in the edit summary and ideally use a {{copied}} template for the talk pages. It's basically the same process as WP:SMERGE, except you skip the delete and redirect part-- Obsidi♠n Soul 13:53, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    See also Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 13:19, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks! So it seems a plain "old cut and paste" will do as long as the edit summaries briefly explain what has been done and there is a complete explanation on both talk pages using {{copied}}. Roger (talk) 14:26, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Publishing a draft

    I have worked with administrators to finalize an article on my user page and would like to publish it. Could you please explain the steps to follow to publish my article? I have not found any suitable discription of this procedure on Wikipedia. Many thanks in advance for your help and kind regards, BBPMB (talk) 11:38, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    I have added a header to your draft which has links to relevant help pages, and a handy "Submit" link. -- John of Reading (talk) 11:48, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Edit/delete

    How can I delete a negative article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.205.122.76 (talk) 12:48, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    If you mean an article which says things which you regard as negative about a topic in which you have an interest, the answer is that you probably won't be able to delete it if the information has reliable sources. The article is required to have a neutral point of view, so if you have equally reliable sources which give a different view you may be able to have those alternative views added to maintain a balance. If you tell us which article, experts here can take a look. If you do have a close connection which the subject of the article, see WP:COI. - David Biddulph (talk) 12:57, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Not sure what you mean by "negative", but the deletion policies and procedures are described at WP:DELETE. There are three main ways of getting an article deleted, they are: WP:CSD; WP:PROD; and WP:AFD. If the article is about a living person, and is entirely unreferenced, and it was created after March 18, 2010, a fourth method is available: WP:BLPPROD. --Redrose64 (talk) 13:00, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    about reply

    how to reply when i receive an answer on refrence desk.please illustrate with an example.59.165.108.89 (talk) 12:55, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Click on the edit link above the relevant section at the reference desk. You should indent your reply in from the message to which you are replying; this is done by semi-colons at the start of your paragraph, so if you are replying to something with one semi-colon at the start, your reply should have two, as here (::). Finish your reply with 4 tildes ~~~~ or use the signature button on the edit toolbar. Use "Show preview" to make sure that your reply looks OK, then use "Save page". Remember to use an appropriate edit summary in the box below the edit window. - David Biddulph (talk)
    He mean colons, not semi-colons and is having a senior wikipedia moment I think.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 13:10, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Absolutely correct; thanks for waking me up!  :-) - David Biddulph (talk) 13:15, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    :-)--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 13:22, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    General Emile Armand Gibon (1813-1870)

    I am new to Wikipedia. I have recently created a page about General Emile Armand Gibon which I spelt wrongly (Gabon). As I could not find any easy way to modify the title, I decided to create a second page with almost the same content but this time with the correct title. I later deleted the content of the first page. Emile Armand Gibon is actually my Great grand father. To create this page I simply used some information that are from public domain as well as from family records, both I believe to be useful, truthful and in no way in breach of any copyright (since I own many copyrights in relation to most articles and/or pictures related to him). However, I also could not find any easy way to upload pictures on this page. I was just advised by automatic message, that this page was up to speedy deletion and frankly do not understand why. — Preceding unsigned comment added by G St-Germain (talk • contribs) 14:10, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    The article is at General Emile Armand Gibon (1813-1870), though that is probably not the correct title according to the Manual of Style. The reason for the speedy deletion nomination was that you had two articles on the same subject. Now that one version has been deleted, the speedy deletion nomination has been withdrawn, but the article still needs much work. Please read the article's talk page, where it is suggested that you should move it to user space while you work on it to bring it to a suitable standard for publication. Please also bear in mind that your own family records, unless published, are not acceptable to Wikipedia as reliable sources, but are considered as original research. - David Biddulph (talk) 14:44, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    BBc News

    Why is it the natioal news is read by one reader and local news by two would not it save much need cash for one to read the news and tell the local weather we have already heard it in London the BBC is add the fee frozen and looking for ways to save cash. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.6.47.186 (talk) 15:12, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Perhaps - but you are at Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, and this Help desk is intended for questions about using or editing the encyclopedia. You cannot contact the BBC through this page. -- John of Reading (talk) 15:28, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    I am new to wikipedia and added reference 4 & 5 to "birds of prey" (www.birds-of-north-america.net...)and an external link (www.birds-of-north-america.net...). I realize that I should have practiced on the sandlot before submitting. I would like to remove these, how do I go about it? Kesha59 (talk) 15:42, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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