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December 1

Re:not sure why my sources aren't considered verifiable, they are national (Australian) public media outlets

Hi there,

Thanks for your help with this:

My article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Lee_McAllistair

Has twice been deemed as having unverifiable sources. Yet the sources used in the article are:

The Australian - major national newspaper, and the link to the online article is provided in the references and inline ABC Jazz / The ABC - major national media outlet- as above Adelaide Now - division of News Ltd / The Advertiser - major state-based media outlet in South Australia Edinburgh Evening News - international media outlet Eastside 89.7 FM - Sydney-based radio station - again link is provided

The only other links are to the artist's personal websites and facebook pages which can be deleted if necessary?

Not sure what the problem is - all the articles are from independent third party media sources and are clearly referenced with links provided inline as well as in the references at the bottom.

Please help?

Also, I tried to use Wiki live chat but couldn't actually type anything or respond to anything, my cursor wouldn't recognise that there was anywhere to type. Is it meant to be used in conjunction with a third party live messenging program like Windows Messenger?

Thank you Jazzhead101Jazzhead101 (talk) 01:03, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

In this case, I see that your references are reviews of the album. The album publisher sends truckloads of albums to papers to get reviews (often, writing the reviews themselves to make it easier to get them published). Do you have a reference that states this singer notable. For example: How many top selling albums does she have? How many top hits according to music charts does she have? The goal of the article should initially be to prove notability. Then, once that is handled, you can work on adding information. Also, place your references in the article between <ref> and </ref>. Having the links in the article will immediately make reviewers have a bad attitude about the article. -- kainaw™ 01:13, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

• I'm an RS/N editor, Australian, and sources wonk. I'm responding at the page. Newspaper articles can be unreliable for a variety of reasons. Fifelfoo (talk) 01:28, 1 December 2011 (UTC)
  • You've copy/pasted content from leemcallistair.com/. This is a copyright violation. You need to remove this content from the article.
  • This http://abcjazz.net.au/artist/lee-mcallistair isn't reliable for notability, and contains no content to verify against.
  • These aren't highly reliable, or reliable for many things: http://leemcallistair.com/ ; http://www.facebook.com/LeeMcAllistair
  • This website (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/kitandthewidow/pip/1a58i/) doesn't verify anything, but a sound recording on it might
  • I share Kainaw's notability concerns: you might have reliable sources, but that doesn't indicate that she's notable when they're all reviews pushing an album or a gig. Fifelfoo (talk) 01:28, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

Adding info on another resident

hello. I wd/ lk for you to add some data about another past resident. Pls say this: Stefani Harris only child of Valerie and Cesar Enrique Harris Consul General of Panama, Canal Zone — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.91.37.10 (talk) 02:36, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

Where do you think this information should be added? If possible, provide a link to the page you think it should be added to.

However, i'm not sure Wikipedia is the right place for this: Wikipedia doesn't normally list residents of any place unless they are famous/notable, and the daughter of a diplomat probably isn't important enough to be listed. (Cesar Enrique Harris himself does not have his own Wikipedia page.) --Colapeninsula (talk) 10:09, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

What do you mean by "... wd/ lk ..."? Astronaut (talk) 15:24, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

I guess that the OP may have meant "... would like ...". Perhaps we ought to emphasise to ppl that this is the English Wikipedia, not the txt spk Wikipedia?  :-( - David Biddulph (talk) 15:39, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

user-sandbox question

just started working on new article in my user-sandbox (not the general sandbox). If I click Save can my work be viewed? Or does it remain under wraps in my userpage sandbox until ready to publish? So far I've just clicked Preview - which doesn't save it. I'll need several sittings to get this new entry into shape so need to save the work and keep coming back.Montpelier31 (talk) 02:43, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

If you click save, it'll publish it and users can view it. However, it will remain in your user-sandbox until you move it into article space using the "move" button. Your user-sandbox is for your use only, however- other users shouldn't edit there unless you ask them to, so you'll be able to work on your article without interruption.--Slon02 (talk) 03:38, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

Yes, it's generally considered rude to edit someone's sandbox articles without the owner's invitation. Most people don't even go looking for sandboxes. That all said, a sandbox article should still follow the policies and guidelines such as WP:BLP and they shouldn't have copyright violations. Dismas|^(talk) 04:34, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

Assembling colour from templates

Can anyone tell me why this isn't working?

This table should be a single red cell.

At first I thought that it was because the # sign and the F08080 come from two different places in the template, but Template:Infobox election does the same thing and it works there. I've tested different ways of setting this up and I keep getting the same problem. Thanks! —Arctic Gnome (talk • contribs) 05:25, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

At first I thought it was because you took the # out of the nowikis, but that didn't work, now I'm stumped. 117Avenue (talk) 06:04, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

The markup for the cell needs to be in the same line as the cell contents. For example,

{|
|bgcolor="#F08080"
|This table should be a single red cell.
|}

is a table with two adjacent cells 'bgcolor="#F08080"' and 'This table should be a single red cell.', whereas

{|
|bgcolor="#F08080"|This table should be a single red cell.
|}

is a single cell with the bgcolor property applied to it. Somewhere in the template spaghetti is a stray newline, which is pushing the |This table... into a separate line in the processed result. DMacks (talk) 06:13, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

Indeed, removing the trailing newline from the included portion of {{Canadian party colour}} fixes the effect. DMacks (talk) 06:19, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

Adding photos to existing article.

I have, in the past, added a few photos to existing articles and would like to do so again. However I cannot figure out how to do it because, from what I can tell, it has become so bloody complicated that the simple act of uploading a photo I took and am offering to the Public Domain has become nearly impossible. I have some photos I took on a trip to visit the Grand Coulee Dam in Washington State, USA. I believe that one or two of my photos would enhance the article and I would simply like to find an uncomplicated way to upload them to the Wikipedia article. There is nothing fancy here just a simple wish to add to the already well-written article. HELP?

Thank you, James Pangborn — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wa6fhx (talk • contribs) 05:30, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

Ensure that their copyright status has been specified and we are allowed to use it on Wikipedia. See: Wikipedia:Images and Wikipedia:Picture tutorial for more information.Moxy (talk) 05:32, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

Step-by-step instructions:

• Go the Wikimedia Commons and if you are not already, sign up for an account and then go to this upload page directly:
• In the first field for Local filename click browse and choose the image on your computer;
• Fill in a date in the date field; tell us what it is in the description field;
• In the last field for licensing, click on the up/down arrow on right hand side and choose the last license in the dropdown menu, for "CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication..."
• Click the upload file button at the bottom left of the page.

You're done. There are some other things you could do, like filling in appropriate categories in that field if you can figure out how, and you could choose a different license, but this is the basics of a public domain upload. Once done, the image can be used directly here: add [[File:File name.jpg|thumb|Caption text.]] to the area of an article where you want the image to appear – replacing File name.jpg with the actual file name of the image, and Caption text with a short description of the image. If it comes out too large, add an additional parameter for size in the form |200px to the image placement code, changing the number higher or lower to increase and decrease the size of the image's display.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 12:21, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

ORIGINAL MEANING OF THE WORDS

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN,

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW COULD I REACH THE CONCERN DEPARTMENT OR A PERSON WHOM I WOULD LIKE TO EXPLAIN HIM THE CORRECT ORIGINAL MEANINGS OF SOME WORDS THEY DO NOT THE MEANING AND ORIGIN OF IT.

REGARDS, OMER ALPAY ISTANBUL - TURKIYE — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.131.165.134 (talk) 07:49, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

In the first place PLEASE DON’T SHOUT. It is considered rude.

Secondly, do you understand that you are at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia? If you have found a misused word on a Wikipedia page, you can click the “Discussion” tab; this will take you to the page’s talk page, where you can discuss page content. But PLEASE DON'T SHOUT when you do so. —teb728 t c 10:46, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

In case it's not clear from TEB728's comment, typing in ALL CAPS in electronic discussions is the equivalent of shouting. See WP:SHOUTING for more information. DMacks (talk) 11:36, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

If you are asking for information on a subject, and cannot find a suitable article, then the reference desk might be of use to you. But it sounds as if you are wanting to tell somebody something. If that is so, then unless you want to alter an article, and have reliable sources for the information you want to put in the article Wikipedia is not the place for it. But I will remark that what a word means is what people use it to mean, and what people understand by it, nothing else. What it originally meant (and what somebody thinks it ought to mean, and even what a dictionary says it means) may be part of its history, but do not necessarily tell you anything about its meaning. --ColinFine (talk) 21:42, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

How to convert a wiki page in Bangla

Hi,

I am interested in translating a few articles here in wiki to Bangla. I was wondering where do I start. I can translate it, but how do I publish?

Please answer with as much detail as possible or provide links to pages that can answer my question.

Thanks is advance — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sajal Mark (talk • contribs) 08:10, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

There is general information in Wikipedia:Translation#How to translate and Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia; Wikipedia:Your first article describes the article creation process. But if you're going to post on the Bangla Wikipedia, you should ask there (or read their help pages) to get information as their policies may differ slightly from English Wikipedia. Maybe someone with knowledge of the Bangla Wikipedia will read this and give you pointers. --Colapeninsula (talk) 10:20, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

(e/c) The Bengali Wikipedia is here. As with English Wikipedia, one way to create an article is to type the title into the search box and search for it. If an article of that title doesn't exist, it will offer to create it ( পাতাটি এই উইকিতে তৈরি করুন! ). If you don't know how to enter Bengali script, there is information on that in the Bengali Wikipedia article here in English Wikipedia. (I think there is equivalent info at the top of every Bengali page.) —teb728 t c 10:29, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

HMS MAHRATTA G23

Hello well read but the pages you got the information from.

My name is spelt wrong: KIERON not keiron U-BOAT sunk HMS MAHRATTA. HMS Mahratta service summary page shows ADMIRALTY Service sheet, lists U-956 sunk mahratta and not U-990 as eeryone else say's

thank you kieron hoare htp://hmsmahratta.50megs.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.25.34.172 (talk) 09:50, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

HMS Mahratta (G23) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

I've fixed the spelling mistake. The U990/U956 issue has been discussed at Talk:HMS Mahratta (G23), with the conclusion that the article should follow the naval-history.net source. You could start a new discussion there. -- John of Reading (talk) 10:36, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

Will someone create the page "Justice Party (United States)"

Respectfully request that someone create the page "Justice Party (United States)"

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705395124/Rocky-Anderson-forms-Justice-Party-plans-to-run-for-president.html

Would like to use Wiki as a reference, but need the page to be created. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.60.76.152 (talk) 13:01, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

 Not done Wikipedia is a reference work, not a place to publish press releases and the like. See WP:UPANDCOMING and WP:TOOSOON. If and when this "party" and its candidate become notable enough to attract more than a single local newspaper advertisement, then somebody may write about it; but we are not ourselves a reference, nor do we pretend to be! --Orange Mike | Talk 15:06, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

Category question

Is there a category related to private military roads? I am in the process of creating a page about Normandy Road, which is a 15 mile government access road in Central NJ, connecting two Military bases. Category:Access roads, Category:Private military roads don't exist, but is there a similar one? Tinton5 (talk) 15:54, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

It would appear not, as none of the several articles mentioned in Military Road are in a category of that nature. I suggest creating Category:Military roads, and adding them to that category.  Chzz  ►  16:18, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the suggestion. Now created. Tinton5 (talk) 17:42, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

Misplaced reference

I was trying to add a reference to Porphyria Cutanea Tarda and seem to have deleted all the references that were already there. Please can this be undone? — Preceding unsigned comment added by MassSpecExpert (talk • contribs) 17:48, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

I see that you got part way to curing the problem. I've moved your additional ref to where I think you wanted it. References are defined not in the references section but in the para where the text is for which the ref forms the source. - David Biddulph (talk) 17:58, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

List of concert halls

I made a mistake. I wanted to add 1 venue (The "Scottish Rite Cathedral" in New Castle, PA) to the Wikipedia article entitled "List of concert halls".

The Information made it into the article - but my entry information supplanted the original column headings. Could anyone remedy this little glitch for me?

I have since learned that i should always use the sandbox first.

Thank you so much.

Country R. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.236.107.206 (talk) 18:35, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

Fixed by another user. and I'd like to compliment you on the message that you've left here. You may want to register for an account. Also, the entries in a table have a |(Vertical bar) on the left hand side, the headers have !(exclamation point).Naraht (talk) 19:22, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

I've changed it to put the column headings back and put your entry into the right spot in alphabetic order. If there are appropriate wikilinks that you can add, you can do that by putting [[ ... ]] double brackets around the relevant text. - David Biddulph (talk) 19:21, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

... and I've now added wikilinks for you. - David Biddulph (talk) 19:26, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

virus?

When I typed in wikipedia.org, I was congratulated on being the PA winner of some random contest. They asked for my email, which I gave them and then referred me to a page that wanted address info, etc. So I shut dwon the browsesr. When I tried again the same thing happened. Sounds like malware to me. I thought I ought to inform you. I do not need an answer. M Sommar — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.54.212.50 (talk) 18:59, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

It is malware on your computer, not on Wikipedia. -- kainaw™ 19:01, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

Or you may have been the victim of typosquatting if you didn't enter wikipedia.org correctly but something similar like wikipidea.org. You can avoid this by making a bookmark for http://en.wikipedia.org and not type the url manually. PrimeHunter (talk) 19:10, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

You can probably expect lots of Email spam. Just curious why, if you expected to go to an encyclopedia and you ended up somewhere else, why would you enter your email address? This is why spam is such a problem for email users, and is a major cause of the spread of viruses and malware. Astronaut (talk) 11:06, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Changing the logo image for our company's page description

We recently developed a new logo for our company but I can't figure out how to change off the old logo. How do I delete the old logo and replace it with the new logo image Sharondrevdondes (talk) 20:58, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

What is the name of the article? --Cameron Scott (talk) 21:05, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

I am guessing it's Fund for Educational Excellence (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views). – ukexpat (talk) 21:07, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

Harvard citation link

In this article I am preparing in my sandbox, I cannot manage to get a {{harvnb}} link to work correctly and would appreciate help with it (feel free to edit in that sandbox article). I would like to have the {{harvnb}} in note 14 ("For an ukiyo-e reproduction of the painting see Murasaki Shikibu Nikki Emaki n.d., pp. 12–14.") correctly link to the first entry in the bibliography ("紫式部日記絵巻 [Murasaki Shikibu Nikki Emaki]. publisher unknown. publication year unknown. Retrieved 2011-12-01.") Thanks. bamse (talk) 23:15, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

 Fixed The anchor in the citation is automatically created from author-date. There is no date, so create the anchor manually with |ref=, copy the {{harvnb}} and chang eit to {{harvid}}. Installing User:Ucucha/HarvErrors will show these types of errors. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 23:50, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. That's what I thought I did, but just realized that I typed harv={{harvid... instead of ref={{harvid.... PS: You added the harvid to the second bibliography entry instead of the first, but everything is fine now. bamse (talk) 07:53, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Reference not found

Macnab (2004) outlined some general objectives for family life and sex education" is contained in this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_education

There are a million different references at the bottom but not the one listed in the article. The problem is that I can not find who is Macnab. This is a reference in the paragraph but at the end of the article there is nothing about this Macnab. I want to know who he is and where to find him. This is for a reference for an essay. Thank you for quality control. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.13.217.34 (talk) 23:38, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

I see that User:Rehevkor has exercised some quality control and removed that unsourced matter from the article. Thank you for bringing it to our attention. (I guess you're going to have to look at some of the other references for your essay). --ColinFine (talk) 00:06, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

December 2

I'd love to donate, but I can't seeing as I'm a 16 year old wihout a paypal or bank account.

As said above, I'd like to be able to donate to you. The Wikimedia foundation is what's great about the internet, almost. I'd like to do my part, but I can't. I was wondering if there was a way where I could send money through the mail or some other similar procedure? Thank you Wikimedia, you've helped me pass my classes with flying colors. <3 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.170.173.115 (talk) 00:43, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

You could send a check or money order via snail mail. See here. Dismas|^(talk) 01:10, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Or, given your age, I'd suggest that you start a money market account and start saving money there, and help us by editing--save up for your education, get a good degree, and then use your expertise to help us write excellent articles. --Nuujinn (talk) 01:22, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Subcategory count

I just noticed, but any particular reason subcategories are being counted as categories? For instance, if a category contains 10 pages and 3 subcats, then the first page will say 3 C, 13 P...10 plus the 3 C. It should be 3 C, 10 P. I don't know but it used to not count this..what is the dealio? Tinton5 (talk) 00:45, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

This was reported in this Village pump thread, but as far as I can see it has been archived without any action being taken. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:15, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Format problem

Could someone please fix List of Harper's Island episodes#Episodes? Clarityfiend (talk) 01:22, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Done. Just a revert of an edit that removed some code.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 01:28, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. Clarityfiend (talk) 02:00, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Photo of Yvonne Swan Wanrow on Wikipedia & the woman by the same name speaking at the AIM Conference in 2009 video do not match, the name, personal bio, history, etc are the same, however the faces do not match up, any idea of why...

I am a Lakota scholar & fraud investigator, I have been doing research into the members of the American Indian Movement, & I just did a search of Yvonne Swan Wanrow, & I was amazed to find that the images of her on your Wikipedia site, & on the Utube video of Yvonne Swan Wanrow speaking at the American Indian Movement Conference 2009 do not match with the facial recognition software we have. Do you have any idea of why this discrepancy has occurred, or any reasonable idea why they do not.... Take a look for yourselves. You will see the same thing we have. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.142.177.26 (talk) 01:27, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Can you tell us where you saw her image on Wikipedia, maybe providing a link? The article on her at Yvonne Wanrow contains no photographs or images at all as of now, nor do prior versions in the page history that I looked at. I also searched our sister site, the Wikimedia Commons and found no images of her there. Note that if you found the image on a web site that has "wiki" in its name, it may be entirely unrelated to Wikipedia, which is one of thousands of different wikis.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 01:38, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

No response

I apologize if this is not in the correct place, but I left a comment at Talk:Winning_(disambiguation)#WINNING and no one has responded in two weeks due to it being an inactive talk page, and I wish for a response. Thank you. 75.6.252.93 (talk) 01:39, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

OK here's a response: No, it wouldn't be worth it to mention him there. —teb728 t c 02:02, 2 December 2011 (UTC) To expand on my response, any mention would be to some Wikipedia article about "winning" in his context, but there is no such article. —teb728 t c 02:20, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. 75.6.252.93 (talk) 02:23, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Stomach ache

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--Jayron32 02:46, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia usage out of an iPhone app

Hi,

I would like to use wikipedia out of an iPhone app. Is this allowed and under which circumstances? I would forward the user to the wikipedia URL and let them read the content.

Are there special copyright subject to mention?

Thank you!

Abraham — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.228.88.7 (talk) 03:17, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

You have a browser on your iPhone, right? The mobile version of Wikipedia is at http://en.m.wikipedia.org —teb728 t c 04:09, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Depending on what you are trying to achieve, Wikipedia:Reusing Wikipedia content and Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks#Remote loading may be relevant. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:21, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Error in Space-based solar power

Look in Space-based solar power article under In space applications it says a laser sbsp? what does it mean it must be a error.Shawn Worthington Laser Plasma (talk) 03:37, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

You should ask at the article talk page, or you could ask User:Beaucouplusneutre, who entered it. —teb728 t c 03:59, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

The rest of the article uses the SBSP acronym in uppercase, so I have altered it. If it's still not clear then follow teb728's advice. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:25, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Help me

Hello, wiki staff. I am having a problems here and I really hope you could help. I'm in preparation for a logical math test and couple of months ago I've found an useful list of homework. But now I can't find it anywhere. Please help me! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kuro J (talk • contribs) 05:34, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Try asking your question at Wikipedia:Reference desk/Mathematics. --Jayron32 05:40, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Content confusion - questioning submission rejection

Hi there,

In relation to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Lee_McAllistair

I would like to question the following reviewer rejection:

'The article was written in a semi-promotional and non-neutral manner. Phrases such as "there are very, very few able to write as convincingly and memorably as McAllistair" are considered to be opinions and are not allowed on Wikipedia. Please re-write this to be encyclopedic and neutral. Tokyogirl79 (talk) 05:17, 2 December 2011 (UTC)tokyogirl79'

For the following reason:

The whole section referred to is a published review in a major national newspaper, The Australian, as referenced in the link. It is not the opinion of the writer, it is a published, referenced review in a major national media outlet. The reviewer seemed to think it was the opinion of the writer - it is clearly referenced. Please reconsider my submission, thank you Jazzhead101Jazzhead101 (talk) 05:25, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Jazzhead101Jazzhead101 (talk) 05:38, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

In that case it is plagiarism (since it is not clearly indicated as a quotation by being enclosed in quotation marks) and copyright violation (since it is copied from a copyrighted article far more extensively than can be justified by fair use / fair dealing). —teb728 t c 06:17, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Do not include the text of the review: Not only is using it a copyright violation; most of the review is unencyclopedic. If readers want to read the review, they can follow your reference link to it. The encyclopedic purpose of the review is that John McBeath of The Australian gave the album a very favorable review. That you have said in the Biography section; there is no need in the article for anything else from the review. Including the text of the review will only get your submission rejected. —teb728 t c 11:42, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for this - to clarify: the review is clearly under a section called 'Reviews' and under the heading of the Review itself including the name of the reviewer, publication and link. Reviews published in national newspapers like the Australian are republished on other jazz sites without copyright infringement issues (including that very review, for example at 'Jazz and Beyond' http://www.jazzandbeyond.com.au/cdreview.html#LeeMcAllistairCD - reviews are meant to be shared publicly, that is why they exist. The reason it is not in quotation marks is because I am used to university protocols whereby passages are indented rather than put in quotation marks. I could not work out how to indent on Wiki. As I said, it is clearly under a heading stating the reviewer name, publication and link.

So far I've been called a plagiarist and a promoter whilst simply trying to document the work of jazz artists on Wiki (this was to be the first of many), and whilst I appreciate the help of volunteers and the service Wiki provides I have found the whole experience singularly un-user-friendly. Thanks for your help - logging off I think.

Jazzhead101 Jazzhead101 (talk) 01:31, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

Donations to wiki

I have been thinking of making a donation, however i am unsecure in using my credit card for it. The best way I know is thru a payment gateway, wherein I am comfortable entering my credentials on my banks secure site. Why is wiki not geared for that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.143.78.252 (talk) 07:47, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

There are many ways you can donate, including PayPal, bank transfer, check, eWallet, and Moneybookers: see all the ways to give here. You can find more information about Wikipedia's donor privacy and how they handle payments at the Donor Policy page here. --Colapeninsula (talk) 10:56, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Love In Plain Sight

Why would you take In Plain Sight of the Air that was a good show and y'all need to not conceal that show because a lot of your viewers love that show we need to see Mary & Marchell every week we love them and can not wait to see them each week please bring them back. Don't let it end in the Sring of 2012 that wouldn't be right. In Plain Sight is a wonderful show. I bet if you ask your viewers they would tell you so.

One of your loving fans of In Plain Sightœ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.25.10.77 (talk) 08:58, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

I suspect, based on your plea, that you found one of our over 3.7 million articles and thought we were affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is for asking questions related to using or contributing to Wikipedia itself. Thus, we have no connection to the subject of your question. Template:Z25 —teb728 t c 09:46, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia only provides information about In Plain Sight, so if you want to read about your loved show, click on this blue link to go to the article and for others such as In Plain Sight characters and episodes. Manytexts (talk) 05:44, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

Navbox doesn't autocollapse

Why isn't the navbox at the bottom of Wieferich prime autocollapsed? At least it shows up uncollapsed for me, even though the state parameter is set to 'collapsed'. Any idea why this is? Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 09:19, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Fixed in the navbox.[1] PrimeHunter (talk) 13:05, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 13:10, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Language change

How do I change d background language of my yahoo mail? I downloaded a new browser and when I opened my yahoo mail box I discorvered that the language there is not a familier one. This has made the use of my mail box difficult. Please how do I change to English language? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.0.10.77 (talk) 11:01, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 3.7 million articles and thought we were affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is for asking questions related to using or contributing to Wikipedia itself. Thus, we have no special knowledge about the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck.Template:Z25 —teb728 t c 11:26, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Hi, with this question, Google is your friend. I entered 'change background language of yahoo mail' on google & a whole bunch of helpful links turned up. You can do the same – click here [2] and choose the first one 'How do I change my country/language setting?' [3]. Still having trouble? You can always ask at the Computer Help Desk here [4]. Manytexts (talk) 05:55, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

Improved translation not published

Hi Wikipedians,

I improved the translation for Jimmy's letter 002 and 003(URL is given below) in the language Tamil and changed the status to 'proofreading'. However, there is no one did anything about it to publish.

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2011/Jimmy_Letter_002/ta https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2011/Jimmy_Letter_003/ta

How long will it usually take to publish? Eventhough I've been using wikipedia for a long time, I involve in editing only now. As per the guidelines given in wikipedia, only the administrator can publish the articles after review.

Is there any way to request an admin to do something upon the revised translation? Even though the existing translation does not contain any major errors, it lacks the natural flavor of the language; seems to have followed word-by-word translation.

Having rewritten in the contemporay style, I hope this improved translation would touch many hearts, to donate for wikipedia.

Arun 11:02, 2 December 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gpgarun (talk • contribs)

From what I can tell, now that you have improved the translation you need a third party to proofread, which requires someone who speaks Tamil to do so, and then to change the edit status to "Ready". The page says that questions should be directed to meta:Talk:Fundraising 2011/Translation but it doesn't look like that page is very active. You might try reaching out to some of the users in Category:Tamil Wikipedians or maybe post a message to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Sri Lanka to ask if someone would be willing to act as the missing third party proofreader.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 11:44, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Citing my sources - technical problems and unwarranted removal

Dear Help editor,

I have made my first edit to the page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_model

I have added references to my own researches which at present are only published on my blog.

Therefore the citation should stand.

Many people say that my researches are very important and highly relevant to the current economic crisis. Hence my wish to draw attention to the authors of this wiki-page as well as to the world at large.

I am really struggling to follow wiki instructions and have spent hours yesterday just trying to log in.

I would appreciate some interactive online assistance. Writing my own blog is a doddle compared to this! :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adviser2009 (talk • contribs) 12:26, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

You were reverted by a bot that prevents the addition of Blogspot sources. Blogs are usually unreliable sources and as self published sourced they should almost never be used. Exceptions can be made when the blogs are "produced by an established expert on the topic of the article whose work in the relevant field has previously been published by reliable third-party publications" Does this apply to you? You should also be aware that Wikipedia is not the place to publish original research. Either way, you are in violation of our guideline on conflicts of interest and if you really feel the source passes our reliable source guidelines you can suggest the addition on the article talk page so an uninvolved editor can add it for you. Яehevkor ✉ 12:40, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Different content in different languages

Hi I was looking at this page about Asia- firstly found two option- first one was good - but was in Norsk I suppose and the other in English, but the contents were completely different. What is wanted was content in norsk to be also in English, but it take me to other page if I change the Language.

So my question is - Why do you have difference in content based on language ? Shouldn't there be only one page per topic- since its wiki (you can have same page translated in other language)

both documents have different set of information and is same like using different websites and not wiki.

Konika — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.241.81.188 (talk) 12:46, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Our volunteer editors (none are paid) write about things they think important, in the languages in which they are comfortable. A few spend much of their time translating, thus improving poor articles on topics that are better covered in other languages, and more such work would be appreciated. For example, some articles about technical aspects of electrical power distribution are more thorough in German than in English, which will improve if someone does a good translation. Jim.henderson (talk) 12:59, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Each language's Wikipedia is independent. The guidelines under which each operates are determined by consensus among the editors of that particular Wikipedia. There is no process by which an edit made in the Wikipedia in one language can readily be translated into the separate Wikipedias of the numerous other languages which may have an article on a similar topic. [We certainly wouldn't trust a machine translation to do so, and there aren't enough bilingual editors to cope with that size of workload, considering the numbers of edits which are made each day.] Editors of the Wikipedia in language A are, of course, welcome to look at the corresponding articles in other languages, and if they find material which is supported by reliable sources they can include that in the article in language A. - David Biddulph (talk) 13:01, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

If you don't mind a machine translation for your personal use, you could translate the Norsk article with Google Translate or some other service. —teb728 t c 13:08, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Translation further discusses the ongoing efforts at diffusing knowledge among languages. Jim.henderson (talk) 13:11, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Does this logo have the right license?

Logo. I'm curious because someone recently replaced it with a much lower quality/outdated logo used in an sec filing two years ago.Grmike (talk) 13:18, 2 December 2011 (UTC)grmike

I would have thought that the use of Template:PD-textlogo was open to question in this case, but others may have different views. - David Biddulph (talk) 13:29, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Resolved, the other user just let me know that licensing was correct.Grmike (talk) 14:31, 2 December 2011 (UTC)grmike

Not resolved. I think there is sufficient creativity in the design of the logo for it to be copyrightable. I think the image should be moved to Wikipedia and used under the NFCC. And it most certainly isn't your own work - you may have created the svg file, but that does not make it your work. – ukexpat (talk) 14:41, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Sorry, I had this logo confused with another.Grmike (talk) 16:17, 2 December 2011 (UTC)grmike

I didn't make the design but I did make the file. Regarding it being my own work: I didn't have to make significant changes other than cut the background out and attach it to the lettering (the background/image aren't attached at the source), I thought I might be able to use own. A lot of times logos need to be modified if they are raster or below (more recently, companies have made it very difficult if not impossible to extract svg logos (reports by companies from 2010 and up) and so frequently they need to be traced or redrawn). Other times the logos at company sites are not identical to the main source used to make the files for wikipedia, since bitmaps can be difficult to trace parts of older logos at pdf files are used to make the new file.Grmike (talk) 17:22, 2 December 2011 (UTC)grmike

The "Source" parameter is for the source of the file, so for the images that I have created and uploaded to Commons (such as File:2010 Cervelo RS 01.jpg), {{Own}} is appropriate. For situations like this logo, where you have created the file from another or modified it but not done anything creative with it that would give rise to a separate copyrightable image, it is not appropriate. – ukexpat (talk) 19:06, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

I'll concede that in this case but don't underestimate the time and effort that goes into redrawing logos. In many cases that requires more creativity than many of the photos uploaded at random by people on commons. Redrawing logos where the available sources only provide horrible quality that even in infobox size isn't suitable, I've done a number of times to the benefit of the article and wikipedia. In those cases, the person uploading the file is obviously doing more than just uploading/extracting an image.Grmike (talk) 03:57, 3 December 2011 (UTC)grmike

Speaking as someone who has also redrawn logos in this manner, I'd question your implied eqivocation of "time and effort" with "creativity". If you are recreating a company's logo you should have no creative claim to it at all. Where it is an accurate recreation, any copyright claim remains with the original creator or it remains copyright ineligible. If, on the other hand, you have have been sufficiently creative to justify claiming copyright on the new work then it is no longer an accurate representation of the company and it would be unsuitable for use on Wikipedia. AJCham 13:43, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

Discussion

Can someone close this 2 month old discussion, that I tagged to request a close 3 weeks ago. CTJF83 13:41, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Transfering file

Can you transfer this file on Commons. I suppose it doesn't pass the threshold of originality.--79.27.56.92 (talk) 14:18, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

You may consider asking the experts at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions CTJF83 14:23, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Even if it were acceptable, the backlog of Transfer to Commons is mind-boggling. Rmhermen (talk) 14:29, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Amusing. Page header on Category:Move to Commons: This page has a backlog. This notice will appear when there are ten items in the category. There are currently 286,575 files tagged as needing transfer. Rmhermen (talk) 14:36, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Transferring to Commons is a thankless task and the automated tools never seem to work for me. That said, involvement by more users in that particular task is always welcome. – ukexpat (talk) 16:25, 2 December 2011 (UTC) – ukexpat (talk) 16:25, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Where is this category? Category:Move to Commons doesn't exist. Dismas|^(talk) 18:53, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Category:Copy to Wikimedia Commons (bot-assessed), Category:Copy to Wikimedia Commons. CharlieEchoTango (contact) 18:58, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! Dismas|^(talk) 19:00, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

In my opinion, it exceeds the Commons:Threshold of originality, because of the unusual font and positioning of the characters. It's quite debatable - especially given that it is a US image; e.g. the SKYY Vodka case, mentioned here. But for me, this is just over the threshold, otherwise I would have just moved it for you, myself. I could be wrong in my assessment, but I prefer to err on the side of caution. If you want further opinions to see if it could be moved, I suggest asking on WP:MCQ.  Chzz  ►  20:50, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Infobox Model

Hello. Is there a way to add a new parameter, giving the "years active" for the model? This parameter is located inside the person infobox, and I believe it is important for readers to know when a particular model began their career. In addition, some models are actors, but are given a model infobox to give information about their height, weight, shoe size, etc, in addition to basic birth date, location and name. If there is a way to add a years active field, that would be great. Thank you so much. Tinton5 (talk) 14:25, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Take a look at {{Infobox model}} and you will see that the parameter is there (| yearsactive =). – ukexpat (talk) 14:46, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

WIKI Donate

Hi guys.

You know, I can make regular donations, but current payment systems is not so comfortable for Russian region (where I live). Really, easy to use for me it's QUIWI or Yandex.Money. So, I guess, it will be good idea for you to integrate those payment systems. Integration of one of them will be great! And easy to make donations for people like me.

-- cheers — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.74.128.134 (talk) 14:31, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

I have copied your message to the Wikimedia website, where you may get better answers: please see meta:Talk:Fundraising_2011#WIKI_Donate.

You could also contact the fund-raising team by email, problemsdonating@wikimedia.org

 Chzz  ►  20:16, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

My Wiki book has disappeared

I am trying to compile a Wiki book of selected articles for later PDF printing, but when I log into my account from another computer, the book no longer appears. When I come back to the first computer, the book was there, but today, it is gone. What is going on with this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dr.thomas.gardner (talk • contribs) 16:05, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Sorry, but we're not going to be able to guess without you telling us the name of the book. - David Biddulph (talk) 16:36, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Only autoconfirmed or confirmed users can save books. I have confirmed your account so you should now have a save option for books. PrimeHunter (talk) 19:28, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

texts

What does 'top hit' mean next to text messages? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.253.71.164 (talk) 17:10, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Where? What kind of text messages? On an internet page? On Wikipedia? On a mobile phone?

I'm imagine it refers to page hits, but without knowing more details, it is hard to tell.  Chzz  ►  20:11, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Image Gallery Question 2

Following a suggestion here that a Wikiproject would be a good place to house an image gallery of free to use images, I proposed a project. I also notified several editors, made a joint proposal with the hope of more interest. Recieved no replies even though the editors asked have been active. As I thought initially, there is not enough man power to create a wikiproject. Only a few interested editors.

This was to do with images for Home and Away. I'd like to create a gallery still. What title is best for it? "Talk:Home and Away/Free-use images" or "Home and Away/Free-use images".RaintheOne ^BAM 18:15, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Subpages are not permitted in mainspace (article namespace). - David Biddulph (talk) 18:34, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Probably best to use Media related to Home and Away at Wikimedia Commons MilborneOne (talk) 18:48, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Thankyou for the suggestion. I did use the category at commons initially, but there are now over 200 files and growing, wanted more of a sortable solution but with them all in view without clicking sub categories. So could I create a sandbox with all the images for personal viewing - then anyone else could just look in the sandbox? I assume I could use a mass of free images in a sandbox, but it is best to check.RaintheOne ^BAM 21:03, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

You can create articles on Commons which are essentially galleries. Rmhermen (talk) 16:54, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

Transferring files to commons

Can commonshelper be used to transfer svg files from wikipedia ---> svg files on commons? or is the end result alway a png image?Grmike (talk) 19:08, 2 December 2011 (UTC)grmike

The CommonsHelper 2 tool describes itself as "A tool to transfer files from Wikimedia projects to Wikimedia Commons ". I don't think it manipulates the content of the files in any way. See Wikipedia:Moving files to the Commons. -- John of Reading (talk) 09:14, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia Loves Libraries

Is it feasible to host a library event in the spring? In our academic calendar year the best date would be March 31, 2012. We propose to have a Wikipedia Loves Libraries event focused on the environment and invite participantes to fact check articles using the library resources at Cottey College in Nevada, MO, USA. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Becky Brock Kiel (talk • contribs) 21:06, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Please post directly at the discussion page for the Wikipedia:Wikipedia Loves Libraries project, here: Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Loves Libraries. I would also recommend contacting the Wikipedians in your area for planning and whatnot, check out Wikipedia:Meetup for past events and perhaps also Wikipedia:WikiProject Missouri.-- Obsidi♠n Soul 22:59, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Movie title

I have tried very hard to track down a movie horror/mystery I saw a long time ago and precisely in the Autumn of 1973 at the Metropole Cinema London SW1 just before the big movies Magnum Force and Live and Let Die. Memories have faded unfortunately I do not have names of actors or any other links in connection. I can just remember when it started there was a mystery about deaths of people, then a medieval building with a great sun coming in someone sitting there hearing of people dying, towards the end of the film everything was crushing down and a young couple holding close managed to survive because they loved each other. Not a big film but quite unforgettable. I have been able to track down other films with very little information but not this one. I have been browsing through thousand I also watched many on line but without success. I have nothing else to try. I would be grateful if you could come up with something even if it is not right. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.146.182.142 (talk) 21:11, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

You could try starting to browse 1973 in film. — Edokter (talk) — 21:24, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

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.Template:Z38 PrimeHunter (talk) 21:27, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

where to suggest a change

A lot of Wikipedia instructions tell people to post "on the talk page". However, it isn't obvious where this means, since the page is not labelled "talk page" but is labelled "discussion". This is very confusing. Where can I suggest a change in the label from "Discussion" to "Talk page" to match all the instructions? Ideally, a place where there could be action taken. (184.147.120.119 (talk) 21:30, 2 December 2011 (UTC))

Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)-- Obsidi♠n Soul 22:51, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Thank you. (184.147.120.119 (talk) 23:07, 2 December 2011 (UTC))

Is this the info you need?

References on Lacey Logan:

Link to Internet Adult Film Database (Iafd) Link to Internet Movie Database (Imbd) Facebook Twitter

Films by Lacey Logan: Strictly Business with Randy West (as Lacey Logan), Fantasy Chamber (as Lacy Logan), Dialing for Desires (as Dina Rice), Backstage (as Lacey Logan), etc.

Also, how do I upload an image to this page?

Thanks, LL — Preceding unsigned comment added by LCLogan (talk • contribs) 21:32, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Begin by reading WP:PORNBIO. Does she (you?) fulfill the criteria there? (If not the article will be deleted as non-notable.) If so, add to the article a statement of how she fulfills the criteria: for example: “She won the AVN award for <category> in <year>.” As a reference add to the article a citation to a reliable source that verifies the statement. —teb728 t c 22:45, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Create Wikipedia page

How do you create a Wikipedia page and link it to a company name? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.208.174.34 (talk) 21:46, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

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

Thank you.

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

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

If you still think an article is appropriate, see Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation. An Article Wizard is available to walk you through creating an article, but you will need to create an account to use it. if you don't wish to do so, you can submit a proposal for an article at Articles for Creation.Template:Z26 —teb728 t c 22:21, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Cannot save an edit due to spam filter

Resolved

On my userpage, I want to add some external links which I intend to add to an article later. However, that edit cannot be saved and I get a message saying "Your edit was not saved because it contains a new external link to a site registered on Wikipedia's blacklist." Is there a way to override or disable that spam filter for my userpage? Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 21:50, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

The filter seems to be triggered by http://www.google.de/url?. What can I do to override this. The links I want to add are not spam links. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 22:04, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

You could save it if you take off the http part. (But if this is an external link you want to add to an article later, you will run afoul of the spam filter then.) —teb728 t c 22:07, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

MediaWiki talk:Spam-whitelist is the place to request the whitelisting of specific URLs, but it depends on the context, i.e. why it was blacklisted in the first place and if whitelisting will be productive. Are you sure it's the google.de causing this? I did a test and I didn't have any issues. Яehevkor ✉ 22:30, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

The exact link triggering the filter is

http://www.gooogle.de/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=guy%20the%20primes%201093%20and%203511%20math%20student%201967&source=web&cd=11&ved=0CBwQFjAAOAo&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmath.ca%2FStudents%2FNewsletter%2FMarch2001%2Fcmsletter1.ps&ei=0jDZToWVF4XQhAfvtZnjDg&usg=AFQjCNHBwBFoNRox_tC857Gr7gIf_rirmg

(The word google is supposed to have two os, written that way here to circumvent the filter for the post of this url here)I wanted to add it to my userpage to investigate later, how I can open the document (it seems to download a ghostscript file). I believe that file might be source useful for improving an article. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 22:33, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Save it as http://math.ca/Students/Newsletter/March2001/cmsletter1.ps As for opening it, ask at the reference desk. —teb728 t c 22:56, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Awesome, thanks TEB. Now I can log out and investigate this further tomorrow without loosing the link. :) Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 23:03, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

December 3

Mobile browser

Which browser works best for editing from an android mobile phone? The ones I've tried don't work at all, they bunch up the text area or when I click somewhere, it goes like 6 lines above. CTJF83 00:43, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

I haven't tried it but have you seen Help:Mobile access#Android applications? PrimeHunter (talk) 00:49, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

While I have done limited editing, Opera (Opera Mini in this case) is the most competent browser I have used. Яehevkor ✉ 00:54, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll try those. CTJF83 01:18, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

You are not citable!!!

I am a student of Mira Costa College, Oceanside Ca, and I have a bit of a problem. I thoroughly enjoy reading the entirety of your websites thorough descriptions of many of my queries in regards to papers I write. However, sadly enough, your website is not regarded as a citable source in the college community. Please fwd this message to Jimmy Wales and let him know that I, and the ENTIRE college community repect and appreciate his, and his colleagues, thorough definitions and historical descriptions involved in Wikipedia, yet cannot EVER cite them as a credible source in any of our papers/answers/ANYTHING. If Wikipedia would become a credible source in the college atmosphere, it would be the most utilized source in the world, I guarantee it. I have cross-referenced the majority of your Wiki-inputs and have found them to be more than credible and would greatly appreciate your finding a way to become a completely credible source. Please, and thankyou.

Coridally,

Dane A. Rodriguez — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dano.rodrigo (talk • contribs) 05:43, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

The problem from that point of view is that a Wikipedia article can be edited by anyone at any time, so the inclusion of an item of information in Wikipedia is not necessarily a guarantee of its truth. Normally vandalism or unsourced claims will be removed relatively quickly, at least on well-watched pages, but you might see it before it is corrected. Information in a Wikipedia article ought to be verifiable by reference to reliable sources, so what you ought to do for your college work is follow the references, judge their reliability, and where appropriate cite those separate sources, rather than citing Wikipedia itself. - David Biddulph (talk) 07:25, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

To put it more simply, do not use Wikipedia for primary research, instead use it simply as a guide to research. Like you've done with cross-referencing, references cited by each Wikipedia article are the ones you should be reading further and citing.-- Obsidi♠n Soul 10:47, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

See also Wikipedia:Citing Wikipedia#A caution before citing Wikipedia. Unfortunately we don't have the editor resources to at the same time make millions of articles and make them reliable enough to be citable in college papers. We only have this much information because we allow everybody to edit. Citizendium chose another approach: Restrict editing to become more reliable. But they have less than 1% of our articles, and less than 1% of those are "expert-approved".[5] PrimeHunter (talk) 13:19, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

Using general encyclopedias (of any variety) as a source in a college level research paper is not a great call to begin with. Like others have said, Wikipedia can be a great jumping off point for research, but it and other encyclopedias aren't really meant to be cited as research material. --Daniel 19:20, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

How to generate a list of all en-wp's article titles?

Hello, anyone knows how to list up all en-wikipedia's article titles?
I know this may be a big job because there are over 3.8 million articles up to now, so I am seeking some technical supports.--Capim Dourado (talk) 06:42, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

From Wikipedia:Database download I found my way to http://dumps.wikimedia.org/enwiki/latest/ and downloaded "enwiki-latest-all-titles-in-ns0.gz". I uncompressed this and found I had a 179Mb file containing the article titles one per line. -- John of Reading (talk) 11:14, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

New Article

I have posted a new article on the Women's History Museum and Educational Center and I can't seem to locate it without looking at my contributions. How can this information be available for everyone to see? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Swilkinson (talk • contribs) 08:10, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

Women’s History Museum and Educational Center is there and accessible; note that Women's History Museum and Educational Center does not exist, as the punctuation is different. If you are talking about Wikipedia search, see Wikipedia:Search#Delay in updating the search index. - David Biddulph (talk) 08:26, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

Re the punctuation, you may wish to look at Wikipedia:Article titles#Special characters. - David Biddulph (talk) 08:30, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

I moved the article to the preferred title. —teb728 t c 09:59, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

Sixties TV series

for many,many years i am looking for the titel of a british black and white tv-serie from the sixties. It was a detective-serie that also was braodcasted in The Netherlands were i live. The Story; a group of young boys ans girls become detectives and a main caracter is an old Nazi-officer who haunts them. The old-Nazi plays in several episodes WAGNER music,mostly the theme from the opera TANNHAUSER. This music still gives me the creeps and takes me back to this tv-serie but i cant find the name. Again; it was also braodcasted in The Netherlands in the sixties. Thanks for any help! mail; [redacted] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.28.164.64 (talk) 15:29, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

Have a look at Category:1960s British television series. — Edokter (talk) — 16:02, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

Citing a multiple-author book

How would I use the Harvard format to cite a multiple-author book (not a co-authored book)? HurricaneFan25 15:55, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

This?--♫GoP♫_T^C_{N 17:54, 3 December 2011 (UTC)}

Help needed in determining the amount of detail that is useful for a reader

I am working on the article Wieferich prime and want to further improve it. A number of searches for these specific primes have been performed to discover new instances of such primes. For most of these searches, there exist scientific papers reporting about the results of the search (which in most cases means reporting that no new Wieferich prime has been found in a specific interval). Is there a guideline from which I can draw a conclusion on how detailed a record of these searches the article should give? For example, simply reproducing the table from page 3 of this paper might not be a good idea. Is there a guideline applicable to this case from which I could determine, how much detail would be useful? I don't seem to be able to read an answer to this question out of MOS:MATH, so perhaps it might in the end have to be decided via a consensus decision. If there is no specific guideline for this, I can bring it up at the articles talk page or WT:MATH. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 16:08, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

I once read a guidline (can't remember where, sorry) that "general" articles should be written to be comprehensible to readers with only a high school education while more technical/complex topics should be covered at an undergraduate college level. Roger (talk) 18:07, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

Yes, I agree, but this is not exactly what I wanted to know. I think the article already is quite accessible, given that for example it mostly avoids using congruences in many places, such as in the introduction. But still, my question remains: In order to achieve comprehensive coverage of the subject, should the listing of these searches be more detailed than it is now or not? I think increasing the amount of detail regarding the coverage of searches for these primes has no influence on the general accessibility of the article. I just want to have a guideline on how detailed the coverage of these searches should be, for example, should the article list all searches for prime numbers of this type from say 1913 to present in order to increase the articles comprehensiveness or would such a list be regarded as excessive, given that the paper I linked to above contains a relatively detailed record of these searches? So should the article refer the reader to that source, or should this information be listed directly in the article? Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 18:48, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

I'd say that an infodump of all those search details fails, under WP:UNDUE, as undue emphasis on a particular aspect of the subject matter. The information is readily available from the article to which you provide a link, and need not be repeated here in Wikipedia. --Orange Mike | Talk 22:55, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

Identifying edit removing section from article

Hi, I disagree with the removal of the section 'Alleged relation to crimes' from the Child's Play article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child%27s_Play_(film_series) but am struggling to identify where this was removed from the edit history, as the person who removed the section does not seem to have flagged this in an edit summary. If I can identify the editor, I can ask him/her to justify the removal - I assume this is better etiquette than unilaterally reinstating the section. Would be grateful for help with this, many thanks --Clivemacd (talk) 17:53, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

Using WikiBlame, this query shows that the deletion was done anonymously in this edit. -- John of Reading (talk) 18:01, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

T:AH invalid time at Talk:The Litigators

Resolved

I am unable to determine why I am getting an invalid time error at Talk:The Litigators.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 18:47, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

Adding (UTC) breaks the template, for one. Retyping the time for the other one (16:33 not 16:23) seemed to fix it, although maybe there was a stray space somewhere or something... Bencherlite^Talk 18:53, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

The problem was that you had an invisible left-to-right mark after the year in both cases ("2011<LRM> (UTC)") Without the LRM the template seems to tolerate (UTC). —teb728 t c 23:42, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia button for blogs and web pages

I can't find the place with the assortment of Wikipedia logo to add to my blog and/or web page. I've looked several places and found zipola. As I recall, last year when I donated the code offer was easy to find. Help

Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Linenwash (talk • contribs) 19:11, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

If you mean encouraging others to support Wikipedia then see wmf:2011/Support/en. PrimeHunter (talk) 19:16, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

Feedback for Rise to It page

The Wikipedia:Requests for feedback page says I should ask for feedback here. So, I've created a page for a Kiss song called Rise to It and I need someone to view it. Thanks :) Zrinschchuck (talk) 21:00, December 3, 2011 (GMT +1)

left comment at Talk:Rise to It Tigerboy1966 (talk) 11:09, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

How to delete a redirect

How can I delete a redirect? There is a redirect from breech-loading rifle to rifled breech loader. But a breech-loading rifle is a type of rifle, a hand-held fiream, while a rifled breech loader is a type of cannon, an artillery piece. Maproom (talk) 21:23, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

When you hit a redirect, you see the redirect page title under the big title. Click on that and you go to the redirect page (without redirecting). Then, you can edit it. I changed it to point to breech-loading weapon which has a section on firearms. -- kainaw™ 21:36, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

The Josh Pate article needs a review.

Can anybody review it and get that awful template away? AnonymousAnimus (talk) 21:51, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

Splitting out discography into new article

I want to move out the discography from Skream to a new page, Skream discography to stop it dominating the rest of the article, only keeping the albums on the Skream page and linking to the discography with Template:Main. Is there something I would have to do in terms of history attribution or anything like that? Thanks, doomgaze (talk) 21:55, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Splitting#Procedure CTJF83 21:59, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

How do you cite a US state law?

I'm unsure which template to use (or if I should even be using a template). If you need to know, the law is in California. Thanks. - Purplewowies (talk) 22:12, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

The Bluebook is the most widely used system in the US. {{Cite court}} complies with Bluebook style, but not with Citation Style 1. Which is probably confusing, but the best answer I have. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 22:47, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

December 4

Request for help with article

Can someone enlighten me as to how to establish due weighting for the entire Emotional Freedom Technique article? There are two studies in major journals, both of which are low quality science (latter IMHO). There are many self-funded studies published in journals with a bias. And there is a very large userbase with several people heavily promoting themselves as an authority. Commenting on the thread at the bottom of the talk page would be appreciated for those who are sure about the policy, though I will keep an eye on this page. Thanks. Mindjuicer (talk) 03:08, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

I clicked the link for feedback on an article i created and it said to go here.

Hello there, I recently created the article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter_Lee and would like feedback. I clicked on the link at the top of the article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_feedback but it read "This process is currently inactive. Please consider asking for feedback at the Help Desk"

Please assist at your earliest convenience, thank you.

Rick Sparx (talk) 05:17, 4 December 2011 (UTC) Rick Sparx

Your article was deleted under G11, which means it was unambiguously promotional and would need to be fundamentally rewritten to become encyclopedic. Based on that I suspect the you have a connection with the Carter Lee that gives you a conflict of interest that would make it nearly impossible to write an article about him from the neutral point of view that Wikipedia requires. If my guess is wrong or if you would like to try anyway, start by collecting neutral, independent reliable sources about him, and write your article base on those sources as though you knew nothing else about him, citing your sources inline as though you were writing a research paper for school. —teb728 t c 06:08, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

Image rotated 90 degrees

As I was reading Languages of the United Kingdom#Scotland, I noticed that the image of the bilingual railway sign, which I'm including here at right, is rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise (or anticlockwise, if you swing that way). When I click on it and go to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PartickPartaig.jpg, the same holds of the preview that's shown there — although when I click on that and go to the file of the image itself, now it's right side up, which is, presumably, how the original user uploaded it. Does anybody know what is causing this behavior, and if there is a way to cause the image to display properly in the articles where it is used? (Or, perhaps, is this behavior unique to my browser?)  Glenfarclas  (talk) 06:58, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

The thumbnail is rotated incorrectly, as seen in the metadata ("Orientation: Rotated 90° CW"). I've requested rotation on the Commons page. Rotatebot will rotate it in a few hours. Goodvac (talk) 07:38, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

bad reference in the article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramayana:_The_Legend_of_Prince_Rama

in this article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramayana:_The_Legend_of_Prince_Rama there is a reference to http://www.matchless-gifts.com/store/ which i think is not related , inappropriate and more like a free advertisement to that web store.please check it out. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.198.105.203 (talk) 07:30, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing that out. The link was inserted as a source in this 2008 edit by a good editor. I tagged the citation with {{fv}} and left a note for the editor. —teb728 t c 09:37, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

nonprofit using Inc.

I'm curious how you're able to use "Inc." after your foundation name. I've been incorporating nonprofits for years and they cannot use "company" or "Co." or "Inc." after their name. I know there are 2 corporations -- are they both nonprofit? Please email me at <email removed>. If you don't send personal emails, how will I be notified when/if you answer? Thanks, C. Read, Seattle, WA — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.172.55.118 (talk) 07:41, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

Different states have different laws; perhaps the laws of your state are different. WikiMedia Foundation, Inc. is a Florida corporation. I don't know what other corporation you are referring to. I have removed your email address to protect you from being bombarded by spam and because like most helpers here I never reply via email (to protect us from being bombarded by spam). Instead we reply by appending a reply to your post. I will also post a talkback notice to the talk page associated with your IP address. —teb728 t c 08:13, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

Incorporation is state-specific, unlike tax status. AFAIK the IRS does not impose restrictions on the entity designation for 501(c) non-profits, though it does make the distinction between "private" (individuals) and "non-private" (grants, donations) foundations.

As for the two corporations you are referring to, I assume you are thinking of Wikia, Inc., which was created by Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales but is independent from the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.. Wikia is for profit; the WMF on the other hand is tax-exempt 501(c)(3).

In any case, we cannot give legal advice. See disclaimer. Best, CharlieEchoTango (contact) 08:32, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of unused files

Is it possible for me as the uploader of a number images here on Wikipedia that are now orphaned to request speedy deletion of these files? If so, what is the correct tag for such a case? The files in question are File:Page move test.jpg File:Screenshot 01.png File:Screenshot Toshio Yamaguchi.png File:Screenshot Toshio Yamaguchi 01.jpg and File:Wikipedia screenshot 2011 04 06.JPG. If not, I will take them to WP:FFD per WP:NOTWEBHOST#2. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 10:23, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

The general speedy criteria should apply to images, so you should be able to tag it with WP:G7. WP:G2 may apply too as they were uploaded to show errors, which I presume to be resolved now. Яehevkor ✉ 10:56, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. I tagged all of the files as G2. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 11:04, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

This seems like a hoax and scam with the Karthik Nadar asking for money.

https://wikimediafoundation.org/w/index.php?title=L11_1202_KN/en/US&utm_source=B11_1203_KarthikNadar

Having Karthik Nadar asking for money seems like a hoax and scam when you have Donate to Wikipedia on the side bar. I would remove it if I were you. And check it out to see if it is a scam. or Karthik's way just to get recognition. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.5.133.241 (talk) 10:35, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

No, this page is part of the annual fundraising effort. You can read more about the Wikimedia Foundation here and more about Karthik Nadar at his user page. -- John of Reading (talk) 12:09, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

I don't bother about your comment because I m no where a celebrity, neither Wikipedia gives me anything. If you still believe it seems like a hoax, I will request Wikimedia to remove, and will quit Wiki too. -- Karthik Nadar (talk) 13:46, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

Providing a suggestion for more information for a topic

Good day, This evening I was reading in Wikipedia about the Magna Carta. I know that there is a copy in the Cathedral at Salisbury, and another in the Parliament Building in Canberra in Australia (I have seen both). I don't know whether either is the original. I don't know if other copies exist. The article does not specify where the original is located, or whether it still exists, and where copies from that time are located. I would like to make a suggestion to the experts and editors writing about this topic that there is some information which has not been covered but which at least one reader would find useful, if anyone out there knows the answer. I could find no way to make such a suggestion. I recommend that readers cannot only edit the topics but can also suggest avenues of enquiry for those who may be able to supply the information. I recommend that Wikipedia provide a mechanism for such suggestions to be recorded. The reason I am using this mechanism to make this suggestion is that I could find no other. Thank you for considering this request. Oh, and if anyone knows where the original Magna Carta is, I'd be interested to know. :-) Cheers, Carl New Zealand — Preceding unsigned comment added by 118.93.53.163 (talk) 11:28, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

Hello Carl, if you want to request changes or suggestions to specific articles, the place to go is the talk page, so in this case it would be Talk:Magna Carta--Jac16888 ^Talk 12:03, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

real time scheduling

An operating system designer wants to use a scheduling algorithm that reserves 50% of CPU time for periodic real-time tasks. The remaining time should be used round robin for non time critical processes.

(a) Describe how EDF can be extended to �t the requirements. (b) Explain for your scheduling algorithm how for a given task set it can be decided whether it is schedulable. (c) Describe which parameters of your algorithm will a�ect the average response time for the non time-critical tasks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.70.68.211 (talk) 11:58, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

Please do your own homework.
Welcome to the Wikipedia Help desk. Your question appears to be a homework question. I apologize if this is a misevaluation, but it is our policy here not to do people's homework for them, but merely to aid them in doing it themselves. Letting someone else do your homework does not help you learn how to solve such problems.
Please attempt to solve the problem yourself first. You can search Wikipedia or search the Web.
If you need help with a specific part of your homework, the Reference desk can help you grasp the concept. Do not ask knowledge questions here, just those about using Wikipedia. -- John of Reading (talk) 12:11, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

Can this symbol be generated using HTML code

Resolved

Is it possible to produce the symbol seen between 2 and 5 in $2\nmid 5$ with simple HTML code, similar to how for example typing & equiv ; (without the spaces between & and e as well as v and ;) produces ≡? If so, what is the HTML code for that symbol? Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 13:00, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

Never mind, I fixed it in this edit. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 13:08, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

That was using <math>...</math>. For pure HTML, use the entity ∤: ∤. — Edokter (talk) — 13:49, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

Awesome. That's exactly what I originally looked for. I see you already changed it in the article. Thanks. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 13:52, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

Link at top of the page asking for donations

I read the article on Charles Darwin and thought I'd donate. I clicked on the ad at the top of the page and the link didn't work. I clicked on "donate" and the link didn't work. So I went to other pages and clicked the same links there. Nothing happened. At all. Not a pop-up, not another page, not a Cap+click or a Ctrl+click reaction. Nothing. Nada. Rien. How do you expect to raise money if your links don't work?

I've spend 15 minutes trying to donate and testing links and finding this contact form and writing this message. At my hourly rate that would be approx. USD 120. It's my donation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Special:Contributions/ (talk) 13:54, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

External links - blogs

I edited an article - a book - South by Java Head by Alistair MacLean and I put up an external link - a book review which redirects to my blog(Google blogger). I had no intentions of spam / loading the page with irrelevant content and I wish to know why the bot removed the link. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tandyanderson (talk • contribs) 13:55, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

"Requests for feedback" process now inoperative - so how do new articles get reviewed?

Hi, I notice the "Requests for feedback" process is now showing as 'inoperative' and redirecting to here. So what is the correct process now for requesting peer reviews for new articles and getting the "New Unreviewed Article" tag removed? I have two new articles - Charlotte Melmoth and John Street Theatre which I would like reviewed & untagged: how do I request this? 'Charlotte Melmoth' was submitted under the old 'Request for Feedback' system shortly before that system became inoperative; I was directed to this page when trying the same process for 'John Street Theatre'. I then tried the 'submit' link instead, which simply gave it an 'articles for creation' tag.

Any help or suggestions gratefully received! Butcherscross (talk) 13:58, 4 December 2011 (UTC)