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January 24
Guidance request
Dear Sir/Madam
I read your articles with interest but unable to follow well.
I have an endorsement of Certificate of Patriality under Section 2(2)(a) dated 11 August 1984 acquired through marriage.
The marriage collapsed and in 1987 I returned to Malaysia and to date have never been back to London.
I now wish to return to live in London and not sure where I stand regarding re-entry as a permanent resident. I never took up citizenship at the time of my marriage and remains the case now.
Can you advise or direct me to the appropriate authorities in Australia please? I await your invaluable advice.
Thanking you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.111.191.178 (talk) 00:36, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
- Editors of Wikipedia cannot provide legal advice. You should seek professional assistance from a solicitor. Some advice (although not legal) may be available from the volunteers at Wikipedia:Reference desk. fredgandt 01:36, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
- I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 3.8 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. But note that we cannot give legal advice. – ukexpat (talk) 01:37, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
- Talk to the British embassy or other diplomatic post (high commission, honorary consul, or consulate general). This page will help you find one near you. Astronaut (talk) 17:55, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
Oops, I broke it
Can someone help me out here? I keep on trying to get it to work, but it's not working. I can't tell how I'm coding it wrong....Mchcopl (talk) 02:05, 24 January 2012 (UTC)!
- The
<timeline>
functions does not accept external links. Someone has fixed it. — Edokter (talk) — 02:15, 24 January 2012 (UTC)- External links shouldn't be added to the body of an article anyway. They should only be used as references or put into the external links section at the bottom of the article. Dismas|(talk) 02:22, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
Contactmusic.com on marital breakup
Should http://www.contactmusic.com/news/vanilla-ice-and-wife-split_1232480 be considered a reliable source for a breakup of Vanilla Ice and his wife? Someone claiming to represent Vanilla Ice says at Talk:Vanilla Ice#Factual Errors that there is no breakup. (I asked this at WP:RS/N three days ago but got no response. Was that the wrong place?) —teb728 t c 02:24, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
- It seems to have all started from the National Enquirer, which is a tabloid. As for Contactmusic.com, the article has no byline (which isn't a good sign) and the site doesn't seem to have a reputation for fact-checking, as required by WP:SOURCES. The sites also permits user-submitted content, which is concerning. So I would say the supposed breakup should not be included in the article as it is sensitive BLP content, unless a high-quality reliable source reports it. The current sources are flimsy at best.
WP:RSN was the right place to post. I'm not sure why no one responded. Goodvac (talk) 02:47, 24 January 2012 (UTC)- Thanks. —teb728 t c 04:18, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
Creating existing page in another language
Hello I requesting that the following Wikipedia page be translated and made available on the English Wikipedia. (I play for this orchestra) Is this something I can do?Thanks, Mark
http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazonas_Filarm%C3%B4nica#.7B.7BLiga.C3.A7.C3.B5es_externas.7D.7D — Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.75.99.160 (talk) 03:04, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
- Basically yes, it is something you can do. The page would be called Amazonas Philharmonic and so long as the subject was notable, supported by reliable sources and written from a neutral point of view, it should be fine. You might want to consider (if you do create the article) mentioning your conflict of interest (with regard to you being affiliated with the subject) on the article's talk page, and in the first edit summary when creating the page. An admitted COI is far better than trying to hide it. fredgandt 03:13, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
- For more help and advice, you could visit Wikipedia:Translation. There is another consideration that you may need to bear in mind; that is, Attribution. You should make sure that the translation properly attributes the original authors of the Portuguese article. I'm afraid I don't know the precise policy in this regard. fredgandt 03:24, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
- Yes, from Wikipedia:Translation "Because Wikipedia licensing requires attribution, the translation source must be credited to avoid copyright violation. Attribution in the edit summary and placing the template {{Translated page}} on the article talk page are the recommended ways to credit the source of the translation". It goes on to state "See also Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia". Good luck. fredgandt 03:30, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
- Important: Sorry should have mentioned also that only registered users (See Wikipedia:Why create an account?) are able to directly create articles. You may however request that an article be created at Wikipedia:Requested articles without registering an account. fredgandt 03:49, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
Article Errors
I am new to Wikipedia, and I have found a nonsensical sentence in an article. I lack sufficient expertise in field to make a constructive edit. What should I do?
Do I make a note on the talk page? Is there a place for reporting errors? Thanks in advance.
Wanzeo (talk) 04:45, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
- The article's talk page is exactly the right place to mention what you consider to be an error. Although, since you have shown by your edit to this page, you are quite capable of editing, so Be bold! and try to fix it yourself. The worst that can happen, is you make a mistake and it gets undone. The software is far tougher than it looks and can take the hits. I'll drop a welcome template on your talk page in the next few minutes. It contains loads of helpful links to information around Wikipedia. good luck! fredgandt 04:50, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
How do I answer a question asked at the Reference Desk?
How do I submit an answer to a question someone posts to the Reference Desk?99.239.20.41 (talk) 05:11, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
- Basically in the same way you have asked this question (except without creating a new section). See the raw text of my answer (click the "[edit]" link to the right of this section heading) to you here. Note the Indentation created at the start of my response by adding one colon (:). Use as many colons as it akes to indent your response appropriately. fredgandt 05:26, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
delete account
How do I delete my account. Shawn Worthington laser (talk) 05:23, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
- You cannot delete your account, but you can request to vanish. fredgandt 05:27, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
- You can also just stop using your account. GB fan 05:29, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
Because Wikipedia content is licensed under the GFDL and the CC-BY-SA, all edits must be kept for attribution purposes, and so your account cannot be deleted. You do, however, have the right to vanish, which you can exercise by (1) requesting your user page (found at Special:Mypage) and subpages be deleted, by adding the {{db-userreq}} template to them; (2) requesting to change your username to something that is unconnected with you (possibly a random collection of letters and numbers); (3) never logging in to your account again. The "right to vanish" does not mean anyone has the right to a fresh start under a new identity. Anyone who wants to continue editing should request a change of username instead so edits can be reattributed. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) talk 11:42, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
Redirecting/merging
Do redirects and merges require a consensus from the community? Till I Go Home (talk) 07:07, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
- Simply, no. Very little does. It is just common courtesy to involve other editors in decisions that they may wish to contest. If a redirect or merger can be considered non-controversial there is rarely any need to ask. The main thing to consider when merging, is proper attribution. This is not so much of a concern when redirecting. Be bold!. fredgandt 07:25, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meols on the page it is written
Meols was in the county of Cheshire, although since 1 April 1974 it has been a part of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral in the metropolitan county of Merseyside.
it seems that it is once again Cheshire,,, as my Dads postcode changed back from L47*** to CH47*** thats it,, thanks,,, Chris Ralls (former resident of ((Great))Meols(e) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.79.53.148 (talk) 07:48, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
- The place to discuss this is on that article's talk page. Please note that postcodes are completely separate from counties and rarely follow the same boundaries.--Shantavira|feed me 08:37, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
jop
if same one will be interesting to work for CIA how can you go about and how can you apply for it ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.201.192.109 (talk) 08:44, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
- I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 3.8 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. —teb728 t c 08:58, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
- Somehow I doubt the CIA would really be interested in employing someone demonstrating such poor English writing skills - except perhaps as a janitor. Roger (talk) 12:08, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
- The IP address is from Iraq. If English is not the poster's first language then CIA might well be interested. However, if you apply then I suggest not telling them you asked this on a very public page revealing the IP address. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:23, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
- Somehow I doubt the CIA would really be interested in employing someone demonstrating such poor English writing skills - except perhaps as a janitor. Roger (talk) 12:08, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
Broken image?
Can someone tell me what the problem is with File:USS Enterprise (NCC-1701), ENT1231.jpg? I'm sure that file displayed properly in the past, and I am not the only one for whom it is broken. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 13:21, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
Weird, it now displays properly again, although I don't have the slightest idea what happened. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 17:11, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
Vulgar Language about the school's assistant principal
On the page for Sullivan Central High School in Blountville, TN: There is a vulgar remark about one of the assistant principals. This needs to be removed immediately. 13:27, 24 January 2012 (UTC)~~ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jbdvol (talk • contribs)
- Done. Note that you could have fixed it yourself too...wikipedia is the encyclopedia that anyone can edit, even people coming here for the first time such as yourself. DMacks (talk) 13:29, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
- At least by posting the message here the IP has drawn the attention of an administrator (me) and I have used my special magic powers to remove the offensive libel from the article in a way that renders it invisible to the general readership. BencherliteTalk 14:38, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
Libelous information being posted
I am Professor Lubomyr Luciuk. An individual in Toronto has repeatedly added remarks to the Wikipedia entry about me, alleging (falsely) that I physically threatened him with removal from a public lecture. That is not true. The lecture was public and I did give accredited TV stations interviews. What I did object to was having a individual videotape my entire lecture for subsequent (for profit) posting on his website. I asked him not to do so and when he refused I asked the event organizers to either secure his compliance or remove him from the hall. He complied, listened to the entire lecture, and left without any further objection. Now he persists in adding bogus content to the entry about me. Please prevent him from doing so or else remove my entry entirely. Thank you.
Dr L Luciuk — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.36.59.176 (talk) 15:12, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
- The text has been removed and the user who added it originally has been warned. Yunshui 雲水 15:20, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
- (edit conflict) I have removed the information from the article and warned him. If he persists he can be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Thank you for bringing this to our attention. GB fan 15:22, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
about correction of posting period of Lt. Governor, Andaman and Nicobar islands (INDIA) reg.
Dear Sir, I am Abdul Shahid, Housekeeper of Lt. Governor's House of Andaman and Nicobar Islands humbly request you that the duration of posting period mentioned in wikipedia about Lt. Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands (INDIA) Shri Ishwari Prasad Gupta is presently mentioned his period was from 19 March 1996 to 25 May 2001 which is wrong the period actually was from 23 December 1996 to 25 May 2001.
ABDUL SHAHID Housekeeper Raj Niwas Port Blair - 744101
Mobile: [details removed]. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 164.100.148.21 (talk) 15:42, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
- Do you have a reliable source for that?-ukexpat (talk) 16:01, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
- I found this which seems to confirm the requesting editor's claim. Wifione Message 16:07, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
carnie
I think your article is great but you left out us ticket sellers we are a main part of the carnie world we have been accused of rehashing tickets, that is a ride jock palming the ticket handed him and then in turn give them to a ticket seller to resell and pocket the money mostly, done between couples. I hope you will include this on your page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.34.82.178 (talk) 15:48, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
- If the accusation (and explanation) have been written up in reliable sources, then anybody may add them to the article; if they have not, then the information may not be added to the article. See WP:V. --ColinFine (talk) 17:37, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
Translate a page.
As Turkish wiki user I observed that your Turkish pages are not enough. I can't write a new page but at my spare times maybe I can translate an english page. Is it a legal think or the page under some protection by wiki law( I don't know there is such thing as a wiki law). If you allow me to translate a page or use informations from any wikipage for I can upgrade Turkish pages. Or what can I do about this subject If you guide me, maybe I can help wiki. Thanks a lot. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Semih.sahin (talk • contribs) 16:07, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks for your offer to translate. If you wish to translate articles from Turkish to English, you should check out this page. If you wish to translate articles from English to Turkish, you may want this page on the Turkish Wikipedia. TNXMan 16:20, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
2 wrong notes in "The Washington Post (march)
I am unfortunately not able to edit anything on Wikipedia because I lack the know how. I was hoping someone could do it for me, but I'm not even sure that that is admissible under Wikipedia's regulations.
The page is:
The Washington Post (march) (The Washington Post march)
Two notes are wrong in the notation- under the heading of "Composition".
In the 14th measure (end of 2nd line) the last two eighth notes should be G to G #. They erroneously read F # and G.
Thank you in advance to who ever may help me with this matter. KRKBABpandy — Preceding unsigned comment added by KRKBABpandy (talk • contribs) 16:35, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
- Are you referring to File:Washington Post March in G Major (600x285).jpg? If so, the only way for it to be corrected is for someone to upload a new image. Are you sure it is incorrect? – ukexpat (talk) 17:29, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
- You're right, the tune is wrong: it could also do with a courtesy natural sign in bar 7. But as ukexpat says, this is an image, and can only be corrected by somebody creating a new image. I'll have a go at it tomorrow, if nobody else gets there first.--ColinFine (talk) 17:40, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
- How easy/difficult would it be to add the capability to have the Wikipedia software process data of the form of an MusicXML xml file (or another free format) and show the score? Naraht (talk) 18:39, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
- Probably not too hard. Wikipedia already supports LaTeX markup for formulas and math problems. Heck, it even has Template:Chess diagram for doing chess-boards. I think someone with enough technical savvy could come up with a similar add-on/template/whatever for musical staves. Perhaps WP:VPT would be a good place to get the ball rolling, and perhaps someone could file a bug request at Bugzilla to get the devs to put something together if there is enough support. --Jayron32 19:20, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
- Asked over in WP:VPT, they should also be able to answer whether or not MusicXML is "free enough" for Wikipedia to use as a structure.Naraht (talk) 19:46, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
- Probably not too hard. Wikipedia already supports LaTeX markup for formulas and math problems. Heck, it even has Template:Chess diagram for doing chess-boards. I think someone with enough technical savvy could come up with a similar add-on/template/whatever for musical staves. Perhaps WP:VPT would be a good place to get the ball rolling, and perhaps someone could file a bug request at Bugzilla to get the devs to put something together if there is enough support. --Jayron32 19:20, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
- How easy/difficult would it be to add the capability to have the Wikipedia software process data of the form of an MusicXML xml file (or another free format) and show the score? Naraht (talk) 18:39, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
- You're right, the tune is wrong: it could also do with a courtesy natural sign in bar 7. But as ukexpat says, this is an image, and can only be corrected by somebody creating a new image. I'll have a go at it tomorrow, if nobody else gets there first.--ColinFine (talk) 17:40, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
Getting mentioned in "Blairites" page
Hi there. Been trying to add mention of the fact that I, as a non-aligned political watcher, set up a blog in support of Tony Blair in Sep 2006. I understand links are not permitted. So I just want to make mention of it, without using the lnik or even mentioning the name of the blog "Keep Tony Blair For PM". A search on Google for "BlairSupporter" will invariably come up with the blog anyway. Is that simple entry permitted? Many thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BlairSupporter (talk • contribs) 16:39, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
- Nope. That's self-promotion and a blatant violation of our conflict of interest guidelines. The existence of such a blog is totally non-notable anyway: there's no political figure who doesn't have their supporters (look at the current efforts to make Margaret Milk-Snatcher into a sympathetic figure for those too young to understand what damage she did to your countries). --Orange Mike | Talk 16:56, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
Removing an Image
Hi all, i have updated an image, but right now i need to delete it since it is the wrong one. How can i do that or can someone do that for me? the file is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Digital_Video_logo.tif thanks for the assistance, 16:59, 24 January 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gilthanas91 (talk • contribs)
- Add {{db-G7}} to the top of the image information page. – ukexpat (talk) 17:23, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
Where do I go
Please see Newt Gingrich presidential campaign, 2012. There is a major Conflict of Interest potential that requires more than mere editor input on the talk page. This issue has to have come up previously during other election campaigns. Is there a guideline or a policy or at least some history of what to do about a paid political operative editing (or even discussing entries into the article on the talk page) about the candidate for which he is the Communications Director. I've seen time and time again where Advertising Managers have been excluded because of a predisposition to be intolerant toward negative press. Will the readers of the article know that it is written by the Gingrich Campaign? How can the article remain neutral and broad based when one of the editors (even if he stays in the Talk Room) is paid to limit unfavorable comments wherever he finds them. What Admin page would be appropriate to find admins knowledgable about the history of paid operatives editing at WikiPedia....Buster Seven Talk 17:02, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
- You can report it at WP:COIN. – ukexpat (talk) 17:21, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
- Done Thanks....Buster Seven Talk 17:29, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
how to edit the title of a page?
I need to change the title of the web page Retail Week Conference which is now named The Cloud Retail Week Conference,
How do i do this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vikki emap (talk • contribs) 17:06, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
- See WP:MOVE. But you cannot move articles until your account is autoconfirmed. – ukexpat (talk) 17:19, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
- The website for the conference suggests the title is still Retail Week Conference - http://www.retailweekconference.com/ has the banner "Retail Week Conference 2012" emblazoned across the top. Can you cite a reliable source for the name change?
- I also notice that that website is published by Emap. Your username suggests you have a close link with that publisher and therefore you have a clear conflict of interest when it comes to writing about things controlled by your employer. In addition, your username may breach Wikipedia's policy on usernames. Astronaut (talk) 17:34, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi, when you link to the page it says The Cloud Retail Week conference? Also next to the Retail week conference logo is the Cloud logo... You may see this as conflict of interest but I am a reliable source and the website itself in all places mentions the conference as The Cloud Retail Week Conference!, I did not notice this about the user name How to i change my user name? sorry! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vikki emap (talk • contribs) 13:21, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- You say you are a reliable source, but we have no way of knowing who you are or whether you are telling the truth, although I have no reason to doubt anything you say. You probably should change your name, and the procedure is outlined here.Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 20:37, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
Really Big Coloring Books article
Hi. I want to confirm... I created a new article/page for the company "Really Big Coloring Books". Can you confirm if it will be published? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.136.191.25 (talk) 17:09, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
- Not at the moment, see Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Really Big Coloring Books cultural event products.. It is also too promotional in tone. – ukexpat (talk) 17:17, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
- I suggest you look for news articles about the company, or similar sources, which would establish the notability of the company. Once you've done that, work on the tone - it needs to be written so that someone could learn what they need to know about the company, without being persuaded one way or the other about whether they're any good. ItsZippy (talk • contributions) 20:32, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
Is there a place where you can look up the amount of articles and/or users that were here at a given time?
I need to know some past values for how many articles/users existed on certain dates. I know there's Special:Statistics to see how many there are now, but is there a way to see how many there were in the past? - Purplewowies (talk) 19:38, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
- There may be a better and more complete set but see http://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesWikipediaEN.htm which has rounded numbers and Wikipedia:Modelling Wikipedia's growth#Data set for number of articles and Wikipedia:Size of Wikipedia#The data set which have exact numbers but are far from complete.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 00:32, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- Ah, thanks! I was looking for numbers for around when I signed up, and I got them (2070696 and 304348, respectively). Again, thanks! - Purplewowies (talk) 01:40, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
How do I add pages, photo's, etc.
I am new here, and can not figure out how to add photo's and pages. I have been working on wikia, but wikipedia seems way different. Kata89 (talk) 19:56, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
- Did you check out the links in the welcome message on your talk page? – ukexpat (talk) 20:11, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
- For uploading and using photos see Help:Files. —teb728 t c 20:57, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
No, I still can't figure it out. But how do I create articles, templates, etc.? On wikia is was extremely easy. Kata89 (talk) 13:18, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- I believe that creating a new page requires your account be 'autoconfirmed' (be at least 4 days old and have made 10 edits.) To add a photo to an article the photo must have been uploaded to either Commons or the English Wikipedia and then a code containing the file name and options can be placed in the article. RJFJR (talk) 17:35, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
Okay, thanks. I'll see what I can do. Kata89 (talk) 19:12, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- You do not need to be autoconfirmed to create an article or upload to Commons, but you do need to be autoconfirmed to upload to English Wikipedia. An good way to create an article (particularly when you are new to Wikipedia) is with the Wikipedia:Article wizard. —teb728 t c 20:38, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
Vandalism of John P. Surma
The entry for John Surma redirects to the entry for "cunt." Please redirect back to original entry.
- Reverted.Naraht (talk) 20:23, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
- John Surma was also redirected, I fixed it. Roger (talk) 20:31, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
Page - Atsuma, Hokkaido
I'm currently working as an English teacher in Japan. I would like to get my students to edit the town's page (Atsuma, Hokkaido) on Wikipedia for a class project. Their works will be based on informations from the town's office, so the contents will be reliable. I will edit their works before uploading them, of course, but I'm concerned that their simple English would not be accepted by Wiki and that their works would be deleted. What are the standards to keep the post on Wiki?
Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.47.135.197 (talk) 23:33, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
- An article for that city already exist, please see Atsuma, Hokkaidō, anyone can freely contribute to that article, however to avoid any problem, it would be better if you suggest them to practice on a subpage of their user page, like this User:USERNAME/Atsuma, Hokkaidō and then move the content to the main article if there wasn't any problem. if they're unfamiliar with Wikipedia, they can find some useful information on Wikipedia:Tutorial and Wikipedia:Introduction. ■ MMXX talk 23:45, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
- There's also Simple English Wikipedia which uses Basic English in its articles. It might benefit from the inclusion of such an article as well. Both Simple English Wikipedia and English Wikipedia (here) have pages about editing for school projects. The page at Simple English Wikipedia is simple:Wikipedia:Schools, and for this Wikipedia, it's Wikipedia:School and university projects. - Purplewowies (talk) 00:04, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
January 25
Article for creation - AVANCE
Hi Petr,
I was unsure if this was the right section to submit this enquiry, so I apologise if it is in an incorrect place. I recently submitted an article for creation on an organisation called AVANCE. I understand this requires further editing and this seems to be in relation to explaining how the subject is noteworthy enough. I could do with some guidance on this, as I have included references to reporting and articles in The New York Times, Harvard Education Review and references to former First Ladies, Hilary Clinton, Roslaynn Carter and Barbara Bush. The organisation also receives funding from a number of well-known organisations and has been the subject of a good level of academic research. The source material I have used is reasonably broad ranging and I guess I'm struggling to understand what more needs to happen in order for the profile to be published. I would appreciate your help in this matter.
Thank you.
Fergal Fbell74 (talk) 00:59, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- For one thing I think it would be helpful to summarize it the first section of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/AVANCE how AVANCE satisfies standards at WP:ORG. —teb728 t c 02:26, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- OK - thank you. I will amend the opening paragraph accordingly. Fbell74 (talk) 02:37, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
Help with Frederick C. Leonard
I have improved the referencing of the Frederick C. Leonard article quite a bit..... there are several online sources. I would like to get other editors involved.... what is the best way to do this??? I put a note in the Physics project with no result..... Please also see the talk page note on potential WP:COI (Is this enough?). Thanks, Ariconte (talk) 01:26, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- As far as your very minor COI (I always think of carp) goes, I can see no problem there at all. With regard to getting more editors involved, WikiProjects should be the right method, but sadly some don't seem to get much traffic. Give it some time and see what turn up. The best way to get interest in a subject, is for that subject to be interesting and widely linked (without spamming of course). fredgandt 02:02, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
Can't log in
My cookies are enabled and I log in okay, but when I try to access any pages, I'm logged out. I tried clearing the browsing history, cookies and etc. but it's still happening. This occurred suddenly while I was gone over the week end. Are there any more things to try? Pkeets (talk) 02:03, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- Two possibilities: You haven't checked the "Remember me..." box, or you are logging in on http and accessing on https (or vice versa). Try logging in at both and make sure the "Remember me.." box is checked. fredgandt 01:51, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- Nevermind. I rebooted and that did it. Pkeets (talk) 02:03, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- Ahh, soggy cookie? Much nicer when they're fresh! fredgandt 02:04, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- Nevermind. I rebooted and that did it. Pkeets (talk) 02:03, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
User name issue
i started a page and i made a mispelling of my user name please tell me how to delete my account so i can start again thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Saroffonic sounds (talk • contribs) 02:21, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- You'll need to ask to change your name. You cannot delete it and start again. fredgandt 02:27, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- Am I right in guessing that you want to have a username that represents the name of company or organization? Such a username is not permitted; you username should represent you personally. —teb728 t c 02:33, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
Keyboarding Pro 5 & Keyboarding Pro 6
What is the difference between Keyboarding Pro 5 and Pro 6? For me (student). I have used Keyboarding Pro 4. Keyboarding Course 1 - 25 With keyboarding Pro 6 with cd. Are all these the same? Getting use to using the computer keys, games and etc. Also cheap and not very expensive. THe usbn Number 111426465,0840053320,0840053320.Thank you very much. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.67.52.12 (talk) 02:48, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- This page is for questions about editing Wikipedia. Please consider asking this question at the Reference desk. They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. You could always try searching Wikipedia for an article related to the topic you want to know more about. I hope this helps. CharlieEchoTango (contact) 02:51, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
Keyboarding Pro 4, Pro 5, Pro 6 andKeyboarding Course 1 -25Pro 6
What is the difference between all of these? I have been useing Pro 4 without a textbook. When I come to the request to use the textbook I can't since I do not have a book. Is there a textbook for Pro 4? My computer is 2007 and compatible 2010. I am a student willing to purchase these books. Is there any of the above that are resonible prices? Thank you very much for your help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SinderKod (talk • contribs) 03:05, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- See the reply immediately above. —teb728 t c 03:22, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
How to contribute
Re-added by fredgandt Original posting caused accidental page blanking. 03:42, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
There is so much muddle to go through it gets discouraging to figure out how to contribute things. I compiled a complete listing of all the turnpikes in New York State. The one that is on Wikopedia is incomplete. Mine covers nearly 100 years and more than 300 entries. I have it on a Microsoft spreadsheet, but I when I tried to post it it all came out in crooked and run-on columns. It is documented. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hartlot (talk • contribs)
- The text on Wikipedia is processed by a parser from the raw text we enter into the editing textarea. That raw text needs to be written in what we call wikitext. Learn how to write wikitext here. fredgandt 03:46, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
Krygzstan article on mobile device
While reading wikipedia article on my iPad I tapped the screen 2x trying to zoom in. it brought up a "restricted image"l. Ie porn Let's just say I didn't know such a thing was anatomically possible....ahem, what would make it do this? What the heck is it linking to? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.238.222.127 (talk) 03:47, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- This page is for help using and/or editing Wikipedia. You will probably get more appropriate help at the relevant reference desk. fredgandt 03:51, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- I think the OP is saying that one of the images on Kyrgyzstan was vandalized. Perhaps the problem has been cleaned up, for I don't see a problem on the page now. —teb728 t c 04:04, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- Since the touch-screeniness of an iPad could cause utterly different behaviour than is commonly expected, and according to my own viewing of the page and its immediate history, I came to the conclusion that this was a technical problem at their end, not ours. fredgandt 04:11, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- It turns out this was, in fact, a problem at our end which has since been fixed. Adrian J. Hunter(talk•contribs) 05:42, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- Since the touch-screeniness of an iPad could cause utterly different behaviour than is commonly expected, and according to my own viewing of the page and its immediate history, I came to the conclusion that this was a technical problem at their end, not ours. fredgandt 04:11, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- I think the OP is saying that one of the images on Kyrgyzstan was vandalized. Perhaps the problem has been cleaned up, for I don't see a problem on the page now. —teb728 t c 04:04, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
Israel's page: All links lead to pornography.
On the country Israel's main page, all links are set to lead to a pornographic picture. Please fix this. I know its not you're fault but its pretty offensive. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.92.72.28 (talk) 03:50, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- I don't see it. Which links specifically are you talking about? RudolfRed (talk) 03:57, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- This sounds very similar to the thread two below this one. Again, there's nothing wrong with the links in the Wikipedia article Israel. Your computer is most likely infected with malware and you may be able to find help at the computing reference desk. Adrian J. Hunter(talk•contribs) 05:33, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- My apologies – this actually was a problem with Wikipedia, which has since been fixed. Adrian J. Hunter(talk•contribs) 05:42, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
Request for Article Feedback
I created my first article ([1])and need some assistance/feedback. When I clicked on the link to request feedback, it took me to a page that said the process was inactive.
I believe my article is ready to be published, except for two things. 1. I need to upload an image file (I'm currently using an existing image). 2. The links do not appear in the outside links section.
Thanks! Ernieg92 (talk) 04:16, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- Well, I've fixed the links for you at least. Dismas|(talk) 04:39, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
there is something wrong with article regarding Islam religion
why, when I open an article about islam, ALL the link there become 1 link directing to image of a pig (littlepiggies.jpg). This is annoying, I tried to reload my browser, clear the cache, but all that don't work. So I think that was some act from stupid people who stupidly try to shame Islam religion, it is just me or everybody experience that, thanks, fix it ASAP — Preceding unsigned comment added by 180.248.55.67 (talk) 05:24, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- Assuming you're talking about the article titled "Islam", there's no problem with the links in the article, nor has there been recently. It sounds like your computer is infected with some kind of malware. The folks at the computing reference desk might be able to help you more. Adrian J. Hunter(talk•contribs) 05:29, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- Actually, it is us. See Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Need help with revert. Goodvac (talk) 05:31, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
well no duh, if my computer is infected, why no weird things happen at other site I visited, besides, my computer don't show any infectious behavior, haha. But, nevermind the problem resolved, as soon I visited that page, yes that article about islam, it went back to normal, so how come my computer is the suspect. And fyi I visited wikipedia almost everyday to read many things :). Thanks for your attention :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 180.248.55.67 (talk) 09:29, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
finding pages titles
Hi, I want to download some information (latitude, longitude, region, etc.) about as much Europian cities as possible. Theese information are usualy stored in the infobox or something at page of the city , i found some api wikipedia provide, but dont know how to use it for finding titles of pages, im reading it about secound day and got nothing new and starting to be a little confused. i want find some data whitch could help me with this ... probably some list of all europian cities ... the best should be titles of articles where i can found theese informations (titles of articles of all europian cities wikipedia got in DB). If I could have the titles i know how to ask wikipedia's service for some json with information i need. is it possible to get some help with this ???
thx for any help :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.5.202.57 (talk) 05:36, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- There is List of cities in Europe. You could work from this list and go through each list linked from there and look up the information in the individual articles linked from those lists. Unfortunately I am not aware of any tool that could be used to extract the data you desire from all those articles, so I guess you will have to collect that data manually by visiting each article. The list could be a good starting point though. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 09:22, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- You might find this list useful to extract from each table the information you need. Dbfirs 16:53, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
Article on Israel vandalized
Hi guys,
Someone's linked up the demographic links on Israel to a jpeg of somebody... erm... making themselves happy, as it were. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thering22 (talk • contribs) 06:01, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- I'm assuming this is related to others' concerns with similar things happening on other pages. It's been fixed. Please see Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Need help with revert if you want to know more. - Purplewowies (talk) 06:11, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
inquiry about article which is reviewed by your volunteer
Hi
I had submitted the article(the name of article is Kusumba/Kusumbe),That was reviewed by your volunteer and i got a mail regarding that there were no any references in article submitted by me.So i edited that article and entered the references in it.After that i submitted it for review but still i didn't get any mail regarding the review of my article whether it was reviewed or not.So will you pls help me for knowing the status of my request — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rohan pardeshi1717 (talk • contribs) 06:31, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- You last edited the article less than two hours ago. The notice at the top of the article states "This submission is waiting to be reviewed. This might take several hours, or even days, at busy times." (emphasis added by me) So, I would suggest waiting. After all, as you point out, this is a volunteer operated web site. Dismas|(talk) 06:41, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
Include old versionof the images from Image history
It is possible to include Images of old version and current version at a time
something like that
File:smaplev1.jpg | cropped version
File:smaplev1version.jpg | full version
--Terminator (talk) 07:44, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- No, this isn't possible. Wikipedia:Extended image syntax lists all the available options. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:12, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
Thanks --Terminator (talk) 10:42, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- It becomes possible if the two versions are uploaded under different names. Cropped versions are often uploaded with a new name. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:36, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
The Earlier Tribes Of the Eskimos Thule ,Mythology and Social Groups
Hello my name is Chris Clubb and I have a few questions for you . I am writing a new storie on "Conan The Cimerian" and I'll what to be very clean of what I am asking for inreturn . Here are my questions as follows :
- 1 : I would like to know if the Thule ever at all, worshipped any Gods or deitites at all ?
- 2 : Was there ever hidden anicent ruins , of an other lost race before them at all .
- 3 : I would like to know also did they practice any kind of "Santanic Rites" or anykind of demon workship at all ?
- 4 : Did the people every thought of interbreeding with the whales , or any other kind of wild life ?
- 5 : Wasn't there a tribe of cavemen before the "Thule" that ever existed at all ?
- 6 : Was there every sightings of strange creatures , "Dinosaurs" ,"Bigfoot" , or strange unknow from mankind ,
could there be giant reptilian creatures at all ?
7# : If there was a timeline , or a periode , did the Thule ever had a religion at all , could there have been a "Cimerian" ever existed at all ?
8# : Was there at all, a reglion group , or a following cult or sect , in the making thought out the years ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.214.133.238 (talk) 08:23, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- If you don't find the answers at Thule people, try asking at the Wikipedia:Reference desk. As it says in the page header, this help desk is only for questions about using and editing Wikipedia. —teb728 t c 08:51, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
Home Visiting Provider Network HVPN
Sorry but can't see where to log a request to look into this I.T related topic. HVPN. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.210.173.191 (talk) 09:26, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- Is that a question about using or editing Wikipedia? I don't understand what sort of thing you want. —teb728 t c 09:48, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
Oakleigh Race Course
Looking to find out where the Oakleigh race couse once exixted — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.214.137.122 (talk) 09:31, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- Does the Oakleigh Racecourse railway station article answer your question? —teb728 t c 09:36, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
How to do a Redirect for Discussion
I know that there is a place in Wikipedia called Wikipedia: Redirects for Discussion but I was not quite sure how to add a new entry there. I would like the fact that if one types St. Paul's Day into the box on the right, one gets redirected to "Feast of St. Peter and St. Paul" in June, up for discussion. I have always taken St. Paul's Day, as is cited in Patricia Morrell's book "Festivals and Customs", to be January 25. How do I go about adding an entry on the Redirects for Discussion list, please? Many thanks in advance for any help here. ACEOREVIVED (talk) 09:41, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- You would have the best chance of finding informed editors with an opinion on this on the redirect target's talk page, in my view. Edit here.--Wehwalt (talk) 09:44, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
Thank you - I have taken your advice. Many thanks, ACEOREVIVED (talk) 11:23, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
Interwiki templating
Can we use the English wikipedia page as a template in other wiki projects like below
User:Testuser/userpage
--Terminator (talk) 10:59, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- After a quick check at the French Wikipedia - no, this doesn't work. -- John of Reading (talk) 11:23, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- You can copy a template from one Mediawiki project to another, but not use it directly. Be aware, though, that some templates require other templates and some require parser functions or other extensions which may or may not be present in the target wiki. --ColinFine (talk)
problems with the content of the Turin School of Development page
Dear madam, Sir,
my name is Elena Lanza and I work for the Turin School of Development (TSD) part of the International Training center (ITC) of the International Labour Organization (ILO). I have tried several times to modify the content of the wikipedia page of the "Turin School of Development" because it contains wrong information but after a while (sometimes only few minutes) the page was modified again with the wrong information. I do not know what to do, is there a way to protect the page ?
Thank you, kind regards
Elena Lanza --Erlena (talk) 12:44, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- You need to read what you have been told on your talk page regarding copyright violation and plagiarism. If the subject of the page is the organisation for which you work, you also need to to read about conflict of interest. - David Biddulph (talk) 12:55, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
T-90
TRATE DE ANEXAR UN LINK DONDE APARECE LA BANDERA DE VENEZUELA EN LA DESCRIPCIÓN GRÁFICA DEL T-90MS TAGIL, Y NO PUDE HACERLO CORRECTAMENTE, LUEGO TRATE DE BORRARLA (SOLO BORRE EL LINK QUE AGREGUE) Y SE BORRO ALGO MAS, NO SEMO PUEDO ARREGLARLO. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 186.88.45.70 (talk) 14:33, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- Google translate says: "TRY TO ATTACH A LINK WHERE IT APPEARS THE FLAG OF VENEZUELA IN THE GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION T-90ms Tagil, AND COULD NOT DO IT PROPERLY, THEN TRY TO CLEAR (CLEAR ONLY THE LINK TO ADD) and clears SOMETHING MORE CAN I NOT SEMO" fredgandt 14:43, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- The changes you made to the article changed the article language. This is English Wikipedia, and articles should be written in English. I have reverted you edits. fredgandt 14:49, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- Los cambios realizados en el artículo de cambiar el idioma del artículo. Este es el Inglés Wikipedia, y los artículos deben ser escritos en Inglés. Me han vuelto a ediciones. fredgandt
- It may be useful to the OP to provide them with the URL of the Spanish WP - http://es.wikipedia.org
- Would someone fluent in Spanish please translate. Roger (talk) 17:17, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
Free Encyclopedia
I want one a s a p — Preceding unsigned comment added by 106.71.218.151 (talk) 15:27, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- You're browsing one, so go nuts. If you want a free paper encyclopedia, I'm afraid we can't offer you one. TNXMan 15:35, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
text from another site that was originally on Wikipedia is now a copyright violation?
The text that was entered in an article has made the article marked for deletion. The original source of the text was a wikipedia listing that was originally written by me and removed by mistake when someone highjacked my account. This text then populated many websites which have kept the text online. Now my article has been marked for deletion stating it is a copyright violation. This is incorrect. How do I remedy this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thedoctorbrain (talk • contribs) 16:25, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- Everything submitted to Wikipedia is licensed under a share and share alike thingy (CC-BY-SA), so any site using it has to attribute Wikipedia as the source (therefore the original writer). Without getting too buried in the complexities of infinite paradoxes, if your text is still available, and you can prove it is yours, you should theoretically be in a strong position to save it. I'm NOT an expert. fredgandt 18:33, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- If you are referring to Harry Snodgrass (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views), the article has not been "marked for deletion". It does, however, have other issues as indicated by the maintenance templates. – ukexpat (talk) 18:56, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
Fake user writing false and unverified content
Is it possible to find the IP address of a Wikipedia user who edits the content of a page to make it deliberately inaccurate and odefamatory?
Here is the name: Sunshine81190 Their edit is available but the user is no longer listed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.254.77.155 (talk) 16:26, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- What is the page under discussion? What do you mean by "fake" user? --Orange Mike | Talk 16:46, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- The account made only one edit, back in August last year. I have reverted the edit, and warned the editor in case (as seems unlikely) they were to reappear. - David Biddulph (talk) 16:47, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- No user is fake; especially if they have made any edits. Attribution etc blah blah. I believe admin can perform something called checkusering, but am not sure exactly what that means (but can guess). There would have to be just cause though. One edit last year is not just cause to snoop about after an IP. fredgandt 18:38, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- Checkuser is a seperate user right that admins don't have. See WP:CheckUser. — Edokter (talk) — 19:07, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- Ah ha! (I never really paid that much attention since it wasn't any of my business) Thanks E. fredgandt 19:10, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
Translation
How to help in translating from English to French and from Italiano to French? Thanks a lot. Giovanni Poma — Preceding unsigned comment added by Johnmariopoma (talk • contribs) 16:45, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks for your offer to translate. If you wish to translate articles from French to English, you should check out this page. If you wish to translate articles from Italian to French, you may want this page on the French Wikipedia. TNXMan 17:19, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
Article disappears?/
When I go to bio of Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark his bio appears briefly then suddenly disappears and all that is left is the right hand border listing othermembers of the Danish Royal Family. I have not had this problem before and it does not happend with other articles. this just started to happen this morning. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Swiminbuff (talk • contribs) 16:53, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- Looks fine to me. Perhaps you've got a browser problem? Might be worth trying a different browser and/or purging the cache. - David Biddulph (talk) 16:58, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
Someone keeps deleting my posts
On a page called "Ethnic Malays", everything I keep posting (Philippine population) keeps getting DELETED simply because whoever keeps deleting doesn't THINK IT'S TRUE.
Apologies for sounding vulgar but it's really pissing me off. I've cited my sources I don't know what else I could put.
I want to know the asshole who keeeps deleting my posts. If it's the entire Wikipedia community, that's NOT GOOD. Because I'm a linguist AND an anthropologist and I don't fucking appreciate being mistaken for some average joe out there fooling around with Wikipedia pages! — Preceding unsigned comment added by PacificWarrior101 (talk • contribs) 17:14, 25 January 2012
- Your manner of communicating is not consistent with the way things are done around here, so apology not accepted. I will look into your complaint anyway, but I urge you to refactor this request.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 17:19, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- Looking very briefly at your recent contributions, I’m not surprised they were reverted. They may be valid, but there are a number of problems. I suggest posting at the article talk page, explain what changes you want to make and start a discussion. I’ll be more specific if you show that you are interested in contributing.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 17:25, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- Let me put that a little differently: Like all articles the content of that article is determined by a consensus of interested editors, including you. If you want to build a consensus for your change, you will need to discuss your proposed changes on the article talk page, Talk:Ethnic Malays. But when you do, drop the attitude; you will influence no one if you come across there like you did here. Also, please understand that being a linguist and anthropologist doesn’t necessarily give you any more authority than “some average joe.” —teb728 t c 20:06, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- I'm Filipino and I find this offensive. Filipinos were lumped together with the Malay race (the "brown race", to complete Blumenbach's color wheel) in the early 20th century, along with other mainland and maritime Southeast Asians. It was espoused in part by the American Commonwealth and part of the general tendency then to classify people into races (used as justification as well for anti-miscegenation laws). Needless to say, this was before the inevitable nastiness that followed - WWII. To put it simply, the original justification for confusing the ethnicities of the two nations is pure and simple racism. Calling Filipinos "Malay" is like calling French people "Aryan".
- The Philippines has dozens, if not hundreds, of culturally interrelated but ethnically distinct peoples. A Maranao has as much in common with an Ifugao as a Cossack has with an Irishman. Even the closest peoples to Ethnic Malays in the Philippines - the Tausūg and Bajau people of Sulu and Sabah, have considerable differences in both culture and language to Ethnic Malays.
- So no. I don't think you're an anthropologist nor a linguist.-- Obsidi♠n Soul 20:24, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
Finding links
When I write an article, how can I find links to the title? If I search before I save the article, I can manually set links, but after I save it into Wikipedia, is there a way to search for and set up unlinked mentions of the title? Pkeets (talk) 17:15, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- Just off the top of my head, I think it would be easier to use Google. Search for site:wikipedia.org "Name of Article", which should return a list of all of the mentions of the article title. TNXMan 17:17, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- I'm not sure I understand the question, but I will point out that in the bar to the left of the page there is a section Toolbox which contains a link to "what links here" which shows of list of links into the current article. RJFJR (talk) 17:23, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- "What links here" is a good option, but I don't believe that unlinked mentions are included. TNXMan 17:27, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks. The Google search did it. Pkeets (talk) 17:32, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- "What links here" is a good option, but I don't believe that unlinked mentions are included. TNXMan 17:27, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- Find link is very good for this see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Edward/Find_link . You can select any text to look for which is currently a page (or a redirect). I use this tool a *lot*.Naraht (talk) 18:53, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- Is your problem that entering the title in the search box will go to the page if it already exists? When you type in the search box, there should be a drop-down box where the bottom says "containing...". You can click this instead of Enter to avoid going to the page. You can also hit Enter when the search box is blank to get to the search page with namespaces. The "Search" button there does not go directly to a page with the searched title. See more at Help:Searching. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:50, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks to all. These are very helpful suggestions. Pkeets (talk) 15:43, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
Questions about account creation
I was creating an alternate account (for the reason written here). I was doing it on this page while still logged in and there was a "reason" field. I have two questions:
- Can I create an account without logging out or do I have to log out to do so?
- What is the "reason" box for?
Thanks. - Purplewowies (talk) 17:18, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- You do not have to log out to create an account. Staying logged in will show that Purplewowies created an account. The reason field allows you to explain why you are creating another account. See this page where User:Crazycomputers created an account for another user and used the reason field to explain why. TNXMan 17:22, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- Ah, thanks. I've created the account. - Purplewowies (talk) 17:31, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
logo and license applicability
A single image has recently appeared (File:Success Academy Charter Schools.png) that is a combination of a picture of a scene at a location of an organization and an organizational logo. Both parts relate to the same organization. The logo is not part of the scene; rather, the image presents the logo and the scene adjacently. The whole image is provided under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. I have no information about whether the organization itself has authorized anything with respect to the image. I've read Wikipedia:Logos and don't know the answer. Is that license appropriate for the part of the image that is the logo?
The logo being in the article is not itself an editorial problem. It is relevant.
I assume this is different from the situation of a picture of a scene in which the same organization's logo is visible as an integral part of the scene (File:Harlem Success Academy jeh.JPG). Where the logo is integral, I understand that the licensing of the picture of the scene is unaffected by the logo being in the scene. My question here is about the use and purported licensing of a logo that is in the image but not integral to the scene.
Nick Levinson (talk) 17:26, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- There is no copyright release at http://www.successacademies.org/index.cfm so the logo part of the image must be assumed to be copyrighted. In that event it does not belong on Commons so I have tagged the whole image for deletion as a copyvio. – ukexpat (talk) 19:03, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
In regards to books ofthe bible
I like to order some books that are on the back of MOSES volume 1, 2 and 3. How do I do this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Linda Moloney (talk • contribs) 17:29, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 6.9 million articles and thought we were affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is for asking questions related to using or contributing to Wikipedia itself. Thus, we have no special knowledge about the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck. Roger (talk) 17:40, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
Trojan Horse
While I was researching "Koreans" on wikipedia, I referenced another wikipedia page about Altaic peoples. I immediately received Trojan horse warnings from AVG. The infiltration was so bad, I had to shut down and restart my computer to complete the cleaning. I had always assumed wikipedia was a clean site, but that page seemed to have some type of problem. For what it's worth.
thanks for all you do, Celeste — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.249.166.239 (talk) 17:32, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks for noting this. Are you sure you were on the Wikipedia website? There are a lot of sites that mirror our content and many have viruses. Be sure to check your address bar and confirm you're on en.wikipedia.org. TNXMan 17:43, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- Especially please watch out for typosquatters. Nyttend (talk) 01:38, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
auto focus
I must have touched something on my Leica D-lux 5 and now I cannot get it to auto focus, which it has been doing all the time. can you tell me how to get the auto focus back working. thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.172.116.42 (talk) 18:35, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 6.9 million articles and thought we were affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is for asking questions related to using or contributing to Wikipedia itself. Thus, we have no special knowledge about the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck. fredgandt 18:43, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
Changing the city for a company listing.
I updated the city on the company I work for, but the change didn't take (everything else did). What do I need to do? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dwitzig (talk • contribs) 21:30, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- The city seems to be changed from LA to Mineapolis in one place but not the other, but the change has now been reverted because you have also removed references. This is not good practice unless you replace them with equivalent references. Could you please find some? You may also have a conflict of interest if you are an executive of the company, so references are important. Dbfirs 21:53, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- The edits appear to have been from a copy of the displayed text, not the actual wikipedia code, so all of the references were moved down to where the {{reflist}} is. Dwitzig should probably look at WP:REF for information on references and WP:COI for conflict of interest issues.Naraht (talk) 21:57, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- Could I suggest that your company first updates its website, if it has indeed moved from California? Dbfirs 22:14, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
Trimming books.google.com links.
What I have been guilty of myself in the past is including what my search term was when linking in a google books link for a reference, for example (not mine) http://books.google.com/?id=6PrmTAKiy0QC&pg=PA153&dq=nubian+pyramids+kings++tomb . This goes to the correct book (the id= and the specific page, but also highlights nubian, pyramids, king and tomb in the text which I don't think is needed. I'd like to see all of the links to books.google.com reduced down to only the id and (if exists) pg fields. First of all, where would it be discussed as to whether this trim down is appropriate, and secondly, if it is, would this be a reasonable thing for a bot to do?Naraht (talk) 21:47, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- Best to go to the village pump for proposals. I must admit that I'd oppose having a bot carry out your suggestion, since I strongly suspect that there are situations in Wikipedia where it would help to have such words highlighted (granted, they'd be few, but I'd be quite surprised if they don't exist), and bots can't tell when those situations exist. I expect that you'll see little or no opposition to the idea of doing it manually, since normally we don't need to have those words highlighted. Nyttend (talk) 01:37, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
How to edit
I should like to happen as a result of my editing the page on Kruskal-Szekeres coordinates. Apparently nothing! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fronsdal (talk • contribs) 21:53, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
- I don't show any edits to Kruskal–Szekeres coordinates since October 2011. Is it possible that you clicked preview instead of save?Naraht (talk) 21:59, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
January 26
Automatically remove piped links
Is there something (a script?) that lets you remove all piped links in an article, forcing the link to appear as the article title? –HTD 04:04, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
- WikEd has regular expression support; there are a number of other (smaller) scripts available from WP:US. I believe the following regular expression should remove piped links. Please remember that you are personally responsible for your edits, even if a (semi)automated tool made them. Always review your edits before saving them.
- These regular expressions have been lightly tested with WikEd and might not work with other tools; moreover I may have missed a corner case. They use the JavaScript regular expression standard, so they may work with some other tools, but I make no guarantees.
- In the find box:
\[\[(.*?)\|.*?\]\]
- In the replace box:
[[$1]]
- I hope this helps. --NYKevin @264, i.e. 05:20, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks. Will try these. I'd only use this once on a list since all links were pipelinked and it's tedious to de-pipe link them all. –HTD 15:13, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
Article traffic and redirects
When viewing the article traffic statistics at the ToolServer for TITLE, does the number of views listed include hits to REDIRECTs to TITLE or not? When answering my query, please notify me on my talk page; watching this page will be too hectic. GotR Talk 04:10, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
- I assume you're talking about these stats. Redirects are counted separately [2]. --NYKevin @248, i.e. 04:57, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
- Got it. I now have the statistics needed to present my case for a move. Thanks much GotR Talk 05:21, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
How to Change the Title of a Page
Hi! I'm trying to figure out if there is a way to edit the title of a Wikipedia page? I created one with a person's first, middle, and last name and would like to change it to just first and last if possible.
Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Christineokelly (talk • contribs) 04:55, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
SRMSAT and SRMSAT (satellite): two articles, both alike in dignity, about the same subject
Hi all. The articles SRMSAT and SRMSAT (satellite) are about the same satellite built by the students of SRM University and launched into orbit in October 2011.
- SRMSAT (satellite) was started 10:19, 11 October 2011, was first but is perhaps not so well-written
- SRMSAT was started 20:24, 28 December 2011, well-written, but technically an WP:A10 candidate
An A10 for the newer article is obviously no go, Jack.
My initial editing reaction would have been along the lines of a WP:CUTPASTE, which is also obviously out of the question.
Seems to me editing this should be a WP:MERGE. However, when I read the instructions to so do, Mah head a splode.
Please help me out here. --Shirt58 (talk) 10:28, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
- Yes, these informational pages are large and complex so they can provide guidance in difficult and controversial cases. This is not such a case, so the best way, or the way I always do it, is start with {{Merge}} templates. A few days after posting those, reduce the doomed article (in this case the one with the unnecessarily parenthetical long name) to a redirect, paste its former text into the survivor, and cut out duplications and rearrange the rest to make one properly organized article. If nobody either objects or beats me to it, I'll do it this way in steps spread out over the next several days. Jim.henderson (talk) 13:25, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
- I fixed the merge templates - Mergeto on SRMSAT and Mergefrom on SRMSAT (satellite). BTW the "SRM" acronym needs to be expanded to the full name at the first mention on the article.
- You beat me by a few days. My own preference is to put up an undirected merge template in one article, wait a day and a half, tag the other, wait, direct the tag on the first, wait, direct the tag on the other, wait and finally do it. Watchers don't object after it happens, because they've already been nagged all week without answering. Others prefer other processes; no problem. Jim.henderson (talk) 14:14, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
User in mourning
I have recently suffered a loss and am grieving. I would like to put a box on my user talk page saying that I may be editing sporadically and am fragile at present, so understanding from other editors about incomplete wiki-tasks and anything I might say that needed further consideration would be appreciated. I'm staying away from anything too complex, but my judgment may be a bit off. Is there any suitable template I could use? I thought about wikibreak but it doesn't feel right. Any suggestions? Thanks. EdChem (talk) 11:16, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
- I'm sorry to hear this. I can't think of any predefined template, but you could use {{tmbox}} directly to say what you need to. You could perhaps adapt the words and coding from {{User health inactive}}. -- John of Reading (talk) 11:32, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
- I am also sorry to hear that. I was also looking through the templates, and there is a need for a "please don't bother me unless it is an emergency" template.--Wehwalt (talk) 13:16, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
- Thank you both. I looked for an image to use with an existing box that was suitable for grief (and one without religious symbols) but I found the process depressing / upsetting. I'll try again tomorrow, maybe. EdChem (talk) 14:13, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
- I am also sorry to hear that. I was also looking through the templates, and there is a need for a "please don't bother me unless it is an emergency" template.--Wehwalt (talk) 13:16, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
This is what I have come up with. Any thoughts on it and about its possible use as a basis for a new template? Thanks. EdChem (talk) 02:20, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
- I have adapted your text to create {{User grieving}}. Comments and suggestions welcome. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:04, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
- Three images may not be needed? --Extra 999 (Contact me) 10:53, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
- I suppose it's a matter of personal taste. I chose the standard images for a user being busy in real life, the image for a wikibreak (which is mentioned in the template), and an image showing grief. These three images all relate to the text of the template. However, what I developed is now in Template space and so I have no more ownership of it than does anyone else. Others have as much right to edit it as do I. EdChem (talk) 11:17, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
- Three images may not be needed? --Extra 999 (Contact me) 10:53, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
- I have made some changes, and also added to WP:WB. What do you think? --Extra 999 (Contact me) 12:19, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
Star rises 4 minutes earlier everyday than previous day
--Jitendra Sahoo (talk) 12:55, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
- Did you have a question about how to use or edit Wikipedia? - David Biddulph (talk) 13:04, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
- In future, the best place to ask a question like this is the Science Reference Desk - but the simple answer is because the sidereal day is about 4 minutes shorter than the solar day. Gandalf61 (talk) 13:23, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
My article: Apples & Oranges
You messaged me that you rejected my article: Apples & oranges because of copyright infringement on similar article in: Spiritshare.net. I, Don Lubov, the author of Apples & Oranges, am Spiritshare.net. Spiritshare.net and all its content is original content from me. Now what? Don Lubov — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.55.180.216 (talk) 14:05, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
- Hi Don. Wikipedia requires that its content be available under a CC-BY-SA license. If you are happy to release your work under this license (meaning basically that anyone can reproduce, alter and publish it), you can put a disclaimer to this effect on your site or contact the Permissions team via the instructions at WP:DCM. However, your contributed article reads like a personal essay, and as such is highly unsuited to inclusion in Wikipedia, being a violation of our policy on original research. It would be quickly deleted even if you relinquished the copyright. Yunshui 雲水 14:10, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
scanned newspaper articles
I was asked to insert citations needed to implement my page. To demonstrate the sources I have available to scanned newspaper articles. How do I insert them? thanks for the help--Lucapremier88 (talk) 14:19, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
- You are unlikely to be able to publish your scanned copies without breaching copyright, but you can cite the articles as references; Template:Cite news may help you to do this. - David Biddulph (talk) 14:25, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
- 1. Scanned newspaper articles are usually copyright violations, and we do not permit links to copyright violations.
- 2. In this era of Photoshop, supposed scans of anything are not likely to be regarded as reliable sources.
- 3. There is not and never will be a requirement that citations be solely to articles available online. If you have a valid citation to a published article in a reliable source, then simply cite the original article, in whatever style the article currently uses, such as
- Schlabotnick, Josie. "Hey, how 'bout dem Brewers, ya know?" Milwaukee Loiterer June 31st, 1975; p. 6, col. 3.
- --Orange Mike | Talk 14:26, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
- (edit conflict) Just to clarify and add to what David Biddulph and Orange Mike have stated above: There is no requirement that references for Wikipedia articles be availible online right now, indeed it would be inappropriate to link to a scanned newspaper article that you personally scanned yourself, since doing so would be a violation of the newspaper's copyright (see WP:COPYVIO for more info). Instead, just cite the article as you would cite any source, but giving the full bibliographic information about it (author, title, newspaper, date, page number, that sort of stuff). To aid you in doing that in a formal way, there exists the option of using "citation templates" which allows you to enter the information in some fields, and the template does the "hard part" of formatting the info correctly. The "Cite news" template above is a good one, if you have other cites you want to do, the page WP:CITET has a good, comprehensive list of them with examples. But back to the original point, citing a print reference, which has no on-line version on the internet, is perfectly acceptable. --Jayron32 14:31, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
- Certainly. I've used the clipping files at several archives. As long as you have the name of the paper, the date, and the title of the article, that's a minumum, though obviously we would prefer to see page number and author name.--Wehwalt (talk) 14:35, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
adding a new section in the "London Borough of Sutton page"
Dear Sir, Madam,
I tried to enter a section in the "London Borough of Sutton page" but for unknown reason someone keeps deleting this. I remember that I am the person who built this network for resident and this network is supported by the Councillor Richard Clifton of the Sutton South ward (quoted also in the website and post messages for residents intention from time to time in the blog section), why wikipedia keep deleting this?
Title of section : Residents network
Content of section: A resident living in the Sutton Central, built the Sutton residents Network dedicated to all residents living in the London Borough of Sutton. Indeed, residents can both post all sort of good deals (second hand to sell, room to rent, house exchange etc.) through free classifieds section of the website to help each other to save money. they can also use the community blog section which gives you a freedom of speech and expression to share any opinion, news, suggestion or else you have with everyone. For tourism purpose, a section displays pictures allowing newcomer to visit this Borough.
Best regards Nono — Preceding unsigned comment added by Beziers34 (talk • contribs) 14:41, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
- Because it looks like you are using Wikipedia for the purposes of promoting the network, a view that your repeated addition of its website to other articles would tend to support. – ukexpat (talk) 14:50, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
- (edit conflict) The reason is because you are not supposed to be adding information about stuff you created to Wikipedia. See Wikipedia:Conflict of interest for more information as to why you are not. Secondly, the links you are adding to the ends of articles are in violation of Wikipedia's external link policy. See Wikipedia:External links for more information about what is, and is not, appropriate. --Jayron32 14:52, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
- And if mentioned in the article at all that will be because it's been commented on in more than one reliable source and so far as I can see deserved no more than a sentence - as it stands it doesn't belong in an encyclopedia, something people seem to forget all too often. Dougweller (talk) 17:05, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
A Tribe Called Quest: History
On the Wikipedia page for A Tribe Called Quest, what is the meaning behind (Ed) following Q Tip, and the (Darcy) following Phife Dawg? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.49.112.76 (talk) 15:18, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
- It was a bit of vandalism added to the article about a month ago, but snuck under the radar. See [3]. I have removed it. Pay it no mind. --Jayron32 15:22, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
editing wikipedia: need help
Dear Wikipedia,
I would appreciate it if you could tell me some signs, symbols, and ways to edit wikipedia.
That would be great i'm a newbie so i'm not really the best at working with computers :)
thanks,
Sorceress150 (talk) 15:20, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
- I suggest that you read the pages linked to in the Welcome message on your talk page. That will give you a good start. – ukexpat (talk) 15:24, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
- You could also consider putting yourself up for adoption; this would mean that a more experienced user would mentor you and help you out. Yunshui 雲水 15:28, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
Thanks everyone!! I'll be sure to check out both!!
Sorceress150 (talk) 15:40, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
You might also find WP:Guidance for younger editors contains useful advice. Roger (talk) 15:47, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
Can someone please Revdelete all indications that the OP is a minor (including both my posts and also the OP's user and talk pages). Roger (talk) 16:21, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
WRONG COUNTRY FOR LOURES - LOURES IS IN FRANCE - NOT PORTUGAL
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: IN THE DIRECTORY FOR INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET, LOURES IS IN FRANCE. YOU STATE IT IS IN PORTOGUAL. UNLESS THERE IS ANOTHER CITY IN PORTOGTUAL, DONT YOU THINK YOU MIGHT WANT TO CORRECT THIS?
THANKS,
GOD BLESS YOU AND ALL OF US. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.80.237.208 (talk) 16:23, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
- I'm not sure what you see, but our article on Lourdes does show that it is in France. Loures, however, is in Portugal, in the Loures Municipality. TNXMan 16:24, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
- ... and please don't SHOUT. - David Biddulph (talk) 16:32, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
- On the subjecting of shouting, is there a quick way to change block capitals to lower case in the edit window? (If not whre can I request it?). Currently I either do it manually, or export it to Word, change it, and re-import it. Arjayay (talk) 16:42, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
- See raw text for details (one way). fredgandt 16:47, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks - perhaps not a permanenet solution but a good quick fix.Arjayay (talk) 17:04, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
Hassi Messaoud (Algeria)
On the Hassi Messaoud page, it correctly states that JetAir charters two flights per week between Madrid and Hassi Messaoud. However please note that the airline which operates these flights is Air Nostrum (and not Iberworld). Would be grateful if you could update this page. Many thanks Sara Bennett
194.75.231.242 (talk) 16:40, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
- Someone will no doubt doublecheck and add this, but you can do it yourself unless the page is protected.--Wehwalt (talk) 16:57, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
missing 'book'
i have been using book creator for a while, adding pages etc.. Logging in today, I am not able to locate the book, which had about 25 'pages'. where did it go? I am able to start a new book but cannot find the old one. thanks for help. Mpstudionyc (talk) 19:13, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
- This account you are using was created back in April, 2011, but it has not done a single thing until today. Perhaps you have another account which you have been using in the intervening time? Just an idea. --Jayron32 20:24, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
- Only autoconfirmed or confirmed users can save books. If a book has not been saved then it can easily disappear. Would you like your account to be confirmed? PrimeHunter (talk) 20:42, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
Use pictures of banknotes in WikiMedia Commons?
The German article de:Finnische Mark shows pictures of our beloved country's markka banknotes, which were in use until the markka was replaced by the euro. Can the same pictures be used in the article Finnish markka? JIP | Talk 20:23, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
- Yes, it can be used since the photos of the currency are in the public domain--Hallows AG 20:47, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
- A better place to ask this question, where it will attract the attention of people who know this stuff, is at WP:MCQ. There are special considerations, IIRC, regarding pictures of currency, so it may not be a simple answer. --Jayron32 20:50, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
- You may want to look at this currency image RfC--SPhilbrick(Talk) 21:16, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
- If this is properly tagged, then a banknote would similarly be decreed and the same tagging would be appropriate.--Wehwalt (talk) 21:17, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
- You may want to look at this currency image RfC--SPhilbrick(Talk) 21:16, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
Notability George Atallah
Hi, I'm usually great at determining if an article is worth creating, but I'm stumped on this one. I'm considering creating a page for the spokesman or Assistant Executive Director of External Affairs of the National Football League Players Association, George Atallah. I have found a few reliable sources for article, including this one and this one. Most of the articles don't actually discuss his background; however, he seems to be notable for giving several speeches as the representative of the NFLPA during the 2011 NFL lockout. The NFLPA is one of the clients of my employer, so I want to take extra precautions with this one. I say this ahead of time because I understand Wikipedia's policy when it comes to WP:COI and WP:NPOV. Is this individual notable enough for a Wikipedia article? Thanks. --TravisBernard (talk) 21:31, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
- Hi Travis. Going solely on the two sources you've provided, I'd probably say he doesn't pass GNG or ANYBIO. Both are his own work - one a series of responses to questions, the other an article he wrote. Thus, although the sources are reliable, they aren't independent, and that's an important hurdle for notability.
- If you have other sources lined up, it might be worth checking them at the reliable sources noticeboard for more input. Oh, and kudos for announcing that you may have COI, although judging from the fact that you're raising this question here (rather than just going ahead with the article) I doubt that it will be a problem. Cheers, Yunshui 雲水 21:37, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
- Great, thanks for the help! --TravisBernard (talk) 21:48, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
Question
How do you get on Wikipedia — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.3.190.67 (talk) 21:45, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
- Wikipedia:Autobiography would be one place to start reading. But the executive summary is "first become notable enough to deserve a page, then wait for someone else to write it". DMacks (talk) 22:56, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
- In case you're asking how to use (rather than be a subject of) Wikipedia, the best place to start would probably be Wikipedia:Introduction then perhaps Help:Editing. fredgandt 23:49, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
Article deletion
How can I delete an article, because someone used my pictures from Facebook, and did an article for me with incorrect information? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.91.149.204 (talk) 22:36, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
- The image is a serious problem...I have removed it from the article and tagged it for deletion from the wikipedia-commons site as a licensing violation. DMacks (talk) 22:54, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
- I spot-checked the movie-credits claimed in the article and all were contradicted by both their WP articles and those articles' cited sources. There is no evidence of the latest content being vandalism on top of an older article that meets WP:BLP verifiability either, thus I have deleted the article. DMacks (talk) 01:05, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
"In the news" entry's notability
I come here because I don't know where else to go. But is the fact that a mediocre writer cancels a appearance worthy to be regarded as top news and at the same time Wikipedia ignores close to a million Hungarians' manifestation against the bureaucratic UN. I'm referring to this: "British novelist Salman Rushdie (pictured) cancels an appearance at the Jaipur Literature Festival in India, and four other writers leave the city after reading excerpts from The Satanic Verses, which is banned in the country." —24.228.116.142 (talk) 22:48, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
- If you wish to discuss upcoming appearences on the "In the news" section, you can do so at WP:ITN/C. --Jayron32 23:40, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
Userpage question
I want to lock my userpage so that only auto-confirmed users can edit it as I have experienced a lot of vandalism by IP adresses, But I don't know where to begin. Help please! Androzaniamy (talk) 23:28, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
- You can ask at WP:RFPP. --Jayron32 23:40, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
- For the record, your userpage won't be protected by any admins, as it has been vandalized twice in the past month. This is not a level of vandalism that can't be combatted by simply reverting it. You'd need to demonstrate that the vandalism is coming at you too frequently for anyone to stop, like several times a day. But twice in a month is not enough vandalism to protect a page, per Wikipedia:Protection policy. But, in the future, if there is a problem, use Wikipedia:Requests for page protection. --Jayron32 23:43, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
- See WP:UPROT — when a user requests userpage protection, we don't require evidence of substantial vandalism. Nyttend (talk) 00:48, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
- For the record, your userpage won't be protected by any admins, as it has been vandalized twice in the past month. This is not a level of vandalism that can't be combatted by simply reverting it. You'd need to demonstrate that the vandalism is coming at you too frequently for anyone to stop, like several times a day. But twice in a month is not enough vandalism to protect a page, per Wikipedia:Protection policy. But, in the future, if there is a problem, use Wikipedia:Requests for page protection. --Jayron32 23:43, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
January 27
fraud setup of my name
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lara_weese_(name)
Please remove this site..I am being targeted by someone setting up fraud accounts. The police are involved with helping but I came across this this morning and tried to setup a account to delete it myself and I have no clue how to do that. If you have a IP address also from where this was setup I could use this to help prosecute this person. Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Funny1971 (talk • contribs) 00:57, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
- It looks like the page has already been removed, as when I clicked on the link it said the page didn't exist. It may have been speedily deleted, so perhaps an admin might be able to see when/how it was created. --McDoobAU93 01:01, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
- There has never been an article with that title here. Eagles 24/7 (C) 01:02, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
- How odd. Funny1971's only edits (other than to this page) were to Talk:Lara weese (name) — she created the talk page to ask for it to be deleted, so her only edits are creating a talk page that asks for its own deletion, even though the associated article has never existed. Nyttend (talk) 01:19, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
- There has never been an article with that title here. Eagles 24/7 (C) 01:02, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
Article creation advice
Does Wikipedia have a place to discuss with other editors the viability of creating new articles, in terms of notability, significance, etc. (issues not involving technical matters)? In other words, where can someone get an opinion on a potential article from other Wikipedians ahead of time, so as not to devote time to something that will be deleted, moved, merged or otherwise not allowed to stand? Thank you. — Michael J 01:12, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
- We can discuss on your or my talk page, just drop me a note. – ukexpat (talk) 01:17, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
WelcomeBot - Other Languages
Do any other-language Wikipedias have a bot to welcome new users? I'm asking this because on the Arabic, and Baha Indonesia (perhaps more?) Wikipedias I have received a welcome message immediately upon navigating there, even when not logged in. Interchangeable|talk to me 01:21, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
- The Indonesian Wikipedia appears to have one. I got a welcome message from id:Pengguna:TjBot when I went over there a few months ago. - Purplewowies (talk) 05:42, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
- As far as I can tell, the other wikis I tried (every wiki where I had edits and a talk page) didn't seem to have one. At least not one that left me a message. - Purplewowies (talk) 05:59, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
Infobox with a show/hide option
Hi in the article im creating i need to use the infobox for world war I but i dont want to show it in its entirety as it would overlap into my non-related sub-sections, so is it possible to have a show/hide option for the infobox?? --Hadseys (talk) 02:45, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
edit lock
How do I BLOCK my damn page from editing by some dumbass idiots having no clue on the matter there trying to talk about.
Is there a way to lock it up and allow editing only for a selection of user names? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.35.33.194 (talk) 03:51, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
- You can't - see WP:OWN. – ukexpat (talk) 03:56, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
- If a page is being vandalized, you can try to get it protected or semi-protected. WP:PROT. You can also try dispute resolution if you're having trouble with another poster. WP:DR RudolfRed (talk) 04:20, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
Editing Issues
Hello:
Sorry if this is considered a "stupid" question, but I am having a problem editing the King Philip Regional High School page. Under Music Program, I recently edited the section so that it went from about 4 lines to around 10 lines long. However, some weird things are happening when I try to view the page. If I type in "King Philip Regional High School," or start typing it and click on exactly that on the drop-down, I get sent to that page, and the page looks fine. However, when I type in "King Philip High School," leaving out "regional" just because its less typing, or I click on it in the drop-down that appears when I type, I get redirected to the King Philip Regional High School page, BUT the additions that I made ARE NOT THERE. Ive been editing for quite a while now, and have found out solutions to quite a few problems on here, but I am completely at a loss as to what this could be.
Hopefully typing inexactly what I said will show the issue. Thanks for any help you guys can offer!
173.76.250.135 (talk) 03:56, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
- King Philip High School redirects to King Philip Regional High School. Your edits to the latter are there, and the former is still redirecting to the latter. I believe you may have an old version in your browser's cache. Try following these instructions and see if that solves the problem. Singularity42 (talk) 04:13, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
- This may be another instance of this Wikipedia caching problem. Just in case, I have purged both pages. -- John of Reading (talk) 13:41, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
Not capitalising an article title on its Talk page
Melbourne, Australia has a public transport ticketing system called myki. The m is lower case.
The article name correctly uses a lower case m, but the Talk page has a capital M.
Being the good pedant, I tried to move the Talk page from Talk:Myki to Talk:myki, and encountered a big, bold, red error message telling me "Source and destination titles are the same; can't move a page over itself."
What's going on? HiLo48 (talk) 06:13, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
- All pages technically start with a capital letter. {{lowercase}} is used to make the first letter lowercase in an article title. If added to non-article namespace, it lowercases the first letter after the name of the space, e.g. Talk:Myki → Talk:myki. I've added the template to the talk page for you. - Purplewowies (talk) 06:21, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
- Not sure if Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Trademarks might apply in this case. Too stressed and tired to work through it right now. Sorry. fredgandt 06:23, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks HiLo48 (talk) 06:26, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
User:Vivvt/35th National Film Awards listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect User:Vivvt/35th National Film Awards. Since you had some involvement with the User:Vivvt/35th National Film Awards redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion (if you have not already done so). Thanks. - VivvtTalk 06:31, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
- Vivvt: You are addressing a page frequented by many editors. Who are you referring to as you? fredgandt 06:36, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
- Deleted. See my comments in the discussion. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) talk 11:48, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
How to type a new topic in wikipedia?
I understand all the requirement to upload article, but I do not seem to be able to find the place that I can type things I would like to know how we can type a new topic in wikipedia I tried going to "my talk" "my preferences" "My watchlist" etc. but I cant find a place to type articles can someone please show me the path to type? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Developmentofficer (talk • contribs) 06:33, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
- Judging from the blatantly promotional draft you created at User talk:Developmentofficer you do not understand the requirement to upload article. Wikipedia does not tolerate promotional articles. If you have a neutral article to create, a good start would be at Wikipedia:Article wizard. —teb728 t c 07:08, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
Wiki entry for an American exists in German, but not in English
Hi. A Wikipedia entry exists for "Helen Landgarten" in the German language, but not in the English language Wikipedia. Although the name appears to be Germanic, Landgarten (deceased in 2011) was an American.
GERMAN Entry - http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Landgarten
When searching on the English language Wikipedia for "Helen Landgarten," the following pages come up due to citations:
ENGLISH - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Anderson ENGLISH - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_therapy
And here is a link to the LA Times' article about Helen Landgarten's passing in 2011:
LA TIMES - http://articles.latimes.com/2011/feb/26/local/la-me-helen-landgarten-20110226
I'm sure that I could start up an English entry, but that doesn't seem to make sense since there is already an existing German language one. Is it possible for that to be translated to English? After which it could be edited by users?
Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Curlygirl 3d (talk • contribs) 07:06, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
- It would probably be easiest if you just go ahead and start an English article, even if you cannot understand the German one - provided you have adequate sources of course. Other editors who do understand German can translate material from that article if they wish but there is no requirement for the different language Wikipedias articles to be "synchronised" - each one operates independently. Roger (talk) 07:17, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for that information. I will try my hand at writing an entry in the near future then. -Curlygirl 3D|Ronda 09:19 (PST) 27 January 2012 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Curlygirl 3d (talk • contribs)
Password Request Not Working
What do you do when you request a new password, your system sends an email with a temporary password, copy and paste the temporary password, and receive the message that the password is incorrect? Then you request it again and your system will not issue another password until 24 hours has passed. How inconvenient is that? Makes me not want visiti the site if it does not recognize a temporary password that the system created. Guess i won'T be able to get in until tomorrow at about this time. By then I will have forgotten what I wanted to do just like I forgot my password to this seldom visited site for this very reason.
William Reed — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.61.121.82 (talk) 08:44, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
- Maybe something went wrong when you copypasted? Like you missed a letter or maybe copied it with a space or something. — Jeraphine Gryphon (talk) 09:46, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
- Temporary passwords have always worked for me when I test them. Try again. Make sure to not copy spaces. If copy-paste fails then try to type manually. Make sure the username is right and has the right capitalization. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:19, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
Lede?
I keep seeing people say "lede" when referring to the lead section of an article. Is that incorrect or am I annoyed for no reason? — Jeraphine Gryphon (talk) 09:43, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
- From Lead paragraph- 'In the news journalism industry, particularly in the USA, the particular news-style of lead used is sometimes referred to as a lede. This spelling is no longer labelled as jargon by major US dictionaries such as Merriam-Webster and American Heritage.' The first entry at Lede (disambiguation) redirects to 'Lead paragraph'. Dru of Id (talk) 09:52, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
- Daayumm. Now I'm glad I haven't snapped at anyone. Thanks. — Jeraphine Gryphon (talk) 10:19, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
- Hmm, interesting. I always figured it was just laziness, like "i" and "u" for "I" and "you". Nyttend (talk) 13:14, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
- More info of its origins at its Wiktionary entry: lede. -- Obsidi♠n Soul 13:25, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
- There are however, a number of us who steadfastly stick with "lead" in this context. Now get off my lawn! – ukexpat (talk) 14:34, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
- And some of us who like "lede" because we hope it lends an aura of authenticity. :) --SPhilbrick(Talk) 17:36, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
- I've just gotten the impression that people can't spell... — Jeraphine Gryphon (talk) 17:55, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
- LOL @ Sphilbrick. I too prefer "lead". "Lede" always sounded faux french to me for some reason. *Gets off ukexpat's launne* -- Obsidi♠n Soul 19:01, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
- More info of its origins at its Wiktionary entry: lede. -- Obsidi♠n Soul 13:25, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
- Hmm, interesting. I always figured it was just laziness, like "i" and "u" for "I" and "you". Nyttend (talk) 13:14, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
- Daayumm. Now I'm glad I haven't snapped at anyone. Thanks. — Jeraphine Gryphon (talk) 10:19, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
Underworld (film series)
Dear Help desk
For the article Underworld (film series), should I use Underworld (2003 film) intertitle? Because the DVD covers composed the images of the first three films, but now there is a fourth. To generalize it, either we could try to find an official logo of the series, or upload the intertitle of the first film.--NeoBatfreak (talk) 10:42, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
Problem with sections
Why first section ("info") is not working on this page? Bulwersator (talk) 11:11, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
- You need something before the first section - I've added a return (= blank line) and it works now. Arjayay (talk) 11:40, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks! Bulwersator (talk) 14:29, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
How to format a reference if it contains [ and/or ] on the URL?
Wikiwoods is a new page, and I noticed that one of the references contains "[" and "]" - I've tried several different types of ref, but none of them work correctly.
Can a ref be correctly formatted if it contains a square bracket? a_man_alone (talk) 11:32, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
URLs containing certain characters will display and link incorrectly unless those characters are encoded. For example, a space must be replaced by %20
.
sp | " | , | ' | ; | < | > | ? | [ | ] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
%20 | %22 | %2c | %3a | %3b | %3c | %3e | %3f | %5b | %5d |
- Single apostrophes do not need to be encoded; multiples will be parsed as italic or bold markup
The link button on the enhanced editing toolbar will encode a link.
The URL must start with a supported URI scheme. http://
and https://
are always supported. gopher://
, irc://
, ircs://
, ftp://
, news://
and mailto:
will create a link and an icon but require an agent registered in the browser.require an agent registered in the browser. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) talk 11:40, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks. I manually changed them and all is now well within the Wikiwoods. a_man_alone (talk) 11:48, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
Character entity references
- I thought we had to type [ and ] to get those characters; what's the difference between my suggestion and Gadget's, since both obviously work? Moreover, I know that I have to type semicolons after "91" and "93"; I didn't include them because I couldn't think of a way (despite trying nowiki tags) to display & # 9 1 ; as text instead of as a bracket, for example. How does one get them to display as text? Nyttend (talk) 13:55, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
- You have to use percent encoding for URLs. To encode an HTML character entity you use ASCII encoding; either decimal such as
[
or hexadecimal such as[
. To show an ampersand use&
. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) talk 14:53, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
- You have to use percent encoding for URLs. To encode an HTML character entity you use ASCII encoding; either decimal such as
- I thought we had to type [ and ] to get those characters; what's the difference between my suggestion and Gadget's, since both obviously work? Moreover, I know that I have to type semicolons after "91" and "93"; I didn't include them because I couldn't think of a way (despite trying nowiki tags) to display & # 9 1 ; as text instead of as a bracket, for example. How does one get them to display as text? Nyttend (talk) 13:55, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
converting an article to spanish
the article urticaria pigmentosa is needed in spanish to give to a patient without the use of an interpertor. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.11.5.186 (talk) 14:52, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
- Urticaria exists on the Spanish Wikipedia, not sure if it's relevant. But please do not rely on Wikipedia for medical advice. – ukexpat (talk) 16:56, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
is Really Big Coloring Books article ready?
Is the draft ready to be published? Edits have been made. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Editorck (talk • contribs) 17:05, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
- You already published it. — Jeraphine Gryphon (talk) 17:20, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
- Which may have been a mistake; see the comments and questions posted so far. --Orange Mike | Talk 17:25, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
If the article is published, then why does it not show up in the search box?
Question regarding abbreviations and DPLs
Hi, I'm a new editor and got a DPL bot message for the first time, so I wanted to check what I'd done against Wikipedia and DPL WikiProject policy, as well as best-practice guidelines, in case I'd screwed up. In an article that I was adding some text to, I'd linked the first instance of some common abbreviations, such as [[e.g.]], [[i.e.]], [[Also known as|aka]], [[Et cetera|etc]]. This was so that readers who don't speak English as their first language can easily check what it means. With [[Also known as|aka]], the reader can achieve this just by putting the mouse-pointer over the word (without clicking). I feel this isn't detrimental to any readers, yet is useful to a minority. Since "Also known as" redirects to the disambiguation page "aka", this gets flagged by the bot (hence my DPL bot message). I want to check whether my new practice when writing of linking the first instance of an abbreviation is OK or not. I now realize that it can in rare cases (such as [[Also known as|aka]]) add to the list of pages that the DPL WikiProject (of which I was previously unaware) needs to sieve through, which is obviously undesirable. If it's against Wikipedia guidelines, or simply a pain for the DPL WikiProject, I'll of course immediately revert back to leaving them unlinked. What's the policy/guidelines on this and is there a way around the issue? For example, creating a stub article for "Also known as" seems a bad solution since it would remain a stub indefinitely and I imagine doesn't meet Wikipedia's criteria for creating an article; it also wouldn't prevent the problem recurring with some other abbreviation. I read of the solution of linking as [[example (disambiguation)|example]] (which the DPL bot then ignores), but since the disambiguation page is "aka" not "aka (disambiguation)" the DPL bot might still flag it, as well as it preventing the nice property of [[Also known as|aka]] giving "Also known as" on mouse-over. Since I'm a new editor, I'd really appreciate any suggestions or guidance you guys can give me on this; thanks. :-) Annoy@mouse ☻) 18:03, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
- There's no need to wikilink words like "i.e", "e.g", "aka" and so forth, unless the article discusses such words. (In which case you may want to link to Wiktionary. Wikipedia is not a dictionary and doesn't have articles on word definitions.) — Jeraphine Gryphon (talk) 18:11, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
- See the Manual of Style section on "Linking". What should be linked are connections relevant to the average reader. One downside of overlinking is that it obscures which links will be of value. —teb728 t c 18:45, 27 January 2012 (UTC)