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December 30

Unfair characterization of awards on Mari Gorman page (my page)

Mari Gorman (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Some time ago I tried to make this change, but I found it too confusing and I didn't want to screw things up on your website. I also went to a page where there were many people making comments but that was very confusing too. Hopefully writing the problem here will help. Here it is: on the Mari Gorman page, where it lists my awards, it says next to them in parentheses how many other recipients there were For each award - for example, next to the first Obie Award citation it says "(one of eight recipients)" This is the case with the two other Obie Awards, the Drama Desk Award and the Theatre World Awards that are listed. I have looked on other pages of actors who have won the same awards as I have and it doesn't include this information and in fact it is not even included with actors who have only received nominations for awards. Therefore the way Wikipedia has listed my awards seems unfair and also seems to diminish their value. I would be most grateful if someone there could help with this and edit the information so it just states that I won the various awards without the info in parentheses about other recipients. Thank you for your consideration and, hopefully, help with this. Happy New Year. Best, Mari Gorman 108.14.180.100 (talk) 01:17, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

 Done--Canoe1967 (talk) 02:11, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

SuggestBot

Hey friends, I'm Curtaintoad again. I want the "Articles you might like to edit, from SuggestBot" meesages please, but how do I get those messages? Thanks, CURTAINTOAD! ^TALK! 02:33, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

(Help desk talkback please CURTAINTOAD! ^TALK! 02:34, 30 December 2012 (UTC))

Please see User:SuggestBot/Getting Recommendations Regularly and follow the instructions listed there. Or simply, place the SuggestBot/config template on your talk page, along with your personal settings for it. If you would like, you can also place the userbox on your user page. Happy Holidays, TBrandley ^{(what's up)} 02:40, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Removal of user warning templates

Should I replace the template if the template I have just placed on a user's talk page is removed? --FrankDev (talk) 03:17, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Who is that user? If it was you it's your opinion. But if not you then it also that user's opinion too.But I need to know what is the template. It needs to be specific. So write the template.--Pratyya ^{(have a chat?)} 03:38, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

It seems to be: {{uw-delete1}} from: w:User talk:66.177.25.246: Difference between revisions(This doesn't work - oops) 74.60.29.141 (talk) 04:33, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

No, you shouldn't replace it (or other warning templates), per WP:BLANKING. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 03:53, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Just wondering: will 'Twinkle' know that the next time will be a level 2 warning, if the user deletes the 1st one from their talk page? ~E:74.60.29.141 (talk) 04:15, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

AFAIK, twinkle doesn't know even if it remains. There are some other RC programs that do know even after removal. Monty₈₄₅ 04:21, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Categorization problem

So I have been recently working on User:Yerevanci/Armenian American and I'm stuck on this problem. I have listed art, sports and politics-related notable Armenian Americans in their respective sections (Arts, Sports, Politics), but there is still a great number of other notables (e.g. businessmen, scientists, entertainers, celebrities) that should be mentioned in the article someway. Now I have a section named "Notable Armenian Americans" at the end, but that doesn't really make sense, because the rest are in other sections. Any ideas how to solve this problem? --Երևանցի ^talk 05:55, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

How about a main section for "Notable Armenian Americans" - with sub-sections for each of the categories mentioned. - And the 1st part would be for those who don't fit within a specific "category". ~Just a thought, ~E : 74.60.29.141 (talk) 06:31, 30 December 2012 (UTC):modified: ~ An example: Navajo_people#Notable Navajo

Yep, sounds good! The sections of Arts, Sports, Politics are completely made up of the notables lists anyway, so I'll just move them down to the Notables section.--Երևանցի ^talk 06:39, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

How to Change the article language

Hi, i'm new to Wikipedia, and writing an article about Chauvet Cave Chauvet Mağarası in Turkish. I need help with changing the articles language setting from English to Turkish. Thank You. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Merhabadunyali (talk • contribs) 06:37, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for your attempt to contribute, but this is English Wikipedia; it is only for English language content. There is a separate Turkish Wikipedia; they would welcome Turkish content there. —teb728 t c 07:58, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

I have changed what you were quoting as a reference into a wikilink, as the absence of a {{reflist}} was causing an error on this page. Note that the article Chauvet Mağarası was deleted as it related to a subject already covered at Chauvet Cave, as was notified on your talk page. - David Biddulph (talk) 11:00, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Four questions

1) If I see a small mistake on a page or see I can add a few details for it, can I just do it?

2) What does the 'Watch this page' checkbox do?

3) If I want to add/change something major in a post what should I do?

4) How exactly do I sign my name in the talk section? The page on how to do it was not helpful at all.

Thanks for the help, - Thomas — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cheese512 (talk • contribs) 06:43, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

[added header] To answer #4: Simply add 4 "tildas": ~~~~ -or- insert them by pressing where it says Sign your posts on talk pages: ~~~~ (below) ~E:74.60.29.141 (talk) 07:10, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

1: "Just do it" - see: WP:Be bold and WP:DIY - For anything more than minor stuff (grammar, etc.) please cite a reliable source.

2: (I'll let somebody else answer this - as an IP, I'm not sure)

3: "...in a post" - Do you mean on a talk page? In an article, just be sure to cite reliable and verifiable source(s) - and it is a good idea to discuss what you're doing on the talk page, and if necessary, get some sort of concensus. There are good suggestions and guidelines in the 'Welcome' information for new editors - if you don't already have that, I'll put it on your user talk page. ~E : 74.60.29.141 (talk) 07:21, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

4: (See above)

They're tildes by the way, No "a".--108.46.98.236 (talk) 07:25, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

For no. 2, that checkbox puts the page and its corresponding talk page on your Watchlist, which allows you to monitor edits made to a particular page. Every time someone makes an edit to a page that you have "watchlisted", it will appear in bold with the time and user of the last edit. You can also add a page to your watchlist by click the "star" button near the top-right (just left of the search field) of any page. For more info, see this page. The Anonymouse (talk • contribs) 07:45, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Ok, thanks for the help guys. One last thing, what's up with the : or multiple :: before your messages in this chat? Do I need to manually insert them in mine? Thanks. 174.99.34.204 (talk) 15:09, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Yes, at present, they need to be manually inserted.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 15:31, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

The purposes of the : is to specifically indent the content, so that it stands apart from other editors messages. They are inserted manually. Also regarding major edits (#3), it depends on if you believe the major edit will be controversial or make major changes to the direction of an article. If it is subject to objection from other editors, then you should talk about it first on the article talk page, simply bring up what you are proposing to do. However there are other major edits such as copy editing where you might go through and make a lot of minor changes to cleanup the text, in a way that is not controversial, then that would be something you can just do. Just be sure to explain what you're doing in the Edit Summary so that when people see the major change, they know what or why you did what you did. Tiggerjay (talk) 18:32, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Browsing activity

Who has access to (i.e. permitted to view) the browsing activity of an editor, which is different to that editor's contributions? And so, to what degree can an editor expect privacy concerning their browsing history in wikipedia? Benyoch ^{...Don't panic! Don't panic!...} (talk) 06:50, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

As far as I know, there is no way for anyone to tell which pages you have browsed/read/visited. The Anonymouse (talk • contribs) 07:48, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

This is not visible in any way through the MediaWiki interface. I do not believe it is stored on the servers in any usable fashion - only very limited and fairly anonymous pageview data is stored - but any data there will only be accessible to developers with a lot of time and effort. To a first approximation, no other Wikipedia user can see what pages you have been reading. Reader privacy is taken very seriously, and I am not aware of any cases where this information has been disclosed by us.

The one caveat is that any link you follow which automatically causes a logged action will potentially be recorded. There's only one case I can think of where this would happen - if you are logged in and visit another language edition of Wikipedia, then a new account will be created on that project through SUL and so someone will be able to tell that, say, you viewed the Bengali Wikipedia on 26 December. However, this will only happen once (after that, you have an account), and won't disclose what page you went to - only that you logged into the site for the first time. Andrew Gray (talk) 22:40, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

It really depends on the reason your asking. Of course while it isn't specific to wikipedia, your own computer can store this information, as well as anybody on your side of the network (your internet provider, company network administrators, etc) just like they can with any website. Also, wikimedia foundation retains logs, just like any other website out there which can link specific IP address information to specific web page lookups, and wikimedia does have the ability to correlate your IP to your username. However, all of this is protected by a strict Privacy Policy. But with that technical information aside, no generic individual, user or volunteer administrator can establish what pages you have simply been reading or looking at. However there are individuals, both employees of wikimedia and volunteers who have specific permissions which could expose that information, but again, it is strictly enforced by the Privacy Policy. Tiggerjay (talk) 18:27, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Error - given link

Dear all Please could you check this information Russian National Wealth Fund.

In one place it says

Russian National Wealth Fund Type Sovereign Wealth Fund Founded 2008 Total assets $90,94 billion[1]

In other place it says The Reserve Fund was given $137,09 billion and the National Welfare Fund was given $87,97 billion. The fund is controlled by the Ministry of Finance.

Conclusion is the numbers don't match

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.244.174.38 (talk) 06:55, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

The amount in the infobox is updated monthly. The other 2 figures are worded like 'start-up' funds. It probably lost like many did in the '08 crunch.--Canoe1967 (talk) 07:09, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Chronic Pain and Opiate use

Personal chronicle of accident and pain

I am disabled and in chronic pain from a Hit and Run car accident, while sitting on a motorcycle at a Red light. The car was traveling an estimated 50 MPH and crushed my lower leg against the engine of a 750 Lb Motorcycle. I was admitted to hospital 2-3 hours after the incident; with a compound, commuted, segmented fracture of the Tibia and Fibula with 14 breaks and Osteomylitis due to Staph Aureous infection. I was in a cast for 2 yrs and 7 months during which time a Lottes nail in my Tibia migrated through the bottom of my Tibia through my ankle joint, and into the foot bone complex. This accident happened in 1975, and a few operations were performed. My leg was not only broken, but the flesh, muscles, and nerves were crushed and severed. I have been in Chronic Pain for 38 years, walking on a broken leg everyday of my life. I was a Paratrooper in the U.S. Army and used to Physical pain associated with extreme physical exercise on a daily basis. I am writing to advise your "experts" on the experience of Chronic Pain and the use of Opiates for pain management. The current Social Psychology of Doctors, Physicians, medical students, and Interns is a paranoia about opiate use and a complete indifference for patients suffering from Chronic and Severe Pain. They have the twisted mental belief that to force a patient to suffer from pain is more rational than their use of opiate pain medications. They have a complete disregard for the suffering and psychological effects of long term Chronic Pain, and a paranoid or delusional fear of Opiate pain medication use, as if a patient who takes opiates is somehow getting "high" or experiencing a mood elevation from it's use and this irrational belief is somehow offensive to most doctors! This is not factual. A person in Severe, Chronic Pain using Opiate pain medication experiences only the cessation of pain and does NOT experience a mood elevation or "high" from Opiates. Furthermore, the Chronic Pain sufferer does NOT abuse the medication that they so desperately need to function as a normal person. Addiction is NOT the same as tolerance. Are we addicted to food? Oxygen? Water? For a patient suffering from Chronic Pain Opiates are the ONLY remedy and used properly can alleviate chronic pain. The real hypocrisy is that these very same doctors will often prescribe more dangerous drugs of all kinds, for all types of disorders, especially in the Psychological field; yet, have no qualms about side effects, mood disorders, and other physical side effects from hundreds of medications currently in use. The issue of addiction, drug use, and abuse is a different medical condition that can only be ascertained by an experienced Psychiatrist and or experienced Drug/Alcohol counselor, and in most cases requires a team of doctors including all to consult together in order to effectively treat a patient and weed out the addicts. There needs to be a change in the fear mongering of opiate pain medications and a better understanding of Pain, and especially Chronic PAIN, when most doctors are not even familiar with pain, have not experienced pain, and particularly have no experience with Chronic Pain. When will there be a serious discussion on this issue and a collective change of consciousness within the medical community? When will Wikipedia address this issue in a responsible, ethical, and social contribution as a medical, psychological, and humanitarian issue that you admittedly report effects over 100 million people? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.197.131.106 (talk) 11:15, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

I'm sorry for your accident and your pain, but this is the help desk for Wikipedia, where we answer questions about how to use and edit Wikipedia. I do not see a question about using Wikipedia in what you have written. --ColinFine (talk) 11:27, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

I would suggest Talk:Pain management and Talk:Chronic pain. You would have to find reliable sources to support your point of view. And the standards for medical information are even higher than those for other information on Wikipedia. One possibility would be for you to persuade a reputable journalist to write about your situation.— Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 20:15, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Have you tried suppositories? CaptainScreebo ^Parley! 20:21, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Remember, Wikipedia does not give medical advice. I don't know where the template is. Besides, this is about Wikipedia coverage of topics.— Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 21:25, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Page ownership

Hello, I'm a marketing director for mySupermarket LTd. Whenever i try to edit the "mySupermarket" page on Wikipedia my changes are undone. Is it for the good of the general public that someone who has no info on my company gets to decide which information is important to the public and which is not? How can i make sure that the information that i want to be known is kept on my article? Kind regards. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adelman0987 (talk • contribs) 13:28, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Articles on here must comply with the rules. One of them is that articles must be written from a neutral point of view. That means that someone writing on behalf of an organisation (be it a commercial company, a charity, a club or whatever) pretty much should not change an article about that organisation. It's more than likely going to count as original research at best and advertising at worst: among the many things which Wikipedia is not is a vehicle for advertising of any kind. If inaccurate information is being presented (that's information which is verifiably inaccurate as compared with that cited from reliable third-party sources, not "at odds with your own publicity material") then you should discuss this on the talkpage for the relevant article (having declared your interest as an employee). In short, nobody "owns" articles on here (technically the Wikimedia Foundation does) and nobody is in a position to "make sure that the information that [they] want to be known is kept on [an] article?". Tonywalton ^Talk 13:39, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

You need to understand that it is not your article. It is Wikipedia article which happens to be about a subject you are connected to, this gives you no ownership or control over the article. In fact since you have a clear conflict of interest in that it is your job to promote this company while the article should neutrally report all information bad and good, you should not be editing the article at all, since you will be unable to remain neutral. If you want to have input on the page, the only way you should do so is to use the {{editrequest}} tag on the talk page of the article to suggest changes you would like made, for unbiased editors to action if appropriate--Jac16888 ^Talk 13:42, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

editing article on Sir Ronald Adam

I have been editing the article on Sir Ronald Adam on the basis of my biography of him published in February 2013 but have got stuck with the references as I do not understand how to establish a {(Reflist)} template and the help page is no help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vesseaux07 (talk • contribs) 14:37, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

I've started the cleanup, not quite done. BTW, do not start paragraphs with a space, that creates a box, like

this

--SPhilbrick(Talk) 15:19, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

I think I've fixed it.

• Use the pipe character "|" not the "\" as a separator in templates
• Check out Referencing for beginners for more help on references, which are very tricky for new editors--SPhilbrick(Talk) 15:29, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Nafisa Kuwajerwala sister to Hussain Kuwajerwala on Wikipedia

reference is Nafisa K Kuwajerwala, MD - Beaumont Health System | Beaumont ... beaunet.beaumont.edu/portal/pls/portal/prs.web_pkg.bio?xdr=7218

Nafisa K Kuwajerwala, Breast Care Center - Surgery Doctor in Troy, MI doctor.webmd.com/.../nafisa-kuwajerwala-md-a7bcaf4b-086a-4eab-...Nafisa K Kuwajerwala is a practicing Surgery doctor in Troy, MI. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nafisamd (talk • contribs) 14:55, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

I'm guessing that you want something added to the article Hussain Kuwajerwala, about his sister. In general, the answer is to be bold and edit the article yourself; but since I suspect you are Nafisa Kuwajerwala (from your username) it would be better for you to request the addition at Talk:Hussain Kuwajerwala, where others without a conflict of interest can decide what it is approriate to add. In this case, my own feeling is that it is not appropriate to add anything: the article is about HK, not about you; and though the names of family members are often given in articles, the source you have supplied merely says who you are, it does not mention any connection to HK. --ColinFine (talk) 17:15, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Creating template to be used by a bot

Resolved

 – Will mess with this in my userspace until it is ready. -- Toshio Yamaguchi 12:40, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

I want to create a new template that is intended to be placed on a file page by a bot. I want to achieve that the template has several parameters (as many as necessary) that give the name and a wikilink to an article where the file is lacking a non-free use rationale. Is it possible to have an arbitrary number of optional parameters like

{{Unbulleted list
| {{#if: {{{1|}}} | [[:File:{{{1}}}]]}}
| {{#if: {{{2|}}} | [[:File:{{{2}}}]]}}
}}

For example, if the bot places the template on a file page with say lacking 10 rationales it should list those 10 files, while if there is only one, it should only list that one file. What is the best way to do this? Is it possible to define a variable number of parameters? If not, then I guess I'd have to choose a number that is high enough to work in all cases that the bot would be expected to encounter (but which is of course a bit ugly, because it would fail if the number actually is higher than the specified number). -- Toshio Yamaguchi 15:44, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

WP:VPT may be a better venue for your question.--ukexpat (talk) 17:03, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Okay, I just saw that my question is partially incorrect anyway; what I meant is that the template should have parameters to list articles where the file is being used and lacks a rationale for the use, the parameters aren't intended for listing files (only 50% of my head seem to be at Wikipedia right now, while the other 50% are somewhere else). And yes, VPT might be a better place for this question. -- Toshio Yamaguchi 18:17, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Well, anyway, I just realized that one parameter is probably sufficient, if the article names are all being listed in a way such as

{{Unbulleted list | [[''Article_1'']]</br>[[''Article_2'']]</br>[[''Article_3'']]}}

-- Toshio Yamaguchi 18:38, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

article upload

I wrote an article about stem cell researcher Juergen Hescheler but I am unable to upload it. Upon saving the page it henceforth only seem to exist in the Wikipedia talk section. How do I get this aricle 'published'? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Artecplus (talk • contribs) 16:19, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

The draft is at Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Juergen Hescheler and awaiting review. Please be patient.--ukexpat (talk) 17:00, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Your submission is lacking reliable sources and unlikely to be moved into the main space. Ruslik_Zero 18:27, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Change of Chief Operating Officer of Air Arabia Maroc

sirs,

Would like to inform you of an Update related to key people in charge of Air Arabia Maroc. Mr. Amin Alhaimy replaced Mr. Ramachandran as Chief Operating Officer of Air Arabia Maroc since April 2012

Thank you and best regards

Amin Alhaimy Chief operating Officer Air Arabia Maroc — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.251.44.232 (talk) 18:56, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Do you have a reliable source to support that?--ukexpat (talk) 20:50, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Pink Mountain, British Columbia

I wish to add an article that will significantly increase the published information about Pink Mountain, British Columbia. In reading through the new contributor instructions I note that proper references are important. On the existing Pink Mountain page I see no references. Do these appear somewhere other than the main page or are they only used by administrators? Are personal observations acceptable as references? It is not clear to me where in the article the references should appear. It is also not clear to me how I retrieve answers to my questions.

Ron Long — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ron Long (talk • contribs) 19:21, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Please take a look at referencing for beginners and guidance on reliable sources. Note that personal observations are not reliable sources. I will post a message to your talk page directing you back to this page.--ukexpat (talk) 20:48, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

You're right that the existing article has no references. This is a common situation, especially for stubs, but it is not the desired state, and adding reliable sources to existing articles is a very worthwhile contribution. --ColinFine (talk) 00:53, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Saving books

dear wiki im having a problem creating a book every time im done for the day but not done eith my book i loose all of my research and have to start over. is there a setting so i dont loose everything when im done for the day. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bud1166 (talk • contribs) 21:06, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Your account must be autoconfirmed (4 days old and 10 edits) before you can save books, see Help:Books.--ukexpat (talk) 21:18, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Project templates

{{WikiProject Statistics}} adds all talk pages to Category:WikiProject Statistics articles. It also adds categories and templates to Category:Category-Class Statistics articles and Category:Template-Class Statistics articles, respectively (and similarly for portal and project pages, etc.) Is there are way to modify {{WikiProject Statistics}} so that only article talk pages are added Category:WikiProject Statistics articles. I'm not asking anyone to do this, I'd just like to know if it possible and, if so, how to do it. Regards, Illia Connell (talk) 22:49, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Can you please provide an example for what you are talking about, as I cannot figure out what you mean by all talk pages versus article talk pages. This appears to be a template that should only be used on article talk pages. Thanks Tiggerjay (talk) 18:20, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

{{WikiProject Statistics}} is the Statistics WikiProject banner template that populates Category:Statistics articles by importance and Category:Statistics articles by quality. It automatically adds templates to Category:Template-Class Statistics articles and categories to Category:Template-Class Statistics articles (and similarly for portal pages, project pages, etc). It also adds categories and templates to Category:WikiProject Statistics articles. I'd like to know if it is possible to prevent the template from adding cats and templates to Category:WikiProject Statistics articles. By all, I mean articles, templates, cats, redirects, dab pages, portal pages, project pages, redirects. As an example, I'd like to be able to modify {{WikiProject Statistics}} so that Template talk:Common univariate probability distributions remains in Category:Template-Class Statistics articles and Category:NA-importance Statistics articles, but does not appear in Category:WikiProject Statistics articles. I'm not actually going to do this yet, but I think that having templates, cats, redirects, dab pages, portal pages, project pages, redirects etc in Category:WikiProject Statistics articles adds unnecessary clutter. Thanks for your help Illia Connell (talk) 03:31, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Made new Wikipedia Page is it up Correctly?

here is the wikipedia page that I have created for a noteworthy company how can I get it live with the proper wikipedia formatting and url structure: Wikipedia:Articles for creation/Photon Infotech — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ericjcarrmiddletownde (talk • contribs) 23:06, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Formatting, good. However, it is Wikipedia:Advertising and full of the things corporations like to say about themselves. Must be made WP:NEUTRAL. Jim.henderson (talk) 23:10, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Because you have used the "Articles for creation" mechanism, it will stay where it us until it has passed a successful review (which is how it is supposed to work). Once you have addressed the issue that Jim Henderson as already given you, follow the instructions at the top of the draft to submit it for review. If you were to move it to article space now, it would probably get deleted. --ColinFine (talk) 01:01, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Just checked your user page. Up and coming companies will almost never pass the notability guidelines set out at WP:CORP so it is probably a waste of time writing articles about them. There are plenty of other areas where you can contribute.--ukexpat (talk) 01:20, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

There is no more wording saying Up and Coming and edits have been applied. This company founded Siri (the iphone assistant) so it is a notable article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ericjcarrmiddletownde (talk • contribs) 17:58, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Yes, it sounds like it is probably worth having an article, but it still needs a good bit of cleanup before it should be moved into the mainspace. Tiggerjay (talk) 18:17, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Far too promotional - in fact it reads as though it might have been copied from one of the companies many web pages - not saying that's what happened, just that it reads that way. And our manual of style says "Do not use the ™ and ® symbols". Dougweller (talk) 18:49, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

My comment about "up and coming" was based on this from your user page: ...and tend to write about up and coming tech companies.--ukexpat (talk) 19:31, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

December 31

When should talk not be redirected?

If XXXA redirects to XXXB, should Talk:XXXA *always* redirect to Talk:XXXB? And if XXXC redirects to XXXD#foo, what should happen to Talk:XXXC?Naraht (talk) 05:15, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

It is not necessary to create talk page redirects. They are, however, automatically created when a page is moved, and there is no need to delete them, nor any problem with deleting them. Yes they redirect A to B, and talk:C can be edited to redirect to D (but it can not be redirected to a special section on the D talk page). Normally that type of redirect is created when a Foo page contents are merged into D#Foo with a link to the section Foo. What happens if that section ever gets expanded and pulled back out into its own Foo article, the talk page Talk:Foo is edited to delete the redirect, and that can be done with a revert, so that any prior talk page comments for Foo are restored. Make sense? Apteva (talk) 07:37, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

I have noticed that it is handy to leave the talk page on redirects. Talk:67 X and Talk:Roslyn Kind can actually be useful.--Canoe1967 (talk) 09:12, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

In the case of XXXC to XXXD#FOO it can be helpful to maintain the XXXC talk page to maintain a discussion about merging or redirecting XXXC in the first place; and that discussion may or may not be relevant on the XXXD page. Tiggerjay (talk) 18:13, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

WAZL Listen Live Link

WAZL Is Now Streaming Online And Here Is The Webcast Link For The Station. 98.229.132.126 (talk) 09:40, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

That's nice. Have you a question about using Wikipedia? That is what this page is for. --ColinFine (talk) 11:26, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

This Listen Live Link I've Provided Belongs On This Article — WAZL

98.229.132.126 (talk) 20:56, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Never Mind. I Added The Listen Live Link For WAZL Myself. It Works Just Fine. 98.229.132.126 (talk) 21:02, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Free Wikipedia editor access to NTRL / NTIS?

Is there any reasonable method for a Wikipedia hobbyist editor to get continual free access to the otherwise pay-per-document United States federal information resources of NTIS / NTRL?

• National Technical Information Service -- http://www.ntis.gov/
• National Technical Reports Library -- http://www.ntis.gov/products/ntrl.aspx

They want either $3000 a year for non-profit access, or about $15 per electronic document retrieved. I want to use high quality citations in the technical Wikipedia articles I edit, but I am not so "dedicated" as being willing to fork out that kind of cash, simply looking for possible article citations.

I live out in the middle of rural nowhere in Wisconsin, so there aren't any big colleges or metro public libraries that might possibly be nearby that are paying for document access.

And I can't really pass this research work on to someone else who does have access, as I'm doing general topic searches which may yield hundreds of documents to download and look through.

-- DMahalko (talk) 13:14, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

It's not available for NTRL or NTIS at present, but you might want to make the suggestion at The Wikipedia Library, or ask User:Ocaasi to look into it; he's been instrumental in getting Wikipedia editors access to Highbeam, JSTOR and so on. Yunshui 雲‍水 13:30, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

You should also check out Wikipedia:WikiProject Resource Exchange where editors with access can often help out.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 17:12, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Create a link to a cell in a table

Hi, is it possible to create a link to a specific cell in a table on a page? I.e. the cell with the year 1978 here. // WikiPhoenix ^[Talk] 13:26, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

You could try to add an anchor to that table. You can use the {{Anchor}} template for that. Then you can link to that anchor just like linking to any section, ie. [[Toto discography#AnchorName]]. The anchor name can be defined as a parameter of the {{Anchor}} template. You might need to fiddle with that a bit to find out where inside the wiki-markup to place the anchor. -- Toshio Yamaguchi 13:48, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Thank you! // WikiPhoenix ^[Talk] 19:24, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Article for political party in Somalia

Dear help desk editor, I want to create an article for a new political party in Somalia. I saw that Wikipedia has an standard template for political organizations. Can I get that template to put the information of the party. Thanks. Said — Preceding unsigned comment added by Xisbigadadkasoomaaliyeed (talk • contribs) 13:30, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Maybe you are talking about Template:Infobox political party? The wikipedia help desk does not have a single editor. It is the collaborative effort of hundreds, maybe thousands. Legolover26 (talk) 15:43, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

If you want to create an article, you should start by reading WP:Your First Article, which advises you how to go about it. If you create an article about a political party, you will certainly want to make use of Template:Infobox political party; but that creates just the infobox, not the whole article. But if you are affiliated with the party you have a conflict of interest, so it would be best if you did not write the article. --ColinFine (talk) 23:50, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Subsection link

In the Jude Law article, in the subsection "1980s-1990s", I'm trying to link to the subsection "The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1991–1993)" in List of Sherlock Holmes episodes using "Shoscombe Old Place" in the Law article. Instead, it links to the top of the destination article. I've had problems in the past linking to a subsection rather than a section, but Help:Section seems to indicate it will work ("The anchors disregard the depth of the section"). Is it possible? Do I need to do it differently? Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:56, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

I removed the italic-formatting apostrophes, and that seems to have fixed it. -- John of Reading (talk) 15:03, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

That was just a silly copy-paste error on my part; you have no idea how long I stared at it (sigh), and then, of course, I got side-tracked mistakenly thinking it was a technical issue. Thanks much for catching it.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:43, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Tommy Rall

Look up his date of birth in the article. It says he was born at 83 years. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.225.85.144 (talk) 16:06, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Tommy Rall (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

I think it's trying to say that he is currently 83 years old. -- John of Reading (talk) 17:07, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Correct. It's part of a template, the purpose of which is to update people's ages automatically so that editors don't have to painstakingly manually edit their ages on their birthdays. Legolover26 (talk) 17:19, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Leo Walmsley

My name is Simon Walmsley the eldest son of his. You made a slight error pertaining to the date of Leo divorcing my mother Margaret Bell Walmsley. That occurred in 1955 not 1942. My brother Sean was not even born until 1943. Thank you, Simon — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.106.247.130 (talk) 18:30, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for your question. Can you please direct us to a reliable source we can use to make this correction. Unfortunately we cannot simply take your word for it because we cannot verify your identity and because it would be considered original research. Thanks. Tiggerjay (talk) 18:42, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Also since the page was not sourced at all, I have added a tag that the page is unsourced, and it should draw attention to some editors who can help find reliable sources for the article. Tiggerjay (talk) 18:46, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Dossie Easton wiki

Dossie Easton (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Hi Wonderful Wikipersons -

I am Dossie Easton. Some small updates to my page, not sure how to do it so sending them to you.

First, Subjects should include "polyamory"

Second, I have published four articles in academic anthologies, as listed below:

Articles:

• “Shadowplay: SM Journeys to Our Selves,” in Safe, Sane and Consensual, eds. Meg Barker and Darren Langdridge, UK 2007.

• “Making Friends with Jealousy,” in Nonmonogamies, eds. Meg Barker and Darren Langdridge, Routledge, 2010.

• “Cultural Competence with BDSM Clients,” in Counseling Idealogies, Queer Challenges to Heteronormativity, ed. Lyndsey Moon, Ashgate Publishing, United Kingdom, 2010.

• “Sex and Relationships: Reflections on Living Outside the Box” in Families - Beyond the Nuclear Ideal, eds. Daniela Cutas and Sarah Chan, Blomsbury, London, 2012.

Please let me know if I can add these things, or you can, or how it's done.

Thanks,

Dossie — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.5.117.211 (talk) 18:47, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for wanting to add information to wikipedia and asking here first. For informational you provided, we will need to have reliable sources which can verify the information you provided. If you can reply with that information it would be very helpful. Also please see WP:COI and WP:BLP for more information before you make direct changes to your article. Thank you Tiggerjay (talk) 20:35, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

References

Something like this? (Also tidied-up a bit) ~E:74.60.29.141 (talk) 20:16, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
 Added to article 74.60.29.141 (talk) 20:59, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Why is what I am saying being deleted

Everything I have posted is true 100% just because it is not what people want to hear it is true surrounded by marines for majority of my life I think I would know. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ftm2013 (talk • contribs) 18:54, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

It has nothing to do with that and everything to do with the fact that you are constantly adding unsourced material over and over again --Skamecrazy123 (talk) 18:58, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Your personal knowledge is not enough to support material in Wikipedia, because a reader (now or in ten years' time) has no way of verifying that it is correct. See WP:Verifiability. --ColinFine (talk) 23:53, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

centering a table

Would like to please center the two "strip" tables of molecules in Fluorine (pharma section and then organic compounds section). On my screen shows left justified. note, I don't mean the contents of the table, mean the entire table itself wrt the page.TCO (talk) 19:14, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

See HELP:TABLECENTER. --— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 14:49, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Talk Page Archives

Is it 'bad juju' to edit your own personal talk page archives? I've been on WP for almost four or five years and for some reason at one point I thought it was a good idea to archive 3 pages worth of Signpost messages, and I'd like to just delete the pages (there's nothing else of substance on the pages). --TKK ^{bark !} 19:25, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Feel free to edit your own talk page, it is considered WP:REFACTORING. I would suggest that you delete all of the signposts in one swift move, and then place an edit summary to reflect that change. If you feel the need to remove or delete other things, see that refactoring page as well. Tiggerjay (talk) 20:38, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Error on the page for Jolly Rancher flavor it says there is a flavor black people?

There is a flavor that I think is wrong can you delete it ? it says black people? Thanks.

Jolly Rancher Not to be confused with Jolly Roger.

This article relies on references to primary sources or sources affiliated with the subject.Please add citations from reliable and independent sources. (December 2011)

Assorted flavors of Jolly Rancher candies. Jolly Rancher is a brand of candy, including hard candy,[1] gummies, fruit chews,jellybeans, lollipops, and sodas.[2] It is currently owned by The Hershey Company. The product was originally produced by the Jolly Rancher Company, founded in 1949 byBill Harmsen of Golden, Colorado.[1] The Jolly Rancher Company made ice cream,chocolate and candy sold at several "Ranch Maid Ice Cream" stores in the Denver area. The name was meant to suggest western hospitality.[1] Jolly Rancher was sold to Beatrice Foods in 1966 and to Leaf in 1983. In 1996 Leaf North America was acquired by the Hershey Company.[1] Jolly Rancher candies come in many different flavors, including Blue Raspberry, Grape, Black People, Watermelon, Green Apple, and Cherry. [edit]References

^ a b c d "Jolly Rancher hard candy". ^ Elizabeth Beverage Company. "Jolly Rancher". Archived from the original on 2007-02-12. Retrieved 2007-06-25. [edit]External links

Jolly Rancher at thehersheycompany.com [hide]v t e Confectionery products of The Hershey Company Italics indicates discontinued products. Chocolate-based 5th Avenue Almond Joy Bar None Bliss Cadbury Creme Egg³ Cadbury Dairy Milk³ Cherry Blossom Dagoba GlosetteHeath bar Hershey bar Hershey's Drops Hershey-ets Hershey's Kisses Hershey's Kissables Hershey's MiniaturesHershey's S'mores Hershey's Special Dark Kit Kat² Krackel Milk Duds Mini Eggs³ Mounds Mr. Goodbar NutRageousOh Henry!¹ Rally Reese's Crispy Crunchy Bar Reese's Fast Break Reese's Peanut Butter Cups Reese's PiecesReese's Whipps ReeseSticks Rolo² Scharffen Berger Skor Snack Barz Swoops Symphony Take 5 (Max 5) WhatchamacallitWhoppers York Peppermint Pattie Others Bubble Yum Good & Plenty Good & Fruity Hershey's Cookies 'n' Creme Ice Breakers Jolly Rancher Koolerz Mauna LoaPayDay Twizzlers Zagnut ZERO Hershey's also manufactures military chocolate for the U.S. armed forces. 1 Marketed in both the United States and Canada, but sold as a Hershey’s product only within Canada. U.S. rights owned by Nestlé. 2 Marketed in a number of countries, but sold as a Hershey’s product only within the United States. Brand owned by Nestlé. 3 Marketed in a number of countries, but sold as a Hershey’s product only within the United States. Brand owned by Mondelez International.

Sent from my iPad — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.36.53.146 (talk) 19:57, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for catching that, it was simply vandalism by someone who posted that several hours ago here by an anonymous editor. I have since corrected it here. Unfortunately people like to vandalize wikipedia. We typically catch this sort of behavior quickly, but this one stayed up for about 18 hours. Tiggerjay (talk) 20:43, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Next time, you can consider Being bold and editing the page yourself. You can see an edit button on the top of every page, including this one. Or, it would be more easy to click on the edit button to the upper right of every section. Legolover26 (talk) 21:26, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

User:Jacques Koolen

I have completed an article including references and URLs in my user page and am having difficulty creating a new title page and copying and pasting all the information including the links to the new page. Could you please advise how I can expedite this successfully.Thanks Jacques Koolen (talk) 21:21, 31 December 2012 (UTC)Jacques KoolenJacques Koolen (talk) 21:21, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Try the move feature. At the top of most pages, not including this one, you will find a down arrow. Once you click on this, you will see "Move". It is pretty much self-explanatory from there. Legolover26 (talk) 21:28, 31 December 2012 (UTC),

Except, since there is already an article at The Rumour, you will need to use a disambiguated title. I suggest here you move the article, as suggested, to the name The Rumour (New Zealand band) and that you add a hatnote at the top of the The Rumour, pointing to the article you created and have moved to the new title. The hatnote form I would suggest is {{This|Graham Parker's backup band|the New Zealand band|The Rumour (New Zealand band)}}, which will format as:

This page is about Graham Parker's backup band. For the New Zealand band, see The Rumour (New Zealand band).

In that way, people who type "The Rumour" into our search engine and end up at the other article will be informed about the one you created. Please note a few problem with the page you have created. Most importantly, it does not contain inline citations to reliable sources that verify its content. I suggest you read Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners. It also is not in any categories and does not contain judicious links to other Wikipedia articles. Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 23:36, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Beate Sirota Gordon

My grandmother Beate Sirota Gordon passed away last night. Her page currently says that she was 90, but she was actually 89. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.175.83.174 (talk) 21:42, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Corrected now. It was saying -90 because an editor had got the parameters back to front when using Template:Death date and age. Our sympathy for your loss. - David Biddulph (talk) 21:56, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Thank you, also we would like to add a picture, or pictures. I think that I can just go ahead adding them to the body, but how can I add a primary photo to the article head? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.175.83.174 (talk) 22:44, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Creation and usage of media files however you will need to login to Wikipedia and create an account. Tiggerjay (talk) 23:08, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Or you could just submit the image(s) to WP:Files for Upload. The Anonymouse (talk • contribs) 23:14, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

There are photos on her corresponding Ukrainian WP page:[1] - I've already inquired about this over at the WP:Teahouse. ~E:74.60.29.141 (talk) 23:33, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Alternatively, the photos could be put on a photo sharing website (with the appropriate 'Free Use' tagging, from where Wikpedia could source them. Though that also requires some sort of account too. Makng a WP account may be simpler. Could there already be any public domain photos on the Net? The Ukranian WP ones would be, surely? Happy UTC New Year All! - 220 of ^Borg 00:21, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

I've already tried FIST (Free Image Search Tool) - no luck, and the Ukrainian WP photos are tagged as "non-free". ~E : 74.60.29.141 (talk) 00:33, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Which would expalin why they aren't on commons - 220 of ^Borg 01:31, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Kyodo News just put one up here. How long do we have to wait for a free source to appear before we can consider it free use? —[AlanM1(talk)]— 08:45, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Adding a Photo

Per your second question 68.175.83.174 74.60.29.141, see Wikipedia:Picture tutorial. The basic syntax is [[Image:filename.xxx]]. Where "filename.png" is "filename" in png(Portable Network Graphics) format. [[Image:filename.xxx|250px|thumb]] "px" sets the size, thumb makes it a thumbnail. Detailed syntax information is at Wikipedia:Extended image syntax and Meta - Help:File - 220 of ^Borg 01:31, 1 January 2013 (UTC) (edited IP correction - 220 of ^Borg 01:52, 1 January 2013 (UTC))

We (the family) have access to many photos. In order to add one to the article title I need some help, but to add photos to the article body I can just use an image hosting site, am I correct? Could I upload photos to Wikipedia itself or just link photobucket/imageshack etc.? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.175.83.174 (talk) 16:02, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
(I have indented your post for readability) 220 of ^Borg

• Photos have to be on Wikipedia or wp:commons. To do that yourself you need an autoconfirmed account. You cannot link to an external picture and have it appear on the page. You could add a link to an external photo in the pages external links section. If you put the pics on "photobucket/imageshack etc." and tag them as free use/public domain/CC-BY-SA 3.0 License or whatever, they can then be copied to WP or the Commons. Note that if you do this then you are no longer in control of the use of that photo. PS. what do you mean by "add one [photo] to the article title"? - 220 of ^Borg 18:44, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

• Apparently there is a video showing how to upload pictures here on YouTube (I haven't viewed it). Link borrowed from Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions#Please, tell me !, where a similar query came up - 220 of ^Borg 19:05, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

• See also Wikipedia:Help_desk#Why can't I upload a picture? (just a few posts below). Apparently on commons you don't have to wait 4 days and 10 edits to be auto-confirmed, create an account on Wikimedia Commons and you can upload immediately, - 220 of ^Borg 20:32, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Correct - Commons has no autoconfirmation requirement. See Special:MergeAccount for unifying accounts on other Wikimedia projects.--ukexpat (talk) 20:50, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

What I meant was that I don't see how i can add a "primary" photo at the beginning, because there is no Edit button for the title of the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.175.83.174 (talk) 20:47, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Click the edit tab at the top of the page.--ukexpat (talk) 20:50, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Perhaps by "main photo" you are referring to the 'Infobox' - in that case, you edit the page and put the file name (only, with no File: prefix or brackets) where it says | image = - If you prefer, once photo(s) are uploaded, an editor would be glad to do this for you - just come back here and let us know. ~E : 74.60.29.141 (talk) 02:09, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

The Infobox at the top right of the article would be the right place for a lead portrait photo. Once you upload it, edit the article. Line 4 (currently) has an empty image value, which you would change to the filename of the photo you uploaded, for example:

|image = Beate Gordon at Disneyland.jpg

and you can add a caption two lines down, changing the empty caption value to something like:

|caption = Gordon at Disneyland in 2007

If you have pictures of her receiving one of the awards, like the Order of the Sacred Treasure, or one of her degrees, the Honors section could use one. The Japan section could use a pic from the constitution-writing process. etc. Just upload them and someone can help stick them in for you. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 03:30, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

View History

A few weeks ago, I noticed that the "View history" tab disappeared. I can find it in the drop-down menu (near "move page"), but I prefer having it have its own tab. This is only a problem on the English Wikipedia; I have no problems with other languages or projects. I use the vector skin. -- YPNYPN ✡ 23:37, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

I would suggest you look under Preferences and see what your Skin is set to. Try changing it to something else. Also if you have implemented custom CSS that might be affecting your ability to view it as well. Tiggerjay (talk) 00:56, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

I'm using a few JavaScripts, but disabling each one did nothing. I'm not using custom CSS. Weirdly, sometimes as the page begins to load, it the View History tab appears, but then it vanishes when the page finishes loading. -- YPNYPN ✡ 02:04, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Interesting, JavaScript was going to be my second guess. Try using Internet Explorer if you can, also try clearing your browser cache. It definitely sounds like something localized to you; and sounds like some sort of customization. Tiggerjay (talk) 04:49, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

There seems to be no problem on Internet Explorer or Google Chrome, just on Firefox. I logged out, and the tab reappeared, only to vanish again when I logged in. -- YPNYPN ✡ 16:12, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Sandbox link

I have the 'Add a "Sandbox" link to the personal toolbar area' option checked in my Preferences under Gadgets, but the Sandbox option has stopped appearing, any idea why ? I use ie8, thanks, GrahamHardy (talk) 23:44, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Okay. you have added 'Add a "Sandbox" link in the Appearance section of the gadget in your preference. I've some point there.

• Did you hit the save button after adding it?
• Suppose if you've made a mistake then recheck your preference whether you really clicked the 'Add a "Sandbox" link to the personal toolbar area'.
• At last please check whether you reloaded your browser after saving your preference.

Check this three point hope your problem will be solved. But if there's problem again then feel free to ask.--Pratyya ^{(Happy New Year)} 08:07, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

It's back working now ! Thanks and a HNY GrahamHardy (talk) 14:38, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

January 1

Quasi-Autobiography

Can I WP:PROD an article solely because it is written by the writer of the subject of the article(an album)? --FrankDev (talk) 10:10, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

PRODs are supposed to be uncontroversial, so the tag might be removed by the original author if you place it there. I think articles for deletion is a better place for that. - a boat that can float! (happy holidays) 10:20, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Of course you can, but: what do you mean by "solely"? If it is notable, properly sourced (reliable / independent / multiple, etc.) - and there is no obvious bias, etc. - then you might have a hard sell based "solely" on WP:COI [in my humble, IP opinion]. ~IP=74.60.29.141 (talk) 10:40, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

While COI editing can be controversial, it is generally accepted that being created by an editor with a COI is only relevant to a deletion discussion if there is some other valid reason for deletion. Monty₈₄₅ 16:59, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Why can't I upload a picture?

I've tried it. Kyxx (talk) 14:41, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

To upload a picture you need to be an auto confirmed user (minimum). Because auto confirmed user ,confirmed user and administrators can upload files or picture. Do 10 edits you'll be an auto confirmed user and can upload pictures. You've only 1 edits. So happy editing.--Pratyya ^{(Happy New Year)} 14:52, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

To be autoconfirmed your account also has to be at least 4 days old, so you also have to wait until 17:23 (UTC) on January 3, 2013, plus the ten edits mentioned above. Note that if the image you have in mind is in the public domain or is copyrighted but under a suitable free-license, it can be uploaded to the Wikimedia Commons instead of here, so that all projects have access to the image. Autoconfirmation is not required for image uploads at the Commons, so once you sign up there, you can upload a free image immediately. Non-free images cannot be hosted there at all, and can only be used here under very strict standards that most images cannot meet.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 15:26, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Talkin' About Edits

Before making a major edit in an article, would it be a good idea to talk about the edit first on the talk page? Thank you. Henrib736 (talk) 16:48, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

It really depends on the context, and the history of dispute on an article. Per WP:BOLD you are generally free to be bold and go ahead with the edit, and then discuss it if anyone objects. If you expect the edit to be very controversial it can help to discuss it ahead of time, but its not strictly required except on a very small subset of articles subject to aggressive sanctions. Still, there is nothing that says you can't discuss it first. The advantage to making the edit first, is then there is a concrete set of changes to discuss, rather then you needing to explain your proposed edit as well. In most cases, just making the bold edit is the way to go. Monty₈₄₅ 16:56, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Ok. Thank you!Henrib736 (talk) 17:29, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

The telephone finally the truth

I'm a Canadian living in the USA. I've been reading all the complete lies about Alexander graham bell. The phone was invented in Branford,Ontario.my relatives live in Branford and I've been to his lab on the bell homestead where his invention took place. There is a huge monument to him in brantford. He came to Canada at 23 and he stayed longer than a year. That was his home not his summer home as you have have said, his first call was to Watson who was in Paris, otntario, 7 miles down the road, not down the hali in Boston. Visit brantford and you'll finally be able to tell the truth and you' ll also see where Gretzky was born. You Americans think Canada is where you go moose hunting. Bob taylor in Michigan. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.11.192.20 (talk) 17:12, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Ranting aside, do you have a single reliable source for any of that (apart from the moose hunting bit)?--ukexpat (talk) 17:15, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Alexander Graham Bell clearly discusses Brantford. You need to tell us what articles are in error. --— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 17:56, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Editing from smartphone is a pain

Is there a convenient way for editing from my smartphone ? For example typing this was a real pain because I hardly See what I type . The buttons oft the virtual keyboard hide almost the entire editing window and the window automatically scrolls so far that I can no longer See what I Type.-- Toshio Yamaguchi 18:01, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Maybe someone elses mileage will differ, but in my experience, the short answer is "no". There is some advice at Wikipedia:Editing on mobile devices#Scrolling that might be useful.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 23:53, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

I found that how I am holding the phone makes a huge difference. The scrolling problem doesn't occur, if I am holding the phone vertically, because then the keyboard field doesn't hide so much of the screen. -- Toshio Yamaguchi 15:39, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

This is why I think that the official Wikipedia app should have editing capabilities in addition to reading capabilities. The Anonymouse (talk • contribs) 16:57, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Key fob

could you plese post a key fob link thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.4.28.75 (talk) 18:14, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Your question is unclear, please clarify.--ukexpat (talk) 21:17, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

I'm not sure what you want but here are links to an article and images: Keychain#Key fob and commons:Category:Key fobs. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:34, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Links for persons added to Wikipedia lists

List of Canadian poets (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

I'd like to add Robert Zend to "List of Canadian Poets":

Zend is a notable Hungarian-Canadian poet with many books to his credit (published by reputable presses) and has an entry in The Canadian Encyclopedia: http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/robert-zend

However, he does not yet have a Wikipedia entry. May I add his name to the List of Canadian Poets with a link to his entry in The Canadian Encyclopedia? Stunnedplankton (talk) 18:19, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

depends on the rules for the article- ask on the talk page. --— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 18:30, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

The inclusion criterion appears to be blue links only (ie only individuals who have Wikipedia articles about them).--ukexpat (talk) 21:15, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

...so I have removed Zend and the external link from the article.--ukexpat (talk) 21:39, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Discussion continues at Talk:List of Canadian poets, draft article on Zend in progress at User:Ukexpat/Robert Zend.--ukexpat (talk) 01:50, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Now at Robert Zend.--ukexpat (talk) 17:25, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Calixarene article edit removed

An edited version of "History" in the article on Caixarenes has been removed. The edit was to remedy some serious errors in the original version of "History". What is the reason for removing this badly needed correction. I am often referred to as "the godfather" of calixarenes and am one of the principal investigators in developing the calixarenes. C. David Gutsche — Preceding unsigned comment added by C.David Gutsche (talk • contribs) 19:50, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

If you pick the 'History' tab at the top of the article, you will see that user "Uncle Milty" moved your discussion to the article's talk page. This is entirely appropriate, because your contribution as it stands was not part of an article but discussion about the article. If after a suitable pause nobody has disagreed with your replacement text, you may add it to the article - without the preamble, but preferably with inline citations to reliable sources. One further point: we value the contributions of experts to Wikipedia, but many experts are accustomed to their contributions to discussions being accepted without question. This tends not to happen in Wikipedia, where we require content to be verifiable. --ColinFine (talk) 20:05, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

See also: Talk: Calixarene § Discussion moved from article

Indirectly related topic

Just curious: ~ if it were possible to establish that user:C.David Gutsche is C(arl) David Gutsche, -could we cite his contribution directly? ~Eric F 74.60.29.141 (talk) 22:27, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

What do you mean by "cite his contribution directly"? References must be to reliable published sources, which does not include anything in Wikipedia. If CDG's research has been published in reliable organs, then these publications may be cited (though CDG himself should be cautious about doing so because of his possible conlifct of interest). --ColinFine (talk) 23:46, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

It was just a thought, but since editing: "...agree to release your contribution under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 License and the GFDL.", etc., that in some respect, an edit could be considered "published" material (under certain conditions?). (Anyway, "never-mind" ~E :[modified: added subheader] 74.60.29.141 (talk) 01:17, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

But nothing in Wikipedia may be considered reliable for the purpose of citation, because anybody at all may have posted it or subsequently edited it. --ColinFine (talk) 10:25, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

74.60.29.141 asked about an edit. I assume the idea is to link to a specific diff by an account with a confirmed owner, and cite the diff as a selfpublished expert source per WP:SELFPUBLISH. I don't know whether we have a specific policy against this, but I certainly wouldn't do it. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:28, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

My apologies for having this be more of a discussion than a question. But... What happens when somebody checks the box "I am an expert" (on the feedback box) - and they actually are an expert; and in fact not only pioneered in the field, but actually originated the term used as the article's title. And this person corrects errors, etc. My main concern here is that WP has a reputation of being shunned by experts, and those who choose to become involved are quickly discouraged. ~E:74.60.29.141 (talk) 20:22, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Editing Citations

Jacques Koolen:User page Hi, I am editing an article and have inserted several citations. I have mad a mistake on one so am I able to delete that one and replace it with the correct one? Thanks...Jacques Koolen (talk) 21:54, 1 January 2013 (UTC)Jacques KoolenJacques Koolen (talk) 21:54, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Yes of course, but note that your user page is not really the place to create draft articles. You should move the text to a WP:SUBPAGE or use the articles for creation process. And note that as you have a conflict of interest, you should be mindful of the advice at WP:COI.-ukexpat (talk) 22:01, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

I have moved your draft to User:Jacques Koolen/sandbox. User:Jacques Koolen is where you tell us about yourself, Jacques Koolen and how he plans to work here, how he thinks, etc. --Orange Mike | Talk 15:38, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Luis Ricardo Falero

Luis Ricardo Falero. Is it me or could the gallery be adusted to look better? More wide, less tall, and larger images.--Canoe1967 (talk) 22:51, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Done. I think it looks much nicer. You like?--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 23:45, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Very good work, thank you!--Canoe1967 (talk) 01:02, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Resolved

January 2

Zamor is not only an artist, he is also a philosphe and historien

I work with the edition of the Zamor's pages in English, French, Italien and Spanish. However I found a little problem with the Url nomination to distinguish another Zamor. Here is the problem: In French, Italien and Spanish, the URL to his page is http://(es)(it)(fr)wikipedia.org/wiki/Zamor But in the English version is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZAMOR (ZAMOR is writen in majuscule).

Or, the other one Zamor, Louis Benedict, is "Zamor" in English version (writen in minuscule). I would like to work in the translation and advanced research about Louis Benedict Zamor, but is necessary to unify the URL. To "Zamor Guillerm" is necessary to put his name in minuscule in the URL, to harmonize the set of the differents languages To "Zamor, Louis Benedict" to put his name in majuscule in the URL to continue like that in the new translations.

Thanks for your regards --Virg38 (talk) 03:27, 2 January 2013 (UTC) [[2]]

I have moved the article to Zamor (artist), added a hatnote to it, and moved the redirection to Zamor (disambiguation).

Please note the following points that will help you in working in English:

• The usual English phrases for "majuscule" and "minuscule" are "capitals" (or "upper case") and "lower case". The French words exist in English, but many English speakers may not understand them.
• It is not customary in English to write surnames (noms) in capitals. Usually it does not matter, but here it has created a problem.

__________________________________________________ I's sorry but I'n not agree with the category "artist" included in the Url of Zamor, because he is not only an artist, he is also a philospher, writer and historian . He is largest known by "Zamor" than "Louis Benedict Zamor", and this one is his URL in the other languages, I suggest to lets in capitals like it was before (ZAMOR) or write only "Zamor" , replacing to "Louis Benedict Zamor" the french revolutionary. Thanks. I think I make a mistake in the page itself and maybe here, erasing your "resolved". I'm sorry if that is not correct, but I didn't know how to do otherwise. --Virg38 (talk) 21:57, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Website infobox

I'm creating an article and can't find a template for a website infobox. I know it exists, because I saw it while editing The Oatmeal's page, but I can't find it. Help? HunterLeeLogan (talk) 04:43, 2 January 2013 (UTC)HunterLeeLogan

{{Infobox website}}  ;)    ~ 74.60.29.141 (talk) 05:16, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Auto archive

I can't remember how to set up auto archive for a talk page. I'm not sure if copying it from my talk page will do it or not. If someone can link me and/or set it up for Talk:List of supporters of same-sex marriage in the United States, probably 90 days. Thanks, CTF83! 05:37, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

 Done, see Help:Archiving a talk page#Automated archival for the code you need. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:39, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Thank you! CTF83! 11:02, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Wiki TABLES -- no info on certain Help pages

These Help pages . . . .

• Help:Table/Introduction to tables
• Help:Table/Manual tables

. . . . have unique and applicable content (with respect to their titles), however, these other Help pages:

• Help:Table/Sortable tables
• Help:Table/Table placement
• Help:Table/Colour
• Help:Table/Collapsible tables
• Help:Table/Other formatting

all have the same text (that is not related to their titles). What's up with that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alpha-60 (talk • contribs) 09:16, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Help:Table/Introduction to tables looks like a work in progress that was copied from Help:Introduction to referencing/1. --— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 09:35, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

The question is copied from Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2012 December 20#Table Help which also has an answer. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:12, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

I have taken the liberty of making your question more readable by reformatting it, turning the internet urls into Wikilinks. - David Biddulph (talk) 12:31, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Policy on "City, Country" where the city is well-known?

I seem to recall having once seen discussion on this topic but I don't know if it ever became policy and I can't find it in the MOS so pointers would be appreciated. What I'm asking about is whether we have some agreement on it being always, or not always, necessary to specify that Tokyo is in Japan, London in England, Berlin in Germany and Washington DC in the USA, and so on for other significant world cities. What I think I remember seeing is something saying that with a mixture of common sense and linking you can sometimes just say Berlin and the people who don't know where that is can click the word and find out ... you don't always have to say Berlin, Germany which seems clunky and reads badly for some of us, at least. :) Please note that with the greatest of respect I am not asking what your opinion is of this subject - that's a different question! - but whether you know where it is documented as policy, essay, project guideline or whatever. Even if that policy contradicts my belief, and says no, you must always say Berlin, Germany, then that is still the information I am hoping to read: what (if anything) have we already discussed and, I hope, decided about this? Thanks and best wishes DBaK (talk) 11:18, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

I only know Wikipedia:Naming conventions (geographic names)#Disambiguation which is about article names and not links from other articles. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:37, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

While technically that section is about article titles, in fact it's a pretty sound guide to our practice in general. --Orange Mike | Talk 17:26, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Yes! Thank you both very much. That's very helpful, and does pretty much cover the topic in which I'm interested. I hadn't realized that it actually says up at the top "This page describes conventions for determining the titles of Wikipedia articles on places and for the use of place names in Wikipedia articles." (my italics) which of course does make it pretty much where I wanted to be looking. Thanks again and best wishes DBaK (talk) 20:27, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Resolved

correct format for adding content

I added content to a biography, but did not preceed it with a "bullet." How do I add that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Trey7 (talk • contribs) 15:29, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

I see that you've found that a bullet is produced by starting the line with an asterisk. - David Biddulph (talk) 15:35, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

How do I find articles belonging to two specific categories of my choice?

Let's say I need to find American authors who died in 1941. I need to look for those articles which are both in the category "American novelists" and "1941 deaths". How do I do that? Is this possible? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.190.83.221 (talk) 17:00, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Could this be of some help to you, perhaps? WikiPuppies _bark ^dig 17:08, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Add a link

On the Barry County, MO, page that you have listed, you should add the Barry County, MO, GenWeb page. I see that you have done that sort of thing for other counties in other areas.

The link for Barry County, MO is given here below.

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/barry.htm

You have the genealogy society listed which is a page on the Barry County web site - but the society doesn't run and are not connected to the Barry County GenWeb site.

I created the Barry site and gave the society one page of the 12,000 or more pages I have listed. That one page you listed is in link form. All this seems rather odd since I created the site and gave that one page to the society. So I am asking that you add the link for Barry County, MO GenWeb as well as the society link.

Thank you for your help concerning this important issue.

Donna Cooper, Coordinator & Administrator - Barry County, MO — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.151.62.70 (talk) 18:42, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Sweden Democrats politically biased moderation

the swedish page for the far right former nazi party Sweden Democrats seems to be biasedly moderated. In particular, the situation concerning the SD forbidding the use of nazi uniforms within the party after being caught on camera in nazi uniforms has been banned from the page, allowing only mention of 'uniforms' being banned. There are further cases of biased moderating on that page and suggest that a non-swedish party monitor it.

http://www.dagbladet.no/2010/09/12/magasinet/politikk/utenriks/sverige/sverigedemokraterna/13277818/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.195.55.193 (talk) 18:45, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Editing references

I would like to edit and existing reference list. Update current information and add in references. What is the best way to go about doing so? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dr.Lieberman (talk • contribs) 19:18, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Does referencing for beginners help?--ukexpat (talk) 19:21, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

It really depends on which page. Different editors use different methods. Some pages are nice and tidy; others, however... ~E:74.60.29.141 (talk) 20:00, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

User talk:Dope mustard

Hello,

I believe this page was made in regards to me quite a while ago and I would like it deleted as it is childish slander and has no value educationally.

Thank you for your help in this matter.

≈≈≈≈ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.7.176.223 (talk) 22:03, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

• I've deleted User:Dope mustard as an attack page. I deleted the user talk page (slightly out of process) because it was 5 years old, and only had 2 templated warnings, both of which mention someone's real life name. --Floquenbeam (talk) 22:26, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Sorting

Hi- I have a large collection of wikipedia pages saved as mht files. How can I sort them by a date or name on the page? -Thank you 96.233.181.233 (talk) 23:07, 2 January 2013 (UTC)