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April 22

Who can help to move the image to Wikimedia Commons?

File:Mexican Federal Highway 40.png, Thanks a lot. 千里走单骑 (talk) 03:13, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

See WP:MTC for more information on the process. Tiggerjay (talk) 03:41, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

 Done File:Mexican_Federal_Highway_40.png - Mlpearc (powwow)

Thank you very much. 千里走单骑 (talk) 05:00, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

nine month old girl selling pot --- see Henriett Seth F. -- autisitic savant --- someone is messing with you

check out -- Henriett Seth F. -- autisitc savant -- someone is messing with you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.170.141.38 (talk) 05:06, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

This is the Wikipedia:Help desk. While the Wikipedia 'Henriett Seth F.' page does have much room for improvement (desperately needs skilled style/format editing), the farce referred to above seems to regard the Wikia 'Henriett Seth F.', Autism Wiki page instead. --Kevjonesin (talk) 06:29, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Ext. link with troublesome character

I'm trying to link a reference in Beau Brummel (1924 film), but it looks like it's getting confused by the "|" character. Is there a solution? Clarityfiend (talk) 07:44, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

 Done Thanks. Clarityfiend (talk) 09:37, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Fixed Replace the vertical bar with {{!}} as I have done here --Ushau97 (talk) 09:39, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

I knew that worked for formatting, but didn't know it did for linking too. Clarityfiend (talk) 09:51, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Israel and the apartheid analogy 's page

Hello, Reading this page made me wonder: obviously this page had been edited many times before.. So why keeping it? Wikipedia is a source of information professional and formal information, and there nothing prof. and formal in this page it's simply confusing! Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.108.247.141 (talk) 07:49, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Comments to articles must be made on their associated talk pages, not the help desk. If you want to nominate a page for deletion, take it to WP:AFD. See WP:BEFORE before nominating, and see WP:AFDHOW on how to nominate a page for deletion --Ushau97 (talk) 09:47, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

What can I do about an article that seems more like an advertisement for a company than a valid article?

I've come across Diamond Pet Foods. It contains some very glowing language about the company, such as "...focused on providing the best nutrition for every pet, whether it was an expensive show animal or a child's free puppy or kitten." Sounds like marketing bullshit to me. I also wonder what makes a pet food company notable enough to deserve an article anyway. Where do I go with such concerns? HiLo48 (talk) 08:17, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Aside from some product recalls, it hasn't received any real media notice, which makes it a prime target for WP:Afd or WP:PROD. I'd go for the former myself, citing WP:NBUSINESS as justification. Afd is easy if you've got Twinkle or something similar installed, a pain in the neck to do manually. Clarityfiend (talk) 09:47, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

If you want to nominate it for Wiki-oblivion, I'd be happy to Afd it on your behalf. Clarityfiend (talk) 09:56, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Well, yes, it does seem the right path here. It's been around for a long time. It will be interesting to see the arguments in its defence. HiLo48 (talk) 11:47, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Thar she be: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2013 April 22#Diamond Pet Foods. Clarityfiend (talk) 11:58, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks HiLo48 (talk) 08:03, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Admission details

Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Calcutta spoken English learning because I'm trying to be admitted. Please tell me the admission date and details — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.241.253.114 (talk) 10:30, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 6 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. Keri (talk) 10:38, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

HELP!

I had uploaded an article for review that got deleted. It took me a lot of hard work to get the information of the subject together and the backup file is corrupted. Please help. Can I get my text back at least? PLEASE!

01:27, 18 April 2013 DGG (talk | contribs) deleted page Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/bKash (G8: Talk page of a deleted page) 01:26, 18 April 2013 DGG (talk | contribs) deleted page Wikipedia:Articles for creation/bKash (G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion: G6: AFC submission duplicated acroos both WIkipedia: and Wikipedia talk: and it should only be in Wikipedia talk: namespace)

Please help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BKashmarketing (talk • contribs) 10:46, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

There is anopther problem with the article also, most of it is copied word for word or with minor changes from http://www.bkash.com/about/company-profile and its subpages. GB fan 10:54, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

You have a strong conflict of interest and the article reads like advertising. See Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations. If you enable email at Special:Preferences then I can mail you a copy of the deleted text but it shouldn't be recreated with that content. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:15, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Regarding Title of my article iON Manufacturing Solution

Currently the title of my article is ION Manufacturing Solution. However I need i in iON small letter because it is brand name. Please do the needful. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chirantan Ghosh (talk • contribs) 11:10, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

The first letter of page names is automatically capitalized. I have added {{lowercase title}} which writes it lower case on the article page itself. In many other places like searches and categories it will always be capitalized. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:20, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

User:Chirantan Ghosh/sandbox is still a user space draft. If it is moved to mainspace, the appropriate coding explained by m'learned friend PrimeHunter can be added. At the moment, IMHO, the draft is far too promotional in tone to be moved to mainspace. Oops see below, was deleted from mainspace for this very reason--ukexpat (talk) 13:52, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Issues in Article

Hi, I am getting these errors

• This article appears to be written like an advertisement
• This article uses bare URLs for citations. (April 2013)

Please let me know how can I proceed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chirantan Ghosh (talk • contribs) 11:35, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

(Note: article is most likely ION_Manufacturing_Solution). CaptRik (talk) 11:45, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Please carefully read Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations. The article has a large amount of content that reads like an advert for the company's services rather than factual encyclopaedic content. Note that YouTube videos are not normally allowed as references either. Once you think the article is in a suitable state, you can remove the tags yourself indicating errors from the top of the article. Please note though, you may well have to remove quite a lot of the current article content first to meet the criteria needed. Please also pay attention to the notability criteria in that FAQ. If you can provide more third-party references that would help a lot. CaptRik (talk) 11:57, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

As well as reading like an advertisement, and failing to establish the company's notability, your article does not make it clear what the company makes or supplies. It starts "iON Manufacturing Solution is an integrated manufacturing ERP on Cloud", and continues like that, with a series of marketing buzzwords. A Wikipedia article should provide useful information about its subject. Maproom (talk) 13:48, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

And speaking of marketing buzzwords, please read WP:SOLUTION! --Orange Mike | Talk 18:26, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Otto Basler

I just wanted to tell you that your entry on the German philogist Otto Basler is not correct. Especially it's not true that he taught in Freiburg from 1952 on. Instead he taught at Munich University until 1959 and he became a honorary professor in freiburg after his retirement in Munich Best J. Moser — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.104.179.163 (talk) 12:43, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Do you have a reliable, independent source that says that? If so, it can be added to the article. Rojomoke (talk) 13:02, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

File not displaying

I'm missing something simple, but need someone's help to point it out. This image File:Reputation Advocate logo.png is identified as an orphan, yet I added it to Reputation Advocate (company). It isn't displaying in that article, but I do not know why.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 13:05, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

It was just a typo. -- John of Reading (talk) 13:08, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

...that's only fixed the "orphan" problem. I don't know why the servers can't resize the PNG though. -- John of Reading (talk) 13:11, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Heh, I considered that I had a typo in the name, and checked carefully and copy and pasted, so when I saw your response, my first thought was, did I really mess it up? But I see the problem, and glad I asked. Thank-you.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 13:14, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Strange citation error - still there

Resolved

I already asked this at Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2013 April 13#Strange citation error, but I still don't really know how to fix this. The problem is with the citation named HDEI. -- Toshio Yamaguchi 13:18, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Simply changing editor[1]-last to editor1-last also doesn't fix the problem. -- Toshio Yamaguchi 13:24, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

There are two problems: |editor[1]-last= should be |editor1-last=, |editor[1]-first= should be |editor1-first=, |editor[2]-last= should be |editor2-last=, etc.

|editor-last= and |editor1-last= are synonyms of each other. You need to renumber all of the editors as either editor-, editor2-, ... or as editor1-, editor2-, ...

Make sense?

—Trappist the monk (talk) 13:27, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Okay, I followed your advice and this change fixed it. I also see that this is what the documentation of {{Cite book}} says. Thank you. -- Toshio Yamaguchi 13:37, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Someone had updated the examples to show editor[n]-last, where [n] should have been replaced by a number. I fixed the documentation a few days ago after this popped up. --  Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 13:43, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Remove Deletion Tag

Danny Brown- producer-engineer-musician (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

I have included two references in my REFERENCES SECTION. I need to know how to remove the Deletion tag. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dbbubba01 (talk • contribs) 13:31, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

I see no valid references there. Please read citing sources for what counts as a valid citation. Maproom (talk) 13:36, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

photo? Jack Whicher or William Saville-Kent

The photo appears the same... Jack Whicher or William Saville-Kent — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.60.130.219 (talk) 00:11, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

FYI Questions left at the biography project, if they get answered at all, tend to languish there for days or weeks. Thus, I have moved this here as it seems to me that it is something we should clear up as quickly as possible. If there is a message board that would be even better than this one please feel free to move this thread there. Thanks for you time in looking into this. MarnetteD | Talk 14:05, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

File:Jack Whicher 1858.jpg comes from the Daily Fail Mail, so that probably weighs against it being accurate.--ukexpat (talk) 14:18, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Yes, I'd trust the National Library of Australia, especially since the image bears Saville-Kent's signature. Deor (talk) 15:02, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Note: I've gone ahead and nominated File:Jack Whicher 1858.jpg for deletion at Wikipedia:Files for deletion/2013 April 22. Deor (talk) 15:47, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for taking care of that. The rules about pics are beyond me so I really appreciate your getting the process in motion. Also Daily Fail is a good chuckle to get my Monday going. Cheers. MarnetteD | Talk 15:53, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Category name reserved characters

Where can I find a list of characters that should not be included in category names?

—Trappist the monk (talk) 15:22, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

I'm not aware that there are any such characters. Afaik, category names basically follow the same rules as article titles. They should simply be a descriptive phrase, so there's no need for any characters other than letters and digits anyway. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 15:26, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. I'm particularly interested in using a colon so that the category name is short and clear. The colon will help. Technical restrictions for article names are listed at WP:NCTR.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 16:19, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Category names are page names and the same limitations apply. Colons are possible, for example in Category:Avatar: The Last Airbender. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:33, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Excellent, thank you.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 17:11, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Company profile getting deleted

I have seen many factual pages on companies, their history, accomplishments, etc. When I try to create one about my company, the page is deleted or I am promptly stopped. Can you please tell me what the channels and content restrictions are for creating a company fact page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mschena (talk • contribs) 15:47, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Without knowing what article you are referring to I can only speculate - I think at least part of the problem stems from your misconception that Wikipedia has "company profiles" - we most definitely do not do "profiles" - we have encyclopedic articles about notable subjects. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 15:52, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Do WP:CORP and WP:COI answer your questions? --ColinFine (talk) 16:52, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

And also see WP:PROMOTION for further information on why you can find yourself promptly stopped. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:29, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

share an artical

I want to share an article I found in wikipedia with a colleague via email — Preceding unsigned comment added by Judyatknema (talk • contribs) 16:26, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

You can copy-paste the url from the browser address bar and mail that.

Sharebox is a script that reorders your toolbox. It adds new buttons that make it easier to mail, print or share an article on Facebook or another linksharing service. You must have an account to add Sharebox to the sidebar. See User:TheDJ/Sharebox for more information. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:29, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

References

<ref>http://marathimovieworld.com/interviews/chinmay-udgirkar-interview.php</ref>
<ref>http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-10-08/style-guide/31382818_1_glitz-and-glamour-perfect-date-pair-of-blue-denims</ref>
<ref>http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-19/news-interviews/35913122_1_marathi-film-chinmay-udgirkar-shyamchi-aai</ref>

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Gayatri Deshmukh (talk • contribs) 17:11, 22 April 2013‎

Chinmay Udgirkar (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

I suggest you take a look at Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners. -- John of Reading (talk) 18:02, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Issue with page

There is a page- Suburban Express, which use to have a paragraph called "controversies" which link to several articles such as this- http://www.dailyillini.com/news/campus/article_026b7ab0-a89e-11e2-a046-001a4bcf6878.html. Why was it removed? Several individuals think the owner of the Suburban Express removed it to hide the bad reputation. It needs to go back on. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.222.212.164 (talk) 17:44, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

There is discussion of this on that article's talk page. That is the correct place to continue this discussion. RJFJR (talk) 18:03, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

International broadcast

Heya, I lurk on a bunch of television articles, and was hoping to get some clarification on the inclusion of International broadcast tables, preferably from someone with some familiarity editing TV articles. WP:MOS:TV seems to say fairly unambiguously, albeit briefly, that listing every channel a show is aired on, is discouraged. And when I see a list like this I shudder. If the show is produced in an English-speaking country, should we be chopping these lists down to include only English-speaking countries that air the show? It seems that WP:MOS:TV is specifically encouraging this. Thanks! Cyphoidbomb (talk) 18:20, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

I can't think of any valid reason to "privilege" English speaking countries over others like that. This is the Wikipedia written in the English language, it is not the Wikipedia only for stuff that happens in English speaking countries. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 18:29, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

I've purged the whole damned thing, with a wikilink to WP:MOS:TV. You'll have to monitor it to make sure the mess doesn't re-appear. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:33, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

I appreciate the assist. Do you by any chance know where I could find dialogue about this subject? I tried poking around the archives at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Television but couldn't find anything. I'm interested in getting the backstory behind this guideline. Thanks! Cyphoidbomb (talk) 18:41, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Need help in resolving an issue.

Greetings, I'm trying to help an established Russian theater director edit his wikipedia page. Since my English is better than my Russian, I have decided to post my question here. Basically, the article contains a "Proposed deletion process" tag. In the discussion, person A states, "Relevance?", and person B responds with a link containing a great number of online articles, etc, suggesting that the person in question is indeed important enough to have his own wikipedia page. This discussion took place last year, but the tag is still there and no further progress has been made. How would I go about removing this tag? Thanks! Ikalnitsky

The page in question: link. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ikalnitsky (talk • contribs) 18:36, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

We can't help you with articles on the Russian Wikipedia, they have their own rules and procedures. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 18:45, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Interlanguage links

I'm a highly experienced editor, but here's something I'm unclear on. I know that interwiki links are now supposed to be handled using WikiData, but if somebody adds such a link to an article in the old way, what should I do about it? Revert it? Leave it for a bot to handle? Fix it somehow? Looie496 (talk) 19:57, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

If the interwiki link is already contained in the Wikidata item, just revert/remove it and notify the user who added it. If it isn't, you should first ensure that it's a correct link, and then add it to the Wikidata item before removing it. FrigidNinja 20:14, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. If you could glance at Treatment-resistant depression and verify that I migrated the link to ru correctly, I'd be grateful. Regards, Looie496 (talk) 20:37, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Looks right to me. I added a description and a couple of statements to the Wikidata entry. --ColinFine (talk) 22:36, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Clarify rail article

Maple Leaf (train) mentions that it is a Codeshare agreement and is blue linked in the lead. The codeshare agreement article mentions air-rail but not rail-rail agreements. Should I bring this up in the rail projects? They may be not very active nor interested though. Another place may be ref desk. Out of my field or I would fix. File:Railcu.svg is the best map we have if any are curious.--Canoe1967 (talk) 20:28, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Cross posted at the rail project.--Canoe1967 (talk) 16:23, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

New page patrolling toolbar

Heya there. I sometimes like to check out the new pages feed, and when I would click Review, it'd show the article with a pretty sidebar on the right with some nifty tools for tagging, etc. I guess I clicked on the X and can't seem to figure out how to get it back. Anyone know? Thanks! — MusikAnimal ^talk 20:50, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

When you click out of the toolbar, a link should appear in your toolbox, on the left hand side of the page, that says "Curate this article". When you click on that the toolbar should reappear. Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 22:21, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Tada!! Thank you kind sir — MusikAnimal ^talk 23:09, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Uploading a picture.

How do I upload a picture of a portrait painted by Adriaen Hanneman. It is a portrait of my ancestor painted by Hanneman and it had to be painted after about 1625 through 1630. Because hanneman was not born until 1603. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dktumlinson (talk • contribs) 22:22, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Upload seems to be the most stable over there and tag it with: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:PD-Art-100 You can contact me over there if you need help.--Canoe1967 (talk) 22:44, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

(e/c)

1. Go to the Wikimedia Commons
2. Sign up for an account.
3. Click "upload file" (which will bring you here) and follow the prompts.
4. I suggest you look at this existing upload of a painting by this artist to use as a guide for what information and licensing you might include. Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 22:46, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

The upload wizard has been acting up lately so if that fails use the special upload that I linked above. Help desk over their can help you locate any images that may be the same as yours. Are they in http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Adriaen_Hanneman yet and are your versions better?--Canoe1967 (talk) 00:32, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Need for references within section that has a main article

Ok another question, when a section of an article has a main article (e.g. with Template:Main), assuming this main article covers the same material and is well sourced, is it acceptable to omit references? I'm almost certain I read a WP namespaced article stating this is NOT ok, but I can't find it... Personally, as a reader I think it looks bad to omit references under any justification. Thanks! — MusikAnimal ^talk 23:20, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Definitely not okay. Each article and its content must stand on its own. This was discussed recently (or close enough) here: Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 103#Citations on linked pages. Note that every person who was on the other side didn't have a leg to stand on, though they might not agree:-)--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 00:47, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

You have to remember that Wikipedia pages can be ported to other sites, with or without other articles. --  Gadget850 ^talk 12:15, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Cool that's what I thought. But isn't there an article from Wikipedia that covers this? For example a page similar to Wikipedia:Citing_sources? I've seen it before, searched around and could't find it. I was recently in this debate, and linking to an official WP article would have put an end to it. E.g. edit summary adding ref per WP:SOMETHING. Thanks again — MusikAnimal ^talk 14:56, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

If there is I haven't found it but the clear implication of WP:INTEGRITY speaks to the issue. If we need to be careful in a single article that the placement of the source allows our readers to verify the content, then perforce, the extreme remove of hoping a reader somehow will find the sourcing of the same or similar content in a separate article is woefully inadequate to maintain source integrity.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 19:08, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

April 23

Posting pictures

Ive been autoconfirmed but im not sure how to upload pictures. Can somebody explain? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pk10534 (talk • contribs) 00:26, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

See instructions two sections above.--Canoe1967 (talk) 00:29, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Or put another way:

• If you want to upload an image from your computer for use in an article, you must determine the proper license of the image (or whether it is in the public domain). If you know the image is public domain or copyrighted but under a suitable free-license, upload it to the Wikimedia Commons instead of here, so that all projects have access to the image (sign up). If you are unsure of the licensing status, see the file upload wizard for more information. Please also read Wikipedia's image use policy.
• If you want to add an image that has already been uploaded to Wikipedia or Wikimedia Commons, add [[File:File name.jpg|thumb|Caption text]] to the area of the article where you want the image to appear – replacing File name.jpg with the actual file name of the image, and Caption text with a short description of the image. See our picture tutorial for more information. I hope this helps.Template:Z40--ukexpat (talk) 13:27, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Wikilink embedded in URL title interacting poorly with Template:Lang

I don't know what is making this happen, but there is a "wikilink embedded in URL title" error appearing in Administrative divisions of Murmansk Oblast even though there is no explicit wikilink in the reference. There is a {{lang|ru}} template in a reference, which appears to automatically insert "[[Category:Articles containing Russian language text]]" into the reference's URL. I don't know how to fix this. It looks like this category insertion is done by Template:Lang. I'm guessing that someone needs to tell the Category to attach itself to the article but not display in the reference. Or something. Jonesey95 (talk) 04:30, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

More examples of this problem in articles tagged with other languages using template:lang: Ah Boys to Men, Aappilattoq, Kujalleq, Brandenburg Gate, Bozdağ. This problem spans many, if not all, languages. Jonesey95 (talk) 05:30, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

{{lang}} should not be used in |title= when |url= is used in the citation because |url= and {{lang}} are competing to the same resource (|title=). Additionally, and perhaps more importantly, the contents of |title= are passed out of the citation in WP:COinS metadata for use by external referencing tools. Including {{lang}} in |title= corrupts that data because Category:Articles containing Russian language text is not part of the cited work's title. The |title= parameter of that particular citation should be rewritten from:

|title={{lang|ru|Население отдельных национальностей по возрастным группам и полу по субъектам Российской Федерации}} (''Population by nationality, by age group and sex, by the federal subjects of Russia'')

to:

|title=Население отдельных национальностей по возрастным группам и полу по субъектам Российской Федерации

|trans-title=Population by nationality, by age group and sex, by the federal subjects of Russia

—Trappist the monk (talk) 10:45, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

The linked help page should have explained this. Did it help? --  Gadget850 ^talk 12:14, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, that is helpful. I edited the error explanation and instructions for fixing the error. The downside to losing {{lang}} is that the article drops out of the Category:Articles containing Russian language text. I suppose that's not the end of the world. Jonesey95 (talk) 16:09, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Create drop-down definitions for each link on a page

Hi,

I believe that allowing users to toggle drop-down-definitions for all links, would save energy and time spent researching. "Drop-down-definitions" would alter all links to other pages on a page so that a short 1 sentence definition drops down and allows the user to read it, then open the link to learn more if they want to. If this were in place, time would not be wasted waiting for the new tabbed webpage to open.

Thanks,

Helpless helper — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.45.76.215 (talk) 05:37, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

I suggest that you register an account here. Then click "Preferences" near the top right of any page, select its "Gadgets" tab, and enable "Navigation popups". This does something like what you have asked for. Maproom (talk) 06:01, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Pornography in Ecuador

Heading added by --ColinFine (talk) 11:58, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

The Information of this page: Editing Pornography by region (section) in Latin America, about Ecuador it is wrong, since The National Laws in Ecuador is encouraging about mental health of people. And prohibites those kinds of acts. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 118.7.109.241 (talk) 09:33, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

If you have information cited to a reliable source that can improve an article - in this case Pornography by region#Latin America, you are welcome to edit the article and add it. The current claim in the in the article cites a report from 2007 which says "Según la legislación Nacional la pornografía no es ilegal siempre y cuando no se vean inmiscuidos menores de edad." Are you saying that this is no longer true? If so, you need to cite a reliable source that says that the law has changed. In any case, the talk page Talk:Pornography by region is a better place to discuss it than here. --ColinFine (talk) 12:18, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

I'd suggest Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Pornography and Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ecuador as well. --NaBUru38 (talk) 22:52, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Gallery in a file page

A page in file space has just been created: File:Horned God and Mother Goddess (Doreen Valiente's Altar).jpg. Clicking "edit" shows that the contents is:

<gallery>
File:Christ jaypeg Pantheism.jpeg
</gallery>

Presumably that page is junk and should be speedied? I'm hoping someone who understands such things will handle it! Johnuniq (talk) 10:10, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

I have tagged it for CSD F2. -- John of Reading (talk) 10:20, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Zapped. Bencherlite^Talk 10:26, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Triadelphia Reservoir

You missed spelled Triadelphia (Lake and Reservoir) in the body of your article

The article is stating that it is sometimes called Tridelphia Lake or Resevoir (without the "a"). See the USGS page for it http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:4157162706837895::NO::P3_FID:594227 GB fan 10:47, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

It is clear from the various sources cited that both spellings are in use. --ColinFine (talk) 12:22, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Problem with cite patent

Resolved

I want to cite patent no. D307,923 in USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) (cite number 4). I used {{cite patent}} to do this, but the link doesn't seem to work. How exactly do I need to format this so that the link will be working? -- Toshio Yamaguchi 12:04, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Probably best to use {{cite web}} because the link that you've provided is to uspto.gov and {{cite patent}} is a single source citation to espacenet.com.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 12:24, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

That patent number doesn't seem to be available in the espacenet.com database.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 12:33, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Seems you are correct and there is simply no entry for the patent in the database. I reformatted it as a web citation here which works. Thank you. -- Toshio Yamaguchi 12:44, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Disambiguating Lalang

Resolved

I received this message from a bot, stating that the wikilink Lalang in List of islands of the Federated States of Micronesia points to a dab page. Should I disambiguate this as Lalang, Micronesia or Lalang (island)? -- Toshio Yamaguchi 12:26, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Lalang (island). PrimeHunter (talk) 13:48, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Done. Thanks. -- Toshio Yamaguchi 15:47, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

For the sake of completeness I've created a redirect - Lalang, Micronesia to Lalang (island), but as you can see it's still a redlink. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 22:33, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Toshio said nothing about creating an article but just wanted a redlink to point at in a list. We don't make redirects to redlinks. It gives the false impression that an article exists when people see a blue link to the redirect. I have deleted Lalang, Micronesia per WP:CSD#G8. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:19, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Did I set up this RFC correctly?

Hi, I initiated an RFC on a talk page where a converstion had already started. Did I format it right, by moving the conversation to a sub-section below (so that the rfc bot doesn't pick up all the conversation and paste it on the RFC board)? Thanks. CaptainScreebo ^Parley! 12:40, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Changes to the title for an entry that is already approved.

Hi I need to change the title from «The Cartagene Biobank Project» to «Cartagene biobank» The weblink: The CARTaGENE Biobank Project. I made an edit this morning but the change does not yet appear. Am i doing something wrong. Thanks

Cag-anjos (talk) 13:19, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

You change the title of a page by moving it to a new title. There's a picture at right that shows how to do that. You can read more about it at Wikipedia:Moving a page.--Jayron32 13:22, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

"Born Freak" artist Article

Can you please look into this article, I try to get it working but doesn't work, can you create this article for me? I added a new section in the article since last. I have tried to fix this for a long time but I cant get it working, can you please look into this and get it working. I include the text and the code at the bottom of this.

copyvio text removed. Bencherlite^Talk 14:37, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.1.248.235 (talk • contribs) 13:43, 23 April 2013‎ (UTC)

Please don't post an entire article content here. Just provide a link. I see that you put content at Talk:Born freak, though it may be deleted from there as the corresponding article has three times been deleted and talk pages for non-existant articles don't usually survive. If you want to improve it, why not do so at Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Born Freak? - David Biddulph (talk) 14:26, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

In particular, please don't post copyright violations either at the help desk or elsewhere. I have deleted the talk page for that and other reasons, and echo David Biddulph's suggestion that you work at improving Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Born Freak instead. You will need to show, in your own words but using reliable sources as backup, that this person is notable enough to have an article about him on Wikipedia. At present, I'm not convinced. Bencherlite^Talk 14:37, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

I would like to add that the content you (editor at IP 82.1.248.235) are attempting to submit is full of promotional language and "peacock" phrases that make the article unsuitable for Wikipedia. "He is the latest rising star making waves", for example, would never make the cut as it doesn't fit a neutral tone. Also it's a mixed metaphor, but that's another issue.  :) Cyphoidbomb (talk) 17:17, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

I recommend you read our article "Up-and-coming next big thing". --Orange Mike | Talk 15:14, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Before I go steaming in head first into WP:ANI and make an ass of myself,

is there anything wrong with removing notifications from your talk page like Template:Uw-editsummary?--Launchballer 15:04, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

There is not...but it's also not very likely to be an ANI issue either way... --Onorem♠Dil 15:08, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Light Editing

I want to do light Wikipedia editing, (spelling, links, grammar.etc) is there a page I can access displaying articles in need of this type of assistance? Tradereddy (talk) 15:13, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Database reports might be a good start. -- Toshio Yamaguchi 15:52, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Also see WP:COPYEDITORS which should give you plenty of tips and means of finding articles that need attention. CaptRik (talk) 16:18, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

See WP:TYPO. The typo team page. It has links to common mispellings, hints on how to find typos to fix, etc. RudolfRed (talk) 20:16, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Editing User Name

I just launched a page for our non-profit, Serve & Protect, choosing the username ServeProtect. The organizational name should be what shows. Can I change the username to Serve & Protect? — Preceding unsigned comment added by ServeProtect (talk • contribs) 15:53, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Both usernames may be considered a violation of Wikipedia:Username policy. See: Wikipedia:Changing username before an admin blocks your account. It may get changed faster if they do block you first though.--Canoe1967 (talk) 16:10, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Current name is a violation of WP:CORPNAME and the proposed one would be too.--ukexpat (talk) 16:34, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

(edit conflict) I don't know what you mean by "launched a page". You have created a user account User:ServeProtect, and used it to ask the question above. You have not created a Wikipedia article, and there is no Wikipedia article named ServeProtect.

As you are connected with "Serve & Protect", you are strongly advised against involvement with any article about it: please read Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest. Maproom (talk) 16:15, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

The various replies above, though all follow Wikipedia policies, may come across as a bit hostile, so I wanted to explain what is going on in a slightly more friendly way. It sounds as if what you are trying to do is to promote your organisation on Wikipedia. Doing so, in any form, is not allowed (and it makes no difference whether the organisation is commercial or not, or whether it is worthy or thoroughly objectionable), and denizens of Wikipedia sometimes get annoyed when people try to do it. So corporate usernames, articles that are promotional in tone, articles edited by people closely associated with the topic, and articles on subjects which are too new to have earned much recognition in reliable sources such as newspapers, are all unlikely to be accepted. You are very welcome to stay and contribute to Wikipedia on other subjects, using a different username. --ColinFine (talk) 22:53, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

IICI

Approximately three weeks ago I submitted an article on the Institute for International Crimial Investigations (IICI), but to date it has not appeared in Wikipedia. When I enter "IICI" or the full title in the search box, I am referred to an article on the International Criminal Court, a different entity.

Your assistance would be appreciated.

R McGrath — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rmmcgrath (talk) 17:36, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

I cannot find a draft in user space or at WP:AFC with that title. Do you remember where you created the draft?--ukexpat (talk) 18:03, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

(edit conflict)The draft is still sitting in your user sandbox at User:Rmmcgrath/sandbox. There is a feedback there from the "Articles for Creation" process, to explain why it wasn't accepted. Normally the editor who conducted that review would have informed you on your user talk page, and I'm not sure why in this case this was not done. If you want to see what edits you have conducted, you can find them at Special:Contributions/Rmmcgrath. - David Biddulph (talk) 18:07, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

User with an agenda

It seems to me that 3dconversion3d has a history of adding advertising for their own company and, on at least one occasion, removing competition from the 2D to 3D conversion page. I do not know how to proceed, but would like to bring it to someone's attention. These questionable edits seem to be interspersed with valid attempts at improving the article. LethargicParasite (talk) 22:02, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

I clicked around randomly and somehow ended up putting up an appropriate warning on their talk page that explains why I undid their revision. I don't know if further steps should be taken. LethargicParasite (talk) 22:17, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

The username and the series of promotional edits are a violation of the username policy. I've reported them to WP:UAA, which can also be done with Twinkle. FrigidNinja 22:48, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

The UAA case was closed as not blatant[1], and was defered to WP:COIN. In addition to posting over at COIN, I have just written a custom notice for the user on their talk page which should help out. Message me on my talk page if you continue to see abuse, and i'll also try to keep an eye on it. Tiggerjay (talk) 03:52, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Citing a poster

I would like to know how to cite information from a poster hanging on a wall.

Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ilobaina (talk • contribs) 23:27, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

I guess {{Cite}} would work using as many of the full parameters as you can.--ukexpat (talk) 00:43, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

{{Cite sign}} might be slightly more specific for your need. Tiggerjay (talk) 03:30, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

I'm a little surprised that that template exists. In most cases, I would not have thought that a citation from a poster would be acceptable, because in a week or a month or a year the poster will have gone, and there is no way that a reader could find and consult it. --ColinFine (talk) 08:57, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

April 24

Change the title of my wikipage/article

I created a page but the title comes up as User:Emlynjm/Jhubei FC. How do I get rid of the USER:Emlynjm?

Thanks very much.

Emlyn — Preceding unsigned comment added by Emlynjm (talk • contribs) 00:26, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

At the moment you have created a draft article in a user subpage. In order for it to be an article (without the "user" bit) it will have to be moved to the main space. However, the subject does not appear to meet the inclusion guidelines for sports teams which you will find at WP:NSPORT - in brief, only teams that play in professional leagues meet the criteria.--ukexpat (talk) 00:39, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

I suggest you read Wikipedia:Starting an article. --ColinFine (talk) 09:00, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

wiki on Rae Sunshine Lee

Hi, I was wondering why there is no wiki page on Rae Sunshine Lee. You have her referenced on the pilot episode she did with John C. Riley called Check It Out With Dr./ Steven Brule here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Check_It_Out!,_With_Steve_Brule but there is no other info on her. She played the waitress, Sunshine. She's done a whole lot more than that and I was wondering if there is ever going to be a wiki page on her. Her first television appearance was in 1962, on Bozo The Clown. She is listed on the imdb. I realize I wrote in third person. Habit, sorry about that. I am Rae Sunshine Lee and I was wondering how to get the wiki people to do a wiki page on me. Thanx so much for any help you can be. Peace Rae Sunshine Lee — Preceding unsigned comment added by Raemblee (talk • contribs) 02:32, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

You need to be notable. See WP:BIO for the guideline on that. If you meet that criteria, you can request an article at WP:RA RudolfRed (talk) 03:19, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

There is a specific subset of notability criteria specifically for actors at WP:NACTOR which could help you determine if you qualify for a biography on the English Wikipedia. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 14:28, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

uploading images

i uploaded a photo but gave the wrong source,how do i fix this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jamaican college grad (talk • contribs) 03:31, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Just edit it here CTF83! 03:36, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

I have tagged it for deletion. CC-BY-NC-SA 2.0 is not an acceptable license as it does not permit commercial use.--ukexpat (talk) 16:12, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Pigeons (?)

Header inserted by ColinFine (talk) 09:02, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

breedings of old cropper piegion\ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.206.45.139 (talk) 07:26, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Hello. I'm not sure what you are asking, but I think it must be about breeds of pigeon. If so, please be aware that this help desk is for information about editing Wikipedia. I suggest you look at the article pigeon, and if that doesn't help, you can ask your question at the Wikipedia:Reference desk/Science - but please make it a bit clearer what you are asking if you do that. --ColinFine (talk) 09:04, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

List of pigeon breeds. 41 croppers are listed. The ones in blue text link to articles.--Canoe1967 (talk) 10:01, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Crawford Alchemy Blueprint of Operational Excellence

The editor has asked for more references to my article above which I have now applied.

I cannot see how to re-submit for the editor.

Please advise how to do.

Thank you.

John Crawford — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikichange12 (talk • contribs) 09:22, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

I assume you are talking about Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Crawford Alchemy Blueprint for Operational Excellence. The submitted article was declined because it did not establish its subject's notability. Notability is established by providing reliable sources that are independent of the subject - your own publications and website do not meet this requirement. Also, if you are the creator of the methodology described in the article then you almost certainly should not be writing a Wikipedia article about it - see our conflict of interest guideline. Gandalf61 (talk) 10:23, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Image check

Hi, Can someone check if File:The_Smiler.png is actually released under cc 1.0 for me please - As it is released on Twitter, I am not sure. I would, but I'm currently behind a filter blocking me from social media sites..... Mdann52 (talk) 10:14, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

That file is hosted on Wikimedia Commons and thus this issue needs to be dealt with over there. Commons:License review is the place to go. -- Toshio Yamaguchi 12:51, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

What? This was a simple "hey can you check the source" request, and we're quite competent to answer it here. It wasn't a "fix this" or something else that needed someone with a Commons account. Mdann — I can't find anything discussing licensing, so I doubt that the license is valid. Nyttend (talk) 16:06, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Agreed. I admit this was a misjudgement on my part. I don't see evidence on the Twitter page that the image has been released under that license. A search via tineye.com also doesn't turn up another version of the image which could be used to verify that it has been released under the stated license. -- Toshio Yamaguchi 18:09, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Anonymous (group)

First, Anonymous is not a GROUP, it's a collective. And i want you to change that incorrectness...

thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Calisto.Arche (talk • contribs) 11:18, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

The way to change an article is to start a discussion on the article's talk page. In this case you can go to Talk:Anonymous (group) and start a discusion there and explain what should be changed and why you feel it should be changed. GB fan 13:00, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

A collective is a group isn't it? Or at least that's what I thought... Thanks ツ Jenova20 ^(email) 13:19, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

A collective is a group with common goals and values (see p.5 of [2] for a good definition). Not every group is a collective, however. -- Toshio Yamaguchi 13:43, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Whatever the respective definitions say, "group" is perfectly OK for disambiguation purposes.--ukexpat (talk) 16:20, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Editing an article

hi I created a page some weeks ago. it has been published on Wikipedia but there is some alarms above the page about its references. I fixed the references but that comments still is above the page. what can I do? thanks Negar61 (talk) 14:46, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

(Seems to refer to System Group. RJFJR (talk) 15:36, 24 April 2013 (UTC))

If you believe you have addressed the issues satisfactorily, you are welcome to remove the maintenance templates from the beginning of the article: it does not happen automatically. I can't read Farsi, so I cannot evaluate the references, but on the surface they would appear to be reliable sources, and if so, the issues raised have been addressed. --ColinFine (talk) 16:41, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

thanks for your responce

Negar61 (talk) 08:26, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

Problems when I log in

Occasionally, when I log in to Wikipedia, I get a red tag which says "there was a problem with your logging in". What is the best thing to do in this instance? Many thanks in advance for any feedback, ACEOREVIVED (talk) 15:55, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

It might be an error generated by the MediaWiki Authentication System. I can't say anything more specific, since I've never seen that error myself and cannot find the displayed tag on MediaWiki. I don't know whether this is documented somewhere. It might be the error message displayed described at the 8th bullet point, where the session referenced by the token doesn't match the actual session, though that is just a guess on my part. -- Toshio Yamaguchi 19:09, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

I need help with a page i created!

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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Hello! I am a first time wikipedia user and am having trouble with my submissions. They keep getting rejected! Can someone help me out and break down exactly what I'm doing wrong?? Here is a link to one of my pages: Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/BPN

Your help is GREATLY APPRECIATED!— Preceding unsigned comment added by Abrusovanik (talk • contribs)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Kahil EL Zabar

Hi Wikipedia, I noticed as a explored your page of African American Drummers you seem to miss or over look the esteemed Kahil EL Zabar from Chicago. Please research this music icon,as he should be added to your list. He has made many major contributions to music in his almost 60 years of age and it needs to be recognized. Regards,

Cheryl Reese — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:BC52:D2E0:C49F:4797:58B0:7ADD (talk) 18:07, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

You mean this guy? --Drm310 (talk) 18:57, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Don Albinson

Header added by ColinFine (talk) 21:46, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

THIS IS THE TEXT - HOW DO I INCLUDE PHOTOS AND FORMAT THIS TO LOOK LIKE THE TYPICAL ENTRY???

Text for an article, I think

Don Albinson From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (on right side with photo): Don Albinson Photo Born November 17, 1921 Sparta, MI Died November 17, 2008 Minneapolis, MN Nationality American Industrial Design Career Contributed to multiple significant Herman Miller projects while in the Eames office, 1946-1959 Knoll 1601 Stack Chair, 1965 Westinghouse Office Seating Line, 1974 DoMore Neo 7 landscape system, 1984 Albi stack chair, Fixtures 1987 Stylex Bounce stack chair, 1997 Don Charles Albinson (November 22, 1921 – November 17, 2008) was an American industrial designer who made many contributions to the world of modern furniture. He worked with Charles and Ray Eames for 13 years, helping develop many of the seminal Herman Miller furniture pieces from the mid century – the bent plywood chair, the fiberglass shell chair, the aluminum group set, and the Eames Lounge chair, to name a few. He later developed the Knoll Stack chair, the Westinghouse office line, an update to the DoMore Series 7 landscape system named Neo 7, the Albi stack chair for Fixtures, and the Bounce chair for Stylex. Biography Albinson was born in 1921 in Sparta, MI and raised in Detroit, MI. He attended Cranbrook Academy of Art in 1939, where he met Charles Eames, Ray Kaiser, Harry Bertoia, Eliel and Eero Saarinen, Ralph Rapson and other luminaries. He also met his future wife, Nancy Blair Wilcox, at Cranbrook as well. He worked with Charles Eames and Eero Saarinen on the prototypes for the award-winning Eames – Saarinen designs for the 1941 Organic Design in Home Furnishings competition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. He was drafted and served as a pilot in World War II. Upon returning from the war, he moved the family to Los Angeles to work in the Eames office. He worked in the Eames Office from 1946 – 1959. He was the lead designer for the 13 years he worked in the office. During his years with Eames, Albinson was directly involved with the development and production of iconic Eames furniture designs such as the molded plywood screen, the dining chair with metal legs (DCM), the Aluminum Group Chair, and several other products on which he shared more than a dozen patents with Eames. He also helped with the construction the Eames Case Study House in Pacific Palisades in 1949, as well as the Max DePree house in Zeeland, MI, along with numerous other furniture and film projects. In 1964 Albinson moved the family to southeastern Pennsylvania; he had been offered the position of Design Director for Knoll, in East Greenville, Pennsylvania. He was tasked with getting a number of challenging projects into production, as well as given the opportunity to shepherd his own chair design into production, the iconic 1601 stacking chair. Knoll introduced the stacking chair in 1965 and it won the AID Award in 1967. He was Design Director from 1964 - 1971; during his tenure he put into production such seminal furniture pieces as the Pollack Executive chair, the Platner steel wire Lounge collection, the Don Petitt chair, and many others. He was the Design Director at Knoll until 1971. After that time, he became an independent consultant, designing projects for Westinghouse, Domore, Stylex and Fixtures. In 1974 Westinghouse introduced the ASD Group of office seating, and it remained a very successful line for many years. In 1984 he redesigned the DoMore Series 7 landscape furniture system, rebranding it the Neo 7 System. The Albi stack chair was introduced by Fixtures in 1987, and continued to be in production some 25 years later. The final contract furniture project was a stack chair for Stylex, the Bounce chair, introduced in 1997 and still in production through 2013. In 1977 the Allentown (Pennsylvania) Art Museum featured an exhibition of Albinson’s furniture designs. In 2005 he donated his design archive to the Special Collections Department at Stanford University. Don was always curious about the mechanics of things, and approached each project with an element of curiosity, research and engineering, ultimately weaving those elements into the aesthetics of the specific challenge. He mentored and influenced many young designers, and his legacy touched many lives, in a truly positive way. A scholarship was set up in 2013 at Cranbrook Academy of Art, in Bloomfield Hills, MI, rewarding a deserving 3D Design student in the MFA program with a scholarship each year to provide financial assistance. It was the final and fitting gesture to bring everything full circle. His career efforts have been highlighted in a growing number of books. The following are just a few of the books in which he has been featured: Eames Design; Marilyn and John Neuhart and Ray Eames, 1989 The Story of Eames Furniture ; Marilyn and John Neuhart, 2010 Eero Saarinen, Furniture for Everyman; Brian Lutz, 2012 The Eames Lounge Chair: An Icon of Modern Design; Martin Eidelberg, Thomas Hine, Pat Kirkham, David A. Hanks, C. Ford Peatross, 2006 The Story of the DePree House, Designed by Charles Eames; Max DePree, 2012 Charles and Ray Eames, Designers of the Twentieth Century; Pat Kirkham, 1995 Knoll Design; Eric Larrabee and Massimo Vignelli, 1981

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Balbinson (talk • contribs) 19:24, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Hi. Thank you for contributing, but this isn't the place to create an article, and Wikipedia has a lot of requirements before an article is acceptable; it also has its own way of formatting information, called Wiki markup, that must be used. I can see that you have put some effort into writing an article, but Wikipedia requires everything in an article that isn't common knowledge to be referenced to reliable sources. Please start by reading WP:Your first article, and follow the advice there. And judging by your user name, you also need to read about our policy on conflict of interest. Sorry. --ColinFine (talk) 21:46, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Link from a reference to a collapsed table

Is it possible to automatically show a table which is by default collapsed upon clicking on a reference linking back to the hidden text? For example, in the article European Patent Convention, there are four notes in the "Notes" section. These four notes originate from a table which is by default collapsed. It would be nice to automatically "open" the collapsed table when clicking on the links from the "Notes" section. Thanks for any hint... --Edcolins (talk) 19:43, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

I am not aware of any way to do this, and is one of the limitations of using collapsible tables. It might be something to submit to Wikimedia as a feature enhancement. Tiggerjay (talk) 14:52, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Verifying permission to use uploaded images ?

I have found some images on Flickr which I want to add to the Wellsville,Ohio page. I have contacted the owners of these images via Email and I have been given permission to use them. When I upload them to Wikipedia:En how do I verify that I have permission to use them ? Thank you FDLeyda (talk) 20:27, 24 April 2013 (UTC) FDLeyda

It is not sufficient that they give permission to use them on Wikipedia: they must agree to license them under one of the copyleft licences that are acceptable to Wikipedia (which allow them to be used for any purpose as long as they are properly attributed). The details, and the procedure they should follow, are at WP:Donating copyright materials. --ColinFine (talk) 21:51, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

How do I flag?

Hi there. I was wondering how to flag an article for deletion. I came across a page called 'National anti pudge association' and it does not seem to meet Wikipedia's criteria for notability. Any advice for how to handle this sort of thing?Dignifiedrice (talk) 21:13, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

There are several different procedures, depending on how likely anybody is to contest the deletion. The details are in WP:Deletion policy. There is a tool you can install called Twinkle, which makes the process much easier to initiate. --ColinFine (talk) 21:54, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

National anti pudge association has been speedily deleted as vandalism.--ukexpat (talk) 15:21, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

TOC links to a collapsed section

Is there any way to have a collaped section link the table of contents of an article? I've been working on alcohol laws of New Jersey, which is today's feature article, and there is a section with collapsed tables that we want to link to the table of contents. The TOC list the tables, but it's a dead link. DavidinNJ (talk) 22:09, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Hey David. I added {{anchors}} in between each collapse segment, using the same name as the section header collapsed below it (diff). Looks like it's linking fine now. Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 04:23, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Fuhghettaboutit, That works really well. Thanks for your help. DavidinNJ (talk) 13:26, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

April 25

SPCFI

i want to post a comprehensive article or info about our school so that it will appear everytime they will search for it..

how? — Preceding unsigned comment added by SPCFI (talk • contribs) 02:12, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

First, determine if your school is notable, by reading WP:ORG. If it is, then you can submit a request at WP:RA. You should avoid creating the article yourself, do the the conflict of interest. Also, I left a note on your talk page, since your username appears to not be within Wikipedia rules. RudolfRed (talk) 03:06, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Fernanda Romero - biased article

Dear Wikipedia, its of our interest to remove the IMMIGRATION ISSUES section under the Fernanda Romero article. Because these issues were already resolved and the case was a MISTRAIL http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20015707-504083.html http://www.tmz.com/2010/07/06/fernanda-romero-markus-klinko-michael-ball-rock-and-republic/ we have the evidence to support these facts. We suspect someone is trying to hold on to false accusations and to these scheme. We believe that wikipedia should be objective and neutral and not permit these types of acusations and sensationalism articles other wise it becomes biased and a form of online false public record where everybody is innocent until proven gulty. These claimss are based on bad energy and envy and they should be removed. please dont hesitate to email me if u need further information on the case, and we appreciate you letting us remove this section.

thank you

Abie Toiber (Personal manager Fernanda Romero) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abietoiber (talk • contribs) 02:50, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

The place to discuss potential changes is Talk:Fernanda Romero. - David Biddulph (talk) 03:38, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Please note that your interests and the interests of Wikipedia are not necessarily compatible, see the Conflict of interest guide. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 06:34, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Masking an entry on my own behalf

I am a past Prof/Dir of Creatve Writing for Ohio University, seven books out another on the way. I have won national awards and think I should have a professional biography on Wikipedia. How do I do that? Aloha, Paul Nelson (there are other Paul Nelsons)72.130.229.142 (talk) 04:30, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Please note that users are discouraged from writing autobiographies as that may lead to a conflict of interest. However, I can help write you an article if you can demonstrate that you meet the notability guidelines for academics. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 04:45, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Humble Request

I am writing about something really concerning on your Soka Gakkai Page. Link: Soka Gakkai

The issue I want to bring up has nothing to do with the text content, but with the photo content.

Before I jump in, I just want to say I have been an SGI member since I was 16.

Under the "Object of Devotion Section" there is a photo of the Gohonzon. Only thing is, it is not looked well upon to take photos of it.

It might sound cooky, but it is a special meditation tool that is supposed to represent your life. To show it is similar to letting someone see you naked.

I would be happy to write a really detailed explanation of it want it means and draw it out with words. I am a poetry writer so painting pictures with words is not a foreign thing to me.

Thank you.

Shawnee M. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.91.252.137 (talk) 05:04, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for your interest in our project here, please see WP:NOTCENSORED for more information. Tiggerjay (talk) 06:55, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Dear Shawnee, I feel you may understand the response above better if you know some of its background. What I am going to say is entirely my own opinion, it is not supported by Wikipedia policy, and is in no way "official".

Your request seems to me entirely reasonable. Indeed, as I cannot read Japanese, I would prefer to read a detailed description of the Gohonzon, rather than see a picture of it. However, in the past Wikipedia has received requests from Muslims, many of them less politely expressed than yours, demanding that depictions of the prophet Muhammad be removed. After much discussion, it was decided to ignore these requests. Wikipedia still has depictions of Muhammad, with the justification that "Wikipedia is not censored". The same logic is likely to be applied to your request. Maproom (talk) 13:21, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Cite Error

I'm having a hard time with my edits for the page about Patricia DeCoursey. It keeps giving me errors, and I've tried to fix the mistakes to no avail. Please help me! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rachelhoffman815 (talk • contribs) 05:10, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Seems resolved [3], [4], [5] --CiaPan (talk) 06:10, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

help

CAN I ABLE TO PRODUCE MY PROJECT ABOUT ONE MOUNTAIN?--Madhanlee play (talk) 05:19, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Hi, welcome to Wikipedia!
If you mean writing a new article on Wikipedia then of course you can – anyone can contribute to Wikipedia. However check carefully if it is already described, it's much easier for beginners to can add some contents to existing pages than to write new page from scratch.
Before you decide to make new page I would encourage you to read Wikipedia:Your first article first, to know how to write an article. Also see Wikipedia:Notability to find out if the mountain should be described here. --CiaPan (talk) 06:03, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

inappropriate language for a non-age restricted website

John Terry

I was quite surprised to see the C word and F word very public and not even censored with an *. I may be more broad minded than most, but still I think it would be appropriate for this to show some degree of censorship — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.211.123.8 (talk) 06:24, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

WP:NOTCENSORED -- Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 06:29, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Stupendous contradiction - deliberation is highly suspected.

Hello,

I was just going through the WikiPedia page on Indian Mujahideen, an alleged terrorist outfit of which there are lots of contention. The way some series of incents were attributed to them and later found it to be perpetrated by somebody else rendered me to find out information about them as to whether it's a media baby.

Nevertheless, Indian Mujahideen#Suspects and arrests shows that the blasts at Mecca Masjid in Hyderabad was plotted by IM which was later proven to be otherwise. The article on WikiPedia Mecca Masjid bombing itself shows that it was perpetrated by some other outfit. Neither would I want to believe that all these came up fortuitously. There are enough reasons to believe that it's part of a larger conspiracy.

I am a Muslim who go by the books. Islam strongly denounce any sort of violence. You may be surprised to know what Qur'an suggested how to deal with blasphemers; just to go away from the discussion and get back in only once it's stopped.

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.242.161.160 (talk) 06:56, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Please discuss article concerns on the talk page for that article. RudolfRed (talk) 06:59, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Mr. Shadow wikipedia page

I distinctly remember there being a page for a rapper known as mr. Shadow and now the search term " mr. Shadow" redirects to a page for the film "the fifth element" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.170.113.174 (talk) 07:09, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

The history of the Mr. Shadow page shows that it was created as a redirect to The Fifth Element and except for a few instances of vandalism never had any other content. Are you sure of the exact title of the article about the rapper? Even "minor" differences such as capital letters and punctuation would cause it to link to a different page. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 09:07, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

We've got a DJ Shadow, but of course he's not exactly a rapper as such. That's the only artist I can think of that would come close, name-wise. Good luck. UltraExactZZ ^Said ~ Did 13:39, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Great Mosque of Aleppo

The minaret of the Umayyad Great Mosque of Aleppo was tragically destroyed yesterday in the Syrian civil war. Both parts are blaming each other (naturally). We have a nice picture of the mosque w/minaret on commons; can we please get this in the "news" section on the front page? I am not familiar with the procedure for this. Several editors are also mixing it up and adding it to Umayyad Mosque, which is in Damascus, and which has not been damaged. Cheers, Huldra (talk) 09:50, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

If it meets WP:ITN#Criteria, then nominate it at WP:ITN/C --Ushau97 (talk) 11:56, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Ok, thanks, will try that. Cheers, Huldra (talk) 15:16, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Updating content on a page

Hi

I am trying to upgrade the content on my bosses page for him with content from our website. It keeps getting taken off. I have reference that it is from our webpage but it still coming up with an error. What am I doing wrong please? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.182.207.234 (talk) 11:18, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

I just skimmed the content that you're trying to add to the article for James Fanshawe and see two glaring problems with it and then a concern. For one, it's much too promotional in tone. An encyclopedia entry should be neutral in its wording. We're not here to advertise for someone, nor to deride them, but tell a balanced account of their life and work. Second, if you're getting this directly from your company's web site, then there are copyright concerns to be dealt with. Just copying direct from the site is copyright infringement and is illegal. And lastly, editing of articles on a topic that you have a financial connection to is not advised. You have a conflict of interest. It's best to bring up concerns that you have with the article on the article's talk page. The relevant policies and guidelines are here: WP:TONE, WP:NPOV, WP:COPYVIO, and WP:COI. Dismas|^(talk) 13:20, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

American Novelists

I am rather confused and offended that Wikipedia has decided that women are no longer going to be included on the "American Novelists" page—that they are being moved to a new category: American Women Novelists. As an American woman and soon-to-be-published novelist, I would consider any American-born woman who writes a novel to be, by its very definition, an American novelist. That the writer happens to be a woman is incidental.

Were there to be two categories—American Women novelists and American Men Novelists—it would be more logistically acceptable. However, this does not seem to be the case, and in this day and age, that is extraordinarily sexist. As a donor to Wikipedia, I expect more from this site. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lbndonahue (talk • contribs) 12:02, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

The relevant discussion is at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2013 April 24#Category:American women novelists. - David Biddulph (talk) 12:58, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Mr. Wales if very upset about it on his talk page as well.--Canoe1967 (talk) 20:10, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Please check Evelyn Mase

The biography of Nelson Mandela's first wife, Evelyn Mase, seems to me to be written in a rather unusual style or tone. I can't quite put my finger on it but the language just seems "a bit off". I'm also not entirely convinced that she is in fact independently Notable, she is known only as Mandela's first wife and they were divorced before even he became notable. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 13:37, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

It appears that just a few moments after you posted here, Mdann52 (talk · contribs) proposed the article be deleted for notability reasons. Depending on the outcome of that, we can then address the style issues, but you could reach out over at WP:COPYEDITORS for assistance with that page. Tiggerjay (talk) 14:50, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

The PROD was removed so now I've sent it to AFD. -- Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 16:45, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

I have left a comment on the talk page of the user who removed the PROD because I believe it was done in bad form. Now that it is in AfD, we can let that process take place. I will go ahead and place my own comments on the AfD regarding this. Tiggerjay (talk) 18:39, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Actually there is nothing wrong with simply removing a PROD, no "form" is required. Removing a PROD is how an editor makes it known that they do not agree with the proposal - any objection cancels a PROD, the next step is a formal AFD discussion. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 21:03, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Deletion - removing delete tag after references have been added to article/biography

An article I created for a friend was flagged for deletion because it was a bio and did not have references. I have now added references, but do not know how to remove DELETION TAGS. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.32.2.132 (talk) 14:18, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

This article: Danny Brown- producer-engineer-musician? It seems the only references you added were Wikipedia articles, which cannot be used as sources on Wikipedia. You'll need to find some reliably published independent sources. Magazine articles, news websites etc. Яehevkor ✉ 14:24, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

(edit conflict) You need to read Wikipedia's guidance on reliable sources. Wikipedia cannot be used as a reference, so your edits were reverted. - David Biddulph (talk) 14:26, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Uploading images and embedding them in pages

I'm thinking of uploading screen shots of Basic Search, Special Search, and Advanced Search boxes for Help:Search. Where would I find a description of the whole process (preferred image size, file size limits, uploading, and suggested procedure (or templates) for embedding them in the article page? LittleBen (talk) 14:33, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

There is a Manual of Style regarding images at MOS:IMAGES and for technical how-to of uploading see WP:UPIMAGE and for formatting on page at WP:PICTiggerjay (talk) 14:45, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

• Many thanks for your prompt and very helpful answer. LittleBen (talk) 17:32, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

INFO REQUIRED

HI IM SIMMO HOW CAN I FIND THE DIRECTORS OF UNITED ARAB AIRLINES IN DUBIA? I MEET A FRIEND AND LOST HIS DETAILS CAN YOU HELP PLEASE? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.152.219.213 (talk) 14:56, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

This page is for help editing Wikipedia. Try the Reference Desk and stop SHOUTING. Good luck ツ Jenova20 ^(email) 15:04, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Technical help?

I am currently experiencing a problem when trying to access other users' talk pages, specifically (I have no problems accessing or editing articles, article talk pages, project talk pages etc). But when I click a link to another user's page, although it appears briefly, it immediately disappears and becomes a blank screen (white) while the cursor becomes a spinning circle. This continues indefinely. However, when I am logged out, there are no such issues which leads me to suspect this is not a problem with my computer (I could be wrong of course, I'm not very knowledgable in that department). Any ideas/suggestions?--Ykraps (talk) 16:16, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Try disabling "WikiLove" in your preferences. There's a bug report about this at the Village Pump. -- John of Reading (talk) 16:20, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

That appears to have done the trick! Thank you--Ykraps (talk) 18:39, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

And thanks from me, too. I came here with the same complaint. The fix works. Hordaland (talk) 20:47, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Daniel Silva

I recently purchased my first Daniel Silva book, read the author bio and discovered he is the son of my colleague at Livingston High School in Livingston, California, Richard Silva,now deceased. Daniel is the oldest of three adopted children of Richard "Dick" Silva and his wife.Dick always called him Danny.His brother's name is Jamie and his sister's name is Mary.I reserached Daniel Silva on the internet and found no reference to his parents, his siblings or his over 20 years in the San Joaquin Valley town of Merced. I know Daniel "Danny" was reared in a devoutly Catholic home. Dick knew the Mass in Latin. When you read about Daniel Silva you think he is a New York Jewish boy.His roots in California are deep and he must have converted sometime along the way. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.62.245.206 (talk) 16:28, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

You should mention this at Talk:Daniel Silva (novelist), which is where improvements to that article are discussed. You should know, however, that we can't add material based on personal knowledge, as everything has to be supported by reliable independent sources. Rojomoke (talk) 17:02, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Fuzzy math formulas

I wrote the following request to the email help and received a reply suggesting that I actually ask here. Can anyone tell me why most math formulas are now fuzzy on Wikipedia, and suggest a workaround to fix this? As more examples of the problem, every formula on this page shows as fuzzy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_integrals_of_logarithmic_functions I don't have any more examples of math formulas that display clearly, just the one below.

> Hi,
> 
> On the page 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explicit_formula
> there are mathematical formulas.  Most of them display as fuzzy
> unreadable images in my version 20 firefox on Fedora 17, a linux flavor.
> But there is one that displays perfectly, this one
> https://upload.wikimedia.org/math/8/e/9/8e966e384e09d7dcc010ddf7499d0072.png
> and this is the text associated with it
> f(x) =\pi(x)+\frac{1}{2}\pi(x^{1/2})+\frac{1}{3}\pi(x^{1/3})+\cdots
> The one above it is fuzzy,
> https://upload.wikimedia.org/math/0/0/8/008bf5b4b94a09aaa95fad7381526b50.png
> and this is the text associated with it.
> \pi_0(x) = \frac{1}{2} \lim_{h\to 0} (\pi(x+h) + \pi(x-h)).
> 
> Almost all of the math formulas on that page and the rest of wikipedia
> display as unreadably fuzzy in firefox.  They never used to.  I'm not
> sure when it started.  Even when I download them and use a picture
> viewing program to view them, they are still fuzzy, and they show with
> a checkerboard background.  When I enlarge them to fit the screen, I
> can then read them even though they are fuzzy, but there doesn't seem to
> be a size that makes them clear, larger or smaller.
> 
> I can see no difference between the information about the images that
> work and don't, but I am not an expert in graphics, so I don't know what
> is causing this poor display.
> 
> Just thought I'd point it out in case it is an inadvertent mistake, and
> easily fixed.
> 
> Thanks.  

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.124.107.182 (talk) 16:51, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

• I have no problem with the latest Firefox (20.x) on Windows 7. Just a few quick ideas off the top of my head: clicking on "edit" for that page shows a mathematical formula description language that may well be W3C MathML. Quite probably the browser uses symbol fonts to display symbols like the integral symbol. The problem could be that (1) you are using an old version of Firefox that does not support MathML so well, (2) the symbol font in your computer is missing or damaged, or (3) you have changed the default font settings in the browser. Does that help? LittleBen (talk) 17:28, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Another possibility: Windows has (or had) a setting which, if enabled, makes characters in some fonts look blurred or out of focus. Maproom (talk) 19:43, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

What you say would make sense if *all* the formulas were fuzzy. But there is one that isn't fuzzy. The same integral sign that is fuzzy in the formula above is clear and crisp in the one that displays. I would agree that it was a missing font, or some incorrect setting in the browser, if every formula was the same. The windows suggestion probably doesn't apply since I'm using linux, and the Firefox is 20, so also probably not the issue. I'll keep looking. Thanks for trying to help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.124.101.38 (talk) 21:16, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

(Windows has ClearType, and the Mac has something similar). But maybe the problem is that you don't have the usual scalable symbol fonts that Firefox is looking for, and so Firefox is scaling up a bitmap font. You could do a Google site: search of the Mozilla Help forums, I found very useful information about how to recover a Windows 7 shadow copy backup of the Firefox session file (that stores the database of tabs and tab groups) there. LittleBen (talk) 03:12, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

This resolved the problem. When I filter firefox in about:config for mathfont, it has a string of fonts that it can use. I have most of those installed, in particular stix and asana math. Just in case, I downloaded the mathML font zip from mozilla, and installed it according to their instructions. Firefox still doesn't display formulas properly. I fired up the midori browser, and it works perfectly. As does the Seamonkey browser. So, this is strictly a configuration issue in Firefox on my system alone, since I seem to be the only one having this problem. Daunting, since firefox is almost as complex as emacs. :-) But it's clear that it isn't a problem of Wikipedia. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.124.101.38 (talk) 08:35, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

There are three options at Preferences → Appearance → Math. --  Gadget850 ^talk 12:02, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

Suggestion about videos

I have a? Have any of your people ever though of adding videos if some of the songs, not complete song videos, or videos of the actors, politicians, or professional in all aspect of life around the world? I think it would be nice to hear as well as read about the people of the world. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.19.68.210 (talk) 17:22, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

In pracically all cases the videos would be copyright violations, a serious offence in the United States where the Wikimedia Foundation is a registered non-profit company. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 17:44, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

We do, however, very strongly encourage people to create their own videos (for instance, of a notable park or a traditional dance) and upload them to the Wikimedia Commons. Students at Alverno College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin have made something of a specialty of this, and their videos are in use globally throughout Wikimedia projects. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:20, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

jewish actors

how did you leave out KIRK & MICHAEL DOUGLAS?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.228.231.231 (talk) 19:28, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia has articles on Kirk Douglas and Michael Douglas, both actors. Are these the men you mean? Maproom (talk) 19:40, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

I believe the OP is referring to Category:Jewish actors which does not list either Douglas. OP, in order for someone to be listed in many of the categories related to religion, they must self identify as being part of that religion. In the case of Michael, his article states, "Douglas... has declared no religious affiliation". And Kirk is listed in Category:Jewish American actors which is categorized under the parent category of Jewish actors. We don't list items in the parent category if they are in a sub-category already. Dismas|^(talk) 19:56, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Jewish can refer either to ethnicity or religion. Since the category is a subcategory of Category:Actors by ethnicity, then the former seems to apply here. On the other hand, it's also part of WP:Judaism, which would suggest the latter. MChesterMC (talk) 15:47, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

Error in "How to live" article

Resolved

I was reading the article about Sarah Bakewell and I found an error when I try to follow the link to her book "How to live". It link on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Live_on_24_Hours_a_Day but it should link to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Live_%28novel%29

I don't know how to change this because there is a redirection on the string "How to live". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.243.242.13 (talk) 20:44, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Fixed Tiggerjay (talk) 20:53, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Bleeding Rainbow photo in infobox

Hello,

I'm working on the wikipedia article for Bleeding Rainbow, though I can't seem to figure out how to get the image to display in the infobox. I'm not sure if I have the template right or what, but what is certain is that it's not working. Here's the link, for reference:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleeding_Rainbow

Thanks,

-- OMM (Kanine Records) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kayqcee (talk • contribs) 20:57, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

I think I fixed it.--Canoe1967 (talk) 21:02, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Looks like it. When you are putting images in to infoboxes, you only need to have the name of the file, not a full link to it. Otherwise, it will just show a link to the picture rather than the picture itself. Uhhlive (talk) 21:05, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

You can't say that about all infoboxes. Let's say that you want "File:Example.jpg" to display in multiple infoboxes. Some will require you to type Example.jpg; some will require File:Example.jpg, and some will require [[File:Example.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Caption]]. As a result, when you're confident that you have the right filename, just play around with the filename; you'll probably get it right before long. Nyttend (talk) 04:25, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

Threshold of WP:ORIGINALSYN: Vague dates

Regarding vagueness of dates. Let's say a source says: "In 2013, his creativity blossomed. On January 10, he published his first creation, which was two years in the making, which was only announced three months prior to its publication."

Would this be synthesis? "He began the creation in 2011. Its existence was made public in October 2012. It was published on January 10, 2013." I would not have a source that specifically stated the 2011 or the 2012 dates.

Thanks! – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 21:36, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

This is a situation where WP:CALC is applicable. Nobody's going to dispute that 2013 - 2 = 2011 or that October is three months before January. Nyttend (talk) 04:22, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

However, in this case they may dispute that the "2 years" was intended to be that accurate, especially since if it was in fact 2 years and 11 days in the making, then the project was started at the end of 2010, not in 2011. MChesterMC (talk) 15:43, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

Changing a username

How may I change my existing user name to something new? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Courthouse2256 (talk • contribs) 21:49, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Sometimes. See WP:UNC. But, since you have made no edits other than this request, just create a new account with your preferred name. RudolfRed (talk) 22:48, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

April 26

edit help

I want to edit FERNANDA ROMERO article. There is more information to provide for her Bio.

how to proceed ?

A — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abietoiber (talk • contribs) 00:56, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

Please see the previous reply: Wikipedia:Help_desk#Fernanda_Romero_-_biased_article. You can raise issues on the article's talk page. You should avoid editing it yourself due to the conflict of interest RudolfRed (talk) 01:25, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

Portions of formula rendering at different sizes

Something's wrong with this userpage of mine. Even though I've added no formatting to the radicals and fractions in the 1° box (which I intend to do to decrease the expression's width), they're displaying at different sizes. And if you don't have your browser set to render as MathJax, then you get a parse error and the expression won't display at all.

Also, how can I centre the expressions in the tables? Pokajanje|Talk 01:33, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

I don't know anything about math markup nor do I know what the equation in the 1° box is supposed to be or look like. I guessed that, with such a long equation, the likely reason for the parse error is a typo. I discovered that the double backslash \\ at the end of the first frac may be causing the parse error. When I removed it the equation displayed without a parse error.

As far as I'm aware, the only way to center text in a table cell is to add css styling or <center>...</center> html tags. The css markup to center the 3° equation cell is:

| 3 || style=text-align:center | <math>\frac{\sqrt{30} + \sqrt{10} - \sqrt{6} - \sqrt{2} - \sqrt{80 + 16\sqrt{5} - 40\sqrt{3} - 8\sqrt{15}}}{16}</math>

and the html markup:

| 3 || <center><math>\frac{\sqrt{30} + \sqrt{10} - \sqrt{6} - \sqrt{2} - \sqrt{80 + 16\sqrt{5} - 40\sqrt{3} - 8\sqrt{15}}}{16}</math></center>

—Trappist the monk (talk) 10:13, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

Fixed double backlash. --CiaPan (talk) 11:19, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

<center> is obsolete— use {{center}}. --  Gadget850 ^talk 11:57, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

College admission

I want to check the availability of admissions in those colleges which i checked now. can you help me for that?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.221.169.23 (talk) 05:16, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 4 million articles and thought we were affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is for asking questions related to using or contributing to Wikipedia itself. Thus, we have no special knowledge about the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck.Template:Z25 Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 07:34, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

Editing footnote

Hi! I'm trying to cite a quote on the wikipedia page "Girl Power (video)"; however, the footnote does not seem to be formatted properly (although I did try and follow wikipedia's directions). Any instruction on this matter would be very helpful! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chrisfalcone (talk • contribs) 05:30, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

When using that type of reference, you need to ensure you have

<references group="book"/>

at the bottom of the page. There is a Manual of Style regarding images at MOS:IMAGES and for technical how-to of uploading see WP:UPIMAGE and for formatting on page at WP:PIC. Tiggerjay (talk) 08:36, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

Prefixing Wikipedia search with namespace or both namespace and page prefix

I am drafting a simplified version of Help:Searching, but am not sure about how prefixing a Wikipedia search with namespace—or both namespace and page prefix—is supposed to work (see note here). I think that I have seen this information somewhere, but can't find it among the WP labyrinths ;-). If anybody can help then it would be appreciated.  LittleBen (talk) 09:33, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

This can only be done when on Special:Search (I believe, because in the standard search box I receive a timeout error). Simply precede the search term with wikipedia:. For example wikipedia:page edit. -- Toshio Yamaguchi 14:13, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

• Thanks for your reply. I got another reply at Help talk:Searching#Help please and have rewritten the note at the end of the draft there. LittleBen (talk) 15:39, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

ETF Securities - editing profile

To whom it may concern,

ETF Securities would like to update their Wikipedia site to ensure that all the information is correct and objective. We have drafted a new profile with all facts referenced to secondary sources.

I just tried to upload this content to the 'talk' page and received an email which said it might be better to send through this draft for someone to proof read and to get feedback before it goes live.

How should I go about sending this through?

Tammy Shephard (talk) 10:07, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

What you have done is the correct way to go about it. The advice you recieved is a standard "boilerplate" text which is more relevant for completely new articles, not for changes to already existing articles, so don't worry about it. Please note that it is an encyclopedia article, not a company profile. The text would most likely be rearranged and modified to fit Wikipedia's standards. Thank you for providing references - although many originate from the company itself and should be used with caution - you have included a number of good ones from mainstream business news sources. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 10:30, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

I'd like to add more specifically that the timeline could maybe incorporated into the history section, and only include the most significant events, not significant as deemed by the company employees, but significant to the general public. And for the article in general, it would be great to include less jargon such as "collateralised exchange-traded currency securities" without explaining what it is, or linking to an existing Wikipedia article which explains what it is. Kinkreet^{~♥moshi moshi♥~} 12:15, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

And please note that it is an "article" not a "profile".--ukexpat (talk) 14:01, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

Number of contributions

On Wikia, by using Special:Editcount/Username (sample: [6]) you get an automatically updating number of edits. Is there something on Wikipedia that does that? I was hoping to put something on my user page.--Launchballer 13:43, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

Wikia uses mw:Extension:Editcount. Wikipedia doesn't have a way to display edit counts in wiki pages. You can only make a link like http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&list=users&ususers=Launchballer&usprop=editcount (fast) or an external tool like http://toolserver.org/~tparis/pcount/index.php?name=Launchballer&lang=en&wiki=wikipedia or others at Wikipedia:WikiProject edit counters. {{User edit count}} does this and includes a manually set parameter which displays as "over X". The easiest way to see your own edit count is Special:Preferences. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:58, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

Clean up message on the lead section of the Article Om Swami

Om Swami (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Dear Editor, I have edited the lead section to include the essential information as per the recommended Manual of Style/Biographies/Opening Paragraph and it is still showing the clean up message on the lead section. Can you please review it again and remove the message or let me know if you need any more information.

Thank you for your support Anjumodgil (talk) 14:05, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

The tags are not removed automatically and this article still needs a lot of work. The whole tone of the article is inappropriate for an encyclopedia - it reads more like a marketing brochure than the neutral point of view that is required. --ukexpat (talk) 15:50, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

Lifetime of talk page contents / cleanup of talk pages

on the page

Talk:Jenna_Marbles

What is the lifetime of comments? Some comments are ill constructed and were obviously written in haste. I think it is silly to have most negative comments preserved in their uneducated form while positive comments are usually written by people who sound educated and thoughtful.

Look at the atrocious spelling error in the beginning sentences of the paragraph below, the person sounds like a total tool. This subtracts from the credibility of anybody contributing on the same page who agrees with the negative argument, due to association with the less cultured people. I tried to correct the spelling error below, and was immediately reverted.

Article existence

Yes, she is a notable youtuber but I think this page has no reason to exist. She's famoys and all, but if a video that consisted in just nothing had a 500.000.000 views, would we make an article about it here? I guess no, because it's pointless. The same happens with her, most of her videos are conclusions that she considers facts based on NOTHING, pure idiotic speculation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.82.177.114 (talk) 00:28, 19 August 2012 (UTC) Again, that is your own subjective opinion. Many would say otherwise about her contributions. And, yes, if most of her videos on youtube are over a million views, she's definitely famous enough to warrant an article. (174.89.42.81 (talk) 22:10, 21 August 2012 (UTC)) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikiexcalibur (talk • contribs)

Formatting

The formatting in checkmate is all messed up from See Also section on down. I've tried to fix it, but can't. There is a stray "|}" that might be causing the problem, but I can't see where it comes from. Can someone fix it? Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 15:12, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

Thank you  Fixed Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 15:28, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

Fixed in [7]. Many of the "end" templates just add a table end "|}", but not {{div col end}}. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:29, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

Reusing WP

I would like to replicate the introduction of the article Sarbanes–Oxley Act in an internal wiki at the company I work for. But I'm not sure how to go about attributing it to Wikipedia. Is it okay if I just say something like the following at the top of the article?

"From Wikipedia: ... "

TIA. 163.202.48.126 (talk) 15:33, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

See WP:REUSE.--ukexpat (talk) 15:44, 26 April 2013 (UTC)     also this. LittleBen (talk) 15:48, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

e/cWP:CW offers ways to cite wikipedia. It is discouraged trying to cite Wikipedia since text is mutable and changing frequently. You might have better luck using the sources directly and putting it in to your own words. Uhhlive (talk) 15:46, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

It's fairly simple to cite a version of an article as at a specific date and time. The url of the current (as of 16:21, 26 April 2013 (UTC) ) version of the article is http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sarbanes%E2%80%93Oxley_Act&oldid=552207533 the relevant URL can be obtained by opening the "current at the time of copying" version of the article from its history tab. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 16:21, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

Reviewing list of watched pages

My watch list shows that I have 116 watched pages. Some of these pages are no longer of ongoing interest to me. Is there a way that I can review my list of pages and turn off watching on some of them? Robert McClenon (talk) 16:14, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

Go to your watchlist page, at the top click "view and edit watchlist", select the ones you want to remove and click the "remove titles" button. RudolfRed (talk) 16:24, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

Museoparc

Hi, I have been trying to make a wiki page for the Museoparc.

It is constantly being deleted by Americans. I would like for you to have a Canadian admnistrator take a look. It is a very significant article as it is on a museum in Ottawa, part of the City and the Ottawa Museum Network. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Herecomestheslaughter (talk • contribs) 16:35, 26 April 2013 (UTC)