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April 30

How do I publish after my article is revised???

I am working on a wikipedia page as an assignment for a class. I attempted to have to article published but had it returned. I made the revisions requested and am attempting to request publish again, but I cannot find a "publish" button like there was the first time. What do I do? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eden.graham (talk • contribs) 00:14, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

In this edit you deleted the template which gave you the ability to resubmit. I have reinserted the template for you. - David Biddulph (talk) 00:24, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

The tv series, in 1960-70 period. There was an island where the people greeted each other saying "we are not thieves".

There was a captain who traveled with his yacht in the Pacific or Indian Ocean, He came to an island where he noticed that the people of the island were greeting each other "We are not thieves"..He was very curious about why the people were greeting each other this way. This is what he found out: In the 18th or early 19th Century,these men and women were descendant of people who were branded as convicts and condemned by the British Government for transport to New South Wales, Australia., Somehow they either survived a violent storm or commandeered the ship they were transported, came upon an island and survived.. Their crimes were petty crimes like stealing shirts, embroidery or just a few pennies. They did not consider themselves as thieves so they were greeting each other by saying "we are not thieves". This sort of greeting persisted. They survived and married and multiplied., But the fear of being discovered and be transported to New South Wales has stayed with them. The leaders of the group prevented any escape from the island lest those who escape may reveal the location of the island, subject being rediscovered and condemned again for transport to New South Wales.. Only the leaders had the knowledge of the use of a sextant and other navigation instruments.. They kept the knowledge of use of those instruments very secrect. They multiplied, they built houses and other dwellings in the architectural models of the old England.. Their language was old English. When the captain arrived with his yacht, they did not allow him to leave the island for the same fear.. But the captain was able to leave the island, convincing them there is no more fear of being transported to Australia as convicts , it was the 20th Century, and they were not considered convicts any more. This kind of story has always intrigued me that it was a possibility.. If I could find the movie I would like to see it again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.249.104.159 (talk) 03:46, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

Have you tried the Entertainment section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there; this help desk is only for questions about using Wikipedia. For your convenience, here is the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps.. RudolfRed (talk) 04:30, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

In case the OP doesn't go to the ref desk and looks back here, I believe the TV show in question was an episode of Adventures in Paradise, starring the notoriously wooden actor Gardner McKay. Deor (talk) 13:29, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

Question Re; Capitalization In The Name Of An Article

Looking to capitalize the first letter of each word in the title of the following article (see link below). I don't seem to have access to this option after completing significant edits.

NCAA Division I men's lacrosse records

Please advise.

Regards,

Adam — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anagler (talk • contribs) 06:20, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

You will be able to change the name of a page when your account has been registered for four days and you have made ten edits with it. However, before then please check out WP:TITLEFORMAT, as the usual convention here is that only the "First word is capitalised". We don't "Capitalise Every Word". This applies to section names within articles too. -- John of Reading (talk) 06:54, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

Such a format is only allowed when the article title is the official proper name of the subject; such as a personal or organisation name or the title of a book, film, etc. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 08:50, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

I've fixed the section headings in the article per WP:HEADINGS. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 09:01, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

References

I have a very general question.

How do I reference using Wikipedia? I have yet to find a page stating this information. I'm reading about 'PANTHEIST'. Thank you. Dawn Tabb Tabbdawn (talk) 09:53, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

If you mean, how do you use one Wikipedia article as a reference in another Wikipedia article, the answer is that you don't. For further advice on referencing, start with Referencing for beginners.

And I've deleted your email address from your question, in the hope of avoiding spam (see the bold message at the top of this page, saying "Do not provide your email address or any other contact information. Answers will be provided on this page only."); if anyone wishes to communicate with you, they can do so via your user talk page, or through the "Email this user" link under "Toolbox" on your user page or user talk page if you and the prospective sender of the message have both enabled email in your preferences. - David Biddulph (talk) 10:23, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

Or is it this you mean? Wikipedia:Citing Wikipedia Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:29, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

TMF Group

Hi there,

I am the global digital marketing manager at TMF Group and I would like the ability to edit our Wikipedia page.

some of this information is factually incorrect so needs to be changed.

Please can you let me know who has access or remove this page so I can start again.

Many thanks,

Emma Wodehouse Global Digital Marketing Manager at TMF Group — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.85.75.162 (talk) 10:27, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for asking, rather than just diving in and editing. You will find relevant advice at WP:Conflict of interest. - David Biddulph (talk) 10:34, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

You may also want to bring up your issues on the talk page for the article, which can be found at Talk:TMF Group. This may give you an outlet for your concerns that won't run awry with WP:Conflict of interest. Zell Faze (talk) 18:07, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

Dashes

Why do normal dashes/hyphens get replaced by longer dashes? Does this really matter? If yes, where to find this key on my keyboard? Thanks, Lesion (talk) 11:40, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

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See MOS:DASH and Wikipedia:How to make dashes. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:05, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

Expand Autocollapse Table

In the article, alcohol laws of New Jersey, there is a table at the bottom of the page linking to the alcohol laws of other states. It uses the Template:United States topic template which is autocollapsed. In all the other alcohol law series (e.g., alcohol laws of New York, alcohol laws of Missouri), the box is expanded. Because there are other collapsible tables in the alcohol laws of New Jersey article, the table is collapsed. How do I override the autocollapse feature, and made the table expanded even if there are other tables in the article? DavidinNJ (talk) 13:56, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

You can add |state=expanded inside {{United States topic. And they are known as navboxes not tables --Ushau97 (talk) 15:54, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

Full code would be {{United States topic|state=expanded}}.--ukexpat (talk) 16:00, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for your help. DavidinNJ (talk) 17:19, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

Two revisions of the nematode article are identical, yet one shows a ref error and the other doesn't

The 11:30, April 29, 2013‎ version (the current version) of the nematode article shows a red error in the "Nematode systematics" section: "Cite error: A set of <ref> tags are missing the closing </ref> (see the help page)." But this 16:06, April 28, 2013 version does not show that error, despite having the exact same wikicode. Here is the diff. What's happening here? And how can I fix the error I'm seeing? (If this is the wrong forum for this question, I apologize, and could you direct me to where I can get some help understanding this?) – Quadell ^(talk) 14:00, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

I don't know what was causing the problem, but a purge seems to have cured it. - David Biddulph (talk) 14:29, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

Someone blanked the template that controls the error messages and it probably got cached for that page. I protected the template. --  Gadget850 ^talk 12:17, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Danario Alexander San Diego Chargers Wide Receiver

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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Danario Alexander does not have a son named Danario Alexander Jr, please delete this information as it is false and incriminating to his image. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Teixste (talk • contribs) 17:11, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

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.

correction

I Googled "Ambler Borough PA boundary" and clicked on the Wikipedia site. It said on the site that Temple University Ambler Campus is in Ambler Borough when, in fact, it is NOT. It is in Upper Dublin Township. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.225.198.232 (talk) 18:11, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

You appear to be right. It looks rather as if the Borough of Ambler is smaller than what people think of as Ambler, and somebody has added the Temple University Ambler campus to the article for that reason (that article does not explicitly say what community it is in, but has an Upper Dublin Township template).

I'm not sure what is the best thing to do. As it stands, the statement is wrong; but might somebody come to the article wanting to know about Ambler, and not knowing or caring that the Borough is only part of what is referred to as Ambler? You could simply remove the sentence from the article (with a suitable edit summary); or perhaps edit it to say that it is near Ambler but not actually in the borough. It might be best to open a discussion on the talk page Talk:Ambler, Pennsylvania, and get consensus. --ColinFine (talk) 22:36, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

I've edited the article on Ambler, Pennsylvania and put a note on the talk page. Robert McClenon (talk) 00:41, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Mayors of Pierson ,Fla.

Mayor Walter C. Thompkins is not listed. Mayor Thompkins was the first and only black mayor of Pierson, Fla. My father a life long resident of this township. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.46.56.19 (talk) 18:35, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

Hi, are you referring to a specific article? Cyphoidbomb (talk) 20:34, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

List of first African-American mayors?--Canoe1967 (talk) 22:51, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

budding a lilac tree§

How to bud a lilac tree from an existing tree — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.61.189.192 (talk) 18:43, 30 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.

How to edit wiki page?

Hello, When I try to edit page,save it and when i get back to that page everythins is ok but when I load page after few minutes everything is gone.

This is that page. http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Flughafen_Wien&stable=0&shownotice=1&fromsection=Einzelnachweise

And if you go to bottom of page where it says Einzelnachweise you will find a list of websites. Im trying to add mine to that list. I found site like mine in that list so mine site belongs there also.

Can anyone please help? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.178.119.119 (talk) 19:48, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

This is the help desk for English-language Wikipedia, and your question is about German-language Wikipedia, where they have different rules. But I suspect that advertisements for taxi companies are as unwelcome there as they would be here. Maproom (talk) 20:05, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

(ec)This is the Help Desk for the English Wikipedia, we cannot help you with problems on the German Wikipedia, however a look at the history of the article will show that your edits have been reverted by other editors. You can discuss the reasons on their Talk pages. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 20:07, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

If advertisment for taxi company is unwelcome why is the taxi company in list using keywords important for SEO.I just wanted to add a link for my website,without anchor text. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.178.119.119 (talk) 20:53, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

I don't know what you mean by the last question. Wikipedia (at least the English Wikipedia) does not care about SEO, and if you care about it you shouldn't be at Wikipedia. The last person who reverted your edited invited you to look at de:WP:WEB. --ColinFine (talk) 22:46, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

Einzelnachweise means references. It's a list of references for the content of the article. If you click the arrow ↑ next to a reference then you get to the place it's used, where the reference number is shown. References are auto-numbered by their placement in the article. Your link is not a reference and absolutely doesn't belong in a reference section. It also seems inappropriate for the much smaller weblinks section. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:29, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

The German Wikipedia's Help page is there, please use that page, not this one. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 09:28, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Wikibooks

I just noticed that http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Category:Recipes could use a new template like Template:Large category TOC which doesn't seem to exist over there. I would try and fumble through it myself but don't want to break anything.--Canoe1967 (talk) 21:45, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

That seems completely unnecessary. There are only 2740 pages in the category, corresponding to 14 category pages. Most letters use less than a page. Template:Large category TOC would make it much harder to navigate the category when you have to scroll the TOC to get to a letter. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:19, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

I just tried pages in "C" and they didn't all fit, I thought they were cats.

Resolved

--Canoe1967 (talk) 00:11, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.178.119.119 (talk) 08:51, 1 May 2013 (UTC) 

ok.Thanks everybody for answers and your time.

Disambiguation page vs. set index

What's the difference between a disambiguation page and a set index? Revolution1221 ^{(talk · email · contributions)} 21:45, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

I am not entirely sure what you mean by a set index. Do you mean the table of contents at the top of a typical Wikipedia page? If so, whether to use a table of contents for the multiple sections and subsections or a disambiguation page depends on whether it should be one article, or multiple articles about different subjects that have the same name. Can you clarify? Robert McClenon (talk) 22:28, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

Revolution (and, sort of, Robert): Does WP:SETINDEX answer your question(s)? If you still have questions after looking at that, you can come back here with more specific questions. --Floquenbeam (talk) 22:32, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

That's clear enough to me. Both are lists. A set index is a list of things of the same type, possibly with different names. A disambiguation page is a list of things with the same or similar names that may be of different types. Robert McClenon (talk) 23:43, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

For instance, Lake Erie will take the reader to the article about one of the Great Lakes. It has a disambiguation page that lists other things with the name Lake Erie (disambiguation), which include a United States Navy cruiser. A list of United States Navy cruisers would be a set index. Robert McClenon (talk) 17:42, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

May 1

How to add References

How to add references to the page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ravi ank (talk • contribs) 07:01, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

You'll find guidance at WP:Referencing for beginners. - David Biddulph (talk) 07:05, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

want change User:Bazarsarkar to Boikart

Hi , Please help to know how we can change User:Bazarsarkar to Boikart. We have created a wiki page in below link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Bazarsarkar

Thanks And Regards, S Giri — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bazarsarkar (talk • contribs) 07:03, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Changing username. Dismas|^(talk) 09:17, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

No, Dismas, you've misunderstood what Bazarsarkar wants. They have created a draft article in their user page.

Bazarsarkar, the way to do this is to move the page, but do not do this yet: your article is not ready, and will certainly get deleted if you move it to mainspace now, because it has no references to establish notability. Please read WP:YFA and WP:CORP. However, it will reduce confusion if you first move it to a user sandbox, such as User:Bazarsarkar/Boikart (red because that does not at present exist): it will still be in your user space, but separate from your user page, which is meant to contain information about you as a Wikipedia editor. One more point: if "we" means that several people are sharing an account, please be aware that this is contrary to Wikipedia policy: please create individual accounts. --ColinFine (talk) 11:14, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Well, Dismas misunderstood the request because it wasn't clear. However, if I understand what is being discussed, there may also be conflict of interest issues. Robert McClenon (talk) 11:47, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

It wasn't clear because people new to Wikipedia often don't understand a lot of things about how Wikipedia works, in this case user pages (and promotion). Please don't bite. --ColinFine (talk) 12:52, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Robert McClenon suggests that you may also be involved with boikart.com, I guess because your draft article says "We". If this is so, you need to read WP:Conflict of interest as well. --ColinFine (talk) 12:52, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Does anyone have a copy of the book "British Hit Singles & Albums"?

I'm trying to find out what it says for the E-Zee Possee and MC Kinky articles, and possibly other related articles (Generations of Love, Everything Starts With An 'E', Get Over It (MC Kinky song) etc). Anyone have that or any other related books?--Launchballer 14:54, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Try Wikisource, they might have it. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 19:20, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

They don't.--Launchballer 09:28, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

User:Derek R Bullamore will have it, so you could ask him, but he's away for a few days at the moment. This site probably has the information you're looking for. Ghmyrtle (talk) 09:41, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

The information I'm looking for is paragraphs; it would appear that much of the content in E-Zee Possee which is sourced to the book is on MC Kinky (which I wrote and want to expand into at least pass-class (C) so anything which can be extracted from the book will be really useful.--Launchballer 09:55, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Liverpool 1

Can you please amend the information on the page accessed via the link below.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_1_(TV_series)

The creators of Liverpool 1 are Simon Burke and Colin McKeown.

Please email to notify me of the amendments

Thanks

Colin — Preceding unsigned comment added by Colin McKeown (talk • contribs) 16:03, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

 Done -- Cyphoidbomb (talk) 18:36, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

John Rattray (surgeon and golfer)

Hi Just had this accepted. How do I add categories? Thanks Papamac (talk) 16:24, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Pages can be categorized by adding [[Category:***]]. For example, if you want to add an article to Category:Living people, then you would add [[Category:Living people]] to the bottom of the page. Using hotcat is much easier. It can be found at the bottom of every page. To add a category, click the "(+)"-Link at the end of the category line. This will open the input box where you can enter a new category name. --Ushau97 (talk) 16:39, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Check page

Check this page If Day.

Someone messed it up changing the title of the seen paragraph Franco — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.45.133.253 (talk) 18:20, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

That article is being subject to vandalism. It is the featured article for the day, and unfortunately featured articles sometimes attract the attention of network low-life. I have requested semi-protection, which will prevent it from being edited by non-logged-in users. Robert McClenon (talk) 18:59, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

The vandalism was coming from a school district in Florida. Robert McClenon (talk) 19:16, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Protection Request Question

However, I tried using the template that was used, and it didn't work. Is there something special that I am supposed to do to request page protection? Robert McClenon (talk) 18:59, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Did you make a request at WP:RPP.--ukexpat (talk) 19:12, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Yes, but it didn't format the way the other requests were formatted. The request was then cleaned up and declined as not an unmanageable amount of vandalism for a featured article. Robert McClenon (talk) 19:37, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Cite template and others not working

When editting, i am trying to use the Cite templates and they are not appearing. My pop blocker is off and i am using windows explorer. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kirk3636 (talk • contribs) 19:30, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Brewery Ommegang looks OK. --  Gadget850 ^talk 19:35, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Looks good here, I am using FireFox though. The template format it's self looks fine also. Mlpearc (powwow) 20:01, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Strange redirect issue

Ok, I used 'cite isbn', and then filled it out, but when I created the template I somehow dropped the check digit from the end. I moved the template once I noticed it, and my citation displays fine (the cite isbn in the article is now pointing at the new, correct location) but the 'edit' link next to it goes to a redirect at the old location, which seems really strange to me. Can someone tell or show me how to fix this? The article is Rittenhouse Elementary School, and it's the only source with an ISBN. Thank you. Revent (talk) 20:08, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Dammit, nevermind. I just found the note way down in the 'technical details' of the doc for cite isbn that was I was trying to 'fix' because I though it was a typo is a 'feature'. Sigh. Now I need to move it back. Revent (talk) 20:18, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Trying to correct a team's logo

I have been trying to figure out how to correct the Oakland Athletics cap logo, which is incorrect. The logo should be this one: http://www.brandprofiles.com/oakland-athletics-cap-logo-3 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cheesesteaks3 (talk • contribs) 20:14, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

The first step would be to upload the current logo to en:wikipedia, or if possible to Wikipedia Commons. But there may be a problem with the copyright of the logo. I hope some better-informed editor can give advice. Maproom (talk) 22:41, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

As a general rule, any logo has to be uploaded here under a Fair use claim. Mdann52 (talk) 12:48, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

"As a general rule" meaning "protected by copyright". There are many logos that are not protected by copyright (eg too simple) on Commons, see commons:Category:Logos of companies and its subcats.--ukexpat (talk) 13:57, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

If I had to make a guess, I would say that their logo is likely not protected by Copyright given how simple it is. That being said, I am not a lawyer. I would think though that it would be fine on Commons. Zell Faze (talk) 16:07, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Watchlist

Not too sure where this should go, but I figure this is the best place: I've been using my watchlist a lot recently, especially after getting involved in AfD, AN/I, and such. I was wondering if there is a way to filter out the results on the watchlist to only one specific section of a page, specifically, the section in which I was engaged in AN/I - I don't really need this for AfD though since those are transcluded pages (I think). I've seen WP:HIDEPAGES, but I don't think this is exactly what I'm after. Any ideas? Thanks, Ansh666 20:46, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Might I add, this page is now clogging my watchlist as well Ansh666 22:01, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

This isn't possible, though it has been requested many times. See Wikipedia:Perennial proposals#Watchlist changes, fourth sub-section, for more details and links to other discussions. -- John of Reading (talk) 06:47, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Oh well, thanks anyways. Hope LiquidThreads gets here eventually! Ansh666 22:15, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Requesting a Class C block be blocked for vandalism

Is it possible to request that a range of IP addresses, rather than an IP address, be blocked for vandalism? There is a considerable amount of vandalism coming from multiple IP addresses in a range assigned to a school system in Florida. (Also, am I correct that if an IP address is blocked, that does not block a registered user who is logged on from the IP address? If a teacher at the school system wants to make legitimate edits to an article from her registered account, would that be permitted?) Robert McClenon (talk) 21:07, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

In extreme cases, it is possible to block a range of IP addresses. There isn't a specific place to request range blocks, but you might try posting the WP:Administrator's noticeboard. A user using a blocked IP address will be blocked too unless the user requests a WP:IP block exemption. The Anonymouse (talk | contribs) 21:12, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Since vandalism is involved, WP:AIV? Ansh666 21:21, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

The templates at AIV are for an IP address and for a registered user. I expect that if I were to put an asterisk in the last octet of the IP address, I would get an error. Also, if it would block the entire range including for logged-on users, it sounds like a more extreme action than is needed against middle-school vandals. If it were a vandal-bot, like Willy on Wheels, that would be different. Thank you. Robert McClenon (talk) 21:25, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

AIV is only for simple cases of obvious vandalism, and also range blocks usually require CheckUser attention since they may affect many other (potentially innocent) users. The Anonymouse (talk | contribs) 21:27, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Ah, didn't know that, thanks. Ansh666 21:32, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

That is actually false. Most rangeblocks are soft blocks which allow accounts to edit on them. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 05:18, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

I wasn't aware of that... thanks for the clarification. The Anonymouse (talk | contribs) 05:24, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

In that case, soft blocks are exactly what should be done when there is continuing vandalism from a school system, which will permit teachers or administrators with registered accounts to make constructive edits. Since the vandalism appears to have stopped, I won't request soft blocks unless the vandalism restarts. Robert McClenon (talk) 14:57, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Abuse

hi,dear wikipedia staff,am sorry to inform you that your website have been used by some people for political issues and for misleading people,specificly in the article about (Massoud Barzani) in the section of(Criticism and Massoud barzani's family)most of the things that are written about him are not true and not proven and were written by someone that wants to get some political advantage from this,massoud barzani is a beloved politician in kurdistan region of iraq,he was elected as president in a transparent election that was observed by baghdad government and by UN members and he got 70% of the votes,he is the son of mustafa barzani which is the spertual father of the kurdish nation,I know that your website is open to people and any one can write articles in it but I hope that you dont allow people to abuse this beautiful website for personal benifits and for distortion of the name of leaders that are loved by large number of people. thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.91.195.105 (talk) 21:36, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

This would appear to be an issue with biographies of living persons issue if I understand correctly, especially if false information has been included. Robert McClenon (talk) 21:44, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

I've created a section at WP:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard. It would be helpful if you could edit the section to provide details of what is wrong with the article. You can also go to the article talk page. Robert McClenon (talk) 22:06, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Watch List: Who can have one?

Is the ability to maintain a Watch List limited to confirmed users? I created a legimitate alternate account to test the notification changes, but I can't put pages on its watch list. Do I need to wait until I have replied to the confirming email, or is something else wrong here? Robert McClenon (talk) 21:55, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

All registered users can have watchlists. What happens with the alternate account? You can see a list of all watched pages at Special:EditWatchlist. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:02, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

I confirmed the alternate account, and I still can't add articles to the watch list from the page tab. I can edit the raw watch list manually, but that is a nuisance. Is there a setting that I need to set? Robert McClenon (talk) 00:20, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

I wonder whether you have changed settings in your normal account and forgotten how it works by default. Do you have a tab with a star in the new account? If yes, what happens when you click it? PrimeHunter (talk) 00:34, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

There is a tab with a star, and it does watch or unwatch the page. Thank you. However, how do I get a "History" and a "Watch" tab to appear at the top of the page? I did that to my main account a few years ago apparently, and I don't remember how exactly. Robert McClenon (talk) 14:01, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

It appears that the default skin was changed at some time in the past after I established my primary account. I solved the problem by changing the skin for the alternate account. Robert McClenon (talk) 20:39, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

a misdirection

On the Canadian Agriculture page in the table of different crops - specifically 'PULSE' crops = the PULSE is blue which is an indication that you can travel to find out more about your subject... I wanted to know more about pulse crops in Canada - but when i clicked on the blue PULSE - i was directed to the biology of Pulse (heartbeat) in the human body... perhaps someone could check that and correct it! Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.150.210.208 (talk) 23:47, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Fixed - thanks for pointing this out. AndyTheGrump (talk) 23:50, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

May 2

hey there

Hey there,

I was wondering how to go about getting my own wikipedia page started? My name is mentioned on several other people's wikipedia pages, but is not linked to my OWN page. Can you let me know how to get this started? Thanks!

Here is my website if you need to see some stuff!

www.aijiamusic.com

Aijia — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.90.130.162 (talk) 00:32, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

In order to have an article in Wikipedia, the subject must be notable. See WP:MUSIC for details. If you meet those guidelines, you can request that someone create an article for you at WP:RA. RudolfRed (talk) 01:52, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL This template may help with sources.--Canoe1967 (talk) 02:01, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Your name appears to be referenced in only one article. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 17:42, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Long Road to Heaven Movie credits

Dear Wikipedia, The Actor credits of the stars of LONG ROAD TO HEAVEN produced by Kalyanashira films Credit John O'Hare the Scottish Footballer as one of the stars when it is John O'Hare Actor see John O'Hare IMDB Database. John O'Hare Australian Actor should be credited his biog is on IMDB Movie Database. Best Wishes John O'Hare — Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.151.5.83 (talk) 00:51, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1917151/ doesn't have an article here yet. You seem notable enough and someone may wish to create one. I will remove the wikilink in the movie for now.--Canoe1967 (talk) 01:45, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

I put the link back - with a disambiguator as it already was done in the "Cast and crew" section. I will now start an article. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 07:07, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

There is now a stub at John O'Hare (actor) please feel free to add to it. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 08:06, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

But if you are John O'Hare, please don't edit the stub, but post things you would like to see added to the article on its talk page Talk:John O'Hare (actor). Read WP:COI for why not. --ColinFine (talk) 22:52, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Search for multiple tags

I would like to search for changes tagged with col-spam or autobiography. I tried putting both tags in the tag filter box with no extra operators, with anOR operator and with an OR operator and with the terms inside ()s. None of these worked. How do I find recent changes that have been tagged with one or more tags? DouglasCalvert (talk) 02:18, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

WP:CATSCAN?--ukexpat (talk) 14:00, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Where do i find information on article views

Where do I find information on how many people view specific articles hour-by-hour?66.108.67.68 (talk) 02:52, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Go to the "View history" page for the article, and there you will find a link to see page views. It's per-day. I dont think there is a hour-by-hour view, but you might be able to get it from the raw data you can download. RudolfRed (talk) 04:29, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

If you need hour by hour data, you could try to send a message to the Wikimedia Analytics mailing list they might be able to help out. Zell Faze (talk) 12:44, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Updating a wiki page on myself

Hi

There is an old wiki page on myself that is really out of date in terms of info. Can I get someone to update this, as I know I can't do it myself (conflict of interest)?

Cheers — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.56.42.109 (talk) 03:02, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Template:Request edit may help.--Canoe1967 (talk) 03:09, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

So where would I add that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.56.42.109 (talk) 03:30, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

On the talk page of the article in question. The template has a link to the guide at Template:Request edit/COIinstructions. - David Biddulph (talk) 03:35, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

The instructions need work. I just added Template_talk:Request_edit#More_detail.--Canoe1967 (talk) 03:44, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

I wish to report a poster- IP address 118.210.109.199 -reason spamming my userpage-

I wish to report this anonymous user IP address 118.210.109.199 Reason- this user who appears to be anonymous spammed edited my user page Andreaborman see here- http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Andreaborman&oldid=528133540 I had to delete my page because it was edited and I want you to ban the ip of the above user.As I don't think it's right that someone can just come along and edit MY User page and that users post was clearly spam. I reported this to a moderator here on your Talk Page months ago but nothing was done about this.So i have had to move and delete my userpage to avoid other users editing it and posting inappropriate content on it. I should have at least been given the option to lock my page but it seems there's no option to do that here. Please could you ban or block the IP of that user. Andrea Borman. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Andreaborman (talk • contribs) 05:07, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

The bad edits were made last December, and no other edits have been made from that IP address since then. Although you could request a block by posting at WP:AIV, it will be rejected as "stale". As the blocking policy states, "Blocks should not be used ... where there is no current conduct issue of concern".

It is possible to stop anonymous editors editing your user page. You could request that at WP:RFPP, but, again, I suspect that the admins there would be unwilling to apply protection when the damage was done so many months ago. -- John of Reading (talk) 06:41, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

You'd be surprised ;) I'm happy to protect it for 6 months. Worm^TT(talk) 10:16, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

how do I delete an article and article title

How can you delete my article and title? --76.172.97.1 (talk) 05:41, 2 May 2013 (UTC)Brandon Duran(aged 12)

Only our administrators can delete articles. Which article do you want deleted? (And why?) Evanh2008 ^{(talk|contribs)} 05:45, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

This may, perhaps, refer to the userspace draft at User:Brandonworld/Lidia Kopach? - David Biddulph (talk) 10:24, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Yeah, that's what I'd guessed. A quick Google search suggests that most of the info is probably accurate, but it's poorly written and somewhat in bad taste. I doubt the subject passes WP:BIO, at any rate. Evanh2008 ^{(talk|contribs)} 22:55, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Hindi article

Hi. I tried to read the History of Europe in Wikipedia in my own language in Hindi and am very disappointed to find that the content largely vary in terms of meaning. Also the content in Hindi is very less as compared to that in English. Varsha Sharma — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.168.114.69 (talk) 06:53, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

If you believe that you can improve the Hindi article, and if you have reliable sources to support your proposed changes, I would suggest that you go ahead and do so. - David Biddulph (talk) 10:26, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

The Sheriffs Are Coming

The Sheriffs Are Coming I have made two edits to this page, both of which have been reverted and I am not sure why. My second attempt was just to add the names of the enforcement officers taking part in the second series - I am not sure why this factual information has been disallowed, so any advice welcomed! Cscaramanga (talk) 11:58, 2 May 2013 (UTC)cscaramangaCscaramanga (talk) 11:58, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

The editor who reverted ought to have given a reason, but your changes are more likely to survive if you provide an edit summary and if you include a reference to a reliable source to satisfy Wikipedia's requirement for verifiability. - David Biddulph (talk) 12:06, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Obviously Inaccurate (but widespread) Material

I'm currently doing research to update the article on Creagerstown. I noticed that one of the sources that the article currently cites includes the following text:

NOTE: The name of John Cramer as the founder of Creagerstown in other resources is an error.

— CREAGERSTOWN, FREDERICK CO., MD , in x, x, Audrey Shields Hancock

From what I have seen in my research, this statement is accurate. Most of the sources that I have read state that the town was Founded by John Creager; only one book source I have found at the library says John Cramer, and even that source mentions it being John Creager later on. I suspect that this book is where the error stems from as it is widely used for research about the towns in the area.

How should I handle this? Should I just treat it as though the book says John Creager, or should I note that some sources state it was John Cramer? Or would it better to just not cite that particular section of that source? I would like to use some of the other information that is on that page, but I know if someone goes back to check the source they will see the mistaken John Cramer instead of John Creager. Any advice would be helpful. Thank you. Zell Faze (talk) 12:36, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

You aren't forced to cite every single source. What makes a source reliable is that its information can be trusted. Where information is demonstrably wrong (preferably with reference to other sources), that calls into direct question the reliability of that source. The whole point of "verifiability" is that something has the ability to have its truthfulness confirmed: truthfulness is a precondition for being verifiable (break apart the word: veri- from "Veritas" or truth, -ify- meaning "to make" and -able "has the ability to"). When you see "Verifiability not truth..." mantra spoken around Wikipedia, what that means is that "Truth by itself is inadequate. What matters is the ability to confirm something is true". If it isn't true, it isn't verifiable, by definition. --Jayron32 12:48, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Jayron, I am saving that brilliant explanation in my clipboard manager and I shall plagiarise it shamelessly! Thanks.--ukexpat (talk) 14:04, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

I suspect that the issue in that source is that it is a typo and is thus reliable for the remaining information in the text. Thank you for your explanation. I think then that the solution will be to omit that as a source for the name of the founder, but continue to use it as a source for other information about the town. That is the only spot that I have found that it doesn't match the other sources (except of course sources derived from it, which carry the same mistake). Thank you. Zell Faze (talk) 15:03, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

John Laing disambiguation page

Hi there,

I am a PR professional (working for an external agency) representing John Laing plc and have an edit I would like to make to the "John Laing" page. The section I am looking to edit is the disambiguation page . At the moment it describes John Laing plc as a "British developer and construction company." John Laing haven't actually built anything for a number of years since they sold their building arm, and so this descriptor is no longer accurate. I would like to change this to "infrastructure asset manager and investor" as per the descriptor found at the bottom of the company's press releases (one example of this can be found here: ) - what is the best way of going about this?

References

I have already posted this on the "Talk" page as I understand that is the best place to start, but so far received no response.

I am keen to go about this according to the appropriate guidelines, so any advice would be much appreciated.

Thank you in advance for your help.

Regards Sdmpwct (talk) 12:45, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

First, let me commend you for being prudent here; we ask that PR representatives and others with a conflict of interest do exactly as you are, which is to avoid directly editing the text of articles whose subjects they are directly involved with. It is quite refreshing as an experienced Wikipedia editor to see someone doing it "right". It makes it easier to help you. Now, I'd like to help, but I'm not exactly sure what sort of fixing you need doing. There's two articles here: John Laing, as you note, is a disambiguation page used to point readers to the correct article where a bunch of articles share the same or similar names. John Laing plc is the article about the specific company you represent. Do you need to change something at the John Laing plc article or just at the John Laing disambiguation page? And, most importantly, do you have reliable sources so we can verify the changes you wish to see made? If you can answer those two questions, I think we can move forward fairly easily. --Jayron32 12:55, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

The place to suggest changes is on the talk page of the relevant article, so in this case Talk:John Laing. The place where you posted the message yesterday was on your own user talk page, and people interested in the John Laing article won't have seen your message there. - David Biddulph (talk) 13:24, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

... and I think that you intended to provide a reference, so I have taken the liberty of modifying your question accordingly. - David Biddulph (talk) 13:29, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Thank you all for your help so far. The content of the actual John Laing plc page is fine, it's just the descriptor on the disambiguation page. I would like to change the description from "British develop and construction company" to "infrastructure asset manager and investor." The best reference for this would probably be the "notes to editors" at the bottom of any of their press releases. Thank you very much user:David Biddulph for including the full link above - here it is again.

I will raise this on the Talk:John Laing page as suggested by user:David Biddulph. User:Jayron - does my explanation above answer your questions, and if so is Talk:John Laing still the best way of going about this?

Thanks again for your help Sdmpwct (talk) 13:56, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Why not just change the description to "British company"? That would avoid any argument about whether and how to describe its activities; or, indent it under "John Laing (businessman)" and describe it as "the company that he founded".--ukexpat (talk) 14:07, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

I've just implemented the recommendation of ukexpat, for a couple of reasons 1) Indenting the entry makes it clear the relationship between the person and the company. 2) Being more general seems to be better here for a couple of reasons. Firstly, the phrase "infrastructure asset manager and investor" sounds like industrial jargon bordering on technobabble, that is while to someone working for the company may understand such phrasing, the average reader will not be able to parse that description in a meaningful way. I'm pretty sure that's why the phrase "construction company" was used. Most people understand what a construction company does (A company that builds things). Most people would have a hard time understanding what an "infrastructure asset manager" does, so perhaps having a more detailed descriptor isn't overly helpful. People who search for "John Laing" when they are looking for that company should be able to find it easily on the disambiguation page, and if they read the article they can find out what the company does anyways. I hope this works. --Jayron32 15:06, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Like--ukexpat (talk) 16:00, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

A small point, but you will probably have noticed that your attempt to show the reference above has merely produced ^[1] without showing the information or an active link. To get the information to show it needs a {{reflist}}, or (as this is a talk page) better {{reflist-talk}} as I used in my addition to your original question. - David Biddulph (talk) 14:11, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

I need a copy write date for my daughters report

I need a copy write date for my daughters report on Giant Pandas we can not fine any dates and she must list one for her sources — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.102.194.154 (talk) 13:31, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Citing Wikipedia for information on how to properly cite Wikipedia when using it as a source for things like school reports. --Jayron32 13:37, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

You didn't state the class of your daughter, and it isn't really any of my business. However, it is my opinion that a student in high school should not be citing Wikipedia as a source (with some exceptions) If in middle school, it might be OK, as part of a long term plan to teach students how to write papers, but even there, it may not be a good idea. Wikipedia is a great resource, but if your daughter found something useful inGiant panda, she should be looking for the reference, reviewing that to make sure the facts are valid, and then using the reference as her source. the reference should have a date on it. In the rara cases that a reference to Wikipedia is valid (such as an article about Wikipedia) then one should go to the history of the article, and get the perma-link to a version on a particular day, use that as the reference, and that date as the date. (As a minor aside, it is copyright, not copywrite.)--SPhilbrick(Talk) 13:56, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Benjamin Neil

Someone created a Wikidedia page WITHOUT my consent Another individual attempted to add items of my personal history at 2 am last evening At 4 am, they were deleted The information remaining is derogatory and "allegations" at best The process involved is a University "confidential" personnel matter I strongly (but respectfully) request that the page for Benjamin Neil be removed I would also like to know who had authority to create this page? Thanks you !! Benjamin Neil — Preceding unsigned comment added by 136.160.141.12 (talk) 13:47, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

I assume that you are referring to Benjamin A. Neil (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)? The consent of the subject of an article is not required, but any contentious material must be supported by references to published reliable sources. - David Biddulph (talk) 13:57, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Your consent is not required to create an article, any more than your consent is required for a reporter to write a story about you. if there are error s in the article, we should address that. please identify the problems on the articles talk page, and/or report to the Norticeboard. --SPhilbrick(Talk) 14:02, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

As was mentioned, your consent is not required to create an article. However, Wikipedia has strict standards about biographies of living persons. As was mentioned, you may go to the noticeboard and request assistance, and may go to the article talk page. Robert McClenon (talk) 14:11, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

I've nominated the article for deletion. Robert McClenon (talk) 20:40, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

pimenta racemosa information

I don't know how to edit here but the information about the pimenta racemosa tree or bay rum tree has some very serious errors or contain some erroneous information. Two of the most glaring are that it is not an invasive species that takes over,it is a tree that does not do well outside of the caribbean and must be physically planted and bay rum is not the same as rum. They are two totally different products not even closely related as one comes for sugarcane,molasses, and one comes from the oil of the leaves of the bay rum tree and it's oil is toxic. How do I edit these entries as I don't know coding? Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.99.193.109 (talk) 14:25, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

If you don't feel brave enough to try editing the page yourself (perhaps after reading Wikipedia:Tutorial), you could always explain your proposed changes at Talk:Pimenta racemosa, providing references to published reliable sources to support your proposals. - David Biddulph (talk) 14:46, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Is someone notified when I edit a page?

I'm doing a paper on Wikipedia and I was wondering.. If I (or anyone else) edit a page, will someone be automatically notified so that they can check the legitimacy of my edit? Or will it just appear on someone's watchlist ?

Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ilovecats1378 (talk • contribs) 14:59, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

If it's not a user page they will only see it in their watchlist. If it's a userpage then they get an orange banner (or they used to, i'm not sure if that's now changed) letting them know and an entry on the watchlist. Thanks ツ Jenova20 ^(email) 15:06, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

The orange alert has been replaced by WP:Notifications, but you can bring it back with this javascript.--ukexpat (talk) 16:05, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Where do I put the script? Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 19:17, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

In your skin.js file. FrigidNinja 20:42, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Additionally all changes show up on the Recent Changes page. There is a group of users known as the Recent changes patrol that keep an eye on that page to look for anything that is blatantly wrong or blatantly vandalism. Zell Faze (talk) 15:48, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Meta login not working

Why doesn't my meta login work at http://wikimediadc.org/wiki/Grants.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 16:01, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

A Wikimedia account does not mean that you can login to all Wikimedia Chapters by that account. You can login using that account in sites where there is a little a WIKIMEDIA project picture at the bottom-right of every page next to Powered by MediaWiki like wmuk:. But as you can see, in http://wikimediadc.org/ there is no a WIKIMEDIA project at the bottom right. You will have to manually create an account on the Chapter itself. And for future reference, Wikimedia chapters do not represent the Foundation legally. They are separate and independent legal entities, only liable for the work they accomplish in their jurisdiction. --Ushau97 (talk) 16:33, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Thx.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 20:33, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Actually, login ability isn't determined by presence of the a WIKIMEDIA project picture http://bits.wikimedia.org/images/wikimedia-button.png. Many wikis at Special:SiteMatrix#mw-sitematrix-others have the picture but don't allow login with a global Wikimedia account. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:12, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Can someone create a Wikipedia page for me?

Is it possible to get wikipedia pages made for a young up and coming NASCAR driver. I have tried to create it myself however I am having some complications. How would I go about completing this task? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jluchkiw (talk • contribs) 16:17, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Are you the subject of the page that you want created? If so, you should get someone else to create it for you, because of the autobiography policy. It will need to be accompanied by reliable sources and you will need to meet the notability criteria. You can go to Articles for Creation to make your request, if someone agrees that you meet the notability criteria. Robert McClenon (talk) 16:23, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

I guess that this may refer to Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Dylan Kwasniewski - David Biddulph (talk) 16:33, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

(ec) The subject of an article needs to be notable. See WP:NMOTORSPORT for some guidance. If you are "up and coming" you may not qualify yet. If you do, you can request an article at WP:RA RudolfRed (talk) 16:24, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

You also need to read this essay about "up-and-coming" subjects. --Orange Mike | Talk 16:38, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Are videos of a trailer and a release date a reliable source?

So, I'm going to edit a video game article, but I just wanted to make sure that a video/ trailer would be a reliable source for a release date? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Deviljho12 (talk • contribs) 16:34, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

I would generally say yes. This page and particularly this section should have the information you need to determine if something is a reliable source. If the teaser trailer is made by the company that is making the game, than I would say that it is quite likely that it is a reliable source for the release date. You may also want to read Wikipedia:Videos as references which covers how to cite videos as references, though it may not be entirely applicable to your situation as it appears to mostly cover movies and TV shows. Zell Faze (talk) 17:05, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Henry W. Bloch page

On the following page - Henry W. Bloch - the third item in the References list is a broken link. This link http://www.bloch.umkc.edu/about-the-bloch-school/about-henry-bloch/index.aspx needs to be changed to http://bloch.umkc.edu/about-us/fast-facts.aspx or removed as a Reference.

Unfortunately I have been unable do either. Thank you for your time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2610:E0:A040:C5FD:7193:B1B:CEF:C977 (talk) 16:34, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Done. If you want to know a bit more about references, try WP:Referencing for beginners. - David Biddulph (talk) 16:46, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Opera Mini problems

Tracked in Phabricator
Task T49567

It is not possible to search for articles on the new mobile site with the Opera Mini browser, since there is no search button. The scripts that should display a list a keyword matches are not working. A scriptless static page would be better for older devices. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.233.85.5 (talk) 17:24, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for reporting this! The problem is covered in the error database under bugzilla:47567. --AKlapper (WMF) (talk) 11:00, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

Incorrect Password Problem!

Hello. I have got a Wikipedia account but I can't access in Wikipedia in the past few months, whereas I was numbers of time renew my password. Why is there all this trouble and what is the solution? 78.160.196.33 (talk) 17:33, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

It appears that you are saying that you created a registered account, but now can't log on with the registered account, and so are logging on from an IP address. Did you enter an email address when you created the account? Is the email address still valid? Can you request that your password be reset or mailed to you? Robert McClenon (talk) 17:47, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Yes, I was enter an email adress when I was created the account and my email adress is still valid. As I said, I was numbers of time renew my password. 78.160.196.33 (talk) 16:47, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

Center for Irregular Warfare and Armed Groups headline

The headline for the page Center for Irregular Warfare and Armed Groups is incorrect. I am affiliated with the center, and its name is the Center on Irregular Warfare and Armed Groups, not the Center for. This can also be confirmed at the group's official webpage at http://usnwc.edu/ciwag

Please change "for" to "on" in the page title. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 432Janet (talk • contribs) 17:54, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

 Done by User:David Biddulph.--ukexpat (talk) 18:02, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

(edit conflict) I have moved the article from Center for Irregular Warfare and Armed Groups to Center on Irregular Warfare and Armed Groups, but I notice that at present the article has no references to published reliable sources independent of the subject to verify the text in the article and to demonstrate its notability. I would suggest that you try to find appropriate sources, and then include them as references. If you don't know how references work in Wikipedia, I would suggest that you read WP:Referencing for beginners. - David Biddulph (talk) 18:07, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Referencing a state code

I am trying reference a section of state legal code. The ref goes on forever, though, what with the state and year, title number and name, chapter number and name, and section number and name - and they appear out of order when I use {{cite web}}. Is there a template that I can plug all these numbers and titles into and have it come out looking correct in the ref section? (This section of the code, btw.) 71.234.215.133 (talk) 18:40, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

{{Cite act}} may do it.--ukexpat (talk) 19:29, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

(edit conflict)Yeah, there is a {{cite act}} but it doesn't give you the flexibility of the Citation Style 1 templates.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 19:37, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Your government at work, creating titles that are almost as long as the law. This is {{cite book}} using |at= for the section number and name:

"Chapter 78 Judicial and State Marshals". 2011 Connecticut Code Title 6 Counties and County Officers. Judicial and State Marshals. Sec. 6-38i. Special deputy sheriffs and deputy sheriffs serving on December 1, 2000, to continue as judicial marshals and employees of Judicial Department. Collective bargaining unit. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)

Or because the section title is such a tangle of words, perhaps:

"Chapter 78 Judicial and State Marshals". 2011 Connecticut Code Title 6 Counties and County Officers. Judicial and State Marshals. Sec. 6-38i. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)

But, as you've noted, CS1 is constrained in how it orders the elements of a citation. You could, of course, hand right a citation:

2011 Connecticut Code Title 6 Counties and County Officers. Judicial and State Marshals "Chapter 78 Judicial and State Marshals" Sec. 6-38i. Special deputy sheriffs and deputy sheriffs serving on December 1, 2000, to continue as judicial marshals and employees of Judicial Department. Collective bargaining unit.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 19:37, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

You also might want to read About the General Statutes.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 19:49, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

I agree completely on what the government at work is doing; I am very sick of staring at paragraphical (?) section titles.

Turns out {{cite web}} has the at= parameter also, but it is still bollixed. I am free-handing the link and using the suggested format from the CT link. While it may not be proper per the MOS here, it will get the job done. I dislike leaving it for whatever editor comes along next, but I lack the know-how to fix it myself. Many thanks for the help. 71.234.215.133 (talk) 20:34, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Do any of the other templates in Category:Law citation templates work any better?--ukexpat (talk) 20:41, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Ah, new playthings. Thank you very much for that category. I will have to test drive some of them, as the {{TX Govt Code}} is perfect - except for being for Texas. I am also unsure there is an actual webpage for the Code on State of Connecticut sites: the search from the external link (About the General Statutes) came back to a read-or-download script page, with nothing to link back to. 71.234.215.133 (talk) 21:05, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

List of titles doesn't do it? Isn't §6-38i the section in question?

—Trappist the monk (talk) 21:30, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

That works. It is not templated like Texas, but at least the links will go back to ct.gov and not a random law site. Thank you, all. 71.234.215.133 (talk) 00:11, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

New messages

I know we have a notifications option now, but is there a way to get back the orange banner that said "you have new messages"? I'm missing my postings because the new box is quite small. Paul MacDermott (talk) 18:48, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Writ Keeper has created a cookie-based workaround; if you have cookies enabled in your browser then adding this script to your .js page will give you back the orange bar. Yunshui 雲‍水 18:52, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, I've added it here, so hopefully it should reappear next time someone contacts me. CHeers Paul MacDermott (talk) 19:08, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

I just left you a message to test it.--ukexpat (talk) 19:27, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, working great now. Paul MacDermott (talk) 19:30, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Please note this request for comment on the orange talk page banner's removal.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 23:07, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Greek alphabet edit page

When I click on "Greek" no alphabetic characters appear. (No problem with Insert, Symbols, Latin, Cyrillic, Hebrew, IPA, etc.) What happened? When will this font be available again? Appreciate your help. Thank you. --Espresso-con-pana (talk) 20:15, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

It works for me. Try to clear your entire cache. If that doesn't help then what is your browser, and skin at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-rendering? PrimeHunter (talk) 23:15, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Rollback Request for Third Amendment to the United States Constitution

There has been vandalism to Third Amendment to the United States Constitution. Because there has been vandalism from two different IP addresses, I am having trouble in getting the last good version. Can someone either advise me how to roll back, or can an admin roll back all of the edits to the last registered editor other than myself? Robert McClenon (talk) 20:23, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

I've gone back to the last good version. - David Biddulph (talk) 20:57, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Thank you. It was complicated by the fact that two IP addresses had been engaged in disruptive editing at the same time. Robert McClenon (talk) 21:00, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Political IP

User:89.242.78.80 has made some strange category additions. The articles I looked at didn't seem to warrant inclusion. Does someone else want to read them over?--Canoe1967 (talk) 21:04, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Where are they? That IP address appears to be editing articles about people with autism. Are you referring to a list of people with autism? Robert McClenon (talk) 21:25, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

They are adding BLP articles to political and religous categories. They have one as democrat and republican.--Canoe1967 (talk) 21:30, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Is that User:89.242.78.80, or is there a typo in the IP address? Robert McClenon (talk) 21:32, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/89.242.78.80 One edit to the autism list. The others are BLP category adds including sex offender that was reverted.--Canoe1967 (talk) 21:40, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Removed unsourced categories. Robert McClenon (talk) 22:03, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

The categories were probably correct, but unsourced and had to be removed. I've left the sex offender category standing because it is reliably sourced. Robert McClenon (talk) 22:08, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

May 3

Request Third Opinion on a Deletion Debate

I nominated an article for deletion. The deletion debate appears to be getting a little unpleasant. Could someone who has not been involved in the deletion debate take a look at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Benjamin A. Neil? Robert McClenon (talk) 00:56, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

I have seen much more unpleasant debates than that. The creator of the article has made his case for keep, everyone else there (including me, now) has !voted for delete. Don't worry about it. Maproom (talk) 07:13, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

How do I get documentation to display in {{GZM RDT}}?

Both {{GZM RDT}} and {{GZM RDT/doc}} have remain unchanged for quite some time. I am pretty sure that the last time I looked at them they were normal (the template pages themselves, not transclusions). What is breaking them and how to fix it? Repeated purging does not help. Kxx (talk | contribs) 02:15, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

They are in the hidden Category:Pages where template include size is exceeded. See Wikipedia:Template limits#Post-expand include size. This can be complicated to fix without removing content. You could remove transclusion of some of the subtemplates from the documentation page. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:06, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

Indeed. Trimming the documentation makes both pages display normally. Thanks for help. Kxx (talk | contribs) 04:02, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

Sentia Media

Hi there, our company has changed name from Sentia Media to iSentia but I cannot get access to change the page name. Can you please amend this, in line with the copy which is already adjusted?

Thanks

John Chalmers

Group Communications Manager <redacted contact details> — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.110.146.116 (talk) 06:00, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

I've moved the article from Sentia Media to iSentia, (& I've also removed the contact details from your question, see the bold text in the second bullet at the top of this page). - David Biddulph (talk) 06:26, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

What to do when biased against another editor?

When we encounter non-vandal editors who refuse to embrace grammar, MOS standards, etc, is there a non-invasive, non-combative way to request an unbiased set of eyes regularly review their edits to a specific article? (I don't mean ALL of their edits, because that's beyond the scope of my interest). The Dispute Resolution board seems to deal with SPECIFIC disputes, not "This dude just doesn't get it" disputes. I don't find it an equitable solution that I bow-out of editing the articles I'm interested in, but I find myself biased against hard-headed editors who seem impervious to correction or edification, and I've Assumed Good Faith when reasonable, occasionally going to great lengths to explain reversions. Is there a polite way to solicit other editors' participation in specific article updates without creating an official complaint against the contributor(s) and their content? I'm not interested in banhammers, only quality articles. Thanks! Cyphoidbomb (talk) 06:26, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

Does WP:RFC help at all? It also suggests alternative pages at the top. CaptRik (talk) 13:02, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

I think it might, thank you. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 14:14, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

Have you tried reasoning with the user, either on his talk page or on article talk pages? My assumption is that the answer is yes, and you are asking her because the user "just doesn't get it". As CaptRik says, the RFC page describes the difference between content dispute resolution and user conduct issues. The user may be inexperienced and may not understand how Wikipedia works, but competence is required and the user should try to learn. Unwillingness to learn causes a competence issue to become a conduct issue. A user conduct RFC is generally considered a last resort, because it is a step toward requesting that the user be banned, but if the user won't listen, then the reminder that he is at risk of being banned may be an incentive to listen. Robert McClenon (talk) 14:18, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

I have indeed tried to reason. I think an article RFC might be warranted. Thanks for your input! Cyphoidbomb (talk) 15:22, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

Do you mean an article content RFC, or a user conduct RFC? If the editor won't listen to reason, then a user conduct RFC may be warranted. (An article content RFC may also be warranted.) Robert McClenon (talk) 16:36, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

In keeping with my original intention, I don't have a vested interest to have the editor disciplined, only to help develop articles that meet encyclopedic standards. I figure if I submit article content RFCs, it will help to get other eyes on the article(s), steer the article toward better quality, establish consensus, keep my bias in check, and potentially help the editor to learn. If the editor refuses to learn, it would become a matter for the community. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 18:37, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

Template:Country data Santiago del Estero

I wanna use the template on danish wikipedia but is it possible to make so it so the link say Santiago del Estero but at same time links to Provincia de Santiago del Estero like Santiago del Estero this? --89.249.2.53 (talk) 07:27, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

Yes - just like that in fact :D Mdann52 (talk) 12:23, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

Account Cleanup

I have two accounts, this one which I used on the English wikipedia and one I used on the dutch wikipedia. I would like to rectify this situation and if I'm not mistaken, I should make a usurpation request. However, I really don't like either of the names I used, so I would like a username change as well. How would I best go about this?

What I think I would have to is to first request a name change for one of the accounts, then once that is done create a usurpation request to merge the two accounts and then verify that the other account is my own by responding to the request with it.

Is this correct? Is there a more direct way to approach this situation? Is it a problem that I don't have all that many edits in any of the accounts?

Sorry for all the questions and thanks for any help. My name is Jasper (talk) 08:18, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

If you don't have much edits, instead of changing the username creating a new account with a username which haven't been used would be better. But if you prefer changing user name m:SR/SUL (or m:SRUC) would be the best place to request. --Ushau97 (talk) 09:34, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

SRI LANKA MOORS LIST

Dear Sir/Madam, i noticed in the subject information that Mohamed Rajabdeen is a sri lankan moor which is not the case. In fact his family are considered as Indian muslims living in sri lanka. Please do the correction to ensure that we as sri lankan moors maintain our identity.

Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Colombosrilanka (talk • contribs) 08:26, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

The Western Provincial government identifies him as a "Ceylon Moor" at http://www.wpc.gov.lk/wpc-plan/memberdetails.php?RID=151, so I'm afraid his name should stay in the list. Rojomoke (talk) 10:59, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

3 months pregnant women been send out to oversea work as domestic helper

good day to you, a 3 months pregnant PHL women been send out to work oversea by a PHL agency in PHL,any one there in PHL can help her parent in PHL to make a complaints against the agency at PHL, please give the parent at PHL a helping hand, hope to hear from you ASAP, thank you

Yap S C — Preceding unsigned comment added by 118.100.110.98 (talk) 08:45, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 6.9 million articles and thought we were affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is for asking questions related to using or contributing to Wikipedia itself. Thus, we have no special knowledge about the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck.

Please also note that our reference desks cannot provide legal advice. AndyTheGrump (talk) 09:10, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

Deletion request

Please delete article Cowell area school as there are grammar errors in the title leading to its orphan status. I could not change or fix the title so I copied and corrected the whole page to Cowell Area School which links correctly and is no longer orphaned. Alternatively if someone could fix the grammar error in the original page's title and then delete the new one I would be ok with that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Malcolmjrogers (talk • contribs) 13:37, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

The way to change a title is to move the page to the new title. In this case I did a history merge using admin tools to put both versions at the same (capitalized) title and then made the version without the orphan tag the latest version. RJFJR (talk) 14:21, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

(edit conflict)Oh dear, that's a WP:COPYPASTA move and not how we do things. I will tag it for fixing by an admin.--ukexpat (talk) 14:23, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

Oops already done.--ukexpat (talk) 14:25, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

Article not appearing

Resolved

I cannot make John Yarde-Buller, 1st Baron Churston appear on my screen. Not a problem I've had with any other article. I just get a totally blank screen when I click on the blue link, i.e. from article Baron Churston. Any ideas? Thanks. (Lobsterthermidor (talk) 14:26, 3 May 2013 (UTC))

Problem solved now, my computer is just having a super-slow day.(Lobsterthermidor (talk) 14:39, 3 May 2013 (UTC))

Turning off markup language while quoting markup language

If I want to quote markup language in a talk page without having the markup language take effect, what do I do? How do I turn off the magic?

For background, on an article talk page, there is a special form of SHOUTING. Rather than using BLOCK CAPITALS, which is so 1980's, having been considered shouting by the Internet community since the Internet was the ARPANET, the raw text includes (font size="+3"), except that the parentheses are angle brackets. In discussing this, how do I display the angle brackets rather than having them shout and disfigure the talk page? Robert McClenon (talk) 14:58, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

I believe <nowiki>CODE</nowiki> is what you're looking for? Яehevkor ✉ 15:00, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

Which is explained in-depth at Help:NOWIKI. --  Gadget850 ^talk 15:32, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

Or the {{tag}} template for html; {{xtag}} for special wiki markup; use the {{tlx}} suite of templates for template markup.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 15:24, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. I'll try those in the Sandbox before posting, because I don't want to disfigure a talk page in the way that one of the disputants did. (It's every bit as ugly as it sounds.) Robert McClenon (talk) 15:34, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

Talk Comments

I have entered constructive Talk Comments requesting the page edit to supply a reference for the claims of the edit. This comment disappeared once but I have since reposted the comment. Can someone at Wikipedia check if I'm posting Talk Comments correctly and show me how to improve them if I am not. Thank you. VALID REALITY (talk) 16:05, 3 May 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by VALID REALITY (talk • contribs) 16:03, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

What talk page were you posting them to? Robert McClenon (talk) 16:09, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

(edit conflict) The OP posted Talk:Rebecca Hall. Dru of Id (talk) 16:13, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Your post looks fine. Mlpearc (powwow) 16:11, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

How do I add a photo of myself to my home page?

I am having problems navigating the image insert of a photo of myself. It is a photo of me that I own. It is up online at my IMDB home page gallery, and also on my personal website danielquinn.net. I was able to enter it on the Wikipedia Commons site, but I would like viewers to see it on my regular Wikipedia page.

Thank you, Daniel Quinn — Preceding unsigned comment added by Queenmab819 (talk • contribs) 16:19, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Help:Images This should answer you queries. Cheers, Mlpearc (powwow) 16:41, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

That the photo is of you, and that you own it, does not necessarily mean that you have the right to upload it to Wikipedia Commons. It may seem absurd, but Wikipedia aims to comply with the law, which says that the copyright in the photo belongs to whoever's finger pressed the button on the camera, and that person's permission is needed for the upload to Commons. Now, you say that you want the picture to appear on "your regular Wikipedia page". I guess that's not this one, that Daniel Quinn is older than you. Is it this one? If you tell us the name the image has on Commons, and the page where you want it to appear, then once the copyright issue is clarified, I or another editor here can do it for you. Maproom (talk) 16:39, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for responding so quickly. Yes I am the younger Daniel Quinn. I am the actor not the writer. This is the jpeg I have uploaded to the Commons site. /Users/dqactor/Desktop/Daniel_Quinntwick.jpeg I appreciate all of your help! Best regards, Daniel Quinn — Preceding unsigned comment added by Queenmab819 (talk • contribs) 16:54, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

Hi, Daniel. In Mediawikiland, that picture is referred to as [[File:Daniel Quinntwick.jpeg]] (and the case of letters and punctuation must be right). You put what I've just said in your user page, and the picture will appear.

Incidentally, I see you have posted a reply on your user page: that is not what user pages are intended for: you have both a user page User:Queenmab819 and a user talk page User talk:Queenmab819; the latter is for discussion and communication between you and other Wikipedia editors.

One more point: it is possible that what you are intending to do is to write an article about yourself. If that is your intention, please read WP:AUTOBIO for why this is strongly discouraged. You can write about yourself as a Wikipedia editor on your user page, and place a picture there if you wish; but an article about you outside Wikipedia (i.e. as an actor) should be in article space not user space, and should not be written by you. Apologies if you're already aware of this. --ColinFine (talk) 17:06, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

Editing about yourself is not impossible but, is highly discouraged. Mlpearc (powwow) 17:41, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

Digging for Help

Hey, has anybody seen Cacycle? I need his help on the subjects of a couple of posts that I added near the bottom of the talk page that he uses for wikEd stuff, but he hasn't responded to either of those or to an e-mail that I sent him. Maybe he'll pop in later today with a new version of wikEd or something, but he needs to read the feedback that I've given him first!
RandomDSdevel (talk) 16:58, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

Cacycle hasn't edited since last month. Mlpearc (powwow) 17:48, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

Photo and data updates to the 152d Airlift Wing Wiki page

Please advise how I can go about updating a photo which shows the 152nd Airlift Wing's current unit patch. Also, I'm unable to update the page to say "152nd Airlift Wing" instead of "152d Airlift Wing." Thank You! 152AW/Public Affairs. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.79.9.16 (talk) 17:31, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

That move had been made (we rename articles by moving them). However, something isn't quite right, let me check into it.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 17:40, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

I see that it was moved, but then moved back with the explanation " Air Force does not use "nd" suffix". How do we sort this out?

One other note, I thought I would check the official website, which appeared to be linked at the bottom of the article, but that is a dead link. Do you know the correct link? (we'll get to the image question shortly.)--SPhilbrick(Talk) 17:43, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

I see this page, claiming to be the official site, used "nd". Does 152AW/Public Affairs agree this is the official page?

I posed a query to the experienced editor who moved the article to its present name. It can be found here. While I await a response, let's discuss the image issue. Some people go to the image description page, see "Upload a new version of this file" and mistakenly think this is the way to change an image. I do not know if that was your issue. Can you explain whether you are looking to add a new image, or replace an existing image with a new one? The processes aren't the same. --SPhilbrick(Talk) 17:57, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

From what I can tell, there are three points of view on suffixes of USAF units.

* If you visit the Air Force Historical Research Agency site which is where official lineages and histories are kept, numerical units are without any suffix (i.e. 1 Fighter Wing, 354 Operations Group). Although this seems to be a recent method.

* If you look at documents from the AFHRA (Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.) you'll see unit designations are with the "d" for 2d (ex: 2d Bombardment Squadron). The other day, in fact, I asked the AFHRA for a current active-duty unit history unpublished on their website and they sent this in email File:22d Intelligence Squadron.pdf which uses the "d" suffix.

* Now if you look at unit websites, some are "d" some are "nd". (http://www.152aw.ang.af.mil/). However, even there the suffix is dropped in the URL, although they use "152nd" on their website, and the individual who first raised this question uses "152AW/Public Affairs" (w/o a suffix).

I tend to use the "d" suffix as that is what is historically been used, although I believe the No Suffix method (ex: 152 Airlift Wing) is the current "official" designation. Bwmoll3 (talk) 20:07, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the response. Sounds more complicated than I had hoped. I'm going to take a pass on moving the article, until such time as there is more clarity. I'll try to respond to OPs issues about image upload, if I see it.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 20:30, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

Non-free use rationale templates

I have no idea where to ask this, but I'm curious why the Upload File option uses {{Non-free use rationale 2}}? It's not so much that it's confusing to fill out, but that the end result looks like it was hacked out by some noob (me). See here. Whereas {{Non-free use rationale album cover}} has so much more information that's far better worded and explained. Why can't these two templates be combined so that the NFCC links appear, but the wording is still more professional, and the template doesn't look like some half-filled out thing with "n.a."s and sentences that start with lowercases and so forth? – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 17:36, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

FYI, the file pages "Summary and License" sections look fine. Mlpearc (powwow) 17:45, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

state=expanded not working at Helen Keller in Template:Helen Keller

Can someone figure out why state=expanded is not working at Helen Keller in Template:Helen Keller.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 18:20, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

 Fixed[1] {{Helen Keller}} didn't use to pass on the state parameter to {{Navbox}}. The Anonymouse (talk | contribs) 18:46, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia:NPA

Hello,

English is not my mother tongue and I am new at Wikipedia. Could you please tell me if I may do something not according to Wikipedia:NPA here http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Primark&oldid=553381930#.27Sweatshops.27_.26_Primark?

Many thanks, New worl (talk) 18:38, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

It looks to me like a simple miscommunication; I believe he thought you were saying you were going to Google his name, whereas it's fairly clear to me you meant you were going to Google for information about the subject you were discussing and provide it to him. I've commented on the talk page. --Floquenbeam (talk) 18:49, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks Floquenbeam very much for your correct understanding.

I have a very bad feeling of being told I can also tell you that if I was an administrator on this wiki, I would likely consider that a threat and you would end up blocked although I am not the one who misunderstood. New worl (talk) 19:00, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

Hi Floquenbeam. If you were me, would you expect 'some words' from the one who misunderstood? Thanks, New worl (talk) 19:12, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

I don't think their subsequent comments on that page were fair to you, no, but it is usually not worth trying to insist that someone who was rude apologize to you. If they interfere with your ability to discuss things reasonably, that would be a bigger problem. But right now all they have done is be needlessly aggressive in warning you not to be disruptive. --Floquenbeam (talk) 20:01, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks Floquenbeam, you are a true hero. Have a good day / night wherever you are. Best wishes, New worl (talk) 20:09, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

How do I change company name

On the QSI Corporation page, the page title needs to change from QSI Corporation, as that company has been bought out by Beijer Electronics in 2010, to Beijer Electronics Inc.

I know how to change the text within the page but the page title.

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