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    September 1

    Article on 'Walpole, Massachusetts'

    - the latest entry under 'History' should be removed...this has no place here- clearly someone's personal grudge against the town...please REMOVE. Richard Cunnane — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.237.236.184 (talk) 00:32, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    The vandalism which you were seeing had been reverted more than a week ago, but apparently there was a caching problem. I've done a null edit which should have cleared it. Thank you for pointing it out. - David Biddulph (talk) 01:27, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Richard Lindzen

    Hello, I have been trying to expand a section of the article Richard Lindzen, and I tried to add a cite doi template. But it's been 3 days since then and the template still hasn't been filled out, it's still just the DOI. Can someone inform me as to how to fix it? The bad doi can be found after "...as well as Hadley circulations." Jinkinson (talk) 02:03, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

     Fixed by [1] --Glaisher [talk] 06:15, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Suddenly last week, the wikipedia search box stop working. Instead of suggestions from the Wikipedia drop down list, it's the Internet Explorer 10 Auto-Complete list that is displayed. I've reseted and cleared IE 10 to no avail. What can I do to restore Wikipedia behavior.

    Thank You — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bergo2058 (talk • contribs) 03:49, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    @Bergo2058: If you're still having this problem, I suggest asking at WP:VPT. Be sure to mention your operating system (Windows XP? 7? Vista?) as well as your browser. Also, include in the posting whether this problem does or does not change when you are logged into Wikipedia, compared to when you are not. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 22:07, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Addition to category

    I would like to add a link on the 'Category:Films based on fantasy novels' page, but, as there is no direct way to do so, nor any indication of the indirect way to do so, I'm stymied. Specifically, I wanted to add the Rankin/Bass animated film Flight of Dragonsbased on the Gordon R Dickson book The Dragon and the George to the list. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Terenciom (talk • contribs) 05:31, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Put Category:Films based on fantasy novels at the bottom of the article you want to add to the category. RudolfRed (talk) 06:00, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    More info on categories can be found at WP:CATEGORY. Dismas|(talk) 06:25, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Another user has now visited the page The Flight of Dragons and added the template, making the article appear in the desired category. Take a look at this edit to see how it was done. -Karenjc 19:08, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    help

    hi, what steps should i follow 1/upload my picture 2/ write my history — Preceding unsigned comment added by Emmanuel J Kamara (talk • contribs) 06:58, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Writing an autobiography on Wikipedia is strongly discouraged. See WP:AB. As for the photo, you could upload it to commons: if you agree to release the photo under a suitable license. --Glaisher [talk] 07:05, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    User:Emmanuel J Kamara is essentially a Wikipedia article at this point. This page should really be about how Emmanuel J Kamara can contribute to Wikipedia.— Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 19:17, 4 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Descartes and his findings.

    Yes John. I am not computer experienced and would ask for help in this explanation of Descartes writings now developed to explain further the spiritual sensor of the brain, giving greater understanding and enlightenment. Thank you meantime for your kind considerations.Tom. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tglen (talk • contribs) 07:16, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    I've left you some introductory links on your talk page. One important rule at Wikipedia is that articles should only summarise facts and ideas that have already been published elsewhere, in good-quality publications such as books by respected publishers, scholarly journals and respected news outlets. If these ideas on Descartes can be backed up by references to sources like these, then I suggest you post at Talk:René Descartes so that an interested editor can help you work out where to fit them in to the encyclopedia. But if the ideas are new or original, then they don't belong here. There's more on this at Wikipedia:No original research. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:49, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    spam blacklist

    Currently there's a spam blacklist banner at Kerry Bentivolio. The supposed spam link is MLive.com, the website for eight Michigan newspapers owned by Booth Newspapers. Why is it considered spam? 204.111.20.10 (talk) 09:45, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    It was triggered by the word "petition" within the URL, but I think this a mistake and have removed it. There's a discussion about this at MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist#petition. -- John of Reading (talk) 11:12, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you. 204.111.20.10 (talk) 21:27, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Sometimes when reading an article I find that a link in it is dead, but I can find the page it referred to on archive.org. Is there a policy on how to edit those links? Can I just replace the original "page.html" by the corresponding "archive.org/page.html" and/or do I need to do something extra? For instance, in some reference lists, I see written "retrieved on...." next to a link, though usually that reference simply turns out to be a 'standard' url, not an archived one? 87.210.219.0 (talk) 10:43, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Depends. Some citations use a citation template, and many of those (eg {{Cite web}}) contain explicit parameters to define links to archived citations on archiving sites such as archive.org. Cite web contains |archiveurl=, which is for the url of the archived link. If a citation does not use a citation template, then a template such as {{Wayback}} can be added to the citation. For example, if the citation is a footnote, then {{Wayback}} can simply be placed inside the <ref> tags, such as <ref>[http://www.mycitation.com MyCitation] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.google.com/ |date=* }}</ref>. Note that you might need to specify more parameters in the Wayback template if you want to provide a direct link to the archived snapshot at Wayback. -- Toshio Yamaguchi 11:13, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Or you can just add "Archived on [date]." at the end of the ref instead of "Accessed" or "Retrieved" or whatever. In case you hadn't noticed, the date forms part of the archive.org url, so for things like pdfs where it isn't obvious from the page itself when it was archived, you can get it from the url instead. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 11:27, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    If the original link is dead and the citation uses a citation template, then you can set the |deadurl parameter to |deadurl=yes. That will change the display order of the links, i.e. if |deadurl=no, then the title will retain the original link and the archive link will be placed at the end. If |deadurl=yes, then the link order will be reversed. -- Toshio Yamaguchi 11:32, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    See also Wikipedia:Link rot. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:28, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Is there a section in the MoS for roads?

    I remember it, but I don't know where it is. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.238.182.192 (talk) 11:37, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    You might be looking for Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/Standards or Wikipedia:WikiProject Highways#Structure of articles. -- John of Reading (talk) 11:47, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    German untitled nobility

    To whom it may concern I wish to advise of an omitted name in the German untitled nobility. The name and family are Heinrich von Glocken who resided in the Bohemian area until 1650 approx. They left due to Religious reasons and moved to the Wigtown area of Scotland. Some other relatives qualified for residency due to Religious conversion and their name von Glocken remained until at least WW1. Therese documented evidence of this in both Military and 1651 Czech census Register . Maybe this is not of interest by including it in "German untitled nobility". However Iv just registered on Wiki due to this knowledge with this input. Thank you for this opportunity and look forward to whatever knowledge or facts of interest, i can contribute Regards

    Joe — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joerightjustice (talk • contribs) 15:43, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    This is about the category "German untitled nobility". The category does not attempt to list all living and former members of the German untitled nobilty. It is a list of Wikipedia articles whose subjects are or were German untitled nobility. Maproom (talk) 16:50, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Walter Ungerer - Media Artist

    I do not understand how to correct this problem in the article for Walter Ungerer - Media Artist.

    Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist}} template (see the help page).

    Do I just add {{reflist}}, and if so, where? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Djrphoto (talk • contribs) 16:13, 1 September 2013

    Yes, that's what you do. You put it at or near the bottom of the article, where you want the reference list to appear. You probably precede it with something like
    == References ==
    to make a header for the section. Maproom (talk) 16:29, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Are you talking about User:Djrphoto/sandbox? You need to read WP:referencing for beginners. The definition of the reference (between the <ref>...</ref> tags) needs to be in the article text immediately after the text which it is being used to support. - David Biddulph (talk) 17:34, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Please let me know how the linked help page can be improved. --  Gadget850 talk 19:16, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    User accounts & Passwords

    I am probably in the wrong place, but cannot find a better place. I have lost my password and the password recovery/reset (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:PasswordReset) page is NO Help. I suspect my e-mail address on file is outdated. And no security word for recovery ever set. So what if anything can be done? Would it be helpful to create a new account - use that as a more secure means - then attempt to get back to my original account? [Or leave old account as "dead"/ unreachable?] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.214.45.242 (talk) 17:10, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    It would be entirely reasonable to create a new account. It would then be helpful to state on the user page of your new account, that you are the same person as used to operate the old account. Maproom (talk) 18:15, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Question about mobile access

    Resolved
     – P999 (talk) 15:39, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    I have recently acquired an iPhone5 and was hoping to use the "voice over" function to have Wikipedia articles read aloud. However, this goal has proved much more challenging than I had anticipated. The root of the problem seems to lie in the fact that articles on the http://en.m.wikipedia.org/ site have their subsections collapsed by default. As a result, it is not possible to use "Select All" to enable continuous reading of an entire article.

    It should be a simple matter to modify the software to add the option of not collapsing all sections of a specific article in the "main menu". Another, albeit considerably less convenient, method might be to allow the possibility of printing an article to a PDF, which could then be selected as a whole unit and read by the iPhone reader. However, I cannot find any printing option for articles on the http://en.m.wikipedia.org/ site.

    Perhaps I am overlooking a simple way of selecting all of an article, in which case I would greatly appreciate someone telling me what the solution is. Alternatively, I would like to find out how to contact the team who writes the software for http://en.m.wikipedia.org/ in order to further explore these issues with them.

    Many thanks, P999 (talk) 20:36, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Your other alternative is to select the main site instead of the mobile site. Can your iPhone read that? At the bottom of each mobile page is a "desktop" link. RudolfRed (talk) 20:44, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you, RudolfRed, for your reply to my query. I indeed have tried using the desktop version on my iPhone but, when I do so, the font size becomes microscopic. The only method I have found that works is to use my computer to send a link to the printable version of the article in question to my iPhone5. Then I can open that link in my iPhone5 and select the entire article, and it will be read aloud. Of course, the problem with this is that it requires me to be at my computer whenever I want to have a Wikipedia article read aloud ... P999 (talk) 21:04, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Have you checked if any mobile apps like Wikipanion support VoiceOver? --NeilN talk to me 00:40, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you so much, NeilN, for bringing Wikipanion to my attention! Although it does not have a read-aloud function per se, it does make it possible -- and simple -- to select the text of an entire WP article which the iPhone5 is then able to read aloud using its "voice-over" feature. This solution works perfectly for me, but it would not work for a non-sighted person because it requires the user to 'manually' stretch the selection box to cover the complete article. I therefore plan to contact Robert Chin, the developer of Wikipanion, to inquire as to the possibility of his adding a "select all" function to his next update which would make this excellent app significantly more useful for people with vision impairments. P999 (talk) 15:39, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    September 2

    Carolina Panthers table problems

    Hello. I'm reviewing Carolina Panthers for FA status, and as part of reviewing the article I decided to add some tables to the article (I gave the nominator enough to do as it is, so I figured I would take care of the tables myself). Anyway, I put the tables in the article, but the text comes right up next to one of them (Win-Loss Record of the Carolina Panthers), and that is both unsightly and makes the article more difficult to read. Is there any way to fix this problem? AmericanLemming (talk) 00:17, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    You can use margin, for example [2]. See more at Help:Table. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:33, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Well, even after reading through Help:Table, I still don't understand what you did. But you did fix the problem, so thank you very much! AmericanLemming (talk) 01:11, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Litla Dimun, Faroe Islands

    Hi... I'm new to Wikipedia, and would like to know how to add a photo to an article. I bought an old vintage photo at an antiques shop on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and it's of the three masted schooner, the "Caspe". I was able to find only one article online about this vessel, and that was one of yours on Litla Dimun, the smallest of the 18 Faroe Islands. Your article lists a 1918 shipwreck off the uninhabited island, and names the vessel as the "Caspe". The vintage photo is of the ship in a port, and possibly the captain standing on board, so it's probably from the late 1890's to early 1900's, and obviously prior to the ship's wreckage. Would this be a good contribution to the information site? There is no marking on the photo that indicates it's a professional one, and appears to be more of a personal view of the ship. Dflymartin (talk) 00:57, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    The practicalities of uploading an image and then placing it in an article are addressed at Wikipedia:uploading images and Wikipedia:Picture tutorial respectively. Wikipedia:Image use policy is a general overview. The image sounds interesting but your main difficulty will be to decide how to license it if and when you upload it, because you don't own the copyright and you don't know who took it and when. Your best bet is to ask for help at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions, where the helpers are experienced in just this kind of situation and will be able to advise you. - Karenjc 07:03, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    I know if someone is mentioned in a thread by username, they get a notification. But if I pipe it like [[User:Someone|]] to drop the "User:" from showing up, does it still work? Somebody say my name, please. InedibleHulk (talk) 06:23, September 2, 2013 (UTC)

    I think it does notify: InedibleHulk. -- John of Reading (talk) 06:32, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Certainly did. Thanks. InedibleHulk (talk) 06:59, September 2, 2013 (UTC)
    • On a similar note, are you notified of a link if you're part of a WikiProject that's mentioned somewhere? I received a notification that I'd been mentioned in this edit, but the only possible connection between the edit and me I can find is that I'm a member of WikiProject Film.  drewmunn  talk  10:05, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    The edit transcluded all of Wikipedia:WikiProject Film which has lots of userpage links. At the time you were linked in [3] for starting the RfC at [4]. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:53, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    That clears that up, thanks!  drewmunn  talk  11:07, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Talk:The Bible and homosexuality

    Help is clearly needed with regard to the long discussion at Talk:The Bible and homosexuality between two editors, the efforts of one of whom to provide a neutral wording are dismissed by the others in a form that the first considers to be insufficiently specific. Because one of the two believes I am personally hostile to her, I fear that any intervention by me to comment on the arguments of either or to propose a compromise formulation would be misinterpreted and would only add heat. But maybe someone else would be good enough to give the needed aid and guidance. I don't know where else to make this suggestion or request. The situation is not at the level of an "incident". Esoglou (talk) 07:58, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    I would suggest a third opinion but that requires that the argument be between just two editors. It sounds like there are a total of three in your situation, though you're a bit hazy about that. Your first sentence says "between two editors" but then you go on to say "one of the two believes I am". So I guess that the argument is between two editors and you which would make three. That confusion aside, the rest of the steps of Wikipedia:Dispute resolution are laid out there if you need them. I hope these links are helpful. Also, it might help if you let us know what discussion you're referring to. Your signature appears in more than one section there and a few the sections are lengthy. Dismas|(talk) 08:15, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    The current argument is between Roscelese and Lordvolton, and is getting a bit confrontational. Esoglou has not posted to the talk page since August 7th, when he was arguing with Roscelese; that argument remained civil. I see what is now happening as a two-person dispute, and I agree with Esoglou that he would not be a good person to intervene. Maproom (talk) 09:32, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    I don't want to be even the person to ask directly for WP:3O regarding this disagreement between just two editors, but I hope someone else will help. Esoglou (talk) 09:51, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Citation neeeded tag

    Hello! Can someone guide me me to correctly use this tag? I tried to add it to some affirmations with no source and some users revert me [5][6] 79.117.184.212 (talk) 11:25, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    It's best to be used sparingly, and only where the content is contestable. Ultimately, you should try to find a source rather than tagging it, but where you can't, yet there's no solid evidence that a source doesn't exist, then apply the tag. Don't put 20+ into one article, that's over-tagging. For instance, I recently used it in an article that stated "The BBC announced filming was finished" (paraphrase), and I couldn't find a source to back that up, but knew that it was due to finish. As such, I tagged it as cn and spent a bit longer looking for the source.  drewmunn  talk  11:31, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    What do you mean by "contestable content"? I thought any unsourced material can be challenged. I was not able to find any source and I added the tags. What's wtong in that? 79.117.184.212 (talk) 11:37, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    There's some things that aren't contested, and are considered to be sufficiently covered elsewhere to not need a source. For instance, if content is covered in another article in depth (such as the use of tritium in nuclear fusion), then when it's mentioned in the tritium article as a use, it's not necessarily required to have a source. However, as I said above, the important thing is trying to find a source for anything that people may contest (most content in and article should be assumed to be contestable, but not in the lede), rather than applying the cn template and moving on.  drewmunn  talk  11:59, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Updating our company logo (Fiskars)

    Hello All,

    I am reaching out to you for help concerning updating our company logo on Wikipedia. Right now the logo is our old blue corporate logo but we are now using a grey logo.

    Our Wikipedia page is: Fiskars

    Our corporate website can be found here for logo verification: http://www.fiskarsgroup.com/media/image-bank

    Thank you in advance for your help!

    Best regards,

    Robert Fiskars Corporation — Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.142.95.213 (talk) 11:42, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    I've made this alteration.  drewmunn  talk  12:13, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Thank you for your help!

    BR,

    Robert --194.142.95.213 (talk) 11:49, 4 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Obama putting his leg on Resolute desk?

    Hi, I saw this photo of Obama putting his leg on the oval office desk here. Is this the Resolute desk? 192.115.235.2 (talk) 12:12, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    It looks like the Resolute Desk, it's in the same place as the Resolute Desk, and it's fulfilling the same role as the Resolute Desk, so I'm going to say it's the Resolute Desk.  drewmunn  talk  12:16, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Can I opt out of mandatory HTTPS?

    Since a few days, Wikipedia has seemingly decided to redirect all logged-in users to HTTPS only (until recently, it used to be the case that Wikipedia was accessible over HTTP or HTTPS transports, but with no obligation to use the one or the other; non logged in users are apparently still permitted to view Wikipedia over HTTP). Now I would very much like to avoid HTTPS (for something that is in no way secret, confidential or even validated): is there some preference somewhere that I can change to opt out of it? At least for basic viewing of articles? (It doesn't bother me for HTTPS to kick in when I edit or do anything more sophisticated than just reading.) So far I do it by logging out all the time, but it's really a pain. Is there a simpler way? (PS: Maybe this isn't the right place to ask this, since it seems to be a decision made across all of the Wikimedia languages and projects. Where should I ask about it? And where can I see the discussion which led to this decision?) --Gro-Tsen (talk) 12:22, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Under "Preferences", "User Profile" Uncheck the box "Always use a secure connection when logged in" Having this checked is now the default - or did I misunderstand your question? Arjayay (talk) 13:06, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    What you describe sounds like it should answer my problem, but it doesn't seem to have any effect. I unchecked the "Always use a secure connection when logged in" checkbox, logged out and then back in, and HTTPS is still forced upon me. I'll try again in a few hours in case the effect is not immediate, but I doubt it. Maybe this is because I have a unified (global) account throughout Wikimedia projects and this setting somehow needs to be parametrized for the global account? --Gro-Tsen (talk) 17:47, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Never mind, I solved my problem: there were also a couple of cookies with names like "enWikipediaForceHTTPS" (I don't remember the exact name because I deleted them). Removing them allowed me to go through HTTP once more. --Gro-Tsen (talk) 17:54, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    For future ref, there's more at WP:VPT#Help Needed: Problems due to Secure site change. --Redrose64 (talk) 18:39, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Keywords of science studies

    Is it allowed to post briefly the keywords identified by a scientific study? (no full sentences) I would find it hard to "rewording keywords".Prokaryotes (talk) 13:33, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    If they are appropriate for listing in the article for content purposes, you can enclose them in quotation marks and then cite to the source using an inline citation (as is required for all quotes under the verification policy).--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 15:22, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Hi, can you maybe have a look here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_climate_change_on_humans#Psychological_impacts the first sentence i wrote myself but the 3 lines below it are from the article. I state that these 3 following lines are from the study and it is referenced. Though i look here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Inline_citation which seems to inlcude ref tags, though do you still think a quote tag is required for this particular part? Writing it in 1 line would take away the readability. Prokaryotes (talk) 16:22, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    @Prokaryotes: - I've rewritten the section; please take a look. In general, quotation marks are needed when you're trying to preserve something unique, and I don't think the categories that the two authors used are lengthy enough (wording) or unique enough to merit anything but a citation. And definitely we want to avoid the same citation three times in a row, for three sentence fragments. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 21:50, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    "Needs translation" tag

    Is there a tag meaning "this article needs to be translated into English"? I would like to apply one to Frangipani family. Its first three paragraphs are acceptable, but after that it degenerates into what looks like machine-translated text, probably from the Italian Wikipedia article on the same subject. Maproom (talk) 16:29, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Pages tagged with the {{Not English}} tag should also be added to Wikipedia:Pages needing translation into English - in this case, in the Translated pages that could still use some cleanup section. But that article needs an awful lot more than just translation clean-up, it is really a mess. First problem, to which I can't find a solution, is that the interwiki links aren't working right. Click on the "Italiano" link from the English page and you are taken to a disambiguation page on it.wp; click on "English" from there, and you are taken to Frangipani (disambiguation); but click on "English" from it:Frangipane (famiglia) and it leads correctly back to the mess here. The Wikidata links appear to be correct, but obviously they aren't. Can anyone fix that? Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 21:33, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Hmm, and I should have said, if there's no foreign-language text remaining, then {{Rough translation}} is the better tag. I've changed it on Frangipani family. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 22:58, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Faulty

    I bought a multi pack of women's pants and a pair of them have been stitched all wrong and twisted and cannot even be worn. I was trying to find an address to send them to, could you help me please.

    Thank you

    Julie millar — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.169.200.80 (talk) 16:25, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 6.8 million articles and thought we were affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is for asking questions related to using or contributing to Wikipedia itself. Thus, we have no special knowledge about the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 17:05, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Adding Title and Author Name of My Peanut Butter Book to Wikipedia Article About Peanut Butter

    I've written a book, "Creamy and Crunchy: An Informal History of Peanut Butter, the All-American Food." It was published in 2012 by Columbia University Press. It's the only general-interest book about peanut butter for adults. I'd like to add it to the "References" section of the Wikipedia article about peanut butter. How do I do this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.216.250.53 (talk) 16:47, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    You should not do it. You can go to the article's talk page, Talk:Peanut butter and start a section to discuss adding the book. Other editors, without a conflict of interest, can then review the book and see if it is appropriate for the article. GB fan 16:56, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Fifi Abdo

    Fifi Abdo did not die yesterday as stated. She's not happy with you spreading the rumor. https://www.facebook.com/fifi.abdo.94/posts/3304930717746 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.183.1.170 (talk) 17:36, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    This unsourced addition has been removed. Thank you for your vigilance.  drewmunn  talk  18:06, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Section header added by ColinFine (talk) 23:40, 2 September 2013 (UTC)<[reply]

    I have a question. How can I forward an article I read on Wikipedia to another person? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arthur C. Klein (talk • contribs) 19:00, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    The general way is by copying the URL from the top of your browser to the email or other site (depending on how you want to forward it). There is a script you can install called sharebox which is said to make it easier, but I've never tried it: have a look at User:TheDJ/Sharebox. --ColinFine (talk) 23:39, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Just copying the URL works well. They can then edit anonymously, or log in and edit, or browse. Robert McClenon (talk) 01:03, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Miguel Angel Lotina article (in english)

    To whom it may concern

    I would like to inform you that there are some mistakes and significant omissions on the article about Miguel Angel Lotina (in english). The football manager, as any other, has had good and bad seasons. The article informs about all the bad seasons, but completely ignore many of the good seasons with significant achievement such as promotions to first divisions and qualifications for Europe League. Obviously this fact distortion greatly the career information of the manager and you can imagine what impression of the manager could get anyone reading it. I have tried unsuccessfully to edit the webpage myself, always being modified back by the system after some time. That is the reason I write you with the hope of getting it finally corrected. My comments are as follows. 1) “Lotina's next years were spent in the second level, with CD Badajoz, Numancia and CA Osasuna, helping the latter return to the top flight in 2000” It is omitted that Lotina also promoted with Numancia to the first division in 1999, getting 2 promotions to first division in a row (Numancia in 1999 and Osasuna in 2000). I consider this a significant achievement to be included in his biography 2) It is omitted that in 2005 he took RCD Espanyol to the fifth position on the League, being a great achievement again and qualifying the team for the UEFA CUP. 3) “2006 brought Lotina his first football trophy, as RCD Espanyol won the domestic cup”. The name of the CUP is the King’s Cup, most prestigious trophy in Spain after La Liga. 4) “In the 2002–03 season Lotina led Celta de Vigo to its first participation in the UEFA Champions League, after the Galicians finished fourth. In the following year, however, he was sacked after 21 rounds, with the club eventually being relegated”. Just before being sacked, Celta beat AC Milan in San Siro in an historic match getting qualified for the round of 16 of the Champions League. In addition, the team was not in a relegation position when he was sacked, important fact omitted in the article 5) “After poor a start in 2009–10 he more often then not switched to a 5–3–2 formation, going on to finish the year comfortably placed in mid-table[3] but being relegated in the following campaign” This is a mistake. The following campaign(2010-2011) Deportivo was not relegated, but got a successful 7th place. The season after, again Deportivo got a successful 10th place. It was in his fourth season when Deportivo was really relegated. 6) After his top level debuts with Logroñés in 1996–97, being one of five managers as the club finished in 22nd and last position. It is omitted that the team was not in any of the last 4 relegation position when Lotina was sacked. 7) "In 2006–07 he returned to his native region after replacing sacked José Mari Bakero at the helm of Real Sociedad,[1] but the Basque were relegated from the first division for the first time in 40 years, after ranking second from bottom".It is omitted that the team was in the last position when Lotina arrived, important fact to assess the final position of the team .

    I would really thank you if you could incorporate these amendements

    Thank you

    Mikel Lotina — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mikelgotzon (talk • contribs) 19:21, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    The best way to deal with this is for you to discuss the issues at the talk page of the article. I have copied the above paragraph there. Maproom (talk) 20:57, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    How to create online classroom progress chart

    I teach English to second language learners, and I wanted to help them become autonomous learners. I like the idea of a classroom chart that has all the students names listed on one axis and on the other axis would be certain skills the students would need to master during a semester course. Usually this would be a big chart hanging on the wall in the classroom, but I don't have my own classroom and move around a lot, so how could I create this type of chart, and give access to my students so they could note their own progress in their various skills? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.61.41.163 (talk) 19:29, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    This isn't really with the scope of the Wikipedia project but they may be able to help you at the computer reference desk where they answer questions about computers. RJFJR (talk) 00:27, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    I disagree as to whether asking the same question in two or three places is forum shopping. Forum shopping refers to seeking consensus or dispute resolution in two or more places, such as WP:ANI, WP:AN, and WP:DR at the same time. However, asking the same question in two or three places, such as WP:Help Desk, WP:THQ, and WP:VPP is a waste of time and should be avoided. Robert McClenon (talk) 01:07, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Please help me again

    I'm sorry to be so annoying, but the Jeffrey Dahmer's article has been incredibly expanded and I added information whose title is "Lawsuit against his family" but it's only a sentence and since English is not my main language I don't know what to write as title to separate that sentence from "Upon learning..." can anybody give me ideas? Japanesehelper (talk) 22:03, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    September 3

    Keith Rowley

    The opposition leader of PNM. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 186.45.44.24 (talk) 01:19, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Yes, Keith Rowley is the leader of People's National Movement. Both articles say so. Do you have a question about Wikipedia? PrimeHunter (talk) 01:27, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Galapagos Duck members

    The members on Galapagos Duck have changed. You can find them at http://galapagosduck.net/pages/members.html

    101.164.121.247 (talk) 02:30, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    The best place to make suggestion for improving an article is on the article's talk page: in this case, Talk:Galapagos Duck. Alternatively, you are welcome to be WP:BOLD and edit the article yourself. --ColinFine (talk) 15:56, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    The Attack on Pearl Harbor

    In the article about the Japanese attack of Pearl Harbor, there is no mention of the USS Utah, which was nearby at Ford Island, and sunk and not salvaged according to your article on it. It is NOT amongst the names of the ships damaged or lost during that infamous attack. See the Wikipedia page on USS Utah — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.224.155.68 (talk) 02:41, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    The USS Utah is mentioned. From the article Attack on Pearl Harbor: "The disarmed target ship Utah was holed twice by torpedoes" "Utah: hit by two torpedoes, capsized; total loss. 64 dead." "Arizona and the target ship Utah were too heavily damaged for salvage". It is mentioned, just not as often as the active battleships because it was a target ship at the time. Howicus (talk) 02:47, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    In addition it's also mentioned in two notes. Most browsers can search a page with Ctrl+F. Then the five mentions can be found in seconds. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:40, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Alphabetisation in categories

    Hi, I've created a page titled "J. W. Tristram". When I add categories it is alphabetised under "J". Other pages such as "J J Hilder" (without full stops after the initials) are correctly listed. Refer category "Australian watercolourists" to view the issue. How can I rectify this? Thanks, Steve — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stepmars (talk • contribs) 03:38, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Hello Stepmars, what you have to do is just add {{DEFAULTSORT:Tristram, J. W.}} to the page above the categories (while using the "edit source" editor). That will tell the program to sort Tristram by his last name. Hope this helps! Howicus (talk) 03:44, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    See WP:SORTKEY for more on that. Dismas|(talk) 04:18, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    How to upload an autobiography in Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Dear Sir,

    I like to upload an autobiography of one person whose works remain unknown to the world.So, I like to upload his autobiography in your Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia , so that the people of the Knew this Legendary Man.

    Regards, Albert D'Costa — Preceding unsigned comment added by Albert D'Costa (talk • contribs) 06:57, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Firstly, if his works are unknown to the world he does not meet Wikipedia's definition of notability so he does not merit a Wikipedia article. Wikipedia doesn't exist for the promotion of unknowns.
    Secondly, autobiography is strongly discouraged, for reasons outlined at WP:Autobiography.
    - David Biddulph (talk) 07:22, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Help to check and finish the creation of a new template

    Since june, I'm asking some help on the "help desk" but still no answer!!!!

    This was my last message from end of june: "I am still trying to create a new template for WikiProject Biology, the page is Template:Subtitle/Taxon. One user help me a lot but still have some problems when trying to edit the subtitles, it does not appear like in the exemple. It's small details for sure just a question of brace or something like that!! If an expert could have a look on it to finish this nice template, please. Thanks in advance for your contribution." Bastaco (talk) 09:24, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

    This is for exemple the result I would like to have in the english wiki version: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ablabys_taenianotus

    And this what I get at the moment when I try the subtitle template in english version: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ablabys_taenianotus

    Thanks for your help, Bastaco (talk) 18:07, 26 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    I noticed that the French version of the template transcludes the parent template fr:Modèle:Sous-titre. I am guessing that some of the code in Template:Subtitle/Taxon is there in place of the parent template Template:Subtitle which does not exist on the English Wikipedia. Maybe there is an error in that added code?--ukexpat (talk) 18:57, 26 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    @ Ukexpat: The original french version is fr:Modèle:Sous-titre/Taxon, if it may contribute to help me. Bastaco (talk) 08:30, 28 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    @Bastaco: There are more specialized places to ask for help. If you don't get satisfaction here, after a couple of days, I suggest posting at WT:WikiProject Templates. Just keep in mind that (a) you should not post a question in two different places at the same time; rather, try one place and give editors a couple of days before you go elsewhere; (b) when you go to the second place, do mention that you tried at the first place, but didn't get what you wanted. By doing these two things, you won't irritate editors who might be able to help you. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 18:23, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    @Bastaco: You need some stuff added to Mediawiki:common.css to make the template work as you intend :
    code needed
    /* Subtitle (Template:Subtitle) */

    h1 #sous_titre_h1 { 

     display: block;
 font-size: 0.7em;
 line-height: 1.3em;
 margin: 0.2em 0 0 0.5em;

    }

    You will need to make a request at MediaWiki talk:Common.css, using the {{edit protected}} template. Mdann52 (talk) 13:03, 4 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    URGENT - Orthodox Christianity in Taiwan

    The Article - Orthodox Christianity in Taiwan - is biased and false. Being objective on the situation, one might say that there are doctrinal and schismatic issues in the Orthodox Church here in Taiwan and one side has taken the offensive to post highly inflammatory and incorrect information in this article. Can the article be removed before it gets into a spitting war of editing and re-editing??? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 36.230.26.210 (talk) 08:28, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    If you have comments on the article, the place to make them is on the article talk page, supported by published reliable sources. - David Biddulph (talk) 08:54, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    A large chunk of possibly BLP-violating material has already been removed from the article.--ukexpat (talk) 20:44, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Technical redirect/move

    Hi. I am trying to move User:Jacobisq/Lacanianisms to the mainspace as Lacanianism; but am blocked by an existing redirect from Lacanianism to Lacanian movement. However I can't find the actual redirect page to cancel it. Any ideas? Jacobisq (talk) 10:13, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    If you click on Lacanianism, then at the top of Lacanian movement you will see that it says "(Redirected from Lacanianism)". The link in there gets you to the redirect page. - David Biddulph (talk) 10:24, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes, but it requires an admin to delete the redirect page so the move can be made. It could have been requested with {{db-move}} but I have done it. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:33, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    As a matter of idle curiosity, oughtn't it to have been possible for the OP to do a move over redirect? - David Biddulph (talk) 10:54, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    No, as your link says: "If the new title already exists but is just a redirect to the old title". It wasn't a redirect to the old title but to another title. That prevents moving over a redirect. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:11, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes, sorry; hadn't read it carefully enough. Thanks for the clarification. David Biddulph (talk) 14:23, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Hello friends,

    I have created three books with different names on wiki. But I am clueless where to see the books I created. Please help.

    Regards, Rahul — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rahulsalvatore (talk • contribs) 11:35, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    The easiest way to find them is to look at your contribution record. Also note that if you leave spaces at the beginning of a line it spoils the formatting of your message, so I removed the leading spaces from your question. - David Biddulph (talk) 11:41, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    By the way, this site is called Wikipedia, not wiki. A wiki is any website using wiki software; there are thousands of them.Template:Z30--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 13:01, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Is it possible to find the mentions of a particular organization/person name all over Wikipedia ?

    Say, "Yesh Atid" as an organization name. I'd like to find all its mentions in any article on Wikipedia, is that possible ? thanksרסטיניאק (talk) 13:01, 3 September 2013 (UTC)רסטיניאק[reply]

    Yes, through Wikipedia's search. - David Biddulph (talk) 13:11, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Or for a more complete – though not necessarily more helpful – list, search for something like "Yesh Atid" site:en.wikipedia.org on Google. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 14:28, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Editing and Updating a wikipedia page

    Hi, the person about whom the following page is, wants to update information such that it is not vnadalized further.

    Anurag Kashyap

    Pls advise as to how we should go about it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.96.144.79 (talk) 13:04, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Where is the vandalism? - David Biddulph (talk) 13:07, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    To clarify:
    If the subject of the article is thinking of editing an article about himself, he should read Wikipedia's guidance on conflict of interest.
    If he is wanting protection applied to the article, that will only happen if there is evidence of persistent vandalism, see Wikipedia:Protection policy.
    - David Biddulph (talk) 14:30, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Incorrect information on Wiki page

    Jennifer Convertibles (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

    Hi,

    There is an incorrect information on Jennifer Convertibles' wiki page and I am unable to edit the content. Is there any way I can update the information? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.167.230.7 (talk) 16:38, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    If you are connected with the company, please use the article's talk page at Talk:Jennifer Convertibles to suggest your changes and provide references to reliable sources to support your request.--ukexpat (talk) 16:55, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Fund raiser

    Are you doing a fund raiser or accepting donation to Wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.204.110.9 (talk) 16:49, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Yes, see foundation:Fundraising.--ukexpat (talk) 16:52, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Citing Ph.D. thesis?

    I cited a Ph.D. thesis by Jill Redford, using a template, in this article [7] on Barnabe Googe. However the citation doesn't show up properly. Any help with this would be much appreciated. NinaGreen (talk) 18:47, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    You made a one-letter slip which I have corrected with this edit. -- John of Reading (talk) 18:59, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    I see I made that slip on a citation above the citation for the thesis, and thanks for correcting it. But the citation for the thesis still doesn't seem to show up properly. NinaGreen (talk)
     Fixed in this edit (ref tags and URL needs the http://).--ukexpat (talk) 19:17, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Great! Thanks very much. NinaGreen (talk) 19:42, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Kid Lavigne Text Box Question

    I made some edits to a text box on the right side of the page regarding the boxer, Kid Lavigne. When I'm in editing mode it shows that the text I want to add - No decisions 10 - is there but when I save it, it doesn't show up in the text box. I'm thinking the vertical size of the text box can't accommodate this one additional line but I am clueless as to how to increase the size of the box so that it will allow this extra line. Can anyone suggest what to do? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chouinard52 (talk • contribs) 19:23, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    The parameter that you are trying to add is not coded into the template: Template:Infobox boxer so it won't show up in the ibox. You will have to go to the template's talk page and request that it be added.--ukexpat (talk) 20:00, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    spelling of Maj Gen A.D. Loganathan - A. D. Loganathan

    Dear Sir/ Madam,

    I am the grandson of Maj. Gen. A.D. Loganadan. Given his contributions to India's independence struggle, I was pleasantly surprised to see my grandfathers background and information on Wikipedia. Unfortunately his name is spelled incorrectly and should read - Loganadan and not Loganathan. This can be confirmed by the reference article in external links "Did you know Loganadan went to school here?" The Hindu. Feb 26,2002. I would appreciate very much if this can be rectified.

    Many thanks.

    Sincerely,

    Ajay Loganadan— Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.178.86.60 (talk • contribs)

    I see that at least two of the references, and at least one of the other external links, have "Loganathan". Books such as this have the same spelling. I notice that the article currently has at least 2 other spellings apart from the 2 mentioned here. - David Biddulph (talk) 19:57, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    I suspect that this is because his name is capable of being transliterated into English in more than one way.--ukexpat (talk) 20:02, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    I have attempted to restore consistency, at least within the article.--ukexpat (talk) 20:07, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Visa Pages

    My passport has several blank pages with "Visas" written at the top. Can these pages be used when entering or leaving the USA and coutries such as Germany or France that do not require a Visa? Or are the for visa travel only? I am going to Europe and do not know if I need additional pages or if these pages will work. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.194.143.42 (talk) 21:55, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 6.8 million articles and thought we were affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is for asking questions related to using or contributing to Wikipedia itself. Thus, we have no special knowledge about the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 22:22, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]


    September 4

    Blumenthal Brothers Chocolate Company

    I have tried to post a correction to your listing about Blumenthal Brothers Chocolate Company, which contains several factual errors. I'm in a position to know this because I'm the grandson of the company's founder and used to work there. Both times my correction stayed in place for a few days, then disappeared. Can you help me figure out how to correct the mistakes? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joedowntown (talk • contribs) 02:05, 4 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    There are a couple reasons why your edits were removed.
    1. We don't put in commentary such as "Here are the reasons why this article is wrong..." followed by our names. If you'd like to discuss the accuracy of the article, please use its talk page at Talk:Blumenthal Brothers Chocolate Company.
    2. You didn't list any reliable sources that support your arguments. We need to be able to direct readers to a reliable published source that states just exactly what the article says otherwise our credibility is reduced.
    3. Your personal knowledge is not a reliable source. It is considered original research. A reader cannot go look you up in a library or check on you on the Internet.
    4. We don't know that you are who you claim to be or that you know what you claim to know. You're just User:Joedowntown. You could be anyone.
    I hope this helps explain things around here. And I welcome you to take up your concerns on the talk page of the article. Dismas|(talk) 03:05, 4 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    create a page

    Hello, I am new to this, sorry for this question. I would like to create a page on Wikipedia, to reference my company.

    I do not see an obvious link for this. Can you help me get started in the right direction? Thanks, Serving Slab 02:18, 4 September 2013 (UTC)Serving Slab (talk) 02:18, 4 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    The short answer is that you probably shouldn't add an article for your company. This is due to the fact that you have a clear conflict of interest (WP:COI). Also, in order for a company to have an article here, it must meet the notability requirements (WP:CORP) for corporations. Dismas|(talk) 02:56, 4 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    How to add an image from another language wiki

    e.g. How can I add this image , taken from the Hebrew Wikipedia, to an article? thanks Ykantor (talk) 02:21, 4 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    I don't see an image on that page, except for the Wikipedia logo. As far as adding the image to an article in the English Wikipedia, you would have to do one of two things:
    1. Upload it here to the English Wikipedia under a suitable license.
    2. Upload it to Wikimedia Commons where it can be used on any of the various Wikimedia projects which includes the English Wikipedia. Commons has greater restrictions on which images can be uploaded though. For instance, the image must have a free license.
    I'm sorry, I don't read Hebrew though so I can't comment further as to what the best course would be. Dismas|(talk) 02:53, 4 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    The link on the page goes to [8], so it should be uploaded to commons instead of here. RudolfRed (talk) 06:11, 4 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    I use the standard link colours, so pages I have visited change from mid blue to dark blue. This can be confusing, when I visited a page several days previously, as it still appears as dark blue.
    Is there a way to reset all the links back to mid-blue? I've tried clearing my cache and Help:Link color doesn't help. Arjayay (talk) 08:51, 4 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    It depends on which browser you are using. For Internet Explorer it's "Tools/ Internet Options", & delete browsing history. - David Biddulph (talk) 08:59, 4 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks, I am on IE10 - trouble is that solution clears saved passwords and web-form information as well. Arjayay (talk) 09:13, 4 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    It's a browser history issue. It's the browser that changes the link color based on whether it sees that you've visited the page the link goes to. Check the "To delete browsing history" section here. Dismas|(talk) 09:59, 4 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Think I've achieved what I wanted by reducing the browser history period to 3 days. It was on 30 days, causing lots of dark blue links - Thanks to all Arjayay (talk) 12:13, 4 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Use of the subjunctive in articles

    There is something that has often puzzled me in US-centric Wikipedia examples. A good example is here. I am concerned only with the grammar, not the content. It reads

    In 1968 Louis Perez, a Blumenthal employee, sued the company ...
    In 1974 the company would again be taken to court ...

    Why "would be"? It actually was taken to court. As a Brit I would have written

    In 1974 the company was again taken to court ...

    I accept that in an article about a US company, we should follow US grammatical usage. But I do not understand this particular usage, of the subjunctive for things which have really happened. Can someone help me to understand it? Maproom (talk) 09:12, 4 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    This is nothing to do with anything called subjunctive. It is a use of a tense (not a mood) which is usually referred to as conditional, but here is used as a sort of 'future in the past'. It is common in narrative, as it invites the reader to put themself into the position of the subject of the narrative, experiencing the event in the future and then going through it. (And it is no less common in British use in this way). The question is whether it is appropriate for Wikipedia articles to be using narrative devices like this, or whether they should always use a more matter-of-fact form of expression. --ColinFine (talk) 09:48, 4 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm all for matter-of-fact form of expression as it is more encyclopedic.--ukexpat (talk) 12:59, 4 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    new page for my company (software IT)

    i would like to publish a page for my company. will it be removed as advertising? many thanks in advance!

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