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September 14

Align external video template box to left

How do I align the external video template (box) to the left? Trying to use the align command and it does not seem to move.71.127.131.41 (talk) 01:07, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

float command does the trick — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.117.75.177 (talk) 14:50, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

George Miller. Arizona politician

George Miller , Arizona Politician is in correct. The article combines information for George Miller AZ and George Miller CA. This needs to be corrected. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.235.193.227 (talk) 03:19, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

I would suggest leaving a note with your specific objections on the article's talk page so that interested editors who are familiar with the subject, might help to improve it. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 05:47, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

Help with advanced-level reference formatting

Hello colleagues! I'm seeing some problems at SpongeBob SquarePants that I'm not qualified to fix on my own and was hoping an editor with more experience with elaborate references could take a look at this. At the bottom of the References list is this text:

{{Cite book|title=Makin' Toons: Inside the Most Popular Animated TV Shows and Movies|publisher=Allworth Communications, Inc|author=Neuwirth, Allan|isbn=1-58115-269-8|year=2003|pages=50, 252–253}}

It seems odd that this reference is floating at the end of the reference section like an afterthought, rather that it should be included inline in the first spot where Neuwirth is mentioned. However, I also see text like this: <ref name="Neuwirth 2003, p. 51">[[#Rocko|Neuwirth 2003]], p. 51</ref>, which seems more complicated, pointing to different page numbers at that reference, and I'm not familiar with those workings. Can someone take a look at the references and fix it so that at least this reference properly pointed at throughout the article? Thanks, and sorry for the extra work. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 05:37, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

This looks like a variation on "Shortened footnotes". I've made an edit. The stray line you mention is now under a "Works cited" section heading, and where the references mention "Neuwirth" and "Banks", those blue links now jump you down to the relevant line in the "Works cited". -- John of Reading (talk) 13:42, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

(More) Actually I should have looked at the history before making the edit. I've more or less taken the article back to this revision, where VP44444 (talk · contribs) had got a similar scheme working correctly. Feel free to revert me or to re-instate one of the earlier revisions. -- John of Reading (talk) 13:54, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

Responses to replies required?

I'm having a conversation on my talk page, and it seems as though replies to responses to opinions I post at requested moves must have replies within a day of their being posted. Is there some policy I missed where a reply is required at such a quick pace, or that a reply is necessary (can a reply thread just peter out, or must it continue until the discussion is closed)? -- 70.24.244.158 (talk) 07:12, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

No, there is no requirement to reply, ever. There may be expectations on the part of other editors, and other editors may take a lack of response within a couple of days [24 hours is clearly too short; most editors have real lives outside of Wikipedia] as a sign that an editor no longer wants to debate a point, but those are not rules - those are human behaviors. I'm sure that a large percentage of discussions do just peter out (or end abruptly), since there is no way to force editors to achieve closure.

More generally - we're all volunteers here, and the best way to continue to help improve Wikipedia is to do what you get satisfaction from doing. If you run into a place where you think behaviors, including expectations, are unreasonable, or unpleasant, then the doctor's advice about "It hurts when I do this" is relevant: "Stop doing that." -- John Broughton (♫♫) 18:38, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

Ok, thanks -- 70.24.249.39 (talk) 09:02, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Wrong photo on User:Dr. David Herzog

The photo on User:Dr. David Herzog is wrong. The individual shown in the photo is not the individual described in the text. Please remove the photo.

Thank you so much. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dr. David Herzog (talk • contribs) 11:09, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

There isn't any photograph on David Herzog or User:Dr. David Herzog. GB fan 11:27, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

Could the user being doing a Google search and thinks the photo being displayed is being displayed because of Wiki? Google controls their own systems and it is they who must be notified if their system is associating an incorrect photo with someone. Caffeyw (talk) 11:57, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

• After doing a Google search I'm 100% sure this is what the user is talking about. The photo being displayed is of another doctor by the name of David Herzog. They both have the same names, are doctors, and practice in the same general part of the country. Google is going to have problems knowing which to pick. Caffeyw (talk) 12:03, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

Are you by any chance referring to a photo or text shown to the right of a Google search? Google's Knowledge Graph uses a wide variety of sources. There may be a text paragraph ending with "Wikipedia" to indicate that particular text was copied from Wikipedia. An image and other text before or after the Wikipedia excerpt may be from sources completely unrelated to Wikipedia. We have no control over how Google presents our information, but Google's Knowledge Graph has a "Feedback" link where anyone can mark a field as wrong. The same feedback facility is also provided on Bing and some other search engines. --13:04, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

While "we" do not have any control over what image is displayed, you do. Click on the "feedback" link, then click on the word "wrong" to let Google know that the image is incorrect. Another solution is to send us a photo, with permission, that we can use, and if it is added to the Wikipedia article, it is highly likely that Google will display that image.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 15:00, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

Geo-coordinates?

Hi, there. I'm wanting to create a geonotice for an upcoming edi a-thon, and I'm unsure how to determine a range of coordinates for the event. I know how to find geo-coordinates for a single point location, but how do you do it for, say, a 50-square mile radius from that point? Or a box roughly 50 miles from that point? Thanks in advance for the advice! Girona7 (talk) 13:29, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

According to Geographic coordinate system, one degree of latitude is about 110 kilometres (68 mi) on the ground, so you need to add and subtract about three quarters of a degree north and south. The length of a degree of longitude varies with latitude, but there's a table at Geographic coordinate system#Expressing latitude and longitude as linear units. Any good? -- John of Reading (talk) 14:37, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

Groovy. Thanks for the tip! Girona7 (talk) 15:43, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Question about resubmitting article

Hi, I have done substantial editing to an article I have been resubmitting (Ronald Goetz). I pretty much deleted the whole thing and started from scratch, but now the thing won't automatically resubmit. I probably erased something. Can you tell me how to fix it so it resubmits when I save it? Thanks, Rebecca — Preceding unsigned comment added by RebeccaClancy (talk • contribs) 14:08, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

I have put the header back on Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Ronald Goetz so that you can resubmit it. -- John of Reading (talk) 14:30, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

Not sure where to post this

Resolved

Not sure where to post this so posting here to ask. User Mbsentertainmnettv is clearly a company account, and from the edits it has made so far it's clear it's sole purpose is to promote MBS Entertainment channel shows. I've marked the one article and cat. for deletion because of problems with them, and that doesn't include COI. Just not sure where to post it since I know company accounts aren't allow, and COI editing sure isn't allowed. Caffeyw (talk) 16:33, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

The username notice board. WP:UAA. Dismas|^(talk) 18:42, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

Thank you, didn't know there was such a thing. Caffeyw (talk) 21:50, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

Blocked. 88.104.27.75 (talk) 03:38, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Who is maintaining Hotcat?

Can anyone point me in the direction of whomever is maintaining WP:HC? It suddenly stopped working for me and I'd like to be able to use it again. I've left messages on Wikipedia_talk:HotCat and it's compliment on MediaWiki as well as some past contributor's personal talk pages, but have never rec'd replies. Thanks in advance for any help, Meclee (talk) 16:36, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

I don't know whether this will help, but I had hotcat for some time; a few weeks ago I noticed it wasn't there, and I had to go to preferences and turn it back on.

Preferences → Gadgets--SPhilbrick(Talk) 16:43, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

Notability of academic centres

Is there an established notability standard for academic centres or programs? I'm referring to institutes, programs, and centres for example within universities. I've searched around and can't find one. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ethicsblogger (talk • contribs) 17:05, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

WP:ORG --erachima talk 18:41, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

You might find this an interesting read too. Wifione ^Message 20:13, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

Request footnote format cleanup

Could a fellow volunteer please clean up the format for footnotes 35-46 in fluorine? I DON'T mean to be "peel me a grape", but it is very hard for my eyes/fingers to do the cite format detail. Am putting a lot of work into content and prose smoothness. And article is important and "good". So if collaborator can clean up after me, mucho mucho appreciation (barnstar poised).71.127.131.41 (talk) 17:46, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

Working on it.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 19:06, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

35  Done
36  Done
37  Done
38 Looks fine?
39  Done
40  Done
41  Done
42  Done
43  Done
44  Done
45  Done
46  Done
--SPhilbrick(Talk) 19:51, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

schwing 71.127.131.41 (talk) 19:59, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

Heh :)--SPhilbrick(Talk) 20:52, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

38 [fixed]. Done? 88.104.27.75 (talk) 03:36, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

I'm not quite following your point, unless you are asking if it is all done now. It is. I fixed all but 38, and I thought that looked fine. OP agreed. Someone else made a change to 36 (I missed that it was already in the indexed list) and somehow, a couple errors crept in. I just fixed them. So all the refs in that range are fine now. (As an aside, I'm stunned at how active the editing is for such an established article.)--SPhilbrick(Talk) 13:19, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

I'm one of the two main contributors to the article. It's mostly polishing and doing that is my way of reengaging with the material. There are some larger aspects of content improvement in certain sections...but I just find it easier to go through in article order rather than priority order.71.127.131.41 (talk) 13:59, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Arrietty

I have edited the cast section of the Arrietty page from a confusing bullet point list to a table. I believe I have done this correctly, keeping the links to actors and references, but as this is my first editing on wikipedia, would appreciate if someone could please have a quick look and make sure I haven't messed anything up, in particular the Japanese script. Also, I am unsure about the location of the section within the article. Thank you! Panoptikate (talk) 20:56, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

I cannot read Japanese, but on the face of it, the edits seem fine. You could also check out how casting has been laid out in a more descriptive format in articles like Django Unchained, I, Robot (film), and Prometheus. The descriptive style might assist the reader in understanding why the UK issue is different from the US issue etcetera. Write back for further assistance. Regards. Wifione ^Message 21:08, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

Adding link to French article on Jean-Christophe Keck

 Done

I have tried several times on different days to create a link on the left menu to the French language version of Jean-Christophe Keck from the English page, but each time I get an error / time-out message. Thanks. Cg2p0B0u8m (talk) 21:11, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

Done; no idea why it didn't work for you. Should be OK now? Jean-Christophe Keck 88.104.27.75 (talk) 03:07, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

I've now done it the currently preferred way: added the English Wikipedia page to the existing Wikidata item d:Q3164752, and then removed the local interwikilink that 88.104 added. --ColinFine (talk) 08:43, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for your help with that. Cg2p0B0u8m (talk) 17:59, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Special:RecentChangesLinked exception

Hi, is it possible to make an exception from watching by {{fullurl:Special:RecentChangesLinked|target={{FULLPAGENAMEE}}&namespace=0}} with something like nonincluded tag? Dominikmatus (talk) 22:17, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

Simple answer is 'no'. It could be done by you filtering the stuff it kicks out, but... if you wanna get into that, I think you want WP:VPT 'coz it all gets a bit geeky. Basically, it's something you'd need to do "client-side" - ie, get all the changes from the wiki stream, and filter them as you wish. Sorry there's not a more simple answer, best, 88.104.27.75 (talk) 03:28, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

@Dominikmatus: You could just set up a second page: On the first you mark what you don't want included; the second page is a transclusion of the first (so it won't have the nonincluded section[s]). Then run RecentChangesLinked against the second page. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 20:46, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

September 15

Delete a Photo?

How do I delete a photo from a page? I've been making editorial tweaks to a friend's site, and he asked that I remove a photo he dislikes. I understand the copyright issues, and could update the page with a photo I've taken. From what I understand, a request to an administrator must be made for a photo to be removed, are there specific instructions?72.92.55.126 (talk) 00:17, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

We will need to know what page you are referring to - but please note that an image is not going to be removed because the subject dislikes it in most cases. Unless there is a copyright problem with the current photo, there's no reason it must be removed. ~Charmlet ^-talk- 00:21, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Also, please follow the guidance at WP:COI. Usually it's not a good idea to edit an article about your friends. RudolfRed (talk) 00:45, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

The OP seems to be referring to John Wesley Harding (singer) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views). Dismas|^(talk) 02:02, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Removing a picture because he doesn't like it isn't a valid reason, sorry. Best approach would be to make a better picture available for free. Upload a nice pic, and change it. If you can't work out how to change it, ask again here - but upload it with a free licence first; WP:UPLOAD. Best, 88.104.27.75 (talk) 03:03, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

I think there's been some confusion in these answers. There are two separate issues: removing a picture from a page, and removing it from Wikipedia or Wikimedia commons. Removing a picture from a page is easy and anybody may do it; however, if somebody else thinks the article is better with the picture they can restore it. A way round that is often to provide a better picture, properly licensed, as 88.104 suggested. And while COI is generally relevant, providing good pictures is one thing that people with a COI are often able to do that definitely helps Wikipedia.

The other point is removing a picture from Wikipedia or Wikimedia commons. This is the thing that would require action from an administrator, but as I read it, that is not what the OP is requesting. --ColinFine (talk) 08:53, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

edit info for Bogdan rudenko

Im asking to edit the information regarding Rudenko Bogdan since it is effecting not only him but close people around, relatives, friends. All new information stated that he was release and not guilty and it was all fault accusations against him. Kindly asking for editing and correcting since its ruining everyone's life. Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bogdanrudenko23 (talk • contribs) 02:29, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Bogdan Rudenko (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

This reference link seems legit; do you have references to show that he was declared 'not guilty'? - I will remove the claim for the time-being, per WP:BLP. Please reply. 88.104.27.75 (talk) 02:53, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Roman Polanski Sexual Abuse Section of the Article

Reading this section I think it is incredibly biased given what is publicly known about the case. It appears to be an apology for skipping the country. The judge is blamed for not being trusted because he was not going to give Polanski probation.

As I understand the facts // text removed per WP:BLP //

Just my thoughts — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.129.119.96 (talk) 03:11, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Roman Polanski (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Hi, this is wikipedia. "As I understand the facts" doesn't cut it. Please read WP:V. If you can add information with appropriately reliable sources, go for it. Please understand how seriously we take these issues, please read WP:BLP. Thanks. 88.104.27.75 (talk) 03:15, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia strives to simply report the facts of the matter, and not to editorialize. It wouldn't be appropriate for us to inject our own opinions of whether the man should be in jail now or not. --erachima talk 03:16, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

If you want to discuss any change to the wording, based on reliable sources and the policies linked above, the place to do so is the article's talk page. -Karenjc 08:30, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Date error

My input is very simple. I have found an error in a year of death of an individual listed in Wikipedia. You have an article about the father. When I followed the link to a son, the article about the son lists an incorrect year for the death of the father. Very minor but yet a correction that needs to be made. How do I make that happen.

Sincerely, D. Smith — Preceding unsigned comment added by Smith2586 (talk • contribs) 07:13, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

You can correct it yourself, but ought to ensure that you include a reference to a published reliable source to confirm the information. - David Biddulph (talk) 07:20, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

You can usually just click the Edit tab. Which page is it? PrimeHunter (talk) 10:41, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Meaning of "Category:Historical regions in Country X"

I have a difficulty in understanding the scope of this category. Doesn't it include historical regions that are presently a part of Country X? Or it also includes regions that were in the past a part of Country X? 79.117.184.132 (talk) 07:53, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

It might mean either. There has quite possibly been no discussion on the matter; or it might be that there have been separate discussions on the categories for different countries, which might even have come to different conclusions. I would take a pragmatic view that the purposes of categories is to help people navigate, nothing more, so I'd just include any region which might fit by either interpretation. Is there a particular instance that is troubling you? --ColinFine (talk) 09:06, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

The edit in question is [1]. I understand the meaning of the article name as "Historical regions that are currently in Hungary". I am not against a category that links Burzenland with Hungary, but I think this formula is not the best 79.117.184.132 (talk) 09:42, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia images

Hi. I have just moved to China and found that all of the images on Wikipedia have been replaced by a little icon of a page with the bottom right corner broken off. Is this a result of the censorship here (which I realise tears a lot of articles to pieces) or something I can do something about?

Thank you for your help :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 39.190.67.225 (talk) 12:23, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

The images are stored at https://upload.wikimedia.org. Can you see https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a9/Example.jpg? PrimeHunter (talk) 12:34, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Logging in problem

I haven't used my accout in a while, but decided to revive it again. I'd forgotten my password but not the Username, so I sent a password reset request.

I received the email with the temporary password info, but this is where the problem begins. After inputting the temp password, I am redirected to a page to choose a new password. On doing this, the user should click a button to create password and log in, but for me, I just get rerdirected back to the first log-in page, with an error message saying the password is incorrect. Even if I retype the password I just chose, I am advised it is incorrect. Nor can I re-use the temp password. I have been throught this process three times now, using three temp passwords and choosing three different "new" passwords, but the same thing keeps happening.

I also tried to recreate the account, in case it had expired, but it still exists. I've not provided the username, as I'm assuming the solution will be general rather than account-specific.

Help! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.151.91.123 (talk) 12:56, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

If you don't get an answer here within a reasonable amount of time, I suggest you try WP:VPT, which is where the more technical folks tend to hang out. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 20:49, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

I suggest that you instruct your browser to dump all Wikipedia-related cookies and then go back, being sure to accept all cookies if you don't have your browser set to accept all cookies. I've never had this problem with Wikipedia, but I've had this kind of loops on other websites, and they're normally a cookie problem. Nyttend (talk) 02:38, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Changing an article's title

I started an article several years ago: Kirby-Smith Hall. As it turns out, the correct name of this LSU campus dormitory is Edmund Kirby Smith Hall. I'm thinking the right thing to do is to change the article's name to reflect this. What are my options? Any advice will be appreciated! Kerry (talk) 15:05, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Dear Ksoileau, in order to change the title, the article can easily be moved to a new name. But you should provide some sort of a reference that the correct name really is "Edmund Kirby Smith Hall". Currently, "Kirby-Smith Hall" is backed by [2], the official campus map. Best regards--FoxyOrange (talk) 15:21, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

I moved the article to Edmund Kirby Smith Hall (after checking the map to confirm the name)

Because the map also uses Kirby Smith Hall, I created a redirect.

I'll let you edit the article itself.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 15:26, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Curiously, though perhaps not surprisingly, the name Edmund Kirby Smith Hall is on the list at the left. On the map itself, Kirby Smith Hall is used. However, on the list on the left Kirby-Smith Hall is also listed, so all three are in use.

A reader searching for any of the three will find the article. I'll leave it to others to decide if one of the others is a preferable name, but it doesn't sound like it is worth spending too much time.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 15:31, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Looks like a good resolution of the question, thanks all for help! To answer the question about the correct name of the building, one can see at the beginning of the following video Kirby Smith Hall Tour that the sign outside of the dorm reads Edmund Kirby Smith Hall, so that's the source I'm going by... Kerry (talk) 16:54, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

How to access {{Hollywood1921}}

Hello. I'm quite an experienced contributor, but now I have come across something that I don't understand. At Bebe Daniels#Later life and career, there is something that looks like an image, a clickable 1921 Vanity Fair caricature by Ralph Barton. A closer investigation reveals that this has not been included using [[File:]], but rather by {{Hollywood1921}}. My question is: How can I edit the caption (I would like to flag the reflink as "dead")? Thanks for your help, and keep up your great work!--FoxyOrange (talk) 15:14, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

You need to edit Template:Hollywood1921. Ideally, see if you can find a good link, but barring that, mark as dead.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 15:20, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Uploading photos

Hi- Might somebody be able to explain to me how to upload a photo onto a wkipedia page? Thanks in advance, — Preceding unsigned comment added by RiffMom (talk • contribs) 17:14, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

@RiffMom: Where did you find the picture? ~Charmlet ^-talk- 17:33, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

See my answer to an identical question further up the page: Wikipedia:Hd#Photo-edit a page. - Karenjc 19:09, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Entering new article

Two portions of the text we just entered do not appear in the preview -- a single line, in each case, appears in an enclosed box in a simple type font (different from the rest of the text) and then the ensuing text after the missing end of the paragraph continues properly. How do we get the lines inside the box -- along with the rest of the missing copy -- to appear in the article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.17.47.19 (talk) 17:29, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Assuming you're talking about Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Pritam & Eames, the problem is that in front of the words "Critical" and "The impassioned" you have a leading space. Just delete the spaces in front of those paragraphs, and the text should be properly formatted. Howicus (Did I mess up?) 17:33, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

• Orangemike G11 deleted the page 17:59, 15 September 2013. Some of the text can be found at at pritameames.com. -- Jreferee (talk) 20:08, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Blocked URL

Hello, upon attempting to make a recent edit, I discovered that Examiner.com has been blocked from being linked. I could not find any rationale as to why this is in any of the archives, can someone please explain? Thanks. felt_friend 19:37, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Examiner is a user-submitted news source, thus it is not considered a reliable source. ~Charmlet ^-talk- 19:58, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

You can find some of the discussions here on why examiner.com is registered on Wikipedia's blacklist. -- Jreferee (talk) 19:59, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Login issues

Hi been a member since 2010, last edited a page on Jan. 4 2011. About 2 years ago I cancelled my Rogers internet & my email account was terminated. But have recently been back with Rogers again, and created a new email account, I used the same email address & username to log in to Wikipedia, but since I can't remember my password, I've had to re-set password again. When I entered my username which I remember, it says password has been re-set to my email. But no messages are in my email box, even after 24 hrs. I've re-set password a few times, but got message: A password reminder has already been sent within the last 24 hours. To prevent abuse, only one password reminder will be sent per 24 hours. Should I just create a new Wikipedia account? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.245.143.63 (talk) 21:16, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

It would help us if you'd specify the Wikipedia username that you had before. Nyttend (talk) 02:35, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Hi Nyttend sorry to not adding my username, it is still jerry didonato — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.245.143.63 (talk) 14:35, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

The account User:jerry didonato has a total of six edits. So it doesn't seem important to figure out how to access it again - better to just create a new username. I note that User:Jerry Didonato seems available. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 01:27, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

September 16

mistake in your information

Dear Sir, I was advised by Ms. Cindy Ashley- Nelson to direct my email to you all In order to inform you a mistake in your publication and information .... I am Mr. Edson Tavares, Brazilian football coach and I use to work in Chongqing Lifan FC - China for 3 seasons 2001-2002-2003 ( the club will confirm that ), and in your information in Chongqing Lifan club is appear that Mr. Stefano Impagliazzo work as a coach .... is completely wrong Mr. Stefano was my physical coach in 2002 season for ONLY 1 month of time ... He never worked as head coach in his own life, special in china ... This information cause me a lot of problems special because people in football compare with my CV. I hope you can repair this mistake and correct as soon it is possible. Thanks in advance Edson Tavares — Preceding unsigned comment added by 177.142.135.199 (talk) 01:09, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

I have removed this information since you have disputed and the entry was not cited through a reliable source.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 05:14, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Life

Mr and Mrs. Imus I watched your show and it is great. I have watched Imus n the morning. The thing that brothers me is that you don't believe in JESUS CHRIST. There is a life after this live. Either you will be in Heaven or Hell. Read John 3:16. Jesus died on a cross for you. His blood will wash a way your sins. Jesus LOVES YOU. Terry L Lofton — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.225.4.181 (talk) 03:00, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 4 million articles and thought we were affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is for asking questions related to using or contributing to Wikipedia itself. Thus, we have no special knowledge about the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck.Template:Z25--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 05:07, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

I have removed the email address from your message to protect your privacy. -- John of Reading (talk) 15:00, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

How do I redirect a subject on a Wikipedia article

How do I redirect a subject on a Wikipedia article? I don't how to do that. Venustar84 (talk) 04:32, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Simply put #REDIRECT [[Target page name here]] on the page you wish to create a redirect out of. See Help:Redirect for more info. Scarce2 (talk) 04:41, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Can someone please redirect the Simpsons character Armin_Tamzarian to the Principal_Skinner article? Thanks! Venustar84 (talk) 04:48, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Two things. 1) I'm not sure why you can't do it yourself. And 2) The redirect has been in place for nearly 2 years. You might want to bring it up for discussion on the talk page of either the episode or Principal Skinner before redirecting it. Dismas|^(talk) 06:35, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Re: Disclaimer

Hi all,

There is a disclaimer on my Wiki page which I'm requesting to have removed it says((This article may rely excessively on sources too closely associated with the subject, preventing the article from being verifiable andneutral. Please help improve it by replacing them with more appropriate citations to reliable, independent, third-party sources. (June 2013) ) This is because as you can see my page was last reviewed in June when there were no links/citations to verify facts. Several links/citations have since been provided to support the facts. Can this disclaimer be removed please?

Kind regards,

Moraa Gitaa. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.242.202.236 (talk) 05:47, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Hi, firstly, that's not a disclaimer, that's a notice to visitors and other editors that the article needs to be cleaned up. Secondly, it's not your article, although it may be an article ABOUT you. :) Thirdly, I'm looking at the article now, and while that specific cleanup template could be updated, there are other issues that overlap with the "closely related to the subject" part of the template. There is a lot of jargon and phrases that could only be properly understood by people "closely related to the subject". What does the ill-defined "shortlisted" mean? What do concepts like "signatory to the PEN charter" mean? What does "children/women inclusion agenda" mean? While some of these things I could suss out if I had half a brain (barely) as well as time to research the parlance (very little), that effort shouldn't be required of the casual reader. The article needs to be written in such a way as to convey your notability, and explain your contributions/efforts without requiring a prerequisite course in your industry's nomenclature. :) Oh, and if this is your first time at the Help Desk, I should mention that you are STRONGLY discouraged from "fixing" the article yourself because that would present a significant conflict of interest, as autobiographies are almost never written entirely subjectively, no matter how objective you think you might be. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 06:03, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Just adding a link for convenience sake: Moraa Gitaa (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Dismas|^(talk) 06:37, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Urgent

Wikipedia had a lot of information on my family name, Ansari, especially, Origin. It is all gone. Kindly put it back as soon as possible.

Thank you,

Jawad — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ansarijawad (talk • contribs) 06:07, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Don't worry: Wikipedia has no deadline. Ansari is a disambiguation page. These pages contain links to help users find their way around the encyclopaedia. They are not a place to write articles, or to add material that doesn't link to an existing article. That's why the misplaced information was deleted. - Karenjc 07:37, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

It's also possible you are referring to the article Ansari (nisbat). Some information was removed in this edit, because it lacked a source. Our policy on verifiability explains this. -Karenjc 07:54, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

I made that edit while looking into the OP's question. So they are not referring to that edit, unless they are time travelers. :) Dismas|^(talk) 08:03, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Facepalm. So you did. - Karenjc 20:20, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Deleted Pages

In the last 12 months a couple of pages that were of real interest have been deleted. Having read the discussion log, many of the comments had no content. Can these pages : Polarity Therapy and Dr Randolph Stone be reinstated? Regards Graham — Preceding unsigned comment added by Polarityg (talk • contribs) 08:37, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

The situations under which articles might be considered for deletion review are defined at Wikipedia:Deletion review, and that would be the place to raise requests if the relevant criteria are satisfied. The AFD discussions were at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Polarity therapy and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Randolph Stone. - David Biddulph (talk) 09:19, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Problem in Uploading new content on Wiki

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 – Blocked. It's always easier when block-evaders add a "2" to the end of their new username... Bencherlite^Talk 09:37, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Hi,

I have been trying to upload content on Stayfree - Wikipedia page using below mentioned creditionals, but every time after saving respective page that changes are not reflecting.

URL: Stayfree Username: Lbiindia2

Steps I am following : - 1. Stayfree page which we need to edit. - Stayfree 2. Clicking on Edit Source 3. Write/Paste the new content.

Can you please guide me through the process if I am following the wrong one.

Thanks in advance. -- Regards, Archi Kathrani — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lbiindia2 (talk • contribs) 09:18, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

There are at least two problems. The material that you have tried to paste is not formatted correctly; you seem to have misunderstood how references are formatted, so you would need to read WP:Referencing for beginners. But more importantly, what you were posting seems to be the same as what led to a similarly named account being indefinitely blocked as being used for purely promotional and advertising purposes, see User talk:Lbiindia. To use an alternative account to get round the block is sockpuppetry, and is not permitted. - David Biddulph (talk) 09:29, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Requesting That A Page Be Made

The request an article thing was way to confusing. You need to simplify that shit pronto. But anyways the band Dayshell needs a wikipedia page. So yeah you should get the ball rolling on that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.177.107.38 (talk • contribs) 11:10, 16 September 2013‎ (UTC)

I think the Articles for Creation process is fairly simple. Have you tried the article wizard? It's quite straight forward.

However, glancing at the band Dayshell makes me wonder if they pass our notability guidelines; it could be that we don't have an article because they're not notable enough. Either way, if you create the article using the article wizard, someone will access whether or not they're a notable enough band. — Richard BB 11:15, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

When I see ""request an article thing" I think Wikipedia:Requested articles, not Wikipedia:AFC. I agree the second is quite good. I don't have an opinion on the process aspect of the former, because I think it is likely to be a waste of time. My guess is that a general request will fall into a black hole. A request posted at a relevant Wikiproject might have better luck.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 12:47, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

uploaded photos in articles

Hello, I've been 'adopting" and editing articles for a few years now. I've also uploaded photos on a couple. Recently, I've been "targeted" by an editor named Dman41689 who keeps tagging my photos for lack of permission (specifically Dave Winfield, Victor Willis and Village People) and deleting them. I copy the 'permission' template, fill it out completely, continually ask him what else I need to do, but he never responds and keeps deleting my photos. I don't want to get into an edit war, but I would like an explanation on why -- or how to provide the extra "permission" that seems to be required only of me. Please, please advise. Thank you. Hotcop2 (talk) 12:58, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

If File:DaveWinfieldbyMarioCasciano.jpg is an example, it tells you there what you need to do. - David Biddulph (talk) 13:24, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Note also that you have had numerous messages on your user talk page at Commons, as that was where you had uploaded the photos, so it is not really a question for the English Wikipedia. You say permission required only of you, but this is not the case; see Commons:Permission. I notice also that on the file referred to above you said "I release this image for use on Wikipedia". You need to check with the experts at Commons, but I believe that such a restriction is unacceptable; my belief is that the licencing conditions require you to release the image to be reused anywhere. - David Biddulph (talk) 13:46, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Illegal link?

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There's a link on Insidious 2 to watch the film for free!

Surely not right. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.8.96.145 (talk) 13:41, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Removed/reverted.Naraht (talk) 13:50, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Use of slash character in titles

Dear editors: I couldn't find a mention of the slash (/) character in the essay about page naming. Does Wikipedia distinguish somehow between the way it stores page names containing a slash (ie., "Apple/Pear pie"), and slashes that indicate a subpage (ie., "Drafts/First draft", "Drafts/Second draft"), or is this an artificial distinction? —Anne Delong (talk) 14:29, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Subpages. Mainspace articles can contain slashes in the title. In other namespaces it gives a subpage. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:37, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Thank you. I should have thought of looking there. There are so many places to look, and so little brainpower to think of them all. —Anne Delong (talk) 20:28, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Steps for removing warning at top of article?

I'm looking to get a warning removed from the top of my page. The warning read: This article appears to be written like an advertisement. Please help improve it by rewriting promotional content from a neutral point of view and removing any inappropriate external links. (July 2012). Since it was posted on July 2012 we've taken many steps to rewrite the content to be as accurate/non-promotional as possible, but the warning remains. Does anyone know of steps that can be taken to make sure the page is reviewed? — Preceding unsigned comment added by MeghanWelch (talk • contribs) 15:26, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Hard to help unless you tell us which article you are referring to...--ukexpat (talk) 15:53, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Hello Meghan. You may or may not have improved the page sufficiently that that notice can be removed: we don't know until you tell us which page. But I'm afraid that when you say "we've taken many steps" this raises flags for me. Who are "we"? And, more importantly, what is the relationship of "we" to the subject of the article (which is not your page, by the way). I may just be being a suspicious so-and-so, but if you have any connection with the subject, please make sure you are familiar with the recommendations on conflict of interest. --ColinFine (talk) 17:04, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Translating

there's a article from wikipedia that I would like to translate in spanish and I don't know how

69.121.143.142 (talk) 17:01, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Hello. Does Wikipedia:Translate us help? --ColinFine (talk) 17:06, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Do I have to add a mistaken sentence (in my opinion) in order to balance my other sentence?

There is a disagreement in the talk page between myself and other editor. I said that side A started a war. he opposed my opinion. I proposed that each of us will concise his opinion to 1 sentence only, and add both to the article. (provided that both are well supported).

He does not agree. He ask me to write both opinions, otherwise he claims that my contribution is wp:npov. However, I do not agree to the other opinion and do not have a support for it.

Is he right when he refuse to write his view and ask me to add both opinions? Ykantor (talk) 17:04, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

If different reliable sources disagree then you should include both positions, appropriately cited, while being aware of WP:UNDUE. RJFJR (talk) 17:07, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

There is no place in Wikipedia for your opinion or the other person's opinion. There is a place for a statement like "Joe Bloggs, in his book Whodunnit, said that ..." (with a reference to the book, of course). If there is dispute in the published reliable sources, then the article should record this (eg "Sue Smith, writing in the New York Times said that .... "). It is not your responsibility to make a statement with which you do not agree, but it is your joint responsibility (you and the other person) to make sure that all significant positions taken in reliable published sources are mentioned. --ColinFine (talk) 17:14, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Thank you RJFJR and ColinFine. "It is not your responsibility to make a statement with which you do not agree, but it is your joint responsibility...". That was my initial view. I have opened a wp:drn in order to advance the issue. Ykantor (talk) 08:36, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

adjust/reset hover footnotes in articles?

i use footnotes a lot while browsing wikipedia. i recently noticed that there is a setting that allows you to change how long you have to hover over the footnote until it pops up. i started testing out different values. well i think i misclicked or something because now it does not work for me. i believe what happened was that i entered a rather large number (hundreds of seconds instead of milliseconds). is there a link to get to the setting of the footnote hover? i really enjoyed that feature and would like to get it back somehow. i have tried to find a link to where i could reset that value back to its initial 200 milliseconds (i think that was its original value), but i have not had any luck with it.

any help would be much appreciated. thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.233.115.202 (talk) 17:21, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

I suspect that rather than breaking it in some way, it was turned off. Turning it off is one of the options provided and after testing I found that if instead you provide a very high value, say 5,000 milliseconds, that acts to shut it off as if you'd chosen the disable option. To turn it back on, go to an article, scroll to the very bottom and see if there is a link on the right hand side of the page (next to "mobile view") for "Enable Reference Tooltips". Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 22:56, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Can my watchlist be sorted by date?

Dear editors: Because I work with a lot of new users at Afc who don't always know how to effectively contact people, I have my watchlist set to add every page I edit. However, most of these are not needed after a few weeks. Unfortunately, I often can't remember which articles and talk pages are the recent ones. Is there any way to sort my watchlist by date instead of alphabetically so that I can delete the older items? I have a few pages, such as projects that I am involved in and articles that I created, that I want to keep, but most of the older ones aren't needed. —Anne Delong (talk) 17:25, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Can I propose to modify a command (insert a cropped image) ?

I have recently inserted a cropped image to an article, using the "Annotated image".

Here is the command template:

• {{Annotated image | float=right| caption=Air dropping supplies to besieged [[Yehiam]], 1948| image=Air dropping supplies to Yehiam, 1948.jpg| image-width=320 | width=280| height=140| image-top=-22 |image-left=-33| annotations=}}

• It is inconvenient to guess the amount of cropping by pixels (image-top=-22 |image-left=-33).

1. Will it be possible to use percentage rather then amount of pixels? e.g. crop 9% from the top rather then "-22" pixels?
2. Will it be possible to merge the "image" command with the "Annotated image"? Ykantor (talk) 17:28, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

@Ykantor: - You are referring to a template, specifically {{Annotated image}}. In Wikipedia, there is no such thing as a "command".

Re #1, the description/documentation at Template:Annotated image makes it clear that percentages aren't allowed, only pixel counts. Wikipedia generally doesn't use annotated images - there are less than a 1000 of them, at least via that template. So while it may be inconvenient not to have percentages as an option, it doesn't seem worthwhile - in my opinion - to ask someone to revise that template, if that's even possible (I doublt it). But if you want to do ask, feel free: the place to do so is at Template talk:Annotated image.

Re #2, I have no idea what the "image" command is. Template:Image exists, but it's not allowed in articles. The old format for adding an image was a wikilink, like this: [[Image:Whatever]], but it makes no sense to try to merge that format with a template. Further explanation of what you're trying to do would be appreciated. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 03:51, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

I apologize for the in-clarity. It is a pity to have an image which a lot of it is the sky. It might be useful to have a convenient method of cropping the image.

Re #1, perhaps editors avoid Template:Annotated image since its' usage is not convenient.

Re #2, is it possible to add Template:Annotated image capabilities to WP:IMGSYN ? e.g. cropping the image? thanks. Ykantor (talk) 04:17, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

Edits

Hi - If I have recently made edits and additions to a Wikipedia page long does it take for them to appear on the page? Thank you in advance- — Preceding unsigned comment added by RiffMom (talk • contribs) 18:46, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

In almost all cases, changes are immediate. Very few pages have what is referred to as pending changes, a system that delays contributions to allow for moderation. However, I note that the edits you made to Candye Kane were reverted, so they are no longer visible to readers. Ask on the talk page there if you don't understand why they were reverted.  drewmunn  talk  18:52, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Your edits to the article were reverted automatically by software because you used a blogspot site as a source. It's apparent that you have also removed all references to Candye Kane's career in pornography as well. Do you have reason to believe that material is untrue?—Kww(talk) 18:54, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

(edit conflict) The edits are still there in the page history. You can see that there were a number of problems with your version (so in future you should check with page preview before saving), and further reasons for the reversion can be seen in the history as blogs are not regarded as reliable sources. - David Biddulph (talk) 19:02, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

"Background information" area

I am creating a bio page for a living person. How do I add one of those "background information" areas like I've seen on other bio pages? Ruthyuke (talk) 22:12, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Do you mean an infobox, or perhaps one of the specific infoboxes such as those in Category:People infobox templates? - David Biddulph (talk) 22:38, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

But if you are talking about Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Ann Firestone Ungar, then I recommend that you put your effort into the important work, viz providing solid reliable references, before bothering with infoboxes. If you try to publish the article without references it will get deleted. Furthermore, according to our policy on biographies of living persons, anybody may remove any unreferenced material from it at any time, even if it has not yet been reviewed and published. --22:49, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Declined article in sandbox

I was working on an article in my sandbox, and when it was finished, I submitted it. It was later declined and moved to another page. Now my sandbox goes to that other page, and it's being threatened to be deleted if it's not revised soon, but I can't solve the original problem with the article, so what would I revise, and that's not really a solution anyway? The article is Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Tessellation conglomerate if you want to see it. What I'm wondering is how do I reestablish my sandbox page and put my article somewhere for safe-keeping (I already copied the page onto a Microsoft Word document, is that all I can do)? Frivolous Consultant (talk) 22:34, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

I've moved it back to User:Frivolous Consultant/sandbox for you. Of course, unless the subject receives extensive coverage in published reliable sources it will not be suitable as a Wikipedia article. WP is not the place for neologisms or original research. - David Biddulph (talk) 22:46, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

September 17

Hidden redirect

Mos Def shows up at Special:WhatLinksHere/Common_(rapper) through the redirect Common (entertainer). When I search the page and its templates, I don't find that redirect. What is going on?--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 02:14, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

The link table had not been updated yet after at least one of your two navbox edits [3][4]. See Help:Job queue. The article was removed from WhatLinksHere when I made a null edit of it. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:22, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

Search history for username via changes made

I want to warn on a user's talk page for copying an entire news account, verbatim, into Fermi 1. I already added the {copypaste} tag into the article, rather than delete en masse.

But in order to find the editor, I'm not sure how to go about searching the article's history for the specific offending text, short of looking at every single edit summary. How might this be done? — VoxLuna ☾ ^orbit_land  

Try WikiBlame RudolfRed (talk) 04:47, 17 September 2013 (UTC)