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September 22

Adding attachments

music I am using wiki at work. I think it is an older version of wiki. Can i attach a file to the wiki page (eg. 30 page manual)

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.116.141.139 (talk) 01:43, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

The answer will be specific to what wiki software the server is running. You'll need to ask the admin where you work. RudolfRed (talk) 02:00, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

I guess you mean that your work has its own wiki made with a possibly older version of the same MediaWiki software as Wikipedia. MediaWiki can be configured in many ways. If you are running the wiki then see mw:Manual:Configuring file uploads. If you are just using the wiki then try to enter "Special:Upload" in the search box. If that doesn't work then talk to the person running the wiki. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:09, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

My name is in an article where it doesn't belong.

Hi, I'm Ryan Burke. Somebody has put my name in the article about the Illuminati under the Modern conspiracy theory section. I am not a writer. I don't write about the Illuminati, and I don't understand why my name appears in this article.

This is a link to the page where the content appears. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rodgersayshi (talk • contribs) 05:23, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

The name Ryan Burke does not appear at all in the sources referenced where it appears in that article. I have removed it. Thanks for drawing our attention to the problem. HiLo48 (talk) 05:30, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

Yes – I can't seem to find any reference to a 'Ryan Burke' either – though it appears to be a fairly common name. AndyTheGrump (talk) 05:35, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

Yes, I actually know a Ryan Burke, in rural Victoria, Australia, but I know for sure that he won't have written a book on the Illuminati. HiLo48 (talk) 05:41, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

Presumably many people who write about such things have to do so in secret though, even from people they know and trust. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 18:15, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

My account is "locked" but not "blocked". What can I do?

My account is "locked" but not "blocked". In the Special page: Global user list, My account is listed as "locked" and I cannot make edits. Nothing was posted on my user:talk page How can I fix this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.91.128.44 (talk) 06:04, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

What was your account name? It would help to know that so we can sort it out. --Jayron32 06:39, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

My account name was Slacka123 70.91.128.44 (talk) 07:31, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

Well, it definitely shows as locked. Did you enter the wrong password too many times? —Kerfuffler  howl
prowl  07:47, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

I was logged in and could not make any edits. When I clicked on the edit page, it said my account was "locked" and I could not edit. So I logged out to ask for help. Now I cannot log back in. I have tried a few times, but it says password incorrect. Strange, since I have not changed my password. Could someone else have locked my account by too many bad passwords? If so, how long before I can get back in? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.91.128.44 (talk) 08:10, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

It was locked by a steward in [1]. You can contact the steward at meta:User talk:Billinghurst. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:30, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

Noting that I stated about a spambot, and it obviously isn't. I have unlocked and will dig some further tomorrow. — billinghurst sDrewth 13:30, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

• It's unlocked and you can close this ticket. Looks like I was victim of collateral damage. Thanks for your thorough investigation and rapid response to my problem. You guys are an amazing group of volunteers! Thanks again! Slacka123 (talk) 07:49, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

My new helplink article

Hi,

So I was creating a page about my new social enterprise in Ireland called 'Helplink' I was nearly finished and then I got a warning message saying I should not create the page as it looked like and autobiography or something! Can I not enter the business name into the directory, where it came from and what it provides??? Seems a bit silly to me if I can't for one thing the page doesn't exist (I checked under that name) also the nearest thing to it keeps wreaking the SEO on Google it is Help:Link and is just a description of the combination of words and not the word in and of itself? THis social enterprise provides among other support services affordable mental health, why should people NOT be informed about that! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lochlann Helplink (talk • contribs) 10:24, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

I added a section title to separate your new question from the one above. Astronaut (talk) 11:39, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

I cannot see that you have used your account for anything other than creating this question. Maybe your writing was deleted or maybe it was written with a different username or elsewhere. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia containing articles about notable subjects that have already been written about elsewhere in reliable sources. Amongst other things, Wikipedia is not a business directory. We also have rules covering writing with a conflict of interest, writing about a business or about yourself, and picking a suitable username. You might find the information in "Your first article" helpful. Astronaut (talk) 11:53, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for that. thing is I never posted the page in the end after seeing the warning that is why I posted here! Anyways I am very confused by this as from what I can see it is new word 'Helplink' in that combination and the information I am going to provide as I said is about a social enterprise informing people in Ireland that they can now have affordable or free counselling, support services/ In other words it is information for the public good! I just wanted to get the ok before I posted it as I do not want to step of the mark. I am a complete noob with Wiki is all and want to do the right thing much like my company! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lochlann Helplink (talk • contribs) 21:15, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

Hello. Unfortunately, you will not get the OK for this, until Helplink has already been written about by more than one reliable source, independent of you and your enterprise: see WP:ORG. Once it has been written up elsewhere, then there may be an article about it, but you should not be the one to write it, as Astronaut said. Wikipedia is not a medium for promotion of anybody or anything, no matter how praiseworthy. --ColinFine (talk) 23:05, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

What exactly does "This article has an unclear citation style." mean?

What exactly does this message- "This article has an unclear citation style." mean? I want to know what this statement means and what needs to be done to rectify it. Help would be appreciated! — Preceding unsigned comment added by WonderBoy1998 (talk • contribs) 13:39, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

The statement is made by {{Citation style}} and contains links to some guidelines. If you want more specific help then you have to say which article you are interested in. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:04, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

Probably Wonder Woman. The citation style looks okay to me, so I have no idea what the issue is. The tag was added by User:109.153.178.131 with no explanation. You can ask them at User talk:109.153.178.131, and if they do not respond, simply remove the citation style tag. Dcoetzee 23:49, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

Edit Page and Main page don't match

Looking at the main page for Pablo Escobar. There is a spelling error in the bio box. It says "Convinction Status". But when you go into edit mode, it's spelled correctly: "Conviction Status". Why would the main article and the edit page be different? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Crossland68 (talk • contribs) 15:06, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

It was a mistake in {{Infobox criminal}}. I have fixed the error. The article, Pablo Escobar now is correct. GB fan 15:24, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

DYK submissions

Hi. My article The Mechanics of Oscar Pistorius' Running Blades seems to be approved for DYK. What's the next step for having it appear? Should I put a template on the DYK page or something? Pkeets (talk) 16:08, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

Hi Pkeets. It's not actually approved yet. Sasata, who initially reviewed your nomination, and whose concern you've addressed, should return and either comment further or approve the nomination. You might drop a note on his/her talk page just to say you've responded to the comments left. You actually need do nothing else but keep watch (I would use the what links here feature from the DYK template page to do so). What should happen is that after approval, a person will close the nomination as promoted, remove it from T:TDYK, and move it to one of the Queues and prep areas. It will then wend its way down through them, until it's added to the DYK template featured on the mainpage. Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 17:04, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

Thanks!

Uploader / photographer's name on a photo

The image at File:A-darter.jpg has been "signed" by the photographer/uploader even though he (the name seems to be male) has licenced it as "public domain". I think I once read a guidline somewhere that specifically prohibited the use of such "signatures" in photos uploaded to WP. Is that correct and can it be fixed? Roger (talk) 21:09, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

See commons:Commons:Watermarks. It can be easily removed in this case. I have done so. Dcoetzee 23:54, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

Varnish cache server error message: What does it mean and what can I do about it?

I frequently see the following error message when I try to use Wikipedia recently. What is the cause, and what, if anything, can editors do to help fix the problem?

Error 503 Service Unavailable

Service Unavailable

Guru Meditation:

XID: 1652847758

Varnish cache server

Report the error at the village pump WP:VPT. RudolfRed (talk) 23:18, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

Bo Guagua's nationality is UNKNOWN

your web site doesn't know what his nationality is, you have no proof that he actually still is a chinese citizen. how can you say that he is still "chinese"? he is probably still living in the usa, for a person like him who studied in the UK, then went to USA, you don't know where he got his passport. you are listing FALSE, unconfirmed information about him. --Bgggongfei (talk) 00:38, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

Atteeq-Ur-Rehman

Hello, I am trying to create an article about Atteeq-Ur-Rehman. I am new user. In fact, this is my first article. I am facing a problem in formating. There are some terminologies and words already in Wikipedia and some of the references are online and to be linked. Would you please be kind enough to helo me in formating and get it reviewed for publication at Wikipedia. Thanks, — Preceding unsigned comment added by Retajsaima (talk • contribs) 22:57, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

I converted the bolded text to a level 2 section header and made the links in the bibliography clickable. Welcome to Wikipedia, by the way! Michaelzeng7 (talk) 01:02, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

September 23

Overriding magic words

bsd this is a somewhat advanced question: is there a way of overriding magic words, maybe by tweaking the url? specifically, i need to override the _NOGALLERY- tag, without editing the page. thanks,--Ben Stone 01:36, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

Brochure request

how could,im recieve free brochres? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.23.243.221 (talk) 01:48, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

I added a section header for your question. This page is for asking questions about how to use Wikipedia. We don't have brochures. You'll need to contact whichever company or organization you're interested in directly. RudolfRed (talk) 02:20, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

Confused about city former names

Leningrad = St. Petersburg, Danzig = Gdansk; Konigsburg != Kaliningrad, Constantinople != Istanbul. Where is this inconsistency comes from? ibicdlcod (talk) 04:02, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

Editors make individual choices and these seem logical to me. St. Petersburg was always a Russian city. They renamed it to Petrograd (1914), Leningrad (1924) and then back to St. Petersburg (1991) without changing the population. A Petrograd article about 10 years of the city history would be odd, and a St. Petersburg article with a hole 1914–1991 would be silly. Danzig/Gdansk are more like different spellings than different names. Both, or similar spellings, have been used for around 1000 years. See Gdańsk#Names. The German name of Kaliningrad was Königsberg. The surviving Germans were expelled by the Soviet Union so in many respects (population, culture, language, country) Kaliningrad was a new city at the same location. Same with Constantinople: The surviving Christians were deported and everything changed when the muslims took over. PrimeHunter (talk) 04:52, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

WP:BOLD is relevent here. There is only one article on the History of Saint Petersburg, and its pretty cruddy. If someone wanted to write a decent article for the time period when it was known as Leningrad, (1924–1991), they could. That's certainly a large enough time period to write a decent history of. Just take the Leningrad redirect, turn it into a full, well written, and well referenced article on that time period, and I don't think anyone would object. After all, as the OP notes, we have multiple articles on Byzantium and Constantinople and Istanbul, but that's only because someone took the time and care to create good articles about each of them. I don't see why, if someone wanted to, they couldn't make a good Leningrad article. They haven't yet, but there's nothing stopping someone from doing so. However, until that happens, the redirect makes more sense than anything else. --Jayron32 05:09, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

Perhaps our guidelines on naming conventions would be of some help.    → Michael J Ⓣ Ⓒ Ⓜ 05:59, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

Stop the chinglish today!

50 Cent Party this name is a typical chinglish phrase. it should be "50 cents", not "50 cent", although cents in chinese should be "mao". someone should change it today. --Bgggongfei (talk) 05:07, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

It's not chinglish. When used in adjectival form, standard English wouldn't have the "s". One speaks of a "five dollar cup of coffee", but one would never say a "five dollars cup of coffee". The title is exactly as it should be in standard English. --Jayron32 05:13, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

Jayron32 is correct; this is known as a compound adjective. But the example should be written properly as a "five-dollar cup of coffee" (see MOS:NUMBERS#Unit names and Hyphens#Compound modifiers). I suppose one could argue for renaming the page to 50-Cent Party—I'm actually curious why our Olympic swimming articles don't follow this convention. Also, it takes 10 cents (fen) to make a mao. —Cheng ✍ 09:54, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

Those communist spies, minions get paid fifty cents for writing a pro-communist party message online. that is why they are called fifty cents party. this is not complicated english grammar discussion. of course, it should be changed to "fifty cents party". it is not a musical band's name.--Bgggongfei (talk) 10:41, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

Please explain why you think the action of these party members is more relevant than proper English usage? Jayron32's cup of coffee costs five dollars, but we still refer to the coffee as a five-dollar cup of coffee. —Cheng ✍ 10:57, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

Jayron and Cheng are correct. In the English-language version of Wikipedia, correct English should be used. "Fifty cents party" is not correct English, it is Chinglish.

A similar construction is "I would not touch that with a ten-foot pole." Using "ten-feet pole" would be wrong. (If you are interested in the history of this grammatical form, the "foot" in "ten-foot pole" is not a singular, it is an example of an otherwise obsolete genitive plural.) Maproom (talk) 11:35, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

See also: Three Mile Island.--Colapeninsula (talk) 14:13, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

If "50 Cent Party" is a translation of a Chinese term, it should be translated to correct English: "Fifty-Cent Party" if it is though of as a proper name of a group, or "Fifty-cent party" if it is a description but not a proper name. On the other hand, if the people using the term write both English and Chinese, and generally use the name "50 Cent Party", then that is correct. The correct spelling, punctuation, and capitalization of a proper name is whatever the name-giver says it is. Jc3s5h (talk) 14:48, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Geomedical Engineering updated article

Hello, I have tried to put inline citation for and updated references in Geomedical engineering article. I am sorry. I am unable format them in proper format of Wikipedia. Would you please help to link inline citations with the references and terminologies to wikipedia to be opened by clik. Thank you very much. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Atteequr (talk • contribs) 11:01, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

The article is geomedical engineering. It needs changes, internal links to Wikipedia and external links to references are both wrongly formatted. I have corrected two of the internal links. Maproom (talk) 11:42, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

Geomedical Engineering need support to get formatted

Hello, Thanks for correcting two of the arongly formatted links. Still there are references and internal and external links need formatting. I have already put them in the article at appropriate positions. Just need to be formatetd in correct way. I am a new user and donot understand how to do it. Would you please be knid enough to correct all of them for me. Thanks in anticipation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Atteequr (talk • contribs) 12:11, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

I have a life, I have other things to do. I suggest you look at other Wikipedia articles to learn the correct way to use references. Maproom (talk) 13:39, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

Or read WP:Referencing for beginners.--ukexpat (talk) 16:58, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

Page moving policy

Is there a guideline or policy on page moves? Wikipedia:Moving a page seems like an info-only item. Is there a policy? Thanks. History2007 (talk) 12:45, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

WP:TITLECHANGES is part of the policy Wikipedia:Article titles. Wikipedia:Requested moves is a process page with no guideline or policy designation but it has some relevant information. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:58, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, I suggested a policy change on WP:TITLECHANGES based on that. History2007 (talk) 15:38, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia page for Mary Garofalo

Hello:

My name is Mary Garofalo and I have been the subject of repeated vandalism on my Wikipedia page. Someone with the user account a bot operated by Anomie (talk) has issued the following:

"This article includes a list of references, but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations. The neutrality of this article is disputed. (June 2012) This article appears to be written like an advertisement. (June 2012)"

The person I believe is responsible is a former fellow employee who is actively and maliciously altering and challenging anything written on my Wikipedia page. I am a public figure and I would like to see my account protected or please remove my the page all together. Thank you very much. My email address if you wish to contact me is [address deleted] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.118.7.229 (talk) 12:56, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia policy is against your publishing your email address here, so I have deleted it.

I know nothing about you, or the field you work in, so I am not going to take sides in this discussion. But the edits I see to the article Mary Garofalo don't look to me like vandalism. You should read Conflict of interest editing on Wikipedia before editing an article about yourself; then, if you believe the article contains false information about you, you should not delete it, but mention it on the article's talk page. Maproom (talk) 13:37, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

AnomieBot, which is an automated program, merely added dates to those tags: the tags were actually added by an IP (i.e. not logged-in) user, and those were the only edit from that IP address, so it is possible that this was done by a former colleague: we have no way of knowing. However, the tags are entirely appropriate: the article contains not one single inline citation, and only one independent source, and it contains unencyclopaedic peacock terms such as "tenacious".

I disagree with Maproom on one point: since nothing whatever in the article is referenced, anybody, including Mary Garofalo, may remove anything from it. If there were information which was reliably sourced then it should be removed, especially not by the subject of the article. --ColinFine (talk) 21:52, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

504 ERROR WITH TOOLSERVER

Please fix toolserver- if you click on any article that has a GPS coordinate it cycles for a long time and then reports a 504 Gateway Time-out error instead of bringing up screen to export geo info. I have tried multiple browsers and cleared caches, this is a server issue on your end.. please please fix! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.189.250.33 (talk • contribs)

It's reported at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#Toolserver Gateway Time-out error. Some things can take longer on Sundays. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:02, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

guru meditation

On some pages like wikt:bof and Pudding Mill Lane DLR station I have the message

Service unavailable 503

Guru meditation:

XID: (number)

Varnish Cache Server

It doesn't go away upon reloading but sometimes the number changes. This seems unrelated to Guru Meditation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.33.110.47 (talk) 14:50, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

It's unrelated to the existance of the article Guru Meditation but it's very related to the subject of the article. Our servers use Varnish (software). As Guru Meditation mentions, this error message is used by Varnish, and the quoted error message even mentions Varnish. I don't have problems with the pages you link. At #Varnish cache server error message: What does it mean and what can I do about it? it was suggested to report the error at WP:VPT. There are no reports so far. That may be a sign that the error is affecting relatively few users. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:00, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

align="center" no longer working?

I have had a toolbox on my user page for years and years that was centered with align="center". Recently the toolbox has become left aligned. Any idea what's causing this?--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 15:54, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

Probably the update to HTML5. Let me look at this. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 16:12, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

 Fixed cellpadding and cellspacing are also obsolete— they will still be supported by browsers, but will generate validation errors. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 16:20, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

Thank you Gadget. Good stuff. In light of this, I'm wondering if there are various help/how to pages, template documentation and so on where updates are needed because of the technical changes.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 16:31, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

I have been considering something on that order. We now have so many validation errors due to obsolete markup that it drowns out real issues. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 23:30, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

If there was a clear description of what needs to be fixed and how or what to look for in documentation and what to change it to I would help, but I am technically out of my depth.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 04:06, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

A problem with establishing a Fast Forward page

Dear Wikipedia – I have tried everything and now am in need of your advanced feedback please. Here's the situation:

My name is Fast Forward (first name Fast last name Forward). I am a professional composer for 30+ years who lives in NYC. I have attempted (and others for me) to establish a profile for myself on Wikipedia but never been 'allowed' or it simply has not been acknowledged. I am not sure why, but I do see that a wealth of other Fast Forward related profiles have been established. At this point it seems amiss for me not to be listed on Wikipedia. I have travelled the world with my compositions, performed at the Whitney Museum, Paris Opera and Museums of Modern Art throughout the world. This is my long-standing website http://www.mrfastforward.com

Please feel free to read my biography and peruse my accomplishments. Can you help me getting listed on Wikipedia? I would be very grateful. Thank you

Fast Forward

Mrfastforward (talk) 17:18, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

You need to be "notable". Read the guidelines at WP:N to understand what that means. After that, you can ask for an article to be created at WP:RA. RudolfRed (talk) 17:30, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

Establishing notability (or lack of notability) generally begins with a Google search. But for someone called Fast Forward, it's not going to be so easy. Maproom (talk) 20:51, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

I don't want to be rude, but this is an encyclopaedia, not a business directory. It doesn't have "profiles", and for you to be concerned with whether or not there is an article about you very much suggests that you are wanting to use it for promotion. This is forbidden. --ColinFine (talk) 22:00, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

Cannot Edit Table

List of Star Trek: Enterprise episodes

I clicked the link to edit the "Season 1" table and the table isn't there for editing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rdnicholson (talk • contribs) 18:03, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

Quick answer: you can edit Star Trek: Enterprise (season 1).

Longer answer, with explanation that may not be very relevant to you right now:

In the section of List of Star Trek: Enterprise episodes that you were trying to edit, there's this line:

{{:Star Trek: Enterprise (season 1)}}

That means that the page Star Trek: Enterprise (season 1) has been transcluded into the page. Inside that page, the section with the list has been marked as includable in other articles – such as the one you mention – using the <onlyinclude> tag. – Hex [^t/_c] 18:43, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

No visible stub message

When I add the {{spacecraft-stub}} tag to Comparison of satellite buses, it gets put into the right category but the stub message doesn't appear in the article. The template seems to work OK on other articles eg Aalto-1.

Could this be connected with the table above it in the article, which is so wide that at my chosen screen settings I have to scroll it horizontally? PamD 19:49, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

Fixed with this edit. The navigation box was missing as well. – John of Reading (talk) 20:05, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. I'm not familiar with the "<references group="note">" syntax – and it looks as if the page editor isn't as familiar as they should be, either! PamD 13:36, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Retrieve Deleted Image?

Hello, an image was deleted a while ago on Wikipedia. The source to another image is the deleted picture. Is there any way to retrieve the deleted picture to see what the real source of the image is?--Dom497 (talk) 23:15, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

Yes. Apteva (talk) 23:19, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

How?--Dom497 (talk) 23:21, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

What is the file name? GB fan 23:30, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

File:Bolliger & Mabillard logo.svg. You can see that the source file has been deleted.--Dom497 (talk) 23:35, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

Still looking. I know the answer, not the best way to do it. You can post it at Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion or ask that it be e-mailed to you. It is noted that such request might not be made if it was a copyvio. If it is a fair use image it is common to keep the full image in the version history of the image and use a lower resolution of the image. Another way to get this is to post a request at WP:AN. Derivative works of copyrighted material are still copyvio's. In this case it is a replacement of a png, and you can not include another format in the file history, nor is there any reason to do that. You might get an admin to e-mail it to you. Apteva (talk) 23:36, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

I suspect that what you would find is not a photograph that it was derived from but a very similar image. Apteva (talk) 23:40, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

Ok, thanks!--Dom497 (talk) 23:43, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

Yes, it was a very similar 653 × 166 version of the logo, uploaded 2 minutes earlier by the same user. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:47, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

I believe I found the thumbnail of the deleted PNG image (from a mirror?). It has a filled white background that was removed in the SVG version. —Cheng ✍ 00:03, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

I believe this question has been adequately answered, no? Apteva (talk) 00:14, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

None of the previous responses explicitly answered what the difference between the two versions were. It's a legitimate curiosity and what, I believe, the question was about. If your objection is due to the copyvio, I'd argue the logo doesn't meet the threshold of originality. The original uploader may have simply mistagged the file. —Cheng ✍ 00:35, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Dom497 is apparently only interested in the real source before it came to Wikipedia. I have answered at my talk page. Unsurprisingly, it originally came from the company website. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:43, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

I'm turning here because I can't find my answer anywhere else.

Stivemeister (talk) 23:25, 23 September 2012 (UTC)September 23, 2012 I have had a pending, recently corrected article awaiting acceptance since September 11th. It's been declined twice before and those items which cause this have been corrected. I'm now awaiting a new review of this article for (hopeful) acceptance. Could someone please read, review, and pass judgment on the article found with this link: Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Ward Morehouse III

Thank you for your time and attention to this.

Stivemeister (talk) 23:25, 23 September 2012 (UTC)Stivemeister

You haven't submitted it for review since it was declined 24 June. Click the link in the second box saying "When you are ready to resubmit, click here." PrimeHunter (talk) 23:36, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

Stivemeister (talk) 12:56, 24 September 2012 (UTC)September 24, 2012

Thanks for the information. However, I can't find any 'box' stating "When you are ready to resubmit, click here." Where is it? Is it to be found within the READ tab after the article there? THE EDIT tab after the article there? If so, I'm unable to locate it anywhere. Is it somewhere I'm not conversant? I've been editing and hitting save page with the impression that by so doing, it lines up for review. Please guide to this box so I can resubmit it. Many thanks in advance.Stivemeister (talk) 12:56, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Stivemeister (talk) 12:58, 24 September 2012 (UTC)September 24, 2012

Never mind,. I found it! Thanks!Stivemeister (talk) 12:58, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

The article now contains two copies of all its contents. You should fix that before it gets reviewed. Maproom (talk) 22:59, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

September 24

Still Under editing from 2 years

Hi, I have query about biography we wrote about our Guide.It is available at http://www.wikigrain.org/?req=Dr.+T.R.+Gopalakrishnan+Nair. Status shows "still under Editing" from past 2 years.I want to know what shall I do to get it uploaded at Wikipedia? Regards Richa — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.178.202.10 (talk) 04:25, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

The article was deleted from Wikipedia: Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Dr._T.R._Gopalakrishnan_Nair. The main concern was lack of notability and too much promotion. RudolfRed (talk) 04:33, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Note that Wikigrain is not run by the Wikimedia Foundation which runs Wikipedia. The text "Still under Editing" was added to the article by the creator User:Doctoral.symposium before Wikigrain copied the article, at a time where it had not yet been deleted from Wikipedia. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:15, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Thank you very much for the information. In fact it was handled by students at that time. Currently, we would like to submit with a professional writing with all aspects ( notability, and achievements). You may please advise us whether there is any time window or can it be done at any time in an year and what could be the size of write up.?". Once again thank you very much for the great support.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Richarichas (talk • contribs)

You should not use a professional, as he would inevitably have a conflict of interest between serving his employer and writing a good article. Just write something which is short and not promotional, but gives enough references to establish that the subject is notable. It does not matter if your English is not perfect; improving the English is easier than removing bias. There is no time window, you can do this whenever you like. Maproom (talk) 21:50, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

typographical error in semi protected article

I was reading the page about American Football player Aaron Rodgers when I noticed the following error in section 2.3 " Rodgers performance setup the Golden Bears" As the subject of the sentence is the performance of Rodgers, there should be an apostrophe following the "s" at the end of the name so that it would read as follows, " Rodgers' performance setup the Golden Bears" The page is semi-protected and as I do not have an account, I cannot make the edit myself. I am sure that all of you at Wikipedia have much more important things to worry about than the omission of an apostrophe but I felt that i should bring it to you attention never-the-less. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.247.238.81 (talk • contribs) 05:07, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Suggested change has been made. NameIsRon (talk) 05:14, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Edit/addition to current page – We Didn't Start the Fire

I have attempted to add the following to the external links...or anywhere, whithout success. Can someone do it?? I think it is a great contribution!

Add to – We Didn't Start the Fire

http://yeli.us/Flash/Fire.html

A really good ppt/slideshow of the song, a lot of work to put together and free! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shalong40 (talk • contribs) 08:21, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Since this is a 1989 song it is certainly still copyrighted, so unless I've missed something, that external site is a copyright violation. It therefore can't be added to the Wikipedia article – see WP:LINKVIO. – John of Reading (talk) 08:52, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

I have written a completely new draft

Hi,

I have written a completely new draft with the title: ‘The Infectious Diseases Index’. I clicked on ‘save page’ but I did not get the message ‘under review”. How can I see that the new draft is under review? Thanks.

Ben — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ben Gavron (talk • contribs) 11:29, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/The Infectious Diseases Index as a New Tool in Epidemiology has not been submitted for review again. Click the link in the second box saying "When you are ready to resubmit, click here." But you have to do some formatting first. There are two versions of the article on the same page. There should only be one. You were meant to edit the original version and not add a second version below. See Help:Section for how to make section headings such that a table of contents is automatically created. And see Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners for how to make inline references. I haven't reviewed the content. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:59, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Despite uploading pics as instructed, they do not appear on my Wiki page

Hi,

I have been trying for several hours to follow the online instructions to perform a simple operation. I wish to add a picture to the side info box on the page relating to Cyclobe: Cyclobe

However, despite numerous attempts to do this, all I ever get is a link asking me to start the process all over again!

The picture is small (47k)

It is free usage, having been donated by its photographer Ruth Bayer for unlimited promotional use by Cyclobe.

There are no content issues – it's just a portrait shot of two people, fully clothed.

And yet, no matter what I do I always end up with a hyperlink instead of an image. The image itself has been uploaded to the Wiki site at File:Stephen_Thrower_and_Ossian_Brown,_founder_members_of_Cyclobe.jpg

Try as I might, I can't get it to appear on the main Wiki page as a thumbnail. Please could someone check to see if there's a technical problem, and if not provide me a step by step instruction showing me where I'm going wrong!

Many thanks,

Daniel Mars Panomco (talk) 11:33, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

You need to make sure the file name of the image is correct in the article's info box. The file name of the image you linked to above is Stephen Thrower and Ossian Brown, founder members of Cyclobe.jpg, but the file name in the info box is cyclobe.jpg. If the image file cannot be found, the info box displays the file name in red, indicating that it is a broken link. Gandalf61 (talk) 11:48, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

It's been fixed already. Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 ^{> haneʼ} 11:50, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Wonderful! Thank-you for the quick response! – Daniel — Preceding unsigned comment added by Panomco (talk • contribs) 12:46, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Why is there Serbo-Croatian and Serbian and Croatian Wikipedias?

Isn't it redundant? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.22.21.3 (talk) 11:58, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

I don't know the languages but it sounds borderline. Nationalism and the Yugoslav Wars may have something to do with it. Most editors will be from the involved countries. See Comparison of standard Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian and meta:Requests for new languages/Wikipedia Serbo-Croatian. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:24, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

HELP! I can't find the replys....

Hello... Last week I asked a question in the Tearoom. This week when I log into Wikipedia, it tells me I have an answer, but it doesn't tell me how to read the answer. No matter which link I click or where I look, I can't find my question or its answer. HELP! Oh, and if you answer this, I wonder if I will be able to find your answer? Thanks... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Claywestfall (talk • contribs) 12:27, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

The Teahouse Questions page is regularly archived to manage its size. Your question and its answer are on an archive page here. Gandalf61 (talk) 12:34, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

A week is a very long time on most of the Wikipedia help and reference desk pages. You should come back to your question much sooner than that. Most questions are completely dealt with in less than 24 hours. Roger (talk) 12:39, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Search bug?

Currently the Wikipedia search box is not functional using my IE8 browser although this browser successfully uses the search box facility on many other sites without difficulties. Are y'all having issues with your search box system and if so when do y'all expect it to function as usual? Kindly note that I have been using this facility for a number of years without any problems whatsoever. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.215.166.189 (talk) 14:11, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

(I added a header to your question) It's perfectly fine on Chrome 21 for iOS. If the problem continues you can file a report at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical). A boat that can float! (watch me float!) 14:52, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

something wrong in Kling Klang Studio

1. Kling Klang Studio says kraftwerk bought a 16-step sequencer called Synthanorma, but in Trans-Europe Express (album), Synthanorma is 32-step sequencer, and refs for these two statements are the same- I Was A Robot by Flür. obviously, there must be sth wrong, but i can't check it since i don't have such a book.
2. Quote from Kling Klang Studio:The band members had begun spending eight to ten hours a day in the studio, regarding themselves as "musical workers". since there's a "had begun" (pluperfect you know), there must be a specific time to match it, but there's not; if it's 1976 or 1973(previous version shows), then comes a severe logical error: from following content we know they spent 8~10h a day designing a mobile studio for 3 years, and it was designed for Computer World tour- but Computer World is released in 1981 (and even the album before it Trans-Europe Express was released in 1977) , how can they design a mobile studio for a tour about the album which they haven't even released? i feel very confused,

that's what i've found till now, i'll appreciate it if anyone can help me, and thanks in advance – Dr. Cravix _{♪Eternal Reminiscence} 15:15, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

This should all be discussed at Talk:Kling Klang Studio: that's what the talk pages are for. --Orange Mike | Talk 15:43, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Article Title still includes my User name?

I has been working on creating an article on wikipedia for Laurel Hill Presbyterian Church of Dunbar, Pennsylvania – a historic church in the Appalachian Mountains.

However, when I finished, the title is shown as User:Jjscully/Laurel Hill Presbyterian Church of Dunbar, Pennsylvania, instead of just Laurel Hill Presbyterian Church of Dunbar, Pa. How can I get my user name out of the title? I have done articles before and this has never happened. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jjscully (talk • contribs) 16:42, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Help:Moving a page. Rcsprinter (rap) @ 16:51, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

 Done See: Laurel Hill Presbyterian Church (Dunbar, Pennsylvania). --Orange Mike | Talk 19:11, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

For sale

How do I list the item that I have for saleDudra4700 (talk) 17:55, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

You head over to http://ebay.com and do it there. You certainly don't do it here.--ukexpat (talk) 18:05, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Anglo-Soviet invasion of iran article

Requesting that an administrator restore the name of this article to "Anglo-Soviet Invasion of Iran":

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

An editor had incorrectly changed the name of the article to "invasion of iran", which is not the historical term for this invasion, without consultation on the talk page for the article.

I have not been able to restore the name without losing the edit history of the articleJanus945 (talk) 18:31, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

You have Someone has accidentally created a new article Anglo-Soviet Invasion of Iran, with no history or talk page. Someone (with more skill and maybe more power than me) will have to delete Anglo-Soviet Invasion of Iran, then rename Admin Please restore name of this article to "Anglo-Soviet Invasion of Iran". Maproom (talk) 19:10, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Yup that will require an admin. The proper place to request this was WP:Requested moves.--ukexpat (talk) 19:14, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

New article question

Hiya everyone, Still new but learning as I go here. I've had this article declined twice not exactly sure why. Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Amanda Blain I believe notability... But i'm not sure. I've listed all third party sources including things like The New York Times, Google.com(for google plus), about.com, Women's World Magazine, Huffington Post etc. The person is high profile in social media with close to 2 million followers so I figured it passed 'notability' along with the other awards and achievements they have accomplished. That's why I picked them as my first article. Are there not enough sources? Does there need to be more actual text content? Any suggestions would be great.

Geek4gurl (talk) 19:40, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

It's not the quantity of sources that is important but rather the quality and the depth of coverage that they give the subject. I suggest that you contact User:Spartaz (who last declined your submission) on their talk page to discuss.--ukexpat (talk) 19:47, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

I did ukexpat :) They just linked me to the generic "General_notability_guideline" with no farther help or information. "Please read Our inclusion threshold to get a feel for what kind of sourcing we need to publish an article. Spartaz" I read that page fully before I started. So I figured i've obviously missed something. I didn't want to bother them again. I didn't submit a thrown together random article like many i see in the articles for creation. I fully read how to source and submit properly and spent a lot of time on it. Was hoping for some more detailed guidance than the 'generic notability' page into what improvements need to be made so I can get it right or understand what level a subject needs to be included. Is there a discussion area or talk page or something else I could set up? Thanks for your response. Geek4gurl (talk) 20:12, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Most-followed Canadian on Google Plus? That's nice, but it's not notability in any meaningful sense. --Orange Mike | Talk 02:09, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

How to create an article? - Articles for creation/Zorpia

In the past it was easy to create an article. But now it seems that the Article wizard is the only way to publish an article. That's why I've created the Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Zorpia, and I started to wait.

Until now nothing has happened. No "talk" has started. Did I make any mistake, or do I just have to wait a bit more until someone decides about my article?

Please help and let me know what I can do.

Kabelsalat (talk) 19:44, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

The draft is not in the review queue because you have not added the review template. Add {{subst:submit}} to the top of the draft to add it to the queue.--ukexpat (talk) 19:49, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Thanks a lot. I'll do that immediately. Kabelsalat (talk) 19:52, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

For the record, you can still create a new article the old way. Just click any redlink, and you can create the article. For inexperienced users, we ask them to use the (entirely voluntary and optional) AFC process, and indeed steer them that way as much as we can, but there is no technical prohibition nor rule against just creating the article from scratch in the mainspace. --Jayron32 19:57, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Android login failures

After reinstalling Wikipedia on my android phone, I cannot log-in. I have reset my password & CAN log in from my computer with that password. On my phone, after pressing Log in, I get no message, just the login screen again--JimWae (talk) 20:08, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia is a website - how does one "install" it? Roger (talk) 06:39, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

What you can install on an Android phone - I just tried it - is an app that presents Wikipedia content. But it does it badly, it's easier just to access WP through a browser. Maproom (talk) 06:56, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia has an official Wikipedia App. This might be what the OP is talking about. Though, after reviewing the article, I doubt it. The article says that it's for reading only and thus wouldn't have any login feature. So until the OP returns to let us know what they're talking about, I guess we're stuck. Dismas|^(talk) 07:05, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Historical Landmarks for San Bernardino County, California

On the list of Historical Landmarks for San Bernardino County, California, a location north of Barstow (in the mojave Valley near Trona and Boron) is incorrectly listed as being in the city of San Bernardino. I was unable to edit/correct the information myself. Mtngrl821 (talk) 20:44, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

You are referring to California Historical Landmarks in San Bernardino County, California?--ukexpat (talk) 20:52, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

I have moved the article to get rid of the redundant second "California". Roger (talk) 22:04, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Remove my personal information

My personal information and likeness are on a biography page on wikipedia. for my family's privacy I would like to try and have this deleted. Can I do that? At least remove my personal information? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pootie2 (talk • contribs) 22:12, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

I added a heading to separate this topic from the unrelated one above. What biography page are you concerned about?

We don't necessarily need to know the page. See WP:AUTO#Problems in an article about you. It includes an address to email about any legal issues that there might be with information that is unsuitable for inclusion here at Wikipedia. Dismas|^(talk) 00:15, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

The article seems to be Van Damage . a porn BLP. It's largely unsourced, but the one cited ref is correct. Meters (talk) 01:50, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Help About Problems

I do have problems with the Newton Police Department. They do keep telling me,I do not have trouble with my back and seeing. I tell them,I do have trouble with my real eye times. They will just call me a Liar. They do know,I have only one eye. They do keep calling me a Liar,when I do say, I have trouble with my back. They will not calling me a Liar. I am not the Liar. I have saw a Doctor times,for my back. I also did go to an Emergency room,since my back did hurt and I did have trouble breathing. I was breathing very slow for 36 hours. I tell the Police Officers,Chief of the Police and the Lietenant that and they call me a Liar. Now they tell me walk and never turn my head. That should show,if they see me walking and they my head move. They will take me to Jail,since my head did move. They do seem like they do know everything in the United States. I do need help,to stop them calling me a Liar,when I do say,I have any trouble walking or seeing. The Chief of the POlice did tell me,a Police Officer does have one eye and it is not sore,so my eye is not sore. I need help,to stop them abusing me. They will not stop treating me like that and a Police Officer Benard did yell bad language at me a day. I do need help,to stop being like that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.103.40.70 (talk) 23:04, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

This page is for asking for with help using Wikipedia. We can't help you with other issues. RudolfRed (talk) 23:09, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Italicizing an article's title

I recently tried to italicize the title of an article about a film. The article is Ithuteng. I tried moving the page and adding italic mark-ups around the name, but that did not italicize the page–it just changed its title to Ithuteng with quote marks around it. How can you italicize an article's name? Thank you. Safehaven86 (talk) 23:32, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Add {{Infobox film}}. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 23:34, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Thanks much! Safehaven86 (talk) 23:39, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

And for article which are not films, you can use {{Italic title}}, or one of the other methods listed at WP:ITALICTITLE RudolfRed (talk) 23:40, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

September 25

watchlist and recent changes showing one line per edit

screenshot

WP has started showing my watchlist and recent changes of an article using one line per edit. It didn't use to do that. I checked my preferences and didn't see a setting for that. Is there a way to get it back to not using one line per edit? Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 00:40, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

It has always used one line per edit for me. What is your skin and how did it look before for you? Do you mean the line doesn't wrap if it goes beyond the right border? It wraps for me. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:54, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

I'm using vector skin. It used to summarize the exits, listing the editor and number of edits by that editor. Now, in addition, it lists all of them, one line per edit. Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 00:57, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

I've added a screenshot. It used to list only the top part and not use one line per edit. Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 01:03, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

It appears you have the combination "Group changes by page in recent changes and watchlist (requires JavaScript)" at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-rc, and "Expand watchlist to show all changes, not just the most recent" at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-watchlist. That's not my usual preferences but until a moment ago I saw the same as your screenshot when I chose them. According to meta:Help:Enhanced recent changes#Examples there should be an arrow to expand the lines for each edit. This arrow appeared for me a moment ago. Is it back to normal for you? Somebody may have been playing with the JavaScript. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:35, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Resolved

Yes, I just came back to the computer and it is back to normal. Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 01:58, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Well, now it is coming up that way but changes to the other way in about 2 seconds. Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 03:16, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Want to delete my birth date on my page.

I'm an author on Wikipedia and I'd like to delete my birthdate and my age. Is this possible? Every time I try to do it, it reverts back. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Caro99 (talk • contribs) 04:38, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

That birthdate is cited, so you shouldn't remove it. Please bring up your concerns on the article's talk page. - Purplewowies (talk) 05:52, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Please see WP:AUTO#Problems in an article about you. Dismas|^(talk) 06:03, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Per WP:BLPPRIVACY we might omit the month and day of birth but will still show the year. Is that better? PrimeHunter (talk) 11:19, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

As Caro99 made this edit (later reverted), advancing the year but leaving the month and day of birth alone, I would guess that that is not what she wants. Maproom (talk) 12:42, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

I guess the issue is with Leavitt, Caroline 1952– - Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series | HighBeam Research; checking back and when the article was first created in 2005 the date of was given as 1952 without citation, could Highbeam Research have got the DOB from this old Wikipedia entry; and we have then cited them as a source ? GrahamHardy (talk) 13:01, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

They have a better reputation than that, and are highly unlikely to have used us as a source for this. I think she just doesn't want her age known. --Orange Mike | Talk 13:08, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Hack of History of Buddhism

The term Michael Jackson was inserted in History of Buddhism. I fixed what I could, but there is a list in the first paragraph and I don't know the original terms. I couldn't find the appropriate email, so I'm sending this to you. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.56.51.203 (talk) 05:40, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for letting us know. It appears the article has already been fixed. Monty₈₄₅ 05:47, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

(edit conflict) I've fixed it. If you look at http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=History_of_Buddhism&diff=514444358&oldid=513514220, that is the "diff" (difference between revisions) that shows what wasn't fixed by your edits. The vandalism was added by the IP (v6) editor just before you in the history: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=History_of_Buddhism&action=history. - Purplewowies (talk) 05:48, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Cite book - multiple authors

I often have one of the following situations in citing sources with [[template:cite book]]: 1) A book is comprised of several works by different authors, but with no named central editor - the book is named for the "central" work, and its accredited author is the author of said work. I would like to get something resembling this "Doe, John. Apples in Oranges, John Smith". I can't see how I can do this without specifying John Smith as the editor. 2) A book has an introduction of foreword by someone else. The problem is almost identical. Ratzd'mishukribo (talk) 06:09, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Template:Cite book has a huge list of paramaters, there is provision for multiple authors and editors in various permutations. You can use the "at:" paramater to specify sections such as foreword, chapter, etc. Roger (talk) 06:35, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

I'm aware of that. But 1) how do I cite one author among many in a book that has no central editor but is attributed to only one of these authors? The cite-book template requires me to name an editor to get the "x in y" format. 2) The "at:" parameter is awkward to use when it is necessary to name the author of that section. Ratzd'mishukribo (talk) 06:45, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Absence of brackets in transclusion

See the September 14 section of WP:MFD — we have a collapsed Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Rorochan3695/Moe Kare!! there, but the link is broken because of the apparent absence of right brackets. What's the problem? Is it perhaps at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Rorochan3695/Moe Kare!!, or is it somewhere else? Nyttend (talk) 07:05, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Seems to be fixed after this edit. Let's hope this doesn't happen too often, or we'll have to find a proper way to fix it... -- John of Reading (talk) 10:56, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

This is a problem with !! being interpreted as a cell separator in a table row starting with !. The first row below fails. The second row uses John's character encoding fix and works. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:40, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

[[Moe Kare	]]
Moe Kare!!

Can I link a PDF file as reference?

I have PDF file of the reference. It is internationally published but not available on any website. I want to add PDF directly in the reference in wikipedia articles. Can I do it? if yes, how? (Thanks) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.219.235.174 (talk) 08:53, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

No, you can't upload a PDF of a reference text directly to Wikipedia. Provided the document has been previously published it's not necessary for an online version to be available anyway - just cite it along with full publication details so that a hard copy can be located and checked by anyone wishing to do so. If you are the copyright holder, or if the document is not copyright-protected, you could look at whether it is suitable to upload a copy to Wikisource, but previous publication is the essential starting point for any item to be used as a reference on Wikipedia. - Karenjc 09:49, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

I have the following two tables but i cant get the right hand text out of bold. if i take away <\h2> it ruins the rest of the page below it. Help!"!

Another Department blah blah blah.

Another deparment lorum ipsum

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.79.208.19 (talk)

Is there are reason you don't put the text in a new row like in the left table? Below shows what it looks like. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:42, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Another Department blah blah blah.

Another deparment lorum ipsum

As regards fixing the boldface, a solution is to remove font-weight:bold; or add font-weight:100; to the table parameters, as I've done with PrimeHunter's tables above. Yunshui 雲‍水 10:55, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

LEGEND! THANKS — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.79.208.19 (talk) 10:59, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

4umf.com

I am hearing rumors that a person can pay $100 for admission to make a permanent link.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Woolcock

I see no reason why 4umf.com can not be hear everything listed is facts and truth.

Please help us thank you

God bless — Preceding unsigned comment added by Woolcock (talk • contribs) 09:29, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

You cannot pay for admission to Wikipedia. Perhaps you heard that you can pay somebody to write and submit an article on your behalf but this is not a service offered by Wikipedia. The articles often violate our policies and are deleted. People advertising such a service may mislead their clients about what they are able to offer. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:33, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Derby School entry in Wikipedia

Question - To be correct I wish to change some words that appear in the top right hand box on the first page which are a sort of headlines for the whole entry about the school. There are two spelling mistakes I wish to sort out. Thank you. Jbhygiene (talk) 11:25, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Click the "Edit" tab at top of the page to edit the whole page including the lead. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:34, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Bad Wikipedia Maps

Dear Wikipedia, I have been frustrated many times by something in your format, and have finally decided to write. I hope this is the correct place to ask such a question. The question is: I am frustrated by the general maps provided by Wikipedia. For example, if I look up 'Carlsbad', I'm given a sort of Rorschach test--a blob, if you will. I know it's an accurate map, but of what? In short, these maps are by no means clear to a general reader. If two maps are given, and this generally should be the case, one should be of a larger area, say, Europe, or even say Italy--clearly labelled, as the maps currently are not--and a smaller, more detailed map of the area surrounding, say, Carlsbad--again, clearly labelled, and preferably with a few useful reference points, such as nearby cities. Thank you very much for your time. I hope to hear back from you. Sincerely, Dan Trompeter

Wikipedia can only uses the resources – existing maps, and editors willing to create maps – that it has. Sometimes there is no suitable map for a topic, and no editor with the time, knowledge, and raw material necessary to create one. Ideally, every article about a place would have a set of two or three location maps at an appropriate range of scales; and I agree that that is not what we now provide.

Which 'Carlsbad' were you looking at? Here is what I see:

1. Karlsbad (Baden): one map, of Germany, showing its location.
2. Karlovy Vary: three maps. One of the Czech republic, showing the location of Karlovy Vary; one of the Czech Republic showing Karlovy Vary district; and one of Karlovy Vary district showing the location of the city itself.
3. Carlsbad, Texas: one map, of the state of Texas, showing its location.
4. Carlsbad, New Mexico: three maps. One of an unnamed county, showing its location within that county; one of the state of New Mexico, showing that county's location within New Mexico; and one of the United States showing the location of New Mexico.
5. Carlsbad, California: three maps. One of California, showing the location of San Diego County; one of San Diego County, showing the location of Carlsbad; and one of the United States showing the location of California.

I agree, that is inconsistent, the five Carlsbads are shown in five different ways. They all ought to be shown in similar ways. But imposing this consistency would, I think, be beyond the capacity of any one editor.

Which of these seemed to you like a Rorschach test? My guess is Karlovy Vary. The Czech Republic is a relatively new country, with an undistinguished shape, so I understand that many users will not recognise it. Maproom (talk) 13:10, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Image Policy and Editting

I don't understand the image upload policy and its licenseship. Please kindly tell me about these easily. Can I upload image from my camera. Can I upload my sketch or my photo? Help me to upload free images which can make my article beautiful. Also help me- how my editted articles will not be deleted. I hope to hear back from you. Sincerely Pratyya Ghosh. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pratyya Ghosh (talk • contribs) 13:09, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Standard image advice follows:

• If you want to upload an image from your computer for use in an article, you must determine the proper license of the image (or whether it is in the public domain). If you know the image is public domain or copyrighted but under a suitable free-license, upload it to the Wikimedia Commons instead of here, so that all projects have access to the image (sign up). If you are unsure of the licensing status, see the file upload wizard for more information. Please also read Wikipedia's image use policy.
• If you want to add an image that has already been uploaded to Wikipedia or Wikimedia Commons, add [[File:File name.jpg|thumb|Caption text.]] to the area of the article where you want the image to appear – replacing File name.jpg with the actual file name of the image, and Caption text with a short description of the image. See our picture tutorial for more information. I hope this helps.Template:Z40--ukexpat (talk) 13:22, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

• (edit conflict)You absolutely can upload a picture from your camera, so long as it isn't a picture of something which is under copyright to someone else (for example, you can upload a picture of an interesting insect you found, but you cannot upload a picture of an interesting TV show you found). To include the picture at Wikipedia, it needs to be uploaded and published under a license compatable with Wikipedia's license. The best place to upload it is at [2], also known as "Commons" which is a website that allows media to be shared among all Wikimedia sites in all languages, not just English Wikipedia. There's an "upload wizard" at that site which is very friendly and will walk you through uploading and lisencing your image. Wikipedia:Picture tutorial contains information on how to put an image into an article, and all of the many ways you can format the image. As far as your second question, regarding not having an article deleted, that's also an easy question. Articles are not deleted (usually) because of the text they contain, they are usually deleted because of what they are about. The article needs to be about a subject which is deemed notable, and all that means is that the subject of the article at Wikipedia must first have been the subject of writing already, and that writing about that subject needs to be indepndent, reliable, and substantial in nature. Basically, everything you would want to say about the subject needs to have first been said somewhere else first; if there's not much anyone else has said about the subject, then there's nothing to use to help write the Wikipedia article. So, it isn't what the Wikipedia article says that determines whether or not it is deleted, usually it is what other sources outside of Wikipedia have to say about the subject. Does all of that make sense? Does it answer your questions? --Jayron32 13:28, 25 September 2012 (UTC)