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March 6

How do I put in hyperlinks

tell me please —Preceding unsigned comment added by The1edit (talk • contribs) 00:17, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

See Help:Links for more info. Soxred93 | talk bot 00:18, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Asking Question

How to make a discussion,information in wikipedia?to be viewed by researchers when they needed it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Clarissadawing (talk • contribs) 01:08, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

I'm not sure what you mean. You can start a discussion about how to improve an article on the article's talk page, which you can reach by clicking the "discussion" tab at the top of the page. If you're interested in starting a new article, than perhaps this may be of some use:

The pages at Help:Starting a new page and Wikipedia:Your first article should have most of the information you need. Before you begin, please carefully read through our policies and guidelines on notability, citing reliable sources for verification, neutrality, and formatting and article layout, where many new users commonly make mistakes. You may also want to consider checking out what Wikipedia is not, the deletion policy and criteria for speedy deletion so you know specifically what to avoid when writing your article. I hope this helps. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 01:14, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

I think I might know what you mean. But for clarification, it's not a discussion page. Every article has a discussion page though, which is called the talk page. That's the page where editors can ask questions about the article and discuss needed revisions/changes. Other than that, the above information is something you need to look into. Undeath (talk) 20:00, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Adding a Quote Header

There is an article about a person that does not contain quotes.

I would like to add a quote.

How do I create the Quotes Header?

Thank you,

Franklin222

<email removed, please see the header to this page for why>

Franklin222 (talk) 01:16, 6 March 2008 (UTC)Franklin CollettaFranklin222 (talk) 01:16, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

You might be interested in Wikiquote, one of our sister projects. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and focuses mainly on facts about people, however Wikiquote is dedicated to collections of sayings and quotes by those people. Once you've added the quotes there, you can add the {{Wikiquote}} template to the person's biography on Wikipedia. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 01:17, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Help with article, please

please help me i need to edit my article and its been protected by another user i have gone through great extents to make my article "worthy"Henslee57 (talk) 02:36, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

What article? Guerilla Marketing Talk Radio? You'll need to add reliable sources to verify assertions of notability in the article...--TBC!?! 04:45, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

I'm going to work through this bit by bit. First, I assume you're talking about Guerilla Marketing Talk Radio, and the prior version which had three ls in Guerilla. As of my writing this, the 3 l version was speedily deleted as spam, and the 2 l version has had the same tag placed on it. Secondly, you don't own articles on Wikipedia, so technically it isn't "your" article (but I'll let that slide because it's easier than saying "the article I wrote" all the time). Thirdly, it was protected by User:Orangemike because it has been deleted several times, and you have recreated it several times, which is generally considered disruptive. The idea is, presumably, that once it's deleted this time the title will be protected from recreation. I would advise you to read up on the criteria for speedy deletion, particularly A7 and G11, the inclusion guideline for businesses, the Wikipedia Business' FAQ, and for good measure what Wikipedia is not and Conflict of interest on Wikipedia, and then perhaps try creating the article in a personal sandbox - e.g. User:Henslee57/GMTR - if you feel it can be written to satisfy the inclusion guidelines without sounding like an advertisement or press release for the station. Confusing Manifestation(Say hi!) 04:46, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

And I forgot to say that once you've written it in your "userspace", to seek some external feedback to see if it really is likely to survive once it's moved into article space (which will probably require you to go to Deletion review to get the title unprotected). Confusing Manifestation(Say hi!) 04:48, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

White blood cells

I need to know: What is the function of white blood cells? What the structure of white blood cells is? What the role the white blood cell plays in the body?

131.191.23.116 (talk)Nicole —Preceding comment was added at 03:10, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. Your question appears to be a homework question. I apologize if this is a misevaluation, but it is our policy here to not do people's homework for them, but to merely aid them in doing it themselves. Letting someone else do your homework does not help you learn how to solve such problems. Please attempt to solve the problem yourself first. If you need help with a specific part of your homework, feel free to tell the folks at the Wikipedia:Reference desk where you are stuck and ask for help. If you need help grasping the concept of a problem, by all means let them know. Thank you. WODUP (talk) 03:12, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Echo the above - but Leukocyte. Wisdom89 _{(T / ^C)} 03:22, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Right. Forgot. Thanks. WODUP (talk) 04:21, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Removing Warning Boxes on Talk Pages

Is removing a legitimate warning posted on your talk page allowed or not? I was under the impression that it was not permitted. I ask this as I posted a warning on a user's talk page, but that user removed it. When I restored the warning with a message stating that it was a legit warning and that it should not be removed, it was removed again. -Zomic13 (talk) 03:41, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

It's generally seen in very bad taste to delete stuff on one's talk page, but it's their talk page and they can do whatever they want with it. Paragon12321 (talk) 03:48, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

It is completely acceptable for users to remove warnings from their talk page. This is considered to be an acknowledgment on their part, as they have to have read it in order to have removed it. The guideline on this can be found here. Lara❤Love 04:23, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Correcting an ambiguous link

Resolved

 – Link piped to Rich Egan (composer) Lara❤Love 04:15, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

I am referring to the page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ragtime_composers

As someone who knows a bit about ragtime composers, I have noted an incorrect link on the above page. The link to Rich Egan goes to a person who is NOT the ragtime composer. I verified this by email from the composer, Rich Egan, himself. He does not at this time want an article on himself, and I am not prepared to write one. Apparently, the problem was created because someone provided the list using the code

• Rich Egan "Campbellmania"

and it simply links to the one article by this name, but it is not this particular Rich Egan. The simplest thing would be to take the link out, but I assume this list is set up so that names without articles can have them created. I did read the article on disambiguation, but it wasn't exactly clear what to do about this situation. Kind of a newbie trying to get into modest correction of inaccuracies.

Jandris (talk) 04:09, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

I'd suggest linking it to Rich Egan (composer). The link will be red, but if somebody feels like making that article they can. Generally, the more popular figure has the actual page, and other people by that name have what they're notable for in brackets in their article title. Hope that helps, Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP!☺} 04:14, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Unsuccessful log on/create account

I attempted to log on , then set up a new account, perhaps 20-30 times. I successfully entered your farout words. As I said, probably 20 to 30 different words.I used the same username, an eight letter word in lowercase. I then used used a five letter word in lowercase. I checked the box to be remembered. I then clicked on log in. At no time was I successful in getting logged in. It just isn't worth investing so much time hoping to be able to gain entrance to Wikipedia. Thanks anyway . With Gassho, kobodaishi38@yahoo.com 05:39, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

What was the username? Did you get a message when you tried to create the account or log in? Is Help:Logging in of help? If the account was never created then you can ask for help at Wikipedia:Request an account. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:55, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

editing a new name

Hello, I wanted to edit a new name (Zareh Baronian, birth, 2 october), I did it, but, disappears. I really don't know why. Thank you! Sincerelly, Ileana —Preceding unsigned comment added by 5iunie58 (talk • contribs) 05:47, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

As in created a new article? If so, then there's a chance the article was deleted. An article must assert the subject's notability and have reliable sources in order for it to be kept.--TBC!?! 07:20, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Your addition of the name to October 2 was reverted in [1], maybe because it was a red link (the article didn't exist at the time). I see you have since created the article Zareh Baronian and readded the link. Can you add something to Zareh Baronian to demonstrate compliance with Wikipedia:Notability (people)? PrimeHunter (talk) 13:45, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

adding a new model/socialite entry

I would like to add a (person) new entry/listing to wikipedia. Have been unsuccessful. Please help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.109.177.31 (talk) 06:26, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

• Could you try and be a little bit more descriptive of the problem you are facing? I am not quite sure of the question you are asking. Steve Crossin (talk) 07:11, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

• • I believe you are looking for the Articles for creation page. As an anonomous user, you are unable to create pages yourself, but go there and ask for the article to be created. Hope that helps. Steve Crossin (talk) 07:15, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Google Google everywhere

Does anybody know a way to remove/discourage a userpage (mine, that is) from Google search? Like we have robot tag etc. for normal web-pages?--æn↓þæµß¶-ŧ-¢(I prefer replying to each other's talk pages.) 07:31, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Doubtful. The only way I can think of is not having a user page at all. I'm not exactly sure though.--TBC!?! 07:39, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Template interwiki links

On certain templates, the iw link for the template shows up on the page its been placed on, see: 2008 Indian Wells Masters. Does anyone know how to fix it? And what the fault is that's causing it? Yohan euan o4 (talk) 08:03, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

The fault was to place the interwiki link outside <noinclude> ... </noinclude> on the template page. I have moved it inside.[2] See Help:Template#Noinclude, includeonly, and onlyinclude. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:33, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Chemistry

how can i found wikibooks of chemistry —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.101.184.131 (talk) 08:35, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Err... search in WikiBooks? They have an entire section on chemistry.--TBC!?! 08:39, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

How to create a new page

Hi

I'm trying to load a new page containing our company profile onto Wikipedia but I'm struggling to add it. I've already gone the route of following the steps to load a new article but now it shows as my contribution and is not published on Wikipedia when I do a search on the file name. Can you please assist with the exact steps that I need to follow on doing that because currently the steps are not very clear on Wikipedia.

Thanks

Kind Regards

09:03, 6 March 2008 (UTC)~

Type the name of the article you want to create in the search box, click Go, then if no page with that title exists, click the red "Create the page" link to start editing your article. You have to be a registered user to create an article and the article must follow Wikipedia's guidelines (WP:ORG, WP:RS, WP:V). Also, since you're creating an article about your own company, be warned that it's potentially a conflict of interest.--TBC!?! 09:45, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

You could check the deletion log to see if your page was deleted. If so, it should list a reason and the username of the person who deleted it. --Coppertwig (talk) 13:32, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

science / aircraft

How the aircraft engine parts/assemblies are protected or componsated against thermal expansion during the journey, since it is subjected to an ambient teperature variation. ( example a rotating shaft & bearing.) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.22.241.30 (talk) 09:10, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Reference desk/Science.--TBC!?! 09:47, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

I want to improve

I've been using Wikipedia for awhile and I've been improving. What can I do to do more? I've been helping with articles and starting new ones, but now I want to help more. --MahaPanta (talk) 09:10, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

The deletion process, featured articles, Did you Know?, Wikiprojects, portals, good articles, editor review, requests for adminship, RC patrolling, etc. There's lots of stuff to do, so good luck and happy editing!--TBC!?! 09:39, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

statistical analysis/test of hypothesis

St.Nicholas has 500 students.The heights(in cm )of11 students chosen at random provides the following results:

175, 173, 165, 170, 180, 163, 171, 174, 160, 169,/176

Determine the limits of mean height of the students of St.Nicholas college at 1% level of significance —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.178.36.242 (talk) 09:10, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

I'm really sorry, but I'm not sure we can do your Maths homework for you :p

If you have any questions about using Wikipedia though, we'll give those a go... cheers —αlεx•mullεr 10:22, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

The Reference desk might possibly be willing to handle this sort of question, although if it's homework you should do it yourself. --Coppertwig (talk) 13:28, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

palm date suppliers od manufacturing machines and suppliers of wrapping materials

We are looking for manufacturors of machines to build a complete plant to wash clean and pachage dates and dates syrup also suppliers of wrapping materialr —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.35.72.75 (talk) 10:28, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 6 million articles and thought we were affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is for asking questions related to using or contributing to Wikipedia itself. Thus, we have no special knowledge about the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck. —Travis^talk 12:55, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

How do I propose an article for deletion?

Smurfmeister (talk) 11:53, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

See the guide to deletion for information. —Travis^talk 12:54, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

How to include an I am online in my profile?

One last pharaoh (talk) 12:53, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

See WP:STATUS for information on how to do that. —Travis^talk 12:56, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Login in different language versions

My login in another language version (Polish) does not appeast to work in the English version of Wikipedia. I would like to edit an article here.

Is there a setting to allow the use of a different language?

If not, do I need to have different login and "personality" in other language versions, or is there a way to have a single multi-lingual personality? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.100.50.94 (talk) 14:03, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

You must create an account at every language. It's recommended but not required to pick the same username in each language. See meta:Help:Unified login for plans which have been long underway but haven't been implemented yet. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:12, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Uploading Promotional band photo

Hello. it's some time i'm trying in different ways to finally upload a promotional shoot of the band i'm in (Dope Stars Inc.).

I really don't understand how the licensing or copyright thing should be correctly written as i find the system very hard and complex. i tried with the gnu, my own work, free licensing, fair use etc.

can you please help me with an example?

i simply have a photo shoot of my band "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dope_Stars_Inc". shooted by Enrico Caputo and is for free promotional use and published already on magazines and on the web in many places.

at the moment it is located here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Dope_Stars_Inc_2008.jpg

what should i do to avoid the image to be deleted each week?

thanks

Victor —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dopestarsinc (talk • contribs) 14:48, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

• You need to tag the image. See WP:ICT and since you are a member of the band you should read WP:BAND and WP:COI. Gtstricky^{Talk or C} 15:27, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

How do I allow any user to edit but the edited pages only updated on wiki after being approved by moderators?

Hi, I am Hari, kindly help me with this issue..I want to add an moderator functionality in my wiki..the users shall edit the page but it should not get updated untill I view it and approve it...Please help me in order to how to achieve this thing.. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.145.141.18 (talk) 15:39, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

You can't. Nobody owns an article on Wikipedia. If you don't want your writing to be edited mercilessly or redistributed for profit by others, do not submit it. --Orange Mike | Talk 15:53, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

This is the help desk for the encyclopedia Wikipedia. Are you referring to another wiki created with the same MediaWiki software as Wikipedia? PrimeHunter (talk) 16:09, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

(e/c) I'm pretty sure he's not asking about Wikipedia, but about his own wiki. If so, we still can't really help you here, since this is the Wikipedia Help Desk. Take a look at The MediaWiki website. --barneca (talk) 16:12, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

FlaggedRevs might be what you want, I think. You can see a sample of how it works at http://test.wikipedia.org/. Hope this helps. • Anakin ^(talk) 00:41, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks a lot but I still couldn't find a solution to my problem... I have implemented my own wiki using mediawiki-1.11.1 and want to add this moderator functionality in this.. where in the editted pages by the other users shall not directly get updated but should be brought to my notice first(moderator).. then after the decision of moderator they should be either approved or denied...kindly help me out by letting me know that is there any way to do so by either doing some modification in the pages of mediawiki or by adding some other code...thanks..Hari —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.145.141.18 (talk) 04:44, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

The first method that comes to my mind would be to create extra namespaces that are editable by your registered users, and viewable only by them. Your users could edit all they like in their namespaces, which would function like a giant sandbox for them, and then you the moderator could decide when to copy their edits to the (main) article namespace on your wiki, which for example you might make viewable to the world but editable only by your admins. An equivalent method would be to set up two separate wikis, the first one for aggregating content from your users, and the second for presenting your sanitized version. (Because MediaWiki was not at all designed with fine-grained access control, sometimes it is easier to set up multiple wikis to achieve different kinds of access control.) That may not be exactly what you requested, but it should get you to a similar result. I'm not sure why you would want to operate your wiki this way, however. You can always block or ban people who don't conform to your rules. Wikis work the way they do because years of practical experience have shown what tends to work best for collaborative editing. Are you approaching your wiki with preconceived ideas about how a wiki should work, or is this coming out of your own years of personal experience with administering wikis? --Teratornis (talk) 07:45, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Jason Castro

Jason Castro, a rising star on the 7th season of American Idol was found in his changing room, seizing with a brain aneurism suspected to be caused by a significant amount of cocaine and marijuana found in the room. Castro is in intensive care and doctors have a grim outlook on his outcome. “This is a huge tragedy,” judge Simon Cowell said. “Jason had amazing talent and it is a waste for him to put an end to himself in such a manner. We will support him, but I do not see him making a recovery, career-wise.”

THIS IS FALSE, RIGHT? SOMEONE POSTED THIS ON THE AMERICAN IDOL MESSAGE BOARD. YOU ARE GOING TO GET A LOT OF MAIL ABOUT THIS BETTER CORRECT IT. IT IS ON THE FOLLOWING SITE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Idol_%28season_7%29 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.97.180.114 (talk) 15:55, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Can't you just correct is yourself? Click the "Edit this page" tab above the article. And please do not shout. --grawity ^{talk / PGP} 16:41, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Doppleganger Accounts

• Hi, today my account was renamed from Cro0016 to Steve Crossin. Now, I just wanted to be 100% sure, it would be acceptable tor ecreate the old account, and declare it a doppleganger? And of course it would be a bibnon-use username. So am I allowed? And FYI, I did read [WP:SOCK#LEGIT], its just a bit unclear. Thanks Steve Crossin (talk) 16:04, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Yes, that would be fine. Not sure what a bib-use username is, but it would be fine. --barneca (talk) 16:13, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Just make sure to tag that old account's user page with {{doppleganger|Steve Crossin}}. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 16:42, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Writing about a term that has a deferent meaning

The world "Black Powder" is usually refereed to the explosive material. However, there is a similar industrial term that refers to black powder in gas pipelines that is formed due to corrosion. How can I write about the industrial black powder term?

--Almusalami (talk) 17:00, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Is it really notable enough to justify a separate article? Otherwise, I'd just mention the terminology in the gas pipeline and/or corrosion articles. --Orange Mike | Talk 17:06, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Looking for rule/guideline/template/essay on "Don't make intentional bad edits to test WP"

I occasionally see blog posts and comments with statements like "I made some bad edits to Wikipedia to see how long it would take to get fixed..." and it drives me nuts. I seem to remember seeing a nice, simple "don't do that" page on the subject. I'd like to post a link to such a page, but I can't seem to find it now...any help? Thanks! --216.62.101.13 (talk) 17:02, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Try WP:POINT! --Orange Mike | Talk 17:05, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Perfect, that's exactly it! Thanks for the quick reply. :) --216.62.101.13 (talk) 17:17, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

List of Article I wrote

Is there a way to find all article that I wrote? --Almusalami (talk) 17:50, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

You can get a list of all of your contributions by clicking on my contributions at the top every page. —teb728 t c 17:59, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Is this - Black Powder in Gas Pipelines - the article you're looking for? _{The public face of GB}^T/C 18:20, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Mercian regiment

The insignia part of the article on the Mercian Regiment is unfortunately incorrect. Each Battalion has a Flash, the 1st using the Buff/Cerise Diamond of the "22nd Cheshire" Regiment, the 2nd using the Lincoln green/Maroon diamond of the WFR, the 3rd using a black diamond with the stafford knot on and the 4th using a blue diamond with the Mercian Eagle on it. Also there is another flash for RHQ which is a Diamond consisting of the following 3 colours in equal stripes from left the right, lincoln green, buff and cerise.

If you could please update this page I would be most thankful for it.

Many Thanks,

2Lt Roberts 4th Bn, The Mercian Regiment —Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.253.85.141 (talk) 17:58, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for your suggestion. When you feel an article needs improvement, please feel free to make those changes. Wikipedia is a wiki, so anyone can edit almost any article by simply following the Edit this page link at the top. The Wikipedia community encourages you to be bold in updating pages. Don't worry too much about making honest mistakes — they're likely to be found and corrected quickly. If you're not sure how editing works, check out how to edit a page, or use the sandbox to try out your editing skills. New contributors are always welcome. You don't even need to log in (although there are many reasons why you might want to). Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 18:17, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

are women suppose to be desciples or preaching in seventh-day-adventist church

are women suppose to deliver the message of the lord —Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.21.104.253 (talk) 18:01, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

This is the Wikipedia Help Desk, which is intended to help you use Wikipedia. You may want to ask your question at the reference desk. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 18:16, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Editing External Links

Hi,

I have a large fansite relating the anime/manga series CardCaptor Sakura. I notice that there is a list of external links located at the bottom of the wikipedia page with an 'edit' link in the top right. Am I allowed to edit the page to add the link to my website without creating an account with Wikipedia or must I email you to manually add the link for me? As reference, my website link is http://ccs.flow-right.net. Thank you.

Misty —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.213.199.33 (talk) 18:25, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Such links are not appropriate, and are removed when editors spot them. See our guidelines on external links for further information. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:29, 6 March 2008 (UTC) Daddy of a CardCaptor Sakura otaku

Per Wikipedia:External links#Advertising and conflicts of interest, you are not allowed to add the link to articles. You are allowed to suggest it on Talk:Cardcaptor Sakura where other editors can review it (and may reject it). Fansites are usually inappropriate as external links. PrimeHunter (talk) 19:16, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Talk Page

Having completed a talk page, which contains a question to wikipedia on content of a user page, do you get a reply.

Therese Dvir (talk) 19:16, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

If someone happens to chance upon it and answer yes. But, generally if you need help about Wikipedia, posing the question here would be the best way to go. For more technical aspects, see the village pump. Also, WP:TALK. Wisdom89 _{(T / ^C)} 19:19, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Posting an article

I have created a page for a television news studio at a college campus. I have created my page, but I cannot find any information on how to actually post the page. I have searched for my page at Wikipedia.org, but nothing comes up. How do I get the page to appear to the public? —Preceding unsigned comment added by News36 (talk • contribs) 20:13, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

WP:ARTICLE and WP:YFA should help you out. Although, I can imagine that maybe you used the WP:Sandbox to write your article? If that is the case you simply have to search for your article, it'll be blank..cut and paste your information and click the save page button at the bottom. When creating a page, be sure that it is non-trivial and notable. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wisdom89 (talk • contribs) 20:18, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

I'm guessing they're talking about News36, which has been created (incidentally, please take a look at Wikipedia:Conflict of interest). However, Wikipedia's search engine takes a while (several days, at last count) to index new pages, so until then you won't find it. Google is often a little quicker off the mark, so try searching them with the restriction site:wikipedia.org. Confusing Manifestation(Say hi!) 22:06, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

The user had created the user page User:News36‎ at posting time and later created the article News 36‎ (with a space). There are no signs News36‎ has ever existed. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:20, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia spam being sent from "Wikimedia.org?"

I received the following email from "Wikimedia" claiming my password had been changed.

---

Original Message-----

From: wiki@wikimedia.org [3] Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 3:01 PM To: Subject: New temporary password for Wikipedia

Someone from the IP address 24.47.141.5 requested that we send you a new login password for the English Wikipedia.

The new password for the user account "[USERNAME]" is "[PASSWORD]". You can now log in to Wikipedia using that password.

If it was you who requested this new password, then you should log in to Wikipedia and change it to your desired password by clicking "My Preferences" at the top right of any page, or by visiting the following URL:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferences

If someone else made this request, or if you have remembered your password and you no longer wish to change it, you may safely ignore this message. Your old/existing password will continue to work despite this new password being created for you.

~Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mberger (talk • contribs) 21:33, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

That's real. Since you've disclosed the replacement password, I'm blocking your account for your own protection until you provide assurances that you've changed your password and are still in control of your account. —Random832 21:38, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Main Page Down!

The main page is messed up. The navigation bar to the right is missing as are the edit, history, etc. link at the top. —137.186.165.215 (talk) 22:58, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

The edit button should be missing. You cannot edit the main page unless you are an administrator. I'm not sure about the history...it's fine on mine. - Milk's Favorite Cookie 23:01, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

I have a suspicion - is it possible you pressed Alt+P by accident? This takes you to the printable version of an article, which is as you describe - no tabs up top and no navigation bar on the side. If that happens, pressing Back in your browser should do the trick. Confusing Manifestation(Say hi!) 02:47, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Twinkle

So I've started using twinkle and used it to AFD this article. However I notice that when you click on the notice that it takes you directly to editing the AFD page rather than viewing? is this a normal function of twinkle? --Fredrick day (talk) 23:23, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

It's fine for me, and I have TW. Perhaps the page cache had not been cleared on that article, and it has been now. Stwalkerster [ talk ] 23:28, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Odd, it still takes me directly to editing the page - maybe twinkle does that for the nom and is set that way so I can move straight to responding to comments? --Fredrick day (talk) 23:46, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

It's the norm, that's the way the script is set up. After you create or nominate an article for AfD using Twinkle it will take you to the page to edit. I'm not entirely sure why it does this, nor do I know of a way to change it. If anyone could answer that it would be helpful. Although, honestly, it's not really a big deal. Wisdom89 _{(T / ^C)} 23:58, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

March 7

Infobox

How do I remove the red link for 2007 in the Wake County, North Carolina article? When I try to remove the link, it screws up the layout of the box/removes other information. Maybe I'm just not doing it right, but it seems like it would be simple...or maybe I need to take Wiki-101. Gracias for the help. AgnosticPreachersKid (talk) 00:11, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

See the documentation for {{Infobox U.S. County}}. There was no US census in 2007. If your number is from another source that year then use census estimate yr instead of census yr. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:23, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

The latest consensus date you could use would be 2000 for that link to work. Gtstricky^{Talk or C} 00:24, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

I made the link blue; there was another parameter in case there isn't an article for the census year. Cheers, Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP!☺} 00:25, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

The population estimate was from the Wake County government, so I guess it's appropriate to use in the infobox even though it's not from the actual U.S. Census. I'm trying to get that article to G.A. status, so thanks for the help. AgnosticPreachersKid (talk) 00:49, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Talk:Bathrobe

I have raised a point on this talk page- am i right in what I have said?

thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fynci Mynci (talk • contribs) 00:44, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Not really. I think the image of the young man in the brown bathrobe is the best one to use for illustrative purposes, imho.

Public Menace (talk) 16:12, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

The reason a lot of users are so defensive when it comes to that pic, is because it's a Wikipedian in-joke.--TBC ♣§♠ !?! 19:52, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Is not allowing students to go to the bathroom legal?

Today in many schools teachers are not allowing their students to go to the bathroom. For example, in my school my teacher says we are not allowed to go because a handful of students broke a bathroom rule. Is it right to punish all the other kids? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ryanmcdono (talk • contribs) 01:23, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

I don't know if any laws cover this, and it depends on where you live, but I don't think it is a gross violation of basic human rights. In the future, please ask questions that aren't about using Wikipedia at the reference desk. Cheers, Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP!☺} 01:28, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, Wikipedia cannot provide legal advice. --h2g2bob (talk) 01:06, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Somebody erased a talk page.

Isn't that vandalism? How do I undo it? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:List_of_podracers Superstarwarsfan (talk) 01:35, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

It's unacceptable for an anonymous user to do so - however registered users may blank their talk pages if they feel they've acnowledged the warnings/comments. Wisdom89 _{(T / ^C)} 01:37, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Ideally article talk pages should not be blanked. The closest is archival, but blanking (aside from removal of mass spam/vandalism) is not allowed. Of course, there are exceptions (office actions, oversights). Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP!☺} 01:39, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

(e/c)It was the talk page of an article. I've restored it, but Superstarwars fan, you could have done it to. Just go to the history tab at the top, and select "undo" next to the edit you want to reverse. Add an appropriate edit summary, save, and you're done. Practice in the WP:SANDBOX if you're curious. --barneca (talk) 01:41, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

See also Help:Reverting. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:40, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

In my experience, it is wrong to revert talk pages in all cases. This usually happens when a user has a lot of warnings. I blanked my user talk page today to cut away all of the Wikipedia newsletters that built up every week or two during my period of inactivity. In some cases, blanked talked pages can be grounds for reverting. Mac Davis (talk) 02:44, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Although the question was about an article talk page and has been addressed by Barneca and Primehunter, I feel I have to respond to Wisdom89's post about blanking user talk pages. The guideline Wikipedia:User page says "Policy does not prohibit users from removing comments from their own talk pages, although archiving is preferred. The removal of a warning is taken as evidence that the warning has been read by the user. Deleted warnings can still be found in the page history." I object to the statement that there is any difference between anonymous and logged-in users as far as this goes. There may be some specific types of warnings (such as a block notice) which state right in the warning that it's not supposed to be removed for a certain length of time, but whether the user is anonymous or logged-in should make no difference – I don't think any policy or guideline makes such a distinction. I don't quite understand Mac Davis' comment – not sure whether by "revert" you mean removing comments from a talk page, or restoring the comments after the user has removed them from their own talk page. The latter could perhaps be considered harassment or editwarring. –Coppertwig (talk) 03:30, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I believe you are correct regarding a regular anon user. However, if the anon is a dynamic/shared IP address belonging to that of a company or university and has received myriad warnings over many months, my understanding was that the warnings should stay for convenience. Obviously after sometime, when the page becomes excessively bloated, it may be archived, or the earlier messages removed. Is this more or less correct? Wisdom89 _{(T / ^C)} 03:40, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Link to foreign language Wiki, yet again

I'd like to add an external link to the German entry "Augenmusik." [Here] it is, large as life. But it seems kind of klutzy to put it as an external link, when it's in Wiki. I've looked here on a Help desk archive, and then managed to figure out to use

[[s:de:Augenmusik|Augenmusik]]

and

{{other languages|de|page=Augenmusik}},

but they both come up empty, so I'm obviously doing something wrong.

Any advice?

Best wishes, Shlishke (talk) 03:38, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Try [[:de:Augenmusik|Augenmusik]] —teb728 t c 04:05, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

By the way, Template:Otherlanguages does exist (without the space), but as far as I can tell is a template on Wiktionary, not here at Wikipedia.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 04:16, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

For more details, see: Help:Interlanguage links. --Teratornis (talk) 07:21, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

something

0k how do you like make an article? you know like i want to write stuff —Preceding unsigned comment added by Frannybobanny (talk • contribs) 04:52, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Before creating an article, please search Wikipedia first to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject. Please also review a few of our relevant policies and guidelines which all articles should comport with. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite to reliable sources which verify their content and must not contain unsourced, negative content about living people.

Articles must also demonstrate the notability of the subject. Please see our subject specific guidelines for people, bands and musicians, companies and organizations and web content and note that if you are closely associated with the subject, our conflict of interest guideline strongly recommends against you creating the article.

If you still think an article is appropriate, see Help:Starting a new page. You might also look at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation. PrimeHunter (talk) 04:58, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Psoriatic Arthritis page

I don't want to get into editing wiki pages, I'm not an expert on anything. I have recently been diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis. According to my rheumatologist, some foods can exacerbate flare-ups. He's suggested an elimination diet to rule out foods that do not cause flare-ups.

Fine, did that. It sucked. But anyway, I seem to be sensitive to corn products. Yes, corn. Heaven help me, it's in everything, either as corn syrup or corn starch.

I am asking if one of your editors who is more knowledgable about nutrition in general could start (or edit an existing page) to include the different names that corn products can be listed as, as well as, any other foods that may be similar enough to cause similar reaction.

Not only would this be of benefit to those of us with corn sensitivities, but the other questionable food products that can cause flare-ups as well. It would be a great service to those of us surfing the net, hitting google and wiki, looking for more info about what kinds of foods to question in regards to daily pain.

Thank you, and good day.

No, no reply needed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.91.86.158 (talk) 05:06, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Reference desk.--TBC!?! 07:27, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

First, see our Medical disclaimer. Then read the Maize article (presumably you use the word "corn" in the American sense to mean "maize"). I don't see anything there resembling the list you seek of foods that contain maize (and such a list might violate WP:NOT#DIRECTORY), but the Maize#External links section might help. For example:

• A Zillion Uses for Corn

You might also try wikiindex:Category:Food. --Teratornis (talk) 07:32, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Article marked for deletion

Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yours_Emotionally

Dear Wikipedia administrators,

I am Sridhar Rangayan, director, co-writer and co-producer of the film Yours Emotionally [4] . I just read with great consternation the discussion about deletion of article on this film [5]. I am, frankly, yet trying to understand reasons for the dispute.

1) The film has been made, screened, reviewed, distributed. So how can there be a dispute about its existence?

2) The film has been reviewed by Variety- This definitely is a mainstream respectable publication ; Bay Area Reporter ; East Bay Express; India Currents ; India New England; Murphy's Movie Reviews ; New York Times This Link is working!

3) News about the film features in prominent Indian newspapers, etc - Telegraph ; Hindustan Times ; Mumbai Mirror (Some links have been deleted, so links to their saved jpeg images are provided) Upperstall ;

3) It has screened at more than 10 festivals - both queer (Frameline, NewFest, etc) and non-queer (IAAC, Seattle, Prague Bollywood Film Festival, etc):

• Tasveer - 4th Independent South Asian Film Festival, Seattle, USA. October 6, 2007; 7.00pm

[6]

• Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center- The Village, Renberg Theatre, Los Angeles. Jan 24th, 8-10pm

[7]

• Santa Fe Film Festival. Santa Fe Film Center, Santa Fe, USA. December 14, 7.45pm
• Yours Emotionally! (Rialto Filmtheater, Amsterdam, Netherlands.). November 5, 4.45pm
• Sixth Annual IAAC Film Festival (Maya Deren Theatre, New York, USA.). November 4, 6pm

[8]

• "A MILLION DIFFERENT LOVES!?" (Gdansk, Poland). November 2-4, 2006
• "A MILLION DIFFERENT LOVES!?" (Lodz, Poland). October 22; 10.30 am
• Prague Bollywood Festival, Prague. October 15; 8pm

[9]

• Fire Island Fim and Video festival. Sept 13th - 16th 2006.
• Frameline 30 - San Fransisco International LGBT Film Festival 2006. Sat, Jun 24, 6:00 pm -Roxie Film Centre.
• NewFest 2006 The 18th New York LGBT Film Festival. Fri, Jun 9, 5:45 pm -AMC Loews 34th St Theatre 10.

[10]

c) The film has been distributed by a reputed distributor Waterbearer Films and can be found listed on several sites like Amazon [11]; TLA Videos [12]; Netflix [13]; Green Cine [14]; Facets Multimedia [15]

The film is definitely a small budget indie film which doesn't have the backing of multi million dollar promotion and marketing, but it surely has a place in wikipedia. It is one of the few film that honestly depict the Indian homosexual scenario which still remains largely closeted. It is considered an useful resource for LGBT studies and indian queer cinema.

I request someone to please look at the above information and edit, modify the wikipedia pages of this film accordingly so that it is saved from deletion. I do not really know how all this information can be added to the wikipedia page, since I am not conversant with the formatting or appropriate langauge to be used. I hope someone helps out.

Thanks and regards

Sridhar Rangayan

Director

(e-mail removed) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sridhar Rangayan (talk • contribs) 06:48, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

There's no need to worry. The article's been kept, apparently. --TBC!?! 07:26, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

For future reference, making an argument to keep the article here doesn't help much. You should make your argument on the page discussing the deletion. -- kainaw™ 15:56, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Note that the discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yours Emotionally was in July 2007 where there may have been fewer sources about the film. The discussion ended after 5 days and the article was kept. The article has the tag {{Unreferenced}} which adds the text: "Unverifiable material may be challenged and removed". The whole article is not going to be deleted because of that notice, but some parts might be removed if editors are unable to find a source for it. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:09, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, just noticed. All you'll have to then is add the references you've mentioned in your comment to the actual article. See WP:CITE for the details.--Tree Biting Conspiracy ♣§♠ !?! 17:03, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

question about mathematic formulae support

I am running wiki system on my Windows-XP-based computer and has implemented the mathematic formulae support. Everything runs well except one testing formula as below:

<math>\arctan x = {{\pi {\mathop{\rm sgn}} x} \over 2} - {1 \over x} + \sum_{x = 1}^\infty  {{{\left( { - 1} \right)^k } \over {\left( {2k + 1} \right)x^{2k + 1} }}} \quad {\rm{for }}\left| x \right| > 1</math>

I have checked the directory which stores the pictures of formulae. The image file of formula above was produced correctly, but not displayed correctly on the screen when I browsed my wiki site. Instead, it was displayed in the plain text like '\arctan x = {{\pi {\mathop{\rm sgn}} x} \over 2} - {1 \over x} + \sum_{x = 1}^\infty {{{\left( { - 1} \right)^k } \over {\left( {2k + 1} \right)x^{2k + 1} }}} \quad {\rm{for }}\left| x \right| > 1'. Could anyone help me about this bug? Thanks.:)

Note: I've tried other formulae and it works. That's really the point I confused. JnW^talk 07:38, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Reference desk/Computing.--TBC!?! 07:48, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

$\arctan x={{\pi {\mathop {\rm {sgn}} }x} \over 2}-{1 \over x}+\sum _{x=1}^{\infty }{{\left({-1}\right)^{k}} \over {\left({2k+1}\right)x^{2k+1}}}\quad {\rm {for}}\left|x\right|>1$

Works here. I'd make sure that you have the extension installed correctly. Unfortunately, we're not really the place to help you out with that, however if you check the Mediawiki site, you might be able to get some assistance there. I don't think the Reference Desk will do you much good. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 15:19, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

When the formula is in red like that, it is usually acompanied by a 'failed to parse' error. Immediately after this message but before the start of the formula, the parser states which piece of the formula it was unhappy with (unknown function etc). My guess would be that you are running a different version of LaTeX support which is missing some feature or other supported here, but not for you. Try taking out the {\mathop{rm sgn}} bit. I don't see that in our documentation so I am guessing it is a recent addition. SpinningSpark 22:35, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

How to set table max width

Is there a way to set a table so it grows no wider than 800 pixels (arbitrary figure just for example) on large browser windows, but resizes to 100% of smaller browser windows? I'm hearing some complaints about the default class="wikitable" width="85%" setting for a list of episodes, and I'm figuring the 85% setting might be short changing readers with small screens. / edg ☺ ☭ 07:56, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

It seems better not to specify any widths. There is no reason to make the table narrower than the regular text.--Patrick (talk) 15:17, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Agreed. There's no way to set a maximum width that changes depending on the screen resolution, because the website has no way to access that information. If you just don't specify a width, theoretically the table will fill out as wide as it can without spilling over the side of the screen. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 15:21, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

logging out

even after logging out my username still appears at the top. am i still logged in? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.93.209.158 (talk) 12:24, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

When you asked that question, you were logged out, according to the page history and SineBot. It's probably just a glitch with your internet browser. clearing your cache after logging out should do the trick. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 15:16, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Template for lack of an external link

I've been working on an article about a 1981 compliation album(see my sandbox), and I wanted to add an extenral link, but I've been having trouble finding an appropriate one. Is there a tag designed to request a link similar to one for incomplete lists? ----DanTD (talk) 13:40, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

External links? As in citations? If so, then add Template:Refimprove.--Tree Biting Conspiracy ♣§♠ !?! 14:58, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Or add {{Unreferenced}} if there are no references at all. Note there is a difference between references and external links. If you don't have any external links then don't make a section heading for it. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:56, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Indeed. Also, due to the lack of reliable sources, I'd suggest against creating it as a seperate article. Perhaps as a section of WBAB instead?--Tree Biting Conspiracy ♣§♠ !?! 16:59, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

chemistry

Why Zirconium phosphate changes its color from white into yellow after drying? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.163.146.11 (talk) 14:12, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Reference desk/Science.--Tree Biting Conspiracy ♣§♠ !?! 14:55, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

How can I create a dynamic wiki page

I am trying to create a section on a wiki page that's content is dynamic. Is there an extension or template that will, display the contents of a .txt file? I am hoping someone knows the answer to this as I have been searching the web for that last two hours looking for information on this. Basic goal is to place a text file in a directory, and have the contents displayed on a wiki page. The contents of the text file is a wiki formatted table. The txt file will change every day. Any help or direction will be appreciated. Thanks!

What would be the purpose? That kind of thing does not sound at all appropriate for Wikipedia, which is a reference work, not a newspage. --Orange Mike | Talk 16:27, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for getting back to me. The wiki page I am trying to create is part of an internal wiki that my company uses to document anything and everything about our system, problems/solutions and our client's details. It has been a wonderful tool. I am trying to automate publishing daily stats. Thanks!

Atomicny17 (talk) 16:37, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

This is the help desk for Wikipedia. I guess your wiki uses the same MediaWiki software. If you are able to automatically update a template or other wiki page with the text then you can transclude that where you want to see it. Wikipedia has many bots which can make automatic edits but I don't know how to make them. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:43, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

This is actually a common problem for corporate wikis. Most companies already have many existing files in various formats, and also databases from which they would like to generate reports and display them on a wiki. The MediaWiki software, while generally excellent, lacks simple tools for importing typical business files and converting them to wikitext. However, many extensions are available; see: mw:Extension:Contents for something that may help. You can also use a bot as PrimeHunter suggested; corporate users of MediaWiki will find bots handy for making repetitive changes such as importing a text file's contents onto a wiki page every day. Bot programs are available in several popular scripting languages, such as Perl (User:Shadow1/perlwikipedia) and Python (m:Using the python wikipediabot). The bot programs are straightforward for a programmer to adapt to work with any MediaWiki wiki. Perhaps even a nonprogrammer could figure them out. --Teratornis (talk) 23:43, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

External Link check

Hey, how long to I keep have to pass a Turing Test whenever I add an external link? The garbled text is sometimes hard to read and it's flippin' annoying! User:Mr Lemon —Preceding comment was added at 16:25, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Could you please clarify what you mean (and sign your posts)? --Orange Mike | Talk 16:28, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

I haven't seen what you describe but I guess it stops when your account is "autoconfirmed" which happens 4 days after it was created. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:31, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Err, there's a display of warped text I have to enter if I make an edit with an external link in it. After you click the "edit" button but before your changes are saved it crops up. Anyways, if it continues past the four days, I'll pursue the matter futher. Mr Lemon —Preceding comment was added at 16:38, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

You describe a CAPTCHA. I didn't know Wikipedia uses them for new accounts adding external links. My account is old (and it's also an administrator account) so there are some things I don't see. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:46, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:User access levels#New users claims: "They are also not required to answer a CAPTCHA at any time". It sounds like this has been changed and should be updated. I still guess it will stop after 4 days. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:55, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Yeah unregistered users are required to answer one of those when the add external links, so that's probably it. Thanks. Mr Lemon —Preceding comment was added at 17:17, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

You have to fill out one when you make your account, but I have never had to do it any other time, and I am sorta new. ≈ MindstormsKid 17:53, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Ebay seller is plagurizing Wikipedia

Dear Sirs,

Just contacting you to advise you that this low-life selling on Ebay is plagurizing, and copying word for word from your site to make his sales on ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130196033983 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Jones_and_the_Fate_of_Atlantis

I assume he does it all the time profiting at your expense all the time. Since he has over 3000 sales this maybe a crime. This buyer was very mean and abusive to me as an honest seller, and I have been watching his postings to see that he does not cheat other people. I trust you will do more than a slap on the wrist.

kkimerling's ebay store: http://stores.ebay.com/Media-Monster-Plus

<personal info redacted>

Contact Information for alant2b :

<personal info redacted>

I am reporting to ebay also.

Sincerely, Alan L Tisser <redacted> —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.165.91.233 (talk) 17:46, 7 March 2008 (U TC)

Hi! Just to let you know, the help desk is about getting help with using Wikipedia only, not reporting plagiarism. If you believe that it is a serious issue, you can try the Reference Desk. Thanks! FusionMix 17:52, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Redacted a bunch of personal info from the above. A look at the eBay page mentioned shows that there is, in fact, the required credit given at the top of the writeup - "From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." If my understanding of GFDL is correct, that's a valid use. (Overly wordy for a sales writeup, but that's just me.) Tony Fox (arf!) 18:21, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Not enough actually, unless it's made clear the GFDL is then binding on the subsequent purchaser should they re-use it. Moot point, probably, however. Pedro :  Chat  23:48, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

See WP:REUSE for info. --h2g2bob (talk) 01:03, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Putting a box on a film page that contains poster and film info?

Hi. I'm making a new entry for a little known film, and want to put the box on the right side that has the poster, crew info, and imdb link. I see that box on every wiki page about a film nowadays, but I don't know how to make it. Can anyone help? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mathgrenades (talk • contribs) 20:06, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Hi! I think you're looking for the infobox film template. Here's an example from a page I recently worked on:

{{Infobox Film | name = The Pact | image = | image_size = | caption = A story of survival, the streets and the power of friendship | director = Andrea Kalin | producer = | writer = | narrator = | starring = Dr. Sampson Davis, Dr. George Jenkins, Dr. Rameck Hunt, | music = | cinematography = | editing = | distributor = Duke Media | released = March 21st, 2006 | runtime = 84 minutes | country = {{USA}} | language = English | budget = | gross = | preceded_by = | followed_by = | website = | amg_id = | imdb_id = http://imdb.com/title/tt0850695/ }}

feel free to cut and paste into the article you're working on and edit the details as appropriate to the film you are referencing. Hope this helps. Mister Senseless™ (Speak - Contributions) 20:21, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

edit out

Can someone please tell me how to upload and post a picture to wikipedia article?

Need Help —Preceding unsigned comment added by The1edit (talk • contribs) 21:19, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Go to "Upload File" should be under the toolbox in the bottom left of your screen. The direction are pretty self-explanatory from there. - Milk's Favorite Cookie 21:21, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Or go to Wikipedia:Upload. ---CWY2190^TC 21:39, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Speedy Deletion of my biography

I am the librettist to THE INMAN DIARIES. Posted the information on the "Arthur Crew Inman" entry. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Inman

The composer and the organization have hyperlinks. I tried to add a hyperlink to my name but it gets deleted.

The second time I added a link to a news review, quoting my name, so that it proves I'm authentic. http://www.intermezzo-opera.org/Publicity/Review-The%20Inman%20Diaries_Edge.htm

Am I still not qualified for an entry on Wikipedia?

Thank you. Jesse J. Martin

<email removed> —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mstrsims2 (talk • contribs) 22:04, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

You can certainly add a wikilink to your name. Then, if someone sees it and is interested in writing about you, they may create an article about (You are advised not to create an article about yourself because of potential conflicts of interest). However, another editor is equally entitled to remove the wikilink if they believe someone is not likely to have an article written about them, perhaps for notability reasons. Perhaps you could discuss the issue on the talk page of the article, or of the editor who removed the link? However, I would advise against repeating re-adding it, as this may be seen as edit warring, which is very strongly discouraged.

On another note, the article Intermezzo - The New England Chamber Opera which you created, is a copyright violation of the organisation's website and is likely to be deleted as such. We do not allow copyright violations; if you wish to use the text on Wikipedia, see Donating Copyrighted Materials. --Kateshortforbob 00:00, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Making a table from 4 columns

I am working a sandbox here and have put the names of the Blue Ridge Parkway tunnels with associated information in 4 columns. It appears to be a little wide, so I would like to put this information DIRECTLY (without having to retype everything) into a smaller table that fis easily onto a page. I have looked at this with different computers with different size screens and many times my 4 cloumns do not fit good onto a page (overflow-wraparound). Everything should be "tighter" together. Also does the words within the TABLE then count toward the total word-count (e.g. 1500 minimum for DYK)? Thanks. --Douglas Coldwell (talk) 22:30, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

The problem with the content shoving over the the side seems to be caused by the second image. When I remove that and preview the page, it all fits quite nicely. I've reduced the image sizes to make sure they don't overlap the text. The columns should fit within the page regardless of screen size, however if you'd like to guarantee that everything fits, I'd recommend using a proper table instead of those columns. Using a table will also make it easier to see what information lines up with which tunnel.

As for word count, that's up to the DYK staff. I'd consider it to only be the actual article, that is, original prose that you have written yourself. Stuff in infoboxes and tables is just statistical, and provides only bare-bones information. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 23:44, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. Yes, I do believe it is best to put it into a true TABLE. I am working on that now and so far it seems to be working out good. --Douglas Coldwell (talk) 00:24, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Good to hear. Let us know if you need any further help. :-) Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 00:38, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

I added a sortable table since it deals with lengths and heights. I also added {{convert}} templates that converts into metric. The numbers below confused me, but if you have any problems, leave it on my talk page. ---CWY2190^TC 01:58, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

March 8

how can I fix a page that someone else moved, prematurely, from my user area to the public area, without getting blocked?

I am the original author of the Pete Worden page. He is my colleague and I was putting a page about him together in my user subpage. It is my first page construction, and I _thought_ this was the way to do it: Build it in my user subpage, and when I'm happy with it, move it into the real wikipedia. I took the Mike Griffin page as a starting point (Mike runs NASA, Pete runs NASA Ames) and started replacing the information about Mike with information about Pete. Halfway through this process, Styrofoam1994 "took" the partially completed page from my user area and put it into the public area - possibly to get credit for creating an article in some kind of a race? Unfortunately, they did not fact check the information. I was only half done with the initial creation, and the page they "took" from my user area and posted publicly was half filled with information copied from the Mike Griffin page, but which was patently nonsensical to have on the Pete Worden page. When I found my half-completed embarassingly erroneus page posted in the public area, I attempted to boldy edit it into shape. But my edits are being reverted, I am being accused of vandalism and being threatened with being blocked. How dissapointing. Can someone who is familiar with the ways of wikipedia help me out? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Creonlevit (talk • contribs) 01:11, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Well, this will always be seen as vandalism [16]. Please remember that you don't own a page. If you are going to make major edits, add {{inuse}} at the top of the page. You will want to cite sources in the article as well. However, it is not the best thing when someone moves an article from a different user's sandbox. Good luck. ---CWY2190^TC 01:39, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

No that wasn't vandalism at all; that was removal of artifact material from another article that Creonlevit was using as an example while he worked on an article in a subpage. Then another user, for reasons that thoroughly baffle me, posted the article and mind you, not as a move, but cutting and pasting it as a "new article" and thereby creating a GFDL clusterf*** that there is no neat way to fix. Imagine after all that he got warned for for vandalism for removing the artifact material. Just as an example fo how problematic this conduct is: maybe Creonlevit wanted to take this article to DYK after taking his time developing it but would be foreclosed from doing so with the article posted in inchoate form. There is little to do but delete the posted article and allow this user to work on the subpage in peace until he's ready to go live.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 02:26, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

um...

Resolved

Someone went crazy to Horton Hears a Who (film)! Can you fix it? 70.8.2.139 (talk) 01:17, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Done. Thanks for the report. Malinaccier (talk) 01:23, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

DB tags showing as minor edits

It appears some articles I tagged for speedy using Twinkle are showing as minor edits. I'm not sure why or how. I'm just pretty sure they are not supposed to be marked as minor. Thanks for any help! Beach drifter (talk) 02:18, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

For some reason, Twinkle's default settings is to mark everything as minor. See the documentation for information on how to change this. Xenon⁵⁴ 02:22, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! I wasn't even aware of that page. Good to know. Beach drifter (talk) 02:39, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Extreme Croquet

Had a problem while editing the Extreme Croquet page. My computer froze up and the links were deleated. Is there anyway to recover the lost links? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bjb329 (talk • contribs) 02:27, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

The Extreme Croquet page reverted back to normal after undoing edit. Thank You —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bjb329 (talk • contribs) 02:40, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Article Title

Hi i have created a article, but then i want to make some changes to its title. Tt is not something complex but i just cant get on how to make some changes to the case of the letters in the article title. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jaydeepm (talk • contribs) 03:37, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

We rename articles by moving them to new names. Only users who have been editing for four days can do so however, so I have moved the article for you, capitalizing her surname and guessing this is the change you wanted. Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 03:46, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

If you want to change the case of the title, just move it. However, if you want to change to case of the FIRST LETTER, use {{lowercase}}. Visit me at Ftbhrygvn (Talk|Contribs|Log|Userboxes) 03:50, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Closing my account

So I am going to start to edit under another name and was wondering....

If I do a vanish- can I leave a permanent goodbye message- such as "I won't be editing from this account anymore, however feel free to leave a message (it'll get picked up within a year) or email me?"

How can I move my watchlist? Sethie (talk) 04:15, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

If you retire, you can still have your userpage deleted, but leave a message on your talk page; vanishing is a bit different. To copy a watchlist, just go to your raw watchlist and copy the stuff there. Paste it in your new account's watchlist. Cheers, Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP!☺} 04:17, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! Sethie (talk) 04:55, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

File sharing

At Talk:Bradford fire, a number of people have been using the talk page to trade footage of the disaster. This TV footage is embargoed by its makers, Yorkshire Television, but nonetheless has made it onto various file sharing sites. The people leaving these comments don't appear to be Wikipedia editors.

Is it appropriate for me to remove them? I think so, but wanted to double check. Vashti (talk) 04:39, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I think it's appropriate to remove them. It would be different if people were discussing whether footage could be added to the article, but that's apparently not the case.--86.149.56.156 (talk) 10:02, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Thank you. In fact, it's already been done. :) Vashti (talk) 13:56, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

find a translation for Mi Corazoncito?

where can I find a translation for MI Corazoncito by Aventura?

thanx04:42, 8 March 2008 (UTC)70.8.198.27 (talk)

WikiBooks might have something.--TBC ♣§♠ !?! 19:51, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

What are the source and destination languages? If the source text is online somewhere, you might get a somewhat readable translation with {{Google translation}}. See the examples in the template documentation which show translations from some other language Wikipedias to English. --Teratornis (talk) 05:13, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Google indexing time minimum?

What is the record minimum time from page creation to Google indexing that page? أسرة لايف بكلية التربية النوعية بالمنصورة got created 05:28, 8 March 2008 and was indexed by Google by at least 05:48 !! (Note: now deleted - it was text copied from another site) Previously I'd found a garbage page that was indexed at around 40-45 minutes. Is Google indexing by actively scanning the new pages listings? Aieee! Shenme (talk) 05:54, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

I don't know, but I recently learned that Google does not index pages in our Talk: namespace (boo, hiss). If you want to see how fast Google is indexing our new pages, go to Special:Newpages, and try Googling for some recent article with the {{Google}} template. How about: LaCUNAR (musician), which we can Google for with: LaCUNAR (musician). Wow, Google finds it as the top result and says: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaCUNAR_(musician) - 26 minutes ago. I guess Google may really have decided to start indexing Wikipedia faster. Previously I had noticed indexing delays of about five days. I think that was only a few months ago. --Teratornis (talk) 08:51, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Maybe Google doesn't index Talk:, but you can certainly find User talk: pages in Google searches. --Coppertwig (talk) 21:08, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Yes, all the other "* talk:" namespaces that I have searched for so far show up in Google searches. That's why I was surprised when a user asked me how to set up a {{Google custom}} search on the Talk: namespace and I couldn't get it to work. I searched for clues and found a blog post by someone who appears authoritative on the subject that explained Google stopped indexing our Talk: pages because apparently some people have been adding links to Talk: pages that they could not add to our articles (due to WP:EL), presenting them as discussion relating to the articles, in an attempt to "game" Google's PageRank for the associated articles linked-to sites. I don't understand the details of how that works, but the upshot seems to be that Google no longer indexes our Talk: pages, but still indexes pages in the non-article talk: namespaces. I documented this in Template:Google custom#Problem with the Talk: namespace, in case anyone is curious. Elsewhere in the template documentation I show example searches on other "* talk:" namespaces. --Teratornis (talk) 05:07, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

At Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 19#Namespaces as subdomains I also found that Talk: for articles is the only namespace Google doesn't index. PrimeHunter (talk) 05:21, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

computer hardware

why motherboard is called motherboard & not fatherboard' —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.94.189.22 (talk) 10:41, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

motherboard might help. However, this page is for questions regarding the use of wikipedia. Try the reference desk next time. Cheers! Wisdom89 _{(T / ^C)} 12:07, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

I can't find anything I need!!!

plese help me find some inventions from the reign of queen Elizabeth I of England. all I can find are pencils and muskets. I would like 4 inventions. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.228.87.238 (talk • contribs) 14:25, 8 March 2008

You might want to search in all the articles about the years she reigned. (1558 – 1603) It'll have all the events within the year listed there, you might be able to find some inventions there. ~ Bella Swan 14:29, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

You might also want to ask this question at our reference desk where someone more familiar with the subject might have your answer. —Travis^talk 14:36, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Try Google: inventions from the reign of queen Elizabeth I of England. That finds a few links that might help. You might try searching on the date range as well. Also see:

• Timeline of historic inventions#16th century
• Timeline of historic inventions#17th century

where you will find a few inventions such as the Thermoscope. --Teratornis (talk) 05:28, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

adding in someone's signature stamp?

Someone added a statement on the talk page without a signature/time stamp. How do i go back and manually add that so the statement is sourced to him? Renee (talk) 17:22, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Nevermind, here's how: —Preceding unsigned comment added by user name or IP (talk • contribs) date

Here's the page describing it. Thanks, Renee (talk) 17:36, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Random album art deletion

Just what is the reason for the random deletion of images of album art. I am finding that some images that I have posted are retained and some deleted, each with equal reasons for inclusion. What gives? Backspace (talk) 17:53, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

The images were tagged as not having valid fair use rationales by User:BetacommandBot, which left warnings on your talk page about this. I see that you did try to provide fair use rationales, but the problem was that the each rationale must link to the name of the article it is claimed is being used in as fair use (and provide a separate rationale for each article in which the image is used in). I am in the process of restoring them with valid fair use rationales (see Image:HollyDunnHeartFullofLove.jpg which I have restored and placed back in Heart Full of Love‎). Once I am done restoring, which will take me some time, please take the initiative and fix the rationales for the image pages that are tagged but not yet deleted. Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 18:37, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

All have been restored with fair use rationales. The patty Loveless album covers were not as good images were uploaded after yours relacing them. Again please see what I did and emulate so that you your others album cover images don't suffer the same fate.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 20:18, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for your efforts. I'd hate to think that all my time and efforts have been wasted. I try to provide very good quality images (for their size, that is). I will try to give more standardized format rationales for any images that I may upload in the future. Backspace (talk) 02:05, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Trying to delete a pic

(I asked at the copyright desk, but no answer, so I'll try here.) I know how to mark an article for speedy deletion, but I seem to be having difficulties doing the same for this pic. The reason for deletion is that the first DVD cover in the picture is from a movie that featured what was later discovered to be a minor (the boy on the cover) and is off the market for legal reasons; plus, i think the images are copyrighted; see this for past deletion of the same picture. AgnosticPreachersKid (talk) 18:14, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

And yet magically, the photo is gone. Something must have worked. The Evil Spartan (talk) 18:46, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

The image may have been oversighted, as I'm not seeing any report of a second deletion in the logs. Such would seem appropriate for this sort of situation, as (unfortunately) there isn't really any sort of deletion criteria for this. Possibly G3, as vandalism, but that could be stretching it a bit, especially if the intention was to use it in an article for identification of a movie. At least it's gone. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 19:07, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

How do I edit this box?

I'm fixing up The Muppets' Wizard of Oz to take it to GA status. But, there's this Muppet wiki box in the external links section that is broken and I can't edit it to fix it. How do I edit it? Limetolime (talk) 18:36, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Since that's a template, you'll have to go to Template:Muppets to change it. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 18:43, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Whose web site is it?

Whose web site is it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.69.1.25 (talk) 19:18, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia, you mean? It's owned by the Wikimedia Foundation.--TBC ♣§♠ !?! 19:50, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

How do I make a contents on a page?

I have been editing the Vampire Doll page, and have added alot of information and a picture to it, but I don't know how to make a contents table to complete it =[ Help, please! =] —Preceding unsigned comment added by XxSaphira (talk • contribs) 20:04, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Unless the magic word __NOTOC__ is present, a table of contents should automatically be created if there are four or more sections in the article. You can also use the magic word __FORCETOC__ (that's two underscores, FORCETOC, then another two underscores) to force a table of contents to be created. If it still isn't showing up, make sure you haven't disabled TOC's by default at Special:Preferences. Xenon⁵⁴ 20:09, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

I see that you have now forced a TOC on Vampire Doll, but you may want to consider making the character names sub-headings instead of a definition list, so they appear in the TOC. Bovlb (talk) 20:34, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Help on Assessment Categories needed

I'm trying to create a FL-class assessment category (to cover all the project's featured lists) for WikiProject College football, but I'm not really sure how to do it. I've edited the statistics box, but I'm not sure where to go from there, and I'm afraid that if I do create it, the bot that records classifications won't include new FL-class articles because I just created the category. Can anyone give me some advice? JKBrooks85 (talk) 20:43, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

I looked at the history of the statistics box you edited, and that leads to the bot's user page: User:WP 1.0 bot. I would be surprised if any Help desk volunteers who happen to be checking in now will be familiar with how that bot works (I surely am not), so I recommend reading the bot's user page for clues (something there might make more sense to you than it does to me, since I'm not familiar with that project), and contacting the bot author who appears to be User:Oleg Alexandrov. --Teratornis (talk) 04:59, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Is it OK to include a contextually appropriate commercial link?

I just did my first edit to a Wiki topic -- I added information to the Peter Lorre entry about an appropriate song. I included links to the artist's web site, to show the lyrics and also potentially purchase the album containing the song. After I did so, it occurred to me that a commercial link might be inappropriate. I checked the policies and guidelines, and saw nothing on this topic. Is it OK? (FWIW, I have no connection to the artist except for enjoying his music and purchasing it myself.) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bfeist (talk • contribs) 21:18, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

"can be purchased at..." - looks like blatant advertising to me. Cheers Geologyguy (talk) 21:20, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

The guideline you need to look at is WP:LINKS. Especially check out point 5 under links to be avoided. SpinningSpark 21:50, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Stub size

How short does an artice counts as a stub? Under 1000 bytes? Jkj115 22:02, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Its dependant on the amount of information provided by the article relative to the perceived amount of information that the article could provide.--Kerotan^{Leave Me a Message} Have a nice day :) 22:13, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Professional help in publishing profile on Wikipedia

Is their not a service where one can employ someone to edit and install a profile on Wiki?

I've tried but embarassingly "deleted" as "not a notable" person. This dispite having received many industry awards in my career. I do see others certainly not as accomplished as my resume in Wikipedia.

I'm willing to pay for professional services in editing and publishing my profile on Widipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jayhare (talk • contribs) 22:57, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

There is, but beware of a possible conflict of interest.--TBC ♣§♠ !?! 23:50, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

"Notability" in Wikipedia has a more precise meaning than the ordinary word. To oversimplify, notability is determined by how often the subject has appeared in newspapers or magazines. See WP:Notability (persons) for more information. If third-party sources have mentioned you then include those references in an article about yourself to demonstrate and verify your notability. But again, it is much better if someone totally independent of you writes the article to avoid a conflict of interest. Sbowers3 (talk) 02:17, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

It is actually possible to pay for editing help on Wikipedia. See: Wikipedia:Bounty board and Wikipedia:Reward board. --Teratornis (talk) 04:47, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

But I should add that paying someone to write an article about you, or donating to the Wikimedia Foundation, will not guarantee that the article about you maintains any certain form (anyone can edit it). The article might even get deleted again, since all articles on Wikipedia are subject to our policies and guidelines, which are complex and can confuse people who aren't familiar with them. Thus offering a reward or bounty in exchange for someone writing a particular article does not guarantee any predetermined result. --Teratornis (talk) 04:50, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

You can write about yourself on WikiBios, too. They accept biographies about anyone, so there should be fewer worries about your work getting deleted. --Teratornis (talk) 05:31, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Log in

I typed in my user name, then the usual password which I haven't used here for 1-2 years, and it doesn't work.

I only ever use two passwords; the other doesn't work either.

Clicked to have password sent to me, and it says my user name does not have an email address attached to it.

please help. User name: teraustralis —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.173.45.164 (talk) 23:01, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

User:Teraustralis only has 5 edits. If Help:Logging in doesn't help then just create a new account. We don't have access to the password. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:08, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Mentioning a song that's about the subject of a biographical article

Is the fact that there is a song about the subject of a biographical article considered trivia? Should that fact be included in the article? In the article about Molly Neuman, I noted that The Queers recorded a song titled "Molly Neuman." Someone removed that sentence. He or she explained that he or she did so because it was "unpleasant"; I know that can't be a valid reason for removing something, but I wonder if it amounts to trivia and should not be included for that reason.
(By the way, what's the software application that lets us see the IP address of the computer used to make an edit to an article?) --anon. 70.23.131.111 (talk) 23:49, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

I personally don't see anything wrong with the sentence you added - while it could be considered trivia, it's not as though you're adding a whole section dedicated solely to trivia, and it is relevant. If I had to guess, the editor who removed it was objecting to the link, which mentions the names of several other Queers songs, which are certainly... colorful. However, again, I don't see much issue with that, as that's what the songs are called, and Wikipedia isn't censored. I would discuss this with the user who removed it, at User talk:Scentedgum, and see if there was some other reason for the removal. Note that this user hasn't made any edits for five days, so they may not be active any more. If you don't get a response, feel free to add the sentence back in, justifying your position in the edit summary.

As for your second question, the page history shows who has made edits to any given page, however it only shows the IP addresses for those users who are not logged in. Editing with an account hides your IP address. In severe cases of vandalism or sockpuppetry, checkuser can be used to find the IP address used by an account, however those IP addresses are not given out as a matter of privacy. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 00:41, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Thank you. I think I'll start a discussion on the article's talk page so that the discussion is more likely to be found by other readers of the article, and I'll notify Scentedgum about it.
For what it's worth, the aspect that Scentedgum found unpleasant may be the notation that The Queers recorded the song before Joe Queer learned he was getting shortchanged by Lookout! Records. --anon. 70.23.174.160 (talk) 04:56, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

By the way, the software application I was thinking about was actually WikiScanner and I now know that it works only with edits made anonymously --anon. 70.23.173.114 (talk) 14:04, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

March 9

Is there a way to find out how many hits/visits a particular item has received?

Basically, the question is written above: is there a hit tracker option on Wiki? 121.44.186.158 (talk) 00:09, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

I think that function has been disabled on Wikipedia for performance reasons. You might want to ask at the tech village pump, the people there might have a better idea. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 00:30, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

There is a third party site that purports to. It is at http://stats.grok.se/ .--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 00:34, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

turkey

all this place are turks.we wıll back short tıme. ne mutlu turkum diyene —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.230.24.164 (talk) 00:21, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Oookay... I think you might be looking for our article on Turkey, or the Turkish Wikipedia, but I'm not really sure. Could you rephrase your question? Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 00:29, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Also, if you want the Help desk on the Turkish Wikipedia, I think it is: tr:Vikipedi:Danışma masası. --Teratornis (talk) 04:42, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Redirects

How do I arrange for another name to redirect to a similar Article? I am not talking about another existing Article redirecting, but rather an alternative enquiry. Say I want a 'Vehicle chassis' enquiry to redirect to an existing Article called say 'Vehicle body', how do I arrange this Jagra (talk) 00:37, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Please see Wikipedia:Redirect. The short answer is that you create a page under the name you want to redirect, and in the body of the page created, use the text #REDIRECT [[name of article you want to redirect to]]. This code can be added automatically to the page created using the editing button which looks like this: . Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 00:43, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

How do you make an article?

I`m new on this website and I want to know how to make an article that hasn`t been made yet. Can you please tell me how? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kiana327 (talk • contribs) 03:07, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Before creating an article, please search Wikipedia first to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject. Please also review a few of our relevant policies and guidelines which all articles should comport with. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite to reliable sources which verify their content and must not contain unsourced, negative content about living people.

Articles must also demonstrate the notability of the subject. Please see our subject specific guidelines for people, bands and musicians, companies and organizations and web content and note that if you are closely associated with the subject, our conflict of interest guideline strongly recommends against you creating the article.

If you still think an article is appropriate, see Help:Starting a new page. You might also look at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:15, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Information from a single source

With posting on pages, are you allowed to get all your information from a single source, or must you write it in your own words?

I ask this because with the Tanabata festival page, all the information and pictures have come from www.yaiza-hotel-lanzarote.info/w/Tanabata.html. Is this ok? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.45.117.151 (talk) 03:43, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

It would not be okay if the information was copied from the external website. That would be a copyright violation unless the material was in the public domain or released under a free license such as the GFDL. However, in this case the external website is showing the content of the Wikipedia page, not the other way around. If you take a look at the very bottom of the external site you'll see this. Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 03:51, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

problem with a page?

Hi. How do I report a problem with a page? There appears to be a problem with this one... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albanian_language 206.74.36.80 (talk) 04:45, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

It depends on the type of problem. See Wikipedia:Contact us/Article problem. Albanian language was recently vandalized and that has been fixed. PrimeHunter (talk) 04:49, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Uploading image

I am still not well-versed in uploading image manually outside of Flickr. I want to use this image [17] for the article Animal rights in Nazi Germany. Can anyone upload this image. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 06:38, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Hi, follow the steps here after saving the image on your computer. _{WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN} ^{aka john lennon} 10:09, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Red links to an existing userpage

After registering and editing without a userpage for a while, I created one. Glitch: my username in the revision histories of the articles I edited before creating my userpage still appears in red (see, e.g., the revision-history page at Adolf Burger). Issue: clicking on my still-red username on a revision-history page sends the person who's clicked on it to the open window Editing User: ... &action=edit&redlink=1 of my existing userpage. — Is this a software glitch in Wikipedia's recognition of usernames on revision-history pages that cannot be resolved, is there a workaround, or...? ilmari (talk) 08:23, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

It works fine for me. try clearing your cache (i think the command is shift-control-f5 on most browsers) --Evan ¤ Seeds 08:46, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for responding. I did a number of times before I posted this query and the issue remained, but it seems to have taken care of itself by now. Perhaps it got fixed, or userpages need time to "take," like redirect pages sometimes. Thanks again. ilmari (talk) 15:50, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

It's almost certainly a caching issue. Either locally with your browser, or an issue in Wikipedias Squids. Eitherway, it's fixed now. Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 16:21, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

BC vs BCE

Which is better to use for dates? _{WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN} ^{aka john lennon} 10:07, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dates and numbers)#Longer periods. Both can be used, but not in the same article, and not together with the "opposite" of AD and CE. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:21, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Also, you should note that it is not a good idea to change the date format in an existing article. As long as the article is self consistent editors should stick to the form established in that article. SpinningSpark 17:34, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Bossons

Why doesn't my article appear in the search engine when I type Bossons? It has been over 30 hours since writing the original article. It does appear at the top of my own computer when I log into the Wikipedia main page, but NOT in the search engine, Please help. Dr. Donald M. Hardisty www.bossons.us —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bossons (talk • contribs) 15:40, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Your page is at User:Bossons which is in the User namespace. The search engine does not search this namespace by default, but you can configure your preferences so that it does if you want. Algebraist 16:08, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Hi Dr. Hardisty. Do you mean the text shown on User:Bossons? That page is your own user page, and isn't in the main "article space". To make it into an article, the easiest way is to search on Bossons, and the resulting page will have at the top "You searched for Bossons". Click on the red Bossons link and you'll now be in an article creation page. Then just copy your own text into the appropriate space there.

Some words of warning, though. I can see from the deletion log that an article named Bossons had existed a year ago before being deleted (see this page), so perhaps it was felt at the time that the subject matter wasn't sufficiently notable, and hence you might experience a similar objection. Also, the content as currently shown on your User:Bossons page would need a certain amount of "wikifying" and references/sources. Hope this helps.--86.146.241.92 (talk) 16:18, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

About Algebraist's response: strictly speaking he/she is correct, but it's not necessary to "configure your preferences" if all you're trying to do is create an article.--86.146.241.92 (talk) 16:23, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Also, do read Wikipedia's conflict of interest guideline and the guideline on autobiographies. --Tkynerd (talk) 16:42, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

About Tkynerd's response: he/she is possibly thinking that, because your user name is Bossons, you are in some way related to the Bossons family and/or business, rather than being an enthusiast which is all you appear to be.--86.146.241.92 (talk) 17:09, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

I think that you will be able to turn your user page into an article with just a bit of work. One of Wikipedia's core policies is verifiability which means that the content of any article should be referenced to a reliable source. There are books about bossons and they can be your source. Realize that it's not enough that you from your own personal knowledge know that your article is true. What matters is that it be verifiable by other editors. So if you supply the full title, publisher, date, and ideally ISBN number those books will be useful references. Then make sure that each section of the article is verifiable from a page of the book, not just from your own knowledge. If you would like help to format your article appropriately, just ask me on my talk page, or ask on this page. Sbowers3 (talk) 17:39, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Endowment (Latter Day Saints)

To whom it may concern:

I am a member of the Latter Day Saint church and I feel that some of the information in this article is inappropriate. The historical information provided is fine, but the actual details of the endowment procedure are not. The endowment is sacred not secret. I know that there are many other websites on the internet with more information about the endowment but I feel that Wikipedia should be one that only provides the historical information. I love to use wikipedia for research projects for my classes and for anything I am interested in and I will continue to use the site. But i'm just asking that the article "Endowment (Latter Day Saints)" be edited to not include the details about the endowment because this is something that is sacred to Latter Day Saints and shouldn't be made available to the public on Wikipedia because Wikipedia is a trusted resource.

Thank you for your time.

name change

I am registered as Charles timbrell. I wish to change it so that my last name is capitalized, thus: Charles Timbrell

So far I have been unsuccessful in making the change. Thanks for any help!

CTimbrell@aol.com