Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/August 2009
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August 1
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 1
- Special:Export limit?
- User Name?
- Why are some articles picked more often than others?
- Learn
- Open proxy
- User talkpage protected
- Save page from wrong editing
- Is there anyway to get a random featured article
- RSS feeds for Watchlist
- Toolserver down?
- is arbitrary archive of talk page allowed?
- Changing Pages
- Template Abbreviation
- Image upload... where did it go?
- Feature picture
- Suggestions?
August 2
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 2
- Free logos
- noting content added to the wrong section of an article
- Incomplete article
- Creative Commons on Flickr
- Are Userpage Guestbooks allowed?
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IE8#Missing_features
- Fixing a picture
- Hiding the Contents box
- computer speed
- publish my article
- BLP images
- GA Sweeps review userbox
August 3
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 3
- My Contributions
- making a new page
- Windows
- No one will reply to my question on the reliable sources noticeboard!
- do you want to save this file, or find a program online to open it?
- Copyright query
- Editing
- Page Problems
- Convert MP4 file to format Wikipedia will accept
- Categorisation of merged articles
- Who's the Arbiter?
- Copyrights update on the Mobile site
- Removing unaired episode descriptions
- Boolean Searches
- How to remove picture
- How to convert a new category to a sub category of an existing category
- MIME setting
- Fred Parr Watercolour Artist
August 4
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 4
- Playing ogg files
- genderfication definition
- to know who is suffering from HCV in India
- Mission statements
- Great Ziggurat of Ur
- How to move a page
- Job Activities of Senior Field Officer(TELE) in Indian Cabinet Secratariat
- NHS Blood ad Transplant wiki page
- [Technical] – How can I improve Google PageRank for articles with title in English, but with original title in a foreign language?
- Global Employment and Literacy Coalition (GEALC) and North-American Organisation for Migration
- Citation Needed Tag
- Domaining is not squatting.
- Uploading Images
- TOC showing only sections
- Lost Password
- phased array radars
- Exporting my article to the French Wikipedia
- where is the city of Chad?
- How do I embed an image from a foreign language Wikipedia?
- Redirect is not Correct
- Table sorting glitch
- Publishing date
August 5
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 5
- Fixing redirects
- Aloe Vera
- External tools
- can pages have the same url
- Page creation
- Co-ordinates for medium-sized areas
- Page Reviews/Warnings
- Peer reviewed
- Use of wikinews as reference
- Italy plug vrs North American plugs
- Edit war on Young Republicans
- is there a way to get a deleted image back?
August 6
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 6
- Hiding categories
- override this function
- PAGE DELITED WITHOUT ANY REASON
- Can you change a page as I do not know how to edit a page?
- enquiry about the identity
- Thomas Chippendale
- Tool to find all pages which two editors edited
- Citations and external links
- E-MAIL ADDRESS'S USEING INTERNET STICKS
- How to create Musician list in wikipedia?
- Image with no license
- Deletion of a page on a company
- vatiswa
- Music Council Of Australia
- Re: adding a link to the Container Garden page
- Trouble finding confirmation totals of past SCOTUS justicies
- edit warring
- Valid source or not?
- Changing the Title of a page
- Movie Quotes
- How to add photos and certain descriptions to articles
August 7
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 7
- Beta?
- Alternate accounts
- mediawiki markup?
- I just need help regarding adding the references tag to my article
- Infobox
- Just need someone to look at my article and tell me where to put the 'references tag', or what else I should do. Thank you.
- Lists and images
- File in English link for other languages
- Random using #expr:
- Automating a list
- Beta?
- Sub page
- editing articles
- 3rd link under references is wrong URL and has to be changed, Reflist needes to be unlocked for future updates
- Translate the new Vector stylesheet
- how to create line drawings
- How do you create a wiki page?
- Infobox for Russian submarine K-496 Borisoglebsk
- Adding a quote box for a written letter for the Kurt Wintgens Wikipedia article
- infobox footnote problem
August 8
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 8
- Which template should I use related to Wikipedia:NOT_PAPERS
- Didn't Know You Could Do That
- The Beta. Will it replace the old version?
- Beverages in Kerala
- Auto title for sectiosns and auto signature
- Asking here
- Board of Trustees election
- daewoo cars
- Profunda artery
- Question about PStricks
- Orphan pages with regards to redirects
- Contradicting informations between en and cs Wikipedia
- Autoconfirmation
- Beta discussion?
- Date range style in infoboxes
- LOST CARD
- Page creation
- No visible images
August 9
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 9
- Checkusers
- How come users delete pages I edit?
- Having problem creating an unified login
- Calulation of Wikipedia Depth
- flipflop article with redirect?
- Black Country
- Dec. 19, 2006 Help Desk archive
- Moving article from user space to new article space
- Accidental redirect
- How do I verify information about myself that is on my wikipedia page?
- 1000 year old equadorian artifact
August 10
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 10
- Can You Insert Text From One Wikipedia Article Into Another?
- Hiding category list
- If you wanna quit, how do you??
- Am I allowed to use a photograph of someone else's painting in a Wiki article if I bought that painting?
- Is there any way to turn on line numbers?
- Switching from secured to unsecured page
- Login unification
- CED Capacitance electronic disc system
- Editing text above edit box
- Help template
- asexual reproduction
- Are open accounts allowed
- Biographical article
- can't log in
- Today's featured article
- Disabling popups
- Changing the title of an article
- Unable to open wikipedia addresses found in Google -- Windows XP says no file extension associated
- Pages that contain only an infobox and a "reflist"
- Block and Ban
August 11
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 11
- An image license template and "all rights reserved"
- I just uploaded a photo to add to a director's artcle, need help!!!
- Editing problems when logged in
- how do a searching for one particular word in the text ( not entry title)?
- I NEED HELP MAKING A LINK ON A WIKIPEDIA PAGE TO A WIKISOURCE PAGE
- Free use?
- login/editing problem
- Template class page
- bot to convert jpgs to pngs?
- New Stussy article
- Paragraph boxed and elongated
- Log in
- Creating a portal
- Are US Department Of Justice Files Considered Citable Sources ?
- Some Template Related Query. Problem With "|"
- Image
- problem deleting a logo
- Is there a page which lists which WikiProjects have the most articles?
- I replaced my article's one photo with a cleaner one, yet Wikipedia added 4 extras photo to the file history/jpg page (not what I did).
- SUL account
- Rating Articles
- Someone elses writing.
- Taking text from annother website
August 12
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 12
- Getting Started
- My Kelly Kelly Page was deleted
- I need an Admin
- IP Address
- Can't find project page
- Hang on
- Can I add a line saying our company has not reviewed this?
- Article I created MUST BE DELETED
- how do I send a page to a friend?
- best school
- Re: Delete account
- Change the name of a Wikipedia page
- Title Editing
- substantiate notability
- pls help me with my password
- Question about duplication of material
- renaming non-existing topics with existing ones
- Reference question for my page for you
- Infoboxes and Images
- Accidentally damaged a page somehow
- Registeration
- Non-breaking spaces
- Healthcare options
- Plagiarism
- Colt 1860 Army .44 Caliber Revolver S/n 16763
- addig a category
August 13
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 13
- Copyright/usage of the Wikipedia logo
- Template for "Read discussion first"
- What additional source is needed for the page of D. Bertsekas?
- chat
- New Article
- Citations.
- Adding to an article without logging in..sorry
- AFD muckup
- Finding my article when searching
- Template for the nth AfD
- New page
- Flagging as Inaccurate or Obsolete
- Beta
- Fabian A. Koss
- American Motorcyclist Association
- Mobile editing
- Change Entry Name Capitalization
August 14
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 14
- I was given the following advice as to how to improve my page Kerry Hallam
- Title mistake
- dropdown section?
- iPhone App for Watchlist
- "Current user" display
- Do we have a template page for an article that is primarily based on primary soures?
- Are externak links to blogs allowed?
- Signature appearance
- Illegal link
- deleting account
- How do I add my own links to the sidebar
- Securing content rights protection
- Starting a brand new page
- I received a strange email in Croatian from WikiAdmin??!
- Strange email
- hiding minor edits for user contributions
- Changing Title of an Article
- Broken Links
August 15
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 15
- Moving an article from user page to general accessibility
- flicker page as reference
- Help with clean up tag
- How can i browse wiki offline?
- give information
- Browser problem?
- My page was deleted - the error message said it was deleted because other information was not found on google
- Uploading photos but first i need to undergone 10 edit
- Deletion discussions
- Search function
- Rollback and Reverting: Difference?
- Change the Name of Wikipedia Page
- can't export new article to the web
- creating signatures
- Blip External Link Graphic in Infobox
August 16
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 16
- Tmbox
- Roger Federer
- Uploading translated pages
- Trouble with templates and functions.
- Inexperienced Need Help
- New user here, with new page & need review of it & what I can do;
- Uploading Images
- My Page Has Been Deleted
- How long will it take for a new page that I added to appear?
- $ per square foot conversion
August 17
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 17
- "What links here" oddness
- Help wikify article
- Talk:Chicago Theatre/GA1
- help us PLEASE. page content dispute over Party in the USA
- [[Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 17#WP:Citation_needed.2C_and_making_a_list_of_alternatives_to_.7B.7Btl.7Cfact.7D.7D|WP:Citation needed, and making a list of alternatives to {{fact}}]]
- License Plate On File
- research project
- Review the article please
- wrong entry
- bad gateway
- Child support
- Article "Female Transformers"
- mime file type not recognized
- Investment in Rwanda
- Speedily Deleted Articles
- Problem moving pages
- burning pictures to a dvd
- post a photo
- Citing musical works
- how can I change my password
- Iran (word) - Persian literature?
- How to use talk pages
- How can I change/move the name of a file/picture
- donna hagen
- adding pictures
- Mass nonsense/spam edits
August 18
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 18
- Enable mobile version
- Merging Cells
- Help
- Suppression without explanations of 8000 bytes from "Quinceañera film"
- Search for not so new article
- Access a specific deleted revision given its oldid
- Notability of Websites
- Order of items on a disambiguation page
- Chimerica
- Infobox or Table
- Arbitration policy
- Searching user contributions
- gk
- Moving page
- discrete mathematics/posets115.240.202.190 (talk) 19:51, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
- Map on Christianity article
- Question about " This websites has been blocked REASON: Phishing Attempt
- Listing order of new links, is there a protocol?
August 19
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 19
- external links?
- My Name- Info keeps getting deleted Why and by whom?
- Inserting a Photo
- Able to contact Queen Rania of Jordan
- Server load from blank transclusion
- Wikipedia links to official nomenclature documentation for receptor protiens?
- My Account
- Rabies article/map
- Float
- big and small
- 3 Questions/ Website Info/ References
- What is the policy about garbage in a talk page?
- improvement to main page
- Pronunciation
- walled garden of crap
- how do you indent certain lines on a content box?
- Conflict of Interest question
- Canadain Pacific Railway info
- refs working oddly
- Does this need to be deleted?
- I am a new user and I need help!
- First white settler, New Zealand
August 20
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 20
- Arabic names for foreigners?
- Adding new name to list of Chileans of Italian descent
- Can someone help me give better advice?
- the poem shakespeare by john donn
- Deletion of my contribution
- Copyright company logo
- Kohl Automobile
- Navbox with collapsible groups, collapsing logic
- Question re: FA review
- wikihow
- Signing
- Something has gone wonky for me in Google Chrome.
August 21
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 21
- AfD Question
- manga
- August 20th 2009 - Events
- The Wikipedia citation bot
- pop
- How do I create an Infobox?
- Maps
- Strange display of Wikipedia pages
- Not receiving verification email
- online payment
- Changing unfactual information
- Please help me
- google images?
- Creating a list in a table.
- WP 1.0 Bot
- Is this a legitimate reference?
- Geographic coordinates
- Editing Semi-Protected Pages
- Do 'Goodwill' employees wear uniforms in Ontario, Canada?
August 22
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 22
- problem logging in from china
- Visual differences when logged in and logged out
- How to upload an image?
- Article naming
- Adding pictures
- Possible to delete my account?
- proposed deletion of 'maple palm'
- owners title
- Adding Pictures to a new article?
- What Stub should this be catergorized with?
- 1976 CB 360 Honda
- DreamJournal software - would that be considered spam?
- Can't find the problem template
- adding information to your article.
- Titles in other languages
- Prince Namor
- FFD when?
- Usage of words or phrases in articles
August 23
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 23
- Genealogy of Umberto 11 and Maria Jose of Belgium
- wikipedia logo - a foot?
- Twinkle
- Should Wikipedia:Meta....
- Naming for placenames and search
- Vandalism
- User subpage use
- Where is my newly composed page?
- Time Help
- Article Bad habit
- Logging In
- Help with citations
- Is a YouTube video original research?
- Link to a section in a hatnote?
- 2 pair of geographic coordinates
- Featured article publication date?
- Placename confusion
- Is there a way to make an icon show up for Good Articles?
- Buggy diffs
- Counting all the pages in a category including those in subcategories
- PHP Unix timestamp
- Vandal deterrent
August 24
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 24
- harry potter book order
- RE: experienced adminstrator available?
- What is up with the strange colouring of text....
- Deletion
- confused about how to transfere page i have created
- Help editing a page
- spelling list
- Social Security Benefit Questions
- My Watchlist takes ages to load today.
- author of an article
- is this vandalism?
- photos
- Editing introductory paragraph for topic
- Help with reverting vandalism
August 25
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 25
- Pulling distribution of articles based on infobox parameter
- Incorrect US Congressional District map
- Evinrude Out Board Motor Repair
- Is there not a difference between "free references" and the "only reference" not being viewable?
- Logo
- Difference between Studio and Distributor
- Adding copyright information to an image
- Starting a new wiki, want to copy some content.
- Rules on setting up a page
- Need
- trying to add links to page,
- Interlanguage links and cultural differences
- Flagged Revisions
- Language Templates
- Is there a wikipedia suggestions page?
- Moving an article under beta.
- Homework Help
- Correcting a name - is that considered major or minor edit?
- Why was Family data removed from right column summary block for all people on Wikipedia?
- Iota Lambda Pi Fraternity Incorporated
- Top Aces Consulting
- How do you Place the green resolved check into a post?
- What Vandal tag to use for...
- Splitting a split article further
- Conflict of Interest: Writing for an employer, from a neutral point of view
- Can you block people from editing your page?
- Using an image from the Italian Wikipedia
- add Fulton Ross to list of Black artists
- I need help giving help.
- Toronto Transit Commission accessibility
- Overlapping infobox and text
- Help getting page viewable...
- SouthPeak Game
August 26
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 26
- a list of medical device companies
- Cnote2 display issue in Firefox
- How to publish my page?
- Going around in circles
- Roster template question
- Cannabis (drug) protection
- Tick symbol
- My new page does not show up on Wikipedia except in my contributions
- Wikipedia Artwork
- Non-free image used in two articles, but with a rationale for only one of them
- How to spell out link to shortcut "CAT:CSD" ?
- Seeking a way to contact a person who added to a page
- Unknown File Type
- posting pdf references that do not link to an external web site
- Putting about myself
- Merging Accounts
- Noinclude showing up without explanation
- CNN Story
- How can I get my original account back?
August 27
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 27
- Lost password?
- definition for cable assembly and harness
- semi protected page
- Include my email address when other people are notified of changes I make
- Template help
- Fix infobox at Broadmoor Hospital please
- Change in policy?
- Using wikipedia articles on travel info websites
- qui
- WikiProject Discussion Pages
- Deleting an article
- How do I change the list of Alternative Medical Syatems
- Image help
- Project tags
- Stubs
- Speedy Deletion?
- Twinkle
- Should this be deleted?
- My First Question
- Mars?
- Conflicting image names
August 28
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 28
- deleting accounts
- Washington Post carries an article by the Associated Press, who is the publisher?
- Paragraph strangeness
- Ostrich
- Creating a Template for a Basketball Team Roster
- Is facebook public domain
- Getting into an Edit War with a vandal, help!
- the worst
- Creating a new Term & Definition
- Text message
- Publishing on Wikipedia
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Windows_and_Linux
- Renaming and deleting articles
- Reporting baised Wikipedia user CaliforniaAliBaba
- Three Revert Rule
- Article "Cor anglais (English horn)
- create united account for all Wiki Projects
- submitting an bio entry
- Alien Breed (band)
- Copyrighted Issues
- Stopping an automatic redirect
- money question
- Adolfo De Bareis
- Help on displaying a template correctly
- Vintage Magazines
- Sum of a column of numerical values?
- Copyright info issue
- Need the answer
- File history for images
August 29
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 29
- Editing reference with external link
- Bruce DePalma
- Mango disease
- Donation
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Br%C3%BCno
- Help in creating articles
- Two questions
- Lag
- Table, center cell only.
- Res judicata prints as iudicata
- Links to commercial websites in articles (not relevant to content).
- Try Beta
August 30
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 30
- Adoption/Mentorship
- How do I add a name to a list
- Code issues
- All Caps
- Wikipedia dumps
- Edit count
- scotland overseas bank
- Improper editing
- Merging/deleting categories
- Michael Joseph Aprile
- killer 454
- How do I link two wikipedia articles in different languages?
- Updating/Correcting Semi-Protected Pages
- Wikipedia article "Bird's Nest soup"
- Honey's Boys on Big Cat Diary
- How can I add an IMAGE to an existing bio that doesn't contain a photo?
August 31
[edit]Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 August 31
- Deleting a Page
- Table of Content
- Photography
- Deleting image
- How to ask a Question
- Suspected repeat vandalism by newish user Macgrissom
- Trademark question
- Wikipedia bio of VAdm.Theodore S. Wilkinson
- JPG link to Wikipedia Pages
- Discovery Air Inc.
- messaging members
- Table & table in template help
- Pewter
- Warning tags on Dominion Resources article
- I did not have permission to upload photo. How do I remove them?
- Just out of curiosity