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= December 30 =
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== Disambiguating the two Elizabeth Oldfield's ==
{{Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2007 June 3}}


Hi, we already have a page for the Mills and Boon author and British writer Elizabeth Oldfield: [[Elizabeth Oldfield]]
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= June 5 =
== Help me ==


I'm considering creating a page for another British writer also named Elizabeth Oldfield. Notability on basis of two independent reviews of her book Fully Alive.
I want to listen to the sports from WNUY 101.1 FM, but don't get a very good signal. It comes and goes. Can I get this station on the internet where I can listen to it?? We want to listen to the Norwell Baseball games, but can't hear most of the time. Thanks


[https://www.premierchristianity.com/reviews/fully-alive-an-honest-exploration-of-the-christian-faith/17887.article eview: Fully Alive by Elizabeth Oldfield | Premier Christianity]
Myron Ridgeway
Andrws, IN.
:I believe you might be interested in the [[WP:RD|Reference Desk]], which is considerably better qualified to answer broad knowledge questions. However, I myself have done a brief search, and I wasn't able to find a link to an internet broadcast - most stations stopped broadcasting online a few years ago due to the fact that sports venues were requiring royalties from them. [[User:The Evil Spartan|The Evil Spartan]] 00:17, 5 June 2007 (UTC)


[https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2024/17-may/books-arts/book-reviews/book-review-fully-alive-tending-to-the-soul-in-turbulent-times-by-elizabeth-oldfield Book review: Fully Alive: Tending to the soul in turbulent times by Elizabeth Oldfield]
==Image lining up==
I just inserted an image into [[Amazing Grace]] - I'm convinced the image at the top makes it look much better. But I can't figure out a why to get the lyrics below the image and not to sit to the right of it. Does anybody know a way that won't mess up the page? I will try Village pump as well. [[User:The Evil Spartan|The Evil Spartan]] 00:17, 5 June 2007 (UTC)


[https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/parenting/article/middle-class-commune-joint-accounts-noisy-sex-peckham-0jnhvhgmh Our middle-class commune (joint bank accounts, noisy sex and all)]
== James Howden ==


I'm thinking of disambiguating by making her page be Elizabeth Oldfield (podcaster), on the grounds that the Times article uses podcaster as its primary description of her. Before I go ahead, I wanted to get some feedback. Does this seem reasonable?
I want to add an entry for James Howden. He was an important Scottish innovator and businessman. The redirect for James Howden goes to James H. Howden, Canadian politician. How do I add a page for my guy?


[[User:AndyGordon|AndyGordon]] ([[User talk:AndyGordon|talk]]) 09:20, 30 December 2024 (UTC)
Thanks
[[User:Snowbound|Snowbound]] 00:35, 5 June 2007 (UTC)


:That seems to me reasonable. The disambiguation word or phrase can easily be changed later, if there's a consesnsus for something different. [[User:Maproom|Maproom]] ([[User talk:Maproom|talk]]) 14:56, 30 December 2024 (UTC)


==[[Peter Kavanagh (politician)]]==
:Create the article named [[James Howden (innovator)]] or [[James Howden (businessman)]]. ---[[User:CWY2190|CWY2190]]<sup>[[User talk:CWY2190|<font color="darkgreen">T</font>]]</sup><sup>[[Special:Contributions/CWY2190|<font color="grey">C</font>]]</sup> 00:37, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
Please check reference 6. I have done my very best with this editing - but I always get something wrong. Thank you for your guidance. [[User:Srbernadette|Srbernadette]] ([[User talk:Srbernadette|talk]]) 10:12, 30 December 2024 (UTC)
::Then you can change the [[James Howden]] redirect to be a [[WP:DAB|disambiguation page]] linking to both articles. --[[User:Strangerer|Strangerer]] <small>([[User_talk:Strangerer|Talk]])</small> 01:03, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
:Sorted, you had an access date of 30 December 20203. [[User:Theroadislong|Theroadislong]] ([[User talk:Theroadislong|talk]]) 10:32, 30 December 2024 (UTC)
:@[[User:Srbernadette|Srbernadette]] How can we ensure that you stop adding dates that are 18,000 years in the future? <span style="background-color: RoyalBlue; border-radius: 1em; padding: 3px 3px 3px 3px;">'''[[User:Qcne|<span style="color: GhostWhite">qcne</span>]]''' <small>[[User talk:Qcne|<span style="color: GhostWhite">(talk)</span>]]</small></span> 11:24, 30 December 2024 (UTC)
::Is this truly something that's a desperate immediate need for Wikipedia to attend to? Obvious [[tyop]]s like that are something that everyone has made at times, and yet for things such as numeric values (e.g. dates) also very difficult in the general case for a computer to "catch" automatically—in contrast with [[spell checking]] where it can just compare against a word dictionary. The reason ref templates have error-checking is because to err is human. (But, to really foul things up requires a computer!) [[User:Slowking Man|Slowking Man]] ([[User talk:Slowking Man|talk]]) 17:34, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
:::There's something to be said when this happens over the course of roughly a decade. —[[User:Tenryuu|<span style="color:#556B2F">Tenryuu&nbsp;🐲</span>]]&nbsp;(&nbsp;[[User talk:Tenryuu|💬]]&nbsp;•&nbsp;[[Special:Contributions/Tenryuu|📝]]&nbsp;) 17:45, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
::::If an editor wishes they can set up a [[WP:user script|user script]] to warn them before saving an edit if there is a template error on the page. And does [[WP:VisualEditor|VisualEditor]] give some kind of notice if a template is throwing errors? Otherwise, is there really much impact on things here? A bot can always go around cleaning up simple typos in the intricate template syntax that not every person has a head for. I'm not aware, is there much precedent for telling a user "you must start using these error-flagging tools or else we will restrict your account"? Seems like a discussion for someplace like [[WP:VP]] with more visibility. --[[User:Slowking Man|Slowking Man]] ([[User talk:Slowking Man|talk]]) 20:31, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
:::::My experience with VisualEditor is that it doesn't. I expect 99% of people making the same mistake over and over again to have some degree of pattern recognition, and that they would devise strategies to prevent them from happening in the future. —[[User:Tenryuu|<span style="color:#556B2F">Tenryuu&nbsp;🐲</span>]]&nbsp;(&nbsp;[[User talk:Tenryuu|💬]]&nbsp;•&nbsp;[[Special:Contributions/Tenryuu|📝]]&nbsp;) 21:35, 31 December 2024 (UTC)


== Question ==
== How to flag an image for copyright violation? ==


What if I was an admin and I wanted to resign? [[User:Gnu779|Gnu779]] ([[User talk:Gnu779|talk]]) 14:04, 30 December 2024 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Google_infiniteloop.jpg is obviously in violation of google's copyright, due to the icons used, and the copyright of whatever company google obtained the image from. How would I report this to have it removed?
:@[[User:Gnu779|Gnu779]] any admin may resign at any time by posting a message at the [[Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard|bureaucrats' noticeboard]]. See [[Wikipedia:Former administrators/reason/resigned]] for a full list (which is way longer than I thought) <span style="white-space:nowrap"><span style="font-family:monospace">'''<nowiki>'''[[</nowiki>[[User:CanonNi]]<nowiki>]]'''</nowiki>'''</span> ([[User talk:CanonNi|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/CanonNi|contribs]])</span> 14:07, 30 December 2024 (UTC)


== GA Review - How to 'Close' out the talk page? ==
:See [[Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion]] and follow the instructions. ---[[User:CWY2190|CWY2190]]<sup>[[User talk:CWY2190|<font color="darkgreen">T</font>]]</sup><sup>[[Special:Contributions/CWY2190|<font color="grey">C</font>]]</sup> 00:50, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
::Another option would be to go to [[Wikipedia:Copyright problems]] and follow the instructions for images. --[[User:Strangerer|Strangerer]] <small>([[User_talk:Strangerer|Talk]])</small> 01:07, 5 June 2007 (UTC)


I currently have two finalized GA reviews, and I am unsure how I apply the, "The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion" notice to the review's discussion to prevent it from being molested. What is the best way for me to do this?
== What does one do about objectionable usernames? ==
Happy New Year,
[[User:GGOTCC|GGOTCC]] ([[User talk:GGOTCC|talk]]) 19:29, 30 December 2024 (UTC)


:{{tl|atop}}, and {{tl|abot}}. Although, you don't have to do this. There's also a userscript that does all of the promotion/archiving for you '''[[User:Lee Vilenski|<span style="color:green">Lee Vilenski</span>]] <sup>([[User talk:Lee Vilenski|talk]] • [[Special:Contribs/Lee Vilenski|contribs]])</sup>''' 19:39, 30 December 2024 (UTC)
Do nothing?
::Thank you! [[User:GGOTCC|GGOTCC]] ([[User talk:GGOTCC|talk]]) 23:30, 30 December 2024 (UTC)


== Is there any way to "force" a specific image below "the jump" (first subhed) to be a thumbnail? ==
The user name in question is not profanity. I just don't like it because it sounds like a dictator.


Hello! Just created [[Portraits of Andrew Jackson]] and don't want to prefer one or another by including it in the lede (which is too short right now anyway). But as a mobile user I do live for our thumbnail images. Is there any secret/magical code I can use to tag one of the images to be the article's designated thumbnail while leaving it where it currently sits lower down the page? Please and thank you for helping! [[User:Jengod|jengod]] ([[User talk:Jengod|talk]]) 21:10, 30 December 2024 (UTC)
Hypothetically, would the following usernames be allowed? God, King of you idiots, Me smart others dumb, etc.
:{{ping|Jengod}} [[:mw:Extension:PageImages#How does it select images?]] says: "If $wgPageImagesLeadSectionOnly is true, only images in the lead section will be considered. This is true for Wikipedia projects only; all other projects can pull images from outside the lead." This cannot be overridden. It may be possible to trick the extension by having image code in the lead but wrapped in something which prevents a browser from actually rendering the image. However, I would oppose such shenanigans. If you want a page image then just place it in the lead. [[User:PrimeHunter|PrimeHunter]] ([[User talk:PrimeHunter|talk]]) 21:55, 30 December 2024 (UTC)
::Excellent information! I will not shenaniganize, but I might eventually read a book or two and expand the lede so there's room for me to drop in a favorite or three. TYSM @[[User:PrimeHunter|PrimeHunter]]! {{resolved}} [[User:Jengod|jengod]] ([[User talk:Jengod|talk]]) 22:02, 30 December 2024 (UTC)


= December 31 =
:Yes. Of course. I once saw someone using Youth In Asia. I thought that far worse than any you mentioned. --[[User:Kainaw|Kainaw]] <small><sup>[[User_talk:Kainaw|(talk)]]</sup></small> 01:31, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
==[[Peter Kavanagh (politician)]]==
Reference number 5 is wrong - I have failed again. Please fix; I (or the team I am on) will not be attempting to edit next year - 2025. Thanks you and my apologies again[[User:Srbernadette|Srbernadette]] ([[User talk:Srbernadette|talk]]) 00:26, 31 December 2024 (UTC)


:See [[WP:RFCN]] and [[WP:U]]. [[User:Anchoress|Anchoress]] 01:34, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
:[[Special:Diff/1266299963|✅]] [[User:Folly Mox|Folly Mox]] ([[User talk:Folly Mox|talk]]) 00:35, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
::''Again'', {{u|Srbernadette}}, you wrote 2024 as 20244. Why is it that you cannot see and correct such obvious errors on your own? [[User:Cullen328|Cullen328]] ([[User talk:Cullen328|talk]]) 01:19, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
:::Could it be that your keyboard is jamming? -- [[User:DandelionAndBurdock|D'n'B]]-''[[User_talk:DandelionAndBurdock|📞]]'' -- 12:09, 31 December 2024 (UTC)


== Looking for any policies and guidelines on Portals? ==
== china ==


I feel like the answer will be obvious when someone says it, but where are the guidelines or policies on portals? [[Wikipedia:Portal]] is an info page with a banner from five years ago saying it needs to be updated. I looked around but only see [[WP:POG]], a failed proposal. Other non-article content has a guideline that at least defines what should be kept or deleted. Is there an equivalent to [[Wikipedia:Redirect/Deletion reasons]] somewhere for Portals? [[User:Rjjiii|<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Rjj<sup>iii</sup></span>]] ([[User talk:Rjjiii|talk]]) 04:19, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
what is the characteristic,advantage and disadvantage of planned economy at china.


:The sort of "realist" answer is few people care about portals and they're neglected. A glance at [[WT:Portal|the talk page there]] will indicate that the answer to your query appears to be "nowhere really". WP is a volunteer shindig and so if no one works on a thing it just doesn't happen. --[[User:Slowking Man|Slowking Man]] ([[User talk:Slowking Man|talk]]) 02:35, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
:Post this on [[WP:Reference desk]]. The Help desk is for questions about the use of Wikipedia. ---[[User:CWY2190|CWY2190]]<sup>[[User talk:CWY2190|<font color="darkgreen">T</font>]]</sup><sup>[[Special:Contributions/CWY2190|<font color="grey">C</font>]]</sup> 02:15, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
::Gotcha, thanks, [[User:Rjjiii|<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Rjj<sup>iii</sup></span>]] ([[User talk:Rjjiii|talk]]) 21:46, 1 January 2025 (UTC)


==[[Iris Sheila Collenette]]==
== Posting Images You Took With Your Own Camera ==
I have added a file from commons and is far too big. please fix if you can. You could correctly caption it: "Pickenham Hall, Norfolk, home of Collenette's mother" - Thanks [[User:Srbernadette|Srbernadette]] ([[User talk:Srbernadette|talk]]) 07:19, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
:{{Done}} with [[Special:Diff/1266378437|this edit]]. -- [[User:John of Reading|John of Reading]] ([[User talk:John of Reading|talk]]) 08:50, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
::{{u|Srbernadette}}, that article entirely fails to explain why this English gentlewoman ended up as an expert on the flowers of Saudi Arabia. Why is that? [[User:Cullen328|Cullen328]] ([[User talk:Cullen328|talk]]) 09:00, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
:::{{u|Srbernadette|John of Reading}}, I don't believe that Pickenham Hall, Norfolk was the home of Collenette's mother, she married in 1923 (Burke's Peerage 1934 via Google books) then Collenette's mother's father "JOHN SMITH MORETON , of Pickenham Hall , Nor- folk ... purchased the Pickenham and Houghton - on - the - Hill estates in 1924" ((Burke's Landed Gentry 1939 via Google books).
:::{{u|Cullen328}}, Srbernadette didn't write the article so they may not know much about Collenette's biography. [[User:TSventon|TSventon]] ([[User talk:TSventon|talk]]) 15:07, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
::::Thanks for pointing that out, {{u|TSventon}}. [[User:Cullen328|Cullen328]] ([[User talk:Cullen328|talk]]) 19:13, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
:::::{{u|Cullen328}}, the article is still very short, but I have added a sentence saying that Collenette visited Saudi Arabia while her husband was working there. [[User:TSventon|TSventon]] ([[User talk:TSventon|talk]]) 22:45, 31 December 2024 (UTC)


== How to change username? ==
[[User:24.218.183.113|24.218.183.113]] 02:25, 5 June 2007 (UTC) June 4, 2007 - Suppose you didn't have the copyright for radio station logos but you took a picture of the outside of the radio station with a digital camera you own. Suppose that wasn't the station logo but it was a sign for the studios. In short, what if you have a picture you took with your own camera? Would you have to be a registered user of Wikipedia to post it on your article? Also, would there be a chance you still wouldn't own the copyright to that image even if it isn't of something like a bumper sticker? Or, let's say you snapped a photograph of a town center to a very rural town where there are very few photographs available on the Internet: like Littleton or Lancaster, New Hampshire. They are high quality images and they are YOUR OWN! Would it be legal to offer your own picture, so long as it's an original angle and picture and no such replicas exist? Thank you for taking the time to read about this concern of mine.


Is there any way to change my username? I don’t really like it. [[User:Cometkeiko|Cometkeiko]] ([[User talk:Cometkeiko|talk]]) 07:24, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
:I'm sure someone else can confirm this, but any images YOU take can be uploaded and used on Wikipedia. ---[[User:CWY2190|CWY2190]]<sup>[[User talk:CWY2190|<font color="darkgreen">T</font>]]</sup><sup>[[Special:Contributions/CWY2190|<font color="grey">C</font>]]</sup> 03:04, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
:Yes. See [[WP:UNC]] [[User:Meters|Meters]] ([[User talk:Meters|talk]]) 07:27, 31 December 2024 (UTC)


== Using edit summary to let out personal feelings ==
:Depending on what you photograph, though, there can be a grey area. See, for example, [[Wikipedia:Copyright FAQ#Derivative works]]. Basically, if there can be shown to be some "creative effort" involved in taking the photo (e.g. of a statue or building), then it's generally safe, but "slavish copying" (e.g. of an existing picture, or probably even bumper sticker) would not be good enough. That's my reading of it, at least (although that section deals with whether you can apply copyright to pictures of something in public domain, and it may be different if you're trying to apply a free license to a picture of something copyrighted - IANAL). [[User:ConMan|Confusing Manifestation]] 04:03, 5 June 2007 (UTC)


How to deal with a user who undid an edit then uses edit summary to just explicitly let know their personal feelings over a [[constructive criticism]] like [[Special:Permalink/1266366734|this one]] then restoring it back? I've been avoiding that user since we were blocked for an edit war but they keep coming to my edits I've made (be it on an article or on my talk page). [[User:D.18th|<b style="color:#008080; text-shadow:0.1em 0.2em 0.1em #FFF8E7">𝙳.𝟷𝟾𝚝𝚑</b>]] [[User talk:D.18th|<b style="color:#008080; text-shadow:0.1em 0.2em 0.1em #FFF8E7"><small>(𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚔)</small></b>]] 08:27, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
== help ==


:My personal suggestion is that if their comments or behavior bother you, but they're not impacting ''the enyclopedia'' ([[WP:PURPOSE|the reason why we are all here]]) much at all, to just ignore it, since, does it really matter in the grand scheme of things? If someone is causing trouble impacting numerous editors, they will attract attention and people will "do something about them" sooner or later. If you find editing Wikipedia to be causing stress, a good first step is always to take a short break, do something else that you enjoy, take a walk outside to decompress, anything you might find enjoyable. Wikipedia isn't a job or obligation and [[WP:there is no deadline|there is no deadline]]. Also might want to try switching gears and editing some other areas: [[WP:TASKS|there are plenty of tasks to do]] and who knows, you may even find some of them interesting! {{=)}}
how do i create a wikipedia entry/page?
:{{br}}
:(It wouldn't be very challenging to have a [[WP:userscript|userscript]] that "ignores" a user, by just "collapsing" their edits in edit history and on talk pages into something like "1 edit hidden, click to expand". Someone might even have already made one along those lines; if interested you can go looking at what's out there. If not I could take a stab at it if it's something someone might find useful.) [[User:Slowking Man|Slowking Man]] ([[User talk:Slowking Man|talk]]) 17:26, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
::Well I've been doing that this past few days but when I would come back here to edit a content of an article to make it better, that other user would undo it then put something on edit unrelated to why they undid it then restored back to how I edited it, like "what's the point for undoing it then restoring it back?" Anyways, thanks for those tips, and I will find and use that userscript you suggested. Cheers and happy new year! [[User:D.18th|<b style="color:#008080; text-shadow:0.1em 0.2em 0.1em #FFF8E7">𝙳.𝟷𝟾𝚝𝚑</b>]] [[User talk:D.18th|<b style="color:#008080; text-shadow:0.1em 0.2em 0.1em #FFF8E7"><small>(𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚔)</small></b>]] 20:35, 31 December 2024 (UTC)


== A user desperate for a war again ==
:[[Wikipedia:Your first article]] should help--<font face="comic sans ms">[[User talk:SUIT|<font color="gold">'''$U'''</font><font color="silver">'''IT'''</font>]]</font> 03:46, 5 June 2007 (UTC)


How to deal with a user looks really desperate to declared a war to me again. This [[Special:Permalink/1266366228|edit summary]] is so sensitive to me, and no longer normal for me. I want to go in that user talk page to give some advise but i know this user will lastly revert my edit and said "Vandalism", so what i do is just leave it on the edit summary. Everything i do on this Wikipedia, this user will always appear, like a few months ago, i've created a several draft that is ready to published but in the end all of it is just useless because the all of the mainspace is created by this user, like i didn't even get any chance for my only interest topic in this Wikipedia. <span id="Aidillia:1735633845995:WikipediaFTTCLNHelp_desk" class="FTTCmt"> —&nbsp;<span style="font-family:Cursive">[[User:Aidillia|<span style="color:#DA1884">Aidillia</span>]]<sup>([[User talk:Aidillia|talk]])</sup></span> 08:30, 31 December 2024 (UTC)</span>
== I want to be deleted ==
:Hello, {{u|Aidillia}}. No editor can possibly cause another editor to engage in [[WP:EW|Edit warring]]. That is literally impossible. Edit warring is ''entirely'' the responsibility of the editor or editors who choose to engage in edit warring, which is a blockable offense forbidden by policy. Nobody is forced to click the blue "Publish changes" button. So, ''always'' refuse to engage in edit warring, which is forbidden by policy, which bears repeating. There are many [[WP:DR|Dispute resolution]] procedures available to you, which should be used instead. [[User:Cullen328|Cullen328]] ([[User talk:Cullen328|talk]]) 08:50, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
::Ok thanks. I will have a look at it soon. <span style="font-family:Cursive">[[User:Aidillia|<span style="color:#DA1884">Aidillia</span>]]<sup>([[User talk:Aidillia|talk]])</sup></span> 09:07, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
:Also you might want to take a look at [[WP:NFF]] as this article itself is potentially a candidate for deletion as there has not been significant coverage of this future film. [[User:Tiggerjay|<span style='color:DarkOrange'>'''Tigger'''</span>'''Jay''']]&thinsp;[[User talk:Tiggerjay|<span style="font-size:85%;color:Purple">(talk)</span>]] 20:36, 31 December 2024 (UTC)


== I've created [[:Category:Books about Australian rules football]] ==
User [[User:Corvus cornix]] has no regard for content over photo issues and I want my contribution to [[Charlie Christian]] deleted and want my [[user:Erviltnec]] page deleted. I forgot to log in...[[User:64.24.4.167|64.24.4.167]] 04:17, 5 June 2007 (UTC)Now, this is me: If content is not all-important this work is sure to fail. [[User:Erviltnec|Erviltnec]] 04:20, 5 June 2007 (UTC)


Hi all,
:I can see you've been involved in a content dispute, and from what little I've looked at you seem to be at least slightly in the right. I would really urge you to reconsider, especially since (a) your contributions can't be deleted since they've been released under the GFDL and edited since then, (b) there are avenues for [[Wikipedia:Resolving disputes|dispute resolution]], which is what seems to be needed here (at least you did try to speak to the user directly, which was a good start even if they didn't seem to listen). However, if you really decide to go, hopefully someone will do what they can to meet your request. [[User:ConMan|Confusing Manifestation]] 04:24, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
::Please explain how violations of fair use make this user in the right? Please explain how his repeated personal attacks make him in the right? [[User:Corvus cornix|Corvus cornix]] 15:34, 5 June 2007 (UTC)


I've created [[:Category:Books about Australian rules football]] which is pretty obviously wrong, and *I don't know how to fix it*.
* Can it be restored to my last edit, and blocked for a few days?[[User:Erviltnec|Erviltnec]] 04:27, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
**You do have the [[m:Right to vanish]] and your userpages can be deleted, just put {{tl|db-userreq}} on them and an admin will delete them. <font color="maroon">[[User:Mr.Z-man|Mr.Z-man]]</font>'''<small>[[User talk:Mr.Z-man|talk]]</small>''<font color="navy" face="cursive">[[Special:Contributions/Mr.Z-man|¢]]</font>''''' 04:30, 5 June 2007 (UTC)


Yep I'm an [[:WP:ADMIN]] with about 58K edits, but also someone who knows their limitations - in this case I'm teh WP:CIR when it comes to templates.
== c# program ==


Could someone who groks template coding possibly step in here and fix it up?
write a program to create an interface "mathematics",having different member variable and function for adding,subtracting,dividing and multiplying two numbers and implement the above interface in a class


Pete AU aka [[User:Shirt58|Shirt58]] ([[User talk:Shirt58|talk]]) 🦘 10:45, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
:See the article on [[C Sharp|C#]], ask on the [[WP:CHD|Computing reference desk]] and '''do your own homework'''. [[User:ConMan|Confusing Manifestation]] 06:54, 5 June 2007 (UTC)


:Hi, {{u|Shirt58}}! Please look at the category page and see if it looks like what you expected. :) --[[User:CiaPan|CiaPan]] ([[User talk:CiaPan|talk]]) 11:03, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
== charging ==
:PS. I'm afraid I do not understand what you mean about templates. Do you want some template to be added to the category page? It gets done exactly the same way as in regular articles. --[[User:CiaPan|CiaPan]] ([[User talk:CiaPan|talk]]) 11:05, 31 December 2024 (UTC)


::I usually try to find and adapt a similar existing category. I have checked [[:Category:Books about American football]] and added two more categories. [[User:TSventon|TSventon]] ([[User talk:TSventon|talk]]) 11:25, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
Will you charge us?
:::And thank you to everyone who has replied here and fixed that up. For reference, I've sometimes described myself as a "non-technical" admin. By that I mean I have pretty much no clue whatsoever about the questions that come in at [[:Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)]]. [[User:Shirt58|Shirt58]] ([[User talk:Shirt58|talk]]) 🦘 10:42, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
:For what? Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia open to all users. [[User:E|<span style="color:#000066;font-weight:bold">E</span>]] <sup>[[User talk:E|<span style="color:#ED9121">talk</span>]]</sup> 06:29, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
::Yes - we shall lead with our [[cavalry]], led by [[Jimbo]] astride a donkey, screaming incoherently like a Tyrannosaurus and waving a plank with a nail in the end. [[User:Neil|<span style="text-decoration:none; font-family: cursive ;color: #006600">Neil</span>]]&nbsp;[[User_talk:Neil|<span style="text-decoration:none; color: #006600"><big>╦</big></span>]] 12:39, 5 June 2007 (UTC)


== Template edit help needed on [[Template:Ice hockey team roster/sandbox]] ==
== [[Hoodia]] ==


I'm editing {{tl|Ice hockey team roster/sandbox}}, trying to add a new column, but have it only show if a parameter equals "yes".
Hi. In article [[Hoodia]], in the section [[Hoodia#Species|Species]] there is a "Hoodia gordonii" - linked, but "Hoodia gordonii" isn't an article, but redirect to the... main "Hoodia" article. So, from "Hoodia" we are transfered to "Hoodia" again. I think the redirect from "Hoodia gordonii" should be deleted. Greeteings from Poland, [[User:Arek1979|Arek1979]] 09:07, 5 June 2007 (UTC).
:Thanks Arek (or dzienkuje bardzo) - fixed! [[User:Neil|<span style="text-decoration:none; font-family: cursive ;color: #006600">Neil</span>]]&nbsp;[[User_talk:Neil|<span style="text-decoration:none; color: #006600"><big>╦</big></span>]] 12:37, 5 June 2007 (UTC)


My test implementation using this new column is currently at [[User:MikeVitale/sandbox]]. I'm basing the code I added to the Ice hockey team roster sandbox off of {{tl|CIH schedule start}}, which I'm familiar with the usage of.
== About abuses from Greek wiki. ==


My end goal here is to combine {{tl|Player7}} into {{tl|Player4}} (love those descriptive names), and eventually TfD both Player7 and {{tl|Ice hockey minor league team roster}}. --[[User:MikeVitale|<span style="color: #ce6300; background: #fff">Mike</span>]][[User_talk:MikeVitale|<span style="color: #fff; background: #ce6300;">Vitale</span>]] 15:06, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
Dear sir,
:{{ping|MikeVitale}} I have encoded a pipe as <code><nowiki>{{!}}</nowiki></code> [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Template:Ice_hockey_team_roster/sandbox&diff=prev&oldid=1266466569] so it isn't interpreted as a separator between parameters to <code>#ifeq</code>. [[User:PrimeHunter|PrimeHunter]] ([[User talk:PrimeHunter|talk]]) 19:32, 31 December 2024 (UTC)


== Finding a taxonomic error over 100 years old while doing research for an article ==


What the title says. How should I properly address it in the article, given that it seems to have flown under the radar of actual experts? I'm working on an article on ''Eoscorpius'', an extinct genus of scorpion from the Paleozoic Era first described in 1868, but it appears that some experts used the name, unaware that it was already taken, to describe an extinct Miocene fish of the family [[Cottidae]] in 1919. No one seems to have noticed this mistake, and there exist rather recent articles on the two very different organisms using the same genus name. Even the [[Paleobiology Database]] is confused; it lists ''Eoscorpius primaevus'', intended as the name of a fish, with the rest of the ''Eoscorpius'' species, which are actual scorpions (that was actually what led me to first notice something was off, when I saw that the supposed different species of the same genus were separated by hundreds of millions of years). Anyway, that's my situation. What can I do to address it without falling into original research territory? [[:User:An anonymous username, not my real name|<span class="tmpl-colored-link {{#if:|mw-no-invert|}}" style="color: #48717A ; text-decoration: inherit;">'''''Anonymous'''''</span>]] 20:05, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
We are running an organisation for the protection of pedestrians' rights in Greece. We have created a movement called "streetpanthers" and we would like to have our organisation in the Greek version of Wikipedia. However, the moderator has erased our entry without having any specific reason. In addition, ther are similar entries into the english version such as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_Mass.


:It seems to me that you can note that the Eoscorpius described by one source is a fish and that described by the other source is a scorpion, and rely on [[WP:BLUE|common knowledge]] that these are different taxa to comment that these uses are inconsistent, but you should not attempt to resolve the inconsistency, or even to account for it, if you have no source that discusses the inconsistency. [[User:ColinFine|ColinFine]] ([[User talk:ColinFine|talk]]) 20:33, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
:ColinFine's advice is right-on. After that, you may want to contact a [[taxonomist]] or two, probably ones with expertise in the [[Paleozoic]]. Who knows, you just might wind up getting co-author credit on a scientific paper! --[[User:Slowking Man|Slowking Man]] ([[User talk:Slowking Man|talk]]) 23:56, 31 December 2024 (UTC)


::@[[User:ColinFine]] and @[[User:Slowking Man]], [[Eoscorpius|here's how I ended up writing the article]]. I did my best to lay out the facts without putting forward my own interpretation. I also have reached out to an official source, so we'll see how that goes. [[:User:An anonymous username, not my real name|<span class="tmpl-colored-link {{#if:|mw-no-invert|}}" style="color: #48717A ; text-decoration: inherit;">'''''Anonymous'''''</span>]] 17:40, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
We would like to know why our movement has been erased from the Greek wiki, with the reasonin that an encyclopedia shall not deal with such issues, while it contains say...pop artists bio and other stuff which is not also so educational as our topic.
:::That looks like the best you can do, @[[User:An anonymous username, not my real name|An anonymous username, not my real name]]. Note that any personal communication you receive from an "official source" will not be usable on Wikipedia. A note in a reputable journal, however, would be citable. [[User:ColinFine|ColinFine]] ([[User talk:ColinFine|talk]]) 18:12, 1 January 2025 (UTC)


== Subheading alignment ==


Would someone please advise how to get the 'See also' header on [[Wartling]] to align to the left. I've noticed this occurring on a few articles - adding an additional blank line usually fixes it, but for some reason not here. [[User:Rupples|Rupples]] ([[User talk:Rupples|talk]]) 20:28, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
We would like to know your views on this.
:I added clear template before "See also" section, and it seems ok when I view the article. Is this what you wanted? [[User:Cmr08|Cmr08]] ([[User talk:Cmr08|talk]]) 20:36, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
::Excellent. Thank you very much, @[[User:Cmr08|Cmr08]], I'll try and remember this in future. [[User:Rupples|Rupples]] ([[User talk:Rupples|talk]]) 20:41, 31 December 2024 (UTC)


= January 1 =
Kind Regards


== About cladograms on Arabic script ==
Chris Mantas


Hello everyone, can someone help me to figure out what is the issue I can't create a correct cladogram on Arabic script? The issue is the branches are reversed. And thanks. [[User:سنوببي|سنوببي]] ([[User talk:سنوببي|talk]]) 00:26, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
<e-mail removed>
:Hah, that's got to be an issue related to [[right-to-left]] text handling; on a page in an RTL language such as Arabic, the Web browser will dutifully flip ''everything'' by default. So you have to engage in some template wizardry so it doesn't flip the non-text elements of the cladogram. The place you want is [[WP:VPT|Tech village pump]], where you are likely to find help from editors experienced with Wikipedia's esoteric syntax. Hopefully that helps. --[[User:Slowking Man|Slowking Man]] ([[User talk:Slowking Man|talk]]) 02:43, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
:We have no jurisdiction at the Greek Wikipedia, so we have little affiliation with the Greek administration. My best guess is that they believed that your organization was non-notable. However, it would be better to ask the deleting administrator. [[User:Sean William|Sean William]] [[User talk:Sean William|@]] 12:09, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
::I don't know the rules for the Greek Wikipedia, but the English Wikipedia "suffers" to some extent from the same consequence of the requirement for [[WP:RS|reliable sources]]: it's fairly easy to find reliable sources for many topics that seem frivolous (e.g., [[Paris Hilton]]) and not so easy to find reliable sources for many topics that seem worthwhile to various people. For example, in the subject of [[bicycling]], it is easy to find reliable sources about elite professional racing cyclists, and less easy to find reliable sources about the sort of bicycling most people actually do. Which is to say, a lot of encyclopedic content is not necessarily [[WP:USEFUL|useful]]. If you want your useful content to appear on a Wikipedia, first you must persuade at least one author of those elusive reliable sources to write your content. The idea on Wikipedia is that we only write what has already been reliably written elsewhere.
::Fortunately, [[List of wikis|there are many wikis]]. If the Greek Wikipedia does not want your content, you can [http://www.wikiindex.org/index.php?title=Welcome find another wiki]. See: [[WP:WWMPD#If all else fails, try another wiki]]. You can develop your content on another wiki, and if you get it into encyclopedic shape, you can try again on one of the Wikipedias. --[[User:Teratornis|Teratornis]] 17:26, 5 June 2007 (UTC)


==[[Tom Taylor (Yorkshire cricketer)]]==
== Page Move - GFDL question ==
Reference number 2 does not have the name of the year it (a medical journal) was published which is 1921. Please fix this up. I have failed. I'm sorry and that's it from me. [[User:Srbernadette|Srbernadette]] ([[User talk:Srbernadette|talk]]) 02:09, 1 January 2025 (UTC)


::I was about to fix it, but [[User:Citation_bot]] beat me too it. There was a line break (ie enter/return on the keyboard) in the middle of the title element of the cite web reference.
A user recently [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Sixtusbarra&diff=prev&oldid=135989205 moved a page], then [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Sixtusbarra&diff=next&oldid=135989205 made the new page into a redirect to the old], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Sexbierum&diff=prev&oldid=135989484 copy/pasted the text] back into the original title. The result is that the article is still on the original page, but the history is now on the new page. Is this something that should be reverted, or is the article's history being on the redirect acceptable? --[[User:Onorem|Onorem]][[User talk:Onorem|Dil]] 12:22, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
:[[User:Tiggerjay|<span style='color:DarkOrange'>'''Tigger'''</span>'''Jay''']]&thinsp;[[User talk:Tiggerjay|<span style="font-size:85%;color:Purple">(talk)</span>]] 03:09, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
:That sort of thing has to be cleaned up by an administrator, which can be a really big pain. I'll see what I can do. [[User:Sean William|Sean William]] [[User talk:Sean William|@]] 12:23, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
::Thanks. I didn't think it was supposed to stay like that, but wasn't sure if having the proper page move in there created enough of a record to be able to follow back to the history. --[[User:Onorem|Onorem]][[User talk:Onorem|Dil]] 12:28, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
:::If you come across this sort of thing in the future, you can alert administrators by placing {{tlx|db-histmerge|''page cut-and-pasted from''}} on the page cut-and-pasted to. --[[User:ais523|ais523]] 16:44, 5 June 2007 ([[User:ais523|U]][[User talk:ais523|T]][[Special:Contributions/Ais523|C]])


== Europe-wide IEC 60309 system ==
== What's my email address? ==


The application for newspapers.com asks for:
"The email for your account on the partner's website"
What is the correct format in this case? [[User:Humphrey Tribble|Humpster]] ([[User talk:Humphrey Tribble|talk]]) 08:37, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
:This is beyond the scope of the Help desk, as it involves an external website.--'''''[[User:ianmacm|<span style="background:#88b;color:#cff;font-variant:small-caps">♦Ian<span style="background:#99c">Ma<span style="background:#aad">c</span></span>M♦</span>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ianmacm|(talk to me)]]</sup>''''' 08:40, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
::{{ping|ianmacm}} I think this relates to an application to use newspapers.com via [[Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Library]] at https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/applications/apply/26/ .
::{{ping|Humphrey Tribble}} have you tried example@example.com? If that doesn't work, Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Library has a talk page. [[User:TSventon|TSventon]] ([[User talk:TSventon|talk]]) 09:20, 1 January 2025 (UTC)


== Language links ==
We would like to ask where we can get the email address of EUROPE-WIDE IEC 60309 SYSTEM which has selling the product 3P+N+E (THREE PHASE WITH NEUTRAL ) and HAS A CURRENT RATING AVAILABLES ARE 16 A, 32 A, 63 A, 125 A And 200 A. This following products posted here.


Is there a setting in user preferences to change the language links to appear in alphabetical order, all in same page? Now only a few language links to other Wikipedias are displayed. This started when I logged out, and I have not found yet ability to change it back. --[[User:40bus|40bus]] ([[User talk:40bus|talk]]) 15:09, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
Please email the answer to


:{{ping|40bus}} go to preferences, then to appearance and untick the compact language list option at the bottom of the list. I use Vector legacy skin, I don't know if that affects preferences. [[User:TSventon|TSventon]] ([[User talk:TSventon|talk]]) 15:44, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
Thanks,
:: I now removed the option. I had looked through that page many times and didn't see it. --[[User:40bus|40bus]] ([[User talk:40bus|talk]]) 18:24, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
lut


== Contacting sources ==
removed e-mail [[User:Perry-mankster|Perry-mankster]] 14:01, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
:This page is for questions about Wikipedia itself. I would suggest a [http://www.google.com Google search]. -- [[User:Kesh|Kesh]] 02:51, 6 June 2007 (UTC)


I created this [[Draft:Millennium Force's effects|draft]] article and it was declined. (I understand why it was declined --- I mistakenly used [[No original research|Original Research]] and had a severe lack of secondary sources; also [[Wikipedia:The answer to life, the universe, and everything|WP:42]]) If I requested a reliable source to write about the said information, or at least part of it, could I in turn use it for citations and references? Thanks! [[User:Therguy10|<span style="color:blue;">'''Therguy10'''</span>]] ([[User talk:Therguy10|talk]]) 18:47, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
==Fair use images==
:Sorry, no. All our sources must be '''''published''''' by some [[:WP:RS|reliable source]] which exercised editorial control and judgement. So their writing an e-mail to you, or even publishing it on their blog, is generally not going to meet our need for verifiable information. --19:59, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
What's the tag for getting fair use images not to show up in categories as previews, but just as inline links? [[User:WilyD|Wily]]<font color="FF8800">[[User talk:WilyD|D]]</font> 13:56, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
*You can use <nowiki>__NOGALLERY__</nowiki> on the category description page. --[[User:Strangerer|Strangerer]] <small>([[User_talk:Strangerer|Talk]])</small> 14:09, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
:*Does this mean I can't mix fair use and free images in a single category? Lame ... but alright, I'll try it. Thanks. [[User:WilyD|Wily]]<font color="FF8800">[[User talk:WilyD|D]]</font> 14:12, 5 June 2007 (UTC)


== 'Save page' button not appearing ==
== Proper image license for photo of murdered child? ==


The 'Save page' button is missing when I try to create a new page. This happens whether I create a new article directly, or create it in the Special:Mypage/ format. I'm using Chrome on an iMac, OS is Ventura 13.7.1. Same issue happens in Firefox. [[User:Whiterabbit6|Whiterabbit6]] ([[User talk:Whiterabbit6|talk]]) 21:44, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
[[:Image:Cecilia.jpg]]


:The button actually says "publish changes", it no longer says "save". [[User:331dot|331dot]] ([[User talk:331dot|talk]]) 21:45, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
As prompted by a bot, I added the fair use rationale to this image of Cecilia Zhang, a girl who was murdered in Toronto. The image is included in the article about her killer, [[Min Chen]]. What fair use template should I use? Currently, I'm using "Non-free promotional", however it just seems ugly to classify a missing child in the same category as a product promo shot. Is there any like templates for the deceased? -- [[User:Zanimum|Zanimum]] 14:29, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
::Thanks! Various instructions within Wikipedia itself refer to using the 'Save page' button, that's why I was confused. [[User:Whiterabbit6|Whiterabbit6]] ([[User talk:Whiterabbit6|talk]]) 21:57, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
*You could use <nowiki>{{Fair use in|Min Chen}}</nowiki> when other templates don't apply. --[[User:Strangerer|Strangerer]] <small>([[User_talk:Strangerer|Talk]])</small> 14:52, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
:::The pages which say "save" meaning "publish changes" should be updated. I fixed one [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Article_Feedback_Tool/Editing&diff=prev&oldid=1266709310 here]. [[User:TSventon|TSventon]] ([[User talk:TSventon|talk]]) 22:08, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
:::Please feel free to [[WP:BOLD|BOLDLY]] edit those or post them here for others to correct. [[User:Tiggerjay|<span style='color:DarkOrange'>'''Tigger'''</span>'''Jay''']]&thinsp;[[User talk:Tiggerjay|<span style="font-size:85%;color:Purple">(talk)</span>]] 23:59, 1 January 2025 (UTC)


== Antediluvian Crop Tool ==
== restrict searches and randomness to "featured content" only ==


Can somebody please install a working crop tool so we can '''crop pictures easily''' but leave all the meta data and attribution etc, merely adding a suffix cropped or cropped_ver1 etc? Meanwhile, can someone drop by my talk page and leave instructions. This should be much easier. I'd also like to use photoshop to fix the contrast etc., on existing photos, but I imagine that won't be allowed. Thanks [[User:Billyshiverstick|Billyshiverstick]] ([[User talk:Billyshiverstick|talk]]) 23:23, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
Is there a way to query (via google or otherwise) for the "meta" tag in WP articles, in order to restrict searches to "featured articles" only? Also, is there a way to constrain the "random article" feature to get only featured articles? [[User:Dreftymac|dr.ef.tymac]] 14:34, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
*Hm, I'm not sure how to search within just Featured Articles; maybe someone else knows if there is a tool that can help do that. You can look at [[:Category:FA-Class articles]] if you want to just browse Featured Articles. --[[User:Strangerer|Strangerer]] <small>([[User_talk:Strangerer|Talk]])</small> 14:55, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
:I don't think there's a way. You can look through archives of "Today's featured article" because the distribution of such articles is essentially random. [[User:69.201.182.76|69.201.182.76]] 16:39, 5 June 2007 (UTC)


:[[User:Billyshiverstick|Billyshiverstick]] I believe that the crop tool is at [[:Commons:Commons:CropTool]] on Commons, which is a separate project, so you could ask at [[:Commons:Commons talk:CropTool]]. There may be practical reasons that the tool does not currently do what you want it to do. [[User:TSventon|TSventon]] ([[User talk:TSventon|talk]]) 23:31, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
== Placing an image in an info box ==


= January 2 =
I want to place the picture of Beckman High into the Beckman high page, but i don't know how to place the image in the info box. or perhaps the gray box is not called an info box?

nevermind I got it. Thanks![[User:Ihertyou|Ihertyou]] 15:26, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

== images how to insert to pages ==

Can I please have the code. --[[User:Coallen|Coallen]] 15:30, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

: To add an image to an article simply add <nowiki>[[Image:Example.jpg|100px|right]]</nowiki> to an article, when doing this replace the ''Example.jpg'' with the image name you have uploaded via [[Special:Upload]] and you can change the ''100px'' field &mdash; the higher this number is the larger the image will appear, you can also change the ''right'' field so if you want it to display on the left hand side of the page you would add '''left''' instead. Hope that helps! <font face="Trebuchet MS"><font color="2E82F4">[[User:The Sunshine Man|'''The Sunshine''']]</font> <font color="2E82F4">[[User talk:The Sunshine Man|'''Man''']]</font></font> 15:44, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

== Can't create article ==

Hi:

I attempted to create a new article, but failed. I read all the instructions, the FAQs, the various Wikipedia pages and still failed.

I created an account.
I logged into the account.
When I clicked "create page" (I couldn't find "create articel"), I was cycled back to pages I'd already seen.

Sorry to be so dense.

What am I missing?

Thanks for your help.
Ric Holt (account Holt) {{unsigned|66.82.9.44}}

:Somehow you're not logged in. I see no edits by the account Holt, altho it does exist. Try logging in again, I'd say. [[User:Friday|Friday]] [[User talk:Friday|(talk)]] 16:02, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

::Try a couple of things. Suppose the name of your proposed article is "Balderdash". Type Balderdash into the search box at the left. You should see a redlink saying that the article does not exist. Click on it, and an edit window will open where you can create the article. Note that you need to have an account at least four days old.
::If that doesn't work, try [[Wikipedia:Articles for creation]]. [[User:69.201.182.76|69.201.182.76]] 16:37, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
The account does not have to be 4 days old, any account is OK, for future reference. [[User:GDonato|GDonato]] ([[User talk:GDonato|talk]]) 18:21, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

== new message alert won't go away ==

I recently edited a page as an unregistered user. My changes were edited and now a new message alert appears at the top of every page I visit. I have read the message and want the alert to go away. It does not refer to a new message any more. How do I do this?

(I've since registered as a user, but would still like an answer, because I don't always want to log in when I look at Wikipedia.) {{unsigned|144.171.207.28}}
:This is a bug in the software (sometimes the new-messages banner won't come up for users without an account, sometimes it won't go away). See [[bugzilla:9213]] for more details. Nobody seems to be sure what's causing it at the moment. --[[User:ais523|ais523]] 16:15, 5 June 2007 ([[User:ais523|U]][[User talk:ais523|T]][[Special:Contributions/Ais523|C]])
::Yeah, I have the same problem. [[User:69.201.182.76|69.201.182.76]] 16:33, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

== Science search ==

how do i make a science search

:You start by specifying what you mean by "science search." If you have a question about a scientific topic, you could try [[Help:Search|searching Wikipedia]] for it. You could search the [[World Wide Web]] with [[Google Search]]. You could ask a [[reference librarian]] at your local [[library]]. You could ask your question on the [[WP:RD|Reference desk]]. If, instead, you are asking how to set up a [[vertical search]] on science topics, that would probably require you to have some [[computer programming]] skills, unless you can find someone or some [[search engine]] with such a search already set up that you can use. --[[User:Teratornis|Teratornis]] 17:31, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

== Trademarks ==

How does Wikipedia recognize Trademarks within the articles, such as "Coca-Cola" or "Pepsi". Why are there no Trademark symbols within articles? Thanks! {{unsigned|TheBackpack}}
:See [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (trademarks)]]. [[User:PrimeHunter|PrimeHunter]] 17:06, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
::One particularly amusing feature here is that the Wikimedia Foundation prefer people to say Wikipedia®, but due to the Manual of Style Wikipedia ignores this desire of a trademark owner the same way they ignore special treatment preferred by other companies. ('Wikipedia' is a registered trademark.)--[[User:ais523|ais523]] 17:09, 5 June 2007 ([[User:ais523|U]][[User talk:ais523|T]][[Special:Contributions/Ais523|C]])

==Contributions appearing on screen after edit==
My contributions have been slow to show up on my screen. I hear a lot of noise, like popping popcorn, but unless I go back to where I was and then go forward to where the edited material appears, it takes so long it's as if I have dial-up.[[User:Vchimpanzee|Vchimpanzee]] 17:20, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
:Try simply hitting the reload button on your page: sometimes it takes the server a second to make the updates. If that doesn't work, try taking taking the URL in your address bar, and add this to it: <code>?action=purge</code>. For example, this page would be <code><nowiki>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Help_desk?action=purge</nowiki></code>. [[User:The Evil Spartan|The Evil Spartan]] 17:40, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

==AML and FML templates==
Where radio station articles have links to radio-locator.com, these links appear twice.
[[User:Vchimpanzee|Vchimpanzee]] 17:20, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
:Thanks. There was redundance with another template: I've removed the redundance in the first templates. [[User:The Evil Spartan|The Evil Spartan]] 17:38, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
I noticed it had been fixed. I appreciate that. Now, with the AML template, there is no little square at the left now, and it looks inconsistent.[[User:Vchimpanzee|Vchimpanzee]] 18:09, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

== How to fix table on page "TENNIS Magazine's 40 Greatest ..." ==

If you look at the table on this page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TENNIS_Magazine%27s_40_Greatest_Players_of_the_TENNIS_Era

Notice how in the "Country" column, next to the names Graf and Becker, the German flag does not display correctly. Instead, you get "Image:Flag of Germany.svg", followed by the word "Germany". I can't figure out what's wrong in order to fix it, so I'm hoping that someone will be able to help!

Any ideas?

Thanks!

[[User:Tented|Tented]] 17:33, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
:Yikes, the problem appears to originate somewhere in the {{Tl|flagcountry}} template. I glanced at the template source, and it calls several other templates. Someone knowledgeable with [[Help:Template|templates]] could probably determine why {{Tl|flagcountry}} does not work correctly with a calling value of "Germany". It would be interesting to see whether other articles that display the German flag have this problem. --[[User:Teratornis|Teratornis]] 17:40, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

== Indefinetley BLock this IP Address ===

[[User:68.223.235.43]]. They keep doing harsh and offensive edits. They have already been warned anout 7 times. Someone please indef. block them. Also, I suspect [[Notenetkatie]] and [[User:Sam.cantrell]] is them(they edits the same things)

[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Sam.cantrell]]--[[User:71.96.238.177|71.96.238.177]] 17:51, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

{{Not done}} Replied on user talk. [[User:69.201.182.76|69.201.182.76]] 22:08, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

== My postings deleted Why? ==

I find that two of my posting on the page Talk:Ezhava has been removed. Is it done by the editor or by someone else? Is it because the posts are content rich and not mere repeatation of oft repeated themes.

My posts headings include: A general answer

Please give me an answer someone.

--[[User:Ved036|Ved from Victoria Institutions]] 18:07, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
:No, that is vandalism. Feel free to undo it. Though I would have to say that you would probably be better served being more concise, as people are more likely to read such material. [[User:The Evil Spartan|The Evil Spartan]] 18:16, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
:It helps to look at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk:Ezhava&action=history edit history] of a page. You can see who added or deleted what. The removal in this case was done by an IP user, which means it could have been anyone. They did not leave much of an edit summary, so there's no way to determine their reasoning (although Spartan is probably right in this case). This sort of thing happens every day. Several times a minute, actually. [[User:DarkAudit|DarkAudit]] 18:20, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Can you please tell me how to undo the damage?
--[[User:Ved036|Ved from Victoria Institutions]] 11:30, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

In the edit history screen, click on a version that's not vandalized, which will take you to the archived page. Click on "edit this page", then save it, with an edit summary of something like "reverted vandalism". --[[User:Ashenai|Ashenai]] 11:32, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

== Renaming a category ==

How do I change the name of a category? Specifically I would like to change Category:Belgian animation films to Category:Belgian animated films. Thanks. [[User:Krikke|Krikke]] 18:09, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
:Try the instructions at [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion]]. It will require you to set up a page for discussion. [[User:The Evil Spartan|The Evil Spartan]] 18:19, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

== Copyright of a news photo of your property ==

What is the usage guideline for a photo of you or property you own taken by a newspaper? I have photos of my house after a fire in my sandbox. Those pictures were taken by me. What about the pictures taken by the newspaper while the fire was in progress? [[User:DarkAudit|DarkAudit]] 18:11, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

:I'm not an expert but I would have thought that the copyright on the newspaper's photos belongs to the newspaper. You have presumably not registered your house as a trademark, so you have no claim to images of it. [[IANAL]]. --[[User:Yummifruitbat|YFB]] [[User talk:Yummifruitbat|<font color="33CC66">¿</font>]] 18:18, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
::I believe it's still copyrighted. You could provide a link to the newspaper article online though. [[User:The Evil Spartan|The Evil Spartan]] 18:19, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

==New entry==
how do i create a new entry?
:See [[Help:Starting a new page]]. <span style="font-family:monospace;">[[User:Dismas|Dismas]]</span>|[[User talk:Dismas|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] 20:06, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
::You also need an account to create an article, if you dont have one [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Special:Userlogin&type=signup create one] or try [[Wikipedia:Articles for creation]]. Regards <b><font color="red">[[User:Dep. Garcia|Dep. Garcia]]</font></b> <small> ( <font color="green">[[User talk:Dep. Garcia|Talk]]</font> [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Dep._Garcia&action=edit&section=new +] | <font color="blue">[[User:Dep. Garcia/Help Desk|Help Desk]]</font> | <font color="orange">[[User:Dep. Garcia/Complaints Department|Complaints]]</font> ) </small> 20:40, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
:::You might also want to read [[Wikipedia:Your first article]]. --'''<font face="Perpetua" size="3">[[User:The Random Editor|<font color="RoyalBlue">Tλε Rαnδоm Eδι</font>]][[User talk:The Random Editor|<font color="Black">τ</font>]][[User:The Random Editor|<font color="RoyalBlue">оr</font>]]</font>''' 20:44, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

== Copying. ==

I am having trouble copying the second pages of two-page Articles. I get a blank page, with only the heading printed. Can you please help me? Thank you.

:I don't quite understand what you mean. Wikipedia articles don't have two pages. --'''<font face="Perpetua" size="3">[[User:The Random Editor|<font color="RoyalBlue">Tλε Rαnδоm Eδι</font>]][[User talk:The Random Editor|<font color="Black">τ</font>]][[User:The Random Editor|<font color="RoyalBlue">оr</font>]]</font>''' 20:37, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

You're quite right, but when printing the Articles they of course can extend beyond a single page.

==Role accounts==
I know that role accounts are not allowed. In which policy/guideline is this prohibition spelled out (assuming it's spelled out at all)? --[[User:ElKevbo|ElKevbo]] 20:21, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

:What I believe you are looking for is [[WP:SOCK]]. --'''<font face="Perpetua" size="3">[[User:The Random Editor|<font color="RoyalBlue">Tλε Rαnδоm Eδι</font>]][[User talk:The Random Editor|<font color="Black">τ</font>]][[User:The Random Editor|<font color="RoyalBlue">оr</font>]]</font>''' 20:35, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
::That would be it. Thank you very much! --[[User:ElKevbo|ElKevbo]] 20:39, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

:The essay on [[WP:SPA|single-purpose accounts]] is certainly worth reading too. [[User_talk:Wimt|Will]] <small><font color="red">(aka [[User:Wimt|<font color="red">Wimt</font>]])</font></small> 20:39, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
:(after edit conflict) There exists also a [[meta:Role account|general role accounts page]] at [[Meta-Wiki|meta]]; although the page now references only the role policies of fr.wiki and en.wiki and is composed almost entirely of that which was previously at [[WP:ROLE]], it should at some point serve to aggregate the policies across all projects w/r/t role accounts. [[User:Jahiegel|Joe]] 20:43, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

== Wikipedia/commons image conflict ==

# An image was previously uploaded to wikipedia: [[:Image:Series2004NoteBack_50.jpg]]
# An image was uploaded to the commons: [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Series2004NoteBack_50.jpg Image:Series2004NoteBack_50.jpg]
'''The problem''' is that the second upload will not "overwrite" the first. Do I need to upload the new image to both projects? Do I need to delete the wikipedia version of the image? Help!? —[[User:Parhamr|Parhamr]] 20:34, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

How about creating a different name for the 2nd image, such as 2004B? Other editors, please answer this after me.[[User:Feddhicks|Feddhicks]] 21:13, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

:Simple and straightforward but maybe clunky/inefficient … I suspect a better way exists —[[User:Parhamr|Parhamr]] 21:36, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

::Probably not - when you enter <nowiki>[[Image:Series2004NoteBack_50.jpg]]</nowiki>, the system looks first for an image of that name on en.wikipedia.org, and only if it doesn't find one does it look on Commons. It would probably be nice to be able to do something like, say, <nowiki>[[Commons:Image:Series2004NoteBack_50.jpg]]</nowiki>, but that just does this: [[Commons:Image:Series2004NoteBack_50.jpg]]. [[User:ConMan|Confusing Manifestation]] 22:33, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

: You can flag the Wikipedia image with the {{tl|ncd}} tag, which will put a notice on the image saying that it also exists on the Commons. Also see [[WP:CSD#Images.2Fmedia]]. It appears that the speedy deletion criteria exists only for bit-for-bit copies, though. You can also list it at [[Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion]], and the process is listed in more detail there. --[[User:Elkman|Elkman]] <sup>[[User talk:Elkman|(Elkspeak)]]</sup> 16:42, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

== Bond Girls ==

What the heck is going on ?

The photos on this article were all deleted because they were felt to be a violation of fair use.

Now somebody has put them all back - and preposterously claims to be the originator of them all !!!!!!!

Some of those photos have been on the Internet for years !

What is going on ?--[[User:Tovojolo|Tovojolo]] 21:32, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
:[[User:Howcheng]] deleted the images gallery ([http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Bond_girl&diff=133590755&oldid=130809025]) but [[User:Stonedead]] put it back ([http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Bond_girl&diff=135800132&oldid=135357163]). Personally, I feel that fair use does not qualify here since we are illustrating the [[Bond girl]]s rather than each individual one, so I'll leave a message with [[User:Stonedead]]. <span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 8pt;">[[User:x42bn6|<b>x42bn6</b>]] <span style="font-size: 7pt;">[[User talk:x42bn6|Talk]] [[Special:Contributions/x42bn6|Mess]]</span></span> 21:39, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
::Actually, I take it back, I think all of these are copyright violations. [[:Image:Eunice drno-1.jpg]] can be found at [http://www.clubjamesbondfrance.com/php/?url=http://www.jamesbond007.net/hmtl/../galerie/eunice.html&9], [[:Image:SeymourJB-1.jpg]] can be found at [http://www.deelight.com/images/SeymourJB.jpg] but the main site has a copyright on it, and I'm still looking. However, for most of them, I can't seem to locate any other images on Google search, so [[WP:AGF]] tells me that they may well be the author's own - but they are promotional photographs. But most are fair-use images so I'll remove the galleries. <span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 8pt;">[[User:x42bn6|<b>x42bn6</b>]] <span style="font-size: 7pt;">[[User talk:x42bn6|Talk]] [[Special:Contributions/x42bn6|Mess]]</span></span> 21:56, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
:::* I find it '''highly unlikely''' that [[User:Stonedead]] is the creator of all these photos of Bond film girls. See user's contribs. They all are likely copyvio. I am very busy at the monent, but suggest these images be tagged for deletion as copyvio. <em>&mdash;<font color="Indigo">[[User:Gaff|Gaff]]</font> <sup><small><b><font color="MediumSlateBlue">[[User_talk:Gaff|ταλκ]]</font></b></small></sup></em> 22:32, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

All of Stonedead's images have been tagged with <nowiki>{{PUIDisputed}}</nowiki>, and all of the images have been removed from the article as copyright violations. [[User:Corvus cornix|Corvus cornix]] 18:06, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

== Nanking film ==

I am trying to edit the [[Nanking (film)|Nanking film]] website and need to add some lines into the film credits. I have added names into lines that were already there. The names show up, but the new lines I create do not. What am I doing wrong? {{unsigned|72.43.184.42}}
:* This is probably becuase of the [[infobox]] on the page. I am not super familiar with infoboxes, but do not think that you can just add a new line like this for co-producer. Maybe somebody else knows better? <em>&mdash;<font color="Indigo">[[User:Gaff|Gaff]]</font> <sup><small><b><font color="MediumSlateBlue">[[User_talk:Gaff|ταλκ]]</font></b></small></sup></em> 22:49, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

:To answer your question, the reason is because The infobox template that is used, [[Template:Infobox Film]], does not have a line called associate producer. You can't just add lines to the infobox. The template has to be edited so it understand what you mean when you type |associate producer=so an so. --'''<font face="Perpetua" size="3">[[User:The Random Editor|<font color="RoyalBlue">Tλε Rαnδоm Eδι</font>]][[User talk:The Random Editor|<font color="Black">τ</font>]][[User:The Random Editor|<font color="RoyalBlue">оr</font>]]</font>''' 22:51, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

::If no one would object I can fix the template. --'''<font face="Perpetua" size="3">[[User:The Random Editor|<font color="RoyalBlue">Tλε Rαnδоm Eδι</font>]][[User talk:The Random Editor|<font color="Black">τ</font>]][[User:The Random Editor|<font color="RoyalBlue">оr</font>]]</font>''' 22:52, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

:::There is a short discussion at [[Template talk:Infobox Film#Producer field]]. [[User:PrimeHunter|PrimeHunter]] 00:05, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

== LIZA SHTROMBERG ==

I'm confused why the article LIZA SHTROMBERG was deleted with no discussion. It was not blatant advertising. The article was structured biographically and did not meet the speedy deletion criteria for having inappropriate content as it was written encyclopedic.

She is a famous jewelry designer. Her jewelry has appeared in magazines around the world. Her collections have shown in Paris and New York, are worn by celebrities, appear in movies, and Wikipedia has other jewelry designers with the same criteria i.e. Harry Winston and Tarina Tarantino.

In fact, I modeled this article after the Tarina Tarantino one. If you allow Tarantino a Los Angeles jewelry designer, it should follow that you allow other Los Angeles jewelry designers.{{unsigned|Pepperberry}}
:* I suggest cheking the deletion log of the page, then discussing this with the admin that deleted the page. Otherwise, see [[Wikipedia:Deletion review]].<em>&mdash;<font color="Indigo">[[User:Gaff|Gaff]]</font> <sup><small><b><font color="MediumSlateBlue">[[User_talk:Gaff|ταλκ]]</font></b></small></sup></em> 22:42, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

::Another option to see why it was deleted, was if there was a discussion on if it should be deleted or not to go to it and see the consensus. --'''<font face="Perpetua" size="3">[[User:The Random Editor|<font color="RoyalBlue">Tλε Rαnδоm Eδι</font>]][[User talk:The Random Editor|<font color="Black">τ</font>]][[User:The Random Editor|<font color="RoyalBlue">оr</font>]]</font>''' 22:55, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
:::* You have spoken to the admin who deleted the article. As a non-admin, I cannot see what the article looked like. My advice is rewrite with references/sources, then resubmit. Or request deletion review. <em>&mdash;<font color="Indigo">[[User:Gaff|Gaff]]</font> <sup><small><b><font color="MediumSlateBlue">[[User_talk:Gaff|ταλκ]]</font></b></small></sup></em> 23:11, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
[[Liza Shtromberg]] was [[WP:SPEEDY|speedy deleted]] in accordance with [[WP:CSD|speedy deletion criteria #11]]: blatant advertising. If you believe she does in fact deserve an article, then please rewrite it in a neutral rather than promotional tone, using [[WP:RS|reliable sources]] that prove she is a notable individual. --[[User:tjstrf|tjstrf]] <small>[[User talk:tjstrf|talk]]</small> 23:09, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

::What about an ABC News segment that mentions her and how would I incorporate that into the article? As an external link? If you watch this clip:

[http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=websites&id=5271718]

at 1:47 in the video they mention her by name. Is that considered reliable enough coming from a network newscast? - Pepperberry--[[User:Pepperberry|Pepper Berry]] 00:17, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

== posting an article ==

How do you make or post an article on wikipedia?
:Look at [[Wikipedia:Help_desk#Can't create article]]

== about achieving talk page ==

I don't know how to achieve my own talk page. Can anyone tell me what steps I have to do? Thanks in advance. [[User:Chrishomingtang|Chris]] 23:41, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
:I believe you mean archive. See [[WP:ARCHIVE]] for detailed directions on the various methods, but essentially you have two options:

:Option A: Take a good chunk of your talk page, and cut and paste it to a page of the name format [[User talk:MYTALKPAGE/Archive 01]], then link to it from your user talk page.
:Option B: Press the "Move page" button at the top of your talk page, and move it to the new title [[User talk:MYTALKPAGE/Archive 01]]. Then edit your main talk page to not be a redirect any more.

:There are a few other ways, but those are the main two. --[[User:tjstrf|tjstrf]] <small>[[User talk:tjstrf|talk]]</small> 23:46, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

::Thanks and sorry for the typos. [[User:Chrishomingtang|Chris]] 23:48, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

==Capitalizing a title==
In a band's article, the band's name is not capitalized in the title, when it should be. The first word is, but the second is not. How do I fix that? <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment was added by [[User:Ljplum12|Ljplum12]] ([[User talk:Ljplum12|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Ljplum12|contribs]]){{#if:{{{2|}}}|&#32;{{{2}}}|}}.</small><!-- Template:Unsigned -->

:Replied on talk. --[[User:tjstrf|tjstrf]] <small>[[User talk:tjstrf|talk]]</small> 23:48, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

= June 6 =
== Creating pages ==

How do I create a new page?

:See [[Help:Starting a new page]]. ---[[User:CWY2190|CWY2190]]<sup>[[User talk:CWY2190|<font color="darkgreen">T</font>]]</sup><sup>[[Special:Contributions/CWY2190|<font color="grey">C</font>]]</sup> 00:33, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

== I-271 Exit List Mishaps ==

I am having some problems while fixing up the [[Interstate 271|I-271]] exit list. I am trying to insert a row wide message of concurrencies and when I attempt it, the whole chart gets shifted and messed up. What should I do?
:Try asking [[User:Black Falcon]]. He might know. [[User:Placeholder account|Placeholder account]] 13:17, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

== printing ==

where do you click to print something off?

:This is the Wikipedia help desk, try taking it up with one of the other help pages--<font face="comic sans ms">[[User talk:SUIT|<font color="gold">'''$U'''</font><font color="silver">'''IT'''</font>]]</font> 03:08, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
::That sounds like a reasonable question to ask here. [[User:Corvus cornix|Corvus cornix]] 20:31, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

On the left most column under the search box, you should see a group of links called "toolbox". Under that should have a link that says printable version. Click on that. ---[[User:CWY2190|CWY2190]]<sup>[[User talk:CWY2190|<font color="darkgreen">T</font>]]</sup><sup>[[Special:Contributions/CWY2190|<font color="grey">C</font>]]</sup> 03:24, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

== just to know ==

i would like to know if the titanium can be sold and how much is the cost?
:This type of question is not appropriate for the help desk. There is a large notice at the top stating that this page is to be used only to ask question ''about'' editing Wikipedia. Other questions belong in the [[Wikipedia:Reference_desk|Reference Desk]]. -- [[User:Hdt83|<sub><font color="336611" ><b>Hdt83</b></font></sub>]] [[User talk:Hdt83|<sup><font color="blue" face="Arial"><b>Chat</b></font></sup>]] 04:04, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

how do i see what i just wrote


== Fact checkers ==
I was wondeing if we have a policy about Fact checkers and fact checking at Wikipedia? If yes, can hook up with the links please.
: Best Regards--[[User:Kaaveh Ahangar|Kaaveh]] 04:35, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
:[[WP:V]]? <font color="blue">-[[User:Wooty|'''Woo''']][[User:Wooty/ENC|'''ty''']]&nbsp;<small>[[User talk:Wooty|['''Woot?''']]]&nbsp;[[User:Wooty/On Spam|[Spam! Spam! ''Wonderful'' spam!]]]</small></font> 04:37, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
:Everyone is a fact-checker on Wikipedia. If you see a statement of fact in an article, it should be sourced so that you can read the source and verify it. If there's no source, please add one! If one cannot be found, tagging the statement with a <nowiki>{{fact}}</nowiki> tag will let people know it needs to be sourced. -- [[User:Kesh|Kesh]] 05:07, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

== username ==

Hello. My name is Liz Ross and my email address is liz@lizzy.net. I have a Wikiality set up at lizzy.net, but I can't remember my username to get my password. Is there any way I can use my email?
thanks,
Liz
:Sorry, we can't help you. [[User:Placeholder account|Placeholder account]] 13:15, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

== How can I look at a list of another editor's contributions? ==

I want to see how many articles a certain user has edited. This user is a vandal.

:User contribs --<small> [[User:Feba|Phoeba Wright]]<sup>[[User_Talk:Feba|OBJECTION!]]</sup> </small> 06:37, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

:: The info above is not very detailed, see [[Special:Contributions/Username goes here]], replace the ''username goes here'' with the username of thre user who's contribs you want to check. When viewing their userpage you can also click om ''User contributions'' in the toolbox on the navigation bar on the left. Hope that helps! <font face="Trebuchet MS"><font color="2E82F4">[[User:The Sunshine Man|'''The Sunshine''']]</font> <font color="2E82F4">[[User talk:The Sunshine Man|'''Man''']]</font></font> 08:52, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

:::For even more detail see [[Help:User contributions]] ("when all else fails, read the manual"). Perhaps the easiest way to find this page is to open the [[User:John Broughton/Editor's Index to Wikipedia|Editor's Index]] and do a <code>Ctrl-f</code> search on "contributions" in your [[Web browser]]. You can also click navigation | [[Help:Contents|Help]] and drill down from there. I prefer the Editor's Index because it links to almost every page a Wikipedia editor could need to see, so we can search all their titles in one place. --[[User:Teratornis|Teratornis]] 16:06, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

== what font to use ==

hello I often use wikipedia. Some articles are not readable in konqueror, for some chars (mostly math stuff not in latex or arrows) there is a little box in stead of the real char. What settings should I change?

:Hello. Under your preferences (which you can only access if you have a registered account), you can try changing:
:*The "Skin" you are using (The default is Monobook, but there are 6 other varieties)
:*The way your computer renders mathematical equations (I have mine set to "Always render PNG", and it work fine for me) under "Math"
:*Or you can go [[Special:Mypage/monobook.css|here]] and change the font manually. Be careful, this page controls how Wikipedia is displayed for you, and mistakes can result in some rather disastrous displays.
:I hope that has helped. I believe there are other methods as well, but unfortunately that's all I can think of at the moment.''[[User:Hersfold|Hersfold]]'' <sup>([[User_Talk:Hersfold|talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Hersfold|work]])</sup> 11:34, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

:My experience (I use [[Gentoo Linux]]) is that as soon as you install an appropriate unicode font, Konqueror will just use it. At least I've never had to set anything up. I think the [[DejaVu fonts]] (they have many symbols as well as several non-Roman scripts) should cover the symbols you need. --[[User:Dapete|Dapete]][[User talk:Dapete|ばか]] 13:16, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

== Need help logging in?==

I cant't logo on my wikipedia account? i've tried typing my password many times but i've failed and i need help i don't know what the problems is!! can you please help me thanks!!
Raja

: Make sure you have a registered account, if not then you can create one via [[Special:Userlogin]]. Hope that helps! <font face="Trebuchet MS"><font color="2E82F4">[[User:The Sunshine Man|'''The Sunshine''']]</font> <font color="2E82F4">[[User talk:The Sunshine Man|'''Man''']]</font></font> 08:48, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

:Please see also [[Help:Logging in]]. [[User talk:PeaceNT|'''''Peacent''''']] 17:00, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

== Has my edit been seen or acted upon? ==
6-6-07 12:12
Hello

A few weeks ago I looked up a band called "Jazz Jamaica" on wikipedia and found that their article:

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

was flagged with an exclamation mark in a safety triangle as being "written like an advertisement" so I edited it to read objectively.

I have noticed that the safety triangle/exclamation mark is still there, with an invitation to mark the article as blatant advertising for speedy deletion.
How can I make sure that my edit is seen and taken into account?

Also I could not find any info in the help section about this flagging safety triangle thing, where in the help section can I find the correct procedure for dealing with this kind of thing.

With thanks

:Hello! There was a "tag" at the top of the article, which looked like this: {{tl|ad}}. I have now removed it, so the article is no longer flagged as being "written like an advertisement". (PS - you can sign your edits to talk pages with four tildes, like this: <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>). [[User:Neil|<span style="text-decoration:none; font-family: cursive ;color: #006600">Neil</span>]]&nbsp;[[User_talk:Neil|<span style="text-decoration:none; color: #006600"><big>╦</big></span>]] 11:13, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

:This is a wiki; it's fully collaborative. If you fix something, you can just remove the tag yourself. If you're unsure, it's usually best to discuss on the article's talk page: [[Talk:Jazz Jamaica]].
:Personally, I still feel the tone could be more neutral. There are obviously biased statements like "enabling him to extend the boundaries of the music played", but the general ''tone'' is the underlying problem. Wikipedia should not praise or criticize anything;at most, it can include sourced quotes of praise or criticism from notable persons.
:Hope that answered your question: if there's anything else you need to know, or you just want to talk about things, feel free to [[User_talk:Ashenai|talk to me]]. Hope you enjoy editing here. :) --[[User:Ashenai|Ashenai]] 11:17, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
::You asked where in the help to find the procedure for dealing with this kind of thing. The most comprehensive help reference for Wikipedia is here:
::*[[User:John Broughton/Editor's Index to Wikipedia]]
::and the "flagging safety triangle thing" you mention is called a [[Help:Template|template]], so see the Index entries under:
::*[[User:John Broughton/Editor's Index to Wikipedia#Tem]]
::namely: [[WP:TMP]] and [[WP:TEMPLATE]]. --[[User:Teratornis|Teratornis]] 15:49, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

==What is panitikan?==
what is the definition of "panitikan" {{unsigned|124.106.115.1}}
:Our search shows that Panitikan is a [[barangay]] in [[Pangutaran, Sulu]], in the [[Philippines]]. If you understand the [[Tagalog language]] (I don't) then see also [[:tl:Panitikan]]. Maybe it means literature. [[User:PrimeHunter|PrimeHunter]] 13:05, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

The word book also has the meaning of cool.The origin of which is derived from predictive text ,when texters take the shortcut of substituting book for cool as it is reached in predictive text prior to the word cool

== question ==

sir,i had asked certain questions on abstract algebra in the month of May 2007. i dont know the exact date. how to search those questions for answers and hints {{unsigned|59.95.246.25}}

: You may wish to take a look at the article ([[Algebra]] and [[Abstract algebra]]). Hope that helps! <font size="1"><font face="Kristen ITC"><font color="00DD00">[[User:The Sunshine Man|'''The Sunshine''']]</font> <font color="00DD00">[[User talk:The Sunshine Man|'''Man''']]</font></font></font> 15:13, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

::See [[Special:Contributions/59.95.246.25]] for all edits made by people using the [[IP address]] you used to post your current question. If you used the same IP address to ask about abstract algebra on [[Wikipedia]], you should see a record of your question in your contributions (indeed, your contributions show several questions relating to mathematics or abstract algebra). However, IP addresses can change, and more than one person might use a given IP address, so a ''far'' better way to track your contributions on Wikipedia is to [[WP:ACCOUNT|create an account]]. If you asked your question on the Help desk, you can [http://www.google.com/custom?domains=en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Help_desk&sitesearch=en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Help_desk search it with Google]. For example: [http://www.google.com/custom?hl=en&safe=off&cof=&domains=en.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FWikipedia%3AHelp_desk&q=abstract+algebra&btnG=Search&sitesearch=en.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FWikipedia%3AHelp_desk a search for abstract algebra]. --[[User:Teratornis|Teratornis]] 15:58, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

== Some help ==

Can you do anything when some other editor is making sly remarks about your grammer etc on another talk page?--[[User:McNoddy|McNoddy]] 14:50, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
: You should remind him/her of the [[WP:NPA|no personal attacks]] policy and if he has violated this policy you can leave {{tlsp|uw-npa1}}. Hope that helps! <font size="1"><font face="Kristen ITC"><font color="00DD00">[[User:The Sunshine Man|'''The Sunshine''']]</font> <font color="00DD00">[[User talk:The Sunshine Man|'''Man''']]</font></font></font> 15:12, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
::You can also correct whatever shortcomings in your [[grammar]] are causing the other editor to make sly remarks. --[[User:Teratornis|Teratornis]] 16:00, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
:::What you should probably '''not''' do is call them a dork and tell them to bugger off. Unfortunately, its appears that is what you did. <em>&mdash;<font color="Indigo">[[User:Gaff|Gaff]]</font> <sup><small><b><font color="MediumSlateBlue">[[User_talk:Gaff|ταλκ]]</font></b></small></sup></em> 19:54, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
Given that the "sly remarks" were helpful corrections, if somewhat bluntly put[http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Ferrylodge&diff=prev&oldid=135993945] and followed an insult by you, it might help if you didn't respond by calling him a "dork"[http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Orangemarlin&diff=prev&oldid=136354489]. I also suggest you [[WP:DTTR|don't template the regulars]], regardless of what you've been told here. [[User:KillerChihuahua|KillerChihuahua]]<sup>[[User talk:KillerChihuahua|?!?]]</sup> 19:05, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

== I don't understand WP response to vandalism ==

Having talked about it [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Rklawton#Your_response_to_my_report_on_the_Administrator_intervention_against_vandalism_page previously], I don't understand the WP response to vandalism. If the vandalism is not occurring at the time, then reporting on the [[Wikipedia:Administrator_intervention_against_vandalism]] is not appropriate, and if it hasn't occurred at least 10 times then article protection is not appropriate. Is my understanding correct ? What should be done in [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=BHP_Billiton&diff=prev&oldid=135914124 this] case of an occasional IP vandal who has received several warnings ? Thanks :-) [[User:Daytona2|John]] 14:50, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
:If the user continues to vandalize despite being warned, just ask an administrator to block him/her. This can be accomplished in several ways, but the quickest is probably to ask on [[WP:IRC|IRC]]. [[User:Bjelleklang|Bjelleklang]] - [[User_talk:Bjelleklang|talk]] <font style="font-size:8px; color:red; font-face:arial">[[User:Bjelleklang/Tools|Bug Me]]</font> 15:11, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
::The requirements you mention refer to IP addresses not user accounts - the concept is to hopefully avoid [[collateral damage]]. Accordingly, if the IP appears to be only used by a single institution, those requirements may not be applicable. Lastly, I agree with Bjelleklang, if a situation clearly requires intervention, contact an admin regardless. [[User:Addhoc|Addhoc]] 17:20, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
:::With IP accounts at a school, there are likely several user's accessing wikipedia in a week's or month's time. If its obvious that a vandal is at work and on a rampage (multiple hits in a day, reporting makes sense, either at WP:AIV or on an IRC channel (if you have a PC rather than a mac, as I have not figured out how to get on IRC with a mac). <em>&mdash;<font color="Indigo">[[User:Gaff|Gaff]]</font> <sup><small><b><font color="MediumSlateBlue">[[User_talk:Gaff|ταλκ]]</font></b></small></sup></em> 19:58, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

== Proper Links ==

hello, is it proper for the "external links" section to link to commercial operations? Say a page about a scenic river linking to a lodge operating on that river. thanks. [[User:Zinny|Zinny]] 15:23, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
:I can't think of any circumstance under which it would be okay to do so. For more info, see [[WP:EL]]. <span style="font-family:monospace;">[[User:Dismas|Dismas]]</span>|[[User talk:Dismas|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] 15:27, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
::thank you for the response and the link[[User:Zinny|Zinny]] 15:30, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

== Vandal Warnings? ==

Hello, I am a recent edits' patroller. While patrolling, I obviously come upon vandals, the edits of whom I of course revert. I was wondering, though, if I am allowed to give a warning to a vandal (such as the ones in [[Wp:vandal#Warnings]]) even though I am not an administrator. I was wondering this because on the warnings, it states that "...if you continue, you will be blocked..." Obviously, since I am not an admin, I do not have the ability to block users, but on the warnings, it looks that I can do so. So, am I allowed to give out these warnings? Also, please reply on my talk page instead of here. Thank you. <font style="background-color:#FFBF00;font-size:120%;font-weight:bold;border:2px solid#120A8F;text-align:center;color:#7BA05B;">[[User:Universe=atom|Universe=atom]]</font><small><sup>•[[User Talk:Universe=atom|Talk]]•[[Special:Contributions/Universe=atom|Contributions]]•<font style="color:#00F;"></font></sup></small> 16:44, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
: You are definitely allowed to; in fact, you're strongly encouraged to. Will copy this to your talk page as well. -[[User:SpuriousQ|SpuriousQ]] ([[User talk:SpuriousQ|talk]]) 16:49, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
:Yes, and you might have a wider range of choices for warning templates at [[WP:UTM]] :) [[User talk:PeaceNT|'''''Peacent''''']] 16:53, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

::And what happens after the final warning is given away (after which the vandal is supposed to be blocked)? Obviously, I can not block users. As before, please reply on my talk page instead of here. Thank you. <font style="background-color:#FFBF00;font-size:120%;font-weight:bold;border:2px solid#120A8F;text-align:center;color:#7BA05B;">[[User:Universe=atom|Universe=atom]]</font><small><sup>•[[User Talk:Universe=atom|Talk]]•[[Special:Contributions/Universe=atom|Contributions]]•<font style="color:#00F;"></font></sup></small> 17:04, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
:::You should make a report to [[WP:AIV]]. [[User talk:PeaceNT|'''''Peacent''''']] 17:11, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
::: Report them at [[WP:AIV]]. I'd recommend reading [[Wikipedia:Guide to administrator intervention against vandalism]] for more information about that. -[[User:SpuriousQ|SpuriousQ]] ([[User talk:SpuriousQ|talk]]) 17:13, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
:::: '''Welcome''' to vandal fighting! Some other resources: [[Wikipedia:Vandalism]] and especially [[Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit]]. The latter has several tools that make vandal fighting an infinitely more efficient and effective process. <em>&mdash;<font color="Indigo">[[User:Gaff|Gaff]]</font> <sup><small><b><font color="MediumSlateBlue">[[User_talk:Gaff|ταλκ]]</font></b></small></sup></em> 20:01, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

== Stage name/proper name question ==

If I am writing an article on someone who is better known by a stage name (in this case a stage surname), should I refer to them throughout the article by their proper or stage name? More specifically, in parts of the article that outline times before they took their stage name. Thanks.

: You should use their proper name for the article, see [[Wikipedia:Naming conventions]]. <font face="Trebuchet MS"><font color="2E82F4">[[User:The Sunshine Man|'''The Sunshine''']]</font> <font color="2E82F4">[[User talk:The Sunshine Man|'''Man''']]</font></font> 17:10, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
::I'm sorry, but The Sunshine Man is wrong. See [[Wikipedia:Naming conventions (common names)]]: ''Use the most common name of a person or thing that does not conflict with the names of other people or things.''. [[User:Corvus cornix|Corvus cornix]] 20:34, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

== names of famous people ==


'''Bold text''can i when are keely birthday is he is a singer

:Sorry, I'm not sure who is the [[Keely]] you mentioned above. Could you please elaborate? [[User talk:PeaceNT|'''''Peacent''''']] 17:26, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

==Graphics==
How do you add a graphic or photo, I see the icon but not sure how to add. Does it need to be hi-res?

Also, I accidentally saved and it posted the title of my page. How do I delete "The art of food and wine?"

Please let me know. Thanks!! {{unsigned| Talagna}}
:First, you upload the file: see the button on the toolbox on the bottom left of the screen. Then you would type in something like <nowiki>[[Image:Filename.jpg]]</nowiki>. You might want to see [[Help:Images and other uploaded files]]. [[User:The Evil Spartan|The Evil Spartan]] 17:51, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
::* I tagged your article for a speedy deletion. I looked at the text and suspect that you may not have a clear understanding of what Wikipedia is about. It is not a free web hosting site or advertising forum, but an encyclopedia. I posted a welcome message on your talk page with further information. Cheers! <em>&mdash;<font color="Indigo">[[User:Gaff|Gaff]]</font> <sup><small><b><font color="MediumSlateBlue">[[User_talk:Gaff|ταλκ]]</font></b></small></sup></em> 17:58, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

== No tildes ==

There are no tildes on a Finnish keyboard. How can I produce them? {{unsigned|Paegeorge|17:56, June 6, 2007}}

:In [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Help_desk&action=edit&section=62 editing view], beneath the box where you type your changes, is a large box of symbols that you can click to add to the article. The four tildes are one of these options (near the top of the box). Hope this makes sense. [[User:Canderson7|Canderson7]] <sup>([[User_talk:Canderson7|talk]])</sup> 18:03, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
::When you want to type four tildes to [[WP:SIG|sign your posts on talk pages]], you can also click the "Your signature with time stamp" button in the [[Help:Edit toolbar|Edit toolbar]]. You have to enable the edit toolbar in your [[Help:Preferences|preferences]] under the "Editing" tab. --[[User:Teratornis|Teratornis]] 19:03, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
:Odd. There is a tilde at [[Keyboard layout#Finnish/Swedish]] to the left of Enter. Try holding Alt Gr down and press that key whatever it says. It's a "[[dead key]]" so the tilde appears after the next key is pressed. Press space to only get the tilde. [[User:PrimeHunter|PrimeHunter]] 19:49, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

== Peer reviews in Template:ArticleHistory ==

I have been using {{tl|ArticleHistory}} on several talk pages. They suggest using the date that {{tl|peerreview}} changes to {{tl|oldpeerreview}} which seems to be about 2 weeks after the last comment on the peer review discussion page. With this action date the action ID associated with the review is two weeks after any commentary. Does this make sense. [[User:TonyTheTiger|TonyTheTiger]] <small>([[User talk:TonyTheTiger|talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/TonyTheTiger|cont]]/[[User:TonyTheTiger/Antonio Vernon|bio]]/[[User:TonyTheTiger/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM|tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM]])</small> 18:07, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

== Image not displaying ==

Can anyone work out why [[:Image:Tantric Album.jpg|this image]] refuses to display? I'm a bit puzzled about it. [[User:Panser Born|<span style="text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold; color: darkgreen; border: 1px solid;">-Panser Born-</span>]] <small>[[User_talk:Panser Born|<span style="color: #3399FF; text-decoration: underline;">(talk)</span>]]</small> 18:56, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

:Hmm, it looks fine to me. [[User talk:PeaceNT|'''''Peacent''''']] 18:58, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
::Looks okay to me as well. Try reloading your broswer/clearing cache? <em>&mdash;<font color="Indigo">[[User:Gaff|Gaff]]</font> <sup><small><b><font color="MediumSlateBlue">[[User_talk:Gaff|ταλκ]]</font></b></small></sup></em> 19:02, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

:::I've tried it in Firefox, Opera and even resorted to checking it in Internet Explorer 7, but it didn't display in any of them! =S Very strange...ah well, if it works for everyone else, that's fine. [[User:Panser Born|<span style="text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold; color: darkgreen; border: 1px solid;">-Panser Born-</span>]] <small>[[User_talk:Panser Born|<span style="color: #3399FF; text-decoration: underline;">(talk)</span>]]</small> 19:06, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

== Google ==

How can I make the page I have just created come up on Google.com when I search for it?
:You'll just have to wait. It usually takes a few days before new articles show up in Google. [[User:Bjelleklang|Bjelleklang]] - [[User_talk:Bjelleklang|talk]] <font style="font-size:8px; color:red; font-face:arial">[[User:Bjelleklang/Tools|Bug Me]]</font> 19:27, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

== GFDL and Wikipedia citation ==

Hi,

I'm sorry, I have read everything i can on my question and am going in circles. I am publishing a book and I would like to include some GFDL pictures and graphics. As I understand it:

1) I am free to use them for unlimited publications.
2) I need to credit the photographer or graphic artist (some artists do not provide their names. Do I use their Wikipedia ID? Would you kindly provide me a sample of what a credit would like like?
3) Am I to include copy of entire GFDL license in my book?
4) When copyrighting my book I simply do not copyright these pictures and graphics?

I find Wikipedia to be a great resource. How do I credit Wikipedia when quoting from one of your articles?

I appreciate your time and look forward to hearing from you at your ealiest convenience.

Author

:*Part of your answer is at [[Wikipedia:Citing Wikipedia]]. Not sure about the rest. <em>&mdash;<font color="Indigo">[[User:Gaff|Gaff]]</font> <sup><small><b><font color="MediumSlateBlue">[[User_talk:Gaff|ταλκ]]</font></b></small></sup></em> 20:06, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
::* I'm guessing that you read the [[GNU Free Documentation License]] article...<em>&mdash;<font color="Indigo">[[User:Gaff|Gaff]]</font> <sup><small><b><font color="MediumSlateBlue">[[User_talk:Gaff|ταλκ]]</font></b></small></sup></em> 20:09, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

== This image ==

Does this image [[:Image:2006-1218hurricane.jpg]] have a chance on Wikipedia:Featured image candidates? [[User:Francisco Tevez|Francisco Tevez]] 20:17, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
:It could, why not open a featured picture nomination at [[WP:FP]]. [[User:E|<span style="color:#000066;font-weight:bold">E</span>]] <sup>[[User talk:E|<span style="color:#ED9121">talk</span>]]</sup> 20:58, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

== Musician Template ==

Hello
I'm having trouble creating a musician template for [[Marcos Witt]]. Can you teach me how to create one? ([[User:Quetzal123|Quetzal123]] 20:40, 6 June 2007 (UTC))

== Is our company noteable enough to be included in Wikipedia? ==

I am wondering if private companies and an explanation of their products would be accepted into the Wikipedia? Our company is unique in that my father invented our product, which was the first of it's kind, ever. He created a never-before-seen or used product which other companies make now as well. We've been manufacturing our original version for over eighteen years. I'd like to educate potential Wikiusers about the origins of the product, but to write the article, I'd have to be brand-specific, and I don't want it cross any non-advertising rules. I'd just like to get my dad's story out there, the creation of our company, and explain the origin of an item that many people see and use everyday. I certainly think our company is notable, but I don't want to post anything without getting an okay.

Thanks!
~Amy Dunn
:Please see [[Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies)]] to determine whether it's alright and if you believe it is, go ahead and create it. Other editors with some minor information about it may edit it from time to time. Hope that helps! [[User:E|<span style="color:#000066;font-weight:bold">E</span>]] <sup>[[User talk:E|<span style="color:#ED9121">talk</span>]]</sup> 21:01, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

:Thanks for checking with us, Amy. Your dad's company sounds very interesting, but Wikipedia's rule of thumb is that editor's should avoid potential [[Wikipedia:conflict of interest|conflicts of interest]] when writing articles. This means that they probably shouldn't write about themselves, their family members, or their companies. Our theory is that if a subject is notable, someone removed from the issue will eventually write about it. I hope that this helps. [[User talk:Canderson7|Let me know]] if you have any more questions. [[User:Canderson7|Canderson7]] <sup>([[User_talk:Canderson7|talk]])</sup> 21:03, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
::* '''Please note:''' regarding the conflict of interest guideline<s> is not a hard and fast rule by any means</s>. If an article can be written without bias, from a neutral point of view, with verifiable sources, and meets the notability criteria, then please feel free to contribute! <em>&mdash;<font color="Indigo">[[User:Gaff|Gaff]]</font> <sup><small><b><font color="MediumSlateBlue">[[User_talk:Gaff|ταλκ]]</font></b></small></sup></em> 21:07, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
:::* To avoid conflict of interest, you can and probably should request another editor write the article. This can be done at [[Wikipedia:Articles for creation]].<em>&mdash;<font color="Indigo">[[User:Gaff|Gaff]]</font> <sup><small><b><font color="MediumSlateBlue">[[User_talk:Gaff|ταλκ]]</font></b></small></sup></em> 21:12, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
::::I posted without noticing E's reply (sorry). COI certainly isn't set in stone (nothing on Wikipedia is), and if you're positive that your father's company meets our guidelines and you trust yourself to edit impartially, you can go ahead and write the article. That being said, I still reccomend avoiding subjects with which you are personally involved. It's the best way to avoid conflict. Gaff's suggestion in particular is a sound one. [[User:Canderson7|Canderson7]] <sup>([[User_talk:Canderson7|talk]])</sup> 21:14, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
::::::Check your talk page, Amydunn. I'll consider writing about your company if it is notable. Although I write mainly about Singapore, I have created new articles in various areas, such as U.S. law, American biographies, a U.S. college, French towns, as well as made contributing edits to articles in these areas and mathematics, entertainment, medicine, corporate history, etc. You'll have trouble finding a nicer and easy to get along wikipedian than me (how's that for an ad? notability?? :) ) [[User:VK35|<span style="margin:0;text-align:left;color:#ff00000;font-size:80%;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold;padding:0.2em 0.4em">VK35</span>]] 21:53, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

== Editing a Wiki entry in Google Earth ==

How does one edit an entry in Google Earth? The entry for that of the State of Wisconsin misstates the name of its Governor.

Thank you.
:The "Geographic Web" system of Google Earth simply retrieves information from Wikipedia articles. Try editing [[State of Wisconsin]] and see if that fixes it. [[User:E|<span style="color:#000066;font-weight:bold">E</span>]] <sup>[[User talk:E|<span style="color:#ED9121">talk</span>]]</sup> 21:05, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

== Tag vandalism? ==

This is the second time I've seen <nowiki><references/></nowiki> at the beginning of an article (this time in [[Poison gas in World War I]]). Does this serve a purpose or is somebody fooling around? [[User:Clarityfiend|Clarityfiend]] 21:51, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
:Probably someone is fooling around. <nowiki><references /> or {{reflist}}</nowiki> belongs under a "References" section heading at the ''end'' of the article. [[User:69.201.182.76|69.201.182.76]] 22:11, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

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    December 30

    Disambiguating the two Elizabeth Oldfield's

    Hi, we already have a page for the Mills and Boon author and British writer Elizabeth Oldfield: Elizabeth Oldfield

    I'm considering creating a page for another British writer also named Elizabeth Oldfield. Notability on basis of two independent reviews of her book Fully Alive.

    eview: Fully Alive by Elizabeth Oldfield | Premier Christianity

    Book review: Fully Alive: Tending to the soul in turbulent times by Elizabeth Oldfield

    Our middle-class commune (joint bank accounts, noisy sex and all)

    I'm thinking of disambiguating by making her page be Elizabeth Oldfield (podcaster), on the grounds that the Times article uses podcaster as its primary description of her. Before I go ahead, I wanted to get some feedback. Does this seem reasonable?

    AndyGordon (talk) 09:20, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    That seems to me reasonable. The disambiguation word or phrase can easily be changed later, if there's a consesnsus for something different. Maproom (talk) 14:56, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Please check reference 6. I have done my very best with this editing - but I always get something wrong. Thank you for your guidance. Srbernadette (talk) 10:12, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Sorted, you had an access date of 30 December 20203. Theroadislong (talk) 10:32, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Srbernadette How can we ensure that you stop adding dates that are 18,000 years in the future? qcne (talk) 11:24, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Is this truly something that's a desperate immediate need for Wikipedia to attend to? Obvious tyops like that are something that everyone has made at times, and yet for things such as numeric values (e.g. dates) also very difficult in the general case for a computer to "catch" automatically—in contrast with spell checking where it can just compare against a word dictionary. The reason ref templates have error-checking is because to err is human. (But, to really foul things up requires a computer!) Slowking Man (talk) 17:34, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    There's something to be said when this happens over the course of roughly a decade. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 17:45, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    If an editor wishes they can set up a user script to warn them before saving an edit if there is a template error on the page. And does VisualEditor give some kind of notice if a template is throwing errors? Otherwise, is there really much impact on things here? A bot can always go around cleaning up simple typos in the intricate template syntax that not every person has a head for. I'm not aware, is there much precedent for telling a user "you must start using these error-flagging tools or else we will restrict your account"? Seems like a discussion for someplace like WP:VP with more visibility. --Slowking Man (talk) 20:31, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    My experience with VisualEditor is that it doesn't. I expect 99% of people making the same mistake over and over again to have some degree of pattern recognition, and that they would devise strategies to prevent them from happening in the future. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 21:35, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Question

    What if I was an admin and I wanted to resign? Gnu779 (talk) 14:04, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    @Gnu779 any admin may resign at any time by posting a message at the bureaucrats' noticeboard. See Wikipedia:Former administrators/reason/resigned for a full list (which is way longer than I thought) '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talkcontribs) 14:07, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    GA Review - How to 'Close' out the talk page?

    I currently have two finalized GA reviews, and I am unsure how I apply the, "The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion" notice to the review's discussion to prevent it from being molested. What is the best way for me to do this? Happy New Year, GGOTCC (talk) 19:29, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    {{atop}}, and {{abot}}. Although, you don't have to do this. There's also a userscript that does all of the promotion/archiving for you Lee Vilenski (talkcontribs) 19:39, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you! GGOTCC (talk) 23:30, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Is there any way to "force" a specific image below "the jump" (first subhed) to be a thumbnail?

    Hello! Just created Portraits of Andrew Jackson and don't want to prefer one or another by including it in the lede (which is too short right now anyway). But as a mobile user I do live for our thumbnail images. Is there any secret/magical code I can use to tag one of the images to be the article's designated thumbnail while leaving it where it currently sits lower down the page? Please and thank you for helping! jengod (talk) 21:10, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    @Jengod: mw:Extension:PageImages#How does it select images? says: "If $wgPageImagesLeadSectionOnly is true, only images in the lead section will be considered. This is true for Wikipedia projects only; all other projects can pull images from outside the lead." This cannot be overridden. It may be possible to trick the extension by having image code in the lead but wrapped in something which prevents a browser from actually rendering the image. However, I would oppose such shenanigans. If you want a page image then just place it in the lead. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:55, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Excellent information! I will not shenaniganize, but I might eventually read a book or two and expand the lede so there's room for me to drop in a favorite or three. TYSM @PrimeHunter!
    Resolved
    jengod (talk) 22:02, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    December 31

    Reference number 5 is wrong - I have failed again. Please fix; I (or the team I am on) will not be attempting to edit next year - 2025. Thanks you and my apologies againSrbernadette (talk) 00:26, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Folly Mox (talk) 00:35, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Again, Srbernadette, you wrote 2024 as 20244. Why is it that you cannot see and correct such obvious errors on your own? Cullen328 (talk) 01:19, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Could it be that your keyboard is jamming? -- D'n'B-📞 -- 12:09, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Looking for any policies and guidelines on Portals?

    I feel like the answer will be obvious when someone says it, but where are the guidelines or policies on portals? Wikipedia:Portal is an info page with a banner from five years ago saying it needs to be updated. I looked around but only see WP:POG, a failed proposal. Other non-article content has a guideline that at least defines what should be kept or deleted. Is there an equivalent to Wikipedia:Redirect/Deletion reasons somewhere for Portals? Rjjiii (talk) 04:19, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    The sort of "realist" answer is few people care about portals and they're neglected. A glance at the talk page there will indicate that the answer to your query appears to be "nowhere really". WP is a volunteer shindig and so if no one works on a thing it just doesn't happen. --Slowking Man (talk) 02:35, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Gotcha, thanks, Rjjiii (talk) 21:46, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    I have added a file from commons and is far too big. please fix if you can. You could correctly caption it: "Pickenham Hall, Norfolk, home of Collenette's mother" - Thanks Srbernadette (talk) 07:19, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

     Done with this edit. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:50, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Srbernadette, that article entirely fails to explain why this English gentlewoman ended up as an expert on the flowers of Saudi Arabia. Why is that? Cullen328 (talk) 09:00, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    John of Reading, I don't believe that Pickenham Hall, Norfolk was the home of Collenette's mother, she married in 1923 (Burke's Peerage 1934 via Google books) then Collenette's mother's father "JOHN SMITH MORETON , of Pickenham Hall , Nor- folk ... purchased the Pickenham and Houghton - on - the - Hill estates in 1924" ((Burke's Landed Gentry 1939 via Google books).
    Cullen328, Srbernadette didn't write the article so they may not know much about Collenette's biography. TSventon (talk) 15:07, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks for pointing that out, TSventon. Cullen328 (talk) 19:13, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Cullen328, the article is still very short, but I have added a sentence saying that Collenette visited Saudi Arabia while her husband was working there. TSventon (talk) 22:45, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    How to change username?

    Is there any way to change my username? I don’t really like it. Cometkeiko (talk) 07:24, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Yes. See WP:UNC Meters (talk) 07:27, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Using edit summary to let out personal feelings

    How to deal with a user who undid an edit then uses edit summary to just explicitly let know their personal feelings over a constructive criticism like this one then restoring it back? I've been avoiding that user since we were blocked for an edit war but they keep coming to my edits I've made (be it on an article or on my talk page). 𝙳.𝟷𝟾𝚝𝚑 (𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚔) 08:27, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    My personal suggestion is that if their comments or behavior bother you, but they're not impacting the enyclopedia (the reason why we are all here) much at all, to just ignore it, since, does it really matter in the grand scheme of things? If someone is causing trouble impacting numerous editors, they will attract attention and people will "do something about them" sooner or later. If you find editing Wikipedia to be causing stress, a good first step is always to take a short break, do something else that you enjoy, take a walk outside to decompress, anything you might find enjoyable. Wikipedia isn't a job or obligation and there is no deadline. Also might want to try switching gears and editing some other areas: there are plenty of tasks to do and who knows, you may even find some of them interesting!

    (It wouldn't be very challenging to have a userscript that "ignores" a user, by just "collapsing" their edits in edit history and on talk pages into something like "1 edit hidden, click to expand". Someone might even have already made one along those lines; if interested you can go looking at what's out there. If not I could take a stab at it if it's something someone might find useful.) Slowking Man (talk) 17:26, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Well I've been doing that this past few days but when I would come back here to edit a content of an article to make it better, that other user would undo it then put something on edit unrelated to why they undid it then restored back to how I edited it, like "what's the point for undoing it then restoring it back?" Anyways, thanks for those tips, and I will find and use that userscript you suggested. Cheers and happy new year! 𝙳.𝟷𝟾𝚝𝚑 (𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚔) 20:35, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    A user desperate for a war again

    How to deal with a user looks really desperate to declared a war to me again. This edit summary is so sensitive to me, and no longer normal for me. I want to go in that user talk page to give some advise but i know this user will lastly revert my edit and said "Vandalism", so what i do is just leave it on the edit summary. Everything i do on this Wikipedia, this user will always appear, like a few months ago, i've created a several draft that is ready to published but in the end all of it is just useless because the all of the mainspace is created by this user, like i didn't even get any chance for my only interest topic in this Wikipedia. — Aidillia(talk) 08:30, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Hello, Aidillia. No editor can possibly cause another editor to engage in Edit warring. That is literally impossible. Edit warring is entirely the responsibility of the editor or editors who choose to engage in edit warring, which is a blockable offense forbidden by policy. Nobody is forced to click the blue "Publish changes" button. So, always refuse to engage in edit warring, which is forbidden by policy, which bears repeating. There are many Dispute resolution procedures available to you, which should be used instead. Cullen328 (talk) 08:50, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Ok thanks. I will have a look at it soon. Aidillia(talk) 09:07, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Also you might want to take a look at WP:NFF as this article itself is potentially a candidate for deletion as there has not been significant coverage of this future film. TiggerJay(talk) 20:36, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Hi all,

    I've created Category:Books about Australian rules football which is pretty obviously wrong, and *I don't know how to fix it*.

    Yep I'm an WP:ADMIN with about 58K edits, but also someone who knows their limitations - in this case I'm teh WP:CIR when it comes to templates.

    Could someone who groks template coding possibly step in here and fix it up?

    Pete AU aka Shirt58 (talk) 🦘 10:45, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Hi, Shirt58! Please look at the category page and see if it looks like what you expected. :) --CiaPan (talk) 11:03, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    PS. I'm afraid I do not understand what you mean about templates. Do you want some template to be added to the category page? It gets done exactly the same way as in regular articles. --CiaPan (talk) 11:05, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I usually try to find and adapt a similar existing category. I have checked Category:Books about American football and added two more categories. TSventon (talk) 11:25, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    And thank you to everyone who has replied here and fixed that up. For reference, I've sometimes described myself as a "non-technical" admin. By that I mean I have pretty much no clue whatsoever about the questions that come in at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical). Shirt58 (talk) 🦘 10:42, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Template edit help needed on Template:Ice hockey team roster/sandbox

    I'm editing {{Ice hockey team roster/sandbox}}, trying to add a new column, but have it only show if a parameter equals "yes".

    My test implementation using this new column is currently at User:MikeVitale/sandbox. I'm basing the code I added to the Ice hockey team roster sandbox off of {{CIH schedule start}}, which I'm familiar with the usage of.

    My end goal here is to combine {{Player7}} into {{Player4}} (love those descriptive names), and eventually TfD both Player7 and {{Ice hockey minor league team roster}}. --MikeVitale 15:06, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    @MikeVitale: I have encoded a pipe as {{!}} [1] so it isn't interpreted as a separator between parameters to #ifeq. PrimeHunter (talk) 19:32, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Finding a taxonomic error over 100 years old while doing research for an article

    What the title says. How should I properly address it in the article, given that it seems to have flown under the radar of actual experts? I'm working on an article on Eoscorpius, an extinct genus of scorpion from the Paleozoic Era first described in 1868, but it appears that some experts used the name, unaware that it was already taken, to describe an extinct Miocene fish of the family Cottidae in 1919. No one seems to have noticed this mistake, and there exist rather recent articles on the two very different organisms using the same genus name. Even the Paleobiology Database is confused; it lists Eoscorpius primaevus, intended as the name of a fish, with the rest of the Eoscorpius species, which are actual scorpions (that was actually what led me to first notice something was off, when I saw that the supposed different species of the same genus were separated by hundreds of millions of years). Anyway, that's my situation. What can I do to address it without falling into original research territory? Anonymous 20:05, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    It seems to me that you can note that the Eoscorpius described by one source is a fish and that described by the other source is a scorpion, and rely on common knowledge that these are different taxa to comment that these uses are inconsistent, but you should not attempt to resolve the inconsistency, or even to account for it, if you have no source that discusses the inconsistency. ColinFine (talk) 20:33, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    ColinFine's advice is right-on. After that, you may want to contact a taxonomist or two, probably ones with expertise in the Paleozoic. Who knows, you just might wind up getting co-author credit on a scientific paper! --Slowking Man (talk) 23:56, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @User:ColinFine and @User:Slowking Man, here's how I ended up writing the article. I did my best to lay out the facts without putting forward my own interpretation. I also have reached out to an official source, so we'll see how that goes. Anonymous 17:40, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    That looks like the best you can do, @An anonymous username, not my real name. Note that any personal communication you receive from an "official source" will not be usable on Wikipedia. A note in a reputable journal, however, would be citable. ColinFine (talk) 18:12, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Subheading alignment

    Would someone please advise how to get the 'See also' header on Wartling to align to the left. I've noticed this occurring on a few articles - adding an additional blank line usually fixes it, but for some reason not here. Rupples (talk) 20:28, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    I added clear template before "See also" section, and it seems ok when I view the article. Is this what you wanted? Cmr08 (talk) 20:36, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Excellent. Thank you very much, @Cmr08, I'll try and remember this in future. Rupples (talk) 20:41, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    January 1

    About cladograms on Arabic script

    Hello everyone, can someone help me to figure out what is the issue I can't create a correct cladogram on Arabic script? The issue is the branches are reversed. And thanks. سنوببي (talk) 00:26, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Hah, that's got to be an issue related to right-to-left text handling; on a page in an RTL language such as Arabic, the Web browser will dutifully flip everything by default. So you have to engage in some template wizardry so it doesn't flip the non-text elements of the cladogram. The place you want is Tech village pump, where you are likely to find help from editors experienced with Wikipedia's esoteric syntax. Hopefully that helps. --Slowking Man (talk) 02:43, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Reference number 2 does not have the name of the year it (a medical journal) was published which is 1921. Please fix this up. I have failed. I'm sorry and that's it from me. Srbernadette (talk) 02:09, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    I was about to fix it, but User:Citation_bot beat me too it. There was a line break (ie enter/return on the keyboard) in the middle of the title element of the cite web reference.
    TiggerJay(talk) 03:09, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    What's my email address?

    The application for newspapers.com asks for:

        "The email for your account on the partner's website"
    

    What is the correct format in this case? Humpster (talk) 08:37, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    This is beyond the scope of the Help desk, as it involves an external website.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 08:40, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Ianmacm: I think this relates to an application to use newspapers.com via Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Library at https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/applications/apply/26/ .
    @Humphrey Tribble: have you tried example@example.com? If that doesn't work, Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Library has a talk page. TSventon (talk) 09:20, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Is there a setting in user preferences to change the language links to appear in alphabetical order, all in same page? Now only a few language links to other Wikipedias are displayed. This started when I logged out, and I have not found yet ability to change it back. --40bus (talk) 15:09, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    @40bus: go to preferences, then to appearance and untick the compact language list option at the bottom of the list. I use Vector legacy skin, I don't know if that affects preferences. TSventon (talk) 15:44, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I now removed the option. I had looked through that page many times and didn't see it. --40bus (talk) 18:24, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Contacting sources

    I created this draft article and it was declined. (I understand why it was declined --- I mistakenly used Original Research and had a severe lack of secondary sources; also WP:42) If I requested a reliable source to write about the said information, or at least part of it, could I in turn use it for citations and references? Thanks! Therguy10 (talk) 18:47, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Sorry, no. All our sources must be published by some reliable source which exercised editorial control and judgement. So their writing an e-mail to you, or even publishing it on their blog, is generally not going to meet our need for verifiable information. --19:59, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

    'Save page' button not appearing

    The 'Save page' button is missing when I try to create a new page. This happens whether I create a new article directly, or create it in the Special:Mypage/ format. I'm using Chrome on an iMac, OS is Ventura 13.7.1. Same issue happens in Firefox. Whiterabbit6 (talk) 21:44, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    The button actually says "publish changes", it no longer says "save". 331dot (talk) 21:45, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks! Various instructions within Wikipedia itself refer to using the 'Save page' button, that's why I was confused. Whiterabbit6 (talk) 21:57, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    The pages which say "save" meaning "publish changes" should be updated. I fixed one here. TSventon (talk) 22:08, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Please feel free to BOLDLY edit those or post them here for others to correct. TiggerJay(talk) 23:59, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Antediluvian Crop Tool

    Can somebody please install a working crop tool so we can crop pictures easily but leave all the meta data and attribution etc, merely adding a suffix cropped or cropped_ver1 etc? Meanwhile, can someone drop by my talk page and leave instructions. This should be much easier. I'd also like to use photoshop to fix the contrast etc., on existing photos, but I imagine that won't be allowed. Thanks Billyshiverstick (talk) 23:23, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Billyshiverstick I believe that the crop tool is at Commons:Commons:CropTool on Commons, which is a separate project, so you could ask at Commons:Commons talk:CropTool. There may be practical reasons that the tool does not currently do what you want it to do. TSventon (talk) 23:31, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    January 2