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July 14

Question

I am a registered member of Wikipedia, However I have forgotten my password and got a new one mailed to me but it isnt working what do I do next?63.215.26.215 01:00, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

If the email hasn't come yet, try sending another one. If that doesn't work, then, I guess you will just have to register a new account. Sebi _[talk] 08:12, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

silver quaters

what is a 1960 silver quater worth 01:04, 14 July 2007 (UTC)01:04, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

E-bay puts them at about a buck a piece, less if you're buying bulk ([1] [2] [3] [4]). --Ybbor^Talk 02:42, 14 July 2007

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Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that's what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. I hope this helps. Kevinwong913 ^{Speak out loud!} 18:51, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

how do i write an artical?

how do i write an artical?

To write an article first search for it using the search box. If it exists, start from there, if it dosen't, click the create this page link and start editing. If you do create a new article, make sure the subject meets notability guidelines and is well sourced. --_Hdt83 ^Chat 04:33, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

You'll also find Wikipedia:Your first article useful. Harryboyles 04:39, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

See also Help:Starting a new page :) Peacent 14:20, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Australasia or Oceania

While browsing Legal drinking age I noticed a category for part of the world entitled "Australasia (formerly Oceania)". Does Wpedia have a policy on naming the region consisting of Australia, NZ and the Pacific islands? Mhicaoidh 06:27, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

This gets discussed at Talk:Oceania. I think most people see a difference between Australasia and Oceania, although both are rather fuzzy terms.-gadfium 08:57, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Written permission

If a website requests "written permission" to use their material, does that mean I have to write a handwritten letter to them for a request or would an e-mail suffice? NorthernThunder 07:17, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

See: Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission which does seem to say an e-mail response would suffice, but according to that document we need permission from the copyright holder to publish under the GFDL or similar license which allows unlimited copying by others. --Teratornis 10:41, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppetry

A new user with no previous edit history had placed a deletion tag in the article Prashant Tamang (the article had been featured in DYK part of Main Page). Can this be a case of sock puppetry? Thank you.--Eukesh 10:28, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Seem like a new editor acting in good faith. In any case, it's best not to make assumptions, please try discussing the issue with them. Peacent 14:16, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Project reports in marketing

I am looking for project report (copies) in marketing for my MBA course.

Please can you help me out in getting it

This question is too vague for me to understand. It sounds like a homework question. On the Help desk, we answer questions about using Wikipedia. Marketing is a very broad field. If you could be more specific about the course you are taking, someone might be able to guess what sort of project report you mean, and tell you whether Wikipedia has any articles that might help you. --Teratornis 17:19, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

I created my first entry but...

when I go there the text shows up as a single, long horizontal line.

The entry is "Fred Weintraub"

(It also shows his last name as weintraub, not Weintraub)

Where did I go wrong?

Thanks, StanFlouride 14:34, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

I've corrected the name, I don't see any problem with the text. --ST47Talk 14:41, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

The problem was that a line in Fred Weintraub started with a space. This causes special formatting. It was fixed a few minutes before ST47 got there. PrimeHunter 15:57, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

User contributions disappearing

I've noticed that if someone edits an article that is subsequently deleted, all records of their edits disappear from their list of user contributions. Is that desirable or necessary? (Why not just turn all the diffs red or something?) What is to stop an admin PRODding an article and then deleting it themselves five days later? In fact what is to stop them just saying that they PRODded it, since there remains no record (AFAICS) of their edits?--Shantavira|^{feed me} 14:42, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Admins recently gained the ability to review a user's deleted contributions, and it was always possible for an admin to review the history and content of a deleted article. --ST47Talk 14:50, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

baggage

Is there any storage facilities, lockers, or anywhere to leave luggage at the airport for a few days? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.156.131.32 (talk)

You can probably phone the airport to find out. Sancho 16:40, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

This is the help desk for the encyclopedia Wikipedia. We are not associated with any airline or airport. PrimeHunter 17:03, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Sources

In the article Dunewood All the data was observed by me. How do I cite that? Thedjatclubrock :) (talk) 17:45, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

You can't. All material on Wikipedia has to conform to the no original research policy, which basically says that everything that is published here must have been published somewhere else before it is published on Wikipedia. Bjelleklang - talk Bug Me 17:55, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Same question

Where do i go to request two articles' histories to be merged as one was altered and then redirected to the other instead of a simple page move...? Simply south 18:21, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

WP:SPLICE.--Fuhghettaboutit 18:25, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

World Trade Organization

What did the WTO Uruguay Round of 1994 accomplish?—Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.247.5.43 (talk • contribs)

Have you tried the Miscellaneous section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there; this help desk is only for questions about using Wikipedia. For your convenience, here's the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps.--Fuhghettaboutit 19:50, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Greatest baseball play

–What is considered the Greatest Play ever made in baseball?—Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.246.15.57 (talk • contribs)

Have you tried the Miscellaneous section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there; this help desk is only for questions about using Wikipedia. For your convenience, here's the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps.--Fuhghettaboutit 19:52, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Correcting Title

I've created a page, and inadvertantly used a lower case in the title unstead of an uppper. I've checked the help pages, but can't find anything on correcting a title... all I need to do is change one letter from lower to upper case, can you help me?

Thanks, Jazzzzy

It must be moved to the correct title. New/Unregistered users can't do this, but if you post the article title here and what you want it to be, I'm sure someone will do it for you.—WAvegetarian (talk) 20:50, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Thank you! Jazzzzy

Editing Wikipedia

I am new to wikipedia and i joined today. I edited girls aloud and spice girls and mcfly pages. I added some external links to spice girls page for example and they werent to my sites they were to a forum about spice girls and to their myspace and they were deleted as spam?? why? I also added lyrics to a new girls aloud song page and they were deleted. I was wondering why if i am allowed to edit then when i do why does the changes get removed. The main problem is that you assumed i was spamming when i wasnt —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Cjbiom (talk • contribs).

Wikipedia has many policies and guidelines. It can take some time to learn them and you will always risk being reverted by other editors. Others may for example have considered your edits to be against Wikipedia:External links, Wikipedia:Reliable sources, Wikipedia:Lyrics and poetry. Some editors use the word "spam" about many forms of inappropriate content no matter what was the intention behind adding it. PrimeHunter 22:38, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

It is possible for other editors to be wrong in their interpretation of policies and guidelines, especially when their edit summaries do not link to specific sections in the Wikipedia manuals. However, as the policies and guidelines tend to be non-intuitive for most new users, new users tend to get them wrong more than experienced users. On Wikipedia the manuals are very extensive, so it should usually be possible to find a clear ruling to handle almost every conceivable editing situation that comes up, and when two editors have a dispute, the one with the best knowledge of the manuals tends to "win." The vast majority of Wikipedia's productive editors seem to agree that the only way 48,447,222 registered users (and millions more unregistereds) can work together is to have clearly-written rules to govern every case that comes up (and if a dispute comes up with no rule to cover it, we work out more rules for it). --Teratornis 08:00, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Adding Links

If a page is about a specific artist can you add links to the external links part at the bottom to sites that are about them without them then being deleted? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Cjbiom (talk • contribs).

Make sure that they don't break the guidelines at WP:EL, then feel free to add them. --ST47Talk 22:57, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Generally, fansites are not good sites to add, especially discussion forums. --ST47Talk 22:58, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Please sign your messages here with ~~~~ at the end. I see you also posted in the above section. PrimeHunter 23:13, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Greatest Play ever made in baseball with the American Flag involved

–What is considered the Greatest Play ever made in baseball with the American Flag involved. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.246.15.57 (talk • contribs).

Earlier today you got the reply:

Have you tried the Miscellaneous section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there; this help desk is only for questions about using Wikipedia. For your convenience, here's the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps. PrimeHunter 00:19, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Sounds like the answer to a trivia question, although the wording of the question is pretty POV. The answer they're looking for is probably April 25, 1976: Cubs outfielder and future Dodger Rick Monday rescues a flag from two fans who are attempting to burn it in the outfield at Dodger Stadium., though I, personally, disagree with the POV of the question. Corvus cornix 22:17, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Looking for a Magic word or Variable.

Is there a magic word or variable that gives you the amount of days before a certain date?  Tcrow777  talk  23:40, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

{{age in days}} gives the number of days between two dates or from a date until today. It gives a negative result for future days, but you can take the absolute value with {{Abs}} to get the positive number of days from today until a given date. For example, {{Abs|{{Age in days|month1=7 |day1=15 |year1=2008}}}} evaluates to 6005. PrimeHunter 00:14, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Thank you! You can see what I did with it here.  Tcrow777  talk  01:02, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Getting strange E-mails from Wikipedia...

Hi, I don't know if this is the correct place to ask this, but here goes. I've recently got two e-mails apparently from Wikipedia (the sending address was wiki@wikimedia.org), they both stated that "someone" form an IP address has requested that a new password be sent to me. Now I didn't request any new password or anything like that, so I'm somewhat confused and suspicious of where this has come from. I got the first message on the 25th of June, and it stated the request came from the IP address 68.4.248.235. I got a second message on the 12th of July saying exactly the same thing, except it was from IP address 195.142.234.66. Now I've just tried to see if these are users on Wiki, and it turns out they are, User: 68.4.248.235 is a one-time editor who was editing on the 25th of June, and User: 195.142.234.66 seems also to be a one-time (and apparently vandalistic) editor, though he only edited on the 20th of March. It seems that these two people have requested that my account password be changed, but how they did this and for what purpose, I don't know. Can anyone offer an explanation? Is this something that's known to happen? Thanks. BTW my account doesn't seem to have been affected, as I can log on fine with my standard password. --Hibernian 00:23, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Don't worry. A similar question was asked above at #Somebody, not me, requested that I should be sent a new password. What is going on?; read the replies and your question should be answered. — Malcolm ^talk 00:27, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Ok. So I guess it's nothing to worry about then, thanks. --Hibernian 03:10, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

What are "Notable Natives"

I have seen the subtopic "Notable Natives" in articles about cities. What are the criteria for being a "Native?" Specifically, does this mean the person was born in this city or could they have been born somewhere else and lived in the city their whole life, or a substantial portion of their life? Reservoirhill 00:45, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

The word "natives" literally means "born there", but if the person spent much of his or her childhood there (before becoming famous), that counts as a native for our purposes, too. Shalom ^Hello 02:42, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Which is why "notable residents" is usually a better choice. Just my $0.02. Ingolfson 13:34, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, I've decided to retitle the section "Notable Natives and Residents" to cover all the bases. Reservoirhill 14:01, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

adding yourself to wikipedia

dear wikipedia i was wandering if it would be possible of adding myself to wikipedia thanks.

Once you become a notable person, it shouldn't take long before someone creates an article on you. Otherwise, no, go to WikiBios instead. — Kieff | Talk 01:00, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Please see also WP:BIO, and be aware of WP:COI. Peacent 01:04, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

CSS issue

How come #p-cactions li, #p-cactions li.selected { min-height: 30px !important; } in my monobook.css doesn't work? I'm using Firefox, so there should be no lack of client support, and I don't see any other tags that would override the min-height. NeonMerlin 01:29, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Updating A Photo

I have a photo of the new boys playing Spike Lavery(I'm there mom!) I was curious as to how I can get the photo on the page for Spike Lavery? I don't have a copyright but I took the picture myself AND they are also on the cover of Soap Opera weekly in the bottom right corner of the July 24th edition. Thank you for your help. Sincerely, Bonnie EcksteinSunflwrr629 02:41, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Hi Bonnie, and welcome to Wikipedia! :) In order to add a picture here, you need to, first, upload it (see also Wikipedia:Upload), then make sure you provide the appropriate copyright tag (like whether you want to put your image to public domain, etc). Finally, add the link of the image to the article in question, more detailed instructions at Help:Image#Linking. I hope this helps. Peacent 03:24, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

July 15

Page Number for PDF files

How to use page numbers for PDF files in references? in my case a single pdf file has been refreenced to multiple pages within, have different reference. Eg; line 1 has reference to pg 6 and again line 5 has reference to pg 10. Unlike havard style book reference how is it possible. Pls see Talk:Kaziranga National Park for seeing the question arised during GAC. Amartyabag ^TALK2ME 05:20, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Fancy meeting you here! ;) As the reviewer that left the recommendation, you would list the ref separately for each use, as opposed to naming it. The only difference would be the page specification. Does that make sense? I hope that's what you're asking. If not, drop a line on my talk page and I'll see what I can do to help. LaraLove 05:29, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

I just counted how many redundant links would be created in this manner, its nearly 15, meaning increasing the page size, which we are trying to control. Is there no template as such in which we can just add the page number? Like after <ref name=""/> (a code which adds just the page number would do). Like [14], pp 22-23 I don't know the coding, but i think it wouldn't be hard to make. Amartyabag ^TALK2ME 04:41, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

I don't know of any such code. I'm not familiar with your situation but, in general, increasing the size of an article by adding precise and correct references should not be a concern. --ElKevbo 04:51, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Use {{rp}}, created just for this type of problem. When you first cite the page, you can put in for page numbers "various". After each subsequent cite (i.e. after each iteration of "<ref name="The name you chose before"/>, just add {{rp|page number(s)}}. This will make it so that in the text of the article the footnote citation has a page number appended, while the footnote text itself remains static. As an example, if you were citing to page 16-17 of the .pdf file, and the .pdf file is the third citation in the article, the footnote would look like this: ^[3]:16-17.--Fuhghettaboutit 05:13, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

How do you flatten categories?

Is there an easy way to flatten categories? I'd like to have people from a city listed automatically in the people from the county category. Berkeley is in Alameda County. Everyone in Berkeley should automatically be listed in the from Alameda County category because Berkeley is in Alameda County. People shouldn't have to double tag articles. I tried looking this question up in the about wikipedia section but it seemed it couldn't be done or I couldn't figure it out. Please post an example or the code I would need to input to flatten categories. Thanks!

Not quite what you're asking for, but you can run queries to get a list of articles in a category and its subcategories. See m:User:Duesentrieb/CatScan.-gadfium 20:29, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

About a month ago, I wrote a basic class (in Java) that does this; see flatCat.java. Gracenotes^T § 20:56, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Is there an easier way to do flatten categories? I don't really read the program you created that well. Is there an example I can copy?

You may be in doubt about how Wikipedia categories work here. If an article is tagged as being in X town, it is AUTOMATICALLY BUT INDIRECTLY also sorted as being in Y county, and Z country (because the category for X town has an upward link to Y county, which has an upward link to Z country). The same way, a biography tagged 'marine biologist of New Zealand' would automatically be sorted into higher categories like 'scientist', 'marine biologist', 'scientists in New Zealand' etc... However, only the 'lowest', most specific category will actually appear on the article.

As per Wikipedia rules, you are NOT to add the categories for Y county and Z country in addition to the X town category - because that would clutter the categories higher up with 'unsorted' articles. Trust me, if you work some time with Wikipedia articles, you will come to understand the reason - it took me some time to accept it myself. Eventually, I am sure, Wiki software will enable you to set your preferences to display all the higher categories if you want to. Until then... Ingolfson 13:28, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

See Semantic wiki for a possible future development in wiki software which may one day render MediaWiki's present system of categories obsolete, or smoothly extend their flexibility. In the meantime, MediaWiki hackers are working on some category extensions which may be of interest to the questioner. Side note to the original questioner: you say you "would like to have people from a city listed automatically in the people from the county category." Why do you want this list? Are you really just trying to search for a few particular people? (Asking how to do something which is merely one means to your real goal creates a red herring which may prevent you from getting the best answer to do what you really want. When constructing questions for the Help desk, it's important to think past the things you have tried so far, and try to clearly state what your ultimate goal is.) If so, see #Multiple categories above, and Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2007 June 13#Intersect to categories (sic). There are probably more options for searching Wikipedia than for changing the arrangement of data on it. --Teratornis 15:20, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Answer to comments

I'm not really interested in searching for anyone. I want people that are tagged as people from a city to automatically appear in the from county category. This is not a matter of just a town or a county. I want this list on the "from county" categories to be accurate. Currently, these categories are inaccurate because they only include people who are tagged directly as being from a county even though they might be from a city within a given county. Everyone in California is from both from both a city and a county, with the exception of SF because the geography of both overlap. California has over 35 "from a county in California" subdivisions and all the cities should link to the counties and to the state like a tree. I guess I'll just list the cities in the counties as subcategories.

Adding Info

I keep adding info -just text- not links and when i go back to the page it is deleted. E.g. i have added the new tour onto the girls aloud page twice as they are supporting the new spice girls tour and when i go back to the tour section a couple of hours later it is gone? i dont understand when people can edit but the hard work they do if then deleted without letting you know why...

I assume you're referring to Girls Aloud. Perhaps because the material in question is unreferenced? You might need to contact the editors who've reverted your edits should you have doubt. Peacent 10:05, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Interest Emblems?

How can I find and add interest emblems to my "User:Sensei48" page? Can't find directions anywhere. Sensei48 10:32, 15 July 2007 (UTC)Sensei48

Ah you're talking about userboxes - go to WP:BOX for details. Andrewjd 12:53, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Resolved

Slut Night

I am trying to nominate Slut Night for deletion but it won't appear properly on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2007 July 15.

What am I doing wrong ?

Can you put it right ?

Tovojolo 10:35, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Fixed by User:Blueboy96. Peacent 13:29, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Revd John Comper and Harry Townsend

I have just submitted two articles for which I have non-copyright pictures of each subect. Can they be used?

Stuart Donald

Your question is unclear. a) Do YOU have the copyright to those images? b) Don't you know what the copryright is of the images? c) Do you know that there is no copyright on them (Public domain). Please clarify first. Ingolfson 13:22, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Talk:24/7 Film Festival - talk page technical question

I recently created the 24/7 Film Festival article. On the talk page at Talk:24/7 Film Festival, there is a link to the talk page of the 24 article, because the software thinks its a subpage of said articles talk. Is there any way to ensure the software does not treat it as such? Ingolfson 13:21, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Nah, see Wikipedia:Naming conventions#Do not use an article name that suggests a hierarchy of articles. You might want to move the article to something like 24-7 ... or leave the talk page as it it. Peacent 13:27, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Ahem, its the official name of the film festival. May I note that the 24/7 article (for 24 hour, 7 days a week availability - from which term the film festival gets the name) has the same problem. You'd be suggesting that we rename the 24/7 article as well? I think not. Ingolfson 13:31, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Then the title stays as it is. No worries. :) Peacent 13:37, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

I put a message on Talk:9 to avoid confusion, but I don't know whether it's a good idea. PrimeHunter 22:24, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

highlighting

For some reason or another, highlighted links that I have not clicked are purple instead of blue. I've already tried erasing my history and clicking refresh. Any ideas? Thanks. -- AJ24 14:36, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Do you mean all of the links or just some of them? On Wikipedia or other sites as well? Andrewjd 15:23, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Just on a few links and just on Wikipedia. It's never happened before so I wonder if it's a setting I changed. Usually, if I erase my history and then click refresh it will return to blue. Thanks again. -- AJ24 19:38, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

ETO Ban

Plese let me know if Ethylene Oxide Sterilisation is banned in United States. Tnks

That question would be better off in the Reference Desk, who deal with that kind of question. Andrewjd 15:22, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

It wont work

When ever i edit something, Wikipedia doesn't let me put it on. Instead, they make up there own and there is untrue stop in theres. Mines true. In the Weavile pokemon section, it say Weaviles carve into trees and ice to send signals but knowhere does it say that. So I wrote about how to evolve it instead, but the changed it back to what they wrote

Take a look at the history ([5]) It's not wikipedia that's not letting you put anything in, it's other users judging your edits as nonsense. Please discuss changes you make to this article prior to editing. --Ouzo 17:25, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

deletion question

how do i delete an article that I created, since I no longer wish for it to be in the wikipedia database?

thanks,

Simy96 17:19, 15 July 2007 (UTC)simy96

What is the name of the article you created? And it looks, via your contribs, that it may have already been deleted! Regards Dep. Garcia ( Talk + | Help Desk | Complaints ) 17:27, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

In future, you can tag the article for speedy deletion, by placing {{db-author}} at the top of the page. This will list the article for deletion, and the article will be deleted soon, because the article meets speedy deletion criteria G7, which is "author requests deletion". For more information on speedy deletion, see Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion. Sebi _[talk] 22:21, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Posting an Article

Am I allowed to post an article I wrote on a certain topic? And if I am, how can I do it?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Storm Kestrel (talk • contribs).

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

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

If you still think an article is appropriate, see Help:Starting a new page. You might also look at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation.--Fuhghettaboutit 18:23, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Withdrawal of AfD?

Is it possible to withdraw an AFD. Can I just put a notification and a strikethrough?

Thanx in advance,

Kevinwong913 ^{Speak out loud!} 18:44, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

I guess you mean Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jim Smith (NASCAR). You can strike (like this) your nomination argument with <s>...</s> and post a signed comment saying "withdraw nomination", or "keep" if you now support keep. Another editor may then speedy close the AfD if nobody has said delete at the time. PrimeHunter 21:40, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Help..

Image:Reichstag House Of Parliament.jpg

I need this image deleting, I have an identical copy of the same name at commons. Plus it is incorrectly named, so no point in redirecting it there, as I want that removed to. If this is deleted I will upload a correctly named version at commons (under the same use rationale)

thanks Fethroesforia 18:56, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Plus the exact same situation with this image Image:Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Front Gate.jpg

Take a look at Images and Media for Deletion for instructions on what to do :) Andrewjd 19:03, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks:) I might do the easy way and remove images from commons and keep here, its a real long and annoying process shifting them all, and 5 days! Fethroesforia 19:08, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

It would be better if you kept it on Commons, since then they can be accessed by all the Wikimedia projects in all languages, although I don't know what their non-free rules are. If you upload them first, you can tag the images here with a speedy deletion template {{ncd}} and they'll be taken care of. Confusing Manifestation 22:45, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism Accusation

24.182.142.254 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Alucard (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

I have been accused of vandalism on the Albany, New York article today (July 15) by Alucard, I assume he is an official editor or something, I'm not sure, but apparently the only reason I can see is that he doesnt like the edit I did removing reference that the CDTA manages the Albany International Airport (it does not, anyone can go to the airports website and see that) he also changed back my edit that put in the history of the airport further explaining who owned it and such. I dont think that its a good atmosphere to have when someone can accuse you of vandalism simply because they dont like your info

The best thing to do in a case like this is to talk to the editor (which I see you have done) and discuss it, as well as discussing the changes on the discussion page for Albany. It doesn't appear to be vandalism to me but I do not know the subject enough to comment. In regards to the CTDA management, if you cite the source then the information will appear more valid. Also to point out, there is not such thing as an 'official' editor, anyone can add the vandalism templates to pages, every editor is an official editior. If no agreement can be reached, come back here. I hope this helps :) Andrewjd 19:53, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Well I doubt that he is an official anything, since he doesn't seem to have a userpage. If you are accused of vandalism innaccurately stand your ground. If an edit war breaks out, call for am influential person to come and help out. Smaug 19:55, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Also, I replied on User talk:24.182.142.254. Shalom ^Hello 19:58, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

I think they mean me...  :-) Just for the record, I was not the one doing the warning today. My previous warnings to this IP were about something different and that was erasing discussion from the Talk page of an article while POV editing the part of the article under discussion. This happened three times, despite warnings. I realise that it could well have been a different person using the same IP address. So I think the poster may have got a bit confused... -- Alucard (Dr.) | Talk 01:15, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Making an infobox or table

I would like to know how to make an infobox or table, such that it has 3 columns, where the left two columns have the data and the right one spans all the rows and contains an image. How do I do this? I have extensively searched documentation on here and cannot get this to work. Thanks. Smaug 19:47, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Replied on User talk:Dragon Smaug. Shalom ^Hello 19:59, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Thank you. Smaug 20:14, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

nuclear power plant

cost and unit of production for a moderate nuclear power plant to generate electricity ?

see Economics of new nuclear power plants.-- Finlay McWalter | Talk 19:51, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer just about any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. I hope this helps. Andrewjd 19:55, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Quicksearch Wikipedai

I used to have a great wikipedia tool on my previous laptop. It allowed me to search wikipedia quickly by simply typing "w" in the browser address bar, followed by a space and then whatever term/s I wanted information on. How do I download it again? 41.241.36.47 21:18, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

It was most likely an add-on for your browser. You could do a search at Firefox's addons page for "wikipedia", and you are bound to find something. Sebi _[talk] 22:17, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

I've got the same thing set up on Firefox. It's not an add-on, it's just a shortcut. Open the "organise bookmarks" window and create a new bookmark. Set the address to "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%s" and the keyword to "w". --HughCharlesParker (talk - contribs) 09:32, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Small TOC?

I think I've seen some articles with a smaller Table of Contents section to help conserve space. Is there wikicode to accomplish this, or am I deceiving myself... --ZimZalaBim (talk) 21:29, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

See: Category:TOC templates; especially those that start with "compact".--Fuhghettaboutit

Thanks! --ZimZalaBim (talk) 21:45, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Hmm...those all seem to be for easy alphabetic organization. I'm hoping to find something that can simply make the standard section-based TOC smaller, and simply using <small> tags with a __TOC__ command doesn't seem to do the trick. Any other suggestions? --ZimZalaBim (talk) 22:04, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Um, what about: <div style="font-size: 8pt">__TOC__</div> or similar? Sebi _[talk] 22:08, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I was just hoping there was already a template or some wikicode to do that, rather than relying on HTML. --ZimZalaBim (talk) 22:09, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Userboxes?

I recently recieved a note from another user about my userbox that states I dislike country music. Do I have to remove this, because 1) I didn't create it, and 2) Stating your opinions is one of the uses of userboxes, as far as I know? Should it be removed? ~Crowstar~ 21:50, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:User page#What may I not have on my user page?. User:UBX/Country music sucks doesn't merely say you dislike country music. It could be interpreted as negative towards people who like country music, and I think the text is too much. PrimeHunter 22:09, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Userboxes says "Userboxes must not include blatant incivility or personal attacks" and "Userboxes must not be intentionally inflammatory or divisive", but I hardly think having a anti country music userbox would include blatant incivility, personal attacks, or be intentionally inflammatory or divisive :) Just ignore Mary. Sebi _[talk] 22:12, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Hello, I was referring to this userbox that says: "This user believes that mankind cannot progress unless Country Music is eliminated.†" In my previous post, I had also linked to the Wikipedia guidelines for designing userboxes in addition to the POV. HERE is the link to the userbox content guidelines. Thanks. Marycontrary 10:02, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

If country music should be eliminated, then does that mean that the musicians that perform country music should be eliminated? How does one propose to do this and would that really help mankind to progress? What does that say about a person who posts a userbox that claims to desire the elimination an entire population of people that happen to create, perform or enjoy country music? Marycontrary 12:08, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

It depends how you define "eliminate", perhaps the idea is just to relocate them to the East. :)

(This discussion is certainly one for the books!) --CliffC 19:01, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Attention folks now read closely please, I - Marycontary, did not say that anyone had to remove the userbox. What does not seem to fit with all of the guidelines pointed out by so many editors, is that it does not seem necessary to say that mankind cannot progress unless country music is eliminated. I was requesting that the users modify it, or not use it but I didn't type anything about removing it (as I don't know that I can since I am not an administrator). Wouldn't it be acceptable to say that Country Music gives you a headache? To claim that there is no way possible for mankind to progress unless this one type of music is eliminated, hmmm... Userboxes can have a sense of humor, just not as fun when at the expensive of someone like me, who is holding up the progress of all of mankind simply because I play country music on my guitar and sing it too. But what if I find a userbox that states mankind cannot progress unless musicals are eliminated? Well it appears I am doomed... Wikipedia defines progress. Marycontrary 01:31, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

This is the only "I dislike country music" userbox I saw. We need a new one. I'm helpless with userboxes... ~Crowstar~^{crow calls} 00:03, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Userboxes#Content says:

Avoid negative verb phrases which can be potentially divisive:

• dislikes, hates, loathes

Also avoid compound sentences which are positive and negative, such as:

• This user likes <noun phrase>, but does not like <another noun phrase>.

Essentially: Express what you like, rather than what you don't like. Express who you are, rather than who you aren't.

PrimeHunter 00:23, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

commons help

I need commons help urgently, an administrator is needed now! please? Fethroesforia 21:55, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

You need to use Commons:Commons:Administrators' noticeboard/Attention to communicate with commons admins; en.wikipedia admins generally aren't commons admins, and vice versa. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 21:57, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

I tried but no response, and its pretty urgent, images uploaded with wrong rationale and they wont let me change and now the ownder if spouting legal stuff! Fethroesforia 21:59, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Someone has responded. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 22:12, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Does this Qualify for speedy deletion (unsourced)

Does this Qualify for speedy deletion (unsourced) St. Anthony's High School, Long Island Thedjatclubrock :) (talk) 22:31, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Under what criteria of the WP:CSD page would it fall? Corvus cornix 22:38, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Possibly unsourced? What template? Thedjatclubrock :) (talk)

None. Check the CSD page - only one of the criteria even mentions "unsourced", and that only applies if the article is an attack page, which as far as I can tell this isn't. If an article is unsourced, you can add one (or possibly, but not recommended, more) of the templates at Wikipedia:Template messages/Sources of articles. Confusing Manifestation 00:43, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

How do I post an article to Wikipedia?

How do I post an article to Wikipedia?

Exposethem 23:54, 15 July 2007 (UTC)ExposethemExposethem

See Wikipedia:Your first article. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 00:00, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

You should also see Help:Starting a new page. --Tλε Rαnδom Eδιτor (ταlκ) 02:35, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

I need an admin..

not for anything related to my image problems (which are being fixed)

but about the 'right to vanish' well..part of it that is taking my interest. any admin help on the topic would be greatly appreciated. Fethroesforia 23:54, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

m:Right to vanish. Nothing to do with admins. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 23:57, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

If you want to delete your userpage or user talk tag with {{db-userreq}}. --Tλε Rαnδom Eδιτor (ταlκ) 02:37, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Forgot my Password

Hello, I am User:GreaterWikiholic. Just a few hours ago I changed my password and forgot it. Would you mind giving me my password back. I forgot to give my EMail because I was not expecting this too happen. Thanks. 75.30.79.158 23:57, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

We don't have access to your password. If you can't remember it, and you didn't set the email, then I'm afraid you're out of luck, and will have to register a new user name. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 00:00, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Can I keep my edit count, I want to run for admin. 75.30.79.158 00:02, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Not that I'm aware of. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 00:05, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, I will indicate so on my new userpage. 75.30.79.158 00:08, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Multiple redirect nominations

There are song articles for almost every song in Les Miserables. Another editor prodded them a day or two ago, and the prod tags were removed. I think they should all be redirected to the main article, that way, should someone search for the song, they'll be brought to the main page. However, I'm pretty sure that doing so would be a contentious move, especially since the prod tags were removed. Should I do a multiple AfD nom and just note that I'm nominating them to be redirected? Or is there some place for redirect nominations? —  MusicMaker 23:58, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

What you're suggesting is fundamentally a merge (you want to merge the song articles either into the "Les Miserables" article, or maybe into a unified "Songs of Les Miserables" article. You should suggest a merge on the respective talk pages, per the procedure at Wikipedia:Merge#Proposing a merger; doing this with prods and AfDs will only get people's hackles up, leaving you with no consensus to do anything. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 00:04, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

But the current articles on the songs aren't even worthy of being merged into the main article. They're either filled with information already in the main article, unencyclopedic information like key signatures and vocal range, or OR glurges on the mood and feel of the piece. I can't in good conscience propose merging that stuff into the article. —  MusicMaker5376 05:22, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

July 16

Trouble with a Wicked Image

I uploaded an image and posted it in Wicked (musical) cast lists. The photographer, Tristam Kenton, allows his images to posted on this website and stated where the image came from. However, the image will still be deleted in a week. How can I fix this problem?

• Based on your Contributions, it looks like you're talking about this image, yes? You have to go to that image's page, click on the "edit" button up the top, and in the text space, add the appropriate licensing template from this list, or possibly this one.

If the photographer has only given permission to use the photo on Wikipedia, then it actually counts as a non-free image, because the aim is to have all content on Wikipedia licensed so that it can be copied anywhere. You may want to ask the photographer whether they would be willing to release the photo under a free content license, such as CC-BY-SA-2.5 or similar. It's probably also worthwhile reading Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for more information. Confusing Manifestation 01:53, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

• Oh, and when you add the template, you just have to add the text from the left column of the table, for example {{cc-by-sa-2.5}}. That will then put the template on the right in its place. And if you use one of the "non-free" templates, you also need to add a fair use rationale. Confusing Manifestation 01:56, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Checking an IP address of a user?

Hi there, How do I check the IP address of a Wikipedia editor? Looking in a history of previous edits only tells me the username. I checked the logs-- no help there either. thanks, Sazevedo 01:25, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

You don't. You can, however, put in a request for checkuser, which will allow a checkuser (basically someone with appropriate priveleges) to look at the IP address. Note, however, that you need good reason to request (e.g. you have some evidence of serious abuse of editing priveleges), and in general the checkuser won't tell you the IP, but if you provide both the username and IP will tell you if they are, or are likely to be, the same person. Confusing Manifestation 01:42, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

(edit conflict) To find out the IP address of a Wikipedia editor (not an anonymous one), you need to have a checkuser done by someone with checkuser access. You must also have a valid reason for it and file a request for checkuser. The requests page and the valid reasons is available here. --(Review Me) R ^ParlateContribs_@ (Let's Go Yankees!) 01:44, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Birth certificate

I would like to know how I can go about ordering a copy of my birth Certicate, I was told I need it to get a passport. Please get back to me as soon as possable. Thank you Martha Duran Borowski

• Have you tried the Miscellaneous section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there; this help desk is only for questions about using Wikipedia. For your convenience, here's the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps. You may also want to be more specific, since procedures may vary from country to country, and even state to state. Confusing Manifestation 01:58, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

handy footnotes to reference linking

I remember having seen an article with both a footnotes (for brief citations) and a reference (for full descriptions of books) section, with the book titles in the footnotes sections linked to the relevant book in the reference section. (That is, when you clicked on the title in the brief footnote, it zapped you to the full record later down in the reference section.) I thought this was quite useful, but now I've forgotten which article it was. Can anyone explain how to do this or (preferably) just point me to an article where it has been done already? Thanks! Calliopejen1 02:39, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Sure. When I rewrote endgame tablebase, someone showed me how to do it. There are about 30 article references in the "html" format and two books in the "Harvard" format. Shalom ^Hello 03:00, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Charles Darwin has inline refs, which bring you down to the "Citations" section, which then include a link to the book references, where it has the full citation for the book. Sebi _[talk] 03:10, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks so much! Charles Darwin was the article I had seen, too. Calliopejen1 03:48, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

LAMP stack

Does Wikipedia run on the LAMP stack? (ie PHP Mysql Linux Apache?) Is there somewhere we can see the technical details on how Wikipedia runs? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.2.10.213 (talk • contribs).

I'll answer my own question, the answer is yes and you can find more info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Technical_FAQ#What_software_is_used_to_run_Wikipedia.3F

If you want to try running MediaWiki as your own personal wiki (for experimenting, study, sophisticated note-taking, etc.), see: mw:Manual:Wiki on a stick (for example, I run MediaWiki under XAMPP on Microsoft Windows and Fedora Core). See WP:DUMP if you want to try running your own local copy of Wikipedia (and you have plenty of disk space on your computer). You can also shorten the link you gave above as: Wikipedia:Technical FAQ#What software is used to run Wikipedia?. The documentation here is very good; since you already know how to find the FAQ pages, you can figure everything out just by reading. But it takes a while. --Teratornis 06:21, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

I also suggest you create an account on Wikipedia as well as on Meta and on mediawiki.org if you decide to learn to be a MediaWiki administrator. That way you can more easily communicate with other MediaWiki administrators about your questions and problems. See for example: mw:Project:Support desk. And by the way, the MediaWiki software is impressive, you will not regret the time you spend investigating it; however, MediaWiki may or may not be the best choice if you want to set up a corporate wiki. And of course click on every link I gave and read all those pages. --Teratornis 06:31, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

HELP!!

I NEED TO FIND THE PAGE "HELP DESK"!ALSO, HOW DO I MAKE A CONTRIBUTION??!!

You are on the help desk. TO make a contribution, find a page you like and click edit and improe it. It's that simple. --_Hdt83 ^Chat 07:27, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Deleting a link

In the page named "bangladeshi politicians", i find the name of 'bangla bhai', a most wanted terrorist hung to death for terrorism. He was never a politician. However, I cannot delete 'bangla bhai's link from the "bangladeshi politician" page. help me out please.Ratibgreat 07:32, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

There doesn't appear to be a page named "bangladeshi politicians", nor a "Politicians of Bangladesh" or something similar. We'll be able to help you further if you link to the page. Thanks, Yanksta x 07:48, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

I saw a category:Bangladeshi politicians and Bangla Bhai is an article and he is categorized as being a politician. Before changing or removing the category from the article though, you may want to discuss your ideas at Talk:Bangla Bhai. Hope this helps.CindyBo^talk 08:01, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

map of the world - use in a report

To the help desk,

Would it be possible to use an edited version of the map of the world shown in Wikipedia in a research paper which will be published in hard copy and on the internet for public consumption ?

194.221.212.165 09:53, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

It's not quite clear what you mean by 'the map of the world' shown in Wikipeidia, WP contains literally hundreds of different maps of the world.

If the map you are refering to is an image, have a look at the copyrigth-tag of the image to figure out what you are allowed to do with it, and on what conditions. (most images on WikiPedia are under free licenses that allow the kind of use you are mentioning, but not all, so check first)

--Eivind Kjørstad 10:43, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Links to a different person, same name

I was reading an article about a French film. There was a link to an actress named Catherine Jacob. But the details on that page were for a completely different person. Now I don't have enough information to create a page for the actress but maybe somebody does. I noticed that 8 other pages link to Catherine Jacob, all refer to French cinema. And there is a Catherine jacob (sic) redirect page. I have never tried editing anything in wikipedia yet, so if I create a disambiguation page do I need to update all the links as well? Or can I change the exisiting page to a disambiguation page while also renaming the current details to something like Catherine-Jacob-UK-TV-presenter? Nadialan 10:15, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

All the links pointing to Catherine Jacob (found via What links here in the left-hand navigation bar) were for the actress, so I've changed them all to [[Catherine Jacob (actress)|]]. (The | is a pipe which means the link points to Catherine Jacob (actress) buts displays as Catherine Jacob.)

Also, you shouldn't change the existing page to a disambiguation page and re-create the ITV correspondent's article (as this loses the continuity of the history, which also causes legal problems related to attributing the contributors). Instead, if necessary, move it to something like Catherine Jacob (broadcaster) (that's specific enough as I can only find two people so named). Before doing this, though, I'd suggest you propose the move on Talk:Catherine Jacob, explaining why you don't think the broadcaster is the primary meaning (that nearly everyone would be looking for) and leave it a few days in case anyone disagrees. I'd also suggest you, first, create a stub at Catherine Jacob (actress) to justify creating a disambiguation page.

Joe Llywelyn Griffith Blakesley _{talk contrib} 11:02, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

BTW, I wouldn't worry about Catherine jacob. It is common to link common misspellings or miscapitalisations to the correct article to make things easier for users. In this case (of all lower case to initial capitals), the server would automatically redirect anyone who used all lower-case in the search box to the correct article without that redirect been needed (making it not particularly helpful to create such a redirect), but it isn't doing any harm and might be useful for people who put all the lower-case version in a wikilink or as a URI in their browser. —Joe Llywelyn Griffith Blakesley _{talk contrib} 11:14, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Good catch on spotting this, BTW. Actually, a slight correction, in that, as it would seem (based on this Google search) that these two are probably the only Catherine Jacob's of notability, it is customary in such cases to just link the more common target (even if it isn't the primary meaning) to the less common one using a hatnote so only half the users have to go through a disambiguation page. Google suggests to me that the actress is more common (at least on the Web). Doing it that way has the advantage that you only have to do a simple move of the current article. As there hasn't been much contribution to the current article, I'd say you could get away with not proposing the move, actually, though it is a good practice to get into (particularly in cases like this were you are putting something new were the article used to be, making reversion difficult).

Joe Llywelyn Griffith Blakesley _{talk contrib} 12:03, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Is there a "blame" function ?

Hi !

Is there an easy way in Wikipedia for figuring out who added a certain part of an article and in what revision ? Something similar to "svn blame" or "cvs blame" for those of you familiar with version-control ?

Yeah, I can binary-search, but is seems a hassle. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Eivind (talk • contribs).

You can try User:AmiDaniel/WhodunitQuery. I haven't used it. Funny message to not sign. A joke? PrimeHunter 11:02, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

I wish. I quite simply forgot. --Eivind Kjørstad 09:58, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Who 'owns' a picture?

Because i have some pictures that were taken on my camera. some were taken by myself, others i got the help of a close relative to take them. Does this make some of the images his? or are they mine because they were on my camera, i just was a bit shaky and wanted some help with taking some pictures. I cannot also distinguish which pictures are mine and which he took due to it being a fair amount of time ago. Fethroesforia 11:18, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

We can't give you legal advice. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 11:28, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

who mentioned legal advice, im wondering who owns a picture so it can be uploaded to wikipedia. Fethroesforia 11:54, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

You asked who owns a given picture in some complex circumstance; that's a legal copyright question, and one we're not going to answer for you. If you don't know for sure who owns a picture, don't upload it to Wikipedia. You've already wasted enough administrator time here and on commons because of your unwillingness to truthfully represent the copyright status of images; please don't waste more uploading images that you thing you might possibly own. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 12:00, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

It is very common for people to claim copyright on images (e.g.: of themselves) which were taken with their camera (which they set up) by someone else. Whether that is legal is something you'd have to check up in your jurisdiction's legislation and case law, or with a lawyer.

The best thing to do would be to just ask the relative to transfer any copyrights to you (you wouldn't even need to get that in writing, at least not where I am in the UK, but, obviously, you'd want it that way unless it is someone you're sure won't kick up a fuss afterwards). Then you say on the image page that it was a joint work of you and that person but all copyrights are in your hands.

BTW, Finlay McWalter, "your unwillingness to truthfully represent the copyright status" doesn't sound like assuming good faith to me, a rule I think it is particularly important to follow on this page.

Joe Llywelyn Griffith Blakesley _{talk contrib} 12:43, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

See Fethroesforia's talk page. Finlay was not just throwing a rude off-the cuff remark. Apparently, this user has uploaded several copyrighted pictures in the past. Ingolfson 13:08, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

I was specifically talking about the word I emphasised, not the general fact that the user was admonished for his uploading copyrighted images without the necessary evidence of permission. Although, since you bring it up, I also can't find evidence that the accusation of lying is correct, either. —Joe Llywelyn Griffith Blakesley _{talk contrib} 13:14, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

(ed conf)Fethroesforia has uploaded several dozen images both to here and to commons, and on all placed unambiguous texts and tags claiming he took the images personally ("Photograph taken by fethroesforia", "Picture taken by me of the Bahntower, Berlin, Germany.", "picture taken by me of the Potsdamer Platz No1 building"). Yesterday he then claimed he in fact didn't take any of the images at all, and claimed he was subject to legal action from his father, forcing them to be deleted here and on commons. So either the original claims of ownership were false or the subsequent claims that they weren't his was false. Pick one. Cf his upload log and the many recent copyvio deletions including Image:Bahntower Glass Building.jpg, Image:Potsdamer Platz No1.jpg, Image:River Spree Bundeskanzleramt.jpg, Image:Checkpoint Charlie Sign.jpg and many more, and more yet on commons (commons upload log). See also the thread on commons:Commons:Administrators'_noticeboard#HELP. Yet he's back today uploading more images still saying "Picture taken by fethroesforia"; AGF does not mean one should suspend one's common sense in the face of ample evidence. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 13:18, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

References for images

I recently posted the references for images that were posted on the Portadown College article, and they have since been deleted and this site is threateningto take them down. Please advise.

The references for the images were http://www.portadowncollege.com and http://www.portadowncollege.com/gallery/g2data/v/Rugby-Index/V+Ballymena/PC+v+Ballymena03.JPG.html?g2_navId=x731000f3

My username is Someone12369

Whats a "reference" in this case? Perhaps you mean a source. In the case of the image you uploaded to that article, if you aren't the copyright owner, or don't know for sure that the image is licenced under a free licence, then the image should not have been uploaded to Wikipedia in the first place. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 11:27, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

What is wrong with your Main Page?

Though the text shows that featured articles change every day, really there is one for three or four days. Viacheslav Mur2ich, St.-Petersburg, Russia. --85.235.196.35 11:34, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

It's changed faithfully every day. You may be seeing a cached version (either on your machine or on some proxy or whatever between you and us). See Wikipedia:Bypass your cache. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 11:36, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Image gallery help needed...

Hi guys. Could someone take a look at the Red-legged Kittiwake article for me? I've added an image gallery to what is a fairly short article and it is now clashing with and appearing partly inside the taxobox. It looks really messy. Is there any way of fixing this up? Thanks. --Kurt Shaped Box 11:36, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

It looks fine to me. It's possibly just your internet browser or your screen resolution. AndrewJDTALK -- 11:40, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Floating divs (like the info box) frequently clash with non-floating divs like this; the only solution is {{clear}}, which I've experimentally added to the article. The downside is that while it now looks okay on narrower screens, it leaves a big gap on wider ones like mine. The only real solution is to write lots more text :) -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 11:46, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

That does look better on my screen, thanks. That's actually like how IE renders without the tag... --Kurt Shaped Box 11:51, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

File:Kittiwakescreenshot.png

seagull screen

(Edit conflict) I'm using Firefox at 1024x768. Interestingly, when I browse the page in IE, the gallery appears below a big white space, separating it from the taxobox. This is what I'm seeing with Firefox. --Kurt Shaped Box 11:49, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

space

what is the big bang????

Have a look at this page: Big Bang -- AndrewJDTALK -- 12:30, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Striking comments

I have not been able to find a policy or guideline regarding striking comments. I am curious to know, are there any generally accepted "rules" about striking one's own comments or those of another user? Any help would be appreciated. Jmfangio ► Talk 12:42, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

I can't point to a specific page, but generally anyone can strike their one comments, and are generally encouraged to leave a note why. Also, admins or users in good standing will ocassionally strike the !votes of spa's or others users otherwise suspected of not being able to !vote. Generally the only time a comment is struck is when someone changes their !vote or someone else thinks the users shouldn't be !voting in the first place.

Is there a specific instance you're curious about? --Ybbor^Talk 14:34, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

• I'm not going to elaborate on the specific situation for a number of reasons. The result is that I had no choice but to create a new account in order to contribute (and very well i might add). A user is simply going around and striking as many of my comments they find that were made by me under the former account (this even if they were made over a year ago and have nothing to do with him). They are all in non-voting situations. I think this is something that should be addressed somewhere on the site. Someone suggested that I go to the WP:VP to get the process started, so i posted this Jmfangio ► Talk 16:58, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Creating a new page from an existing page

I modified a page called "Management System" by adding a topic link called "Occupational Health & Safety Management System". I have been unable to get the link to open to an "edit box" in order for me to create a new page for it. It goes around in circles and never allows me to get to the edit page. The system keeps taking me to the "no articles found" query or “search another place” query. I've even started over completely and used the "create page" to no avail even as a registered user and as an unregistered user. The results are always the same and it’s very frustrating. This is a school assignment that I will receive no credit for because I'm unable to get this site to work. Now that's a real shame and teachers shouldn’t force wikipedia assignments on students when the website doesn’t function as promised.

click here. Next time, you can click the link you created (which is red) which should give you the edit page. --ST47Talk 12:57, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Bottom scroll bar

What happened to the scroll bar that used to be at the bottom of every page? I used to have one for side-to-side scrolling to center the text in my browser window, but it disappeared a few days ago. It was a feature that I used and enjoyed. I use IE 7 and as far as I can tell nothing has happened recently to cause the change at my end.

Public Menace 14:15, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Odd. I'm using IE6 and it's there for me, so it's probably on your end. --Ybbor^Talk 14:31, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

OK, any ideas on how to get it back? Public Menace 14:41, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

If this isn't a Wikipedia issue, please try the reference desk. The Evil Spartan 16:14, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

I'm using IE 7. I have the bar on this current help desk page but not on most other Wikipedia pages. I think it's supposed to be made automatically by the browser if the page design is too wide for the window. That can for example happen if there is

a long line like this one which starts with a space and therefore generates a special box.

Are you sure you used to have it on all pages, also with a full screen window? PrimeHunter 23:03, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Yes, in full screen. Also, I'm viewing this page right now with Netscape (Mozilla) and same thing - no bottom scroll bar. Oh well, life goes on. I'll live without it. Public Menace 02:25, 17 July 2007 (UTC) 02:22, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Canadian Business Hall of Fame

Hello, please see the comment beside Conrad Black's name in the list below:

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

Is this type of editing or commenting appropriate for wikipedia?

Thank you.

The Canadian Business Hall of Fame

No it isn't, I have removed it. Thankyou for pointing it out. AndrewJDTALK -- 15:12, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Resolved

Maltese Music History

'jon lukas' made Maltese music history when he was signed to EMI COLUMBIA worldwide record company in 1970. This made him the first Maltese singer to get signed by a major record company and acquire success outside the Island at a time of fresh independance from the English Goverment who up to that time suppressed the Maltese identity. A person even just contemplating becoming a known popstar outside the Island's perimeter would have then been considered a total basket case.

Can you please enter this fact in wikipedia. For a period of scrutiny should you wish.

You should (1) find a reference, and then (2) submit it to Articles for creation. Shalom ^Hello 16:06, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Islam

Dear Wikipedia, I would like to ask if you could please make certain changes in terminology. If you would please refer to Prophet Muhammad(P.B.U.H) as a prophet wherever his name is used. And also if you would add the abbreviation P.B.U.H. after his name as I have done in the previous sentence. This will be appreciated greatly by the Islamic world and let me assure you that this is offensive to all Muslims. With respect all problems can be solved. When beliefs and cultural values are respected, people will not have emnity towards different lifestyles. If one shows respect, one will recieve respect in return.

[EMAIL REMOVED]

Needless to say, this has been discussed more than a few times, but the concensus is that Wikipedia is not presented from any religious perspective. Having PBUH would present it from an Islamic viewpoint and so is not used. I looked at the very first discussions on this which can be found at: Talk:Muhammad/Archive_1. If you want to take this further it should start on the Talk:Muhammad page where it can be debated. AndrewJDTALK -- 15:51, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Our general guidelines are to not include such information: please see Wikipedia:Manual of Style (Islam-related articles)#Islamic honorifics. Please note that Wikipedia is not censored, which means that one of its core policies is that it includes information which some find offensive. I agree that with you that some information could do well to be censored, but the policies unfortunately don't agree. The Evil Spartan 16:13, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Well, I wonder why you mention the letters PBUH without even telling what they mean, but I guess it is something like "Lord".

I am a christian, and it annoys me sometimes to find that some people are unable to say "Jesus". They say "The Lord Jesus", again and again, so that it becomes boring and annoying, and they seem not to realise it themselves. But even they, when they read aloud from the Bible, they say "Jesus", since that's what the evangelists called Him.

What is Muhammed called in the Qoran? Do the letters PBUH occur there? HandigeHarry 16:36, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

I can answer my own question. Sura 33:41 says: "Muhammed is the father of no man". No PBUH. I think this will close this discussion. HandigeHarry 16:43, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

It stands for Peace Be Upon Him. AndrewJDTALK -- 17:56, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Muslims are required to utter "peace be upon him" or, in Arabic, "sallallahu alaihi wa sallam" upon hearing the prophet's name spoken, as an honorific and a mark of respect. Likewise, when writing his name it will be followed by PBUH or SAW in probably all Islamic books etc. Similar honorifics apply to the companions of the prophet and other holy people in Islam. At the end of the day though, this is a neutral encyclopedia describing topics from a neutral, dispassionate point-of-view. Thus no P.B.U.H., no S.A.W., no R.A., not even the title Prophet every time. This debate has been done to death and is very much closed for discussion. Zunaid©® 11:12, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

The world has many religions, and most if not all of them claim that all the others are at least partly wrong. (What is holy in one religion may be blasphemy in another religion - for example various religions disagree vehemently on the divinity of Jesus, and numerous wars have been fought in part over this question. Also see what the Taliban did to the Buddhas of Bamyan - how much "respect" was shown there?) Thus if Wikipedia adopts the practices of one religion, it almost certainly would offend other religions. While the need to maintain neutrality may not seem obvious in a nation that is, say, 99% Muslim, the Western nations gradually moved away from theocracy toward democracy after the Enlightenment signaled an end to the Dark Ages. The key to making democracy work is to keep public life at least nominally secular and keep religious practices private. This obviously does not sit well with the more aggressive religions (such as the virulent fundamentalist sects of many religions, who wish to impose their beliefs on everyone by any means necessary), but in a pluralistic society (such as has become common in the West after modern transportation technology made it easy for people to relocate between continents) the only workable formula is for everyone to refrain from imposing their religious practices on others. Otherwise the result can be the kind of religious war and sectarian violence we see in places like Iraq today. --Teratornis 20:01, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Editing in different language

How can I edit a page by translate it in another language?

There is no official feature for translating pages from the English Wikipedia into different languages, but remember there are different versions for different languages. Check out this page: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias

You also might want to check out WP:TRANSL. --Tλε Rαnδom Eδιτor (ταlκ) 19:59, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

the "create a new page" button

I am having trouble actually finding such a "button", as mentioned in the article on creating a new page.

One way is go to the create a new page, type in the name of the article you wanto to create and click go, then look for the red text that says 'Create this page' two lines below the text box. AndrewJDTALK -- 18:37, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Before creating a new article it might be good idea to read Wikipedia:Your first article. --Tλε Rαnδom Eδιτor (ταlκ) 19:10, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

You are right: The instruction has a wrong button name. The box at top of Help:Starting a new page is from Template:Phh:Starting a new page and was changed in [6]. Before there was a single "Create page" button which opened an edit window (either to edit an existing article or create a new). After there was two buttons: "Go (try title)" and "Search". They behave like the standard buttons in the search box to the left. The instructions still use the old name and assume the old functionality. Something should be changed but I'm not sure whether it's best to change the buttons or instructions. PrimeHunter 22:15, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Personal Pages or pages that the Wiki doesn't have.

How do you create a page about yourself or a page on a topic that the Wiki doesn't have? For instance, you do not have a page on The @ RPG, and I would like to make one for you. But first I must know how to.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Olothontor (talk • contribs).

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

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

If you still think an article is appropriate, see Help:Starting a new page. You might also look at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation.--Fuhghettaboutit 20:31, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

You mentioned creating a page about yourself. I should warn you: In general, it is a bad idea (and bad form) to create or edit the article about yourself, your company, your band, etc. It's very hard to maintain a neutral point of view.

On the other hand, if you want to talk about yourself in general, your editing philosophy on Wikipedia, etc. feel free to use your user page at User:Olothontor.=David^(talk)_(contribs) 07:38, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Templates

Is there a way to make text dissapear if a variable is not used?

For EX

{{User:Thedjatclubrock/Watched|~~~|~~~~~}}

This User/IP is being closely watched by Thedjatclubrock :) (talk) This user is being watched due either to recent or constant vandalism. If this is a shared IP please create an account for your own protection. This user has been under watch since 20:11, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Can the third line be ommited if there is no second variable.

Ps. Is this an appropriate template for personal use?

Thedjatclubrock :) (talk) 20:13, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

There is an "if" template. I haven't used it, but it is something very similar to: {{if|{{{somevariable|}}}|The text to show if the variable exists|The text to show if it doesn't exist}}. If you leave the text to show if it doesn't exist blank, you will get no text shown if it doesn't exist. Now, I hope someone comes along who knows the exact syntax for using the if. -- Kainaw^(what?) 20:38, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

how do i add a defintion

how do i add a deffintion to the wikipedia? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stnlystmr (talk • contribs)

I assume you mean "How do I start a new page?". See Help:Starting a new page. -- Kainaw^(what?) 21:28, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

You don't. definitions should be taken to wiktionary --L^augh! 21:29, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

See also Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not#Wikipedia is not a dictionary. By the way, the word is "definition". Wikipedia is not a dictionary, so definition is not just a definition of "definition". PrimeHunter 22:25, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Definitely --Max Talk (add) 01:54, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Also, Hello. In case you didn't know, when you add content to talk pages and Wikipedia pages that have open discussion, you should sign your posts by typing four halfwidth tildes ( ~~~~ ) at the end of your comment. You could also click on the signature button located above the edit window. This will automatically insert a signature with your username or IP address and the time you posted the comment. This information is useful because other editors will be able to tell who said what, and when. Thank you. . =David^(talk)_(contribs) 07:41, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Deleting a page

How do you delete a sub-page?

Please reply on my talk page.

Thanks,

Skunkmaster 22:28, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

changing head line

I have added a page and about a person and their last name is not capitalized. I would like to change this, how??

Jraiford 22:45, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

• You need to move the page, using the move command on the left. New users cannot do this, so you might need to contact an admin or more experienced user by putting {{helpme}} on your talk page. --Haemo 22:58, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
  • I looked at your contributions and have moved Lauren ezersky to Lauren Ezersky for you. After a move, the old name redirects to the new name. PrimeHunter 23:06, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

requested moves

I would like to ask how much time should be left to start a new discussion to move a page after a previous discussion regarding the same page move has been closed with no consensus to move, as requested move discussions are often speedily closed when another discussion has been closed, recent to the new discussion, with no consensus to move. ThanksTbo 157 23:46, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

July 17

creating a new page

how do i create a page?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Andor0597 (talk • contribs) 17 July 2007.

Read Help:Starting a new page. Bart133 ^{(t) (c)} 00:16, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

LIZA SHTROMBERG DELETION

Why was the entry for LIZA SHTROMBERG deleted again? I corrected it as suggested by persons here by reducing it more down to a neutral encyclopedic entry and as suggested I put a link to a legitimate news source that mentions her by name - that source being ABC NEWS.

It was deleted as it didn't assert any notability whatsoever. Please see WP:BIO and WP:CORP. Bjelleklang - talk Bug Me 01:22, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

She does meet the WP:BIO criteria as she is widely known. Just because she is in a field or artistry that you are unfamiliar with doesn't make her any less notable. I don't know a whole lot about soccer, but if someone put up a noteworthy item about soccer I certainly wouldn't question it because I alone or a handful of people on Wikipedia did not recognize its significance. Pepper Berry 04:11, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Weather or not she is notable or not doesn't really mean anything, as long as the article it self has to establish that she is notable. As for the link given, there was really nothing...she was mentioned along with a dozen others as potential places to buy gifts for mother's day, which doesn't really prove her notability. If you still believe that the article should be revived, please take it to Wikipedia:Deletion review. Bjelleklang - talk Bug Me 09:50, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Calculating the article body's size

Is there some sort of tool that calculates the size of the body and main text of an article, skipping over images and refs? Wrad 02:31, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

A simple tool would be to copy/paste the page into a simple text editor (ie: Notepad). You'll only get the text, no images or html code. Then, you can estimate the size. -- Kainaw^(what?) 03:53, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

It's about one byte per character, isn't it? Wrad 03:57, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

It is exactly one byte per character once pasted into notepad. It uses ASCII, 7-bit characters with 1 bit for overhead. Now, if we are talking Unicode, it is up to 4 bytes per character (if I remember correctly). -- Kainaw^(what?) 04:02, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Bug? Calculating the Number of Sections

http://tools.wikimedia.de/~daniel/WikiSense/CategoryTree.php&wikilang=en&wikifam=.wikipedia.org&cat=neurology

Why doesn't the category tree on the page for category:Neurology make as much sense as that? It looks like someone introduced a bug when they spread that deprecated tool around, and while I'm at it, when I go to edit the last section of a page, the wiki consistently tells me it doesn't exist. Brewhaha@edmc.net 04:26, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Do you mean there is a specific page where the last edit link consistently tells that, or do you mean consistently for all pages? The former can happen but I haven't heard of the latter. Can you give an example of a page with the problem? PrimeHunter 16:25, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Incorrect Merge with "Milliken, Ontario"

Hi,

I was recently searching Milliken Park when I realized that the information for the Milliken community (in the City of Toronto) has been incorrectly merged with the Milliken Mills community in the Town of Markham. The merge has combined the communities into "Milliken, Ontario". Unfortunately, I'm not quite sure I how can separate the two articles by reverting to earlier versions properly.

The two Milliken communities are two very separate communities belonging to different municipalities. Their community centres, schools, and community associations belong to different boards and different local governments. None of their services are linked. The article is confusing since it sometimes references the Milliken in Markham, while drawing on data from the Milliken in Toronto, and vice versa.

Although residents who live around the borders of Toronto and Markham may sometimes be confused, the two neighbourhoods are actually very distinct entities that operate under systems which are not interchangable. Due to this common misconception of the two Millikens being the same, people often arrive at the incorrect community centre, school, event, etc. Since the two communities are actually not adjacent to one another, the time it takes for someone to travel from one incorrect Milliken to the correct one actually takes quite a bit of time by car, causing many people to either miss events, shows, programs, or performances.

To illustrate my point, I can refer to the very link that is listed within the article: http://www.toronto.ca/demographics/profiles_map_and_index.htm

From this link, you can see that Toronto's Milliken ends at the border of Steeles Avenue. However, Markham's Milliken Mills area is North of Steeles and west of Toronto's Milliken area. As well, the bus systems do not continue, as Toronto's TTC (Toronto Transit Commission) services only the Milliken in Toronto. The Mililken in Markham is serviced by York Region's transit system.

Please revert to an earlier version of both articles such that the information could be correctly separated.

Thank you!

You might want to also bring up these concerns on the article talk page. However, I will look into it for you. LaraLove 13:49, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Would like to fix my entry Mudville so it conforms to your standards - don't know how!

Hi - I developed a Wiki entry for Mudville, and got these messages:

"This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. Please include more appropriate citations from reliable sources."

"This biographical article or section is written like a resume. Please help improve this article by revising it to be neutral and encyclopedic. (help)"'

As to the first message, I cited several reliable sources in the Notes section. These are all reputable publications and the sources are also dated. What is it about these citations do you find objectionable? Or is there a more appropriate way to cite these sources?

As to the second message, I believe this passage may be an offending one (?)

"Core members Marilyn Carino and Ben (Benny Cha Cha) Rubin have distinguished themselves as adding sophistication to the genre with classic Hip-Hop stylings, elements of improvisational free jazz and attention to songcraft more influenced by Marvin Gaye and Duke Ellington than the minimalist, pop-based structure and lyrics by which the genre is most often characterized."

This, I felt, was an honest, somewhat personal description (but one that is echoed in many major publications) of why I believe Mudville deserves notoriety in Wikipedia, and why they have been influential in the "post Trip-Hop" music genre. I assumed there needed to be some sort of distinctive description to warrant the entry. Do you find it too editorial? Do I need to cite third-party sources to substantiate these comments?

The History/Bio section I felt was also rather straightforward - I included plaudits (fully cited, in the Notes section), again, to emphasize Mudville's noteworthiness.

I do not understand how this entry could be more neutral without losing its descriptiveness or making Mudville seem unworthy of inclusion here. I notice there are plenty of editorial comments in other artists' entries, but they somehow are allowed.

I am not Mudville or affiliated with them, by the way. I'm just a huge fan and I feel they are an important band. I would like to make sure they are included in the Wikipedia and given their due. Thank you for your assistance.

TagoreEco 04:56, 17 July 2007 (UTC)TagoreEco

What I find helpful when I'm trying to improve an article is to look at other articles on similar topics, paying special attention to the ones that are WP:Featured articles or WP:Good articles. In your case, I would look for other articles on bands, perhaps through Wikipedia:WikiProject Jazz or Wikipedia:WikiProject hip hop where there are lists of featured articles and good articles associated with Jazz and Hip hop. Looking at these high quality articles that have been worked on by experienced editors will give you an idea of the neutral tone that a good article has, as well as better ways to format and cite the article you're trying to improve.CindyBo^talk 07:02, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

information about the call center

steps to start up call center

Are you looking for specific information regarding call centers? That inquiry should be directed to the Reference Desk.

The Rhymesmith 08:09, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Fansites

Is there a page that contains a policy dealing with the inclusion of fansites in "External links" sections? •97198 talk 07:53, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

[7], noting section [8].

The Rhymesmith 08:11, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Help page

The very useful example of a page history on Help:Page history does not include what appears on my page histories - namely the word "undo" in brackets at the end of each line. If I press the word "undo", does that result in an instant revert? Should Help:Page history be updated?

45ossington 08:48, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Yes and yes. Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 08:57, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Undo does not do an instant revert. The user has to click Save to make the Undo happen. Corvus cornix 18:03, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

My watchlist

On my watchlist, I can't work out what the green brackets (containing a plus sign and a number) appearing on each line after the time of the relevant change might refer to. Second question: is there a help page that provides that information?

Many thanks,

45ossington 08:53, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

It tells you how many characters we added in the last change. A big number indicates a substantial edit. Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 08:58, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Just to further Theresa's answer, specifically its the number of bytes that have been added to a page; it's not always the number of characters. As to your second question, see here. I  ^{(said) (did)} 09:14, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Where is the "create a new page" link?

Westpointvets 09:49, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

You can do this at Help:Starting a new page. Rlest 10:09, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Password issues

Having tried to login today, my password was rejected. This happened to me once before. I hadn't added my e-mail, and was told by someone that my password might not have been secure enough so I had to start again with a new account. I've been using the new account, set up with an e-mail this time, and today asked for a new password to be e-mailed. How long will that take? (it's been a couple of hours). I really don't want to set up another account. I was asked to e-mail someone directly before but never got a response what can I do? 132.185.144.123 11:17, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

It shouldn't take more than a few minutes to receieve a new password. Have you checked your junk/spam folders on the e-mail account? It might accidentally have been marked as spam. Good luck! Bjelleklang - talk Bug Me 11:53, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Yes I've done that - still no sign of the new password. A second request for a new password tells me one has been sent and I can't request it again for 24hours. What do I do now?132.185.144.123 12:15, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Rating of content (is Wikipedia rated to a certain level of explictness?)

Does Wikipedia have a protocol around explicit material? (eg. how explicit is too explicit? if something is somewhat explicit, do we put up a warning? What is the default audience of Wikipedia, compared to, for example, moving ratings?). Thanks for your help! (BTW, as well as scanning help and searching FAQs, I expected to find the answer to this in Wikipedia:List_of_policies?) Natebailey 12:48, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Basically, if it's encylopedic, we allow it and we don't have any kind of warning apart from the link to the disclaimers at the botton of every article. Wikipedia is intended for adults and isn't censored. The exceptions to this rule are rare, and will tend to be hashed out on a case by case bases on the talk pages of the articles concerned. Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 12:52, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not censored. -- Kainaw^(what?) 12:53, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

The relevant policy is Wikipedia is not censored. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 12:55, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Someday in the future I expect Web browsers to gain the ability to substantially alter the view of the World Wide Web to conform to the user's personal preferences. However, this might require software to get smart enough to pass the Turing Test first. A way to do it without artificial intelligence would be for large communities of like-minded users to develop and share their own Web page rating systems. This could operate similarly to techniques for classifying and blocking spam. For example, if several thousand people have a similar concept of obscenity or blasphemy, at most one of them would have to be offended by viewing a particular page, and thereupon the offended party could warn the other sensitive souls not to view it. Members of such a group might share their page ratings via a peer-to-peer method. --Teratornis 23:46, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Watchlist

Can other users "see" what you have in your watchlist? Hyper Girl 13:09, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

While anyone with access to the database can see anything they want to see, normal users cannot see your watchlist. -- Kainaw^(what?) 13:10, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

See also Help:Watching pages#Privacy of watchlists. PrimeHunter 16:16, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Article Creation

jon lukas made Maltese music history in 1970 as Malta's first ever recording artist.

I wrote to you about this fact as a contribution to Wiki yesterday. Can you please inform me as to where I can see this fact listed in WIKIPEDIA. Thanks!Mary Elle

You're enquiry was answered: Wikipedia:Help_desk#Maltese_Music_History AndrewJDTALK -- 14:38, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Article views

Do you know if there's someway I can see how many times any specific article page is viewed in a month? I'd like to know, so thanks. LuciferMorgan 15:08, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

No. The feature to count how many times a page has been visited has been turned off for performance reasons. For more details please see Wikipedia:Technical FAQ#Can I add a page hit counter to a Wikipedia page?. PrimeHunter 16:12, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Deathrash

Do you have the history of that article anywhere, because Im trying to recreate it, and I cant find its history. Mezmerizer 15:22, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Um, would you like to request Userfication ? Peacent 15:44, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

You should not recreate the article, as it was deleted on 3 July after not surviving a "articles for deletion" debate: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Deathrash. Royalbroil 16:25, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

The article was deleted because it was unreferenced/suspected as hoax. Recreation is possible as long as sources can be provided. Peacent 16:27, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the better answer, Peacent. An admin can retrieve what was deleted, but you will likely need to develop it off-line (or even better in a sandbox that you make in your userspace like User:Royalbroil/Sandbox) and have them approve the article before you create it in main article space. Royalbroil 16:38, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

All right. Thanks for the advice on the userfication :D Yeah, I think Ill do that. Would you mind userfying the Deathrash article?I shall Mezmerize you! My edits shall Mezmerize you!! My articles shall Mezmerize you!!! 19:13, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Done, it's at User:Mezmerizer/Deathrash. Please read carefully and address the concern raised in the related deletion discussion, you might also read WP:V and WP:RS. Also, please tag the page with {{db-userreq}} when you've finished. I hope this helps. Peacent 05:35, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! I shall Mezmerize you! My edits shall Mezmerize you!! My articles shall Mezmerize you!!! 19:07, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

link spamming

I used several reviews for an article on the band This Beautiful Republic to demonstrate the notability of the band and to reference the article. An editor has removed several of these reviews, as the references/external links are trying to sell their album diff. The contributor also removed a link to the band's bio page at yahoo, which I think is a major demonstration of notability. Would someone review the edit to see if the changes were reasonable, and cite the guideline/policy if they agree with the other contributor. I promise this will not be part of an edit war, I just want a second opinion. Royalbroil 16:17, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

sites trying to sell something are not reliable, and cannot be used for notability --L^augh! 16:41, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

About blocking editting

What does it mean to block editing a specific article? What if it means I may never edit another article again? I mean, I don't want that! What if a specific article has mistakes? I mean, I was only trying to help! IP Address.: 24.14.216.60

An article can be protected; this prevents either new and unregistered users from editing it ('semi-protection'), or all non-administrator users from editing it ('full protection'); articles are only protected as a preventative measure, and will be unprotected as soon as is practical. If you want to suggest a change to a protected article, place {{editprotected}} and a description of the change on the article's Talk ('discussion') page, and an administrator will check that the change is acceptable and make it for you. Attempting to edit a protected article doesn't work, but nothing bad happens to you either. Users and IP addresses can be blocked to prevent them editing; if your IP is blocked (or your username, if and when you get a username) and you try to edit, you'll get a message to tell you what to do next. Blocks are only done as a preventative measure (usually to stop a user who is vandalising), and are usually temporary; it is in any case always possible to appeal a block (there will be instructions in the block message in such a case). Hope that helps! --ais523 16:44, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

I'd recommend you to create an account if you want to help (Established editors have some benefits, like editing semi-protected articles) The only trouble, as always, is that you must think of a username. Peacent 16:48, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Maybe you are referring to the warnings at User talk:24.14.216.60? PrimeHunter 17:17, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Hardware & Networking

DMA —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 121.246.25.41 (talk)

Do you have a question? Maybe some of these are of interest:hardware, networking, DMA, Direct memory access, network card, networking hardware, Category:Networking hardware. PrimeHunter 17:14, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Article traffic

Is there any way to find out how much traffic a particular article receives? Thanks. TimidGuy 17:01, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

No. The feature to count how many times a page has been visited has been turned off for performance reasons. For more details please see Wikipedia:Technical FAQ#Can I add a page hit counter to a Wikipedia page?. PrimeHunter 17:06, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks much. TimidGuy 18:31, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Resolved

There may be a rough correlation between article views and article edits, especially edits by different users. If an article has glaring deficiencies with few corrective edits for a long time, especially typos that are easy to correct, that strongly suggests the article gets few views. On the other hand, if the article history shows multiple daily edits, the article probably receives proportionally many views. Many smaller wikis that run on the MediaWiki software leave page counters enabled. You can view Special:Statistics on various wikis to see the ratios between views and edits; whether such ratios are close to Wikipedia's I don't know. For example, Wookipedia reports: "6.16 views per edit." Given that I know many people in real life who read Wikipedia but hardly anyone who edits, I'd suspect Wikipedia's average ratio of views to edits is substantially higher than Wookipedia's, but of course the ratio would vary by article. --Teratornis 23:19, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

interesting. Thanks for explaining that. TimidGuy 14:59, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Categories

When I try to categorise a page relating to a person, that person appears on the relevant catgory page in the alphabetical position appropriate to their given name, rather than their surname.

Many thanks,

45ossington 17:01, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

See Help:Category#Sort order for how to avoid this. PrimeHunter 17:05, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

The actual way to do what you want to do is to add wikimarkup like this [[Category:Example|Smith, John]]. Hope that helps. --Tλε Rαnδom Eδιτor (ταlκ) 18:52, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

meaning of the word achaela

achala meaning —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.98.15.98 (talk)

If the word is "achala", then maybe a Wikipedia search [9] or Google search [10] can be of help. You can also try asking at Wikipedia:Reference desk/language, perhaps giving the context where you met the word. This help desk page is for questions about using Wikipedia. PrimeHunter 17:26, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

In sanskrit Achala/Acala means "The Immovable One." Go to Acala to find out more. --Tλε Rαnδom Eδιτor (ταlκ) 18:55, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Three Revert Rule with Multiple IPs

There's a particular person who uses two different IP addresses to edit an article. He doesn't had that he's the same person, but will revert articles more than three times but from different addresses. How does this work with the Three Revert Rules? — Craigtalbert 18:53, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Take a look at WP:SOCK. --Tλε Rαnδom Eδιτor (ταlκ) 18:55, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

...And more explicitly, the 3RR grants an absolute maximum of 3 reverts per day to each person, not to each account or IP address. Someone who attempts to use multiple IP addresses or (worse) multiple accounts to circumvent the 3RR will be politely but firmly corrected. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 21:24, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

An interesting article in a Finnish (respected) weekly about Wikipedia

Hi!

Yes, I found an interesting article in Suomen Kuvalehti about Wikipedia as a tool to the researcher in History, benefits and pitfalls. I should like to translate it into English. But, which is the address for this kind of stuff?? --Tellervo 19:13, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

I don't know, but you might find something useful in Wikipedia:Wikipedia in academic studies and Wikipedia:Researching Wikipedia. --Teratornis 22:57, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

The article will most likely be copyrighted so I don't think you can post a translation on Wikipedia. You can list the article at Wikipedia:Press coverage, though. --KFP (talk | contribs) 11:17, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

REGISTERING

I think I have signed up, but nothing I try works.

Can you please tell me how to register ... or find my USERNAME & PASSWORD?

Thank you.

Dick Bell (email address removed) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 65.29.6.125 (talk)

If you are unsure about your username and password or whether you have registered at all, then just create a new account. PrimeHunter 21:01, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Use this link, or go to WP:ACC if you have trouble creating a new account. Peacent 07:07, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

My account

My username is User:Ajwgis. I don't remember my password and apparently don't have an email address associated with my account. How can I get this corrected204.182.224.13 Would it be possible for you all to email me a temporary password that I can change204.182.224.13

Thanks,

Angela Wills

That username has no contributions, so by far the easiest thing to do is simply create a new account. Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 19:33, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

(edit conflict) I'm afraid that if you don't have an email address associated with your account, you can't retrieve it. Why not simply create a new account? Nihiltres^(t.l) 19:35, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Atlantic Lottery Corporation

I work for Atlantic Lottery. This is currently on your site to describe our company.

"The Atlantic Lottery Corporation (ALC) is an organization which operates lottery games in Atlantic Canada. It is owned jointly by the four Atlantic provincial governments: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador. ALC's headquarters are located in Moncton, New Brunswick. The ALC is renowned for its ability to exploit consumers' idiocy - it is not uncommon to hear convenience store clerks tell of the rare $50 winning scratch ticket being redeemed for the equivalent sum in new tickets.

All profits returned by ALC are distributed to the provinces for their general funds."

We would respectfully ask that this be changed to the following:

"The Atlantic Lottery Corporation (ALC) is an organization which operates lottery games in Atlantic Canada. It is owned jointly by the four Atlantic provincial governments: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador. ALC's headquarters are located in Moncton, New Brunswick. All profits returned by ALC are distributed to the provinces for their general funds."

No problem. I'll do it now. Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 19:43, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

In the future you can change it yourself; WP:COI doesn't prevent you from reverting obvious vandalism and blatant trolling. —Dark•Shikari^[T] 12:40, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Image licensing

I posted a query on the WP:IMAGES talk page, but it does not seem people are responding their with any expedience. Can someone tell me about the Flickr image use policy as it relates to my concern at Wikipedia_talk:Images#Flickr_image.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 20:07, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

"Public" on Flickr simply means that it's viewable by other users on Flickr. The pertinent information here is under "Additional Information", where it says "© All rights reserved", which means it's not kosher per Wikipedia:Image_use_policy#Adding_images. jeffjon 20:50, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Editing an article

HOW can a person participate in "editing" an article? (Information that is SUBJECTIVE and non-factual should NOT be part of ANY article!).

There is wealth of information available at Help:Contents/Editing Wikipedia. Check out Wikipedia:Simplified ruleset for some great guidelines for beginners --Hetar 21:19, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

In general, you can edit an article by clicking on the edit this page tab at the top of any article page. For new editors, the Wikipedia:Introduction and Wikipedia:Tutorial are recommended reading. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 21:22, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Cannot create page

I've searched the help files and FAQs on how to start a new page, for instance: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Starting_a_new_page

I keep seeing references to "Clicking the "Create page" button" - but I don't see a "create page" button...so I'm not sure how to start...

If your article is xyzxyz then you can search for it and get this. Click the red link and you can start. Tim Q. Wells 21:43, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Question

This article does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. (help, get involved!) Unverifiable material may be challenged and removed. This article has been tagged since July 2007.

This is strange... most of what was written there was written by the author.. He has a weekly colum with msnbc,and tripso, three books, one that just came out. I am not sure why this is getting this flag... How more reliable can you get.. MSNBC TRIPSO and current books in print, and the bio written by the author. MSNBC and TRIPSO are recognized .. why isnt James Wysong.

What more is required. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.157.204.189 (talk • contribs)

That tag's been on the article for a while, looks like, but one of our bots just updated it. I suspect the problem is that someone felt the article had few reliable sources verifying the statements in the article. It could use a few more citations, from a quick look, but it's not horrible. The tag will draw in users to help do those fixes, though, so don't worry too much about it. Tony Fox (arf!) review? 21:53, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Also, keep in mind that Wikipedia prefers verifiable third-party sources for citations. An author's own work is first party, which should only be used if no other method of verification can be provided. If an article's citations consist solely of first-party citations, it is considered uncited by many, as there's no objective way to verify the article without the reader going outside Wikipedia to find new sources. -- Kesh 00:40, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

article deleted

An article on my copyrighted and trademarked reference book "Cherokee Proud: A guide for Tracing and Honoring Your Cherokee Ancestors" used to appear on Wikipedia since it is considered by experts to be the "bible of Cherokee genealogy, and is avaialble in most larger libraries and museums.

I notice now that the article cannot be found. I have searched all of the instructions and deletion logs and it is as if it never existed. Can someone please tell me why it is no longer there under 'Cherokee Proud."

Thank you.

Tony Mack McClure, Ph.D. Author <email removed>

The article Cherokee proud was deleted under Speedy Deletion with the reason G11 - Blatant Advertising. Andy^reply 22:16, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Repeated vandalism for article Demographics_of_Afghanistan

Hello,

I'm not sure exactly where to report this, but there is a serious problem with certain individuals vandalizing this article. They are ignoring the discussions I've started, and are repeatedly accusing me of being the vandal. This is happening in more than one article, and these same people are waging a bit of a campaign elsewhere. I do not feel that Wikipedia is the proper venue for such behavior. Is there any kind of arbitration available for this matter?

Thanks you

Hi there, by the looks of things this has escalated in to an Edit War, I'd take a look at Resolving disputes and resolve your arguments peacefully or you both may be banned for starting an edit war. Andy^reply 22:24, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Emporis

I do a lot of work on Chicago Buildings. It seems emporis.com has been experiencing difficulties this week. Does anyone know what is going on?--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 22:39, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, but this page is for questions about Wikipedia itself. You might try visiting some Chicago-related forums and ask there. -- Kesh 00:43, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

July 18

Puting my own pic on my artical

How do i put my pic on my atical when its in my folder?

I'm presuming "your folder" is a folder on your computer? If so, you can go to the link on the side of the page, under "interaction", that is called "File upload wizard". Then you can follow the steps there. I  ^{(said) (did)} 00:38, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Please be sure to read all of the copyright warnings when you follow the wizard's instructions. Corvus cornix 23:01, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Meta userpages

Hello all, I was wondering if templates specific to the English Wikipedia can be transferred to Meta userpages. Thanks, Neranei ^T/C 23:54, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Your question would be easier to answer if you mentioned the templates you have in mind - are you talking about userbox templates? Meta and Wikipedia both run on MediaWiki, so in principle any template that works on one should work on the other, but you have to copy the template page, along with any other templates it uses, and the destination wiki must also be running any necessary extensions (see Special:Version for the list of extensions on Wikipedia). In general, MediaWiki provides no clean simple method for porting templates between wikis. If a template is complex and uses many other templates, you have to tediously copy all the necessary templates by hand, and possibly install more extensions (which requires administrator access to the server). You usually cannot transclude a template from an external wiki because MediaWiki disables that feature by default. That's a brief summary of the technical aspects of "can" you do this. Whether you "should" copy templates from the English Wikipedia to Meta depends on the policies on Meta, and I have no idea whether any policies would apply to whatever templates you may have in mind. Maybe the first thing to check is whether Meta already has some templates similar to what you want; for example, some userboxes are here: m:Template:Babel. --Teratornis 19:22, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Color fade?

Is there a way to make a background (in a table) have its color fade from, say, black to white? — Supuhstar * —

I'm reasonably sure that you can't do that directly, but I'm sure that there are workarounds: I can imagine both 1px-tall coloured rows with overflow:visible enabled, or perhaps an image used with a div covering it to allow normal content insertion... and I don't know if either would work. In other words, no, not directly. If you want to make a hack, you're free to, but it would be a challenge. :) Nihiltres^(t.l) 00:01, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

By the way, is there a specific case? Nihiltres^(t.l) 00:02, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Yes. In this Simpedia userbox, I want to make its background color fade like in the "2" in the logo. It uses Wikipedian code. — Supuhstar * —

how to start a wikipedia article

i wish to start a factual wikipedia article/page. could you please send me instructions on how as i am experiencing difficulties in this matter.

One way is to go to WP:CREATE and follow the instructions there. Or, you can edit your userspace page with a [[Name of Page You Wish to Create]] , click it, and start. I  ^{(said) (did)} 00:36, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

You need to create an account if you haven't got one, see also Wikipedia:Your first article and please make sure the topic of your article meets our notabily guideline. Peacent 07:03, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Relevance

You'd think the word would be clear enough, but exactly how does relevance work in Wikipedia site searches? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.159.180.151 (talk)

Deletion of Jeff Claassen

I posted a completely legitimate third party article about a NOTABLE, and award winning artist, whom I admire- and the posting was deleted. I'm not angry, just very confused. The artist is well established, well documented, and successful. He has been featured in film and television, as well as numerous articles (2 of which I linked to in the article). Could someone please explain to me how and more importantly, WHY the "Jeff Claassen" article was deleted???

Thank you,

Coral Kessler —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jeffismygyro (talk • contribs).

The cited reason is that the article failed to assert the significance or notability of the subject. Contact the deleting administrator, user: Carlossuarez46 if you wish it reinstated or have further questions.

The Rhymesmith 05:25, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

I cant uplode my pic.

I tryed uplodeing the pic put when i want to it says bmp is not a sucured file name. then i change it to something like jpg and then it still dosen't work. What should i do?

Thank you.

How did you change it to jpg? Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 01:31, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Not really change but like where it says destination filename.

You'll probably need to convert it into a jpg before uploading -- you may need image editing software to accomplish this. Anything from Adobe Photoshop to GIMP to MS Paint should be able to do the trick. – Luna Santin (talk) 02:04, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Is there a way to report people who repeatedly violate WP:FORUM in talk pages?

If not, is arbitration a decent solution? -- Craigtalbert 01:57, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

If they're not otherwise a productive member of the community, you could try the admin noticeboards. ArbCom tends to deal with the most difficult and heated disputes (say, after the admin noticeboards and/or an RfC (or two) have tried and failed to resolve things). It's a lot of trouble to open an arbitration case, usually. But, it is an option. – Luna Santin (talk) 02:02, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Protect

Help! I wrote three articles: Brutal Death Metal, Progressive Death Metal, and Slam Death Metal. Whenever I go to one of them, I find that it has been redirected to Death Metal. Would you please protect those articles so they cant be redirected to death metal?
P.S. They are real musical genres that were mentioned in the extreme metal section. I shall Mezmerize you! My edits shall Mezmerize you!! My articles shall Mezmerize you!!! 02:51, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

The redirect is perfectly legitimate, considering that the genres in question do not have enough information/are not notable enough to merit separate articles, are clearly subgenres of the redirect genre, and that the information has been integrated into the redirect article. The information has not been lost- the pages have simply been merged into the article dealing with the broader whole.

The Rhymesmith 05:20, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Putting a new picture in for WWE superstar Big Daddy V.

It's not a question but i was wandering who i cuold speak to about updating wwe superstar Big Daddy V 's Profile Picture.

If you have a picture that satisfies Wikipedia's requirements, be bold and upload it yourself.

You can find instructions and information at [11]

The Rhymesmith 05:18, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Fair use-ness of wikipedia images

Alright, I've been quite fastinated by this illustration:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Aids_virus.jpg

I intend to put it on a t-shirt, along with text overlayed upon the image. Would it be legal if I sold said t-shirt for a profit?

206.124.132.33 03:13, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

It's not owned by WikiMedia; you'd have to get permission from the owner. Look at the information below the image to find out who to contact. =David^(talk)_(contribs) 07:13, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Template Help

I have a question about ""if statements" in templates. Where is the best place to ask this? In case anyone is wondering what the actual question is: I have created {{NFLretired}}. In the career stats I have made the pfr value optional. I would like to add similar values BUT only allow one of them to be used at a given time. is this possible? Jmfangio ► Talk 03:54, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

You can do this by nesting the #IF templates. It would look sorta like this:

 {{#IF: {{{pfr|}}} | {{{pfr}}} | {{#IF: {{{xxx|}}} | {{{xxx}}} |}}}}

Does that make sense? If pfr exists, then it will display pfr. If pfr doesn't exist, then it will display xxx. If both pfr and xxx exist, it will only display pfr. Is that enough to help you do what you want? --JayHenry 06:08, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

That does make sense. I will try this out. Would you mind if I hit you up on your tp if i have ?'s Jmfangio ► Talk 06:13, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

how to add something to wikipedia

i would like to add an article onto wikipedia website...how do i go about that?? i ahve already transfered my documents into the pedia document. So,how do i go about uploading the article onto the website? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Meetha6 (talk • contribs).

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

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

If you still think an article is appropriate, see Help:Starting a new page. You might also look at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation. Sebi _[talk] 08:25, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

"redirect"

I want to make an article about the record label "Simple Machines" that was primarly a label that released cassettes in the early 90s. There most well known artist was Dave Grohl, still with Nirvana at the time, released a album called Pocketwatch, and currently typing in "Simple Machines" redirects to an article called "Simple machine". Can somebody either remove the redirect for me or tell how to do it? Speedboy Salesman 08:56, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Sure thing. There are two (equivalent) methods: (1) go to Simple Machines, and when you get the redirected article, there should be a small line of text up the top that says something like "Redirected from: Simple Machines". Click "Simple Machines" and it will take you to the un-redirected article, which you can then edit. (2) Enter the full URL in the address bar of your browser, adding "?redirect=no" (without quotes) - so, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Machines?redirect=no should do it. Once you've got the new article up, it would be a good idea to add an appropriate disambiguation link to either or both of the articles, so people looking for one don't wind up at the other with no idea how to get to the one they want. Confusing Manifestation 09:00, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Hmmm ... noticing that Simple Machines is currently a red link, I would point out that Wikipedia articles are, to a certain degree, case sensitive, so I assume you were looking at Simple machines, and it would be a good idea to make sure you put the article in the right place, and use the correct disambiguation templates. Confusing Manifestation 09:05, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Cheers, thanks a lot! I must've typed something wrong and not realised it! Wow, I didn't expect you to reply that fast! Speedboy Salesman 09:09, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Misinformation on part of a page

The last section on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarke_County_High_School_%28Virginia%29, called "Controversy" is fabricated information. The entire paragraph is inaccurate, unencyclopedic, and at times non-objective. The entire paragraph should be removed.

INFORMATION NOT VERIFIABLE: No school board meeting documents, no budget documents, no Virginia Department of Education School report card documents, and no other credible sources can verify the information presented in this particular section, and in fact, those documents present facts and evidence to the contrary (the dropout rate, for example, has remained zero).

SOURCES: Clarke County Public Schools - School Board Minutes (http://www.clarke.k12.va.us/School_Board/School%20Board%20Minutes/2007/2007_minutes.html)

Clarke County Public Schools - Budget Documents http://www.clarke.k12.va.us/School_Board/SBCommittees/Finance/Finance_Index.htm

Virginia Department of Education - School Report Card http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/src/

The section had controversial claims about living (unnamed) people, and no sources, so I have removed it. PrimeHunter 12:24, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

making your own wikipedia page/article

Hi, i just registered as Freeballday.. i just wanted to ask how i can make my own wikepedia page...

Cheers Turhan Freeballday 11:42, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Well, you cannot make an article about yourself unless it complies with notability, verifiability and reliabale sources guidelines and policies. However, you can create a userspace. To do so, go up to the top, and you'll see a list of links. Your username, my talk, my preferences, my watchlist, my contributions and log out. Click on your username, and you can edit it! You might want to see WP:USER for guidelines. I  ^{(said) (did)} 21:19, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

please?

I lost my cat earlier this morning, is it all right if I post notices on this site to help look for him?Thank you. Please help me, I need him for show and tell. If you don't help, you'd be breaking a child's heart. Tammy Forestfeld, age 7.

I don't want to sound coldhearted, and I certainly hope you find your cat (I love cats too), but Wikipedia is not the place to post "lost cat" notices - perhaps some posters for your neighborhood would be in order instead. Nihiltres^(t.l) 15:34, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Tammy writes pretty well for a 7-year-old, wouldn't you say? jeffjon 20:24, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

It's certainly the first time I've ever heard a 7-year-old say "you'd be breaking a child's heart", yes. Confusing Manifestation 22:38, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

And it's the first seven year old I've met who discusses Drew Barrymore's sexuality on Wikipedia [12] AndrewJDTALK -- 22:52, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

countries

tell me about hatie

Haiti--VectorPotential^Talk 12:26, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

i dont undestand what this below means please advise

Asylum band → Asylum Gothic Band Current name: Asylum band (talk · contribs · logs · blocklog) Requested name: Asylum Gothic Band (rename user) Reason: Reason for requested renaming.band name incorrect

Clerk note: Request was made by user to be renamed [1]. WjBscribe 10:22, 18 July 2007 (UTC) 

Your only edit excluding this was to advertise your band on your userpage which I have removed as its in violation of WP:USERPAGE and Wikipedia is not a Myspace. Rlest 10:28, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

looking for spec and dimension for 2000 western star commerical truck

looking for specs and dimension for 2000 western star truck

This page is for questions about editing Wikipedia. Please consider asking this question at the Reference desk. They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. You could always try searching Wikipedia for an article related to the topic you want to know more about. I hope this helps. AndrewJDTALK -- 15:34, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Previewing references

If you look at my activity today on Wikipedia, there were 4 edits in a row, mainly me fixing my reference. I previewed the page, but the "references" section isn't previewed.

How could I avoid all that "un"activity on a page like that? IE is there a way to preview the reference while previewing the page?

It turns out I'd left out "cite web" which I found in Citing Sources, but missed in my actual factual typing.

Thanks much, Rhesusmonkeyboy 15:08, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

If you click on the "edit this page" tab at the top of an article, you can preview the reference section (like when you preview this). I assume you usually edit a separate section, that way the refs won't show up, as you can only preview the secton which you edit, not the ref section at the bottom of the article. I hope this helps. Peacent 15:20, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Another option is to add a reference section to the edited section while you preview, for example with <references/> at the bottom, and remove it before saving. PrimeHunter 15:47, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

How do a cite certain information?

MOOMOOcoming2eatU 15:28, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps Wikipedia:Citation templates would be helpful for you? Nihiltres^(t.l) 15:31, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

• If you mean citing Wikipedia, please see WP:CW. Peacent 15:34, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Formatting problems

Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2007 July 18 is experiencing formatting problems. Can someone who understands wiki source code please fix it.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 15:36, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Someone removed the close tag on a comment. -- Kainaw^(what?) 15:40, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Managing your watchlist

I do a lot of Newpages and Recentchanges patrolling, and I had left on the preference to "automatically watch pages you edit". Thus, my watchlist (despite pruning at least 500 articles by hand) still contains over 1400 entries. Are there any existing utilities to better manage one's watchlist? Even just something that would remove deleted articles from the list would be great. Iknowyourider (t c) 15:40, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Not really. My advice would be to just clear everything and start over with the pages you really want to watchlist - there can't be more than a couple dozen of them, and it may be quicker than clearing off all the unwanted ones. (Then change your preferences to stop automatically watchlisting every page you edit.) Of course, once an article is deleted, you won't see any more edits to that page on your watchlist readout. 71.174.234.120 16:43, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Nah. I leave all the pages on my watchlist, and the ones that come up a lot, but I don't care about, I just go and manually clear them out. It's easier that way, and it keeps you from getting bored. The Evil Spartan 16:50, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Earplug

My name is Chris Johnson, VP, Cirrus Healthcare Products, LLC. Several months ago we added a paragraph titled "Flight Ear Protection" to a wikipedia subject titled "Earplug". Our submission specifically described our product called "EarPlanes" (TM) and its unique features. Our article was edited by someone that (1.) failed to note our Trademark for the name "EarPlanes" and (2.) misrepresented the product. We can submit evidence that proves the effectiveness of our product in reducing baurotrauma. How do we:

1. Prove to Wikipedia that the facts we state are true? 2. Prevent further industrial sabotage 3. Submit a photograph of the product 4. Provide a link to further technical information

Chris Johnson, VP Cirrus Healthcare Products, LLC [REMOVED CONTACT DETAILS] —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 206.135.44.230 (talk • contribs).

As you make the product, you should not be adding it anyway, as it is considered advertising. AndrewJDTALK -- 16:37, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Please review Wikipedia's policy on conflicts of interest as well. Iknowyourider (t c) 16:39, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Also note that there are no "trademarks" or "registered trademarks" or "restricted use" notations in Wikipedia. Look at Microsoft Windows. Microsoft has "windows" so trademarked that you can barely say "hey, can you open that window to let a breeze in?" without lawyers suing you. But, there's no "^tm" every time the word "Windows" appears. -- Kainaw^(what?) 17:00, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Manual of Style (trademarks) has our guideline about not using the ™ and ® symbols. I see you already made your desired edits before coming here: [13][14] Nobody owns an article and other editors may edit or remove information about your product, especially if it doesn't have a reliable source. PrimeHunter 17:42, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

How to get 'blatant advertising' warning removed?

Once a page has been tagged as 'blatent advertising', how do you get that warning removed once the content has been rewritten? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Crowlela (talk • contribs).

If you believe that the article is now written from a Neutral Point of View, then you can remove the warning by deleting the {{advert}} tag from the page's code. jeffjon 20:33, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

da Vinci Awards

I would like to post an article about the da Vinci Awards, which have been given out since 2000 to individuals, university departments and businesses making significant advancements in assistive and adaptive technologies aiding those who have compromised mobility. These awards are supported by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Michigan Chapter.

It seems that da Vinci Awards are blocked for some reason, so I was unable to create any content....unless I started in the wrong direction.

Can you advise how I can post information on the da Vinci Awards?

FARMINGTON 17:37, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

What makes you think there is a block? An article about "da Vinci Awards" could be created at da Vinci Awards which is not blocked (or protected as we call it). But only make an article if the subject satisfies Wikipedia:Notability, and please don't do it if you have a conflict of interest. PrimeHunter 17:56, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Photograph Copyright

Hello!

I want to place a photo that I took myself on a page. I would like to protect it as much as possible, but am confused about which license I should go with. What do you think?

Thank you!

What do I think? If you want to give it to Wikipedia, don't protect it. If you want to protect it, don't give it to Wikipedia. -- Kainaw^(what?) 18:07, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia primary aim is to provide readers with free content. If you want to protect your work, it means that your image is under copyright and you can upload your image to Wikipedia only when it meets all criteria in Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria. For more information, please see: Wikipedia:Image use policy and Wikipedia:Image copyright tags. If you're still confused, check Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. Cheers. AW 04:51, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia Database Size

I see the total number of articles in Wikipedia updated regularly (currently about 1.89 million in English alone) but I do not see the SIZE of this data in any format (compressed, uncompressed) in Megabytes (probably Giga or Tera). Is this information published or available?

Perk

I'm not sure that the information you're looking for is currently available: while you certainly can't find out the size at any given time, you can check the English Wikipedia database dump page for sizes, but looking through, I can't see anything on the June 28 dump, which appears to have been cancelled, and the current dump is still pending. You can see some of the sizes at the incomplete current dump, but the information you're really interested in isn't there :( [15]

Hope that helps a little, if not much. Nihiltres^(t.l) 20:52, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

See Special:Statistics (which doesn't help much), Wikipedia:Statistics (which might, but you'll have to visit some links to find out), and Wikipedia:Technical FAQ#How big is the database? (which seems to hit the spot). You can display the number of articles with a magic word: {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} which currently evaluates to: 6,928,531. Refresh this page in your browser and watch the article count change. --Teratornis 21:03, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Column

HI i just read one of your cullum from Rob Niedermayer. I just wanted to let you know his birth name is not Robert he is Robin W. Niedmayer if you care......... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.3.190.17 (talk)

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?playerId=669 says Robert like our article Rob Niedermayer. Do you have a more reliable source? PrimeHunter 22:24, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

"!vote"?

What do editors mean by "!vote"? Bubba73 (talk), 21:13, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure that the prefix ! means not (it's a computer programming thing, I think). It refers to the fact that Wikipedia is not a democracy, it operates on consensus, not voting. WODUP 21:16, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

They mean "stance and rationale", if you like. For example, if someone "!voted" "Delete not notable, fails WP:MUSIC" in an AfD discussion, "Delete" is the stance and "not notable, fails WP:MUSIC" is the rationale. Together this makes a !vote. The ! is to avoid calling such discussions a vote, which they are not. - Zeibura ^(Talk) 21:18, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks to both of you! Bubba73 (talk), 21:28, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

See !#Computers and Negation#Computer science for the meaning not. PrimeHunter 22:16, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

I knew that "!" meant not in some computer languages, but I didn't understand what "not vote" meant. It didn't seem to be a "no vote" because some of the votes were "yes". Bubba73 (talk), 23:59, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

It is a misuse of the !. While it does mean "not", it does not mean "not" in the sense of "this is not a vote". It means "not" in the boolean logic sense. So, it really means "opposite of" - which would really make "!vote" = "this is the opposite of a vote". Because there is no such thing as the opposite of a vote, there is a very understandable vagueness to the meaning of "!vote". Now, if it was "!keep" or "!delete", it would make a lot more sense (and demonstrate that the voter is a major geek who is unable to type "delete" and "keep" respectively). Of course, it could be used to prove another point all together. For example, if I was so against JimboWales that I hated everything he did, I could vote "!JimboWales" - which makes my vote the opposite of whatever his vote is. -- Kainaw^(what?) 00:50, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

How do you link a wikipedia page to Google Earth?

I have created a wikipedia page for my high school, and would like to create a link to it on google earth. Anyone know how to do that?

Thanks.

You can use the coor template or one of its derivatives which will link to a bunch of links to look that co-ordinates up, one of those will be a Google Earth link.

Source on Transformers: Animated

User:Seibertron supplied sources for claims in this article, which was in need of it, but based on their username and their edit summary, I'm concerned that there may be an issue with self-citation from a a self-published source. Speaking as a fan of Transformers, I know Seibertron-- the website and principal author thereof --to be a valuable and trustworthy resource. However, as a Wikipedian, I'm concerned that this there may be an issue here, or that another user may take issue with these edits. Can anyone offer some insight? Lucky number 49 22:04, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Blocked user for using a name of company that he or she represents?

What is the policies for user names. where will I find a users guidebook for WikiPedia and editing, adding external links. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Donald 918 (talk • contribs).

Username policy here, guidebook here and more here, editing guide here and guideline on external links here. Sebi _[talk] 22:53, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Or here / here. —« ANIMUM » 22:54, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

And don't forget WP:COI. Corvus cornix 23:00, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

The basic Wikipedia tabs are insufficient

1. How can I find a list of questions I've asked the Help desk (and other places for editors)? I can't remember the dates and pages. The answers aren't on "My Talk" page (sic, should be "Your talk"). "My Watchlist" (sic, should be "Your watch list") is not useful for that because it's much too full of other stuff: I can't find the needle in the haystack.

2. We need a REAL "My Watchlist" / "Your watch list"! If I click on that (alleged) tab, I see instead a huge list of all the changes anyone ever made to all the articles in my watchlist, not the list of just the articles themselves (listing each article once!). "My Watchlist" as it is now is much too long to be of much use. Instead it should list the articles (once each) and then let you click on any one to see the changes made to that one article in reverse chronological order. What you get now with "My Watchlist" tab should be under a tab called "Everyone's changes to your watch list articles".

3. When I wasn't looking, a posse deleted one of my favourite articles, "List of Famous Smokers". I spent many hours editing it trying to please the complainers. It was saved from deletion once. Then later I see it's been deleted. I had no notice, no chance to vote. If the people who (a) had it on their watchlist. (b) had edited it. (c) had commented on it. (d) had voted on it any time it was considered for deletion. had been notified in time to vote, it might very well have won the vote. That's why I say it was a posse. A bunch of people (maybe biased tobacco company executives, who knows?) stealthily ambushed it. Because I happened not to notice, I get disenfranchised. Is that a good way to run an encyclopedia?

4. How do I start a campaign to bring back an article? I need to notify those in categories 3.(a-d).

Please answer with a note in "My Talk" page. Korky Day 23:13, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

There sure was a chance for you to discuss it: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of famous smokers (2nd nomination).

As far as the watchlist goes, go to your preferences and check the box that says "Expand watchlist to show all applicable changes". --Ybbor^Talk 23:19, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

When I click on My Watch List, it shows the LAST change to each article in my watch list. It does not list every change, causing articles to list multiple times. As for finding your posts, click on My Contributions. It is rather easy to see what changes you've made. As for notice of deletion, it is not the responsibility of the world to notify you about the article because you do not own the article. If it is important to you, add it to your watch list and check your watch list regularly. -- Kainaw^(what?) 00:45, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

You can search the Help desk archives with Google. For example, search the Help desk for: Korky Day. (I listed some useful search links here: User:Teratornis#Useful searches.) Another way to see where you have posted is to look on your contributions: Special:Contributions/Korky Day. See: Help:User contributions. If you don't like the way Wikipedia looks, you can try a different skin or try designing your own. If you want to improve the way Wikipedia functions, see mw:How to become a MediaWiki hacker. Wikipedia is almost entirely the product of volunteers, so the chance is good that you can contribute significantly if you have the skills and you want to work hard for free. --Teratornis 16:29, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Trouble with creating a new article

I would like to create an article with title "Set Extension". In the current situation a request for this is redirected to "Matte (Filmmaking)". Apparently, "Set Extension" has several meanings. The one I want to write about is the meaning this term has in mathematics. An extensive article about "Set Theory"in mathematics might include topics like "Functions", "Relations", "Partially ordered set", etc. In Wikipedia, these are all separate articles. Accordingly, it seems best to add a separate article about "Set extensions". In the current situation, this is not considered a new article. What should I do?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Vanemden (talk • contribs).

The redirect has no edit history but its creation, so you can simply edit it to become the article you wish to post. Note that in order to access the redirect to edit it, after you type it into the search box and are redirected to the film article, click on the linked text, "redirected from Set extension". Please note that the article should cite to reliable sources, verifying its content.--Fuhghettaboutit 23:34, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Our capitalization rules would call the article Set extension. If you refer to the meaning in http://mathworld.wolfram.com/SetExtension.html, then is there material for a whole article? The name could be added to Set#Describing sets, and Set extension could be changed to redirect there (the word "extension" is not used in the current redirect target). We have many articles but we usually don't create an article if there is only material for a few lines which would fit well in an existing article. PrimeHunter 23:54, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

July 19

over-writing images

what does one do when one inadvertently over-writes an image? --emerson7 | Talk 02:18, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Click the (rev) link before the date and username. Tim Q. Wells 03:04, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Hi!

Just wanted to say, "HI!", because I'm new here. My name is Frank Fromsteld and yours?Thank you. ---Frank Fromsteld.

Please go to Wikipedia:Introduction. BTW, welcome to Wikipedia. AW 04:42, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

To announce that you are a new user of Wikipedia go to the new user log instead. Tim Q. Wells 05:55, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Exclude WP mirrors in Google search?

Is there a way to exclude Wikipedia mirrors from a Google search? The reason is that often I'm trying to look for an independant source, and if I do a Google search, it turns up a bunch of sites that just copy Wikipedia. Bubba73 (talk), 03:18, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Use the meta:Mirror filter, for just this purpose.--Fuhghettaboutit 04:19, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Thank you, I use Firefox some of the time. Bubba73 (talk), 17:34, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia search box in internet browser

Is there a Wikipedia search box I can add to my internet browser toolbar like the google search box? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.176.25.107 (talk • contribs).

See Wikipedia search bar 1.0.0.1.--Fuhghettaboutit 04:24, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

i want to know about someting new

i want to know about amizing things like burmuda triangle, ufo, mummy, and other other

See List of pseudosciences and pseudoscientific concepts. It will provide you lots of links to all manner of nonsense.--Fuhghettaboutit 04:21, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Nonsense? How dare you call the Flying Spaghetti Monster nonsense!?  :^) Corvus cornix 15:47, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Blasphemy against the Flying Spaghetti Monster shall bring wrath upon the blasphemer, a grievous rain of meatballs, all of them considerably past their "Best if eaten by..." date, smiting down all the valiant warriors in the land, and sickening even the beasts of the field (which, of course, reproduce only according to their "kinds" and don't evolve into other "kinds"). And a cry of anguish shall rise up from the land in that day. Yeah, I have prophesied, and thus shall it be. --Teratornis 17:51, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Some stats that I can't find

I'm looking for stats that compare the contributions from anonymous contributors and registered users? Like numbers of contributions, or byte counts, or maybe numbers of contributions that are reverted... Sancho 06:05, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Your should directly ask Interiot for this kind of question. @pple 03:45, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Search & Disambiguation

The Search Engine sends visitors keyboarding in "William Shepherd" to one particular "William Shepherd" (the astronaut) listed on Wikipedia. Normally (?) where there are several articles (there are 4 for William Shepherd) a search sends queries to the Disambiguation Page first. From here the vistor chooses the particular entry they are looking for. How can this be changed for a "William Shepherd" search??

I believe that the disambiguation guideline page has the information you seek, including instructions on how to create a Disambiguation Page. Charlie-talk to me-what I've done 12:19, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing to the Disambiguation page but after spending some time studying it I can't find the answer to my question which is how to get a search for 'William Shepherd' to go to the Disambiguation Page instead of to one of the four articles referenced on that page.

I have replied further on my talk page. Charlie-talk to me-what I've done 22:35, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

MPEG4 part2 license

Dear Sirs,

Today I saw your website about the MPEG4 license, and now we are devolping one product with MP4 function. We are wondering the license process.

Who will we contact and the email address.

Thank you

Hope to hear you soon.

Cloudia

My email address: [EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED]

This page is for questions about editing Wikipedia. Please consider asking this question at the Reference desk. They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. You could always try searching Wikipedia for an article related to the topic you want to know more about. I hope this helps. AndrewJDTALK -- 10:37, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Edit war in Ålands articles

I dont understand why swedish users didint want to place finnish name to their article, but they stills added swedish names to our finnish place article. I have notice that finnish and swedish isnt as worth as languages because swedish remove finnish name very soon. I have also references to my adds. Let you see article: Lemland, Kökar and Korsnäs and refer them to article Rääkkylä where swedish users has added their names. --Jommala 08:13, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Naming convention for more information. Also, there's a proposed guideline for Swedish name. @pple 15:59, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Image size

How is resizing an image accomplished? The entry for author displays an unsuitably large photo and I would like to address this. Thank you.

Is that better? (See changes to see how.) Tim Q. Wells 08:58, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

please reply me fast

how to change the logo of the xwiki ? my mail is: [EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED]

Link on U.S. Catholic Bishop John Favalora - Request for Permanent Removal

Hi. I own the site www.cclonline.org, and I noted when I was reading my site stats someone had posted links to our pages for "Gay-Friendly" Catholic parishes and colleges on Archbishop Favalora's profile. I edited these links yesterday to remove them. Archbishop Favalora does not have any official or unofficial link to our organization - the Conference for Catholic Lesbians. My belief is someone posted, and continues to post these links in order to embarrass the Archbishop and/or as part of a harassment campaign.

These links give people the erroneous impression we are linked to Archbishop Favalora, and possibly to the sexual abuse cases of his diocese.

I checked this morning and noticed the links had been reposted. I deleted them again.

I would not like to get into a game with this person or be involved in a negative way with Wikipedia. However, I please ask you to remove/block these links permanently. They are serving no cause except some unnamed individual's personal political agenda.

Thank you for your consideration. Can you please advise me of your decision on this matter.

Karen Doherty [EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED]

This issue is already getting dealt with, the user who put the references back in and other parties are going through a mediation process in which external links are included. See Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/John Favalora. This will probably sort the issues. AndrewJDTALK -- 14:02, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Gallery is forbidden

I had an idea of writing a program to check the gallery of new images periodically and show them on a screen where a user can quickly choose from a preset list of copyright infringement notices to append to the images. However, when I attempt to access the page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Newimages, I get "403 Forbidden". I can access the page from any web browser (logged in or not), but not programatically. What gives? -- Kainaw^(what?) 13:39, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

No "edit me" box

How does one edit a section of an article if there is no "edit" command or box? In specific, "Sally, the Witch" has an opening section that has some problems that need fixing, but no way to edit anything. What to do?

13:59, 19 July 2007 (UTC)~

Click "edit this page" at the top of the page. -- Kainaw^(what?) 14:02, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Also see Wikipedia:Lead section#Sections and table of contents, second paragraph, for a trick to edit just the lead section by itself. --Teratornis 14:23, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! But I have another question or two...

The Sally page leads to a link mentioning anime and manga editors -- how do I contact them?

I'd rather talk to the writers/editors who did the Sally page than simply start inserting changes. Not that I'm afraid of changes, but it's better, I think, to get some discussion and consensus first. Since I have no experience at all editing on Wikipedia, I'd rather avoid all the inevitable blunders that come with inexperience. It's better, I think, to say to someone "How about this and that? Isn't that part a little inaccurate and saying it this way would be better?"

Thanks once again. Timothy Perper 16:55, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Columns

I added a long index to this map: Image:Bia-map-indian-reservations-usa.png. It would be better if it was in columns but I can't find how to make them. Also can anyone change the entries from all caps? Rmhermen 15:13, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

See: {{multicol}}, {{Multicol-break}}, and {{Multicol-end}}. To see some examples, go to the {{multicol}} template page and click: toolbox | What links here. --Teratornis 16:08, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps the easiest way to change the letter case of the entries is to copy and paste them into an external text editor program which has an automatic case-change feature, then copy and paste them back into the image page's edit window on Wikipedia. --Teratornis 16:10, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

I was able to do that with the Change case function in my ancient copy of Multi-Edit. I will leave you with the exercise of formatting the list of reservation names with {{multicol}}. You could also link the reservation names to their articles on Wikipedia. --Teratornis 16:16, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. Rmhermen 16:22, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Storage unit

What are the functions of storage unit — Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.243.169.40 (talk • contribs)

There are many kinds of Storage. You can find information about many of them on the disambiguation page: Storage. --Teratornis 16:05, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

By the way those sort of questions are usually best asked at Reference desk. The help desk is for questions about wikipedia. --Tλε Rαnδom Eδιτor (ταlκ) 17:45, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Mistaken move/help with properly moving talk page

A user (AMK1211) did not properly move the article Nicole Blonsky to Nikki Blonsky, and as a result all of the history of the previous page was lost and the new talk page (Talk:Nikki Blonsky) was created as a redirect to the old talk page (Talk:Nicole Blonsky). I noticed this when I saw that the article, which I had previously assessed for the Biography WikiProject, was no longer technically assessed, so I used a script to assess it, which created the new talk page (Talk:Nikki Blonsky) before I figured out that the old talk page should have been moved. Now, of course, since the article talk page already exists, I can't move it myself. Can someone help me figure this mess out? The old talk page needs to be deleted, and the information reinstated on the new talk page. It would be nice to have all of the old history reinstated, as well. María (críticame) 16:13, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

I've fixed it, I think. Let me know if there are any problems. --ST47Talk·Desk 16:21, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

It looks good on my end! Thanks for the speedy work. María (críticame) 16:22, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

AdBux

Recently I noticed that a negative comment was place about my corporation. Please do not allow this to happen it goes against your rules. The comment was mad about AdBux. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ducucch2 (talk • contribs)

Wikipedia is not censored. If you don't like bad press, go after the press outlets that the article is referencing. -- Kainaw^(what?) 16:55, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

There are no rules against articles discussing legitimate, sourced criticism against a corporation. While attack pages designed to baselessly insult or libel are not permitted, there is no evidence that the page you refer to was inaccurate in its statements. Lucky number 49 17:29, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Which page is Ducucch2 referring to? Adbux.org has been deleted as an attack page, that might have been his/her concern. Corvus cornix 18:22, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

While it was the decision of an admin that the page was non-notable and an attack page, I feel inclined to disagree with both points based on what I was able to see of the page prior to its deletion-- although I would have classed it as a stub. However, since the article has been deleted, I suppose that the point is moot. Lucky number 49 18:50, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

How do i upload an image onto a certain page?

Im looking to upload a personal picture onto the Siouxsie page and dont know how to do it. Ive opened an account, ive uploaded the picture but am unsure how to put it up on the Siouxsie page

To add a picture to a page edit the page and add the following [[Image:Example.jpg|left|100px]] replacing the example.jpg with the name of your picture. The left tells the picture where to be placed. You can also use "right" and "center". Finally adjust the "px" size to make the picture bigger or smaller. --Tλε Rαnδom Eδιτor (ταlκ) 17:43, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Change a Name

How do I change the name of a stub? I entered it but forgot to capitalize a word in the name and now links to that name will not work because one word is not capitalized as it should be.

Thanks! Dan

Click on the "move" tab and fill in the form correctly. —« ANIMUM » 17:06, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

It might also be helpful to read Help:Moving a page. --Tλε Rαnδom Eδιτor (ταlκ) 17:44, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

But if your account is not four days old or more you won't be able to move it. Tim Q. Wells 18:42, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

In that case go to Wikipedia:Requested moves. --24.22.122.180 20:04, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Image Trouble

I have created a page for my Non Profit and I was looking to add an image to this page. I uploaded the image, but I cannot get this image to show on the page. The page is located here:

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

How can I get the link in the gallery box to show as an image?

• You seem to have worked this out already. The image can be seen here. AndyJones 21:23, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

How do I change the title of my article?

How do I change the title of my article?

When I type in the title of my article in the search engine, it does not come up? Is there a keyword process?

Spursusa8 20:59, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

• Your page is here: National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities. I don't understand why you'd want to change the name. Can you explain? Also, I've turned NALACC into a redirect for you. Does that solve your problem? AndyJones 21:13, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

do you

do you have to pay?

No. Wikipedia is free to both read and edit. --ST47Talk·Desk 21:17, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Searching

When I want to search for my articles i have to type in the whole article name for it to come up in the results. So I want to know how you can add tags, e.g. i want Chelsea F.C. 2006-2007 to show up in the results if someone searches for chelsea.Azlan2k7 21:29, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

The article is already in categories and a template, so I think the only thing you can do is add redirects, such as by creating Chelsea FC 2006-2007 without the dots, and redirecting. Shalom ^Hello 21:32, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

The article is indexed by search as seen in a search on chelsea 2006. There are a lot of articles about Chelsea so you cannot expect this one to be on the first search results page when you only search on chelsea. It's currently number 88 for me in [16]. Trying to game the Wikipedia search by making "your" article show up on the first page in a "chelsea" search would be rather bad taste in my opinion. We are writing an encyclopedia together. You can do search engine optimization on your own site. PrimeHunter 22:48, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Help Please

How do you add the little star by the name of another language that features the same article (in that language). Thanks —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.96.3.247 (talk • contribs).

Add {{featured article}}. Tim Q. Wells 22:11, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

That star is only for articles that have achieved featured article status in other language Wikipedias. If the article is so featured, you can add the star to its page here by placing at the bottom of the article: {{Link FA|two letter country code}}. If, on the other hand, you simply want to list that the article exists on another langugae Wikipedia, place at the bottom of th article [[two letter country code:name of article in the foreign language Wikipedia]]. You can find a list of language codes here.--Fuhghettaboutit 22:12, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

How do I create the following code in BOLD? It will not work for me using

[Directory]

DirectoryComputerName = Vaultserverthathostsdirectoryservice

Sitename = sitenamefromadminconsole

[Mailbox]

DistinguishedName = /o=organization/ou=mailboxou/cn=Recipients/cn=mailboxcname

[Folder]

Name = Mailboxroot

Zap = True

By adding on each line the three parentheses on each side of the text you want to make bold. --Tλε Rαnδom Eδιτor (ταlκ) 23:05, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

A parenthesis is (. Wikipedia uses single-quotes for bold/italic, which are '. Bold is three single-quotes, as in '''make this bold'''. -- Kainaw^(what?) 23:10, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Where to place an RfC that potentially will have a community-wide discussion?

I'm trying to create a separate page for an RfC discussion that will have long-term effects on referencing and already has elicited in being split to its own page. We also are planning on announcing this fairly widely as a community notice, so as to get a wide-spectrum response. Where is the most appropriate place to put this? A subpage? (Of which page?) It's own page? Girolamo Savonarola 23:19, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Are you alluding to this discussion: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Films#IMDb as Valid Reference Material and Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Films#Open forum for discussion? --Teratornis 00:45, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Change from Autobiography section to US Guitarist section

How do I change a page I created from an autobiography page to a guitarist page? There are 3 boxes on my page now that deal with autobiographical details and how they are not proven or cited. Beaulong 23:50, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Are you talking about the article: Beau Long? For starters, see: WP:COI and WP:AUTOBIO. --Teratornis 00:30, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Thank youBeaulong 00:50, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

loading a new page

How do I load a new subject page? 23:54, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

See Help:Starting a new page. You might also want to take a look at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article. Andy^reply 23:57, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Copyright issue with 19th century maps

After having read the tutorial pages regarding copyright, I'm still not clear. Can I assume that a map from 1875 is free of copyright issues? — Preceding unsigned comment added by MarkinBoston (talk • contribs)

Having investigated this for you I would say yes, when uploading I would select either the Author died more than 100 years ago or the work was first published in the US before 1923. Andy^reply 01:17, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

If it was published in 1875, or before 1923, yes. If it's a reproduction or scan by someone else, and it was not published in the U.S., there may be issues (see Bridgeman vs. Corel); I'm not sure what the current policies with respect to those are. --NE2 01:18, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the responses. MarkinBoston 05:08, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Etiquette for removing "article unreferenced" tag

I contributed some citations to the "Wan Rong" article. Can I go ahead and remove the "this article is unreferenced" tag? Or is that the function of an editor? thanks - Zatoichi26 02:08, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

You are an editor. You can remove the tag when you take care of the problem (as you have), or if you're worried that more needs to be done you can raise the issue on the article's talk page. Confusing Manifestation 02:12, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Book Reading

One day i was on wikipedia and i clicked on somethenig and i started to read the book and now i forgot how. Can you help me? Sincerly. Tehbest1 02:38, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Hmm... are you asking how you can find an article again? Do you remember what the article was about? Charlie-talk to me-what I've done 04:13, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

For many older books, Project Gutenberg makes copies of the books available online. This is only available for books that are in the public domain. Many articles will include a link to an online text in the "External links" section at the bottom of the article. If you can find the book you were reading, the link to the text will probably be somewhere in those links at the bottom. --JayHenry 05:49, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

If you know the author, you can search on Google or on the US Library of Congress website. On Wiki, you could try the "search" feature (next to Go on the left of the page) and include a few key words. Timothy Perper 17:06, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

"Go" and "Search"

What's the difference between "Go" and "Search" buttons? @pple 03:43, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure it's covered at WP:GO or WP:SEARCH or something, but basically if you type in the exact title of an existing article and press "Go" it will go to that article, but if you press "Search" (or if the article doesn't exist), then it gives you the search page. Confusing Manifestation 03:47, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Multiple Interlanguage Wikilinks

I recently created the page Nissan R90C. It is about a basic race car that has seen multiple forms in its year of competition. These forms have had multiple names (R90CK, R90CP, R91CP, R92CP, etc...). My page covers all the variants because they are basically the same car.

However, the Japanese Wikipedia has pages for 4 specific variants: ja:日産・R90CK, ja:日産・R90CP, ja:日産・R91CP, and ja:日産・R92CP.

How exactly should I add an interlanguage wikilink to the bottom of the page? Should I add all four Japanese articles as four seperate interlanguage wikilinks? The359 04:44, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Good question. The software is designed in such a way that having more than one interwiki link to the same language is confusing. You have two options here.

1. Just pick on article on the Japanese Wikipedia to exchange links with. (Actually, all the Japanese wiki articles can link to enwiki, but not the reverse.) Then check to see that all the ja.wiki articles link to one another in a category or template, and that's good enough.
2. Create sub-stubs for each variant of the car in order to facilitate one-to-one interwiki linking.

I prefer the first option because it's simpler. Shalom ^Hello 04:57, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

movie plots and titles.

Can you help me locate a film that was shown on TV in 1982 about a "mentally retarded" (I hate that word) man and the woman who helped him and eventually married him? I missed the opening credits and title, and the closing credits were never shown.

The story is about a young man who marries a slightly older woman (NOT TIM) and his family refuses to accept the marriage. They take the couple to court to have the marriage annulled, and the judge orders him to 30days observation/evaluation and an institution. She helped him through the 30 days (and the worst test at the roller rink). At the end of the film, the judge gave the family the choice of accepting the marriage or placing him permanently in the institution. She was finally accepted. The most memorable line was, "I'm not retarded. I'm not retarded. A little slow. A few problems. No problem."

I would love to add this film to my collection, but I have no idea what it is or who was in it. I've been searching for over 20 years, and have only recently asked for help. If you can help me, please let me know at [EMAIL REMOVED].

Thank you. Jodi Eisen [EMAIL REMOVED]

Your inquiry would be best directed to the Entertainment division of the Reference Desk.

Have a nice day.

The Rhymesmith 06:35, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Real Estate

We are a Real Estate Company in India and have 500 Acres of land for sle at Hyderabad. I wish yo contact your Real Estate Division for this property. Kindly advise name of the Cotact person and his Email address. Thanks! Alok Mukerji

[CONTACT REMOVED]

Wikipedia is not a sales agency, and we cannot help you list or sell your land. Apologies.

The Rhymesmith 06:33, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

mistake in wikipedia logo

why dont you correct the mistake in your logo in the languages sanskirit and japanese? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 124.7.123.118 (talk • contribs).

As I understand, there are some changes being discussed, something to do with the particular mix of symbols/letters appearing on the globe. Probably not a change the majority of people would notice. ;) But, I'm not sure what you're referring to, in particular? – Luna Santin (talk) 07:59, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

I just want to tell you this is a brillant step in the right direction to save our species

I think this concept is a fundemental tool in saving our doomed existence as a genus. You and everyone who participates in this type of forum has the opportunity to become equipped with the knowledge to save US.

Bigbillyx 09:18, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Eh, thank you very much! AndrewJDTALK -- 09:49, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

time of prays

Dear Brother i,m vising Munich 7 salusburge on 26th of july 2007, could you kindly tell me the time of praying in munich as this will be my first visit to germany. many thanks

tariq

I'm sorry but this is for Wikipedia related questions only, sorry. Rlest 12:59, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

You might, however, receive a good response at the Humanities Reference Desk. Angus Lepper^{(T, C, D)} 13:01, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

namespaces background color

hello, I'm looking for a method to change background colors of various namespaces in my own (local) wikipedia. can you help? thank! --11:37, 20 July 2007 (UTC)Furtig

Presumably, you mean a local wiki; Wikipedia® is a trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation. The correct page to edit would be MediaWiki:Monobook.css in your own wiki; you can look at Wikipedia's code to see how it's done here. There's a configuration variable you have to set in LocalSettings.php to enable the site CSS first (something like $wgEnableSiteCssJs, but I can't remember the exact name). --ais523 17:00, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

New article

Hi there, I've just signed up, and I want to write a new article. What do I do??

Please see Help:Starting a new page. utcursch | talk 11:45, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

But note, Wikipedia deletes many articles, up to several per minute, for violating Wikipedia's complicated policies and guidelines. Because Wikipedia's policies and guidelines are often non-intuitive for new users, new articles by new users may be at high risk of being deleted; this may be especially true for new users who haven't yet read enough help pages to have learned on their own how to start a new article (those who are unfamiliar with Wikipedia's manuals typically make some incorrect assumptions about what they say). So before you spend many hours editing your new article, only to possibly have it deleted, you should carefully review what Wikipedia is not, and it's a good idea to ask the Help desk about the subject you have in mind. Also be aware that Wikipedia already has 6,928,531 articles, making it the largest encyclopedia in history, but less than 1% of these articles have earned Wikipedia's highest quality ranking of "featured". Thus Wikipedia's greatest need (by far) is to improve the quality of existing articles, rather than create even more new articles that are likely to be of low quality until they too receive extensive editing by many users who have read the friendly manuals. --Teratornis 14:41, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Finding Me

Hey Guys,

I'm building my page, but wanted to know if someone was looking for information on me, how would they find me on Wikipedia? Name search? Google Search? What do I need to do to make sure someone looking for me can locate me? To make myself stand out? Do I need to use key words that pertain to my profession? Thanks for your time and consideration. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Octavia Lesley (talk • contribs)

Wikipedia is not Facebook or MySpace. It is not a place for people to look for information about you. Your user page is where you put information about yourself, if you like, but it is not considered a repository for all information about you. -- Kainaw^(what?) 14:07, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

If by "someone" you mean a member of the general public, that person could find you on Wikipedia through any of the usual search methods, by using your name as search keywords, assuming your name appears on Wikipedia somewhere, and the search engine they use is up to date. On the other hand, if by "someone" you mean a Wikipedian, that person would probably find you by seeing your user name in edit histories, in your talk page signatures, or possibly in one of the subcategories under Category:Wikipedians. For example, if you add userboxes to your User page, you will add yourself to some user categories. --Teratornis 14:55, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Photo upload

I do not understand the phot upload. I own the photo of the person but it is not clear on how to post it. i compelted whatever it gives me as an option but then tells me its not correct. this is very confusing. I must have uploaded the file 10 times already!

Did you upload the file and get confused by the other steps, or did you not manage to upload the file?

If you uploaded the file, please post the image file name here, and someone will finish the job.

If you did not manage to upload the file, maybe you could email the file to me, and I'll try to upload it myself. Click on my username, then click "email this user". In order to do this, you will need to provide your own email address by clicking on "my preferences" in the upper right corner of your screen. Shalom ^Hello 16:03, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

non breaking hyphen?

Is there a way to use a non breaking hyphen while editing articles? If so, what is it? I know how to use the non breaking space "<ampersand>nbsp;", but could not find any info for hyphens on either the HTML help page, the math symbols in HTML page, nor the math markup page. Thanks in advance. Baccyak4H (Yak!) 14:54, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

"&mdash for a long hyphen and "&ndash" for a short hyphen.  Chantessy  16:12, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! (I knew of them, but not that they were nonbreaking.) I recall that in rigorous usage they actaully have different meanings, but on second thought, in the contexts I'll be wanting its use, using &ndash is not going to get me in any trouble with the punctuation police. Thanks again. Baccyak4H (Yak!) 16:22, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

(outdent) Hmm...may be browser dependent or something like that, but &ndash does break, on WP article pages at least. <test>a–s–d–f–g–h–j–k–l<endtest> Still open to suggestions. Baccyak4H (Yak!) 16:30, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

searching for a certain topic

how do i search for the simularities and differences of the three levels of law enforcement?

Sorry, the Help desk only answer your questions about using Wikipedia, please try asking this at the Reference Desk, and make yourself clearer, since the law enforcement is different among different countries. Peacent 16:23, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

(top)

On a user contribs list, what does "top" mean?  Chantessy  16:11, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

It means that the particular contribution is the top revision (i.e. the most recent revision) of the page. For example, if I go to Special:Contributions/Elkman immediately after I save this change, it'll say Wikipedia:Help desk (top). As soon as someone else asks a question, my change will no longer be on top. --Elkman ^(Elkspeak) 16:13, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

How can I make a company name appear in the "United States financial services company stubs" index:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:United_States_financial_services_company_stubs

Stub index listing

How can I make a company name appear in the "United States financial services company stubs" index:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:United_States_financial_services_company_stubs

Add this: {{US-finance-company-stub}} to the page. Best of luck! henrik•talk

Sandbox question

I have a question. I just saved something to the general sandbox. How can I retrieve it? It's well within the 12-hour time frame that you cite.

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.204.237.68 (talk • contribs)

You don't appear to have done any other edits from your current IP address, but you could go through the history and see if you can find your edit. Best of luck! henrik•talk 16:43, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Although the sandbox is cleaned automatically every 12 hours, it has a sufficiently high edit rate that pretty much any edit there tends to get blanked or edited beyond recognition pretty quickly. (If you create an account, you'll get a 'my contributions' feature that lets you find the edits you've made easily; IPs have a tendency to change around, though, so it's hard to find an edit again if your IP has changed since you made it; you have to check through the history.) --ais523 16:56, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Images

How do I remove an old (outdated) image from a posting and replace it with a new, current, image?72.5.121.166 16:48, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Upload the image you want to replace the existing one. Ensure it is freely licensed, first. Once you've uploaded and tagged it with the appropriate license, go to the article where the current image is located and replace the image link with your new one. WP:IMAGES may also be of help to you. LaraLove 16:55, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia Edit Page toolbar (Extension?)

The Edit page on Wikipedia using a toolbar that adds several capabilities to your editor. I've reviewed the Special:Version page and do not recognize which, if any, of the installed extensions provides the added toolbar entries. I've downloaded the 1.11alpha version to see if it was a new feature.

How do I add the same toolbar buttons to my stock install of MediaWiki? --Vjg 18:02, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Try looking at MediaWiki:Common.js; I think some of the code for doing that was added manually by admins here. (If you do use that code, change the URL to a local copy of the images rather than live-loading them from Commons like Wikipedia does.) --ais523 18:17, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Thank you very much. That was just what I was looking for. It also made the process of adding my own editor buttons quite clear. --Vjg 19:30, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Flickr, Photobox, etc

Are photos held on Flickr, Photobox, etc, considered "free".

Can they be used ?

Under what category ?

Tovojolo 18:51, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

No, they are not usually free.

The Rhymesmith 19:28, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

• flickr allows you to search for appropriately licensed images - http://www.flickr.com/search/advanced/

Use this field to search for Creative Commons licensed content

Tip: Find photos with a Creative Commons license. Learn more... Only search within Creative Commons-licensed photos

Find content to use commercially

Find content to modify, adapt, or build upon

— flickr

If you select both of the two check boxes, it should show you appropriately licensed images WilyD 20:27, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

• • But there is no guarantee that the person who uploaded the picture to Flickr actually posted it with a valid copyright status. Corvus cornix 22:26, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Censorship

Why was the article, "Zeitgeist: The Movie" and other similar names protected from creation? There used to be a decent article there. There was nothing much on the deletion log either. Since the article is about a movie with sensitive information about the religion and the 911 conspiracy, the deletion did not seem like a legit process, but rather, censorship.

Can an admin please tell me what is going on here. 99boy 19:50, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zeitgeist the Movie. The short answer is that self-published movies on Google Video rarely get the reliable sources which Wikipedia articles require. Corvus cornix 20:23, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Section-edit links displaced by images

I ran across an article (South Park, Los Angeles, California) that had the section-edit links in an odd place. Looking at it, I saw that two images included in the top section (section 0) extended down the page past the headings of the next two sections. It appears that this made the section header wrap, leaving the section-edit links in the middle of the second section text. I made a change in the location of the images that improved this. But what should have happened to prevent this in the first place?

Search problems

When I search for national alliance of latin american and caribbean communities, the wikipedia article for National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities does not come up?

How can i make it so?

If you want to make it come up for everybody, you can make a redirect page. If you just want to search Wikipedia case-insensitively yourself, try Google Search on Wikipedia or one of the other search options. Also note that if a page is new, sometimes the search function and external search engines do not find it until after some days have passed and they update their indexes. --Teratornis 22:58, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Article Deletion Question

After reading the suggested articles about deletion, I am still not certain why mine was deleted:

04:56, 20 July 2007 NawlinWiki (Talk | contribs) deleted "Mdvanii" (g11 advertising, a7 nonnotable, no indep. sources content was: '{{db|there is no assertion of notability of the subject, nor is any context provided for understanding it.}}MdvaniiMdvanii is a 1/6 scale (2...')

I am guessing that G11 refers to:

G11 Pages that exist only to promote a company, product, or service. You can put A tag has been placed on page name, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article seems to be blatant advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the general criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item 11, as well as the guidelines on spam.

And that A7 refers to:

A7 Article about a person, group, company, or web content that does not assert the importance of the subject.

I do not think that either was the case. Wouldn't A7 apply to everything on Wikipedia? How does one assert importance? As for G11, the article was about a doll that is also known as an artwork in some circles . . . not a company, product, or service. I am very confused.

If you disagree with a speedy deletion, you can bring it up at deletion review. --ST47Talk·Desk 20:44, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Can't create embedded link

Hi,

I tried to create an embedded link in an article (which directs to another Wikipedia page) but it doesn't come out on the preview page. I'm using the correct code <a href="(webpage)">(Name of link)</a> but it isn't working. I've tried both typing the address normally and using the Internal Link option. Any help?

If it's a link to another Wikipedia page you can use the square brackets: [[ ... ]]. So if you were linking to say dog it would be written as [[dog]]. Hope this helps -- AndrewJDTALK -- 21:18, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

The "<a" code doesn't work in Wikipedia. Only a limited set of HTML is valid. Corvus cornix 22:27, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

how do i make boxes on creating pages

1jake312 21:15, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

If you mean how to use the infobox at Pilot (Drake & Josh), then see {{Infobox Television episode}} and Template talk:Infobox Television episode#Usage. The first step is to use double brackets {{...}}. PrimeHunter 21:48, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

product advertising

in reading the article regarding RHIOs, i came across a description of a software product and link to the manufacturer's website. how can i tell if the article was written specifically for marketing purposes and may be biased towards this manufacturer's way of doing things? our company has a similar product that i would love to advertise in the same way, but i feel this is an inappropriate use of wikipedia. how are issues such as this resolved? Iki-turso 21:41, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

On Wikipedia we resolve everything by finding consensus and writing guideline and policy documents. You can find most of those documents here: User:John Broughton/Editor's Index to Wikipedia. Searching that page for "advertisements" leads to Wikipedia:Wikiproject Advertising which looks like a group of users who handle problems of this type. I imagine you are asking about the obvious promotional language in the poorly-formatted entry for "eTransX" under RHIO#External links. That looks like a fairly clear case of what we call spam. --Teratornis 22:54, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

posting

I am considering posting information about my company/organization. I am concerned, however, that others might post negative things on the page. Is there protection offered for this? Is posting done anonymously or do users have to identify themselves? Is this ever a problem?

See WP:OWN. There is no guarantee that the information in an article will not be edited. In fact, it can almost be guaranteed that it will be. By posting to Wikipedia, you cede all control over the information that you put here. See also WP:COI for the guidelines on posting information that you have a personal stake in. Read also Wikipedia:Vested interest. Corvus cornix 22:30, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

And see: Wikipedia:Business' FAQ. --Teratornis 22:55, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, Teratornis, I was looking for that and couldn't find it anywhere. Corvus cornix 23:00, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

I've added it to the See also section of WP:COI. Corvus cornix 23:01, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Help with Notorious move

Some editor moved the Alfred Hitchcock film Notorious to Notorious (1946 film) to make room for a much less famous TV episode. There is also a 2008 film in the works (Notorious (2008 film)). Obviously, the episode needs to be moved, but should Notorious be used for the film or as a disambiguation page? Clarityfiend 23:00, 20 July 2007 (UTC)