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July 29

Page on requested edit list without an edit request?

Why is Wikipedia_talk:Contact_us showing up at WP:SPER? I don't see {{edit semi-protected}} anywhere on the page. It might be a caching issue, but I don't see it in the history either. RudolfRed (talk) 01:01, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

I only see Wikipedia talk:Contact us/blocked which redirects to Wikipedia talk:Contact us. Are you sure you saw Wikipedia talk:Contact us and not Wikipedia talk:Contact us/blocked? PrimeHunter (talk) 01:07, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Oops. I didn't notice it redirected. I just clicked on the "request" link on the edit request page and then copied the page name when I asked my question. Thanks. RudolfRed (talk) 01:11, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Resolved

Re-use of content

Resolved

According to Wikipedia#Content_licensing can I copy paste a debate from my talk page to an article talk page without the other editors' consent as long as I redact their signitures if they request it? When the project was started in 2001, all text in Wikipedia was covered by GNU Free Documentation License later replaced with a CC license.--Canoe1967 (talk) 03:57, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Sorry for not answering your question, but isn't it much smarter to simply post a permalink on the talkpage? Arcandam (talk) 04:00, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for your response. I don't know how yet. Could you revert my talk page and put the link to Talk:Gun laws in Colorado for me?--Canoe1967 (talk) 04:13, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

 Done I am marking this thread as resolved, if you have any further questions you can respond on your talkpage, I have it watchlisted. Arcandam (talk) 04:34, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Thank you very much. Sorry if you got dragged into the mud on it though. I agree with resolved.--Canoe1967 (talk) 07:24, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Print bigger

How do I make the print bigger, I can't read it as it is so small — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fbiaggi (talk • contribs) 05:09, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

I am not sure which browser you are using, but pressing Ctrl + makes text bigger in Firefox and Chrome. Arcandam (talk) 05:14, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Static IP redirect?

I have a static IP address assigned to me by my ISP, would it be in order for me to redirect the user/ talk page(s) to those of my account in-case I make edits and forget to login? I believe this would help in tracing and thus querying any edits made under the IP and allow me to be notified of any such comments without being logged out. --wintonian ^talk 05:12, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

I see now harm in it. On the re-direct page you may wish to make a note explaining it though?--Canoe1967 (talk) 07:21, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Its probably best to leave a comment containing a link on the talkpage of the IP. Arcandam (talk) 07:41, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Ok I've soft redirected the talk page with a note and hard redirected the user page, I think that should be enough for people to work out what's going on. --wintonian ^talk 02:18, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

Olympic rowing

Why, in rowing are the called "skulls" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.151.124.216 (talk) 11:08, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

It's sculls with c. See Sculling. wiktionary:scull#Etymology 1 says: "From Middle English sculle (“a type of oar”), Unknown".

Have you tried the Language 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 is the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps.. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:21, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Changing picture file name

County Cavan, Ireland

How do I change this "File:Ireland town 1860 census.jpg" file name to "1860 census County Cavan, Ireland.jpg"?--Doug Coldwell ^talk 12:06, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

You need this user right. I have it and have moved the file for you this time. Rcsprinter (chat) @ 13:34, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! --Doug Coldwell ^talk 13:36, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

how do I print a map

how do i print a map — Preceding unsigned comment added by 23.24.224.78 (talk) 13:43, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Which map are you referring to? Arcandam (talk) 14:15, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

My User Page

I can't add [[Category:Wikipedians who have opted out of automatic signing|{{PAGENAME}}]] to my user page because I don't have one? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.57.130.3 (talk • contribs)

Why don't you want to sign posts like your question here in any way? It's annoying when there is no indication who made a post. I had to look in the page history to see you don't have an account (many users have an account but no user page). If you have no account then you cannot create a user page (though others can create it for you). You can add {{NoAutosign}} to your user talk page. Allow up to 5 minutes for it to take effect. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:25, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Yes, please see Wikipedia:Signatures for the relevant guideline. If you opt out of automatic signing and you do not diligently sign your talk page comments manually, it could become quite disruptive to regular discussion. BigNate37_(T) 16:10, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

This is one of the advantages of having an account. If you want one, you'll have to get one, won't you? Britmax (talk) 17:58, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for your help PrimeHunter — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.57.130.3 (talk • contribs)

Mobivox

Hi, I have put the movivox support email address in and it clicked up with a positive. I cannot see that this email address, especially as it seems mobivox are not now in business, is a problem. Keep up the good work sorry if I have screwed up your system. Roger. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rogerinfrance (talk • contribs) 16:59, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

I think that your attempted edit was too informal for an encyclopedia article. But don't worry, you didn't break anything! I've left some introductory links on your talk page. -- John of Reading (talk) 18:11, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Louise de Vilmorin

I just want to add some info that is missing in the page for Louise de Vilmorin.

She wrote the dialogue for Louis Malle's film "Les Amants." 69.131.180.193 (talk) 17:09, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

I added it to the other films. They are just links in the see also section though. Someone may wish to turn that section into prose in the body of the article. Not my field but others may wish to.--Canoe1967 (talk) 10:41, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

Can someone help this user merge his three accounts?

Can you combine or merge my 3 user pages which are User_talk:Buffyfan84, User:Narwhalgal84 and User:Bulkbot84? That would help me alot. Bulkbot84 (talk) 17:55, 29 July 2012 (UTC) I moved this user's request for help from my talk page. μηδείς (talk) 18:07, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, I can't answer your question, but please read our username policy. The 'bot' part of the Bulkbot84 username may be a problem. Arcandam (talk) 19:16, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

My gut feeling is that this is a newbie acting in good faith, and unless you contact him with a solution on his talk page I suspect he will not know how to proceed. I am not an admin myself, so although I would help him, but I can't, I am washing my hands of this. μηδείς (talk) 02:34, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

Accidentally wiped out references on "Kakuma" page

Because the full html is not exposed on the Wiki edit function, I appear to have wiped out the two "References"--aka footnotes--on the "Kakuma" page [1] when I cut and paste, trying to add another book as a reference--aka bibliography. Please advise how to restore the Egger's book and the info on the solar cookers to "Kakuma" References and list KAKUMA-TURKANA by Daniel Cheng Yang as Further Reading.

On "Lost Boys of Sudan" [2], a nearly similar problem. I added KAKUMA-TURKANA to References, but apparently need to create a Further Reading category and add it there, instead. Thanks. Bonnie Hayskar (talk) 18:40, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

When you remove a {{reflist}} tag, that is what stops them from appearing. The actual content of the reference list is generated by the use of <ref> tags throughout the body of the article. Further details are available at Wikipedia:Citing sources, and you may wish to read Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners. To fix Kakuma, or generally any time you accidentally damage an article, simply click the View history tab at the top, and you will be see your edit listed at the top. You may then revert your change if necessary (see Help:Reverting). If you want to add a general reference then using a <ref> tag is not ideal: WP:GENREF explains two ways to do that. If you have more questions or you want someone to fix Kakuma for you, please let us know. I'm just taking a look at Lost Boys of Sudan right now, too. BigNate37_(T) 18:50, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Consider that our Manual of Style has recommendations on the way notes and references should be organized (see WP:FNNR). If an article utilizes {{reflist}} like Lost Boys of Sudan does, it's not only difficult but also counter-productive to move those cited references into a manual, general listing. BigNate37_(T) 18:57, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

I think I may need some help from Wiki on this. I did the undo, but there had been previous edits so now it does not allow me to undo and restore--only undo. What I need is for the original text to be restored, both on "Kakuma" and "Lost Boys of Sudan," to restore the footnotes (References). Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bonnie Hayskar (talk • contribs) 19:13, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Your manual revert looks good now. (Note to others: I carried this discussion over to Bonnie's talk page, which wasn't the best organizational tactic, but just so you know.) BigNate37_(T) 19:50, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Christian Bale

Please update the article, Christian Bale was born in Haverfordwest and therefore is not an English Actor he is clearly a Welsh Actor -please correct the site as soon as possible — Preceding unsigned comment added by Finlay0147 (talk • contribs) 20:17, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

No, sorry, I hate nationalistic disputes. Arcandam (talk) 20:24, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Please raise the issue on the article's talk page. Or, be bold and fix it yourself, if you can cite reliable sources to support your change. RudolfRed (talk) 20:25, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Don't be bold in this case. You may get blocked if you do. Arcandam (talk) 20:40, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

This prompted me to browse WP:MOS for a relevant guiding principle, and I couldn't find anything. Do we have guidelines covering this type of distinction, particularly regarding nationalism within Great Britain? Note that I'm not asking what should be done specifically, just where the guidelines are, if any. BigNate37_(T) 20:29, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Seems that in this instance, WP:UKNATIONALS#Present-day_UK_nationality_.28examples_of_use.29 is the closest we come to a guideline. BigNate37_(T) 23:15, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

I can't comment on how Wikipedia handles this, but it was my understanding that while he was born in Wales, he was brought up in England and considers himself English - I can't imagine there're any guidelines for specifically this situation - editors will just have to reach a consensus, which there seems to be in this case per Talk:Christian Bale#Wales is not England. So I'd not edit the article just yet, I recommend discussing it on the talk page as long as past discussions don't clear up the matter for you already. Яehevkor ✉ 20:36, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Indeed, this person is trying to reopen a can of worms. Arcandam (talk) 20:38, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Wrong entry on the List of Cities in the Philippines

On the list of Cities in the Philippines, there were two entries of Tagum City... and there was no Davao City. You may want to correct the list. Thanks a lot.

PaulM — Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.198.90.234 (talk) 20:31, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

I deleted the "extra" Tagum city. I am not sure if I can help with Davao City, gimme a sec. Arcandam (talk) 20:43, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

USS Philippine Sea CVA-47 Article

Just read the article and there is one (1) minor error regarding her departure from San Diego on 5 July 1950. She did not depart with four (4) Corisair squadrons. CAG11 consisted of two (2) F9F squadrons (VF-111 & 112), two (2) Corisair squadrons (VF-113 & VF-114) and one (1) squadron of ADs (VF-115). I know this for a fact as I was onboard VF-114 as we steamed passed Point Loma on our way to Pearl. Harry Matthews — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.180.238.23 (talk) 21:36, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Your own knowledge is not sufficient. You need to find a reliable source stating what you said, assuming you can find one. One way to go about this, if you can't find one, is to convince a reporter to interview you, and if the newspaper or TV station or whatever trusts you are telling the truth, you can use the story as a reference.— Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 21:04, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

July 30

Need to rename picture file

Resolved

I named this picture file (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:McKinney_McDonald_House.jpg) wrong and can't figure out how to change it. It should be named "Henry Beissner House" (talk) 00:20, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

I can move files at the English Wikipedia but as the page says, "This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons". You uploaded it to http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:McKinney_McDonald_House.jpg so it has to be renamed by a Commons administrator or file mover. See commons:Commons:File renaming. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:22, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

I flagged the image for renaming. Someone should get to it soon. 25or6to4 (talk) 02:26, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

Which talk page has the greatest numbers of archives?

221.203.139.100 (talk) 00:59, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

I don't know but the size of each archive page varies. Wikipedia:Database reports/Talk pages by size seems more relevant. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:09, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

After some playing with searches like this one, I think the answer is Wikipedia talk:Requests for adminship/Archive 217. -- John of Reading (talk) 06:40, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

and in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make

was there a shortcut connection to the lyrics of "the end" (beatles/ abbey road) which i overlooked? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.138.80.86 (talk) 01:04, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

I'm not sure what your question means. Are you referring to the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony? There is mention in the last paragraph of The End (The Beatles song)#Legacy and 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony#Lighting of the Olympic cauldron. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:15, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

Breaker Morant (film)

I changed the article to link - to David Stevens, one of the writers of the movie.

I received an email from someone saying that Wiki has no article on "David Stevens" and that the links - - had been removed.

But I see an article in Wiki about the writer in question - David Stevens screenwriter:

David Stevens (screenwriter)

Since I am that screenwriter, I am very, very confused. Marinerpacific (talk) 03:51, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

I will check your linking.--Canoe1967 (talk) 04:11, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

Thank you. What puzzles me is the the email came from a contributor (presumably an editor) "Beyond My Ken" but I don't understand how he was able to access my email address. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marinerpacific (talk • contribs) 04:15, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

David Stevens is a 'dab' page. Some robot software may revert you, email you, send you kittens, etc. You can turn email off in preferences if you wish. There are settings for user to user email as well as email if your talk page is changed. The bot may have changed your talk page is all. I fixed the link to go to David Stevens (screenwriter).--Canoe1967 (talk) 04:20, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

Again - thank you. Marinerpacific (talk) 04:24, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

You are very welcome. I will resolve this section and email you a book I wrote before you disable your email. Please make it into a movie and send me as much money as you can from the profits.(kidding)

Resolved

--Canoe1967 (talk) 04:36, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

How do I link in Wikipedia to the Wiktionary?

How do I link in Wikipedia to the Wiktionary? — Preceding unsigned comment added by JIK1975 (talk • contribs) 05:22, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

By using the following code:

[[wikt:pizza|lasagna]]

you get the following link:

lasagna

Arcandam (talk) 05:26, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

If you want to link to a Wiktionary article from a Wikipedia article about the same term, you should use {{wikt}}. If you just want to link to a dictionary definition in the body of an article, Aracandam's syntax above is correct, but do note that it's almost always poor style to link dictionary definitions on the assumption that readers will be unfamiliar with a word's meaning. BigNate37_(T) 06:12, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

Roswell UFO Incident/Sunrise

Over the past week or so there has been a contribution (Sunrise) which appears to be advertising a new publication on Roswell. This has been deleted several times by Template:Canada Jack, Template:Tembrae, Template:Ginger Maine Coon and myself on the basis of marketing ploy and "undue weight". However, the material keeps being re-inserted by different unregistered addresses.

Can this page be protected for a couple of weeks to prevent this advertising?

With thanks and regards, David. David J Johnson (talk) 09:07, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

See WP:RFP to request protection. And also, using curly braces will not display a link to a user page. I think what you meant to do was display them as User:Canada Jack and so on. Dismas|^(talk) 09:20, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for your help, sorry about the braces - I was rushing to get to a appointment! Many thanks & regards, David. David J Johnson (talk) 11:08, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

Doppelgänger accounts

If you want to have a doppelgänger account, do you have to register the account or can you just put a {{doppelganger}} template on the userpage? FlBo A boat that can float! 10:47, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

"A doppelgänger account is a second account created with a username similar to one's main account to prevent impersonation."

(emphasis mine)

Also, IMO, it's best to register the account to avoid someone creating it then finding the template on their userpage. benzband (talk) 12:30, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

OK, I didn't quite understand the wording and wanted clarification. FlBo A boat that can float! 12:43, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

If you put the template in the userspace of a nonexistent user, it would be subject to {{db-u2}} speedy deletion. 2001:18E8:2:1020:6056:B52B:5065:1B93 (talk) 17:30, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

Pizza Hut inc page

Pizza Hut inc page has an error in between Pepsico and Yum! owning the company its was called TRICON which was a spin off from Pepsico and only had 3 brands at the time of inception, KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 110.175.122.13 (talk) 13:29, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

Tricon seems to be mentioned in History of Pizza Hut, which has the detailed history. That page is very short of references to reliable sources, so if you have books or newspaper archives documenting the history, be bold and have a go at improving it. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:08, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

ShoeCareSupplies.com article

To whom ever it may concern,

I'm having an issue regarding the article on my website, it was supposed to be up and running right now but there's no sign of that occurring. If you can please assist me with the technical difficulties, it will be greatly appreciated. Thanks and take care.

Joe — Preceding unsigned comment added by JoeCobbler (talk • contribs) 15:41, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

If you mean this article Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/ShoeCareSupplies.com, it has not been submitted for review yet - but it won't get past the review in any case. It reads like an advertisement, is totally lacking in sources, and fails to provide evidence that the subject meets Wikipedia notability guidelines - in this case Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies). To be frank, I doubt that your business stands much chance of doing so, but I recommend you read this for yourself. While I wish you well in your enterprise, it isn't Wikipedia's function to provide free advertising, and any articles are 'ours' rather than belonging to the subject of the article - and have to be based on third party reliable sources (to establish notability, amongst other things), and be written in a neutral and encyclopaedic tone. AndyTheGrump (talk) 16:05, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

No log entry for a deleted (?) image

What happened to File:Hazard City Hall in Hazard, Kentucky.jpg? I can't find a log entry for it here or at Commons, but because of my experience with block logs that can't be seen when I'm logged out (see the "Why isn't the bot working right?" section above), I'm wondering if it's there but visible only to logged-in users. I understand that it might never have existed, although that would be odd because it's linked in the Perry County, Kentucky infobox. 2001:18E8:2:1020:6056:B52B:5065:1B93 (talk) 17:28, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

This file has never existed either here or on commons. Ruslik_Zero 18:24, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

The closest that I can find is File:Hazard_main2006.jpg. Ruslik_Zero 18:28, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

The redlink is due to an apparent correction made in 2008[3] You're probably looking for File:Perry County Kentucky Courthouse.jpg, which is either a city hall or a courthouse, not sure which. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 18:37, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

Geoffrey Hughes

born in wallasey cheshire ? wallasey is in merseyside NOT cheshire — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.102.197.33 (talk) 18:40, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

Wallasey was in Cheshire when Hughes was born, so it would be accurate to say he was born in Cheshire. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 18:47, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

bees attacking the humming bird feeder??

My question is on the humming bird feeder, there is a problem with bees all over the feeder, drinking the sweeten water

what can I do to stop the bees attacking the feeder, without hurting the humming birds????? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.37.149.127 (talk) 21:05, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

Have you tried the Science 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 is the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps.Template:Z38 PrimeHunter (talk) 21:13, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

Though the above absolutely holds true, I was interested in the answer to this (as I have a feeder myself) so I did some searches. There is material about this you might find useful here, here and here. Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 23:17, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

The Dark Knight Rises (novel)

Hi, I believe that the article The Dark Knight Rises (novel) is unnecessary and repeating the information of the movie's article. I would try to create a redirect and merge whatever information of the novel's article towards the main's, but the main article is protected and I can't do a thing.--NeoBatfreak (talk) 23:57, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

The movie article at The Dark Knight Rises is only Semi-protected, and you should be autoconfirmed, so there shouldn't be any problems for you to edit it. But, before you make this change, you should propose it on one of the article's talk page and get consensus. You can use one of the {{merge}} templates to get the attention of anyone who reads either article. RudolfRed (talk) 00:26, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

I'm sorry to say I am not autoconfirmed, don't know why. Can you help finding out what is going on?--NeoBatfreak (talk) 00:27, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

I'm assuming that you're assuming that you're not autoconfirmed because you can't edit the article on the movie – Neo, it's actually fully protected.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 00:35, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Yeah, it is fully protected. Wonder why I can't edit, since I never vandalizing articles before.--NeoBatfreak (talk) 00:40, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Your follow-up confuses me. This may be my failing but it sounds like you think you (and/or others) are prevented from editing this fully-protected article based on some setting on your account, such as a log of vandalism, while other non-administrator editors are permitted to edit it. That's not how protection functions. No one but an administrator (or higher access level) can edit a fully protected article: It's a blanket prohibition. If you look at the protection log entry, it was imposed with the edit summary note: "chaotic editing, multiple parties violating 3RR".--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 00:53, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Oh. Thanks for explaining. Still, I would like to make some small contributions though.--NeoBatfreak (talk) 00:55, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Unfortunately, you'll have to wait until the protection is removed (or reduced). However, if you have something very specific (and uncontroversial) that you think would improve the article immediately, you can ask for its addition second hand by going to the talk page, placing the template {{Edit protected}}, and making a clear and specific request below it. You would need to say exactly what content should go where, or what should be changed or removed. Generalities are the death knell of such requests.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 00:57, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Sorry for the misinformation. It was previously semi-protected and I failed to notice that it was switched to full protection. RudolfRed (talk) 00:59, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Still, can you put a merge template on the novel adaptation article? I mean, do we really need an article basically repeating the same information as the movie's?--NeoBatfreak (talk) 01:01, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

July 31

Page hijack

I tried to access the Mooreland, Oklahoma wiki page, and I saw a message instead that said "Earth Exploding Live sends friendly greetings to readers of this article. This message will be taken down within 24 hours if the link specified gets at least 2000 hits. Thank you." What is going on here? Trjumpet (talk) 16:05, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Hero Poker Network no longer accepting US players

I play on there sight every day in there free rolls they want me to make a deposit to my account.I emailed them not less than two weeks ago asking if they accept US players they replied they did,so I think you need to up date.I do love your sight. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.104.99.104 (talk) 01:38, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 6.9 million articles and thought we were affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is for asking questions related to using or contributing to Wikipedia itself. Thus, we have no special knowledge about the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:57, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

 Done. I have started a talk page for Hero Poker (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) as well, and explained my edit there. Please direct any further concerns about the article there. BigNate37_(T) 20:50, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Lost

Ok, a few days ago I signed up to help with images on Wikipedia. Today I'm completely lost, so lost in fact by the sheer number of pages and links and links to pages or pages to links et-al that I don't know if I'm coming or going! Look I'm good with images, give me a image of a pigs ear and Photoshop and one hour later I return it looking like a silk purse! However I'm a simple soul who only want to help not study for a flipping Ph.D. in Wikipedics. So if anyone has "Editing images in Wikipedia for Dummy's" please post it here (wherever here actually is!) --Ceepin1826 (talk) 01:51, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Some images are hosted here at http://en.wikipedia.org and some at http://commons.wikimedia.org. See Wikipedia:Graphic Lab and commons:Commons:Graphics Lab. If a file page has a "Full resolution" link then be sure to work on the full resolution. Images are edited with your own software and must be reuploaded after editing. When your account becomes autoconfirmed you get a link on file pages saying "Upload a new version of this file". An account is autoconfirmed when it's at least 4 days old and has at least 10 edits. If you want to be able to reupload images at both Wikipedia and Commons then you must reach autoconfirmation at both sites. Your Wikipedia account currently has 3 edits and becomes 4 days old in 5 hours. All edits at en.wikipedia.org count. It doesn't have to be article edits. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:17, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Public Domain Images

I am currently trying to figure out if the photos for the Washington State Legislators are licensed in the Public Domain. They are located here and here. I have previously uploaded two of these photos, but they were deleted because there isn't an explicit statement that they are in the Public Domain. While I was looking for photos elsewhere, I found that Ballotpedia was actively using the photos (like this one). For the photo's permission information, it is stated that "This image comes from the http://www.leg.wa.gov/pages/home.aspx website. It is used here because a Ballotpedia staffer requested and obtained permission to use it and was informed by the relevant government office or private entity or individual who created this image that the image is in the public domain.". Does this mean that we must contact the same government office as Wikipedia and obtain the same permissions, or can we take Ballotpedia's word that a government office stated that the images are in the public domain? Gold Standard 02:42, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

I would say ask the office for permission. RudolfRed (talk) 03:01, 31 July 2012 (UTC)RudolfRed (talk) 03:00, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

You may wish to see if there is a PD-US-Wash license on commons. Many states like Florida and the federal government they are in the public domain. Commons Village Pump/Copyright may have the answer handy.--Canoe1967 (talk) 03:09, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Ok, thanks guys! Gold Standard 04:22, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Block

Hello, I am User:Andrei.smolnikov. I edit wikipedia from my school's IP adress often, however, sometimes I am unable to do so because of vandalism only accounts resulting in my school's shared IP address being blocked. This means that often I am unable to edit Wikipedia even when I log in. Could you please tell me if it is possible to do anything about this? Thank you. Andrei.smolnikov (talk) 03:38, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

You can ask for IP block exempt. FloBo A boat that can float! 05:34, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

You can also try to find out who in your school is blocking the Ip address.Receptie123 (talk) 11:57, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

From the question, I think it is Wikipedia blocking the school and not the other way around. RudolfRed (talk) 16:03, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

How exactly do I ask for a IP block exempt? The page wasn't quite clear. Andrei.smolnikov (talk) 00:38, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

My reading from the relevant pages is that you would request this at the same time you request unblocking the next time it happens. I agree that this is not made very clear across the references we have. BigNate37_(T) 01:12, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

Text Size

How can I increase the size of the text displayed by Wikipedia? It seems smaller than it was. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.160.115.51 (talk) 03:39, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Text size is controlled by your browser, not by Wikipedia. Look for "Zoom" settings on the "View" menu of your browser, or try Ctrl+0. If this doesn't fix it, post here again with your browser name and version. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:01, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Right! Thanks John! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.160.115.51 (talk) 09:26, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

which Country was Shaikh Ahmed Ali Mullah Masjid-e-Haram Muazzin was born

which Country was Shaikh Ahmed Ali Mullah Masjid-e-Haram Muazzin was born — Preceding unsigned comment added by Transahmed (talk • contribs) 03:53, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

This page is for help with Wikipedia. Please visit the Reference Desk for help finding information. Gold Standard 04:34, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Which board

Pew Research Center I don't know if it belongs in merge as an old talk page discussion, COI as per another old one, etc, etc. It came up when I found a wikilink to it. Is this the right place to ask even? Thoughts?--Canoe1967 (talk) 08:30, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

I live in Canada so this company may be big in the US. It only has 120 employees in the infobox, but 'what links' here goes to many articles. I don't know if it is a 'spammish' article or actually worthy. Four sources total, 3 from the company website, the 4th is an obituary of the chairman from 2010.--Canoe1967 (talk) 09:00, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

•  Warning Cross posted to a few places. I have posted at village pump technical to see if one user can be traced to all the wikilinks ('Database search query' is the section heading). I may try COI to see if they care, as well as the notability board to see if they think a merge is needed, etc.--Canoe1967 (talk) 10:16, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Resolved

They may be small but they are notable.--Canoe1967 (talk) 12:53, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Ordering DVDs

I want to order dvds and need a catalog with more options — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.171.187.93 (talk) 11:03, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

You need to find a different website. This is Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia. Although you will find many articles here about music and film, we don't sell DVDs. -- John of Reading (talk) 11:58, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

speech in english

The role of youth in nation's development. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 106.209.248.223 (talk) 14:28, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

This page is for asking questions about how to use Wikipedia. RudolfRed (talk) 16:04, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

What's going on over at Current Events?

I went to Portal:Current events and it's not displaying a regular page. Instead, I'm seeing this:

Earth Exploding Live sends friendly greetings to readers of the current events page. This message will be taken down within 24 hours if the link specified gets at least 2000 hits. Thank you.

What's going on? Has the page been vandalized? PhageRules1 (talk) 14:30, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

My first thought was, your PC has been infected with something. But no, I also see that message. Maproom (talk) 14:45, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

 Fixed - Template {{PREVIOUSMONTH.YEAR}} had been vandalised. -- John of Reading (talk) 14:48, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

is this page hacked ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casper_Bouman — Preceding unsigned comment added by Roxtone (talk • contribs) 16:04, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

I don't see any obvious problem. Roger (talk) 16:09, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

It's been fixed. We have a spree of template vandalism. -- John of Reading (talk) 16:10, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia page on Berners-Lee hacked??

Either I am confused or one of the Wikipedia pages has been hacked. I tried to read the article on Tim Berners-Lee this morning, and found only a notice posted by "Earth Exploding Live". The notice says that it will be taken down after the first 2000 hits. Is this a hack, or a legitimate notice? It sure doesn't look legitimate. —Aetheling (talk) 16:06, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

The same high-jacking has happened at Great_Britain_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics Hogyn Lleol ★ ^(chat) 16:11, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

A template was vandalized. It has been fixed. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:13, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Copenhagen article redirect

hi there, the copenhagen article has been redirected to some sort of spam link. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.145.175.233 (talk) 16:06, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

A template was vandalized. It has been fixed. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:19, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Comcast page hack

Instead of displaying the article for Comcast, when I loaded the page it displayed the following: <div style="position: fixed; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100000px; background-color: #EEEEEE; color: #444444; z-index: 99999;"><b><a href="/enwiki/wiki/User:Earth_Exploding_Live" title="User:Earth Exploding Live">Earth Exploding Live</a></b> sends friendly greetings to readers of this article. This message will be taken down within 24 hours if the link specified gets at least 2000 hits. Thank you.</div>

I already tried viewing the article's history but I didn't see any edits that would cause the message to display. Maybe someone should try inspecting the source of this article for malicious code. --Apollo1758 ^(talk) 16:13, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Same as above. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 16:17, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Earth Exploding Live sends friendly greetings to readers of this article. This message will be taken down within 24 hours if the link specified gets at least 2000 hits. Thank you.

This is appearing on Wikipedia when I try to read the Seton Gordon page. Is it some sort of attack? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gergaskman (talk • contribs) 16:33, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

A template was vandalized. It has been fixed. -- John of Reading (talk) 16:35, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Trouble with the link/page

Hi, I am trying to post information on my client, who has her own TV show. I am having a lot of trouble and cannot figure out why. When I look at the actual page, everything seems okay, but then I go to google her and wikipedia does not come up. Please clear this information up for me.

Chelsea — Preceding unsigned comment added by Weekends With Whitney (talk • contribs) 16:40, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

You have created your "article" on your user page, where it has been tagged for deletion as too promotional. There is also a draft at Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Weekends With Whitney, please see the reviewer's comments there.--ukexpat (talk) 17:28, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Before anyone else thinks to help or reply to this, just a note... The user has been blocked per the username policy. Dismas|^(talk) 01:15, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

Cleaning up a page

Sean Meenan (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

I am trying to clean up my page, i asked numerous people to help out with the edits but there is still a notification on my page. how do i go about taking of this notification. The page is Sean Meenan. If i can get help cleaning up my page that will be great. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.74.170.66 (talk) 17:10, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

If you have a close connection with the subject there is nothing to do but wait for other editors to improve it. FloBo A boat that can float! 18:26, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

any idea on how to get other editors interested in cleaning up the page and editing — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.74.170.66 (talk) 20:16, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

I'd be willing to help a bit. I've placed the article on my watchlist. Please make any suggestions for the article on the article's talk page at Talk:Sean Meenan. If you'd like to communicate with me directly, you can do so at my talk page. The link for that is in my signature here. ----> Dismas|^(talk) 00:26, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

Creating an account, at another Wikipedia

How does one creat an account at Simple English Wikipedia? I've created a user-name & a password, yet when I log-in, I keep getting rejected with "Incorrect or missing confirmation code". GoodDay (talk) 18:04, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Go to Special:MergeAccount to create a global account. Then you can user the same usename across all Wikimedia projects. Ruslik_Zero 18:18, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Watchlist bot hiding concern

Rather than suppressing bot edits the watchlist seems to suppress the page altogether, such that if a page is edited by a user and then a bot in quick succession, the page does not appear on my watchlist at all. In this manner, an unsigned comment effectively masks that talk page from appearing on my watchlist. What should be happening, is while bot edits are suppressed, the most recent non-bot edit should be used for determining watchlist sorting. Is it correct to call this a bug, or am I being naive? BigNate37_(T) 18:56, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

That would be a better implementation, yes. Currently, those "show/hide" options really only make sense when you are using the "Enhanced watchlist". -- John of Reading (talk) 21:22, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Hmm. I was not aware of the extended watchlist... or perhaps I was long ago and forgot. Thanks for that link. Now I shall think on the matter. Not sure right now whether I'm just being too picky, or whether this is worth pursuing. BigNate37_(T) 21:36, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

eugene levy

hi I saw an ad on t.v. with Eugene Levy is there any site I can write to him about his ad? thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.253.115.19 (talk) 19:44, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 6.9 million articles and thought we were affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is for asking questions related to using or contributing to Wikipedia itself. Thus, we have no special knowledge about the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck. --Orange Mike | Talk 19:54, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Automatically confirmed

Am I now? I want to upload an image. GiantBluePanda (talk) 19:57, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

As per the documentation in WP:AUTOCONFIRMED, it seems that an account needs to be at least 4 days old (yours is not even 3 days old). And it might be a bit longer. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 20:22, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Per WP:CONFIRMED you may use Special:ListUsers/confirmed (or this direct link to confirmed users starting with "Gi"). BigNate37_(T) 20:30, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

No men...Nope you're wrong..I created account on 28th of JULY and it 1st of august..so, Isn't it a gapof 4 days? GiantBluePanda (talk) 20:32, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Well, GiantBluePanda was created on 28 July 2012 at 21:03 UTC, and it's now 20:35, 31 July 2012 (UTC), which is almost exactly 72 hours. BigNate37_(T) 20:35, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

OHH..So wikipedia is managed in UTC ?? Can't set to see my local time here ? GiantBluePanda (talk) 20:38, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

You may use local time if you set it in Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-datetime, and that will affect the times on history, logs, watchlist, and recent changes, but signatures will still be in UTC. I actually normally use an offset of -6 but I changed mine temporarily to UTC to ensure I was accurate in my response to you. BigNate37_(T) 20:52, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Actually I wasn't quite right up above, or rather, I gave you the hard way to do it was wrong. Simply visit Special:Preferences while logged in, and it will show you your group memberships under the Basic information heading. The autoconfirmed users group will appear there. BigNate37_(T) 21:34, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Actually, Special:ListUsers/confirmed only shows users who were manually confirmed by an administrator. Autoconfirmed users are not shown there, but you are right they can see it at Special:Preferences. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:52, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Makes sense. I read it wrong, then. BigNate37_(T) 22:02, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Another way for anyone to check is to use Wikichecker, here is the report for GiantBluePanda. GB fan 22:11, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Sortable tables

Is there a problem with the javascript for sortable tables. None I tried today seem to work eg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_townlands_of_County_Limerick — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.167.164.19 (talk) 20:31, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Seems to work fine for me. What browser/etc are you using? benzband (talk) 20:35, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Infoboxes

We make some tiny typographical mistake in some small item in an infobox, and then this upsets the whole thing and it makes a huge mess.

These things should be much more user-friendly than this. Mistakes should not propagate in such a way as to mess the whole thing up. D.A.W. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dale101usa (talk • contribs)

Nearly all programming languages require precision. Computers aren't smart enough to guess your intention from the context when you make mistakes. Please use preview to check your edit before saving. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:45, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

August 1

Issue archiving certain EW.com articles using webcitation

I'm having a small issue when trying to archive certain EW.com articles that use this format "http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20483133_20589547,00.html", particularly everything after article/ is what I think is the problem. It archives them but when you try to view the page you get this with the message

“ Duplicate headers received from server

The response from the server contained duplicate headers. This problem is generally the result of a misconfigured website or proxy. Only the website or proxy administrator can fix this issue. Error 349 (net::ERR_RESPONSE_HEADERS_MULTIPLE_CONTENT_DISPOSITION): Multiple distinct Content-Disposition headers received. This is disallowed to protect against HTTP response splitting attacks.

”

I know this isn't webcitation, but does anyone have any experience with this and dealing with it? I assume it happens with other sites occasionally. Darkwarriorblake (talk) 00:13, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

You know, those links both displayed fine for me, and then MS Security Essentials suddenly caught a rather unpleasant-sounding bit of software. Exercise caution. BigNate37_(T) 00:29, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

A7 speedy deletion...why?

Hello! I made a wikipedia article for a guy in my town named Michael Parrish. The article is Michael Parrish (Musician). It says my article meets criteria for speedy deletion? Please tell me what i did wrong.

T — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mparri11 (talk • contribs) 01:36, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

It's all explained at Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion#A7.--ukexpat (talk) 01:57, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

Editing Wikis and it showing up on the Facebook page

I edited the wiki on Dunwoody High School, adding a logo. The logo is NOT appearing on the Wikipedia-based page on Facebook. How do I make it so that the logo shows up on the Facebook page as well? Claudiabenson (talk) 04:53, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

Unfortunately, we have no control over what Facebook do - you would have to ask Facebook (which probably isn't very easy). However, I've tweaked the logo a bit to see if Facebook like it more in a different format. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 04:57, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

The logo File:Dunwoody_High_School_Logo.jpeg is in copyright limbo right now. I do not know if this has any effect on whether Facebook pulls the image or not, but right now that image is set to be deleted in seven days if its copyright issues are not addressed. This is explained on the page for the image itself. BigNate37_(T) 06:13, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

Having trouble adding a header image correctly to an infobox template

• Template:Infobox_TransLink_railway_station (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Hi, I made a new infobox template for TransLink railway stations in South East Queensland, and I want to add a little TransLink logo to the top left of the title bar that shows the name of the station, but so far all I can get it to do is either stick directly to the left side of the text or have a weird gap below the image and the title. How can I fix this? The page is Template:Infobox_TransLink_railway_station Thanks, TravellerQLD ^{(talk | contribs)} 06:36, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

Unfortunately, that logo is copyrighted and non-free, and logos do not qualify under our Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria policy for use in templates. Wikipedia:Non-free content and Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline are the applicable guidelines that expand on how this policy is applied. BigNate37_(T) 06:54, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

Template:TransAdelaide uses a logo in its header. TravellerQLD ^{(talk | contribs)} 06:58, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

File:AdMetTrainTransAdelaide.jpg is freely licensed. File:Translink-corner-logo.png is non-free fair use content, and only has a fair use rationale for use in Central railway station, Brisbane. In fact, that's probably not a sufficient rationale. TransLink (South East Queensland) is the only article that can really justify bearing a non-free logo for TransLink, and it's already using File:TRANSlink-brand.svg. I'm not a resident copyright policy expert so I don't feel comfortable spelling out exactly how things have to change, but that situation is going to be have to be looked at and fixed. If it's any consolation, I looked at your template code and tried to see if I could help you solve your technical problem, but that's a bit over my head as well. BigNate37_(T) 07:05, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

I believe WP:FUC #8 is where the restriction on use of non-free logos comes from that you see in Wikipedia:Logos. Specifically, WP:LOGOS#Logos as icons states "Logos should not generally be used as icons within an article's Infobox." BigNate37_(T) 07:10, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

Yeah.. it's licensed like that because I uploaded it and it said I couldn't set the page it's used for the be the Infobox. If I change the license would I be able to use it? TravellerQLD ^{(talk | contribs)} 07:12, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

Only the copyright owner can choose what license to release the logo under. Your responsibility as the uploader is to choose the license template that's appropriate for what the company has chosen. If I'm at the correct TransLink website (there are like five companies called that) then http://translink.com.au/site-information/legal/copyright states that the logo cannot be used for commercial purposes, which is incompatible with our free licensing requirements (see WP:NONCOM). BigNate37_(T) 07:17, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

Lame. I'll just remove it then. Thanks anyways. TravellerQLD ^{(talk | contribs)} 07:22, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

It looks as though TransLink makes use of the same free images as Adelaide for bus, train and... is that a taxi-boat? For instance on the bottom-right of http://translink.com.au/tickets-and-fares/fares/ekka. You may wish to try using File:AdMetTrainTransAdelaide.jpg or a coloured variant of it since it appears to be the same? In any event, I'm sorry I had to rain on your template like that. I'm off to sleep for the night, happy editing. BigNate37_(T) 07:37, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

Re the removal of my article on Frederick Tibbenham

Frederick Tibbenham (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Hello, My well-researched article on Frederick Tibbenham has either been removed, or is about to be. The remover says there are no sources. I can't think why such a statement has been made. All sources are checkable, and from reliable sources, such as the British War Museum's photographic collection - available on line, and the UK census, and the Daily Mail's archives. A search of 'Frederick Tibbenham' will bring up all quoted sources, but the removalist says he can only find one source of anything related to FT on the NY Times site. All the references are also contained within my Facebook page entitled 'Friends of Oakhurst' https://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/groups/friendsofoakhurst/ . Can you intervene? I have asked for the deleter's help to cite, rather than delete, as I know the entry to be correct and accurate. Thank you, Pandora Melly Pandoramelly (talk) 08:19, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

The Frederick Tibbenham article is (in my opinion) better and less biassed than most new articles, and I hope it will be retained. The problem is, I think, that the references are not incorporated in the article in the approved way. They should not just be listed at the bottom of the article, they should be linked to from the statements which they support, like footnotes.

I have begun to remedy this, by trying to do one of them in the approved way. I am far from an expert in this, and I may well have done it wrong, but I believe I have improved the article, and it chances of avoiding deletion. I hope you will be able to do the same for your other references. Maproom (talk) 09:00, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

P.S. It would help to start with more information about who Mr. Tibbenham was: nationality, date of birth, profession. Something like "Frederick Tibbenham (1892-1968) was a British carpenter and businessman".

You mention here that some of the information comes from the Daily Mail's archives, but the article's sources don't mention any newspapers. If this person has received coverage in a national newspaper then the article is much more likely to be kept. I suggest you edit the article to show which information comes from news coverage, using the {{cite news}} template to format the title, headline, date and author neatly. Sources for Wikipedia articles don't have to be online. -- John of Reading (talk) 09:25, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

Holidaysafe

Hello, I was wondering if anyone could review my first article before I post it?

'Holidaysafe'

Thanks,

RichMoon RichMoon (talk) 09:10, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

Check I'm not spamming

Hi, I am the editor of film review website flickfeast.co.uk. We have been referenced a few times on wikipedia and we have just published a great Top Ten Pedro Almodovar article which I was adding as an external link on the wikipedia film pages of the titles we have included.

I hit a warning that you might consider such action as spamming. Can you please confirm if that is the case as I do not mean to spam you!

I had intended to also add external links to some of our best reviews to individual film pages. But I won't if you consider that spamming.

Thanks, Robin