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December 27

High Schools in Texas

when clicking on this (see subject line) in wikipedia, you arrive at the correct place to find texas high schools by Alphabetically listed COUNTies. when going to Upshur County, then clicking on Gilmer High School, it takes you to a Gilmer High School in the state of Georgia.

FYI

thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.196.7.97 (talk) 01:24, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing this out. I have fixed it with this edit.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 02:01, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

Whoops, as caught by Deor, wrong state! The link to the school, properly in Upshur County, has been disambiguated so that the listing is now a redlink to the not yet existing article.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 05:20, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

how to call a italy mobile phont numer?

i have known the method to add 0039+33xxxxxxxx, but i still can't call this number.

my italy friend's mobile phone number is 33 xxxxxxxx, but she always call me with another card number that is 388 xxxxxxx. i don't know how to recall her. please tell me one method to deal with this problem. thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.89.99.37 (talk) 02:23, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

This Help Desk is for answering questions about how to edit Wikipedia. For general knowledge questions, please see the Reference Desk. Thanks, Dismas|^(talk) 02:31, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

Vandalism from IP203.59.92.19

Hi, the user using this IP address 203.59.92.19 has been vandalizing articles for the last few days. Me and the other editors have already warned this person on his or her talk page User talk:203.59.92.19, however, looks like he or she at it again on Liam Bartlett and Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie articles.--NeoBatfreak (talk) 03:09, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

For what its worth, users who vandalize Wikipedia are typically reported at administrator intervention against vandalism, rather than the help desk. You may wish to report the user in question there, although someone could already address the concern here. ₮๒Я∆и∂ﾚ∑ㄚ 03:13, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

• TBrandley is correct, WP:AIV is the place to report this type of thing for next time, but since I saw it here I've blocked the IP for a week. --Floquenbeam (talk) 03:20, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

Problem to modify AT Internet's page EN

Hello,

I would like to modify AT Internet's Page (English) and add it history and its products.

But when I modify it, the content is deleted after one week, I don't why.

Could you explain me why ?

Regards,

David — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dp-at (talk • contribs) 09:28, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

Someone has already posted a message to you on your Talk page about the problem. I think you should discuss the issue there. Roger (talk) 09:43, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

CAPTCHA/Updating James H Fetzer

I have tried to update the entry for the conspiracy theorist James H Fetzer to include his "theories" about Dept. of Homeland Security and Mossad involvement in the Sandy Hook school massacre. I have completed my amendments to the entry, but every time I try to save the changes and complete the CAPTCHA box, the CAPTCHA box reappears with a new code. This is my first time making an entry; am I missing something???

for what it's worth, here is my attempted entry:

Mossad Involvement in SandyHook School Massacre

In a PressTV column Fetzer accused Mossad of carrying out the Sandy Hook school massacre, as part of a Department of Homeland Security plot to confiscate civilian weapons as part of a process of "gearing up to conduct a massive civil war against the American people." Claiming that "the killing of children is a signature of terror ops conducted by agents of Israel," Fetzer further linked the Mossad's alleged role in the killings at Sandy Hook to alleged Mossad involvement in the Utøya massacre by Anders Behring Brevik. In the Utøya massacre, Mossad was taking revenge for Norway's support for sanctions on Israel. In the case of Sandy Hook, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyanhu was purportedly angered by American failure to approve military strikes on Iran.

References

You get the CAPTCHA box every time you save an edit which includes an external link. You should only get the 2nd CAPTCHA if the 1st one was incorrect. 74.60.29.141 (talk) 18:30, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

I have experienced Wikipedia's captcha in a state where, every time I entered the words, it immediately displayed a new captcha, making me think I had got it wrong. Eventually I realised that I had got at least one of them right, and could just ignore the a captcha and move on to the next screen.

On a side note, people actually believe this nonsense?--ukexpat (talk) 15:01, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

programming languages

In the article comparing programming languages, references are made to SASS. I believe there was some confusion between SAS and SSAS, resulting in these incorrect references being rendered as SASS.

Owen Hale Clemson University — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.127.29.24 (talk) 16:17, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

What article do you mean? --Orange Mike | Talk 16:31, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

There is no mention of SASS in Comparison of programming languages so I guess you mean another article. Is it Comparison of programming languages (syntax)? SASS is mentioned twice there. The first mention is linked like this: SASS. Both mentions are in perfect agreement with http://sass-lang.com/docs/yardoc/file.SASS_REFERENCE.html#comments so I don't see a problem. What exactly do you think is incorrect? If the problem is that you didn't know there is a language called SASS then note that terms are often linked the first time they occur in an article. Simply click the link "SASS" to see there is a language of that name. Or use the search box at top of any page, or an external search engine. For example Google Search where http://sass-lang.com is the first hit for SASS, and our own article is the third. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:10, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

"Common Knowledge" Citations

If a piece of information is considered to be "common knowledge" (ex. "Snowmen are made of snow."), does it need to be cited? Thank you. Henrib736 (talk) 16:59, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

If it is truly common knowledge, and no one is likely to dispute it, then it does not need a citation unless someone disputes it or it would violate WP:BLP policy without one. Note though, that if someone is asking for a citation, just give them one rather then arguing over whether its common knowledge. Monty₈₄₅ 17:11, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

(EC)I'm going to try to provide a balanced perspective here... I fear that the answer you'll get will ultimately depend on the editor you're talking to, the phase of the moon, your credit score, and any sunspot activity at the time. To me, it's always boiled down to, "Not everything needs to be cited...but if an editor challenges material then it usually is best to cite it, and if it remains uncited then removing it may ultimately prove to be an appropriate course of action." Relevant policies include WP:V, WP:BURDEN and WP:MINREF. MINREF discusses what constitutes a legitimate challenge to unsourced material, BURDEN stipulates that once material has been challenged and removed, an editor who wishes to reinsert the material is ultimately responsible for providing an inline citation, and V is everything you'd ever want to know about Wikipedia's Verifiability policies...but these things are in a bit of a state of flux, partly because many editors have differing viewpoints. WP:BLUE and WP:NOTBLUE are two essays (i.e. non-binding opinions) that take opposing viewpoints regarding whether or not it's necessary to cite "everything", and I feel they both have valid points to make. I should note that it's worth considering whether moving the material to the article's Talk page, where interested editors may be able to address it at some point in the future, is preferable to simply deleting it. I hope this helps! Doniago (talk) 17:16, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

pornographic picture

Hello, the article on the Hagia Sophia church has a porn picture mixed in with the rest of the temple's photos. Thanks chad — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.252.145.128 (talk) 22:01, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, do you mean Hagia Sophia? If so, I don't see anything now. Perhaps it was fixed. Could you indicate exactly where you saw the vandalism? --Jayron32 22:28, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

Possibly Hagia Sophia Church, Sofia or Hagia Sophia Church, Nesebar, though I don't see any recent vandalism to either, or to any of their included images.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 01:46, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

December 28

Can registered user use Wikipedia for oppression?

At least 2 or 3 users of portuguese wikipedia are repressing a boycott that happens in Aracaju, by undoing and "protecting"(censuring) "IPs" from editing (telling the truth even with references) without even submit warning. Is it allowed, that behavior? --177.215.165.170 (talk) 00:29, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, this is English Wikipedia. We can't do anything about Portuguese Wikipedia. If you're having a problem at Portuguese Wikipedia, you're going to have to raise it there. --Jayron32 00:31, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for fast reply, I just want to know if this is accepted or not, solving isn't needed. --177.215.165.170 (talk) 00:37, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

No-one is going to answer your question here about the rights and wrongs of whatever is happening on the Portuguese Wikipedia; this is the help desk for the English Wikipedia. Bencherlite^Talk 00:40, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

AfD for article that clearly meets WP:GNG

I've been on Wikipedia for 3 years or so. I'm not a newbie. But I've created an article, List of Start Menu replacements for Windows 8 which clearly and easily meets WP:GNG:

Although the article clearly meats WP:GNG, it was nominated for deletion. Most of the complaints against it seem to be because the article is a stub. Yes, it is a work in progress but it can be expanded and improved through the normal editing process. I'm not sure how to respond to arguments that aren't a valid a reason for deletion. The original nominator for AfD has subsequently withdrawn their request yet the AfD remains open. Can someone please look over Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Start Menu replacements for Windows 8 and tell me what I'm doing wrong? Thanks. A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 00:57, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

• You've done nothing wrong, and there's nothing else you can do. An admin will be along at some point in the indefinite future to close the AFD and make a ruling on the consensus, either to delete the article or to keep it. In the mean time, there's not much else. --Jayron32 03:54, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Use of the prefix "Dr."

Is there any Wikipedia policy regarding the use of the prefix "Dr." before proper nouns? --PlanetEditor (talk) 03:16, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(people)#Titles_and_styles This guideline says to avoid such titles and honorifics, except in very rare cases where the honorific is completely tied to the person (i.e. Mother Theresa). --Jayron32 03:20, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. --PlanetEditor (talk) 03:30, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

I was wondering about that myself, in regard to Infobox/person. For example, there is an Infobox parameter for honorific prefix; when I put "Dr." in there, it changes the Infobox title to "Dr. Hoozit". However, it seems inappropriate to leave that parameter blank, if that person does indeed have an honorific title, even if it is not most commonly used. Should I remove the "Dr." in such cases? (e.g.: Gladys Tantaquidgeon) ~E : 74.60.29.141 (talk) 03:40, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Pizza tamil movie

Hi, we are the producers of pizza movie telugu version. We request you to remove the story ,Since its a suspense thriller. You can partly reveal the plot but not completely. Please do the needful .

Thanking you. Samanya reddy — Preceding unsigned comment added by 101.221.212.88 (talk) 05:16, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

The Wikipedia community have discussed this issue over the years, and the consensus here is that "spoilers" are no different from any other encyclopedic content, and will not be deleted solely because they are spoilers. You can read about this at Wikipedia:Spoiler. -- John of Reading (talk) 09:32, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

The Telugu Wikipedia may have a different policy or consensus about this but we cannot help you with that, this is the Help Desk for the English Wikipedia only. Roger (talk) 14:28, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Article with Α (Alpha) rather than A (Latin)

The article Α2-HS-glycoprotein starts with an Alpha, not an A. I know that there are rules against having usernames with characters that look like Latin Letters, but I'm not sure what to do in the case of an article.Naraht (talk) 05:19, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Moved it to A2-HS-glycoprotein, leaving a redirect behind. If someone thinks it's incorrect to have the article name in a place where people can actually type the name, I'd like to hear the argument as to why.—Kww(talk) 06:30, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

I think the article is mis-titled. I looked at all 9 references. They refer to the compound as:

• alpha-2HS-glycoprotein
• Alpha₂-HS glycoprotein
• alpha-2-HS-glycoprotein (primary source)
• alpha-2-Heremans Schmid-glycoprotein
• fetuin-A
• alpha2HS-glycoprotein
• AHSG

So, it seems, "alpha" is always spelled out with the exception of the acronym AHSG. In that case, it seems perfectly reasonable to use the latin "A", since it's an abbreviation of the English transliteration of the Greek letter ("alpha"), not meant to represent the Greek letter directly (and that letter would be a lower-case "α" by normal naming conventions, and as shown in all but one reference, anyway).

Ref 3 points to the US NIH, which says the official name from HGNC is "alpha-2-HS-glycoprotein" and symbol is "AHSG". I would suggest the article be named that way, with redirects from the other ones as needed. I don't think redirects beginning with the Greek "α" or "Α" are needed. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 07:55, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

This all seems well and good; but a discussion over at WP:WikiProject Molecular and Cellular Biology might yield better results. This Help desk is for more simple-minded help related to WP editing in general. ;) ~E : 74.60.29.141 (talk) 20:34, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Alan's suggestion seemed reasonable enough for me to act on. The article is now at Alpha-2-HS-glycoprotein and lowercase. But is lowercase right? Biosthmors (talk) 22:10, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

If not please remove the lowercase template. I won't be watching the conversation here. Biosthmors (talk) 22:11, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Regarding Kww's initial comment: see the arguments put forward by the people who advocate – instead of - in article titles, because they say that it's incorrect to have article names in places where people can actually type the names. Nyttend (talk) 02:09, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

I see nothing in this section regarding an endash vs. hyphen debate on this (or any other) chemical/biological name article. For the record, I saw no endashes in the sources. The article seems named exactly correctly. I created redirects from:

• Alpha-2HS-glycoprotein
• Alpha2-HS glycoprotein
• alpha-2-Heremans Schmid-glycoprotein
• alpha2HS-glycoprotein

—[AlanM1(talk)]— 03:14, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Please help with email

Hey friends. I want to send e-mails to other users, however, I don't think it is working probably. What do I have to write as my e-mail adress? Thanks, (Help desk talkback please) CURTAINTOAD! ^TALK! 08:48, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Good question. You asked what you've to write as your e-mail address. Okay now when you start to write an e-mail to another user

at first you'll see

• From:X
• To:Y
• Subject:ABC

Then message.

But over the emailing side there's said Please note. Note that and see what's written in the last line.

It's said Your email address WILL be disclosed to the recipient

So you don't need to write your email address. Your email address will be disclosed to the recipient. Good Luck and Have a good day.--Pratyya ^{(have a chat?)} 09:02, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for that; but where it says "*From:X" and "TO:Y" -- do I write the username, not the e-mail adress? Also, can I remove the "X" and the "Y" if it is there? CURTAINTOAD! ^TALK! 09:16, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Ha Ha Ha. The X said by me is an unknown word. I don't know whom you are trying to send e-mail. That's why I wrote X. And the Y is same as X. But if the sender is you then It'll be Curtaintoad. But you don't need to write them.It is written automatically when you write an e-mail. Cheers.--Pratyya ^{(have a chat?)} 09:23, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

• Hello CurtainToad, are you looking for help with the general process of sending an e-mail, or are you trying to send an e-mail to another Wikipedia editor? Salvidrim! 09:27, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

• If it is about on-wiki e-mail communications, when you navigate to Special:EmailUser/Salvidrim, for example, the "From:" line should already indicate your username and the "To:" line should already indicate my username. All you have to do is to write down the subject and content of your message and click send. Try it now, I'll let you know if I received it properly! :) Salvidrim! 09:31, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Are you sure that you've got e-mail enabled in your Wikipedia preferences? If you have, the From and To fields should be filled in automatically with the relevant usernames when you click on the "Email this user" link for another user who has e-mail enabled, and you don't have the option to change the content of those fields. - David Biddulph (talk) 09:34, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Okay, I'll try! Thanks! ;) CURTAINTOAD! ^TALK! 09:36, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

It has not been authenticated yet, though. :/ CURTAINTOAD! ^TALK! 10:13, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Can you please help me more with this? Thanks, CURTAINTOAD! ^TALK! 10:38, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

• Is your email address listed in your preferences?
• Have you ticked the box "Enable e-mail from other users" just underneath the email address?
• What message do you see if you visit Special:ConfirmEmail? -- John of Reading (talk) 10:42, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

• Is my address really curtaintoadonwikipedia@gmail.com (do I need ".au" at the end?)
• When I see Special:ConfirmEmail, I'm pretty the message says "You must be logged in and have a valid authenticated e-mail address in your preferences to send e-mail to other users."

It is a massive problem! CURTAINTOAD! ^TALK! 10:57, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

I am actually getting a little bit confused. :/ CURTAINTOAD! ^TALK! 11:01, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

At this page, do you see the message

Your e-mail address was authenticated on xxxx-xx-xx at xx:xx:xx?

If not, what message is being shown? -- Toshio Yamaguchi 11:04, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia does not offer email accounts. You must have an email account from somewhere else in order to send emails via Wikipedia. The address of that account must be saved at Special:Preferences. You should know what your email address is. We don't know. Special:EmailUser/Curtaintoad currently says "This user has not specified a valid e-mail address." PrimeHunter (talk) 11:43, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Okay there're many answers. Now I want to say that Go straight to your preference.Go down. At last of the preference you'll see E-mail options.

Under this,

E-mail (optional)* your e-mail address.Beside this there's a link named (Change your e-mail address) under this, * You do not have to provide an e-mail address, but if you forget your password, you will not be able to regain access to your account without one. You can provide an e-mail address later on, or change it. If you change your e-mail address, you will need to reconfirm it. You also need to provide an e-mail address if you wish to enable the "E-mail this User" feature to either send or receive emails via Wikipedia. Your e-mail address is not revealed when other users contact you.

written there.Then under this

• E-mail confirmation: Your e-mail- a date when your e-mail authenticated.
• Enable e-mail from other users
• Send me copies of e-mails I send to other users
• E-mail me when a page or file on my watchlist is changed
• E-mail me when my user talk page is changed

you must enable the Enable e-mail from other users The other 3 depends on your choice.

After that hit the save button.

Then an e-mail will be sent to you with a confirmation link. Then clink the confirmation code and the e-mail address will be enabled. For more help see Help:Email confirmation and Wikipedia:Emailing users. And if you want to change your e-mail address then click this button in your preference (Change your e-mail address). Cheers.--Pratyya ^{(have a chat?)} 12:13, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Hatnotes

Should Hatnote's be placed under or over tags? XapApp (talk) 13:06, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

The very first paragraph of the page you linked to sums it up quite nicely: "Hatnotes are placed at the very top of the article, before any other items such as images, navigational templates and maintenance templates (like the "cleanup", "unreferenced", and "POV" templates)." ;) Salvidrim! 13:09, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Styles on user pages

How to I put styles on my user page? For example, User:Mediran, etc. --FrankDev (talk) 13:11, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

It would be better to ask User:Mediran. But for your help I'll give you some suggestion. Because I myself was inspired by Mediran's userpage. It's all about your choice. But I want to ask you what do you need to know specifically. Because an user page contains many things. Please answer this.--Pratyya ^{(have a chat?)} 13:18, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

• Is there a template for doing it? --FrankDev (talk) 13:20, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

No. You have to design and make your user page manually.--Pratyya ^{(have a chat?)} 13:28, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

•  Done Thank you! --FrankDev (talk) 15:01, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

removal of content from "" Chennai International Film Festival" page

Dear Sir

I had filled in data in references of the "" Chennai International Film Festival" but it has been removed. I do not know why. All the data is in the public domain. No malicious content has been put in by me. All data is relevant to the page Chennai International Film Festival Please advise--- Nakeeran1010 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nakeeran1010 (talk • contribs) 14:27, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

This is an encyclopedia, not an accumulation of links to external articles. What you did was flood the article with a massive deluge of useless and excessive links to articles in other places. Take a look at how the articles about other film festivals such as Sundance Film Festival are structured, for how it should have looked. --Orange Mike | Talk 14:46, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Blatant spam

I just removed a few external links from evacuation and emergency related articles. I left a few that should have been removed. The related wikiproject talk page hasn't seen much use lately. Would someone like to look at the links I left and judge which if any should remain?--Canoe1967 (talk) 15:28, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Can you make it easier for everyone to help and provide links to the specific articles that you're talking about? Dismas|^(talk) 17:01, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

I assume they are:

Emergency evacuation (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) and Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views).--ukexpat (talk) 17:06, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Ooops! Yes, those are the 2 articles. It seems I wasn't thinking when I posted earlier.--Canoe1967 (talk) 17:11, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Olivia Williams help request

Can someone please read the first paragraph regarding the actress Olivia Williams as it contains a derogatory remark and the word N*G**R — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.242.208.4 (talk) 17:55, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

•  Done This vandalism was removed almost immediately, but thank you for bringing it up for attention. 78.26 (I'm no IP, talk to me!) 17:58, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Article not in search

Hello! I have already made an article on Roberto Facondo but when i do a search it want appear on the list, why? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.196.48.194 (talk) 19:34, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Are you referring to the page User:Roberto.facondo? That's a user page and not an article. It appears if you click "Everything" after searching. User pages are not searched by default. If you are considering to make an article about yourself then see Wikipedia:Autobiography, and Roberto Facondo doesn't appear to satisfy Wikipedia:Notability (music). PrimeHunter (talk) 19:48, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Interlanguage links for WikiProjects

Hi, I have recently started manually adding in interlanguage links to WikiProject pages like this. I remember when bots started taking over the job of WP:WPIW, and I tend to rely on them completely, so the fact that these inter-language links seem to require manual editing makes me wonder whether what I'm doing is OK by Wikipedia's rules. Maybe this is more unstable of a practice since the WikiProject structure is sometimes quite different at different Wikipedias. But are there any prohibitions (or guideline discouragements) against IL-linking to other WikiProjects? -Thibbs (talk) 20:34, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

The only problem is that you added the links outside noinclude tags so the links were also displayed in pages using the template. I have fixed it.[1] Interlanguage bots don't work completely on their own. At first an editor adds an interlanguage link at some language and then bots copy it to the other languages. See more at Help:Interlanguage links. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:31, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

OK good to know. Thanks. -Thibbs (talk) 13:45, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Guss Carr

Wikipedia does not have page on Gus Carr. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 14.139.62.114 (talk) 21:25, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

You can make one by clicking on this redlink -->Gus Carr and writing some words in the white box. Then remember to click "save". :) -Thibbs (talk) 21:30, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

There's a bit more to it than that! These "find sources" links suggest that Carr hasn't attracted enough independent media coverage yet in reliable sources to support a Wikipedia article. There's more on this at WP:BIO and WP:NACTOR. -- John of Reading (talk) 21:56, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Article visits

Hi, I watched a bit of a Wikipedia promotional video recently, in which one contributor said she had written an article, then come back some time later to find that 100,000 people had read it. How did she know that? 86.176.209.22 (talk) 03:47, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

On the history tab of any page there is a link to Page view statistics. If you click on the link it takes you to the page. GB fan 03:58, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Oh thanks, I did actually know about that "Wikipedia article traffic statistics" site, though not about the direct link from the history page. However, I thought the reference in the video was to an all-time viewing count, whereas the page you refer to only goes back a maximum of 90 days, as far as I can tell. (I guess if she came back within 3 months it would be all-time for that article...) 86.176.209.22 (talk) 04:12, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

You can see earlier pageviews via a box near the bottom of the screen. Choose, for example, "201201" to see the views from January 2012. Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 04:52, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

I CANNOT READ NOR ENTER YOUR SECURITY SERIES OF LETTERS AT THE BOTTOM TO BECOME A MEMBER ----FIX OR I MOVE ON

I CANNOT READ NOR ENTER YOUR SECURITY SERIES OF LETTERS AT THE BOTTOM TO BECOME A MEMBER ----FIX OR I MOVE ON

DANTE MICHAEL SOIU — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.200.194.246 (talk) 05:06, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

This is the help desk for Wikipedia. We don't have a 'security series of letters' - and come to that, we don't have 'members'. You appear to be referring to another website. I suggest you 'move on' to the website you are referring to. AndyTheGrump (talk) 05:09, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Andy, are you sure that WP doesn't use some form of "Captcha" somewhere for new editors trying to register? --Demiurge1000 (talk) 05:11, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

I confirm there is a Captcha. However, right under it, there's a note saying: "Can't see the image? We can create an account for you!". I recommend that you use that if the letters prove too hard to decipher. :) Salvidrim! 05:15, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

(edit conflict)There definitely is a Captcha required to register. Andy, please go be grumpy elsewhere. Don't come to the help desk if you don't feel like being helpful. --Onorem♠Dil 05:16, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Apologies for that - is this new? I can't remember having to use one to register, though then again, I have a lousy memory for such things. AndyTheGrump (talk) 17:23, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

• I agree that the wp Captcha are hard to read. Can we put easier ones in somehow? I found them trying to log to the rev-del IRC.--Canoe1967 (talk) 05:20, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

The Captcha is case sensitive; try unlocking your caps lock key.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 12:52, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

can't authenticate TUSC account

Hello,

I'm having trouble using the CommonsHelper tool to move pictures from Wikipedia to Commons. I get a warning message saying that I couldn't authenticate my TUSC account, but I've already tried to create my TUSC account three times. What should I do? Is there a place where I can log in to check my TUSC account settings? Edge3 (talk) 05:25, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Nevermind, I figured out what's wrong. Edge3 (talk) 04:01, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

• Resolved
  --Canoe1967 (talk) 07:15, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Dispute

http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Andrew_Lawrence-King&action=history

There is some personal war going, probably. I have got all the documents, proving my edits, but the users 76.102.49.177 and Galassi are reverting the article to its previous state where it has lots of mistakes. Could you please help me with that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by KaterinaLK (talk • contribs) 09:44, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Katerina fails to mention that she is Andrew Lawrence-King's manager and has a major conflict of interest, especially considering some of the unreferenced hype she added. 76.102.49.177 (talk) 09:50, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Content disputes are best resolved at the dispute resolution noticeboard. :) Salvidrim! 09:53, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Katerina also needs to be aware that it doesn't matter how many documents she has: if they are not published by a reliable source, they may not be used as references, and information supported only by them is treated as unreferenced and may be removed. See WP:Verifiability. --ColinFine (talk) 10:37, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Some of the material in the article appears to have been copied and pasted from http://www.armonicotributo.com/IWAMPA/AndrewLawrenceKing/JanvanElsacker.html, so presumably a copyright violation? - David Biddulph (talk) 11:18, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Promotional albums

How should promotional albums be listed in artist discographies? For example Marcella Detroit's "Without Medication Plus MTV Buzz Live"?--Meluvseveryone (talk) 13:11, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

I'm not sure "promotional" is really an album type, they're usually either singles or EPs or albums of another type. In the example given it appears to be a live album, Marcella Detroit discography doesn't have a section for them but one can easily be added, {{Infobox artist discography}} can accommodate them. Яehevkor ✉ 13:32, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

My first edit

Hi, I am a new user and made my first edit and would like to know whether or not it's right. I added Category:Naturalized citizens of Canada to the article Kiefer Sutherland. But he was born in Britain TO Canadian parents. Is he naturalized or already Canadian by his parents? I hope you understand my point. Raykox (talk) 14:22, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

It is ok, in my opinion. Ruslik_Zero 15:46, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

(ec)I have reverted your change. As far as I can tell he is Canadian by birth, and so has not gone through the process of naturalization. But in any case, you should not be adding any information, especially about a living person, without a reference to a reliable source. Even if you were certain that a particular person had been naturalized, you should not add that information to Wikipedia without a reliable source that said so specifically. See WP:Verifiability for why this is important. --ColinFine (talk) 15:51, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Human body

I can't seem to find the scientific terminology for 'the body' of a person who is alive Please assist — Preceding unsigned comment added by 105.236.121.24 (talk) 15:38, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

This is the help desk for Wikipedia, for questions about using and editing Wikipedia. General knowledge questions may be posted at the reference desk (specifically the Science reference desk). But you will need to be more specific about what you want, as your question makes little sense to me. --ColinFine (talk) 15:54, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Special character screen pop-up

This seems now to appear (unwanted) on my screen every time I edit, and it seems to cause a delay of several seconds before my keyboard is able to function. I've not noticed this problem before, it's very irksome. Is this just me or has anyone else noticed this problem? (Lobsterthermidor (talk) 16:46, 29 December 2012 (UTC))

Do you mean the 'Special characters' toolbar on the edit screen? If so, you can simply close it by clicking on the "▼ Special characters" link on the toolbar. ~E : (talk) 18:05, 29 December 2012 (UTC) Modified:74.60.29.141 (talk) 18:10, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

That seems to have done the trick, many thanks. (Lobsterthermidor (talk) 18:46, 29 December 2012 (UTC))

Name Change

Hello, my name is James W. Pickens and I would like to add myself to wikipedia, but before I can it seems my name when I entered it shows my name as James w pickens and I would like it to show as (James W. Pickens). How do I get it to show ( James W. Pickens )?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by James w pickens (talk • contribs) 20:12, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Changing username--Canoe1967 (talk) 20:29, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Forgive me if I am misinterpreting you, but your choice of words "add myself to Wikipedia" suggests that you have in mind writing an article about yourself. If this your plan, please don't: autobiography is strongly discouraged. You are welcome, though, to create a user page, which can say a bit about you and your interests as an editor of Wikipedia. --ColinFine (talk) 22:53, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

I beg to differ. His books have sold over 20 million copies worldwide so he may be far more qualified than us to write his article. He seems to pass Wikipedia:Notability, and could probably figure out COI and RS very quickly. The early histories of his article may make interesting archives for the future.--Canoe1967 (talk) 02:58, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

In my experience, the subjects of articles are not very good at writing encyclopedic articles about themselves. That's why the advice at WP:AUTOBIOGRAPHY says what it says. If they wish to do so in the face of that advice, articles for creation is the best place to start.--ukexpat (talk) 03:19, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

I was 1/2 kidding. I made User:Canoe1967/James W. Pickens if anyone wants to work on it as a draft/sample for the 'new' editor.--Canoe1967 (talk) 04:42, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

I'm sold - that's a real "closer" ;)    74.60.29.141 (talk) 05:23, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Help

How do I get telephone numbers from the internet without having to pay for it? I mean paying peoplefinder, and others. Raykox (talk) 20:20, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Telephone directory, external links at the bottom of the article.--Canoe1967 (talk) 20:27, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

audio

Can you record the word caisse with a Quebec accent ? Fête (talk) 21:37, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Creation and usage of media files, do you have a microphone?--Canoe1967 (talk) 21:45, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

You might want to consult our sister project the wiktionary as this is more within the area of a dictionary. RJFJR (talk) 21:49, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Is this what you're looking for: /kɛːs/^ⓘ ~E : 74.60.29.141 (talk) 21:55, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Or (Quebec informal) /kaɛ̯s/^ⓘ - From: Wiktionary:caisse ~E : Modified:74.60.29.141 (talk) 22:06, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

As I Quebec native I can vouch for the sounds. The first is a bit formal and the second is a bit forced, but they're appropriate representations of how I would pronounce "caisse" in everyday speech. :) Salvidrim! 22:58, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

This pronunciation is a Chinese Quebeckers who pronounce, but I want a Québécois de souche who record /kaɛ̯s/. Fête (talk) 23:16, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

If you want to do it yourself, you will need a recording in .ogg format, and upload it. I'm not sure where you could go to request that somebody else record it for you, but that is probably somewhere over at Commons, and hopefully another editor knows where that is. ~ Another suggestion would be to try over at Wikipedia:WikiProject Quebec to see if somebody with a native accent would be willing to record and upload a file. ~E:modified:74.60.29.141 (talk) 01:14, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

My understanding is that you recorded it yourself and are concerned that it might not sound right. First of all: thank you for your contribution! I'd take Salvidrim's word for it and assume that it sounds fine. If somebody else thinks that they could do a better job, let them do it.  ;)   ~E:74.60.29.141 (talk) 01:51, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

As I replied on my talk, I'd be willing to record a few words if needed. Salvidrim! 09:57, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

December 29

password

I forgot my password. I clicked the button to have it sent to me (my gmail account), but I am not receiving it. Are there any known problems? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.227.230.4 (talk) 21:53, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Help Please - Moshe Friedman

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moshe_Friedman - What makes this page worthy of Wiki? Seems he is a fringe character who attended 1 conference. Why Wiki worthy? Tellyuer1 (talk) 23:40, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Feel free to put an AfD tag on it.--Canoe1967 (talk) 00:17, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

There already is a discussion at: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Moshe Friedman ~E:74.60.29.141 (talk) 00:38, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

December 30

Unfair characterization of awards on Mari Gorman page (my page)

Mari Gorman (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Some time ago I tried to make this change, but I found it too confusing and I didn't want to screw things up on your website. I also went to a page where there were many people making comments but that was very confusing too. Hopefully writing the problem here will help. Here it is: on the Mari Gorman page, where it lists my awards, it says next to them in parentheses how many other recipients there were For each award - for example, next to the first Obie Award citation it says "(one of eight recipients)" This is the case with the two other Obie Awards, the Drama Desk Award and the Theatre World Awards that are listed. I have looked on other pages of actors who have won the same awards as I have and it doesn't include this information and in fact it is not even included with actors who have only received nominations for awards. Therefore the way Wikipedia has listed my awards seems unfair and also seems to diminish their value. I would be most grateful if someone there could help with this and edit the information so it just states that I won the various awards without the info in parentheses about other recipients. Thank you for your consideration and, hopefully, help with this. Happy New Year. Best, Mari Gorman 108.14.180.100 (talk) 01:17, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

 Done--Canoe1967 (talk) 02:11, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

SuggestBot

Hey friends, I'm Curtaintoad again. I want the "Articles you might like to edit, from SuggestBot" meesages please, but how do I get those messages? Thanks, CURTAINTOAD! ^TALK! 02:33, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

(Help desk talkback please CURTAINTOAD! ^TALK! 02:34, 30 December 2012 (UTC))

Please see User:SuggestBot/Getting Recommendations Regularly and follow the instructions listed there. Or simply, place the SuggestBot/config template on your talk page, along with your personal settings for it. If you would like, you can also place the userbox on your user page. Happy Holidays, TBrandley ^{(what's up)} 02:40, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Removal of user warning templates

Should I replace the template if the template I have just placed on a user's talk page is removed? --FrankDev (talk) 03:17, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Who is that user? If it was you it's your opinion. But if not you then it also that user's opinion too.But I need to know what is the template. It needs to be specific. So write the template.--Pratyya ^{(have a chat?)} 03:38, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

It seems to be: {{uw-delete1}} from: w:User talk:66.177.25.246: Difference between revisions(This doesn't work - oops) 74.60.29.141 (talk) 04:33, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

No, you shouldn't replace it (or other warning templates), per WP:BLANKING. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 03:53, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Just wondering: will 'Twinkle' know that the next time will be a level 2 warning, if the user deletes the 1st one from their talk page? ~E:74.60.29.141 (talk) 04:15, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

AFAIK, twinkle doesn't know even if it remains. There are some other RC programs that do know even after removal. Monty₈₄₅ 04:21, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Categorization problem

So I have been recently working on User:Yerevanci/Armenian American and I'm stuck on this problem. I have listed art, sports and politics-related notable Armenian Americans in their respective sections (Arts, Sports, Politics), but there is still a great number of other notables (e.g. businessmen, scientists, entertainers, celebrities) that should be mentioned in the article someway. Now I have a section named "Notable Armenian Americans" at the end, but that doesn't really make sense, because the rest are in other sections. Any ideas how to solve this problem? --Երևանցի ^talk 05:55, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

How about a main section for "Notable Armenian Americans" - with sub-sections for each of the categories mentioned. - And the 1st part would be for those who don't fit within a specific "category". ~Just a thought, ~E : 74.60.29.141 (talk) 06:31, 30 December 2012 (UTC):modified: ~ An example: Navajo_people#Notable Navajo

Yep, sounds good! The sections of Arts, Sports, Politics are completely made up of the notables lists anyway, so I'll just move them down to the Notables section.--Երևանցի ^talk 06:39, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

How to Change the article language

Hi, i'm new to Wikipedia, and writing an article about Chauvet Cave in Turkish. I need help with changing the articles language setting from English to Turkish. Thank You. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Merhabadunyali (talk • contribs) 06:37, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for your attempt to contribute, but this is English Wikipedia; it is only for English language content. There is a separate Turkish Wikipedia; they would welcome Turkish content there. —teb728 t c 07:58, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Four questions

1) If I see a small mistake on a page or see I can add a few details for it, can I just do it?

2) What does the 'Watch this page' checkbox do?

3) If I want to add/change something major in a post what should I do?

4) How exactly do I sign my name in the talk section? The page on how to do it was not helpful at all.

Thanks for the help, - Thomas — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cheese512 (talk • contribs) 06:43, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

[added header] To answer #4: Simply add 4 "tildas": ~~~~ -or- insert them by pressing where it says Sign your posts on talk pages: ~~~~ (below) ~E:74.60.29.141 (talk) 07:10, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

1: "Just do it" - see: WP:Be bold and WP:DIY - For anything more than minor stuff (grammar, etc.) please cite a reliable source.

2: (I'll let somebody else answer this - as an IP, I'm not sure)

3: "...in a post" - Do you mean on a talk page? In an article, just be sure to cite reliable and verifiable source(s) - and it is a good idea to discuss what you're doing on the talk page, and if necessary, get some sort of concensus. There are good suggestions and guidelines in the 'Welcome' information for new editors - if you don't already have that, I'll put it on your user talk page. ~E : 74.60.29.141 (talk) 07:21, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

4: (See above)

They're tildes by the way, No "a".--108.46.98.236 (talk) 07:25, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

For no. 2, that checkbox puts the page and its corresponding talk page on your Watchlist, which allows you to monitor edits made to a particular page. Every time someone makes an edit to a page that you have "watchlisted", it will appear in bold with the time and user of the last edit. You can also add a page to your watchlist by click the "star" button near the top-right (just left of the search field) of any page. For more info, see this page. The Anonymouse (talk • contribs) 07:45, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Ok, thanks for the help guys. One last thing, what's up with the : or multiple :: before your messages in this chat? Do I need to manually insert them in mine? Thanks. 174.99.34.204 (talk) 15:09, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Yes, at present, they need to be manually inserted.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 15:31, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Browsing activity

Who has access to (i.e. permitted to view) the browsing activity of an editor, which is different to that editor's contributions? And so, to what degree can an editor expect privacy concerning their browsing history in wikipedia? Benyoch ^{...Don't panic! Don't panic!...} (talk) 06:50, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

As far as I know, there is no way for anyone to tell which pages you have browsed/read/visited. The Anonymouse (talk • contribs) 07:48, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Error - given link

Dear all Please could you check this information Russian National Wealth Fund.

In one place it says

Russian National Wealth Fund Type Sovereign Wealth Fund Founded 2008 Total assets $90,94 billion[1]

In other place it says The Reserve Fund was given $137,09 billion and the National Welfare Fund was given $87,97 billion. The fund is controlled by the Ministry of Finance.

Conclusion is the numbers don't match

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.244.174.38 (talk) 06:55, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

The amount in the infobox is updated monthly. The other 2 figures are worded like 'start-up' funds. It probably lost like many did in the '08 crunch.--Canoe1967 (talk) 07:09, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Chronic Pain and Opiate use

Personal chronicle of accident and pain

I am disabled and in chronic pain from a Hit and Run car accident, while sitting on a motorcycle at a Red light. The car was traveling an estimated 50 MPH and crushed my lower leg against the engine of a 750 Lb Motorcycle. I was admitted to hospital 2-3 hours after the incident; with a compound, commuted, segmented fracture of the Tibia and Fibula with 14 breaks and Osteomylitis due to Staph Aureous infection. I was in a cast for 2 yrs and 7 months during which time a Lottes nail in my Tibia migrated through the bottom of my Tibia through my ankle joint, and into the foot bone complex. This accident happened in 1975, and a few operations were performed. My leg was not only broken, but the flesh, muscles, and nerves were crushed and severed. I have been in Chronic Pain for 38 years, walking on a broken leg everyday of my life. I was a Paratrooper in the U.S. Army and used to Physical pain associated with extreme physical exercise on a daily basis. I am writing to advise your "experts" on the experience of Chronic Pain and the use of Opiates for pain management. The current Social Psychology of Doctors, Physicians, medical students, and Interns is a paranoia about opiate use and a complete indifference for patients suffering from Chronic and Severe Pain. They have the twisted mental belief that to force a patient to suffer from pain is more rational than their use of opiate pain medications. They have a complete disregard for the suffering and psychological effects of long term Chronic Pain, and a paranoid or delusional fear of Opiate pain medication use, as if a patient who takes opiates is somehow getting "high" or experiencing a mood elevation from it's use and this irrational belief is somehow offensive to most doctors! This is not factual. A person in Severe, Chronic Pain using Opiate pain medication experiences only the cessation of pain and does NOT experience a mood elevation or "high" from Opiates. Furthermore, the Chronic Pain sufferer does NOT abuse the medication that they so desperately need to function as a normal person. Addiction is NOT the same as tolerance. Are we addicted to food? Oxygen? Water? For a patient suffering from Chronic Pain Opiates are the ONLY remedy and used properly can alleviate chronic pain. The real hypocrisy is that these very same doctors will often prescribe more dangerous drugs of all kinds, for all types of disorders, especially in the Psychological field; yet, have no qualms about side effects, mood disorders, and other physical side effects from hundreds of medications currently in use. The issue of addiction, drug use, and abuse is a different medical condition that can only be ascertained by an experienced Psychiatrist and or experienced Drug/Alcohol counselor, and in most cases requires a team of doctors including all to consult together in order to effectively treat a patient and weed out the addicts. There needs to be a change in the fear mongering of opiate pain medications and a better understanding of Pain, and especially Chronic PAIN, when most doctors are not even familiar with pain, have not experienced pain, and particularly have no experience with Chronic Pain. When will there be a serious discussion on this issue and a collective change of consciousness within the medical community? When will Wikipedia address this issue in a responsible, ethical, and social contribution as a medical, psychological, and humanitarian issue that you admittedly report effects over 100 million people? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.197.131.106 (talk) 11:15, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

I'm sorry for your accident and your pain, but this is the help desk for Wikipedia, where we answer questions about how to use and edit Wikipedia. I do not see a question about using Wikipedia in what you have written. --ColinFine (talk) 11:27, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Page ownership

Hello, I'm a marketing director for mySupermarket LTd. Whenever i try to edit the "mySupermarket" page on Wikipedia my changes are undone. Is it for the good of the general public that someone who has no info on my company gets to decide which information is important to the public and which is not? How can i make sure that the information that i want to be known is kept on my article? Kind regards. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adelman0987 (talk • contribs) 13:28, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Articles on here must comply with the rules. One of them is that articles must be written from a neutral point of view. That means that someone writing on behalf of an organisation (be it a commercial company, a charity, a club or whatever) pretty much should not change an article about that organisation. It's more than likely going to count as original research at best and advertising at worst: among the many things which Wikipedia is not is a vehicle for advertising of any kind. If inaccurate information is being presented (that's information which is verifiably inaccurate as compared with that cited from reliable third-party sources, not "at odds with your own publicity material") then you should discuss this on the talkpage for the relevant article (having declared your interest as an employee). In short, nobody "owns" articles on here (technically the Wikimedia Foundation does) and nobody is in a position to "make sure that the information that [they] want to be known is kept on [an] article?". Tonywalton ^Talk 13:39, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

You need to understand that it is not your article. It is Wikipedia article which happens to be about a subject you are connected to, this gives you no ownership or control over the article. In fact since you have a clear conflict of interest in that it is your job to promote this company while the article should neutrally report all information bad and good, you should not be editing the article at all, since you will be unable to remain neutral. If you want to have input on the page, the only way you should do so is to use the {{editrequest}} tag on the talk page of the article to suggest changes you would like made, for unbiased editors to action if appropriate--Jac16888 ^Talk 13:42, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

editing article on Sir Ronald Adam

I have been editing the article on Sir Ronald Adam on the basis of my biography of him published in February 2013 but have got stuck with the references as I do not understand how to establish a {(Reflist)} template and the help page is no help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vesseaux07 (talk • contribs) 14:37, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

I've started the cleanup, not quite done. BTW, do not start paragraphs with a space, that creates a box, like

this

--SPhilbrick(Talk) 15:19, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

I think I've fixed it.

• Use the pipe character "|" not the "\" as a separator in templates
• Check out Referencing for beginners for more help on references, which are very tricky for new editors--SPhilbrick(Talk) 15:29, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Nafisa Kuwajerwala sister to Hussain Kuwajerwala on Wikipedia

reference is Nafisa K Kuwajerwala, MD - Beaumont Health System | Beaumont ... beaunet.beaumont.edu/portal/pls/portal/prs.web_pkg.bio?xdr=7218

Nafisa K Kuwajerwala, Breast Care Center - Surgery Doctor in Troy, MI doctor.webmd.com/.../nafisa-kuwajerwala-md-a7bcaf4b-086a-4eab-...Nafisa K Kuwajerwala is a practicing Surgery doctor in Troy, MI. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nafisamd (talk • contribs) 14:55, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

I'm guessing that you want something added to the article Hussain Kuwajerwala, about his sister. In general, the answer is to be bold and edit the article yourself; but since I suspect you are Nafisa Kuwajerwala (from your username) it would be better for you to request the addition at Talk:Hussain Kuwajerwala, where others without a conflict of interest can decide what it is approriate to add. In this case, my own feeling is that it is not appropriate to add anything: the article is about HK, not about you; and though the names of family members are often given in articles, the source you have supplied merely says who you are, it does not mention any connection to HK. --ColinFine (talk) 17:15, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Creating template to be used by a bot

I want to create a new template that is intended to be placed on a file page by a bot. I want to achieve that the template has several parameters (as many as necessary) that give the name and a wikilink to an article where the file is lacking a non-free use rationale. Is it possible to have an arbitrary number of optional parameters like

{{Unbulleted list
| {{#if: {{{1|}}} | [[:File:{{{1}}}]]}}
| {{#if: {{{2|}}} | [[:File:{{{2}}}]]}}
}}

For example, if the bot places the template on a file page with say lacking 10 rationales it should list those 10 files, while if there is only one, it should only list that one file. What is the best way to do this? Is it possible to define a variable number of parameters? If not, then I guess I'd have to choose a number that is high enough to work in all cases that the bot would be expected to encounter (but which is of course a bit ugly, because it would fail if the number actually is higher than the specified number). -- Toshio Yamaguchi 15:44, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

WP:VPT may be a better venue for your question.--ukexpat (talk) 17:03, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Okay, I just saw that my question is partially incorrect anyway; what I meant is that the template should have parameters to list articles where the file is being used and lacks a rationale for the use, the parameters aren't intended for listing files (only 50% of my head seem to be at Wikipedia right now, while the other 50% are somewhere else). And yes, VPT might be a better place for this question. -- Toshio Yamaguchi 18:17, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Well, anyway, I just realized that one parameter is probably sufficient, if the article names are all being listed in a way such as

{{Unbulleted list | [[''Article_1'']]</br>[[''Article_2'']]</br>[[''Article_3'']]}}

-- Toshio Yamaguchi 18:38, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

article upload

I wrote an article about stem cell researcher Juergen Hescheler but I am unable to upload it. Upon saving the page it henceforth only seem to exist in the Wikipedia talk section. How do I get this aricle 'published'? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Artecplus (talk • contribs) 16:19, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

The draft is at Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Juergen Hescheler and awaiting review. Please be patient.--ukexpat (talk) 17:00, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Your submission is lacking reliable sources and unlikely to be moved into the main space. Ruslik_Zero 18:27, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Change of Chief Operating Officer ofAir Arabia Maroc

sirs,

Would like to inform you of an Update related to key people in charge of Air Arabia Maroc. Mr. Amin Alhaimy replaced Mr. Ramachandran as Chief Operating Officer of Air Arabia Maroc since April 2012

Thank you and best regards

Amin Alhaimy Chief operating Officer Air Arabia Maroc — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.251.44.232 (talk) 18:56, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

I wish to add an article that will significantly increase the published information about Pink Mountain, British Columbia. In reading through the new contributor instructions I note that proper references are important. On the existing Pink Mountain page I see no references. Do these appear somewhere other than the main page or are they only used by administrators? Are personal observations acceptable as references? It is not clear to me where in the article the references should appear. It is also not clear to me how I retrieve answers to my questions.

Ron Long