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March 22

Living person on Wikipedia who doesn't want to reveal their birth name for privacy issues

I have an acquaintance who changed his name many decades ago and he is somewhat of a public figure. Unfortunately for him, his birth name was published in one book, so editors keep adding it to his entry. Are there any privacy rules that can protect my acquaintance? Or because the information is out there, is there no hope? --—Spojrzenie

It's impossible, as they say, to un-ring a bell. If the information is true, it's pretty much impossible to suppress it here. --Orange Mike | Talk 08:47, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

view large category without pagination?

I read at Wikipedia:Category_intersection that

When categories were initially added to Wikipedia in 2004 there was no mechanism to limit the search result for large categories. Very large categories caused performance problems, and a software change was made to limit the search result to 200 entries at a time. If there are more than 200 entries, users must navigate through multiple pages in order to see all the entries. This page by page navigation mechanism becomes impractical with large categories, as it takes much too long to see the entries at the end of the alphabet.

(emphasis added)

I want to view all of a category's entries on a single page rather than 200 at a time. The above says this is not possible. Is that true? —rybec 01:01, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

If you read it on Wikipedia then it must be true. —Preceding sarcastic comment added by 74.60.29.141 (talk) 01:24, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Especially if you happen to edit a lot of articles about elephants... :P. But in all serious, the Toolserver should serve your purpose nicely. FallingGravity (talk) 07:16, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Note that Toolserver is not Wikipedia, so it is simultaneously correct that you cannot see more than 200 at a time in Wikipedia, and that there are ways to see more than 200 at a time.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 12:45, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Vancouver, Washington

how can we provide current ACCURATE and UNBIASED arts information in the Vancouver , Washington article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.164.226.133 (talk) 02:15, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

By using Reliable Sources and maintaining a Neutral Point Of View when adding content to relevant articles. Roger (talk) 07:08, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Broken links (articles) in disambiguation pages?

I'm not very sure what to do when I enounter such problems. Most of the time, the article was never created in the first place. What should I do? (Example: People's Action Party (disambiguation)) Hz. tiang 02:17, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Usually you don't have to do anything. Redlinks are OK and sometimes encouraged on Wikipedia to tell other editors that this article should exist. Although red links are uaually more prominent in articles and not so much on lists and disamb pages, whether the red links should remain should really be dealt with on an individual basis. Be bold! Obtain concensus when possible and do what you think is right. If someone thinks you are doing something wrong, then it's their responsibility to speak up. Kinkreet^{~♥moshi moshi♥~} 02:36, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

derogatory statement-demeaning

"A general belief seems to prevail in the colony that the Indians are little better, if at all, than the savages or natives of Africa. Even the children are taught to believe in that manner, with the result that the Indian is being dragged down to the position of a raw Kaffir".

Please delete the statement from the ghandi wikiquote page as it is demeaning to an entire africa population....Indian better than the SAVAGES or NATIVES of Africa?!

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 197.177.246.184 (talk) 04:16, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Wikiquote is a seperate project and not part of Wikipedia. You'll need post your suggestion there. My guess is that they have a "not censored" policy. RudolfRed (talk) 04:36, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

It is a well known quote and it succinctly illustrates the attitude he had towards Africans at the time. It won't be deleted just because you don't like it. Roger (talk) 07:17, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Picture upload

I had uploaded a picture Rajeev Karwal.jpg on Rajeev Karwal's Wikipedia page yesterday, today it has been removed. Please state the reason in detail — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ayush.datta (talk • contribs) 05:39, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

It seems that you had uploaded the image to Wikimedia Commons, and it was deleted as a copyright violation. - a boat that can float! (watch me float) 05:48, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Double identity

This is a strange one:
While doing some research for Thai Elephant Orchestra, I discovered from a reliable source (The Scientist magazine)^[1] that a co-founder has another identity.  So, fine... but,I was surprised that this was not mentioned in his article (Dave Soldier), so I started to add that information.  Then I discovered that his other identity also has an article (David Sulzer), which doesn't mention the other identity.  Apparently, he has done a good job keeping his two identities publicly separated, and now I am wondering how this should be handled - especially since this relates to a WP:BLP.   ~Eric F 74.60.29.141 (talk) 07:33, 22 March 2013 (UTC)   —   P.s.:   I've just noticed that User: David Sulzer (Special:Contributions/David_Sulzer) is creator of both articles in question - not that it really matters, because both identities certainly seem to meet notability criteria. ~So, unless advised otherwise, I'll do a little cross-pollination between the two (eventually, maybe).  ~E:74.60.29.141 (talk) 08:05, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

The articles should be merged if it can be proven, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that they are the same person. Two articles about the same subject is a prohibited WP:Content fork. Roger (talk) 08:07, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

The Dave Soldier official website does explicitly make it clear that Dave Soldier is the stage name of David Sulzer, so there is no (BLP) barrier to merging the articles. In fact he has not "done a good job keeping his two identities publicly separated" - there is no indication that he ever intended to keep his alter ego secret at all. Roger (talk) 08:17, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Hmmm... When I click on his "Website" from the infobox on Dave Soldier, I get a page similar–[identical] to the one you linked, but without the bio or any link to anything resembling a biography → [2]. Anyway, this seems to be something beyond my current ability and/or permissions.[modified:74.60.29.141 (talk) 09:51, 22 March 2013 (UTC)] ~E:74.60.29.141 (talk) 08:37, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Now that I think about it, since I wouldn't be creating anything new, or moving pages, I don't need permissions to merge articles. When done merging, I'd simply put a redirect on top of the [merge from] page -to- the [merge to] page, right? In this instance, which name should be the page to keep? ~Assistance appreciated, ~Eric F 74.60.29.141 (talk) 09:47, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Merge to the real name David Sulzer. I have asked a BLP "expert" to look into the issue and assist us. Roger (talk) 10:07, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Okay, thanks!  ~E:74.60.29.141 (talk) 10:17, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Ashley cole

You have certain parts of the article that's wrong. Sue cole Ashley's mum was never married to Ron Callander. His brother Matthew surname is cole not Callander. His dad left the family when ashley was one years old. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.162.32.178 (talk) 10:33, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

If you can back up your statements with reliable, verifiable sources, please feel free to edit out the incorrect information. Kinkreet^{~♥moshi moshi♥~} 10:56, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Also these are the types of issues specifically adressed at the Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard, please post there in future concerning living people's biographies and information that you deem to be incorrect. CaptainScreebo ^Parley! 12:08, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Renaming an article

Hello,

Yesterday I created a page for a Portguese colonial administrator and governor, Theodorico de Sacadura Botte, who wrote a well known,within its genre, memoir of his life and times in the Portguese colonial empire. However, I mistankenly created the article under the name "Theodorico sacadura botte", which is incorrect, because since it was his name, the first letters should be capitalised. I don't know, though, how to change the name of the article from "Theodorico sacadura botte" to "Theodorico de Sacadura Botte". If somebody could please help me, I'd be very thankful. The page is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodorico_sacadura_botte~

Kind regards, Pedro Alvarado. — Preceding unsigned comment added by YAlvarado (talk • contribs) 11:33, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

It's done; I've moved the page to Theodorico de Sacadura Botte for you. Yunshui 雲‍水 11:39, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Deletion request

Could you please delete this? i made i mistake here. so please could you please delete it as soon as possible. Thanks. here is the url of the photo i would want to delete thanks. File:Alicia Pagay Festival, Pagay festival streetdance showdown.jpg — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheEdwardGomez (talk • contribs) 12:27, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

That image is on Commons, not Wikipedia, so it need to be handled there. Commons does make it easy to request deletion. First, make sure you are at the Commons page:

File:Alicia Pagay Festival, Pagay festival streetdance showdown.jpg

and look on the left sidebar for "Nominate for deletion"--SPhilbrick(Talk) 12:38, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

how do you delete a picture permanently? and also it's history. please reply asap. cause im gonna ba in trouble. thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheEdwardGomez (talk • contribs) 13:11, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Follow Sphibrick's instructions above. Since the photo is on Wikimedia Commons, not Wikipedia, we can't do a great deal to help you here. Once deleted by a Commons admin, the photo and its history will be permanently removed. Yunshui 雲‍水 13:17, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

About the article I wrote

Dear Sir/madam

I just wrote an article about the pinup artist Elias Chatzoudis copied his bio from his personal page elias-design.gr. I have his personal license to do it.

Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adonis Dalezios (talk • contribs) 13:22, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

In Wikipedia we don't just copy from other websites; see WP:Plagiarism, among other places. You would need to rewrite the material in your own words, as it says in the advice on your talk page. If the copyright holder wanted to allow some copyrighted material to be used by Wikipedia, the process is given at Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials. - David Biddulph (talk) 13:36, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

But note that even if permission is granted to use the copyrighted material, in all likelihood it will still be inappropriate for use on Wikipedia - if it comes from his website, it will almost certainly be too promotional in tone.--ukexpat (talk) 14:09, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Cite error

I did add {{Reflist}} in front of the link, why the references are still not showing? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Louiseliusama (talk • contribs)

Presuming you are referring to Tongling, it looks like you figured it out. Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners may help. --— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 14:52, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Clickatell's Wikipedia Page

Hello,

I work for Clickatell's public relations team and I have a concern about our Wikipedia page. There are a few notes at the top of the page that I was wondering if we could get removed. I have copied and pasted them below, with my notes in bold and caps.

This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page.

This article appears to be written like an advertisement. (October 2011)- WE ARE A COMPANY, NOT TRYING TO LOOK LIKE AN ADVERTISEMENT, HOW DO WE FIX THIS?

This article needs more links to other articles to help integrate it into the encyclopedia. (November 2012)- WE ARE A SMALL COMPANY AND DO NOT HAVE A LOT OF LINKS TO INCORPORATE. I CAN SEND YOU ARTICLES ABOUT CLICKATELL IN THE MEDIA IF IT WOULD HELP?

The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's notability guidelines for companies and organizations. (February 2013)- WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? This article may be confusing or unclear to readers. (March 2013)- HOW DO YOU SUGGEST WE FIX THAT? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.55.148.229 (talk) 16:29, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Due to your inherent conflict of interest the best way you can help to address these problems is to discuss them on the article's talk page, interested editors would then be able to help you. BTW, please don't SHOUT. Roger (talk) 17:06, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia's interest is to have neutral, non-promotional, well-referenced articles about subjects which are notable. When the subject is a company (or a public figure), these often do not coincide with the interests of the subject. Please read WP:ORG. --ColinFine (talk) 11:29, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

Why there is no number in front of my references? Do I have to add it manually?

I realized for other references, they all have a number in front of it to indicated its position while mine don't have any. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Louiseliusama (talk • contribs) 18:50, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

You don't have to add them manually. Have you tried reading Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners ? --Demiurge1000 (talk) 18:58, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Documents

Hi Folks: I have been doing quite a bit of editing on the subject of the Japanese Occupation of Korea (1910-1946) and as you might expect much of the experience is a story of documents such as memorandums, treaties and proclamations. I know how to add photos to an article but am not quite sure what to do about documents. Each individual document would be to large to transcribe into the article. I had thought to photocopy the documents and insert them in the article but even that would be prohibitive. I'm thinking that if I could somehow contribute the document to WIKI and then simply notate it in the narrative, curious people could read it if they so chose. For instance, I could cite the Kabo Reforms of 1894 and mention one or two and if someone wanted to read all 25 they would have access. I'm sure I'm not the first person to do this but I can't find an example or find it referenced in the Help area. Thoughts? --Bruce W Sims (talk) 18:55, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

How to use the documents in an article (and whether they can/should be used at all) depends on the nature of the documents. Have they been published? What is their copyright status? are the most important immediate questions. All sources used to write articles must have been previously published, thus documents such as letters and other private records are disqualified - this is detailed in the verifiability rule. A reader of the article must be able to verify the content by accessing the sources cited in the article. In practical terms that means the source material must be publically accessible somewhere (website, book, news article, periodical, film, audio recording, etc). Documents in a personal collection are not verifiable. The question whether an image of a document should/could be inserted into an article would depend on firstly the copyright status of the document and secondly wether adding such an image enhances the article. Roger (talk) 19:09, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

How about a couple of examples? In 1904 the Japanese published a list of intended reforms, A London Newspaper published the list in one of its editions. I have a copy of that page. Now I "could" just list out the reforms by typing them in a word document. Another example concerns approximately the same time frame. This list is a proclamation of infractions and crimes that would warrant incarceration, corporal punishment or execution. Once again I could just list the crimes. However, I have a copy of the memo sent to the Secretary of State as furnished by the National Archives. Thoughts? --Bruce W Sims (talk) 18:06, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

I think you may be missing the point that Wikipedia does not require editors to provide actual copies of source documents, you merely have to WP:CITE the publication in which the information is available.

In the first example you are working from an article in a newspaper so you cite the newspaper artile (the Cite news template is an easy way to do it).

In the second case we need to know if the (Japanese?) National Archive allows members of the public to access copies of the memo, if that is the case you can cite the memo giving details about it's catalogue number or whatever index system the archive uses. If the fact that you have a copy is an exceptional circumstance and the memo is not normally accessible then you cannot cite it. However government proclamations are by definition always published somewhere, have you tried searching Japanese newspaper archives or libraries?

BTW, have you seen Gabo Reform? It's a short article but unfortunately it's referencing is a bit of a mess. Roger (talk) 18:26, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for your response. I am thinking that what I am working to do may be within the purview of the "embedded file" button. Its not so much that I want to validate my information as allow interested people to access the corpus of some accent mentioned tangentially in the article. I have tried searching for keyword "embedded file" but did not come up with anything. Can you instruct how to access information on the use of this option? BTW: If you are asking me if I could expand my editing to encompass the Kabo Reforms of 1894, the short answer is yes...especially since it touches on the larger subject of the Occupation. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bruce W Sims (talk • contribs) 18:10, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

The "Embedded file" button is a bit of a misleading name - it's used only to insert images. Unless the image is definitely in the public domain, the rules governing to use of such images are fairly arcane and beyond my knowlege. Hopefully someone who can help will jump in here. Roger (talk) 17:46, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

I agree with you that some people who read the Korea under Japanese rule article may want to read for themselves the original words in the newspaper article you mentioned, perhaps reformatted slightly for easier reading on their computer screen.

The standard way to do that is to add a link to the Wikipedia article to some website that hosts those words.

In particular, WikiSource ( http://en.wikisource.org/ ) is a great place to post the original words of historically important documents.

For example, the Fleur-de-lis article on Wikipedia cites a source document, and links to a copy of that source document on WikiSource.

In addition to the words themselves, please tell us exactly where they came from.

Rather than "a London newspaper", could you specify exactly which newspaper, published on exactly which date, and the title of the article those words were in? That would make an excellent reference to include in the Wikipedia article right away, even if the words themselves have not yet been digitized and put on WikiSource or any other website on the Internet. --DavidCary (talk) 15:26, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

Hit the nail right on the head. Thanks, Dave; thats what I'll do. Best Wishes.--Bruce W Sims (talk) 23:33, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

Should this be italicized? (video-game related)

Should individual names of DLC (downloadable content) be italicized on the Wikipedia pages of video games? For example (quoted from HERE):

“ On 6 March 2013, it was announced that Xbox Live users will have early access to the Caves & Cliffs map pack. The map pack consists of three new Tomb Raider multiplayer maps, entitled Scavenger Caverns, Cliff Shantytown and Burning Village. ”

Thanks in advance. --WWETrishMickiefan (talk) 19:41, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

I'd say no; it's like a chapter in a book or a song from an album: just use quotes.--Orange Mike | Talk 00:03, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

wiki page publishing problem

I recently published a wiki page and I basically work for the company. I got all the info from the company page. I want it to be as is. The page is about the company itself. Help me publish it. Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/York Risk Services Group Inc.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Pradeepanandapu (talk • contribs) 20:43, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

The page you created was a blatant copyright violation, because you directly copied it from the company website. Additionally, since you work for the company, you have a conflict of interest. Therefore, I recommend that you do not try to create such a page again. FrigidNinja 21:01, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

On top of that it was written in blatantly promotional language, which is unacceptable in Wikipedia. Maproom (talk) 21:30, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Not surprisingly as it came from the company's website!--ukexpat (talk) 00:47, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia's interests probably do not coincide with yours. Please read WP:ORG and WP:COI. And WP:OWN. --ColinFine (talk) 11:32, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

Fu Lei

Hi all, I was just adding pictures to the page Fu Lei, and I have a problem that I need help with. So the picture of Fu Lei and his wife, I wanted to put it on the left side of the page, I know how to move it to the left, but once I do so, it messes up the stuff that's o你the left(like the words don't flow nicely around the picture) Does anyone know how to solve that? thanks in advance ：） Oh and here's the link to the page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fu_Lei -- C3liuhua (talk | contribs) 22:22, 22 March 2013‎ ‎

Thanks for your contributions. The article looks fine to me. Why do you feel the photos need to be on the left?— Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 18:23, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

March 23

Anchors

I just recieved this probably well-deserved admonishment from another editor. It is about HTML anchors which I readily admit to never having heard of before. I have never in my 6 years of Wikipedia editing encountered these templates in the middle of articles before. So, please, could anyone explain to me precisely what this does, and hopefully lead me to some guideline pages that explains what the established consensus about their use on Wikipedia currently is. [[Template:Anchor]] and its corresponding talk page doesn't provide anything but purely technical information on a level which is pure gibberish to me. --Saddhiyama (talk) 00:20, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

Does WP:Anchor help? It also has some links to additional help pages. RudolfRed (talk) 00:35, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. It helps as much as I learned it is an alternative to the usual section wikilinking. But unfortunately it doesn't reveal what the advantages of this method is, especially considering that this anchor-method seem to require cluttering up the target article with html code, something that ordinary wikilinking doesn't while being just as efficient, nor when or why one method is preferred over the other. --Saddhiyama (talk) 00:48, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

Template:Anchor#Examples says: "links via [[articlename#foo]] would remain valid even if the section were renamed". The link Paperback#Mass-market paperback only works as long as the section is called exactly that. The use of {{anchor|mmp}} in [3] means that the link Paperback#mmp will continue to work if the section is renamed (but not if the anchor template is removed). PrimeHunter (talk) 01:11, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

They are generally used to create links to places within sections, on the rare occasion you want to get that specific. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 05:26, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

Incorrect statement

However, he had voluntary applied for a United States passport in July 2012 after that oath. On 7 February 2013, the Supreme Court ruled the election void.[11][12]

This statement is incorrect:

Corrections:

However, he had voluntary applied for a United States passport in June 2010; and a TCI passport in October 2012. (Note, oath was October 25, 2012). On 7 February 2013, the Supreme Court ruled the election void.[11][12] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.103.28.174 (talk) 00:39, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

Which article are you referring to?--ukexpat (talk) 00:42, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

After doing a Google search, it appears that they're referring to Turks and Caicos Islands general election, 2012. Dismas|^(talk) 01:19, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

If you can improve an article, preferably with a citation to a reliable source, feel free to do so. --ColinFine (talk) 11:36, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

On new userbox

Hi, I want to make a minor modification to this userbox to make it look like this (I changed the PHD for the little hat icon) Should I create a new userbox? How can I do that? Regards. Gaba ^(talk) 01:09, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

What I did was created a subpage of my userpage (User:FrigidNinja/Ubox) and placed the template there. You could create something like User:Gaba_p/Userbox. FrigidNinja 03:43, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

Thank you! Gaba ^(talk) 14:50, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

Viewing high-quality photos on Wikipedia

Hi .. Having an intermittent problem viewing high-quality images on Wikipedia. I've searched the archives, Googled this and haven't found much. It seems more a matter of the DPI (usually 300+/-) more than the resolution.

Anyway, the bottom 20-30% of the image appears blank. I've tried with many browsers (IE, Firefox, Chrome, etc). Even to refresh the image shortly after: no change. Or if I save the image locally and open with every image view/edit app I have: no change. The empty bottom part appears either a solid color or a pixelated color palette.

Gotta think either 1] the images are corrupt, or 2] an ISP issue for WP or me: something with packet size or router MTU settings. Since it works on some days and not others, I'd say 1] is out. The odd thing is, even when this happens, the thumbnail on a local save appears normal (maybe thumbnail images are stored separately in the header?) Ruled out video driver issues by opening the saves on different machines with different cards (even on an iPhone). I've never experienced this outside of Wikipedia. Anyone heard of this? TIA.

Two of many examples are below (only full-res versions affected): "124_-_Machu_Picchu_-_Juin_2009.jpg" - "The_Wasatch_Front_-_wickenden.jpg" — Preceding unsigned comment added by Trep26 (talk • contribs) 03:52, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

Hello, firstly, for technical issues you will generally get better, more detailed replies at the Village Pump/Technical noticeboard and secondly, if you link the articles or files concerned then it is much easier to understand what you are talking about, examine the issue(s).

Taking a random stab, I arrived at the Macchu Picchu WP page and clicked on the first image file, File:80_-_Machu_Picchu_-_Juin_2009_-_edit.2.jpg, which I assume is similar to the images you are trying to view, and on the image page there is a template stating "Warning: Some browsers may have trouble displaying this image at full resolution: This image has a large number of pixels and may either not load properly or cause your browser to freeze."

Also this image is 75MB, 10,000 × 9,760 pixels, which would need at least a couple of football fields of flat-screen TVs to display in its entirety (to my non-technical mind). CaptainScreebo ^Parley! 12:53, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

Oh shee-ite, sorry about that, when I hit save my computer expploded and I have just spent 10 minutes getting control back as I have a 1.5mb connection, so the hi-res photo sent my browser haywire, thanks ChamalN for rescuing the Help Desk, will remember those two dots before the image name to stop it displaying. To OP, this is why hi-res images do not display all that well, lol. CaptainScreebo ^Parley! 13:06, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

Hey CaptainScreebo - thx for responding. I'm just wondering how much the browser really has to do with it? Even if I right-click the "Full Resolution" link and save it rather than trying to open it in a browser - then try to open with a photo editor, I have this problem (it's random - about 1/2 of the time, the same photo saves or opens normally, whether in a browser or external app). Well, I'll try the VPT - appreciate the suggestion, I hadn't heard of that board before. --Trep26 (talk) 22:26, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

Images and getting them visible

Hi

I am trying to add in some images to the page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conformal_coating . Seems straightforward. I am using wikimedia Commons to do this. I put the first image in and it appeared. Great stuff. I put a couple more in and they are now disappearing leaving text only. Currently, only one image is visible. Can you explain why, do I need to do something or is there a time delay on publishing? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Leehitchens (talk • contribs) 10:55, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

Your contribution record on Commons shows that you've uploaded only one file there. - David Biddulph (talk) 11:15, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

The article shows a red link instead of the image because the image file doesn't exist. It looks like your files were deleted on Commons because of copyright violations. See Commons:Licensing and Commons:Deletion policy. I'm afraid there's nothing we can do at Wikipedia for issues on Commons though, so if you want any further details, you could try asking the admin who deleted them or at the Commons Help Desk. Chamal ^T•C 11:45, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

And I believe the remaining file is also a copyright infringement and must be deleted. I have asked on the commons copyright help desk. --ColinFine (talk) 11:50, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

As no message was left for you at your Commons talk page telling you about the deletions, here are the links to the deletion log entries : [4], [5] and [6].--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 12:01, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

Translation of existing articles

Hi,

I've seen several interesting articles written in English that I would like to translate to Swedish, which is my native language. Since I am more or less fluent in English it should be no problem for me and I think this could benefit Swedish readers.

I have searched the FAQ for information about how to do this, but so far I have only seen a more general description about how to become a translator and how to add links between pages, but these are my questions:

a) is it ok to make an exact translation of the English article to Swedish and then to add the translated page to the Swedish wiki?

b) do I have to contact the author of the English article before I begin the translation?

c) in the case of links, when the English article is linked to other articles that have no corresponding Swedish translation, should I omit the link, or should I add a link to the English article or should I add an empty link (i.e. a link to an article not yet created)?

d) If there exists an article in Swedish on the same subject already and that article is only started, can I write the translation anyway as an expansion of that article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by ChristerX (talk • contribs) 15:16, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

Have you seen the Wp:Translate us guide? Roger (talk) 16:05, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for the link to this guide - it is more or less what I was looking for. Some questions remain, but I think I can get started now and translate an article following the steps in the guide. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ChristerX (talk • contribs) 07:34, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

Erroneous edit to a wiki page/Restore to previous

There was an accidental edit made to my wiki page last week, how can I restore the page to its previous content. The change was made on Wednesday 3/20/2013. How can I restore the page to the content before the edit was made that day? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.199.102.133 (talk) 15:42, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

According to your edit record you made no edits before today. As an unregistered editor you are only identified by the IP address you computer happens to be on, this can change quite often. What do you mean by "my wiki page"? You do not have a user page. Roger (talk) 16:25, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

My guess this is about David Nemec, where 70.199.102.133 has now quite properly deleted some information about his family, that was not relevant to the article. Maproom (talk) 17:12, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

References

I am trying to edit a current wiki page titled HighPoint, North Carolina. I am trying to figure out how to do sources and references and I attempt to see the reference list at the end of the edit box but all that comes up is reflist(2). What does this mean? How can I add references to the page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by ZachKrumholz (talk • contribs) 19:44, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

Have you tried reading Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners? Rojomoke (talk) 19:56, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

When you are reading an article and see a references section near the bottom populated by a series of numbered citations, you might think that if you edit the page, you will see those citations typed in that section and be able to edit them. However, normally what you will see is code similar to this:

     ==References==

   {{Reflist}} or <references/>

The text of citations is actually in the body of the article, directly next to statements or paragraphs the citations support, using <ref>(citation)</ref> tags, which display as footnotes (e.g.^[1][2]) when you are reading an article. The template code shown above in the references section colates and displays all of the citations within the article in a numbered list in which the numbers correspond to the footnote numbers in the text. By clicking on the ^ symbol next to a citation display, you can easily find exactly where in the body of the article the citation text appears in order to edit it. For more, please see Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 20:31, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

Note that there is a {{Reflist|refs=references}} form of that template that is occasionally used, in which the reference text is actually placed in the reference section itself instead of where it is referred to. I personally prefer this method, but it's not widely used. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 21:30, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

No, not widely used, but I think it is useful, and encourage more widespread use. See Wp:LDR for more info.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 21:20, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

Rose Breeding - List of Rose Breeders

Only 2 Australian rose breeders are listed. As Australian Registrar of New Rose Names, an office bearer of National Rose Society of Australia, Treasurer and Editor of Australian Rose Breeders Association, and the custodian of the list of Australian Bred Roses and Australian Rose Breeders, I can enhance your list of rose breeders with topical Australian content. For example, Warren Millington has bred and registered over 150 roses and is currently engaged in this activity. I just want to be sure if allowed, to go about it in the right way. Any help will be much appreciated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Newlozza (talk • contribs) 20:01, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

I can't tell if you would have a conflict-of-interest or not. Please read that link for guidance. If you don't, then be bold, and make sure your additions are backed by reliable sources. RudolfRed (talk) 20:04, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

Usually, list articles contain only entries that have, or could have, articles of their own. So if the individuals you would like to add are notable by Wikipedia's standards (i.e. have been written about in multiple reliable sources, independent of themselves) then you may add them to the list with links, like:

* [[Warren Millington]]

which will create a link to the article on him if one exists, or a red link if the article does not yet exist. But if you add a number of people for whom the independent references really don't exist, then they are liable to be removed again. --ColinFine (talk) 16:42, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

Review

I reverted a vandal on Burnie Burns instead of simply rejecting the changes, as I wanted to make it easier to warn them using Twinkle. For some strange reason, however, my edit was not automatically checked, even though I hold the reviewer permission. Does anyone know why? FrigidNinja 20:40, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

WP edits from RFC1918 IPs

This is kinda strange: [7]

Is there a way to track those edits down? 2602:100:4759:4D52:8DB5:B1F6:753E:45E (talk) 21:29, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

Interesting. Contribs for 10.0.0.8 and others show some reasonable, some test, and some outright vandalism, usually over a fairly short time frame. I'm guessing that the actual IP address or Username has been corrupted or intentionally obscured by a local network address. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 21:39, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

Look in the special page for contribs, for example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/10.0.0.3. RudolfRed (talk) 21:41, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

*facepalm*. Thanks guys! 2602:100:4759:4D52:8DB5:B1F6:753E:45E (talk) 21:52, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

March 24

Start button lost

i cant geet back my start button — Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.250.125.7 (talk) 04:28, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

Have you tried the Computing 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. RudolfRed (talk) 05:28, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

Javascript and Wikipedia

Hi all. I would like to be able to make a template that uses Javascript. I've done my research: it's not currently possible and it probably will never be possible because of security concerns. It's possible to include a video, which is not really what I want. It's also possible to use the WP:Lua language to create a template, which isn't what I want either.

This is my concern. On a page that describes a chess game, like Immortal Game, the text of the article describes the moves of the game. At the top of the article there's an animated GIF showing the moves being made, and later on in the article there are two images (from templates) that show the position of the board at various points in the game.

The ideal would be to have a set of images, possibly generated by templates, and provide the user with a set of four buttons:

1. First Image
2. Previous Image
3. Next Image
4. Last Image

In the context of a chess game this could be used to let the user step through each move one by one at their own pace. But it could be used to show the steps of any biological or mechanical process, like an embryo growing into a fetus or a cell undergoing mitosis.

This is the kind of thing that could only be created if there were community consensus that it was a good idea. Where could I post to have that discussion? Mattj2 (talk) 05:30, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

I think the Village Pump Idea Lab would be a good place to start. WP:VPI RudolfRed (talk) 06:20, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

That's what I want. Thanks! Mattj2 (talk) 06:31, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

You may be interested in the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Chess#PGN viewer. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:58, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

Cool thanks! I decided to revive the proposal.. we'll see what happens... Mattj2 (talk) 22:29, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

Location map

Hello,

could someone fix the error in User:Tomcat7/Sandbox28/1#Locations? The places appear on the wrong side despite numerous attempts to fix the locations. Regards.--Tomcat (7) 11:05, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

It happened because you chose the Europe map instead of Russia. If it is still wrong let me know. --Ushau97 ^talk 11:21, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

No, I will also add non-Russian places. --Tomcat (7) 11:24, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

I have changed the map to Europe back again. When using {{Location map~}} choose Europe instead of Russia. --Ushau97 ^talk 11:27, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks! --Tomcat (7) 11:29, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

Seeing my "deleted edits"?

I have a few over 1000 edits, and recently found that six of them were "deleted edits". I'm curious to see which of my edits were deleted; perhaps that could help me improve my editing in the future.

I know that only Admins and above are able to view users' deleted edits, so would a friendly Admin (or above) please let me know which of my edits were deleted? I'm OK with seeing just an overview, although it would be nice to see more. I also have no problem with any of this being in the public space if that's the easiest way to send me the information.

Thanks, Dan Griscom (talk) 17:03, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

Deleted edits are usually edits to pages which were later deleted. None of your deleted edits had problems. They were to Talk:LED anchor light, E-Flite, Groovology, Tren Mat Dat, and a deleted version of Janis Siegel. PrimeHunter (talk) 17:22, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks: it's good to know. (Nineteen minutes from query to answer: pretty darn quick.) -- Dan Griscom (talk) 17:44, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

FWIW, when I was new to Wikipedia, I saw something about deleted edits, and resolved that I would keep my number at zero, assuming that a deleted edit was some sort of edit so bad it had to be removed by someone, so I can sympathize with your question. I subsequently learned what they really are, which is good, because I have 1080 of them.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 21:16, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

Caroline Dinenage MP

I object to user Dolescum repeatedly editing the Wikipedia page of Caroline Dinenage MP in a manner which grossly misrepresents Ms Dinenage's position on the issue of the 2nd reading of the Same-Sex Couples Bill in the House of Commons.

By taking a few choice extracts reported in an online publication (without looking at the comments in the original context in which they were made) I feel this this contravenes Wikipedia rules on articles being editorially neutral. I am concerned at the motives behind the revision, in previous comments, Dolescum refers to this revision as a "war", rest assured I do not see it as such.

Furthermore, the public record is not being seen to be amended, the official record (http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/) will always state what an MPs position has been, respectfully, Wikipedia is not the forum for which to highlight Ms Dinenage's position on one of many hundreds of votes.

Assistance with this matter would be greatly appreciated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by M1922 (talk • contribs) 19:22, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

There is already discussion at Talk:Caroline_Dinenage, which is the right place to discuss this. If you feel that you can't reach a consensus, then look at WP:DR for guidance and next steps. RudolfRed (talk) 19:39, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

(edit conflict) The fact that you (and your preceding IP account) have reverted the article 6 or 7 times in the last 24 hours definitely makes it edit warring. Please read about the consequences, and what to do to avoid edit warring. - David Biddulph (talk) 19:43, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

Proper use of templates?

An editor of the Urination#Other animals article recently "simplfied" some subsections by partially or completely removing their contents to specially created templates. I only discovered this when I tried to clean up a simple page layout problem. Clicking on the "edit" link showed me this (and nothing more): ===Canidae=== {{Canidae scent marking}}

This is somewhat baffling to me, and makes it difficult for me to understand the integration of the material into the rest of the article, or to search for specific material in an article. This "subroutinization" of a chunk of text also makes it more difficult to edit the article as an integrated whole.

Is this a recommended usage of the template mechanism? If so, please point me to more information so I can learn about it. If not, can some editors more experienced with the use of templates help to guide the editor who created the template as to the recommended way of achieving his intentions? I don't yet feel very competent to discuss this in depth, having not created or extensively modified any templates, only having used a few of them. But I haven't seen this usage of templates before. My intuitive impression is that this was not an intended use, and that it risks breaking up a Wikipedia article into an intimidating maze that will deter potential editors without much Wikipedia insider expertise. Your guidance would be appreciated. Reify-tech (talk) 21:57, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

This isn't typically the way things work; however, in this case, since the content in that section is used in more than one place (see Special:WhatLinksHere), the template helps keep it up to date in both places. You're right, though, in assuming that it deters new Wikipedians...I don't think there's ever been an explicit consensus (or even a discussion) expressed among the Wikipedia community...other help desk volunteers, prove me wrong! —Theopolisme (talk) 22:10, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

WP:Transclusion is a useful feature when the same information has to be presented on more than one page. It's not terribly complicated to follow the links to the page that contains the text – if you use WikEd (enabled on the Preferences->Gadgets page), you can Ctrl-click on any such link while editing to open the target link or template in a new page. Just like having to go to another page in a book because there isn't room for the information on the current page. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 23:57, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

March 25

HELP

I just posted a statue at List of statues of Queen Victoria for Sri Lanka, in Colombe, but it showed up in Africa. I have to leave 4 minutes ago. Can someone either fix it or remove it? Einar ak Carptrash (talk) 00:59, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

I have closed the table and added the sculptor.[8] PrimeHunter (talk) 01:23, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

Copyvio

I found some blatant copyvio, and don't know what to do about it (except report it here):

• Compare this edit: [9] → to this page in book: [10] — (Both, at: Historical Background)

Note, there are several similar edits at this editor's contributions.

~Regards, 74.60.29.141 (talk) 02:22, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

Incorrect information

This page has incorrect information. "Herman Norman Orenstein (* 1945[1] in Toronto[2]) ist ein kanadischer Komponist." is incorrect. As I do not understand German, I cannot correct. Correct information would be "Norman Orenstein (Toronto).

Can you please help by deleting "Herman" and "1945"?

Thank you.