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October 12

Curious question

what is

mean of interstrate

October 13

October 14

How to delete my ip address please ?

Many thanks for putting my mind at rest. I should have read the small print. I now have an account.

Deleting article

How do I get an administrator to delete an article in the Boston University Wiki (bu.elwiki.com)?

Thank you, 75.31.107.4 17:20, 14 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You will need to contact an administrator of that wiki. This is wikipedia. Admins here will not be able to help you with your request -- Lost^(talk) 18:31, 14 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Any idea on how to contact an administrator on bu.elwiki.com? There's no link, no help of any kind. Given your knowledge of wiki software, how does one track down an administrator? Thanks, 75.31.107.4 02:54, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

October 15

Deleted Pages?

I am wondering if it is possible to revert pages that have apparently been deleted. For example, the article Otaku Ninjas did exist at some point but is not there anymore - can we revert to the page that was once there or is it gone for good?

Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame (chronological)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Ice Hockey/Articles

Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ice Hockey/Archive5

List of people by name: Knj-Knz

Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame (alphabetical)TonyTheTiger 02:10, 15 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators can delete and undelete pages, but generally only do so when a good reason is provided, keeping in mind deletion policy, including AfD, prod, and criteria for speedy deletion. The deletion log for the article in quesiton may have more information (including a reason for deletion), or you could contact the deleting administrator for comment. To request a review of the deletion, please see deletion review. Hope that helps! Luna Santin 03:13, 15 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You can see the reason for deletion by going to the URL of the page in question, and clicking on the link that says "deletion log". For example, Otaku ninjas has its reason for deletion as 13:08, 10 April 2006 Flowerparty (Talk | contribs) deleted "Otaku ninjas" (deleted per Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Otaku ninjas), and the AfD in question has a little more information. Confusing Manifestation 14:26, 15 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You can get a PERSONAL copy of a deleted page, for your own userspace (for example, if you think that with some work a deleted article could become acceptable). This is also discussed at Wikipedia:Deletion review. Do NOT simply recreate an article using the copy of the article when it was deleted. John Broughton | Talk 17:24, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Knox

Do you think I am being anal at Seymour Knox? Look at the dab page and see that it is kind of important. Please move.

October 16

book reviews

i want to search for book reviews.how can it be done 202.61.56.101 07:11, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia doesn't do book reviews (they'd violate the Neutral Point of View policy). Try asking at the Reference Desk if you want information on searching for reviews outside Wikipedia. --ais523 08:11, 16 October 2006 (U T C)

While Wikipedia does not contain book reviews as such, there are many, many, articles on individual books, with information about the author, publisher, contents, etc. and links to further information. You might want to begin with a look at Category:Books, which is the top of a large hierarchy of subcategories. --MCB 17:39, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Why delete one article but not the other

Why is it that the EC0PAVE article page was deleted recently without having a proper opportunity to have it discussed in the same way as Eco-cemet did? Eco-cement article page is absolutely no different to EC0PAVE and if you read carefully one can observe the lack of hostility which is how it should be, so why were they dealt with differently?? Does this mean that Wikipedia follows its own guidelines when it comes to the deletion criteria, or is this a case of bias? EC0PAVE article apparently was sitting fine for 2 weeks when 3 admins out of 500 decided to ruthlesly attack it, see this link [1]144.137.45.71 10:58, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It was deleted by community consensus at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ecopave. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 11:00, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The community consensus was conducted between 3 hostile admins and anyway why is Eco-cement allowed to have their page or does this mean that the 3 admins had a vested interest to Eco-cement ?? Fact Finder 11:03, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It was deleted by community consensus as spam. It doesn't matter whether you don't like the people who expressed that consensus, or what their opinions were, or why. Wikipedia does not exist to publicise your company. You can always query the deletion at Wikipedia:Deletion review - but you have little chance of success. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 11:08, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

So, what youre saying is that it is existing to publicise Eco-cement then,Fact Finder 12:27, 16 October 2006 (UTC) Excuse me,[reply]

The request for deletion began by suggesting that the company did not meet the requirements in WP:CORP. These guidelines are created to keep this process fair, so they should guide you and me in deciding which articles are to keep. Are you suggesting that (a) your company does meet these requirements after all? (b) that the other company does not meet those requirements after all? Also, another reason the article was deleted was that there was a claim of copyright on it, which also isn't allowed in Wikipedia. Notinasnaid 11:11, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

All I am saying is this, you cant have one rule for someone and another rule for someone else, Right!,What I know is that EC0PAVE does not want to be in Wikipedia after the way they were dealt with and also the question is about "ballance" and fairness. I believe that if eco-cement passes the Wikipedia guidelines in regards to "advertising" then so should EC0PAVE, what do you think? Fact Finder 12:27, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Why are you refusing to answer a simple question, Why is Eco-cement allowed to "advertise" by having an article, Fact Finder 11:12, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Because no-one has nominated it for deletion, that issue has never been addressed. If you don't think it should have an article then you nominate it by following the instructions at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion. --Cherry blossom tree 11:15, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This is very good advice. But be sure that any nomination is made by reference to specific Wikipedia policies, because claims of unfairness will, I can assure you, carry less weight than quoting policies. Please bear in mind your article was also deleted, according to what I read, because it claimed copyright, something that Wikipedia does not accept. Notinasnaid 11:20, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It has in fact had an AfD, as a quick glance at the talk page shows. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eco-cement. --Sam Blanning^(talk) 11:25, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough. That'll teach me not to have a quick glance at the talk page before giving advice! In that case, the arguments given on that page are the reason why the article continues to exist. --Cherry blossom tree 11:28, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

But according to wikipedia's own guidelines the eco_cement article is pure self gratification (Advertising)their article appears to be publicising,Fact Finder 12:01, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If you do not think the article is advertisng then you are welcome to improve it, or to place a notice on it - see Wikipedia:Cleanup.--Cherry blossom tree 12:42, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Who decided what this topic was going to be called, Oh! sorry I did since I started this article as Why delete one article but not the other" lol?? Fact Finder 12:13, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I don't understand you. The reasons for dleeting one article over another have been given at the links already provided--Cherry blossom tree 12:42, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I observe defamation and libel laws and what i know is that you cant say anyhing negative about someone or try to make anyone look bad in anyway or youre libel for damages. Eco-cement has an article in Wikipedia and is protected by free copyright! EC0PAVE does not!!, Fact Finder 12:17, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

We have a policy against making legal threats. Even if we didn't, not having an article on your product does not constitute libel.--Cherry blossom tree 12:42, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No no no, Cherry Cherry!, I mean libel here and now, besides i wouldnt give a hoot since its not my article lol Fact Finder 12:45, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Where do you think you have been libeled here and now? As far as I can see the discussion has not moved beyond the article in question. --Cherry blossom tree 12:49, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What I meant Cherry, was that I dont want to be part of any possible libel action from anyone so i better watch what i said thats all Fact Finder 12:54, 16 October 2006 (UTC) I noticed Cherry youve done quite a number of articles in Wikipedia, how long have you been doing this?, Fact Finder 12:52, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I see what you mean. I'm unsure how that's relevant, but my first edit was in August 2004. I started editing regularly about a year later. --Cherry blossom tree 12:55, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, how long before you were able to admin, Fact Finder 13:00, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not an administrator. I've been doing some "administrative" tasks (like answering questions here) for maybe 9 months or so. --Cherry blossom tree 13:05, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, it can get abit hecktic sometimes I bet, where about from Australia are you from Cherry? Im from Sydney Fact Finder 13:09, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not from Australia, but I'm afraid this isn't really the place for chat. There are various IRC channels you can use, though - see Wikipedia:IRC channels. --Cherry blossom tree 13:19, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oh yes, I see now, thanks for that, Fact Finder 13:21, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

While we are on the subject of administrators, though, I observe that none of the three people who signed their names on the deletion discussion claim to be administrators. I don't know why you said that they are. Notinasnaid 15:48, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Notinasnaid, a good point this was overlooked completely what this could mean is that they had a vested interest to do what they did afterall?, Fact Finder.58.166.40.6 06:23, 17 October 2006 (UTC) Finlay,if I am the author of my words as above, then I should be able to edit my own words, Right Fact Finder 16:52, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

So long as your edits don't make any other editors' replies to your words seem to make no sense after the fact. User:Zoe|(talk) 18:37, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I just did an AltaVista search. Ecopave 375 hits, mostly sales. Eco-cement 562,000 hits. If you're argument is that Ecopave is as notable as Eco-cement you have a tough hill to climb. -- Randall Bart <wiki@randallbart.com> 04:05, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

New message? Article

When I signed in, I was greeted by the amber thing that said I have a new message. But when I looked at it, I didn't see any new messages. What's the problem?

Also,my article on the hockey owner George Kennedy (sports promoter) was taken down, despite the fact I finally listed my source for the article---Deceptions and Doublecross: How the NHL Conquered Hockeyby Morey Holzman and Joseph Nieforth. Maybe you can explain why.Corey Bryant 20:24, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Talk to the admin who deleted the article:User talk:Premeditated Chaos 203.109.204.17 08:52, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

As for the "new messages" notice, it appears any time your user talk page is edited. User:Consumed Crustacean made an edit to your talk page and then reverted it, so your talk page WAS edited (hence the message notice) but the new message was removed before you saw it. -Elmer Clark 21:30, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

U.K. 1939 population, census results

I would like to find out the 1939 United Kingdom population. I can not get past thw chasing my tail dilemma at your site.

I can be contacted at [spamproof]

Thank you for time, attention and patience.

William Howes

There was no 1939 census, and the 1941 one was called off because of the war; detailed statistical data is understandably hard to come by, because people were somewhat preoccupied at the time.

However, I have a 1942 source which gives an estimate for mid-1938 of 41,215,000 people in England and Wales and 4,993,000 in Scotland, and a "1937 census" figure for Northern Ireland of 1,280,000. The Channel Islands come to about 90-100,000, and the Isle of Man to a further 50,000. Shimgray | talk | 23:45, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

In the future, questions not related to Wikipedia itself should be asked at the reference desk. -Elmer Clark 21:35, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

October 17

Help Please

I am trying to get Hinduism to run for WP:FAC and I have already moved the first unsuccessfull run to Featured artilce canidates|Hinduism/archive1, but I am having a hard time setting up the new one. Please help ASCAP--Sea dog .M.S 00:13, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ok Seadog, this is my first time on the help desk, but I'll do what I can. I unsuccesfully nominated Suleiman the Magnificent, let me see if I can remember how this goes.

First, create a new article by the name of Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Hinduism/archive1. Copy everything you wrote on your Featured artilce candidates|Hinduism/archive1 to the new page. Then, add Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Hinduism/archive1 to the vertical box (by clicking the edit link) in Wikipedia:Featured article candidates. After that, your nomination should appear on the fac page. If you have any more problems, ask me any question at my talk page. | AndonicO 13:30, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, wait, I didn't know there was an archive 1 already. I suppose it would be Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Hinduism/archive2 then. Good Luck! | AndonicO 13:32, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Entering my opinion on deleting an entry

Hope this comes through. Apologies for the duplicate message. Thanx for the advice. JerryFlattum

total deletion of article

Someone has totally deleted our article regarding the Diagonal Lock and has replaced it with a different item, the 2 items are not related and I cannot understand why our item has been deleted. How can we get it back on? or find out who deleted it and why?

thanks in anticipation

(email removed to prevent spam)

I can't find the article you're referring to. If you know the exact name, you can check the deletion log and enter the exact name you're looking for in the 'Title' field; this will tell you who deleted it and why. For further information, you should contact the admin who deleted it on their User Talk page. --ais523 11:59, 17 October 2006 (U T C)

Also, it may be that your article was not deleted (removed) as such, but was simply edited to replace the old content with new content. In that case it will not appear in the deletion log. On the current article page, use the "history" link at the top, which will display the entire sequence of edits to the page's content, and you can go through each revision and see where your content was replaced, and why. Then you can post on the article's Talk page to discuss the issue. --MCB 17:54, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Internet Explorer will not open wikipedia

When using Mozilla, wikipedia works fine, but it will not work through Internet Explorer. The word done appears in the bottom left corner, but nothing appears on the screen. 165.139.41.20 13:50, 17 October 2006 (UTC)cjones[reply]

All versions of Internet Explorer are somewhat broken. Microsoft simply refuses to follow W3C standards. Wikipedia is a fairly sophisticated XHTML site; it displays okay in some versions of IE and breaks badly in others. My personal feeling is that it's a waste of time to cater to IE.

You've got Mozilla; why not use it? John Reid 14:13, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think the problem is IE rendering engine. You should try to compare the connexion settings with Mozilla and IE, if you got both. You can try to delete the cache (Tools - Internet Options). Is Mozilla on the same computer than IE? -- lucasbfr ^talk 19:16, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Images not appearing

Please have a look at the Monkton Combe article. I put a picture on this article yesterday, but it shows a red cross in the frame and no picture. If I click on the picture, the enlarged version shows completely normally so I know the picture is on the server. CTRL-F5 makes no difference. Is there a temporary fault on WP? Thanks - Adrian Pingstone 15:22, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

For some reason the Commons image server isn't generating the thumbnails like it normally does. I suspect it's a temporary problem that will go away soon. You might want to try asking on the Technical Village Pump to see if the contributors there know anything about it. --ais523 15:48, 17 October 2006 (U T C)

(By the way, I apologise for your original message being deleted; it was a misbehaving bot which has since been blocked.) --ais523 15:48, 17 October 2006 (U T C)

Adrian, I am seeing the proper thumbnail now, at least in my browser (Firefox on MacOS X). --MCB 17:56, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The second image does not show up for me in IE6 (Windows) or Safari (Mac). This does seem to now be in discussion on the village pump (basically the URL for the image is giving an error message) Notinasnaid 18:11, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Both images seem fine for me (IE and Firefox on Windows). Weird... -- lucasbfr ^talk 19:18, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Reverting

Hello I have reverted vandalism scores of times this morning. Is this considered to be breaking the 3RR. Let me know on my talk.--Sea dog .M.S 15:31, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Responded. —Centrx→talk • 15:39, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Monobook

Can a kind soul tell me how to create a monobook?--Lord of Illusions 16:17, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Simply add on /monobook.js after your user page name (i.e. User:Lord of Illusions/monobook.js) and you can add things frm then on. --Alex (Talk) 16:26, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much.--Lord of Illusions 16:28, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

to download wikipedia

I like to download this encyclopedia freely. If it is possible please reply me. Since it helps me more to do research in physics. And to achieve my goal. And so please help me . If so, please send me some science facts to my ID.

The information about downloading all of Wikipedia at once is at Database dump, but that probably isn't what you want. If you're clearer about what you're trying to do we may be able to give you more help than this. --ais523 16:48, 17 October 2006 (U T C)

Model Forests - a definition

I am writing from the Canadian Forest Service to enquire how to go about putting in a definition of "Model Forests" (an Canadian concept that has been widely used internationally for over 15 years). Do I put this in as a news article, or is there another section for a definition of terms?

Thank you.

Hi, could I suggest you have a look at Sustainable forest management to see whether Model Forests should be part of this article... Addhoc 17:14, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You have a username already, so you can just start by clicking on Model Forest and editing it. However, be careful about some things:

Only add the entry to Wikipedia if there is something encyclopedic that can be said about the subject. For instance, a discussion of what the phrase means internationally and something about the history would be much better than just a definition. If you can't write very much on the page, write {{stub}} at the bottom to signify that the article is shorter than ideal. If you only have a definition, it may be worth mentioning in a pre-existing article instead.
Make sure that you don't have a conflict of interest in writing the article; make sure you write neutrally. (Many users from companies and organisations end up advertising, sometimes deliberately, sometimes by mistake, and this isn't allowed.)
If you're not sure, you can make the page as a draft at User:Model Forest/Model Forest, and then post back here to ask whether the article will be acceptable. --ais523 17:18, 17 October 2006 (U T C)

Easily accessible election year information

When is wikipedia going to create a site listing all the candidates for election years with link to each of their own pages? I think this would allow people to more easily find information on their candidates so they can make the right decision. Also it would be nice if wikipedia could provide information on what bills candidates have proposed and votes for/against.

Thanks for reading this, Steven May

Serious warning: you should on no account base your voting decisions on what you read in Wikipedia, just as we tell students they should on no account write their homework based on what they find here. Anyway, whose election? There are elections somewhere in the world every week. Notinasnaid 20:26, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You can find a list of 2006 elections here, with links to more information on many of them. The articles on the individual elections generally contain links to articles about the candidates. -Elmer Clark 21:45, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Converting DokuWiki to MediaWiki

Is there an app that can do this?

I cant prove data in my article

I am submiting an article which relates to a military organisation which I served with for some considerable time. However, I see to be falling foul of an inability to produce a reference point (either in a book or on the web) to verify the content. A citation is required on much of the text but I am producing the piece on my first hand.

Can you assist in my plight???

Archangel1 18:51, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This is a serious problem. If the facts in an article cannot be verified, they must be removed from the article. (For example, even if Bill Gates edited the article about Microsoft, the facts have to be verifiable, for example, a newspaper report.). First hand knowledge, which cannot be verified, must not be used. The idea is that Wikipedia is a collection of references to information: not the information itself, just a summary of what the sources say. No source = no information. Take a look at Wikipedia:Verifiability to see if there is anything in there that you might be able to draw on and rescue your article. Let's hope so. Notinasnaid 20:23, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thumbnail doesn't show

This I can see

I was browsing the page Visibility and noticed that the image Image:Fog&Sunny.png doesn't show on that page, or the page about that image, or on some of the pages that I checked that used this image. I saw this with both FireFox and IE. Other PNG images seem fine. I played with it some, and it seems that I can see the image at thumb sizes other than 380px. How can I fix that? Is there a cache of thumbnails that has a problem? BartonM 19:11, 17 October 2006 (UTC) Update: now both images above don't show. BartonM 20:00, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How to add a language that is not on the list

Hi Wikipedia. I would like to know how to add a language that is not on the list of languages that you have, and thus, start adding contents for that language.

Thank you!

Camilo 63.148.211.78 19:32, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

First, be sure to look at the complete list - there are currently 250 Wikipedias, so it's very likely that one already exists in the language you want to contribute in. IF not, take a look at this page. -Elmer Clark 21:58, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

fonts

After referring to the VFAQ & FAQ (and not finding), I submit this:

Where do I find the fonts that shall make visible all textual information? At this point some special alphabets display as question marks.

Thank you.

Ittai 19:33, 17 October 2006 (UTC)19:33, 17 October 2006 (UTC)19:33, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Depends on the browser. A google search or search on Microsoft's site should get you language packs for Internet Explorer. Often these work as well with Firefox. Wooty 01:31, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Too many References?

I am cleaning an article and there is a lot of references for every fact. Can I safely remove the redundant one or is it better to keep everything? The article in question is Accusations of French genocide against Algerians -- lucasbfr ^talk 19:45, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Controvertial articles are, inevitably, those over which people will argue every point. So whereas an article about a Friends episode might only have one or two references, something like the article you mention will, ideally, have many. Even if a reference is truly redundant, folks will argue that some sources are poor, and that multiple sources corroborate disputed points. That said, every reference has to be from a quality, reliable source. One tactic some mal-users take (I'm not referring to this specific article, as I've not studied it) is to put in lots of references, but when you look at them in detail they're not all from reliable sources (but instead from fringe groups, blogs, and partisan sources). For a controvertial article I'd recommend discussing any proposed reference-cleanup on the talk page first. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 20:08, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I already started the cleanup (there is no ref balisa for example, refs are sometimes in the wrong place). I'll provide a diff on the Talk page afterwards for review. -- lucasbfr ^talk 20:13, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wondering

Hey...i just created a page called Runescape Screenshots and i dont believe anything is wrong with that page if so please tell me and i will change it right away. But the main thing i want to ask is if i could create a page on burlington and things that go on there and if i could mention my dad's site based on burlington on it, if not im fine with it....i like your site and dont want to ruin it.

thank you!

Wikipedia is not a gallery, and it's certainly not a gallery of copyrighted images (as screenshots of games are).

As for Burlington, assuming it's a town then it would probably merit an article - most real towns etc. are considered notable. If your father's site has content on Burlington that would be of interest to readers, then you can add it as an external link. It's difficult to be more specific without knowing the nature of the article - there are quite a lot of places called Burlington, as that page shows, so I don't know what you mean - and without knowing what the website contains. You may want to read Wikipedia:Introduction and Wikipedia:Your first article to get a better idea of how to write an encyclopaedia article. --Sam Blanning^(talk) 21:19, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Adding internal links

Why does "Wikipedia:Sandbox" work as an internal link on:

"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial_%28Formatting%29/sandbox"

but it doesn't work on:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sandbox

?

If you link to the page that you're already on, it appears in bold - for example, Wikipedia:Help desk. I'm assuming that's what happened when you tried it on Wikipedia:Sandbox. --Sam Blanning^(talk) 21:17, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks but that's not what happened. On one page it created a hyperlink and on the other it didn't.

Give it a try.

More specifically on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial_%28Formatting%29/sandbox

I would like to link to that page with this "Tutorial Sandbox 2" as a hyperlink.

Do you have any suggestions?

130.76.64.14 22:19, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Adding Paragraphs

How do I add another paragraph or section?

For a new section in an article, just surround the title with two equals signs, like so:

== Title of section ==

For a subsection, use three ===, for a sub-sub section use four ====, etc. -Elmer Clark 22:01, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

For a new paragraph, leave a double (or more, the software ignores the rest) line break. Confusing Manifestation 04:10, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Breakdown of Ref function by Gallery

Recently the <Gallery> function breaks down the Reference output of the function <Ref>, as in articles Indo-Greek kingdom or Hasekura Tsunenaga. Basically, every reference before the Gallery is dropped, but every reference after appears. I have temporarily replaced Galleries by individual images, but it would be nice to repair this (recent, like 1 or 2 weeks) bug. 82.123.131.127 17:53, 10 October 2006 (UTC) — This was added to the talk page at Wikipedia:Inline Citation. I placed it here in the hope that someone more familar with the problem can fix it. TomStar81 (Talk) 21:55, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Signing my name

When I am editing and I type four '~'s, my name shows up, but it's not linked to my page. Are the 4 '~'s supposed to generate the brackets, User: and duplicate copies of my name, or only one copy of my name and the date and time? MathMan64 22:02, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

In "My preferences", the first tab, there is a check box "Raw signature". If it isn't checked, it provides the link automatically. If it is, it inserts exactly what you have typed in the "signature" box (plus timestamp). In your case, you have checked the box but did not write the link manually. Uncheck the box, or modify your signature as you see fit. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 22:17, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! It works great now. --MathMan64 23:23, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Welcoming Newbies

I will often welcome Anons to WIKI; usually I do such by posting Welcome with in {{ }}. I recently say a much better tool using, "Welcomeg" within {{ }}; however, there are places for inserting the Anon's handle, etc. Is there somewhere I can go to learn how best to use this tool? Thanks. Storm Rider ^(talk) 22:35, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ahh, you're talking about templates. Template:Welcome and Template:Welcomeg to be exact. You can see most all of them in Category:Welcome templates. They can be slightly confusing at first. Basically, putting something simple into the braces points at the template area. So {{Welcome}} points to Template:Welcome. If Template:Welcome didn't exist, I believe it'd show you the contents of Welcome (the article). Another cool trick is to substitute templates. Use {{subst:welcome}} and when you save it, wikipedia will copy the contents, more or less, of the template into the page you're writing. The next person to edit the page will see all the wikitext. For newbies, it helps a lot to see the text rather than templates. They can also have parameters. Look at Template:Welcome-m The template is designed so that the message you put after the | but before the }} will take the place of the {{{1}}}. The template's page advocates using {{subst:welcome-m|message}} ~~~~. message would appear if you did that, plus it will substitute. Our citation templates, like Template:cite book also use parameters which are named, like title and author, but they are kind of complicated to explain their internal mechanics. Last, Wikipedia:Template substitution has the current guideline on which templates you ought to substitute. Kevin_b_er 07:08, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image Linking

Hey! I would like to link a preedited thumbnail on the page (not using the [[Image:image.png|thumb]] function but putting straight in [[Image:thumb.png|frame]]), and this thumb would link to the full picture description within the wiki.

Example: This image would be shown on the page, and if I click on it it would show this one

Thanks, --Adys 22:41, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

As far as I know, this isn't possible without some CSS trickery (ie. template:click). You should not use this template in the articles, as the hack breaks accessibility and doesn't work in all browsers. This functionality isn't built-in as it's just a generally accepted convention that the image you see is what you'll get when you click on it. You could always put a note in the thumbnail's page pointing to the other image if you absolutely have to. I'm not sure if that's allowed for fairuse images, though you shouldn't be modifying those anyways. -- Consumed Crustacean (talk) 23:01, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No CSS trickery is needed. You could use this code, which specifies another image as a thumb: [[Image:somename.jpg|thumb=Image:someothername.jpg]]. However, as Consumed Crustacean mentions above, it's not the standard thing to do and you surely shouldn't do this with a fair-use image. NielsF 23:29, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a lot! --Adys 23:32, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Help

== Who is the author of this site

What year was it created ==

See Wikipedia. If you're trying to cite the Wikipedia for a school project or something, see Wikipedia:Citing Wikipedia. -- Consumed Crustacean (talk) 22:55, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Skins

How do I get a CSS skin to work? Please reply on my talk page.Drahcir^{my talk} 23:19, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This Help Desk is for the benefit of you and others which is why you have to go to the inconvenience of checking back here for responses to your question. You are free of course to copy the responses to your own user space. --hydnjo talk 23:59, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

October 18

Article is in wrong category

"The Milne School" article has been placed in the "northeastern U.S. institution of higher education" category, which is incorrect. The Milne School was a secondary school -- junior and senior high school -- and should be moved to a more appropriate category (perhaps "Northeastern U.S. Secondary Schools" or "Northeastern U.S. High Schools." It was located in Albany, New York, if that makes a difference.

Thank you for your assistance.

JudyMadnick 00:41, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I fixed the error, however, as Wikipedia is a wiki and anyone can edit it, don't hesitate to fix such things yourself. Wooty 01:29, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Add header for userbox question

I would like to know how to add specialized userboxes to my page. Please help! Leave me a message on my user talk page. Randomfrenchie 01:06, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Responses are for the benefit of all. Please check back here and feel free to copy responses to your own userspace. --hydnjo talk 03:21, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Directory of My Own Subpages?

Can I view a directory of my subpages? How? Or must I maintain a list on my own? OWL | Talk 02:00, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Special:Prefixindex —Centrx→talk • 02:05, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! That's just what I needed. --OWL | Talk 02:19, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

search by popularity

is it possible to search by popularity the wiki pages within the category: 1984 births?24.4.218.99 02:35, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How do I view CSS definitions?

I am exploring Template:Infobox_City and see CSS references like "class="mergedtoprow"'. How can I view the definition of '.merfedtoprow {}' and others? --OWL | Talk 02:47, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The main global css files are MediaWiki:Monobook.css, MediaWiki:Common.css, and monobook/main.css. What you're looking for would probably be in mediawiki:common.css GeorgeMoney (talk) 02:52, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Found it! Thanks. --OWL | Talk 03:15, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Can I replace IP with username?

Hello Wikipedia Help desk person,

Today I edited both the talk page and the article for Eumetazoa before realizing I wasn't logged in. Now the page history lists those edits with my IP number rather than my username. Is there any way to assign my username to those edits so people can direct their comments to me?

Thanks, Cephal-odd 03:55, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hey there. The edit cannot be directly attributed, but you can make a null edit (one that does nothing to the page) and claim the IP as yourself in the edit summary. Teke^(talk) 04:15, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You could revert the edits assigned to your IP and then re-edit with your logged-in name. --hydnjo talk 04:18, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Clever clever ;) Teke^(talk) 04:21, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Clever indeed. Thanks for the suggestions. Cephal-odd 05:07, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How can I add this template to images in infoboxes that have no caption, such as the image at Ashley Lelie? -Elmer Clark 04:31, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

In this particular case, the template involved is {{Infobox NFL player}}, and we're in luck, because it does have a caption, but for some reason the caption isn't included by default. You can just add |caption=Foo into the template, as though it were any of the other lines of text. If you need any help, just let me know, and I can show you what I mean (tricky to put it into words, so it may just be better to show by example). In situations where there isn't an optional/secret caption available... well, I guess you're stuck. Best I could think of then would be to edit the infobox template and add a caption. Hope that helps, I know I'm rambling a bit. :) Luna Santin 07:04, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a lot, didn't occur to me to go back and look at the infobox code :) -Elmer Clark 08:08, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

New ID due to cyberstalker, not trying to sockpuppet

I've created a new ID because someone who has been cyberstalking me tracked me to Wikipedia and was trying to initiate contact. It will be awhile before I'm really active at Wiki again. But when I do start writing here again, I'm concerned about being accused of trying to sockpuppet, when I'm just doing this for my own safety.

I doubt I'm the first person to have to do this. Do you have a list somewhere for those of us who need new IDs for such reasons?70.137.127.40 04:39, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's not sockpuppetry, strictly speaking, as long as you aren't using both IDs at the same time. As long as you aren't trying to use both, you should be fine. You could always contact a trusted admin off-wiki and let them know the scoop, so they can advocate for you should the need arise. But it won't, as long as you don't try to use both IDs. Anchoress 04:44, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not realy aquainted with any admins, but I won't be using the old ID at all, and won't really use the new ID much for a while, except to revert vandalism from my articles. Thanks for the info. 70.137.127.40 05:29, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Edited article now appears to have lost all content after first paragraph

I edited an article to add some references and make minor corrections. Now when I visit the article all that appears is the first paragraph. The rest is absent, though it still appears in the "history" versions. The article is Naftali Herz Tur-Sinai.

You didn't close the ref tags. Every HTML tag needs a closing tag, denoted by a / (ie. <ref>The reference</ref>), or in a few cases tags can be used which close themselves (like the linebreak, with ). -- Consumed Crustacean (talk) 05:25, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Citing a Photo Gallery with no photos

I was looking to add some cites to San Bernardino train disaster. Actually I intend to greatly expand it in the future, but for now I'll add the cites, and someday later I'll read those cites and then update the text.

So anyway, I came up with a dilemma. There's a site called TrainWeb that hosts train websites. They don't produce content, they just give webspace to various railroad hobbyists. Putting that name in the cite would as useful as saying Geocities. So I want to cite the hobbyist who put up the page. If the home page said Kern Junction Railroad Club, I would just say that, and be done with it. However, the actual name is Kern Junction Railroad Photo Gallery. This site has pictures of a memorial at the Tehachapi Loop, along with text explaining the incident. It's very meaty piece of text, apparently written by someone with direct contacts. I certainly want to cite this site, but if someone sees "Photo Gallery" and clicks it expecting to see train wreck photos, they'll be sadly disappointed. So I added "Note: No relevant photos at this site." The problem is this is calling the memorial irrelevant. So I'm insensitive. I invite anyone to make it better (but don't delete these two cites I dug up).

Rather than have to add "no relevant photos", I'd just say move the link to an "External links" section, along with the previous (Graham) one -- they belong there rather than in References -- and use something like "The Cross at the Loop by Kevin Stevens at TrainWeb" as the link text. It does not have to be the full official name of the page; we often use summarized link texts in the "External links" sections, like "Official site" or "[name of movie] at IMDB" or similar. --MCB 23:55, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

removing the "Kate" Edit counter

Hi A while ago i followed the instructions on inserting the necessary code to put the "Kate" edit counter link amongst the links on the top right corner of my Wikipedia screen (with the "my preferences", "my watch list" "Log out" links etc). Kate seems to be defunct these days and I can't now find the instructions I used to include it. Any idea how I would go about removing it? Thanks in anticipation ElectricRay 07:55, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, simply blank the contents of your monobook.js file. Cheers, Tangot a ngo 07:59, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Also, there is an replacement edit counter at: http://tools.wikimedia.de/~tangotango/editcount.php?username=MCB&submit=Count, if you want to just replace the link. --MCB 00:01, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Account creation

if im a wiki admin how do i give out accounts?

People can create their own accounts, they don't have to be given out. (Any user can create an account for any person, but there isn't much point as the person can normally just create one themselves.) You can edit Wikipedia without an account, but there are many advantages to creating an account; accounts are free and require no information beyond a username of your choice and a password (you can also give an email address if you want). The signup page is here; you can also click on 'Create a username or log in' in the top-right corner of the screen. --ais523 09:13, 18 October 2006 (U T C)

I know something historic but am afraid it will be deleted

Dear Wikipedia:

Please excuse my rambling. The questions and situation are complex, but the article additions I would like to make will be concise and informative. I would appreciate advise on how to deal with the follwing situation:

I am the unauthorized biographer of a late great World Famous Man who shall remain nameless, with whom I spent fifteen years in common law bigamy after he had gotten a common law divorce by virtue of having not lived with his wife for eleven years at the time of our first involvement. There was nothing scandalous about our involvement, except for a large age difference,since no one was deceived and everyone knew about the relationship.

There is a rather long Wikipedia article about him with which I have no factual quarrel except that it is extremely dry and apart from one almost correct quote it does not in any way capture the real spirit of what this guy was about or why he was famous, which had more to do with his wit and philanthropy than it did with his professional eminence. I cannot put an entire biography into Wikipedia, but I would like to jazz up the article with a couple of anectdotes from his actual life. I have no idea who wrote this article, I don't know how to find out and I am only newly computer literate myself.

I am an UNauthorized biographer because when he fell ill his legal family stole him from my while he was partly non compus mentus and unable to respond properly and furthermore would not even give me access to his comatose body to say goodbye. I am not nearly so bitter as to mention this sort of personal crap in a Wiki article. In fact I am not even going to mention our relationship or my existence in the Wiki article at all, since it is more or less irrelevent to the wit and philanthropy mentioned above---although I can't really leave a fifteen year mostly cohabitation out of the actual biography (as opposed to a Wiki article). I don't plan to put the bitter crap into the biography either, although I do kick myself for not insisting he get a divorce and also have become a serious advocate of gay marriage over the whole thing. In any case, his legal family did explicitly state that they did not want me writing anything at all about him and have done everything they could to interfere with my research including telling people in remote parts of the country that I deluded the entire relationship.

The theory that I deluded the whole fifteen years is highly unlikely since he left a one page will in our County Courthouse and this document has four names on it. Three of the people so named are related to the deceased by blood or marriage and the other is myself. Therefore, it is reasonable to conclude that not only am I not delusional, but I am one of four experts in the entire world on the life of this man. Furthermore, two of the experts are approaching ninety and in failing health and the other has, as I suspect, very dry writing skills and no desire to immortalize his amazing Father properly---so I am not sure who they think is going to write this book if not I?

I don't know anything at all about adding to a Wiki article or if I could do so anonymously. I would like some advice as to how to handle such a situation in Wiki, since I think writing two or three short paragraphs here might help me in later battlefields of this sort. How may I find out who wrote the article? May I add to it anonymously? How do I add to an article in the first place? If I have to put my name on it, what should I do if my content is challenged for the simple reason that it has my name on it and his family does not wish to have my name associated with his? Although the email address below identifies me, I'll create an account that doesn't when I identify him. Can you give me some instruction or forward this to someone who can?

As the British say: "There's nothing worse than a Mistress at a funeral!"

Warmest Regards:

Everything in a Wikipedia article must be Wikipedia:Verifiability. It's a simple rule, and means that personal knowledge cannot be included in an article unless it is backed up by a reliable source. (This would mean, for example, that if Bill Gates came and added a vital fact to the Microsoft article, it could not stay unless it was published somewhere else first). An unpublished book cannot be a source. Once a book is published it can be referred to, though if there is controversy it is important to maintain a neutral point of view by not favouring one side of the controversy over another. It would be best to avoid writing this yourself, but wait until such a book becomes part of the popular knowledge of uninvolved editors. I hope this helps. Notinasnaid 10:33, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, I've removed your e-mail address to protect you from spam. You can find the authors of an article (or at least, the Wikipedia account names, which are usually not identifiable as a specific human) by clicking the history link. The fact that the contributors are usually anonymous is one reason that Wikipedia considers sources and verifiability so important. Notinasnaid 10:35, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Help

how can I delete something that I have made here?

If you made it by mistake and nobody else has edited it, you can place {{db-author}} on the page. If someone else has edited it in a major way, it's probably best to go via the Proposed deletion or Articles for deletion processes. --ais523 12:05, 18 October 2006 (U T C)

How can i get Wikipedia definitions by my 'dictionary program'

Sir,

I would like to develope a program that give wikipedia web-definitions and answers when i give a particular word or phrace.

ie can i get any search API provided by wikipedia and how ?

Waiting for reply,

Thanks & regards, raoof.

Wikipedia can be searched through Special:Search (try a search term and check the URL of the results page if you want to link automatically), or via external search engines. There are various APIs provided to link to things on Wikipedia, but the search feature isn't very advanced. Wikimedia Meta-Wiki contains various technical information about this sort of thing; it may be useful to search that wiki to see if there is a solution to your problem there. --ais523 12:08, 18 October 2006 (U T C)

Can I search these Help Qs & As?

Is there a way to search what has been asked and answered already? Is there as search database of these help questions?

The Help Desk archives are available at Category:Help desk archives; I was trying to come up with a way to search them via Google, but couldn't think of anything. The FAQs contain the more commonly asked questions; the Very FAQ contains the most commonly asked questions, so you may also want to check there. --ais523 12:11, 18 October 2006 (U T C)

Issue with an article

Dear Wikipedia staff,

I love your website! Its easily one of the best information-based site on the internet today. I come here for the majority of my inquiries regarding a wide range of interests. Wikipedia has never let me down.

This being said...

I have an issue with an External Link being provided under the article titled "New Thought". One of the first External Links provided by this article is entitled "What is New Thought?". When you open this weblink you are immediately taken to a Christian-based website that is denouncing "cults".

I find this highly unusual. Yes, the New Thought movement is based on some of the Christian tenants and yes, the bible is used as a reference. However, why would a cult-bashing website be the one suggested to explain about the "New Thought" movement and line of thinking? To me, at least, allowing this weblink to exist removes the impartiality of Wikipedia regarding this issue and makes it a hotbed for religious and philosophical tension.

Is there a way to petition to have this website removed as the External Link for this article? I find that the website is mis-leading and could potentially turn away people who are making a genuine effort to better themselves spiritually and mentally.

That's about it. I dont have anything else to complain about and I'm loath to actually complain about this. However, some things just need to be said, right?

Thanks for all of the information and dedication provided by the site and staff. I really do appreciate Wikipedia for the excellent resource it has become in my life.

Thanks!

Shaun Young

Thank you for raising this. It does seem that the article doesn't follow the Wikipedia outlines for external links. Where there is a controversy, Wikipedia should indicate which side the links are on. You are right too, that it is dreadfully one sided, but it will take an expert in the field to find more negative links to provide a suitable balance. Notinasnaid 12:51, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Shaun, I think your best course of action is to raise this issue on the talk page for New Thought. Click on the + sign at the top of the page to add a new topic, then give your topic a name and explain your concerns. Don't forget to sign your post as explained on the edit page (below the edit box, under the heading "Your changes will be visible immediately"). Personally, I think the simplest solution would be to label that link something like this: "Criticism of New Thought from a traditional Christian perspective." Good luck. --Tkynerd 12:57, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikilinks for nationality?

(Copied from WP:VPA, where I haven't gotten any responses yet.) I've been fixing dab links for Swedish and Norwegian. After some initial hesitation, I have settled on using piped links to Sweden and Norway respectively when the adjectives refer to nationality; this is because Swedish people and Norwegian people explicitly treat ethnic Swedes and Norwegians -- someone who is from Sweden or Norway, or who lives there, may or may not be ethnically Swedish or Norwegian (example). I've been challenged on this in at least one case, and now I'm wondering whether there are any WP guidelines on this. (Just looked in the MoS and didn't find anything.) Other serious thoughts on the issue would also be welcome. Thanks. --Tkynerd 13:34, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I dont remember having come across any such guideline myself, but then wikipedia is vast. Perhaps you would like to propose a guideline at WP:VPR and gauge response. -- Lost^(talk) 19:35, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Articles At Home

(This question moved from the Miscellaneous FAQ. I will notify the user who posted it there. --Tkynerd 13:55, 18 October 2006 (UTC))[reply]

When I print any Wikipedia page out it comes out different to how it is on screen. Would I be able to, say, order the pages direct from Wikimedia as they are on screen?

Wikipedia pages come out slightly differently on different people's computers, especially if they're using different skins. You can use the 'printable version' link in the toolbox at the left of the page to get a version suitable for printing; if you really need the page exactly as shown (with the toolboxes, tabs, and userspace links) you can take screenshots (PrtSc in Windows copies a screenshot to the Clipboard) and print those. --ais523 14:00, 18 October 2006 (U T C)

infobox editing

Where would I go to suggest making a change to infobox_newspaper? Thanks for your help. Dasondas 15:59, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

See Template talk:Infobox Newspaper. Dismas|^(talk) 16:01, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

viewing

how do you actually see the videos? I see this stuff on "good morning america" and thought it would be interesting to view the site but, I must be stupid. I can't seem to understand how to actually see the videos. Karen17:37, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Which videos do you mean, Karen? Notinasnaid 19:14, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If you mean videos on Wikipedia, please see Wikipedia:Media#Video -- Lost^(talk) 19:15, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Clearing out.

How can i clear out my user account? If I cannot could I please have help. I am the owner of Qho, Missingno and Jak Inn Thee Been Stock. I have made few good edits and I wish to clear my accounts and leave every one alone for the betterment of Wikipedia.Don't infinitely block the accounts just clear them off the board. Thank you for your help and support, Jak.

Sorry, Jak, if you've made contribution's they're now licensed under the GFDL, which means we have to keep track of who made what contributions. Is there any reason you can't just walk away and let your accounts stay dormant? Confusing Manifestation 18:37, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

{{Hey the user Jak is clear of vandalism, I saw to that. But my other two are shameful. What is the GFDL? And why then were a few names of mine before deleted? And why leave them dormant when If the GFDL wanted to find what they were looking for they could just search and find them. I found a lot of deleted pages that say they don't exsist when you search for them. Why can it not be any different? Sorry but i would like for them to at least be erased. The hist. dosent have to be cleared just the name, talk page and main page.-Jak}}

GFDL. You can have your talk page and user page deleted, and then change your username to something else. --Wooty Woot? | contribs 19:21, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Use {{db-author}} to delete your userpage or talk page. — Dark Shikari ^talk/_contribs 21:39, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Just for reference, that should have been {{db-user}}; {{db-author}} doesn't apply when someone else has made major edits to a page (probably including Talk page messages). --ais523 07:32, 19 October 2006 (U T C)

MISSING ENTRY

we are a Canadian Publishing & Distributing Company established since 1976 our website is www.ippbooks.com

but we are surprised that we are not listed with you and therefore would appreciate if you enter our info. Mr Bali www.ippbooks.com Phone (removed) Email: removed for your protection.

Dear Mr. Bali, we are not a trade directory, but an encyclopedia, edited entirely by volunteers. Sorry to disappoint you. Notinasnaid 19:32, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your Rules

Hi, I would like to amend the Sudoku entry to add my new type of puzzle; "Peter's Sudoku".

Would I be breaking any rules by add URLs of my sites which show examples of these puzzles? If you want to inspect them, they are

http://uk.geocities.com/petersudoku/ and http://www.computer-man.demon.co.uk/

Thanks for your time.

(PJSudoku 19:39, 18 October 2006 (UTC))[reply]

Adding links to your own websites on wikipedia to increase web traffic to them is considered WP:SPAM. Please dont do it unless the link adds value to the wikipedia article -- Lost^(talk) 19:50, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Adding what you refer to as "Peter's Sudoku" will likely be removed. It is not original. There are already many sudokus that require you to have 1-9 in those squares, in the diagonals, or around the outside corners and center squares. --Kainaw ^(talk) 20:32, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

copyrighted

can someone please tell me why the sandbox wiki told me this was copyrighted?

"*plays in the sand* oh boy! *gets it in her eye* *cry* im bored i wonder if thi will work i bet it wont is hell even a bad word why are hippos grey? they arent? damn them!"

The sandbox is designed for new users to try out editing Wikipedia documents. Whenever you go there, you may find whatever is left over from the previous person who tried it, though editors try to clean it out periodically. It often has total nonsense of one sort or another. Nothing there should be taken seriously. Fan-1967 20:37, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Change of Photograph for the Gerald Mohr page

Hi! I would like to submit a better photograph of Gerald Mohr than is currently displayed on his website. The photograph is my property and was a publicity photo from circa 1954. I have another photo, which I prefer, which is circa 1967, but I do not have specific ownership of it, though it was obtained from the web. In my opinion, the photo currently displayed on his website more resembles the actor Pernell Roberts than Mr Mohr, so I would like to submit either one of these close-up black and white photos in its place. Grateful for your advice in doing so. Incidentally, it is my Appreciation website which is linked to his page.

Linda C Wood

Did you take the photograph? Notinasnaid 20:19, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Should I remove articles from list after copyediting?

Being new, I figured one way to be helpful would be to copyedit pages on Wikipedia:Translation_into_English#Recently_completed_translations since english is my native language. However, I have been removing links to the articles that need checking as I edit them. It looks like some of them have been checked already but left on the page. Which is correct? I hope I haven't stepped on any toes.Grrrlgeek 21:07, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That's very helpful of you. :) Unfortunately, I don't know the answer to that one; if you don't get any help here, you might also consider Wikipedia talk:Translation into English. Hope you find an answer somewhere. Happy editing! Luna Santin 00:32, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I'll try there. -- Grrrlgeek 19:30, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Something's Wrong

I can't see any of the pictures. Is it just me? They show up as a link to the .JPG file instead of showing the pictures. I'm using Firefox if it has anything to do with it... - Wolfie001 21:18, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, I dunno what that little hiccup was but the images are showing up fine now, thanks. - Wolfie001 21:21, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

HELP

I am citing this site for a school project, and I need an authors name to put in the citations. Please help! due soon.

-Brandon

If you're citing an article from Wikipedia, simply go to that article, click "Cite this article" in the toolbox at the left, and follow the instructions from there. G.H e 21:27, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I recommend asking your teacher if this site is acceptable. Many teachers will not accept Wikipedia as a source. Notinasnaid 22:54, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

GENERAL

MY NAME IS ERAY BÜYÜKDORA.I WANT TO BUY SOME PINK FLOYD CONCERT DVD. IS IT POSSIBLE FOR YOU? OR WHICH WAY CAN I BUY THEM?

I AM ASKING YOU.BECAUSE SOME CONCERTS DVD IN YOUR WEB SITE ARE NOT POSSIBLE IN MY COUNTRY (TURKEY).

THANKS.

Sorry, but the Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia, not a record store. -- Consumed Crustacean (talk) 21:49, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Upload.wikimedia.org not working...

I can't view any images anymore. Seems like the server is down or something, any info on that?

Internal Link to article query

How many times should the same article be linked within another article?

I have in mind an article that is already linked from text, and a template on the article, that another editor feels should also be linked from "see also". --Zeraeph 23:02, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think the usual advice is not more than once per section. What I think we're trying to avoid is having articles that link the same thing overandoverandoverandover, so to speak. It's kind of a balancing act between being useful to the reader (who may need the links) and not irritating the reader (by having too many links in the article). --Tkynerd 23:17, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki links

I would like to have a link to a page from the same page. For example, I would like to have a link on this page "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sandbox", to this page.

I have tried:

[[Wikipedia:Sandbox|Sandbox]]

without any luck, even though this link works on any of the other "sandbox" pages.

I would also like to link to this page "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial_%28Wikipedia_links%29/sandbox", from the same page.

I have tried:

[[Wikipedia:Tutorial_%28Wikipedia_links%29/sandbox|Tutorial Sandbox 3]]

without any luck.

130.76.64.14 23:20, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This isn't elegant (it's an external link), but it does work:

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sandbox Sandbox] produces:

Sandbox

Does that help you? It's the space that does the trick. --Tkynerd 23:40, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, but I was really looking for the elegant version. 130.76.64.14 00:10, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

By using a redirect as in: Wikipedia:Help desk. --hydnjo talk 02:20, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps this? (note that a wikilink to the current page is not displayed as a clickable link). -- Rick Block (talk) 03:16, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think Wikipedia is right to remove links to the same article as a whole (it just annoys the reader), but you can link to named sections, which seems to me much underused. Notinasnaid 07:30, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hydnjo's got it. But how did you know WP:HD was the "code word" for this page? I can't find anything in the Wiki editing instructions defining what "page names" are or how to decode the http address into a Wiki page name. 130.76.64.15 16:42, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

See Wikipedia:Shortcut. On pages for which a shortcut exists it is mentioned using {{shortcut}}, see on top of this page for example (to the right of Where to ask other kinds of questions). How you decode an external link to a wiki-link: take only the last part (after http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/). NielsF 17:11, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Or, make your own shortcut, like I just made for WP:Help desk. That particular "call" had not yet been claimed so I just did. So long as you don't do something stupid (WiKiPeDiA:hElP dEsK for example) then I don't think that anyone would object to a reasonable "redirect" even if it is a bit redundant. --hydnjo talk 23:23, 19 October 2006 (UTC) addendum: Also, skim through WP:WP for some of the usual shortcuts. --hydnjo talk 23:29, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

October 19

A user's IP adress

Is there any way to find out an actual user's IP adress, not just anon's?

†he Bread 02:45, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Under Wikipedia's privacy policy, such information is generally kept private unless they choose to reveal it of their own accord, or in cases of abuse, in which case you could file a request for checkuser (but even then, the IP generally isn't released). Hope that helps. Luna Santin 02:49, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Damn, thanks, it helped

†he Bread 02:59, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

divisions of a company

a public company may has to establish different divisions in dispersed areas or countries for different functions,such as: subsidary comangy, branch office, bureau, agancy.

My question: what's hierarchy among these divisions? Can you give me a list of them?

Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that's what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. I hope this helps. -- Lost^(talk) 03:11, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Changes between edits

Can someone have a look at this edit, and tell me exactly what was changed?

Because it seems to me absolutely nothing has changed between the versions.

I thought it wasn't possible for an edit that did absolutely nothing to be recorded. Just slightly confused here. --`/aksha 03:08, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Usually that means somebody added a space. In this case, between "Thunder Fist (Thor Hammer):" and "Launches a powerful..." -- can be a bit tricky to find them, though. Can be useful to know, if you ever want to make a null edit. Luna Santin 03:11, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

ahh...thanks. This is the second time i've done this (the first time, it turned out that i didn't notice the addition of a single comma). --`/aksha 09:57, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Problems with Wikipedia

Is anyone else having problems with images loading? Also, the bottom half of this page is not showing up, except for when you edit it. --Liface 03:20, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The image server is having some problems. The jimmy urine page the problem was the references tags were formatted incorrectly, I have fixed that.GeorgeMoney (talk) 03:24, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

FWIW, if, as I, you're not enamored of IRC, where server problems/outages are often reported with celerity, and wonder whether a problem is local, this status page can prove useful; Alterante, for example, has noted there that image uploading, as one might expect, is also spotty at the moment. Joe 03:53, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mont'Kiara International School

I need to rename our site and add information. Please advise.

Current entry: Mont'Kiara Int'l

Thank you.

D.Schopper

Well, it's not your site, but if you mean you want to change the name of the article on your school, go to the article and click on the "move" tab at the top of the screen. It will then prompt you for the new title you want it moved to. As for adding information, just click on the "edit this page" tab. Fan-1967 03:50, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your Rules (2)

When I tried to add to the response to my previous question “Your rules” I was given the text of the NEXT question to edit.

I would have liked to add the following:-

Please would you be so kind as to let me know where you have seen 28 area Sudoku puzzles using the exact same cells as me? As you can imagine, I did a considerable amount of research to establish that my design was original. Hopefully you are one of the few who purchased, or where given, the eBook where I introduced "Peter's Sudoku" using a different pen name.

PJSudoku 10:27, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The edit links are beside the headers of the question they edit, not the question you've just read when you come across the link. I've seen Sudokus in all shapes and sizes, but I don't see why any of them require special mention in the article. - Mgm|^(talk) 11:30, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The closest thing we have to rules here are given in Wikipedia:External links. Bear in mind that Wikipedia is not designed to contain a comprehensive collection of links. Notinasnaid 13:34, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

External links - links to websites with song lyrics

Is this allowed? I was thinking no because lyrics are copyrighted. Example: link

Yeah, linking to copyrighted material is bad. See point 11 under Wikipedia:External links#Links normally to be avoided. --Cherry blossom tree 11:12, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

So it's acceptable to remove these websites? --Stacey 11:13, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, absolutely. --Cherry blossom tree 11:15, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Okay! Thanks for answering my question :) --Stacey 11:16, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How can i integrate wikimedia site from my own site

Hello,

How can i redirect wikimedia sire from my own site? We are using to design our own site to display the search results into my own site.Any one know these information please give me reply.

Please provide more details - what is your website, what are you planning to redirect, and so forth. After reading your question four times I still can't make sense of it. — QuantumEleven 12:28, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps he wants to know how to get a wikipedia search box on his page? Please clarify. — X [Mac Davis] (SUPERDESK|Help me improve)06:03, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Signature Help

I've created a brand-new signature. I know how to add it to my profile. But it doesn't seem to work.

It should look like this:

^{•UserPage•Talk•Contributions•Biography•}

Any help? Scalene 11:29, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You need to enable "raw signature" in your preferences, and paste

[[Image:Triangle.Scalene.svg|50px]]<sup><small>•[[User:Scalene|UserPage]]•[[User Talk:Scalene|Talk]]•[[Special:Contributions/Scalene|Contributions]]•[[User:Scalene/Userboxes|Biography]]•</small></sup>

into the "signature" box. Although I'm not 100% sure you can use images in your signature. If it doesn't work, try to start with a simple signature and add one element at a time to find out the point where it 'breaks'. A good place to try our your signatures is on your user page or on the Sandbox. — QuantumEleven 12:24, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's perfect! Thanks, mate!

^{•UserPage•Talk•Contributions•Biography•} 12:45, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's perfect! Thanks, mate!

^{•UserPage•Talk•Contributions•Biography•} 12:45, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

As a note, you are not allowed to use images in your signature; see WP:SIG#Images —Keakealani 20:40, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Nice sig though, by the by. — X [Mac Davis] (SUPERDESK|Help me improve)06:02, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Random info on a location

Having read the article Barton-le-Clay i am wondering if a list of shops, churhces, bus-stops and takeaways is really the right sort of info to be listed on Wikipedia. I dont want to just delete it without a view. What do others think?

No reason why not. I was thinking of delete, but, really, this is wikipedia. Someone may well write a history of the area. (Check out Talk:Doorstops for an example of entries that are saved. Scalene 12:00, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Would it be better to simply delete the section relating to the shops etc? GazMan7 13:16, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Is a list of schools or churches somehow more worthy than a list of shops/bus routes/takeaways? Who decides what is encyclopedic? Is practical information not worthy of inclusion? (This is meant to stimulate debate, not mock, so please try and answer). Notinasnaid 13:45, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This type of listing is certainly not what WP can accept. I've been contributing to WP since January 2003 and have seen many thousands of articles and I have never seen anything as strange as this entry. We can't accept this sort of listing for 2 reasons - we are not a Trade Directory and such information can change too rapidly. Will it always be kept up to date when, perhaps, the contributor moves away from WP? So the format should be radically changed even if deletions are needed. I think the contributors only had to look at a dozen or so other town entries then they would have realised that their format was not the norm. - Adrian Pingstone 08:24, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

To make sure I was on firm ground, when I said the Barton entry was unusual, I took a few towns at random from an atlas of the UK and looked up their WP entries to have a look at the style. I only rejected a town if its population was above 10,000 (population follows the name). So have a look at Settle 2420, Cullompton 8000, Carnforth 5500, Kirkby 2500, Ellesmere, Shropshire, Stamford Bridge 3394 and Malton 4000. Not one looks remotely like the Barton entry. So the house-style is clear – no super detailed listings of every shop. It’s a shame someone put so much work into these lists but they only had to view a few entries to see the style. I might set about amending the article but I’d feel rotten while doing it!! - Adrian Pingstone 09:12, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Articles

How do you make a article of your own? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Greg Digati (talk • contribs) 14:34, October 19, 2006 (UTC).

Check out the Very Frequently Asked Questions. Have fun writing, and if you have any more questions, feel free to ask again! — QuantumEleven 12:39, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

i am thinking about renting a channel on cable and wants to find out what co's are there to buy or buy air time to broadcast to the public.

Thanks,

Emad Fino

Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that's what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. I hope this helps. --ais523 13:03, 19 October 2006 (U T C)

nested formatting

Hi, I want to get a <pre> block inside a numbered list, to get something like that:

one
two

some preformatted
and multiline
text

three

but without having the numbering interrupted (and, hopefully, indented nicely). I tried several approaches, some of them work only in certain browsers, and others work only in certain (old) versions of MediaWiki. Any help of how this should be done properly is greatly appreciated.

I can show you what I tried to use and where it worked in detail, if you ask me to.

I don't think that's possible to do portably; if you find a way of doing it, it would be interesting to know. --ais523 13:22, 19 October 2006 (U T C)

OK, this bit worked in MediaWiki 1.6.3, but stopped working in newer ones, and I don't know why. Also, it seems to work in all browsers, and the generated HTML code is correct:

one
two
```
some
```

preformatted and multiline text

three

195.8.68.130 13:28, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

And there is yet another bit, which works for almost any version of MediaWiki, but only in Firefox and Konqueror (and IE), but doesn't work in Opera (because the generated HTML code is not valid):

one
two
```
some
```
preformatted

and multiline

text
three

195.8.68.130 13:33, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

UPDATE: OK, it used to work in MediaWikis up to 1.8.2, but apparently doesn't work in the latest one used by wikipedia :-) --195.8.68.130 13:39, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

From what I've seen on the wikitech-l mailing list, there's an extension that tries to correct mismatched HTML tags, etc., produced from the wikimarkup, which can have some strange interactions with mismatched tags. What do you think about this?

one

two

some&#13;preformatted&#13;and multiline&#13;text

three

(I wouldn't recommend using it in an article.) You could also try

one
two
```
some
preformatted
and multiline
text
```
three

which ignores wikimarkup altogether and just uses HTML. It screws up slightly on IE but no worse than pre tags normally do, but it doesn't number it exactly the way you want. --ais523 13:40, 19 October 2006 (U T C)

I think this might actually work:

one
two
```
some
preformatted
and multiline
text
```
three

It just writes the desired HTML output straight into the page, using only MediaWiki-permitted tags, and doesn't try to do anything clever, so it should work on all browsers. --ais523 13:43, 19 October 2006 (U T C)

OK, the  trick seems to do the job quite well. It's enough to just make one line with <pre> and use  instead of enters. The plain HTML is also cool, I didn't know you could do that. Thanks very much for your help, this solves my problem --195.8.68.130 13:50, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Commercial Advertising

On the page RSPCA Australia a link was created to a commercial website. This has a tenuous link to the RSPCA as it seems to be some sort of gift shop. My first instinct is to remove the link. Does this follow WP guidelines? What about the person who added the link? Ozdaren 14:57, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Generally speaking, leave links in if either they are notable in connection with the article's subject (e.g. http://www.wikipedia.org in Wikipedia, as it's the homepage) or if the information at the other end is the sort of information the article gives (possibly in more detail). It's probably best to remove the link, and only give the user a warning if they try to re-add it. --ais523 15:19, 19 October 2006 (U T C)

Thanks. Ozdaren 15:37, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A full list of guidelines can be found at Wikipedia:External links. --MCB 05:38, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The right to upload a photo

Ok, I saw a photograph that I would like to upload for use on one of Wikipedia's pages. It was on a site dedicated to tram systems, and the photo in question was of a tram that runs in public in Zürich, Switzerland. I wrote to the webmaster, and he wrote back that the photo is his, he is happy for me to use it, and is even willing to send me a higher resolution version of the same picture.

Can I use it, and how should it be classified (fair use, for example)? If his say-so is insufficient to be considered lisence to use it, what further steps do I need to take?

I have already searched Wikipedia for a soln to this problem, but can't find one. Please help me.

By the way, would you recommend me accepting a higher resolution photo from the owner? Although photos on Wikipedia pages are not normally very large, they are often clickable, and link to a higher res image. What would be the recommended way to go here?

Pheasantplucker 16:17, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

BTW: Do I need to submit the email in which the guy gave his permission to use the photo. Bear in mind it's in german (which I can read and understand, but others here may not be able to).

Did the copyright holder specifically release it under a suitable license, for use in all contexts including commercial use? Notinasnaid 16:24, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Errm, I don't know what constitutes a 'suitable licence' Notinasnaid. The guy who owns the photo told me, I quote,"Die Rechte an den Fotos aus Zürich gehören mir. Wenn ich als Autor der Bilder genannt werde, stelle ich Ihnen gerne Bilder fuer Wikipedia zur Verfügung. Falls Sie die Bilder in einer besseren Auföesung benoetigen, kann ich Sie Ihnen auch mit maximal 1840*1232 Pixeln zur Verfuegung stellen."

Which translates to, "The rights of the photos from Zürich belong to me. If I am credited as the 'author' of the photo, then I would be happy to make them available for Wikipedia. If you want a higher resolution photo, I can supply one up to a maximum of 1840*1232 pixels."

Does that satisfy Wikipedia's requirements or not? Where would I credit him (directly under the photograph?) And would it be as 'fair use' or something else? What about the higher resolution offer - need I take it? (current image is 500*506 pixels) Pheasantplucker 19:02, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Doesn't qualify yet. Images need to be released with a free license to anyone, allowing use in Wikipedia alone is not free enough. However, if he allows anyone to use the image as long as he is credited, you could upload it. Ask them to release it under a Creative Commons license. - Mgm|^(talk) 12:53, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How should he go about doing that? Please explain the steps he has to take to release such a licence. I have a nasty suspicion I'm not going to get him to do it, simply because it's too much bother on his part - not that he's against Wikipedia actually using it (so long as he's credited). It all seems so protracted - I wonder if it would be simpler getting hold of a camera and going to Zürich myself for the day and take the picture myself. Anyway, as said, I would be interested to know the path to obtaining a licence. -Pheasantplucker 21:32, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Help Required.

Hi,

We want to implement the search process(free encyclopedia) in our website similar to the wikimedia search process.For example if the user comes to my website and search for a word like golf then i have to display the total information about that word as that the wikipedia website is implementing .We already tried to dump the wekimedia data base but we dont want to go with this approach .Instead of this approach is there any other approach like using any api or any software to redirect the information from wikipedia to my own website Can any body let me know the procedure for acheving this task.

I think the database dump is the way to go. That's how it is frequently done - there are many Wikipedia mirror sites. Notinasnaid 18:12, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, please use the database dumps. Live mirroring (the use of information directly from the Wikimedia servers) is prohibited, and your servers will likely be denied access if you take this approach. Cheers, Tangot a ngo 18:15, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

See Wikipedia:Database download for more info and corres[ponding downloads, and remember to follow the rules of the GFDL license. Harryboyles 08:32, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How do I fit a picture into my Userbox?

I'm having trouble fitting a picture into my Userbox. You see, when I put a picture in there it's WAY to big! So how do I reduce the size of my Userbox picture? Please write back on my talk page.A7X 900 18:07, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It depends on the userbox but try this subing "sample.gif" for image title name.--Lord of Illusions 18:15, 19 October 2006 (UTC) [[Image:Sample.gif|60px|Pane]][reply]

Sorry but that did not work either. It just show's the word's I typed. Do I have to type something else to reduce the size of the picture?A7X 900 18:31, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well if you're agreeable could you point me to the picture and userbox.--Lord of Illusions 21:06, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Lord of Illusions thank you so much for your time but I finally got it to work! The picture is now the right size! Once agian I'd like to thank you for your time!A7X 900 15:35, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

editing this page

Do you have records of everyone that does an edit on this page? if so can I get a copy? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.51.128.179 (talk • contribs)

Every page. Click the History tab at the top of this page. Notinasnaid 18:47, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My last request

Please fix the redirect on The 89 guy's home page. I tried but could not get it working. Thank you for deleting my old user pages.Please get rid of my old talk pages with them. Good luck and good bye!-Jak #REDIRECT This is what i write but I don't get a redirect.#REDIRECT IS WHAT I PUT IN. Hope you can figure this puzzle out. I hope thingS come along.

Problems logging in using my PC

I hope someone can help me in this. Lately, I am experiencing problems logging into Wikipedia from my PC. I am using a web browser called Crazy Browser and my PC is a Pentium II. For the past 10 months, I have not faced any problems. Allow me to explain these problems in detail. Firstly, when I click the Main Page of this project, the images of this page appear incorrectly. There seem to be a overlapping of these images. Secondly, when I try to log in, the special page, Sign-in gives me a blank page and only shows me the navigation toolbar at the left-hand corner. This problem has been going on for the past two days. I have checked my PC for viruses and spyware and so far, my PC remains clean. When I try logging into this project by using a different PC from a different location, the problem ceases. Has anyone experienced similiar problems as well? I hope that someone can help me soon! Thank you for your time. --S iva1979^{Talk to me} 20:58, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Have you tried Firefox? It works better than anything I have ever used.--Lord of Illusions 21:17, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

IE7 (released today) has most of the functions of Crazy, so do you need to use it anymore? Sam Hayes 23:03, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I doubt his Pentium II runs on Windows XP (which is required for IE7). Besides, if he's using Crazy Browser, he's probably got a reason to avoid Microsoft products and I won't blame him for that. - Mgm|^(talk) 12:49, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

userboxes

how do you put user boxes on your userpage?Tennislover 21:46, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

See Wikipedia:Userboxes. Thanks. --Alex (Talk) 21:49, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, you can just edit your user page like any other, and click Edit on any page (without saving) to see how it is done. But don't be misled by some of the user pages you see: you don't have to spend any time doing that if you don't want to. I think some people spend more time prettying up their user page than actually editing! Notinasnaid 21:50, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

drugs and their uses

where can I find drugs and their uses? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.124.72.214 (talk • contribs)

Use the search function, search for the drug you are looking for, it should have an article that tells you what you need to know. Hope this helps. Sam Hayes 23:01, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

flags/tags

I haven't been able to find a general list of article tags anywhere. I wanted to add a tag for a section cleanup in an article. Is there one somewhere? Senatorpjt 22:16, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sure. Go to Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup and choose an appropriate tag. You can explore all templates at Wikipedia:Template messages.--Fuhghettaboutit 22:24, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

how can I request a non existant article name to be redirected to an existing article

Greetings to Everyone!

As the headline shows, my question is that:

what to do if I'm sure that an already existing article has a name(that is used in the literature and articles) what the search engine can't find, and so it is unknown for the system. How can I request for a name to be inserted to the serach system and to be redirected to the appropriate site? Or can I post such a request to somewhere or is this even possible anyhow?

Namely the cumulant generating function (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumulant_generating_function) has a name in the engeneering literature like "log-moment generating function" or "logarithmic moment generating function" etc. But as I wrote the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumulant_generating_function is redirected to the Cumulant article in the wikipedia, but the other two is unknown for the search engine.

Thanks in advance 81.0.83.15 22:47, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Create a page called 'log moment generating function' or whatever and put the following on it "#REDIRECT [[Cumulant generating function]]" See WP:R for more. Sam Hayes 22:56, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

thanks...

Whatever redirect title you choose, you'll be able to Go to it immediately but the Search indexing may take several weeks. Google may well index the Search (Google's WP specific search)] long before WP does. --hydnjo talk 00:28, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

October 20

Determining IP Address of User

I would like to know if there is a way of determining the IP address of a Wikipedia member, namely of Therlaender, who vandalized the article of the school I am at, and simultaneously insulted another member of Wikipedia, Pegship. What was written by the vandal directly indicates that he/she is a student at the school, and I would like to know whether I can track his/her IP so that appropriate punishment might possibly be dealt with (in the real world). Mipchunk 01:48, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No, you cannot find the IP of a user. Only a very limited number of admins (CheckUsers) may do so, and under very specific and limited circumstances. This kind of situation would not remotely qualify. Fan-1967 03:12, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

copyright

Who is the Editor and Sponsoring Institution

Of what? Wikipedia? See Wikipedia:Introduction. --Kainaw ^(talk) 03:21, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There is no single editor of Wikipedia. If you really have to see who contributed (or vandalized) to a page just click on the "history" at the top of the page. Wikipedia is also a nonprofit organization. See the introduction. If you are looking for a reference, see WP:CW. — X [Mac Davis] (SUPERDESK|Help me improve)06:01, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Gregorian Calendar vs. Julian Calendar

Does Wikipedia adjust older historical events for the presently used Gregorian calendar, or do you leave the Julian calendar date as the published date?

The evolution to the current calendar takes many twists and turns and some people still do not adhere to this standard yet.

I need your answer to stay accurate when quoting dates of events such as the Kepler Nova, etc.

-- Lee Paulsel

Please see Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dates and numbers)#Different calendars for a detailed explanation -- Lost^(talk) 05:37, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Editing

I really could not find anything about this, but what stops anyone from coming in and erasing everything if anyone can edit these pages. Also, how can any of this be credible if anyone can change it? Couldn't people give wrong information?

Well, most high-traffic pages are watched by hundreds if not thousands of people, so chances are any vandalism (which is what we call it when someone goes in and blanks pages or adds nonsense) will be reverted fairly quickly, sometimes within seconds and usually in less than an hour. It's possible for wrong information; as with any wiki, things should be taken with a grain of salt. However, there are thousands of people working to make this into a workable encyclopedia, and by policy information does need to be verifiable and all that, so it's actually a lot more reliable than most people think. If you feel the need, sources are usually given at the bottom of the article, which you can reference if you're unsure. Of course, if you see something wrong, go ahead and fix it! That's the beauty of a wiki. —Keakealani 06:50, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Regular edits can only blank pages. To actually delete them, you need to be an administrator. Most people won't put in the good edits and effort it requires to become an administrator to abuse those abilities. That's a bad idea anyway. If an administrator goes rampant, they can be stripped of their abilities and in absolute emergencies we can shut down to new edits to fix extremely severe vandalism. - Mgm|^(talk) 12:45, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Logging in

My work machine will not let me enable cookies, so I cannot log in to WP. Is there any way I might be able to get round this and log in? Thanks --Amists

As far as I know cookies are required to log in. Otherwise the computer would forget you're logged in between edits. - Mgm|^(talk) 12:42, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Block links from being added to Wikipedia

I've been fighting a slowly losing battle with an anonymous user who keeps adding linkspam to a number of porn star articles... to date he's added links to sites he controls for 208 different porn stars, and he's persistent about it too. I know Wikipedia has a list of URLs you can't add to a page. How do I go about getting a list of the linkspam sites added to that blacklist?? Tabercil 12:17, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

m:Talk:Spam blacklist is used for spam-blacklist requests; such requests will block across all Wikimedia websites (including Wikipedia). --ais523 12:29, 20 October 2006 (U T C)

"Wikify" tags

I occasionally get these on my contributions. Clearly, the article deviates in some way from the Form and Style rules. But there is no indication what the problem is. How do I find out what exactly triggered the tag?

Check the articles history to see who added the tag, then post a message on the user's page to ask.Ozzykhan 15:06, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Adding a new section in an article

I would like to know how to add a new section in an article. I would like to add a single season record to the article Atlanta Falcons. Thank you.

13:20, 20 October 2006 (UTC)~

You can use new headers, using two == signs around the new header. You managed fine here, and the same works in articles. Thanks. --Alex (Talk) 14:52, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Non world wide view template

What is the template that says an article does not represent a world wide view? Ozzykhan 15:04, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I found it: {{worldview}}...

Template:Globalize provides a list of geography- or religion-specific tags one may also place where an article is singularly centric... Joe 16:29, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Possible PD Image infringement

Hi! Could you take a look at this image Image:Castle hill.jpg. I'm pretty sure that I have seen the image before, on another website, and that it is copyrighted. It has been uploaded and used to replace the Image:Victoria Tower Castle Hill(RLH).jpg that I took and originally put there, though without any source info. I'm not bothered about my image being replaced by another, but having taken as many photo's as I have of the tower, and lived just below it for many years, there is something about it that is not right. I suspect that the sky has been possibly added in digitally to change the look of the original image. Richard Harvey 17:30, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I see that the user who uploaded it has uploaded a number of other images that appear to be either professional photographs or possibly digitally altered images, but did not state the origin of any of them, merely that they were under a Creative Commons license (cc-by-sa 1.0), followed by a confusing phrase, "according to which the image comes in the definition of PD". I will ask the user on his/her Talk page to clarify the origin and license of the images, and follow up with appropriate tags if necessary. If you could locate where you had seen the image previously outside of Wikipedia, that would be very helpful. Thanks, --MCB 17:47, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Notability guidelines for historical events

I've read over the Wikipedia notability guidelines and I don't see anything that specifically addresses notability guidelines for historical events. I'm wondering whether there is a policy and if not whether there should be one.

My main interest in this is the history of aviation. If we had articles for every single aircraft accident ever we'd be drowning in accident reports, but what connotes notability? I'd like to propose guidelines for including air accidents in Wikipedia but without general historical event guidelines it seems like proposing them is putting the cart before the horse.

We don't need to be the Aviation Safety Network, but some accidents are notable. --Charlene.fic 18:01, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If you can find third-party sources asserting that the event was notable, it is. I don't know if that's the official guideline on the matter, but I think you're generally safe if you can find a source. I would go ahead and write the article - from first glance it seems plausible. If it's going to be deleted, it would probably be under a full AfD since it's not a clear-cut case, so you can definitely see whether community consensus is okay with it. But I think what you're proposing is fine. —Keakealani 19:04, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The accidents I'm planning to put in are notable in that they've been referred to as notable by third parties (although most of the references are paper, not online) *and* in that they're notable for some other reason (they prompted changes to government rules, highlighted problems with aircraft design, etc.). I added |one accident yesterday that addressed flight and controller training in Asia.

I'm more concerned that somebody is going to decide one day that every accident in the NTSB, TSB of Canada, AAIB (UK), etc. databases has to go into Wikipedia. That's something like 20 accidents and incidents a *day* worldwide over the last 80 years. We have an article on the very notable hockey player Bill Barilko, for instance; we don't need a separate article on the routine accident (if that can be said) that took his life. It would be nice to have guidelines, especially in the case of accidents in developing nations or before 1950 where despite the accident being notable there isn't much online. Sometimes it seems like we have 20 KB on an accident that cost two lives in the US but nothing on an accident that cost 300 lives in India and prompted massive changes to Indian air traffic control procedures.

Thank you for replying, by the way! I appreciate it. --Charlene.fic 19:45, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Why was my page deleted?

I wrote a page on Cassandra Clay, who was killed by a drunk driver and I want to know why it was deleted!—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jarnagin (talk • contribs) .

You may want to take a look at Wikipedia's policies on biographic articles. Chances are, your article's topic was not considered notable enough to warrant an article. Getting killed by a drunk driver is not a notability in of itself; unless you can find third-party sources verifying the notability of the subject, it is unlikely to fly here. Sorry! Let me know if you need help understanding the policies...I know they're very confusing. —Keakealani 19:02, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, ok, I see. You guys didn't even bother to read her page, did you; You just deleted it. So what you're saying is because she wasn't world-wide famous, she doesn't deserve a Wikipedia page. However, I click on your name "Keakealani" and you have your own Wikipedia page. You're not notable and you've made no contribution to history; so arn't you in fact, breaking your own rules for the site??? Do as you say, not as you do, huh?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jarnagin (talk • contribs) .

Those are user pages, not encyclopedia articles. --ZimZalaBim (talk) 19:38, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please be polite: rudeness will not help you. You're confusing the difference between an individual editor's talk page and an article. And yes, if somebody's not notable (and there are strict and specific guidelines that state what "notable" means, and they apply to everyone), any Wikipedia article on the person will be deleted. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not Myspace. If information is not usable, why would it be here?

Also, has it occurred to you that your friend's family might not approve of having her personal information on a widely read website like Wikipedia? If my daughter were to die, I would be absolutely horrified to find such information anywhere on the Web. --Charlene.fic 19:35, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm just returning the rudness and why would you "assume" I'm not family? Has it occurred to you, since you like to "assume" that I might be her father? You don't know anything about me or her. Also, I can create a user page, for her and completely circumvent your rules. Cool, thanks for the tip.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jarnagin (talk • contribs) .

No one was rude to you here. And, no, you should not create a user page for a person who does not actually have an account at WP and is not an editor. It will likely also be deleted. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not free webspace for memorials. --ZimZalaBim (talk) 20:02, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

broken date template

Help! I had a perfectly good template at Template:Nth weekday of month but when I tried moving it to Template:Nth weekday in month it broke. All I wanted to do was change "of" to "in".

I tried moving it back, but it's still broken.

It affects a few pages relating to U.S. holiday's like Martin Luther King Day. --Uncle Ed 18:49, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Never mind, I think I fixed it myself. Sorry to bother you. --Uncle Ed 18:59, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

economics

average wages per year in cape verde in africa

You may find more information at the Reference Desk. This Help Desk is specifically for questions about editing and using Wikipedia. Also, as this is an encyclopedia, you might find your question answered in Cape Verde. Good luck! —Keakealani 19:00, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Squamous Epithelial Cells

Can you please tell me what it means when the number on the Diagnostic sheet is in the Out of Range section and it is: 10-20 H and under that it is WBC 6-10 H.

Thank you. Debbie Tropeano …

please help

i am a white western person of no religious denomination but i am having trouble with finding info. on creating a card for a valued neighbour and would like to know how to write "happy diwali" in hindi. i would be greatful for any help you can offer on this subject. thankyou.

Try out Wikipedia:Reference desk/Language for help. The help desk is for questions about using the wikipedia. —Mitaphane _talk 23:41, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Edited text

Is there a way to indicate what text has been added or edited, like a different color of style of font?20:30, 20 October 2006 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.68.13.36 (talk • contribs)

Yes. What you are looking for is the diff feature, which can be accessed through the history tab at the top of a page. Prodego ^talk 21:15, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Search For Users?

Hello, how does one search through wikipedia users? More specifically, I'm looking for a user who is fluent in both Russian and English. Thank you. --Demonesque 21:18, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There's a list of users who speak near-native Russian at Category:User ru-4 and native speakers of Russian at Category:User ru-N --Casper2k3 21:29, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Is there anyway to search through users, though? Or anything that would be remotely helpful in that respect?--Demonesque 21:33, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You could look through Special:Listerusers. Thanks. --Alex (Talk) 22:28, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You can restrict Wikipedia's search by namespace (search first for something that isn't found, like sdfsdfsdfsdfsdf), then on the search form you can search only user pages for whatever you'd like. You can get approximately the same result by adding 'site:en.wikipedi.org "wiki/user"' to a Google search, for example this Google search. -- Rick Block (talk) 01:02, 21 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

i forgot my name!

I forgot (for some odd reason) my log in info, as I am switching e-mail addresses, I've already deleted the initial wikipedia e-mail. Is it possible to retrieve my info and have it sent to my original e-mail address (that I signed-up w/)? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.1.215.8 (talk • contribs)

Do you remember your username? If you have your username, you can have a new password emailed to you from the login page. —Mitaphane _talk 23:48, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Edits?

Hi, I'd like very much to know how many edits I have, without counting them manually on the "my contributions" page. Also, do I view other users' edit count in the same manner? | AndonicO Talk 00:46, 21 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:TOOLS#Edit_counters. —Mitaphane _talk 00:52, 21 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted?

I have searched Wikipedia, there is no article about the Search engine "GoodTree" which helps to raise money for charities all over the world. So I created one, but only after 5 minutes, someone deleted it and I have not even have a chance to save it yet. I just wanna know why. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by HyperPacifist (talk • contribs) .

There's no article in the the logs by that name, but you can look for yourself at Special:Log, which should have the deleting admin's reasoning. It was more than likely because it violated the criteria for speedy deletion, probably G11 or A7. -- Consumed Crustacean (talk)

01:29, 21 October 2006 Lucky 6.9 (Talk | contribs) deleted "GoodTree" (Spam)

I don't see how my article is a spam. I paraphase the vision of GoodTree and how it works. Its less than 500 words, and most importantly, this organization does EXIST. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by HyperPacifist (talk • contribs) .

Please sign your posts with ~~~~. And yeah, I see it now. You have to establish notability for the topics of articles which you create. Just because something exists doesn't mean it's encyclopedic material. -- Consumed Crustacean (talk) 01:58, 21 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You guys even allow an article "Back To Babylon" whihc is just an album published by a band to stay in wiki, and you allow a google to be in wiki, I can't see why can't GoodTree, as an oragniazation which helps raise money for charities all over the world, and a free search engine, can't stay in wikipedia. HyperPacifist 02:09, 21 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You didn't read that page I linked to, did you? The Wikipedia is allergic to advertisements, whether or not they're for a noble cause. -- Consumed Crustacean (talk) 02:13, 21 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well I didn't do any advertising in my article. In the "Google" article, the editors put:

[The users of Google] were attracted to its simple, uncluttered, clean design — a competitive advantage to attract users who did not wish to enter searches on web pages filled with visual distractions.

Aren't this promoting google, advertising google? Besides, I have to restate that GoodTree is a free search engine which helps to raise money fore charities. Besides, keeping wikipedia out-of-date wihtout newest info is not a good thing. --HyperPacifist 02:19, 21 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Accursations of vandalizing that do not apply to me

My access to Wikipedia is through AOL. I have been accused of vandalizing articles, because some one else also using the AOL number, has been doing that. I am willing to ignore your warnings, if that is o.k. with you. Otherwise, what can I do to remedy this? Thanks.Mitakadai 01:52, 21 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

AOL users switch proxy IPs quickly. You were most likely warned because a vandal was using the IP before you. The only remedy is to switch to another ISP, otherwise you just have to be prepared for it due to the odd way AOL works. -- Consumed Crustacean (talk) 01:58, 21 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cannot insert picture

Hello, I am a registered user and I tried to upload a picture but all I had was, I was led to some kind of warning page and it said something about protected page and I could not see the picture where it was supposed to be. What's going on?

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 Well I didn't do any advertising in my article. In the "Google" article, the editors put:
 *[The users of Google] were attracted to its simple, uncluttered, clean design — a competitive advantage to attract users who did not wish to enter searches on web pages filled with visual distractions.
-Aren't this promoting google? Besides, I have to restate that GoodTree is a free search engine which helps to raise money fore charities. Besides, keeping wikipedia out-of-date wihtout newest info is not a good thing. --[[User:HyperPacifist|HyperPacifist]] 02:19, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
+Aren't this promoting google, advertising google? Besides, I have to restate that GoodTree is a free search engine which helps to raise money fore charities. Besides, keeping wikipedia out-of-date wihtout newest info is not a good thing. --[[User:HyperPacifist|HyperPacifist]] 02:19, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
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