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:Assuming what you say is true, and there is enough reliable information for decent sources talking about this (i.e. it's not speculation or crystal ball stuff), i'd say name the article after the agreement (without the proposed bit). But the article should make it clear what stage of the agreement it's at (i.e. it's a proposal). Since the thing you're writing about is the agreement itself (although currently in a proposal stage), not the proposal. --[[User talk:Yaksha|<font color="#330066"><b>`/aksha</b></font>]] 07:47, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
:Assuming what you say is true, and there is enough reliable information for decent sources talking about this (i.e. it's not speculation or crystal ball stuff), i'd say name the article after the agreement (without the proposed bit). But the article should make it clear what stage of the agreement it's at (i.e. it's a proposal). Since the thing you're writing about is the agreement itself (although currently in a proposal stage), not the proposal. --[[User talk:Yaksha|<font color="#330066"><b>`/aksha</b></font>]] 07:47, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
::Good call, thanks. It is up, but small ATM, at [[Australia-China Free Trade Agreement]]. Cheers for the help. [[User:DarkSideOfTheSpoon|DarkSideOfTheSpoon]] 08:38, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
::Good call, thanks. It is up, but small ATM, at [[Australia-China Free Trade Agreement]]. Cheers for the help. [[User:DarkSideOfTheSpoon|DarkSideOfTheSpoon]] 08:38, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

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    November 10

    Edit does not show up in my watchlist

    Here's something odd: I edited a page that is on my watchlist, but the edit does not show up on the watchlist. (I don't have "Hide my edits" or "Hide minor edits" set, or anything like that.) I looked at the contents of my watchlist ("display and edit the complete list"), and the page is there. I looked at the page itself, and my edit is in the page itself, and in the history, and the watch/unwatch tab says "unwatch", indicating the page is currently being watched. I reloaded my watchlist several times. I edited other watched pages, and they showed up. But not the mystery edit. So then I clicked "unwatch" on the page, and got the expected result. I then clicked "watch", and got the expected result. Back to my watchlist... my edit is still not there. The watchlist function does not appear to use the server cache (it's generated on the fly), so I can't purge the cache. Ideas? --MCB 00:50, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Does the history of the article confirm that you made the edit? Also, if you revert an article to get rid of vandalism at the same time as another editor and their edit hits the system first, you won't get credit for that edit. Could that be it? Dismas|(talk) 00:52, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    It shows up in the history, and in the page itself, and wasn't a revert, and no one else edited the page around the time I did. The page has been edited further, and the latest of those edits show up in my watchlist. On further analysis, I think I might have a clue: I made this edit, which was adding {{sprotected}} to a page, and then immediately performed the sprotection itself, which is an admin action rather than an edit, but it shows up in the history as a minor edit through the workings of the software. The latter may just not show up in a watchlist correctly, so I'll see if it happens again, and file a bug report if it does. Thanks for responding and if anyone else has any ideas, please post! Thanks, --MCB 02:42, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Is an informal fan poll usable?

    A user and I are in conflict (and we do have an RFC in place) regarding the spelling of one Rainbow Brite character's name - Moonglo vs. Moonglow. Although the article currently notes that the TV series spells it Moonglo and the merchandise line uses Moonglow, the user wants to change the article to read that fans use Moonglo most often. Personally, on fan sites, I've seen them used pretty equally. Well, apparently this user is taking a poll at a fan forum and wants to use it as citable proof that Moonglo should be used. My concern is that a fan poll is not a concrete citation - what if this week one spelling wins, but next week more users vote and another spelling wins? Furthermore, there are other fan sites in existence, and said user is only giving fans at one particular site the chance to vote, which would be a problem with a poll on any subject - only a limited number of people interested in the issue will have voted. What is official policy regarding polls? Kat, Queen of Typos 00:59, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Polls on websites are neither verifiable nor scholarly, and they're original research. Therefore, don't use them. --Wooty  Woot? | contribs 01:16, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    • Discussions regarding editing Wikipedia articles should best be kept on the article's talk page (including polling, in order to directly allow all Wikipedia users to know what are the article's debates or issues). As far as policy regarding voting, Wikipedia is based on the consensus of users, however, a citation linking to a poll that was deliberated on a fan forum is as you stated considered "not concrete." Admins or Wikipedia employees do not determine the information that is required to reflect or not reflect in an article. All they can do is add editing tags stating the article requires citations regarding its info, the article is disputed for its neutrality, etc. (the only exception to removing content immediately is when it is regarded as vandalism).¤~Persian Poet Gal (talk) 01:18, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I was asking about Wikipedia's policy on polls. There is info on the talk page already about the issue as well as a link to this post. I was only explaining the issue in order to provide context. Kat, Queen of Typos 02:05, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I think you are posting in the wrong place 131.211.210.15. Kat, Queen of Typos 18:57, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    I WANTED TO KNOW

    hello i was wondering how do u add pages to your website .... because i wanna place a bio about one of my artist on this site please respond thank you

    (email removed).

    Please read the Very Frequently Aaked Questions at the top of the page. Note that your subject must be verifiable and you must adhere to a neutral point of view. It is often bad for someone connected to the subject to write an article on them, as it has inherent POV problems. --Wooty  Woot? | contribs 01:18, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    proposed merge between wood engraving & woodcut (WE & W)

    This is about printmaking. Proposed merger tags were put on these two some months ago. The one on W has been removed now - don't know when. The W talk page there appears to have been cleared, or never had anything, but on the WE talk page there are numerous commentas against the merge, the last (before mine today) in May 06.

    I feel I have sorted the problem in WE, which was that the 1911 text also covered W, which everybody agrees is a different technique. The merge tag should now be taken off, I think, but I don't like to do it myself & have not found the correct procedure in a search.

    Please advise if I can/should just do it, or alternatively forward this to the correct administrator. Or should it be left for a period? Thanks Johnbod 02:19, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    At Wikipedia:Merge it is stated: "If there is a clear agreement after two weeks that the articles should be merged, then go ahead and merge them. If there is no response after four weeks then go ahead and merge the articles." Nothing covering you situation exactly, but I think we can read into this the negative implication, that where there is opposition and no response after a few weeks, "go ahead and remove the tag. We also operate by consensus. Since there appears to be consensus not to merge, go ahead and remove the tag. Finally, if someone adds a tag such as this one which appears to me to be simply incorrect in its goal, you can be bold and remove the tag.--Fuhghettaboutit 02:33, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Many ThanksJohnbod 17:02, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Landfills filled

    What happens if landfills have no more space????—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 210.0.142.78 (talk • contribs) .

    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.--Fuhghettaboutit 03:48, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Uploaded..now what?

    Okay,I've uploaded my image to the wikimedia commons.would someone be able to check and see that everything is in order,so it doesn't end up removed?The link is here:http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Donnawilliams2003.jpg Sorry to bother you but this is my first uploaded image and I want to make sure that everything is in order.Serenaacw 03:38, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    ThanksSerenaacw 10:37, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    How can I get Wikipedia info into my own files?

    That is to say, I'd like to have a Wiki that's akin to Google Notebook, as though it were a combination of the two. So, if I wanted to look over information I've found on wikepedia about, say, "Tantric Sex," "The Matrix," and "Reservoir Dogs," and put it all on a page, how could I do that?

    thanks,

    Bblakeney 04:10, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Writing an Injunction

    Can you give me help on writing an injuction. I need one to stop a petition from being handed out before I have enough time to get it stopped. Deals with lies. harrassment detrament of chacter.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.136.136.168 (talk • contribs) .

    I think you would be well advised to hire an attorney but if you're really going to try to do this yourself, I suggest going to your local court's free law library, if it has one, and see if the librarians can give you some help in locating example motions to work from. That being said, your question would be better suited for the Wikipedia:Reference desk/Humanities. This help page is for questions related to using Wikipedia.--Fuhghettaboutit 05:57, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Getting a different sort of help

    If I would like an image made for me, where would I go to?

    †he Bread 05:24, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Notices on User talk pages

    Hi, I've started using class="usermessage" on my talk page for notices. It stands out nicely, but I'm a little worried about people clicking on it, instinctively reacting as if it were about a new message on their talk page. Is there an alternative CSS class that I can use instead? Thank you. --Kjoonlee 06:14, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Change the background colour? Just add style="background-color: #ff0000;" and replace the hex with whatever color you want (in hex form or a color name [1]). -- Consumed Crustacean (talk) 07:42, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you, but I'd rather use an existing class, so that someone as picky as I am (hah!) can choose their own colours... --Kjoonlee 08:08, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Moving Contributions from my IP to my User Account

    Hi, I made some edits forgetting to log in that I a spent a bit of time on, and I was just wondering if its possible to associate contributions I made under my IP address with my current user name. Thanks! Breenius 07:39, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    project

    Most respectfully,i beg to state that i m a student of electrical engg.i want to convert the solar light into electricity. please tell me procedure.

    Confused about deleting an article.

    Creating a page

    I cannot figure out how to get to the page that I can create. I would like to create an aricle and not edit it. I read your FAQS, but I do not see anything on how I actually get to the page that I can create.

    Is there anywhere to object a vandalism-warning?

    I just edited a page and just then I received a warning saying I was doing vandalism. I don't understand at all and I found nowhere to object. I really need the admin to answer me why my editing is considered as vandalism. Please tell me where to object. Thanks.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 211.166.227.235 (talk • contribs)

    If your IP address changes all the time then you will get the occasional message that was not intended for you but rather for someone else. --WikiSlasher 12:41, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Please bear in mind too that anyone can and may issue vandalism warnings, not just administrators. It is not a formal thing, but you can note your objections to the label on your talk page. Best of all, though, is to engage in discussion on the article's talk page about your proposed edits. The warning you are commenting on referred to this edit [2], which deleted much of the article, and would certainly be called vandalism. If you didn't make this change, all the more reason for you to get an account, so you don't get mixed up with vandals. Notinasnaid 17:40, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Job

    Hello, I've created an account, but what is next? Is there a list of jobs I can do? Thank you

    There's always chores to do if you follow some links from Category:Wikipedia backlog ;) --WikiSlasher 13:19, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]


    You can help improve the articles listed below! This list updates frequently, so check back here for more tasks to try. (See Wikipedia:Maintenance or the Task Center for further information.)

    Fix spelling and grammar
    None

    Help counter systemic bias by creating new articles on important women.

    Help improve popular pages, especially those of low quality.

    (This list is taken from the Community Portal, linked on the sidebar at the left of the screen.) --ais523 13:34, 10 November 2006 (UTC)


    Request for blocking a user

    I don't know if this is the right place to air this but I'd like to report user Kevin 13 who is willfully ignoring rules on Wikipedia:Image use policy and Wikipedia:Image copyright tags after 25 warnings. Check out User talk:Kevin 13. I'd like to know if Kevin 13 can be blocked as his contributions are both useless and disruptive. Thank you very much.

    I suspect that Kevin 13 may also be going by the name Wowowee 2006 as both users were tagged for the same violation. See User talk:Wowowee 2006.

    Hernia

    hernia/what are the systems that come with a hernia in abdomine,caused by reconstructive surgery on breast and the repair was taken from my abdomine,now I have a hernia,what are the systems for a hernia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.141.18.144 (talk • contribs)

    This question should be asked at Wikipedia:Reference desk/Science. You can read about the characteristics ("symptoms") of abdominal hernias at the hernia article. However, if requesting medical advice, please consider asking a doctor instead. McMillin24 contribstalk 15:26, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    photos not appearing on target page - please help

    I've correctly tagged a couple of photographs showing my authorship and given licence details. I've also correctly indicated the target location on the main entry "Chemetco". However, the photographs do not appear on the page.

    This is puzzling me as I had actually managed to load make them appear earlier, only to realise that I had't then included my license and authorship details.

    Please help me to complete this entry. Many thanks in advance,

    Alistair SiddonsAstral highway 15:28, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]


    I fixed the first picture. Apparently, ".jpeg" was supposed to be ".jpg." I don't know what's wrong with the second picture. Maybe it's mispelled or something. Doberdog 15:44, 10 November 2006 (UTC)Doberdog[reply]

    Changing the "new message" box appearence

    Hello.

    Whenever I receive a new message, an orange and intrusive box appears on the top of every page I am watching, until I read my talk page.

    I would like change the box appearence, for example reducing it and changing its colour (which is really annoying). It would be even better to change its position, for example having the "my talk" link (the one close to "my preferences" link) underlined/coloured/else.

    Is this possible?

    Best regards, Panarjedde 15:37, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    If you know CSS, then you can change some aspects of the appearance of Wikipedia by modifying your CSS file at Special:Mypage/monobook.css. It requires examining the HTML code first, though. –Mysid☎ 16:19, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    If you use Mozilla Firefox, its Web Developer extension lets you examine all CSS code on one page. That's how I found out about class="usermessage". --Kjoonlee 17:49, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    If you use something like
    .usermessage { border: 2px solid yellow; color: black; background-color: white; }
    in your monobook.css file then you'll be able to customize the usermessagebox's look. Please feel free to use my talk page to check if your CSS changes work as intended. --Kjoonlee 17:49, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you, I will try and let you know. If someone wants to help me test this feature, please sent me a message.--Panarjedde 18:09, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    adding a article

    How do you add an article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Songi360 (talk • contribs)

    See here. Trebor 16:25, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    footnote

    How do I footnote something? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Midnight man (talk • contribs)

    See Wikipedia:Footnotes. Trebor 16:25, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    images/fair use/copyright

    I've read through the fair use and copyright guides, as well as the general info on uploading images and external linking, but I'm still a bit vague. What should I do in the following case?

    I edited Neutral Milk Hotel to correct a mistake about a band pseudonym, and linked to an image (gig poster) which supported the correction in the external links. Should I have uploaded this? It's on the website of a NZ band and I've no idea why or what kind of copyright applies to it (obviously someone designed it so it will be copyrighted). Should it not even be linked or uploaded at all? Help!Tippling.philosopher 18:55, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Image fair use guidelines basically say it's OK to upload a copyrighted image when there is no free-use alternative. Feel free to read up on WP:FU. However, you usually only want to include one fair-use image of the band at a time; or so goes my understanding. It's probably OK to have a link to a gallery of images, or to the page where the image is located, though. -Patstuart(talk)(contribs) 03:45, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Customizing Signatures

    I'm trying to change my signature to Tcpekin. This is the code: 

    [[User:Tcpekin|<font color=#FF0000>T</font><font color=#4682B4>c</font><font color =#228B22>p<font color=#660099>e<font color=#CC5500>k<font color=#FFBF00>i</font><font color=#6600FF>n</font>]]

    When I try to set it as my signature in my preferences, however, a box says that it is a invalid raw signature; check HTML tags. What does that mean, and how do I fix it? Thanks, Tom 19:01, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    See Wikipedia:How to fix your signature. --Quiddity 19:09, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I think you haven't closed some <font> tags. Make sure every <font> tag has a </font> tag to go with it, and try again. Hope that helps... Nihiltres 19:10, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    You may also want to enclose the values in quotes (like <font color="green"> instead of <font color=green>)...that helped my signature a lot

    quick question

    I found a collection before of deleted (archived) very comical pages that were in wikipedia and removed does anyone what I'm talking about?? could you please provide a web address or link.

    thanks in advance —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Hondaracer (talk • contribs) .

    See Wikipedia:Bad Jokes and Other Deleted Nonsense -Quiddity 19:10, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]


    Thanks Quiddity 

     Racer

        Today, there are three kinds of people: the have's, the have-not's, and the have-not-paid-for-what-they-have's 15:54, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

    How do you add a new section?

    There's this article for left-handed people and there is no "external links" section. I want to add this new section to add external links for further info. How are you supposed to do that? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Veggie PMS (talk • contribs) 19:28, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    You can simply edit the article and add in your external links. However, I will warn you now that you must be VERY careful when adding links. We don't take spamming kindly, so make sure your links are relevant and that there is no hint of advertisement in them. Generally, links are only needed if there is information can cannot be covered in the article itself - otherwise, add it in and cite instead. If you're unsure, you can try posting on the talk page of the article with your suggsted link. Post here or let me know if you have any trouble. Good luck! —Keakealani 19:44, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Administrators and WP:CSD

    Not a new user, but I have a question: Can an administrator delete an article himself if he/she feels it meets CSD criteria? I'm talking about if nobody has nominated the article and the administrator just deletes it on his own instinct. Or does the article have to be nominated by someone other then the deletionist? - Tutmosis 19:39, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    I'm not an admin, so I can't tell you for sure, but I'm fairly positive that admins can delete articles without them first being nominated, if they're very obvious speedies. I'm sure there are at least a few admins who do new page patrol, and when I'm doing that I often get to articles which are already deleted - either they manage to get nominated and deleted within a few seconds or they were just deleted right off. —Keakealani 19:44, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    There is no technical reason preventing it. For anything other than an obvious vandalism job, though, the community has a strong perference for the "one tags, one deletes" approach. Shimgray | talk | 19:52, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Okay thanks guys, just a random thought I had today. - Tutmosis 20:07, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Trouble with uploaded image

    Tried to upload image of book cover to:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowhere_Man:_The_Final_Days_of_John_Lennon%2C

    The image did not go to the intended page and now I can't find the image.

    How do I resolve this.

    Thanks.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Rentamuse (talk • contribs) 19:41, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    The image you uploaded has been deleted. Take a look at this and this and this and this. Dylan Lake (t·c·ε) 22:01, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    How do I edit the "Edit Summary"?

    I made a mistake in the "Edit Summary" when making a minor edit to an article. I need to correct it. How do I do this? I understand that the "Edit Summary" page states "After saving the page, the summary can not be edited--another reason to avoid spelling errors." but there has to be a way. —Preceding unsigned comment added by AshCokeandDash (talk • contribs) 19:41, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    You can make a dummy edit with a summary like "the previous edit was <blah blah blah>". —Keakealani 19:45, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    change preferences

    how do I change skins? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Terryclemm (talk • contribs) 21:50, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Go to your Preferences and choose the tab that says "Skin". Mark the one you want and hit "Save". —Keakealani 21:52, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Reverting a particular edit

    It is possible to revert one edit yet leave the next dozen edits of the article intact? Of course, I mean without deleting that particular edit; I am looking for a shortcut on the history page.

    I already have the pop-up tool.--Patchouli 22:43, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    I dont believe thats possible, you going to have to remove/restore what ever is wrong manually. - Tutmosis 22:54, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Copyrighted material on user subpages

    Here's a silly question. Say that I'm working on a brand new article, and it's going to take a while to write, and I have to compile from several sources. Is it ok to put copyrighted material (e.g. material from the website, from news artices) in a sandbox temporarily so that I can write the article? Or does that still constitute copyright infringement? If so, can I include all sources, and avoid that problem? tiZom(2¢) 22:45, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    I would advice against that, even though there is no specific guideline for a such a situation, it be best to avoid possible problems by not doing it. You can easily save the text onto your computer through a text editor and refer to it when ever you wish. - Tutmosis 22:51, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    If an article at any point starts as a copyvio, even if it's changed eventually, it can still be labelled as a copyvio. If you're using the source just for reference, why not just keep a link in your sandbox? There's no reason to keep a direct copy of a website, and it would definitely raise red flags. Don't think there's a /rule/ against it, but I would strongly advise another method of referencing. —Keakealani 01:03, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Article I printed off for a school paper -- need your help on this.

    Hello, I need your help on a Research Methods Problem Statement paper I am writing and due to turn in next Wednesday, 11-15-06. I used the following article and put it under my reference page at the end. My teacher is helping me on my draft paper of this and sent the following information back to me to get help on. Here is the article and the question(s) that she wants me to answer & get back to her on. Here it is:

    Article is: Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2004 -- this involved Pres. Bush signing this into law on 4-1-04 at the White House. It involved Laci Perterson & her unborn child, Conner, who were killed by her husband, Scott Peterson in 2002 and who is now on deeath row in San Quntion. And I thought this was all good and well and I was finished with this part.

    Teacher is e-mailing me back asking me the following: Who is the Author & Year?

    This is how I typed the cite under my references & she has this is red to correct & I don't know how to cite it any better, how?? (http://en.wikipedia.org./wiki/Unborn_Victims_of_Violence_Act) and that is what is being questioned. So do I used the web page cite off of the main page which is (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)???

    Please someone help me out so that I can finish up this Problem Statement Paper and turn it in for an "A" paper.

    I just need to know what I did wrong if at all because I usually cite web pages correctly all the time.

    Thanks again and e-mail me back at: [redacted to prevent spam] Sincerely, Mrs. P H [redacted].

    Hi. Take a look at The "Citing Wikipedia" Page, it gives information and instructions on how to cite Wikipedia articles. Basically, you need to use the 'Cite this article' link on the left hand side in the toolbox, when you are viewing the article. Let me know if you need anything else here. Slater — Deon555talk 00:02, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Umm try Wikipedia:Citing Wikipedia. - Tutmosis 00:03, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]


    November 11

    Unnamed question

    Can you spell the name NOEL in korean please..thank you!

    This seems like something that might be more appropriate for the Reference Desk, as I don't think anyone here speaks Korean. I can also suggest that you use a search engine like Google to locate a name translator, although those are notoriously inaccurate. As Korean does not use the Roman alphabet, it's unlikely that there is a direct spelling. Good luck, at any rate! —Keakealani 01:02, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes, this is a question for the WP:RD/L Language Desk, but I'll answer you this time. Noel is usually written in Hangul as 노엘. --Kjoonlee 01:20, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Template altered?

    Recently on the talk page for Panther (legendary creature), I found the following text in the Wikiproject boxes:

    To the Levert Family. We are so sorry to here about Gerald. May god bless and be with you all. We all loved him . But god loves him best. Janet & HowardPanther (legendary creature) is within the scope of the Heraldry and vexillology WikiProject, a collaborative effort to improve Wikipedia's coverage of heraldry and vexillology. If you would like to participate, you can visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks.

    To the Levert Family. We are so sorry to here about Gerald. May god bless and be with you all. We all loved him . But god loves him best. Janet & HowardPanther (legendary creature) is within the scope of WikiProject Cats,

    Something must have gotten unintentionally changed somewhere but I can't see where. Rmhermen 01:33, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    It seems to have been sorted out now. MartinDK 06:48, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Need redirect help

    I made a mistake creating a redirect and can't seem to rectify it. . . .

    I had created an article with the title "Tosca Kramer". I wanted redirects from "Tosca Berger" and from "Tosca Berger Kramer". I successfully created the redirect link from "Tosca Berger Kramer" to "Tosca Kramer", but at "Tosca Berger" I accidentally typed "Tosca Berger Kramer" instead of "Tosca Kramer" after the REDIRECT command--which I discovered upon testing the link by typing "Tosca Berger" in the search box. So--I used the back button to get back to the "Tosca Berger"edit box; changed the redirect to "Tosca Kramer"; and saved it. But the redirect still doesn't work: it still just goes to a page that says: Redirect page | 

    –> Tosca Berger Kramer.

    Sorry this is wordy and confusing. In short, what I'm asking is that: When you type "Tosca Berger" in the search box, it should redirect to "Tosca Kramer".

    Thanks.Emoll 03:22, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    It seems to be working alright now. You might need to clear out your cache (if you can't figure that out, just restart your browser) But for future reference, at the top of the page, you'll see a small text saying "redirected from [redirected page]". You can click on that, and edit the redirect from there. Patstuart(talk)(contribs) 03:39, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Joining a Wikiproject

    How do you join a project?Akid 03:26, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Usually you just add your name using 3 ~ to the members list. DoomsDay349 03:46, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    IPA for names?

    I'm considering adding an IPA representation of "Yankovic" to the "Weird Al" Yankovic article, but I'm afraid it'll come off as too patronising towards those who mispronounce it as "Yankovich". What is Wikipedia's policy (if any) on IPA for people's names? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gromreaper (talk • contribs)

    I'm not aware of a specific policy, but you can probably feel free to add it. You're right; the name is often pronounced differently, but, if you can provide a reliable source saying that "Yankovich" is wrong (shame on, you, Pat, for pronouncing it that way!), then it's relevant. If someone else has a problem, they'll probably remove it, and you can discuss it on the talk page. -Patstuart(talk)(contribs) 03:54, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    http://www.loc.gov/nls/other/sayhow.html would be a great source, btw. Patstuart(talk)(contribs) 03:56, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    If there is a name that is easy to mispronounce (especially if it's derived from a foreign tongue), I think it would be great to have the IPA for it. If people pronounce it wrong, chances are they don't care enough to look it up and try to read the IPA, but it would be a good reference especially for non-native-english-speaking Wikipedia users. And actually, that's a fantastic idea to add to Hawaiian names... —Keakealani 06:54, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Deleting Photos I Added

    How do I delete a photo that I added to Wikipedia?

    Type this exact text to the top of the edit summary: {{db-g7}} -Patstuart(talk)(contribs) 04:05, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Hey that's what I was saying but I got an edit conflict --WikiSlasher 04:06, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    DRV Archives for February 2006

    Hi there - am considering proposing an article for deletion; however, when I did so, I found that this was the second AfD; the first one, surprisingly, was ruled a "delete" back in early February 2006. Seems the article was recreated in October 2006. Before completing the 2nd AfD, I thought it prudent to ensure that it had not gone to DRV and been ruled a "keep". Unfortunately, when looking at DRV, the oldest archives I find are April 2006; the DRV was probably earlier than that, if there was one. So...the question is...how, or where can I find the DRV archives prior to April 2006? Thanks Risker 06:42, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Wikipedia tools

    I can't find any documentation on how to use Linky, a Firefox extension that is useful for navigating Wikipedia. I use it a lot, but I'm wondering what the best tricks are. Please help. Is there a central repository of Wikipedia smart keywords for Firefox? What are the 10 most useful tools for navigating or working on Wikipedia? What is the best feature of Lupin's popups? What techniques beyond the basics are there (in AutoWikiBrowser)  The Transhumanist   06:44, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    You clubbed all your questions. Let me answer the ones that I can. Here's a large list of tools. I personally find the rollback feature the best in popups. I am sure others may find other features better. AWB is a very powerful tool. It has various features. If you are looking for a specific feature, you can ask here or at the talk page of AWB. There are many bots including mine using AWB to do many automated tasks. Cheers -- Lost(talk) 06:55, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    With Linky, you just drag lots of text (with lots of in-line links), right-click, choose Linky, and open all the links the way you want them. Works with images too. I only use Linky to open selected links in tabs; I've disabled all the other features. --Kjoonlee 08:12, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Inline citation density

    It isn't clear to me how much documentation of sources is considered proper in a WP article. For instance, Diego Velázquez is my idea of an excellent article, and others must agree since it's a featured article, but it has no inline citations at all. In view of the fact that there is a list of resources at the bottom of the page, is the absence of inline cites a serious problem? By contrast, Edgar Degas was teeming with so many citations (supporting uncontroversial biographical facts) that it was nearly unreadable, so I took half of 'em out the other day, using discretion to keep any that seemed useful. I guess the question is: If a list of books used as sources is given, and the article contains no quotes or stunning affronts to conventional wisdom, is a lack (or sparseness) of inline citations a serious problem? Ewulp 08:01, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    You seem to have it on the mark for what is and is not a needed citation. If you have a bunch of useless footnotes asserting a well-known fact (can you imagine "Apple pie is made with apples. [1][2][3][4][5]"?) then it needs some pruning or a better way to cite sources. On the other hand, if there is a specific controversial fact, quote, or statistic that would be hard to find other than from a specific source, inline ciations are a must. I personally think that a few inline citaions are good in every article, but it depends a lot on context. For some, the information is simply reiterated in several books but specific facts are just put in a conglomeration. In that case, notes at the end will suffice. Okay, so I guess I'm rambling a bit. It's a matter of opinion and consensus, and there is no specific guideline saying one kind of citation is better than another. —Keakealani 08:59, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Many thanks! Ewulp 09:48, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Keep in mind that Diego Velázquez was featured a while ago, possibly even before inline citations were possible. Wikipedia:Citations could be of interest.--Commander Keane 10:42, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    why large ships don't sink

    large ships are made up of very heavy metals like iron,aluminium.etcdue which weightof the ship increases to avery large extent.but still ship does not sink why?Anand 1990 02 09:53, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    You should try out at the Wikipedia:Reference desk/Science. This Help desk is for questions on using Wikipedia. Joshua Chiew 10:09, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Help with speedy tag

    Can someone help me fix the speedy tag I placed here. I hate how bloody difficult all those tags are :( --Charlesknight 10:24, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    I fixed it - you don't need to subst speedy deletion tags. --WikiSlasher 10:26, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    See this is part of the problem - I don't even understand what "Subst" means, I've read about it but I'm still none the wiser. (thanks for fixing it by the way). --Charlesknight 10:28, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    See WP:SUBST. I don't know how you could have substed it without already knowing about subst (since to subst {{db-g4}} for example you need to type {{subst:db-g4}}. Basically substing it makes the software include the contents of the template rather than the template itself in the pages code. --WikiSlasher 11:49, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    When you subst a template, it copies the content of that template onto the page. It's easier on the servers because it only loads the template once, but if the template is updated the page won't be. When you don't subst a template, it loads the current content of the template each time the page loads. Generally, if the material in the template might need to be updated (eg an infobox) then you shouldn't subst it. Otherwise (eg a warning message) you should. If you use a template and it messes up, trying the other method often fixes it. --Cherry blossom tree 12:17, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Numbered lists...

    It would be awesome if I could start a numbered list from 0. Is there a way to do this or maybe I must 'fake' the list?
    MaxDZ8 talk 10:39, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    I'm afraid I'm not sure what you're referring to. If you're referring to the way that lists are numbered by putting an pound sign (#) - that's HTML, and I can't help you there. -Patstuart(talk)(contribs) 19:30, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    I mean, I have something like

    1. before first generation .... bla bla bla
    2. first generation ...
    3. second
    4. third
    5. fourth

    It arises that a newly released document confirmed what I planned to be "fourth generation" to be officially "the fourth generation"... unluckly, it's numbered fifth. That's bad. I would like to have the list starting at 0 so both the "zero" and the "fourth" are numbered... well, consistently. I guess faking it with a table is the only way?
    MaxDZ8 talk 23:52, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Welding Learning Material

    DO YOU HAVE WELDING LEARNING MATERIAL

    Not learning material per se, but we have an article on welding with cool pictures in it. --WikiSlasher 11:45, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    How do I publish the article I created?

    Hello. I recently created an article entitled "Amour d'enfants", about a 2006 Lebanese romantic comedy. But when I type "Amour d'enfants" in Google or Yahoo servers for instance, the Wikipedia page doesn't appear in the results page. Why? Thanks a lot. Orangeberry 12:10, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Google and Yahoo take a while to 'see' new articles, since it only happens when they Web crawler the page which can take a few days or longer. Or, the Wikipedia page might just appear a long way down in the results. --Cherry blossom tree 12:20, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Move causing red links?

    okay...what happened?

    I moved an article.

    The move came through.

    But...the resulting article is a red link?

    And, the resulting article, when i type the name into the url, leads me to the "this articles doesn't exist" screen.

    Can someone explain what happened? And why it happened? --`/aksha 12:31, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    It worked fine: Give Me a Sign the cache probably didn't update immediately or something. --Cherry blossom tree 12:38, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Well, it defintely doesn't for me. This has happened before, although not often. I still see it as a red link, even here. When i click on it, i get the "this article doesn't exit, click here to create..." thing. Except...when i actually click the "edit this article" link, i can view the article fine (as in i can view the raw text in the edit box). The history also shows up fine. But for some reason, the actual article doesn't show up.
    I've tried clearing my comp's cache. I also get the same problem whether i'm logged in or not, or logged in a different account.
    If it works for you, then i guess it's defintely a problem from my end. Any ideas what could be the problem? --`/aksha 13:31, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Yeah, it shows up fine for me. It sounds so much like a cache problem I'm not sure what else it could be. Could you try making a minor/null edit to the article? That sometimes works. --Cherry blossom tree 13:51, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    To get court Order

    wp(c) 5497 of 2004

    I am working on an article Ford Motor Company. There are 15 embedded External Links which are numbered. In the Wikipedia:Manual of Style (links)) I find the following information:

    When an embedded HTML link is used to provide an inline source in an article, a numbered link should be used after the punctuation, like this, [3] with a full citation given in the References section. See Wikipedia:Cite sources and Wikipedia:Verifiability for more information.

    When placed in the References and External links sections, these links should be expanded with link text, and preferably a full citation, including the name of the article, the author, the journal or newspaper the article appeared in, the date it was published, and the date retrieved.

    Was I wrong in placing the 15 links into the External Links area? If I am wrong, what should I have done? If I am correct, someone has gone back in to reverse the edits in External links.

    Thank you. Regards, LarryBH

    You should include them in the reference section, rather than the external links section, which you can do by enclosing the link in the normal text surrounded by <ref></ref> tags as is done elsewhere in the article. See Help:Footnotes (and Wikipedia:Footnotes) for more. --Cherry blossom tree 15:00, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Hi: Thank you for the quick response. On same line, I have a question about the above. References have a smaller bracketed number, where those above have a larger number. If I place <ref></ref> around those large number links, the numbers become smaller. Should I have just left the large numbered links alone? or was it just a choice in the matter? If I am to go change the large numbered links to ref (small numbered), what is the purpose of those with large numbers? (I really hope that I did not make my questions sound confusing and/or stupid.)

    Regards, LarryBH

    The large numbers are simply a way of displaying external links, whereas the small ones are part of the footnoting system. It's not that the numbers become smaller but that they are replaced. The new smaller numbers link to the reference section at the bottom where the content inside the ref tags appears. This means that you can include more content about the link (eg "Ford Motor Company: History".) without cluttering up the paragraph that displays. If this still doesn't make sense then feel free to ask again.--Cherry blossom tree 18:13, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]


    Hi Cherry blossom: I thank you for the reply. I do have a much better understanding.

    Best regards, LarryBH

    Table of contents

    Dear Wiki

    Could you please instruct on how to remove the automatically added 'Contents Hide/Show' elements, which auto-appears on pages that contain long lists. Can it be done on a page by page basis?

    Thanks Eddie email: eddie@...

    If you include the text __NOTOC__ on a page then it won't show a table of contents. --Cherry blossom tree 14:55, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    warnings???

    This happens to be the FIRST time I have ever gone to this site! I just happen to get here by a link on cooking deep fried turkey. When I do get here, I see all these warnings. I DO NOT appreciate this at all!! Like I said, this is the first time I have ever been here and if this is the way you run your website...I'm sure it'll be the last!!!! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 152.163.100.11 (talk • contribs) 15:37, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

    As you haven't registered an account, Wikipedia identifies you by your IP address. As you use AOL, which often switches its customers' IP addresses every time they load a new page, you will sometimes get messages addressed to someone else who was using your IP and used it to vandalise a page. You may want to read Wikipedia:Advice to AOL users, and consider registering an account, which will ensure that you receive no more irrelevant messages. --Sam Blanning(talk) 15:43, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Global Health

    I recently posted an update to the "Global Health" page. This update doesn't appear on the page itself, however when I click edit I see the information I entered already typed in. How do I make the text appear on the website itself?

    Thanks!

    What you need to do is refresh the article page. Your browser is probably pulling up a cached copy of the article. Dismas|(talk) 16:23, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    AOL users

    Is there a way to get a message automatically added to the talk pages for IP numbers, much like the IP lookup box that appears on some now, which would refer AOL users to the "Advice for AOL users" page so that they don't come here immediately to complain? If there is somewhere else that is better to ask/request this, please provide me with a link. Thanks, Dismas|(talk) 15:52, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    I'm not sure if there's a way to do so directly, but it is certainly possible to create a welcome template (like {{welcome-aol}} or something) that can be added quickly (but manually) to AOL users' talk pages when they are spotted. —Keakealani 17:00, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Try posting your question at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical). Patstuart(talk)(contribs) 19:27, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    information for saving severel pages article from wiki free dictionary

    QUESTION:what is the procedure to copy or save files,pages of a selected article which is hilighted & underlined, to my foldr on my hard-disc so that i can copy the same content on (writtable cd) & view the same content on my computer WITHOUT INTERNET CONNECTION?202.131.100.34 16:05, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Please see Wikipedia:Readers' FAQ#Can I get Wikipedia on CD, or download it for offline use? -- Lost(talk) 16:59, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    ordnance survey

    any information on how to read a compass —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pebbledash (talk • contribs)

    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) 18:21, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    mistake

    [['Veni, vidi, vici From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Veni, Vidi, Vici) 

    Music

    In the song "Get Back" by Ludacris, Ludacris says: "I came, I saw, I hit him right there in the jaw."

    In the music section you say that in Ludacrises lyrics it i came i saw i hit him right there in the jaw well that is incorrect. You can search the web and you will know it is wrong.The correct lyrics are "I came,I saw, I hit him right DEAD in the jaw." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.210.27.209 (talk • contribs)

    Then you can correct the page. Trebor 19:14, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Fixed. --ÆlfwineA bit o' wine? 19:59, 14 November 2006 (UTC) Veni, vidi, vici[reply]

    Where is the code od the Cite page?

    I am admin on the ln.wiki. The cite page is still in english and I translated the terms like Author, Permanent URL, APA style, .... to lingalá. Unfortunately I cannot find this terms under Special:Allmessages. Is there some who know where this terms are hidden? Thank you for any help. --Eruedin 18:54, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    I suggest posting this question at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical) - people there are much more knowledgeable about techinical questions.
    Thank you --Eruedin 20:04, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    question

    hi! i just can't quite seem to figure out how to format the page i'm working on or to make links or really, do any of the things the editors say i need to do. i'd like to comply, i just don't know how. i'm not good at computer language and codes and signs and such...is there an easier way to do this?

    -)

    thanks!

    Gerald Mohr page - non appearance of uploaded photo

    Hi! I e-mailed a couple of days ago about this problem on my computer and, from your response, have since gone through the all procedures described for Internet Explorer of bypassing my cache and also purging. I deleted the whole of my cache in the process, and changes cache settings, but unfortunately nothing I have done (and I have repeatedly followed the procedures to the letter) has brought the photo up onto the page, but I know it is there, as I have seen it on my office computer. Please advise. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wood200 (talk • contribs)

    Sorry, but we are probably going to need more details about your original problem. The help is done by volunteers and we don't really have a way to cross-reference your previous issue. Are you having trouble with an image displaying? Can you reply with the image name you aren't seeing? - cohesion 21:23, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I have looked back at your previous contributions and talk page; all I can say is that the article presently has exactly one photograph, Image:Gerald_Mohr_Promo_Photo_Autographed.jpg, and it is displaying properly. If you are seeing this photograph, then perhaps you're referring to another one. If not, then the problem is on your end; you could try a different browser. There also might be a rendering problem in general on Windows on your computer: if you're having trouble seeing another other photographs, this might be it. Hope this helps. -Patstuart(talk)(contribs) 22:09, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Logging in

    Hello, I have created a user account today under the name "J.po" and I have been into my account and edited my preferences on wikimedia. I can't seem to log into Wikipedia though, i can only access my account from the conformation email i was sent earlier. Not sure what to do.

    Thanks, Jenna

    I might suggest reading Wikipedia:How to log in. If that doesn't help, try back here again. Good luck. -Patstuart(talk)(contribs) 22:37, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    How do I make those fancy templates "This user does..."

    I want to add myself as a bass guitarist wikipedian. But How do I?Ollie the Magic Skater 23:37, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    See this Dylan Lake (t·c·ε) 23:40, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Help Me Please!QQQQ!!!

    I am blocked but want unblocked for to my ass needs to believe.

    November 12

    Reporting to Police Department

    Dear Sir,

    I would like to report to the Police Department in Lome-Togo about two person [censored], they cheat me and take the money around US$6,000.00.

    I requesting you to please tell me the address, telephone numbers of Police department in Lome-Togo.

    I shall be very thankful to your for that.

    Regards, Khalid Jawed.

    Um.. This is the Wikipedia help desk, for help in using Wikipedia. Try finding the phone number in your telephone index. Michael Billington (talk • contribs) 00:43, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    question

    FayssalF

    Hello and thank you for taking my question. As advised in your various media, I have tried to contact the admin listed at the top to ask why I have been blocked. There seems to be no way to make contact. I have read through eveything on your site. I have been to his page, and there is not contact link.

    I am an AOL user. I wish to be unblocked please, and the instructions are a little foggy. I have done all I can to make sense of it. I don't understand why I have been blocked.

    This is important to me, as I am hoping to upload articles on dowsing with a pendulum. I am a researcher and a pendulist. I host the largest online dowsing forum on the internet. I have contrinuted an enormous amount of free material on this topic.

    It may be that I misunderstood the boundaries here, but I mean no harm. Simply wish to serve. Sheree Rainbolt-Kren 00:49, 12 November 2006 (UTC) Thank you Sheree Rainbolt-Kren[reply]

    ps: I have no idea how to enter the info below you are asking for.

    If you are an AOL user, you may have been caught in someone else's block (AOL uses a range of IP addresses). Typically AOL proxies, if blocked, are only done so for about 15 minutes at max. Have you waited? Also note that contributing material that you personally are involved with may constitute original research or be ridden with POV. --Wooty  Woot? | contribs 05:25, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Subpage viewer

    How do you find all the subpages of a page? TeckWizTalkContribs# of Edits 00:55, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Go to Wikipedia:Quick index, type the name of the article in the boxy thingy, and the results will start with that page, then all the subpages of it. —The Great Llama talk 00:56, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    what is the Bibliography for Wikipedia Amendment one?

    Help Me

    (moved here from WP:RD/M by hydnjo talk 01:19, 12 November 2006 (UTC))[reply]

    I'm usinig my neghbors computer because I was blocked. The reason was that my username is Eet Shiit. But that's my real name. Please can somebody unblock me??--216.164.199.84 01:01, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Instructions for how to request an unblock should be presented when you try to edit a page from your blocked account. If you real name does happen to be Eet Shiit, I would suggest you come up with something else. Since you clearly read and write in english, you must understand why that's true. Cheers. Dina 01:09, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Of course I understand my name looks like a curse; this happens often in real life! But I think it's racist for me to have to use a false name, while all the people with European names can use their real names. --216.164.199.84 01:11, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    It's not racist. If I were editing on the Chinese Wikipedia and discovered that my name was an insult there, I would alter my user name. It is simply respectful to other users. And what is the cultural origin of this real name of yours? Dina 01:23, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Note to responders: see this. --hydnjo talk 01:29, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Userbox templates

    I have made a user box but i am not quite sure how to upload it into a template so it can be easily added to user profiles. I checked to whole article on userboxes but I am still confused.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Phoenix741 (talk • contribs) 21:49, 11 November 2006.

    I would not recommend this yet, a while back there was a mass deletion campaign on all pov and pointless userboxes. Try suggestin it here first. - Tutmosis 03:25, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    ok so lets say people think my idea is a good one, and one is made, and everything, how would i up load itPhoenix741 03:44, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    You would put into Template:Place name here article, changing 'name' with what you call your userbox. - Tutmosis 03:59, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    ok Thank you very muchPhoenix741 04:02, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    What Does style="width:12em" Do?

    Thanks.100110100 05:21, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    That's HTML code; do you have a specific example you could show us? -Patstuart(talk)(contribs) 05:50, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    That's CSS, it sets the width of an element to 12ems (I'm not sure what em is, all I know is that it works :)) --wj32 talk | contribs 08:11, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    From Brenda

    I've been trying upload images to my page and now I can't get rid of them. How can I delete images? Thanks, Brenda — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bsherry (talk • contribs)

    If you want to delete an article or image that you have created, add this exact code to the top of the page: {{db-g7}}. Patstuart(talk)(contribs) 05:49, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Is there a place I can go to ask a few people their opinion on an editing dispute?

    I have thought about asking the WP:AMAREQ for assisstance, but I don't want to wait a week, and I'm not sure the dispute has become severe enough yet to warrant bringing them into things. However, I am very curious as to other people's opinions on the dispute I'm currently in. Is there a help desk for asking volunteers to take a look at your dispute and tell you their opinion?

    Part of me feels that this dispute is only happening because I've encountered a particularly stubborn editor, not because the nature of my edit is questionable. This is why I feel that seeking the opinions of other people (whom assumably would be more competent) may help resolve the dispute. EvaXephon 06:26, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    There is a formal Wikipedia:Dispute resolution process. Apart from this, there is also a Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal -- Lost(talk) 06:28, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Tjere is also a third party opinion thingo somewhere. ViridaeTalk 06:39, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes, thats part of the dispute resolution process -- Lost(talk) 06:45, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I would try WP:VPP - the "village pump" for policy issues. -Patstuart(talk)(contribs) 07:24, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    What Does <div class="references-small"> Do?

    Thanks.100110100 08:35, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    It's mainly for use with the <references/> tag -- see WP:FOOT for some more information about that one. Luna Santin 08:47, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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

    The following image won't upload on the main article 'Chemetco.'

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


    I've correctly attributed the picture and chosen appropriate licence for it (I am the author both of this photo and of the accompanying article,) yet it won't upload.

    Have I missed something obvious? The pic is highly relevant to the accompanying text, so I'm keen to get it up there as soon as poss.

    Many thanks in advance,

    Astral

    (Alistair Siddons)

    Took me a couple of minutes to work this out too. You spelt the image title wrong, as "contiminated instead of contaminated. And then tried to link it from the article with the correct spelling. I changed it so it links from the article, but you may want to reupload the image on a page with the correct spelling and ask for the first to be deleted. Trebor 12:15, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Hi

      is anyone there?

    Sudhirkumarlal 12:51, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Yes. Trebor 14:08, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    As a Reference

    I have just come across an article (Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston) with notes. Further down, the article lists one reference (article also contains notes):

    * This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.

    If the article incorporated text from the set of encyclopedias, would it have been proper to have listed the areas used from the reference and placed notes at the particular points within the article? I think notes would have been more appropriate (a full descriptive citation of the source).

    Therefore, Notes area could be incorporated into the Reference area. Do you agree with the above?

    Regards, LarryBH

    Adding a word

    I was wanting to add my band on wikipedia. Wasnt sure how to go about it.

    Please see our notability guidelines for bands. If your band is not notable per our guidelines, the article will likely get deleted. To add a new article, you need to first create an account. Then you can simply create the article. See Help:Starting a new page. You might also look at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article. -- Lost(talk) 15:04, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Blocking Users

    I watch several pages for content and once in a while I get people that change the data to mess around or plainly valdalize the articles, how can I report them or block them from making further edits?

    Wikipedia has an official policy for dealing with vandalism at WP:Vandalism. Steps for handling problems are mentioned there. If the problem becomes too overwhelming with several IPs in vandalism, you can request the page be protected at Requests for Page Protection.-Patstuart(talk)(contribs) 18:51, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Family Tree

    Hello I am doing my family tree and looking for my G Grandad Isaac Harris. I want to know if I am on the right track for his Army Regiment, all I have on him is he was in the Royal Southern Reserves Regiment1890/1900 and I cannot find anything about that Regiment.

    Any help please from David, thank you

    I suggest posting your question to the Reference Desk, in this case, the one for Humanities. -Patstuart(talk)(contribs) 18:48, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I wouldn't bother with that, instead I'd contact a genealogical service. RefDesk is unlikely to be any help in this sort of situation. --Wooty  Woot? | contribs 18:50, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Help for people with Phobias?

    Hello, I was just wondering if it's possible to turn the photos off.

    The reason I ask is because I have a phobia off a animal and I would like to no more about it.

    A feature that would allow you to turn the photos off would help a lot of people.

    Sincerely,

    Swa.Swaddicott 18:41, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    There should be a way to turn images off in your browser. You could also read the article's source text by clicking Edit this page and doing that, or editing the page and removing the image then clicking Show Preview. --Wooty  Woot? | contribs 18:48, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Category?

    How can I put my contribution to a certain category?— Preceding unsigned comment added by Karlhegel (talk • contribs)

    Simply link to the category as you would to a normal article. See this for further details. Dylan Lake (t·c·ε) 19:43, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Need some help with this new user...

    This new user, User:Helical Rift, was recently involved in a three-revert dispute. You can find the details on his talk page, but in short a more experienced user stepped in an HR got aggravated at him (as new users with no idea of policy are wont to do) and instead of patching things up civilly, he got angry, made Anti-semitic comments, and has decided to leave. I tried to reason with him but he's stubborn (of course). Does anyone have any ideas to help out, or mind trying to reason with him? Thanks. DoomsDay349 19:40, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    challenging objectivity

    I've seen that there are several pages in which the objectivity of the thread has been challenged. How does one go about challenging the objectivity of a page?

    Perhaps you are refering to one of these templates? If you think an article is not objective, or "violating NPOV", place the corresponding template on the top of the article. After you do that, create a new topic on the article's talk page listing why you think the article is not objective.—Mitaphane talk 22:53, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Where are the authors from? What are their native languages?

    Hello,

    I know that there are 1.5 million or so articles in the English Wikipedia, and also the counts in other languages. I have also managed to track down the numbers of authors and admins for the various languages, the ratios of articles to admins, etc. That's all well and good. What I want to know more about is: where do the authors (in English or any language) come from, geographically?

    What makes the English version so large? And what makes the Spanish one so, relatively small, or the Chinese one? Why does the the Dutch language Wikipedia have so many articles, given that only about 20 million people speak Dutch?

    It seems to me that this would be relatively easy to capture, via IP addresses of authors/editors, and very interesting to know. Is this a cultural issue? Do English speaking cultures (US, Canadian, UK, Australian, etc.) have a more volunteerism oriented flavor? Or is this just a function of the popularity of English as a second language (we're not that huge as a first language, certainly.)

    Consider my question about Dutch speakers, above. Virtually all Dutch speakers also speak English. If I were a (first-language) Dutch speaker and Wikipedian, would I prefer to make contributions to the Dutch version, or use my English to add to the bigger project and have a much greater audience? The same goes for speakers of most West European languages, to some extent, certainly the Scandinavian ones, or German, etc., if not the Romance languages.

    Of course, this may just be an access issue, closely bound to availability of connections (maybe especially broadband connections) in various countries. But I'm not sure. Korean has many more speakers than Dutch, and just as much or more broadband penetration (at least in the very populous Republic of Korea (South) but not much more than 10% as many articles as the Dutch language version.

    Has anyone looked at this before? Could somebody at a higher level than I help me get at data relating to this?

    Many thanks

    Prairie Dad 20:16, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    You might try posting your question at WP:VPT - the technical questions page. -Patstuart(talk)(contribs) 01:47, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    More about location/nationality of authors/editors

    One or two other points to my question above.

    I realize that there are potential political issues here. People in repressive societies may be most reluctant (and with good reason!) to contribute. But Spanish is certainly spoken in enough places that they can't all be repressive. Or, the "overseas" Chinese population very large, why might there not be more Chinese language pages from other countries than from China itself?

    Also, what might be gleaned from the various translation projects? What are the most commonly translated language pairs, and in which direction is the work going? I assume (perhaps totally ethnocentrically) that more is done into English than from English into other languages (because of the idea of getting a larger audience, which I address in the first part of this question) but this might not be so. And what are the other languages involved? Are the active pairs of languages that don't include English (Spanish-Portuguese, Dutch-German, Scandinavian to Scandinavian?) or does the proximity of the languages in these pairs mean that most, say, Danish speakers just read the Swedish version, and vice versa, without need to translate?

    Again, if there are admins or people involved in projects like the translation pages who could help me get at data about this, I'd be thrilled.

    thanks,

    Prairie Dad 20:27, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    "Translator" code

    Hello! I joined on the French site and managed to get the code to show that I'm a translator but can't find the equivalent codes for the English site. Basically I want to have the icons that say I have a really good knowledge of French, can translate from French and German.

    In French it looks like this: Template:Boite utilisateur

    So I'd like the English equivalent please!

    Thanks! Sylviaroberge 22:13, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    What you're probably looking for is Wikipedia:Babel - it doesn't necessarily say you're a translator, but it lets you show your knowledge in a particular language and your ability to contribute in those languages. —Keakealani 22:15, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I think what you are looking for is {{User fr-3}}, {{User fr-4}} or {{User fr-5}}.--Fuhghettaboutit 22:21, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    RSS

    How is RSS used within the Wikipedia site? Is there a way to have a feed of my watchlist, etc.? CoolGuy 22:20, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]


    See WP:RSS for feeds that wikipedia has. Unfortunately there isn't one for personal watchlists (I'm guess it's because of a performance issue). —Mitaphane talk 22:37, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Fundraiser

    I recall seeing fundraisers where the percentage of the goal was listed at the top of every page. I know how to donate regardless of a campaign, but I am just curious how to find out when another one will happen. CoolGuy 22:25, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    No idea. But a better place to ask your question would probably be at Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikidemia, the project that seems to be handling fundraising ideas and proposals. --`/aksha 07:56, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Editing Tab

    Dear Wikipedia, Let me first thank all your staff and the creators of Wikipedia in making available, not only a free reference source but a 'surrogate' parent/teacher. To be brief, I have four children and three of them are in High School. As a result of their chosen studies, Wikipedia is their first and last choice. My query... In March of this year (2006) my second eldest son aged 14 years had an assignment and the chosen topic was Napoleon of France. His criteria sheet required him to be information spedific. Having chosen Wikipedia on prior occassions, e.g. The Parthenon, Major Religions of the World, he again chose Wikipedia and after due research then commenced his 'interpretation' in response to the Assignment. He chose EDIT 'tab' from the available tools. This occassion there are only 4 tabs and none of them are EDIT tabs. Have Wikipedia changed focus on providing tools for students and readers alike or are we not using/ or cannot find the EDIT tab. Looking forward to your timely response and thanks in advance. David Chancellor. Brisbane Australia. email... <email removed>

    You are probably not able to see the edit tab because the article may be "locked" due to recent vandalism. What article is he trying to edit? Thank you for your question. // Pilotguy (Cleared to land) 23:47, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Or your ip adress has been blocked from editing wikipedia. - Tutmosis 23:48, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    The Napoleon I of France article has been semi-protected a few times as a temporary measure to deal with excessive vandalism to the page (a unfortunate consequence of allowing anyone to edit). Protection is normally applied to articles as a last resort, and usually for a short time. The Napoleon article was protected for six days in February due to excessive vandalism, and unfortunately had to be protected again in October. The protection will probably be removed again before too long. Out of the 1.5 million articles on Wikipedia, only a few hundred are protected at any one time. We all value the open nature of the wiki. -- zzuuzz (talk) 23:58, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    November 13

    Hello, I am interested in posting a general question and then hopefully getting many responses. I am interested in eventually publishing those responses in a book. Do the contributors have to sign an agreement before I use their contribution? Thankyou for your time.

    This is not the place to do that. Contributions made anywhere on Wikipedia are licensed under the GFDL, which has restrictions on reproduction. You should set up a Geocities page, a blog, a Yahoo or Google newsgroup, or a bulletin board, and post in different places asking people to go there and comment. Anchoress 00:33, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Deleting a talk page

    A friend of mine wants to delete his talk page. Can he do this without deleting his userpage, or do both have to go? If he does, will he be able to recreate them, or not? Thanks. DoomsDay349 00:17, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    He could blank his talk page although this would still keep the previously made comments in the page's history. Or he could archive the comments like I, and many others, have done with our talk pages. Dismas|(talk) 00:26, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I think he wants to leave Wikipedia anyways. He's blanked his talk page; incidentally, he is the user I mentioned in an above question, Helical Rift. Just a bad first impression, I guess.... DoomsDay349 00:32, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    You or your friend should read WP:Right to vanish. Anchoress 01:07, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Alright. Sucks to see him go, but I guess it's his choice. Thanks. DoomsDay349 01:10, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    editor banned, register under new name?

    If an editor is banned from editing, is there anything to keep him from re-registering with a new name, so he can edit? Bubba73 (talk), 00:19, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    There may be a ban on the IP address he or she edits from. ViridaeTalk 00:20, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I assume that can be done if the user has registered, and if they have a static IP address. But what about a dynamic IP address? Bubba73 (talk), 01:01, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    They tend to be recognised as sockpuppets and blocked. If it's obvious they're just blocked outright, if not Checkuser can be used to confirm. --Sam Blanning(talk) 04:33, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Message says I vandilised article on cannibus

    I,m very upsite that I was accused of any mischief.I don,t use your site very often. I would appercirte this problem being fixed. milo1sod

    At the top of the page, it says the following:

    "If you are an unregistered user operating from this address, note that this is not the IP address of your machine. 205.188.116.71 is the IP address of a proxy server that communicates between your browser and the Wikimedia servers. These and other proxies are shared among thousands of AOL users. If you are frustrated by irrelevant comments appearing here, you can avoid them by creating an account for yourself." Some other AOL user vandalized a page and now you're getting the message. --Wooty  Woot? | contribs 03:29, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Like the message says, it was not intended for you. Please accept an apology for any inconvenience, but it's important to realize that vandalism is a big problem on Wikipedia, and we have need to warn users. Sometimes the wrong users will be warned if the users share an IP address. Patstuart(talk)(contribs) 03:48, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    How can i add an article?

    Hi ,

    May i know what is the default code that i am suppose to add in for the infromation which i wanted to add in? My article heep deleted by the admin. Please let me know how my article can be added?

    Thanks, Best Regards, Ozura

    There is no "code" to add in Wikipedia articles. Your article was deleted following Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Ozura_Mobile_(second_nomination) (which you know about, because you posted in it) due to advertising and notability concerns. If you wish to appeal the deletion, try Wikipedia:Deletion review under "decisions to be reviewed". --Sam Blanning(talk) 04:30, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    biodiesel

    Is biodiesel produces from algae by commercialy? where and how?

    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. --Sam Blanning(talk) 04:28, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    In The Below Table

    Group Western European North/East European East Asian Middle Eastern
    Civilizations


    For the above table, I want to make cell lines that divide the 1st 3 groups from the left in 3rds EQUALLY. Then I want to divide the last group from the left in fourths EQUALLY. Is this possible? Thanks.100110100 04:27, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Not sure what you're exactly asking, but I think you can try to create a table within a table. I'm not terribly clear about how wikitables work, but you could try it in HTML. Also, try posting your questions at WP:WPT, as they might be able to better assist. -Patstuart(talk)(contribs) 04:34, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    What I'm asking is if the 1st 3 groups can be split in 3 EQUAL cells, and the last group in 4 EQUAL cells. Thanks.100110100 06:48, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I think i know what you're talking about. Basically, you end up wanting just one civilization in each cell right? What you need is either a method to set the height of a cell within a columne exactly (so you can manually divide it into thirds/quaters), or to have a table within a table. I'm afraid i can't explain how to do either of those things, but hopefully that makes it more clear for the next person trying to answer your question. --`/aksha 07:53, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    I have A great idea for a Wikiproject But........

    I dont have the time or knowledge to do it myself. Is there something I can do?DesignForDreamingFan 06:35, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Propose the idea. A good place to start would be Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals). --`/aksha 07:52, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Removing categorize section requirement at top of page

    Hello I recently added an article for Calder Park Raceway, I noticed that it needed to be categorized. I have done that however I do not know how to remove the notice up top and at the bottom saying it is uncategorized. If anyone could let me know how to remove it that would be great.

    At the very top of the article, you will notice it has this exact text: {{uncategorized|November 2006}}. You'll want to remove that. -Patstuart(talk)(contribs) 07:08, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    old user name still exists

    Hi, Earlier today I noticed that my username had mysteriously turned from NinaEliza to NinzEliza. I asked some admins on IRC if they could check it out, and they said that the username NinaEliza didn't exist. Since they also told me that there was no way that a username could just be changed willy-nilly, I decided to accept that I just never noticed it. I went to the request user name change board and explained the situation and they changed my username from NinzEliza to NinaEliza almost immediately.

    The problem is that I've commented on a few RFCs (because I like the challenge, I guess) and the user name NinzEliza is on all my posts. Also, the user name and talk page for NinzEliza still exists. Is there some way to redirect the talk page for NinzEliza to NinaEliza? If that can't happen, can NinzEliza be at least be deleted so that people can't post messages there? Thanks!NinaEliza 07:13, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Just add a redirect from one page to the other. Trebor 07:38, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    The {{db-userreq}} template is what you use to request user-page delets. User talk pages are generally not deleted, although they can sometimes by, under "Right to Vanish". See Wikipedia:User page --`/aksha 07:49, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    I came across this by accident and ,..................

    How in the world can you block my IP address when I have never even done anything but looked up info. I just stumbled across it because I inadvertantly clicked on the wrong item. Please tell me what this is. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 152.163.100.11 (talk • contribs) 18:15, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    The messages may have been intended for someone else on the same internet provider as you. Some ISPs appear to share IP addresses between users because of the way their web proxy servers are configured. If it really wasn't you, then you can just ignore the messages. -- Chuq 07:28, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Can I make this page, and what do I name it?

    G'day, I was wanting to make a page about the possible Free Trade Agreement between Australia and China. I am aware that Wikipedia is not a crystal ball and am pretty sure this will fit the criteria. Governments of both nations have been openly negotiating it for many months. The page will detail negotiations, the intended tariff reductions, criticisms etc.

    My main question is that, since it isn't an actual, legislated FTA yet, do I still call it "Australia-China Free Trade Agreement", or would "Proposed Australia-China Free Trade Agreement" or something like that be more appropriate?

    Cheers, DarkSideOfTheSpoon 07:30, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Assuming what you say is true, and there is enough reliable information for decent sources talking about this (i.e. it's not speculation or crystal ball stuff), i'd say name the article after the agreement (without the proposed bit). But the article should make it clear what stage of the agreement it's at (i.e. it's a proposal). Since the thing you're writing about is the agreement itself (although currently in a proposal stage), not the proposal. --`/aksha 07:47, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Good call, thanks. It is up, but small ATM, at Australia-China Free Trade Agreement. Cheers for the help. DarkSideOfTheSpoon 08:38, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    what is wikipedia

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