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January 24

How do you make pages about someone in the WIKIPEDIA?

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.115.214.131 (talk) 00:01, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

You will need to first register an account, which has many benefits, including the ability to create articles. Once you have registered, please search Wikipedia first to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject. Please also review a few of our relevant policies and guidelines which all articles should comport with. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite to reliable sources which verify their content and must not contain unsourced, {{{}}}negative content about living people.

Articles must also demonstrate the notability of the subject. Please see our subject specific guidelines for people, bands and musicians, companies and organizations and web content and note that if you are closely associated with the subject, our conflict of interest guideline strongly recommends against you creating the article.

If you still think an article is appropriate, see Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation. Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP!☺} 00:03, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

As Master of Puppets has said, you must create your own account first. If the person is popular, whether it be of an important theorem, a hit record, or being a prominent politician, then you can start their page by typing their name in the search box to the right. If the search box brings you to a page, then you will not need to create the person's page, and you may just edit it (with or without an account; if the page is protected, you must have an account). If the person's page is not there, then you can just type in a few things about them, but you must include why they are important. (See WP:NOTABILITY). If you type in a page about yourself, a friend, etc. then expect it be deleted, because Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a personal website (See WP:What Wikipedia is not). I hope that helped! — Cuyler91093 - Соитяівцтіоиѕ 08:56, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Using “*” or space after a category

To list items in top left of category, I noticed sometimes a “*” after a category such as in “Category:Museums in the United States|*Curators” & sometime a space is used such as in “Category:Museums in the United States| Defunct”. When should a “*” be used as compared to just a space when listing categories? Thanks! FieldMarine (talk) 00:25, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Can you provide a couple of examples? —Travis^talk 00:31, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Please see Category:Museums in the United States, upper left; some are below a "*" & some are below. The Ones below have a "|*" included in the category & the ones above have a "|(space)". FieldMarine (talk) 02:15, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

(Ah, thanks. I see that you put that in your original question and I missed it.) I haven’t a clue about the space or asterisk and a quick skim of WP:CAT doesn’t provide an obvious answer. It seems to me that a space should be ignored but I’ll have to dig a bit deeper, unless someone else has an answer. —Travis^talk 02:29, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

The space is probably a mistake, but the asterisk is used to force an article to the top of the category listing - usually the main article and/or a list of examples (for instance, I went to Special:Random/Category, which gave me Category:Godchildren of members of the British Royal Family, which has listed under * the article List of godchildren of members of the British Royal Family). Confusing Manifestation(Say hi!) 03:17, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Categorization#Priority sort keys and Help:Category#Sort order. There is no fixed rule about using space or *. Some categories have articles with both and then space comes first, for example in Category:Suspension bridges. It's possible to use additional characters for more groupings, for example + and -. They are displayed in ASCII order as shown at Help:Category#Sort order where many special characters come before digits and letters. If an article happens to start with a special character and doesn't change its own category sort order then it's listed normally under that character, for example *-algebra in Category:Abstract algebra. PrimeHunter (talk) 04:39, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Wrong

I just wanted to say that i saw the ADD definition and part of it is wrong. It is not a genetic disease and also you can get ADD without being exposed to anything toxic or bad for you and also you can get it without damaging your head by falling or something. I have ADD and i am up set because i didn't get it by any of the reasons that were listed. I just got it, nothing happened to me, i never was exposed to anything, i never have/ had fallen on my head or damaged it, and neither of my parents have it. I would like for you to change that because it will not let me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.204.122.215 (talk) 02:19, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Neither Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, ADD, or ADHD predominantly inattentive are semi-protected or protected, so you should be able to edit them. Your ability to post a question here shows that you are not blocked. You may want to bring this discussion to the talk page of the relevant article, as I'm not sure which article you're referring to, and ADHD appears to have a full range of citations throughout the "Causes" section. Sorry I can't be of more help. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 03:55, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

(edit conflict) I notice you have already attempted to correct the Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder article. Please note such claims need to be backed up by citing references from reliable sources - without this, your change is likely to be reverted quite quickly. If that happens, it would probably be best to take your concerns to the article's talk page, rather than simply re-adding your information. Also note it is not necessary to leave your signature in the article itself (I have removed it for you), but if you leave a message on a talk page, then please do use the signature.

Whilst, the article's factual accuracy is disputed, it suggests that genetics plays a role in around 75% of cases, whilst injury/toxins play a role in around 20% of cases. That leaves around 5% of cases with possibly unexplained causes (though I have not read all of the article).

Astronaut (talk) 04:05, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

WANT TO BUY COTTON SEED

HI MY NAME IS AND IM FROM FIJI AND IS REALLY INTERESTING TO BUY THIS PRODUCT[COTTON SEED OIL]

SO IF YOU CAN HELP ME OUT IN FINDING THAT OUT.

CAN YOU LET ME KNOW WHERE I CAN GET IT? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.151.26.133 (talk) 02:44, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 6 million articles and thought we were affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is for asking questions related to using or contributing to Wikipedia itself. Thus, we have no special knowledge about the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 02:51, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Sockpuppet reporting

Did I do this right? Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Kyleain

The same comments cam in from multiple accounts. Warnings have been met with hostility. User talk:Novangelis#Stop trolling Novangelis (talk) 02:57, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Yes, that was filled out correctly. Good jorb. Soxred93 | talk count bot 03:14, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Why is it taking so long to POST MY PAGE to the public?

I have created my contributions and I have been asking and waiting to have it posted for some months now. Please advise or post the page for me. Schmoovy Schmoov is my name. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Schmoovy Schmoov (talk • contribs) 03:08, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

I'm afraid we can't do that. First of all, since Wikipedia is a wiki, you can post articles on your own - you do not have to request that it be done for you. Secondly, your article appears to be an autobiography, which are strongly discouraged on Wikipedia. Writing an article about yourself means that you have a conflict of interest, which will affect the neutrality of the article and may make it difficult to determine if you are in fact notable enough to be included. Thirdly, your article contains no references or citations to reliable sources to help verify the information you have included. You are welcome to include information about yourself on your userpage as you have done, however in an actual article, we'd prefer you not. If you believe you are notable enough for inclusion in Wikipedia, you may request an article be created by an experienced editor. I'd recommend you take a look at Wikipedia:Your first article for more information about how to get started here. I hope this helps. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 03:46, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

P.S. - Just so you know, anyone can look at your userpage, however a search for "Schmoovy Schmoov" will not go directly to your userpage. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 03:48, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Since you wrote the autobiography you have not posted outside the user page and user talk page for your account before today. Wikipedia has 48,474,586 registered accounts and it's likely nobody has seen your contributions before now. PrimeHunter (talk) 04:05, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

YouTube videos on Wikipedia

Other wikis (such as Uncylopedia or Encyclopedia Dramatica) are able to paste Youtube videos directly into their articles. Is there a way that can be done on Wikipedia? --Ye Olde Luke (talk) 03:14, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

No, for several reasons. It is possible to embed malicious code into a video, causing security issues. Doing so would greatly increase article size and cause accessibility issues. However, the main reason is that YouTube videos are generally not considered to be reliable sources, and so aren't usable as citations. Because of this, there is no reason to embed them in the first place. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 03:30, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Also, WP:COPYRIGHTS problems often go along with videos from other sources like Youtube or Google video. - PeaceNT (talk) 05:16, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

what about for user pages? If you want a video not for an actual article, but to add to yuor user or talk page? --Ye Olde Luke (talk) 05:40, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

You can't embed them, and you can't link to them if they're copyright violations, which most youtube links are. Corvus cornix_talk 05:41, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Ah, I understand. Bummer. Thanks anyway. --Ye Olde Luke (talk) 05:42, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

create account and upload image

How do I...? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.235.141.178 (talk) 04:09, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi there! See WP:ACCOUNT for the benefits of creating an account, and instructions on how to do so. As for images, please see WP:UPLOAD; make sure you read the full copyright information, though. And lastly, remember to sign your edits using the four tildes, like this; ~~~~. Cheers, Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP!☺} 04:14, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Infobox Water park template

On template:Infobox Water park, how do I change the template so that if “location3” is filled out on the template, the information displays on a second line when the article is viewed. See Adventure River for example with “United States” showing on two lines. I think it does not look good that way. Thanks! FieldMarine (talk) 04:33, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

It's normal line wrap when the whole text doesn't fit on one line. You can avoid risk of line wrap between two words by replacing space with   (see nbsp). In Adventure River it's in a wikilink so you have to pipe it: Replace location3 = [[United States]] with location3 = [[United States|United States]]. PrimeHunter (talk) 04:53, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, i'll do that. Is there a way to change the template so it automatically does that if location3 is filled out? That may be a good permenant fix. Thanks again! FieldMarine (talk) 04:55, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

I don't recommend trying to automatically avoid line wrap for unknown names. There might be long names where line wraps are natural and line lengths would become too varying without it. (And I wouldn't personally bother with   for United States or most other multi-word names). PrimeHunter (talk) 05:11, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

How to see Featured Articles

How to see Featured Articals —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.140.142.85 (talk) 06:44, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

If you're looking for a list of Featured Articles, go to Wikipedia:Featured articles. If you want to know if a certain article is featured, look for a small bronze star () in the upper right hand corner. --Evan Seeds (talk)(contrib.) 06:55, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

confirmation of depositea sum of GBPS 820,000

Please confirm FUND DEPOSITE (...) NATIONAL LOTTERY (...) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.101.182.250 (talk) 06:57, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

This must be a lottery scam. I'm not sure whether you are a scammer or somebody is trying to scam you but I removed most of your post and strongly urge you and everybody else to ignore messages like this. PrimeHunter (talk) 07:16, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Image licence

I uploaded Image:Bernhardt Skull.JPG, which is just a crop, into landscape, of Image:Sarah-Bernhardt (Hamlet).jpg, which is a commons image.

However, I've got a problem with the licence. The commons image is licenced death of creator+70 years, whereas that's not an option at special:upload on wikipedia (which has an option for death of creator+100). Looking at the DoD I'd say this difference is actually an issue. I've put a licence on there pro tem so that I can bring the question here to the help desk, but how should this be dealt with? Should I upload to commons not to wikipedia? Or is there an appropriate licence I'm missing? AndyJones (talk) 08:19, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

The folks over at the Image copyright help desk can help answer your question. However, you should usually upload PD images to Commons. NF24^{(radio me!)} 21:08, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Another image licence question

Completely unrelated to my preceding question, I see from my watchlist that a bot is trying to delete Image:Richardthird.jpg. However the book in question was clearly printed 1597 and is therefore in the public domain, and the image shouldn't have been given a fair use licence in the first place. I've no idea how to dispute this &/or to fix this myself. Can someone oblige &/or tell me what I should do? AndyJones (talk) 08:30, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Changed to {{PD-old}}. NF24^{(radio me!)} 11:40, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Excellent, thanks for your help. AndyJones (talk) 13:34, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia

Is there a chance if i could create a seperate vandalism unit, simular to the counter-vandalism unit but totally different which performs strict rules, and follow's the rules of the wikimedia foundation, i've noticed a few user's are creating their own departments for the wikipedia project but i was wondering if anyone had objection's. →Dust Rider→ 12:20, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Nevermind i won't bother. →Dust Rider→ 13:13, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Age of articles, please.

How can I find out when a particular article was first posted on its Wikipedia site?

I have looked at the history, but I don't know if any of it has been archived, or if I am seeing the entire history.

How do I tell the age of the page?

Thank you,

Suttonplacesouth (talk) 13:02, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Click history at the top of a page. Then click earliest and you will be at the first ever edit to a page. Page history is not archived as for GFDL copyright reasons, we need to preserve the authors. See Help:Page history for more information. Woody (talk) 13:06, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Some related links: Special:Ancientpages (it only goes back to 2004, which makes no sense), and History of Wikipedia mentions the oldest edit which is still in an article history. One possible complication when you are trying to find the very first edit to an article: if an article was deleted and then someone recreated it later, I don't know if the earlier deleted history will still be visible to non-admins. You might want to look into that if you want to be really sure. --Teratornis (talk) 18:53, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

End of article not showing up, but text is still there

I edited the Anderson County, South Carolina article. I added a Reference section an external links section. After I saved it, nothing after this last reference is showing up. But, if I go back to "edit this page", the all of the text is still there (Meaning I didn't accidently blank the last part of the article) What is up with this? Thanks, Rocketmaniac (talk) 13:26, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

You need to close the ref tags with </ref> after the reference has finished. So <ref>[wikipedia.org]</ref>. More information can be found at Wikipedia:References. I have fixed it for you now. Woody (talk) 13:30, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. That was a big duh on my part. Rocketmaniac (talk) 13:33, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

You would be surprised at how often it happens! ;) Woody (talk) 13:35, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Another question. How many references does an article need so you can remove the Unreferenced tag? Rocketmaniac (talk) 13:37, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

One. After that, if necessary, you can always add a {{refimprove}} tag. Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 13:58, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

(e/c)In theory, 1. After that use {{refimprove}}. It is more of a common sense issue, when all really challengable stuff is referenced, then remove the {{refimprove}} tag. Woody (talk) 14:00, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

kerrigan labrooy sri lankan burgher

Hi There, Firstly CONGRATULATIONS on such a fabulous facility. The reason I'm writing is to advise you of another popular SRI LANKAN BURGHER. I was browsing your Sri Lankan Burgher page and discovered other popular colleagues.

His name is Kerrigan La-Brooy - he's a singer/songwriter/entertainer/actor etc etc....his webpage is www.kerriganlabrooy.com

His email is <removed email>

I was wondering, indeed hoping, his name could be included on your Sri Lankan Burgher name list."

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Cheers,

Management for Kerrigan La-Brooy Melbourne, AustraliaKezlab000 (talk) 14:35, 24 January 2008 (UTC)kezlab000

See WP:BIO for the "notability" requirements for a person to have a Wikipedia biographical article. If you satisfy those requirements, you can help Wikipedia editors write about you by giving us some reliable sources for your biographical information. Everything on Wikipedia has to come from reliable published sources. It's not enough for something to be merely true. --Teratornis (talk) 18:45, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Layout of wikipedia suddenly looks strange

I'm not sure what I did, but en.wikipedia looks very strange. There are no tabs at the top of the page. It's like the css isn't being applied at all! Other websites look fine in my browser (Firefox 2), and even other parts of wikipedia look fine, like fr.wikipedia. When I view source and compare en.wikipedia's header to fr.wikipedia's header, they look the same.

Did I somehow change a setting? How do I fix it?

128.2.213.43 (talk) 14:46, 24 January 2008 (UTC)Ciera

Clearing your browser cache may fix it. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:54, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

No, that didn't fix it. 128.2.213.43 (talk) 15:02, 24 January 2008 (UTC)Ciera

Did you clear all files (not just refreshing the viewed page)? I don't use Firefox and cannot give browser specific help. Have you considered creating an account? Benefits at Wikipedia:Why create an account? includes many ways to customize the display. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:05, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I did clear the cache. I shouldn't have to create an account to have wikipedia appear as it normally does, and I'm suspicious that it won't work anyway. It really appears as though th browser can't find the css. As I stated, this only happens on en.wikipedia. 128.2.213.43 (talk) 19:34, 24 January 2008 (UTC)Ciera

Template help

How do you make a table-like template (such as an infobox) align itself on the right side of the page? King Zeal (talk) 15:36, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

An infobox would/should automatically align itself to the right. Inside the tags {{}}, you'd have something like: {{|right}} - which may align it. It depends on the template itself. Hope that at least helps a little bit... I'm not terribly strong with those things. Scarian^{Call me Pat} 16:07, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Random hacking at {{Infobox}} seems to show that 'class="infobox"' does this, among other things. Algebraist 16:17, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

You can see the CSS code for that class in MediaWiki:Common.css; an excerpt:

/* Infobox template style */
.infobox {
    border: 1px solid #aaa;
    background-color: #f9f9f9;
    color: black;
    margin-bottom: 0.5em;
    margin-left: 1em;
    padding: 0.2em;
    float: right;
    clear: right;
}
...

--Teratornis (talk) 18:39, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

When will our site be up and can we get it linked to another wikipedia page?

I just created a site about muscoot farms. there is a page about somers new york that has muscoot on it but i was wondering if we could get it linked to the muscoot page... The somers page has muscoot in black. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Muscoot (talk • contribs) 15:48, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

It looks like you created this on your user page, which shouldn't be linked to from other existing articles. Quickly glancing over it, I don't know if meets the requirements for notability, so it may get deleted if you make an article out of it. It is also is more of an advertisement than an article. I'll leave some links on your talk page to get you in going in the right direction. Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 16:01, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

A long time lurker

finally gets a login and asks - I enjoy some of the Wikipedia funny pages (lamest edit wars, funny articles and such like) - is there one that lists the funniest edits? It's just that I've found a cracker and want to add it to the list! Toodleooh (talk) 16:46, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Bad Jokes and Other Deleted Nonsense is no longer maintained so I don't think there is an appropriate place on Wikipedia. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:54, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Check out Wikipedia:List of shortcuts#Department of fun. Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 16:58, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

That's a shame. Here it is, for posterity's sake (made me laugh out loud): [1] Toodleooh (talk) 17:06, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

See also Category:Wikipedia humor. • Anakin ^{(contribs • complaints)} 17:15, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

That is pretty amusing. For things like that, where you can link to an actual diff, you might want to keep the link somewhere in your userspace. (The reason BJAODN got in trouble was because a lot of its content didn't provide a way to determine the author of the content - such as a diff, a big copyright problem.) Confusing Manifestation(Say hi!) 22:19, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Date delinker

Could someone with the appropriate program go through and de-link the year only dates in Timeline of artificial satellites and space probes? I would do it by hand but it is slow. Rmhermen (talk) 17:35, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Done, with multiple search-and-replace in a text editor. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:34, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Changing an edit comment that I made

I recently deleted a line from the entry on Michael Redhill that was unfounded speculation, and explained my reason in an edit comment. I would now like to alter that comment. How do I do so?

Thanks, Luckysod —Preceding unsigned comment added by Luckysod (talk • contribs) 17:44, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

You can't. You could post on the article talk page explaining your new position, or (since no-one's edited the page since you) you could make a dummy edit with an explanation in the edit summary. Algebraist 17:58, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

You can also see in the page history who added the line and try contacting at User talk:70.49.50.50 - but some unregistered editors will not use the same IP address again and not get the message. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:15, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Talkpage History

Hi, is there a chance if someone could erase, IP user: 75.80.87.71 from my talkpage history i didn't like the comments he/she placed on my talkpage it made me a bit distressed and i want to forget about it but can't because of his/her's IP is on the history section. →Dust Rider→ 18:34, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi there! Page revisions are usually not hidden from normal view except in extrainous circumstances. Wikipedia:Oversight states that these cases are:

1. Removal of nonpublic personal information such as phone numbers, home addresses, workplaces or identities of pseudonymous or anonymous individuals who have not made their identity public.
2. Removal of potentially libellous information either: a) on the advice of Wikimedia Foundation counsel or b) when the subject has specifically asked for the information to be expunged from the history, the case is clear, and there is no editorial reason to keep the revision.
3. Removal of copyright infringement on the advice of Wikimedia Foundation counsel.

As the edit in question is merely vandalism, I do not think it will be hidden. Nevertheless, you are welcome to visit Requests for oversight to ask that this revision be removed. Hope this helped! --omtay38 18:39, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

I'll just ignore the History tab, if the user appears again and makes that offensive and disgusting comment again, or vandalizes my userpage or subpages i'll report him/her and have them blocked and i'll monitor them closely for other vandalism on userpages or articles. →Dust Rider→ 18:46, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Think of it as a "badge of honor". Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 19:00, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

I don't understand the comment, what do mean. →Dust Rider→ 19:02, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

In my comment above, there a link above to all the vandalism that's been done on both my user and talk pages. Personally, I'm not offended by any of the comments, I find them amusing, so I display them. Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 19:06, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Alright, i might add another subpaage and place that IP user on it along with a link to the history, so i know what they've done unless i forget it. →Dust Rider→ 19:08, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

I've added an entire new section & included lot's of info of who i'm watching. →Dust Rider→ 19:24, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Why are advertising pages not deleted, even if it is clear that they go against the Wiki Perennial Proposal?

I know of a company, which created a page exclusively to advertise their capabilities....I saw that they have been tagged beginning three months ago. Is there a law that prohibits people form deleting a page? How do you prove that the page is against the Wiki law...How does this work? Thank you very much for your time on this... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mhmwiki (talk • contribs) 18:47, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Responded/ing on user's talk page. --omtay38 19:09, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi there! I'm writing concerning your notice on the help desk. I have included on your page a welcoming template with a few links to some helpful articles about wikipedia policies. As a more specific answer to your question, articles on wikipedia are deleted according to the Deletion policys. If you could give me a link to the specific article you are referring to, perhaps I could be more specific about why it is or isn't being deleted. Please feel free to respond here or on my talk page. Welcome to Wikipedia and happy editing! --omtay38 18:53, 24 January 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by The Transhumanist (talk • contribs)

Is Christian Solidarity Worldwide reliable source

Is Christian Solidarity Worldwide[2] a reliable source as per Wikipedia:Reliable sources? Can I use this source for reference? Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 18:52, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi there! Wikipedia:Reliable sources applies to sources that are used when writing wikipedia. Generally, an article should never cite another wikipedia article as a means of fact verification (as both articles can be edited by anybody). If you want to cite this specific article in another work outside of wikipedia, you may want to take a look at this page. --omtay38 19:09, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

I still have a question. As per Wikipedia:Reliable sources#Extremist sources, extrimist sources are not allowed as reference in article. But I don't think that Christian Solidarity Worldwide is an extrimist source. According to Wikipedia:Reliable source examples#Use of electronic or online sources, "Websites and publications of political parties, religious groups, anti-religious groups, or any other partisan group, may exhibit bias and should be treated with caution. Neither political affiliation nor religious belief stated in these sources are in themselves a reason not to use them, as these websites can be used to present the viewpoints of these groups, if properly attributed" and "Widely acknowledged extremist organizations or individuals, whether of a political, religious, racist, or other character, should be used only as primary sources". I want to use this for the article Religious violence in India‎. I don't understand that can Christian Solidarity Worldwide be labelled as partisan source or not? Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 19:16, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Ahh, i see, i misunderstood slightly. I would say, when in doubt, cite another source. Any verification, even biased, is better than none. See if you can find a third-party source to cite as well, but I bet you'd be alright citing [ttp://www.csw.org.uk/portal.htm csw.org]. Hope this helped! --omtay38 19:28, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Request for employment information for health workers

Respected Sir/Madam, I and some of my companions are seeking jobs in your hospitals as health workers or health support workers. Please send us information about this. I shall be very thankful to you for this act of kindness. Thank you. Muhammad. —Preceding unsigned comment added by BUGGA (talk • contribs) 19:17, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi Muhammed. Thank you for your question. Our articles Monster (website) and Employment website may be of help.

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 is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. I hope this helps.

The Transhumanist 20:31, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi. Sorry but we will not be able to help you. This help desk is for questions about using Wikipedia. - Rjd0060 (talk) 19:28, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Rjd, please see the instructions for help desk volunteers. The Transhumanist (talk) 20:31, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

(ec) Hello. I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over two million articles, and thought that we were directly affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that the web site you are at now is Wikipedia, the online free encyclopedia, and this page is a help desk for asking questions related to using the encyclopedia. We are not a hospital. Thus, we have no inside track on the subject of your question. I suggest that you contact the relevant hospital with your question directly. Best of luck. • Anakin ^{(contribs • complaints)} 19:30, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Anakin, please see the instructions for help desk volunteers. The Transhumanist (talk) 20:31, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

What is it exactly that you're pointing to on that page? Nagging help desk volunteers isn't going to get them to want to contribute, it will just drive them away. Corvus cornix_talk 00:10, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Space before table

Hello, I do not know why there is space above the wikitable at User:thedemonhog/Sandbox#Mobisodes removed. Could someone remove it? Thanks, –thedemonhog talk • edits 19:26, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Moving a }} in [3] has fixed it. PrimeHunter (talk) 19:42, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Query

My lecturer at College (Syd Moore) has asked me to help her create her own Wikipedia page.

She used to have her own program on Channel 4 and worked for a big publishing company, she has a brother in a band and they have a wikipedia page, she is linked from there but of course has no page for it to be linked to.

I was just wondering how this could be done as she has told me that her friends have tried to do it, but it just gets deleted a few days later and isnt a proper page.

She is interested in having a wikipedia page as she has just recently been part of a magazine, which she helps to run, and wishes for all of her achievements, facts etc. to be on this page for people to access and view.

Thank you in advance,

James Lumbard —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.96.205.165 (talk) 20:13, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

You can see Help:Starting a new page, but judging from the information you've given me, it sounds as though this person fails WP:NOTE on quite a few levels. Also not that Wikipedia is not a social network. _{WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN}^{play it cool.} 20:17, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Having a programme on Channel 4 (a major UK television channel) is most likely enough to be notable. Back it up with sources and you should be fine. NF24^{(radio me!)} 21:05, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

what is the equation for determining a monthly mortgae payment

I know it is determind by intrest rate principle and the term of the loan. But do you know if there is an actual name for that equation?

Thank you for you time and help on this question.

Missy Purnia —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.43.215.205 (talk) 21:02, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

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 is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. I hope this helps. NF24^{(radio me!)} 21:03, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

See Mortgage Calculator and Compound interest. There are several different equations. Are you trying to recall a named equation you heard about somewhere? --Teratornis (talk) 00:21, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Image

Am i able to have the image Earth on my userpage in stead of the mood template, i'm just checking. →Dust Rider→ 21:07, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Assuming you're talking about Image:The Earth seen from Apollo 17.jpg or something similar, go ahead! Any freely licensed image (i.e. not fair use) is allowed in your userspace. NF24^{(radio me!)} 21:12, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, however i have another question how do i change the text colour to White what's the code. →Dust Rider→ 21:17, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

<font color="white"> or <font color="#FFFFFF">. NF24^{(radio me!)} 21:20, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Check page vists

Is there any way to see how many times a particular article has been visited? Harland1 (^t/_c) 21:18, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

It's a feature of MediaWiki but has been disabled on the English Wikipedia for performance reasons. NF24^{(radio me!)} 21:38, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

New Topics

Every time i try to write about a topic, it gets deleted. I have been trying to write about Angel from the band Dope but it keeps getting deleted. I am deeply disappointed. I am about to leave wikipedia for this nonsense. You are able to reach me at <e-mail removed> —Preceding unsigned comment added by Koenig1010 (talk • contribs) 21:32, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

It appears that the article Tony "Seven" Koenig, which you created, was deleted under Criteria for speedy deletion #A7 - an article about a person with no assertion of notability. If you can demonstrate notability in accordance with Wikipedia:Notability (people), then the article should be kept. NF24^{(radio me!)} 21:37, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

If you are Tony "Seven" Koenig then please note that writing an autobiography is strongly discouraged. See also Wikipedia:Notability (music). PrimeHunter (talk) 22:37, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

adding picture

How do I add a picture to an article —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.242.18.237 (talk) 21:39, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

{{Image:name of image|size|left, right or center|Caption of image}} - but please don't add any old image to any old article. And make sure that the image is properly licensed etc. Scarian^{Call me Pat} 21:43, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

First, you will have to signup. Then:

• If you want to add an existing image to an article, type [[Image:File name.jpg|right|Optional caption.]] to the article – replacing File name.jpg with the actual file name of the image, right with the alignment of the image on the page and Optional caption with the caption, which of course, is optional. See our picture tutorial for more information.
• If you want to upload an image from your computer, to put in an article, you must find out what license the image is licensed under. If you know your image is licensed under a free-license, upload it to the Wikimedia Commons, where all projects have access to the image. If you are unsure what license your image is licensed under, see the file upload wizard for more information. Also, please read Wikipedia's image use policy, because if you upload the image under a false license, you may be blocked.

Hope this has helped. NF24^{(radio me!)} 21:45, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Oh... well, Nascar said it better than I could :-P Scarian^{Call me Pat} 21:47, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Fair

It's fair that registered users who are registered under blocked shared IP addresses cannot do things that only registered users can do, such as create pages, move pages, upload images, and edit semi-protected pages. If the user cannot edit anonymously, it's fair that if they can edit under an account, they cannot do "accountive" purposes. 58.168.213.239 (talk) 07:43, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Do you have a question about using Wikipedia that you'd like to ask, friend? This is the Help Desk, it's not a forum :-) - But feel free to go ahead and ask a question about using Wikipedia! :-) Scarian^{Call me Pat} 21:59, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

dont know

help! i dont know how to make my own page and i want to. Please respond.

Tinmac11 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tinmac11 (talk • contribs) 22:19, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Before creating an article, please search Wikipedia first to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject. Please also review a few of our relevant policies and guidelines which all articles should comport with. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite to reliable sources which verify their content and must not contain unsourced, negative content about living people.

Articles must also demonstrate the notability of the subject. Please see our subject specific guidelines for people, bands and musicians, companies and organizations and web content and note that if you are closely associated with the subject, our conflict of interest guideline strongly recommends against you creating the article.

If you still think an article is appropriate, see Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:22, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

scrolling up a page

Hi,

I like this site and the way information is presented.

Would it be possible to put a "Top" hyperlink at the end of each section so a user can go back to the Table of Contents easily?

Thanks

74.92.140.6 (talk) 22:23, 24 January 2008 (UTC).

I don't know if that's possible or not but WP:PUMP would be a great place to ask that sort of question. It's how you get things changed at Wikipedia. Meanwhile, as a quick fix if you click on a link in the ToC and want to scroll back up quickly just press the back button on your web browser. Hope this helps! Scarian^{Call me Pat} 22:33, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

thanks - the back button is fine to use - i'll have a look around the "pump" (is it supposed to be like a village well?)

74.92.140.6 (talk) 22:38, 24 January 2008 (UTC).

Yeah, it's a well. In America I think they're called pumps. _{WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN}^{play it cool.} 22:47, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

I assume that it is referring to an old hand pump, which must have been the forerunner to the water cooler as a place for gossip. —Travis^talk 22:52, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Since in the US a well is a well just as it is there, what do they call pumps in the UK? By the way, you can also right click the browser bar and choose "top" in Internet Explorer.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 23:03, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Well it may come as a shock to you, but pumps are called pumps in the UK. That is all.--Kerotan^{Leave Me a Message} Have a nice day :) 01:52, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

You may find that using the Home key on your keyboard will return you to the top of a page without having to click anything. 86.21.74.40 (talk) 23:07, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

the home key is the winner - thanks all

Wow! I've been using PCs for a loooong time and I never knew you could do that. Well you learn something new every day :-) Astronaut (talk) 01:07, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

the problem about calling the place where you make suggestions the pump (meaning it in the sense of the watercooler) is that (in my experience) people tend to use the pump to make anything but constructive criticisms... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.92.140.6 (talk) 23:18, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Zinc entry versus Aluminium and Copper entries

Hi

Why does the Zinc entry not have a Applications section like the other two entries in the subject line above?

While I appreciate entries depend on individual contributors - and their preferences, a consistent framework is good too

74.92.140.6 (talk) 22:34, 24 January 2008 (UTC).

If you could find out what applications Zinc is used in and then edit it in yourself and then source it you'd be helping out Wikipedia :-) - I'll have a look too and see if I can make the article better. Scarian^{Call me Pat} 22:37, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

use, use, use...

thanks

how can one contact the contributors (I assume they are more expert than I in the field they choose to contribute to) and ask about gaps in articles users see - while letting them choose whether or not to plug those gaps?

for example, I go to the zinc page, I see a problem and I want to raise the issue without fixing it because I am not the expert - but also, the way you edit pages is not really straightforward - you have to click on discussion, then edit this page, then find the bottom of the previous criticisms (constructive or otherwise) and then make your comment - so you really need to want to make a comment - it should be much more straightforward. Also, a page might have ten contributors - who takes responsibility for responding to any one comment? (as you have done above Pat?)

Thanks for your help

74.92.140.6 (talk) 22:51, 24 January 2008 (UTC).

You don't have to be an expert to fix something, friend! :-) Wikipedia is the encyclopaedia that anyone can edit. Discussion/talk pages are for when an editor would like to raise an issue... you don't really need to read absolutely everything... you don't even have to read anything at all. If you'd like me to, I can raise the issue on the Zinc talk page and we'll see who responds, ja? No one takes responsibility for anything, we're a community and we edit as a community :-) That Zinc page has had hundreds of contributors, if not thousands... Many people might comment on it who've never been on the page ever before! I hope this clears some things up for you. I'll post it on your talk page too just in case you miss it. :-) Scarian^{Call me Pat} 22:55, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

One way to find applications of Zinc is to examine its backlinks: Special:Whatlinkshere/Zinc. For example: Galvanization, Hot-dip galvanizing, Sacrificial anode, and Cathodic protection. See: Help:Talk page for more information about how to use talk pages. --Teratornis (talk) 23:49, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

January 25

Is there a way to add a Wekipedia search box to my (external) web page?

Is there a way to add a Wekipedia search box to my (external) web page?

Merriam Webster Dictionary, Google, Yahoo and others provide mechanisms by which web designers can add a control to a web page that lets users initiate searchs directly, bypassing the home page of the search site. (e.g. http://www.m-w.com/downloads/general/search_box.htm) Is anything like this available for Wekipedia?

Thanks,

Btansi (talk) 00:51, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia does not have a site specific search feature that can be embedded in external webpages. However, you can create a google custom search engine that will search wikipedia. From there, you can embed the search into your webpage. Hope this helps! --omtay38 01:18, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

(E/C) Please see here. However, I find Google much more adept at searching Wikipedia than Wikipedia's search engine. You can limit a google search to Wikipedia by typing site:en.wikipedia.org. there are many ways to limit your searches. Some examples: inurl:wiki-User; intitle:Talk; inurl:wiki-Wikipedia; and so on. You can limit your searches essentially to the mainspace by typing -inurl:wiki-User -intitle:Talk -inurl:wiki-Wikipedia -inurl:wiki-WP -redirected-from site:en.wikipedia.org.. Or you can set up a custom Google search using {{google custom}}.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 01:23, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Whuddaya know, I learn something every day! --omtay38 01:27, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

I also found [4] and [5]. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:41, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Vandalism

Resolved

Like to report repeated vandalism on Category:Food companies by country. FieldMarine (talk) 01:20, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

You will want to warn the user with a warning template. Go to WP:AIV if they continue vandalising after a final warning. NF24^{(radio me!)} 01:24, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

You can report obvious and persistent vandals at Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism. Before posting there, a final warning in an escalating series should have been posted to the user's talk page (for example {{Uw-vandal4}}, {{Uw-spam4}} or {{Uw-speedy4}}), and the user must have vandalized within the last few hours, including after the final warning was given. Various warning templates can be found at Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace. Your block request is unlikely to be acted upon unless you follow these steps. Cases that are not simple vandalism can be reported at WP:AN/I. Of course, in conjunction with warning against and reporting vandalism, you have the ability, mandate and are encouraged to revert all instances of vandalism you find yourself.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 01:24, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Taken care of. It wasn't vandalism, just a misunderstanding of how to use pages. --omtay38 01:26, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your assistance! FieldMarine (talk) 01:28, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

How do I find???

How do I find the generic name to trade drugs? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.252.212.61 (talk) 03:43, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

While this isn't a Wikipedia-related question, I'd suggest perhaps www.rxlist.com, which appears to let you search for medication based on either the generic name or the trade name. (I just found this by Googling for prescription+generic, YMMV). Confusing Manifestation(Say hi!) 04:19, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

(e/c)You can purchase the pill book, or you can use Google. Just type the name of the subject drug followed by "generic name" or you can use this site or this site.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 04:23, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Rogue additions to my watchlist?

Resolved

While clearing detritus off my watchlist, I found several entries for recently deleted articles that I have no recollection of ever having seen. I certainly don't remember doing anything (such as adding speedy delete templates) that would have added them to my watchlist. The mystery additions to my watchlist were Illannoy, Illinois, Land of Satan and Shithead people!, and Illinois Stinks!. Did (1) I propose these for deletion while I was asleep, (2) has someone purloined my identity, or (3) did something inside the Wikimedia system misfire and insert these into my watchlist? --Orlady (talk) 04:43, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Those ended up on your watchlist because while you had the "Illinois" article on your watchlist, it was vandalized by people who moved the "Illinois" article to those article names. See the logs for the "Illinois" article. --Silver Edge (talk) 05:12, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the explanation! --Orlady (talk) 05:34, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Colindale tube station

I need to get Colindale tube station, Can I know its post code please? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.151.135.96 (talk) 07:26, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

This page is for questions about editing Wikipedia. Please consider asking this question at the Reference desk. They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. You could always try searching Wikipedia for an article related to the topic you want to know more about. I hope this helps. VivioFateFan ^{(Talk, Sandbox)} 07:54, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Honda head?

Who is the honda India head —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.241.239.205 (talk) 08:39, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

According to this, it looks like Mr. Masahiro Takedagawa is the President and CEO of Honda Siel Cars India (HSCI). However, 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 is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. I hope this helps. Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 12:42, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia Edit options

Why provide the edit option on each page in this site? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.131.112.57 (talk) 12:01, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

According to Wikipedia:Introduction, which probably sums it up best, "Wikipedia is an encyclopedia collaboratively written by many of its readers. It is a special type of website, called a wiki, that makes collaboration easy. Many people are constantly improving Wikipedia, making thousands of changes an hour, all of which are recorded on article histories and recent changes." Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 12:48, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

See also Criticism of Wikipedia and Wikipedia:Protection policy. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:55, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

my article

I understand now that double cheeseburger was invalid for a good reason, how do i publish about an event when all other witnesses are deceased? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Skylerspal (talk • contribs) 14:16, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

You must cite to reliable sources verifying the information and which are independent of the subject. This can be citations to books, newspapers articles, magazines, television and film treatment and so on. Since Wikipedia is a tertiary source, all information in it must synthesize already published material. Nothing new should every be announced in an encyclopedia. If there is no material on which to base the article and thus verify the proposed information, then Wikipedia cannot have an article on it.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 14:33, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Other Languages

Hi

I recently created an article about ajim. There are other articles about ajim in other languages such as French but despite this French doesn't appear on the left side where other languages are listed. Do I have to link the English article with the articles in other languages? I thought it would happen automatically. ItemSeven (talk) 15:41, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

yes, have a look at the bottom of the source text of another wiki - there u will find a list like [[en:ajim]] Easiest way is to copy these links. dont forget to remove the english one, if present and add one for the language where u picked the list from. If u want to be thorough check if all the links are really valid (same topic). --84.159.157.10 (talk) 16:17, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Each Wikipedia has a two-or three-letter language code (see m:List of Wikipedias for a list). To do interwiki links, type [[language code:article name in that language Wikipedia]]. For example, [[de:Hauptseite]] brings you to the German Wikipedia's main page. Meanwhile, interwiki links to the same language can be done as well; [[wikt:Main Page]] makes wikt:Main Page which brings you the the main page of the English Wiktionary. See Help:Interwiki for more. NF24^{(radio me!)} 16:39, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Liberty Charter High School - Nampa, Idaho

The article on our school is becoming a constant and increasing problem. Blatant vandalism and falsehood is being posted to our entry and is now verging on defamation issues. This must be remedied. Please advise on how to fix this problem. I do not need my student body being referred to as homosexual or stupid. And the statements posted about our principal are false and posing a growing issue as people use your site to find information/links regarding our school. We are the top charter school in the state and in the top five of all schools in the state, so as you can imagine, there are frequent visitors to our page on wikipedia. Please help us rectify this issue ASAP Toby Schmidt Humanities Teacher Liberty Charter High School —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tobyschmidt (talk • contribs) 16:22, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

I've requested page protection. You can keep track of the request by visiting Requests for page protection. NF24^{(radio me!)} 16:33, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Grease stains

How do you remove grease stains from clothes

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 is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. I hope this helps. NF24^{(radio me!)} 16:33, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

User's contributions

Can someone help me regarding User:Klase1975 recent contributions? Should I just removed all of his recent additions? Spencer^T♦C 16:29, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Go ahead. They're clearly here to advertise a trip routing website. NF24^{(radio me!)} 16:42, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Done. Spencer^T♦C 17:20, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Entry for VAlence Technology

In my haste I added an entry for Valence Technology as VAlence Technology. Can I (you) change this, it is not clear if I can. Should I relist it and delete the original entry. Hope this makes sense.

Thanks IG —Preceding unsigned comment added by IrishG (talk • contribs) 16:40, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

I've moved it to Valence Technology. Once your account is four days old, you can move things by clicking on "move" at the top of any page. NF24^{(radio me!)} 16:43, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Playing Ogg audio files

I can't play Wikipedia Ogg audio files (as for example appears in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromatic_scale). My operating system is Windows XP 2002 SP2, my browser is IE7. I have the latest versions of Windows Media Player, VLC Media Player and Java installed. I have followed the instructions at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Media_help. I can play all audio & video files types (e.g. mpeg, WMV, ...), except Ogg files, from within my browser. I can play all downloaded audio and video files types by clicking on the files directly within Windows Explorer, including Ogg files. When I click on buttons linking to Ogg files within Wikepedia the image of the button disappears and no sound is played. I can't see this problem in the FAQs.

Any suggestions are welcome. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jaybeuu (talk • contribs) 17:38, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Have you followed Wikipedia:Media help (Ogg)#Windows from step 2? If you get a link saying "More" after you click a play button then try also clicking that link. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:03, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi Primehunter. Yes, I followed instructions from step 2. Also when I clicked on the 'more' link and it said that Quicktime ActiveX was selected but it would not play using that player. I've just tried (for the first time, didn't do this before) selecting the VLC Active X player, and this plays OK. Still don't understand why the Quicktime player or windows media player doesn't work (my WMP will play Ogg files if directly clicked). Anyway, I'll consider the problem solved. Thanks.

ELTON JOHN

Add external link to

Elton John AIDS Foundation(UK) www.ejaf.com

Also, add to charity section that the Elton John AIDS Foundation (UK) was established in 1993.

Thanks

Glenn Horder Fundraising & Events Coordinator Elton John AIDS Foundation (UK) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ghorder (talk • contribs) 17:54, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia is the encyclopedia that anyone can edit, so feel free to add the link yourself (as I see you seem to already have done.) We have a policy about which external links are appropriate; since you have a connection with the organisation in question, you may also find our guidelines on editing with a conflict of interest useful. --Kateshortforbob 20:05, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Cross-ref Wiki subjects to the Dewey Decimal System?

Dear Wiki folks,

What is the relationship, if any, between the Wiki categories and the Dewey Decimal System?

I have a broad set of data and images which I am trying to index using the Dewey Decimal system. I thought that I could find a cross reference from a Wiki category (e.g. National Flags ) to a Dewey Decimal entry. I cannot find any such x-ref on a Wiki page. I also used various Wiki and Google searches on "flag", "state", "nation" and "vexillolgy" together with "Dewey Decimal" but without success.

Of course I could just dump my data under the Dewey entry "320.1 The state" but I'm sure there's a better way to do this.

Please advise.

--Becobb (talk) 19:40, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

There used to be a project at Wikipedia:Dewey Decimal System to classify articles but that was deleted (record here) because the DDS is copyrighted and any library or other organisation that makes use of it has to buy a licence to do so. Foxhill (talk) 20:16, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

[Library Thing] may be more useful. Rmhermen (talk) 00:06, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Somebody has posted my personal information on wikipedia.

Somebody has posted my name and age and some false information on wikepedia and the article has been removed, but the content still appears on google underneath the link. I'm slightly angry because when anybody searches for my site this article appears at the top in google and it won't go away. PLEASE tell me how I can get rid of it! i have the name and password of the account that posted it and the account has been blocked from editing pages. but how can i get the article off google it now embarrasses me to give anyone the link to the site.. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hamish is gone (talk • contribs) 19:46, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

You could wait for it to go away. Google seems to re-index Wikipedia pretty frequently, and will most likely notice soon that the article has been deleted; shortly thereafter, it should disappear from search results. You could also try contacting Google, although I'm not sure how helpful that will be; it seems as though you can only request removal of sites which you own, or report blatant spam. I'm sorry about the invasion of your privacy. Unfortunately, there is not a lot which can be done from the Wikipedia end, except to delete the offending content from WP's own site. --Kateshortforbob 20:00, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

See also Wikipedia:Requests for oversight for the latter. NF24^{(radio me!)} 21:06, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

how to create new article

Hi,

I am PR Director in a Public Relations company... I am responsible about 4 clients, which are interested in having their profile at Wikipedia.

I really appreciate it if you can help me how to create new article

Thanks in advance

Intisar —Preceding unsigned comment added by Intisaralqsar (talk • contribs) 20:46, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

You can learn how to make new articles here, but please check if the subject is notable, or it will be deleted. _{WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN}^{play it cool.} 20:52, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

And it would also be a good idea to read up on Wikipedia's take on conflict of interest. Confusing Manifestation(Say hi!) 06:34, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia snippets.

snippets on google for wikipedia. Are they controlled by wikipedia? or by google? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hamish is gone (talk • contribs) 20:51, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

They are controlled by Google and are automatically added when Google indexes the page. _{WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN}^{play it cool.} 20:55, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

It varies where Google gets them. Some of them are descriptions in the Open Directory Project. It would be possible for Wikipedia to request not using ODP descriptions. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:17, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Using the start box template

Hi, I was wondering how you can create tables (with colors, formatting, etc.) like the one featured on the 2014 Commonwealth Games page. Was the table there automatically generated, or was it all coded by hand? Thanks for your help! Vamooom (talk) 21:16, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

See Help:Table and Template:Start box. Click the "edit this page" tab at top or "edit" to the right of a section to see the source for a page. It's hard to tell how a specific table was made without looking at the page history to see who made it and asking them directly. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:35, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia download for my BlackBerry

Is there a way to download Wikipedia as an icon on my BlackBerry home screen? Thanks! ~ —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gailhbrown (talk • contribs) 21:28, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

What do you mean? The logo for the website? This question could be better answered here. _{WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN}^{play it cool.} 22:08, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Maybe Wikipedia:WAP access is of interest. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:52, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Am I a sockpuppet?

Hi,

I think I maybe have an old account that, if it is there, hasn't been used by me for a long time. I can't even remember the username! Am I doing something against the Wikipedia rules by leaving it if it is there (even though I can't remember the username!)? Perhaps, if there is an account, it could be found through my e-mail address.

Thanks!

Enton (talk) 22:17, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

It should not be a problem at all. Assuming you never plan on using the other account, there is no issue with you registering a new one. Consult WP:SOCK for further information, as it says there, sockpuppets are only against policy when you plan on using an additional account deceptively or to get around guidelines. SorryGuy  Talk  22:29, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

alice and olivia help

I've attempted to make an alice and olivia page but it keeps getting deleted? I need to put it up there asap- please help!

Thanks,

Jayme —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.81.134.152 (talk) 22:26, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

I assume the article you mean is Alice and olivia. It needs a lot of work - the tags added by another editor are meant to indicate that so that people can improve the article, and you should probably leave them there until the issues identified have been resolved. You can click on links in the tag to see how you can fix the problems. I've restored them for now. I'll explain a little bit more on the article's talk page when I'm done here.

Secondly, on Wikipedia, there's no rush (we even have an essay about that!). The previous article was deleted as advertising. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and doesn't do advertising, so if your "asap" is promotional, then you might need to look somewhere else. As I understand it, Wikicompany is the place for business-oriented Wiki articles. --Kateshortforbob 22:40, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

And I've just discovered that Alice and Olivia was deleted after discussion on 20 January. The new article still seems to be a substantial copyright violation of the company's article, which is not permitted (changing a few words does not make it less derivative). Unless I can find some sources for this, I will probably nominate it for speedy deletion under criteria WP:CSD#G4. Sorry --Kateshortforbob 22:49, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

the Gaelic language

I'm looking for the word and pronounciation of the Gaelic word for grandmother. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.123.81.2 (talk) 22:51, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

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 is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. I hope this helps. NF24^{(radio me!)} 22:55, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

January 26

numbers keep changing

why do my numbers that i sign with keep changing all the time?--172.164.189.245 (talk) 00:31, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

like this 172.132.238.44 (talk) 00:35, 26 January 2008 (UTC) what's going on?--172.132.238.44 (talk) 00:35, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

You must have a dynamic IP address. If you create an account then you get a fixed username of your choice and many other benefits. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:40, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

(ec)You are connecting to the internet through a system which periodically changes the IP address with which you accessing the internet. I can be no more specific than that as I am not particularly knowledgeable in such areas, I do know, however, that the best way to resolve the issue is to register an account. See further information at WP:REGISTER. SorryGuy  Talk  00:45, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Specifically, you are connecting through AOL, which I believe gives you a different IP whenever you do anything. Algebraist 10:35, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Template:Triple image

At Tyrone_Wheatley#Oakland_Raiders, the {{triple image}} template is suddenly not working after working for several days. I am not sure what is going on because the same template is working fine on another article at Prairie Avenue.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 01:00, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Note: From my end (Safari 3.0.4 on Mac OS X) the triple image is not working on Prairie Avenue (or anywhere else) either. --omtay38 01:11, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Looking at the template page and the code on the article, the template doesn't require the 'px' of e.g. 54px. Removing that should fix it. Foxhill (talk) 01:13, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Fixed the problem at least, removing the "px" from the template (just leaving the numbers) seems to fix the problem. --omtay38 01:15, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Was the template changed recently. I thought it accepted either format. It seemed to be working yesterday.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 01:17, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

The template history shows it hasn't been edited since the 3 creation edits in mid-december (apart from one cat-add edit during this convo), the earliest diff shows that px was always autofilled in so was never required in the size field. It's only dependency - {{!}} has also not been edited since March 2007. What may have happened is that it was interpreted incorrectly by the wiki software up until now and that a recent edit to the source code fixed it (possibly). Foxhill (talk) 01:30, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Major overhaul of source-code probably caused it: meta:Migration to the new preprocessor --omtay38 01:35, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Whatever the edits are the template works differently as it now has an internal wrap that no longer requires manual line breaks.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 19:07, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

My edit work does not show up to other users/other computers

Dear Wikipedia/Wikipedians,

Hello there, I am a new Wikipedia user and have recently edited the page TTDI. Initially, my edits showed up in that page but subsequently when I made further changes under the section "Places of Interests", I realised that these changes do not show up in other public computers or in my other internet browser. It is only when I click on "edit this page" or "history" and revert back to the article then the changes will be shown. The changes are also shown when I log in with my username and password. However, when I clear the cookies in the browser and search for that article again, the same thing happens i.e. no changes at all.

Therefore, I am wondering if I didn't get anything right or if i violated any laws.

Many Thanks and Kind Regards.

P.S. I have consulted with "Chris the Speller"(really nice guy) on this matter but he seems puzzled and asked me to hit refresh on the new public computers. I have tried that but to no avail. He also sent me some links on editing and being a new user.I have gone through that a couple of times and quite understand how the basic editing works but still require help on this matter. Kazuya369 (talk) 01:49, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

I don't fully understand the problem you described, but I find that WP:PURGE very often corrects situations such as these. Try typing "?action=purge" at the end of the web address (for example http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Help_desk?action=purge), and tell us if the problem persists.--The Fat Man Who Never Came Back (talk) 01:52, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Is there a problem other than these references not showing up? You need a <references/> element for that. --teb728 t c 02:29, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

I looked in the page history and didn't find any examples of people reverting your changes, though I didn't look at everything in detail. If people do revert your changes, you can discuss it with them on the article talk page, which is here. Could you give an example of something that's not showing up? Sometimes a newly edited version of a page doesn't show up for a few minutes because the Wikimedia computers are being slow. If that's not the problem, you can try bypassing your browser's cache. I added a <references/> section to the article, but it doesn't look good, because it just says "TM3" and doesn't say what it means. If you put in "TM3", please put in something to make it meaningful; I don't understand it. --Coppertwig (talk) 02:43, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Dear all, thanks so much for your super-efficient kind assistance. You guys are AWESOME and it's not wonder to me now why Wikipedia is the best source for info on the internet.

I have tried the method which "The Fat Man Who Never Came Back" i.e. WP:PURGE and it works wonders. From my beginner's or basic understanding, i think this matter came up due to Wikipedia routing the original page(in abbreviations) to it's full name(in a different page. Therefore, maybe the changes wasn't linked yet to the main page but with WP PURGE, it's resolved now. Thanks so much once again guys! Kazuya369 (talk) 21:23, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Offsets in user contributions/logs

Can anyone give me a crash course in how to work these, or a page from which I can learn? Thanks much. seresin || wasn't he just...? 03:56, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

In for example http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&offset=20080116045614&target=Seresin, the first 12 digits is YYYYMMDDhhmm (year, month, day, hour, minute) of the most recent displayed item in UTC (Wikipedia standard) time. I don't know the last 2 digits. When constructing an offset, you can omit digits from the right. PrimeHunter (talk) 05:08, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Why thank you. Where did you find this information, for future reference? seresin || wasn't he just...? 05:23, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

I worked it out on my own. I haven't seen an explanation. PrimeHunter (talk) 17:20, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

accupational health and environmental safety traineej jobs

≈how do i get a trainee job in this field in he subject line? I am working on my master degree in occupational health and environmental study in grad school now.

I have been working in the safety and environmentao field for my californida state job for over 10 years . P

Thanks for your time in reading this question. Please direct me to somone who will take the time to work with me in finding a job in this field in which i love to do. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bobcatjim (talk • contribs) 04:31, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

The Help Desk is only for help using Wikipedia, so I moved this thread to the Reference Desk for you. See Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Miscellaneous#accupational health and environmental safety traineej jobs. You may want to place that page on your Watchlist.--The Fat Man Who Never Came Back (talk) 04:44, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Blocked from Page, would like to add information

Hello, I would like to add an element to Stephen A. Smith's Wikipedia page. Stephen a journalist who works with ESPN. He now has a website...www.stephena.com. Would it be possible to list the website and a link on his wikipedia page please? Right now, the wikipedia site appears to be locked.Nbachick (talk) 06:09, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. :) The page Stephen A. Smith is semi-protected, so anonymous users and newly-registered accounts cannot make changes to the page. I've added the link for you. Hope this helps. - PeaceNT (talk) 06:15, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Edit links are trying to download index.php

A lot of "Edit this page" and "Edit" in boxes links (eg. Triple J hottest 100 2007) are not working, instead it is giving me a download box to download index.php from en.wiki...... Not sure why, the links look the same as ones which work. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Skyhawker666 (talk • contribs) 07:16, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Try checking through Special:Preferences, specifically the Editing tab, and make sure that "Use external editor by default" is unchecked. NF24^{(radio me!)} 12:06, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks that worked perfectly... I don't think it should be expecting the default editor to be external....it makes no sense. --Skyhawker666 (talk) 21:40, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

i would like to know family lifes in the world to study behaviour and attitude towards all walks of life

the following aspectects i am intrested to study chilhood life adult age sex life middle age life old age life in addition to above relationship bet mother and children relationship bet father and children relationship bet grand father and grand children realtionship bet grand mother and grand children realtionship bet uncle and auntis reatinship bet uncle and children relationship bet aunti and children various wlaks of sex life whar is averge age for sex in each country how many patners were used in theier life time how many ways they go for enjoying in sex —Preceding unsigned comment added by Satyakapa (talk • contribs) 07:16, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

You can see the relevant information on various Wikipedia pages, just search it. Although, don't search anything to specific because it is likely that it won't return anything. Hope this helps, 90.194.244.64 (talk) 11:13, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

how to find particular required area

like book depo —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.160.96.128 (talk) 07:47, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

I'd suggest searching elsewhere. Wikipedia isn't really the place for this sort of thing, although I'm sure there are plenty of other websites which can help. 90.194.244.64 (talk) 11:12, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Contact member

I am tring to send a message to the member Rajah and maybe I'm lsing my eye sight but I cant find any associated talk page to do. Can anyone help me out?

Here's the link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rajah#Userboxes —Preceding unsigned comment added by Billcullifer (talk • contribs) 08:04, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

It's User talk:Rajah. Or just click on the "discussion" tab at the top of the page you mentioned. --teb728 t c 09:59, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

creating a page

PLEASE HELP!!! This site is driving me NUTS!

I am trying to create and ENTIRELY NEW ENTRY for the known artist Josh M Rosenthal (who shares the same name with many other Josh Rosenthals).

I began by running a search, of which no pages came up, excepting a page that had been deleted and looked like it was a personal page.

HOWEVER the work I did, the research and all articles, and entries I referenced by way of link to the original source.

NOW I HAVE A SCHEDULED FOR DELETION on the page?????????????

THis is crazy. So I tried to use the re-direct feature to develop a unique page Josh M Rosenthal, (to avoid the issue of someone thinking this new entry was simply an edit to the previous deleted Josh Rosenthal.

PLEASE ADVISE !!!

The artist is Josh Rosenthal, and we are trying to set up a new page for this artist.

It will include his family history, his works and his acting credits which are ALL PUBLIC DOMAIN having been exhibited, published and broadcast both nationally and internationally. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Joshrosenthal (talk • contribs) 08:12, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

May I ask if you are the Josh M Rosenthal in question? If so it sounds to me you might like to read WP:COI. - MrsBucket (talk) 13:02, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

You say in [6] that you are the subject. Creating an autobiography is strongly discouraged. Also see Wikipedia:Notability (people), Wikipedia:Verifiability, Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons. The current article is far from satisfying Wikipedia policies and guidelines. Redirecting to a non-existent article [7] doesn't make sense so it was correctly reverted. It doesn't matter that there was once an article about another Josh Rosenthal. Has anybody claimed this is a problem? If the subject is better known as Josh M Rosenthal then the article could be moved to that name, but there is only a single (unrelated) Google hit on the name [8]. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:25, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

I have added two external links which may help the article. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:52, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Admin

What happens if there is an equal number of supports and opposes for an RfA? 144.131.176.126 (talk) 09:13, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

It does not pass. The general discretion limit is 75% (3/4 support, 1/4 oppose) - any less than that and it will not succeed. 90.194.244.64 (talk) 11:11, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

The closing bureaucrat decides. The limit is not absolutely fixed. See Wikipedia:Guide to requests for adminship#If you disagree with consensus. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:57, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Crazy psychiatrist is considering contributing to Wikipedia

Wiki probably doesn't want to talk to me since I have spent a lot of time following links to doj.gov which is the federal department of Justice's website and making comments about the ballistics and efficacy of various military weapons. I would like to apologize, but since I don't ever believe anyone who apologizes to me, I will skip that. Anyway, my ex screenname here was chaingun, which is a particularly lethal type of rapid fire automatic weapon, formerly known as a mini-gun. But that is all in the past now, I have been reborn, trial by fire and all of that. I happen to know a great deal about shamanism, psychopharmacology, pharmacognosy (the study of the medicinal properties of plants and a great deal of other subjects which might be of interest to your readers. I also told the founder, whose name I forget that I would send him a check in partial compensation for being an intermittent asshole, which I intend to make good on, the check that is. What I don't know much about is online flirtations. I am very much struck by the author of your lead author on shamanism and psychopharmacology, who is an information technology and privacy (ironic I know) specialist in British Columbia. If you could give me some pointers on how to get her email address so that I might send a polite letter of admiration, I would not only appreciate it, but would promise to behave, send the check, forget about military hardware and the DOJ and whatever other form of abasement you might desire. In spite of the foregoing, you should bear in mind that my knowledge of shamanism is not purely theoretical. I am the author of a book entitled "Fire in the Head" which deals with the topics I intend to expound upon. The book was obviously published under a pseudonym, but in spite of that led to the loss of my medical license and my discharge from the special forces, specifically the 82nd airborne ranger division, formerly the 75th ranger regiment during Vietnam (another error in the Wiki).

Well, what the hell, I have an incoming phone call. People call at all hours around here.

Best Wishes, Dr. Leonard —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.195.165.77 (talk) 09:24, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Remember, the Help Desk is for using Wikipedia. If there any other relevant questions, come back here or ask at the reference desk. 90.194.244.64 (talk) 11:15, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

How To Use Wikipedia

How do I withdraw $50? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.101.169.203 (talk) 10:32, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia. Were you looking for something else? 90.194.244.64 (talk) 11:09, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Perhaps a bank or ATM machine? Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia, not one of those. NF24^{(radio me!)} 12:04, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Bed previous papaers

sir, i am balu from kuwait i need bed previous papers in andhra pradesh india —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.76.252.67 (talk) 11:08, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

This help desk if for asking questions about using the encyclopedia Wikipedia. I don't know what "bed previous papers" refers to but if you explain it at the reference desk then maybe people there can be of help. PrimeHunter (talk) 17:15, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Asking for emergency help

Help!Help! Our Khmer Encyclopedia is under great danger. There are some bad guys who are deleting its articles. Please help to block those people. Thank you in advance. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.17.210.8 (talk) 12:20, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Unfortunately, we here on the English Wikipedia can't do anything to help you. You can go to m:Vandalism reports and file a report if you don't have any administrators. NF24^{(radio me!)} 12:24, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Starting a new page on a topic that already has the same title (but a different subject)

I want to create a new article about a famous American spiritual teacher who died in 1973 but was very influential. There is already a wikepedia article with his name (Swami Rudrananda), but that article refers to a completely different person (from Indonesia) who shared the same name. Do I write my article about this Amercian teacher as an edit on the same page as the other person with the same name, or is there a way to start another page with the same title? Randybakermd (talk) 13:09, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

You need to disambiguate. You need to create the article at Swami Rudrananda (spiritual teacher) or other appropriate disambiguation. You can then leave a WP:Hatnote on the other page. Woody (talk) 13:24, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

FaceNigeriansinger

I want to konw if face is among konictmuzk and if akon will futuer him in any of his album. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.78.58.168 (talk) 13:28, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Egypt

dear sir is it poss to print off facts from your site < egypt > plus pics, as going to egypt with party of 5 on hols and like to have some ref. regards dbattoaster DBATTOASTER (talk) 13:43, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

You can easily print the article about Egypt by clicking on this link [9] for the printable version. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a travel guide, so you are unlikely to find travel tips in that article. Nevertheless, Egypt is considered a good article and should contain many interesting facts and images relating to the country. The good people at the reference desk may be able to help you if you have more specific questions about traveling to Egypt.--The Fat Man Who Never Came Back (talk) 14:40, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Alerts to national bias?

Can someone please advise me as to whether there is an accepted means of alerting readers/editors to bias based on nationality? I have looked but have found nothing as yet.

I raise the question because of the many cases I've struck of, in particular, American bias in subject histories, etc. This distortion is understandable given the large number of Americans using Wikipedia, and my query isn't meant to be insulting.

Rather, is there a simple way of flagging this common problem and of encouraging qualified persons to try to remedy it? (I am seldom qualified to do so myself.) To be sure, the majority of content will seldom achieve a kind of global perfection, but I'm sure we could work at improving the current situation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Michael Corey (talk • contribs) 16:22, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

We have quite a few templates for tagging articles that appear biased. We have Template:Unbalanced and Template:POV. Perhaps most relevant here is the Template:Globalize/USA which you can add to the top of any article. Additional useful templates can be found here. You may also want to raise the issue on the article's talk page or bring it to the attention of an active project. For example, if you read an article about wine and found the content to be biased or inaccurate but were unsure how to fix the problem yourself, I'm sure the good people from WikiProject Wine would help you out, if you left them a message.--The Fat Man Who Never Came Back (talk) 17:04, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith_Community_Christian_High_School is offensive

I am a teacher and a board member of this institution and have found multiple inappropriate and offensive misrepresentations of Faith Community Christian High School. The creator of this site is not a credible or reliable source of information and has in no way been asked to create this site on behalf of the school. The link to school's website will verify the inaccuracy of the wikipedia presentation. Please contact me at the following address: <e-mail removed> to communicate the action you are taking to resolve this. Thank you.

Paige Hart —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.251.3.181 (talk) 16:25, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, but next time feel free to be bold and change it yourself with the "edit this page" link at the top. See: Help:Editing. _{WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN}^{play it cool.} 16:40, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

zzuuzz has fixed the article. It's now short and neutral. I've added it to my watchlist. If you ever see stuff like that in the article again, I suggest you click "history" at the top of the article, find the most recent older version of the article that looks OK, then revert to that version. You can view each of the older versions by clicking on the date-time of that version in the list. You can revert by viewing the older version, clicking "edit this page" at the top, (and it will warn you that you're editing an older version), then click "save page" at the bottom. --Coppertwig (talk) 21:59, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

how to make a page

how do you make a page on wikipedeia —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.165.101.233 (talk) 16:42, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

You will have to make an account, log in, and see Help:Starting a new page. _{WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN}^{play it cool.} 16:46, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Please make sure though that before you create your page that it satisfies Wikipedia's notability criteria. D.M.N. (talk) 19:26, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

ipod

ipod usage..... I have an ipod nano for some reason i can not install itune on my system because it is not windows xp or window vista.....what can I do. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.227.163.212 (talk) 16:48, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

This page is only for questions about using Wikipedia. You may wish to try the computing Reference Desk. There are very helpful people over there.--The Fat Man Who Never Came Back (talk) 16:53, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Villechauve

who was Villechauve? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.56.226.112 (talk) 16:58, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Is Claude de Beauharnois de Beaumont et de Villechauve the person you're looking for? If not, please elabourate. NF24^{(radio me!)} 17:01, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

You might want to consult the reference desk with this question. _{WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN}^{play it cool.} 17:02, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Not necessarily. Though this is an RD question, the OP could have trouble finding the article or something like that. Besides, in the spirit of helpfulness, I often try to answer the question even if it belongs on the RD. NF24^{(radio me!)} 17:04, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Well, I was only suggesting the reference desk so that they know for next time. _{WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN}^{play it cool.} 17:07, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

stopping users that are removing/replacing factual data with inaccurate data

How would one address stopping another user who continuously removes factual information from a page, replacing it with less applicable/relevant info (so as to convey their 'personal views' rather that the 'accurate view'? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jvolkblum (talk • contribs) 17:37, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Report them to AIV, citing the relevant article. _{WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN}^{play it cool.} 17:49, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

No, you necessarily don't want to go to AIV, except in very specific cases. AIV is not for content disputes but only for clear-cut vandalism, for which the vandal has been warned repeatedly. Instead, I would try writing a note on the user's talk page asking why the information is being removed. It's possible the user believes he/she has good reason for its removal (e.g. reasons relating to our policies on Biographies of living persons. Or it could be the user is unfamiliar with our policies of WP:NPOV and WP:V. Perhaps you should inform the user about these policies. If the user will not engage in discussion but continues to remove well-sourced information, don't revert war-but bring the the concerns to the attention of the community using the three-revert rule noticeboard or even the incidents noticeboard. Someone will help you out.--The Fat Man Who Never Came Back (talk) 18:06, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

I looked into the dispute you were having. This was not vandalism, but a content dispute involving just two people. The easiest thing to do, if discussion with the other party fails (in this case, it does not appear that you attempted to speak to the other party, though he/she attempted did attempt to discuss it with you), is seek a third opinion. I have provided that third opinion here[10]. Let me know if this helps.--The Fat Man Who Never Came Back (talk) 18:29, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

I have trouble editing user page

i want to edit my user page buti dont know how by frien has really coll stuff like the user box and i want to know how to add the cool things like that.thanksOnlinegamer1 (talk) 18:27, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

A great place to start concerning what to put on your user page is at Wikipedia:USERPAGE. Best regards! --omtay38 18:29, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

That page explains our policies about what can and cannot go on your page. Once you are familiar with these policies and want to make your user page look "cool" check out User:The Transhumanist/User page design. There are several detailed guides there (for example, User:The Transhumanist/User page design/About you). Wikipedia:Userboxes may also be helpful.--The Fat Man Who Never Came Back (talk) 18:37, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

You may see also Wikipedia:WikiProject User Page Help. :) - PeaceNT (talk) 18:31, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Guns and oatcakes

my god father is/was a member of this band and i hvae tried to make a page about thisbut it wont work weni try it says hat this site cannot be used for advertising but the band has broke up what is wrong?Onlinegamer1 (talk) 18:33, 26 January 2008 (UTC)thanks.

Was this band famous? For example, were there articles about this band in any magazines or newspapers? Were they signed to a well-known record label? We have a guideline about the notability of bands that discusses what sorts of band articles you're allowed to create. Have a look at it, and let us know if you have any questions. --The Fat Man Who Never Came Back (talk) 18:43, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

It appears the official name is Guns 'n' Oatcakes. I haven't found any attempt to make an article about it. See Wikipedia:Conflict of interest. PrimeHunter (talk) 19:37, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

I think from the wording of the question that the OP has been discouraged from creating an article by this line in the text when you attempt to create a new page; Wikipedia is not an advertising service. Promotional articles about yourself, your friends, your company or products, or articles created as part of a marketing or promotional campaign, will be deleted in accordance with our deletion policies. For more information, please see Wikipedia:Spam. If you think, after reading WP:BAND, that this does not apply to your proposed article, then you can ignore the message and go ahead with the article. SpinningSpark 16:48, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Page history

I wanted to know when the page of Washington Irving was posted because i need the information for MLA format. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.194.189.237 (talk) 19:19, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

You may be interested in checking out this page. An easy citation guideline is available by clicking "cite this page" on the left hand side of any article (in the "toolbox" panel). Hope this helps! --omtay38 19:22, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

If you look at the top of the Washington Irving page, you will see a tab called "history". If you click on this you will see who made edits to the page and when. If you want a permanent link to a page, you can click on "cite this page" in the sidebar on the left of a page. For more information see Help:Page history. Woody (talk) 19:26, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Light

Who made the page on light?

http://en.wikipedia.org.wiki/Light —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.226.53.114 (talk) 19:58, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

I guess you mean http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light. Click the "history" tab at top to see contributors. If you want the information in order to cite the article then see Wikipedia:Citing Wikipedia, and click "Cite this page" in the toolbox to the left of the article. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:09, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

The article on light has been edited thousand of times, with dozens, perhaps hundreds of contributors. You can see a complete list by browsing through the page history. Gentgeen (talk) 20:10, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Two articles about Johnny Cooper, how can I get people to find the living Johnny Cooper

Hi,

I need help to figure out how to help people find the article on Johnny Cooper (Musician, Singer, and Songwriter).

When I search using Johnny Cooper, the article about Johnathon "Johnny" Cooper (fictional character) pops up.

I thought it might have to do with the redirect but at lost on how to help find the various Johnny Cooper as I know there are at least two muscians with the name John or Johnny Cooper on wiki.

Thank you —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sharonbrain (talk • contribs) 20:20, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

I added a {{for}} template to the page, you can try that next time! _{WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN}^{play it cool.} 20:33, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

User WBOSITG has just created a disambiguation page at Johnny Cooper. That should help people find the page they're looking for. --Coppertwig (talk) 21:28, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Reduce Image Size

Hello I would like to reduce the image width on the logo in these two pages as they are currently quite distorted:

Wellington Zoo Kelly Tarlton's Underwater World

Thank you in advaceZoophilia (talk) 20:44, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

On the template page (Template:Infobox zoo) it says you can add the logo size. Add this:

|logo_width   = 

to the bit at the top of the page to add a size. _{WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN}^{play it cool.} 20:48, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

I see you made the changes, thank you muchly for the info and the help..! Zoophilia (talk) 21:49, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

You're very welcome! _{WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN}^{play it cool.} 21:51, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Martin Garbus Website

re: Martin Garbus website

To whom it may concern: My website was flagged because the neutrality was in dispute. We have revised the content. We would appreciate it if the person who applied this flag please review our site and remove the flag. How do I contact the person who flagged my reference? We want this resolved immediately. Also there was a flag for grammer but there is nothing wrong with the grammer. There is no violation of any copyright facts. Thank you in advance for your help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Martingarbus (talk • contribs) 21:09, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Maybe by "website" you mean the page Martin Garbus, and by "flagged" maybe you mean the neutrality and grammar tags. A quick look at the page tells me that the section headings need to be changed to mostly-lowercase according to Wikipedia's manual of style. I read a little of the page and it does not seem to me to have a neutral tone -- I wouldn't remove the neutrality tag. It sounds too much like an advertisement for Martin Garbus. I see that your username is similar to that of the subject of the page. If you're the subject or someone closely associated with the subject, please read the conflict-of-interest guidelines. --Coppertwig (talk) 21:20, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

History of insurance

Information about the history of Insurance. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.122.164.236 (talk) 21:14, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

If you type "history of insurance" into the search box and click "go", you find that there is no page titled "History of insurance". However, there is a page called Insurance, and if you go there, it has quite a long history section in its table of contents. I hope this is helpful. Next time, the reference desk may be a better place for this kind of question. --Coppertwig (talk) 21:23, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

how do i create a page

how —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hhityry Glewjtes Yojttj (talk • contribs) 22:26, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Have a look at Help:Starting a page. _{WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN}^{play it cool.} 22:33, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Please read WP:Your first article instead of Help:Starting a page. It has much more useful information. Sbowers3 (talk) 23:07, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

How to add house episodes on the episode page

On the House episode pages how do you add new episodes to the list on the right? Chris Bulgin (talk) 22:31, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Add it to Template:Infobox House (TV series) season 4 episode list. _{WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN}^{play it cool.} 22:36, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Okay, Thanks for your help! Chris Bulgin (talk) 22:41, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

screenshots and copyright

I have uploaded photos I have taken myself earlier and had no problems and no comments. Now I have uploaded a couple of screenshots taken myself and I have a lot of comments from the robot. I have read so much now, but I'm not able to figure out how to do this right. I keep writing who took the photos; myself (Mosken Bergh), I have the copyrights myself. It is just screenshots taken of my own website. The information keeps being removed and finally one of the screenshots was removed also so I had to upload again. Forgot to add: Norwegianpart.jpg screenshot

I have already asked for and failed to receive feedback at Wikipedia:Image use policy.

Any advise appreciated! --{{subst:Babel-7|en-3|no|nn-2|sv-2|da-2|de-1|fr-1}} (talk) 22:29, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Mmmk, I have made the needed adjustment to the screen shot, if you could just place the URL that you got that screen shot from on the image page, that would be awesome.--Kerotan^{Leave Me a Message} Have a nice day :) 22:38, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

I am sorry I forgot! screenshot —Preceding unsigned comment added by Askeladden2006 (talk • contribs) 22:41, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bowy_Rivets_%28band%29

how do i change titles? this page should be at [i]The Bowey Rivets (band)[/i]. the title was wrong. can i fix it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hhityry Glewjtes Yojttj (talk • contribs) 22:34, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Well... If that article still existed you could move it to the right name. But the article was deleted because it had no assertion of importance. There are tens of thousands of bands. Not every band is worthy of mention in the encyclopedia. Please read WP:MUSIC to learn the criteria for notability of a band. Sbowers3 (talk) 23:03, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

"Bowy Rivets" and "Bowey Rivets" both have zero Google hits so if one of these is in the correct name then it seems very unlikely they qualify for an article. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:53, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

apple

--3.14 qwerty asdf qwerty (talk) 22:39, 26 January 2008 (UTC)where is the apple

I have no idea what you're asking. Please rephrase your question. _{WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN}^{play it cool.} 22:42, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Based on [11] you may be looking for Apple Inc. which is linked in the hatnote at top of Apple. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:46, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Adding a new word?

It is not a made up word, It brings up many results in google, But no one has given it a definition, I can... How would I get in the wikipedia index?

Hi I just joined as I am interested in finding out how to add a completely new word to the index? Thanks Mike —Preceding unsigned comment added by Grancer (talk • contribs) 22:50, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Do you mean a new definition, like an article? Articles for words (definitions) can be found here. _{WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN}^{play it cool.} 22:58, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Do you mean a word that you just made up? because if so it would fail wp:note, and not be viable for an article.--Kerotan^{Leave Me a Message} Have a nice day :) 23:00, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

See also WP:NOT#Wikipedia is not a dictionary, Wikipedia:Avoid neologisms, Wikipedia:No original research. It doesn't sound suited for an article but we can only evaluate the word if we know what it is. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:42, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

new category

how do one make these? ps this place rocks. go wiki!--Woehtopwaht3opht9p34ht034ht934 (talk) 22:59, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Just make a link which is like Category:Your category name here.--Kerotan^{Leave Me a Message} Have a nice day :) 23:01, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

See Help:Category. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:04, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Every new category should also be contained in at least one other category. You just put [[Category:Larger category]] on the category page somewhere to make it be contained in the larger category. That's all you have to put. The pages in the category will appear there automatically. --Coppertwig (talk) 00:12, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Images

Is there any possible way to have an image link to an article, rather than to the page where the image was uploaded? ~ Bella Swan 23:57, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

See Help:Images and other uploaded files#Navigational maps. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:01, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi! Yes, you can get an image to link to an article. The code is here; {{click|link=insert page; for example, User:Bella Swan|image=imagename.imageformat|title=this is optional|width=##px|height=##px}}. For example, an image of a house linking to my userpage would look ike this;

Hope that helps! Cheers, Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP!☺} 00:03, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

It helps loads, and I thank you, MoP! ~ Bella Swan 00:12, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Also, if you want to not have that line underneath, try doing this!

<imagemap>
Image:IMAGENAME
default [[LINK]]
desc none
</imagemap>

Hope that helps too! Soxred93 | talk count bot 01:42, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

January 27

Superscripted references?

I notice that many articles have superscripted numbers for references. How do I get links to appear superscripted like that? Wildcat2011 (talk) 00:58, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Citations. The way I usually do it is I put the reference in between ref tags <ref> </ref> at the place where I want the superscript, then have a references section that just says <references/> . The footnotes are then generated automatically using the information from between the ref tags. There are other ways to do it, e.g. Harvard citation. --Coppertwig (talk) 01:01, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Also see WP:FOOT. --Teratornis (talk) 02:10, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Insert a picture.

On January 27, 2008, I was attempting to insert a picture that I have taken with my digital camera. I have it uploaded. It is called Open Mouth.jpg. As you may guess, I was trying to insert it into the article called Mouth (human). But no matter how I tried, I could not insert it. Can you please tell me how to do so? I am very sorry to say that I did not understand the how-to in the help bage. Thank you. Jessica DeVoto (talk) 03:17, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

You attempted inserting the correct code on your third edit ([[Image:Open Mouth.jpg|thumb|A human mouth, open]]) but you were placing the image inside the infobox, rather than into the article. The infobox, as far as I'm aware, can only take one image. If you try again, do so outside the infobox and you shouldn't have a problem. I feel bad saying it but I feel compelled to mention that the image is really very blurry, and thus I'm not sure if it's useable.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 03:29, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

I tried inserting it again, this time outside the infobox, and it still does not show up when I save the page. What am I doing wrong? P.S.: I looked at the picture in a smaller size, and I don't think it looks terrible. The uploaded version appears really big, and I think that makes it look pixelated. Thank you, Jessica DeVoto (talk) 15:22, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

You are inserting it in a gallery. In this case you should omit the usual square brackets and the |thumb parameter. This worked fine for me in preview mode. I have to say I agree with Fuhghettaboutit on the quality. You need better lighting for the shot. SpinningSpark 16:31, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia legal listserv

A discussion is ongoing on the Village Pump about libel and Wikipedia. I seem to remember reading that there is a listserv for Wikipedia-related legal matters. I'd like to send a message to its members. Does anyone know the address? Thanks -- Mwalcoff (talk) 03:58, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

The legal mailing list address is unpublished, but you can send your message to info-en-q AT wikimedia DOT org, and they'll handle it. WODUP 04:22, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks -- Mwalcoff (talk) 05:02, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Your query isn't really of the sort that the OTRS legal queue (not a traditional listserv, as WODUP notes) exists to address so you may well not receive any really helpful reply. Since the questions you raise might be of interest to the broader community (while the Foundation may, of course, act as it likes with respect to the prospective legal liabilities of itself and, I suppose, its contributors, the community are often peripherally involved in discussions relating to how we might report on issues that reasonably present libel concerns), you might elicit more views by writing the WikiEN-l mailing list (of which at least a few members, I think, are relatively well-schooled in certain aspects of media law), which is really a companion to VPP, or, perhaps, if it seems necessary, Foundation-l. 69.142.58.232 (talk) 08:12, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Problem with template

Is there something wrong with the warning template? When I type in the subst:uw-vandalism4 template enclosed by {{}}, the below shows up instead..
This is the last warning you will receive for your disruptive edits.
The next time you vandalize Wikipedia, as you did to [[:{{{1}}}]], you will be blocked from editing. {{{2}}}

Nuttycoconut (talk) 04:43, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Yes, there is an issue. Random832 changed the template and that is an accidental result. I am going to contact him and put it in IRC. SorryGuy  Talk  05:13, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Turns out it is only semi-protect, heh, going to revert it myself. SorryGuy  Talk  05:13, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

OK, all fixed now, thanks. --Nuttycoconut (talk) 08:51, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

table restarts list numbering

I need to enter something like:

# one
# two
{|
|foo
|-
|bar
|}
# three

When it renders by MediaWiki I get "three" numbered 1 instead of 3. How can I make "three" be numbered 3, i.e. continue the list rather than start a new one? Thanks, Anna K. (talk) 08:29, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

How about

# one
# two
{|
|foo
|-
|bar
|}
<ol start="3">
<li>three</li>
</ol>

? WODUP 09:02, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Admin

HI how do i become admin on the site thanks a lot Onlinegamer1 (talk) 09:36, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Well, instructions can be found here but you will need a lot of edits and trust from the community. _{WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN}^{play it cool.} 09:45, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

ORDINATION

HOW DO I GET ORDAINED? —Preceding unsigned comment added by KaronKMV (talk • contribs) 12:29, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

You should probably ask your question at the Humanities section of the reference desk. The help desk here is for answering questions about how to use Wikipedia and as we do not ordain our editors we cannot help you. SpinningSpark 16:19, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Well... this page does work to ordain editors in the Church (Cult?) of Wikipedia's degrees in WP:NOT, WP:COI, and WP:V. Now, if only we had a Wikipedia OT III level we'd be all set.  ;-) —Noah 17:31, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Is there a part of Wikipedia on how to do things?

Is there a part of wikipedia or it's sister projects that is a wiki on how to do things, for example, make a cake. or build a dog house. or something like that? Cause I wish to browse and contribute to it if there is one.

122.104.244.33 (talk) 13:18, 27 January 2008 (UTC)SKRIPI122.104.244.33 (talk) 13:18, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Wikihow at [12] is what you are looking for - and thank you for your question. Best wishes, DuncanHill (talk) 13:21, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Also, Wikibooks, a sister project of Wikipedia, has some how-to guides like a cookbook, but how-to isn't their main focus. However, they do have a How-tos bookshelf. NF24^{(radio me!)} 13:24, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

I'm not sure, but I think Wikihow is a separate organization, not a sister project of Wikipedia; i.e. not hosted by the Wikimedia foundation. --Coppertwig (talk) 18:21, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Right. wikiHow uses the same MediaWiki software but is otherwise unrelated to Wikipedia and the Wikimedia foundation. See Wikimedia:Our projects for the current Wikimedia projects. There is a small howto wiki at http://howto.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page but Wikia is not a Wikimedia project (although there are some ties between the two). PrimeHunter (talk) 21:50, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

How can I publish this text?

http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Sandbox&diff=prev&oldid=187088314

Audiman22000 (talk) 15:45, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Before creating an article, please search Wikipedia first to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject. Please also review a few of our relevant policies and guidelines which all articles should comport with. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite to reliable sources which verify their content.

Articles must also demonstrate the notability of the subject. Please see our subject specific guidelines for people, and note that if you are closely associated with the subject, our conflict of interest guideline strongly recommends against you creating the article.

If you still think an article is appropriate, see Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance. Happy editing! • Anakin ^{(contribs • complaints)} 16:43, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Once you've figured out whether your topic is suitable for Wikipedia, you can create the page by typing the name of it into the search box, just as if you're looking for the page, and click "go". It will tell you the page doesn't exist, and give you a red link "Create this page". Click on that link to create the page. --Coppertwig (talk) 18:23, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Afd

When I nominate an article for deletion, does a bot automatically notify the creator? (It seems to have done it for Jack Truman.) Clarityfiend (talk) 17:21, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

No. If you use Twinkle then it will automatically inform the user; see that page for more info. _{WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN}^{play it cool.} 17:34, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

I looked at the case and User:BJBot did actually notify the creator.[13] Special:Contributions/BJBot shows many such notifications. I don't know whether it will always happen. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:32, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Template formating

Need some help regarding the {{UStaxation}} template. There are a few areas in this template that use a show / hide feature. However, there is an issue with the text size on these headers. The text size looks correct at 110% on IE and Firefox but looks correctly sized at 100% on Safari. Since the top headers use a different class then the lower ones, I'm not sure what the deal is. I need help trying to get these things to look correct across platforms. Thanks Morphh ^(talk) 18:00, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

I'll try using pixel definitions to keep the text size the same for every browser. Mind trying it out? I don't have Safari. Thanks, Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP!☺} 18:05, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

That looks pretty good - better than before. In this one, it looks the same in Firefox and Safari but slightly smaller (compared to the top headers) in IE, but not enough to be of concern. I'll work with the other headers using pixels to see if it makes any difference but this does improve it. Thanks Morphh ^(talk) 18:12, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Sounds good; I'll look some more, maybe there's a way to make it always look the same. Cheers, Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP!☺} 18:16, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Request for Comment

There's a "Request for comment" going that I'm involved in. I would like to have some "outside" input, in addition to editors and admins already involved with the matter. Are there appropriate places to post a request for input without being accused of canvassing? Thanks, Wanderer57 (talk) 18:23, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

You could put something on your userpage. _{WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN}^{play it cool.} 18:25, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Or you might include a link in your signature. - PeaceNT (talk) 18:27, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Thank you both for your suggestions. By the way, here is my message:

As many people are aware, RFC's are improved by getting broader, non-partisan input.

Thus far the pattern of endorsements in the new Whig 2-Filll-Adam Cuerden RFC is largely along "party lines". It would be helpful and refreshing to also get input from some people who are uncommitted or less committed to one position or another.

I ask that people who have not reviewed the RFC please do so. It is HERE Thank you. Wanderer57 (talk) 19:37, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

infobox image placement interference

I have been having trouble getting the image at Garland Rivers to appear at the top of the college section. It seems it will only appear lower than the bottom of the infobox. Is this correctible?--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 19:05, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

This is a problem with how floating elements work in almost all browsers. It is quite annoying to be honest and proof that much of the CSS styling was tacked onto tables and other HTML with little regard for how stuff is supposed to work. It was solved for the Article Message Boxes (cleanup and deletion templates) after much CSS and HTML testing. I guess we could fix it for pictures and infoboxes if we put some significant amount of time and effort into it, and it would require a Mediawiki software update... --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 20:23, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

I fixed it by reversing a recent change in the NFL player template that had introduced two stacked right side infoboxes, instead of one. Apparently with 2 of those, left clear items start bunching after the first infobox and before the second infobox (no idea why...) --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 21:02, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia's strict definition of "fair use"

I'd like to use the following image on Wikipedia. [14] I uploaded it, but it was deleted under the claim that it violates copyright.

The image is derived from two sources:

• This image held by Wikimedia, under the GFDL
• A Chinese propaganda poster from the 50's, photographed by Michael Wolf, licensed to Taschen, which I then modified using photoshop. So it is itself a derivative work.

Both images I got from Wikipedia, but the second image I have been unable to find.

Because my image is a parody (and a political one at that), there's no non-free equivalent, and doesn't harm any outside business (it's the cover of Taschen's book on Chinese propaganda), it definitely falls under the legal definition of "fair use."

However, Wikipedia policy as it's worded now is more strict than the actual law on fair use:

Wikipedia:Fair use#Policy

For purposes of this policy "non-free content" means all copyrighted images and other media files that lack a free content license. Such material may be used on the English Wikipedia only where all 10 of the following criteria are met.

1. No free equivalent
2. Respect for commercial opportunities.
3. Previous publication
4. Previous publication
5. Content
6. Media-specific policy
7. One-article minimum
8. Significance
9. Restrictions on location
10. Image description page

The law states that those ten criteria must be generally met, not that they all must be completely met.

It's probably not a good idea to re-word the policy (because having it be strict is a good thing), but since what I'm doing is totally legal, is it possible for me to re-upload it, with the fair use justification that I have? ☯  Zenwhat (talk) 19:22, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Yes, Wikipedia's Fair Use policy is more strict than the American Fair Use law. But the Foundation has demanded this to be as sure as possible that we don't get sued over anything. You are welcome to try and change the rules, but I have little hope that you will succeed. Best what I can advise you is to design a new image, or use it on your weblog or another "privately" operated server. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 20:26, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

It’s not just a concern over law suits: The more important purpose of the non-free media policy is to discourage non-free images—maximizing the reusability of Wikipedia content. Some Wikipedias do not allow any non-free images. So the English Wikipedia policy is a compromise.

(Even without the non-free content policy I see no encyclopedic purpose for your image; it seems the image equivalent of WP:OR.) --teb728 t c 21:45, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Using images from wikipedia

I was wondering what the imaging licensing policy if I wanted to use images for a lecture to broadcast —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.170.113.170 (talk) 19:27, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

You may be interested in reading Wikipedia:Copyrights. It details the specific rights of separate parts of wikipedia. If you need further assistance, please include a link to the file in question. Hope this helps! --omtay38 20:04, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Report

Hi, Where can I report errors or anything else to Wikipedia staff? Can you also tell me their email address? Thanks!

Wikipedia is run almost entirely by volunteers. There are only around a dozen paid staff, while there are millions of volunteer editors (over 6 million, plus however many edit without an account). So, if you see an error or another problem anywhere on Wikipedia, you can either fix it yourself, bring it up on the article's talk page, ask an editor who has previously worked on the article to fix it, or mention it on a discussion page such as the village pump.

Actually, this page is one such page where you can mention things like that, so if you have a specific error or problem in mind, just say what it is right here and someone will take a look at it. Pyrospirit (talk · contribs) 20:58, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Contact us, reached by clicking "Contact Wikipedia" in the interaction box to the left. It leads to email addresses for some kinds of problems. If you say the problem here then we can guide you better or maybe fix it immediately. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:20, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Thank you very much.:) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.96.243.135 (talk) 22:34, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia

Regarding my previous comment on Wikipedia which i've cancelled. Is it possible to create a new Department on wikipedia, simular to the counter-vandalism unit or other departments which follow's the rules without the page getting nominated for deletion, the reason why i'm asking is because certain user's have been creating departments which sound's like it's attempting to disrupt Wikipedia, i'm wanting to create one which follow's all rules and performs furios tasks throughout wikipedia, but i'm wondering whether it's possible. →Dust Rider→ 20:50, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

I'm not sure quite what you're suggesting. My guess is what you're looking to do is create a new WikiProject, in which case the page I linked you to has some advice. If you are, you'll want to figure out before proposing it exactly what the WikiProject would do. A WikiProject that is of interest only to a very small number of people or that duplicates already existing projects won't be very successful. Also, I'm not sure what you're referring to with projects attempting to disrupt Wikipedia; I've never seen a WikiProject as a whole being disruptive, though individual members might be occasionally. Pyrospirit (talk · contribs) 21:06, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Problems logging back in

Hello, I having problems logging back in. My user name is Rocketmaniac. I tried to go to my watchlist, (I had selected "remberber me") but it made me log in again. I didn't remember my password, so I did the "Email new password". After getting the email, I tried the confermation code, but it said wrong or invalid code. (I cut and pasted the code so to not enter it wrong). Now what do I do? I tried "email new password" again, but only 1 emailed password in 24 hrs. Thanks, Rocketmaniac (talk) 21:54, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

"E-mail new password" should send a mail called "New temporary password for Wikipedia", containing a password to be entered at Special:Userlogin. But you speak of a confirmation code which is what you use to enable email for an account as described at Help:Email confirmation. The confirmation code is clicked, or copied to your browser address bar, and mine came in a mail called "Wikipedia e-mail address confirmation". Could you be mixing the two concepts? PrimeHunter (talk) 22:09, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Problem solved. It was an issue of correct capitals. Earlier I was using a capital "R" in Rocketmaniac, but when I just tried rocketmaniac it worked fine. Thanks, Rocketmaniac (talk) 23:53, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Good it works now, but I guess something else was different before. It doesn't matter whether the first username letter is capitalized. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:01, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Loc map in the Infobox Mid-air accident template is malfunctioning

Resolved

 – Fixed template to remove dependence on an old parser “misfeature.”

Hi! Can somebody explain me, why suddenly the template:Location map in template:Infobox Mid-air accident doesnt present itself correcly? Can somebody make it work again? I myself have no idea, what is wrong... *sob* :-) --Homer Landskirty (talk) 22:42, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Oh... Maybe I should add an example: Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937... --Homer Landskirty (talk) 22:43, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Oh man, where to start... Well basically this stopped working because it is misusing bugs that were present in the old mediawiki parser and were fixed in the past week. The problem is though, I have no idea what it actually wants to do. It seems it is using locationmap template, and inserting extra paramaters into it. I'll go ask on IRC if a developer knows what is supposed to be done in these cases. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 23:55, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Fixed --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 00:32, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Kewl... Thx... :-) --Homer Landskirty (talk) 07:47, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

I thought, it was not a bug but a feature... :-) --Homer Landskirty (talk) 07:47, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

printing??

How do I:

1) print Wikipedia articles the best?

2) CHANGE the FONT to a larger font??

3) print so the blue "hot link" references print out also —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.107.18.187 (talk) 23:23, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

To enlarge the font size on Wikipedia pages (or any page for that matter), you'll need to change your browser settings. For Firefox, this can be found under View -> Text size. To get a version of a Wikipedia page that is better for printing, use the printable version. You can access the printable version by clicking the Printable version link in the toolbox on the sidebar, or by adding &printable=yes to the end of the URL. The printable version will print links as well, but they won't be colored blue. Of course, you won't need to click on them when they're on paper, anyway. Pyrospirit (talk · contribs) 23:43, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

If you're using the default Monobook skin, it's not necessary to use the "printable version" link for printing, see Help:Printable. As far as I know the only reason this link exists is that if it didn't, people would be asking for it all the time, not realising printing just works. --Dapeteばか 12:31, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

January 28

My Page?

Okay heres what happened: I wanted to put user boxes on my page. So I clicked on my name, typed in a user box adress and saved it. Wel when I clicked on my name agin it said the user box adress I typed in. I didnt know what to do, so i clicked on it and typed in the page deletion code. know the candtiade for speedy deletion banner is up and I dont know what to do! Please Help Me!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Olfordtrucks (talk • contribs) 00:06, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi there! I removed the speedy deletion notice, assuming that is what you wanted. In the future, feel free to remove such notices if they were placed by yourself mistakenly. Also, remember to sign your edits! Cheers, Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP!☺} 00:12, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

voting in the primary presidential election

If I am registered as an indepenednt party member can I vote democratic or republcan in the presidential primary?— Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.242.74.141 (talk • contribs)

This desk is for questions about using wikipedia. For general knowledge questions, please utilize the reference desk.--172.168.50.11 (talk) 00:15, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

It depends on state (I assume you mean US), but probably not. Prodego ^talk 00:20, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

See Primary election#Primary systems state-by-state. Your IP address is registered in New Jersey. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:28, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

So How Do I do it?

Step by step on how to make a page like people have. I will have only userboxes. No pics or writing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Olfordtrucks (talk • contribs) 00:19, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi, I assume you mean a userpage? Have a quick read through that page and you're set to go; you might also want to see here for some userboxes. Also, please remember to sign your edits! Cheers, Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP!☺} 00:23, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Do you want User:Olfordtrucks/Userboxes/GWolf to be deleted? Maybe you intended to add {{User:Joshua dude/Userboxes/GWolf}} to User:Olfordtrucks to get the box at User:Joshua dude/Userboxes/GWolf. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:36, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

I just click my name, click the edit this page tab, and start typing? I write a sentience, and then write the address for a userbox?Olfordtrucks (talk) 00:33, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Yup, that's all there is to it. If you have any more questions about this, please feel free to visit my talk page. Cheers, Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP!☺} 00:37, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedians' attention

What's the most effective way of recruiting more Wikipedians' attention to articles needing improvement? Brianreading (talk) 00:52, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Joining a WikiProject associated with the article (for example, the History WikiProject would be a good WikiProject for WWII). Also, you may stub or categorize the article accordingly, so that if an editor is looking for an article of that subject they may find it. I find WikiProjects to be the most effective, personally, as you're in touch with other editors every step of the way. If an article is in disrepair, templates such as {{unreferenced}} may help attract attention; for example, to get attention for sourcing use a template at Wikipedia:Template messages/Sources of articles, while a pure cleanup request could consist of a template from Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup. Cheers, Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP!☺} 00:57, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Well, I've already created a WikiProject, but it doesn't seem to help much. I need a way to promote that this WikiProject is out there I guess. Thanks for your help! Brianreading (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 01:02, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

There was once a template {{Improve}} which added Category:Pages needing expert attention and this box:

But that could be said for most articles as argued at Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2006 September 22#Template:Improve. Unless there is something really bad like legal problems, please don't be too aggressive in attempts to get attention for specific articles by notifying others. Template tagging and a relevant WikiProject is usually OK but you asked for the most effective way and that would probably involve an inappropriate number of posts scattered over Wikipedia. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:19, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

session cookies

how do I get session cookies in my browser? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.173.169.108 (talk) 02:00, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

It depends on your browser and what you mean by "get". Does Help:Logging in#Enable cookies solve your problem? PrimeHunter (talk) 02:11, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

(edit conflict) They're created automatically when you log in through Special:Userlogin. For them to work, you'll need to enable cookies in your browser. In Firefox, options for enabling or disabling cookies can be found under Tools -> Options -> Privacy -> Cookies; in Internet Explorer, I think it's somewhere under Tools -> Internet options. Pyrospirit (talk · contribs) 02:14, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Finding categories and wikiProjects

Where can I find lists of categories (Such as articles in need of copyediting, and stubs). Also, where can I find wikiProjects? Thanks! Viper Shadow (talk) 02:45, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Hello there! Sorry about the wait to answer your question! :( Anyway, a list of WikiProjects may be found here, while a list of categories may be found here (note that there are a few ways to see all the categories; see Wikipedia:Categorization#See also for all of them). In case you'd like it too, a list of stubs may be found here. Cheers, and I hope that helps! Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP!☺} 03:49, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia 'Home Page' error?

The Home Page describes Wikipedia as a 'Free' Encyclopedia. The description is in many languages and as far as I can tell (English, German, French, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish) the English colloquial 'Free' is used in the sense of 'without charge' or 'costless'.

Am I wrong, or are not the words used in the other languages words that mean more in the vein of 'liberated' or 'having been released from prison' than 'costless or gratis'? Do the words freie, libre, vrije, libera, fria, livre translate in this way or do they not have more to do with liberation, release or escape?

For example, in German, the word 'Freiheit' is literally the English 'Freedom' as in 'let freedom ring'. Should not the word 'Kostenlos' be used rather than 'Freie'? In a German pet shop, when birds are on sale 2 for 1, the second bird is not 'frei' unless he escapes out the door.

I am not a native speaker in these languages but as I recall, of the ones I have studied, they do not use the literal translation of the English 'free' to mean 'without monetary cost'.

I know no one is going to try and tell me that the English 'Free Encyclopedia' means that this encyclopedia is more liberated than others. That can well be argued and in all probability is true, but when any American reads 'Free Encyclopedia' he has only one thought: Freebie!!

Any multilingual heavy hitters out there?Tgdf (talk) 04:02, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Hmm, excellent point. The Spanish 'libre', as taught to me, can apply to free consumables and the like, but the point you raise about the German form seems valid. However, in the Rammstein song Feuer Frei the article states that the literal translation is "fire free", so I'm not sure. I'll be sure to ask a German editor as soon as I can. Thanks for bringing this up! Cheers, Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP!☺} 04:06, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Again, "fire free" would mean 'without fire, or liberated or released from fire' not 'fire, which charges no money'.Tgdf (talk) 04:13, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

This section of the Main Page FAQ might help answer your question. The 'free' does indeed refer to freedom, as this is the free content encyclopedia. Raven4x4x (talk) 04:18, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the Main Page FAQ link. Seems like I'm not the first to ask this question. I don't like the answer they give, but I don't want to get nasty and I don't want to go into the amount of research it would take to refute the claim that the Main Page use of 'free' is correct. I think the Japanese have made their decision by, as was remarked, using the borrowed word to avoid having to make a choice as to what the meaning of the word 'free' is in the Main Page context. Inscrutability must have it's advantages. Sayonara. Tgdf (talk) 18:49, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Sortable list

I would like to be able to sort Köchel catalogue#List by all columns. Currently, rows are stored in chronological order. Therefore, it would be perfect if clicking on "Date" just reset the list to how it is stored. Is that possible? If not, is there any other way to sort this table by date? — Sebastian 04:06, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Related question: I just noticed that the same table doesn't sort correctly by the first column. E.g. "Anh. 218" is listed before "Anh. 191", with several empty cells and other other names in between. Is that a bug? The pure numbers seem to get sorted correctly. — Sebastian 04:13, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

You might look into templates such as {{sort}}, {{sortname}}, {{dts}} (for dates), {{nts}} (for numbers). These are required for entries in sortable tables. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 13:52, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Which is more important, information or references?

I see that Wikipedia wants references and not original research. This is easy if you want to write about a person or city.

How about Patronymic? This article is very informative. But it's entirely original research.

Which is more important, lack of original research or information? Whoaslow (talk) 04:16, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

You address a number topics, I will address one. In the case of Patronymic you are confusing "original research" with "researched, but citations missing." —Noah 04:31, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Hmm, that reduces it to a personal opinion. Or are you aware of an accepted standard to distinguish the two? (Of course, I'm aware of WP:OR, but I have not found it very useful in real life content disputes. I found it much more helpful to go by WP:RS and WP:V. The only parts of WP:OR that I found helpful are the ones discussing differend sources - which doesn't apply when no sources are given.) — Sebastian 04:50, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

It's often hard to tell whether unsourced content is original research. The history of Patronymic shows a lot of contributors so at least some of them were probably working from reliable sources. The article has some external links, and google:Patronym and google:Patronymic easily finds information about the subject. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:55, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Besides, every judgement we make in Wikipedia is based on opinion. "Use common sense"... if it is not referenced, then encourage others to add references. It does not mean that the entire article is "useless" because the references were not provided before. It means the article is still being developed to achieve our Wikipedia goals. As long as the information seems reasonable and can be judged to be written by people who understood the article, there is no problem. If you read a claim in the article that looks dubious or really does need a quotation to avoid looking dubious, then either removing the information or adding a {{fact}} template might be required. More stringent rules apply for biographies of living people, but that is another category of articles. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 13:43, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Image:Karcher Mall.JPG

So something is up with Image:Karcher Mall.JPG. Its somehow listed as being in dozens of pages it doesn't appear it. I'm guessing this is a transclusion error somewhere. How do I hunt it down? MBisanz ^talk 05:09, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Hello there, and welcome to the help desk! Image:Karcher Mall.JPG is included in {{Twin cities shopping malls}}, which is in turn included in the articles. Therefore, the image indirectly is transcluded into them. Hope that helps! Cheers, Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP!☺} 05:15, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Thank you MBisanz ^talk 05:47, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

I NEED HELP

Hello. I am not sure, if I ever signed in, for a new account or not. My name is Christabel Savalas and I am trying to open an account, so that I can put my writer, mother Helena MacRee Tsavalas in the wikipedia net. I am computer illeterate, so I need help. She is a published writer, and I like to know how to start things here. Can someone email me a phone number so that he/she can 'walk' me through this in the computer? I am so clueless. Thank you. I like to add things in wikipedia. Perhaps, someone can view her website and add it for me? Website: www.christabelsavalas.com/helena

Thank you for your time. My phone number is: <phone number removed> —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.5.67.69 (talk) 06:38, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

You will need to first register an account, which has many benefits, including the ability to create articles. Once you have registered, please search Wikipedia first to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject. Please also review a few of our relevant policies and guidelines which all articles should comport with. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite to reliable sources which verify their content and must not contain unsourced, negative content about living people.

Articles must also demonstrate the notability of the subject. Please see our subject specific guidelines for people, bands and musicians, companies and organizations and web content and note that if you are closely associated with the subject, our conflict of interest guideline strongly recommends against you creating the article.

If you still think an article is appropriate, see Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation.

The links above should guide you through the process of creating an account and your first article. However, please make sure that you confirm your mother's notability before creating an article. Thank you, Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP!☺} 06:41, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Populating a Category

I am having problem in populating a category Duplicate Articles. Problem is i am trying to populate it using the template {{Duplication}}, I have added the category code in the template but the category page isn't populated still. Can anyone help me out? --SMS ^Talk 09:00, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

You can write {{tl|Duplication}} to link to a template. I have fixed your post which linked to the article Duplication. 1) You added <includeonly>[[Category:Duplicate Articles|{{PAGENAME}}]]</includeonly> inside a noinclude part so the category is never added. 2) After a template has added a category, articles which use the template must be edited in order to update the category with the article. A null edit is enough but a purge is not. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:34, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

I also fixed your category link. Write [[:Category:Duplicate Articles]] with : in front to link a category instead of adding the page to the category. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:45, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Thank you all! SMS ^Talk 12:57, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not search-friendly.

Hi,

I am a huge Wiki fan. The amount of time I spend browsing Wiki is beyond compare. However, I am not too happy about the search friendliness of Wiki. For instance, Wiki is not friendly when it comes to mispelt words. I had trouble searching for Johan Cruyff once. It would be extremely helpful if Wiki could give alternate spelling suggestions or closest entries on searching.

regards, Nikhil Wiki fan —Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.95.197.86 (talk) 09:01, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

It would, but unfortunately at the moment that kind of feature is not available in MediaWiki (the developers are kept quite busy). However, there are a few things you might be able to do - first, Google has a spelling suggestion feature like you describe, and it's possible to restrict searches to Wikipedia by including the keyword site:en.wikipedia.org in your search. (Incidentally, the use of the word wiki to refer to Wikipedia is generally discouraged, because if any wiki can be called Wiki, it's the original WikiWiki.) Confusing Manifestation(Say hi!) 10:36, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Messages

Look, I haven't touched any pages on Wikipedia, but I got a message saying that I'd touched some pages previously changed by other people —Preceding unsigned comment added by Markazzo123 (talk • contribs) 09:06, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

On your talk page I can see two warning messages. One is about an article you wrote that got speedily deleted, the other about an image that had the same fate. It is possible that you were not logged in, and your IP address matched that of someone who was previously warned for vandalism. It happens, unfortunately, but is unlikely to have any negative repercussions for you. Confusing Manifestation(Say hi!) 10:36, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Your IP address is considered confidential by Wikipedia so we cannot check that this is what happened but it sounds likely. If you reach the talk page of the IP address and click "User contributions" in the toolbox to the left then you can see non-deleted edits by that IP address (only administrators can see the deleted edits). PrimeHunter (talk) 11:20, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Inaccurate information cited

I was looking up information regarding Paula Abdul. Please look at her bio you have on your site and you will see that someone has put that she was born a male, etc. Who verifies the information entered on this site? How can something happen like this and how do you think you will be able to maintain a good reputation if items such as these are entered? Just thought I should let you know. THANKS!12.163.97.74 (talk) 10:46, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for letting us know. It was vandalism and somebody reverted it before you posted here. Another time you are welcome to revert vandalism by yourself. It's often easier than reporting it. See Help:Reverting. Criticism of Wikipedia may be of interest to you. Most vandalism is reverted quickly. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:09, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Infobox problem in Chiranjeevi

Resolved

i dont know whats the problem.. but the image isnt proper.. could someone help me? Σαι ( Talk ) 11:27, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

I fixed it.[15] See Template:Infobox actor for the template documentation. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:41, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Thank you. I thought images must be linked in infoboxes.. Σαι ( Talk ) 12:10, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

It depends on the infobox code so don't rely on this example. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:32, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Two questions

1.Why does white papers turn yellow with passing time? 2.When did first Alien landed on earth and where? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.16.133.91 (talk) 13:14, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

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 is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. I hope this helps. NF24^{(radio me!)} 13:22, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Interesting questions. Since paper is made from wood, it darkens over time for the same reason that wood does. A substance called lignin darkens with exposure to light and air. (howstuffworks.com) Now, for your second question, I assume you are referring to extraterrestrial people. There is no concrete proof that aliens have ever visited Earth. —Travis^talk 16:48, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Edit button disappears

Let's look at User talk:TlatoSMD. There is something wrong with the code so I couldn't find the way to edit each section (the edit button strangely disappears). It probably came from my fault when I sent him a message. Please help. @pple complain 13:50, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Yes, your message contained {{talkarchive}} which adds the magic word __NOEDITSECTION__ (because archives are not meant to be edited). It was resolved by removing the text which contained the template. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:32, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Something wrong with Template:Pakistani Cities

Resolved

 – Fixed template to remove dependence on an old parser “misfeature.”

There appears to be something wrong with the Pakistani Cities template,for instance looking at the Rawalpindi article, it displays the Coordinates as 33|36|00|N|73|02|00|E|region:PK_type:city|display=inline,title. That is, the raw wiki code is visible in the article itself.

Can someone fix this.

ThanksPahari Sahib (talk) 15:08, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Done. It was a new preprocessor issue. Woody (talk) 15:49, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks :-)

Regards Pahari Sahib (talk) 15:57, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

hOW TO OPERATE WIKIPEDIA

PLS I WILL LIKE TO KNOW HOW TO TO SEARCH FOR STUDIES IN WIKIPEDIA SIT MOSRLY VIDEOS IN (AUTOMOBILE MECHANICS,ALLY MECHANICS,PHISICS,MATHEMATICS —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.220.3.73 (talk) 18:14, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Perhaps you could be more specific with your question? If you would like to search for a topic, you can use the search box in the left hand toolbar. Hope this helps! --omtay38 18:18, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

San Diego County Fair

I am the Internet Marketing Specialist for the Del Mar Fairgrounds and San Diego County Fair. We want to thank the person(s) who wrote the original article on the San Diego County Fair. We have found it to be accurate and objective.

I have edited portions of the San Diego County Fair article to bring it up to date and to correct the titles of a couple of our exhibits. However, I find that I am unable to edit the opening paragraph, which states that attendance has risen to a "high" of about 1.2 million "in 2004." We set an attendance record in 2007 at 1,265,997, did in fact, beat the record set in 2004. You can verify this on our Web site:

http://www.sdfair.com/fair/index.php?fuseaction=info.attendance

We would like you to change that sentence, or, if you prefer, substitute the sentence "The San Diego County Fair has been among the top ten North American fairs in attendance for the past decade." This will make it a little more timeless. (I inserted a timely attendance comparison in the Features area. That ranking of the top five fairs comes from Venues Today Research.

Thank you! Diane Scholfield Internet Marketing Specialist Del Mar Fairgrounds <e-mail and phone removed by --omtay38> —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dianescho (talk • contribs) 18:18, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi there and welcome to wikipedia! You should be able to change the sentence yourself. Try clicking the "edit this page" tab at the top of the window (right above the article title). Might I also suggest the use of Footnotes in this already good article to bring it up to higher quality standards. Best regards! --omtay38 18:22, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Wiener Singakademie

Hi, I wonder if someone could provide me with a quick answer to the following question. I have just created the page Wiener Singakademie following a request at AfC. This is the name of a Vienna choir. I just wondered if it was standard practice to anglicise a name if possible (in this case I'm guessing "Vienna Singing Academy") or to leave it as the original. My guess and preference would probably be the latter, but other people might have other ideas. Thanks. MSGJ (talk) 18:44, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Quick answer: Wikipedia:Naming conventions. Somebody else may have something more specific to add. Cheers! --omtay38 18:46, 28 January 2008 (UTC)