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April 14

Pre-link Preview Box

About a year ago, a friend at school altered my account so that when I rest my mouse over a link, it shows a small preview box of the article the link points to. Since then, I cannot for the life of me remember what he did, and I would like to know. Not to get rid of it, but to see if I can apply it to my IP address for when I don't feel like logging in.

Anyone here have any idea what I'm talking about? Slokunshialgo 00:49, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Its popups, a javascript tool added to your javascript page. I'm not sure if IPs can have monobook.js pages, as the address may be reassigned. Mr.Z-mantalk¢ 00:55, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That's exactly what I was after! And if it works on any IP address, it should work, as my ISP keeps us with a static IP. Slokunshialgo 01:51, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure whether anonymous logins will load monobook.js, but I'm pretty sure they can't edit their own monobook.js or monobook.css, so it's kind of a moot point. Mike Dillon 03:07, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

delete my account

How do i delete my account?Fishcoin 01:46, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You can't.--$UIT 03:07, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

In order to comply with the terms of our license accounts cannot be deleted, but you do have the right to vanish. --Kwekubo 14:35, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Zodiac

I was just wondering about the zodiac and how they line up with each other. Such as a gemini would get along better with a so-and-so.

The point of this Help Desk is for users to ask questions about Wikipedia, its policies and so on, not for trivial matters such as the Zodiac. Try taking it to the Misc. Help area--$UIT 03:06, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The right place to ask this question is at the Wikipedia:Reference desk. They answer questions not related to wikipedia. — Lost^(talk) 05:28, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

link exchange

is there a way that I can link my site to wikipedia. my site content consist of informative links. info on the worlds greatest vitamin and other realated contents THANKS IN ADVANCE —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 209.247.23.168 (talk) 04:53, 14 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Please see WP:EL. External Linking is generally frowned upon especially if it is used to generate traffic for your website. If you would really like to share encyclopedic information, please add it directly to the relevant article — Lost^(talk) 05:25, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You have misread their question from what I can see. They want to link to Wikipedia. Not put a link to their site on Wikipedia. Wikipedia:Banners and buttons shows a number of banners and buttons that you can use for a link to Wikipedia. As for what to link to, that's up to you. Linking to http://www.wikipedia.org/ will allow the user to choose the language version that they'd like to read while linking to http://en.wikipedia.org/ will put them directly into the English language version. Dismas|^(talk) 12:52, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The presence of link exchange in the question's heading may mean the questioner is asking about a reciprocal link exchange with Wikipedia, not something that really fits the model of Wikipedia as I understand it. The advice on linking to Wikipedia is valid, of course. --Teratornis 19:23, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How to Apply

Please help me understand the Admission process 122.169.156.74 06:58, 14 April 2007 (UTC) +[reply]

Fee Module 122.169.156.74 06:58, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I think you have the wrong site. We are an encyclopedia. What are you looking for? Notinasnaid 07:09, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Admission to what? - Mgm|^(talk) 11:42, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Using & instead of &amp ;

when typing the & symbol in wikipedia on the source code of the generated page it looks like this &amp ; instead of just & I need standalone for a link the &amp ; wrecks the urlBouncingmolar 08:15, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Testing: [1] [http://www.test.com/test.php?a=1&b=2] Well I don't see any problem with that? Perhaps you can past what you wanted to type to let us understand your situation. - LR4087 08:22, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

sorry I can't find a specific link that will work :| If you have a look at the source of this page, you can see that any &'s are actually $amp ;'s so maybe there is a way of typing & without it being converted to an &amp ;. Yeah actually this question is probably outside the scope of wikipedia, its actually for a wikimedia project. Bouncingmolar 08:46, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It is supposed to be converted to &, otherwise the page would not be valid XHTML. Are you having problems clicking on a link somewhere, or are you trying to copy and paste a link from the HTML source? Mike Dillon 15:56, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

the & is used in URL Query strings. The query string requires the & to be a pure not an & . otherwise the query string isn't recognised. An example of a link is http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Crown_and_bridge&action=edit clicking on the link works, but when you view the html source of this page the & have been replaced with & so the link looks like this http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Crown_and_bridge&action=edit which doesn't take you to the edit page. I've been looking at this wikimeda:ampersand problem - Bouncingmolar 09:57, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Is there any limit to how in-depth an article should be?

This is probably a very stupid question, but once in a while when I'm researching something in scientific articles (JSTOR, scholar.google.com, college library, etc) or just studying a textbook, I find that articles are either less precise than they could be (hypothetical example: stating 49% when it's actually 49.03%) or give only a very basic overview of a topic/concept (common example for me: saying "X is mediated by Y" without providing any information on HOW that mediation occurs). End result is I feel I should add that information, but I'm worried about hitting the other extreme, like writing pi out to the millionth digit. So: is there a policy on how much information is too much? Drushki 08:52, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Personally I feel there is a difficult balance to be struck and many articles don't manage it. I have no problem with heavy technical detail that I don't understand, provided it is presented in such a way that the layman can still get what he or she needs. Generally an article should be written so it has full details and the lead section acts as a summary (nothing in the lead section that isn't repeated further down). Some subjects may take more levels than this, presenting details but saying that there are more details on particular topics.

Be vary wary of the numeric example you made up. To assume 49.03 is more right than 49% is a common error; it often is not. Abuse of significant figures is a common error. In one article I found a formula, given to three significant figures, which an editor had inverted. Using a calculator, they had given the inverse coefficients to 18 decimal places, which is very much wrong. For a simpler example, suppose a distance is described as "4 miles". It would be ludicrous to say "6.437376 km", and even "6.4 km" is highly suspect. I think 6 km is a far more accurate answer, since the "4 miles" was likely to have been anything from 3.5 to 4.5 miles in fact. If the source had said "4.0 miles" it would be a different story. Notinasnaid 10:12, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, an article can be too detailed, but how much is too much is pretty much a feeling you have to develop. I'm not talking about numbers. (I'm talking about what to include and what not.) - Mgm|^(talk) 11:40, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Wikipedia:Article size might be interesting for you to look at, and to a much lesser extent Wikipedia:Summary style. These are all just guidelines though, so if you think something could stand to be longer, fix it.--Ybbor ^Talk Survey! 15:24, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The ideal length of an article is whatever the reader wants it to be. Since every reader is different, no single length is "ideal," although if it were possible to determine the preferences of every reader and average them all, that might be an acceptable compromise. But how would we count the probable majority of people who have no interest whatsoever in a particular topic? Also note that when Wikipedia deletes an article, it is effectively saying the ideal length of an encyclopedia article on that subject is zero. If a subject is not notable in Wikipedia's judgement, there might still be dozens or hundreds of people with a burning interest in the subject who feel seriously shortchanged by its absence here. That would be common, for example, for subjects interesting only to people who live in a limited geographic area. Your neighborhood may not be notable to distant folks, but it is certainly notable to you.

Obviously the notion of "one size must fit all" is outdated. Eventually Moore's Law should deliver enough computer power to give everyone the view of the Internet they prefer. Wikipedia might (eventually) help by allowing users to rate articles (and perhaps even individual sentences in articles). If enough people rate enough chunks of content, and expose their ratings for comparison, it should be straightforward for software to identify similarities. For example, suppose your ratings very closely match the ratings of several other people on the content you have all viewed. Then perhaps their ratings of other content you have not yet viewed would accurately predict your eventual rating of it. I.e., you would have found some people who share your preferences, and by seeing what else they have liked, you might more efficiently zero in on things you have not yet seen but would also like. (Since no two people are likely to share identical preferences in all respects, the algorithm for determining similarity of preferences would obviously have to be more sophisticated than merely identifying some individuals who share some of your preferences, but you get the idea.)

If the rating system turns out to be a sufficiently accurate predictor of what a given user wants to see, that user might set a preference to have the system prune down articles accordingly, cutting out the details the user is highly likely to consider superfluous or bothersome. Everyone could, in effect, see his or her own "My Wikipedia."

In the meantime, we'll just have to muddle along with "one size must fit all." --Teratornis 17:57, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'd say the ideal length is the compromise length talked about above. The 'size that fits most people'. You can look at the articles gained featured status recently to get an idea what the ideal length is considered to be right now for various topics. - Mgm|^(talk) 21:31, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Chinese

I would like to read the information re: sciatic nerve in Chinese. How do I do this????

See Help:Editing and check to see its verifiable to a reliable source. Tellyaddict^Talk 12:44, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Have a look through the Chinese version of Wikipedia (link in the language box in the left pane). It might have a translated version or an equivalent. Adrian M. H. 13:10, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Looking at Sciatic nerve, there is not an interwiki to zh, so it appears that the Chinese editors haven't gotten around to creating the article. zh:神经 may have some relevant info. The PRC government blocks access to Wikipedia, thus dramatically slowing the growth of zh. - Banyan Tree 08:05, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Article hits

How do I see how many views a certain article gets? --Candy-Panda 14:23, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You cannot. Nobody is counting. Notinasnaid 14:28, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The functionality exists in the MediaWiki software to count pageviews, but the feature is currently disabled as it impairs the functioning of the site. --Kwekubo 14:32, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There might be a rough correlation between the number of views of an article and the number of edits in the article's history, or the amount of traffic on the article's talk page. Marieke Guy cites Charles Arthur's claim:

The 1% rule suggests that for every 100 people online, one will create content, 10 will "interact" with it (commenting or offering improvements) and the other 89 will just view it.

Thus it might be a good bet that an infrequently-edited article gets proportionately few views. I think that bet improves if the infrequently-edited article contains obvious typos and other deficiencies which cry out for repair. If nobody is making the obvious, easy improvements to an article, we could suspect the article is getting few views.

The claim that "nobody is counting" may slightly contradict the notice on Talk:Wiki, which claims:

According to WikiCharts statistics, this (the Wiki article) is the most-viewed article on Wikipedia, with nearly 100,000 views per day.

Evidently someone is counting views for at least some pages. --Teratornis 18:47, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Policy on contents of userpage

While cleaning up editing tests, I happened to come across User:AUSwimming, and I couldn't help but feel that this is just someone using Wikipedia as a free web-host. I'm pretty sure there is a policy against it, but I was unable to find it. What to do? --Pekaje 15:24, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:User page tells us what is and is not permitted, but I have thus far found it impossible to locate any advice about how to deal with material that contravenes these guidelines. Sorry I couldn't help further. Adrian M. H. 15:46, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Userpages that violate the guidelines are submitted for deletion at WP:MFD. - Mgm|^(talk) 21:07, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, will remember that for future reference. Also, thanks for dealing with the issue. --Pekaje 21:31, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How do you move/rename a category?

How do you move/rename a category? Example, "Category:Home schooled people" should be corrected to "Category:Homeschooled people" as it is the accepted word. I know you can move article, but how do you move a category?

Also, How do you alphabetize people in a category? example "Category:Homeschooling" Joshua Harris should be listed under "H" rather then "J". Since the list is auto generated, how would we correct error's like this? Thanks Ncix 15:38, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think you have to change all the articles' category links manually. A pain if there are a lot of articles. Alphabetising in categories is a mystery to me; I was originally instructed to enter the category link like this: [[Category:Authors|Ellroy, James]] but I have seen that edited on some articles to remove the piped section, which surely defeats correct alphabetisation. The piped method was advised to me when I saw the same occurrence that you have found. I have seen some people using a defaultsort template, but I don't know the details of that. Adrian M. H. 15:51, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It is best to propose a category move at WP:CFD. If it is agreed to there, someone with an automated script will do the edits needed to carry it out. That is also where unneeded categories are proposed for deletion, and where category merges are discussed. DES ^(talk) 16:30, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How to turn a link into text

How to turn a link into text? http://www.yahoo.com i dont want this to appear as a blue link people can click on, i just want it as text (:O) -Nima Baghaei ^{talk · cont} 15:45, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Put it in nowiki tags. I have done it to your link by way of example. Adrian M. H. 15:53, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

thanks! (:O) -Nima Baghaei ^{talk · cont} 18:16, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Log In

I am Jeffrey Newman - truly! The same 'Jeffrey Newman' as made a number of entries in June 2005 - and there is still a user page to prove it. But, I can neither log in, nor register my name. What should I do? 172.212.75.134 16:07, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If you supplied an email address when you signed up, you can have the password emailed to you. Dismas|^(talk) 16:23, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the response. Maybe I did not supply an e-mail last time - or the address may have changed. But, I want my identity back and I cannot create a new password because when I try, I am told there is already a user under that name! Further help, please! Thanks for Adrian's response - but can we go further. 85.210.255.81 16:50, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

title of an article

I would like to edit the title (name) of an article. How do I do this?Ecorning 16:17, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:MOVE. Titles can't be changed. The article can only be moved to the correct title. And you have to have your account for at least four days before you can move an article. If your account isn't old enough, see Wikipedia:Requested moves. Dismas|^(talk) 16:22, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Endorsements Wikiproject

I found the Wikiproject on Endorsements a few day ago and can't find where it is now. Can someone wiki-llink the page? --TeckWiz ^ParlateContribs_@(Lets go Yankees!) 16:48, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, if you cannot find the link from your contribs, maybe it was deleted (?). Why don't you try checking the deletion log? Also, about a Wikiproject on Endorsements, I only found this deleted one, please see here for the reason given. Hope this helps Pea ceNT 16:55, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I find it funny that the project was deleted exactly when I posted my reply here. Pea ceNT 16:59, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Because this of course is how I found it :) I've posted a notice of deletion at WP:ANI; but in the meantime, should it stay deleted, TeckWiz should be told it was a joke, he wouldn't actually get any official endorsement of his RFA. --kingboyk 17:03, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh. I knew it was a joke. I think it was to counter Kelly Martin votes based on the fact that she won't vote support unless the candidate has the approval of a WikiProject. I know it said somewhere that they also do something with AFD. I think it endorsed every candidate up for RFA. --TeckWiz ^ParlateContribs_@(Lets go Yankees!) 17:05, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Right, I think it did. Just a bit of fun but not very productive, which is why I deleted it. I've invited review of my action so it may well reappear shortly, let's wait and see :) Thanks for your understanding. --kingboyk 17:12, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

help

Hi i was wondergin what <cite> does, thanks! A response or to just to let me know there is one on my tlak page would gbe greatly appreicated thanks!100110100 17:27, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

For the closest thing I know about, see WP:CITE and m:Cite/Cite.php. Echoed to User talk:100110100. --Teratornis 18:18, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I assume that you mean the HTML tag. Adrian M. H. 18:22, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Harding High School

Good morning. I am 84 years old and would like to do a Wikipedia template but I am limited to remembering all the codes. Do you have anyone that can do the template if I furnish the data and raw materials? {{Jarrial 17:51, 14 April 2007 (UTC)}}[reply]

I'd be willing to help you with it, but you should (if you haven't already done so) check that no suitable template exists. Is it for an article about "Harding High School"? If so, I would expect to find some school infoboxes already available. Adrian M. H. 17:55, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's also worth doing a search for the subject. these results have no exact match but a couple of very similar titles. Adrian M. H. 17:57, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

User Talk page that seems uneditable

I would like to open a discourse with User talk:Misterrick, but am unable to edit his page. Please advise. TonyTheTiger (talk/cont/bio) 18:07, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It seems as User talk:Misterrick has been protected, so that only administrators can edit it, due to vandalism. The best thing to do would be to wait out the protection, and then address the concerns. Chickyfuzz14^{(user talk)} 18:09, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I also just saw that the protection has been in affect since December of 2006, so it seems that it isn't going to go away any time soon. What I would do would be to ask another user that might be able to open a discourse with. Chickyfuzz14^{(user talk)} 18:16, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The user in question is blocked indefinitely. See [2]. Garion96 (talk) 18:19, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Add an Entry

I don't see any information about Mia Butler. Can she be added? She is the host of "Movie and a Make Over" on Saturday mornings on TBS. http://www.tbs.com/stories/story/0,,1343,00.html —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.156.107.222 (talk) 19:23, 14 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

The question is, is she notable? And can the information be attributed appropriately? Adrian M. H. 19:56, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If those questions above can be answered correctly, and you can have sources, you can create an article on Mia Bulter. First create an account and then follow the guidelines of WP:PERFECT. If you do that, you should have a pretty good article. Before creating the article, make sure she is notable and that the information be attributed appropriately. Thanks! Chickyfuzz14^{(user talk)} 20:07, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Aout bspaceAliens

The Alien un verse Time line Venicles and planets with thanks to Darrell curtis Eric Adoms and tom Baviour Note Iam a physicsst or an engineer so the information blew is open to inteoporetation and discussion. if you have anything to add please let know preferab with evidence to back your claim up. the Alien was ascience faction film under —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.194.114.245 (talk) 20:19, 14 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that's what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. I hope this helps. - Mgm|^(talk) 21:03, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Also see: Typing. --Teratornis 21:16, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I need some help really badly

Can Some1 Help me i created a page and i named it but then i looked it up and it said it wasn't there what did i do wrong???????????????????????HoneyBeeBABY 21:14, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

See: Wikipedia:Why was my page deleted? --Teratornis 21:17, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Spanish user

I'd like to be able to edit Spanish articles with my username. I've added to my user page that I'm a near fluent speaker of Spanish, but I am still unable to sign in with my user name and password in Spanish pages. I imagine there is someway to do that without developing another user name, but I don't know what it is.Sjmcfarland 22:21, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I suppose you mean the Spanish Wikipedia? You have to create a separate username there. When (and if) the developers get the m:Unified login working, that won't be a problem, but until then, all the language Wikipedias are independent of each other in terms of logging in. x42bn6 Talk 22:24, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Also be aware that es.wiki has slightly different policies, but you can create an account by going to es:Especial:Userlogin. Titoxd^{(?!? - cool stuff)} 22:25, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Definition of newbie on wikipedia

Hi, I was wondering, in the context of [3] what is meant by the word "newbie"? WP:NEWBIE and WP:NEWBIES do not define the term — Jack · talk · 22:56, Saturday, 14 April 2007

I think it's their first contribution that gets listed there, in which case the term would refer to new accounts that have not yet made other contributions. Picking some of those contribs at random suggests that this is the case. Adrian M. H. 23:06, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Nope, I initially thought that, but I've seen people logged there after over fifty edits, and my 24hour theory fell through too — Jack · talk · 23:19, Saturday, 14 April 2007

Suggest asking at WP:VPT. Viridae ^Talk 23:23, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Could it just be users without their autoconfirmed flags?--VectorPotential^Talk 23:26, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If you find out, post it here. I'm curious now.... Could it be four days, perhaps? (Which would tie in with the ability to move pages). Adrian M. H. 23:29, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

According to User:MaxSem, "newbies are those who registered among last 1% of users." Which certainly sounds plausible — Jack · talk · 13:16, Sunday, 15 April 2007

Thanks, Jack. Adrian M. H. 15:56, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How do you make a disambiguation page

How do I create a disambiguation page that will link several articles?

See: User:John Broughton/Editor's Index to Wikipedia#Dis. --Teratornis 01:00, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

April 15

Ronald Reagan photo

I was sure I correctly reverted an edit to the Ronald Reagan page, but the incorrect photo that I was trying to eliminate is still there. Can anyone help? Many thanks. DagnyB 00:27, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It looks fine. Try refreshing the page after bypassing your browser cache. Mike Dillon 00:31, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Whew! Thanks Mike! :) DagnyB 00:39, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Non-native english speaker?

User:Torb37 does not appear to have a great deal of proficiency in the english language, and thus is creating articles which are in need of some help, and making work for other editors. Would it be possible for someone to mentor him, or something? I'm concerned about such articles as 1939 German Expedition to Tibet, which is very difficult to understand and looks as though it were written by Babelfish. Salad Days 00:45, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Your complaint brings to mind an amusing quote from C. Gordon Bell:

Negative productivity is a principle that I claim is worthy of a Nobel Prize. Normal principles of productivity assume that workers create positive output. Brooks refined the concept of software productivity to express it in terms of the "mythical man-month," and in software engineering, it is understood that different programmers vary in their productivity by several orders of magnitude. According to the principle of negative productivity, it is possible for an individual to produce bad results that others must then redo; hence, someone who is very negatively productive can keep a whole team busy with damage control, preventing the team from producing any output whatsoever.

I'm not saying the quote necessarily applies to the user you mention above, but it may be typical that for every hour a new Wikipedia user spends creating new articles, getting the result into featured article status requires many times more hours of effort by skilled editors. I wouldn't say that directly equates to "negative productivity," because unlike a buggy program, a bad new article can sit out there for a long time without actively harming much. To actually damage something, an unskilled editor would have to lower the quality of existing already-good articles.

Once upon a time, Wikipedia allowed article creation by anonymous users. Over time, the hurdle was raised slightly: would-be article creators must now create an account and wait four days. The need to improve existing articles seems to grow without end, while the need for additional new articles seems to shrink, as most of the potentially encyclopedic topics get covered. However, somewhat perversely, it seems one of the big incentives for new users to join Wikipedia is to create new articles. What many new users have in mind to do on Wikipedia is the opposite of what we need them to do. No, I don't know a solution. --Teratornis 04:30, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I enjoyed your anecdote! Many times I see new articles which are shoddy recreations of existing content with minor variations of capitalization or spelling of the existing article's title. I can only hope that at some point in the dark future, every possible combination of letters will be on Wikipedia as a redirect to a good article. Salad Days 04:43, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If the user is in fact a non-native English speaker, directing them to the Wikipedia of their own language which probably can use a lot more new articles is probably a good idea. - Mgm|^(talk) 09:58, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Where is the top of the Help desk?

The top of the Help desk page seems to have vanished in this edit. Did a bot malfunction? --Teratornis 01:04, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

First the thing with HagermanBot creating Talk:1 − 2 3 − 4 · · · when adding a signature to Talk:1 − 2 + 3 − 4 + · · ·‎, and now this? What is up with the bots today? --Luigi Maniac 01:27, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think I just fixed it. It looks like RefDeskBot's owner has been notified of the problem; this seems to have been at least the second time it happened. Mike Dillon 01:33, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It created an additional header the other day. Adrian M. H. 11:03, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Someone changed Archival Start840 to Archival Start841 which confused the bot--VectorPotential^Talk 15:58, 18 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How to Table Of contents

I made a table and my "chapters" for my article on call of duty roads to victory for psp. but i want to make them onto "internal" links for the page so for instance if someone clicks |1.Campaign Mode| It will take them to that section of the article THanks JSKILL2 01:55, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Help given Jeepday 02:26, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Uploading Image from University Website

I want to include the logo for Rutgers-Newark Law on their profile page. However, I don't know how to upload the logo from their website. The logo can be found on http://law.newark.rutgers.edu/logo.gif Would it be possible for you to load the image for me and place it on the Rutgers School of Law - Newark page?

Jps57 02:34, 15 April 2007 (UTC)jps57[reply]

You can't upload an image to Wikipedia's servers directly from another web site. You can however save that image to your hard drive and then upload it from there. See Wikipedia:Image tutorial and the associated pages. "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish..." Dismas|^(talk) 03:08, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

See also WP:FU. Adrian M. H. 11:07, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm having troubling loading the image after saving it to my hard drive. Can someone give me a step by step on this issue?

Jps57 16:19, 15 April 2007 (UTC)jps57[reply]

Talk page policy interpretation

I just came across the talk page for the "Prayer Tower" article. I really don't see a purpose for the "offended" section, and it seems rather offensive to me. Is this offensive enough to delete the section? Nyttend 04:30, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Talk section of a page is not a part of the article. Any edit you make will likely be undone, thus making it futile. --PureRED - Kyle Floyd 05:56, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

PureRED is not correct. The talk pages of articles are for the purpose of improving the articles. The talkpage contents are OT, and subject to removal. Anchoress 06:10, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

As a compromise I archived the current contents. Anchoress 06:12, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

how to view sateliteimage of india

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 61.2.65.93 (talk) 08:33, 15 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Try Google Earth or a similar service. User:Dschwen created a Wikipedia add-on which you can use if you create an account and install it. - Mgm|^(talk) 09:55, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How to report error in today's On this day... (Main page)?

I noted this earlier today on the Village Pump's "news" section (Item No. 8), but that's perhaps not the best place to request assistance. In short: Israel's Holocaust Remembrance Day is not observed today (April 15), but tomorrow (April 16). How should I proceed in bringing this matter to the proper venue — with apologies for the crossposting! -- Thanks, Deborahjay 09:09, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You should report problems to Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors. Pea ceNT 09:15, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks; done! -- Deborahjay 09:34, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Provincial project templates

I was looking at Patrick Burns (politician) who was not only an Alberta politician as stated in the stub, but was also an important businessman in BC. He was the founder of Burn's Meats and had slaughterhouses along the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway and so on. My question is, when I edit this stub, do I still add the BC project template to it, even though the article's topic is shared by another province?CindyBo 09:34, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If the project you're talking about is a wikiproject, remember that the template should go on the talkpage, but yes, if you think it would attract editors who can expand the article, adding it is a good thing. Don't forget to WP:CITE your sources when you make the addition. - Mgm|^(talk) 09:53, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:PROJGUIDE#Inter-WikiProject relations. Many articles can receive attention from more than one WikiProject. For example, a hypothetical article about a film set largely in British Columbia could receive attention from members of both WikiProject Films and WikiProject British Columbia. If the film was about, say, cycling in British Columbia, then WikiProject Cycling might pile on too. Nobody owns articles on Wikipedia, so no WikiProject can claim exclusivity over an article. In theory, the more WikiProjects that edit an article, the faster the article can reach good or featured status. --Teratornis 16:38, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

editor question beatboxbe

Hello,

my name is Lawrence (aka BeAtHEAD) I'm an administrator of the official belgium beatbox site (www.beatbox.be)

A couple of days ago I had this excellent idea of creating a database of all existing, somewhat good beatboxers. I allready did a part of this, but now I'm looking to add information to every profile.

I had the intention of working close together with wikipedia. My intention was to create an editor account here and to start writing biographies about all beatboxers available. The source would be the beatboxer himself or articles posted on any human beatbox site.

But now I was wondering, you allready have a (small) list of beatboxers. Could I copy some of wikipedia's information on our database ??? Do I have to post a link to you guys? If I add a biography of a beatboxer to wikipedia on my beatboxbe account, do I still have to link wikipedia on my site. Or is it best to write the biography on my database and then refer to that on wikipedia.

Just some thoughts, Thanx for any answers in advance

BeAtHEAD Beatbox.be Team

BeatboxBe 10:18, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Some fairly complicated questions, or at least complicated answers. It always is when copyright is involved. Let's see whether I can make anything clear.

You may use Wikipedia content on your web site but you must do this within the terms of Wikipedia's license. This is free, but has particular requirements, not just a credit. You must be prepared, too, to release derivative works under the same license as Wikipedia, so others can reuse your content too. See Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks. This is generally considered a good thing, spreading free content further and wider and keeping it free.
If you copy information from your web site onto Wikipedia it is likely to be deleted because it is or seems to be a copyright violation. For it to not be a copyright violation, you'd need a notice on your site releasing under a suitable free license. Of course, after it is created, other editors will change it.
Please do not add any links to your own web site, though it may seem the obvious thing to do in this context. See Wikipedia:External links and Wikipedia:Conflict of interest. You may propose links.
Trying to add information on all of a group to Wikipedia is likely to run into notability difficulties. Each article on Wikipedia is independently checked for notability, and if the subject is not notable, is likely to be deleted. So including figures at the top of their profession isn't a problem, but trying to put complete listings into Wikipedia may fail.

I hope this helps, Notinasnaid 10:28, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:WMD#If all else fails, try another wiki. There are many wikis that specialize in music. One or more of these may welcome your attempt to comprehensively document beatboxers. In contrast, Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information, so if you build lists of things here, every item in a list must individually meet all of Wikipedia's requirements (for notability, reliable sources, etc.). I recommend that you develop your content on a hospitable wiki, and when portions of your content are up to encyclopedic standards, you can copy it to Wikipedia. Be sure to edit on another wiki which does not restrict your right to copy information from it. --Teratornis 18:02, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

software

what are the microsoft os and oracle versons are matched?

 ie oracle8i installed (matched) microsoft win 98.≈

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 202.56.231.116 (talk) 10:19, 15 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Is this a question about Wikipedia? Notinasnaid 10:29, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Post at Reference desk/Computing. Adrian M. H. 13:30, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Trying to edit the entry "Wilton House"

Trying to edit the page Wilton House

whose "William Herbert" section contains a poorly-constructed sentence that suggests Thomas Parr was the sister of Catherine Parr, viz:

Herbert married Anne, daughter of Sir Thomas Parr of Kendal, who was the sister of King Henry's last Queen, Catherine Parr.

However, when I click on [edit] I get taken to this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Wilton_House&action=edit&section=2

which refers only to the architecture. How do I get the edit the above section on the family history?

Thanks.

Skylark42 12:15, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I only get this effect if I click the edit link next to "Hans Holbein". If I click the edit link next to "William Herbert" I get what you are looking for. Does this work for you? Notinasnaid 12:20, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Adding a Photograph

I have been trying to add a photograph (that I took) to the page Arouna Koné. I have managed to add the photo as a separate page but I cannot seem to add it to his page in the top right hand corner where there is a box. Please help.86.92.18.33 13:40, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I wasn't aware that anons could upload images, but anyway; if you look at Template talk:Infobox Football biography you will see the instructions for use; among the fields is "image", which is already present in the article. Replace its content with the name of your image, while maintaining the syntax. Please remember to include wikilinks, by the way; it helps other editors. Adrian M. H. 13:56, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Template coding help

For some reason when I substitute {{User:Fuhghettaboutit/Toolbox}} the nowiki tags in the AFD and CV sections don't work, resulting in it looking like this. It appears to work fine when transcluded. Can anyone figure out what's going on?--Fuhghettaboutit 14:58, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'd say that's a bug. It looks like it was reported as bugzilla:7400, but it never received a response. Perhaps if you add a comment to the bug it will get noticed. Mike Dillon 15:12, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the help. A comment has been sent.--Fuhghettaboutit 15:35, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

new format

This isn't a question, but rather a comment. I have a tremendous appreciation for the amount of work and effort that goes into maintaining Wikipedia. I use it frequently and find it to be extremely helpful. I'm sad to say, however, that the new format is not up to the standard that I've come to expect from Wikipedia. From a navigation perspective, it is far less user friendly and from an aesthetic point of view it looks, frankly, amateurish. I realize this isn't really the forum in which to air these comments, but I was unable to find anywhere on the homepage directing me to a more appropriate place. Hopefully, whoever reads this can pass along these concerns to those responsible for the new layout. Thank you for your attention. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.54.55.213 (talk) 15:27, 15 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Thank you for your message. Can you detail what new format you are referring to? As far as I know there has been no sweeping changes to the format of the site. Do you mean the mainpage? If you do, I looked at a past version from months ago and see no widescale changes in the format.--Fuhghettaboutit 15:40, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If you create an account, you can customize the way Wikipedia appears to you by editing your preferences, for example by choosing a different skin. Since you appear to be accessing Wikipedia from an IP address rather than from an account, you have less control over how Wikipedia appears to you. However, I'm as puzzled as Fuhghettaboutit about what you may be seeing. I just tried logging out of Wikipedia and checking the Main Page as a non-logged-in user; it looks the same as it has for months. (I wonder, is it possible for a non-logged-in user to monkey with the appearance of Wikipedia, such that other non-logged-in users who view Wikipedia from the same IP address will see the changes?) --Teratornis 18:23, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I assume the anon is referring to the navigation bar, which is some what awkward in its present state, and was changed within the last month. If not this, then I'm not sure to what they are referring--VectorPotential^Talk 18:28, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I wondered about that, but the change to MediaWiki:Sidebar seems to me like more of a slight rearrangement than something which would impact site navigation as seriously as the questioner describes. That makes me wonder if the questioner is seeing something different than I am seeing. If the questioner finds Wikipedia harder to navigate now, the questioner should read the tips under: WP:TIPS#Tips on accessing Wikipedia pages. --Teratornis 19:09, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

how do we create a file on wikipedia

i need to know how —The preceding unsigned comment was added by K28075 (talk • contribs) 16:31, 15 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

You will find some useful links and advice on your talk page. Adrian M. H. 16:52, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Be aware that up to half of new articles get deleted, and new articles by new users are especially at risk. Before you create a new article, carefully read WP:WWMPD. Also read some discussions on WP:AFD, to get an idea what may happen if your article does not follow the rules. One of the biggest pitfalls for new users is failing to provide sources. See WP:CITE, WP:RS, and WP:VERIFY. --Teratornis 18:34, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

New Pages

How do I take look at new pages created recently, or see user sub-pages that users have created recently? Arcayne (^{cast a spell}) 16:31, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Special pages. Start at Special:Recentchanges and you will find sub-pages for new articles, new editors' contributions, and more. Adrian M. H. 16:51, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

See Help:Contents/Tracking changes. Tracking changes on Wikipedia can be more difficult than on many smaller wikis, because Wikipedia's Special:Recentchanges page shows up to hundreds of edits per minute. For example, just now I viewed 500 edits, and that covers the last three minutes. --Teratornis 18:41, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Try Special:Newpages. You can filter it by user. _ Mgm|^(talk) 21:57, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding Using Wikipedia

Respected Sir,

This is John Victor, a Clinical Psychologist from India, Working in VIMHANS - a Mental Hospital in New Delhi, India.

I am starting a website in the name of "joymantra.com" 'A Non Profit Support of - Information, Support and Education'. I want to familiarise people in India regarding mental health, in doing this work i need some support from all of you.

Is it possible for me to use some of the content, topics related to mental health, Psychological and Psychiatric disorder from Wikipedia.

If it is possible please kindly help me in developing the content for general population to be educated and supported for free.

Thank you in anticipation. With Regards

John Victor. Faculty & Consultant Clinical Psychologist VIMHANS Vidyasagar Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, No. 1, Institutional Area, Nehru Nagar, New Delhi-110065

email: 'email removed' —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Johneha (talk • contribs) 16:53, 15 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Please sign your comments by typing ~~~~ after all comments and please don't give out your email to prevent spam Scottydude _talk 17:38, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

As with any source, you may use Wikipedia by rephrasing the content and simply using Wikipedia as a source. Or, as Wikipedia is under a free license, you can directly copy pages as long as you link back to the original article, release the content under the GNU Free Documentation License (ie. don't claim it as copyrighted) and provide a link to the text of the GFDL. See Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks, copyright information, and the text of the GFDL for more info. Mr.Z-mantalk¢ 18:08, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Removing content from talk pages

I know that people removing things from talk pages is generally frowned upon, but what would the policy be if someone were removing their own comments from a talk page? Mearnhardtfan 17:55, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's perfectly fine, so long as there is enough context remaining that any replies don't look totally disjointed. -Amarkov moo! 17:56, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

[[4]] would be the edit in question. As you can probably see, it was also a personal attack on a user page. I'm not sure if that would change the situation at all or not.

Hm. Well, that is interesting. One can hope that this guy read WP:NPA when you linked to it and learned the error of his ways? I don't think there's any need to deal with the editor at this point, but if he continues to make personal attacks, please consider placing a {{uw-npa}} series template on his talk page to make others aware of the problem. Thanks. Hersfold ^(talk/work) 18:49, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

One nice thing about a wiki is that we have the option to go back and soften comments we may have made while emotionally aroused. However, rather than deleting such comments altogether, and garbling the discussion thread they were part of, I would recommend placing a <strike> tag around the comment, redacting any obscenities, slurs, etc., and appending an apology. For example, like this:

~~You, sir, are a (redacted) big (redacted) who likes to (redacted) gerbils in his (redacted).~~ I'm sorry, I posted while off my medication again (apology later added to the discussion by original author) (signature and date).

Of course a better strategy is to refrain from posting while emotionally aroused. --Teratornis 18:59, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The author of Wikipedia

Who is the author of Wikipedia? I'm doing a research project for my english class and because I used some information from Wikipedia I need to cite my work with the author of Wikipedia. Thanks for your help! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 76.195.116.116 (talk) 19:12, 15 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

It was written in its entirety by a small and select team of highly intellectual elves. No, of course not! Actually, it was written by thousands of different people who just happened to want to contribute something to the project. For your citation, have a look at Wikipedia:Citing wikipedia. Adrian M. H. 19:27, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) Each article has a "Cite this page" feature in the toolbox on the lower left which autogenerates citations for most standard citation formats. In general, Wikipedia's "author" is "Wikipedia contributors", as that page will tell you. Nihiltres 19:32, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I would also recommend checking with your teacher if Wikipedia is an acceptable source. Some teachers will mark you down for using a general encyclopedia, some will mark you down for using Wikipedia. Notinasnaid 21:33, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A better idea is to figure out where the Wikipedia editors got their information and use those sites , newspapers and books as your sources. - Mgm|^(talk) 21:54, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Right. Wikipedia is a collection of sources, a hub that summarizes them, but it should not be used for research directly as we often don't go into the detail necessary for most research papers (you should actually look at the source itself for that). If you're defining something or using it as a source for a general reference (photosynthesis is a process where plants make energy from sunlight or something similar), it might be OK, but generally stick to using it as reference for further reading, not a source in itself. -Wo o ty Woot? contribs 01:11, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Creating a page

How do you create your own article on Wikipedia? What do you click on? How do you know what to type in?Perezb2 19:42, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please see Help:Starting a new page for creation instructions. You might also look at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article. A tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial may also be helpful. As for what to write about, check out Wikipedia:Most wanted articles. Please note that if you are planning on writing an article about yourself, your friends, an organization you belong to, etc., we strongly discourage people from writing such articles because of the conflict of interest inherent in doing so. Also, articles should only be on notable topics.--Fuhghettaboutit 19:47, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Click

At the Dutch Wikipedia there is a template available to make it possible to click on an image as if it were an internal link: nl:Sjabloon:KlikAfbeelding. Is there such a template at the EN-Wiki? Luctor IV 20:11, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, {{click}}. But do not use it; it breaks accesibility, and mw:Extension:ImageMap works just as well in almost all cases. -Amarkov moo! 20:21, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewing deleted entry

Is there anyway to see a previously deleted entry? Specifically, there was an entry on Invicta Networks that went up and then got deleted in less than a day. It had some information I needed. --24.249.108.133 20:15, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No, there isn't. Not for us mortals anyway. Admins might have access to it, but even if they do, I doubt if it would be retrieved just because someone wanted to read it. Adrian M. H. 20:26, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There are admins who provide people with copies of deleted material provided they're not copyright violations or libel or something else that's problematic. Such material is not posted on talk pages, though, so you'd have to register an account so we can email it to you (don't post it here unless you like lots of spam). - Mgm|^(talk) 21:52, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Andy Warhol (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Could somebody with a bit more time on their hands please got though this article, and try and find the most recent non vandalism entry, and revert to it?--VectorPotential^Talk 20:46, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like you, or someone else, took care of it. In the future, you might want to list the user on Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism if the user continues to vandalize pages after being given a final warning to stop. Also, WP:POPUPS and WP:TWINKLE are two worthwhile JavaScript tools useful for reverting vandalism. --Elkman ^(Elkspeak) 04:18, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Actually I've been using my own custom version of popups for a while now, it's basically just an adaptation of Lupins tools. The problem with this article is that several anons were changing factual information, names, and dates mixed in with several more blatant acts of vandalism, and the issue is that I don't know enough about Andy Warhol to know if the version I've reverted to, is accurate or not --VectorPotential^Talk 00:21, 18 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Removing WP:SPEEDY templates

Is it all right to delete a speedy deletion template if it is clear that it is vandalism, eg placed on an established article, or should I just let an admin handle it? Thanks, shoy 22:29, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism should be reverted on sight and speedy-deleting an established article is vandalism. So yes, revert/remove. x42bn6 Talk 22:35, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No, you should use {{hangon}}--Ed ^{¿Cómo estás?} 22:36, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

So if someone places a speedy on George W. Bush it should only be removed by an admin? If it's obvious vandalism, remove/revert the speedy tag! Garion96 (talk) 22:39, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

(after edit conflict) That depends on context. An example of what this user is describing could be adding a speedy tag to a featured article. Any user would be proper in reverting that on site and warning the user who placed it. I guess the consideration would be whether the speedy tagging cannot be in good faith given the context.--Fuhghettaboutit 22:44, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

April 15

Ronald Reagan photo

I was sure I correctly reverted an edit to the Ronald Reagan page, but the incorrect photo that I was trying to eliminate is still there. Can anyone help? Many thanks. DagnyB 00:27, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It looks fine. Try refreshing the page after bypassing your browser cache. Mike Dillon 00:31, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Whew! Thanks Mike! :) DagnyB 00:39, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Non-native english speaker?

User:Torb37 does not appear to have a great deal of proficiency in the english language, and thus is creating articles which are in need of some help, and making work for other editors. Would it be possible for someone to mentor him, or something? I'm concerned about such articles as 1939 German Expedition to Tibet, which is very difficult to understand and looks as though it were written by Babelfish. Salad Days 00:45, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Your complaint brings to mind an amusing quote from C. Gordon Bell:

Negative productivity is a principle that I claim is worthy of a Nobel Prize. Normal principles of productivity assume that workers create positive output. Brooks refined the concept of software productivity to express it in terms of the "mythical man-month," and in software engineering, it is understood that different programmers vary in their productivity by several orders of magnitude. According to the principle of negative productivity, it is possible for an individual to produce bad results that others must then redo; hence, someone who is very negatively productive can keep a whole team busy with damage control, preventing the team from producing any output whatsoever.

I'm not saying the quote necessarily applies to the user you mention above, but it may be typical that for every hour a new Wikipedia user spends creating new articles, getting the result into featured article status requires many times more hours of effort by skilled editors. I wouldn't say that directly equates to "negative productivity," because unlike a buggy program, a bad new article can sit out there for a long time without actively harming much. To actually damage something, an unskilled editor would have to lower the quality of existing already-good articles.

Once upon a time, Wikipedia allowed article creation by anonymous users. Over time, the hurdle was raised slightly: would-be article creators must now create an account and wait four days. The need to improve existing articles seems to grow without end, while the need for additional new articles seems to shrink, as most of the potentially encyclopedic topics get covered. However, somewhat perversely, it seems one of the big incentives for new users to join Wikipedia is to create new articles. What many new users have in mind to do on Wikipedia is the opposite of what we need them to do. No, I don't know a solution. --Teratornis 04:30, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I enjoyed your anecdote! Many times I see new articles which are shoddy recreations of existing content with minor variations of capitalization or spelling of the existing article's title. I can only hope that at some point in the dark future, every possible combination of letters will be on Wikipedia as a redirect to a good article. Salad Days 04:43, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If the user is in fact a non-native English speaker, directing them to the Wikipedia of their own language which probably can use a lot more new articles is probably a good idea. - Mgm|^(talk) 09:58, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Where is the top of the Help desk?

The top of the Help desk page seems to have vanished in this edit. Did a bot malfunction? --Teratornis 01:04, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

First the thing with HagermanBot creating Talk:1 − 2 3 − 4 · · · when adding a signature to Talk:1 − 2 + 3 − 4 + · · ·‎, and now this? What is up with the bots today? --Luigi Maniac 01:27, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think I just fixed it. It looks like RefDeskBot's owner has been notified of the problem; this seems to have been at least the second time it happened. Mike Dillon 01:33, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It created an additional header the other day. Adrian M. H. 11:03, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How to Table Of contents

I made a table and my "chapters" for my article on call of duty roads to victory for psp. but i want to make them onto "internal" links for the page so for instance if someone clicks |1.Campaign Mode| It will take them to that section of the article THanks JSKILL2 01:55, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Help given Jeepday 02:26, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Uploading Image from University Website

I want to include the logo for Rutgers-Newark Law on their profile page. However, I don't know how to upload the logo from their website. The logo can be found on http://law.newark.rutgers.edu/logo.gif Would it be possible for you to load the image for me and place it on the Rutgers School of Law - Newark page?

Jps57 02:34, 15 April 2007 (UTC)jps57[reply]

You can't upload an image to Wikipedia's servers directly from another web site. You can however save that image to your hard drive and then upload it from there. See Wikipedia:Image tutorial and the associated pages. "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish..." Dismas|^(talk) 03:08, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

See also WP:FU. Adrian M. H. 11:07, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm having troubling loading the image after saving it to my hard drive. Can someone give me a step by step on this issue?

Jps57 16:19, 15 April 2007 (UTC)jps57[reply]

Talk page policy interpretation

I just came across the talk page for the "Prayer Tower" article. I really don't see a purpose for the "offended" section, and it seems rather offensive to me. Is this offensive enough to delete the section? Nyttend 04:30, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Talk section of a page is not a part of the article. Any edit you make will likely be undone, thus making it futile. --PureRED - Kyle Floyd 05:56, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

PureRED is not correct. The talk pages of articles are for the purpose of improving the articles. The talkpage contents are OT, and subject to removal. Anchoress 06:10, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

As a compromise I archived the current contents. Anchoress 06:12, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

how to view sateliteimage of india

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 61.2.65.93 (talk) 08:33, 15 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Try Google Earth or a similar service. User:Dschwen created a Wikipedia add-on which you can use if you create an account and install it. - Mgm|^(talk) 09:55, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How to report error in today's On this day... (Main page)?

I noted this earlier today on the Village Pump's "news" section (Item No. 8), but that's perhaps not the best place to request assistance. In short: Israel's Holocaust Remembrance Day is not observed today (April 15), but tomorrow (April 16). How should I proceed in bringing this matter to the proper venue — with apologies for the crossposting! -- Thanks, Deborahjay 09:09, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You should report problems to Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors. Pea ceNT 09:15, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks; done! -- Deborahjay 09:34, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Provincial project templates

I was looking at Patrick Burns (politician) who was not only an Alberta politician as stated in the stub, but was also an important businessman in BC. He was the founder of Burn's Meats and had slaughterhouses along the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway and so on. My question is, when I edit this stub, do I still add the BC project template to it, even though the article's topic is shared by another province?CindyBo 09:34, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If the project you're talking about is a wikiproject, remember that the template should go on the talkpage, but yes, if you think it would attract editors who can expand the article, adding it is a good thing. Don't forget to WP:CITE your sources when you make the addition. - Mgm|^(talk) 09:53, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:PROJGUIDE#Inter-WikiProject relations. Many articles can receive attention from more than one WikiProject. For example, a hypothetical article about a film set largely in British Columbia could receive attention from members of both WikiProject Films and WikiProject British Columbia. If the film was about, say, cycling in British Columbia, then WikiProject Cycling might pile on too. Nobody owns articles on Wikipedia, so no WikiProject can claim exclusivity over an article. In theory, the more WikiProjects that edit an article, the faster the article can reach good or featured status. --Teratornis 16:38, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

editor question beatboxbe

Hello,

my name is Lawrence (aka BeAtHEAD) I'm an administrator of the official belgium beatbox site (www.beatbox.be)

A couple of days ago I had this excellent idea of creating a database of all existing, somewhat good beatboxers. I allready did a part of this, but now I'm looking to add information to every profile.

I had the intention of working close together with wikipedia. My intention was to create an editor account here and to start writing biographies about all beatboxers available. The source would be the beatboxer himself or articles posted on any human beatbox site.

But now I was wondering, you allready have a (small) list of beatboxers. Could I copy some of wikipedia's information on our database ??? Do I have to post a link to you guys? If I add a biography of a beatboxer to wikipedia on my beatboxbe account, do I still have to link wikipedia on my site. Or is it best to write the biography on my database and then refer to that on wikipedia.

Just some thoughts, Thanx for any answers in advance

BeAtHEAD Beatbox.be Team

BeatboxBe 10:18, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Some fairly complicated questions, or at least complicated answers. It always is when copyright is involved. Let's see whether I can make anything clear.

You may use Wikipedia content on your web site but you must do this within the terms of Wikipedia's license. This is free, but has particular requirements, not just a credit. You must be prepared, too, to release derivative works under the same license as Wikipedia, so others can reuse your content too. See Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks. This is generally considered a good thing, spreading free content further and wider and keeping it free.
If you copy information from your web site onto Wikipedia it is likely to be deleted because it is or seems to be a copyright violation. For it to not be a copyright violation, you'd need a notice on your site releasing under a suitable free license. Of course, after it is created, other editors will change it.
Please do not add any links to your own web site, though it may seem the obvious thing to do in this context. See Wikipedia:External links and Wikipedia:Conflict of interest. You may propose links.
Trying to add information on all of a group to Wikipedia is likely to run into notability difficulties. Each article on Wikipedia is independently checked for notability, and if the subject is not notable, is likely to be deleted. So including figures at the top of their profession isn't a problem, but trying to put complete listings into Wikipedia may fail.

I hope this helps, Notinasnaid 10:28, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:WMD#If all else fails, try another wiki. There are many wikis that specialize in music. One or more of these may welcome your attempt to comprehensively document beatboxers. In contrast, Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information, so if you build lists of things here, every item in a list must individually meet all of Wikipedia's requirements (for notability, reliable sources, etc.). I recommend that you develop your content on a hospitable wiki, and when portions of your content are up to encyclopedic standards, you can copy it to Wikipedia. Be sure to edit on another wiki which does not restrict your right to copy information from it. --Teratornis 18:02, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

software

what are the microsoft os and oracle versons are matched?

 ie oracle8i installed (matched) microsoft win 98.≈

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 202.56.231.116 (talk) 10:19, 15 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Is this a question about Wikipedia? Notinasnaid 10:29, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Post at Reference desk/Computing. Adrian M. H. 13:30, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Trying to edit the entry "Wilton House"

Trying to edit the page Wilton House

whose "William Herbert" section contains a poorly-constructed sentence that suggests Thomas Parr was the sister of Catherine Parr, viz:

Herbert married Anne, daughter of Sir Thomas Parr of Kendal, who was the sister of King Henry's last Queen, Catherine Parr.

However, when I click on [edit] I get taken to this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Wilton_House&action=edit&section=2

which refers only to the architecture. How do I get the edit the above section on the family history?

Thanks.

Skylark42 12:15, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I only get this effect if I click the edit link next to "Hans Holbein". If I click the edit link next to "William Herbert" I get what you are looking for. Does this work for you? Notinasnaid 12:20, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Adding a Photograph

I have been trying to add a photograph (that I took) to the page Arouna Koné. I have managed to add the photo as a separate page but I cannot seem to add it to his page in the top right hand corner where there is a box. Please help.86.92.18.33 13:40, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I wasn't aware that anons could upload images, but anyway; if you look at Template talk:Infobox Football biography you will see the instructions for use; among the fields is "image", which is already present in the article. Replace its content with the name of your image, while maintaining the syntax. Please remember to include wikilinks, by the way; it helps other editors. Adrian M. H. 13:56, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Template coding help

For some reason when I substitute {{User:Fuhghettaboutit/Toolbox}} the nowiki tags in the AFD and CV sections don't work, resulting in it looking like this. It appears to work fine when transcluded. Can anyone figure out what's going on?--Fuhghettaboutit 14:58, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'd say that's a bug. It looks like it was reported as bugzilla:7400, but it never received a response. Perhaps if you add a comment to the bug it will get noticed. Mike Dillon 15:12, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the help. A comment has been sent.--Fuhghettaboutit 15:35, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

new format

This isn't a question, but rather a comment. I have a tremendous appreciation for the amount of work and effort that goes into maintaining Wikipedia. I use it frequently and find it to be extremely helpful. I'm sad to say, however, that the new format is not up to the standard that I've come to expect from Wikipedia. From a navigation perspective, it is far less user friendly and from an aesthetic point of view it looks, frankly, amateurish. I realize this isn't really the forum in which to air these comments, but I was unable to find anywhere on the homepage directing me to a more appropriate place. Hopefully, whoever reads this can pass along these concerns to those responsible for the new layout. Thank you for your attention. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.54.55.213 (talk) 15:27, 15 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Thank you for your message. Can you detail what new format you are referring to? As far as I know there has been no sweeping changes to the format of the site. Do you mean the mainpage? If you do, I looked at a past version from months ago and see no widescale changes in the format.--Fuhghettaboutit 15:40, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If you create an account, you can customize the way Wikipedia appears to you by editing your preferences, for example by choosing a different skin. Since you appear to be accessing Wikipedia from an IP address rather than from an account, you have less control over how Wikipedia appears to you. However, I'm as puzzled as Fuhghettaboutit about what you may be seeing. I just tried logging out of Wikipedia and checking the Main Page as a non-logged-in user; it looks the same as it has for months. (I wonder, is it possible for a non-logged-in user to monkey with the appearance of Wikipedia, such that other non-logged-in users who view Wikipedia from the same IP address will see the changes?) --Teratornis 18:23, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I assume the anon is referring to the navigation bar, which is some what awkward in its present state, and was changed within the last month. If not this, then I'm not sure to what they are referring--VectorPotential^Talk 18:28, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I wondered about that, but the change to MediaWiki:Sidebar seems to me like more of a slight rearrangement than something which would impact site navigation as seriously as the questioner describes. That makes me wonder if the questioner is seeing something different than I am seeing. If the questioner finds Wikipedia harder to navigate now, the questioner should read the tips under: WP:TIPS#Tips on accessing Wikipedia pages. --Teratornis 19:09, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

how do we create a file on wikipedia

i need to know how —The preceding unsigned comment was added by K28075 (talk • contribs) 16:31, 15 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

You will find some useful links and advice on your talk page. Adrian M. H. 16:52, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Be aware that up to half of new articles get deleted, and new articles by new users are especially at risk. Before you create a new article, carefully read WP:WWMPD. Also read some discussions on WP:AFD, to get an idea what may happen if your article does not follow the rules. One of the biggest pitfalls for new users is failing to provide sources. See WP:CITE, WP:RS, and WP:VERIFY. --Teratornis 18:34, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

New Pages

How do I take look at new pages created recently, or see user sub-pages that users have created recently? Arcayne (^{cast a spell}) 16:31, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Special pages. Start at Special:Recentchanges and you will find sub-pages for new articles, new editors' contributions, and more. Adrian M. H. 16:51, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

See Help:Contents/Tracking changes. Tracking changes on Wikipedia can be more difficult than on many smaller wikis, because Wikipedia's Special:Recentchanges page shows up to hundreds of edits per minute. For example, just now I viewed 500 edits, and that covers the last three minutes. --Teratornis 18:41, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Try Special:Newpages. You can filter it by user. _ Mgm|^(talk) 21:57, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding Using Wikipedia

Respected Sir,

This is John Victor, a Clinical Psychologist from India, Working in VIMHANS - a Mental Hospital in New Delhi, India.

I am starting a website in the name of "joymantra.com" 'A Non Profit Support of - Information, Support and Education'. I want to familiarise people in India regarding mental health, in doing this work i need some support from all of you.

Is it possible for me to use some of the content, topics related to mental health, Psychological and Psychiatric disorder from Wikipedia.

If it is possible please kindly help me in developing the content for general population to be educated and supported for free.

Thank you in anticipation. With Regards

John Victor. Faculty & Consultant Clinical Psychologist VIMHANS Vidyasagar Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, No. 1, Institutional Area, Nehru Nagar, New Delhi-110065

email: 'email removed' —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Johneha (talk • contribs) 16:53, 15 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Please sign your comments by typing ~~~~ after all comments and please don't give out your email to prevent spam Scottydude _talk 17:38, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

As with any source, you may use Wikipedia by rephrasing the content and simply using Wikipedia as a source. Or, as Wikipedia is under a free license, you can directly copy pages as long as you link back to the original article, release the content under the GNU Free Documentation License (ie. don't claim it as copyrighted) and provide a link to the text of the GFDL. See Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks, copyright information, and the text of the GFDL for more info. Mr.Z-mantalk¢ 18:08, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Removing content from talk pages

I know that people removing things from talk pages is generally frowned upon, but what would the policy be if someone were removing their own comments from a talk page? Mearnhardtfan 17:55, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's perfectly fine, so long as there is enough context remaining that any replies don't look totally disjointed. -Amarkov moo! 17:56, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

[[5]] would be the edit in question. As you can probably see, it was also a personal attack on a user page. I'm not sure if that would change the situation at all or not.

Hm. Well, that is interesting. One can hope that this guy read WP:NPA when you linked to it and learned the error of his ways? I don't think there's any need to deal with the editor at this point, but if he continues to make personal attacks, please consider placing a {{uw-npa}} series template on his talk page to make others aware of the problem. Thanks. Hersfold ^(talk/work) 18:49, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

One nice thing about a wiki is that we have the option to go back and soften comments we may have made while emotionally aroused. However, rather than deleting such comments altogether, and garbling the discussion thread they were part of, I would recommend placing a <strike> tag around the comment, redacting any obscenities, slurs, etc., and appending an apology. For example, like this:

~~You, sir, are a (redacted) big (redacted) who likes to (redacted) gerbils in his (redacted).~~ I'm sorry, I posted while off my medication again (apology later added to the discussion by original author) (signature and date).

Of course a better strategy is to refrain from posting while emotionally aroused. --Teratornis 18:59, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The author of Wikipedia

Who is the author of Wikipedia? I'm doing a research project for my english class and because I used some information from Wikipedia I need to cite my work with the author of Wikipedia. Thanks for your help! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 76.195.116.116 (talk) 19:12, 15 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

It was written in its entirety by a small and select team of highly intellectual elves. No, of course not! Actually, it was written by thousands of different people who just happened to want to contribute something to the project. For your citation, have a look at Wikipedia:Citing wikipedia. Adrian M. H. 19:27, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) Each article has a "Cite this page" feature in the toolbox on the lower left which autogenerates citations for most standard citation formats. In general, Wikipedia's "author" is "Wikipedia contributors", as that page will tell you. Nihiltres 19:32, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I would also recommend checking with your teacher if Wikipedia is an acceptable source. Some teachers will mark you down for using a general encyclopedia, some will mark you down for using Wikipedia. Notinasnaid 21:33, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A better idea is to figure out where the Wikipedia editors got their information and use those sites , newspapers and books as your sources. - Mgm|^(talk) 21:54, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Right. Wikipedia is a collection of sources, a hub that summarizes them, but it should not be used for research directly as we often don't go into the detail necessary for most research papers (you should actually look at the source itself for that). If you're defining something or using it as a source for a general reference (photosynthesis is a process where plants make energy from sunlight or something similar), it might be OK, but generally stick to using it as reference for further reading, not a source in itself. -Wo o ty Woot? contribs 01:11, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Creating a page

How do you create your own article on Wikipedia? What do you click on? How do you know what to type in?Perezb2 19:42, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please see Help:Starting a new page for creation instructions. You might also look at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article. A tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial may also be helpful. As for what to write about, check out Wikipedia:Most wanted articles. Please note that if you are planning on writing an article about yourself, your friends, an organization you belong to, etc., we strongly discourage people from writing such articles because of the conflict of interest inherent in doing so. Also, articles should only be on notable topics.--Fuhghettaboutit 19:47, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Click

At the Dutch Wikipedia there is a template available to make it possible to click on an image as if it were an internal link: nl:Sjabloon:KlikAfbeelding. Is there such a template at the EN-Wiki? Luctor IV 20:11, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, {{click}}. But do not use it; it breaks accesibility, and mw:Extension:ImageMap works just as well in almost all cases. -Amarkov moo! 20:21, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewing deleted entry

Is there anyway to see a previously deleted entry? Specifically, there was an entry on Invicta Networks that went up and then got deleted in less than a day. It had some information I needed. --24.249.108.133 20:15, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No, there isn't. Not for us mortals anyway. Admins might have access to it, but even if they do, I doubt if it would be retrieved just because someone wanted to read it. Adrian M. H. 20:26, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There are admins who provide people with copies of deleted material provided they're not copyright violations or libel or something else that's problematic. Such material is not posted on talk pages, though, so you'd have to register an account so we can email it to you (don't post it here unless you like lots of spam). - Mgm|^(talk) 21:52, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Andy Warhol (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Could somebody with a bit more time on their hands please got though this article, and try and find the most recent non vandalism entry, and revert to it?--VectorPotential^Talk 20:46, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like you, or someone else, took care of it. In the future, you might want to list the user on Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism if the user continues to vandalize pages after being given a final warning to stop. Also, WP:POPUPS and WP:TWINKLE are two worthwhile JavaScript tools useful for reverting vandalism. --Elkman ^(Elkspeak) 04:18, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Removing WP:SPEEDY templates

Is it all right to delete a speedy deletion template if it is clear that it is vandalism, eg placed on an established article, or should I just let an admin handle it? Thanks, shoy 22:29, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism should be reverted on sight and speedy-deleting an established article is vandalism. So yes, revert/remove. x42bn6 Talk 22:35, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No, you should use {{hangon}}--Ed ^{¿Cómo estás?} 22:36, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

So if someone places a speedy on George W. Bush it should only be removed by an admin? If it's obvious vandalism, remove/revert the speedy tag! Garion96 (talk) 22:39, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

(after edit conflict) That depends on context. An example of what this user is describing could be adding a speedy tag to a featured article. Any user would be proper in reverting that on site and warning the user who placed it. I guess the consideration would be whether the speedy tagging cannot be in good faith given the context.--Fuhghettaboutit 22:44, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

April 16

Searching Help and/or Portal areas?

Frequently I can't find what I want in the Help menu. Is it possible to search the Help and/or Portal areas? Thanks H Bruthzoo 00:59, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Searching Wikipedia with google is often better than searching Wikipedia with Wikipedia. You can type in google's search box "site:en.wikipedia.org", then " ", and then your search terms. For example, asking google to search for "site:en.wikipedia.org fiction essay" is the only way I can find that essay on differentiating between fact and fiction. I think this may be the best way to search the portal and help spaces, although google will search the mainspace as well. -Haikon 01:22, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict)Sure! First, just search for the term regularaly (make sure you press "search" and not "go"). Scroll down the results page, and you should see "Search in namespaces:" with a bunch of checkboxes next to it. Uncheck "(Main)," and then check "Help," and "Portal," or wherever it is you want to search in. --Ybbor^TalkSurvey! 01:24, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

More Wikipedia search options are here: User:John Broughton/Editor's Index to Wikipedia#Sea. --Teratornis 01:58, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong spelling of title of page-how do I alter it or alert Wikipedia?

My page has the title Arthur Apsinall instead of Arthur Aspinall; ie the s and the p of the family name have been swapped around. This means that I cannot create links to my page or access the page directly from the search window.

How can this main title be corrected, please? ```` —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Phayla (talk • contribs) 05:05, 16 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

If your account is four or more days old, you can use the "move" tab at the top of every page to move pages to different titles. I've fixed the problem in question already, but you can do it yourself in the future. Hope that helps, Nihiltres 05:39, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Graphical or template resouces to create a time line?

Are there some kind of templates that can illustrate a time line, marking years, and making some kind of opportunity to add notations or text? -- Yellowdesk 07:01, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I haven't been able to master it myself, but there is Wikipedia:EasyTimeline. - Mgm|^(talk) 07:46, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. This gives me something to work with. -- Yellowdesk 21:46, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The combination of Ephedrine

I hereby would like to introduce myself I am Sumpi and eager to see the combination of Ephedrine .I also collected some infomation like 1. Methyl and amino acid will combine and then Ethylene Gylcol will be the solvent but here I found a problem ie do I need to give this solution to remove H2O ? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sumpi (talk • contribs) 08:48, 16 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Cant post a logo with my link

Hi,

I’ve added an external link to a page within the Wikipedia however my logo which I uploaded yesterday is not showing, can anyone tell me why?

I’ve given it the appropriate permissions to enable it to be used however it doesn’t seem to want to become visible with the link can anyone help?

The page is called ‘text to screen’ and the link to my company is called fantasticmedia.

Thanks in advance. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Fantasticmedia (talk • contribs) 08:58, 16 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Please read WP:COI, WP:EL, WP:SPAM to avoid problems with external links. It's not a good idea to link to a company you're involved with (also see WP:CORP). As for the image. We don't add images to external links, but the reason yours isn't showing up is simply because you just uploaded it, it isn't actually inserted anywhere. - Mgm|^(talk) 09:47, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

(ec) Three issues. First off, I reverted your link addition. External links are tricky business, and you should never add links to your own website. It is seen as spam, and regardless of good intentions, external links should be very carefully added to make sure they are encyclopedic. Second, you never included the image in the page. Including a company logo in a general purpose article is not a good idea, but for further reference you need to add [[Image:*imagefilenamehere*]] to the article. Third, I proposed deletion of the article due to notability concerns, the fact it is probably a neologism, and definitely a spam magnet. -Wo o ty Woot? contribs 09:51, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The combination of Ephedrine

I hereby would like to introduce myself I am Sumpi and eager to see the combination of Ephedrine .I also collected some infomation like 1. Methyl and amino acid will combine and then Ethylene Gylcol will be the solvent but here I found a problem ie do I need to give this solution to remove H2O ?

2 And then Benzene and Methonol will be the solvent or the benzene will add to the solution .This is the problem that I am facing so Please send me a solution for my problem. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sumpi (talk • contribs) 09:44, 16 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Theories and Concepts..!

Hi,

I have some articles of some theories and concepts of my own.

Can i publish them in wikipedia? If i publish the documents, can i use the posted document as my profe for copyright(ownership of the concept or the theory)? If i have to take the licence from somewhere else beforhand, where should it be?

im looking forward to hear from you...

Thank you Regards.... 09:55, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

No, publishing your own ideas is explicitly forbidden by the NPOV policy. - Mgm|^(talk) 10:12, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- As well as WP:OR, WP:COI, and WP:V. Dismas|^(talk) 10:18, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You might try another wiki such as Wikinfo which allows original research. --Teratornis 17:02, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

linking a page to a list

I noticed a page which should be listed under a certain category. How do I link this page to the (alphabetical) list of the said category? I tried and failed... - cristixavCristixav 10:31, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

See Help:Categorization. - Mgm|^(talk) 10:44, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Note: a list is something else in Wikipedia terminology. - Mgm|^(talk) 10:45, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

NPOV

Hi, if NPOV is so important, how is it that we have articles like Energy policy of Australia that are just skeletons, with a few bits of text at added at random? Surely there is no balance there? -- Johnfos 11:26, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's obviously not finished. But why do you think it's POV? - Mgm|^(talk) 11:49, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, obviously not finished! I added some material on renewable energy technologies but there is very little on non-renewables. So the whole article is now slanted towards renewables. This represents a lack of balance, a lack of a NPOV. So doesn't it need a POV tag in order to alert readers?

I always thought that WP articles had to meet certain basic standards to avoid deletion. Or are there special WP guidelines for fledgling articles? -- Johnfos 13:03, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Articles are deleted if they do not meet basic standards of notability. They are not deleted because they are incomplete, because that way no articles would ever have been completed. If the article doesn't show NPOV, or has other faults, any editor is free to tag it and comment on the talk page to say what is wrong. New articles aren't likely to provide full balance because the initial editor won't have all sides of the picture; this form of subtle NPOV problem is dealt with by asking for expansion, not deletion. Indeed...why not expand it yourself? Notinasnaid 13:12, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

With reference to the lack of information on fossil fuels in Energy policy of Australia, I'm just guessing here but perhaps that is because fossil fuels have been widely used for centuries, the technology associated with fossil fuels is for the most part Mature technology, and consumers appear perfectly willing to squander fossil fuels as fast as industry can plunder them, without any need for governments to make "energy policies" to promote even more fossil fuel use. Governments generally do not need to make "policies" to persuade people to keep doing what they are already doing, i.e., to sustain the status quo. When governments make "policies" they are usually trying to promote some sort of change which the private sector and consumers are either failing to undertake on their own, or are failing to implement as quickly as someone in government would like. --Teratornis 16:58, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

citing

how do you cite an artical from wikipediain MLA format?

                                   66.143.236.110 13:47, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

use the "cite this article" link in the tool box on the left bottom under the Wikipedia globe. Jeepday 13:55, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

help

Psychology Project article.

I'm editing an article called 'Attachment Therapy' that has got stuck. How do we appeal for more interested psychological types to help edit? Fainites 14:25, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Articles are edited if they need attention via templates (such as {{cleanup}}) etc but except for that their is not much you can do really, I suppose those interested in that stuff will edit it. Thanks - Tellyaddict^Talk 15:01, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Also see: WP:PROJGUIDE#Recruiting and WP:ACID. --Teratornis 15:45, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Updating/revising search text in URL

I have recently revised my wikipedia submission (due to extended content), but when I conduct a google search on "Barbara Fris", I get the following URL description (in bold), http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Fris - 20k

== Barbara Fris - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaBarbara Fris (born May 10, 1956) is a Canadian operatic soprano. Originally from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Fris studied at the Nova Scotia Teachers College in ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Fris - 20k - Cached - Similar pages ==

The URL does point to the latest, correct version of the article but the old text appears in the google seach URL description rather than,

Barbara Fris (Soprano) is a Canadian operatic soprano, specializing in opera and classical symphonic works for voice. She has performed across Canada, in Europe and the United States where she has come to be associated most closely with the Mozart heroines, although she performs a wide range of works that include operettas, light classics, lieder and art songs.

Is there a way of deleting an earlier version of a URL desciption?

Please advise, with thanks LAN1BAR1 15:24, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Google Search updates its content automatically, usually after a lag of several days. I have not heard of any way to speed up Google's schedule. You just have to wait for Google Search to reflect your edits to Wikipedia. You would have the same problem no matter what Web site you update. --Teratornis 15:42, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) The Google bots periodically revisit pages to see if the content has changed. The quoted text is from their latest visit. Clicking "Cache" on the Google search page shows it was April 11 2007. Wikipedia has no control over when Google visits again and updates the quote. Some Google search results from Wikipedia don't even use text from the Wikipedia page. PrimeHunter 15:47, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

help

how do i get to the definitions???

Go to http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page for the dictionary part of the project. --Luigi Maniac 15:41, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Also see List of glossaries. --Teratornis 16:38, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright Review

Is there a place to have images checked to make sure they have the appropriate copyright status? Or even a tag that I can put on the image itself like {{ReviewThisImage}} or something? I've been finding a lot of questionable images, and I don't quite know what to do with them. tiZom_(2¢) 17:20, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There's Wikipedia:Copyright problems. --ais523 17:23, 16 April 2007 (U T C)

And Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images. Garion96 (talk) 17:26, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Editing Title's

In my haste in adding articles, I would like to go back and change the official titles of (2) articles I have written. I am not sure of the most efficient way of doing this. I need to change: Carhartt (Automobile ) to Carhartt (automobile), changing the capital A to small, remove the space after e. The other is: Ann arbor (automobile) to Ann Arbor (automobile), changing the name Arbor to start with a capital A. Thanks.--Drussel3 18:11, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Use the "move" tab on the top of the page (which moves the article to a new page, but it's the best you can do) All you have to do is type in a new title, and everything (including the talk page) is in its right place. Sloverlord 18:36, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Images are not appearing in Wikipedia

Wikipedia is slowly breaking down on my computer, and I have no idea what's wrong (I have not changed any settings on my browser [Firefox 2.0.0.3]). First it stopped displaying mathematical formulas. I assumed that I change of my display settings would fix the problem, but no luck. Then it stopped displaying images on Wikipedia, I see the "alt" text only (if I click on the link and follow the image to its source, it will display then.) And as of today, even the buttons above an editing box are not working. Does someone know what is going on??? I know it has something to do with the wiki system, because I am having the same problem on Uncyclopedia, and nowhere else. Sloverlord 18:35, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know. I was using a new mozzila browser and as you said it all started going to pot, thats when I went to using an older version of Fifefox (1.0.6) and it works perfectly now. I really have no idea as to what is happening though... «razorclaw 21:09:22, 04-16-2007»

I suspect it has something to do with Firefox 2. Razorclaw, you should probably install Firefox 1.5; Firefox 1 is so old it might have security holes. - Mgm|^(talk) 07:51, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, it was doing it on Firefox 1.5 too, I upgraded to 2.0 to try and fix the problem. Sloverlord 14:58, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

blatant advertising question.

Good day,

This is my first time properly using Wikipedia, and I am trying to post about a summer camp that I work at. After I posted information for it, a blurb came up telling me that I had been "blantantly advertising", or something to that point. I read an re-read the rules for it, and I do not understand how to write it so that it is fitting for an encyclopedia. I have tried deleting any website listings that were already on it, as well as dates for registration and things alike. If you could, would you please just try to take a look at it and fill me in on what I can do in order to get it up and running, without it being a blantant advertisement. Thank you very much for you time, and I apologize for you having to do so at all in the first place.

Cheers,

Joel H. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by JoeLouiStl (talk • contribs) 20:06, 16 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

responded at length on User talk:JoeLouiStl. DES ^(talk) 20:25, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

personal opimion

Hi!

I'd like to know if it's allowed to put commentaries and personal opinions on talk pages of the articles? (I know you can't do that in articles themselves). Bazsa 20:09, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It depends - just for talking about them, or promoting them, no. Talk pages are for talking about how to improve the article - you're not barred from speaking freely on them, but the talk should be about how to improve the article. WilyD 20:21, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Since Wikipedia forbids original research, you will need to look up reliable sources for your personal opinions. This can be an interesting exercise, in which you try to determine where your opinions originated. Most people have opinions, often strongly held, but it's rare to meet someone who has a solid understanding of where they got their opinions, and how those particular beliefs evolved and spread. From the standpoint of writing an encyclopedia, what you believe is not nearly as interesting as why you believe it, and who invented and popularized it. --Teratornis 01:24, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Changing a title

I am so throughly confused by the directions for changing a title I'll just have to ask for help here.

The link from a template said the article would be about WHLQ in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina. I couldn't just create an stub article about WKXU because the template wouldn't link to that. I started to just move one to the other but realized what the problem would be.

Now I don't know what to do because every time I try to follow the directions I don't know what to do. Vchimpanzee 20:44, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

So what are you actually trying to achieve? Your heading suggests that you need to rename a page, but then you mention two different articles. And where does a template come in? Adrian M. H. 21:10, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I did it. While I was editing something else, I noticed the word "Move" at the top of the article. I never saw that before.

Thanks.Vchimpanzee 21:16, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Adding a link to a website

I have clicked the button to identify a word or phrase as a link to an external website. How do I then place the link to a specific URL? Andy Falconer 20:48, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The syntax for a link is just [URL text], like this, for example:
Main Page (produced using [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Main Page])
– mcy1008 (talk) 20:56, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Script

User:Razorclaw/welcome.js

What is wrong with my stupid script? I get no tab to welcome anyone. Sorry but this is angering. «razorclaw 21:05:22, 04-16-2007»

It looks like the tab is supposed to appear in edit screens only. Did you refresh your browser cache before trying it out? = Mgm|^(talk) 07:46, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Metadata Problem

I keep uploading images that end up having false metadata.
Ex: Phillip Pip.JPG. See that image, there's metadata there even though I customly created it with MS Paint. --98E 21:21, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Like you, I thought that MS Paint didn't add metadata. I can't really answer that one. I guess you'd know if you had used CS2! I wikilinked your image title for you, by the way. Just stick a colon infront and a pipe behind to display it as a text link. Adrian M. H. 21:36, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How do I Search Wikipedia Pictures?

moved from Help desk talk page

Is there any way I can search the pictures uploaded to Wikipedia? Thanks.--YOSHIANDLINK1 21:29, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Whwn you do a search, there will be a set of check boxes at the bottom of the page. Uncheck all but "Image" and search again. There is also a much bigger selection of images at the Wikimedia commons that you can search as well. Mr.Z-mantalk¢ 21:46, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The searching menu on my userpage has a link to Mayflower which is a nice fully-fledged search engine for Wikimedia Commons images. - Mgm|^(talk) 07:45, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

RCAF 16 "X" Depot, Debert, Nova Scotia.

I am disappointed and surprised to note the exclusion of the subject formation that was in existance well prior to my arrival in 1951, and was still operating there for some time after I left in 1954. Note also the apparent exclusion of Explosive Depots in Angus, Ontario, and Kamloops, B.C. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.106.72.42 (talk) 21:49, 16 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

If you feel that a topic needs to be included in our project, you can create an account and create a new page or you can request an article here. Hersfold ^(talk/work) 00:02, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Adding picture help please

I just want to add a picture to a page simply the page i want to add it to is Gemma Davis page the file i want to add is a normal .jpg file —The preceding unsigned comment was added by KDhosford (talk • contribs) 22:34, 16 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

You have to upload the image to Wikipedia first, then you include the image using wikimarkup. See WP:IMAGE on how to do this. x42bn6 Talk 23:55, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

info

what constitutes a federal crime? At the end

Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that's what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. I hope this helps. Hersfold ^(talk/work) 23:59, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

user page

hiya could anyone direct me to a help page tha twill give me some help with creating a user page for myself. i am really unfamiliar with the major formatting since i only edit the content.

thanks very much!Dylan2106 23:22, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Userpage --24fan24 (talk) 23:27, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Also see User:The Transhumanist/User page design. That set of pages provides some useful codes and examples of other well-designed pages. Hersfold ^(talk/work) 23:57, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

need help

Media:Example.ogg how do i email this to a friend or school for homework —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 209.244.43.57 (talk) 23:30, 16 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

You could link to the file http:/upwiki/wikipedia/en/c/c8/Example.ogg or you could download it and attach it. --24fan24 (talk) 23:43, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Forum Posts as Sources

What is the official policy on using forum posts as sources. I'm pretty sure that this is frowned upon, but I can't seem to find any page officially stating this. Am I wrong in thinking this? Otherwise can someone post a link to a policy page where it mentions this? Zomic_13 23:43, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think its forbidden, but generally to be avoided. I used a forum as a source once, but I was very careful in what I actually used it to cite. The article went through an FAC, which failed, but no one objected to its use. The article is now a GA and still no objections. The article is Geography_Cup#Website_problems (linked to the specific section). It would also depend on the forum. The one I used was mainly used by educators, I would avoid any sort of youth-based forum, except in an article about the forum. Mr.Z-mantalk¢ 23:52, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

(Edit Conflict) Self-published sources shouldn't be accepted as reliable unless it can be verifiably proven that the person posting the information is an established expert in that field. In general, blogs and forums are not acceptable as tertiary sources. See WP:V#SELF. Hersfold ^(talk/work) 23:52, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Blogs usually have a single author that can be traced to a real identity (so it can be determined if the author is an expert of some sort). Unless the forum post you're citing is that of the owner of the website it's attached to, it's unlikely to be reliable. - Mgm|^(talk) 07:42, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

April 17

RefDeskBot Broken?

Something rather odd just happened here - apparently when RefDeskBot attempted to archive the page, it ended up removing the header and half of the __NEWSECTIONLINK__ code - can someone check out the bot and get it fixed so it can do it's job properly? Hersfold ^(talk/work) 00:06, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You're not alone - User talk:Martinp23#RefDeskBot, and one on the bot's talk page, too. And yeah, it is quite annoying... x42bn6 Talk 00:11, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I reported the issue to the bot owner - nonetheless, we might need an admin to push some big red buttons if this keeps up. Hersfold ^(talk/work) 00:12, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

In the future, just restore the header, rather than reverting the bot, given another 20 or 30 seconds I would have restored the header myself, however someone reverted the bot before I had a chance to do so--VectorPotential^Talk 00:14, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oops. Sorry. Hersfold ^(talk/work) 00:18, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi - I thought that the problem had been resolved? Shows how much I know! Just to note - the bot is not malfunctioning, but is acting as designed - the issue is that changes are often made to the header of this page above all others which will break the bot. Now, when these changes take place, it's easy for me to adjust the code (etc) to make the bot continue with normal service. However, all too often I am kept in the dark, and only find out when someone comes to my talk page requesting an immediate fix, or a block. I'm now going to try to fix this header - if the issue happens again in future, could someone poke me on my talk page, and just ask for me to sort it out? Thanks, Martinp23 00:30, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

In this case, somebody had changed the bot's marker (the comment at the bottom of the header text) to read "Start841" rather than "Start840", thus it is no wonder that the bot got lost! Thanks, Martinp23 00:34, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm surprised I missed that ( : VectorPotential^Talk 00:36, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hehe - I had to check in the bot's code that it actually was 840, and now 841 that it was looking for :P. Occasionally we get vandalism which seeks to break the bot, so we just need to be careful to catch it :) Martinp23 00:49, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Account Age

As of today, my accoutn is 4 days old, yet I can't edit semi-protected pages. Why is this? --98E 00:08, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Your account was created at 21:59, April 14, 2007 (at least on Wikipedia's clock) so you can move pages after 21:59, April 18, 2007. See this. x42bn6 Talk 00:12, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, okay. --98E 00:17, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Accidental Reporting

I accidentally clicked the "Vandalism" option on my own contribution page and I think I accidentally reported myself as vandalism. Does anyone know what happens with Accidental Vandalism reporting?

--Heero Kirashami 00:09, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I can't see that you've reported yourself anywhere... but if you have, someone will check your contributions and know not to block you. I wouldn't worry too much, just be careful what you click next time. ;-) Hersfold ^(talk/work) 00:17, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Userbox?!

What is a Userbox and how do you get one? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by YOSHIANDLINK1 (talk • contribs) 00:12, 17 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

See WP:USERBOX. :-) Hersfold ^(talk/work) 00:14, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

pre existing plumbing

I am looking to find blue prints on my houses plumbing where do I look —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.3.229.31 (talk) 00:40, 17 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

I'd start with our reference desk, which specializes in general knowledge questions.--VectorPotential^Talk 00:41, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

citations for articles - how do i find

i'm a total Wikipedia novice. I found an article that one of my "clients", an investment banker, found very helpful. He asked about how it can be authenticated. I have no idea how to do that. Please see this article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-trailer_truck and tell me if there are any authenticating citations embedded within.

Also, please, how will i find your answer? You say not to use email but I'm going to include it here anyway as my work email is well guarded from spam. please respond to that. Thank you.

Karin Zilla karin.zilla@db.com —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 160.83.64.78 (talk) 02:07, 17 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Thanks; as there seem to be no citations or references on that page (and I've labeled it as needing them), then one would have to independently look it up, if Wikipedia is not good enough for you. [Mαc Δαvιs] ❖ 02:29, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Headline text

I

Hi

In your article about Fouad Abou Nader, you mentioned that he is the cousin of Bashir gemayel. He is not the cousin he is the Nephew of Bashir Gemayel.

Thank you for correcting the mistake.

If you have a source for this, you can go ahead and correct it yourself. Or comment on the talk page if you need someone else to source it. Adrian M. H. 13:25, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Last Modified Time

Hi, the last modified time at the bottom of very bottom of every Wikipedia page does not seem to match my computer time. For example, pages often read last updated at 04:00, while it is only Midnight where I live. This means the Wikipedia clock is 4 hours ahead of my time zone. Is there some way to change this time? It's a bit annoying to get used to, but not a huge deal —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.63.15.129 (talk) 04:02, 17 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

The time that Wikipedia uses is UTC. If you're using the default Monobook skin, you can click my preferences at the top of the page, then select the Date and Time tab, click fill in from browser, and save. This will adjust the times shown on your watchlist and recent changes, but not in signatures on talk pages, which will always be in UTC. WODUP 04:34, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I just noticed that you're editing anonymously from an IP address. You'll need to create an account in order to adjust your preferences. Cheers! WODUP 04:35, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Photo problem

I just uploaded a picture Image:Wwii woman worker.jpg and it doesn't show up in article thumbnails or on the photo page... but if I click on the photo itself I can see it, so it must be on the server. What's going on? (It is a ginormous file, over 3megs. Is this the problem?) Calliopejen1 04:43, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The server will take some time to resize it, or that you have used some weird jpeg encoding method that MediaWiki have trouble with. I know progressive is problematic, maybe it have problems with some other things is well. Anyways, that image can be downsampled 50% and it would still look the same, there aren't much high frequency details in the image. --antilived^{T | C | G} 04:52, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

help withnotability for film director biography

I am having a disagreement with another editor of the David_Loren_Cunningham page. This is a biography of a film director. I wondered if there are specific instructions as to what makes a film "notable" - IE are student films to be included? I think I saw a page with people who work on film related biographies - but I cant find it now.--Boscobiscotti 05:25, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Check out Wikipedia:Notability (films). You also could ask for help at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Films. Calliopejen1 06:15, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wow. Thanks so much.!!! will go look at it. thanks again.--66.167.134.16 06:21, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

citations

how do I include citations for my article? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tdempton (talk • contribs) 06:40, 17 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Wikipedia:Footnotes is the most common way. You can also look at Wikipedia: Citing sources. Calliopejen1 06:52, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A new page?

Hello. I am an upcoming actor which I hope to make a tv show soon. I am from Oregon Wisconsin and I tried to edit the page where it shows Important people from Oregon Wisconsin. I added my name, but I do not have a page unlike my old classmate, Micah.

I can provide more information if needed.

Thanks,

William Maher —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 4.190.74.135 (talk) 06:59, 17 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

I'm not sure if "Important people from Oregon Wisconsin" is a list or a category, but it's probably not a good idea to add your own name if you don't have an article. Have a look at WP:COI which tells you what pitfalls to avoid when writing about yourself. If this TV show you're talking about is a national one someone is likely to make a page about you when it's aired anyway. It's better to wait for someone else to make the article. - Mgm|^(talk) 07:37, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I may be fired from the job/copmelled to take retirement

Iam 64 years adfult. Igot the cizenship of USA. Due health problem, My bank will eityher fired or they may compel to leave the job. In Social Security I have earned only 36 points. What I can do now. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.49.116.246 (talk) 09:08, 17 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that's what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. I hope this helps. = Mgm|^(talk) 10:03, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I want an "administrator" who is sane to help me pls

I created the list article List of notable people detected driving under the influence after hours of research, every person linked to has this identifying circumstance in thier respective wikipedia article, just like every other list in the Lists of people by circumstance section so why not delete all of those? Can anyone hazard a guess as to why the administrator User:Ryulong deletes this, reverts all the links I made to it, not even nominating it for deletion just deleting it, and he does not have decency to explain any of his edits, or leave a single keystroke on my talk page?--0001 09:59, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

References as to why someone is on a list are supposed to go in the list itself. In most cases, one or two incidents in which someone drove under influence is not considered encyclopedic to the point that it should be included in the person's article. - Mgm|^(talk) 10:06, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Requesting translations from other language wikipedias

I've just added an infobox to Alexander von Falkenhausen butt I need more information on his awards and units commanded. The german wikipedia has this information so how can I tag this article for translation? Burning phoneix 10:33, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You could try going to Wikipedia:Translation. --Kz^{Talk• Contribs} 11:35, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Newbie

I am new to wikipaedia and did not realize how important it was to know what i am doing with the site. I am still a bit lost as to how to go about things. I have accepted to remove myself from further edits and am sure things will resolve since i am not unhappy with any edits that have been done on my behalf. Please realize that i will not move until i know more from now on. The worst is i do not know how to get advice from user. I have seen that i need to be adopted but dont quiteknow how to apply the codes

please be certain i will not move or do anything further until i get a real dialogue going with someone who can advise me ..thanks mike — Preceding unsigned comment added by Showerscience (talk • contribs)

Have a look at Wikipedia:Introduction and Wikipedia:Tutorial. _ Mgm|^(talk) 11:06, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Also see Wikipedia:Mentorship and WP:TOTD. --Teratornis 16:05, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

how many human being born yet

kindly let me know that how many human being born yet,how many died and what are the numbers of human being alive(which almost 6.5(B) from any known period about 8000bc. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Nusrat rashid (talk •

contribs) 11:16, 17 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Reference desk will be more suitable for your question. --Kz^{Talk• Contribs} 11:32, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

See Population, Demographics, World population#Historical figures, and World population#Number of humans that have ever lived. --Teratornis 16:10, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

VA Tech shootings

Why was Roanoke Memorial Hospital not listed as the trama center they took students to.Mermer4u 12:12, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This is the help desk. It is for questions about how to edit the Wikipedia. If you'd like to ask a general knowledge question, please use the Reference desk or the talk page of the article about the shooting. Dismas|^(talk) 12:18, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

info

I have just posted my info and have been told I lifted it from a certain website - I own that website and wrote all the copy - why can't it be left on as I am the author so own copyright. Syvia Tidy-Harris STH100 12:17, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please see WP:AUTO and WP:COI as to why it's generally frowned upon to write about yourself or your own organization. Dismas|^(talk) 12:27, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Piteå Wall of Fame

Im not good att englisch can someone help me whit dis articel Piteå Wall of Fame.Wolfmann 13:48, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

To be totally frank, the article is so poorly phrased that I struggled to comprehend precisely what you intended to write. I'll tag it for cleanup, but that is all that I can do for it. Adrian M. H. 16:37, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I had a go at cleaning it up. Having done so, I conclude that a wall with a list of famous sportsmen isn't notable enough for Wikipedia, and nominated it for deletion. Sorry. Notinasnaid 17:54, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Picture,image

How do I add a picture, or an image, to an article I have created?Chiemeka N. 13:16, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

See Help:Image#Linking. I'd also be willing to help add the image if you tell me the name of the article. Best, Pea ceNT 14:03, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Images

I am an Italian Birman cat breeder, I added my images here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birman In my talk I read Image copyright problem. English version of Wikipedia is different from Italian version, I'd like give the license of my images to use freely in Wikipedia. In Italian version the license is given by e-mail, and this is the credit: OTRS #2006070510011857

Thank you. Claudia

Thank you for adding images to Wikipedia. Unfortunately, we cannot use "Wikipedia only" licenses, because Wikipedia is supposed to be free to be reused for any purpose, including commercial. Are you prepared to release your images for unlimited use? Notinasnaid 14:29, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- You are welcome to release your images under a free license accepted by Wikipedia. Many of these licenses do come with provisions that require that you are credited with the work. For a full listing of licenses you can use, check here. Hersfold ^(talk/work) 14:35, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted image but no redlink

While going through an old Images and media for deletion archive, I came across a link to Image:Orgone_motor_paul_laffoley.jpg, which was still a blue link. Checking the log shows that it has in fact been deleted, but for some reason the image page remains (though of course without an image). I'm just wondering if this is some kind of glitch, and if so, what to do about it. --Pekaje 14:34, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've seen this before, the page disappeared soon after. As for the cause, I don't know, it seems the image parameters are still there but the server cannot load the image itself. Scottydude _talk 14:45, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Timestamps

1. Why does {{subst:CURRENTSECOND}} change to {{{{{subst|}}}#time:s}} when you save the page and not a number?

2. Also will «razorclaw 20:18:28, 04-16-2007» this be archived because it has the time or will it need a real timestamp?

15:16, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

chemistry/pyridine

phenol + acid anhydride ----------> ???

                        pyridine

what will be product?
pyridine use as a solvent...but how?? give mechanism?? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Khushhali100 (talk • contribs) 15:33, 17 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Please do not post homework questions. Notinasnaid 15:40, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Missing page.

I wrote a page called "numbers in music" late last year and it seems to be missing. I was not sure how to source things and such like and think that may be the reason. If i could get an explanaition that would be great and some help too as i would like to continue adding to this site. Thanks. 212.240.29.233 15:57, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

See Wikipedia:Why was my article deleted? and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Numbers in music. --Teratornis 16:13, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Look for some help on your talk page, I will help you there. Scottydude _talk 16:16, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding attribution, sources and referencing: WP:ATT, WP:V, WP:CITE and WP:FN. Adrian M. H. 16:33, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism of the "English Language" article

Vandalism of the "English Language" article when viewed on April 17th @ 5pm gmt.

I'm new here. I am not sure how to report this.

Raulkyyv 15:57, 17 April 2007 (UTC)raulkyyv[reply]

You should revert the edit but it will have been already reverted, if already not warned by other users you should warn him/her using the appropriate user warning and if they vandalise after their fourth and final warning, then they can be reported on WP:AIV.Tellyaddict^Talk 16:27, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Citation/Bibliography

I'm working on a project for a history project and was wondering who to give credit to for writing the article about Marie Curie. I'd like to know ASAP!!! Thank you, L.N.A. 65.68.97.195 17:45, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

For attribution, sources and referencing, see: WP:ATT, WP:V, WP:CITE and WP:FN. --Kainaw ^(talk) 18:28, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think the questioner wants to know about citing Wikipedia for their own use. Have a read of Researching with Wikipedia and the links in the See Also section. Adrian M. H. 20:12, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Admin/Editor/Vandal graph

I saw this brilliant graph a few days ago that showed, over time, the varying number of admins vs. editors and vandals, and that while the number of admins is only rising slightly, the number of vandals is rising hugely. I've searched and searched but to no avail. Does anyone know where I can find that again? Thanks! :) Rockstar (^T/_C) 18:24, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Nevermind -- found it! Rockstar (^T/_C) 18:34, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Where did you find it? (Probably nowhere near WP:RFA, where the main concern seems to be over userboxes and the percentage of edit summary usage.) --Elkman ^(Elkspeak) 18:36, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Sir/ Please help & assist me

Please, I wrote into my web site "I give all my researches to Israel, which stolen from me in Egypt & the more processed about my recent domain of the atomic code & coding, and my given to Israel as a legal trust to the Israelite government", and since I have been requesting my right of asylum to Israel, see this request through the upper dynamic effect into the home page to my web site… http://www.geocities.com/genesiselementaryparticles Please, help me & grant me my humanistic rights… I requested this from your presidency before at the e-mail:- link@myjewishlearning.com Please, examine the all into my web site to grant the eligible scientific degree & take me to Israel… Please, inform your government in Israel with my official request to you since you are the appropriate org in Egypt with this… Israelite Researcher/ Adel Aziz Gabra Fam Address: 25 Kanesat El-saida El-azra St, Toson-Shoubra misr Cairo Egypt

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel

http://www.image-xl.com/contact.html

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Peace/egyptisrael.html

mgbard@aol.com

http://ticket.wikimedia.org/otrs/ Please, guide me about the eligible org in Israel which interest in my humanistic status… http://www.nysun.com/ —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 196.205.176.153 (talk) 19:24, 17 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Audio clip from computer game

I'm not sure what license File:Blood-Migrax.ogg should come under. There are templates for "Screenshot from a videogame" and "Music clip", but this isn't either of those. It is essentially the audio equivalent of a screenshot but I haven't been able to find any other examples of such clips. Arganoid 19:33, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

LoOst my ability to set my preferences

I started an account today, went to make the preferences for my page. I accidentlly closed my browser, re-opened it and signed back on to Wiki. Now I cant find my preferences tab or any link to such a thing to continue tweaking my account.

Please help!!! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Syracuse Muse (talk • contribs) 19:38, 17 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

You might simply have selected a skin that lacks that link (if that applies to any of the optional skins). Click this link: Special:Preferences. Tip: while there, specify an e-mail address (there is an option to avoid receiving messages) because you'll need that if you ever lose your password. Adrian M. H. 20:02, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

editing

Hello editors, I am curious why some articles can be edited any others can't. For example, the articles on Islam and aids cannot be edited, and hiv can? Also, who and what criteria do you use to edit your articles? Are your editors college students? The last question in what time fashion do you check articles? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Wash77ls (talk • contribs) 20:17, 17 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Without links, I cannot say for certain, but I assume that they are protected, which is an option when dealing with heavy and systematic vandalism. Adrian M. H. 20:37, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've just searched for Islam and it is indeed semi-protected; when your account is four days old, you can edit semi-protected pages. Adrian M. H. 20:39, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Here's an interesting essay about who writes Wikipedia. The author claims that most of the content comes from a vast number of occasional contributors, most who tend to make few edits, but when they edit they tend to input substantial chunks of text at once, while most of the structure and formatting comes from a relatively small number of "insiders" who learn the rules and policies of Wikipedia and make large numbers of edits (mostly tweaks to the raw content supplied by occasional contributors). --Teratornis 20:58, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How to capitalize title?

Sorry such a basic question. I accidentally didn't capitalize the entire title of the page and now I don't know how to edit the title. Thank you.Freedompress 20:29, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Tell me which one and I'll move it for you. See WP:MOVE for details about why you can't do this yet. Adrian M. H. 20:40, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have just visited your user pages and seen the COI issue surrounding your contributions. If the article in question has been CSD nominated then I will have to avoid moving it. Sorry. Adrian M. H. 20:42, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

FYI, Freedompress can move pages, that account was created 07:00, 5 September 2006. Prodego ^talk 20:47, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Great! Thank you everyoneFreedompress 20:50, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Disambiguation: Two publishing companies with the same name

I wasn't sure how to disambiguate for Freedom Press in the UK and Freedom Press in California. I did an "optional redirect" from each page which I probably shouldn't have done. What should I do so I can do it right away? Thank you for your help.Freedompress 20:46, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You can help responders by linking to the pages you refer to. In this case, the pages seem to be:

Freedom Press - about the one in the UK
The Freedom Press - about the one in California

This will need some work; others will jump in to help, I am sure. In the meantime, you should read the pages linked under: User:John Broughton/Editor's Index to Wikipedia#Dis. --Teratornis 21:06, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Public domain

First of all: I'm new on Wikipedia so please don't bite even if I'm going to ask stupid question. I'd like to add some pictures to articles on Old Polish, Polish (and maybe few other). My question is: can I use pictures from this website: [6] (especially [7])?

There is a notice: This website is part of UNESCO’s "Publica" series. UNESCO promotes a strong public domain in which information and knowledge is accessible for all. Communication and information technologies can largely facilitate this access, particularly to classic works of world literature. UNESCO’s "Publica" series, which is constituted by a collection of digitized texts from the world’s literary heritage, makes them available free-of-charge on-line (on the Internet) and off-line (CD-ROMs). but I don't know the copyright policies. Can I download the photos and upload them here? How should I mark their copyrights? --Wnuk-pl 20:57, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to know if I can insert an external website link in the external link section of some subjects to direct viewers to a glossary of terms on a website.

I thought I did it yesterday-when I go back to that page,it is not there.Is there an editing process?

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