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December 24

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Hurt (Self-titled)

Hi, i have a picture of the album cover for Hurt's album which is self-titled, but the system keeps automatically linking the image to Christina Aguilera's album, Hurt. How can i make the system link the image to the right album? —Preceding unsigned comment added by NightwingVyse (talk • contribs)

You overwrote Image:Hurt.jpg, which is displayed in Hurt (Christina Aguilera song), with an unrelated image. I have reverted this so the right image is in Hurt (Christina Aguilera song) again. I see you figured out to upload your image with an unused name and add it to Hurt (Self-Titled). The Cover parameter in {{Infobox Album}} only requires the image name so I modified [1] your edit. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:11, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Cannot open account

The site is not allowing me to open an account. Create a account I tried it just will not set up my account?Thanks gina —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.77.199.76 (talk)

Are you receiving an error message? If you are unable to create an account, an administrator can create one for you. Instructions are available here.--Kateshort forbob 00:58, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

robin williams

Resolved

the information on his bio has obviously been tampered with —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.128.88.139 (talk)

Thanks, someone has taken care of it. Thank you for letting editors here know! Ariel♥Gold 00:30, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Robin Williams was vandalized 30 minutes ago. I have reverted the vandalism. You are welcome to revert vandalism on your own. See Help:Reverting. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:33, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wiktionary

Some of Wiktionary needs to be updated.Kitty53 (talk) 01:09, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Do you mean the Wiktionary article in Wikipedia? I don't edit Wiktionary but maybe somebody more familiar with it will take a look. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:15, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Musical Symbols

Hi

What kind of files do I need to make musical symbols show up? They showed up before but since i reformatted they don't appear (coming up as ?). Where can I get these files from? Thanks please leave the answer on my talk page. Arc88 (talk) 02:09, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe Help:Special characters is of help. It may help others to know that your user page says you use Mozilla Firefox. Knowing your operating system could also be helpful. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:56, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh sorry about that. Yes I use Firefox and I'm running Windows XP SP2. I checked that help page but it doesn't mention anything about music fonts. Arc88 (talk) 04:58, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Article is causing a redirect

For whatever reason, I noticed that all links to the movie Species: The Awakening are automatically going to a page on Wikispecies. I thought it was a bad redirect, but I can't fix it myself--what's going on? Blueboy 96 07:06, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, and I thought the issue with Help: A Day in the Life was bad. Unfortunately I have no solution other than to make a post on Village pump (technical). Confusing Manifestation(Say hi!) 07:19, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

An nbsp in front works: Species: The Awakening.--Patrick (talk) 08:41, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This remark I made referred to a possible new name, not to recovering the existing page. See also Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)#Namespace_issues_wrecking_an_article.--Patrick (talk) 08:14, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"Species:" is an interwiki link to http://species.wikimedia.org. I guess the problem started when this edit was registered by the relevant software. I don't know whether there is a way for non-developers to access the article. I see you made a recreation at Species--The Awakening but this can give GFDL problems if the article history is not accessible. I don't know where you got the source (maybe you had an old offline copy?). An archived copy of the old page can currently be found in Google's cache (click "Cached" at [2]). Google's cache says "retrieved on 23 Dec 2007 05:41:08 GMT." The cached Wikipedia page says "last modified 19:39, 8 December 2007". PrimeHunter (talk) 02:04, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

e-mail

How do I e-mail an article I liked to a friend's e-mail id?

As attachment a downloaded page can be used. Since someone who can receive email probably can also access the web you can also just send a link. In email through Wikipedia an attachment is not possible. You can send an article in plain text. If you send it in HTML the email program of the receiver may not interpret that, for security.--Patrick (talk) 10:22, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Purpose?

What is the purpose of {{-}} in Gregory Peck#Later work? Also, what is the difference (if any) between and ? Clarityfiend (talk) 10:05, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Start new section below image.

Nothing. is correct wikitext. In XML is the standard, some people think that makes it better as wikitext code too. However, MediaWiki automatically converts the wikitext into the XML code --Patrick (talk) 10:33, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

olive oil

advantage in using olive oil cooking food and also disadvantage using olive oil

This is for questions about using WIKIPEDIA.

Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer just about any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. I hope this helps.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! The Helpful One ^(Talk)^{(Contributions)} 14:25, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Want to display Fortune 1000 list on my computer

Hey my boss wants me to rank customers by the "fortune 1000" list and gave me the link en.wikkipedia.org/wiki/Fortune_1000. Clicking on this gives the reference but not list.

Simple question: I just want to display the list. 66.170.46.130 (talk) 14:18, 24 December 2007 (UTC)How do I do this?[reply]

Try going on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortune_1000 Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! The Helpful One ^(Talk)^{(Contributions)} 14:27, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The link your boss gave you was to Wikipedia's article on Fortune 1000, which does not contain the list itself, apparently due to copyright concerns (also, it was massive). However, there are 3 links providing more information at the bottom of that article. The list for 2007 is available here, although it's only viewable 100 entries per page.--Kateshort forbob 17:01, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Idea for wikipedia

Where can I post an idea I have for wikipedia? Juliancolton (talk) 14:21, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Village pump. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 15:17, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

But first see Wikipedia:Perennial proposals to make sure you are not rehashing an old proposal. Some rejected proposals are so obvious that new users keep suggesting them (such as to require all editors to create accounts and log in before editing). Other proposals may have already been accepted, but take a long time to implement (such as fixing our deplorable talk pages, and this bloated Help desk page, with Liquid Threads). --Teratornis (talk) 18:38, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Long lost friend

86.136.123.137 (talk) 14:52, 24 December 2007 (UTC)is it possible to use Wikipedia to find a long lost pal in the USA? I have her married name and her maiden name. Thankyou Annie Perkins.. U K user name annie.perkins@btinternet.com[reply]

Dear Anna, this is not possible. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia not a people-index. Try a google search and social networks. Good luck, Poeloq (talk) 14:54, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

In the unlikely event that your pal is famous, see if she has a Wikipedia article written about her. Archtransit (talk) 19:40, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

templatesf

is there a list of football templates to say which teams you like—Preceding unsigned comment added by Zanramon (talk • contribs)

Hi Zanramon. Please see Wikipedia:Userboxes/Sports#Supporting sports teams. I would provide the link to a specific subcategory there, but I'm not sure if your question is about American Football or football (soccer). Please note that posts to pages such as this and to talk pages (but not to articles) should be signed, which you can do by adding four tildes after your post (~~~~) which automatically formats to your signature and a timestamp when you save. You can also add the tildes using the editing button which looks like this:

. Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 18:17, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

New user help

I am new to Wiki and really a nivice.

I am writing about makoa Combatives--i notice that there dont seem to be easy options to add the kewl borders i see on other articles---i began writing and just see one area of text--

question: can you help me to be more familiar with the editing of my article in making it like the others i see here?—Preceding unsigned comment added by Makoa67 (talk • contribs)

Start with WP:CHEAT and WP:TUTORIAL. For lesson number two, read everything in the Editor's index to Wikipedia. If you prefer to read dead tree editions, a book about Wikipedia should be available Real Soon Now. --Teratornis (talk) 18:59, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It looks as though you have fallen into the common trap for new users of creating new articles before learning about Wikipedia's incredibly complicated policies and guidelines. See WP:WWMPD for advice on what to do. New articles by new users have a low probability of surviving on Wikipedia, because Wikipedia's policies and guidelines are extremely unintuitive for most people. That is, a new user's first impressions of what Wikipedia is all about are often greatly in error. The best strategy is to read the friendly manuals (start by clicking the Help link on the left side of any page), and make small edits to existing articles rather than trying to create new articles from scratch right away. The more editing experience you accumulate on Wikipedia, the better-able you should be to make edits that "stick." Also, if your subject is not appropriate for Wikipedia, be aware there are thousands of other wikis specializing in many different subjects. I guess Makoa Combatives is a form of martial arts; if so, you should join Wikipedia:WikiProject Martial arts or one of its subprojects. There you can find Wikipedia users with more editing experience who share your subject interest, and they can help you create an article that sticks. --Teratornis (talk) 20:19, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This question is not about using Wikipedia, but I'm not sure where else to ask

I've found this image. Web site claims that I'm the creator of the image. I'm not. As a matter of fact I've never posted any single image at this web site and I found the image, when I Google for my name. The image provides the link to Wikipedia to my image, but once again the image from yhis web site was not taken by me. This error should be corrected, but I could not find whom to contact about this. What should I do? Thanks.--Mbz1 (talk) 18:24, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You could try and contact the website. You have to keep in mind the page may just be a duplicated version. Rt . 19:07, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Rt. This page is not duplicated version. The image is not mine. I'd like to contact web site, but I cannot find "contact us" there.--Mbz1 (talk) 19:13, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The matter is resolved. I found the web site e-mail thanks to the help from User:andrewjd--Mbz1 (talk) 19:54, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Erroneous entry on The Brights' Net page (December 24, 2007)

By: Paul Geisert, Co-director of The Brights' Net

Re: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brights_movement

Subject: The addition to the long-standing description of the Brights' Net. A party has added a template at the bottom of the page which is erroneous.

The title of the Template is "irreligion". This title is totally counter to one of the main purposes of The Brights' Net. A Bright is an individual with a naturalistic worldview. Brights do not (should not) refer to themselves or the organization using religious terminology. Thus words like irreligious, non-religious, etc. are totally inappropriate.

The left-hand column of the template is also inappropriate for use on The Brights' page. Again, all groups are referred to in terms of a negative: A - theism (without gods), A - gnosticism (without knowledge), and Non-theism (without religion).

I strongly suggest the template be removed since it has no direct connection to the Brights' movement and has direct connection to terms which are eschewed by the Brights' movement.

Note: (I did not delete it myself since I have limited abilities in using Wikipedia and did not wish to change something in an erroneous manner.)

Contact: Please contact me directly and let me know how the situation stands. Email: Paul @ the-brights@the-brights.net

Thanks much for Wikipedia -- it is my first stop whenever I have a question that needs a quick and accurate (in general) answer.

Be bold! and edit the page. I'd just remove it if it was misplaced, but if not first try to reach consensus on the talk page. Best regards, Rt . 19:06, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Your caution is well-advised. Before being bold, I'd suggest first talking to the person who added the template you consider inappropriate. Obviously whoever put it there thought it belonged, and just removing it without discussion first could trigger an edit war. Wikipedia is an incredibly complicated place, and for many questions there is no one correct answer, or the correct answer may continuously evolve. Often, getting to an answer requires engaging lots of diverse people in a tedious process to find consensus. That Wikipedia works at all is somewhat amazing. To your question: before getting too excited, rest assured that Wikipedia has a disproportionately large number of well-educated users, many of whom share your world view to varying degrees (for example, me). My personal view is not to worry much about pejorative labeling; see Euphemism#The "Euphemism Treadmill". Many advocacy groups attempt to replace what they consider to be stigmatized labels with innocuous euphemisms, but history shows that in due course, euphemisms tend to take on such underlying stigma as continues to attach to the subject. See the Euphemism article for familiar examples. The religious majority who (somehow) managed to stigmatize a rejection of faith (i.e., they essentially stigmatized reason and critical thinking) will still be around to continue stigmatizing the subject under any new label you might manage to force into general use. I suggest rather than running endlessly on the euphemism treadmill, a better strategy is to stop running and fight the ideological battle in the current semantic location. Not all negative labels are necessarily bad, for example: debt-free, disease-free, unafraid, undeluded, uncorrupted, etc. Also see Dysphemism#The “Dysphemism Treadmill” - a label you regard as stigmatized today can easily become innocuous, even complimentary over time. The gay rights movement, for example, has managed to de-stigmatize a number of formerly scary words. As far as negative labels go, what's the big deal? I don't use any recreational drugs, and this has caused some people to label me a teetotaler. That's a negative label, and from my point of view it is absurd, but from the point of view of a drunk, my lack of alcohol use might seem to be a characterizing feature. Much as a fish, if it could speak, might refer to land animals as non-aquatic. (The language used by the fish would say as much about the fish as it would say about the subject.) The simple fact is that the majority of the world's people believe in some sort of magic space man, and they were indoctrinated from childhood to regard their locally popular brand of unreason as a virtue. If 95% of the world's population were drunks, then they would label the other 5% as "non-drinkers," and in many contexts this classification could actually be useful. Remember that on Wikipedia we are trying to organize all the world's knowledge, so we need to classify everything, which means coming up with compact ways to distinguish everything from everything else. Given the vast number of religious world views, it's hard to classify the other kinds of world views as something other than non-religious. Or how about a less hypothetical example: in automobile-dominated societies, an adult who chooses to live car free will almost certainly be labeled negatively, as a "non-driver," a "person without a car," perhaps even an "a-car-ist" if gaswasters were clever enough to think that one up. How would you classify a person who chooses to live without a car? Can you think of a non-negative label for that? Humans are slavish conformists first and foremost, as well as instinctive enforcers of social norms, and anyone who cuts against the local cultural norm will experience social pressure. The most straightforward way to remove the social pressure is to make one's behavior the norm; or, failing that, show people that one's behavior is not bad, perhaps even superior, and raise people's consciousness about its benefits, namely the benefits for them. --Teratornis (talk) 19:58, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The word "search" in many languages

You show the word search in many different languages. search... ...haku, suk. What language is "suk"?

Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. I hope this helps. Rt . 19:04, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I guess you saw it at http://wikipedia.org/. That is the common entry for Wikipedia versions in hundreds of languages. The "search" translations appear to be sorted in reverse order of how many articles that Wikipedia language has, for languages with 100000+ articles. m:List of Wikipedias then indicates that "suk" is volapük (I'm surprised how many articles it has). The same 15 languages in alphabetical order can be selected in the search box below the word list at http://wikipedia.org/. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:18, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I looked at the Volapuek dictionary. Search was not tranlated like that. So where is this coming from? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.56.129.195 (talk) 22:42, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know Volapük but I guess "search" can be translated in different ways depending on the context. That's often the case for translation between any two languages. The search box in the Volapük Wikipedia at http://vo.wikipedia.org/ says "suk". It makes sense that this is the word used at http://wikipedia.org. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:09, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Automatic WP to Commons image transfer

Why haven't all the appropriate images on Wikipedia been automatically moved to Commons? --Seans Potato Business 20:03, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You know, that's a good question. I guess its because its ultimately up to the indivdual user whether they want to submit their freely licensed images to the commons. If a user tagged an image they created as released into the public domain, any user could move it to the Commons, as the creator has given up rights to it, but its usually a good idea to ask the original uploader. I submit anything that I created myself to the commons so that other projects can use it, but there are some exceptions, for example my photo on my userpage. That I didn't submit to the commons. Hope this helps. Mr Senseless (talk) 23:53, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Because the process to do it is, well, crap. Download the image from Wikipedia, open up the CommonsHelper, plug in the details, wait for a reply, fiddle with the result (must have a category!), upload the image onto Commons, tag the Wikipedia image with {{ncd}}. One down, only a hundred thousand more to go. User:Betacommand has a bot to simplify it (but not to automate it). Angus McLellan (Talk) 01:00, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You can have the program automatically upload the image... it's pretty simple, I just did a few pictures a few minutes ago. --Rschen7754 (T C) 01:05, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

User style

What's the page to look at different styles for the userpage, I'm new and haven't received a welcoming like other users have. Shapers (talk) 20:15, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Shapers. Please see WP:USERPAGE, Wikipedia:WikiProject User Page Help, Wikipedia:User Page Design Center, User:Danieltiger45/Userpage design andWikipedia:Userboxes. Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 20:49, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox

How do I create an Infobox? I want one for the office of Pope, as you can see the current monarchy one doesn't quite work with the article...any help? Dunfermline Scholar (talk) 20:38, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Howdy! There are a lot of infobox templates (see Category:Infobox templates), but they all work in a similar way. Once you find the infobox appropriate to the article, click on it's discussion page, for instance for the generic infobox, Template talk:Infobox. You will get some code and often some instructions. To place the infobox in the article, copy the code into the article and fill out the fields. The generic infobox code looks like

{{Infobox
|name=
|image=
|caption=
|data1=
|data2=
|data3=
|footnotes=
}}

If you fill it out as

{{Infobox
|name= J. P. Patches
|image= Refueling, 1923.jpg
|caption= A daring clown-maneuver of the post-modern era.
|data1= Clown issues
|data2= 
|footnotes= See attached bibliography.
}}

The resulting infobox is displayed at right. If you indicate what the article is, perhaps I or someone can help find the correct box for the article. Hope this helps! --TeaDrinker (talk) 22:27, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There already is an {{Infobox Pope}} --teb728 t c 23:15, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Do you mean you want an infobox only for the article pope? PrimeHunter (talk) 00:21, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes not one for the office holder but for the office. Like, George Bush has an infobox for a politician but the President of the United States has an infobox for the office. I'll see what I can do though, thanks very much. Dunfermline Scholar (talk) 13:33, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

{{Infobox papacy
| body            = <br />Pope of the Holy Roman Catholic Church
| insignia        = Emblem of the Papacy.svg
| insigniasize    = 100px
| insigniacaption = Seal of the papacy
| image           = BentoXVI-30-10052007.jpg
| incumbent       = [[Benedict XVI]]
| formation       = [[30 AD]]
| inaugural       = [[Papal Inagural Mass, Saint Peter's Square]]
| website         = [http://www.vatican.va]
}}

This is what ive come up with, i'll try to spruce it up a little though. You might notice that there is a small infobox papcy line that appears on the left hand of the page when the template is used...i don't see what line of code is doing it though and im not sure how to get rid of it...(talk) 13:50, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Right, I've got it. Thanks for all the help! Dunfermline Scholar (talk) 16:59, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What is bread?

what is bread? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.166.182.185 (talk) 23:53, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

See bread. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:57, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The helpdesk is for questions on actually using Wikipedia, not for questions on content. Next time you can ask at the reference desk. Mr Senseless (talk) 20:50, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

December 25

noinclude style tags for cross-project use

Is there a tag (like the <noinclude> tags) that can be used to not pass certain information over to another project. Ie, can you put something between some tags on an image: page on commons which won't be shown on the other projects that use that image? C hris_huh^talk 01:05, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have not heard of such a tag, which does not necessarily mean there is no way to do whatever you are trying to do. However, your question is ambiguous. In particular, these terms are vague:

"certain information" - does this mean graphic information, or text information?
"shown" - do you mean when [[image:...]] appears on "the other projects"?

If possible, please give a specific example of an image, a project, and what "information" you don't want to be "shown" on the project. Normally when we "show" an image on a project, only the image appears, not any of the text on the image page. If I'm guessing correctly about what you mean, I think when someone clicks on the image to view it, they browse to the image page on Commons, at which point they are no longer viewing the other project. It might be difficult to prevent the user from seeing some of the text based on the project they browsed from. An obvious but rather grotesque hack would be to upload multiple copies of the same image under different filenames, and type in different text for each image. Then you can more or less control what text a user could see, by linking to particular copies of the image from different projects. --Teratornis (talk) 17:49, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The question probably refers to the rendering on a local image page of the editable content on the image page on Commons, and it seems the answer is no, this applies even for content in noinclude tags, see m:Image:Tst.png.--Patrick (talk) 23:56, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, maybe it is not possible. What i was thinking of doing was have a Featured Picture star in the corner on commons (like the featured picture star on wikipedia). But i wouldnt want the star to show on other projects (ie wikipedia), as it could mess up page layouts. C hris_huh^talk 16:45, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You can put the star but avoid an absolute position.--Patrick (talk) 17:18, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

But that would still mean the star would be shown in Wikipedia (wouldn't it?), which may be confusing since there is a star there for featured pictures on wikipedia. Maybe its just not possible. C hris_huh^talk 17:42, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A different star, e.g. with the text "Commons" could be used. Anyway the different position is also a clear distinction.--Patrick (talk) 18:05, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, that's an option. Will mention it on Commons, but what do you mean by different position, are you still thinking of having it top right. Wouldn't the position only change if it was featured on both wikipedia and commons (ie the star would be pushed to one side)? C hris_huh^talk 00:15, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I was thinking of the simple case of an image vertically positioned according to the position of the code (one only specifies left or right); in that case it appears in the area of the local page where all editable content of the image page on Commons appears, like one of the images on m:Image:Tst.png. Perhaps what you say it also possible, I don't know. It seems that for putting a star in the corner you need an absolute position, and that in the case of two items with an absolute position, in the case of a conflict one hides the other. Different positions can be used, but that may be difficult to coordinate if many wikis are involved.--Patrick (talk) 03:08, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Therefore I think Commons should avoid absolute positioning on image pages.--Patrick (talk) 10:08, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Editing a Title

Hello

I spelled the title of my artice wrong

My article is: Highland Creek Subdivsion Charlotte North Carolina

I spelled subdivision incorrectly.

How do I fix it?

Thanks

Marshall600 (talk) 01:45, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've corrected the redirect you made from Highland Creek Subdivsion Charlotte North Carolina to Highland Creek Charlotte North Carolina, assuming this is the preferred article. For future reference, anyone with an account older than 4 days can move a page from one title to another using the "move" tab which appears at the top of the page. This is the preferred way to change article names because it preserves the page history. --Kateshort forbob 02:10, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Is there a template...

that we use to identify the language of an external link? I thought there were language-specific templates that would provide a tip to the reader that a link was in Japanese or French... E_dog95'^{Hi '} 02:57, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Put something like {{ja}} or {{fr}} before the link. Mr.Z-man 03:01, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks much! E_dog95'^{Hi '} 03:09, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked IP address

My IP address was blocked sometime in the year 2006. I have not even used Wikipedia until this month and I was trying to edit a typo on a page (Age of Empires 3). When I looked closer, I was told that I could email and administrator about my problem. When I tried, it said that I needed to have an account in order to send an email. I tried to create an account and it sent me right back to the page about my blocked IP address. Please give advice if you can. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.131.87.129 (talk) 04:12, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The IP address you are editing from currently is not blocked (if it was you wouldn't be able to edit this page), and it never has been blocked according to the block log. Perhaps you have a dynamic IP address. Try creating an account again and see what happens. Raven4x4x (talk) 04:22, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That’s an AOL IP. If I recall correctly, at least in the past, creating an account from AOL caused problems. Might that be the problem here? --teb728 t c 06:54, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:AOL is inactive and says a specific AOL problem was solved in 2006. PrimeHunter (talk) 07:09, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

aerofoil

what is aerofoil? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.247.14.184 (talk) 06:35, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

See aerofoil. --teb728 t c 06:43, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please remember this desk is for using Wikipedia. Any other questions should be directed to the reference desk. Thank you. Rt . 12:43, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Question about WP:EL

A user keeps adding news links to the EL section of the page Malaysian Indian. There are 5 links to the same issue but different news, and all links are from BBC. I removed 4 links because i thought 1 links is enough. He put it back in again today. I dont want to contra the WP:3RR. I told him that wikipedia is not a soapbox, and told him to read WP:EL. He said those guidelines doesnt apply here. I also told him to put the links at the page HINDRAF to which those news links are more relevant. Please advice. kawaputra^torque 09:13, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'll warn the user now. It seems they have a serious POV matter. Rt . 12:41, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ok. Thanks. kawaputra^torque 13:02, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

New Article for already used name

I am looking to write an article about an artist that has minimal exposure, (one article written about them). The name is already in the Wikipedia database, but none of the titles that come up are for this particular person, how do i make a new article for a title that is already on wikipedia? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fluffysadness (talk • contribs) 09:35, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The way to get around the naming is to add a qualifier in the title like “John Doe (artist)”. But if this artist is as unknown as you seem to imply, he may not be notable enough to have a Wikipedia article. Dozens of articles are deleted every day because the subject is not notable enough. Here is general advice on creating an article:

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

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

If you still think an article is appropriate, see Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation. --teb728 t c 09:46, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Assuming that the person is notable enough for an article, then you'll want to read up on disambiguation pages, which is how you distinguish between different people (and other things) with the same name. Confusing Manifestation(Say hi!) 11:10, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Editing an article

I was emailed "Girl Orchestra in Auschwitz" which was an article about the woman's orchestra in Auschwitz. IN your factual information, none of which I dispute, was omitted any reference to my mother, who was a survivor of the women's orchestra. I just wanted to edit this for correctness, using my mothers maiden name so as not to currently identify her. Do I just edit the record? or do I need to send documentation to someone? Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.27.221.5 (talk) 14:33, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The article is Girl orchestra of Auschwitz. Wikipedia content should be verifiable, based on published reliable sources. Editors are not allowed to add their private knowledge and should also observe Wikipedia:Conflict of interest. A Google search on the name gave no results but I haven't examined any printed sources. Has her membership been published by that name? The information that she was alive as of 2005 also requires a published source. You can make suggestions at Talk:Girl orchestra of Auschwitz. Maybe it will be seen by editors with access to good printed sources. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:03, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Indian wedding card Invitation quotation sample

Please send me sosome sample Indian wedding card Invitation quotation sample —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.197.96.50 (talk) 15:40, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over two million articles, and thought that we were directly affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the online free encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is a help desk for asking questions related to using the encyclopedia. Thus, we have no inside track on the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the left hand side of your screen. If that is not fruitful, we have a reference desk, divided into various subjects areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck. PrimeHunter (talk) 17:03, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You won't let me sign in. Why?

I have tried and tried to create an account with you. I tried months ago, and you would not let me create an account. You still will not let me sign in, you keep saying "error" "error". What can I do about this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.54.119.252 (talk) 17:47, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Doesn't the message say more than "error"? Different things can prevent account creation and there should be a more specific message. Some IP addresses are blocked from account creation. Which username are you trying to create? See also Wikipedia:Request an account. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:02, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

how to add a new article?

Hi i would like to start a new article....how do i go about doing that? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rumroom (talk • contribs) 18:56, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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

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

If you still think an article is appropriate, see Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 19:08, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

And this is very good advice. You may want to do it twice and practice in the sandbox. Although I have created some articles and do ok with structure and formatting, I still managed to create a duplicate article yesterday because another author did not follow category convention. Search several times just like in a search engine before you start a new one.--Mrg3105 (talk) 20:24, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Something is spelled wrong and I can't find the "edit" link!

Image:Lifecycle_moss_svg_diagram.svg has "mose" instead of "moss"... and I can't find the "edit" link! Please help!!! 68.101.123.219 (talk) 22:38, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, unlike pages, the image can't be edited in situ. It needs to be downloaded, edited and re-uploaded. I'll give it a go, if nobody else gets there first. --Kateshort forbob 22:52, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done! Image:Lifecycle moss svg diagram.svg. --Kateshort forbob 23:12, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! 68.101.123.219 (talk) 00:33, 29 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How To Make An Artice

I know that I might sound like a complete idiot, but I navigated the page many times and couldn't find out how to make an artice. Please help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by LoopDeeLoop (talk • contribs) 22:57, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What page? jj137 ^♠ 22:58, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know what "the page" refers to (the Wikipedia website?), but maybe this general advice is helpful:

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

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

If you still think an article is appropriate, see Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:12, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

December 26

Why have I been bloccked indefinitely?

Dear Sir/madam,

I am a new user to Wikipedia and wanted to edit a page on a subject I know about. However, when I clicked 'edit' a message informed me that I have been banned indefinitely for unacceptable behaviour.

But I have only just arrived - how can I have committed the unspecified offences that have led me to being banned indefinitely even before i have done any activity whatsoever?

Whom do I need to contact to have this unfair block lifted?

Thank you.

KGH —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gat0wer (talk • contribs) 00:17, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You should be able to contact the Admin who blocked you and ask him/her why you were blocked and request the ban be lifted. Dunfermline Scholar (talk) 00:21, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It is likely that your IP address is shared, and was blocked, taking you with it. To check this, sign out of your account, and go to your talk page (type Special:Mytalk in the search bar on the left hand side of your screen). Your IP address should be prominently displayed under the Talk page header. Then, make a note of your IP, go to [3], and search for just your IP, without the 'User:' prefix. Master of Puppets ^{Care to share?} 00:28, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

However, since you were able to edit this page that means you are not blocked; it is possible that you are on a dynamic IP, or one that changes every time your router connects. It is possible that you were connected to a banned IP, and that was remedied because you were able to post here. Master of Puppets ^{Care to share?} 00:38, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Articles by age

Is there a special page or category that lists articles by the date of their creation? -- Menti fisto 03:59, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You could try Recent Changes and look through there to find the article. What exactly are you looking for? ~ Bella Swan 04:33, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Check out Special:New pages ( Special:New pages )- all the new pages are listed in this log. Cheers- CattleGirl ^talk 06:32, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

RC is rather impractical since edits are made constantly... I'm looking for something (could have been manually edited too) that has a list of all articles beginning with the first one made etc...

New pages are impractical too... they could be useful though if only they had that 'earliest' link articles have. -- Menti fisto 13:47, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Special:Ancientpages starts in 2004, but it has some links you might follow. --Teratornis (talk) 23:51, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Text alignment

How can I make the text at List of United States business school rankings align left for the first three columns?--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 06:48, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Got it. You can have a look at the diff for what I did :) Cheers- CattleGirl ^talk 06:57, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Unless you knew that and wanted the numbers to remain aligned right?

I have absolutely no idea :S. CattleGirl ^talk 06:58, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know a way to align a whole column in one place, but cells can be aligned one at a time: [4]. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:48, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Highlights

Hi, I have seen some users highlight text with a coloured background before and I would like to know how to do this. Thank you! --WPholic (talk) 07:43, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The code is <*font*style="BACKGROUND-COLOR:yellow*">YOUR TEXT HERE<*/font> (take out the asterisks). However, I recommend that you don't use this on Wikipedia- or if you do, only use it in a template or a table, or perhaps your userpage (see more at Wikipedia:Colours). Cheers- CattleGirl ^talk 08:13, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yellow highlightihng: YOUR TEXT HERE produces YOUR TEXT HERE.

Black border: YOUR TEXT HERE produces YOUR TEXT HERE. (Don't use the nowiki tags.) --Coppertwig (talk) 15:42, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Plagiarism

This article section strikes me as something plagiarized. I have asked this question in the past and the Orange fellow has helped me and told me what to tag it with, but I don't remember what it was. Can someone give this a once-over? It looks like something taken from a UNICEF site.--EndlessDan 14:28, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I took a look on WP:TM, the index for template messages, which took me to WP:TMAIN#Copyright violations, yielding {{copypaste}}. Hope that helps. Confusing Manifestation(Say hi!) 14:35, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The section was started in [5] and appears to have been written by the editor Asilwal (probably for another purpose originally). It may be OR but doesn't look like a copyvio. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:42, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

how to remove images used for spam

hi, i just saw this image http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Ichigopanda.gif.gif being used in this article here to spam http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Ichigo_Kurosaki&diff=180191431&oldid=180171680. that action has been reverted, but now i was wondering how one could delete an image like that (which is only used to spam). i thought of the orfud tag/template, but since it's not a nonfree image i don't think i'm allowed to use that.. any suggestions please? i tried to do a little research myself but couldn't figure it out. thanks :) -Twsl (talk) 14:55, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Apparently the image is at Wikimedia Commons, as most images displayed here on Wikipedia are. You can register and log in to Commons, and see commons:Commons:Deletion guidelines for instructions how to ask to have images deleted if they fit various deletion criteria. --Coppertwig (talk) 15:28, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Removing Subpages and userpage, talkpage.

Could all reference of SKYNET X7000 be erased, the account will no-longer be in use as i'm closing the account down, all scripts from SKYNET's monobook has been removed, due to closer further responses to this message or to the talk page will not be made, thank you. SKYNET X7000 (talk) 15:28, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I understand you won't be replying here, but just in case you are watching:

you can request subpages be deleted by adding {{db-author}} to them if you have created them and are the only author. Your userpage may come under this heading as well; however, it is less likely that your talkpage will be deleted under these criteria.
If you are leaving the project permanently, you may be able to exercise the right to vanish, depending on circumstances; more information is available at the page.
If you are just moving to a new username, as long as you don't reference the old name from the new one, and don't do anything that would bring you under unusual scrutiny (eg. vandalism), there wouldn't be any way to connect the two. As far as I know, there is no way to technically close an account.

Have a nice day, whatever you decide to do! --Kateshort forbob 17:49, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Userpages and pages in your userspace can almost always be deleted by adding {{db-author}} to the very top of the page in question. Talk pages typically cannot be deleted, unless you are leaving the project permanently or are blocked indefinitely and your talk page is tagged as such. Mr Senseless (talk) 20:41, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Uno Spin card game rules

We bought Uno Spin for Christmas, and there were no directions. The box said to go to service.mattel.com to "View and print instruction manuals." However, none are available for Uno Spin. A search showed others have had the same experience. One person posted some instructions in a review they did of the game.

Since Uno has directions, as does Uno Attack, directions for Uno Spin seems appropriate. However, that article has been deleted, and I cannot find the reference in the log to understand why it was deleted. Please help me find that entry, or just explain it to me so I do not feel obliged to share this seemingly relevant information to others who are searching for it as I was.

Larrydkuch (talk) 16:17, 26 December 2007 (UTC)larrydkuch[reply]

The entire content of UNO Spin was:

"UNO Spin is a card game similar to the original UNO card game but it incorporates a spin wheel. When a spin card is played someone must spin the wheel, forcing themselves or opponents to pick up, discard or exchange cards."

It was nominated for speedy deletion as no context: Wikipedia:CSD#A1. The deleting administrator did not explicitly say whether that was the reason for actually deleting it. Note also that Wikipedia is not a game guide.PrimeHunter (talk) 16:34, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

download link in article

I've never edited an article before so It seemed best to ask about it here.

The Problem: In the article ISO_image ISO image there is a link to a utility program. "Virtual CD-ROM panel ". When I clicked this link it downloaded the file without the normal questions about where to put it. Eventhough this link seems to be correct as put on Microsoft it is too easy to change the link to a trojen.

The Questions:

How should I fix it?

1. Just remove the link because it is an opening for trojen dissemination. 2. Place a reference to a download site that explains what this file is (the majorgeek article is better than microsoft page) 3. Discuss the issue using the discussion page. (Would this be best done in addition to the fix, prior to the fix or not even helpfull since it is a fix of a security issue?)

University of Nalanda

Hi thank to every body how play a vital role to grow up this site. I give best regards to all of the members, readers, writers and the promation boday who gives their donate to support this site.

i am PAMAL ARYA, student of Nalanda university and i see most of Indians wants to suffer the Hindi site , which offers article in Hindi.

I introduce my self that i am the cheif of biolabs, That are reserching in the field of Biology( gene theraphy, enviroment and Bio-Medicine), so have a support in the form of donation we wants to give you article / content in Hindi version. Say me How can we send ?

wish you happy new years —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.99.21.75 (talk) 16:45, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Check out the Hindi Wikipedia. Thanks! Jonathan (talk • contribs • complain?) 17:23, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What's the point of this box?

Look, I've typed in a box, but for some reason, it's presented in such a way that line-wrapping is disabled and you have to scroll to see what I wrote. Why?! --Seans Potato Business 17:27, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I believe the box (created by a leading space at the start of a line) is used to display computer code, for one thing. According to this, it is used to preserve whatever formatting the editor adds. (It took me months to figure this out!) --Kateshort forbob 17:31, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to know how to make text in a box with normal line-wrapping then you can place the text in a table. Click "edit" to see how this example text box was made with a table. See Help:Table for more ways to design tables. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:28, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Military bases in US States

Under what part of the table of contents should these be placed? Also, are there any templates for creating an article on a State or country? ThxSmarkflea (talk) 17:52, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Which article(s) are you referring to? In an article about a US state, for example Florida, I see no reason to have a separate section name for military bases. Or do you mean which other sections to mention military bases in? That depends on the circumstances, for example which layout the article has and how important the base is to the state. Often a detail like a military base shouldn't be mentioned at all in a state article but only in other pages, for example List of United States military bases, or an article about the city the base is in. Templates don't create articles but different templates can be used to display information in an article about a state or country, for example {{Infobox U.S. state}} and {{Infobox Country}}. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:19, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Or do you mean which other sections to mention military bases in?

Yes, I think such things are interesting. Thanks for the other info.. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Smarkflea (talk • contribs) 18:39, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Editors often have different opinions about what is important enough to mention, and how much space to use on it. If you add details about military bases to state articles then others may choose to remove it. Article content can be discussed on the associated talk page, for example Talk:Kentucky. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:56, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Reverse a list

Does anyone know a text editor which can easily reverse a list. So that the last entry will be the first and the first entry is the last. I know there are some php scripts and some excel macro's which can do it, but a simple text editor with that option would be more practical. Garion96 (talk) 20:48, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not really sure about a text editor that could do that automatically. If you have a spreadsheet application such as Microsoft Excel, you could easily reverse the list. Hope this helps, if you don't have a spreadsheet program, cut and paste the list onto my talk page and I'll do it for you. Mr Senseless (talk) 20:59, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

publishing a new page

I am trying to publish a new page. I have entered all the info into the "sandbox" and saved the page, but its seems to still be in the sandbox. How can i publish my info on a page where is will show up in a search? Can i create a new page without using the sandbox? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Abeuke (talk • contribs) 20:56, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No, the sandbox is for editing tests and is automatically cleared every day. You should cut and paste the Wiki-markup (after pressing edit this page on the sandbox page) and paste it into a newly created article. You can create an article by searching for the title of the new page, and when no match is found, click create this page. Before you do that, however, make sure a similar article doesn't exist under a different name, and be certain your contributions meet notability and verifibility guidelines and conforms to a neutral point of view. Hope this helps. Mr Senseless (talk) 21:04, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Abeuke. The text you tested in the sandbox is currently inappropriate for an article as it reads like a marketing commercial for the topic. Wikipedia is not a forum for advertising. As such it is subject to [and should be if added in that form] speedily deleted under section G11 of our criteria for speedy deletion as it appears to be a "page which exclusively promote some entity and which would need to be fundamentally rewritten to become encyclopedic." Please note a few relevant polices: Articles must be written from a neutral point of view, they must be on notable topics, the information in them must be verifiable through citation to reliable sources and they should not be written by someone involved with the subject as that presents a conflict of interest. Please also see our business faq.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 22:04, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

More importantly than what I just wrote, you must not add this material to Wikipedia as, as I've just discovered, you would be violating the copyright of this website. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 22:10, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wikithoritarianism vs. Wikidemocratism

I saw this on Meta: Wikithoritarianism. I never knew there were two different ways to go about using Wikipedia like that. I came across a "Wikithoritarian" on an article and got into an argument a while ago. What do you think is a more successful way of editing? 69.138.16.202 (talk) 22:25, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There's a number of philosophies with regards to editing Wikipedia. I guess I'm sort of a "WikiUnitarian" about all this; I think that each philosophy has its uses, and which one is better or more successful all depends on the context. Maybe I should just slap {{context}} on all those Meta pages just for good measure! There are some situations where Wikithoritarianism is good, and some situations where it just causes trouble. Pyrospirit (talk · contribs) 22:41, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Moderation is key, I think. Too much concentration of power can lead to abuse; too much dispersion of power can lead to paralysis. In general, however, Wikipedia is governed by community consensus, subject to the Wikimedia Foundation's position as site owner. Another key question: is policy prescriptive (tells us what to do) or descriptive (tells others what we already do)? In practice, I think many "community norms" are made via something akin to countless iterations of the bold, revert, discuss cycle. – Luna Santin (talk) 22:44, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How do you define "successful"? Also, it's not clear from the Wikithoritarianism essay exactly what a particular Wikithoritarian would do in a given situation. It sounds like two editors could both be Wikithoritarians and do different things. Usually, doing different things leads to different levels of "success," although both editors might define "success" self-servingly. --Teratornis (talk) 23:41, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I might add that I'd prefer Wikipedia to be as algorithmic as possible. That is, we should standardize every procedure, in enough detail, to cover every editing situation that can ever arise. Then every editor could simply follow instructions, with no guesswork, and there would be nothing to argue about. Ultimately, machines could write Wikipedia for us (see Cyc). Of course humans do not know how to write such a complete algorithm, but Wikipedia has gone a long way with the Manual of Style and so on. At the very least, it would be good to minimize the number of times Wikipedians repeat the same dispute. Once an issue has been settled, other people should not have to waste time rehashing it unless someone has come up with new relevant information. --Teratornis (talk) 23:46, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

December 27

Citing a reference's author

When using {{cite-web}}, I was citing News: April Fools: The British own deviantART.com and the author of that news article is a user on deviantART named kronix, who has a page at http://kronix.deviantart.com. He isn't officially employed by deviantART, so I can't put deviantART as the author. So for cases like this, would I simply cite the author as "kronix" if his full name is not known? --Dan Leveille^TALK 02:19, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Dan. Citation templates are completely optional. If the format of the template doesn't work for a particular thing you are citing, you can just format the reference directly (in fact some editors don't like citation templates because they feel they make the text harder to read in edit mode and therefore harder to edit). See Wikipedia:Citing sources#Full reference templates. To cite an author you can say something like "<ref>Copyright holder (200?). [http://www.URL name of article]. ''John Doe at deviantART''. Retrieved on date"</ref>; whatever makes the citation the most transparent. The problem is that blog posts generally are not reliable sources and shouldn't be cited at all. See Wikipedia:Verifiability#Self-published sources (online and paper). There are some exceptions to this general rule but without knowing the context of the citation (a quick look at your contributions did not reveal it) I can't weigh in on whether any would apply here.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 02:37, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

WTIC-FM Article Update Question

76.118.247.91 (talk) 02:56, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I updated the section of the WTIC-FM article to include information on their "Wayback Weekend". To cite proof of the existence of this radio program, I direct to the page on the WTIC-FM website that describes this "Wayback Weekend". These updates are particularly present in the final paragraph of the WTIC-FM article. Unless physically checked by a Wikipedian, the WTIC-FM article might not entirely pass the non-opinionated presentation test. In other words, I got sort of excited about the material and it might be appearing a little like an advertisement. For that reason, a person should read the article and scan for the "Wayback Weekend" and see if it passes the test. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.118.247.91 (talk) 02:55, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Very good of you to point that out. I edited the page a bit. I removed "widely-recognized and ever-growing" because it does sound rather like an ad, besides not having any reliable third-party source to verify that information. I also removed the links from "Wayback Weekend", because the same link is listed in the External Links section. You only need each link to appear once in an article, and external links are usually only at the end. (See WP:EL). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Coppertwig (talk • contribs) 03:52, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

capitalism

what is capitalism? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.95.154.33 (talk) 02:59, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Click me.--Kerotan ^{Leave Me a Message} Have a nice day :) 03:00, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Remember that this page is for using Wikipedia. Thank you. Rt . 17:23, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

usability from the "secure" wikipedia

First of all, I'd like to say the "secure" wikipedia page is great; I actually wish HTTPS/SLL was used for logins to Wikipedia by default, since people logging in from internet cafes, public libraries, or other public access terminals could be displaying their credentials to other members of their network. But anyways, I was wondering if the Administrators or sysadmin know of the "You have requested an encrypted page that contains some unencrypted information. Information that you see or enter on this page could easily be read by a third party." pop up that occurs when browsing wikipedia with Wikipedia in the "secure" mode with Firefox. Sure, there is a "toggle switch" to turn off those errors, but I'd prefer to leave them on, so I know when I am on a truly secure (or unsecure) page. As a side-note, this is not a Firefox-only error; it's simply displayed differently under IE7. With IE7 a dialog box pops up asking "This page contains both secure and nonsecure items. Do you want to display the nonsecure items?" - upon hitting No (do not display nonsecure items) - the only "change" I notice, is that it appears the images within the MainPage are not linked to a secure SSL (HTTPS) page, so they are deemed "unsecure". Just thought I would bring this to attention. Sorry if this is the wrong place. --adamh 04:27, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

My understanding is that SSL encryption takes a lot of extra server effort and can't be cached effectively by Wikipedia's servers or at all by intermediate proxies. Therefore to save a huge amount of work for the servers, article images which come from the upload.wikimedia.org server go over ordinary HTTP, and HTTPS isn't available. Same limitation for images uploaded to Wikimedia Commons. It's a shame but I'm not aware of a workaround, except to dismiss the warning or turn off images completely. • Anakin ^{(contribs • complaints)} 00:13, 29 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Auto marking as patrolled

I often patrol the new pages special page. If a page is marked CSD, then can the wiki software automatically mark it as patrolled? peterl (talk) 04:45, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No, often is the case where editors who place speedy deletion tags don't "patrol" the page. It's normal to do it if you wish. Rt . 17:22, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

infobox for "pronunciation" and "also called"

how do i add a little box on the right side where I can put the pronunciation as well as a list of all the "also called", to remove them form the flow of the first sentence to restore the flow? in an article like this Asperger syndrome. if such a box does not exist, we should seiously consider inventing one. It would clean up the article and separate the "name" info and lists form the actual prose.--Sonjaaa (talk) 04:57, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't believe any such boxes exist. You can make suggestions such as this at the proposals section of the village pump or, since this is currently very entrenched, quasi-policy, the policy section might be the right place. Personally, I think pronunciation and alternate names go nowhere else but right up front in the prose. They are exactly what I would expect to find in the first sentence of an encyclopedia and I would oppose making them less integrated but others might have a different take.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 12:33, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

system security scanner

I need a information regarding system security scanner using port numbers,as im doing a project based on this topic i need a keen information the project im doing is based on java so kindly give the information regarding this topic —Preceding unsigned comment added by 221.135.129.13 (talk) 06:07, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This page is for questions about editing Wikipedia. Please consider asking this question at the Reference desk. They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. You could always try searching Wikipedia for an article related to the topic you want to know more about. I hope this helps. Happy New Year! The Helpful One ^(Talk)^{(Contributions)} 11:42, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm confused about where to do the content editing?

Here are the titles and URLS of two related pages:

Wikipedia:WikiProject Metalworking/Main page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Metalworking/Main_page

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

I want to fix this page by editing what is present and extending the information. I am uncertain about how these two pages relate to one another. I looked in help and found that blue background pages were ABOUT Wikipedia. So, I suspect that I have been editing the wrong page. Could I get an explanation of these two pages. What is their relationship? function? If I wish to improve the WP content, which do I edit?

Thanks in advance. 24.15.33.131 (talk) 06:45, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, and welcome :)

The first link you supplied was a wikiproject. Basically a wikiproject exists as a sort of "centre" for organising and improving a group of related articles- in this case, articles to do with metalworking.

Users will use the wikiproject page as a place to organise their edits, suggest changes that can affect many of the metalworking pages, and lists things to do that can be done to protect the page.

It seems to me that the first link you supplied was the beginning of a re-written version of the second link you listed.

The second link you listed was in the wikipedia mainspace, and that is the page you would edit to improve wikipedia content.

You aren't required to join or really take any notice of the wikiproject if you don't want to. It's just there as a sort of editing tool, I suppose.

I hope that answered your question- if not, please feel free to ask. Cheers- CattleGirl ^talk 06:55, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

For more information, see: What is an article? and WikiProject Council/Guide. The English Wikipedia (what you are viewing now) has about 6,936,706 articles, and a very large set of additional non-article pages that help the 48,516,498 registered users (and a comparable number of unregistered users) coordinate their editing efforts. Wikipedia is the largest encyclopedia in history, and probably the largest collaborative editing project as well, so the organization here is very complex. To get an awe-inspiring taste of just how complex Wikipedia is, check out the Editor's index. --Teratornis (talk) 04:16, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Could you look at what I have done on these pages:

My edits go down to History. History begins old stuff that I have not touched. Metalworking

Here's what I had to say on the discussion page. I assume that is the talk page. Talk:Metalworking —Preceding unsigned comment added by Begs (talk • contribs) 06:23, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Account appears to be linked to a single language

I've been editing Wikipedia for quite some time, mostly without signing in because most of the times that I tried to sign in, I would be told that there was no such user. I have 'discovered' what is going on: I am fluent in a number of language and - as a translator - I often read the same article in more than one language to see if in the text I find a word that I might be looking for. In the process, I notice small (or not) errors and when I try to log in I am told there is no such (me!) user.

The riddle has been solved - I can sign in on the English version of the article and can move to other pages etc, but the moment I switch to another language, I am no longer a registerd user!

It that deliberate or a small gremlin/ oversight?

Best regards,

Rui Gabriel Correia —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rui Gabriel Correia (talk • contribs) 10:38, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Each language of Wikipedia is a separate project, with different policies, content, and users. You need to create an account (or edit as an I.P.) for each language (and each project - i.e. Wikipedia, Wikibooks, Wiktionary, etc.). Sarcasticidealist (talk) 10:52, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There is a proposal to solve this problem: meta:Help:Unified login., but I can't see any indication of when it's likely to be put into operation.--Kateshort forbob 11:03, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

At least registering is very fast! No legal mumbo-jumbo requiring you to agree to take full responsibility if someone else does something wrong, etc. --Coppertwig (talk) 16:18, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Proofreading

Does Wikipedia not support any proofreading sofware?

Rui Gabriel Correia —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rui Gabriel Correia (talk • contribs) 10:40, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

wikEd is an editor designed for use on Wikipedia. It has features that aid in proofreading, like search and replace. Then there's Lupin's Anti-vandal Tool, which checks for spelling errors, swear words, etc. Firefox has a spelling checker built-in. There's no grammar checker that I know of that works in Wikipedia's edit window. But there's a free web-based grammar checker named SpellCheckPlus.com that you can cut and paste up to 3000 words into. Language Tool is a free open source program you can load on your computer - use it on files, then cut & past the files into Wikipedia. I have no idea how they treat wikisyntax. The Transhumanist 11:03, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Mozilla Firefox browser has an option "check my spelling as I type" under Tools-->Options-->Advanced. It underlines misspelled words in the edit window. (At least, misspelled words get underlined on one computer I'm using but doesn't seem to work on another one -- maybe it's underlining in the same colour as the background.) --Coppertwig (talk) 16:15, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Depending on what you mean by "proofreading software," some bots may qualify. See: WP:EIW#Bot. It's possible for someone with programming skills to run any sort of external text processing program on a Wikipedia page's text by using a bot (you could run any sort of spell check program, grammar and style checker, etc. that you can run on a text file, although the program would need to know how to ignore wikitext markup). In the unlikely event that you are an Emacs expert, you can probably use Emacs as an external editor for Wikipedia pages and do all sorts of things. (Probably an Emacs expert would not be asking a question like this on the Help desk; an Emacs expert would probably be sitting off somewhere feeling smugly superior to hoi polloi like the rest of us who labor with tools that are underpowered enough to be just comprehensible, Emacs being very much the opposite on both accounts.) --Teratornis (talk) 04:32, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Currency standards used by Wikipedia

Hi

I see that country GDPs, per capita incomes etc are expressed in US dollars. It would be easy to create a 'neutral' currency (WiCU - Wikipedia Currency Unit) made up of a combination of global median benchmarks based on inflation, GDP, etc. This master/ neutral currency would then be linked to a conversion engine such as Bloomberg's, Oanda or Wikipedia's own currency conversion software. On hovering over - for example - Spain, GDP = WiCU 785 billion, the cursor would bring up a window with a table: 1 WiCU = 1,2 USD 1 WiCU = 0,9 EUR 1 WiCU = xxx JPY etc etc [WiKU??? 'Kurrency'???]

Alternatively, pages could have a "Change currency for amounts on this page" feature, linked to an existing currency conversion engine.

Rui Gabriel Correia —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rui Gabriel Correia (talk • contribs) 11:06, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That would violate Wikipedia:No original research. Existing conversion systems use major currencies, such as the US dollar, as a benchmark. Shalom (Hello • Peace) 14:53, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia generally follows what everyone else does. As most economists and researchers use USD, Wikipedia does the same. --h2g2bob (talk) 15:41, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

On Wikipedia we have (or should have) some sort of written guideline for everything we do more than once. In this case the guidelines for currencies are in WP:$ on the Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dates and numbers) page. I looked that up by consulting the Editor's index: WP:EIW#Money. --Teratornis (talk) 04:45, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I should add that if you believe you have a way to improve an existing guideline, you can discuss it on the corresponding talk page, which in this case looks like it would be: Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (dates and numbers). But before suggesting any new guidelines, first read the corresponding talk page and any archived talk pages, to make sure you are not rehashing something that was already beat to death and settled. Wikipedia runs by WP:CONSENSUS, in theory at least, so you can be pretty sure that whatever appears in lots of Wikipedia articles has probably been agreed upon by lots of people. Getting them all to agree on something else can be like turning a battleship. Not impossible, but not necessarily easy for one guy in a rowboat. --Teratornis (talk) 04:49, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I might further add that being new to Wikipedia editing lowers the probability of one's suggestions getting very far here. Wikipedia has a number of features that tend to seem strange at first to new users (see: WP:REP). Before suggesting changes to Wikipedia policies or guidelines, one should have enough constructive edits to gain credibility (the magic threshold seems to be an edit count in the 1000 range, even though lots of Wikipedians claim not to consider edit count to be a valid measure of anything), and one should also be familiar with the major arguments for and against the existing policy or guideline before rekindling the debate. Obviously to get something changed, one must have new arguments that are more persuasive and compelling than the old arguments that led to the current scheme, and not just persuasive to oneself, but to all the people who may have a vested interest in the status quo. All I can say is, good luck with that. If you can change long-standing Wikipedia guidelines, you can probably also solve world hunger and bring democracy to Cuba. --Teratornis (talk) 05:01, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

ministers of pakistan

i want to know the names of all ministers of pakistan —Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.71.146.172 (talk) 11:14, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

See List_of_Chief_Ministers_of_Pakistan for the list of chief ministers. Please remember this desk is for using Wikipedia. Any other questions should be directed to the reference desk. Thank you. Happy New Year! The Helpful One ^(Talk)^{(Contributions)} 11:25, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Marking patrolled

How do you mark something "patroled" (I'm noticing that non-admins can do it too: [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&user=Hencetalk). And what does it accomplish? The Evil Spartan (talk) 13:10, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"[Mark this page as patrolled]" is a clickable link on the bottom righthand corner of new pages when you visit them from Special:Newpages. The link will not be displayed if you find your way to a new page in a different way. If you go to newpages you should see that certain pages are highlighted in yellow while others are not. The yellow articles have not been mark as patrolled thus providing you with information on what has been looked at already by others. For more information, please see Wikipedia:New pages patrol/patrolled pages.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 13:21, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a lot! The Evil Spartan (talk) 14:14, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome:-)--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 19:25, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Back to currencies

Hi

So my question was only half-answered: must everything always be denoted in USD, or can other major currencies be used?

--198.54.202.166 (talk) 15:27, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

yes major currencies only, and it is dependant on the article that its used in.--Kerotan ^{Leave Me a Message} Have a nice day :) 15:30, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please see this related discussion currently taking place: Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)#Dollar versus Euro (permanent link; see bottom of page).--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 17:00, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

In case you missed my late long-winded replies to the original question, see WP:$ for the currency guidelines. --Teratornis (talk) 05:04, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Cannot understand if the source is reliable in wikipedia

I want to use this source[6] as a reference for Crime in India article, but I am not sure if it can be regarded as reliable source or not. Please help.Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 15:42, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It seems reliable to me as a quick look over, let me dig deeper. Rt . 17:21, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, yeah seems fine. Remember to use inline citations. Rt . 17:26, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Such questions can also be asked at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:43, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Editing log in

After logging in, I click on "edit" and am sent to a page which informs me that I am not logged in. I log in again and the cycle repeats.

What is the solution?

Thanks

Please provide a link to the page. Happy New Year! The Helpful One ^(Talk)^{(Contributions)} 19:58, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds like you have cookies disabled. Wikipedia uses a log-in cookie to keep you logged in. To make sure cookies are enabled in Firefox, go to Tools -> Options -> Privacy tab -> Accept cookies from sites, and make sure the box is checked; for IE7, go to Tools -> Internet Options -> Privacy, and make sure the security level isn't set too high. Pyrospirit (talk · contribs) 21:16, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

citing info/sources

I edited an article about NPfIT and it en got it altered back by Wikipedia. I got a message stating "Welcome to Wikipedia, and thank you for your contributions. One of the core policies of Wikipedia is that articles should always be written from a neutral point of view. A contribution you made to National Programme for IT appears to carry a non-neutral point of view, and your edit may have been changed or reverted to correct the problem. Please remember to observe our core policies. Thank you. --VinceBowdren (talk) 16:03, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

P.S. I believe the points you were trying to make are valid; but they do need to be balanced, and backed up with citations - e.g. a newspaper report of a criticism issued by Liberty. Also, the introductory paragraph of the article is probably not the place for them - there is a paragraph dedicated to criticisms, which would be more appropriate. --VinceBowdren (talk) 16:07, 26 December 2007 (UTC)".

Being new to this sort of thing I was hoping that someone could supply with some basic information.

How do I cite emails? Do I have to put them in the article? How do you point out basic facts without appearing non-neutral? Is it possible to list the uses as a bullet point list? The list might seem controversial, but does that make it non-neutral? If listing them is non neutral, then why is not listing them seen as neutral? How do I cite information from news articles etc? Where do I cite them? Do I put a link in right away, or put it at the end? How do I challenge what is already on the site to ensure it is factually correct and not 'dumbing down' to the point it is basically wrong? As it stands it is factually incorrect to the point is almost a deliberate deception. It seems odd that it is acceptable to say it is OK to say 30,000 GPs will have access in the introduction, whilst the full list is not appropriate. An example of it being wrong is that it is not 30,000 GPs and hospitals, it is 1.2 million staff including ) staff at out of hour services and NHS direct (the BBC updated its news web site after I made a formal complaint about them claiming it was just 30,000 GPs and 300 hospitals). I was going to re-do my edit to take some info out, but I don’t know what to put in it or how to re-write it without being accused of being non-netural.

Who started the article on NPfIT?

If asked to, I can supply the emails from the NHS (including very senior managers) backing up, but I just don’t know where on the site I would need to put these emails. Some links are listed bellow

http://www.e-health-insider.com/news/3216/government_rejects_consent_call_for_sus_use http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2006/nov/01/health.medicineandhealth1 http://www.advisorybodies.doh.gov.uk/piag/piag140306mins.pdf http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=23&storycode=4115863&c=1 http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=35172&in_page_id=34 Medicalprivacy (talk) 19:56, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia content must be verifiable, based on published reliable sources. Unpublished emails cannot be used as sources. In fact, a template to cite emails was deleted at Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 April 19#Template:Cite email because use of it would be against policy. I suggested the deletion and like the final comment by WilyD: "Flagrently unverifiable. Would not be opposed to salting the template, then rolling it up in a carpet, throwing the carpet off a bridge into a river, then launching the river into a star, which could then be chucked into a black hole. Hopefully the information about the template would be destroyed as it was converted into Hawking radiation."

You ask a lot of questions. These links may answer some of them: Wikipedia:Neutral point of view, Wikipedia:Citing sources. article history. Changes to articles can be discussed on their talk page, in this case Talk:National Programme for IT. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:44, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

So I can not cite emails that were supplied by senior managers within Connecting for Health even though it would show the introduction on Wikipedia distorts the facts? The fact that the users put in 30,000 GPs is a deception and there is nothing anyone can do about it? A 'reliable souce' depands on where you get it from. I guess I will just have to assume info on Wikipedia is more a case of rummor than hard facts. Medicalprivacy (talk) 17:01, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

As mentioned, you cannot cite private emails. If Wikipedia allowed that then some people would make up mails or distort their true content beyond recognition. You should have a published reliable source to add content. See Wikipedia:Reliable sources for our take on this. It goes both ways: It's allowed to tag (for example with {{fact}}) or sometimes remove unsourced claims. See Wikipedia:Verifiability. And see also Wikipedia:Neutral point of view. I have not evaluated this case, but if you make a radical edit like [7] without prior discussion then don't be suprised when somebody reverts it.

Wikipedia has problems with people who add false or unreliable information. See Wikipedia:General disclaimer. If the information is sourced then other people can check the source. By the way, sign your discussion posts with ~~~~ at the end, and don't sign edits to articles. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:54, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Changing the skin to default skin

I was exploring the different available skins in Wikipedia and changed to a skin other than the default, but then I changed my mind and wanted to revert back to the default skin, but then I noticed that the SAVE button was responding to my clicks. I even on RESET hoping that this buton to would reset my profile to default settings, but that didn't help either. I looked into your FAQ, but couldn't find a similar problem's resolution. Pls help me to revert back to the default skin view. - Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sajjanj (talk • contribs) 20:04, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Go to my preferences and click on skins. You can change it back there -Brian Alexander (talk) 20:14, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I assume you meant to say that the save button was not responding to your clicks. Use this link to change skin instead. Brian Alexander's link is the normal preferences link which probably doesn't work for you. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:15, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That only changes the skin of one page view.--Patrick (talk) 01:07, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The link should keep you in MonoBook until you save a new skin or leave preferences. Everybody should be able to select and save another skin when they enter preferences that way. Sajjanj's problem was not being able to do that with the normal Special:Preferences link where you enter preferences in your current skin. This is a known problem with some skins. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:14, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I see, thanks.--Patrick (talk) 02:46, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dowloading to make a time consuming edit off line

I wish to make a major format change to a table in an article. It would be easiest for everyone if I could download the table, make the changes on my home machine, and then upload as a paste/insert to the existing article.

Can this be done? Is it approved? Any problems to watch out for? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.161.166.20 (talk) 20:39, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Specify which article please. Happy New Year! The Helpful One ^(Talk)^{(Contributions)} 20:58, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This can certainly be done. I don't know the circumstances but it can be a good idea to first suggest a major format change on the articles talk page and see if there are objections. Especially if it's a controversial table like in List of massacres which your IP address has worked on. There is a risk other editors will dislike your format and revert it. And it's possible somebody will edit the live table while you are working on an old copy. Then you should merge their changes into your revised table. You can reduce the risk of this by placing a template from Category:Under-construction templates when you download the table. Then others will know somebody is working on it. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:07, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You can use your mouse to copy-and-paste the wikitext (i.e. the contents of the edit box; the stuff you want to edit) into your favourite text editor (or at least into one that allows copy/paste), work on it as much as you like, then when you're ready, copy-and-paste it back ... except that as PrimeHunter said, others might have edited it meanwhile and you shouldn't just discard their edits. --Coppertwig (talk) 21:36, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Just to keep you in the loop, I have found a scannable list of over 4,000 massacres in a university library. Just thought I would try to make the list complete.Aaaronsmith (talk) 01:16, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Make sure you don't add copyright violations. And if you plan to add a large number of massacres then I strongly suggest discussing it on the talk page first. There is already discussion about which massacres to include. And "massacre" is so loosely defined that "complete" is very open to interpretation, but a thousand would certainly be way too many for a list with details about each. Also note that Wikipedia lists are often primarily or only intended for things already mentioned in other articles. Category:Massacres has plenty to pick from. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:45, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia Search Log

Hi, I have been using a mobile portal of Wikipedia (wapedia.mobi) and I see they have a log of recent document searches - suffix URL is: /Special:Searchlog

This doesn't appear to be a special page on Wikipedia itself, I wonder if there is one hidden away somewhere?

Anyone know?

Cheers

R —Preceding unsigned comment added by TetsuoTheRob (talk • contribs) 21:19, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have no idea, but if you go to User:Teratornis#Useful searches I have some search links you can click on to look for technical stuff like this in many of the places where people may have written about it. --Teratornis (talk) 05:08, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Can't find my own questions; codes in different colour, please.

I've asked questions here before and now I can't find them to know if they've been answered or not. Can I be notified one way or the other--and be given links? Can you notify me in my Talk page and with a New Message notice?

My new question is can you please change the way all the edit boxes are displayed? When I am editing an article it's really hard because the text and the codes are all in the same colour and intensity. Elsewhere in the 1990s I used to see the text in light face and the codes in bold, or something like that. Even better might be a colour difference. Thanks! Korky Day (talk) 21:43, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This Google search finds two old help desk pages with posts from you: [8] and [9]. In the second you also asked how to find old posts from you. Whenever somebody other than you edits your talk page, you should automatically get a new messages notice. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:57, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I'm continuing this on my help page because otherwise I'll lose track of it. Korky Day (talk) 02:54, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Text protection

HI

Where can I learn about protection for the texts I include in Wikipedia, please?

Thank you —Preceding unsigned comment added by MireilleDubreuil (talk • contribs) 22:01, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What kind of protection do you have in mind? Maybe one of these answers your question: Wikipedia:Protection policy (protection against vandalism and edit wars), Wikipedia:Deletion policy (limited protection against complete deletion), Wikipedia:Ownership of articles (protection - actually no protection - against changes by other editors), Wikipedia:Copyrights (limited protection against reuse of your text). PrimeHunter (talk) 22:14, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How to place a Wikipedia listing

I represent a writer who should be listed on your site. How do I place a Wikipedia entry?

Thank You

Elena Karina Byrne 22:15, 27 December 2007 (UTC)22:15, 27 December 2007 (UTC)~~

Please read WP:COI for Wikipedia's guidelines on conflict of interest, and WP:BIO for the guideline on notability. Please make sure that your client meets those guidelines before beginning the article. Then read Wikipedia:Your first article. Corvus cornix_talk 22:22, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Impossible Dream

Can you advise the original Singer of "Impossible Dream" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.164.226.206 (talk) 22:17, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This question would be better answered at the Entertainment Reference Desk. Corvus cornix_talk 22:22, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

While the above holds true, The Impossible Dream (The Quest) may be what you are looking for. You can do searches yourself using the search field on the left hand side of the screen.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 23:16, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Brights movement

Can somebody please fix the references on the Brights movement page? I don't undertand what the big red error messages are saying. Thanks. Corvus cornix_talk 22:20, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There was recently a software error for reference names containing digits. The software has been fixed so no edit is needed. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:54, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

well, it got fixed anyway. :) thanks. Corvus cornix_talk 23:06, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

consolidated in-line citations suddenly turn RED

RE: Daijō-kan, Gemmei, etc.

ALARM: Most of the citations in articles I've created over the past year seem to have suddenly turned RED ... not only in this specific article but in several others I quickly checked. What happened? I'm guessing that this appears to be a sudden systemic change -- an error not attributable to me? something bigger than me?

In each of the articles I have created, the consolidated in-line citations have been "named" with the first letter of the author's last name plus the relevant page number; ergo -- I've NOT created a name a mere integer ... and, although there has been no problem prior to 27 December 2007/17:00 (EST) ... everything has suddenly gone awry. --Ooperhoofd (talk) 23:01, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

See the section immediately above this. There was a software change that got reverted. :) Corvus cornix_talk 23:07, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If a page hasn't fixed itself by now then purge it or make a null edit. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:17, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia on SmartPhone using Windows Mobile 6.0

How can I best use wikipedia on my SmartPhone using windows mobile 6.0? Using the desktop version is so slow on my phone. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Paparomeroalpha (talk • contribs) 23:46, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know the technology but try seeing Wikipedia:WAP access. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:48, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I discovered the answer: http://en.wap.wikipedia.org/ Resolved. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Paparomeroalpha (talk • contribs) 06:18, 28 December 2007 (UTC) {Resolved|1=Paparomeroalpha (talk) 06:20, 28 December 2007 (UTC)}[reply]

December 28

Using the Wikipedia Open Ticket Request System

I sent an email to info-en-q@wikimedia.org on 26 December 2007 and received no response. I expected some kind of acknowledgment. Today I found the Wikpedia Open Ticket Request System Wikipedia:OTRS. I found it highly confusing as it does not make it clear how to initiate contact. I eventually emailed en.ABCD+wikipedia@gmail.com, expecting a Ticket. I still received nothing. What am I doing wrong ? Is my gmail address regarded as spam ? I followed the guidelines on this page. I wrote a short email where I was polite and straight to the point.

Perhaps I am over-reacting but I am becoming increasingly distressed by the complete lack of response from Wikipedia while on the receiving end of invectives and false accusations by an established Wikipedia editor. He/she remains aggressive and uncompromising while hiding behind the safety of his/her pseudonym. Unfortunately, he/she has chosen to make false accusations using my full real name on a talk page and refuses to remove it. Ironically, he thanked me for being polite and honest. I do not wish to engage in a flame war with him/her. I just want this unpleasant matter to go away quickly. Perhaps in my haste I am going through the wrong channels. Sorry about that. Can you help ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.145.220.20 (talk) 23:54, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If you're looking to contact OTRS, I suggest you do so via Wikipedia:Contact us; beyond that, sounds like some internal affairs. I'll see if I can get an OTRS volunteer to peek at this thread. Other than that, you could send another email. – Luna Santin (talk) 02:39, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm one of the OTRS volunteers; if you'd like to email me about the problem and let me know what email address you used, I can look up the ticket for you and see if there is something we can do to assist you. Depending on the type and complexity of the issue, it may take several days to more than a week for a volunteer to respond to your email. You will often find that on-wiki problems are solved much more quickly using the on-wiki processes, for instance, in your case, you may wish to review the procedures at dispute resolution. If another editor is violating policies by attacking you or outing your real identity, you may wish to use Wikipedia:Wikiquette alerts or in extreme cases, notify an administrator. You're also welcome to contact me at my talk page if I can be of assistance, but please be aware that talk pages aren't a good place to leave confidential information, such as your email address. Shell ^babelfish 04:04, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The only time you even get an email response from OTRS, just to say we got your email, is when we reply to it. I am also on the OTRS team with Shell, so I can see what is going on. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 05:34, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Remember it is the holiday season, the OTRS workers are volunteers and may not be spending as much time as usual about now. Mr.Z-man 06:01, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Images of oneself and rights

I want to upload an image of myself for my user page, an image which I own. Can I do so retaining enough rights that I can specify that it is only allowed to be posted on my user page? If so, what kind of attribution can I use? Is there a way for me to retain all rights and restrict it to just my user page? Charles 03:15, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think if it's to be used outside of article space, an image must be under a free license. I don't believe you'd be able to limit its use to only your user page. Pyrospirit (talk · contribs) 03:18, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You could upload it that the author of picture (ie yourself) would have to be attributed to the picture. lemme just look it up.--Kerotan ^{Leave Me a Message} Have a nice day :) 03:19, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, I am eager to see what the options are. Charles 03:20, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

[10] Here is the one I was referring to. would that do?--Kerotan ^{Leave Me a Message} Have a nice day :) 03:24, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Looks good, but not the best, but still good. Is that as far as I can restrict the use of my image on Wikipedia? Charles 03:37, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No. Free content can be reused by anyone for anything. --teb728 t c 07:38, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Creative Commons Attribution license is the "most restrictive" that can be placed on personal user pages. Anything higher like copyrighted pictures require fair use in order to be on Wikipedia articles. Unfortunately, personal user pages cannot have fair use pictures, only "free" pictures. --Hdt83 ^Chat 08:04, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Polarity therapy page missing [edit]

The first sentence has been altered incorrectly however there is no [edit] choice for just that line. The first appearance of [edit] seems to apply only to subsequent material.

Johnchitty (talk) 04:09, 28 December 2007 (UTC)Johnchitty[reply]

Simple enough, just click the "edit this page" tab at the top. Good luck! Soxred93 has a boring sig 04:24, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Markup error

Does anyone have a clue why the following markup does not render correctly? It's the lead from a stub I was about to write.

'Antoine Dadine D'Autreserre (1602–1682) was a French jurist. He was also referred to as Dadinus, Dadino, Hauteserre or Alteserra.

Thanks! Sandstein (talk) 07:02, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I am not sure, but I did find a solution, albeit a rather messy one.

Antoine Dadine D'Autreserre (1602–1682) was a French jurist. He was also referred to as ''Dadinus'', ''Dadino''', ''Hauteserre'' or ''Alteserra''.

--Kerotan ^{Leave Me a Message} Have a nice day :) 07:12, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, but sorry for the trouble. I've found the problem: a superfluous apostroph mark after "Dadino". Best, Sandstein (talk) 07:23, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

To update Special:Ancientpages

How does one update Special:Ancientpages? Can somebody go ahead and do that? Please, Let Us Update Special:Ancientpages. Thank you. —Preceding comment was added at 08:00, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I see you've already posted at the appropriate talk page. Perhaps you could put a {{editprotected}} tag there and ask for an update; otherwise, it's probably worth proposing for deletion, if they're not going to bother to update more than once a year. The Evil Spartan (talk) 09:46, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You can't delete special pages. --uǝʌǝs ʎʇɹnoɟ ʇs(st47) 00:50, 29 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Looking for information on Italian Miliarty records.

My grandfather fought in world war 2, and i came on here seeking information. Just wondering does Wiki provide any info on Italian soldiers who fought during the second world war?

74.56.118.12 (talk) 08:12, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Italy is mentioned frequently throughout the World War II article, and there's a section on their involvement in the war at Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946)#World War II and the fall of Fascism.

Is that the information you were looking for? CattleGirl ^talk 09:07, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

See also Military history of Italy during World War II. Few individual soldiers are mentioned in Wikipedia, often high-ranking officers. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:53, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Depicting Muhammed in pictures at Wikipedia article

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

Dear Sirs,

I would like to thank you for your work at wikipedia. However, I have a problem with depicting The Prophet Muhammed in the wikipedia article in the link above.

Although the images are taken from 15th and 16th century drawings, and I know they are historical documents, it is still not allowed in the current Islamic faith to draw pictures of the Prophet. The reason for that is due to respect for Him and His companions. This is to distinguish Him. Add to that the recent dispute and problems caused by the caricatures two years ago.

I hope you take this into consideration. I suggest blurring the face in the images if you cannot remove them all together.

Thank you, Best regards,

Rajy K. Al-Rayyes —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.35.72.140 (talk) 09:21, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Mr. Al-Rayys, and thanks for your comments. However, Wikipedia has a policy: Wikipedia is not censored, which means that it adds text and photographs even if people sometimes find them offensive (whether that be swearing, blasphemy, or sexually explicit photos). In fact, if you review the talk page and its archives, you will see this issue has been talked about extensively, even ad nauseum. Please note I do not always agree with the policy, but it stands as is. You are welcome to make suggestions, however, at WT:NOT to a change in policy. The Evil Spartan (talk) 09:44, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Disambiguation template thingy... (SOLVED)

Resolved

Can someone please fix my disambiguation template here: Glow-in-the-dark - I looked on the WP, info disambiguation page but I was overwhelmed with information since I am late for a meeting. I sorta made something up, which obviously didn't work! Otherwise please leave the explanation here and I will fix it when I get home tonight. Thanks! Saudade7 12:15, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:D for disambiguation information. Happy New Year! The Helpful One ^(Talk)^{(Contributions)} 12:23, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks The Helpful One, but alas, that was the page that I said I didn't have time to read through because I was late to meet someone! No worries, someone has answered the question below! Happy New Year! Saudade7 19:59, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You could use {{subst:dis|Glow-in-the-dark|Bioluminescence|Chemiluminescence|Phosphorescence|Radioluminescence}}, but that {{Dis}} template seems to preclude any explanation of the articles linked. Alternatively, you could just do it manually: leave the article as you have it now, remove the dis template and add a generic {{disambig}} template, which produces the "This is a disambiguation page" bit at the bottom of the page. There may be a way to add article explanations in a template, but I haven't found it yet! --Kateshort forbob 14:56, 28 December 2007 (UTC)There is a list of templates[reply]

Thanks Kateshort forbob, I will fix it now. Happy New Year and Thanks! Saudade7 19:59, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

About ISP Market in Bangla Desh

Need to know all about ISP —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.169.11.122 (talk) 13:11, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This page is for questions about editing Wikipedia. Please consider asking this question at the Reference desk. They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. You could always try searching Wikipedia for an article related to the topic you want to know more about. I hope this helps. Happy New Year! The Helpful One ^(Talk)^{(Contributions)} 13:30, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

getting wikipedia CD

dear sir/madam

i want to buy a wikipedia CD can you please tell me where can i find Wikipedia CD's near Delhi,India region?

thank you —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.163.49.198 (talk) 14:18, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If you can accesss bit torrent you can download a copy - see Wikipedia:Wikipedia-CD/Download. Regards, Ben Aveling 14:59, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Resolving persistent errors in category info-box

The category box at the foot of Daijō-kan identifies it as having inadequate reference sources. Whatever else may be construed as a flaw, it is obviously not lacking in-line citations nor bibliographic source notes. I can't figure out how to delete this mistake? Rather than contacting you for help, what could I have done differently to resolve this anomaly?

EXAMPLE -->> Categories: All articles with unsourced statements | Articles with unsourced statements since December 2007 | Government of feudal Japan | Meiji Restoration | Government of Japan | Government ministers of Japan

Is there a systematic way for me to figure out how this happened or how to avoid this kind of problem in other articles? --Ooperhoofd (talk) 15:29, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Find Junior Taxation Undersecretary or (more generally) "citation". - CarbonLifeForm (talk) 15:46, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it's caused by {{Failed verification}}, added in [12]. Categories are often added by templates. If you click "edit this page" then the bottom of the window shows the transcluded templates. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:35, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Images

How Do I Link To An Article Via An Image (Ie: You Click The Image And The Browser Takes You To A Page Instead Of The Images Description Page?) Thanx! xxx Hyper Girl (talk) 15:31, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You have to do it in a rather indirect way: imagemaps. See mw:Extension:ImageMap for examples. Instead of having multiple hot-spots, you will want the whole image to be one big hotspot. -- kainaw ™ 15:49, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've got the following code:

<imagemap> Image:Wikipedia-logo.png|100px
rect 0 0 400 360  [[Main page]]
desc none
</imagemap>

Which produces:

test

But I can't click the image. It should link to the main page but it doesn't. I'm really not sure what to do here. Any help? Thanx! xxx Hyper Girl (talk) 16:41, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

See the code - I changed the rect to default. It works now and is easier than defining a rect. -- kainaw ™ 17:12, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much Kainaw! xxx User:Hyper Girl 17:22, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

search

where would I go or what would I use to find a specific person? 71.7.201.72 (talk) 16:23, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Click here and then type what you want to search for in the box and click "search". Good luck! xxx Hyper Girl (talk) 16:33, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Can I use a widget on Wikipedia to import a photo gallery?

Is there a way and is it acceptable practice to use a widget on Wikipedia in order to import a photo gallery? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.77.16.6 (talk) 17:02, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Most images uploaded to Wikipedia are deleted because they are not properly licensed for use on Wikipedia. As such, you need to upload your images one at a time and indicate the licensing for each image. -- kainaw ™ 17:08, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Article written as an advertisment

I see this message on the RAQ wiki page and wonder what I can do to make it not read like an ad. I have zero affiliation with the band and live on the other side of the country from them. I have no agenda other then adding an info page on RAQ to explain what and who RAQ is. I thought I was doing this by not adding tour dates and such. Just a bio and a list of albums and songs, thats it. What can I do different? I admit I am a total kneub here.

Smiles, Mark —Preceding unsigned comment added by Marklar1025 (talk • contribs) 17:52, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What you can do to improve the page, in this case, is basically cutting out stuff that sounds like an ad campaign or advertising and replace it with more encyclopedic language. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, and is written from a neutral point of view. The article you mentioned, RAQ, looks like a positive review or poster for the article, which is definitely not what Wikipedia is supposed to be. Just try to cut out some of that stuff, find independent, reliable sources for it so that it's not just using the band's own website, and it'll improve the article a lot. Be bold in editing; if you mess something up, it's really no big deal and it can be quite easily fixed. And considering the current state of the article, I somehow doubt you'll make it worse. Pyrospirit (talk · contribs) 19:27, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

2 Questions regarding posting

My Grandfather's page has erroneously listed his name as “Gus” Kenneally when his name was George & his nickname was “Gigi.” How do I change it ?

Also I posted a picture of him on the site & it was taken down for Verification? Not sure how to put a picture on it…..

I am a long time site user …just not versed in how to add or change stuff….

Can someone help? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gus_Kenneally —Preceding unsigned comment added by 170.63.96.108 (talk) 20:02, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

To change the title of a page, you need to move the page to the new title. To do this, you need to create an account, four days after which you'll be able to move pages. (Newly registered users can't move pages.) I'll move the page myself for this article. For images, they need to be released under a free license or fair use, so it might have been deleted if no license was specified. Pyrospirit (talk · contribs) 20:30, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

create page for a candidate

Hi:

We are trying to create a page for a candidate. How do we do this properly? We just received a message, (don't know how to reply to it) stating we were making unconstructive changes or what appeared to be vandalism. Of course, that is not our intent. Therefore, what is the proper way to create a page for a candidate?

Because we may not be able to find your response on this page, as we are unsure of how to properly use Wikipedia, please send a reply to info@gaacs.org.

Thank you! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Freda Stevens (talk • contribs) 21:11, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please read WP:SPA, WP:COI, m:Role account, WP:NPOV, WP:RS, and WP:BIO. --Teratornis (talk) 23:15, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Your edit here may have resembled "vandalism" because you posted some information on a user page that belonged on that user's talk page. Please read Help:Talk page to learn how we communicate with other users on Wikipedia. --Teratornis (talk) 23:20, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalizing my contributions

A user named Duplicity notified me that they removed links to my blog which I'd added to several Wikipedia articles: [13]

Duplicity did not tell me which articles he/she removed links from & I'd like to find out how I can track this down. Second, I replied to Duplicity that I am not violating a conflict of interest rule because I am an established expert in the fields I write about--the Israeli Palestinian conflict. I have an MA in this field, publish widely in established media like The Guardian, Los Angeles Times & have been interviewed for my expertise by the NY Times, Seattle Post Intelligencer, Jewish Forward and other publications.

I also have a chapter that will be published in a book of essay by Verso Books on the Israeli Palestinian conflict this September.

The information in my blog is always sourced to reputable Israeli and U.S. media and my posts are highly researched. I only link posts to Wikipedia articles that are directly relevant & where I think a Wikipedia reader would gain added knowledge of the subject.

Is there any way I can prevent people like Duplicity from vandalizing my contributions? Richard (talk) 21:37, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Your contributions were not "vandalized" by Duplicity; they were reverted because the external links you added weren't appropriate for the article. Regardless of whether you are considered an expert in a subject, you still have a conflict of interest in adding a link to your own blog. Also, blogs are generally not considered reliable sources, partly because they inherently have the point of view of whoever writes them. What you can do is discuss your sources and links on the article's talk page and explain why they should be included in the article; this avoids issues with having a conflict of interest. And, being an expert on the subject, your help with improve the articles will be welcome. Pyrospirit (talk · contribs) 22:49, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category mishap

Hmm. . . well I must have forgotten a step somewhere. I just added a Category:WikiProject contemporary music articles (click the red link, it works) link to the new {{Template:Contemporary music}}. It seems to display some of the talk pages, but doesn’t believe the category has been created yet. :) Should I have avoided trying to create the category and add it in the same step? Thanks, --S.dedalus (talk) 22:28, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The page itself hasn't been made - just go to Category:WikiProject contemporary music articles, click edit and type a brief description. The box for editing gets placed near the bottom of the page. --h2g2bob (talk) 23:47, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh yeah, DUH.

Now I feel silly. Thanks for your help; I didn’t realize a potential category could be filled with articles like that before it even existed! --S.dedalus (talk) 00:51, 29 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

December 29

Dual licencing

The image [:image:DNA_polymerase.svg] is released under two licences with the allowance that you may choose either. One, the GNU one, says that you can't use it on the cover of a textbook (an extremely random stipulation if you ask me; not much stranger than saying "you can't use it on page 37 or 62") while the Creative Commons one imposes no such restriction. So what's the point of providing two licences in this way? What does GNU give that CC can't? --Seans Potato Business 00:14, 29 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

rated articles

Is there any kind of mark to evaluate articles in terms of quality?

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December 24

Hurt (Self-titled)

Cannot open account

robin williams

Wiktionary

Musical Symbols

Article is causing a redirect

e-mail

Purpose?

olive oil

Want to display Fortune 1000 list on my computer

Idea for wikipedia

Long lost friend

templatesf

New user help

This question is not about using Wikipedia, but I'm not sure where else to ask

Erroneous entry on The Brights' Net page (December 24, 2007)

The word "search" in many languages

Automatic WP to Commons image transfer

User style

Infobox

What is bread?

December 25

noinclude style tags for cross-project use

Editing a Title

Is there a template...

Blocked IP address

aerofoil

Question about WP:EL

New Article for already used name

Editing an article

Indian wedding card Invitation quotation sample

You won't let me sign in. Why?

how to add a new article?

Something is spelled wrong and I can't find the "edit" link!

How To Make An Artice

December 26

Why have I been bloccked indefinitely?

Articles by age

Text alignment

Highlights

Plagiarism

how to remove images used for spam

Removing Subpages and userpage, talkpage.

Uno Spin card game rules

download link in article

University of Nalanda

What's the point of this box?

Military bases in US States

Reverse a list

publishing a new page

Wikithoritarianism vs. Wikidemocratism

December 27

Citing a reference's author

WTIC-FM Article Update Question

capitalism

usability from the "secure" wikipedia

Auto marking as patrolled

infobox for "pronunciation" and "also called"

system security scanner

I'm confused about where to do the content editing?

Archive

Account appears to be linked to a single language

Proofreading

Currency standards used by Wikipedia

ministers of pakistan

Marking patrolled

Back to currencies

Cannot understand if the source is reliable in wikipedia

Editing log in

citing info/sources

Changing the skin to default skin

Dowloading to make a time consuming edit off line

Wikipedia Search Log

Can't find my own questions; codes in different colour, please.

Text protection

How to place a Wikipedia listing

Impossible Dream

Brights movement

consolidated in-line citations suddenly turn RED