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Leaving messages on other Wikipedia editions in English

I am looking for advice on whether it is possible to leave a message on the Greek Wikipedia on an English page seeking advice on sorting out our Kalamaki article. Is there a page in the Greek Wikipedia where I can do that? Capitalistroadster 07:04, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  • If you go through the list of Wikipedians by nationality and come across some Greek ones, you can see if they've got Greek userpages linked and leave your question there. They're bound to understand that. Failing that, you could try finding the Greek equivalent of the village pump on help desk. - Mgm|(talk) 08:01, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thanks MGM. I might just leave a message on their talk pages on the English Wikipedia. Capitalistroadster 09:19, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

topology

Moved to WP:RD/SCI, wich is the apropriate place for this type of questions.

Percentage

What does mean the percentage after a subject:eg Loading 44%

J. vautier

If you are referring to a "Progress Bar" it means that the task underway is 44% complete. --hydnjo talk 19:55, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Does Wikipedia Have A Search Tool?

I was wondering if Wikipedia had some kind of downloadable search bar/toolbar that I can download as an add-on for my browser. Something similar to Google Toolbar or Yahoo Toolbar that I can just type into from whatever page my browser is on go directly to a Wikipedia entry. Please let me know. Thanks.

Jason

there is an extension for firefox that does what you disscribe but I don't know about IE.Geni 15:10, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
The Wikipedia extension for Firefox can be found here. *Dan T.* 15:19, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Here is a bookmark that I keep handy for a WP specific Google search. --hydnjo talk 19:46, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

page statistics

is there a way within wikipedia to check page statistics (# of visits, etc...)? --Habibkoite 15:58, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

No. While that feature exists in Mediawiki, the software Wikipedia uses, it has been disabled on Wikipedia itself for performance reasons. — File:Ontario trillium sig.pngmendel ☎ 17:47, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Bad first content experience - Fawcett5

Hello, During the last hour, I have tried to get several links and new content in place. While I am the owner of all the content, the Admin "Fawcett5" quickly deleted what I entered so that I am on my third iteration and ready to pass.

Why such zeal, when it is clear that I am in the middle of an edit session.

Also, I am disappointed that having just placed some content, I got a message that the ownership of the material was in question an thus marked for "speedy delete?".

So I immediately responded with proof of ownership, by your "Fawcett5" already deleted it. This whole transaction was less than 15 minutes!

Due to the person's aggressive actions, I found my first posting experience to be very difficult and disappointing. Ckuelzow 18:00, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  • This user has repeatedly recreated articles that are cut-and-paste copyright violations from a website, even having been warned not to do so by other admins and (later) by myself. The articles in question were in any case designed to drive traffic to his web site, and were most definitely speediable. The non-speediable article the user created is listed on Afd. Fawcett5 18:07, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Wow,
Normally I would just let this alone. However, as a business person, I know that feedback is important. I often make an effort to provide it when I believe that it can be helpful. So I will address this dispute as follows:
I looked at your official deletion policy. Your actions seem to demonstrate a willingness to be very flexible in your interpretation and execution of it.
Forget the low credibility and truth surrounding your assertions. Why so quick to act? BTW "repeatedly recreated articles" - laughable from this vantage (The whole engagement lasted less than two hours and had maybe 4 objects involved and only lasted that long since it took me a while to figure out what you were doing.)
However, judgmental and uninformed, your reply seems to be just as unfriendly/unproductive as your actions. I find the whole experience wanting.
On the other hand, I am a fluent SME in the topics I was trying to flesh out. This whole effort was counterproductive. I judge your actions and rationalizations to be capricious. Ckuelzow 18:37, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • If you complain about someone on a public forum like this, it's probably not going to improve your relationship with Fawcett5. Remember, from what I can see Fawcett has been around a bit longer than you have so he's likely to have detailed knowledge about Wikipedia's policies. Try putting your anger aside and ask Fawcett what exactly was wrong with your initial entry (before you recreated it) on his talk page. The speedy deletion criteria (WP:CSD) may also hold some useful information. If you want helpful responses that queries and comments, it's also useful to link to the article you're talking about using double square brackets. Let me know if you need any help and I'll try to give you a hand in making sure you've got something that won't get deleted. - Mgm|(talk) 19:22, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Hello,
Thank you for your sincere comments and suggestions. First time content providers would benefit greatly from your open and generous input.
Since my last entry, I spent a bit more time probing policy and admin dynamics. For whatever it is worth, I see evidence of a self-aggrandizing 'priesthood' controlling/influencing access and content. Frankly, people like me (with content of interest/value) are put off by that. Ckuelzow 19:52, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Try it again with the intention of making an encyclopedia article. I read your SKIER article and have to say it was fairly unintelligible to me although the english appeared ok. I am guessing it was about some kind of database structure or software product, but you should have started the article with a paragraph of enough info for someone to at least guess what realm of knowledge you were addressing. Is it a patented computer product, a class of processes, a recognizable computer science term? There is nothing wrong with an article with esoteric technical knowledge, but it needs at least an orienting definitional paragraph that will be clear to a large portion of the readership. That might have made Fawcett5 less likely to think it was advertising for a proprietary product. You are probably correct that you have information to offer that we would value. Please try again, but show us you can write something more encyclopedic. alteripse 01:11, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I agree; perhaps if you revise them to include more information and examples about what those articles are talking about, I'd consider changing my vote from Delete to Keep. *Dan T.* 01:54, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks to you both. As I am able I will take some "baby steps". As an example, I just fleshed out the "Impedance mismatch" object. I will hold off making several of the obvious links. I could use your feedback/suggestions so I can build my sense of how to better deliver content. Ckuelzow 13:43, 12 October 2005(UTC)

AFD

I went through the 'New Pages' special page and found Pope Urban II. I followed all the instructions on the WP:AFD page, but it won't show up in the log. Could someone make it show, please? It's... Thelb4! 18:05, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Are you sure you have the right article? Pope Urban II is not a new page and it doesn't meet AfD requirements. — Kjammer ⌂ 18:45, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I found the problem, the article you want is Pope Urban ll (lowercase 'L' not capital 'i'), the deletion page is called "Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pope Urban ll" (again lowercase 'LL', not capital 'ii'), but the page you added to WP:AFD was "Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pope Urban II" (with capital 'ii') which doesn't exist. Also the Afd discussion links to the wrong article. Pope Urban ll must have been speedied, because nonsense articles meet WP:CSD requirements. — Kjammer ⌂ 18:55, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Repeat log-ins

I've been using WP for two months now (11 Oct.05), pretty much all the time on my original log-in. Over the last few days I find myself having to log-in every time. Common problem?--shtove 19:20, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Have you checked the "Remember me" box at Login? --hydnjo talk 19:36, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
It's just the main page that prompts you to log in. If you click a link you'll probably find that you're already logged in. Gillean666 20:26, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks to both: Yes, the box is checked, and clicking on a link doesn't do it (any old link?). I'm sure I haven't done anything differently, and I was guessing WP had changed its set-up. Maybe it's my set-up.--shtove 20:52, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]


I'm currently logged in, but if I go to the main page of WP create account/log in still shows but if I click on any link it, the new page shows I am logged in. Gillean666 21:16, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
It could be a caching issue...? Have you tried refreshing your view of the Main Page? TenOfAllTrades(talk) 02:08, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
This happens to me quite frequently, and it is NOT just the main page, soemtimes I am logged in viewing a page, click edit, adn find I am editing logged out. Sometimes flushign the browser cache helps, soemtimes deletign cookies does, soemtimes nothing but leaving wikipedia dn closing all browser windows seems to help. DES (talk) 02:38, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Shtove, just for the record, what browser/version are you using? Perhaps someone with the same might chime in. --hydnjo talk 03:35, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Minor (Deletion) Edits

Is it against policy to mark the placement of deletion templates (ex. {{subst:afd}}, {{delete}}, {{subst:tfd}}, etc.) as minor? I thought I read something like this earlier, but I can't find it. Did the policy change? I would imagine something drastic as a speedy tag wouldn't be something minor. — Kjammer ⌂ 20:21, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  • Suggesting deletion is not a minor change, but I wouldn't have thought it to be a huge issue, as pages with these templates are by definition reviewed by others before action is taken. Compared to, for example, masking vandalism as minor edits, it's not that bad.--Kwekubo 21:16, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • It's not explicitly forbidden, but when I read the deletion policy it was suggested it's a bad idea because people might think you're trying to sneak in a deletion. The whole point of minor edits is that they don't need major scrutiny if another editor trusts you. Not breaking that trust is the best thing you can do. I would very much advise against marking them as minor. Why would you want to do that anyway? - Mgm|(talk) 21:45, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
If I remember correctly, the practice of marking deletion nominations as minor was brought up in the GRider arbitration case. It was lumped in with a collection of other problems under the heading of disrupting Wikipedia to make a point, so no explicit ruling on that specific action was made. I believe that marking such edits as minor is generally considered a Bad Thing.
I note that some editors have set their preferences to mark edits as minor by default; I would suggest that it's a forgiveable mistake if the edit summary for the nomination clearly indicates what you've done. You're always using edit summaries, right? :D TenOfAllTrades(talk) 02:03, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
For the record, it is not me making the minor edits. I just noted a handful of users who do this, and last week I have commented on one of their talk pages about this, although with little eveidence supporting the notion of minor delete edits being bad, I ended up informing him/her to write "speedy" or "delete" in the edit summary rather than leaving a blank minor. — Kjammer ⌂ 02:47, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

WIKIPEDIA ON S-L-O-W Server

WILL SOMEONE PLEASE MOVE THE WIKIPEDIA WEBSITE TO A FASTER SERVER BEFORE IT GRINDS TO A HALT?

WIKIPEDIA'S SERVERS ARE NOT UPTO SCRATCH IN TERMS OF SPEED. --Londonlinks

Londonlinks - see m:servers. Wikipedia has roughly 100 high-end servers. The problem is that this whole site has become far too popular far too quickly - every time we add new servers, the traffic surges and wipes out all the gains from the addition of the new servers. →Raul654 21:07, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • To get more servers, we simply need money - donating some via the link on the left will have a direct effect on speed. An order for more servers was placed in September following the fundraising drive, but I don't know whether they're hooked up yet. The more hardware we get, the better Wikipedia can keep up with the spiralling demand. --Kwekubo 21:12, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Public Domain image uploading

I want to use an image for an article I'm writing on Snap-dragon, the Victorian parlour game. I believe that it's in the public domain due to age, but does that mean I can copy it from a website and upload it to Wikipedia? The image in question is Tenniel's illustration of a snap-dragon-fly in Through the Looking Glass (http://www.sabian.org/Alice/lgchap03.htm). Ziggurat 21:55, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

That's tricky, because PD applies if the author has died more than 70 years ago. Now the author to the STORY has died more than 70 years ago, but we don't know who illustrated it. Given the time the story was written, I think you'd be safe uploading it to commons under the public domain, but it would be nice to know who the illustrator was and when he/she died. -Greg Asche (talk) 02:44, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, easy, the illustrator was very famous - John Tenniel - and yes, he died more than 70 years ago. I guess what I'm asking is can I take the PD image from another website (which is otherwise copyrighted, I believe), or does the image actually have to be scanned in in order to be PD? Ziggurat 02:59, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
If an image is PD it is PD (and this one is), and you can take it from any source and upload it. No one can copyright a PD image (or text), and If soemone uses PD materiel along with copyrighted content, you may always take the PD content and reuse it in any way you wish, including uplaoding it to wikipedia. You must credit the origina source (John Tenniel in this case) and it would be a good idea to indicate the site or other source (book if scanned) from which you obtained the image. Note that if someone alteres a PD image in a creative way, they may obtain a copyright on the altered result. Simple cropping or rescaling is probably not creative enough, however. DES (talk) 15:05, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! The image in question has been cleaned up and added to Snap-dragon (game). Ziggurat 21:49, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
In the UK there is copyright in typographical arrangment, so a republished book might have a copyright even if the text doesn't, so, at least in the UK, you can, in a way, copyright public domain text, without changing it. There is a significant market in new editions of out of copyright works. IANAL
--David Woolley 18:48, 14 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

RSS support for wiki

does wikipedia has RSS / Atom support?

Yep, see Wikipedia:Syndication for a list of all the different feeds. -Greg Asche (talk) 02:45, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

hi

i am doing a reference list and i am using a sumo wrestling site and i do not know where the author is located on the sight. there is a section that says reference on the bottom and i dont know if that is author or not

If this is a page from Wikipedia, try Wikipedia:Citing Wikipedia. Shimgray | talk | 00:31, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Please see Wikipedia:Citing Wikipedia for information on citing an article for your paper. The references section you see on the article's page are the references that the writers of tha page used for their research. Dismas|(talk) 00:33, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

How do I find out new entries to wikipedia?

Hi there, I'm looking for a page that shows new entries (new entries + descrition) to wikipedia and a page that shows new requests to wikipedia. If those pages exist, do they have RSS feeds? Thanks in advance

Special:Newpages has recently created pages. -- SCZenz 02:04, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Also see Wikipedia:Syndication for info on RSS and Atom feeds. Dismas|(talk) 03:06, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Requests that haven't yet been created are on Wikipedia:Requested articles. - Mgm|(talk) 04:40, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

How do you revert to earlier versions of articles?

Hi, I know this may seem like a newbie question but this is my last resort. I couldn't find anything in the help files about it. Basically, when someone vandalises a Wikipedia article, how would I a) clean up the vandalism or b) revert to an earlier version of the article? I would really like to know.

We were all newbies once, so don't worry about it. :) The page you're looking for is Wikipedia:Revert. And you may want to consider making an account! Titoxd(?!?) 03:43, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Question on Carpal Tunnel Syndrome article

Hi! While I was reading the article on Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, I came across this line:

"It is endangered in carpal tunnel surgery is a fraudulent surgery for cases of mercury poisoning with the incision over the carpal tunnel is made to far laterally (thumb side)."

It doesn't read quite right, and it seems as if the bit about mercury poisoning was just stuck in. If someone could fix it, that would be great! Thanks a bunch,

theh

Thanks for your suggestion. When you believe an article needs improvement, please feel free to change it. You can edit almost any article on Wikipedia by just following the Edit link at the top of the page. We encourage you to be bold in updating pages, because wikis like ours develop faster when everybody edits. Don't worry too much about making honest mistakes—they're likely to be found and corrected quickly. You can always preview your edits before you publish them or test them out in the sandbox. If you need additional help, check out our getting started page or ask the friendly folks at the Teahouse. Titoxd(?!?) 04:47, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The sentence is garbage. I will delete. See how I linked to the article with brackets above to make it easier to go check? alteripse 05:12, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I just checked. The entire article had been vandalized with mercury nonsense. It was already reverted back to the right text. alteripse 05:16, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Where Is .............?

I was just wondering where exactly I can find the old--from the year of 1945--Popeye cartoon short called/entitled "Mess Production"???!!! I have been searching "high and low" all around the web for it, but have so far failed to find it.

~anon

Short answer: It's not on Wikipedia.
Long answer: This page is for asking questions about Wikipedia. You can try and ask this question on the Reference Desk. It is likely that what you are looking for isn't on the internet, probably because the short was made thirty-something years before the invention of the World Wide Web, and no one has an incentive to upload it. — Kjammer ⌂ 05:17, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

transilating in tamil language.

I heard about the transilation plan of some articles into all languages. I am Bagerathan studies at Univercity of Jaffna, SriLanka. I like to join in that project to trasilate them into Tamil. Could you give me the full details please?

--Bagerathan.

You should check out the Tamil Wikipedia and ask around there about projects translating articles into Tamil. Anyone can edit a wiki, so you probably could just start translating articles from English into Tamil over there. See also Wikipedia:Multilingual coordination and Wikipedia:Interlanguage links for more information. Kewp (t) 11:22, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

DIFFERENCE

WHATIS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RATE AND RATIO? WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF CALCULATING RATES?

Long answer: This page is for asking questions about Wikipedia. You can try and ask this question on the Reference Desk. and please don't SHOUT :-) --Gillean666 11:03, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure exactly how to ask this question, but I'll try to be as clear as possible. Is there any tool/program in Wikipedia to show me the path of links i can take to get from one page to another?

Rephrase for clarification: Is there there a wiki page where i can type the addresses of two wiki entries and then finds me what material they have in common?

For example: WikiGames such as "six degrees of separation" have users try to find links between two random pages. Is there something that can find these links/paths for me?

why does my username appear in red when I make an edit?

Why does my username appear in red when I made an edit and all the other usernames appear in blue?

Once you have made an edit to your user page your username link will turn blue.--Gillean666 11:00, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • It's not just your username. All links to non-existing pages are red. As far as I know we don't have an article on dorsal ruffles yet, so that link is red too. Once you've clicked the link and created your userpage, it'll turn blue. Also, please sign with four tildes (~~~~), so we can easily see your username ourselves and so we know who we're talking too. It's a good habit to have when you discuss on talk pages or in the Wikipedia namespace. - 131.211.51.34 11:05, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Why are there so many dead links? That is, why do editors create links to non-existent pages? Sbz5809 12:53, 20 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  • We call them "red links" and its good to link to anything that should have an article, so that when someone does make an article about it, it already has links to it. Kappa 13:02, 20 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

definition of marine tourism

What is the definition of marine tourism? and please classification of marine tourism?

Hello! Please don't ask us to answer your homework questions for you. In any case, factual questions should be asked at the Reference desk, not the Help desk. Thank you! --Ashenai (talk) 11:34, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Using images from other wikis?

If I see an image on another language wikipedia, like fr:Fontaine paris.JPG, and I want to use it on en.wikipedia, how do I go about it? Kappa 12:13, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Sure. The best place to find images is through Commons. Most images are upload there and used throughout Wikimedia. Hope this helps. Psy guy (talk) 12:21, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
If the image isn't on commons, you can down-load it from the other wikipedfia, and uplaod it to commons. Be sure to copy all the source and copyright info, and note that it came from anothe wikipedia (and which one, and the file name there). DES (talk) 15:09, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Is it possible to add external links? There is no 'edit' option at the end of a philosophy article I wanted to add a link to. I noticed that there are links to articles in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, but no links to the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (another excellent free encyclopedia).

steve

  • Use the "edit" button at the top of the page. You can make a new section for external links like this: == External links ==

Kappa 13:09, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

auther

who is the author of this site?


norepinephrine

-which drugs influence the actions of norepinephrine? -are there any disorders that affect norepinephrine?

This page is for questions about Wikipedia itself. For factual questions, please see Wikipedia:Reference desk or see also norepinephrine. Dismas|(talk) 18:26, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

How soon after posting can a new article be viewed?

How soon after posing a new article can it be viewed?


Copyright?

Firstly can the a still from a film made in 1963 be uploaded with an appropriate tag? Secondly how old must a photograph be before it can be freely uploaded. Thanks Giano | talk 18:00, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  • IIRC, in the United States copyright expires 70 years after the photographer dies unless their relatives renew it. However, photos of films will likely belong to the studio who made the film rather than the photographer themselves, so those are unlikely to ever be free. Since there's no chance there's free images to illustrate a 1963 film, unless you're really lucky and can track down the family of an original actor or crew member and get them to release private photos of the shoot, one screenshot or film poster is generally considered fair use. Fair use images are the only non-free images allowed on Wikipedia and only if there's no free alternative. - Mgm|(talk) 18:48, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • The above is not quite correct. Copyright in items owned by a corporation expires a fixed time after the item was created, i think 75 years, but it may be 100 years now. The "life+70" term was not adopted until the copyright revisions in (I think) 1979 -- works created well before that date are subject to soemwhat compalex rules under U.S. law, which may depend on whether the copyright was "renewed" properly, and on the date of inmital publication. Note there is no longer such a thing as copyright renewal for works created after the "life+" term was instituted -- once the time has expired ther is no way under curretn law to renew the copyright for a longer term (of course the law can always be changed in future). In any case, a commercial film shot in the 1960s is most unlikely to be in the public domain, and so copyright restrictions will apply. Fairuse is a bit tricky, but a limited number of screen shots used to illustrate an article about the film are generally considered ok. Uses on unrelated articles might not be ok. DES (talk) 19:05, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

how can I install my second computer with internet and first computer

This question is not-understanderble to me, but i moved it here, so go there if you are after an answer. (The help desk IS NOT for factual questions, they go at the reference desk). --Ballchef 05:44, 13 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

People are deleting my edits!@

I try to edit some of the pages but they were all reverted. The content was not offensive and I am sure quite helpful to people but they were all deleted for some unknown reason. I wrote something bad about Anne Coulter/Bill O'reiley (I called her a part time prostitute and him a delusional jackass) at the beginning for laughs (and it's true) but I stopped as soon as someone asked me to. Then I went on to edit some poetry and the seigneur system of New France. But the new information I added are all gone!! Explain that to all the people who would have benifited from my information while searching for articles on econimic history of Canada or the eighteen century english literature...

When your first edit to Wikipedia is to call Ann Coulter a prostitute[1], people are going to be skeptical of anything else you contribute. I looked through some of your edits, and every one was unsourced. In general, you will want to cite a source when you're making factual contributions to articles. —HorsePunchKid→龜 21:42, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
For Seigneur specifically: This is a disambiguation page, linking to a bunch of articles on things called "Seigneur". The article content is on the pages linked from that page. Your edit removed one of the links to articles, and added text that if supportable belonged in that article. For the other edits, HorsePunchKid's explanation has it, I think. You might ask Hall Monitor why he reverted you on his talk page. — File:Ontario trillium sig.pngmendel ☎ 16:09, 13 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Persistant Questions

I'm a new user trying to figure things out, and came here looking for answers to questions. I found my answers, but, as is usual on the web, I'm now interested in this corner of the Wikipedia. I'm just wondering how often the "search engine" type questions are cleared from the help desk. As a related item, where should a new but serious user go to learn policies? Richard Daly 22:37, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. I was playin' around with the sandbox and it got vandalized in between my minor edits. Now it's locked. Can anyone do something about that? How long do those locks last? Is it worth it, when I can just edit my user page? (I came by here lookin' for information on reverting pages. I think I found that....

If you want to learn Wikipedia policies, I placed the {{subst:Welcome}} template onto your talk page, which provides links to six pages that new users (such as yourself) would find usefull, Thanks for registering your username. — Kjammer ⌂ 22:49, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
The things I would have liked to have been told about when I was new are:

Searching Wikipedia/Wikimedia images

How do I find out how many/which of my images have been uploaded by other people? 

  Who wrote the articles on this website?

If I knew which images had been used I'd be able to tell you.

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