When a page has several images, and several sections, these clash and the "edit" buttons pile up and get displayed all at once, appearing as "[Edit] [Edit] [Edit] [Edit]". Am I breaching style rules by:
having too many images?
having sections that are too short to fit an image?
Often the simplest fix is to put the images into one or more gallery tags, just in case you feel daunted. If you have an enormous number of images in an article, you can put them on a gallery page on Commons and link to it with the {{Commons}} template, thereby enabling the Wikipedia article to display only some of the images without inconveniencing the reader who wants to see more. Also see the {{Commonscat}} template. Commons likes to have huge gallery pages. --Teratornis (talk) 03:42, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
In order to be a reliable source, a source should first be published. Unpublished email correspondance or departmental isn't really availible for anyone else to check up on, unless they themselves ALSO go through the convoluted FOI application process. That level of access is probably not up to the bare minimum of an accessable source, and so it is probably not a good source for an article.
Most importantly, it is a primary source, that is it consists of raw information without any analysis. All you could do, without violating WP:OR is to quote the source. You could not provide your own analysis as to the meaning of the quotes, since that analysis would be your own personal original research, and one could not even say that the information was even worthy of noting in the article since even the idea that information from an interdepartmental memo as being worthy of reporting needs to be reported somewhere, else it is a WP:OR violation. To say it another way, even that the memo itself contains information that is worthy of including in the article requires that someone else outside of Wikipedia has published such an idea. Otherwise, its only your opinion that the memo or email contains relevent information.
The kind of work that you are proposing, whereby you get information directly from primary sources like emails and memoranda, and then decide what information from those emails and memoranda means and how important it is, is called journalism. Wikipedia does not do journalism. If someone else has read the memos and emails, and published an analysis in say, the New York Times, or some other reliable source, you could cite THAT analysis. But without that, any inclusion of such information is WP:OR. --Jayron32.talk.contribs03:18, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Occasionally government orgs publish FOIA requested materials in a centralized place on the web, presumably bc they don't want to have to process duplicate requests. You could check online to see if such material is available on the agency's website. The usual cautions about using primary source material apply. Calliopejen1 (talk) 13:02, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Is there a way to see a ranking of the most accessed pages on wikipedia for a given time period? I know how to see the ranking statistics for a given page, but I don't know how to get a list of the most accessed pages. Thanks. 124.170.60.74 (talk) 01:39, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
hi
sometimes when i hit an internal connection, rather then go to page itself, I get a windows dialog box askong me to save a file.
problem exists in both hebrew and english wikipedia
i use ie8/vista home
answer by email to
<blanked> would be most appreciated
Rzg (talk) 15:49, 5 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
It sounds like you have a box checked in your preferences that shouldn't be. Go to the "My preferences" tab at the top of the page, then click on the "Editing" tab. Make sure that "Use external editor by default" and "Use external diff by default" are unchecked. Let us know if that fixes it. TNXMan15:55, 5 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
(outdent)
I notice that that specific article has 2 direct links in the body text to articles on the Korean Wikipedia, and I suspect that this is causing the problem; the foreign characters are being converted into unicode, and it is confusing your browser.
These links are coded like this: [[:ko:아사달|신시]] and [[:ko:낙랑|낙랑]]
As far as I am aware, using interwiki links in this manner is not the norm - but I'm not certain enough to remove them. I will therefore note the issue on the articles discussion page. Chzz ► 11:35, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
(outdent)
I notice that that specific article has 2 direct links in the body text to articles on the Korean Wikipedia, and I suspect that this is causing the problem; the foreign characters are being converted into unicode, and it is confusing your browser.
These links are coded like this: [[:ko:아사달|신시]] and [[:ko:낙랑|낙랑]]
As far as I am aware, using interwiki links in this manner is not the norm - but I'm not certain enough to remove them. I will therefore note the issue on the articles discussion page. Chzz ► 11:36, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
How to accelerate the creation of a requested article?
Hi all. I am an inexperienced user of Wikipedia but through my extensive studies of WP policies and guidelines, I found out that I should NOT create an article myself about Equal Dreams (because I am an intern there) which, in my opinion, really should have an article because it is very notable. Equal Dreams is an online music market and it has been covered by media many times. So what I did was to request an article about Equal Dreams; then I also wrote something about the issue on my user page. Now my question: How can I accelerate the creation of an article about Equal Dreams? The list of requested articles is so long that I don't think anybody will find my entry there for a long time... Maybe somebody reads here what I write and starts the article? Then, once somebody has started the article, I could add all the sources I have about it... Alternatively, please let me know if it would be appropriate to start the article myself if I *really* take care to be neutral and encyclopedic. *Hoping to get a reaction...* --Tilmanb (talk) 07:21, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The reason we advise people to not write articles about subjects they're directly involved with is because it becomes very hard to stay neutral. If you feel you can write with a neutral point of view, go ahead. Make sure you read WP:FIRST though. Antivenin23:01, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
i need to delete the list of words shown in my articles list that i have typed before---how do i do it........
As you enter text in the search box, it may auto-fill the box. This may be done by Wikipedia or by your browser. By default, Wikipedia will show a list of suggestions based on the entered text. To disable this you must have an account and must be logged in. Go to Special:Preferences, select the Search tab, check the box by 'Disable AJAX suggestions' and click the Save button at the bottom.
When the search suggestions are disabled, your browser may keep a history of searches or may auto-fill— these may be cleared through a browser option:
Internet Explorer 7: Tools → Internet Options → General → Delete → Form Data → Delete Forms → Yes
Firefox 3: Tools → Clear Private Data → Saved Form and Search History → Clear Private Data Now
Safari: Edit → Preferences → AutoFill → Edit → Other Forms; remove Wikipedia from the list
Depends on the licensing. If it free, then move it to Commons; if not then you will have to upload it here. You can only use images on en.Wikipedia or Commons. ---— Gadget850 (Ed)talk09:48, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Does a template exist already that converts the few-letter wikipedia codes to language names? (E.g. en->English, tpi->Tok Pisin) Not every wikipedia abbreviation is strictly ISO, so an ISO template wouldn't work. If it doesn't exist, I'll make one, but I don't want to be duplicating work. (And any suggestions for where to categorize it if I do make it?) Calliopejen1 (talk) 12:55, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
No, that doesn't work because it only does ISO codes. E.g. be-old.wiki is Belarusian (Tarashkevitsa) wikipedia but be-old isn't an ISO code so that gives an error. Calliopejen1 (talk) 13:08, 27 May 2009 (UTC) oops I'm wrong it's be-x-old and it does work! thanks! Calliopejen1 (talk) 13:10, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I tested them all and came up with a couple bugs (Norman, Ripuarian) but I'm using these for requested translation purposes and I think it will be some time before en.wiki needs to be translating content from Norman and Ripuarian wikipedias. Good enough for government work! Calliopejen1 (talk) 13:34, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Discussion
Is there a place on Wikipedia which discusses Wikipedia itself, I mean where do I go if I would like to discuss Wikipedia and get feedback from some admin's.? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thongthong (talk • contribs) 13:21, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
There are different places. Anybody can give feedback. See for example Wikipedia:Village pump. If you say what specifically you want to discuss then we may be able to help better (for example by pointing out that it has already been discussed). PrimeHunter (talk) 13:24, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
We are currently filming a documentary, I would like to know what drives people to spend so much of their time on here. I have completed 4 interviews with Admins who are remaining anonymous during filming and I would just like to get some general information about some issues that have been brought up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thongthong (talk • contribs) 13:35, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Someone wrote up on Rabbi Aaron L. Raskin (my boss), and misspelled the name in the title of the page. I fixed the problems on the page, but I cannot figure out how to make modifications to the page title itself. I need to change Aron to Aaron (spelled correctly in the text).
I am new to Wikipedia and I am creating a new page. I saved it as a subpage so I could learn the ropes first. How do I submit my article once it is fnished? 80.177.104.118 (talk) 15:56, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I am guessing you are referring to User:Nkannas/Cambridge House and Talbot - please make sure you are logged in as you posted this message and have done some editing of that subpage while logged out! To get it into the mainspace, it has to be moved there, but you can only move pages when your account is autoconfirmed - 4 days old and 10 edits. However, IMHO the draft is not ready to be moved yet as it does not indicate why the organisation is significant or important and would likely be speedily deleted. You also need to cite some reliable sources demonstrating the subject's notability. – ukexpat (talk) 16:20, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
If you write a plot section to an article about a book or film etc., do you need to reference the book/film itself, or is it just assumed that the information is taken from the book/film? Hello. If anybody's unclear on what I'm on about, tell me and I'll try to explain better. Or don't bother answering and hope someone else will. Spongefrog (talk) 20:22, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I am pretty sure that it is assumed, all plot sections of articles on books or films that I have seen are unreferenced; see The Giver a featured article, for example. Unless you are quoting something, I would think it would be fine.FingersOnRoids20:54, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I want to upload a picture to add to a particular biography article (Mamoru Oshii). What are the things I need to do to make sure I'm not breaking any of the copyrights of the picture?
Since he is a living person, a photo must be licensed under a free license (i.e. one that allows reuse by anyone for anything). You can take a photo of him yourself and license it under a free license. Or you can find a photo by someone else which is already licensed under a free license. (Or you can persuade someone who has taken a photo of him to license it under a free license. See WP:COPYREQ for how to handle this.) When you upload it, tag it with an image copyright tag that indicates which specific license applies. —teb728tc23:56, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, I see now you were originally asking about File:Bassethoundingits.jpg. That is what we call a “non-free” image, which means it doesn’t have permission for reuse by anyone for anything. As a matter of policy Wikipedia highly restricts the use of non-free content. See the policy at Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria. In particular, the use of non-free content must significantly increase readers’ understanding of the article. And non-free content can’t be used if it could be replaced by free content (including plain text). I am sorry, but because your use failed those requirements (indeed both of them), I had to nominate it for deletion. —teb728tc04:16, 28 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I looked at that page, and I don't seem to see what you're referring to. Could you elaborate? There is a lot on that page. Are you talking about a userbox? hmwithτ13:43, 29 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Number of edits to page
Is there a Magic Word or Parser Function or something that can be used to retrieve the number of edits to a page? --Melab±1☎23:50, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
More than 300 million help desk edits? We are not that busy. {{NUMBEROFEDITS}} gives the total number of edits to all pages on the English Wikipedia. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:25, 28 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I created a wikipedia page for rap group "Team Facelift" but i accidentally didn't capitalize the "f" in the article title. i know how to edit the actual article, but how do i edit the title to capitalize the F?
The tabs are links to separate pages and not to sections of the same page. Click on a tab and then click "edit this page" at top to edit the page displaying the text for that tab. Section editing is disabled on those pages by transcluding __NOEDITSECTION__ from Wikipedia:Tutorial/TabsTop. I guess this is to prevent new users reading the tutorial from editing the sections by mistake. The pages are also semi-protected to avoid test edits. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:31, 28 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
When i see other people's user pages, i find these cute little boxes, which say things like "This user has stepped in 56 countries of the world" and things like that. Can somebody please explain to me how that is done ? I would like to customise my user page. Rkr1991 (talk) 09:41, 28 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I've just installed Zotero to help with doing references, but don't understand how to use it to cite in Wikipedia format? In the citing section on here it says right click & click export, but I don't have that option(the new Zontero beta). Any help/advice for an easier way to do it etc. much appreciated. Thanks! Dottydotdot (talk) 10:59, 28 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
So— you already have your reference stored in Zotero. to export it to Wikipedia:
Setup:
Pull down on the gear icon and select preferences
Select the export tab
Set Default Output Format to Wikipedia Citation Templates
Select OK
Export
Click on the top level reference (has a + or — to the left)
Ctrl Alt C to copy
Open the Wikipedia page for editing
Ctrl V to paste
Examine the output and tweak as needed. It will be in vertical format, convert to horizontal as desired.
Can #ifexist be used to check the existence of category pages? It seems to never see category pages when I am testing it. I want to have a certain template give an error if the category it wants to put something in doesn't exist. Calliopejen1 (talk) 11:57, 28 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I've read your guidlines which suggest not to create band or personal pages but I see many artists and record label pages such as Warp Records. How do I add a page like this for my company label? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 32.141.232.229 (talk) 13:11, 28 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I would suggest that you search the website by using the search box at the right of the page by typing somthing like "New Jersey Jurisdictional districs" if you state was New Jersey. If you cant find it here try Google —Preceding unsigned comment added by Etineskid (talk • contribs) 21:33, 28 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I found this article last week, started editing it, but kept getting caught up in edit conflicts with the creator so copied a revision to my user space to do a more significant re-write. In the meantime, the creator (a new editor) has continued to add to the article edits which also need work (for example, adding a Wikipedia mirror as a reference). Based on the personal information provided, I believe the creator is a relation to the subject, possibly his son; I do not wish it to appear that I am obliterating their work with a thorough re-write, nor do I wish to badger them - I have already left a welcome template and a note about a formatting issue on their talk page with no response.
The article has very few editors, and the subject is not high-profile. The relevant wikiprojects seem mostly inactive. What's the best way of initiating a discussion?
If I did end up re-writing the article based on the version in my userspace, how would I go about preserving the GFDL? As I am the only editor of the user page, would a cut-and-paste move work? What about integrating the information the creator has subsequently added to the article? I'm guessing this would be treated just as a straight re-write, rather than a page move?
Cut-and-paste would destroy the GFDL. You need to integrate your edits into the existing piece instead, even though that's more work. --Orange Mike | Talk16:23, 28 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I think that image moving has been disabled for everyone for technical reasons. Just upload the image again using the correct name and tag the incorrectly named version for deletion. – ukexpat (talk) 17:59, 28 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Can I use the photos (pictures) of Lady Mary Wortley Mantagu (1689-1762) in my book? If you request a copy right, whom do I address to? Can youy e-mail the picture to me? ~~ ~ ~ ~ King-Thom Chung —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.225.109.56 (talk) 16:51, 28 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Somewhere in Wikmeida Commons there is a help desk for copyright questions. I know because I just posted a question there and got an answer but now I can't find it again. I keep going around in circles. Can someone please help me find it. Thanks.--Tomaterols (talk) 18:31, 28 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Many Thanks to you both. I tried to track my contributions but I think I was only searching in Wikipedia. I'm just starting to get Wikipedia down pat. Wiki Commons is still something of a mystery. Great help!--Tomaterols (talk) 18:48, 28 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I created an article about a United States Navy unit that I was once assigned to. I sourced the official website history page as a basis of the article and included a reference link the the official government site.
Another user deleted most of the article with a claim of 'copyright violation'. The source of the information is considered 'public domain' and not subject to copyright protection.
Unless I am interpreting the term 'public domain' improperly, the information was incorrectly deleted since no copyright violation had occured.
Any way to prevent random users from improperly removing text that originated from the public domain in the future and avoiding a possible revert war?
Thanks,
TomNativeNewYorker (talk) 19:36, 28 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
When a text is inthe public domain or under permissive copyright license, we can copy the text without violating copyright law. However, we still must avoid the completely separate problem of plagiarism. Plagiarism is the use of material without attribution. it is possible to commit plagiarism without violating copyright, or to violate copyright without plagiarizing. At Wikipedia, we do not tolerate either. In general, when your actually incorportate text from a public domain source, you should not merely reference the source. you sholod instead add (in the reference section) a phrase "this article incorportates text from <your source here>, a work ihn the public domain." This ahould also alert ioverzealous copyright vigalanties to not remove the text, but if someone still removes the text, then re-insert it and add hidden comments within the text: <!--this text is copied from a public-domain source and is attributed. Please do not remove it-->. These comments are visible in the edit window but not inthe article. IF editors persist in removal, discuss it on the talk page as with any other content dispute. -Arch dude (talk) 11:17, 30 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Account question
Resolved
I have tried to log in and register an account, but rejected as "invalid user name". My name is Jerry L. Clark (email removed). What should I do now?
Have you visited Special:UserLogin/signup and filled out the form correctly? If so, ensure that you are typing you username in correctly when logging in (silly, I know). If you are getting the "Invalid user name" error on the signup page, then you need to pick a new username. Xenon54 (talk) 21:09, 28 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Is there a way to use the "Random article" navigation button but have Wikipedia omit or by-pass articles in which have no interest by allowing me to set up a filter or screen of selected words and if a page has one of the words, the Random article feeder will not deliver that article?
Example, while looking at Random articles, I do not want to see any article about football players...can I set up "football" as a screen word someplace and have Wikipedia skip and not display any page containing "football"?
No, at least not that I'm aware of. Special:Random does what it says on the tin. I assume it's pretty simple code-wise and any filter would simply take up unnecessary lines of code. Plus, if you had a large filter, it could use up serious amounts of resources as the server checks if each page passes your criteria. If you were able to limit the articles that were displayed, it wouldn't be too random, would it? Xenon54 (talk) 21:04, 28 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
You could be your own filter. Check out Special:Categories, pick a category that looks interesting, and start clicking on articles. There's about 3 kajillion categories, so you won't run out of things to look at any time soon. TNXMan01:52, 29 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I'm having trouble installing huggle in mac. It tells me that it needs to be run in mono using windows executables. I followed the instructions X! wrote. Any help to resolve this would be nice. --I dream of horses (talk) 21:56, 28 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
How to put out a call for help in overhauling an article
There is an article on a fairly major poet that is basically a bad school essay cut and pasted. How can I put out a call to the community for help in a major overhaul? Or do we just have to wait until someone who knows enough wanders along? Thanks Spanglej (talk) 01:35, 29 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, I agree that having help is necessary in improving an article, but unfortunately, most of Wikipedia suffers from the tragedy of the commons. Unless someone acts as the main fixer-upper of an article, and specifically requests help from another specific editor (for example, bringing in a graphics designer or a copy editor to improve an article), rather than just a general "please fix this" request. For example, both of the articles I worked to bring to FA status required me to bring in outside help to get to FA status, but I asked specific editors to give me specific help; and I did the work of bringing them in. If we had the name of the article, I could check it over, and recommend some editors who may like to help out. Without the article name, I would not even know where to begin. --Jayron32.talk.contribs01:52, 29 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
One way to find potentially interested editors is to look at similar articles that are in better shape, and see who has made the bulk of edits to them. On Wikipedia it's usually easier to see problems than to fix them. If an article has a seemingly overwhelming number of problems, I suggest:
Look for any problems you can fix, and fix them. No matter how trivial your improvements might seem, when 48,499,316 editors all make small improvements, they add up to big improvements.
If you don't know how to fix some problems, but you can identify them and describe them clearly, make a to-do list on the article's Talk page. For each problem, try to provide links to the policy or guideline pages or any other resources that give further details on how to fix the problem. For example, look at the Editor's index which links to pages that tell how to fix just about everything. If you don't have time to slog through the instructions and learn how to fix some type of problem that you have never fixed before, maybe somebody else will. You can add a lot of value just by identifying a problem and linking to the instructions for fixing it - someone else may decide to read the instructions and apply them.
Remember that there is no deadline. As long as you are working to improve the encyclopedia, it doesn't really matter whether you make one simple type of improvement to 100 different articles, or 100 different improvements to one single article. You might find it less overwhelming to learn how to do a few things well, and do those things to many articles, rather than learn all the techniques that are necessary to bring a single article up to featured status. If you keep editing long enough, eventually you will learn how to fix all the problems in a single article, but you can do lots of good long before you reach that point.
I am pretty sure that I know my password but none of the user names I can think of that I might have used will work. I am 99% positive about the email address I used but there is no place to enter in the email, only the user name. Am I lost?
207.35.13.14 (talk) 03:48, 29 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Do you remember editing any particular articles? If so, go the the edit history and scan for your old name. If the article has tons of edits, and you can see what you added to the article, copy the text you added and you can then use a program like wikiblame to determine where in the edit history that text was added by you and thus rediscover your username.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 04:04, 29 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
In order to refine a village pump proposal, shake-out its flaws and eventually provide a proof-of-concept, I'd like to create a mock-up of it in my sandbox.
Ideally, it would include functioning tabs and re-arranged, modified versions of existing features, such as elements of a "new section" dialog/page.
Are there templates or other methods available to do such things in a user sandbox? rrzzrr (talk) 11:37, 29 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
You could look at the specific articles for the cities in question, however, the easier solution may be to use [maps.google.com Google maps] to get directions/distance from one point to another. TNXMan11:52, 29 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
(ec)The deletion log says " (Expired PROD, concern was: Transwikied dic def)" a WP:PROD is a propose deletion. Unless someone objects within 5 days, the article is deleted. Nobody objected. The reason for the prod was that the article was the definition of a word That someone had copied into Wikipedia from Wikidtionary (or somewhere.) Wikipedia is not a dictionary (WP:NOT), so the article is was not approriate for Wikipedia, although it might be apprioriate for a dictionary. -Arch dude (talk) 13:41, 29 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I'm having a problem with the gadget Friendly. The "wel" button no longer appears on the top of my screen when I want to welcome someone. --Abce2|AccessDenied14:18, 29 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I have been using the default skin for very long and I like it. Only I wish to hide the Wikipedia logo. It is VERY large and shows up on every page. I went through some other skins which don't display the logo, but I didn't find them interesting. How can I hide the logo when using the monobook? Jay (talk) 16:54, 29 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Assuming you mean the one in the top left hand corner of the page, edit your Special:MyPage/monobook.css, adding:
I was thinking specifically of a creamy-looking box that says this is an archive, do not modify it that I've seen before. If you could just link me to the template for that, if I'm remembering correctly and it exists, that would be fine - I can go from there. Thanks Vimescarrot (talk) 18:25, 29 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hiya. I dont know if you can help but I wondered if you had any reference to spiritual mediums in bury st edmunds. I friend of mine is trying to find one
Hello. I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 2.8 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. TNXMan18:35, 29 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
You are very kind. I guess I am saying that if somebody wants to correct a howling error, please would they. But it is not how I want to spend my life. 91.104.22.211 (talk) 19:46, 29 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Darn it, I could have sworn there was a reply to the same question posted elsewhere that explained that there was a difference, can't find it now. – ukexpat (talk) 21:56, 29 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I'm trying to add the following citation into the page for Bhutan for the Area. However, it keeps getting rendered as "UNIQ493daa972b76a72b-ref-0,000,002C-QINU":
I guess you are trying to add the reference to the infobox in an area parameter, but those parameters are supposed to be pure numbers so the infobox can make numeric conversion operations on them. The area is also mentioned in the normal text of the article. You can add a reference there. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:40, 29 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Something has been bugging me for a while so I thought I might as well simply ask, with the Geopolitical organization infobox, how do you get the word/link to its flag/emblem? For example if I want to get the word Emblem under this article's Emblem: ASEAN. And the the word Flag under this once flag: UM. I have been trying things along the lines of:
|image_flag = cheese.svg
|flag = flag of the republic of cheese
|flag_type = flag
|
|image_coat = cheese arms.png
|symbol = Arms of the Empire of the Great Cheese
|symbol_type = Arms
You'll get help faster by linking to the template so people don't have to hunt around for it. I see an {{Infobox Country}} to which {{Infobox Geopolitical organization}} is a redirect. Is that the template you are trying to use? General advice:
Did you read the template documentation?
Make a user subpage (such as User:SelfQ/Sandbox) with an example of what you are trying to do. It may help if you substitute the template into your sandbox page, so you can see the resulting wikitext. That way you can see whether the parameters you are feeding into the template are coming out in the wikitext. If you only transclude the template, you are probably only looking at the rendered page, and you can't tell the difference between something which is there but invisible or obscured, vs. something which is not there at all.
Study the template source. Find the named parameters to which you are passing values, and see how the template handles them.
Look for examples of the template as other people have used it, which you can find with Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:Infobox Country. If you find that someone else has done what you are trying to do, you can emulate their method.
Look at the template history. Sometimes templates don't work the way the documentation says they should, because someone edited the template and broke something.
OK- you are referring to {{Infobox Country}} (redirected from Infobox Geopolitical organization). This template is a bit complex and not well documented. I had to look at the template markup to see what the frack is going on here.
ASEAN uses linking_name = ASEAN to create the link to Flag of ASEAN. The template markup uses an #ifexist to see if the linked article exists, which it does.
You need to use symbol_type and symbol_type_article to create a link to [[symbol_type of linking_name]] that will show under the symbol IF the article exists. symbol_type_article is not documented at all, and I don't see an existing article.
How should the books in a Further Reading section be arranged? Should it be by date or by the author's name? And if it's by date of publication, should the most recent book be on top?
There is a photograph of Holger Danske, attached to the article 'Ogier the Dane', and some idiot has photoshopped a bong into it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.2.122.113 (talk) 00:23, 30 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Bong?Um... I don't think that's a bong. If it is, then it was in the original picture. There's only one upload in the file's upload log, and it's by an established photographer. You've got the right spirit, though :) [flaminglawyer]00:40, 30 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
We are fine with adding/editing/formatting pages, but how does one proceed to ADD an entry inside an existing CATEGORY?
For example, the CATEGORY "Category:Point of sale companies" has Alphabetical headers and then names within each alphabetical header.
How do we proceed to:
1) Add an Alphabetical Header
2) Add an entry under a new or existing alphabetical header?
You add [[Category:Whatever]] to the text at the end of the article. Articles are automatically sorted by the title of the article; thus, special rules apply for people, who must be given a DEFAULTSORT code so that Albert Einstein is sorted as Einstein, Albert. --Orange Mike | Talk01:27, 30 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
As of now Mohamed Altoumaimi redirects to the Bernoulli numbers article, yet there is no mention of him anywhere in the article. I am asking if this is enough to merit his own article. I'm sure there is more on this kid, but I just happened to see him on the main page of yahoo, and came to see if wikipedia had more info. I don't want to start an article that isn't notable, and while I know the WP:NOTABILITY policies, I'm really not sure if this qualifies. If given the OK, I would be happy to write the article.DrewSmithWhat I've done06:33, 30 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Duplication
How do I get rid of the second reference to the References in this article?
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1 Vietnam
2 Guangxi and Guangdong
3 Central Leadership
4 References
5 References
DOR (HK) (talk) 09:06, 30 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
1) What is the link for cross-checking the edit history of two users? I've seen it before, but have never used it.
2) I'm fairly sure a BLP is being controlled by one editor (close to the subject) operating at least three accounts. Is there anywhere I can ask for an outside opinion, or is WP:SSP the only place?
I am already a member of telugu wikipedia and my user name is SAIRATNA. Can I take membership again in english wikipedia ?
can I create a user page in english wikipedia also ?
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