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 Wikipedia:New contributors' help page


What would you like to do?
Ask a question Do something
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that you cannot find the answer to in the encyclopedia.
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that you cannot find the answer to in the Frequently Asked Questions.
(e.g. How can I fix this problem with this article?)
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(see Your first article before you start)
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that is not related to using or editing Wikipedia.
(e.g. I was cheated by a builder. Please Help.)
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Down's syndrome

if elder brother is suffering from downs syndrome will it affect the other brother and sisters? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.204.144.158 (talk) 04:45, 30 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

We have an article about Down syndrome but note that Wikipedia does not give medical advice. Have you tried the Science section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there; this help desk is only for questions about using Wikipedia. For your convenience, here is the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps. PrimeHunter (talk) 09:30, 30 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

hai

hai!

i login this webside,i know this is value.how to work bookmark in this side@ regisister my web links? please replay to me —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kesavan0 (talk • contribs) 05:41, 30 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to know how to create a bookmark to Wikipedia on your browser, it depends which browser you use. On most of them, click "Bookmarks" at the top of the window, then click "Bookmark this page". As for registering your web links, I'm not sure exactly what you mean. Do you mean creating an article? If so, see WP:Your first article. hmwith☮ 12:19, 30 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
If you want to add links to another site on an existing article, see WP:EL. hmwith☮ 12:20, 30 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ronnie Jagday wiki

hi, my job has changed. I am now a PM, at Cisco Systems in the Corporate Finance department.

Who makes the update?


http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Ronnie_Jagday&action=edit&section=2

128.107.239.233 (talk) 19:53, 30 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. Thank you for your interest in Wikipedia. Here at Wikipedia, we value verifiability over truth. Therefore, we would prefer to have a reliable source that this has indeed happened. If you are indeed the subject of this article, you should have no trouble making or finding a statement by such a source confirming this. We apologize for any inconvenience. Intelligentsium 22:02, 30 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

upload pictures

I was just wondering how I upload pictures to a wikipedia site thanks Shiaili (talk) 18:11, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Brand new users are not allowed to upload pictures to Wikipedia. You can however, upload to Wikimedia Commons and they can then be used on Wikipedia (or any other project). If you did not take the pictures yourself, please make sure that they are released under a free licence and that you place an appropriate licence tag on the image. Copyright violations are taken seriously and always deleted. SpinningSpark 18:57, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
What do you mean "released under a license"? I don't understand this part. Does it mean that the source where your image was taken from need to release a license to upload to wikipedia? NarSakSasLee (talk) 19:14, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, that is exactly it. If you copy a picture from the web then that web page must specifically say that it has a free licence. Common licences that are acceptable are GFDL and Collective Commons and also it is ok if the picture is released into the public domain. The licence must not be restricted to certain uses such as educational only, non-commercial only or Wikipedia only. Although it would be legal for Wikipedia to use such restricted licences our own rules do not allow it. Wikipedia wants its contents to be freely usable by anybody. If the page does not say anything that does not mean that the licence is free, just the opposite, it is presumed to be copyrighted unless proved otherwise. See Wikipedia:Image use policy and Wikipedia:Image copyright tags. SpinningSpark 09:36, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

How do you ask questions on here

How do you ask questions on here —Preceding unsigned comment added by Emillianna (talk • contribs) 18:32, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ha ha. Do you have a serious question? SpinningSpark 18:58, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
End your sentences with a question mark, and you have! Livewireo (talk) 19:51, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Making a Portal

Can someone help me out.

I want to make a new Portal regarding Gangs.
Am I allowed to make a new portal regarding Gangs.
What name should I use? ( Portal:Gang or Portal:Gangs )
--Zink Dawg -- 01:21, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Have you read WP:P and all relevant outgoing links? Intelligentsium 02:11, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I have. I'm just asking for permission before I start. I may need a little help, But I think I know what I'm doing!!--Zink Dawg -- 02:44, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Ask permission? Just dive right in! Go ahead and make the page using the information you've gathered. Other users will be able to help you put the portal together. Do make sure that you are familiar with the structure of a portal, as well as the relevant material. Robert Skyhawk So sue me! (You'll lose) 02:48, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, Thanks. I will get started on my Portal now. If you see that I'm doing something wrong, please tell me on my talk page or help me out.--Zink Dawg -- 02:56, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Portal:Gang

I just created the Portal (Portal:Gang) I need your help. If you have time, Can you help add some content to my portal. I would appreciate it, Thanks.--Zink Dawg -- 06:56, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Mistress Absolutes profile page

Hello I have been trying to publish this page some time and finally believe it is in a format that would be suitable for Wikipedia. The page is here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Malstrome/Mistress_Absolute and to be added here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistress_Absolute would it possible to get some feedback before I roll it accross as I want to ensure the format and structure is correct. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Malstrome (talk • contribs) 16:43, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

  1. There is no inline referencing (important for verifiability and establishing notability), and given that the article has been previously deleted four times, you will need to make the referencing rock solid and absolutely prove that this character is notable.
  2. There is no wikilinking
  3. There are no categories
  4. The references are not correctly formatted. See Wikipedia:Citing sources
SpinningSpark 19:59, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, and phrases like "She is well known and revered worldwide" are not considered encyclopaedic WP:PEACOCK. SpinningSpark 20:03, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Items mentioned when you asked before, which haven't yet been addressed:
  • The second sentence “She is well known and revered worldwide’ is problematic. On one hand, it is important to establish notability early on, but on the other hand, it cannot simply be asserted, it needs to be sourced.
  • Don’t simply say she is well-known. Cite references to support the statement.
  • Don’t say she is revered, she may be but that’s not a conclusion an editor should be making. If you want to use the word, find a quote from a reliable source.
  • Please read WP:Cite. While you have included some citations, they are not in the correct format. The guideline will help, and you can look at other articles for examples. --SPhilbrickT 20:23, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Labor Force

Hi, and thanks in advance!

I am looking at the article for Labor Force, and agree with a note on the discussion page about some verbiage that was deleted but seems to make the article make more sense.

The talk page is labeled with all sorts of scary disclaimers about being sensitive and part of lots of projects, so in addition to not having the foggiest clue about what steps I'd take to add the bit back in, I'm guessing it was deleted for a reason, and ... well... I just don't know the foggiest bit about what goes behind the scenes here.. but I do really think a clearer definition of types of people who are not counted in the labor force would be helpful.

What would the next steps be for someone like me who would like to see this article get better in a way that's a fit with your standards and customs?

here's the talk page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Labor_force

thank you! 67.169.223.168 (talk) 20:19, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Don't be afraid to edit. Especially do not be intimidated by all the project banners (a lot of projects are actually quite moribund with no active members and are very unlikely to bite anyone). Anyway, I have restored the passage in question, no reason was given for the deletion. By the way, the article is very US-centric and at least needs the US-specific facts moved out of the lede into a later section. Feel free to work on it. SpinningSpark 22:04, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy Deletion

I have been told that I am deleting the Speedy Deletion Template, and I'm not sure how I'm doing that. It said I may be blocked from editing this article. I don't know how I'm deleting that template. Could you tell me how I am so I can stop doing that? I have just been editing my article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Newboy27one (talk • contribs) 04:46, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I was told I am deleting the Speedy Deletion Template. Can you tell me how I am doing that, because I don't know how I am. I have just been editing my article. And can you tell me how I will know my article has been accepted? Thanks --Newboy27one (talk) 05:15, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps you had an edit conflict and just copied and pasted your text? That would cause the edit that inserted the template to be removed - it's the {{db-a7}} at the very top of the page. In any event, I declined the tag for now, but you need to clean up the article somewhat. WP:Your first article is a good place to start. Tim Song (talk) 05:24, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Letting Gases settle After moving a Fridge/freezer

How long must a fridge freezer be left to stand after it has been moved in order that the gases have a chance to settle down please??------ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.247.23.243 (talk) 17:49, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

We bought a wine fridge last week, and were advised by the delivery men to let it stand at least six hours before switching it on. Karenjc 17:59, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Translation

Hi,

I'm new to Wiki and my question is very simple. I want to know if I'm allowed to translate from English to Dutch. Some articles are not available in Dutch, so I would like to translate that. I'm asking this, because I know you have to put your text in your own words in Wiki. So is it allowed or not?Studio-deciBel (talk) 18:20, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, very much you are allowed, more translators are always welcome on Wikipedia. Take a look at WP:Translation which explains everything. Basically, the only requirement is that you give proper credit to the original authors. SpinningSpark 18:34, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
And the equivalent page on Dutch Wikipedia is nl:Wikipedia:Vertalen naar het Nederlands. SpinningSpark 18:44, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

How many MB or GB's of data is being added to wikipedia?

I was just speculating but how much of data is being added daily? NarSakSasLee (talk) 20:09, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

how do you tab?

Yahoo/Google searches

How do I get my subjects to show up in the search results on Yahoo or Google, or some other search engine, when a person searches the subject of my article.--Newboy27one (talk) 06:12, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It's all up to the search engines, actually. It usually takes them a few days to cache any new pages. Someguy1221 (talk) 06:17, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The also needs to be linked to other articles, orphaned articles are less likely to be found in a search engine. -- Luk talk 14:35, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Luk, is that definitely right? What you say seemed intuitive to me, but when I asked about it over on the Village Pump technical page I was told internal links couldn't affect e.g. PageRank. Gonzonoir (talk) 15:17, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Good question, I think I have read it somewhere some time ago. I might be wrong then :). However, having internal links to the article ensures the crawler will eventually index the page. -- Luk talk 15:38, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Those are two different questions. The presence of internal linked might decrease the time it takes to show up in a search engine, without necessary affecting where it falls on the list. Consider one article, an orphan with no links, and the same article with 20 links. If a webcrawler finds any one of those 20 articles, it presumably will check outgoing links, so your page will be found a fraction of a second after it stumbles across any of the 20 articles. In the case of the orphan, it has to hit on the article itself. However, the PageRank might not be affected by how many internal links exist.
My (limited) experience is that article are found by Google fairly quickly, usually within hours. Having said that, I created one yesterday that is still not found.--SPhilbrickT 17:46, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Interesting, I see that True_Love_(Jessy_J_album) is in Google, but not Tequila Moon nor Jessy J.--SPhilbrickT 17:57, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Even more interesting—I checked several pages created on 3 October and found none of them in Google, even though later pages are in Google.--SPhilbrickT 18:02, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Weird. Elliot Weintrob was created four hours ago and it has been in Google for three hours. Maybe they took off a day on 3 October.--SPhilbrickT 18:05, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, it's a bit of an arcane art. During new page patrol I frequently find articles already Google-crawled within minutes of their creation. Probably a question for Googlers rather than Wikipedians. Gonzonoir (talk) 19:58, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Unlinking tool

What tool can I use to unlink Wikilinks in articles quickly?--Otterathome (talk) 08:50, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to orphan a page, Twinkle's unlink function works nicely. If you want to remove all links, Find/Replace in a random notepad? :D -- Luk talk 14:33, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Question about editing/writing about specific websites.

I have noticed that some websites have WP entries while others do not, can someone direct me to guidelines for authoring an article about a particular website?

For example I see that wwtdd.com (a celeb gossip blog) has an entry but ftvgirls.com (a gigantic, moderately famous adult site) does not.

If I wanted to write an article about ftvgirls could I? Are there guidelines or are those types of articles verbotten?

Jfreeway (talk) 19:54, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

WP:WEB holds our notability guidelines for web-content. Look at this first, then see theArticle WizardIntelligentsiumreview 20:10, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
To answer your specific question, you definitely can, however, some advice—Writing an article for Wikipedia is harder than many people realize. Even professional writers find that the format and style needed for a good encyclopedia article are different than what might be appropriate for other venues. You could:
  • Get someone else to do it—If your only goal is to make sure that an article is added to Wikipedia, you can request that someone write an article on the subject.
  • Start by editing other articles—If you are interested in becoming an editor at Wikipedia, our experience demonstrates that it is better to start by improving existing articles, which will help you get a sense of how this place works, and then you will be ready to write your first article from scratch. A good place to visit is the Wikipedia backlog, where there are literally hundreds of thousands of articles needing help from editors. Find an article in a subject area you know, and add a source, or a reference, or simply help write it better.
  • Go ahead and try—If you do decide to write an article immediately, please read our policy on conflicts of interest, then read our guide to writing your first article, which will repeat some of the good advice above. Then please use the Article wizard, which will help you through the steps. I urge you to accept the option to save your first draft in your user subpage, which will reduce the chance your work will be deleted before it is ready.


userboxes

How do I put pictures inside userboxes. I want to put an arizona cardinals picture on my userbox. A piano keys picture and picture of a cameraAdenR (talk) 20:27, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, use of non-free images in user boxes is forbidden. See Wikipedia:Userboxes#Caution_about_image_use, so the Arizona Cardinals image is out.--SPhilbrickT 23:42, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
You can also go to the Commons page here and search for Piano keys or camera—there are many options available.--SPhilbrickT 23:48, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Here's a few options:
{{User:UBX/photography}} User:UBX/photography
{{Template:User piano}} {{User piano}}
{{User:UBX/NFL-Cardinals}} {{NFL-Cardinals}}

--SPhilbrickT 00:09, 6 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia like website

I'm working on a wikipedia like website for one of my math classes and I need some help editing. I put in this:

< div style="background:#faecc8; border-bottom:1px solid #fad67d; padding:0.2em 0.5em; font-size:125%; font-weight:bold;">Pictue of the Week< /div > (I put spaces in so you could see what I have in the editing section)

It looks like this:

Pictue of the Week


This created a division in the page with the text Picture of the week. I want to divide this line in half and put another box next to it with some other title like article of the week. How do I go about making it like this. I see it on the front page of Wikipedia and the Wikipedia Commons page so I know it is possible.

Help! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kzinser517 (talk • contribs) 22:56, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It would take too long to explain here. You can view the source of the Main page and find out, though. Intelligentsiumreview 00:29, 6 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Dealing with duplicate articles?

Hello. I found two articles that deal with the same subject. How do I handle that? Do I have permission to fix that by myself? Thank you. Warrah (talk) 20:47, 6 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Any editor is free to merge the articles together, and then redirect one of the pages to the other. But if both pages have either very long histories or are being actively edited, it may be wise to suggest the merge on the talk page first. Someguy1221 (talk) 20:56, 6 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
That was helpful. Thank you. Warrah (talk) 03:43, 7 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Starting a new topic on Wikipedia - PocoPouch

I would like to add a new topic (i.e. cocacola) that has not been created yet. It is for a product called PocoPouch. I am finding it dificult to start a topic. Can anyone help? <redacted E-mail> —Preceding unsigned comment added by PocoPouch (talk • contribs) 00:52, 7 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please read our guidelines on Conflicts of Interest and Promotion. Then, use the Article Wizard. Thank you. Intelligentsiumreview 01:05, 7 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
See also Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations. PrimeHunter (talk) 09:33, 7 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sure you are anxious to start, but the track record for article created by people with no prior experience is not great. If you want the article up in a few days, and deleted a couple days later, then jump right in. If you'd like the article to remain, I urge you to try editing other articles first, and then read some helpful advice such as Wikipedia:Tutorial SPhilbrickT 12:30, 7 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

WYSIWUG?

I'm new to editing Wikipedia but I've used the wiki we have at work often. OUr work wiki uses Wikimedia software too but it has a WYSIWUG toolbar to make edits even easier. Does Wikipedia have such?

Thank you Cmcandrl (talk) 17:29, 7 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There is a gadget called wikiEd that allows this. Go to the gadgets tab in your preferences, and check "wikiEd".--Unionhawk Talk E-mail Review 17:50, 7 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

help for a new page

I would like to creat a new page for our company. How can I do thatRiedon inc (talk) 19:10, 7 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

We discourage articles about organisations being written by anyone directly connected to them due to conflict of interest. If your company is truly notable, someone will eventually write an article. You can also request the article be written, but there is no guarantee that the request will be acted on, it would first need an editor who found the subject interesting. SpinningSpark 22:41, 7 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Affiliate marketing-eBay

Affiliate marketing (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Hi everyone,

I have just posted an article about affiliate marketing. I wanted to edit a page to add in a piece about why people wish to start affiliate marekting , or working from home. There many people who do not understand about affiliate marketing and I wanted to outline the benefits as much as the pitfuls of doing such. Wiki have dropped my edited part as well as the external link which in fact leads to an article that highlights the reality of affiliate marketing

Any suggestions??

Swifttruman (talk) 20:28, 7 October 2009 (UTC) Mervyn Johnson[reply]

The immediate reason you were reverted is that you included a link to an external site in the body of the article. This is against our manual of style and could be seen as intended to promote that website. Secondly, your ideas on why people want to become affiliates and what the benefits are are not notable. If reliable sources have those same views then it can go in the article along with the references (although one of the editors reverting you said in the edit summary that the article already covers this material). Finally, much of what you wrote was copied verbatim from the linked website. This is a copyright violation and is cause for deletion regardless of the quality of the insertion. Even if it were not copyright it is still plagiarism which is not good for Wikipedia.
When you say Wikipedia have dropped your edit, you appear to think that we have made some kind of central decision. This is not so, it does not work like that here. Individual editors have decided to remove your contribution. If you wish, you can discuss it with them on the article talk page, or the talk page of the individual editors. SpinningSpark 22:32, 7 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Page title

How do I correct the spelling in the page title that I have created.Ceiliboy (talk) 23:00, 7 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The process is moving (or renaming). You must be autoconfirmed to move a page, though if you tell me which one, I would be glad to move it for you. Intelligentsiumreview 23:22, 7 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
 Done I went ahead and moved it for you.--Unionhawk Talk E-mail Review 23:33, 7 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Pextaxians

Request unclear
 – What?--Unionhawk Talk E-mail Review 17:35, 8 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

A large online community devoted to discussing and sharing ideas related to Pentax DSLR and 35mm cameras. They are a group highly devoted brand loyal consumers, who appreciate the Pentax approach to camera design. Pentax research and developement listen to the Pextaxians while still in the developement stages of camers design.Ghillindy1 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 07:54, 8 October 2009 (UTC).[reply]

So, what are you asking, exactly?--Unionhawk Talk E-mail Review 17:35, 8 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I expect the poster is suggesting an article, in which case s/he should read Wikipedia:Your first article. SpinningSpark 17:55, 8 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

How do your make your signatures colorful?

SpinningShark has a lot of colors mixed together. How do you edit that?--Fuzzyhair2 (talk) 22:08, 8 October 2009 (UTC) <smallFuzzyhair2 (talk • contribs) 22:06, 8 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Special:Preferences will let you set a custom signature. Be sure to check off "Sign my name exactly as shown". Wikipedia:Signatures also has some wise words on the matter; in summary, don't include images or external links in your signature, and too much fanciness will cause the signature to be too long in the edit window, which others find annoying. @harej 02:39, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Choi Woo Hyuk

[version of the article Choi Woo Hyuk was posted here by Seoulrock in [1], removed by PrimeHunter]

This is a place to get help with editing and finding your way around Wikipedia, not for posting articles. Do you have a question? PrimeHunter (talk) 13:13, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Left Coast Pool Concepts, Inc.

Left Coast Pool Concepts, Inc. is a Palm Desert, California U.S.A. based swimming pool construction company specializing in new design, construction and remodels. The company is owned and managed by Mario M Horvath.

The companies website is located at: http://www.leftcoastpoolconcepts.com--Mariomhorvath (talk) 17:11, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not quite sure what you are asking. This is a place to ask for help from other editors about a page you may have in progress, or are planning to write. I don't see that you've started anything. The link is a bad link. Assuming it is your company, please read WP:COI.--SPhilbrickT 17:20, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Question about sources for a new page

I am currently working on a wikipedia page for a well-respected and widely published author. A great deal of the source material regarding him is in the form of reviews in various respected magazines and papers. Is this acceptable? Just trying to figure this thing out. 

Thank you,

Leslie7278 (talk) 22:41, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Those sound like good sources, see Wikipedia:Reliable sources, basically, we like sources that are independant of the subject of the article and have gone through some sort of editorial checking process. Publicity material that is generated by the publisher and then printed without any journalistic input is not independant of course. I suggest you need more than just reviews to be able to write a decent article, something on the background and life of the author would make a well rounded article. SpinningSpark 23:54, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted pages

Is it possible to view deleted pages??? JV Smithy (talk) 00:24, 11 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Only administrators (like me) can view and restore deleted pages. In some cases an administrator may copy a deleted page to you or say roughly what it contained. Do you have a specific page in mind for a specific reason? PrimeHunter (talk) 01:46, 11 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Yes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiggmin JV Smithy (talk) 16:09, 11 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Jiggmin was written by User:MADDH4X who has no other edits. It was deleted two hours after it was created on September 10. It was about a flash game creator Jacob Grahn, or rather about his games. It was unsourced, not encyclopedic in tone, and the author encouraged readers to play a game at a given website, to mail him at a given mail address, or mail the subject at a given mail address. Wikipedia has restrictions on information about living people and things like email addresses. Why do you want to see the content? PrimeHunter (talk) 17:40, 11 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Some friends were adding pages that have been deleted about things related. JV Smithy (talk) 22:46, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

i need me

== how abuot me for help me

becouse i need help me == —Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.248.58.233 (talk) 10:07, 11 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What is it you need help with? SpinningSpark 15:16, 11 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

QUESTION

will wikipedia remember me for a long time?--Siddhua (talk) 06:06, 12 October 2009 (UTC){{{}}}[reply]

That depends on how you get involved here (and of course, since Wikipedia has no corporate memory of its own, on what its users learn about you). I've placed a welcome template on your talk page with some links to things you can do make a positive contribution. If you're asking technically whether Wikipedia will retain your login details, there's a "remember me" button on the login page that will keep you logged in for 30 days on your current computer, unless you manually log out. Gonzonoir (talk) 08:15, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
See more about staying logged in at Help:Logging in. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:51, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Glorious Dawn

On YouTube there is a song recently created by a user named Melodysheep which gives tribute to the late Carl Sagan. Can someone please check it out? It's a wonderful piece that I'd like to see shared with as many people as possible. It has reached nearly 900,000 views in less than a month, and rarely is there a recent comment more than an hour old. Average comment frequency is approximately 13 minutes (from my observation, anyway).

If considered for inclusion into the Wikipedia database, it would be nice to see who created it, what is his/her background, why it was created, what were the tools used, etc.

The url is below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSgiXGELjbc

Thank you for your time


RocketeerRich (talk) 12:17, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, thanks for your suggestion, but I'm afraid Wikipedia is not just a webhost. We are an encyclopedia; we have articles about notable subjects, covered with citations from reliable sources. We cannot add videos, however important, simply on their own merit. Further questions? let me know! Fleetflame · whack! whack! · 13:10, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Metal-Roid

Metal-Roid is a Melodic Thrash Metal band from Seenu Atoll, Maldives, Formed in 2007. The band is composed of Andy (lead vocals), Shaam (rhythm guitar), Vittu (lead guitar), Wacho (bass guitar), Shirra (drums) and Anaxx (keyboards). They were formed under the name of Metal of Addu and started their music career by covering songs by Metallica, Megadeth, Iron Maiden, Traphic Jam and Fasylive. We recorded five songs which were not released.

(was posted at top of page on Oct 7 by User:Metal-Roid)

Your post was overlooked because you added it to the top of the page, and we look for new posts at the bottom. If you click the "new section" tab to add to a post, it will be added automatically to the right place. Also, please remember to sign your posts. In reply to your post, it does not appear your band would be notable enough for an article. See WP:MUSIC for guidelines. --A Knight Who Says Ni (talk) 14:49, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Editing International Samaritan page

So I was wondering if I could possibly undo some editing. I was attempting to replace a photo and accidently screwed up the page format. I need HELP!!! thanksIntsamaritan (talk) 15:37, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

 Done - I reverted it to before you edited it.--Unionhawk Talk E-mail Review 15:47, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Questioningly

"Questioningly" is a Ramones song written by Dee Dee Ramone and released in 1978 on the Sire album Road To Ruin, the Ramones' fourth studio album. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Greendayfan7 (talk • contribs) 18:07, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

OK. Did you have a question about using Wikipedia? TNXMan 18:15, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

question about Bibliography

in an article about someone who wrote books, isn't the Bibliography section supposed to be a list of the books written by the subject of the article? Kenatipo (talk) 01:27, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No, the bibliography section (otherwise known as "References", "Citations", "Footnotes", etc.) is a section devoted to sources used in the article (generally print sources, though web sources are sometimes also included in the bibliography section). Books written by the subject would go under a heading labelled "Works", or something to that effect. Intelligentsiumreview 01:32, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
of course you're right. i knew it all along. thanks for your help. Kenatipo (talk) 03:14, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Contents

How Do you make contents? --Daniely.23 (talk) 06:30, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If you're asking about making a table of contents for an article, it's done automatically once the article reaches a certain number of headers. If you're looking to start writing a new article, please go see our guide to your first article. — QuantumEleven 08:32, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
You may also find more information about the table of contents for Wikipedia articles on this page. TNXMan 11:47, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
That links to the same as table of contents in the first reply. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:12, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

mail transit time & mail damage in Transit of Unregd/registered mails.

Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page). mail transit time Guideline / rule for ord.mails / registered mails. how mails can saved from damage during transit. accountability at various level from bottomline to top . —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.245.95.16 (talk • contribs) 10:34, October 13, 2009 (UTC)

I don't quite understand what you're asking about, but it seems prudent to point you towards the reference desk. — QuantumEleven 11:12, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

ATBLA subject matter, No conflict of interest

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

(ATBLA is the organization that promotes and Administers the Los Angeles Black Gay pride event that occurs during the fourth of July American independence Day Celebration, the ATB stands for At The Beach which exists as the focal point for the black pride events. The Usual Beach party/ Pride celebration occurs every year for 26yrs now, the non profit organization started a trend for black LGBT which resulted in the formation of an annual black gay pride event across the USA and now being done all over the world today In the summer of 1988, Duane Bremond and a group of friends decided to come together to organize and enjoy a day "At the Beach" on the 4th of July. Every year since, At the Beach (ATB) has grown in participants and in scope. It has become the nation's largest recognized Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender pride celebration. 20,000 + attendees over week long celebration 40&percent; of ATB attendees are from out of state Only event in California that brings together thousands of Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people Today, ATB is a progressive and socially responsible organization over 20,00 strong. ATB strives to provide unity celebrations as a networking forum for lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender of African descent to increase awareness in areas such as health, civic, and community empowerment.)

I Have created the ATBLA information into Wiki not as a representative of ATBLA but as a concerned person because very little information appear to exist on black pride in Wikipedia. Most of the information I have added where actually received from the ATBLA webpage, Social networking sites as you have stated, also from reads on online news source and news articles including but not limited to

http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-79460616.html http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur15190.cfm And the Los Angeles Sentinel

Bloggs http://simplyfredsmith.blogspot.com/2005/07/atbla-literary-panel.html http://www.jasmynecannick.com/

and personal attendants of a couple of the ATBLA meetings, I may have created the Information under ATBLA because I choose to name it as such since i found no information on the organization on here, no information on Black gay pride and also no information on the international federation of the black gay pride.

This are very important information first because the black pride movement/ events and celebration took root in Los Angeles through the work of the ATBLA and as quickly but over the years become an international event where all cities pick a date to celebrate in their own fashion, ATBLA had giving courage to black LGBT communities, showing them that they can be black and it's ok to be gay, lesbian, transgender and still celebrate their existence.

While writing my article, one of the rules was that I could not put in any URL. So I had to take all the URL's out and stream line my article according to the policy since the original would not post

Please let me know how I can reformat this article so that it can be accepted by Wiki. It's shameful that the black LGBT community is not well represented in Wiki discuss, probably as a result of no fault of Wiki; Possibly because no one has even bothered to talk about it or write about it on wiki or most other medium. The black community in general feels marginalized and have taking a defeatist position "we can't be bothered because we will not be accepted anyway" this is even worse within the Black LGBT community who feels they can't be accepted by the larger black community and worse still by the general public

I have taking up the personal mission to make a change on this issues, please furnish me with more details on how I can achieve this objective of online medium inclusion on the black LGBT . I will be adding more information as time permits on Wiki and other online mediums as I find them. —Preceding unsigned comment added by ATBLA (talk • contribs) 17:20, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

First of all, I have to take issue with you that LGBT is not well represented on Wikipedia. Take a look at Category:LGBT and read some of the articles in that category, then look at the articles in its many sub-categories, and then the sub-categories of the sub-categories - I think you will find we have rather a lot. By the way one of the many faults with your article is that you have not put it in any categories. Its other shortcomings are pretty well summarised by the templates that have been placed at the top of the article. The major thing you need to do right away is provide reliable sources that;
  1. Establish the notability of ATBLA (please read the linked guideline so you understand what Wikipedia means by notability).
  2. verify all of the statements in the article. This is a firm policy here.
For the most part, the rest of the faults are to do with the tone of the article. This is important, but not as important as the above which you need to do first. Basically, Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and expects a dry, neutral and factual tone. The technical complaints, like wikilinking, are not so important and you can ask other editors to help you with those.
On your specific point about external links, you should not put them in the body of the article, but you can put them in an external links section at the end - provided they are relevant and not on the blacklist (see WP:EL) for what is acceptable). It is also acceptable to use an external website as an inline reference provided it is considered reliable as defined at WP:RS.
SpinningSpark 18:23, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

GHETTO SHANGHAI

When accessing the Shanghai refugee content, I was chagrined to see that my name was not mentioned as the author of GHETTO SHANGHAI, published in 1994, second edition 2000. You did mention the excellnt documentary "Shanghai Ghetto" in which I am featured. What do I need to do to get recognized. I am also a lecturer and have contributed various articles regarding the refugees in Shanghai (I am one of them from Germany) and also wrote articles on the 2006 Shanghai reunion. We are having another reunion on a cruise this coming January.

Evelyn Pike Rubin —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ghettoshanghai (talk • contribs) 19:28, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It would have been slightly easier to reply to this if you had linked to the article you were talking about like this [[Shanghai Ghetto]], which would have produced a link like this in your question: Shanghai Ghetto.
Anyway, I can't find a mention of your book in the article: is that your complaint? (I thought you meant that your book was mentioned without attribution).
Normally if you know of a relevant book on a subject, I would urge you to simply edit the Further reading section of the page to add a citation. In this case, because you are the author of the book, there is possibly a conflict of interest; but since it is simply a citation, I would suggest you go ahead and add it, but make clear in your edit summary, or perhaps in a separate discussion on the article's talk page that you are the author of the book you are citing. --ColinFine (talk) 23:03, 13 October 2009 (UTC).[reply]

Millenium Diet

I POSTED THE MILLENIUM DIET ARTICLE, THEN HIT THE SAVE ICON. NOW I CAN'T FIND THE ARTICLE----- —Preceding unsigned comment added by Platosrun (talk • contribs) 02:07, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It was deleted by PMDrive1061 (talk · contribs) as a copyright violation. You can ask him for more details. Someguy1221 (talk) 02:30, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

writing

Hello can people write on wikipedia? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Carson99 (talk • contribs) 02:23, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It seems you just did! Anyone can edit any page (with a few exceptions). Go on, edit a page right now! (Helpfully, please). Be bold! Intelligentsiumreview 13:57, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

want sponcers

how can i contact people who like to sponsor money for my studies.my email address is:<email removed for your protection!> 210.212.244.4 (talk) 06:32, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This page is for questions about using Wikipedia. Please consider asking this question at the Miscellaneous 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 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. Someguy1221 (talk) 06:42, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Undoing an edit

if you undo an edit does it also disappear from the history? DianeBernier (talk) 14:53, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No, it stays in the page history. Revisions can be removed using a special permission called oversight though, which is available only to a limited number of editors. ≈ Chamal talk ¤ 14:58, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Earl of Clare

I am a new users and do not know how to correctly report objections. I have added material to the Earl of Clare article. Only have I added the Medieval Earls which are well documented as far back as the medieval chroniclers themselves. I have been threatened and now the deed is done as my material has been constantly taken out by two users: Lindsay and Marmaduke. Lindsay's only given reason is that "he read a book" that does not believe that the early earls of clare where really earls. I have quoted correctly I think, all of the material, some of which goes back to medieval times and accepted throughout the centuries, even by the principal clerk and pastor of Henry II HIMSELF. Yet, they continue to harass me and they know that I do not at present know how to make a valid complaint. I am a qualified researcher, by somewhat of a Wikipedia procedure illiterate. PLEASE READ THE EARL OF CLARE DISCUSSION PAGE, AS WELL AS LINDSAY AND MARMADUKES TALK PAGE AND YOU WILL SEE (if they have not deleted it) the way they seemed to have ganged up on my material, apparently they have nothing better to do or anything constructive to add to Wiki and so they troll other people's pages and, using no valid argruments, just their opinion, slash material which is well documented and has survived centuries with little or no dispute. In spite of the fact that I have tried very hard to prove what should be obvious to anyone educated in valid research. I have made one mistake, adding one paragraph of copyrighted material and I removed it as Lindsay's correctly requested, but apparently he will not be satisfied until his version of the history of this family is all that is on the page.

I have even corresponded with the Clare family to verify some of this information. The research I have used is easily verificable ONLINE and is all UNCOPYRIGHTED.

I do not know how to correctly deal with this issue. Would you please help me? Thankyou Mugginsx (talk) 19:16, 14 October 2009 (UTC) Mugginsx (talk) 19:11, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

First off, unpublished letters from the Clare family (ancient or modern) are not published verifiable sources, and have no place here. Second, Lindsay and Percy have been trying to make clear to you that we do have procedural rules as to how information is to be added to articles, and how it is to be cited (have you read the instructions at WP:CITE, for example?). Please do not attack people who are attempting to maintain the procedures and standards we use to keep this project running; and above all, do not take things personally when your edits are reversed or your sources challenged. --Orange Mike | Talk 21:03, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Casa Loma Toronto

Hi,

I was on Wikipedia yesterday and noticed that the information posted about Casa Loma was fairly poor- it was full of errors. I spent much of today making the changes only to be told that there may be a conflict of interest- I am the Curator at Casa Loma and I think that I know the historical facts about the house better that most- why is this a conflict? If someone were to interview me and quote me, I am sure that that would not be seen as a conflict.

I have just been on the site and noticed that my changes have been removed and the old article is back- what am I doing wrong? Can I not contribute? I do not have a bias- only that I want accuracy in this article.

Can I be notified on my talk page please.

Casalomabelle (talk) 19:45, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

A conflict of interest occurs when you are affiliated with the subject of an article. Though being affiliated with the subject of an article you edit is not in itself a violation of Wikipedia guidelines, editing to portray a subject in a positive light, to mitigate the subject's negative aspects, or to advertise the subject are some, but not all, examples of violating the neutral point-of-view policy that you might tend towards unconsciously because of your affiliation with the subject. You may find that you cannot be unbiased or neutral, or else, you are unaware you are not being unbiased or neutral, when you edit an article with whose subject you are affiliated. Though this does not necessarily happen all of the time, we tend to discourage editing articles with which one is affiliated because of the potential for this happening, as the neutral point of view policy is one of our most valued policies. You may still contribute freely and in good faith to other areas of Wikipedia; however, editing this particular area will continue to be discouraged. If you see any edits you want made, but you are afraid you might have a conflict of interest, you can use the template {{Request edit}} on the talk page of the article you want edited, so that other editors can review the edit(s) you want to make, determine if they are within our NPOV guidelines, and if so, either make them crediting you in their edit summary, or give you the "green light" to make them yourself. If you do not understand, you may ask again either at the help desk, or here, or on my talk page. (Further information: WP:?, WP:COI) Intelligentsiumreview 13:57, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Also note that if you are closely associated with the subject, you may be tempted to include information which you know to be correct, but which is not available in any published sources. Unfortunately, such information is not permitted on Wikipedia, because it must be possible in principle for other readers to go to the cited sources and verify any information in the articles. See WP:V. --ColinFine (talk) 22:57, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

preview that shows Reference section

how do i edit a reference so i can see the result of my change in the preview screen? since references are added/edited in the body of the article, you can't see the result of your work in the Reference section when you hit the Show preview button if you're editing one small section (instead of editing the whole article). do i have to save the page, go to the Article tab to check the result in the References section, then go back to the Edit this page tab to continue editing? Kenatipo (talk) 05:13, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You can temporarily add {{Reflist}} to the bottom of the section so that when previewing, it will show the references in that section. However, be sure to remove it before saving, and not leave it like that. ≈ Chamal talk ¤ 05:18, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi

I have tried to start a page twice for Haddington Curling Club. I am the secretary of the club and I included general information, which replicates information which I compiled for the clubs own website (Initially I also included a link to the site) The club website is a microsite on the Royal Caledonian Curling Clubs website which is currently administered thru 'Sportsfocus'

I have contacted the RCCC's webmaster Mr Lindsay Scotland and have copied my email and his reply giving consent for the link and article below.

Can you please advise on how I can 'publish' the item on Wiki ???

Thanks Graeme

javascript:insertTags('Barbieboy (talk) 10:32, 15 October 2009 (UTC)',,)[reply]


Hi Graeme


That’s an interesting one – I haven’t come across that issue before.


I reckon that as the RCCC Webmaster, I can allow you to have that said permission!


Cheers

Lindsay


PS That page is coming as having been deleted.


From: Mottram Patrick Partnership Sent: 15 October 2009 10:38 To: Lindsay Scotland Subject: Re: Haddington Curling Club


Lindsay


Another matter :-

I have tried to add our club to Wikipedia and want to insert a hyperlink to our microsite.

I have received this message that this may be a violation of copyright:-

Unless evidence is provided to the contrary (e.g. evidence of permission to use this content under terms consistent with the Wikimedia Terms of Use or public domain status;

The wikipedia terms are outlined here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Terms_of_use


Can you please confirm (or not) that we have permission (presumably of the RCCC) to use this 'link' and/or material.


Our Wiki article is here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haddington_Curling_Club


Thanks


Graeme


SENT FROM

javascript:insertTags('Barbieboy (talk) 10:32, 15 October 2009 (UTC)',,)[reply]

Incomplete

How do I complete an incomplete list? http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=2008_Sydney_to_Hobart_Yacht_Race&action=edit&section=1 is confusing..

Appreciate your guidance

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