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August 9

Please email me my user name.

My email address is [removed] or [removed], please email the user name based on this two emails. China. Morning. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 222.179.151.77 (talk) 00:38, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

We cannot do this. See my reply at Wikipedia:New contributors' help page#If I only have a email address and forget my account.. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:25, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Taranaki Daily News - NEW EDITOR

Hi

We have had a change of editor at the Taranaki Daily News. The new editor is Roy Pilott - Jonathan Mackenzie the previous editor has been appointed editor of the Waikato Times. Please update your site

Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.144.40.139 (talk) 00:53, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Done.[1] We sometimes get false reports so I checked at your website. By the way, it's a little confusing that the recently updated page http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/reader-services/1668/Contact-us says "Last updated 15:38 12/02/2008". PrimeHunter (talk) 02:21, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Problems with floating elements

Hi. In the articles Pitch (music) and Concert pitch, the wikicode is trying to make the "listen" box float on the right of the page using syntax like this:

<div style="float:right">{{listen|filename=Sine wave 440.ogg|title=440 Hz}}</div>

Unfortunately this doesn't work (at least, not in IE). Although the "listen" box is forced to the right, the text does not flow around it but leaves an ugly gap instead. Can anyone see how to fix this and make the page flow properly? 86.135.171.33 (talk) 02:22, 9 August 2010 (UTC).

The documentation for {{Listen}} says it floats to the right by default. Removing the <div> works for me in preview in IE. Is there a reason for having the code? PrimeHunter (talk) 02:32, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Aha, I didn't think of trying that. That seems to work fine. There is no reason that I can see for having the "div" stuff so I have removed it. Thanks. 86.135.171.33 (talk) 03:04, 9 August 2010 (UTC).

Navbox

Hello, I would like to put a Navbox to the end of my article. A followed the instruction of Template:Nevbox on your help page, still not working. Should I type the text into my article or is there any other source/page I can put the text in.

I checked other contributor's pages (edit), for example

, but under this title no names, dates are listed. Probably there is a link they refer to (like Wikimedia Commons for pictures). Where can I find this link on Wikipedia?

Thank you for your help. Gjshisha (talk) 03:21, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

I'm not exactly sure what the OP is asking about but it seems that they want to add a template for Davidson Prize lauriates to the Gábor J. Székely article. Dismas|^(talk) 03:35, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Is something like this what you're looking for? If so, just copy that into Template:Rollo Davidson Prize and you should be all set. Dismas|^(talk) 03:49, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Orphaned page and possible reason

So, I found the page fecal anthropology and I was thinking that it may be an orphan because the way it's named isn't really used in the associated academic disciplines - I'm the one on the talk page, and to reiterate, I've never heard the term and (in quotes) it returns no results in Google Scholar or JSTOR. Should it be renamed to something else, moved somewhere, or expanded as-is? I'm not sure what the rules would say in terms of this - it's certainly a valid title, but not one that's used, which is weird. 174.30.246.212 (talk) 04:26, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Is there an actual other term for it? Could just rename the page if so (see WP:RM for details). If not, is the topic at least actually studied and covered by scholarly or other reputable sources? If so, Wikipedia article-naming guidelines allow putting together a descriptive phrase if there's no formal/proper better title for the topic of an article. But the talk-page is right also, if there's not sufficient material if it is an actual topic being studied, it could be merged into some other page on related topics. But if there's no published work on the topic (obviously have to get creative with search-terms!), then it should be deleted (per WP:V/WP:N policies and guidelines). Try leaving a message for the author of the page...maybe he knows at least one lead ref to add and help avoid deletion. DMacks (talk) 04:46, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Ancient human feces are rehydrated and studied, but it doesn't seem like a strong enough specialty (in terms of quantity of material to analyze or specialization of method) to have it's own page, and afaik, it has no real name. I will talk to the original author and look through the archaeology-related articles for a logical place to move it. Maybe I will also take some time to rewrite it, too. Thank you for your suggestions! 174.30.246.212 (talk) 04:55, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

LOL yes it should be called Coprolite anthropology.... lets just move the info and redirect the page to Coprolite.Moxy (talk) 04:57, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

IDK, that page focuses on actual fossils - I think this would be a better fit somewhere under an archaeo article - and again, I've never heard of "coprolite anthropology" either (not that I'm an expert - but no Scholar hits, either). Coprolite does seem to be a rather common term when referring to archaeologically recovered human feces, though. 174.30.246.212 (talk) 05:05, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

I do agree 100% its not a term used as its all falls under Trace fossil.. I would guess the author was trying to mention Studies like this one and this one and so on that our done with well how do i put it "fresh samples" . As for the disciplines name i just cant find anything how odd. LOL Moxy (talk) 05:26, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Except they aren't fossils, and from my understanding, that's not what the original author referred to. Within the anthropological subfield of archaeology, there are instances of dessicated feces being recovered, and analyzed for botanical remains, bacteria, parasites, chemicals, and faunal remains. The studies you have referred to don't really have an anthropolical bent as it is normally understood. I think the intent was more like this or this. I would suggest something like "coprolite analysis" and the term used within the field, but it's too vague for Wiki. 174.30.246.212 (talk) 05:46, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

See the Wiktionary definition of fossil. Definition 1 refers to mineralized remains of animal tissues; definition 2 refers to any preserved evidence of ancient life. The Fossil article mentions insects preserved in amber, which have not been fully mineralized - actual fragments of the insect's original DNA may be present. The La Brea Tar Pits article seems to have a bit of internal disagreement about the definition of "fossil" - one section says the preserved bones in the tar pits are not fossils, and another section refers to them as such. The (actual, not mineralized) bones would not be fossils by definition 1 but would be by definition 2. Also while we are discussing definitions, note that Wikipedia is not Wiki. --Teratornis (talk) 17:29, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Def. 2 is preceded by "(paleontology)", however, which is a different field of study, though they intersect on occasion, and the articles are still about quite different content - mineralized animal dung vs. organic human feces. I would suggest (though not know how to prove) that in discussion within the field, very few archaeologists would actually refer to what the recover as fossils unless they were actually mineralized. The coprolite article offers a differentiation between "coprolite" and "paleofeces", which I believe refers to the matter at hand. And I apologize about the wiki abbreviation. And I feel really weird spending so long on this. 174.30.246.212 (talk) 23:41, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Now that I think about it, maybe that's the solution - move the article on the practice to one about the object of study? Fecal anthropology becomes paleofeces? 174.30.246.212 (talk) 23:43, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Text size

How do I get your new formating to fit on my PC screne? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.208.82.189 (talk) 04:57, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

You can change your screen resolution. One way to do this is to go to a blank desktop screen with nothing open and right click once. When the menu appears, click on Properties (if XP or previous) or click Screen Resolution (if Windows 7). Use the slider to adjust the resolution to 1024 x 768 or something similar. Here is some additional help with pictures [2]. EdEColbert^{Let me know} 07:09, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

RSN Vandalism or just wry humor?

Resolved

 – Thanks TOWFR! Thanks PrimeHunter!  – OhioStandard (talk) 12:57, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Did clicking on WP:RSN always bring up the usual page with this leading comment,

"WP:RSN" redirects here. For "Wikipedia will be ready real soon now", see meta:Eventualism.

or is that vandalism? Couldn't find it in the page's edit history, or even see where it occurs in the current wikicode. Thanks,  – OhioStandard (talk) 11:13, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

It's been there since the header was created (earlier this year). Moonriddengirl (talk) created the header, so I'd trust it ;-) TFOWR 11:20, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

It was added a year ago [3] and transferred to the header when Moonriddengirl created it. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:43, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Okay; wry humor then, definitely. Sorry; if I'd seen that Moonriddengirl was involved, I wouldn't have questioned it - I just would have smiled. :-) Many thanks,  – OhioStandard (talk) 12:57, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Photograph licensing advice - help request

Resolved

 – Thanks, AJCham! TFOWR 17:35, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Hi! Second time requesting help here in as many weeks... I guess I'm starting to push the boundaries of my skill-set...

Anyway... I've been trying to help a new editor with image licensing advice. This is well outside my normal area of expertise (an extremely small area, granted...) and I've pretty much reached the limit of the help I can give them, and I'm also unsure whether the advice I've given is necessarily correct. So... could someone with experience of image licensing take a look at this user talk page thread and comment as necessary? Thanks! TFOWR 11:38, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

I am responding there now. AJCham 13:27, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Revisions

(This is a continuation of the issue I was dealing with from the above inquiry, which I've amended moments ago.) What can I do if an anonymous editor with a dynamic IP continues to post uncited, incorrect material to the article Richard Marx? Is it alright that I keep reverting it, or should I leave it? I have already discussed the material in question on the talk page and even brought in a third opinion. Have I exhausted all of my options? In my opinion, it seems like a religious POV issue, because most of his edits are geared toward Jewish categorization. If someone can help me with this issue, it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much in advance and have a great day. --Candy156sweet (talk) 15:38, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

• Please read Wikipedia:Dispute resolution completely to understand various steps that you have missed out. Wikipedia:BLPN is a direct BLP noticeboard for reporting such issues. At the same time, kindly note that repetitive addition of non-cited information on a BLP post reversion and post talk page discussions is equivalent to vandalism. Post our renewed focus on protecting information within BLPs, the vandalising editor can be warned and blocked if you follow the guidelines mentioned appropriately. In case the situation gets out of hand, kindly feel free to involve any administrator. Do write back for further assistance. Warm regards. ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ _―Œ ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 07:04, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
  • Thank you so much for sharing this information with me. I will definitely read the material that you provided, so that I know how to deal with this matter if it goes any further. Thank you for your time. --Candy156sweet (talk) 23:36, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

2006 Login

I think I signed up for Wikipedia in 2006. I put in my username and of course, have forgotten the password. The email I listed (I am most certain) is defunct for a few years. I really want to use the login name and not create another account. How do I prove that I am the one who is actually FranShea (which is the username I want to use). The one listed on Wikipedia has no references at all. I am sure it is my original account.

Help!

Fran Shea <blanked> —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.53.72.192 (talk) 15:42, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but there is no way to recover your password if you have forgotten it and cannot access the email you used to sign up. However, if the account has no edits you may be able to usurp the name, see this page for more details. TNXMan 15:46, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

How can I search for use of ":)" and other emoticons in Wikipedia?

If I search in all namespaces for ":)", I get nothing while I guess some users wrote emoticons such as ":)" in talk pages or on their user pages.

I guess the problem is that the first character has a special use (separating namespace and title page), so how do I escape it? The URL for the query is here

Thanks! --phauly (talk) 15:48, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Maybe you are looking for template:=). Mjroots (talk) 19:23, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, this is very useful but I was looking for a way for search for the, for example, 3 characters string ":-)". Do you know if this is possible? Thanks! --phauly (talk) 09:28, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

What about typing a word thatis very popular before it? Like 'is'. Kayau Voting IS evil 10:38, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

I tried but it does not work. The URL of the query is for "is :)" is http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&redirs=1&search=is+%3A%29&fulltext=Search&ns0=1&ns1=1&ns2=1&ns3=1&ns4=1&ns5=1&ns6=1&ns7=1&ns8=1&ns9=1&ns10=1&ns11=1&ns12=1&ns13=1&ns14=1&ns15=1&ns100=1&ns101=1&ns108=1&ns109=1&title=Special%3ASearch&advanced=1&fulltext=Advanced+search I guess the fact is that "is :)" is interpresed as "is <separator> )". but if I try with "is ;)" I get no results as well ;(((( phauly (talk) 09:16, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

I only know a way to do it for page titles, by searching \:\) at http://toolserver.org/~nikola/grep.php: [4]. :) also works there to my surprise. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:08, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! The fact is that I wanted to check how often emoticons are used in talk pages ;((( phauly (talk) 09:17, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

Rangeblocks

How does one request a rangeblock? 95.133.26.30 has been vandalizing and spamming many articles and talkpages across the Wikimedia projects, such as simple.wiki and es.wiki. Is there any way to get him to stop? :| TelCoNaSpVe :| 16:30, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

I think you are requesting a global block, which blocks an IP across all projects, instead of a range of IPs (a rangeblock). You may want to check out WP:GB for more info. TNXMan 16:41, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

How may I contact one of them to request the global block? :| TelCoNaSpVe :| 17:16, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Head over to meta:Steward requests/Global to make a request. TNXMan 17:18, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Okay. I placed a request. Not sure if it's in the correct format, though, cause others look different... :| TelCoNaSpVe :| 17:52, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

I've tweaked it a little, to match the formatting below your request. TNXMan 17:59, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Now done. TNXMan 18:06, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Nathan's Famous in Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY

What was the cost of a hot dog at Nathan's in Coney Island in 1959 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Frhldguy (talk • contribs) 16:44, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Have you tried the Miscellaneous 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. TNXMan 17:19, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Uploading articles in other languages

I have uploaded an article in English on a particular subject and now I would like to upload the same article in Portuguese, Spanish and German. How do I proceed? Kdennis1 (talk) 19:10, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

The other language Wikipedias run independently of this, but you can use the same account to upload articles there. Usually when transferring content between different language wikis you would follow the guidance at Wikipedia:Translation#How to translate (or the equivalent page on the other wikis). If your translated versions only contain text you wrote yourself that isn't really necessary, but if you have translated any material written by someone else you should follow the guidance I have linked in order to credit the other authors.

One thing confuses me, however. I've looked at your contributions and cannot see any article uploaded by you. It seems you created O'Connell & Goldberg Creative Public Relations almost a year ago, but that article is long gone. If you are planning to create a new article, I hope you have taken on board the feedback you received in regard to that last page (ie. conflict of interest and advertising). Regards, AJCham 19:46, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

I'd like to point out that this account has been used to create an article about O'Connell & Goldberg Creative Public Relations (deleted for spamminess) and to edit articles about O&G clients Turnberry Associates and Aventura Mall. --Orange Mike | Talk 20:00, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

mr haring is evil. not many students like him, he walks around with his iphone and his hunched back. grr he's a paedo! LOL. hi thalia :)

Help needed with adding the right tags for copyright where permission has already been given for use of a photo of an actor

I would like to ask about uploading an image taken from a promotional movie website for use on a biographical article about an actor.

There are two possibilities for use of pictures of this kind, because two independent UK film companies involved with two different films (featuring this actor) have both given me permission to use any photos I wish to use.

Before uploading one of these photos to this actor's Wikipedia article, do I need to actually get permission sent to me in an email, to be forwarded to the copyright team at Wikipedia? I already tried uploading one picture (a production still which is an excellent close-up photo of the actor) and it was removed, even though I included a link to the film's Facebook page where the owners of the picture expressly gave me permission to use it.

Please tell me exactly what I need to do for such a photo to be used? Both of these film companies are very willing to have their photos used because it helps to promote their films. This means that there is no danger at all of them emailing Wikipedia with any worrying issues over copyright.

I hope you can tell me exactly what I need to do, to add a photograph with the correct copyright tags and permissions, in the scenario where the owners being happy for the photo to be used (for promotional reasons).

I am able to also contact the actor in question; and he could supply a photo of his own if it is too problematic obtaining one from a film company. It seems a shame that his Wikipedia article is the only wiki page about him (there are at least three including Wikipedia) that still lacks a photograph of him. If he supplies me with a photograph I will try to get his permission by email rather than direct message on twitter, as you have previously told me that only a forwarded email is proof of permission to use an image.

Thanks in advance,

pinkyandrexa. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pinkyandrexa (talk • contribs) 19:55, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Explicit permission to use here, without the picture being freely licensing so our end users can also use it at will, leaves unchanged our ability or inability to use the copyrighted image. In other words, we are simply left with a copyrighted image we can't use except under a possible claim of fair use, as if such permission had never been given. This is because our licenses require that our content be freely reusable in various ways, including for commercial uses. So you have a few options. You can get the copyright holders to license the images with a license compatible with ours, such as CC-BY-SA, or you can get them to release the image into the public domain. In either case, the image should be uploaded to the Wikimedia Commons instead of here, so that all projects have access to the image (sign up). Otherwise, it is possible it can be used regardless under fair use, though if a photograph of the actor, and they are living, fair use probably won't apply. Please see Wikipedia:Non-free content and Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline. Finally, please note that if the image is to be released under a free license, this must be done in a verifiable manner (not just an assertion that it has been so released; which I've seen many times). For how the copyright holders can do this, see Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials#Granting us permission to copy material already online. Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 00:24, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

how do I move my user page content to mainspace?

Resolved

Sorry but I am new to this and after a lot of searching, I couldn't find out how to move content I created on my user page for submission to mainspace.

Thank you for any help you can provide. Mmontfort (talk) 20:13, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Only users with autoconfirmed accounts can move pages in Wikipedia. Accounts are automatically autoconfirmed when they are at least four full days old and have made at least ten edits. Once your account is old enough, you will see a move option in the drop-down menu at the top right of a page. --Mysdaao ^talk 20:58, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Your userpage should be used to tell us about you and your purposes here. It is not a sandbox for creating draft articles. I've moved what you had to Montfort, Texas. --Orange Mike | Talk 21:30, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for all your help!Mmontfort (talk) 14:25, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

File:Nara.Y (Light my fire).jpg

Hi, How do I upload this image File:Nara.Y (Light my fire).jpg from Yoshitomo Nara en.wikipedia article into Commons so I can use it on pt.wikipedia? thx, Nevinho (talk) 22:45, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Moving images to the Commons. --Mysdaao ^talk 23:23, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Deactivation

I want to ask anyone here, how can I deactivate my account? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Capolinho (talk • contribs) 23:37, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

You can't if by that you mean deleting it. You can, however, simply stop logging in, and you can exercise your Wikipedia:Right to vanish.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 00:12, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

August 10

White pill

I HAVE A WHITE PILL.ONE SIDE HAVES250 AND THE OYHER HAVES 5311 WHAT IS IT —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.60.74.23 (talk) 08:04, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

This page is for questions about using Wikipedia. Please consider asking this question at the Wikipedia:Reference desk. They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. You could always try searching Wikipedia for an article related to the topic you want to know more about. I hope this helps.

specific MediaWiki pages

What pages produce the "view history" tab? What about the "create" tab? I found the vector of the latter, but can't find the rest. sonia♫ 09:19, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

• MediaWiki:Vector-view-history. You could alternatively dump the complete mediawiki source code onto your server and test it for whichever vector you might wish. Regards. ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ _―Œ ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 19:56, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
  • Okay, thanks. If I may trouble you further, which page produces the same in monobook? sonia♫ 07:14, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

Skin 1.5, history.js. If you wish further skins, kindly don't leave a request here on a highly watched forum. It'll be better if you ask administrators directly as these skins are in general sensitive pages open to attacks. Thanks and warm regards. ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ _―Œ ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 09:03, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

creating a page

am new to Wikipedia and would like to set up an account and create a page about my band. how do i go about that? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hodmusic (talk • contribs) 10:59, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

You have set up an account—there's nothing more to it than what you have already done. As for writing about your band, please read WP:COI. While it may seem odd that you would be discouraged from contributing to an article when you probably know more than any other editor, it actually makes sense in the context of the Wikipedia goals. All is not lost, though, if someone else creates an article, you are permitted, even encouraged, to post information to the related Talk Page, suggesting corrections, addition, or relevant sources, but other, uninvolved editors should make the changes.--SPhilbrickT 11:21, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Name

What is the origin of the word Asha? What language? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.178.21.83 (talk) 12:46, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

This page is for questions about using Wikipedia. Please consider asking this question at the Language 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. Cassandra 73 (talk) 13:14, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Question

Hello... I have set up an account.... I found a great Charity that I would like to put in the encyclopedia section..

I have spent hours here and still do not understand how to use the system...please give a simple answer as to how to do this...

Thankyou

Chubassco Chubassco (talk) 12:49, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Please see Your first article. If you'd like help going through the steps below, try the Article Wizard.

1. Ensure that you have an account and you are logged in. If you don't have an account, create one
2. Make sure the subject is notable enough to have their own article
3. Find references
4. Make sure no article on the subject exists under a different title by typing the subject into the search box to the left (←) and clicking 'Search'
5. Type the page name in the search box to the left (←) and click 'Go'
6. Click 'Create this page'
7. Create the article, including all your references, making sure you adhere to the Manual of Style and our article layout guidelines
8. Be aware that Wikipedia deletes thousands of new articles for failing to adhere to our policies and guidelines. New articles by new users are at extra risk of deletion, due to new users' unfamiliarity with our rules. Consider gaining experience by editing existing articles before attempting to create new ones. --Mysdaao ^talk 13:33, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

USO of North Carolina

Someone decided to recommend speedy deletion of the page I submitted for "USO of North Carolina," which they say is not prominent enough. It's the oldest and longest-running USO in the world, and supports nearly a quarter million servicemembers annually. Additionally, they have launched new programs to connect servicemembers with family members during deployment. To make matters worse, they redirected my page to the United Service Organizations, which is entirely different, and are ignoring my request to delete the redirect. Just delete the page if you're not going to work with me. Jsrawlinson (talk) 12:53, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

For what it's worth, I'd have declined the speedy deletion request: being the oldest organisation of its type implies significance which is what an article needs to do to survive a speedy deletion request.

You've reverted back to the pre-redirect version, which is fine. I've copy-edited the article a wee bit, and added some tags indicating how the article can be improved.

You posted on the article's talk page, which the other editor may not have seen, so don't be too concerned about the lack of response.

Bottom line: don't worry too much, this is all part of the "cut-and-thrust" of editing on Wikipedia. Feel free to follow this up with me if you have any further issues. TFOWR 13:19, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Compact Flourescent bulbs

I was wondering if the kelvins rating on a comp. flour. bulb is directly related to the heat given off by the bulb? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jongrandy (talk • contribs) 14:19, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

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.Template:Z38 TNXMan 14:25, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

See Compact fluorescent lamp#Spectrum of light. The spectrum of light from a CFL appears to be due to the layers of different phosphor coatings on the interior of the glass. Thus the spectrum would have no obvious relation to the heat given off by the bulb, other than the fact that adding more coatings to change the spectrum would lower the efficiency a bit, and would thus require increased power to maintain a given light level, and this would result in more waste heat. CFLs operate by a completely different mechanism than incandescent bulbs, so beware of reasoning by analogy between them. --Teratornis (talk) 18:49, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Editing

Why is somebody editing the Above Top Secret.com webpage, and changing the content into offensive language? It seems to be one or two users that are doing it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Voyager78906 (talk • contribs) 14:57, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Because they can? ;-) They've been reverted (you could have done that yourself...) In future, either discuss it with them (on their talkpages), discuss it on the article talkpage, or if it's clearly vandalism warn them and if they continue past a final warning then report them at WP:AIV. TFOWR 15:06, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

editing

I'd like to edit our company article Ensim, with the below text. However it's not clear what the problem/objection is for the information I edit. I'm told the file is being reviewed for deletion. Any help to replace the article with what's below would be appreciated. Thanks

Ensim Corporation, headquartered in Santa Clara, California, is the leading provider of infrastructure management software enabling identity and access management, provisioning and administration automation, change audit & reporting, and policy enforcement for enterprises ( http://www.ensim.com/products/ensim_unify/unify_enterprise_edition/index.html) and service providers ( http://www.ensim.com/products/ensim_unify/unify_service_provider_edition/index.html).

Our products for dedicated or multi-tenant environments include Ensim Unify, an integrated suite of tools designed to manage Active Directory, Exchange, SharePoint, Windows Mobile, Blackberry, Google Apps, SQL, Office Communications Server (OCS), VOIP, Web Hosting, as well as other windows management tools. These combine to provide an automated, secure, and compliant management environment that overlays existing infrastructure. Monicajgallegos (talk) 15:50, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

This is not suitable content for a Wikipedia article because it is written with a promotional tone; articles should be written neutrally and should not promote the subject. The deletion discussion has been initiated because the company does not appear to meet Wikipedia's inclusion criteria, detailed in WP:ORG.

Please see Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations for further information. Cassandra 73 (talk) 16:33, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

financial aid from readers

We are a family from Turkey too poor to have our own home are waiting for help thanks no paypal account <blanked> —Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.13.53.163 (talk) 17:26, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Hello. I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over three million articles, and thought that we were directly affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online 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 upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck.Template:Z25 TNXMan 17:28, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Google Docs

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 – Thanks for that guys - Happysailor ^(Talk) 21:37, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

I stalk this page usually to help answer queries, I now have one of my own. Google Docs - is it suitable to be used in an article? I have searched and found reference to discussions that state its not suitable for use as a source (which I agree with) but is it suitable to use for external refsLinks? I'm not looking to add myself, but an IP has added google docs links to an article and I just want some opinion on it from other editors. Thanks - Happysailor ^(Talk) 17:35, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

It appears that Google Docs is a facility provided by Google that lets people prepare and store documents on the web. If this is so, these documents are self-published and are not suitable for use in Wikipedia unless it can be proven that the documents were actually created by an expert in the field. Or were you talking about some other kind of Google Docs? Jc3s5h (talk) 17:39, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Nope, that's the facility. It looks like either the user, or someone else has uploaded some documents to the site and linked to them in the "External Links" (corrected section title above) section of the article.

One of the docs (well 3, but its one document split up) looks like its from an official source, and just uploaded so people can access it (although you have to download it as its 30MB+)

The other doc looks like its either written by someone personally, or split off form an official document, but doesnt show where its come from. - Happysailor ^(Talk) 17:50, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

I'd say they don't qualify. There's nothing to have prevented tampering and editing of what purports to be a government document from an official source. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:15, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Italian Image

I wish to use the image from Italian Wikipedia. It doesn't display but redlinks. Is there a syntax/template I should be using?Monstrelet (talk) 17:59, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Unfortunately, images uploaded locally aren't available on different projects. You'll need to upload the picture to Commons in order to use it here. TNXMan 18:03, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

For ease of reference the It Wikipedia file is at it:File:La battaglia di Legnano di Amos Cassoli.jpg. – ukexpat (talk) 14:42, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

Erroneous editing in the name of Education

I am an instructor for a graduate course in Educational Technology. My teaching philosophy is constructivist in orientation. I like to start the class off by surveying the K12 teachers in the course about their opinions on Wikipedia and it's legitimacy as a learning resource. 2/3s to 3/4s hold with traditional school dogma that Wikipedia is not a credible source. Many reason the ease of editing contributes to the lack of article credibility.

While I can tease out their opinions, I am lacking a practical exercise that challenges this line of reasoning. I would like to assign a Wikipedia "erroneous editing" assignment where my students edit a given Wiki article and monitor how quickly changes are made to bring the text back in line with reality, ala Steve Colbert (August 2006).

Do you have any reasonable way for me to assign the experiment without creating 25+ rouge wiki vandals? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 136.181.195.14 (talk) 18:06, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

We don't permit vandalism contests here; this is a reference project, not a playground. Vandals will be blocked. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:18, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

We do, however, have some advice for school projects. Check out this page for tips. TNXMan 18:21, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

There is no need to introduce more vandalism into Wikipedia to measure the persistence of vandalism. We already have plenty of vandals. (By analogy, in Criminology, you can study the activity of criminals without creating artificially more of them. There is never any problem finding criminals to study.) Just tell your students to monitor Special:RecentChanges for a few weeks, classifying every edit as constructive or destructive, then watching to see how long the destructive edits persist. At the end of the observation period, your students could then repair any remaining destructive edits in the observed set. Simple, and everybody wins. Also see the links under WP:EIW#Vandal for studies that have already been done. See Wikipedia:Flagged revisions for a mechanism that might reduce the visible impact of vandalism to negligible levels. There could still be well-intentioned errors of fact on Wikipedia just as with any publication. --Teratornis (talk) 18:42, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Also see User:Teratornis/Tips for teachers. And note that something like 97% of vandalism is by unregistered editors, so you can find vandalism more quickly in Special:RecentChanges by focusing on edits by IP addresses. --Teratornis (talk) 18:44, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Can't see logo in different browsers.

MASERGY page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masergy_Communications,_Inc._%28MASERGY%29 The logo, a jpeg image uploaded to Wiki, only appears in Mozilla and Sarafi Internet browsers. I can't get it to show up in Internet Explorer. Please let me know how I can fix this. Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Egroover (talk • contribs) 18:13, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Dear Egroover, which version of Internet Explorer do you have? Based on your answer, check the following links from Microsoft's support center > 1 and 2. The fix should hopefully solve it. If it doesn't, write back. Regards ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ _―Œ ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 19:21, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

I have the same problem with that image. It shows in Firefox, Opera and Google Chrome, but not IE8. I have also saved http:/upwiki/wikipedia/en/7/74/MasergyLogo_w-Tag.jpg to my hard disk and opened it with the same result: It only shows in the 3 other browsers. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:28, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Dear PrimeHunter, try the links provided above which contain the fixes. In case you wish, you can directly visit the HotFix download site and check the fix out. The HotFix download resolves the issue in a significant majority of cases. Kindly note that this is a beta fix and can create issues (minimally) with certain other functionalities and should be used only when the IE image display problem perseveres across pages. Irrespective of that, it should in general work. The recommendation, though, would also be to use another browser like Chrome or Safari. Warm regards. ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ _―Œ ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 06:33, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

I use Firefox. I only tested in IE8 because the poster reported a problem in IE. I read your links but it didn't look like they applied when the problem also occurs on the hard disk and other images can be displayed. The Hotfix says it's only for IE6 SP1 so I'm not trying it. Thanks anyway. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:55, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

Comment on Ed Olczyk hockey Player/Announcer

I have photos of us when we were kids. He learned to ice skate and played his first several years of hockey in Niles, IL I know I grew up with him and was a teamate <blanked> —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.206.195.79 (talk) 18:15, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Would you like to donate those photos? If so, check out this page. TNXMan 18:20, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

error in formatting of References

Hi Wiki, I don't know happened, but the #4 link in References on this page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wingham,_Ontario got transcribed as: http://www.http//www.aboutown.ca/northlink/index.html , instead of: http://www.aboutown.ca/northlink/index.html. Your "edit" capabilities in "References" does not allow me to fix this URL. If you could do so, I'd appreciate it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Shedderich (talk • contribs) 18:17, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Fixed. You need to edit the actual reference to correct those issues, not the reference section at the bottom. TNXMan 18:19, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Help

Can someone help me edit my page, Mick Mulvaney (wikified text inserted by moi~! --Dave ^{♠♣♥♦№1185♪♫™} 19:21, 10 August 2010 (UTC))? I am trying to launch a page for Mick, who is running for U.S. Congress. Erinfebel (talk) 19:04, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Dear Erinfebel, the article Mick Mulvaney has now been moved to our main article space. Feel free to edit it in its current form. However, kindly do necessarily read the following pages before adding information to the article > WP:BLP, WP:RS, WP:V, WP:NPOV. Reading these will be a good way to understand some basic extremely important policies and guidelines of Wikipedia. Enjoy your editing experience and feel free to write back for help. Regards. ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ _―Œ ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 19:52, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

According to her tweets, Erin is in charge of social networking marketing for Mulvaney. She has been warned about COI. --Orange Mike | Talk 17:22, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

unable to view any picture

i cant view any photograph on wikipedia. which format does they use? how can i view them? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.212.61.251 (talk) 20:12, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Is Wikipedia the only website where you are unable to view images? TNXMan 20:55, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

They are in common formats. The images are probably being blocked somewhere and it's not about format. What is your browser? Can you see http://en.wikipedia.org/images/wikimedia-button.png? It is at wikipedia.org unlike most images. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:06, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Templates for user pages

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On my home wiki (Chandos) there are templates on the right side for information about where I live, what I like to do and what I don't like. Where could I find those on the English Wikipedia page? Thank you!--Chandos (talk) 23:20, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Userboxes/Gallery would be a good starting point. You might also be interested in {{User:TFOWR/Userboxes/Sister Wiki}}, which I made when I couldn't find an existing userbox to point to "sister Wikipedias". TFOWR 23:24, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Thank you! Damn your response time is fast. Thanks again!--Chandos (talk) 00:36, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

August 11

Zooming_articles_problem (further discussion)

Hi. This Help Desk's archives' item titled "Zooming articles problem", at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2008_September_4#Zooming_articles_problem , start-dated 05:03, 4 September 2008 (UTC), seems to have gotten a successful solution from user Teratornis' response, dated 21:47, 4 September 2008 (UTC). However, I did not completely.
In part of that response, Teratornis asked, "Can you give us an example of a page which has the problem you describe?". The example I have for which Teratornis' response did not work is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal_talk:Music_of_Canada .
I'm using a Firefox version 3.6 browser's "Zoom Text Only" option, on a pc, yet on that wiki page I'm having to scroll horizontally anyway.
My focus-challenge variety of adult-a.d.d., has enough of a task assimilating text as is, even when zoomed in, with just keeping my finger at the ready resting on one down-arrow button for vertical scrolling, without the distraction of having to switch horizontal-arrow buttons, back and forth, to scroll horizontally, and keep my place on the page as it moves that way. That's even worse if I try to do that via a mouse, or track-pad, or track-ball, etc..
This condition makes it too much of a challenge for me to bother joining Wikipedia to help maintain it.
Please, ask the folks at that wiki, and at all wikis, to improve word-wrap ability to correct that flaw on whatever wikis it exists.
Also, please, forward this message to your user, Teratornis. I'll just keep checking that http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2008_September_4#Zooming_articles_problem item in your archives periodically to see if any more of that discussion comes from this note.
Thanks. 66.69.210.193 (talk) 00:10, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

• Dear user, whenever you zoom contents of a browser using the above mentioned method, in all browsers (except Internet Explorer), you would face a situation where the word wrap functionality stops working past a certain specific point (defined by the browser). If you wish, you could use Internet Explorer to browse such pages where you wish to zoom in to read clearly. You would notice then that although the text size keeps increasing, the word wrap functionality continues indefinitely. Kindly write back for any further support. Warm regards. ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ _―Œ ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 06:49, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

How do I get license for photos I want to upload?

I want to upload photos in a specific article, but I believe photos and images must be license right? How do I get lecense for that —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ulopie (talk • contribs) 03:03, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

• Dear Ulopie, kindly first read Wikipedia:Image use policy. Once you are clear about what is written here, go to Wikipedia:Uploading images and understand how to upload images. We have to explicitly mention >> Please do "not" upload images that do not adhere to our image use policy. Please feel free to write back for any help. ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ _―Œ ^{♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣} 06:39, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

Why can't I edit "Category:African American rappers"

Hello I'm trying to edit the African American rapper category, but when I do I get some confusing directions, and I'm new so some things I don't understand. —Preceding unsigned comment added by MikeHarris662 (talk • contribs) 03:08, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

In general, you wouldn't edit that page. Instead, you'd add [[Category:African American rappers]] to the bottom of the page that you want to add to that category listing. The page Category:African American rappers will then show that page, after a little delay for indexing. --AndrewHowse (talk) 03:18, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

See more at Help:Category. There is usually only a delay if the category is added via a transcluded template without editing the article, and then the delay can be long. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:01, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

Is this a case where null edits (adding an extra line or space) is appropriate, to force the addition to a category be visible?Naraht (talk) 15:31, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

Yes, that will work but should usually only be done if it's important for some reason to rebuild the page quickly with the new version of the template. The reason it's normally delayed is to reduce stress on the servers by placing it in the job queue. By the way, you describe a dummy edit which is similar to but not exactly the same as a null edit. Both will work in this situation and then a null edit is best to avoid an unneeded version in the page history and elsewhere. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:41, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanx!Naraht (talk) 17:23, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

Online Jobs

How to earn online money through data entry? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Varun.verma11 (talk • contribs) 05:38, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

This page is for questions about using Wikipedia. Please consider asking this question at the Wikipedia:Reference desk. They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. You could always try searching Wikipedia for an article related to the topic you want to know more about. I hope this helps. Someguy1221 (talk) 05:47, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

File copyright problem

I have uploaded a few pictures of album covers

File:Birds of Paradise (musical).jpg
File:Salvation Musical.jpg
File:Now Is The Time For All Good Men Album cover.jpg
File:Making Tracks Album.jpg

I have taken scans of these pictures myself, as I own the albums. Wikipedia states it's free to used for the infobox, and that is all I am using them for. Here is one of the messages I recieved:

File copyright problem with File:Salvation Musical.jpg Copyright-problem.svg

Thank you for uploading File:Salvation Musical.jpg. However, it currently is missing information on its copyright status. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously. It may be deleted soon, unless we can determine the license and the source of the file. If you know this information, then you can add a copyright tag to the image description page.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have specified their license and tagged them, too. You can find a list of files you have created in your upload log.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thanks again for your cooperation. Magog the Ogre (talk) 08:46, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

Can someone help me with this?

Thank You Phaeton23 (talk) 11:42, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

You've only had messages about the first two, not all four. If you click through to File:Making Tracks Album.jpg you will see that your full-resolution scan has been replaced by a low resolution version; this is an essential step for a copyrighted album cover. Also this one uses {{non-free album cover}} in its licensing section. Does that help? (Disclaimer: I'm not an expert) -- John of Reading (talk) 12:56, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

The fact that you own the albums is irrelevant for copyright purposes - the album cover, just like the content of the album itself, is protected by copyright law. So the only way scans of the cover can be used on Wikipedia is pursuant to the Image use policy and the Non-free use criteria. In this case the image info pages must contain a non-free use rationale as set out at WP:FURG. Adding the {{non-free album cover}} template with its parameters completed accomplishes this. Hope this helps. – ukexpat (talk) 14:54, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

how do I fix a typo in a headline/page name?

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Question: I noticed that one of the pages I have helped edit has the name misspelled in the headline. It's this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gara_Lamarche

The subject's name is spelled wrong though. It's spelled Lamarche in the headline but should be LaMarche with a capital M, as is consistent with all the sources and links in the entry.

Can I edit the name of the page? Or do I have to create a redirect or a whole new page?

thank you! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Benjamin21045 (talk • contribs)

It has to be moved to the correct title; I've done so. By the way: Hello. In case you didn't know, when you add content to talk pages and Wikipedia pages that have open discussion, you should sign your posts by typing four tildes ( ~~~~ ) at the end of your comment. You may also click on the signature button located above the edit window. This will automatically insert a signature with your username or IP address and the time you posted the comment. This information is useful because other editors will be able to tell who said what, and when. Thank you. --Orange Mike | Talk 15:22, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks OrangeMike! I'll give it a try. And I'll remember to sign ... --Benjamin21045 (talk) 15:37, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

Most Efficient Way to Edit or Correct Copy

Folks,

Hello. I am the director of communication at Educational Testing Service (ETS). You have many, many pages on your site relating to products or programs we design or administer - e.g. GRE, TOEFL, TOEIC, ETS corporate, the College Board's SAT, and others.

We have external relations staff who represent each of these programs and they have the responsibility of visiting your site and our pages and making sure they contain the most accurate and up-to-date information.

So, would you prefer that one contact do all updating on behalf of the many programs at ETS or, as we are considering, could we have the appropriate representative of each major page here at ETS be the contact with Wikipedia? We're only talking about five people. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Etscorporate (talk • contribs) 15:24, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

Hello. Unfortunatley, anyone associated with your company or products with your company should not be editing the pages regarding your company or any of your company's products, as stated in Wikipedia's conflict of interest policy. If you have any further questions, I will be happy to answer them if you post them on my talk page. Regards, WackyWace ^{converse | contribs} 15:41, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

Lost Account

I am pretty sure I created a user account a year+ ago, but never actually created my user page. Since then, one of my email addesses has changed & I think this is the one I used to sign up. How do I 'prove' that the user name is mine? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.34.246.73 (talk) 16:03, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

Unfortunately, you can't. You would need to log in to the account to prove it's yours, but if you've forgotten your password and changed your email address there's no way to get your account back. TNXMan 16:06, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

"Find" command

For some reason I can't find the button I need to enter a word to search for.

What am I missing?

EoGuy (talk) 17:31, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

Where do you want to search? Wikipedia has a search box to search Wikipedia pages in the upper right corner. If you want to search a word on the page currently displayed by your browser then it's a browser function and Ctrl+F works in most browsers. PrimeHunter (talk) 17:36, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

If you want to conduct an advanced search, go to Special:Search and click "Advanced." —La Pianista ^{♫ ♪} 18:44, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

I keep getting error 404 and I'm asked to reenter what I was searching for. I DIDN'T SEARCH FOR ANYTHING.

I keep getting error 404 and I'm asked to reenter what I was searching for. I DIDN'T SEARCH FOR ANYTHING. Marcy Mandel —Preceding unsigned comment added by Marcybronfman (talk • contribs) 19:11, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

What are you doing when you see the 404 error? --Mysdaao ^talk 19:21, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

There were some errors (that seem to have cleared) stating "This wiki has a problem". Were you referring to those errors? TNXMan 20:55, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

Changing names

I forget if I ever asked this question: If you change your username, do you get to keep the rights to your old one? As well, how long does it take to change the name, and what happens if it changes while logged on? 2Ð ℳǣ$₮ℝʘ ^{talk, sign} 22:20, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

If your username is changed, the old name becomes available for registration. Because of this, we recommend that you re-register the old account and simply re-direct it to your new name. The username change process usually takes a few days, depending on how many bureaucrats are active. The process is outlined here. TNXMan 22:23, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

bookcreator table of contents and index

The bookcreator creates an index before saving to PDF; how do I get bookcreator to create an index at the end of the book before I save it to PDF?

PediaPress creates an index when I send by books to them; however I want to create an index for words in my book that I save to my computer as a PDF. -neil rones

≈≈≈≈ —Preceding unsigned comment added by Neilrones (talk • contribs) 23:22, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

August 12

Cute, cuddly kitty cats

Ceiling cat is watching this thread

I know that curiosity killed the cat, but I just can't resist. Oftentimes I see cats hanging around in wmf wikis, typing on the computer or whatnot, with some text on it. Has the cat become part of Wikipedia culture, or is it a part of Western Internet/popular culture that I just don't get? Thanks Kayau Voting IS evil 02:58, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

It's Internet culture. Specifically a carryover of the lolcat meme which originated at 4chan. Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 03:53, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

I user yez?

And here are more examples than you ever wanted to see: http://www.google.com/images?q=lolcat. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:59, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

Even cats AGF! I thought only Wikipedians and mangoes do that! LOL, but the spellins terebel. Kayau Voting IS evil 04:14, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

Re: What Dreams May Come by Richard Matheson

The picture (scan) of what is purported to be the "First EDition of this title is incorrect.

The correct scan is here...

http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=717047161&searchurl=an%3Dmatheson%26bi%3D0%26bx%3Doff%26ds%3D50%26recentlyadded%3Dall%26sortby%3D1%26sts%3Dt%26tn%3Dwhat%2Bdreams%2Bmay%2Bcome%26x%3D0%26y%3D0

I don't know how to get this image to replace the incorrect one on the page as there is not "edit" feature in the box.

AL —Preceding unsigned comment added by Handy book (talk • contribs) 06:51, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

Hi, to add the pic, you have to save the image into your computer, wait four days, make ten edits, then go to the file description page, where you can update the image by uploading a new version of it. Kayau Voting IS evil 07:19, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

Picture in Chinese wiki

I intend to use the same picture in chinese wiki [5] for the english article Do Not Destroy The Harmony. The picture is not in wikicommon. Appreciate help in either uploading to English wiki or wikicommon (which i believe is preferred). Thanks Xaiver0510 (talk) 07:42, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

You will not be able to upload it to the commons. Google translate shows that it is a fair use image. So you will need to download it from the chinese wikipedia and then upload it here with a fair use rationale. You should be able to do this yourself. ~~ GB fan ~~ ^talk 08:06, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

Indeed it is a fair use image. Kayau Voting IS evil 09:07, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

Redirect, special case

The FAQ doesn't cover how to access a redirect page that redirects to a subsection (where there's no 'redirected from' link). FYI, I'm trying to move Morris-Lecar Model to Morris-Lecar model. Xurtio (talk) 07:49, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

Actually the redirected link is there even when it redirects to a sectionof an article. Goto the top of the srticle and you will see the redirected from link in the same spot you normally see it. ~~ GB fan ~~ ^talk 08:06, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

The move required an administrator because the target already existed. I have moved it. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:19, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

Class E power amplifier using low cost power mosfet.

I m working on the project of Class E power amplifier..but i want to use power mosfet of low cost , high frequency , high power . so what is the main difference between RF mosfet and power mosfet according to specification as far as design considerations.!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.252.105.90 (talk) 09:48, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

Hello. I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over three million articles, and thought that we were directly affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online 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 upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck.Template:Z25--SPhilbrickT 10:10, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

The Reference Desk would be your best bet in this case. RadManCF ☢ open frequency 21:39, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

Adding Someone

It's probably me, but I can't seem to find information on adding someone, or editing them. The individuals name is listed in several articles about films and tv shows, but there is no page linked to him. I remember some time ago reading they must be of particular interest, but others in these same articles seem to be of interest as film actors, so I assume it meets the criteria. Also, is it a conflict of interest to list oneself if the same applies? Thank you.Stuntworks (talk) 09:56, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

Yes, it would be a conflict of interest to write about yourself. Please see this section for more details. I'll also leave some standard page creation advice below this message. Basically, someone must be notable before we can have an article about them.

A Wizard is available to walk you through these steps. See the Article Wizard.

Thank you.

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How to restore an article after accidental deletion of references

While editing the article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_K2_disaster I accidentally deleted the other references (August 12, 1200 hours).

It also mentions the following error: Cite error: There are < ref > tags on this page, but the references will not show without a reflist template or a references tag; see the help page.

How can I restore the accidentally deleted references?

Or can I contact the original editor for help?

Many thanks, Freek

Hi, I reverted to the previous version of the page and the reflist has been restored. This does mean however that the link you added has disappeared. If the link is of note, I suggest that you re-add it in the "External Links" section.

(also had to edit your entry here, it messed up the display a little) Best, Darigan (talk) 10:44, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

You can use the "View history" tab on the article to look back through all previous versions of the page. Then you can revert/undo your own edit, or re-edit starting at the version before you made your mistake. Or you can at least see the actual "diff" with the changes marked and then update the current page to include what you accidentally deleted. DMacks (talk) 15:09, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

Editing a template: WWII DP camps

In Displaced Persons camp#DP camps following World War II there's a template, {{WWII DP camps}}, to which I'd like to add an element based on a recent, sourced edit of mine. I just can't figure out how to get into that template to edit it. -- Deborahjay (talk) 10:44, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

Here is a link to it: {{WWII DP camps}} You can also type Template:WWII DP camps in the search box and it will tak you to it. ~~ GB fan ~~ ^talk 10:51, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

Twitter link in above post

Link in post "How to restore an article after accidental deletion of references" (one or two posts above this one) that does not show up in the code (or at least, not that i can see) How, and how can it be fixed? Cheers, Darigan (talk) 10:57, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

never mind, fixed it. There was a reflist tag in the code. Thanks Darigan (talk) 10:59, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

Fix

Can anybody fix the doc of Template:Planretire. The size of the boxes differ. --Extra 999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 11:28, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

 Fixed --Extra 999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 11:50, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

username and password

hi how can i get my username if i have forgotten it can u tell me —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.166.51.253 (talk) 12:03, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

If you made any edits while logged in, and you can remember what you edited, your user name will be shown in the Help:Page history of those pages. Or, if you can remember the first few letters of the name you may be able to find it at Special:ListUsers. Otherwise I think you'll have to start again with a new name. -- John of Reading (talk) 12:43, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

(edit conflict) There is no automatic method. Possibilities include: Look for it at Special:ListUsers or in the page history of a page you have edited, or in an email from wikimedia.org if you gave an email address. If you didn't give an email address where you can receive email then you will also have to remember the password. If you don't find it then it's OK to create a new account. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:47, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

New passwort needed

I seem to have misplaced (deleted) the password to my account. I have not used the acoount for over a year. How cam I find out weather the account is still active and how can I get a new password? Please help me to solve this. Thank you! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.8.121.144 (talk) 12:44, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

Accounts are never deactivated or deleted. If you stored an email address in the account then use the "E-mail new password" button at the login screen. Otherwise you may have to create a new account. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:50, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

neutrality and Duplicity

I've seen articles that are marked at the top noting insufficient references, and those articles are nevertheless to allowed remain that way for weeks, yet when I try to make a modification to an article with a distinct liberal bias to make it more neutral according to your stated policy, it's taken out immediately. The excuse given the first time is neutrality questions, the second time, lack of references for facts that are common knowledge. (By the way, I did reference the Wikipedia articles on embryology). In any case, Common knowledge like : "the sky is blue" does not need to be referenced according to standard rules I learned in school. If you know something to be a fact or making a statement everyone knows to be a fact, like there are 46 chromosomes in the first human cell at the moment of conception" you do not need to reference it. The two people removing my modifications did it almost immediately where other improperly cited articles were allowed and still remain in that condition. Some of your editors seem to have a double standard when it comes to rules of citation and the neutrality policy, and if you don't start enforcing your stated policies, and stop discriminating against conservative opinions, I'm going to make sure everyone from here to hong kong knows you can't be trusted as a reliable source of information. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Elrondaragorn (talk • contribs) 13:38, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

Are you referring to this edit? By no stretch of the imagination is it neutral, it is blatant POV pushing and was correctly reverted. Wikipedia is not a soapbox for you to push your anti-abortion agenda. – ukexpat (talk) 14:40, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

(edit conflict)You raised this issue on July 26th at Editor Assistance requests [6] and you were answered there. You added what looks like your personal opinion to a two paragraph section that has 11 references. Your addition had none. Instead of going to the talk page of the article to discuss it you want to EAR where as I said you were answered. I see no evidence of a double standard, some articles receive less attention than others however from those most interested in our policies and guidelines and need a lot of work. Some articles are full of copyright violations, I've spent time today removing some. That others remain doesn't mean there is a double standard however. I suggest you either find a way to edit the section in question so that it follows our guidelines and policies on citation and reads as though it is part of the same section, or discuss it on the talk page. I can't find any edits by you on Embryology to see what you have referenced before. Ah, I've missed the point that it isn't necessarily the human life bit that needed referencing (although the way it was put was clearly argumentative, ie pov pushing), but the rest. I note that the section does mention conservative opinion - with a reference, so it is clearly possible to add something on conservative opinion without being reverted. And your threat is, I'm afraid, a common one and isn't going to impress anyone. Dougweller (talk) 14:51, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

If you want a site that considers your opinions to constitute "facts that are common knowledge", I suspect you will be more comfortable at Conservapedia than you seem to be here. --Orange Mike | Talk 15:08, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

New Name, but....

It's not the same. When I log in, it doesn't take me to the "Login confirmed" screen. I want it to do that. Instead, it takes me to the main page. I don't want that. What's the problem? Finalius! (Talk, sign) 14:59, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

I'm taken to a page saying "Login successful" and at the bottom "Return to" followed by a link to whatever page I was on when clicking Log in. I vaguely recall a discussion long ago where a couple of users said they skipped the login successful page. Maybe it was about browsers. I use Firefox 3.6 on Windows Vista. Are you logged in when you are taken to the main page? If so then I don't see a problem. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:13, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, I'm logged on on the main page. But this never happened before. And I use Google Chrome on XP, like I always have. I used to be logged in to the screen you described. I'll log off and on a few times to test. Finalius! (Talk, sign) 15:17, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

Same thing happened. However, it does display the "logged out" screen. Finalius! (Talk, sign) 15:18, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

Here is a discussion where nobody could explain the difference: Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2009 October 30#Automatic "return to" after login? This was what I vaguely remembered but it didn't identify the browser as the cause. Here is a user with the opposite wish of you: Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2010 May 14#Return to page logged in from. It's hard to satisfy everybody! PrimeHunter (talk) 15:44, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

New link?

I would like to establish a link to Carlos Brown's page. Heard County High School should link to "heardhigh.com". How can I accomplish this?65.82.196.147 (talk) 16:06, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

While external links are allowed in articles, an article should not consist of only an external link. If you have encyclopedic content on the school, you can create an article on Heard County High School. But any article with only external links would be deleted. --Mysdaao ^talk 17:00, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

[Edit] bunching on Roy Oswalt

Anyone know how to fix this please? I tried {{FixBunching}} but it doesn't play nice with the Medal templates. Thanks. – ukexpat (talk) 17:25, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

While I haven't found a solution yet, I think it is related to the last two parameters of {{Infobox MLB player}}. Removing them (as in this revision of the sandbox) seems to solve the problem. Intelligentsium 18:19, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

I think you're right but I still can't figure out how to fix it. I'll ask at WT:BASEBALL. – ukexpat (talk) 19:24, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

MWD as Wiki Page

I saw there is MWD page but it's unrelated to what MWD is.

I own mwd.com very largely populated site (450.000+ visitors per month)

Would I have right edit page and say everything what MWD is about? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.10.43.8 (talk) 18:22, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

Are you referring to the page MWD? The purpose of this page (a disambiguation page) is to list articles associated with that title. If you think that your website meets Wikipedia's notability guidelines, you could visit Articles for creation and ask for a new article to be written about it. Please do not create an article yourself about your own website, as this would violate Wikipedia's conflict of interest guidelines. Katherine (talk) 19:07, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

No, because that would be using Wikipedia for advertising which is not permitted, and you have a massive conflict of interest. – ukexpat (talk) 19:08, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

Most short abbreviations have many meanings. It sounds odd if you think that your website is the only true meaning of MWD and all meanings on that page are "unrelated to what MWD is". Besides the conflict of interest, you certainly shouldn't delete other valid meanings of a term. PrimeHunter (talk) 19:30, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

Photos

Are photographs from television series, web series, etc., such as File:Salad Fingers and Horace Horsecollar.png, and File:AnnOrange.jpg, simply taken while the series, etc. is being viewed, or otherwise? It is hard for me to tell because the cameras that took the pictures seem to have captured the entire screen, there is no television, computer, etc. on any sides of the pictures, and it seems to me that it would be rather difficult to take a picture like this (however, a good photographer probably could have been able to do this), but it also seems that a picture could have been modified to look like this. MR. PreZ 18:27, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

As those images are protected by copyright, I have taken the liberty of turning them into file links. In response to your question, I'm not sure. It seems to be a question for the Reference desk, only tangentially related to Wikipedia itself. Intelligentsium 18:49, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

I apologize, I was unaware of how to turn them into file links when I added them to my question, thank you for doing so for me. And Thanks for the advice. MR. PreZ 18:54, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

They could be screencaps made while watching the material on a computer.  – ukexpat (talk) 19:20, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

Signature

Is it possible for me, as an IP, to customize my signature? 174.52.141.138 (talk) 22:03, 12 August 2010 (UTC)