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February 20

How should I welcome newbies?

I just welcomed a newbie with a {Welcome} template. But I was wondering if there are better templates available. Can anyone point me in the right direction? A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 01:08, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

If you install Twinkle it has a bunch of welcoming templates that you can use. ~~ GB fan ~~ 01:19, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There's a list at Wikipedia:Welcoming committee/Welcome templates. Deor (talk) 08:13, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Is it possible to disable unified login?

I don't want to use it but there doesn't seem to be an option to get rid of this. I want to have different accounts on different wiki's. I have an old account on de.wikipedia which I sometimes use and I want edits to be placed under that name, not this one. Yet even unselecting Log in Globally won't prevent this. This is very frustrating as no choice is given. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TaranisJupiter (talk • contribs) 01:32, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You can combine both accounts. mabdul 11:44, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Follow a category tree?

Is there any way to follow a category tree, either up or down? What I mean is - I pulled all pages from Category:Ohio and it's subcats, I'm somehow ending up with articles like Spring Mill, Kentucky. How can I figure out why this page is (apparently) in some Ohio subcat? ^Avic _ennasis @ 02:19, 16 Adar I 5771 / 20 February 2011 (UTC)

You can view the interactive tree at Special:CategoryTree if that helps. Nanonic (talk) 02:30, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! ...I'm hoping there's an "expand all" option hiding somewhere? :) ^Avic _ennasis @ 02:55, 16 Adar I 5771 / 20 February 2011 (UTC)

You could try drilling up from the Spring Mill, Kentucky article. It is in three non-hidden categories:

The last category is a subcategory of Category:Metropolitan areas of Indiana, which contains the article Cincinnati – Northern Kentucky metropolitan area. Depending on what you mean by "pulled" it's not hard to see how a recursive retrieval of all articles categorized somewhere under Category:Ohio and its subcategories could slop over into neighboring states. Wikipedia categories do not have to be strictly hierarchical, and they do not have to form a tree. --Teratornis (talk) 04:01, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Who to ask?

I've just come across this list. Both the list and the articles seem to be worthy of deletion, but I have zero knowledge of this area. It has been edited by a fair few different names over the years too. Before starting an AfD with about 100 articles I wanted to ask a group with some sort of specialist knowledge whether or not this was wise. The problem is that Wikiproject Pakistan appears to be inactive from a quick scan of their project and talk pages. Any suggestion of who to ask? Stu.W UK (talk) 02:54, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Both the list itself and the handful of articles I looked at appeared to be reasonable. They don't seem worthy of deletion. Some of the articles are rough around the edges and need copy editing for spelling and grammar, and other improvements best left to those who know about the tribes in question. Articles that need improvement are not deleted if they can be made better. — O'Dea (talk) 06:48, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

But what I don't understand is what possible use they serve. Presumably tribal affiliation serves some significance to Baloch people, but this is never explained. To take a letter at random I went for 'g'. Gabol looks great and has a big bibliography but I don't see what difference it has to someone's family history. The other 10 articles have a single reference between them. So I guess what I'm really asking is - where can I find someone who can explain to me whether each Baloch tribe is significant and notable enough for an article? Stu.W UK (talk) 11:18, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

As Odea said: these articles need copyedit, wikify and mostly more (and better) references. Feel free to work on it. mabdul 11:42, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe reading Tribe would help you. I suspect that List of countries in Europe would be more useless to Baloch people than these articles are to you. Especially Switzerland where not only are the people not of the same tribe, they don’t even speak the same language. In a tribal society the tribe is the primary identity above the family. —teb728 t c 12:10, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Be careful not to confuse the fact that you or I know nothing about these people with them being insignificant or non-notable. We must respect our ignorance by adopting a modest and cautious attitude. Some of these articles are in quite reasonable shape, while some are short and ragged and could survive some kind attention. Even though you are not qualified to maintain the subject matter itself, you can certainly reupholster the articles to great effect simply by correcting the spelling and grammar. Perhaps you could pose your questions on the talk pages of those who commenced some of the articles, or who added a lot of material to them, that is, people who by their work demonstrate their greater familiarity with the subject. — O'Dea (talk) 20:32, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I may well take this up as a project. Stu.W UK (talk) 00:35, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Edit Conflict?

A page I was in the middle of creating was reviewed by Wikipedia before I had a chance to completely finish it and cite all my sources. Now, more than half of what was on that page is gone, replaced by a warning. Is there any way to retrieve the information? And if not how would I make sure that everything isn't deleted again before I finish? And shouldn't Wikipedia wait at least a day after the publication of an article to review it, so that people can actually finish their articles? Anulik96 (talk) 04:46, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I guess you're talking about the article Mariam Nazarian? From looking at the history, nothing that you saved on that page has been lost - if the loss was caused by an edit conflict you may have been taken to the edit conflict resolution page and given an opportunity to merge your information into the live article. As the PROD reason is for unreferenced BLP, you have a 10 day grace period (as shown on the template on the article) to provide a reference or otherwise improve the article to prevent its deletion. Any new article placed into article-space is reviewed as soon as is reasonably practicable - this helps us catch obvious attack pages and other disparaging edits (see Wikipedia:New pages patrol). Wikipedia:Your first article suggests creating an article in your user-space first and then moving it into the live article-space when you feel it is ready, user-space is widely used for drafting in this way. Nanonic (talk) 05:26, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I copied the reference from your “Notable alumni” edit, providing a source for Carnegie Hall and CD statements. You still need references for the other attested facts. Don’t forget to close your <ref>s with </ref>s.—teb728 t c 08:52, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I added a second reference and removed the BLPProd since it now has 2 references, I also added some categories to help out the article along with the project on the talk page. ~~ GB fan ~~ 12:42, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

sock policy

Over at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Francis_E_Williams, User:Tiptoety declined a checkuser request that had already been endorsed, with a reason that doesn't seem to make sense. What's more, I can't ask him/her/it about it, as zir talk page is semi-protected. Could someone either explain the logic there to me, or request a more substantial explanation on zir talk page, please? 24.177.120.138 (talk) 06:47, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I also fail to understand the decline reason, namely that the alleged puppet “was blocked to allow account creation, as such creating a new account is not in violation of WP:SOCK.” But the alleged master is not a new account: it was created in August 2009. —teb728 t c 10:29, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Whoops, you are right. I will post my results shortly. Tiptoety ^talk 18:40, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Is this harrassment?

Does reverting four edits by the same contributor, in four different articles, constitute harrassment or stalking? Astronaut (talk) 12:29, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Not if these revertings are ok. Vandalism? Unsourced content? No improvements? All these (and similar) rv are totally ok. mabdul 12:32, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Scorpion781004

User:Scorpion781004 has redirected his user and talk pages to Mortal Kombat 10 and Talk:Mortal Kombat 10. He has thus received notifications, most recently from me, on an improper talk page. Can an administrator help fix this and warn this new user properly and officially? Thanks. --Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars (talk) 17:39, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't see where you notified the user. In any event, if you want administrative action, you should go to WP:ANI, unless someone knows of a better notice board for this sort of violation (WP:UP).--Bbb23 (talk) 17:56, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This looks like a good-faith mistake. You can see from the history of Mortal Kombat 10 that Scorpion781004 began his user page as a sandbox for that article, then moved his user page to Mortal Kombat 10 to make the article live. Doing so converted his user and user talk pages to redirects. A bot subsequently redirected Mortal Kombat 10 to Mortal Kombat (2011 video game) to fix a redirect. Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 18:21, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Assuming you're right, is it appropriate to remove the redirects? I was going to do that, but then I wasn't sure if it was permissible to edit his pages.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:25, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

But people like me are placing notifications on a talk page of a redirected article rather than the user's talk page, so something needs to be done. I will notify ANI, as you suggest. I just needed to be pointed as to where to go. Appreciate the help. --Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars (talk) 18:30, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It's ok, I've restored the user and user talk pages and explained to Scorpion781004 what happened, and marked Talk:Mortal Kombat 10 for speedy deletion. I believe everything's resolved. Bbb23 – by and large people don't edit other people's user pages unless there's a copyright violation or personal attack or whatever, but in this case it's clear the problem was caused by an honest mistake by a new editor, so I saw no harm in just fixing it for him. Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 18:44, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Great, thanks for sorting all that out.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:47, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps it would be in order to avoid such good-faith mistakes by not automatically creating redirects on moves from user space to main space (or maybe on all inter-namespace moves). In the unlikely event that a user actually wants a redirect, (s)he could create it by hand. —teb728 t c 07:27, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Flagging a section that needs to cite sources

The article on Transcendentalism, section on History, needs sources and expansion. How do I post this? Also, where do I go to find the answer to this? I will copy the url of this page, as the instructions say "Answers will be provided on this page only", but that doesn't seem quite right. Claraevallensis (talk) 17:55, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Any answers to your question will appear here, as opposed to by e-mail to you. The template you're looking for is {{Ref improve section}}.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:01, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You shouldn't need to copy the url of this page. It should have been automatically added to your watchlist; if not, check your preferences. - David Biddulph (talk) 19:30, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Following up on David's point, you have a couple of choices. One is to check the box in Preferences\Watchlist so that any page you edit is automatically added to your watchlist. The other is to manually add a page to your watchlist, which you can do by clicking on the star in the upper right-hand corner to the left of the Search text box. The watchlist (if you view it) will then alert you to any changes to the article, in this instance this forum. Just be aware that it will tell you anytime a change has been made anywhere on the Help page, not just to your section of the Help page. You can find more info on this at WP:WATCHLIST.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:07, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

My preferences: internationalisation (sic)

The language in My preferences is set to en and not to the British kind. And yet it still shows "internationalisation" in the nonstandard British spelling. It's a pretty trivial error, but can anyone explain it or fix it?—Biosketch (talk) 19:30, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia uses US and commonwealth English equally and interchangeable since the two are mutually comprehensible.©Geni 19:36, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The language setting has no effect on article or other content. It merely changes messages shown from the MediaWiki namespace. Most of the en messages have been very customized, but very few of the others. -— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 20:24, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:ENGVAR for the policy on this matter in articles. --ColinFine (talk) 21:27, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I guess Biosketch is referring to the "Internationalisation" heading above the language box at Special:Preferences. Perhaps it can be changed by an admin at MediaWiki:Prefs-i18n but I don't know enough to evaluate the request. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:39, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It could be but since it is in english there is no reason to do so.©Geni 00:00, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Own work or copyright theft?

How can I tell if File:Mile-High Tower.jpg is correctly licensed? It took me seconds to find the same image on this page published by Mena Infrastructure/GDS Publishing Ltd. And if it is a copyright violation, how do I flag the image correctly - for deletion or in need of a proper license? Astronaut (talk) 20:00, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like a clear copyvio to me, I'd tag it with {{db-filecopyvio|url=http://www.menainfra.com/news/mile-high-tower/}}. There's also the more good faith option avenue, tagging it with {{subst:npd}} will give the uploader a chance to provide evidence of permission/ownership. Rehevkor ✉ 20:07, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There seem to be other images from the same editor, so there may be suspicions on those too? - David Biddulph (talk) 20:12, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

(e/c):It appears that this was just a copy-paste from the website, it does need to be dealt with. A p3rson ‽ 20:13, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

File:Dubai city tower.jpg, File:Jakarta tower.jpg, and File:Bionic Tower.jpg appear to be copyvios as well (after a search on TinEye). I've already checked the other images Freiza667 uploaded. Goodvac (talk) 20:15, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

After doing a TinEye search, many of the images qualified for CSD:F9, and have been tagged so. A p3rson ‽ 20:33, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

File:Finance Centre.jpg is another copyvio. It's a computer render. The meta data says it was created in 2008, and he just uploaded it a couple days ago. It appears on this forum, in a post dating from 2009.[1][2] Sometimes TinEye doesn't nail them all I guess.--Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 20:51, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted. Thanks to everybody for finding these. Fut.Perf. ☼ 21:14, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Using the Wikipedia logo as an icon to a specific Wikipedia article

Hi, I'm working on a new site and the Show, Season and Episode guides would be a valuable asset to the "User Experience" of one of the features on my site. I'd wish to use the Wikipedia logo next to a line of text (something along the lines of "Read the Wiki") Linking the topic to the relevant Wikipedia article. Can I do this? Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.1.207.201 (talk) 23:27, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Well, possibly under a claim of fair use. Unlike a large portion of the images one sees on Wikipedia, which are either in the public domain or copyrighted but usable under a free license, the Wikipedia log is straight copyrighted. I don't think this would properly qualify as fair use since the focus of the use is not about Wikipedia itself; a link to a random Wikipedia article is rather generic. By the way, the text you are thinking of adding—if you are referring to Wikipedia as "the Wiki", please don't: see Wikipedia:Don't abbreviate Wikipedia as Wiki. Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 23:43, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think you can use the copyrighted globe logo for your purpose but you can use a black W on white background which is a Wikipedia icon used by both Wikipedia and others referring to Wikipedia. Some versions at commons:Category:Wikipedia icons are not copyrighted. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:50, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

February 21

Why am I being asked for a username and password all of a sudden?

Starting quite recently, whenever I open ANY Wikipedia page, I get asked for a username and password for http://goiplookup.wikimedia.org. I have to cancel out of the dialog at least twice (up to 4 times for some pages) before I am able to read the Wikipedia page I am trying to load. Why is this happening and how can I stop it?

Dave —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.86.97.225 (talk) 00:18, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think your computer might have a virus... This definitely isn't a Wikipedia tihng.

Also, please sign your posts with ~~~~. Thanks! --- c y m r u . l a s s ^{(talk me, stalk me)} 00:55, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Try to clear your entire cache. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:19, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It could be a problem with 'cookies'. See Help:Logging in#Login issues and problems. Or it could also be that you're trying to log in the secure server. -- œ ^™ 17:47, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

A way to search all noticeboard archives?

Is there a way to search all noticeboard archives (COIN, RSN, SPAM, etc) for a particular string? I'm looking for an old report of a particular web address. Thank you, CliffC (talk) 01:43, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

All such noticeboards are in the Wikipedia namespace, so you can simply restrict your search to that namespace. It might be a little wider than what you wanted by it should not be too unwieldy.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 06:08, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You could try Special:LinkSearch if you know the report links to the website. Link Search will give you all the Wikipedia pages that link to a specific external link. --- c y m r u . l a s s ^{(talk me, stalk me)} 18:40, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The "restricted search" is just what the doctor ordered, thanks! (And thanks for the Talkback wake-up call!) --CliffC (talk) 19:07, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

math

several early numeration systems did not use place values.determine at least two of these systems. describe the system that they used. what were the disadvantages? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.72.209.163 (talk) 02:26, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This is not for your homework help. CTJF83 02:28, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You can however do your own homework research by entering numeration systems in the search box at the top. PrimeHunter (talk) 06:02, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Try posting at Wikipedia:Reference desk/Mathematics. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 16:55, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oakhill College - Old Crest

The school crest currently showing on the Oakhill College page has been replaced with a new crest. We would like this to be updated on Wikipaedia as soon as possible. The new crest can be found on our college website.

Many Thanks Oakhill College Castle Hill, NSW, Sydney, Australia —Preceding unsigned comment added by 175.176.212.42 (talk) 05:02, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I have uploaded File:Oakhill logo.png and added it to Oakhill College instead of the old version. PrimeHunter (talk) 06:00, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved

– PrimeHunter (talk) 06:00, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Good work, PH. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 16:58, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

lisinopril

what happens when someone that has low blood pressure takes medication for high blood pressure —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.228.39.116 (talk) 05:09, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

We cannot offer medical advice. Please see the medical disclaimer. Contact an appropriate medical professional. PrimeHunter (talk) 05:45, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

They aren't asking for medical advice. They're asking for factual information.

That said, this desk is for help in editing Wikipedia. For a factual question about a science topic such as this, see the Science Reference Desk. Dismas|^(talk) 14:20, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Literally, the IP is asking for factual information, but the question can reasonably be read as to ask for medical advice, just inartfully written. In this context, it's better to respond cautiously and protectively as PrimeHunter did.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:01, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Post a request at Wikipedia:Reference desk/Science and ask your question in a form that does not require medical diagnosis or request medical opinions. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 17:00, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Sir, Why Marathi Movie Encyclopedia ar enot made.

Dear sir,

I am Hemant k Bassaiye From Aurangabad Maharashta,I had experiance that in Wikipedia is not making Encyclopedia of Marathi movies, sir it hurt us,

Please sir its my request to please making Encyclopedia of Marathi Movies

Hemant k Bassaiye [email redacted] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hemant t14 (talk • contribs) 05:13, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

We have Category:Marathi-language films. Films can get articles if they satisfy Wikipedia:Notability (films). PrimeHunter (talk) 05:48, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

(e/c) Certainly there is a systemic bias resulting from the demographics of those who contribute to this English version of Wikipedia. Articles are created by those who are interested in particular subjects—there is no central authority that dictates what articles are to be created. Also, the world may not have written extensively about the cinema of Marathi in reliable sources that are accessible to English speakers, and since what is written about is also tied to what can be sourced, that also affects our coverage of this topic. We do have an article on Marathi cinema and reading that you can see we also have articles on Marathi films. See Category:Marathi-language films for a more complete idea of our coverage as small as it is. Note also that there is a Marathi language Wikipedia, though it only has 32,640 articles (actually a huge number that is only tiny when you compare it with our gigantism); here's a link to their article on Marathi films [3].--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 06:01, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Linking to a picture that was uploaded into Commons

Hello, I tried to insert a picture for the Wilfrid B. Israel entry. I succeeded doing so for the Hebrew version, but for the English version, only the file name appears, and it doesn't show the picture. File:Wilfrid Israel 20.jpg — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ophirbaer (talk • contribs) 05:15, 21 February 2011 (UTC) Please advise. Thanks, Ophir — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ophirbaer (talk • contribs) 05:14, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed in [4]. Capitalization matters. You uploaded it to the Hebrew Wikipedia as he:File:Wilfrid Israel 20.jpg, but the version you uploaded to Commons is commons:File:Wilfrid Israel 20.JPG. PrimeHunter (talk) 05:42, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Good job, PH.

Resolved

– PrimeHunter (talk) 05:42, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

-- Uzma Gamal (talk) 17:02, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Floating side bar

Im using monobook skin and Ive added a script that shifts the my user toolbar on top into a sidebar on the left and made to float so that when i scroll down any page the toolbar will always be visible. Ive used this script since 2007 and didnt have any problem until about 2 months ago. The sidebar was pushed down leaving an empty space where the wikipedia logo was supposed to be (in order to use the script the logo was supposed to be switched off) and all the interwiki links went missing. The script appears to be outdated and the user who created the script is no longer active on wikipedia (User:Omegatron). I found the script here: Help:User style. Can anyone point me to where I can find a solution to this problem? Ive checked out Wikipedia:User page design center, but this seems to only cover userpage designing. Ive tried cologne blue skin which allows the user to create a floating sidebar but i didnt like that the "discussion", "edit this page", "history", etc buttons were moved to the sidebar instead of on top of the page. Any help will be much appreciated. ќמшמφטтгמ^torque 08:16, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I have the same problem, and posted at WP:VPT#Interface issues. Now I'm waiting for a reply from TheDJ (talk · contribs), whom I have asked to fix the script. Hopefully, he can find a way to do it, since I found that script useful. Goodvac (talk) 09:08, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, thanks a lot. ќמшמφטтгמ^torque 09:52, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

link in article on john bunyan

there is a link to john gifford in the john bunyan biography. it leads to the wrong john gifford.72.174.77.124 (talk) 13:35, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed.[5] We don't have an article for that John Gifford though. Dismas|^(talk) 13:39, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Goog job, Dismas.

Resolved

– Dismas ^(talk) 13:39, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

-- Uzma Gamal (talk) 17:05, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Translating Wikipedia from English

I am interested in reading Wikipedia articles in languages other than English but if I click onto one of the foreign languages on the left-hand bar, the translated article is often very different from the English one. Is there any way I can get a close translation of the English-language article, please — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rdurkan (talk • contribs) 17:37, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Each Wikipedia maintains its own articles, which is probably why they vary from language to language. If you wish to see a literal translation of the English Wikipedia article, I think the best you'll be able to do is either Google Translate or Babelfish. TNXMan 17:52, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

image upload extension

Why does the upload page claim that a jpg image (simple lines and symbols) is not of the correct MIME type? Negovori (talk) 18:38, 21 February 2011 (UTC)Negovori[reply]

If you mean this image: File:Eq_1.1.(2x2)x(2x2)=(4x4).jpg, I don't know, this seems all correct except the missing license. mabdul 18:58, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm no expert in such things, but might the full stops in the file name be getting it confused as to which part is the file extension? I see also that you had omitted the file extension from the link for the image in Periodic systems of small molecules, so I've cured that for you. - David Biddulph (talk) 19:06, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Place of birth through the ages

When documenting someone's place of birth, do you write the place name and county when the person was born, or what it is today? For example, Tony Hayward, the poor guy, was born in Slough, which is now in Buckinghamshire, but at the time was in Berkshire. So what do you put on his article? It's a question that's bugged me for some time but I've never found the policy on it. Thanks in advance. —Half Price 18:56, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No advice given at WP:DATA, so may be worth asking at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Persondata. As one example, I'm glad to see that my fellow Kendalian David Starkey is described as being from Westmorland, but I don't know whether there is a policy. - David Biddulph (talk) 19:16, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Will do. —Half Price 11:19, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

lord mayor of Cork, Ireland in 1921-22 DONAL O'CALLAGHAN

I am trying to get some personal info on him as I am writing an article.........where can I get help? I wondered if the City hall might have a site or an address I could contact..........?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.72.87.42 (talk) 20:19, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 6.9 million articles and thought we were 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 for asking questions related to using or contributing to Wikipedia itself. Thus, we have no special knowledge about 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. --Orange Mike | Talk 20:23, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

PR firm needing to update a client's page, but it is locked

We are a PR firm and represent a well-known celebrity and need to update his wiki page but it is locked. What do we do? Thank you! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.96.125.106 (talk) 20:57, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

First read Wikipedia:Conflict of interest--Aspro (talk) 20:59, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please explain on the article's talk page the edits that you think should be made, and please provide reliable sources in support. And by the way, it is not your client's wiki page, it is a Wikipedia article about that person and no-one controls it. – ukexpat (talk) 21:04, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Can I change a subject's picture? If so, how?

In 888 holding's page the company's logo needs to be updated to the new one. The company re-breanded itself in 2010 and the main theme and logo now look different.

How can I avoid any copyright issues if I upload? Can I do it myself?

this is the current page: File:888logo.png

Thanks for your help,

D. Stern — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dror stern (talk • contribs) 21:13, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Click on the "Upload a new version of this file" link on the image info page linked to above and follow the instructions. If you have any problems, let us know here and someone will help. – ukexpat (talk) 21:35, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It requires a gif to png conversion so give me a few minutes and I will take care of it. – ukexpat (talk) 21:36, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Done, you may have to bypass your cache to see the new version. – ukexpat (talk) 21:41, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Error in map image

Article on right to work laws at[[6]] shows map with caption stating that right-to-work states are highlighted in turquoise. New Hampshire is not highlighted, yet the list to the left of the map includes New Hampshire. This can be confusing to readers. Is there a way to fix this? --Ravital (talk) 22:09, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The error was apparently the premature addition of New Hampshire to the list 16 February.[7] The state House passed it and sent it to the state Senate but if they pass it then the Governor may still veto.[8] I have removed New Hampshire.[9] PrimeHunter (talk) 02:48, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Suspected violation of block for sockpuppetry

This post to my user talk page claims to be from User:Francis E Williams. If the claim is correct, he is editing in violation of a block for sockpuppetry. Is there something I should do about this? —teb728 t c 22:51, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Seems to have already been blocked by User:HelloAnnyong Rehevkor ✉ 22:55, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

(e/c) It has been dealt with already and the IP was blocked 72 hours for block evasion. Cheers - [[CharlieEchoTango]] 22:56, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, swing and a miss from me. But blocked all the same. Rehevkor ✉ 23:05, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

So for future reference the thing to do is to report the IP to ANI, and the user block is not extended? —teb728 t c 23:34, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

How to list ALL articles that have links to ONE article?

How do I get a list of ALL articles that link to ONE specific article (or redirect)? Thanks! • Sbmeirow • Talk • 22:58, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Go to the article you're interested in; under "Toolbox" on the left-hand side of the page, click on "What links here". Voila! Deor (talk) 23:06, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

If you only want to list articles then select "(Article)" in the Namespace box and click "Go". PrimeHunter (talk) 00:11, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

February 22

Can I crawl wikipedia, I have a specific kind of search engine for movies

Hi Sir/Madam,

Can I crawl Wikipedia, I have a specific kind of search engine for movies and would like to crawl available information. There are 2 ways I can do this one is by bulk indexing which makes sense since I can validate the data. The other is just linking which is not very useful for my application. Let me know the norms surrounding these questions.

Thanks Arvind —Preceding unsigned comment added by 155.201.35.64 (talk) 00:22, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

http://en.wikipedia.org/robots.txt says: "Friendly, low-speed bots are welcome viewing article pages, but not dynamically-generated pages please". See also Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks#Remote loading. If you can restrict the crawler to movie-related articles and it doesn't go too fast then it sounds OK. If you expect to crawl most of Wikipedia then look for a dump instead. PrimeHunter (talk)

Perhaps post a request at Wikipedia:Bot requests. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 17:12, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Cite problem

Why can't I get reference #41 to look right? I've played with it for a while now, and nothing I do works. I tried changing it to "cite web" instead of just enclosing it in brackets, but it still ends up enclosed in brackets and not resolving properly. I don't think the URL itself has any special characters that would cause this problem. What am I missing?--Bbb23 (talk) 00:40, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There were two carriage returns in the text of the title of the journal article inside the citation. Removing them fixed the issue.[10] Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 01:00, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I'm glad I stopped looking at it - it was giving me a headache.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:05, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Good work, Fuhghettaboutit: -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 17:14, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delay in Category listings

Resolved

– by Bbb23

Unless my eyes deceive me, in the edit window for Anglican Diocese of Melbourne, it shows two categories. Yet, when viewing the article, I don't see these categories listed at the bottom of the page. Is there a delay or something, or is this a bug from the update? ^Avic_ennasis @ 01:31, 18 Adar I 5771 / 22 February 2011 (UTC)

I fixed it. The coordinates template should have been at the top of the article.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:40, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I had no idea that a mis-placed coord template could do that! ^Avic_ennasis @ 01:50, 18 Adar I 5771 / 22 February 2011 (UTC)

It wasn't about the coord template. It was a misformatted comment which incorrectly ended with --!> instead of -->. This meant the comment actually never ended and it swallowed the category code. The fix [11] removed the comment completely but could also just have removed the extra !. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:07, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

article credit

If additional information is contributed in discussion of an article, what is the process of the said contribution added to that article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.3.214.79 (talk) 02:36, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I assume you refer to attribution be given to the original author to satisfy their license rights. If material is copied from another page then link to the page in the edit summary. See more at Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia. If it's copied from the article's talk page then "copied from talk page" without a link should be sufficient. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:01, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This edit added the content to the article talk page. If you want to add that contribution to the Penny (United States coin) article, you need to open the Penny (United States coin) article and add it. You also may want to use Template:Cite book in the article to cite the source of the information. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 17:22, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Deleting without scaring off a new editor

Do re mi (nirvana song) has just appeared. It isn't a notable song so should become a redirect to the album it's on, and may then be deleted as an implausible redirect. The problem is, it's someone's first contribution to wikipedia and I don't want to scare them off. What do? Stu.W UK (talk) 03:09, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Leave a message on the creator's talk page explaining, in plain English, why their article is going to be deleted. Verifiability is probably the key in this case, so explain why we can't have content about things that haven't been written about elsewhere. Don't use any abbreviations or Wiki-jargon, but do insert links to relevant policies so that they can read them if they want. Invite them to ask questions about policy. (I usually end an explanation of policy with "Does that make sense?" to leave the possibility that I haven't explained very well clear.) Thank them for their contribution. Direct them to Wikipedia:WikiProject Alternative music. Perhaps suggest other Nirvana song articles that need work. These are just suggestions and things that I do. This approach doesn't always work, but usually people seem pretty receptive. It looks like it's a bit late in this case, but it's worth a shot. Danger (talk) 13:45, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Gonzonoir provides an excellent example when she explains username policy below. It's a different situation, but models the kind of language that's accessible to new users. --Danger (talk) 13:53, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Great thanks. Too late this time, but I'll keep this in mind in the future Stu.W UK (talk) 15:50, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Page creation

Is it possible to request the creation of a page? Hallpriest9 (Talk) 04:32, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

see Wikipedia:Requested articles. thanks! Monterey Bay (talk) 04:36, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Facebook like button

Hello,

It's my request to Wikipedia editors or anyone else.. Please put the facebook "Like" button on every article as the others websites do. It would be great to share what do you like!

Thanks.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tsnaik (talk • contribs) 06:01, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The best place to make suggestions like this is at The Village Pump. However, I do not think that you will get a lot of support for the idea because Wikipedia is not Facebook: it is an encyclopaedia, and articles are ideally rated according to objective criteria rather than popularity (see for example WP:FA). You can give an appreciation to a particular editor by giving them a barnstar, though. --ColinFine (talk) 08:11, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Instead of the Like button, Wikipedia uses assessment grades on every article. Strong dislikes result in the article being listed here and strong likes result in the article being listed here. Any chance of putting links to relevant Wikipedia articles on every facebook page? Google maps already does something like that.[12] Please ask around facebook and let us know how it goes. Thanks. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 17:27, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Are you sure that the assessment grades to which you refer above apply to every article? - David Biddulph (talk) 17:54, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

We do have a pilot article feedback; see Category:Article Feedback Pilot. -— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 18:12, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Couple of comments: First, articles are not listed for deletion if someone dislikes them, they are listed because a user believes they should be deleted because they do not meet Wikipedia policy, usually with respect to notability. Sometimes, admittedly, articles are sent to Afd for the wrong reasons, but they are usually quickly identified and the Afd closed as a "keep". Second, assessments do not appear on "every article", but only on those where someone has taken the trouble to make an assessment and completed a talk page Project template appropriately. Registered users can quickly see those assessments on article pages by enabling the appropriate gadget in their preferences. – ukexpat (talk) 18:18, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This is a mystery and I need someone to explain this

I tried to create an account using the name I use every where else on-line ... Cat Yoga, but it wouldn't let me. I thought it said that it was too similar to CatYoga, which was listed. But I can't tell if it is listed as a name or a subject? You see, I created The Ancient Art of Cat Yoga as a comedic hoax in 1994. I was featured in the tabloids, who wrote about my Cat Yoga school (picture Turban wearing House-Cats who sit in the Lotus Position and Meditate. ( I was a featured guest on the Geraldo Rivera Show) ....When I looked further in Wikipedia, I saw CatYoga listed on the page of Don Black, a White Supremacist ??? It says Don Black (White Supremacist) External links: catyoga.com/postscript followed by something that says: Operation Red Dog .... Can anyone explain this to me? Why is catyoga listed as an external link to a white supremacist ? What does that mean? I am NOT asking you to change anything, just to explain it to me. I would like to create a CatYoga page — Preceding unsigned comment added by Death Safari (talk • contribs) 08:15, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Death Safari. You're getting this notice on trying to register User:Cat Yoga because someone registered the username CatYoga on May 4 2009 (see here). The Wikimedia software prevents the registration of usernames very similar to those that already exist, to avoid confusion and impersonation. That user has never edited here or on any other Wikimedia projects (see here), so you might be successful in a request to usurp that username and use it yourself.

The reference to catyoga.com in the Don Black article is unrelated to the username issue: the URL you'res seeing in that article reflects the fact that, as well as pages on cat yoga at catyoga.com/catyoga/index, catyoga.com hosts a biography (at catyoga.com/home) of James Earl Ray (who was convicted of assassinating Martin Luther King, Jr.). Whoever maintains the catyoga.com domain appears to have interests in both Ray and, uh, flexible felines. (Whether it's an appropriate external link is another matter; it appears to be a hobby site which wouldn't necessarily meet our reliable sources requirements); but I haven't looked into this in detail.)

Does that clear things up? Gonzonoir (talk) 09:11, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

(e/c) As for creating an article on cat yoga, I recommend that you don't try to do this as Wikipedia, since you would have a conflict of interest when writing an article based on media coverage about yourself. -- John of Reading (talk) 09:13, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, sorry, I may have misinterpreted the original post: creating a user account with the name CatYoga or some variant thereof is likely to be acceptable, but you shouldn't write an article about a subject with which you have close personal involvement. Gonzonoir (talk) 09:20, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

WP:COI clearly states that "COI editing is strongly discouraged" but nowhere does it say that it is prohibited. All users are welcome to start articles that comply with Wikipedia principles, even on subjects they are connected with. Please be more careful with advice you give based on the COI policy. Weakopedia (talk) 09:24, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

From WP:COI - "When someone voluntarily discloses a conflict of interest, other editors should always assume the editor is trying to do the right thing. Do not use a voluntarily disclosed conflict of interest as a weapon against the editor." Weakopedia (talk) 09:26, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps I’m missing something, but I don’t see anyone here saying COI editing is prohibited; you are really the only one who even says it is strongly discouraged. And if a user discloses a COI, telling him that COI editing is discouraged is not using the disclosure as a weapon against him. —teb728 t c 12:51, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Why yes, it does appear that you are missing something.

User John of Reading said to the poster "I recommend that you don't try to do this", backed up by user Gonzonoir who said "you shouldn't write an article about a subject with which you have close personal involvement", so me pointing out that they said this is hardly controversial, and it may be that you made a mistake while reading their words? Both of those statements are a long way from advising the poster on the correct way to approach a potential COI situation.

Anyways, you also mistakenly suggest that I am "the only one who even says it is strongly discouraged", when I not only linked to the policy page that I was quoting from but used quotation marks to really spell it out for people who were hard of understanding that it was, in fact, a quote, and not my own personal opinion.

I strongly suggest that you visit the COI page to understand what that policy means, and we also have a page on inverted commas if that has proven to be a stumbling block for you. And next time, perhaps try reading the posts a little more closely before commenting? Cheers. Weakopedia (talk) 13:04, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Per the above, to register the user name User:Cat Yoga, file a request at Wikipedia:Changing username/Usurpations and request to usurp User:CatYoga. The www.catyoga.com link in the Don Black (white nationalist) article is to sourced information about Don Black on a subpage of catyoga.com. If you do not think the information belongs on that website, an administrator of catyoga.com (see this) can delete the Don Black white nationalist posted on a subpage of catyoga.com. To create the Wikipedia article Cat Yoga, click on the link Cat Yoga (or Ancient Art of Cat Yoga or Mike Gabriel (comedian) - what ever it is reliable sources are writing about) and post content that is from a reliable source not connected with Cat Yoga. If you need any help, please post on my talk page. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 16:42, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Missing space!!!

Where is the space for questions? Why can I not search for articles of interest anymore? Your new page arrangement is not pretty! Jillian —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.177.62.66 (talk) 12:23, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The search box is at the top right. See Help:Searching for more detail. -- John of Reading (talk) 12:33, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The position of the search box depends on your preference settings. For me the search box is in the tool bar on the left-hand side. - David Biddulph (talk) 16:07, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Also, if you register an account, you can use the old wikipedia page layout. --Danger (talk) 13:31, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Page reverted by someone without a clue

I edited a page today and got this reply:

"Welcome to Wikipedia. The recent edit you made to Eala Freya Fresena has been reverted, as it appears to be unconstructive. Use the sandbox for testing; if you believe the edit was constructive, ensure that you provide an informative edit summary. You may also wish to read the introduction to editing. Thank you. Closedmouth (talk) 10:24, 22 February 2011 (UTC)"

The funny thing is 1) I am of firesian descent and should know the correct terms, 2) if you'd care to check the gGerman and Friesian pages you'd see I am correct and 3) the suggestions he made are soooo long-winded, no sane person is going to follow them.

Do you want articles improved by people have the right knowledge at their disposal, or do you prefer moderators, who apparently haven't the faintest idea about the issue in question, delete corrections and return the page to its erroneous content?

NB. At the top of the page the person was actually being rather insulting saying something to the effect that me being stupid was not very nice but sadly a fact. I really do wonder who is stupid, Mr. Closedmouth, or I.

Looking at the page history of your talk page, I see that the first message was added by an anonymous editor almost a year ago. Ignore it.

Today's message shows the importance of filling in the edit summary box when making an edit, so that other editors can quickly see the reasoning behind the edit. At first glance, your edit looks just like vandalism - adding one extra character so that the first line of the text no longer matches the article title. So, although Closedmouth (talk · contribs) made a mistake here, it was an understandable mistake.

I will shortly be moving the article to the correct name and re-instating your edit. -- John of Reading (talk) 13:50, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The article was moved from from Eala Freya Fresena to Eala Frya Fresena. "Eala Freya Fresena" - 141 Google book hits[13]. "Eala Frya Fresena" - 79 Google book hits[14]. Google books asks "Did you mean: "Eala Freya Fresena"" when searching out Eala Frya Fresena. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 16:18, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

What John said. Apologies for the mistake, but we get that kind of thing constantly (a subtle change of spelling), and 99.9% of the time, it's vandalism. A simple comment in the edit summary, and I would have skipped over your edit with no second thoughts. --Closedmouth (talk) 17:11, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Broken link to MOS

The link Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Quotation marks is broken; it goes only to the top of the page. Apparently the register feature adds "[R]" to the URL. —teb728 t c 13:56, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The link above takes me directly to the section Quotation marks. I am using XP professional with IE7. ~~ GB fan ~~ 14:04, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I use Windows 7 with IE8. —teb728 t c 14:26, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure what the registered feature is, but the link I see is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#Quotation_marks and it takes me directly to the section Quotation marks. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 16:09, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Dito: the link is correct and working in Win 7 with Opera and IE8. @teb728 Maybe something is wrong with your browser mabdul 16:45, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It's working for me too now (after returning from hibernate). Weird. —teb728 t c 01:25, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It also works for me except it's a line too far down so the section heading itself is not visible. I didn't know the register feature but I guess it refers to the use of {{MOSR-link}} in the section heading which creates a "[R]" link at the right going to a section of Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Register. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:49, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

adding an article

Hi! I just wanna ask how to add an article in wikipedia? the easiest way? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Keithryncasipong (talk • contribs) 14:14, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

First of all you have to read WP:WWIN to avoid a speedy deletion of your article. If you want to create an article simply type the title in the search box on the left. There at the bottom you can read this:

There were no results matching the query.

You may create the page "Ahfdioahfs", but consider checking the search results below to see whether it is already covered. For search help, please visit Help:Searching.

Then click on the red link. Now you can edit your article. If you think the article is ready for reader's eyes, save it. If you want to preview what you wrote, click on "Show preview".-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 15:02, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

To create an an article on REDX Industries, click on the link REDX Industries. In the space provided, post REDX Industries content that is from reliable sources that are independent of REDX Industries. Then select save. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 16:06, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I left a couple of messages on your talk page with some helpful links and advice. – ukexpat (talk) 17:03, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

See the Article Wizard. -— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 18:50, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sources, lots of them

What to do in cases where there are too many sources to actually check (especially with my busted network...) but the first few ones are clearly not reliable (opinion posts etc)? [15] is what I'm referring to. Zakhalesh (talk) 17:46, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Trim back the bad ones a few at a time; there is no deadline. --Orange Mike | Talk 19:54, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This was an extreme example with 65 citations in the opening paragraph to support a POV. It has been reverted and the edit-warring IP who added them has been blocked. I have added the case to Wikipedia:Citation overkill#Examples. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:45, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

ToolTips

I've noticed that only some links generate Tooltips when moused over (in the past, any link would generate a ToolTip). Does anyone know why this is? Hallpriest9 (Talk) 17:53, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Creating a page about a business

Hello, If I was operating a well known business in the UK, and wanted a page made about that business, would that be allowed, and how would a person go about doing that.

An example would be 'The Range' - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Range_Home_and_Leisure

Thank you —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.43.101.53 (talk) 18:41, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations should answer all your questions. -— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 18:45, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Whatever you do, do not use The Range Home and Leisure as the model for an article about a company. The sourcing is woefully inadequate and does not, IMHO, reach the level reaquired to demonstrate the notability of the subject. It is also rather spammy and non-neutral in tone. In fact, I am surprised it has survived so long. Take a look at Microsoft, Dow Chemical Company, DuPont, and Pfizer as better models. – ukexpat (talk) 19:54, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I was going to ask "exactly which part of the article is spammy and non-neutral?" when all I saw was hard, non-disputable facts, but then I looked at the edit history and saw that it used to contain content that could be considered spammy and non-neutral, but which was removed less than fifteen minutes ago. JIP | Talk 20:03, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, OrangeMike and I did some clean up. – ukexpat (talk) 22:31, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

how to publish my article

I cannot figure out how to make my article visible on Wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.141.210.103 (talk) 18:53, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Try WP:1ST, and some of the links from there, such as WP:WIZ. - David Biddulph (talk) 19:06, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Quick closure

I decided to withdraw one of my afd nominations and need help with someone who can close it down for me please. It can be found here. Minima c (talk) 19:22, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Jarkeld (talk) 19:33, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Upload Image to replace old one

Moved from the computing reference desk. This is a question about using Wikipedia, not a factual question about computing in general. JIP | Talk 19:51, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Can somebody upload the following logo to the University of London wiki page to replace the emblem as it has now changed?

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.london.ac.uk/fileadmin/resources/images/general/logo.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.london.ac.uk/libraries_agreement.html&usg=__JQsmuGtgmgpyfzMmvgTq3f8zGzM=&h=65&w=300&sz=14&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=-DVFbr8B2d3ahM:&tbnh=52&tbnw=240&ei=QwdkTdbZKMOVOqmn2LsJ&prev=/images%3Fq%3Duniversity%2Bof%2Blondon%2Blogo%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26biw%3D1400%26bih%3D935%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=413&oei=QwdkTdbZKMOVOqmn2LsJ&page=1&ndsp=32&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:0&tx=145&ty=31

Wiki: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_London —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.7.25.146 (talk) 19:00, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Done - File:UofLondon logo.png. – ukexpat (talk) 22:38, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

removed references

Dear all, A necessary reference to Sundial#Sundials_in_the_Southern_Hemisphere has been replaced with some references that do not actually back up the points raised. The POV I can sort later but try as I might I cannot find a version of the article with the original reference at all. Are references not logged? I am happy to learn how to do this (simple instructions please) but after 2 hours I am not getting anywhere. The original will be a book reference to the Story of Time ed Kristen Lippincott. Thanks Edmund Patrick – confer 21:02, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like you figured it out yourself. Just so you know, if you are looking for a particular edit that removed or added text, a tool like WikiBlame can be very useful.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 21:52, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You originally added the reference for later sections in [16] before there was a "Sundials in the Southern Hemisphere" section. You added the section three weeks later [17] without using the reference. Whether it has ever been used as reference in that section would be time consuming to test but I didn't find it in a limited search. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:10, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Dear both, many thanks, I would still stake my wikilife on the fact that the book does reference the southern hemisphere so would have used it but history tells another story. Thanks for both of your valueable times. Edmund Patrick – confer 06:40, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Global log in

I agreed to the global log in scheme in order to edit Wikiquote too, and to my surprise the site has automatically generated a profile for me on French Wikipedia. Problem is, I already have a separate profile on French Wikipedia, and now whenever I log on to either I find myself automatically logged off the other one. This puzzles me as there is a "log me in globally" option which I always leave unticked. Is there any way of opting out of the scheme? This is massively irritating. Mezigue (talk) 21:42, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Did you use Special:MergeAccount? Do all your accounts have the same name? --Teratornis (talk) 01:17, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yes I have. The problem is that my accounts do not have the same name, but the system thinks they do. What I do not understand is that unticking the "log me globally" option seems to have no effect. I don't actually mind switching to the same name in French but that is against the rules on sockpupetting etc... Mezigue (talk) 13:34, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It is permissable to have more than one account (I do) so long as you don't use the other account for disruptive purposes such as evading a block or a ban, vandalism etc. – ukexpat (talk) 14:14, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia languages can have diferent rules. I don't know whether the French have the same rules about more than one account. Wikipedia:Sock puppetry is a policy here. It links to fr:Wikipédia:Faux-nez which is apparently an essay. It appears to allow more than one account in some situations. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:20, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you both. I guess I'll just have to bow to the will of the machine... ;) Mezigue (talk) 14:57, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DELETE THE OLD ARTICLE URL

RESPECTED SIR / MADAM ,

DELETE THE FOLLOWING URL : " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthi_Agarwal "

BECAUSE THE URL IS MISSPELLED SO IT WAS MIGRATED OR MOVED TO THE FOLLOWING URL : " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aarthi_Agarwal "

THANKING YOU SIR / MADAM , — Preceding unsigned comment added by C C K C (talk • contribs) 22:20, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The page Arthi Agarwal now points to the correct spelling. I believe it should remain as a pointer to the correct spelling, since it seems to be a common misspelling. This is known as a redirect. TNXMan 22:25, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

@#!*%

Why are names and links such as Federico Faggin (Federico F-a-g-g-i-n) shown as "Federico @#!*%"? I suspect that this is peculiar to my settings, but I do not know how to change such filtering. Or is this a global filter setting I cannot change? — Loadmaster (talk) 23:04, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That's weird! It's nothing to do with Wikipedia or your Wikipedia account. Are you browsing from a school or other organisation that would implement some kind of filter? And just out of curiosity, what do you see for Tyson Gay? Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 23:23, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Doh! It's Net Nanny, which in its brilliance has decided to protect me from potentially offending words. Sheesh. (And thanks.) BTW, Tyson Gay was not filtered, go figure. — Loadmaster (talk) 23:26, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Good thing you didn't want to read about shitake mushrooms!-RHM22 (talk) 23:33, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oops, upon closer inspection, that's spelled with to "I"s. I guess young eyes need not be shielded from it.-RHM22 (talk) 23:34, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds like you can now read about Austrian towns and English thoroughfares 'til your heart's content. For anyone who's wondering, this is why I asked about Tyson Gay. Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 00:55, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

How do I cite a peice of Audio as a source?

Hello, I'm wondering how to cite a peice of Audio as a source. There is a webpage with an interview I'd like to use, but I am not sure how to do it. Although it's a web source, I know that videos have to be cited with different parameters in the citation?.. Also how do you archive the audio? As I have only ever archived webpages.RAIN*the*ONE ^BAM 23:17, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure if this will help, but there is a template for citing audio and video here.-RHM22 (talk) 23:23, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

February 23

Fannie Branson horses and history

I am looking for any information for a Fannie Branson of Agate Beach, Oregon. She had a museum there and made hand carved horses. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.204.159.99 (talk) 02:29, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer just about any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. I hope this helps.Template:Z37 – ukexpat (talk) 03:40, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Photos submitted

About 18 months ago, I submitted original photos from a concert I attended in Orlando Florida of Sugarland. I completed the proper paperwork and gave permission to Wikipedia to use the photos. Tonight I looked for the photos but was unsuccessful in locating them. Would you be able to assist me in this endeavor? I will be attending a Kenny Chesney concert in May of this year and will have seats close to the stage. I intend to submit photos for his webpage @ Wikipedia. Just want to make sure that they will be posted and I would like to see these. Please send help my way. Thanks, G H Malone Bluffton, SC —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.203.207.42 (talk) 02:44, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

In order to have uploaded photos here or at our companion site for free images, the Wikimedia Commons, you had to have done so using a user account you created. If you can tell us the exact name of the account you used, we can then check its contributions (included deleted contributions) to see what became of the images. Since you left this message editing under your IP address, which has no other posts but this one, you haven't provided us any information to go on to investigate your question, other than possibly searching the history of the article on Sugarland to see whether it at one time had some images included that are no longer present; I just tried that, though not in great depth, and came up empty. Please give us a little more information.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 03:00, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You say you "gave permission to Wikipedia". Do you remember if you specifically said that the photos could be used by Wikipedia, or did you agree to release them under a free license (e.g. GFDL or Creative Commons)? If the former, then there's a good chance that the images were deleted since the license Wikipedia operates under means that such strict releases are unsuitable. Confusing Manifestation(Say hi!) 04:17, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Did you communicate by email, for example through the OTRS system? PrimeHunter (talk) 04:19, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

As for the new photos, just upload them at Wikimedia Commons and select commons:Template:PD-self as the license. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 15:37, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

EX STAFF ,RE THE BRITISH SHOE CORP

My name is Mr W.A.Barnbrook

I worked as a manager of saxone shoe shops for about 10yrs and i payed in to a pension and as i am 67 yeas old I need to speak to some one about this thank you.

Yours WILLIAM ALAN BARNBROOK — Preceding unsigned comment added by Barnbrook (talk • contribs) 05:34, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 3.5 million articles and thought we were 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 for asking questions related to using or contributing to Wikipedia itself. Thus, we have no special knowledge about 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--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 05:42, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Finance and economics questions may be posted at Wikipedia:Reference desk/Humanities. Some prior pension related posts are here. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 15:29, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

New article - submission declined

Recently, we posted an article on our company and submitted for review.

We were returned a "This submission has been declined. The reviewer left the following comment: We're sorry, but we cannot accept unsourced suggestions or sources that are not reliable per the verifiability policy. Please cite reliable, third-party sources with your suggestions. Third party sources are needed so the information can be verified and to establish the notability of the topic."

We thought that it may have been because we didn't have enough external references. So we added news items from third party sites. Even that didn't seem to help. Wiki still returned the same message (above).

How do we circumvent this? I find many articles that do not have any links embedded in them. Why is ours being treated differently? Also, the external references on our article are from news and broadcasting sites. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Intense Technology (talk • contribs) 07:13, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

To establish notability, please see Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies). A quote from there: "A primary test of notability is whether people independent of the subject itself (or its manufacturer, creator, or vendor) have actually considered the company, corporation, product or service notable enough that they have written and published non-trivial, non-routine works that focus upon it."

The BCCL news item looks, to me, like independent coverage of the company, so that's a start. The "Company Facts" link confirms that the company exists but does not indicate that it is important in any way. Presumably that site has a page for every registered company in the region or market sector. The other news items seem to derive from press releases issued by the company itself, so do not establish any notability. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:44, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please also read what you were told at your talk page, and read WP:CORPNAME and WP:COI. - David Biddulph (talk) 08:53, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

In addition to the notability and corpname issues (glad someone else pointed that out, I got criticised for it the last time I did), the article is nothing more than a list of things about the company, which could be viewed as an attempt at advertising, in breach of policy. – ukexpat (talk) 14:18, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You need to add inline references to reliable sources that are independent of Intense Technologies, not external links[18] to press releases connected to Intense Technologies and websites that are not reliable sources. In general, you need to build the article from reliable sources, not write the article to say what you know about the company or want to convey about the company. You may be too close to Intense Technologies to develop an article that meets Wikipedia's content policy. To request that another editor write the article, post at Wikipedia:Requested articles. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 15:26, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Am I right to doubt fanfiction.net is a reliable source?

Can someone else please take a look at this edit. I strongly doubt the reference added is a reliable source and therefore should not be used in this context. I would normally revert this myself right away, but considering the extreme reaction I received from Archiver of Records (talk · contribs) last time I reverted one of his edits, I don't really want to provoke him into personally attacking me again if there is doubt about the source's reliability. Don't get me wrong here; I'm quite happy to take him on again, but just want to be sure the community agrees the source is not reliable. Astronaut (talk) 07:45, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds like a question for WP:RSN. - David Biddulph (talk) 08:11, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You are right. Moved question to :Reliable sources noticeboard. Astronaut (talk) 09:40, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The plot section doesn't need references and non-plot material -- (Benicio del Toro), the world-renowned Shakespearean actor-- should be located outside of the plot section. This edit summary, reverting Archiver of Records, is not appropriate. I moved the non-plot material out of the plot section.[19] -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 15:09, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Chiropractic article

Dear Wikipedia,

I am a Chiropractic Student and your article has false information on it, it is misleading and does not explain what chiropractic really is. Why can we not edit the page? And also why does the page keep being changed back if someone changes it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Askaz (talk • contribs) 09:26, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Do you mean the Chiropractic article? The article is under semi-protection due to persistent vandalism - presumably linked to efforts to remove mention of risks such as death which were referenced in reliable sources. Astronaut (talk) 09:47, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You can post suggestions to Talk:Chiropractic but beware that it is one of the most discussed articles with around 10 MB talk archives. As a chiropractic student you may have a point of view which will not gain consensus on the talk page. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:32, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

With regard to this article, we would like to point out certain points the cited reference's are of dated sources and span over an extended time frame (>50yrs). While we agree that no from of intervention is completely free from complications, it would be unfair to single out Chiropractic as being a dangerous profession of technique. If the data is truly assessed, it will show a very low incidence rate of <0.001% over the total number of procedures conducted. We also wish to highlight that deaths associated with healthcare in general will demonstrate that chiropractic is a safe and sound procedure compared to death associated with surgery and misuse of pharmacogenics. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Askaz (talk • contribs) 21:46, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

If you can produce reliable sources which support what you are saying, then it should certainly be in the article. If it is controversial (i.e. opposing views exist and are also well-supported) then opposing views should also be discussed. Different views should not necessarily be given the same weight in the article: it depends how prevalent they are in the field. In any case, the right place for this discussion is on Talk:Chiropractic. --ColinFine (talk) 23:00, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

obtaining certificate of ordination as minister of god like my mother

my mother passed away nov 9 2010 and while going through papers i found her certificate of ordination as minister of god i never new she had done this and i would like to follow in her footsteps, how can i obtain the same honor as my mother did? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.232.21.49 (talk) 10:38, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 3.5 million articles and thought we were 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 for asking questions related to using or contributing to Wikipedia itself. Thus, we have no special knowledge about 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 ~~ GB fan ~~ 12:47, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Only God can ordain ministers. If God has already placed the call to Christian service (ordination) in your life, there are a variety of organizations that will provide you with a certificate to recognize this. You might want to start with the organization that is listed on your mom's certificate. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 14:28, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Why is your text so small?

Why is your text so small it is unreadable? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.30.212.150 (talk) 13:22, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It is something on your end. Try holding down Ctrl and press the '+' or '0' key. Or try to clear your entire cache. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:26, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Template:ISSN

At the moment the link to Worldcat generated by {{ISSN}} is too specific. For example {{ISSN|0028-0836}} links to http://www.worldcat.org/issn/0028-0836 which is one hit for this ISSN. I would like someone to change it to http://www.worldcat.org/search?fq=x0%3Ajrnl&q=n2%3A0028-0836 which gives more hits. It's all the same journal but at many different libraries in different countries plus eJournals. What do you think? --91.22.183.145 (talk) 14:25, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I added {{edit protected}} to your post at Template talk:ISSN. Someone should be there shortly to address you request. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 14:32, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. --91.22.183.145 (talk) 15:25, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved

– done here --91.22.183.145 (talk) 17:05, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Protection for article

How can I get some level of protection for the article Triangle? The overwhelming majority of edits to it, including by my count the last 40, are either vandalism or reversions of vandalism. Duoduoduo (talk) 15:27, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Make a request at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection by following the instructions there. --Mysdaao ^talk 15:46, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

General Yakubu Gowon

Am a young man of 36years old, am sure to be a Nigerian but not sure of my state. I lost my dad two years ago but the unfortunate thing was that he did not complete the story be he died but from the little I know General Yakubu Gowon can be of great help. MY STORY : According to my Dad, my grand father was from a royal family from Ilorin in Kwara State to be specific from Alimi's Family then there was an issue of royal title concerning who will the next Emir of Ilorin then which my father claimed should be the turn of his dad but was turned down by then head of state General Yakubu Gowon as a result of this my Dad decided to disclaim Ilorin. Am only using this medium to plead with Yakubu Gowon to please assit me to locate my family from Alimi's family from Ilorin since my dad did not allow any of his children to associate with Ilorin though have been to Ilorin but that was before he told me the story.

Bolarge (talk) 15:54, 23 February 2011 (UTC) Bolaji[reply]

I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 3.5 million articles and thought we were 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 for asking questions related to using or contributing to Wikipedia itself. Thus, we have no special knowledge about 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 - David Biddulph (talk) 16:00, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer

I am a reviewer for pending changes but am not sure how to find any pages with pending changes. Help? RCSprinter123 (talk) 16:01, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there: edits to pages with "Pending changes" protection applied get listed at Special:PendingChanges until they are reviewed. You can also see a log of recent review actions made at Special:AdvancedReviewLog. Are either of those what you were looking for? Gonzonoir (talk) 16:11, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, thanks. A real help. RCSprinter123 (talk) 16:13, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

How do I fix a broken link on an article

Hi,

I am trying to change a web link on the following page as it is broken, but do not know how to change it as there is no 'edit page' button at the top and your instructions on how to edit are unclear.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Olympic-size_swimming_pools_in_the_United_Kingdom#cite_note-14

Please tell me where to go to change this, or if I need to set up an account and I will gladly amend myself.

Thank you in advance.

Regards

Beth 188.222.84.89 (talk) 16:43, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I should have mentioned that the articel should go to this link - http://www.coventrysports.co.uk/coventry-sports-a-leisure-centre

188.222.84.89 (talk) 16:46, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Setting up an account is good but not required. Wikipedia uses perhaps a bit unintuitive system where the link to the reference is introduced in the text, where there is the little number in the box that directs the user to the actual source, instead of the links being in the bottom where they're seen in reading mode. WP:REF has more instructions on citing sources. If you like, you can just drop the replacement link here and I'll add it to the article. Thanks for spotting the rotten link, by the way. If you do so in the future and don't have a replacement link, you can use the {{deadlink}} tag to notify others about it. Zakhalesh (talk) 16:50, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I see you posted the link here already. I fixed it in the article. Thanks for your contribution! Zakhalesh (talk) 16:53, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

How do I change fonts/font sizes?

when writing my article i am unable to change fonts or font sizes- e.g. when i click 'Bold' lettering all i get is something that looks like this (( Bold)) and when i go to type it is not bold but only the regular text. how do i get italics and bold lettering?

thank you,

Medusagroover (talk) 16:44, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki markup uses multiple quote marks for bold and italics as: '''bold''' and ''italics''. RJFJR (talk) 16:49, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

See also WP:MARKUP for more font styles.-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 16:52, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Which template for ambiguous references?

Which template do I use to mark that the references provided are unclear (they just have author, year and page but there's nothing that says where the author was writing)? RJFJR (talk) 16:47, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

{{Full}} and some others are listed at Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup#Inline with article text 5. PrimeHunter (talk) 17:30, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It's got a lot of ambiguous footnotes. I followed your suggestion and it led me to {{Citation style}} whioch seems to be what I wanted. (The article was Controversies involving Donald Bradman .) RJFJR (talk) 17:46, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You can copy the relevant full references from Donald Bradman#References. It looks like Controversies involving Donald Bradman was split from Donald Bradman without copying the full references of the latter which uses WP:CITESHORT. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:01, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I see. Thanks. (I knew the list of sources was missign but it didn't occur to me to check if the article was split from soemthing.) Thank you. RJFJR (talk) 18:03, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think I've taken care of it, could someone check to see if everything matches up and if so remove the template? Also, I couldn't find the Whimpress book in the list in the Donald Bradman page, but there is only one book on cricket by Whimpress alone mentioned on Wikipedia, so I put that one in. Someone who knows the topic better should probably check.Naraht (talk) 18:07, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Found the Whimpress book, information and references were added from the Ian Meckiff article without the book. I think I finally nailed things down.Naraht (talk) 18:49, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Difficulty printing Wikipedia articles

Recently, I've been finding that I can print out only the first page--no more--from any Wikipedia article in Printable Form. My Dell 922 printer and Internet browser behave normally with other print jobs, so does this sudden problem with Wikipedia mean that you've changed things at that end? 98.233.227.112 (talk) 17:10, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

What browser and version? Does it happen on print preview? You can try Toolbox → Share → Print, although I don't expect it to help unless you have a very old browser. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 18:28, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Naming a page issue

Hello - I have a question about naming a page -

I'm writing a page on a person, and he is a "Jr." say Bob Smith, Jr. - so I first put the name in as Bob Smith, Jr. - but he get's listed under the "B" for Bob instead of "S" for Smith, so I tried the other way Smith, Jr. Bob, but then it makes it look like his name is Jr. Bob Smith - what is the proper way to handle this on the title and so that it pulls correctly with the last name Smith, Jr. and the first name Bob (in categories and such) Also - there is no middle name. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Okartcollector (talk • contribs) 17:15, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Use Template:DEFAULTSORT. - David Biddulph (talk) 17:20, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict)There is a template {{DEFAULTSORT}}, which sorts the name properly. For example "Bob Smith, Jr." would be "Smith Jr., Bob" if you write {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith Jr., Bob}} under the article.-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 17:23, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Using the sandbox to Autoconfirm 'fake' accounts

I have this idea. Can you make Wikipedia to where a person that uses the sandbox cannot be Autoconfirmed?

I used the sandbox and it Autoconfirms me.

So, if a vandal used the sandbox to Autoconfirm their account, they can vandalize protected pages. So, can you make edits to the sandbox not count?

I only want to see the Autoconfirmed ones make trusty edits, not 'test edits'.

--Moseyman (talk) 18:12, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, I don't believe there is a way for the software to do that. Autoconfirmation is easy enough to attain that making sandbox edits not count would probably not be a significant roadblock. TNXMan 18:14, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved

Autoconfirm requires the editor to have been registered for what, three days? In addition to the edits, that is. Sandbox editing only removes a part of the obstacle from vandals. Zakhalesh (talk) 18:16, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Pronunciation

I wish all the words were pronounced in American English so I could know how to pronounced them. For example, I wish I knew how to pronounce "collective bargaining" after reading about the Wisconsin story. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yes4me (talk • contribs) 18:31, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

We have some spoken articles in Category:Spoken articles; be aware that the spoken and print versions may be out of sync as the spoken versions don't get updated. You can also try a speaking dictionary such as http://www.howjsay.com. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 18:45, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Just out of interest, as I am a native BrEng speaker living in an AmEng environment, how is "collective bargaining" pronounced differently between the two? – ukexpat (talk) 20:45, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

How do you correct a mis-statement in a sub?

This sub MEast-royal-stub

"This biography of a member of a Middle Eastern monarch is a stub"

I think it should be MONARCHY not MONARCH.

Thanks, al — Preceding unsigned comment added by Albeeman (talk • contribs) 19:35, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Al. Template:MEast-royal-stub is the template in question, I have changed it for you. The easiest way to fix this yourself is to click "edit" and find the template in the section "Pages transcluded onto the current version of this page:" towards the bottom of the page, click the link there then edit the template as you would an article. Rehevkor ✉ 19:48, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

But also note that some template syntax can be complicated (though not this one), so if in doubt, ask. Rehevkor I fixed the link to the stub template in your reply above. – ukexpat (talk) 20:41, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It was supposed to say "royal house" but was misformatted in this edit. I have changed it back to saying royal house. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:45, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Is Twinkle malfunctioning or is just me?

For the past few hours I have had difficulty with the Twinkle tools. Everything from Rollback, Welcoming new Users, and warning Users seems to not be working for me. I only use Twinkle while using "Safari". I tested my Rollback using internet explorer at my sand box and it worked fine that way, but when using Safari it either gives me error warnings, or when I am trying to add a template to a user talk page, the page just won't accept the edit. Is there something going on with twinkle, or is it just me. If it is me, is there someone who can fix it for me?--Jojhutton (talk) 21:34, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Not just you. :) TNXMan 21:38, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, thanks, didn't think to go there.--Jojhutton (talk) 21:41, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Fixing Page

Need explicit directions to correct error. Was attempting to add a photograph and inadvertently deleted something. Now page will not image content. When I go to edit, content still there. Received a message regarding <reflist> tag or <reference/> tag. Would like help/direction to simply return page to display. Thank you —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.233.114.219 (talk) 21:44, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. Just below this note, I'll leave some standard advice on images.

If you want to add an existing image to an article, add [[File:File name.jpg|thumb|Caption text.]] to the area of the article where you want the image to appear – replacing File name.jpg with the actual file name of the image, and Caption text with a short description of the image. See our picture tutorial for more information.
If you want to upload an image from your computer for use in an article, you must determine the proper license of the image (or whether it is in the public domain). If you know the image is public domain or copyrighted but under a suitable free-license, upload it to the Wikimedia Commons instead of here, so that all projects have access to the image (sign up). If you are unsure of the licensing status, see the file upload wizard for more information. Please also read Wikipedia's image use policy. I hope this helps.Template:Z40 TNXMan 21:48, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

ORGANIZATION CHANGED NAME

Hello, Finavera Renewables is now called Finavera Wind Energy - I can edit the text but can't edit the article title. Please help! Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.85.64.97 (talk) 22:06, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Done Finavera Wind Energy Inc., with source in log. CTJF83 22:10, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Alphabetical list of WP codes for the different language wikipedias

Where can I find an alphabetical list of WP codes for the different language Wikipedias and a gloss as to which language they represent —Preceding unsigned comment added by 161.74.11.25 (talk) 22:09, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias CTJF83 22:14, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Malware external link

In the page Yahoo! Assistant, one of the external links is a direct link to the malware file. Is this allowed? A p3rson ‽ 23:51, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No, please remove it, immediately. CTJF83 23:52, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I removed it ~~ GB fan ~~ 00:49, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

February 24

Wikipedia abbreviations

Which language does RUP stand for in Wikipedia? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 161.74.11.25 (talk) 00:01, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Aromanian language CTJF83 00:04, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

roa-rup: is Aromanian language. rup: is not a valid language code and not listed at meta:List of Wikipedias. WP:RUP is a shortcut unrelated to languages. Where have you seen RUP? PrimeHunter (talk) 00:24, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I know this must be a frequent, and silly question, but I've just written my third article and this one isn't being reviewed or posted into the main wikipedia. Am trying to be patient but am increasingly worried that I did something wrong. Please let me know. Title: Charles Robert Sanger. I had mis identified the photo 2 on uploads, but then corrected it -- because the photographer is my great grand mother, and CRS is my great grand father, and she was an avid photographer, a copy was inherited by my family. Is the photo the issue? Have I not entered properly? Other pages: Eleanor Sanger, and Robert Riger. Rpriger (talk) 01:59, 24 February 2011 (UTC).[reply]

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