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November 6

How do I do this with the "cite news" template?

I've been working on a baseball article and have found a link to a news article that would add some character to the article. It's located here, and it's from the Sun-Sentinel but written by a writer from The Dallas Morning News. I understand I'm supposed to use agency or publisher for this, but I have to put location for the Sun-Sentinel (it wasn't the South Florida Sun-Sentinel at the time), and it seems like whenever I put that in there, it makes it look like The Dallas Morning News is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. With me so far? Good. Anyway, what is the proper way to cite this? I'm only wondering about how to properly combine the fact that one paper is publishing material from another. I can't find the original article online, while a similar article is pay-walled so I can't tell if it provides the same character. While the article I'm using also has a pay-wall, the abstract has what I need. Just wondering how to properly do this. Hope this made sense to somebody.  :) -- Transaspie (talk) 09:28, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

It doesn't matter who "owns" the writer, but where the item is published. If in doubt, look at the whole page and use the newspaper's name as in the page itself. Fifelfoo (talk) 10:39, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

So, if it's published in the Sun-Sentinel, then it doesn't matter if the writer is listed with The Dallas Morning News, and thus it doesn't need to be noted in the citation? I think that's what I'm hearing, but I'm prone to hearing things incorrectly. Thanks for taking a stab at this, Fifel, and hopefully I did well at taking a stab at answering. -- Transaspie (talk) 19:47, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

Precisely. Fifelfoo (talk) 22:46, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

user talk limitions?

hey all, i am just wondering is ther enot a limition on wha toyu can put in your user talk? i mean are you alloweed ot copy a article and put in in your user tlak so making your user tlak look like a wikipedia article? i ask because this user User talk:729esavioli i was goign to leavbea comment about editing they are doign ona article and got right ocnfussed with ther etalk page jus tnot sure it is allowed--Andrewcrawford (talk - contrib) 10:32, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

The guidelines for user pages and user talk pages are at WP:UP; the guidelines for what is not allowed are at WP:UP#NOT. I don't see anything there the says you can't have temporary copies of articles; though a user subpage would certainly be more appropriate. One thing that is not permitted is the use of non-free images; so I removed the non-free images that were there. I also tagged the page with {{user page}}. —teb728 t c 12:21, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

Use of the link-interwiki model

Resolved

Hello, i'im principally active in the french wikipedia but sometimes i add information in english mirror article of the french article i work on. Yesterday i added a model link-interwiki in the article Saginaw Bay for the french article on the subject of Jean Enjalran that have bracket to call for a article that is not existing at the moment. I have seen it sometimes in other articles and as my english is not very good i place the model in a way that a better english writer can reuse my work in french and the reference i've found to write a article about the subject. In a way the link-interwiki also it also give information to the reader where he can find information about a subject on another wikipedia. But after i put the model, someone reverted me without explanation. I d'ont understand why he have done so. Is the model link-interwiki obsolete? Thanks in advance. ChristianT (talk) 12:56, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

I cannot read the mind of the person who removed your link, but my suspicion is that the redlink is important because it encourages someone at English Wikipedia to create the article here. If it were converted to a blue "interwiki" link, then people may falsely think that the article existed in English, and would not be motivated to create it. Or, they could click the link thinking they were being taken to the English language article, and may be confused when they are taken to French Wikipedia. Just some thoughts. --Jayron32 13:44, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

But the link-interwiki that was added gives both the redlink to the English and a blue link (shown as ^(fr)) to the French, which seemed sensible. No reason was given for the reversion, so I've put it back to the OP's version. - David Biddulph (talk) 14:18, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

I had not encountered {{link-interwiki}} previously, but it seems an elegant way to provide a cue to readers where more information on the subject is available. older ≠ wiser 14:35, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

AH. I wasn't at all aware of what that template did. Good one. That seems like a really good idea. Nevermind what I said before... --Jayron32 20:36, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

Well, this incident seems to be resolved, so I've marked it. As a side note, I didn't know about that template - good to learn new things! --Philosopher ^{Let us reason together.} 03:12, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

dialer tune

i wana 2 know about dialer tune,if u have any idea give me knowledge about dialer tune how it works and which software is using vas companies for dialer tune, — Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.0.10.80 (talk) 14:30, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

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. — Manticore 15:51, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

new documenta13 page is inviting helpers to translate German to English

I live in Kassel and want to offer my services. I attended the last documenta and plan to be a guide during the next. An English woman living and working in Germany, I have many years experience as a professional translator German to English. But I could not find another way of contacting you other than through your help desk.

OK, my name is Virginia Hill. I live in Kassel, Hesse, GErmany.

I look forward to hearing from you as to whether you would like my help. I would be so delighted to take part.

Of course I will be happy to send any further information about myself to help you make your decision. Regards,

VirginiaVhillkassel (talk) 15:23, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

This is Wikipedia, the encyclopedia that anyone can edit. There is no approval or decision process about new editors; just be bold and begin editing. We are all volunteers here. If you are planning to translate articles from the German Wikipedia, I recommend you read the page Wikipedia:Translation. I've also left you some introductory links on your talk page. -- John of Reading (talk) 16:21, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

1954 Greada Treaty

Is there really such a thing as the 1954 Greada Treaty? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.76.131.228 (talk) 15:26, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

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. — Manticore 15:51, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

Global Media Post

Global Media Post. Why was it deleted from Wikipedia. It has been online as an aggregate newspaper for nearly 4 years! --101.103.25.178 (talk) 15:45, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

The article Global Media Post has never existed, and I can't find any mention of a similar title being deleted in the logs for today (November 6). — Manticore 15:50, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

A very promotional brief article was deleted at Global media post. The only content was a copy of the "About us" box at http://www.globalmediapost.com/ It was deleted as "Unambiguous advertising or promotion" but it could also have been deleted as a copyright violation since the website is copyrighted. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:49, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

New article

I tried and I can't figure out how to suggest a new article... I would like to see a biography type article about the psychic Amy Allan. She stars on the t.v. show "The Dead Files". I like Wikipedia and would like to see a page on her, however; I wouldn't be the best choice to write one. Maybe someone else on Wikipedia would like the task. Thank you for your time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.177.65.40 (talk) 16:54, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

WP:REQ is I think what you are searching for--♫GoP♫_T^C_N 17:15, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

contribution of multimedia content

Hi, I have several Flash based multimedia files on Biology and global warming. I am the author and would like to share those files. Here is a link to my web site with several www.mypondsoftware.comexamples of files. Is it possible to post these files? If yes how?

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jkarov (talk • contribs) 17:19, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

WP:VIDEO is a helpful tutorial. Regards.--♫GoP♫_T^C_N 19:00, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

Jim Glaser Discography

Good Morning,

I screwed up editing this portion of Jim Glaser's article. The single "If I Don't Love You" ws from the album "Past The Point Of No Return", while "Lights..." was from "Everyone Knows I'm Yours." Is there someone who can fix my errors?

Thank you,

Jim J — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.15.139.123 (talk) 18:31, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

Fixed, thank you. Help:Table might be helpful in future.--♫GoP♫_T^C_N 18:54, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

Untitled

Everytime I try to log on to facebook it says problem connecting try later — Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.137.13.25 (talk) 18:43, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

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.--♫GoP♫_T^C_N 18:50, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

Note that Facebook is not affiliated with Wikipedia.--♫GoP♫_T^C_N 19:05, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

Inline citations and wikilinks

The question is whether we should wikilink parameters in citations. For example, in {{cite news}}, should the name of the work (like Los Angeles Times) be wikilinked? I have looked at some of the guidelines on citations and references (as well as template documentation) but came way from it all more confused than when I began. Should we do it? Should we not do it? Is it optional? If anyone has more familiarity (and patience) with the relevant guidelines, please point me to something that clarifies this. Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:27, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

I think we can just follow the general guidance at Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking#Overlinking and underlinking. The concerns is slightly different but much of it appears relevant by analogy. Instead of focusing on readers' understanding of the material and being able to find information through linking, we are looking to have people easily understand who authored / what the source is and to be easily able to find it for verification purposes. Just as we avoid linking common terms we expect most people to be familiar with, I don't think it will help readers to link to major newspapers but I think it would help to link to obscure journals. If the author is notable, that's also relevant to defining the source. I would also follow the rule to link the first instance and not others. I should qualify that I am not speaking from finding this in guideline or policy but just what makes sense to me, though I have a vague memory of a discussion in a featured article nominations about overlinking that I think basically said to follow normal rules for wikilinks in articles.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 21:54, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

So I have to use judgment and common sense. What a concept. :-) Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:58, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

:-)--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 22:01, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

Hmmmm...I'm not so sure about that. Our MOS cites an article by John C. Dvorak in PC Magazine.[1] Dvorak gives two reasons to avoid overlinking:

1. It results in text that is almost unreadable because of the number of underlined or odd-colored links.
2. The reader didn't know whether any of these links were actually important in regard to the text.

The first doesn't apply since the references section isn't really meant to be read beginning to end the way the article content is. As for the second, I'm not sure that applies for pretty much the same reason. OTOH, there may be some value in being consistent rather than deciding on a case by case bases. A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 22:15, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

I'm not sure how this interfaces with our MoS, but if it's at odds, then it would be at odds with our guidelines on linking in general (as I linked above) and not with extending those concepts to linking information in citations. However, having read the article, it seems to me to reinforce the approach in the guideline, so I'm not sure what you are getting at.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 22:24, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

Dvorak's article is cited by the second sentence in WP:OVERLINK for why overlinking should be avoided.

Sorry if I wasn't clear. Both reasons given by Dvorak have to do with readability. This isn't really a concern because people typically don't read a references section as if it were normal prose. A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 22:36, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

Oh, I see. You're saying that there's less of a problem with overlinking. Well, I read reference sections all the time for various purposes, though of course, me and you and many of those here are not typical readers. But I still think the concepts from the general guideline work well. It may be less of a problem if we "overlink" information in citations but I don't see any purpose served in doing so and those who are actually reading them in order to verify them will be bothered by overlinking.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 22:58, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

In my cursory review of the various guidelines AND examples, it seemed to me that what Fughettaboutit originally said makes sense. If the publication is not well-known, link; if it is well-known, don't bother. However, in the absence of any specific guidance, I would not remove a wikilink from a well-known pub.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:10, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

Looking for some examples, I see they go both ways, though I found more against than for: see Talk:Interstate 29 in Iowa/GA1, User talk:Rambo's Revenge/Archives/7, Talk:Kevin Trudeau/Archive 4#No Neutrality on Weight / hCG#, Talk:Carucage and User talk:Frickative/Archive 9 but see Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Inauguration of Barack Obama/archive4.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 23:38, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

Just to clarify, when I mentioned "examples", I meant examples within the guidelines themselves.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:52, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

This isn't good enough sample size, but I took a look at the last 5 FAs that have appeared on the main page. Two[2][3] have WikiLinks and 3 don't.[4][5][6] I wouldn't be surprised if different communities of editors have their own standards (if unofficial) of how to do things like this. A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 23:56, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

BTW, some of those FAs suffer from underlinking. In L'ange de Nisida, the references section is sufficiently far away that William Ashbrook should be WikiLinked at least one more time. A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 00:10, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

boys hostel

i was in a boys hostel 1953 1957 rossi house champion hill camberwell se5,cant find any thing sbout the place — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.157.97.249 (talk) 21:41, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

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. Jarkeld (talk) 21:43, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

Is a screenshot of a video considered "own work"

Is a screenshot that I take myself, of a video that I did not film, considered my "own work?" Therefore I can contribute it to wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Goldaqua (talk • contribs) 22:12, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

No, the author remains the person who created the work you are screenshotting, just as a photograph of a Van Gogh does not make the taker the painter. There is a concept you are onto here though. See freedom of panorama.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 22:18, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, but you have to be careful of how you use Freedom of Panorama. If you take a picture of a large scene, and a TV program happens to be on in the background, but the TV is not prominent nor the obvious subject of the photograph, then freedom of panorama may apply. If you take that picture and then crop everything out except the image of the show on the TV, then you have eliminated the "panorama" aspect, and thus you have also eliminated the "freedom" part. The idea is that, for any sufficiently large area photograph, you are likely going to be including in that someone elses creative work. Freedom of panorama protects you in those cases. It does not allow you to take pictures of copyrighted work and pass it off as your own. I think that the OP would be more interested in threshold of originality and Derivative work, which are more applicable to their question. --Jayron32 01:47, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

November 7

factualy error

There is a factual error on the seventh day adventists wiki page in the first para and wiki says to change it ourselves which i do and it keeps reverting back to original scripting which is incorrect . and references were even provided.

It is NOT a christian denomination. To be a christian denomination one must MUST recognise and teach that Jesus is the Lord God almighty. They state he wasnt.

I keep changing it to the facts so who keeps reverting it to what is incorrect?

They currently say in the opening paragraph- "is a Christian denomination which is distinguished by its observance of Saturday,[4] the original seventh day of the Judeo-Christian week, as the Sabbath, and by its emphasis on the imminent second coming (Advent) of Jesus Christ. The denomination grew out of the Millerite movement ..."

and the correct wording and the facts are- (references provided and the first point was stated and written by the founder Ellen herself in her teachings)

"is a Religion which began in the mid 1800's and is distinguished by five major points. The first that (quote) 'The man Christ Jesus was not the Lord God almighty'. Ellen G.White (1903, ms 150, SDA Commentary V.p 1129). The second that Jesus used to be Michael the arch angel. . And the last three points, that to be saved, Seventh Day Adventism teaches 1. the need to keep the sabbath on a Saturday, the original seventh day of the Judeo-Christian week, as the Sabbath; 2. the necessity to be baptised (fully immersed in water); and 3. the need for an ongoing life of obedient discipleship. , and without these three things a person cannot be saved. It also has emphasis on the imminent second coming (Advent) of Jesus Christ. The religion grew out of " ... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.31.34.130 (talk • contribs) 04:32, 7 November 2011‎

You may or may not have a point, I have no opinion on that. But do not repeatedly add the same text (see Wikipedia:Edit warring). Instead, start a discussion on the article's "talk page" (click the "discussion" tab at the top of the page when you are viewing the article) and explain your position, then engage in a discussion with other editors to arrive at a consensus solution (see Wikipedia:Consensus. That is the proper way to handle these issues. --Jayron32 04:37, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

Master Dana Wong article deleted

There was an article regarding Sifu Dana Wong and now it has vanished.

Neither Dana or his students know why it has been removed.

cheers Maurice 122.108.106.211 (talk) 05:47, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

The article's entry in the logs states:

• 18:39, 23 February 2011 Nakon (talk | contribs) deleted "Dana Wong" ‎ (Expired PROD)

Nakon is an admin here at Wikipedia and PROD is a tag that is put on articles that don't necessarily meet the notability (or some other) guidelines for inclusion in Wikipedia. To have an article here, a person must first be notable and that notability must be explained in the article. If a PROD tag remains on the article for seven days without any improvement to the article or without someone removing it (and contending that the article should be kept), the article is then deleted. Our notability guidelines can be found at WP:N. Dismas|^(talk) 05:58, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

(edit conflict) The article was deleted back in February because the article did not establish, through the use of reliable sources that the subject met the minimum standards for having an article about them (see Wikipedia:Notability and Wikipedia:Notability (people) for more details about what those minimum standards are). If you believe this was done in error, you can register an account and then request that the article be placed in your account's userspace as a draft version. This would not be counted as an article, and you would be expected to be working on the article to establish the subject's notability. Also, please note that not every person in the world will meet Wikipedia's minimum standards, it is possible that the subject of this article is one of those people. I have no idea one way or the other, and take no position on that. --Jayron32 06:00, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

I want to delete a file I uploaded.

I want to delete this file. File:Green Bay Packers QB Aaron Rodgers.jpg

I uploaded the wrong file and I'd like to change it.

Please delete off of wiki. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Quinnanmatt (talk • contribs) 06:01, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

I have marked it for deletion per your request. Goodvac (talk) 06:06, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

Pictorial Illustrations

How do I insert illustrations in .jpg file format into a contribution? Kendrick Pereira (talk) 06:10, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

1. See Wikipedia:Image use policy first to understand what sorts of images are acceptable for use at Wikipedia (in simplest terms, we only want images that YOU created YOURSELF, and which you own the rights to, and which you are willing to liscence to Wikipedia under terms compatible with Wikipedia's own lisence)
2. See Wikipedia:Uploading images for help in uploading an image (or you can use the Image Uploading Wizard by clicking the "upload file" link in the "Toolbox" on the left of your screen)
3. See Wikipedia:Picture tutorial for help in adding an uploaded image to a Wikipedia article.

All of this depends on you being an "autoconfirmed user". Becoming autoconfirmed happens automatically once your account is 4 days old and has at least 10 contributions in its history. --Jayron32 06:19, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

The part about being an autoconfirmed user is not quite accurate. It is true that you need to be autoconfirmed to upload here on Wikipedia, but if the image is free licensed, you can and should upload on Wikimedia Commons, where there is no need to be autoconfirmed. —teb728 t c 07:02, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

Deletion review

I am pretty sure this does not go here, but the links brought me here.

English words with uncommon properties was recently quickly deleted and I would like to give my opinion, hopefully in order to reopen the debate which flew past me despite the fact that in the past year I have given the article considerable attention to sort it out (but not as much as it deserved it seems). Basically, it was an article that had been around for many years and received around 1,000 viewers a day (which is substantial) and had a great deal of edits. The problems with the article are that the topic of the article, being about peculiarities the English language, can be seen as partially subjective or based on pedantic dictionary definitions (e.g. the semi-consonant nature of the letter "w"), that the article kept getting too long and that IP users, often in good-faith, would very often add sections and opinions. I would like the debate to be reopened and I would like to propose that instead of deletion an active act of improvement be taken. --Squidonius (talk) 09:21, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

For security reasons, the page is not visible from Wikipedia, but can be seen in Google cache of the page. The deletion discussion is here --Squidonius (talk) 09:41, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

If you believe the article was deleted incorrectly, then you need to start a thread at Wikipedia:Deletion review. --Jayron32 13:46, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

mark howard goalkeeper

Hi can you change the height and weight of mark howard. Born 1986. Goalkeeper who plays for blackpool. Height. 191cm Weight. 88kg

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.186.23.81 (talk) 10:22, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

If you've got a reliable source then you could change the article yourself, but the figures above disagree with the link from the article to Soccerbase, so it may be worth discussing the sources in the article's talk page. - David Biddulph (talk) 10:41, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

His official Blackpool profile [7] says 183 cm and 76 kg. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:40, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

Article Publication and Third-Party Verification

Hello,

The article for Fordham University's Center for Ethics Education has not been approved, and I am unsure as to the specific reasons why. The editor's comments were as follows:

"we are 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."

Would it be possible to point to the specific areas of the article where this occurs? The Center's third party sources are verified through Fordham University and other notable resources as per the external links provided.

Thank you,

Center for Ethics Education — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cfisher2 (talk • contribs) 17:28, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

This is a discussion which should happen on the talk page of the article in question. Please click the "discussion tab" at the top of the screen when you are viewing the article where your edits are contested, and start a discussion with the users who disagree with you there. --Jayron32 17:45, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

(ec) The University is not a 3rd party source. See Wikipedia:Third-party sources. Anything besides the University website and anything related would be a 3rd party source, such as magazines, books, newspapers independent of the University. CTJF83 17:46, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

Fordham is not a third party. We need verifiable citations to independent, third-party reliable sources. Since this article by your own admission is being written by somebody at the CEE, it will probably be rejected anyway, since you have such a major conflict of interest. If the Center is actually notable, somebody who does not have a conflict of interest (does the CEE not have any course on or interest in the idea that conflicts of interest are to be avoided?) will write about it someday. --Orange Mike | Talk 17:49, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

Articles must contain citations to reliable sources as explained in the WP:Citing sources guideline. The citations must be to specific published sources, not a vague allusion to an organization. In the case of large sources like books, page numbers or the equivalent should be given.

Wikipedia is not a place to advertise, and articles should not read like advertisements. Also, an article about an organization must cite sources with no affiliation that demonstrate the organization is notable.

Finally, the Wikipedia user name policy requires that accounts be controlled by a single individual, whether the individual prefers to use his/her real name, or a pseudonym. Accounts controlled by an organization, or that reflect the name of an organization, are not allowed. Although the policy does not specifically mention making ones signature appear in talk pages as if one were writing on behalf of the organization, it's likely that would be viewed as not in the spirit of the user name policy. Jc3s5h (talk) 17:50, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

adding Bangla language

Dear Sir, We will be please if you add Bengali in Wikipedia. We don't understand why we are being ignored in the international community. We fought for our country, we fought for our own language. We are the one and the only nation who gave Bangla as a mother language in our country. The whole world will have no other example except for Bangladesh. We know we are Low Developed Country, but we expect to be Medium Developed Country within 2015 with the help of several strong nations worldwide. It hurts me when I see our language has no respect throughout the world. At least I request you to add our language Bangla(Bengali) in your website as well as many other websites in the whole world.

Thank you.

ABU RASHED — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.97.180.43 (talk) 20:01, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

Is this [8] what you are looking for? AndyTheGrump (talk) 20:07, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

I'm always amazed at the rumors that float around, that Wikipedia doesn't have an edition in some major language (usually of the Global South). I'm sorry you were so badly misled by someone, Abu. I respect your people a great deal, and I wish you great success in improving your language's version of Wikipedia. --Orange Mike | Talk 03:40, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

True. The full list is linked from the foot of the Main Page. - David Biddulph (talk) 08:52, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

Dysentery

In the Article Dysentery, phrases like "Heil Hitler" and "nyggers" comes up. The problem cannot be edited. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.167.197.50 (talk) 20:47, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

I have (I think) fixed the page and temporarily protected it from anonymous vandalism. TNXMan 20:50, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

Page Name

How do I edit the page name so I can capitalize words that I left uncapitalized? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dbradasch (talk • contribs) 20:56, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

You can't, yet. So I moved the article you have been working on to Playboy Enterprises, Inc. v. Frena. GB fan 21:03, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

Picture rotation problem

I've added pictures to a couple of articles in the last few days. On Commons the pictures are oriented correctly. However, when I add them to the articles Bussy, Fribourg and Cheiry, they are rotated 90 degs. I haven't been able to figure out what is causing this. Does anyone else have the same problem? Any suggestions? Tobyc75 (talk) 21:45, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

I downloaded File:Saint-Maurice Bussy May 2011.jpg, rotated it to the correct orientation, brightened it a little and re-uploaded it to Commons and it looks OK now in the article. I suspect that Wikipedia does not support auto-rotation of images, so the fix is to rotate the images before uploading them. – ukexpat (talk) 21:58, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

Probably related to this archived discussion, but I'm not familiar with the technical details. -- John of Reading (talk) 22:18, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

Ok, thanks. I downloaded the other file and rotated it as well. That seems to have cleared up the problem. Tobyc75 (talk) 22:19, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

Adaptive Planning

This article is pure advertising:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptive_Planning — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.254.155.194 (talk) 22:20, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

If you think so, you can nominate it on WP:AFD. But the best option would be to be bold and elaborate it. Regards.--♫GoP♫_T^C_{N 11:20, 8 November 2011 (UTC)}

PROD of BLP

Should I immediately propose the deletion of a sourceless WP:BLPPROD? Should I wait 10 minutes like one should with an A1/A3? Thank-you! Themself (talk) 23:36, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

What page is it? I'd tag it WP:BLPPROD by now, almost 2 hours. CTJF83 01:20, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

I'm just asking in general.Themself (talk) 20:59, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

November 8

Problem with Redir Page

Hi. I'm looking for help with a problem involving the National Ignition Facility (NIF) page (http://en/wikipedia.ord/wiki/National_Ignition_Facility) and its corresponding redir page. The problem is that the redir page, which has a lower case "i" and a lower case "f" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_ignition_facility) does not always redirect to the correct page (upper case "I" and upper case "F"). Also, the redir page does not reflect recent edits. When I attempt to edit the redir page, it converts to the correct page as soon as I log on, so the redir is no longer available for editing. I have cleared the cache on my computer and also several others, but the problem persists. I have also tried multiple browsers, but the problem occures intermittently with all browsers. This is a concern because visitors who land on the redir page are unaware it's not the official page. This could reflect poorly on Wikipedia because some visitors to the NIF article are being exposed to old and inaccurate information. Would it be possible to take down the incorrect redir page? Alternatively, is there a way to edit/update the redir page so that it always reflects all changes? Or is it possible to fix the redir function to consistently and automatically convert to the official page? Thanks for your help.JacksIrving (talk) 00:41, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

A redirect automatically shows the content of the target page but due to caching, an older version of the target page is sometimes displayed, especially to users who are not logged in. Are you logged in when you see the old version? PrimeHunter (talk) 00:48, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

(edit conflict) National ignition facility is simply a redirect to National Ignition Facility. It doesn't have any independent content. Where (and when) are you seeing a version different from the current content of National Ignition Facility? The latter page hasn't changed for more than a week. You shouldn't see anything different from the current version unless you've got an old version cached. - David Biddulph (talk) 00:54, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

For redirects, our servers sometimes display quite old versions to unregistered users. More than a week wouldn't surprise me. See bugzilla:29552. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:30, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for all your input. To answer your questions and further clarify – I have cleared the cache on all browsers. I see the incorrect redir page on Firefox and Chrome when I am not logged in. (When I log in it redirects to the proper page.) This is a concern because a large number of people who see the article are unregistered visitors and are exposed to old and inaccurate information. For example, the section “Criticisms” was removed on 10/25/11. It still appears on the redir page when using Firefox and Chrome. Since this edit was made about two weeks ago, it should no longer appear on the redir page with any browser. How can we fix?JacksIrving (talk) 22:58, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

Whether you see an old version can depend on which of our servers you happen to get served by. I didn't see an old version yesterday when I logged out, and I don't today. I have now purged the redirect. Do you still see an old version? PrimeHunter (talk) 01:07, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

I've tried it a couple of times with different computers & different browsers -- old versions are gone -- thank you! JacksIrving (talk) 02:03, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

Ben Schwartz's Bio

Hi Help Desk, I am getting the following errors after updating his Bio and I have searched tirelessly for an answer.

^ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named soapdish; see Help:Cite errors/Cite error references no text He was recently hired by Paramount Pictures to re-make the 1991 classic comedy Soapdish with producers Rob Reiner and Alan Greisman. I am not trying to link "Soapdish" to the Wikipedia page, just bold or italicize it. ^ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named ucb; see Help:Cite errors/Cite error references no text Ben is an alumnus of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre and continues to perform there regularly. Ben's name appears on the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre's Wikipedia page and I'm not sure as to why I'm getting this error.

Any help you can give me is greatly appreciated. I'm frustrated!  :) Heather — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tomsawyerent (talk • contribs) 02:57, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

There were various problems, mainly including named references without cites to back them up. However, another editor has properly reverted your edits as inappropriate anyway. I have also posted a warning on your Talk page because your username does not comply with policy, and your editing of certain articles indicate that you have a conflict.--Bbb23 (talk) 03:10, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

In the future, you can refer to Help:Cite errors/Cite error references no text as noted in the error message. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 11:13, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

Youtube clips

Hello, I am a film maker and hosted links (external links)to some clips on Youtube that were relevant to existing Wiki articles. For eg London Docklands - I made a documentary about London's docks in the late 90s. I hosted a few other similar links on other subjects but Wikipedia branded me a spammer. I was trying to contribute to the subjects and not advertising, so do you allow links to Youtube? Best wishes Andy Humphreys — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.99.67.145 (talk) 09:15, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

(I have removed your email address to protect your privacy) The Wikipedia content guideline on external links is much stricter than many editors realise, and your links probably don't qualify. You should also look at the guidelines on conflict of interest, since you are intending to post links to films that you have made yourself. If you think your links are appropriate, I suggest you begin a discussion on the talk/discussion page of the relevant article to see what other editors think of them. -- John of Reading (talk) 09:57, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

Markup query

This is such a minor niggle that it's almost not worth bothering with... however:

The markup in my current sig displays the links to my talkpage and contribs as two Chinese characters (雲 "yun" and 水 "shui"). The current markup is [[User:Yunshui|Yunshui]] '''[[User talk:Yunshui|雲]][[Special:Contributions/Yunshui|水]]'''. I'd prefer the whole construction to display on one line, so I've affixed the first character to my username with a non-breaking space, but what I'd really like to do is affix them to each other in the same way - without a space appearing between the two characters in the resulting sig. In other words, I want a version of   that doesn't create a visible space. Anyone know of a way to do that?

Like I said, it's pretty minor... Yunshui 雲水 11:33, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

How about

{{nowrap|[[User:Yunshui|Yunshui]] '''[[User talk:Yunshui|雲]][[Special:Contributions/Yunshui|水]]'''}}

or, since signatures must not contain templates, the equivalent

<span style="white-space:nowrap;">[[User:Yunshui|Yunshui]] '''[[User talk:Yunshui|雲]][[Special:Contributions/Yunshui|水]]'''</span>

-- John of Reading (talk) 11:42, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

Try a zero width joiner: &zwj; ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 12:42, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

Not one, but two ingenious solutions! I'm going to go with the zero-width joiner to keep the size down. Thank you both. Yunshui 雲‍水 13:06, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

Request to edit page of 'Mehdi Hasan'

Hello,

I have posted a request to edit the page of journalist 'Mehdi Hasan' in the Discussions section - to add in a new section with the relevant information. Will this be possible? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.176.105.150 (talk) 12:43, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

A user responded at Talk:Mehdi_Hasan#Add_in_Publications_section. Looks like if you can provide links that aren't from Amazon. If you find said links, paste {{editsemiprotected|answered=no}} on the page with the links. CTJF83 18:16, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

Page review

When you have made suggested amendments to a page, how do you get it reviewed? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Benson Comma N (talk • contribs) 12:51, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

Italic title

Resolved

Hi - I am adding {{Italic title}} to this article Public Prosecution Service of Northern Ireland v. Liam Adams and the title is not showing in italics - will a bot follow round or is there something additional that I have missed? Off2riorob (talk) 13:29, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

According to Template:Italic title/doc it needs |force=true for titles longer than 50 characters, and it works. —teb728 t c 13:37, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

Ah yes, it's corrected now - many thanks TEB728. Off2riorob (talk) 13:39, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

How to change multiple categories quickly

Mesa State College is now Colorado Mesa University. (FWIW, it's my cousin's employer.) How do I change the resulting category Category:Mesa State College to Category:Colorado Mesa University and its subcategories? DandyDan2007 (talk) 13:45, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Speedy C2 sub-category D ? - David Biddulph (talk) 14:05, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

Procedure started, should be automatically moved in 48 hours unless someone objects (and with the Mesa State College page moved that chance is *super super teeny*.) When it is approved, the category will move and a bot will go behind and move all the pages from the old category to the new.Naraht (talk) 23:02, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

ted hughes - dick straightup

Dear Sirs,

It has come to my attention after reading your article on Heptonstall, that the information you have about Ted Hughes and Dick Straightup is incorrect. Ted Hughes did write a poem about Dick Straightup, but Dick Straightup was infact Richard Uttley, not Richard Arthur Uttley, and he was no relation at all to Ted Hughes. Richard Uttley was infact my maternal grandfather. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.240.226.19 (talk) 14:34, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

who put my article on Wikipedia?

Hi - I've often wondered who put my article on Wikipedia, and now a famous potter friend has an article that she knew nothing about.

How does one learn who originally posted an article? Is it the first editor on the 'edit' list?

pete — Preceding unsigned comment added by Peterlemer (talk • contribs) 15:00, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

See wp:History. LeadSongDog come howl! 15:02, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

Did you mean Help:Page history, rather than wp:History? - David Biddulph (talk) 15:06, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

Yes, it's usually the first edit in the revision history. However, information about the earliest edits can sometimes be lost if a page has been moved using the wrong technical procedure, or if the article is so old that early edits are no longer stored (2003 or earlier, I think). --FormerIP (talk) 15:10, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

someone keeps moving my LINK to the bottom

Hi.

My website Link has always been on one of your pages. Actually it was the only link on a specific topic for years. . Recently another person started their own website with all of my copywritten content from my website. I had to contact their web host and they were shut down for a few days. Big Bru-ha-ha. Now this same person keeps moving my LINK from one of your pages to the very very bottom.....i've moved it back twice, but this is ridiculous... is there anyway my link cannot stay where it was and not be moved by others????? --RoyalVets (talk) 15:40, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

Actually - they should *ALL* be removed - all external links should be in a section at the bottom of the article clearly labelled "external links" - that's the first problem. The second is that in their current form, the commentary about each of the links constitutive an advert - as a result, I've deleted all of the links. --Cameron Scott (talk) 15:47, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by RoyalVets (talk • contribs) 17:04, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

Via Margutta entry

The translation of the "Via Margutta" entry is adequate but there are many errors. I would be glad to edit the article. I lived in Rome for 3 years and am well acquainted with that neighborhood.

leonediroma — Preceding unsigned comment added by Leonediroma (talk • contribs) 15:44, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

Then go ahead, please! LadyofShalott 16:16, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

Provided that you have reliable sources. Personal knowledge and recollections will not be sufficient. – ukexpat (talk) 16:27, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

True... I was realing Leone's comment as an offer to improve the translation, but you are right, if information is to be added, it should be with citations to reliable sources. LadyofShalott 17:08, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

Images

How do I add an image to an existing page on wikipedia? - please give me 'idiot proof' step by step instructions (I am old - and a technophobe!!) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gidons1 (talk • contribs) 16:57, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

See WP:IMAGE. - David Biddulph (talk) 17:00, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

How do I post new images into an existing page on Wikipedia?

Please let me have idiot-proof step by step instructions - I am old and a technophobe ...... a bad combination:-( — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gidons1 (talk • contribs) 17:01, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

Can you link me to the image, and I can give you the most idiot proof steps. CTJF83 17:29, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

• 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.
• If you want to add an image that has already been uploaded to Wikipedia or Wikimedia Commons, 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. I hope this helps.Template:Z40--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 01:53, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

united baseball league

The Wikipedia article concerning the United Baseball League is filled with prejudicial and harmful statements.When I try and delete them ,my work is reversed and I get a warning.The instructions on how to deal with this are very cumbersome and confusing.Please take the time to read the article.It will be obvious that it is written by someone who has an axe to grind and is trying to harm the league.If the goal of Wikipedia is accuracy,then my edits should stand.Moeknowsgolf (talk) 17:37, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

Herostratus has left a great message for you on your talk page about your question. If you have further questions, please feel free to post here again. TNXMan 17:42, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

nonconstructive editing

HI,

I'm received an email about my editing and I am confused about it's content. I'm new to wiki. I've made minor edits to an organization's page for which I work. I'm unclear as to what "nonconstructive editing" means... have my changes been revoked?

Thanks!

Brynn

Bwmcnall (talk) 20:51, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

If the email was sent to your email account from a Wikipedia user, it should note which user sent it in the email. Simple go to the Wikipedia page titled "User talk:XXXX" replacing XXXX with the name of the user who sent you the email, and ask them for clarirification about their email. --Jayron32 20:54, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

If by "email" you are referring to the message on you user talk page, another user noticed that you had made this edit experimenting with galleries, assumed that all your edits were experimental, and so reverted all of them. —teb728 t c 21:14, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

moving a wikipedia page

I'm the administrator for the wikipedia page "Association of Water Technologies". I want to change the title for the page to "Association of Water Technologies - AWT". My understanding is that I can't change the title...I need to move the page. However, I've looked everywhere and can't find a move button. Can you provide instructions?

Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by MgtSolPlus (talk • contribs) 21:59, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

Nobody owns an article. Only autoconfirmed users can move pages. However, Wikipedia does not use both the full name and an acronym in article names so the page should not be moved. I have added a link to AWT so people can find the article by entering AWT in the search box. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:13, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

Do I infer correctly from your username that you represent Management Solutions Plus, the management company of Association of Water Technologies? You need to know that unambiguous use of the name of a company as a username is generally not permitted on Wikipedia. You should change to a username that represents you personally. And because of your conflict of interest you should edit articles about clients only with great caution. —teb728 t c 22:56, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

November 9

A Simple Suggestion (or two)

Yesterday I was very happy and honored to be able to afford to contribute $100.00 to your fund raising program. Thank you for making it so easy. Now I must get back to studying. Would it be terribly hard for someone to write a simple program telling Wiki that it is rude to continue asking those whose computers have been the means of benefitting Wiki for more contributions? There must be some way to do this. Good luck! P.S.--Earlier I was exploring Editting. I jumped into the sandbox and someone else--or at least part of someone else was already there; a penis. Great photo--tacky presentation! In this economy is classy help really difficult to find? Really? Lyndiq (talk) 00:27, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your donation. I don't know whether it's only for logged in users but see Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#How to hide all fundraising banners on all Wikimedia wikis until next year. Everybody can edit public sandboxes like Wikipedia:Sandbox. Edits there are quickly overwritten by other users. Another user must have added a penis image shortly before you viewed the page. You can make a personal sandbox for your account at User:Lyndiq/Sandbox. Others can see it but are unlikely to edit it although it's not impossible. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:57, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

submitting bio. to wikipedia

Can I submit my bio to wikipedia, so that bloggers who follow my articles can know more about me? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ripuree2 (talk • contribs) 02:29, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

Basically, no. See WP:Autobiography and WP:COI, also see WP:BIO for the notability requirements for Wikipedia biographies. - David Biddulph (talk) 02:56, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

Where do I go to have an article rated?

Hi. There are a couple of articles that I am working to improve, and it would greatly help me to have a current rating for them. I am aware of the rating scale, and I know I could re-rate the pages myself. However, I often am not sure which rating an article falls into, and I sometimes end up with a falsely inflated rating when I rate pages myself. Where can I go to have the articles I am working to improve rated/criticized? - Purplewowies (talk) 02:45, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

help

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