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July 20

New article

Hi! I'm completing a new article. Although all of the sources are reliable (third-party), some are not online (print only) but I have scanned copies of them. Kindly suggest what is the best course of action to take. Thank! Rodwinoloresisimo (talk) 00:49, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

You may simply cite them as described at Wikipedia:Citing sources, you do not need to upload "proof" of what is in them if that is what you are implying. There is a large selection of templates for sources/references/citations at Wikipedia:Template messages/Sources of articles. See our article on Elizabeth II for example, which has numerous references and a large bibliography. Let us know if you have further questions. BigNate37_(T) 00:58, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

I'm sorry, that was a bad link to give you. Wikipedia:Citation templates is your best bet for citations templates (funny how that works out). BigNate37_(T) 01:00, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

If the source is a book or magazine, {{cite book}} or {{cite journal}} are used. Mjroots (talk) 10:42, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

I will also note that we can't used scanned copies of articles here, since scans can easily be altered in this era of Photoshopping. This bears repeating and emphasizing: there has never been, and probably never will be, any requirement that references used in articles must be accompanied with an internet link. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:01, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Template not working

Resolved

The wraparound feature of {{Gatorade National Basketball Player of the Year}} is not working correctly in Michelle Marciniak, Stephon Marbury and Felipe López (basketball). When you click show in Google Chrome, Firefox or MSIE it expands well beyond the width of the page.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 03:40, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

They all look fine for me in both Firefox 14 and IE9. BigNate37_(T) 04:51, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Yes. They are all working now. I don't know what was going on.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 12:52, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Subject would like section removed and photo changed

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brittany_Binger

I am writing on behalf of Ms. Binger. I attempted to edit the page for her, but I do not have enough edits under my account by which to do anything past minor edits.

She would like her official photo changed to this: http://visionlosangeles.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/BrittVision_2_Print-419x630.jpg from her agency's page for her. She also requests that any references to Playboy be removed, or at least the "Playboy Centerfold Apperance" in the right-hand side panel. She is trying to distance herself from that brand.

Sizemorefan (talk) 04:43, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia, and thank you for your directness. Our current photograph of Brittany Binger is provided under a free license, and to consider a replacement photograph we would require that it also be freely licensed. Please see our Image use policy for details. We cannot accept files of unknown license status. I have copied your requests to the talk page for her article, where they should be seen by editors who are familiar with the article about her already. I cannot personally promise you any action, however. BigNate37_(T) 05:06, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

A few additional points. First, we cannot use pictures that are not uploaded to Wikipedia, and images without a compatible license must be uploaded by the copyright holder personally or by someone with direct permission to do so. Secondly, the criteria for choosing which pictures appear in an article are pretty standardized according to the rules of the Wikipedian Community. These rules do not typically take into account the wishes of the article's subject. Likewise, as long as the content of an article does not violate any laws, it is the community that decides what information is presented in an article, not the subject. So, again, there may not be any action on your requests. Happy editing, hajatvrc with WikiLove @ 05:21, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Infobox width

{{Infobox}} contains style="width:22em;, hard-coding its width, and that of other templates that transclude it. Is there a reason for this, and/or a way to change it? Wouldn't a percentage make more sense (or, better, leave it up to something editable/overridable, like the user's common.css)? I notice that there is an "infobox" class in MW/common.css, with a width of 22em, showing some intent to do this. —[AlanM1 (talk)]— 05:06, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

you could try mentioning that on the template's talk page. benzband (talk) 09:26, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Wikiquette question

Before I start, I'm not sure this is the right place for this kind of question, so please redirect me to the right place if it's not. I'm not using names or linking to specifics about the situation, because I don't believe it's necessary, and I don't want this to be seen as a personal attack on the editor I am discussing. I'm not looking for support on this issue, but rather guidance for situations like this.

I recently found copyrighted material on an article, so I blanked it using {{copyvio}}, and added {{subst:Nothanks-web|pg=ArticleName|url=URL}} to the contributing editor's talk page, according to the instructions on the template (and reported it on Wikipedia:Copyright problems). However, the editor has strongly asserted that they did not add the material in their replies — despite being given a link to the contributing edit with their account name, and acknowledging possession of the account when the edit was made. The editor has suggested there may have been two accounts with the same name, but as far as I understand, that's not possible. I suggested the editor may have forgotten making the contribution, as it was added in early 2006, but the editor assures me this is not the case.

If account names are unique, and I am to assume the editor is truthful in saying they did not add the material, it means this editor's account was compromised, and I presume there is some procedure for this. Conversely, if the editor has forgotten their edit, or is choosing to avoid responsibility for it, the procedure for dealing with a compromised account would be unnecessary — and I feel saying something along the lines of "if this edit was not made by you, it means your account was compromised, and you need to..." might make the editor feel like I am trying to drag some kind of confession out of them — which I'm not!

The editor doesn't seem to have had any other problems with copyright violations, and while they haven't been active recently, they have made substantial useful contributions to some articles, and I don't want to put them off editing in the future. Their replies to my notice show me they are currently well aware of Wikipedia's copyright policy, and I doubt they would add any copyrighted material in the future.

1st question — Can somebody verify that there can't be two simultaneous account with the same name?

2nd question — Do I:

1. leave it, assuming they are being truthful, thereby leaving their account compromised?
2. leave it, assuming they made the edit despite their assertions, and therefore their account is fine?
3. inform the editor that there account must have been compromised? If so, what do I tell them to do?
4. do something else?

TimofKingsland (talk) 05:43, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Your account name is the way that the software identifies you. Except under exceptional circumstances (changing usernames or usurpation), no two accounts can exist with the same name, and never simultaneously. I assume it is not an IP address we are discussing, but rather a named account? Is it possible that the edit in question was made by a user whose name is simply deceptively similiar, e.g. a lowercase 'L' in place of an uppercase 'I'? As far as your second question goes, you have already brought the matter to the user's attention, so if their account was compromised in 2006, it's relatively safe to assume it no longer is. If you'd like to press the matter, you could suggest that the user changes his/her password. Since they have a history of good contributions, I would not let this one matter cause a large problem—the copyvio was fixed, and that's what's important.

2006 was a long time ago. I was browsing my edit history from back then and I could barely remember making half of those comments, so what actually happened is not only unimportant, but difficult to remember with any certainty anyways. BigNate37_(T) 05:59, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

On a purely speculative note, the power goes out here often enough that it has intersected with two of my edits in the last two years, one as a registered user, one before that as an IP. One was credited to me, and contained changes I had not made, and the other included my changes in another edit, with no indication I'd been there. While it's possible another user edited if the account was left logged in, this is old enough that pursuing it seems unnecessary. Dru of Id (talk) 07:27, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Or it could be that the person was in a computer lab or internet cafe or some other public venue and didn't log off. Anyway, It's a bit embarrassing that I was the first person to edit the article after the initial posting and didn't find the copyvio, which I would have looked for today immediately, given the tone of the writing, but I was a fairly new editor back then.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 07:50, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

@BigNate37 — Yeah, it wasn't an IP address, and I clicked the User link from the edit summary, so no chance of typos in the name. I agree the account is unlikely to still be compromised. @Dru of Id — It's possible what happened to you is what happened with this edit, thanks for that. @Fuhghettaboutit - To use your own words, "fuhghettaboutit" — I'd be embarrassed by the edits I did when I first started editing. We were all newbies to begin with.

Leaving the account logged in on a public computer didn't even cross my mind, and this could well be what happened. It does seem unlikely someone would hack an account only to copy a few paragraphs about an organisation from their website once. I think the editor just forgot, as I just noticed the edit created an article that would have fixed a red link in one of the only two articles that editor had worked on, which seems like too much of a coincidence. I thought there could be some policy regarding this that I'd missed somewhere, and I also just wanted some input from others. Based on what you've all said, and my own instincts, I think I'll just leave it alone. Thanks to everyone for your input. TimofKingsland (talk) 10:03, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Have you thought that he could have worked on the other articles, stayed logged in, someone came by and decided to fix the red link using his login?--Canoe1967 (talk) 21:19, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Adam Leigh re the death of model Caroline Byrnes

Hi, Im Adam Leigh, As suggested in the article, my name has been dragged through the mud on speculation, Please remove my name from said issue as I dont know how to do it myself. If it continues, I will ask of you contact information of anybody posting any more defamatory remarks so I can proceed to deal with it and any further defamatory publication of my name. Thank you Adam Leigh — Preceding unsigned comment added by 101.119.27.17 (talk) 09:10, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

The information has been removed by Hajatvrc (talk · contribs). benzband (talk) 09:39, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

 Done Typically, info is not removed from Wikipedia because of a subject's wishes, even when they make legal threats. But in this case the references to you were poorly sourced and probably not notable enough to be included in the article. Happy editing, hajatvrc with WikiLove @ 09:41, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

categories in loop: is there a tool?

I am looking for a tool able to find loops within categories (e.g. a category belonging to one of its subcats)... does a thing like this exist?--Nickanc (talk) 10:30, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

The page Wikipedia:Database reports/Self-categorized categories is updated weekly, but only lists the easy cases where a category is listed as its own parent. The page Wikipedia:Dump reports/Category cycles covers the general case but was last updated in May; you could perhaps ask Svick (talk · contribs) to update it. -- John of Reading (talk) 11:25, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Thank you! :)--Nickanc (talk) 12:37, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Add signature button to javascript form

Anyone with javascript skills able to add (or provide the code for adding) the signature button with the functionality of placing four tildes, as it provides in the editing toolbar, to MediaWiki:Gadget-teahouse/content.js, right after the text "... sign all of your posts by ending them with four tildes (~~~~)"? This regards the question at Wikipedia talk:Teahouse#Add a question from mobile devices. Obviously, if anyone has a different way of solving the issue, please advise or take appropriate action. Thanks.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 10:59, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Please don't take action before we come to an agreement at the talk page in question, thank you! heather walls (talk) 11:31, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Contents bar

hi , the thing is that i created a page but the small Contents bar is not displayed. http://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF_%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86 , this is the page. any kind of tip is appreciated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SadeghFrz (talk • contribs) 12:20, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Since that page is part of the Persian Wikipedia, you'd do better to ask at their help desk, fa:ویکی‌پدیا:میز_کمک. -- John of Reading (talk) 12:38, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Image uploading question

hi I'm trying to upload images to my article. I have got permission for the images from the owner and sent it to the email address given but I am having problems uploading the images. Ihave resized them and they are jpegs so I don't understand why they are not being uploaded. The other question is when uploaded how do I then access them to embed into my articleJkidner (talk) 12:48, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Does WP:Picture Tutorial help? --ColinFine (talk) 15:02, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Donor Card

A long while ago I joind the Donor Transplant Group by donating everything that is usable on my death I have lost my purse that the card was kept to remind anyone of my wishes on death.

I don't know where to go to get another card to replace it.

Jill — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.131.95.19 (talk) 13:10, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 6 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. Yunshui 雲‍水 13:11, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

That said, this is probably the best place to start... Yunshui 雲‍水 13:14, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Assuming Jill is in the UK. --ColinFine (talk) 15:03, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

She is. Ryan Vesey Review me! 16:08, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Using re-election website as source

I recently wrote an article on Anthony DeVitis and the source I used had little information. There is some useful information, not a lot, at his relection website. The material would be okay per WP:SPS; however, I'm a bit wary on linking readers to that site. In addition, the source I used (his House page) doesn't show anything under the education section. (Go here and click on education) Both sources stated that he attended the University of Akron. I am under the impression, especially after reading his relection website, that he did not finish. I know it would be OR to state that; however, how should I mention his education in the article? Stating that he attended the University of Akron implies that he graduated from there, which is probably not true. Currently I make no mention of his education. Ryan Vesey Review me! 14:46, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

To note, the information that I would like to add is his birth place. Ryan Vesey Review me! 14:56, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

To me, "attended" means only that (ie, not "graduated") but you could extend it to "attended classes at" which might make it better to some who disagree with me. Dismas|^(talk) 16:05, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

disambiguate UWO, Please.

The acronym UWO is being used by DeWalt tools to describe torque output on some of their screwdrivers/drills. The acronym UWO is representative of Unit Watts Out. When trying to discover this I spent more time than I was comfortable with searching results and finding only articles referencing University of western Ontario or some Ultima Online crap. Please help out an old school chap and help us power tool users research online tool purchases more easily. Thank you for your time and service! -angus — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.13.114.59 (talk) 14:58, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but a buyers' guide or catalogue is one of the many things that Wikipedia is not. If UWO (= Unit Watts Out) meets Wikipedia's criteria for notability then there may be an article on it, but not every meaning of an initialism should necessarily be included in Wikipedia. --ColinFine (talk) 15:07, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

It sounds like a variation of Shaft horsepower. Motors can be rated by input and output power. A 1 hp motor is actually the output, the input can be 5-60% higher depending. If enough companies adopt that term we could create it as a re-direct to the proper article?--Canoe1967 (talk) 21:45, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Question

"Don't use double quotes - quotes within article/webpage titles should use single quotes". Could that be explained, it is for source review on the FAC page for an article. Thanks, TBrandley 15:06, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Does MOS:QUOTEMARKS clarify the matter? --ColinFine (talk) 15:09, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

contact

hi iam pursing my 4th year b.tech civil enng belongs to andhrapradesh kadapa i need information how 2 contact mettupetty dam office staff , because we are very intrested to visit that project basically we belongs civil branch.............actullay we need permission to visit dam, so please send me the contact numbers of that project thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.213.150.143 (talk) 15:18, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

This page is for help about using Wikipedia. Please visit the Reference desk. --Jprg1966 ^(talk) 15:24, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Larger Urban Zones

I don't know where else to turn now. The page Larger Urban Zones lists the LUZs in descending order of population.

The issue I have is with Leeds, which is listed as Leeds-Bradford in the list (at position 22). There is no such thing as Leeds-Bradford, or at least not officially. In the official list of LUZs, Leeds is listed as Leeds as you can see here: http://www.urbanaudit.org/CityCountryPDFLongList.aspx

Like I've mentioned on the article's discussion page, if Leeds is going to be incorrectly referred to as Leeds-Bradford, then Birmingham must be listed as Birmingham-Wolverhampton and Manchester as Manchester-Salford etc. The other option is to write what is actually on the official website and just call it Leeds, not Leeds-Bradford.

Currently, the page lists Leeds as Leeds because I have just edited it, but this page is constantly edited back to Leeds-Bradford. Please, PLEASE, nobody responds to me on the discusion page and I've provided a link to the official source, please can someone fix this permanently? So that it can't be changed back without whoever is doing it explaining themselves? --Tubs uk (talk) 16:13, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

If you'd like to address the person making the change directly then you can go through the history tab for that article, find the person and leave a message on their talk page. (I glanced at the history for this article and it would be easier if more people left comments describing their edit.) RJFJR (talk) 16:27, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

I can see your point, but I can also see why somebody might object to the entry for Leeds in the list linking to Leeds, which is an article about Leeds, not the Leeds LUZ. In any case, what you have is a content dispute, for which we have a dispute resolution process. I suggest you start by dropping the tone of "I'm obviously right and anybody who disagrees with me is obviously wrong". There's no way to "fix it permanently" in any case: Wikipedia works on consensus. Perhaps the table should have a column which names and links to all the significant places within each LUZ. --ColinFine (talk) 22:40, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

"Save page" has become unreliable

This is driving me nuts... I've been using the same computer (ZT), OS (Win7), browser (Chrome), and preferences for years and never had a problem, but in the past few days the "Save page" button has become unreliable. I edit, hit "Save page", and the unedited version of the article appears and there's nothing in the History. I've lost quite a few edits. Some times it works fine, but about 1 time in 4 it fails and I've no idea why. Help! --Woz2 (talk) 16:39, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

<crickets> Well I turned off WikED two days and I haven't had the problem since. I've been using WikED for years without an issue so I'm baffled. Maybe something changed?Woz2 (talk) 04:38, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Content Erased

Hello, I was just updating our team page and after spending hours and hours and all of my information was erased and back to the old content.

I would like an explanation for this please!

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Realmaryland (talk • contribs) 17:10, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

It was block reverted by a "Bot", an automatic program, due to the link you tried to add to a fanpage, which I just removed again since such links are not appropriate. Please also take note that it is not your page, and have a read of WP:COI--Jac16888 ^Talk 17:34, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

two identical pages

There is a page in Wikipedia on Joule expansion and one on Free expansion, but this are two identical types of expansion with just a different name. I propose to direct readers from the Free expansion page (which is poorly developed) to the Joule expansion page.

Adwaele (talk) 19:40, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

They do appear to me to be the same process, so I encourage you to go ahead with your merge. But I think that first, you should discuss it on the talk pages of the two articles. Maproom (talk) 20:00, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

You might want to consider proposing and executing a merge instead. Cheers!Woz2 (talk) 20:04, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Locating articles by subheading/section

I was wondering if there is a way to find all of the articles that have a particular subheading/section, specifically, I was interested in all of the articles that have the "In popular culture" section. Is there a way to filter by this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kcarter14 (talk • contribs) 19:48, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

A search like this one for the phrase "In popular culture" may get you part of the way. Towards the bottom of the first page of results, you will start to see search results such as "Battle of Thermopylae (section In popular culture)".

If you are looking for a concise and complete list, you could try posting at Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/Tasks to see if anyone can scan a recent dump of the Wikipedia database for you. I could do it for you, but my downloaded copy is two months out of date. -- John of Reading (talk) 20:32, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

User IP Question For Journalist Working on Story

I am a journalist working on a story about Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes. I notice Hynes's Wikipedia page has been edited recently to remove some critical information: http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Charles_J._Hynes&diff=prev&oldid=502675980. The user who made the edits is called NYCIsAllISee. Is there any way I can track the user's IP address? I have spent almost an hour searching but have had no luck. Thank you, P Berger. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pdberger (talk • contribs) 19:59, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

No, a registered user's IP address is kept hidden. See the Wikimedia:Privacy policy. -- John of Reading (talk) 20:16, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

However you can find out what other edits he has done. He is shown as only having edited the one article, and as having done so competently. Infer what you can from that. Maproom (talk) 20:30, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Romney for President, inc.

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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Dear Wikipedia and Mr. Wales;

My name is Samantha Jones, and I am a Legal Advisor for Romney for President, Inc.

Gov. Romney is interested in controlling his Wikipedia biography as he believes that it is instrumental to his Presidential Campaign. He also believes that if the page is controlled by third-party users, it will be prone to editors posting slanderous information to the biography.

Romney for President Inc. would therefore kindly ask the Wikimedia Foundation to restrict the editing of the Wikipedia biography, and other pages whose main subject is Governor Mitt Romney, to the Romney for President campaign.

Yours Faithfully,

Samantha Jones Romney for President, Inc. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SamanthaJones2 (talk • contribs) 20:00, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Please see WP:OWN and WP:COI. Also this resource might help WP:WikiProject Cooperation/Paid Editor Help. Woz2 (talk) 20:08, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for your reply;

However, the Romney for President campaign can not accept the fact that the most read biography in the world about Gov. Romney is written by volunteer amateur editors. The risk of slanderous and incorrect information being posted is far too high for Romney for President, Inc.

Yours faithfully, Samantha Jones — Preceding unsigned comment added by SamanthaJones2 (talk • contribs) 20:12, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

I smell a troll Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 20:16, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

With all due respect, Samantha Jones, that is how Wikipedia works. Even if you are who you claim to be, we don't let the subjects of articles control the articles, be you Nelson Mandela or Arthur Bremer or Noam Chomsky or Joss Whedon. I do hope that the use of words like "slanderous" is not a covert way of hinting at legal action; we don't tolerate that here. --Orange Mike | Talk 20:17, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

To expand on this, I am sure that you and Romney for President, Inc. are aware of the disastrous media coverage that would come about if it became known that your campaign was taking control of his Wikipedia page. Ryan Vesey Review me! 20:21, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

I suspect that Jauerback's assessment of "Samantha Jones"' posting is closer to the truth than Ryan Vesey's. Not that it matters - her request will be ignored. Maproom (talk) 20:36, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

See also User talk:Jimbo Wales/Archive 111#Request from Romney for President, Inc. Discussion closed with "Please WP:AGF, quick answer, move on." Woz2 (talk) 20:59, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Rather blatant troll at that. Any communications would come from a public relations representative. and be on letterhead, not a nearly anonymous posting from a "Legal Advisor" where the capitalization alone screams at us. Collect (talk) 21:08, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Yes, we know... YHBT YHL HAND... Normal programming now resumes... Woz2 (talk) 01:04, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Help!

""It was 1 or 2 o'clock in the morning, and I remember I was so freaked out by the script that I went upstairs to our guest bedroom where my wife was sick with the flu and I got into bed with her," recalled Korman". I may need help paraprashing that. Thanks! TBrandley 20:02, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Why are you wanting to paraphrase a first-person statement? But I'll have a shot. "Korman was so upset by the script that, though it was after midnight, he went into the room where his sick wife was sleeping, and got into bed with her." Maproom (talk) 20:40, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

For FAC page on an article, Awake (TV series). Thanks, TBrandley 20:49, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

disambig page and citations etc, using example Coleman

Should a citatation be requested for a statement like... Coleman is a surname of both English and Gaelic origin, being found in both Great Britain and Ireland. In England, it is a trade name from Old English col (coal) and mann (man) and in Ireland it comes from the personal name Colmán.?" Also, although I'm reasonably sure the quoted statement is correct, it seems misleading, in that many families with the name Coleman probably had the name anglicized from names like Kohlmann, just as one might argue that the Irish Colman got anglicized to Coleman.--Richard L. Peterson 76.218.104.120 (talk) 20:04, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Certainly! It sounds like a mixture of ignorant speculation and bad folk etymology. --Orange Mike | Talk 02:40, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

ok thanks, I'll put citation needed on it.76.218.104.120 (talk) 05:50, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

never mind, it's already been removed76.218.104.120 (talk) 05:52, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

My "Engology" page does not to exist any more. Why?

This is my second time to query the fact that my "Engology" page does not exist any more. Why? I did not do any modifications within this past few months. I cannot make any sense of the Wikipedia instructions....just going around in circles.

Best Wishes, Fintan Lynch

 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Engology (talk • contribs) 20:47, 20 July 2012 (UTC) 

See [1], which links to this discussion. Dru of Id (talk) 20:57, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

The content at engology was removed and the page was redirected to engineering technologist some time ago. You were notified on your talk page when that redirect was then nominated for deletion. As Dru of Id pointed out, you can read the discussion at Redirects for Discussion to see the rationale for why this was done. BigNate37_(T) 21:06, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

deep web/ how to access it?

please help access the hidden web please urgent, very urgent!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.177.218.124 (talk) 21:43, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

I don't think you want to be there. Arcandam (talk) 21:44, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Deep_web#Accessing--Canoe1967 (talk) 22:09, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

I think xe is referring to the tornetwork. Arcandam (talk) 22:10, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

You might start with this page which purports to provide ten deep web search engines.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 22:12, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Should we test those engines and add them to the article? Some may have articles themselves.--Canoe1967 (talk) 22:19, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Maybe, as a single external link to this aggregation page?--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 07:54, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

I added all 10 to the talk page. Some do have articles. I will put those in a see also section?--Canoe1967 (talk) 22:19, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

User Page

Can IP address have their Userpage just like I have ?? Kajan23 (talk) 22:17, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Certainly. But remember that many IP addresses get reassigned, so different people may use an IP at different times: in such cases, an IP user page is of rather limited value. --ColinFine (talk) 22:47, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

who is the oldest saxophone player in the world?

I try to search every where I can to find out who is the oldest baritone saxophone artist.Can`t find any where. Any help will appreciate. The reason I wanted to find out, because of my friend professional saxophone player from New Orleans, Roger Lewis, he is 71 years old, and I think he is the oldest sax.bariton performer. Why it is not in Wikipedia? Please let me know any resources how can I find out about it and clarified that he is the oldest one :-) Thank you very much. Irina — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.197.102.252 (talk) 23:36, 20 July 2012 (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. RudolfRed (talk) 23:49, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

My guess would be Adolphe Sax. Woz2 (talk) 01:14, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Censorship and Bad Attitudes

On the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_as_fact_and_theory Talk Section, I am continually being harassed by two folks (also check out my Talk Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Snootcher to see who they are) who are adamant in their attempt to get me banned. They are editing my words so that others cannot read them, for example. They are threatening me, insulting me, and are being generally abusive. How can I prevent such things? Is there a moderator who will cool the flames in these two folks' hearts and make Wikipedia more open to discussion rather than to controlling said discussion? I believe that I am being harassed and would like that harassment to end immediately. Thanks. (P.S. Sorry for not knowing all of Wikipedia's protocol's. This was my best attempt. Thank you, and my apologies in advance if this was the wrong way to go about it.) Snootcher (talk) 23:41, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

To get help, see WP:WQA RudolfRed (talk) 23:50, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

WP:DNFT. 69.62.243.48 (talk) 03:06, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

Backlog of edit requests

Hi, editors,

Apologies if this is in the wrong place, but I know lots of editors read this page. There's a good sized backlog over at Category:Wikipedia_semi-protected_edit_requests. Please consider taking a look and helping with getting it cleaned up. RudolfRed (talk) 23:59, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

For all the sports and movie fan requests, I would just close them and tell them to get @@@@ing accounts and stop bothering us with their trivial @@@@ing requests. That will clear most of your page. The Batman movie alone has four open on its talk page!--Canoe1967 (talk) 00:57, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

I did over twenty. Someone else take a turn while I watch and drink beer. I told many IP that they should get accounts and stop clogging the board. Some have over 100 edits and months in.--Canoe1967 (talk) 04:18, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! RudolfRed (talk) 04:33, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

You are very welcome. Did you see that ugly mess on the Batman page. I was going to close all of them and leave some trite comments, but I decided to leave that for someone that wants to WP:BITE some IP editors about getting less lazy and creating accounts. Is there any valid reason why they can't?--Canoe1967 (talk) 04:39, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

I got the list down to four and only one complaint on my talk page. I don't know if that is a good or bad thing.--Canoe1967 (talk) 07:08, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

July 21

Father Augustus Tolton

I am writing to let you know that the name of the wife of Stephan Elliott is incorrect. Someone took a picture of the wrong tombstone. It show Stephen Benedict Elliott and Susan Kendrick. It should be the tombstone of Stephen Edward Elliott and Anna Savilla (Manning) Elliott. I know from my genealogy research that what I tell you is true. Stephen E. and Anna S. Elliott were my great grandparents and she was Augustus' baptismal sponsor. Anna Savilla was the only daughter of John Manning. Thank You Jane Elliott Kidd — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.230.145.129 (talk) 01:04, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

If the page isn't protected you could edit it yourself. If it is then you can create an account, do 10 edits, and wait four days. That will allow you to edit protected pages.--Canoe1967 (talk) 04:21, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

That will allow for editing semi-protected pages. Fully protected pages require an admin, if I understand correctly. RudolfRed (talk) 04:33, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Father Augustine Tolton has no protection at all if that is the page the OP is referring to.--Canoe1967 (talk) 04:42, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Area on Wikipedia For Debates

Is there any place on Wikipedia where users can have civilized debates about various political issues? Futurist110 (talk) 01:57, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Per WP:Forum should not be any. History2007 (talk) 02:10, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Is there a forum where we can debate the politics of removing this policy?--Canoe1967 (talk) 04:45, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

You can make a proposal and have it discussed at the village pump RudolfRed (talk) 05:06, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Resolved

. I was just joking.--Canoe1967 (talk) 05:12, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

But there may be truth hidden in that joke... There is a new travel-guide proposal which will open the door to a social network type feature in time... History2007 (talk) 05:33, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Please post a link. Arcandam (talk) 05:57, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

meta:Requests for comment/Travel Guide. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:06, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

That is for Wikimedia though. Not Wikipedia which is what was in the original question. Dismas|^(talk) 14:46, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Nor is an online travel guide a social network, at least not anymore than Wikipedia is. BigNate37_(T) 03:53, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Please see my comment there. As the 4 million articles hit a brick wall based on the lack of new substantive items to write about, and as the scientific content struggles for reliability, the new avenue is a new breed of "semi-encyclopedic, social network, experience based" web entity. It is being born as we speak and it is the way for WMF to survive. Organizations always morph, IBM used to be in the business of cash registers, and Autodesk started a desk manufacturer... So time will tell, of course... History2007 (talk) 04:16, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

I don't quite get your point given the context of this section, but I reject the notion that we're in some kind of "end times" state. Specifically, we're not anywhere close to having this encyclopedia finished. Just because articles exist for nearly every important topic does not mean they are anywhere near complete. I will concede that we may be running out of "sexy" content to add, though. BigNate37_(T) 04:26, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Yes, that other place is the place for the issues. But as you said, the days of sexy/exciting content are over and most work that remains to be done is less than glamorous clean up... And WMF rightly recognizes that "user engagement" is the key to survival. So they have to find a way to engage users, and janitorial duties are not at the top of that list. Anyway, time will tell... History2007 (talk) 09:22, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Avoiding archiving for a talk page footer template

Resolved

Is there a way that a template placed at the bottom of a talk page that says: "Please read the FAQ" can be exempted from archiving by the MiszaBot ? Thanks. History2007 (talk) 02:10, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Yes, of course! User:MiszaBot/Archive_HowTo says: Archiving can be delayed for a particular thread by substituting the template {{DNAU}} into the thread. Use {{subst:DNAU}} to retain a thread indefinitely, or {{subst:DNAU|<integer>}} to retain a thread for <integer> days. See the template documentation for details about its use and function. Arcandam (talk) 02:15, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

The result of substituting the template looks something like this: <!-- [[User:DoNotArchiveUntil]] 02:16, 19 July 2022 (UTC) --> Arcandam (talk) 02:17, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. But is there also a way to do that without having a thread for the footer? The point is that the FAQ is at the top and most people miss it, and the idea would be to just make them aware of it with the footer that always stays on the talk page. The footer would look better without a section and having a section would just look confusing. Any idea? Thanks. History2007 (talk) 02:23, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Anyway, based on your link, I also asked here, so we will see. History2007 (talk) 02:33, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Stuff without a section title won't be archived anyways. And it is possible to have the code in the beginning of the talkpage while the "Please read the FAQ"-thingy is at the bottom. Arcandam (talk) 03:45, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

You can also add the following code to the top of your talkpage:

<!--Please don't edit this part of my talkpage-->

{{User:History2007/talkpageheader}}

<!--Thanks, you can leave your edit below -->

Then create a new page called User:History2007/talkpageheader and put the code for the "Please read the FAQ"-thingy there. Arcandam (talk) 03:42, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Do you mean something like this: <div style="position: fixed; right:5px; bottom:5px; display:block;">Please read the [[FAQ]]</div> ? Arcandam (talk) 03:51, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

That may be a very good idea, but it did not work on my talk page. I put it at the top. Please feel free to fix it there if you can (at the top of my talk page), so I can see what you mean when it shows on my talk page as a footer. Thank you. History2007 (talk) 04:19, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

I saw that you modified it on my talk page, but I do not see the footer there. I assume you are working on that. Right? History2007 (talk) 04:27, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Can you see it now? Arcandam (talk) 04:30, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

PS: Where is the documentation for the div marker, so I can look at that and read it? Thanks. History2007 (talk) 04:23, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

The nowiki tag I used in the code was a trick to display the code to use without actually using it myself, that is why it didn't work. The div tag is an HTML tag. Arcandam (talk) 04:26, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Here's one page that describes the div tag: [2]. Google (or whatever) for HTML tutorials, and you'll get more. RudolfRed (talk) 04:28, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

I guess I need to learn HTML anew. Arcandam fixed it now, but how does one say bottom with no pixels? Thanks. History2007 (talk) 04:34, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

You should probably ask that at the reference desk, since it's not directly related to Wikipedia. WP:RD/C RudolfRed (talk) 04:39, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

I will just play with it and get it that way. Thanks. History2007 (talk) 04:42, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Is it possible to MFD WP:(VfD)^11 WP WfD?

The page's full name is Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Votes for deletion/Votes for deletion/Votes for deletion/Votes for deletion/Votes for deletion/Votes for deletion/Votes for deletion/Votes for deletion/Votes for deletion/Votes for deletion/WikiProject Wikipedians for Decency. (It's too long that I can't fill it into section title) I want to MFD it but it will create [[Wikipedia:Miscellany_for_deletion/Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Votes for deletion/Votes for deletion/Votes for deletion/Votes for deletion/Votes for deletion/Votes for deletion/Votes for deletion/Votes for deletion/Votes for deletion/Votes for deletion/WikiProject Wikipedians for Decency]] --will it crash? 221.203.139.100 (talk) 03:31, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

"This page contains material that is kept because it is considered humorous. Please do not take it seriously." RudolfRed (talk) 03:34, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

How does one make a request to delete a particular article?

Thank you. Futurist110 (talk) 07:19, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Start at Wikipedia:Deletion policy#Processes. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:34, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Afc Gérard Desbois

Hi. Please, may I request help for this article : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_creation/Gérard_Desbois. I don't understand why it is not accepted : youngest flight test engineer graduate, chief test on the Airbus A380, writters... Maybe I am somewhere wrong? Regards. 90.84.144.65 (talk) 08:14, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

I think you are misunderstanding Wikipedia's policy on notability. The rejections are not saying that the subject is insignificant: they are saying that the article does not cite multiple reliable sources that have talked about the subject. There are two points here: first, have multiple sources (newspapers, books etc) talked about Desbois, and secondly, does the article cite those sources. If in fact he has not been written about by several reliable sources, then he is not notable (in Wikipedia's special meaning of the word) and may not have an article. If these sources do in fact exist, but the draft article does not say so, you can fix it by adding citations to those sources.

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

A quick google suggests to me that while several news reports quote Desbois, nobody has written about him; but I have only looked very quickly, so I may be wrong. (I haven't watched the Airbus video, so I don't know if it says anything substantial about him, but even if it does it is not independent of him, and so cannot be used to establish his notability.) --ColinFine (talk) 09:15, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Creating a map

G'day there, How do those maps with the pin get created? I would like to get one of those and also a satellite image of the area I am writing about. Thanks in advance, Ben Benwebboz (talk) 10:28, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

It can be made with {{Location map}}. It's often used via infoboxes like {{Infobox settlement}}. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:47, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

composer/song writer

i've been searching the net for the the composer of the song "i don't wanna lose you" but there isn't any please help, thank you very much — Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.204.134.243 (talk) 11:10, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Have you tried the Entertainment section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there; this help desk is only for questions about using Wikipedia. For your convenience, here is the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps.Template:Z38 PrimeHunter (talk) 11:17, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Anyone know of a way to show UTC times in page histories?

Right now page revisions are being shown in my local time. I would like to have them shown in UTC so I can see how long ago it happened when I check the UTC clock at the top-right corner of my screen. Right now I can't think of a good way to do this without changing my local time in preferences. Floating Boat (the editor formerly known as AndieM) 14:20, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

I have been searching for the same feature for three years to no avail :). I don't think you can specify which timezone your watchlist or page histories run on without changing the local time in your preferences. Happy editing, hajatvrc with WikiLove @ 14:33, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Why not ignore the UTC clock top left, and compare the history time with the clock on your computer? For example, on Windows you can put a clock readout in the system tray. YMMV. Cheers! Woz2 (talk) 14:38, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

This is suitable in many cases, but there are many times that are displayed in UTC, the most obvious being time-stamps in user signatures. If a person has no problem using two time systems, then there is no problem. I would just rather, as a preference, to have the option of all the times on Wikipedia being displayed according to the same local time (UTC). Happy editing, hajatvrc with WikiLove @ 14:48, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

I'd also appreciate having everything in UTC. I'm not a fan of having to remember which WP feature is in my local time and which is in UTC. Dismas|^(talk) 14:56, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Never mind; I'll just change the local time in preferences. Thank you for trying to help! Floating Boat (the editor formerly known as AndieM) 15:00, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Wait, wait , wait. What about asking at the WP:Village pump? Floating Boat (the editor formerly known as AndieM) 15:02, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Dismas, you can set "Use wiki default" in your My Preferences/Date and time tab, then everything will be in UTC. hth Woz2 (talk) 15:06, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! Doesn't that answer the original question as well then? Dismas|^(talk) 15:09, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

I had asked if there was a way to do it without having to change the settings, but I'm fine now. Thank you again! Floating Boat (the editor formerly known as AndieM) 15:22, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Template assistance

I'm looking for assistance with modifying an existing template. Is this the right place? The template in question is {{Infobox Tennis Grand Slam events}} and I'm trying to add links to the previous and next year's event identical to what the {{TennisEventInfo}} template shows at the bottom (see e.g. 1993 Australian Open with links to the 1992 and 1994 edition). I printed out the code for both templates and while I can understand parts of it I just don't have the level of template knowledge to make this adjustment. The creators of both templates appear to be no longer active. Obviously the modification will be proposed to the WikiProject Tennis before implementation but I don't foresee any issues. --Wolbo (talk) 18:55, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Have a look at User:John of Reading/X2, which is adapted from 1999 US Open – Women's Singles. The second infobox there manages to display links to 1998 US Open (tennis) and 2000 US Open (tennis). Is that good enough?

I suspect that readers would prefer to see links to 1998 US Open – Women's Singles and 2000 US Open – Women's Singles, but I can't see how to do that without first editing every article that uses this infobox. Currently, the template does not "know" that it is being used in a "Women's Singles" page, so it can't provide links to the relevant sub-tournaments. -- John of Reading (talk) 11:42, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

John, many thanks for your assistance. It looks exactly like intended but in terms of functionality I agree with your assessment that links to 1998 US Open – Women's Singles and 2000 US Open – Women's Singles would be preferable and probably what most readers would expect. Basically there are two levels, the Grand Slam tournament itself, e.g. 1999 US Open and, one level lower, the individual competitions, e.g. 1999 US Open – Women's Singles or 1999 US Open – Men's Singles. On the highest level the infobox navigation to the previous and next tournament works splendid but it's absent on the lower level, where it is equally needed. Currently if you want to go from 1999 US Open – Women's Singles to 1998 US Open – Women's Singles you either have to edit the URL (cumbersome) or go up one level, go to previous tournament and select the Women's Singles tournament (equally cumbersome). Your setup does remove one step from the latter method so it is an improvement but I think it would also confuse readers who would expect to stay on the sublevel. Can you inform me what adjustment would have to made to the articles to make the infobox aware of it's location? Depending on the change it might be worth the one-time effort. Also could you explain why the infobox on the highest (Grand Slam) level does know on what page it is used but the infobox on the lower level does not? Thx in advance. --Wolbo (talk) 14:27, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Actually the required change isn't too bad - have a look at the markup for the third infobox that I've just added to User:John of Reading/X2, which displays links to the correct individual competitions.

Have a look at the first line at 1999 US Open – Women's Singles, which reads {{GrandSlamEvents|1999|US Open|. This is how the template knows the year and the tournament name - it doesn't try to work them out from the article name. Templates are notoriously bad at working with character strings such as the page name. -- John of Reading (talk) 16:03, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Ah, that looks perfect! The {{GrandSlamEvents|1999|US Open}} code as the source for the template's year and the tournament name was actually one of the few bits I managed to decipher but I couldn't figure out where the template would get the "Women's Singles" or "Men's Singles" string from that it would need for it to work as well on a lower level. I see you used the 'before_name' and 'after_name' variable for that which gave me a 'Doh! moment' because I used that same variable on the higher, Grand Slam, level to indicate the name change of the U.S. tournament (between amateur and Open Era) in 1968. Do I understand correctly that all we need to do to make this work is add the 'before_name' and 'after_name' lines to the {{Infobox Tennis Grand Slam events}}? --Wolbo (talk) 19:34, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Pretty much. You need to copy about 20 lines of markup into {{Infobox Tennis Grand Slam events}}. If you copy them from {{Infobox tennis event}} you'll also need to change the "colspan" parameter from 3 to 11; if you copy them from User:John of Reading/X3 then this has already been done. If you can't see which lines to copy then I can do it for you. -- John of Reading (talk) 19:58, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Production information

How can you find "Production" for an episode of a television show. The "production" is really needed expanding in "The Little Guy". I've search everywhere, and that is all I can find. Thanks for the help. TBrandley 20:45, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

miserable CAPTCHA

What is the company responsible for this miserably USER UNFRIENDLY handicap to business operations? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.65.89.77 (talk) 21:08, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

A good starting point might be Luis von Ahn and Manuel Blum. - Karenjc 22:12, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

As this is the help desk, not the reference desk, I'm going to assume this IP user is talking about the captcha on Wikipedia when trying to save changes to a page without being logged in. The responsible company here is the Wikimedia Foundation, but might I suggest creating an account so you can edit without the hassle of captchas? It's easy, anonymous, and provides other benefits compared to editing from an IP address. BigNate37_(T) 03:35, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

However, if the question is about editing Wikipedia, then the phrase "business operations" rings warning bells for me, and suggests the poster should read WP:ORGFAQ. --ColinFine (talk) 11:00, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

More intense version of Template:Plot?

Looking at the plot summary section of Dil Se Di Dua... Saubhagyavati Bhava?, which already has a Template:Plot tag, is there a more intense version? Something like, "Really, guys, there's no reason to write every single detail of what happens in the show in the article. This is supposed to be an encyclopedia, for crying out loud, not a personal fan site or blog of the series"? The more I look at the plot summary section, the less salvageable it seems. I'd get rid of it and write a new plot summary myself, but the problem is, I have never even seen the show. JIP | Talk 21:21, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

There's Template:Overly_detailed or Template:All_plot, but I don't think either of those is better than the existing tag. I see you've already left a note on the talk page. If you're not going to tackle the fix yourself, then that's probably all you can do. RudolfRed (talk) 21:31, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Navbox looking weird in one article. The template is OK, but in article it is different.

Resolved

 – Vanischenum^Talk 10:19, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

In the article Polymer physics, the footer navbox looks very expanded. But in its own template it looks normal. Is this only to me? What must be the problem? Only on this article, not in any other one! Vanischenum^Talk 21:35, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

I've fixed it with a null edit though I'm not sure what was broken. Dismas|^(talk) 22:22, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Thank you so much! Vanischenum^Talk 23:42, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

/* Edit request */ Hello - Guns controversy and other incidents- added correctly or not please? Nick D'Arcy

Hello Wikipedians, I've added (?) some news references in article "Nick D'Arcy" bio - Australian swimmer. I've tried to be objective, neutral etc, but article is "semi-protected" . Have I broken wikipedia rules again? Sorry if so. Who do I ask for permission? What should I do? My editing widgits / symbols and <ref> grammar is below standards, SORRY for this also. Purple colour in reference section means I've done something wrong? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ern malleyscrub (talk • contribs) 23:15, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Use {{Edit semi-protected}}. Put this template on the talk page for the article you want to change. Be specific about what change you want. "Change X to Y". But, Nick D'Arcy does not appear to be protected at all. What makes you think it is semi-protected? RudolfRed (talk) 00:08, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Now that I look at it, I see that you have already edited that page. Can you explain what help you're asking for? RudolfRed (talk) 00:14, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

If you want to edit the lead section or the whole page at once then click the "Edit" tab at top. Was that your problem? PrimeHunter (talk) 09:12, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

I don't think you've done anything wrong. "Semi-protected" means that IP users (not logged in) can't edit it, but once you have an account and are autoconfirmed, you can edit it. Of course, if it's a controversial matter, people may disagree with your edit, and in such cases it's a good idea to discuss it on the talk page first. I don't see any purple in the references section. --ColinFine (talk) 11:04, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

July 22

What should I do to do edits like a bot — any restrictions?

Hello again!

• Is there is any restriction to do minor bot-like edits manually. For example, I want to place interlanguage links, repeatedly (by myself and not using programs).
• Is it legitimate to start a new account (a maintenance account) just to keep such repeated edits out of the contributions of the main account. (No editing except placing templates, language links etc.)

Vanischenum^Talk 01:54, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Maintenance tasks are specifically permitted under Wikipedia:Sock puppetry#Legitimate uses (despite the imposing page title); the other limitations and restrictions on the page still apply, so read them thoroughly. Dru of Id (talk) 02:03, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

There is certainly no restriction on performing maintenance tasks that are normally carried out by bots. So long as you're helping and not hindering (e.g. by confusing a bot with non-orthodox formatting), you are more than welcome to do such tasks manually. WP:Multiple Accounts lists the circumstances under which editing using more than one account is permitted. One such circumstance reads "Maintenance: An editor might use an alternative account to carry out maintenance tasks, or to segregate functions such as work with specific kinds of media files, so as to maintain a user talk page dedicated to the purpose. The second account should be clearly linked to the main account." You are definitely in the clear here. The best way to link your accounts is using the {{public user|username}} template. Happy editing! BigNate37_(T) 02:04, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Thank you! I still have confusions; will maintenance include placing banners and interlanguagelinks? This is not for a dedicated talkpage, so is it legitimate? Will doing the inter-language link with the main account create consequences? BTW, the italicized word "maintenance" in the question is in fact copied directly from WP:Sock puppetry. To me, that part is too much technical!Vanischenum^Talk 02:35, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

No, there aren't consequences to doing those tasks on a main account. I've added tags and lang links to an article on more than one occasion with this account, which is really my only account. - Purplewowies (talk) 18:02, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Resolved

 – Vanischenum^Talk 02:17, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

Thank you so much. Now I am going to place them. (I waited enough time for bots to do it) :)Vanischenum^Talk 02:17, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

Investigation of a Potential Copyright issue on our CEO's page

Dear Wiki Administrator,

This is to bring to your notice that the ‘copy right’ violation on the page below http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CP_Gurnani is an unwarranted one.

The content on the page is the standard Corporate profile (http://www.mahindrasatyam.com/about-mahindra-satyam/Gurnani.asp) of our CEO. Mr. C P Gurnani and as such his profile on the wikipage is not a copyright violation. (Ted.com would have also taken it from our corporate profile on the website.)

Would request you to remove the ‘investigation of potential copyright’ ASAP from the page.

Do mail us if you need any other clarifications. We need the page restored at the earliest, so do help!

Warm regards

The Mahindra Satyam Digital Team — Preceding unsigned comment added by 14.98.55.127 (talk) 02:00, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

You need to release that text under a licence suitable for use in Wikipedia: the CC-BY-SA 3.0 and GFDL. RudolfRed (talk) 02:03, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

The page you linked to clearly asserts copyright: "Copyright © 2012 Satyam Computer Services Limited." Even if it didn't, copyright is assumed except where clearly waived or released as above. Dru of Id (talk) 02:07, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Copyrighted material is fine, and does not preclude the usage of a Wikipedia-compatible license. However, restrictively licensed copyrighted material is a problem, as is the case here. The terms of use for the site state "4a. No material from this site may be copied, modified, reproduced, republished, uploaded, transmitted, posted or distributed in any form without prior written permission from Mahindra Satyam. All rights not expressly granted herein are reserved."[3] (Emphasis mine.) There are two ways to fix this: change the terms of use on the website or at least that page to a license compatible with CC-By-SA 3.0 and the GFDL; alternatively, contact WP:OTRS and inquire with them about providing permission for the text to be used on Wikipedia. Either measure must be done by the copyright holder or an agent thereof, and neither measure guarantees that we will use the content anyways. BigNate37_(T) 02:15, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Are we even sure he's notable? Dismas|^(talk) 02:20, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Other than Peer Review, how can I request feedback on an article.

I'm working on overhauling an article and would like feedback on it, however I can't use WP:Peer Review because I'm not trying to make a Good Article a Featured Article, but rather make a C-class article into (hopefully) a good one. I've tried related wikiprojects, but none of them are active. What other channels could I go through? DavidSSabb (talk) 02:57, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Is this Appalachian State University? Dru of Id (talk) 03:15, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

You can use Peer review - it's not only for GA and FA reviews. It would really help if you tell us what article this is about. Roger (talk) 06:45, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Really? If I had known that, I would have asked for a review of an article I'd been working on a long time ago. To DavidSSabb, I've seen people there ask for input on how to make an article Good all the time, so unless the article is horribly woefully bad at present (since PR says it's intended for high quality articles that have gone through extensive work), I say feel free to ask for suggestions through peer review. If not, I guess you could theoretically ask here, since the old process for asking for feedback and suggestions on edits to an article that wasn't quite up to snuff for peer review (I think the old process/page had "feedback" in the name) now redirects here. - Purplewowies (talk) 07:12, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Dru of Id guessed correctly about what article this is about. There are others I'm planning to start work on as well. I will admit that this article and others I have and plan to expand are related to me personally. But I've never violated WP:COI or WP:OWN (the second one is actually the reason I want outside assessment). I'm simply adding information to noncontroversial, lacking articles because I have a good idea of where to find sources. DavidSSabb (talk) 17:03, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Athletic logos in rivalry pages.

Recently, Image:WCU Athletic Logo.jpg was removed from the Battle for the Old Mountain Jug page for not having a good enough fair-use explanation. The article covers a rivalry involving the team with that logo. I thought that non-free athletic logos could be used under fair-use in pages discussing major rivalries to illustrate the teams involved, so I searched for an example of this I could use. However the majority of athletic logos seem to be trademarked rather than copyrighted, and the ones that are nonfree have already been removed (usually by bots). So I couldn't find an example. Could a non-free logo be used in this manner, and if so what would I put in the rationale? DavidSSabb (talk) 03:06, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

I think in the Battle of Alberta the mayors of each city have to wear the jersey of the winning team. You could find images like that and include them as De minimis? Battle of Ontario you may wish to look at as well. No logos in either.--Canoe1967 (talk) 03:13, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

For the record, trademarks exist separately of copyrights which are separate again from licenses. Incompatible licenses are the reason we can't use non-free images, their trademark and copyright status is generally irrelevant. BigNate37_(T) 03:27, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Yes, trademark and copyright are different forms of intellectual property protection but I don't understand the rest of of your comment. The license in this context is a copyright license so saying copyright is irrelevant, that it's incompatible licensing that's at issue, doesn't grok. Copyright is 100% the issue. If we want to use something (outside of fair use) that is copyrighted, it has to bear a free copyright license compatible with ours. If it doesn't bear such a free copyright license, then a claim of fair use may be made if the intended use meets all parts of non-free content criteria.

Anyway, here the logo is copyrighted so it could only be used under a claim of fair use. I agree with the removal on the basis of not meeting WP:NFCC#8, which is contextual significance – whether the "presence of the logo in this article would significantly increase readers' understanding of the topic, and its omission would be detrimental to that understanding". This is not an article about the team itself, where the logo the team uses is integral to an understanding of the topic. It's an article about the rivalry of two teams. Imagine, if you will, if every article about rivalry between any teams, or any other article about some activity of teams, warranted each teams' logo being displayed. This would water down the restriction of fair use too much.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 07:43, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

I apologize for the misunderstanding about the difference between licence and copyright. I will say that such pages are saturated with usage of the logo, but again most of these logos appear to be public domain (ex. Michigan-Ohio State football rivalry), and I was wondering if logos licensed as non-free logos could be used in the same way. It appears from this discussion that the answer is no. DavidSSabb (talk) 17:08, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Is this actually a vandalism...

Yup! I want to make sure it is as this has been sustained by the WP for almost a year. Vanischenum^Talk 09:48, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

That is clear vandalism - I reverted it. Roger (talk) 09:53, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Thank you!

Resolved

 – Vanischenum^Talk 10:19, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

template syntax

I've been trying to get to grips with the intricacies of template syntax. Specifically, User:U+003F/TRFC squad is defined as

{{User:U+003F/TRFC start}}
{{football squad2 player | no=1 | name=[[Jon Smith|Smith]] }}
</div>}}

and User:U+003F/TRFC start as

{{football squad | name = MyTeam F.C. squad | teamname = MyTeam F.C. | list = <div>

This works when the second template is substituted, but not when transcluded. Is the issue to do with the <div> element, or the unmatched braces? Thanks! U+003F^? 11:02, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

... or is there somewhere more specific I should take the question? U+003F^? 06:24, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

You'd better try Wikipedia:Village pump (technical). -- John of Reading (talk) 06:32, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

Moved to Village pump (technical)

 – Thanks! U+003F^? 07:01, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

Watchlist

When I use my watchlist and click on "Hide logged-in users" or "Show logged-in users", and then click the Go button to update the watchlist, the choice (show/hide) is preserved. When I click on "Show my edits", my edits are shown, but if I after that click Go, my edits are hidden. How can I get the watchlist to preserve the choice of showing my edits when I want to update the watchlist? Iceblock (talk) 11:02, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

There's a setting in Preferences: Preferences → Watchlist. Hope that fixes it. David1217 ^{What I've done} 15:44, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. I knew about this option, and had set it to "Hide my edits", but I occasionally want to show them. It's just that they are hidden again if I click Go, even if I click "Show my edits" just before i click Go, This is not a big issue, I just would like to know if it's possible. Iceblock (talk) 19:35, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Cropping an image

Hi, I just uploaded an image, File:Pod sculpture in Portland, Oregon.jpg. I want it to focus more on the sculpture and less on the cars, but I can't seem to find a place to ask someone to crop it for me (I don't have the right software). Do any of you know a page (or a user talk) I can ask at? Thanks, David1217 ^{What I've done} 15:44, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

You could try asking at the Photography workshop. Sarahj2107 (talk) 16:06, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for getting to my requests so quickly—your suggestion was just right. Now I know what newbies feel like when they can't find something . David1217 ^{What I've done} 16:27, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

You could try GIMP as well. It may be faster.--Canoe1967 (talk) 22:11, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Automatically grouping references

Is there a script one can run on a page to group all identical references using <ref name=blabla />? For example on a page like Armageddon (convention). benzband (talk) 16:18, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

WP:Expand citations - in your Toolbox menu. Roger (talk) 17:14, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

I've done Armageddon (convention). Roger (talk) 17:18, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! benzband (talk) 17:59, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

photos of steamers

have got black/white photos & postcards of ss duchess of hamilton,ts king edward,ps waverley

want to sell how to go about it--92.22.41.125 (talk) 21:59, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

You could try eBay or Craig's list or find an antique(?) dealer to buy them or take them on consignment. But, this desk is for asking questions about how to use Wikipedia. For general questions there's the reference desk at WP:RD RudolfRed (talk) 22:06, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

login not working, user name not recognized

I've been away from wiki for about a year. Now when I try to login it says there is no email associated with the user name I enter. I've looked at troubleshooting and nothing there answers my question. thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.34.177.247 (talk) 23:04, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Cleaned up your question. What username are you trying to use? Usernames are case sensitive, so you'll need to have the caps in the right place. Also, was the account at the english wikipedia? RudolfRed (talk) 23:07, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Yes it was on the English site, and yes I used correct u/l case — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.34.177.247 (talk) 00:57, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

As RudolfRed asked: what username are you trying to use? Tonywalton ^Talk 01:00, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

What username are you trying to use? TimofKingsland (talk) 00:59, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

Public use of 10.0.0.0/4 IPs

• 10.64.0.169‎ (talk · contribs · WHOIS)

How is this user using an IP address in the 10.0.0.0/4 block on the public internet? I thought that wasn't possible? BigNate37_(T) 23:12, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

"These address blocks are reserved for use on private networks, and should never appear in the public Internet." [4] From what I understand, it means they are somehow faking their IP address. I would have thought Wikipedia already blocked people whose IP address appears as a "Special-Use" address. Is there a way for admins to block an entire range of IP addresses? All special use addresses should be blocked, as an attempt to mask an IP address when editing Wikipedia will almost always be to disrupt the site (as it appears is the case with this user). TimofKingsland (talk) 23:36, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Would it be a WMF network that has server access? They may have forgotten to log in? It may be the poor admin in the section below.--Canoe1967 (talk) 23:45, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

I doubt it, with edits like these. TimofKingsland (talk) 23:56, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Say, does the software properly distinguish between a user account named with an IP address, and a non-account user at the address? I'm curious how it's handled and if it's possible, how it looks different, but I know better than to try creating a test account at a potentially harmful name. BigNate37_(T) 23:58, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

It seems like a username can be named as an IP address - "Some users choose to make usernames based on their static IP addresses, but this is not recommended." One way I know to tell the difference is that the username links to a user page when signing talk pages, but to their contributions if they don't have a username. See here, where this "10.64.0.169" user has signed a talk post. TimofKingsland (talk) 00:08, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

Good eye. That led me to another observation: the user links on diff pages are context-sensitive as well. The advantage to knowing that is it's not within the user's power to alter. BigNate37_(T) 00:40, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

Admin password lost!!

Hi there. I am not sure who to contact on this, but the Help Desk seemed feasible! I am an admin, but I can not access my e-mail or Wikipedia account. Maybe it has been changed or hacked, or maybe I have just forgotten. To whom can I contact to help me out? Many Thanks. --Betterkaark (talk) 23:28, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Could WP:OS help? Have them confirm your IP with checkuser, close the account in case it is hacked, etc.--Canoe1967 (talk) 23:41, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Have you checked the contributions and logs of the account in question? Has it been active since you last accessed it? If so, this becomes a case of challenged identities. Generally e-mail is the proof of identity for online accounts, which complicates the matter from your perspective. If you can no longer access your e-mail account either, you're likely out of luck. Wikipedia:Contact us/login problems states that the automatic e-mail password reset is the only way to recover lost passwords, and that we are unable to look up details of e-mail addresses or passwords. Whether the account is being used or not, you should head to WP:AN/I and explain the situation there so that the administrator community can decide what to do about the account. It sounds like the best case scenario for you is that if the account is clearly no longer being used legitimately, you may be able to create a new account and have the permissions from your old one given to you. That assumes that Canoe's oversight suggestion works to your advantage. BigNate37_(T) 23:46, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Creating a BLP

Hello. I have created a handful of small articles with no problem, but now I am creating my first BLP, and I would like someone to look it over first before I post it, and critique it and/or point out errors. I am aware of the special circumstances that accompany BLP articles, and I want to be cautious. The article is on a subpage of my user space at User:Michael J/George Toma. Also I noticed that an article on this person (George Toma) was deleted four years ago, so I am not sure what that means for creating this article with more complete sourcing. Thank you. (If this is not the place to seek such assistance, please direct me.)    → Michael J Ⓣ Ⓒ Ⓜ 23:46, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

The deleted article was made by User:Wtchtwr and only contained this:

"The Truman Sports Complex's legendary groundskeeper, George Toma, best known as the head groundskeeper for every Super Bowl, thus had the ironic job of maintaining two carpets for most of his career, the surface of Arrowhead and Kaufman Stadium.

Considered the most prolific groundskeeper."

It doesn't affect your article. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:59, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Thank you. Is there someone who would care to review the article in my user space before I move it to mainspace?    → Michael J Ⓣ Ⓒ Ⓜ 00:10, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

It's a good start. On first glance, I noticed there are quite a few unsourced statements, though. Statements like "In addition, Toma was called upon to supervise the grounds crews during the 1984 and 1996 Olympic Games, and the 1994 World Cup." need to be attributed to a reliable source. TimofKingsland (talk) 00:25, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

Block form

The block form is used by admins for blocking named accounts or IP addresses. There are six check boxes just above the Block button. One of them is "Autoblock any IP addresses used". It is ticked by default. I understand what it does when one blocks a named account, but it would appear to be irrelevant when blocking an IP address.

If indeed it is irrelevant, does it matter whether it is ticked or unticked?

Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:53, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Read WP:Autoblock. Autoblock will prevent contributors from contributing on the IP address that the blocked user was using, and should typically be disabled when blocking unapproved or malfunctioning bots (so as not to block the bot's operator, or other bots using that IP), though it should be enabled when blocking malicious bots. Arcandam (talk) 09:04, 23 July 2012 (UTC) p.s. To refresh the memory: Wikipedia:New_admin_school/Blocking#Username_blocks.2Funblocks

I'm not talking about bots, just regular old IP addresses, and this question arose because of a deficiency in the admin school instructions.--Bbb23 (talk) 09:11, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

When dealing with username blocks/unblocks it says: "Autoblock any IP addresses used blocks all IP addresses the editor may use in the future whilst blocked – this should be changed to ticked." When dealing with IP blocks/unblocks the autoblock option does not appear AFAIK (it doesn't on my own mediawiki install, maybe Wikipedia.org behaves differently). Arcandam (talk) 09:22, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

Nothing wrong with the username block. On the IP block there's no instruction on autoblock, but the autoblock check box is on the form. (BTW, I won't be able to comment again for a while because I have to go to sleep. Thanks for your responses.)--Bbb23 (talk) 09:27, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

Sleep well! Interdasting, the full blockform (Special:Block) contains the autoblock option but if you load Special:Block/RANDOMIPADRESSHERE it doesn't (on my own mediawiki install). This may be interpreted to mean that the autoblock stuff doesn't apply to IP's (which seems to make sense). Arcandam (talk) 09:28, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

July 23

Category watching

I have been using User:ais523's CatWatch script for some time now. Recently, it stopped working. I checked the creator's user page and he is semi-retired and hasn't made any edits in almost a year now. I'm taking that to mean that CatWatch won't be developed any further. So, does anyone know of another way to watch for changes in categories? Thanks, Dismas|^(talk) 01:22, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

Still works fine for me (thank goodness, don't know how I'd cope without it) except for daylight savings putting it an hour behind--Jac16888 ^Talk 10:16, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

I created an article and cannot see it

Hello there, I created an article: Димитър Ковачев, Dimitri K Publishing however I can not see it, can you help me?

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Dimitrikovachev — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.186.232.123 (talk) 02:50, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

That's on commons. If you want to publish the article here, you'll need to translate it to English and create an account here and post it. Or, go to http://www.wikipedia.org/ and find the link to the Wikipedia for your language and post the article there. RudolfRed (talk) 03:30, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

This is the English Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org. Your text is in Bulgarian. The Bulgarian Wikipedia is at http://bg.wikipedia.org. If you don't translate it then you will have to publish it there. I see you already saved a version in the Bulgarian sandbox but that's only for test edits and quickly overwritten. I don't know Bulgarian or the policies of the Bulgarian Wikipedia but bg:Уикипедия:Вашата първа статия may be helpful. PrimeHunter (talk) 09:53, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

Question on "double redirects"

A page I've worked on got moved. Don't understand the instructions about "double redirects." Does that mean manual cleanup is needed here? http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Special:WhatLinksHere/Mono_language_%28California%29&limit=100 Djembayz (talk) 03:03, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

Nope. When a page is moved, other pages that are redirects to the page the title was formerly at will now redirect to the redirect created upon the move. Thus, if you want to search for whether a move has created any double redirect, you use the what links here function to search for redirects to the old title (not the new title, as you link to). After you do so, you hide links and transclusions leaving only redirects shown. Thus the search you would want is this one. As you can see, there are no redirects pointing to the old title so everything is okay on that score. This is usually taken care of by the mover: in this case, User:Maunus, whose contribution history shows he fixed five double redirects right after performing the move. This would have been easy since the dialogue screen one is taken to upon a move instructs the mover to fix double redirects created by the move and provides a direct link to the search I provided above, that already hides links and transclusions. Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 03:30, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

statements with old or incorrect sources

About: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Youth_Fellowship

In the media section, the section that reads "International Youth Fellowship was showcased on a Spanish morning show called Al Despertar on March 8, 2010 [2]" has no credible source to back it up. the url that the statement is linked to leads to a youtube page with no videos, and no identifiable link to Al Despertar or IYF. Please take it down. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.26.247.165 (talk) 06:48, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

International Youth Fellowship (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

I have removed the section since it was effectively unsourced. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:39, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

Date of birth sections showing Skype symbols

The date of birth section in numerous biographies appears to have been "hijacked" by Skype

How can this be corrected in "edit" or will a central fix be implemented ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.219.124.53 (talk) 09:12, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

I think you installed a part of Skype in your browser. I think they call it "Click to Call". Arcandam (talk) 09:16, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

You failed to give an example so I can only say this with near certainty: It's something at your end and not done by Wikipedia. It does indeed sound like http://www.skype.com/intl/en/get-skype/on-your-computer/click-to-call/windows/. Skype tries to guess which numbers are phone numbers. PrimeHunter (talk) 09:37, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks guys ... I've uninstalled "click to call" and that's done the trick !! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.219.124.53 (talk) 15:34, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

Advertising (or broadly spreading awareness of) an essay

User:George Ho/Naming conventions (character) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

I want to rename this essay with a Wikipedia namespace. Also, I don't know if I must either boldly add it in related policies and guidelines or propose this page to be an essay. What can I do? --George Ho (talk) 14:40, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

You should post a link to your essay at WP:VPP if you would like it to gain guideline status; it will need a strong supporting consensus from the community before it can be marked as a guideline. You should also seek input from relevant Wikiprojects, which may enforce their own naming conventions on articles under their auspices. Hersfold non-admin^(t/a/c) 16:55, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

The original Sorry .....is it available in the Spanish Language, if so how can it be ordered?

I like to know!