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July 31

Page hijack

I tried to access the Mooreland, Oklahoma wiki page, and I saw a message instead that said "Earth Exploding Live sends friendly greetings to readers of this article. This message will be taken down within 24 hours if the link specified gets at least 2000 hits. Thank you." What is going on here? Trjumpet (talk) 16:05, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

We had some vandalism on templates. This means that doing a Google search for the message will give loads of results, but visiting those hits (and their related histories) won't show the message—the template that was vandalised was transcluded, not substituted. matt (talk) 16:45, 2 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hero Poker Network no longer accepting US players

I play on there sight every day in there free rolls they want me to make a deposit to my account.I emailed them not less than two weeks ago asking if they accept US players they replied they did,so I think you need to up date.I do love your sight. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.104.99.104 (talk) 01:38, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:57, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Lost

Ok, a few days ago I signed up to help with images on Wikipedia. Today I'm completely lost, so lost in fact by the sheer number of pages and links and links to pages or pages to links et-al that I don't know if I'm coming or going! Look I'm good with images, give me a image of a pigs ear and Photoshop and one hour later I return it looking like a silk purse! However I'm a simple soul who only want to help not study for a flipping Ph.D. in Wikipedics. So if anyone has "Editing images in Wikipedia for Dummy's" please post it here (wherever here actually is!) --Ceepin1826 (talk) 01:51, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Some images are hosted here at http://en.wikipedia.org and some at http://commons.wikimedia.org. See Wikipedia:Graphic Lab and commons:Commons:Graphics Lab. If a file page has a "Full resolution" link then be sure to work on the full resolution. Images are edited with your own software and must be reuploaded after editing. When your account becomes autoconfirmed you get a link on file pages saying "Upload a new version of this file". An account is autoconfirmed when it's at least 4 days old and has at least 10 edits. If you want to be able to reupload images at both Wikipedia and Commons then you must reach autoconfirmation at both sites. Your Wikipedia account currently has 3 edits and becomes 4 days old in 5 hours. All edits at en.wikipedia.org count. It doesn't have to be article edits. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:17, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Public Domain Images

I am currently trying to figure out if the photos for the Washington State Legislators are licensed in the Public Domain. They are located here and here. I have previously uploaded two of these photos, but they were deleted because there isn't an explicit statement that they are in the Public Domain. While I was looking for photos elsewhere, I found that Ballotpedia was actively using the photos (like this one). For the photo's permission information, it is stated that "This image comes from the http://www.leg.wa.gov/pages/home.aspx website. It is used here because a Ballotpedia staffer requested and obtained permission to use it and was informed by the relevant government office or private entity or individual who created this image that the image is in the public domain.". Does this mean that we must contact the same government office as Wikipedia and obtain the same permissions, or can we take Ballotpedia's word that a government office stated that the images are in the public domain? Gold Standard 02:42, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I would say ask the office for permission. RudolfRed (talk) 03:01, 31 July 2012 (UTC)RudolfRed (talk) 03:00, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You may wish to see if there is a PD-US-Wash license on commons. Many states like Florida and the federal government they are in the public domain. Commons Village Pump/Copyright may have the answer handy.--Canoe1967 (talk) 03:09, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, thanks guys! Gold Standard 04:22, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Block

Hello, I am User:Andrei.smolnikov. I edit wikipedia from my school's IP adress often, however, sometimes I am unable to do so because of vandalism only accounts resulting in my school's shared IP address being blocked. This means that often I am unable to edit Wikipedia even when I log in. Could you please tell me if it is possible to do anything about this? Thank you. Andrei.smolnikov (talk) 03:38, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You can ask for IP block exempt. FloBo A boat that can float! 05:34, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You can also try to find out who in your school is blocking the Ip address.Receptie123 (talk) 11:57, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

From the question, I think it is Wikipedia blocking the school and not the other way around. RudolfRed (talk) 16:03, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

How exactly do I ask for a IP block exempt? The page wasn't quite clear. Andrei.smolnikov (talk) 00:38, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

My reading from the relevant pages is that you would request this at the same time you request unblocking the next time it happens. I agree that this is not made very clear across the references we have. BigNate37_(T) 01:12, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

which Country was Shaikh Ahmed Ali Mullah Masjid-e-Haram Muazzin was born

which Country was Shaikh Ahmed Ali Mullah Masjid-e-Haram Muazzin was born — Preceding unsigned comment added by Transahmed (talk • contribs) 03:53, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This page is for help with Wikipedia. Please visit the Reference Desk for help finding information. Gold Standard 04:34, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Which board

Pew Research Center I don't know if it belongs in merge as an old talk page discussion, COI as per another old one, etc, etc. It came up when I found a wikilink to it. Is this the right place to ask even? Thoughts?--Canoe1967 (talk) 08:30, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I live in Canada so this company may be big in the US. It only has 120 employees in the infobox, but 'what links' here goes to many articles. I don't know if it is a 'spammish' article or actually worthy. Four sources total, 3 from the company website, the 4th is an obituary of the chairman from 2010.--Canoe1967 (talk) 09:00, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Warning Cross posted to a few places. I have posted at village pump technical to see if one user can be traced to all the wikilinks ('Database search query' is the section heading). I may try COI to see if they care, as well as the notability board to see if they think a merge is needed, etc.--Canoe1967 (talk) 10:16, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved

They may be small but they are notable.--Canoe1967 (talk) 12:53, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ordering DVDs

I want to order dvds and need a catalog with more options — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.171.187.93 (talk) 11:03, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You need to find a different website. This is Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia. Although you will find many articles here about music and film, we don't sell DVDs. -- John of Reading (talk) 11:58, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

speech in english

The role of youth in nation's development. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 106.209.248.223 (talk) 14:28, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This page is for asking questions about how to use Wikipedia. RudolfRed (talk) 16:04, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

What's going on over at Current Events?

I went to Portal:Current events and it's not displaying a regular page. Instead, I'm seeing this:

Earth Exploding Live sends friendly greetings to readers of the current events page. This message will be taken down within 24 hours if the link specified gets at least 2000 hits. Thank you.

What's going on? Has the page been vandalized? PhageRules1 (talk) 14:30, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

My first thought was, your PC has been infected with something. But no, I also see that message. Maproom (talk) 14:45, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed - Template {{PREVIOUSMONTH.YEAR}} had been vandalised. -- John of Reading (talk) 14:48, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

is this page hacked ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casper_Bouman — Preceding unsigned comment added by Roxtone (talk • contribs) 16:04, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see any obvious problem. Roger (talk) 16:09, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It's been fixed. We have a spree of template vandalism. -- John of Reading (talk) 16:10, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia page on Berners-Lee hacked??

Either I am confused or one of the Wikipedia pages has been hacked. I tried to read the article on Tim Berners-Lee this morning, and found only a notice posted by "Earth Exploding Live". The notice says that it will be taken down after the first 2000 hits. Is this a hack, or a legitimate notice? It sure doesn't look legitimate. —Aetheling (talk) 16:06, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The same high-jacking has happened at Great_Britain_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics Hogyn Lleol ★ ^(chat) 16:11, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

A template was vandalized. It has been fixed. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:13, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Copenhagen article redirect

hi there, the copenhagen article has been redirected to some sort of spam link. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.145.175.233 (talk) 16:06, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

A template was vandalized. It has been fixed. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:19, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comcast page hack

Instead of displaying the article for Comcast, when I loaded the page it displayed the following: <div style="position: fixed; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100000px; background-color: #EEEEEE; color: #444444; z-index: 99999;"><b><a href="/enwiki/wiki/User:Earth_Exploding_Live" title="User:Earth Exploding Live">Earth Exploding Live</a></b> sends friendly greetings to readers of this article. This message will be taken down within 24 hours if the link specified gets at least 2000 hits. Thank you.</div>

I already tried viewing the article's history but I didn't see any edits that would cause the message to display. Maybe someone should try inspecting the source of this article for malicious code. --Apollo1758 ^(talk) 16:13, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Same as above. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 16:17, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Earth Exploding Live sends friendly greetings to readers of this article. This message will be taken down within 24 hours if the link specified gets at least 2000 hits. Thank you.

This is appearing on Wikipedia when I try to read the Seton Gordon page. Is it some sort of attack? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gergaskman (talk • contribs) 16:33, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

A template was vandalized. It has been fixed. -- John of Reading (talk) 16:35, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Trouble with the link/page

Hi, I am trying to post information on my client, who has her own TV show. I am having a lot of trouble and cannot figure out why. When I look at the actual page, everything seems okay, but then I go to google her and wikipedia does not come up. Please clear this information up for me.

Chelsea — Preceding unsigned comment added by Weekends With Whitney (talk • contribs) 16:40, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You have created your "article" on your user page, where it has been tagged for deletion as too promotional. There is also a draft at Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Weekends With Whitney, please see the reviewer's comments there.--ukexpat (talk) 17:28, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Before anyone else thinks to help or reply to this, just a note... The user has been blocked per the username policy. Dismas|^(talk) 01:15, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Cleaning up a page

I am trying to clean up my page, i asked numerous people to help out with the edits but there is still a notification on my page. how do i go about taking of this notification. The page is Sean Meenan. If i can get help cleaning up my page that will be great. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.74.170.66 (talk) 17:10, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

If you have a close connection with the subject there is nothing to do but wait for other editors to improve it. FloBo A boat that can float! 18:26, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

any idea on how to get other editors interested in cleaning up the page and editing — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.74.170.66 (talk) 20:16, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'd be willing to help a bit. I've placed the article on my watchlist. Please make any suggestions for the article on the article's talk page at Talk:Sean Meenan. If you'd like to communicate with me directly, you can do so at my talk page. The link for that is in my signature here. ----> Dismas|^(talk) 00:26, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Creating an account, at another Wikipedia

How does one creat an account at Simple English Wikipedia? I've created a user-name & a password, yet when I log-in, I keep getting rejected with "Incorrect or missing confirmation code". GoodDay (talk) 18:04, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Go to Special:MergeAccount to create a global account. Then you can user the same usename across all Wikimedia projects. Ruslik_Zero 18:18, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Watchlist bot hiding concern

Rather than suppressing bot edits the watchlist seems to suppress the page altogether, such that if a page is edited by a user and then a bot in quick succession, the page does not appear on my watchlist at all. In this manner, an unsigned comment effectively masks that talk page from appearing on my watchlist. What should be happening, is while bot edits are suppressed, the most recent non-bot edit should be used for determining watchlist sorting. Is it correct to call this a bug, or am I being naive? BigNate37_(T) 18:56, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

That would be a better implementation, yes. Currently, those "show/hide" options really only make sense when you are using the "Enhanced watchlist". -- John of Reading (talk) 21:22, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm. I was not aware of the extended watchlist... or perhaps I was long ago and forgot. Thanks for that link. Now I shall think on the matter. Not sure right now whether I'm just being too picky, or whether this is worth pursuing. BigNate37_(T) 21:36, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

eugene levy

hi I saw an ad on t.v. with Eugene Levy is there any site I can write to him about his ad? thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.253.115.19 (talk) 19:44, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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. --Orange Mike | Talk 19:54, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Automatically confirmed

Am I now? I want to upload an image. GiantBluePanda (talk) 19:57, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

As per the documentation in WP:AUTOCONFIRMED, it seems that an account needs to be at least 4 days old (yours is not even 3 days old). And it might be a bit longer. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 20:22, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Per WP:CONFIRMED you may use Special:ListUsers/confirmed (or this direct link to confirmed users starting with "Gi"). BigNate37_(T) 20:30, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

No men...Nope you're wrong..I created account on 28th of JULY and it 1st of august..so, Isn't it a gapof 4 days? GiantBluePanda (talk) 20:32, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Well, GiantBluePanda was created on 28 July 2012 at 21:03 UTC, and it's now 20:35, 31 July 2012 (UTC), which is almost exactly 72 hours. BigNate37_(T) 20:35, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

OHH..So wikipedia is managed in UTC ?? Can't set to see my local time here ? GiantBluePanda (talk) 20:38, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You may use local time if you set it in Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-datetime, and that will affect the times on history, logs, watchlist, and recent changes, but signatures will still be in UTC. I actually normally use an offset of -6 but I changed mine temporarily to UTC to ensure I was accurate in my response to you. BigNate37_(T) 20:52, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Actually I ~~wasn't quite right up above, or rather, I gave you the hard way to do it~~ was wrong. Simply visit Special:Preferences while logged in, and it will show you your group memberships under the Basic information heading. The autoconfirmed users group will appear there. BigNate37_(T) 21:34, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, Special:ListUsers/confirmed only shows users who were manually confirmed by an administrator. Autoconfirmed users are not shown there, but you are right they can see it at Special:Preferences. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:52, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Makes sense. I read it wrong, then. BigNate37_(T) 22:02, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Another way for anyone to check is to use Wikichecker, here is the report for GiantBluePanda. GB fan 22:11, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sortable tables

Is there a problem with the javascript for sortable tables. None I tried today seem to work eg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_townlands_of_County_Limerick — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.167.164.19 (talk) 20:31, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Seems to work fine for me. What browser/etc are you using? benzband (talk) 20:35, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Infoboxes

We make some tiny typographical mistake in some small item in an infobox, and then this upsets the whole thing and it makes a huge mess.

These things should be much more user-friendly than this. Mistakes should not propagate in such a way as to mess the whole thing up. D.A.W. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dale101usa (talk • contribs)

Nearly all programming languages require precision. Computers aren't smart enough to guess your intention from the context when you make mistakes. Please use preview to check your edit before saving. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:45, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

August 1

Issue archiving certain EW.com articles using webcitation

I'm having a small issue when trying to archive certain EW.com articles that use this format "http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20483133_20589547,00.html", particularly everything after article/ is what I think is the problem. It archives them but when you try to view the page you get this with the message

“

Duplicate headers received from server

The response from the server contained duplicate headers. This problem is generally the result of a misconfigured website or proxy. Only the website or proxy administrator can fix this issue. Error 349 (net::ERR_RESPONSE_HEADERS_MULTIPLE_CONTENT_DISPOSITION): Multiple distinct Content-Disposition headers received. This is disallowed to protect against HTTP response splitting attacks.

”

I know this isn't webcitation, but does anyone have any experience with this and dealing with it? I assume it happens with other sites occasionally. Darkwarriorblake (talk) 00:13, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You know, those links both displayed fine for me, and then MS Security Essentials suddenly caught a rather unpleasant-sounding bit of software. Exercise caution. BigNate37_(T) 00:29, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

A7 speedy deletion...why?

Hello! I made a wikipedia article for a guy in my town named Michael Parrish. The article is Michael Parrish (Musician). It says my article meets criteria for speedy deletion? Please tell me what i did wrong.

T — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mparri11 (talk • contribs) 01:36, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It's all explained at Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion#A7.--ukexpat (talk) 01:57, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Editing Wikis and it showing up on the Facebook page

I edited the wiki on Dunwoody High School, adding a logo. The logo is NOT appearing on the Wikipedia-based page on Facebook. How do I make it so that the logo shows up on the Facebook page as well? Claudiabenson (talk) 04:53, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, we have no control over what Facebook do - you would have to ask Facebook (which probably isn't very easy). However, I've tweaked the logo a bit to see if Facebook like it more in a different format. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 04:57, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The logo File:Dunwoody_High_School_Logo.jpeg is in copyright limbo right now. I do not know if this has any effect on whether Facebook pulls the image or not, but right now that image is set to be deleted in seven days if its copyright issues are not addressed. This is explained on the page for the image itself. BigNate37_(T) 06:13, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I've fixed the copyright issue - no idea if this will make Facebook happier or not. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 18:06, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, all! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Claudiabenson (talk • contribs) 03:13, 2 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Having trouble adding a header image correctly to an infobox template

Template:Infobox_TransLink_railway_station (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Hi, I made a new infobox template for TransLink railway stations in South East Queensland, and I want to add a little TransLink logo to the top left of the title bar that shows the name of the station, but so far all I can get it to do is either stick directly to the left side of the text or have a weird gap below the image and the title. How can I fix this? The page is Template:Infobox_TransLink_railway_station Thanks, Traveller QLD ^{(talk | contribs)} 06:36, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, that logo is copyrighted and non-free, and logos do not qualify under our Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria policy for use in templates. Wikipedia:Non-free content and Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline are the applicable guidelines that expand on how this policy is applied. BigNate37_(T) 06:54, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:TransAdelaide uses a logo in its header. Traveller QLD ^{(talk | contribs)} 06:58, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

File:AdMetTrainTransAdelaide.jpg is freely licensed. File:Translink-corner-logo.png is non-free fair use content, and only has a fair use rationale for use in Central railway station, Brisbane. In fact, that's probably not a sufficient rationale. TransLink (South East Queensland) is the only article that can really justify bearing a non-free logo for TransLink, and it's already using File:TRANSlink-brand.svg. I'm not a resident copyright policy expert so I don't feel comfortable spelling out exactly how things have to change, but that situation is going to be have to be looked at and fixed. If it's any consolation, I looked at your template code and tried to see if I could help you solve your technical problem, but that's a bit over my head as well. BigNate37_(T) 07:05, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I believe WP:FUC #8 is where the restriction on use of non-free logos comes from that you see in Wikipedia:Logos. Specifically, WP:LOGOS#Logos as icons states "Logos should not generally be used as icons within an article's Infobox." BigNate37_(T) 07:10, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah.. it's licensed like that because I uploaded it and it said I couldn't set the page it's used for the be the Infobox. If I change the license would I be able to use it? Traveller QLD ^{(talk | contribs)} 07:12, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Only the copyright owner can choose what license to release the logo under. Your responsibility as the uploader is to choose the license template that's appropriate for what the company has chosen. If I'm at the correct TransLink website (there are like five companies called that) then http://translink.com.au/site-information/legal/copyright states that the logo cannot be used for commercial purposes, which is incompatible with our free licensing requirements (see WP:NONCOM). BigNate37_(T) 07:17, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Lame. I'll just remove it then. Thanks anyways. Traveller QLD ^{(talk | contribs)} 07:22, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It looks as though TransLink makes use of the same free images as Adelaide for bus, train and... is that a taxi-boat? For instance on the bottom-right of http://translink.com.au/tickets-and-fares/fares/ekka. You may wish to try using File:AdMetTrainTransAdelaide.jpg or a coloured variant of it since it appears to be the same? In any event, I'm sorry I had to rain on your template like that. I'm off to sleep for the night, happy editing. BigNate37_(T) 07:37, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Re the removal of my article on Frederick Tibbenham

Hello, My well-researched article on Frederick Tibbenham has either been removed, or is about to be. The remover says there are no sources. I can't think why such a statement has been made. All sources are checkable, and from reliable sources, such as the British War Museum's photographic collection - available on line, and the UK census, and the Daily Mail's archives. A search of 'Frederick Tibbenham' will bring up all quoted sources, but the removalist says he can only find one source of anything related to FT on the NY Times site. All the references are also contained within my Facebook page entitled 'Friends of Oakhurst' https://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/groups/friendsofoakhurst/ . Can you intervene? I have asked for the deleter's help to cite, rather than delete, as I know the entry to be correct and accurate. Thank you, Pandora Melly Pandoramelly (talk) 08:19, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The Frederick Tibbenham article is (in my opinion) better and less biassed than most new articles, and I hope it will be retained. The problem is, I think, that the references are not incorporated in the article in the approved way. They should not just be listed at the bottom of the article, they should be linked to from the statements which they support, like footnotes.

I have begun to remedy this, by trying to do one of them in the approved way. I am far from an expert in this, and I may well have done it wrong, but I believe I have improved the article, and its chances of avoiding deletion. I hope you will be able to do the same for your other references. Maproom (talk) 09:00, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. It would help to start with more information about who Mr. Tibbenham was: nationality, date of birth, profession. Something like "Frederick Tibbenham (1892-1968) was a British carpenter and businessman".

You mention here that some of the information comes from the Daily Mail's archives, but the article's sources don't mention any newspapers. If this person has received coverage in a national newspaper then the article is much more likely to be kept. I suggest you edit the article to show which information comes from news coverage, using the {{cite news}} template to format the title, headline, date and author neatly. Sources for Wikipedia articles don't have to be online. -- John of Reading (talk) 09:25, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that the article looks potentially salvageable with a bit of rewording and a lot of reference-finding and formatting, although a google search does show hits being a bit thin on the ground other than catalogue listings of named Tibbenham furniture for sale. Well researched the article may be, but unfortunately, well referenced it is not. If you have access to offline sources, such as books and articles about Tibbenham, you need to add them as citations to the article using the format suggested by John of Reading. I will start trying to help out with improving the article. But please note: (1) Wikipedia is not for promotional purposes. The article will stand or fall on its merits, irrespective of your desire to raise Tibbenham's profile as part of the campaign to preserve his work, however worthwhile an aim this may be. (2) Correctness and accuracy are not criteria for keeping or deleting a Wikipedia article, although they are important in assessing its content. What matters most is whether the article shows how its subject is notable by Wikipedia's standards, and whether the information is verifiable and impartial. Links to Facebook pages are unacceptable anway, and you can't expect readers to go chasing off somewhere else to look up a list of references - you have to cite each reference to the statement in the article that it supports. - Ka renjc 16:18, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Holidaysafe

Hello, I was wondering if anyone could review my first article before I post it?

'Holidaysafe'

Thanks,

RichMoon RichMoon (talk) 09:10, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The article is currently at User:RichMoon/Holidaysafe. Maproom (talk) 10:36, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

As it says at WP:ORG: an organisation is notable by Wikipedia criteria if it has been the subject of significant coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources. Trivial or incidental coverage of a subject by secondary sources is not sufficient to establish notability. I can't find any such coverage of Holidaysafe. None of the links or "references" you provide are anything other than listings or incidental mentions, and Holidaysafe's own website doesn't count. The only vaguely promising one was the Which link, but there's nothing about Holidaysafe at all on the page that you've linked to. What you need is actual articles about the company in independent media sources, such as newspapers, journals, magazines or mainstream professionally produced websites (not user-generated). You need to assert how Holidaysafe is notable by Wikipedia standards (have a look at WP:GNG too) and then to support that assertion by referencing to the coverage I mention above. Without this, the article will not survive in mainspace for long. - Ka renjc 12:08, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, thanks for the feedback - I've made some changes and added more references, could you let me know if the page is looking better now? Thanks RichMoon RichMoon (talk) 16:05, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

In my view it reads like the "about" page of a website - ie it's too promotional in tone and I am not convinced that notability has been adequately demonstrated either.--ukexpat (talk) 17:16, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Check I'm not spamming

Hi, I am the editor of film review website flickfeast.co.uk. We have been referenced a few times on wikipedia and we have just published a great Top Ten Pedro Almodovar article which I was adding as an external link on the wikipedia film pages of the titles we have included.

I hit a warning that you might consider such action as spamming. Can you please confirm if that is the case as I do not mean to spam you!

I had intended to also add external links to some of our best reviews to individual film pages. But I won't if you consider that spamming.

Thanks, Robin — Preceding unsigned comment added by Robin Yacoubian (talk • contribs) 09:39, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Please read WP:LINKFARM and WP:EL. Both are relevant guidelines about the external links that can/should be listed on an article. Generally, we don't list just any review. We do use reviews as sources if they come from noteworthy reviewers. Dismas|^(talk) 10:53, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. You shouldn't add links to your own site. Our policy page Wikipedia:External links says: "you should avoid linking to a site that you own, maintain, or represent—even if Wikipedia guidelines seem to imply that it may otherwise be linked. When in doubt, you may go to the talk page and let another editor decide." Even if it wasn't your site, it may not be suitable for the external links section, unless it provides substantial information that couldn't be added to the article. The external links section is very selective, and only the most important links are included. Links to official web pages are fine, major interviews are often linked, and we can also have links to material too detailed to be included in the article. Reviews can be mentioned in the article and included in sources/references sections, but we don't include lists of reviews in the external links section. --Colapeninsula (talk) 11:00, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, understood. Apologies. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Robin Yacoubian (talk • contribs) 12:12, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Accounts

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--Hu12 (talk) 18:52, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

GA

Why won't the GAList template show up here? Rcsprinter (state the obvious (or not)) @ 10:08, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The source comment right before must end with --> and not just --. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:31, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

New astray template

Template:Astray2 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (non-redirecting link: Template:Astray2)

I made this to work on other pages besides help desk. It will be handy on article talk pages when someone has a question about the subject. Thoughts? Template:Astray2--Canoe1967 (talk) 13:36, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

We could just bake this functionality into {{astray}} and have it automatically detect whether it's been placed on the help desk or elsewhere. I might poke around with this myself in a day or three if nobody else has by then. BigNate37_(T) 07:58, 2 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

My search box is on the left side of the screen, which is where I want it, but other than that this looks fine. A person asking in the wrong place is not likely to know about changing the appearance of the page, though.— Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 13:43, 2 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Done: I've now changed {{astray}} to incorporate Canoe's context-generic phrasing. Any tweaks to the template's wording can now be applied to both "versions" at once, which ensures they do not become divergent. You may continue using it as it was originally intended with no change; if you subst it elsewhere, it now has Canoe's wording. I have redirected astray2, as it is now redundant. Marking this as resolved; if we want to change the wording of astray itself, let's take that to WT:HD or to Template talk:Astray. BigNate37_(T) 04:29, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I don't understand where this would be useful with the language its generating when posted outside of this page. The one place it was used as astray2, Talk:Olympic Park, London, it made no sense at all in response to the question asked. It's bad enough it's misused at least half the time on this page.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 04:45, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

That's the only placed it was used without substitution, which is wrong to begin with. We should never use a template without actually reading it first, and this one is no different. I agree that the instance to which you refer was incorrect. The documentation explains when to use it, and uses this example as an appropriate time to use the template—that is, when it is obvious that the person who asked the question believes that they are at a website operated by the subject of their query. You may wish to read the 28 August 2011 TfD for Astray, where others also criticized the template out of concerns for its misuse. BigNate37_(T) 05:07, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yes Nate, I know: I created the template, wrote the documentation, added the example of classic use you're citing to me, and was also the nominator at the Tfd you're citing! I would like to see examples of where this would be useful outside of this page.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 05:29, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You mean I typed all that for naught?! BigNate37_(T) 05:36, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Lol! Well it does have a z number, so we can track how it's being used. Again, I am having trouble imagining a post to which it would be responsive and appropriate outside of this page.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk)

Well, supposing in the example that a similar question was asked at Talk:Waltham Watch Company. However, I don't have a real example to show you. Thanks for the link to the z number; I hadn't heard of that before. BigNate37_(T) 05:52, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

If a similar question was asked at the talk page of the watch company then the opening of the template about "I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 4 million articles..." would make no sense whatsoever, because we would not suspect they read some article out of our millions. Rather, we would know exactly which article they had read. It would need to instead open with something like,

The page you are here about is an encyclopedia article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, and not the webpage of the company itself, which you appear to have mistaken it for. We have no affiliation with the subject of our articles and so...

" Even with that tailored opening, the language "this page differs from the one you may be seeking" doesn't make sense. It implies there is another page at Wikipedia they may be looking for, not that they are in the wrong place.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 13:47, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Fix redirects post-move

A couple of times today I've had to manually fix a bunch of double redirects after a page move - and after closing this AfD the other day I found myself having to manually delete about 25-30 redundant redirects. I know there's a bot for fixing double redirects, but do we have a tool that allows bulk deletion/redirection of such pages? There's possibly one in the admin toolkit, but if so, I haven't found it yet. Much obliged for any suggestions. Yunshui 雲‍水 12:42, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I use User:Splarka/ajaxbatchdelete.js for bulk deletion tasks - cut and paste the list of redirects from "what links here", tidy the list and off you go. Adminbot Yet Another Redirect Cleanup Bot (talk · contribs) is still active. I don't know of an admin tool for bulk redirecting, but you could always use AWB. Bencherlite ^Talk 13:00, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Splarka's batch deletion tool looks like just what I'm after; cheers Bencherlite! Yunshui 雲‍水 13:05, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

a copyeditor for me

hey all,

can anyone advise hwo i can get a copy-editor to help edit anything i do to be better english and grammar since i am crap at it and spellcheckers dnt work for me, i really want someone help with questions i have for a request for comment i am doing to make them more neutral and clear and concise, any advice will be appreciated.--Andrewcrawford (talk - contrib) 13:24, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'd suggest asking for help at Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Requests; they're a nice bunch and are always looking for stuff to fix. Yunshui 雲‍水 13:30, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

i thought that might be the place just looked like it was for project to do article work not people work but ill give ti a try--Andrewcrawford (talk - contrib) 14:30, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Google translate any help? http://translate.google.ca/?hl=en&tab=wT --Canoe1967 (talk) 13:34, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

i wish ;) but i dnt think google does translation from english gooble gook to english;# ;) my language is english but it is extremely poor and spell checker do not work well they work a little but not much--Andrewcrawford (talk - contrib) 14:30, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Google translate does not have an English gobbledegook -> English setting. And if you just ask it to translate English -> English, it cheats and copies all the errors. Maproom (talk) 14:38, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

i had a call off the ombudsman to say i have won my case

hi i have been fighting the N.H.S in warrington hospital the doctor killed off 25% of my heart and last mouth the ombudsman called me to say i have won my csae and as soon as i get the report give it to my solicitor but ? the ombudsman will not take my calls he wus on hols just be4 he did this case i called the ombudsman office and they told me he on hols wot a job it been covered up by some 1 in goverment the 1st yr they seen off my solicitor so had to get a new 1 and tobe told that i have won my case wus so good then the bad news i think he been sent home and that y he cant talk to me it bad if i dont have human rights it me and my son that have to live with this he a little boy and help me lots more then the hospital did it bad news mr paul jackman — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.42.60.149 (talk) 14:52, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

We cannot offer legal advice. Please see the legal disclaimer. Contact a lawyer. Roger (talk) 15:30, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Doesn't look like a request for legal advice to me. And they imply that they already have a lawyer.

Congratulations on winning your case, Mr Jackman! This is an online encyclopedia. Are you or your son interested in helping to improve it? --Demiurge1000 (talk) 15:36, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

i can give you general advice, even with the ombudsman finding in your favour it can not be legally used as something to sue over, it only says your complainant is upheld and that there has been failings. i am awaiting my ombudsman report although i m not looking to take legal action regardless of the outcome if i did i can not do it with the ombudsman report but it give you good standing because if the ombudsman has found in your favour and notes failings then your lawyer can investigate the same things and if they find it you might have a case, this is the only advice i can offer--Andrewcrawford (talk - contrib) 18:21, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Placement of my Wikipedia entry in Google search results

Hello,

About two weeks ago I created a new Wikipedia entry called "Library Assessment". When I search for it in Google it appears on the third page of results. All the other Wikipedia entries that I have searched for appear on the first page as the first or second result. Can you pls. explain/fix this?

Thanks,

Lynne 14:54, 1 August 2012

We have no control over Google. I suggest you just write the best article you can write and then Google will list it appropriately according to their own rules. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 15:21, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

AFAIK Google ranks pages according to the number of incoming links, so a new Wikipedia article would rank far lower than a mature article that has been linked in a myriad of blogs and other web pages. If the world considers the article worthy of mentioning and linking, it's position in the Google listing will climb. Roger (talk) 15:27, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

And to be frank, we are here to build an encyclopedia, not engage in a Google popularity contest.--ukexpat (talk) 17:26, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Dodger67.

Ukexpat - It's got nothing to do with popularity, it has to do with visibility. If the library assessment community (or anyone else) is going to benefit from a Wikipedia entry it should be on the first page of results. Lynne 17:53, 2 August 2012

Wikipedia isn't here to benefit an organization or provide visibility. It's an encyclopedia. Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 15:17, 2 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I am new to Wikipedia and I find the suspicion displayed by the Wiki community quite amazing - and frankly very disappointing. It is certainly not the encouragement or help I expected to receive when I asked my original question. After spending hours preparing a Wikipedia entry (in my free time) as a service to the library community, I did not expect to be accused of trying to promote my organization (a governmental university) when all I asked was why is it so difficult to find on Google. And just so you know, since I raised the issue, its placement in Google has changed dramatically - so thanks for helping! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lynne.porat (talk • contribs) 08:44, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

College Athletics pages -- team rosters -- Adding (W) to the LEGEND box and Q re: how to use the LEGEND codes

Example: Kansas Men's Basketball page found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Kansas_Jayhawks_men%27s_basketball_team#Roster

1. The roster section of all such Wikipedia pages contains a LEGEND box that apparently is centrally managed, as it does not show up in the edit box when I am updating roster information.

Request adding (W) for WALK ON to the LEGEND box template to allow providing additional information for users.

2. The LEGEND Box currently contains:

(C) TEAM CAPTAIN

(S) SUSPENDED

(I) INELIGIBLE

a Red Cross icon for INJURED

a Red Shirt icon for CURRENT REDSHIRT.

What are the preferred ways to implement these notations when writing/editing the roster information?

These are ways I have found in exploring various pages --

A. (C), (S) or (I) (soon to include (W)? :) can be inserted after the Player's Last Name (3 single quote marks)(x)(3 single quote marks) where x is the relevant code.

I have also found them coded as note=x, where x is the relevant code.

B. CURRENT REDSHIRT coded cur_rs=yes

C. INJURED coded inj=y

Are these last three examples the best way to code these notations?

Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by LTCUSARet (talk • contribs) 15:57, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

How to change a photo on a page

I recently added a photo on the commons, PSTC Logo and would like to change the crest on the Peace Support Training Centre page, but the directions are completely confusing. I also cannot find the uploaded picture now, even though it's uploaded — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paul E Hook (talk • contribs) 16:11, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The image you uploaded is located here: commons:File:Peace Support Training Centre Logo.gif, and i have changed the photo on Peace Support Training Centre with this edit.

But is the licensing correct on the image you uploaded? The old image (File:PSTC Crest.jpg) seems to be copyrighted, and yours is practically identical. benzband (talk) 16:49, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

re- Frank Slide

Attention Editor:

I just visited the Frank Slide in southern Alberta at Crowsnest Pass. The place is Alberta not Northwest Territories.

Thanks for your kind attention.

Lina G. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.183.29.166 (talk) 16:42, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

A hidden comment at that point in Frank Slide states: "Please do not change this to read "Alberta". The Province of Alberta did not exist until 1905." I'm not familiar with that geographic area or history, but apparently when the slide occurred (1903), it was in the Northwest Territories. Cresix (talk) 16:53, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) At the time of the slide, it was in the District of Alberta which was in the Northwest Territories. benzband (talk) 16:54, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Co-opted link

Was in this article on Charros, or Mexican horsemen:

Charro

There is a link to the San Antonio Charro Association toward the bottom, but when you click on it, it looks like some Chinese squatters are using that link. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.100.24.58 (talk) 17:24, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I have removed that link.--ukexpat (talk) 17:30, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Translation copyright conflict

The copyright bot detected that there is a page with the same text for Mieczysław Detyniecki in english contribution. What happened is that i translated the text from the spanish version, it turns out that somebody automatic translated the same content and published in her page. It is possible to notice that it is a (1) copy and (2) automatic translation by reading the second paragraph. The automatic translation does not make sense. Moreover, the notes numbers were copied - but not the notes content!

The following talk addresses this issue: User_talk:Polish_art_student.

This is the entry under the history of Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2012 July 29:

(cur | prev) 18:13, 1 August 2012‎ Polish art student(talk | contribs)‎ . . (19,677 bytes) (+644)‎ . . (→‎August 01) (undo)

— Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 21:31, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Timing of controversial changes

Has Wikipedia any 'tool' to tell if there is an increase in controversial changes when editors in the northern hemisphere have their daily routines disrupted by vacations (plural, because its not just one's own but all our children, grandchildren, nephews and nieces etc., all competing for one's attention whilst they’re on vocation). It might be that these incidences remains constant though-out the months (but I doubt it). Yet equally, it could be, that since the number of editors to oppose these changes (7 days) dwindle in number during these times - they take advantage - or could it be their ad hoc timing just happens to work in their favour. Some editors, whose life style appear to enables them to live online 24/7 and without of all these distractions, seem to have the advantage here; for pushing through controversial changes that would not survive at other times. I'm curious, because it seems to work both ways. Over the years I've seen some good changes made when the cohort of uniform editors, guided only by popular opinion (that they’ve picked up from the popular press), have had the rug pulled from under them by editors that have well informed professional insight of the subject. Some statistical data would help to find a better way to diffuse the apparent POV pushing and Wikipedia:Wikilawyering by the back-door. P.S. I 'am officially on vocation!--Aspro (talk) 22:03, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

August 2

Dates federal budget was signed by presidents

How do I get somebody to do the research and add it to Wikipedia on Dates federal budget was signed by presidents — Preceding unsigned comment added by Uthajohn (talk • contribs) 03:29, 2 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

We are all volunteers. Maybe just do the research yourself? Maproom (talk) 07:56, 2 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Racism and Pan-Turkism

Hello,

I am writing regarding the following article.

It is NOT based on any facts, racist and it is based on Pan-Turkish propaganda. The author locked the article so no one can edit it. Please remove it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paraliza (talk • contribs) 05:27, 2 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I see no evidence of Turkish propaganda there, unless you object to the statement that the Bulgars were of Turkic origin. Note that the article is not about the Bulgarians, a Slavic people. Maproom (talk) 08:07, 2 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The article is semiprotected due to vandalism, which means it can be edited by anyone with an autoconfirmed account. If you wish to discuss the wording or sources of the article, its talk page is the place to start. - Ka renjc 08:31, 2 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

password dose not match

plz tell me how open the acount bcoz i forget my password — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.38.26.98 (talk) 06:45, 2 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Please see Help:Logging in#What if I forget the password? -- John of Reading (talk) 07:07, 2 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Mark Ring Wales Rugby Union International

His rudeness towards coach Ron Waldron was due to the focus on physical fitness, not Ring's strength. Knee injuries, which had ruined his 1985-86 and 1988-89 seasons, hampered his performance and that tournament marked the end of his international career.

I feel this has been added to my profile by someone with a personal grudge against me! I have no idea why personal conflict with one of six Wales Coaches i played under, should be highlighted in my International Profile? Furthermore, it is offencive and incorrect. The records will show i was consistently in the the top 3 squad players with the best aerobic capacity throughout my International career. Problems which led to a breakdown of respect for the Coach in question, had nothing to do with my personal physical fitness. Waldron's public criticism of my playing style, which did not suit the way he wished to play was the factor that caused the rift between both parties. As for the knee injuries which 'hampered his performance' the knee was structurally sound. A fresh cartiliage injury, which happened during the final warm-up game against France (3 weeks before the first match) in Cardiff, meant i was rushed in for an immediate operation, forced to endure 3 weeks of rehab with no endurance training, which ultimately contributed to a lack of conditioning, further highlighted during the final quarter of the 'must win' final group match against Australia. Following a first round group match defeat against Western Samoa in Cardiff, where as the front line goal-kicker, (having missed some penalty goal attempts) i came in for some criticism, that would be fair to accept but to read on wikipedia, on my own personal profile, incorrect and inaccurate text is disappointing, to say the least. I sincerely hope, someone with a better insight into some relevant text with regards to my International Playing career can assist in editing my current profile, which is borderline defamation of character! Regards, Mark Ring — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.143.139.38 (talk) 09:34, 2 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You should not edit an article about yourself, see conflict-of-interest. But as the first sentence your removed makes little sense, and the second cites no sources, I shan't argue with their deletion. Maproom (talk) 11:08, 2 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong spelling of the first name of Xhemail Mustafa

Greetings,

There is a wiki biography about Xhemail Mustafa but his first name was misspelled as Xhemajl. I'm his son and would like this to be corrected.

Regards, Besian Mustafa Besianm (talk) 11:55, 2 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It appears that someone had just misspelled the name. I've moved the page, but it still needs lots of work. If you can edit with a neutral point of view and supply reliable sources, you are free to edit the page, but please read our conflict of interest policy first. FloBo A boat that can float! 14:31, 2 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

wrong Chase Daniels

The Chase Daniels listed as someone from Kentucky is erroneous. The Chase Daniels from Kentucky is female and her real name is Tamaro Tatum (Chase Daniels was her radio name ). Also, she has had a more prestigious career, having won broadcasting awards, worked at more top-rated and diverse formats and has not only worked in Atlanta but also on the national level at XM (now SiriusXM). She also retired from radio in 2008.

The Chase Daniels listed on this site is from Jacksonville, FL, and has only worked in Florida and Atlanta.

The Chase Daniels from Kentucky had a Wiki page but it must have been erased and taken over by the other Chase Daniels from Florida ...yet it is still linked to the Kentucky page.

Please correct this error. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.18.150.53 (talk) 12:14, 2 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It appears that the change was made by a one-edit account in 2010, here. - Ka renjc 15:18, 2 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Need help with the unblock template

See here. I declined an unblock attempt and made some sort of coding error; my rationale for declining it got spelled out as the name of a template to be substituted, which (given the length of my rationale) not surprisingly doesn't exist. What did I do wrongly? I'd appreciate someone fixing it; since I've already declined it, and since I told the editor that someone might be coming along to fix it, please feel free to fix it without worry about procedural issues if you're not an admin, since you'll only be doing housekeeping that I was trying to do in the first place. Nyttend (talk) 17:34, 2 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed by Timotheus Canens. Nyttend (talk) 17:43, 2 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Profession added to Biographical Article

I contributed a biographical article and the person's profession (economist) was added after her name before it was accepted. The article appears to now only be searchable if you use "karen davis" and "economist." Is it critical that her profession be part of the article title? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Christinefh (talk • contribs) 18:14, 2 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

There is already an article with the name Karen Davis, so it's necessary to add something to the title to make it different. You can add the new article to the disambiguation page at Karen_Davis_(disambiguation) so that people looking for Karen Davis can find the article on the economist. RudolfRed (talk) 18:21, 2 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!Christinefh (talk)

We have other ways of "disambiguating" (that is, adding text to the end to separate people with the same name), but in general, adding people's professions to the end of the article names is the most convenient way. Another common method is to use the middle initial. For example, if her middle name were Mary, it would be perfectly workable to use Karen M. Davis, because we have no article with that title right now. Nyttend (talk) 18:27, 2 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Terrific, I'll do that.Christinefh (talk) 18:36, 2 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Check-user

Hello English Wikipedia. I don't know if this is the right place to write this, but I need some help from a steward. I want a check-user for Costas78 and 3 ips:

a) 94.65.173.245

b) 94.65.131.131

c) 94.65.154.242

Do they match??

Please respond ASAP.

Thanks.

--Το αλλήθωρο οπόσουμ (talk) 18:40, 2 August 2012 (UTC) (from Hellas)[reply]

meta:SRCU is the place to ask; a CheckUser is not needed to get the link between them (if there's any).--Jasper Deng (talk) 18:44, 2 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much Jasper! I could remember that there was a page like that, but i didn't remember its name or something else. Thank you sincerely.--Το αλλήθωρο οπόσουμ (talk) 19:06, 2 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Login problems

My previous login details are not working and after trying a number of different things I gave up and tried to open a new account. However, I wanted to use my previously registered user name or ID but it would not let me, stating that user name was already taken. I seem to be stumped.19:48, 2 August 2012 (UTC)19:48, 2 August 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.187.211.10 (talk)

Try following the directions at WP:USURP. It is unlikely you'll get the name you had before, but I don't really know how all of that works.— Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 20:27, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Company article - infobox or prose?

I want to expand a stub about a company. I think I could add some information as values for the parameters in Template:Infobox company. Should I add an infobox to the article or should I include that information in the stubs body using prose? Is there any guideline regarding this matter? -- Toshio Yamaguchi (tlk−ctb) 20:59, 2 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I've always been of the opinion that the infobox should be a summary, and not used instead, of good prose. That is, anything that is included in an infobox should probably also be covered by well-written prose in the article. It is something like the lede section of the article: a quick summary of the key data points, but not a substitute for good writing. There may be good reasons to put something in the main body that wouldn't end up in an infobox, but most information in an infobox could easily be expanded and included in the main body of the article. --Jayron32 21:03, 2 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'm unclear on why it has to be one or the other and not both... Dismas|^(talk) 21:08, 2 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The above two comments are correct. The infobox is exactly like the lead. It should reflect the information in the article. It is more of an "at a glance" than a holder for information. Ryan Vesey 21:19, 2 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the replies. The article in question is Animation International where I thought about listing the locations where the company is active / has offices from [1], perhaps under some infobox parameter (not sure whether area_served would be the best parameter for this). Personally I would also prefer stating that information using prose. -- Toshio Yamaguchi (tlk−ctb) 21:46, 2 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Edit Conflicts when Un-doing my edits

Recently whenever I made an edit I realized was not very constructive or I didn't like I would un-do those edits. But recently whenever I made an Un-do then the page would say EDIT CONFLICT. Then when I checked the history to see who edited the edit that conflicted was the edit I was trying to make. What is the nature of this problem. Is this a site wide glitch or is it my computer. ZSpeed (talk) 21:52, 2 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Are you clicking save twice? - Purplewowies (talk) 00:15, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Just a thought, but you can't undo an edit using the method of stopping it by pressing the save button again once you have saved the first time. If you have saved the edit you have to wait for the save to complete and then undo it like any other edit. Britmax (talk) 08:45, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Font conversion?!

Hi there,

It has come to my attention that when I search something in Traditional Chinese in Google, the Google result will show the text in Traditional Chinese, but once I click on the Wiki link, the target page will be shown in Traditional Chinese for a few seconds before being auto-redirected to a Simplified Chinese. No offence but WTH?

This has been going on for at least 4 years and it didn't change when I sign in and set my wiki preference to Traditional Chinese. Any idea what is going on?

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.84.199.224 (talk) 22:44, 2 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Are you logged in at the Chinese Wikipedia when you see it? Have you set the preference at the second language box at zh:Special:Preferences where you can only choose between Chinese variants? PrimeHunter (talk) 22:59, 2 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

August 3

why was A great reference book deleted

The most outstanding and exhustive book on Cape Cod is the "History of Cape Cod" by Freeman... 2 volumes 2000 pages.......

I had added it to the reference section a while back and noticed it was deleted....... the book was published in the 1880s and is still available through Higgenson Books ..... I have a copy in my library... 72.220.76.244 (talk) 00:41, 3 August 2012 (UTC) Lewis Brackett[reply]

Which article did you add it to? If you look at the history page, the edit summary for the delete might explain why the other editor deleted it. RudolfRed (talk) 00:48, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Without having seen the edit I can't be sure, but it sounds like you added it to the references section because you think it is a good reference, and not because it was used as a reference in the article. Reference sections are not for listing references, good or otherwise, but for listing those sources that are actually used as the source of the information in the article.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 01:23, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, but instead of deleting it, it could have (and should have) been moved to a "Further reading" section, which is exactly for such a purpose. See WP:FURTHER. --Jayron32 04:03, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Reporting Users

How do I go about reporting users who are "vandalizing" pages by purposefully adding untrue/false information?

Thank you

Jluca1976 (talk) 01:07, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You can report obvious and persistent vandals at Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism. Before posting there, a final warning in an escalating series should have been posted to the user's talk page (for example {{Uw-vandal4}}, {{Uw-spam4}} or {{Uw-speedy4}}), and the user must have vandalized within the last few hours, including after the final warning was given. Various warning templates can be found at Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace. Your block request is unlikely to be acted upon unless you follow these steps. Cases that are not simple vandalism can be reported at WP:AN/I. Of course, in conjunction with warning against and reporting vandalism, you have the ability, mandate and are encouraged to revert all instances of vandalism you find yourself.Template:Z36--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 01:19, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: in this case I would use the warning series {{uw-error1}}, etc.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 01:20, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It's impossible to comment on the particular case without seeing it, but please be aware that there's a difference between vandalism and disputed content. Hoax information that can be proven to be an unambiguous hoax is vandalism, for example. However, in other cases editors disagree over wording or content in articles on controversial subjects, both citing sources to support their preferred versions. Accusations of vandalism often arise from both sides in such cases, but in fact this is a content dispute and various processes are available to try to achieve consensus. Identifying which scenario you're dealing with will help you decide how to proceed. - Ka renjc 08:07, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Advice re marine boiler needed

Dear Sirs,please advice us because we need marine steam boiler cap.5 t/H with working pressure 10 bar,using for heating CPO on ship,thank you. <email redacted>,thank you.

Dear Sirs,

Our client need 1(one) unit Marine steam boiler install on ship, with capacity 5 T/H, working pressure 10 bar (actually using 4-5 bar) and this boiler using for heating CPO on ship, fuel MFO or LFO its oke.

Thank you for your kindly cooperation, looking forward reply from you soon.

Regards,

Antoni Sulaiman

PT. Agung Perkasa Rekapratama/ <email redacted> — Preceding unsigned comment added by 110.138.17.201 (talk) 04:01, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 4 million articles and thought we were affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is for asking questions related to using or contributing to Wikipedia itself. Thus, we have no special knowledge about the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck.Template:Z25 --Jayron32 04:05, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

How to add my organisation details

Hello sir thank you for assisting. Actually i am a employee of OHPC as Jr. Manager (Electrical). I searched my organization details at wikipedia. but unable to find then i thought to add this article and let the other people know about our organization Odisha hydro power corporation is a gold rated state PSU, it is the one of the best profit making organization in state government PSU. it has 7 hydro power project working in state of odisha so i want to edit the article .. plz help.. (www.ohpcltd.com) My organization web site thanks Sincerely your ChinmayBastia — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chinmay bastia (talk • contribs) 05:34, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Generally, it is a very bad idea to try to add your company or organization to Wikipedia, since you have a strong conflict of interest, and may have difficulty maintaining the obligatory neutral point of view. If your corporation is genuinely notable, some third party will eventually write an article about it. --Orange Mike | Talk 12:53, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Peter Bodo, sports writer and blogger about Tennis

== Heading text == Writing and 'Truth'

{Suggested for a box feature}

Before Mr. Bodo joined Tennis Magazine, I was a co-worker with Peter Bodo on the Passaic-Clifton NJ Herald-News where I was a newspaper reporter for seven years and covered county courthouse, city beats and general assignment news and features.

Your article mentioned how Mr. Bodo looked upon how writing should reveal "truth". One time, I faced a problem on how to describe why the tiny borough of Wallington NJ wanted to ban blue jeans from public schools, and I was stumped. Mr. Bodo suggested the conflict could be summed up in the lead: The Wallington Board of Education wants to zip up the age of the blue jean by passing a new dress code for public schools.

It was a perfect suggestion and I adopted it. (I rarely was stumped for lead graphs.)

That is what Mr. Bodo means by truth.

REDIRECT Target page name

I loved tennis, played it regularly, and subscribed to Tennis Magazine for years before I discovered to my delight Mr. Bodo joined the staff covering the rivalry between Jimmy Connors and McEnroe and many others to come.

That is all. I don't know if this "fits" Wikipedia's standards to be included. I submit it humbly for your consideration. Thank you. bob podesfinski

Please do not include contact details in your questions. We are unable to provide answers by any off-wiki medium and this page is highly visible across the internet. The details have been removed, but if you want them to be permanently removed from the page history, please email this address. BigNate37_(T) 06:09, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I think you're trying to tell us a personal anecdote about Peter Bodo for possible inclusion in the article. Unfortunately, this counts as original research unless the anecdote has previously been published in a reliable source. Wikipedia is not a primary source and can't use unpublished material, I'm afraid. NB: I've fixed the two headings generated for this question, to make it clearer. Ka renjc 07:43, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry

Dear Wikipedia, I’m very sorry, I seem to have irritated you guys. It’s certainly not what I intended. I have rather confused myself. Please try to understand that my IT and internet skills are rather poor. I think I have written a good article, but I panicked first of all when I had not cited it sufficiently, and then when my name appeared alongside the title. Again my apologies. I am still rather confused, but I will try harder. Maya Frida Barr (talk) 08:59, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You cannot irritate Wikipedia, only some people among them. Rest assured, that we understand how difficult it is. Do not feel discouraged. Creating articles from scratch is very hard. Writing a good article from scratch is much harder then you probably ever imagined (Think submitting an article to scientific publications-kind of hard). Just participate, do small things, learn and improve. Apologies are not needed. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 10:46, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

When asking for help please be as specific as possible and include links to other pages that might be relevant. Oh and try not to be so sorry! :) Roger (talk) 13:48, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Please help with a Merge

Hemimelia (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Congenital absence of the fibula (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (non-redirecting link: Congenital absence of the fibula)

Per WP:REDUNDANTFORK the article Congenital absence of the fibula needs to be merged into Hemimelia. The only content of Congenital absence of the fibula that might need to be kept is the external links, some of the categories and one of the WikiProject templates on the Talk page - the rest is duplicated (and better written) in Hemimelia. I've never done such a merge before so I'd apreciate some help completing the process. Roger (talk) 09:01, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

My advice would be to redirect Congenital absence of the fibula to Hemimelia and add the external links, cats, and wikiproject templates separately. The complicated part of a merge is making sure the authors of the content are attributed in your edit summary, and on a talk-page template, this is not necessary here, because you are not copying prose. If you need any further help, give me a shout. Quasihuman (talk • contribs) 09:37, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

So I copy-paste the templates, cats and exlinks then replace the content of Congenital absence of the fibula with a redirect. That's all nice and simple, but what do I do with the content of Talk:Congenital absence of the fibula? Roger (talk) 09:45, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

If the wikiproject templates allow class=redirect, replace the class=stub with that, otherwise delete them. There is no need to merge the content of the talk pages, I would just put a note on Talk:Hemimelia to let editors know it's there. Quasihuman (talk • contribs) 09:56, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Please check that I haven't made any mistakes. Thanks for your help. Roger (talk) 10:41, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

All good. Glad to be of help. Quasihuman (talk • contribs) 10:58, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I have added {{copied}} information to both articles' talk pages as well as adding redirect templates to Congenital absence of the fibula, which also gave me the opportunity to mention the target article explicitly in the edit summary, which is very much necessary for licensing purposes. Please see WP:SMERGE for details. And yes, Quasihuman was not only correct that talk pages do not need to be merged, but they should not be merged. BigNate37_(T) 15:38, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It's probably best to do that to be on the safe side, but there is unlikely to be an attribution issue where no text has been merged, all that was merged was a cat, a stub template, and some external links, not content that I would have thought requires attribution. Quasihuman (talk • contribs) 20:34, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Company info

How do I add our company information to Wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Waxselection (talk • contribs) 11:33, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I am trying to request that a page be made.

Went through all the prompts without creating an account.

Was directed to the category and subdivision to the area of my interest.

I was only shown an alphabetical list of, maybe pages that are already requested and in progress????

How can I REQUEST (a direct link maybe?) that a PAGE be MADE and not a list....because the page I want is NOT listed?.

For example, If I wanted to request a page be made about John Doe, JR an actress, why am I being directed to: Select category: Film -> people -> ABCD....-> I select "D" -> There is no Doe, John, Jr. But no LINK to ask for the page about John Doe, Jr to be made?

How can I do that? More simple and direct directions please! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.199.220.194 (talk) 11:40, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

First, ensure your company meets the notability requirements. If it does, go to Wikipedia:Requested articles/Business and economics/Companies and add the title of your proposed article under the appropriate sub-heading there, ideally with a line or two of information or a weblink. Yunshui 雲‍水 12:04, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Article declined, reviewer doesn't answer/talk

I wrote an article and a user declined the submission. I contacted him on his user talk-page and saw that many other users had contacted him (for the same reason) but he never answered. Looking into the history of his talk-page showed me that he keeps on deleting the page every couple of weeks or so... What can i do? 194.95.117.68 (talk) 12:28, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This decline by User:Phantomwiki is I assume the one that you're talking about, and was not unreasonable.

This recent edit by User:Phantomwiki appears to be an occasion of them interacting with an article creator after a query. However, it's misplaced (on the user page instead of the user talk page) and at least moderately inaccurate ("If others vote for your article to be accepted, it will be" - there is no such voting process).

Phantomwiki makes a lot of AFC declines, but after looking through half a dozen, they look mostly OK, this one is one that I would be a bit concerned about.

Roy Benson was an AfC submission that Phantomwiki accepted during this period, so they are not exclusively declining submissions.

This is an example of Phantomwiki responding to an article creator on their talk page, but the response is upside down (at the start of the talk page not the end), and tells the creator to "put embedded references (the little numbers in brackets) in your article to support the information", without explaining how or providing a useful link like WP:REFB.

This was the state of Phantomwiki's user talk page immediately before they blanked it yesterday. It has outstanding requests for feedback or help, regarding Phantomwiki's AFC declines, from the original poster of this thread, and from User:Realestateone, User:Pierre.Hardin, User:Aliaretiree, User:Tatratea and User:Siobhanstirling. As far as I can tell, Phantomwiki replied to none of these queries before blanking them.

I don't think it's appropriate to deal with AfC submissions while ignoring the majority of article creator queries in this way. I would like input from Phantomwiki as to whether they can change this approach. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 13:42, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

First of all: Thank you, Demiurge1000! Don't get me wrong, I don't deny that my submitted article had (and probably still has) its flaws, but nevertheless I would have liked the reviewer to at least give me a short comment oder answer etc. I felt quite "deleted" and I guess others may have felt the same way... 194.95.117.68 (talk) 13:37, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I've added a bit to the above, and left a note on Phantomwiki's talk page asking them to comment on this. Can now wait until they have time to do so (or not). --Demiurge1000 (talk) 13:49, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Dead Birds film by Robert Gardner

Hi,

I'm trying to get some information corrected on the documentary film, Dead Birds, by Robert Gardner. I am the studio assistant here for Robert and he asked to have this date corrected on all websites as the actual release date was in October 1963 at the Loeb Drama Center at Harvard University. I was able to edit the release date on the site, but the title of the page still says Dead Birds (1964). I was wondering if it would be possible to get this date changed as well as to not confuse readers.

thanks for your time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jade s7a (talk • contribs) 14:42, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'll sort that for you now - the refs available do suggest that it was released in 1963. Valenciano (talk) 14:47, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved

Page has now been moved to correct title, the error appears to have come from IMDB, but I've added a reference for the 1963 release. Valenciano (talk) 14:56, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Seems like there's no help for me, unfortunately

I really can't believe no-one wants to do this 1-minutes' job. It's already been 4 days. Please update Serbia#Religion per Religion in Serbia and Religion in Vojvodina. So, please change

{{bar box
|width = 250px
|float = left
|title = Religious groups in Serbia <small>(excluding Kosovo)</small> in 2002<ref name="popis2002"/>
|titlebar = #ddd
|bars =
{{bar percent|Orthodoxy|blue|84.1}}
{{bar percent|Catholicism|purple|6.24}}
{{bar percent|Islam|green|3.42}}
{{bar percent|Protestantism|yellow|1.44}}
|caption =
}}

to

{{Bar box
| title=Serbia <small>(excluding Kosovo)</small> religiosity (2002)
| titlebar=#ddd
| float=right
| bars=
{{Bar percent|Orthodoxy|blue|85}}
{{Bar percent|Catholicism|purple|5.5}}
{{Bar percent|Islam|green|3.2}}
{{Bar percent|Undeclared|yellow|2.5}}
{{Bar percent|Others|grey|2.2}}
{{Bar percent|Protestantism|orange|1.1}}
{{Bar percent|Irreligion|red|0.5}}
|caption=<small>source: [http://webrzs.stat.gov.rs/axd/en/popis.htm 2002 census]</small>
}}

and

to

With regards, 109.93.148.134 (talk) 21:59, 2 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

What is the reason for this update? Ruslik_Zero 08:34, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Reason is that the latter informations are fuller and referenced, whilst those already present are obsolete and conflicting with the new, referenced informations. Another reason is that the article is semiprotected and can't be edited by unregistered users. 178.223.199.235 (talk) 11:12, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I can't find any mention of religions in any of the files located at the link you cited. Can you provide a more specific reference, like the pdf file and a page number, so the updated numbers can be verified. Thanks. Sarahj2107 (talk) 13:30, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The information is found in the Book 3: "Confession, Mother Tongue and National Identity or Ethnicity According to Age and Gender – Data by Municipalities". Problem is that it's a zip file CONTAINING the pdf file (that should be the reference), so it can't be linked since it automatically proposes download. Note: only numbers are found in the book (page 13/409). I calculated the percents myself. For example, there were 7.498.001 people in Serbia. From those, 6.371.584 were Orthodox. So, 6371584 times 100 divided by 7498001 (direct proportionality) is 84.977102... pretty close to 85%, not 84.1% (as the already present informations state). Same goes for all others. 178.223.199.235 (talk) 14:58, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, the proper course of action if you are unable to modify semi-protected pages is to raise the issue on the talk page using {{edit semi protected}} to bring it to an editor's attention. This isn't really a help desk question. BigNate37_(T) 15:14, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

And repeatedly "bumping" the thread to the bottom of this page won't win you any friends either.--ukexpat (talk) 15:22, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Of course I was on the talk page, and I was told: Not done: Changes are minor. A request template is not needed. You may ask at help desk for minor changes such as this. Canoe1967 (talk) 09:21, 1 August 2012 (UTC) See!!! And if I don't 'bump', surely no-one will help. So, will someone help or not? 178.223.199.235 (talk) 15:29, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Well I certainly can't fault you for coming here in that event. Though that doesn't change that the article talk page is where this should have occurred. BigNate37_(T) 15:44, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Done I checked the percentage calculations and your numbers seem more accurate, I also put a more precise ref in. Sarahj2107 (talk) 15:38, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yay!!! Thousand kisses, Sarahj2107!!! I can't thank you enough!!! 178.223.199.235 (talk) 15:55, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Alert message is unfair and should be removed

"This article appears to be written like an advertisement. Please help improve it by rewriting promotional content from a neutral point of view and removing any inappropriate external links. (February 2012)"

I strongly object to this subjective assessment of the content of our page. Every statement is factual, and no comparative claims are made. There are no inappropriate links.

Display of an alert request to rewrite "promotional" content is a serious criticism of the page and is unfairly punitive. It calls into question the validity of the information when there is no justifiable reason for doing so.

Please delete the alert message from this page. (The page has intermediate edits and I did not want to revert the page.)

Thank you. Wikimonjin (talk) 18:03, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I concur with the assessment that the tone of the article is inappropriate for a neutrally written encyclopedia, and it does need to be rewritten to improve it in that regard. The entire thing reads not like an encyclopedia article written by a disinterested third party, but as a brochure trying to entice people to come to the school. It needs someone with some good article writing skills to go over it. It also appears to lack any quality, third-party references and looks like all of the information comes directly from the school itself. I have added some more clean up tags for those reasons. Look, if the article is substandard, don't complain that people note it is substandards. It needs to be cleaned up, and removing the tag does not fix the serious problems the article has. Before it is removed, the article needs fixing. --Jayron32 18:14, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with Jayron. The article needs a re-write. Oh, and it's not your page. See WP:OWN. Dismas|^(talk) 18:26, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

TBH, an article about a university department, written by what very much appears to be a single purpose account with a conflict of interest, and virtually no useable references, does this even need a stand-alone article?--Jac16888 ^Talk 18:31, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Editing

Is this editing Wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.109.239.109 (talk) 18:31, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I do not understand. Could you please explain further? :) 18:37, 3 August 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zaminamina (talk • contribs)

Can you clarify your question? RudolfRed (talk) 18:37, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

My guess is that 83.109.239.109 has deliberately asked a self-referential question. If I am right, the answer to it is yes. Maproom (talk) 20:27, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

messages

I have NEVER edited a wikipedia page, but every time I come to read information, there is a message saying I need to stop making edits or my account will be blocked. I don't even have an account with you! Please stop threating me! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.23.96.82 (talk) 18:32, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It's ok, nobody is threatening you or blaming you. IP addresses are generally dynamic, meaning your IP address today might have belonged to someone else yesterday who did vandalise--Jac16888 ^Talk 18:38, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You are editing from an IP address. It is likely that that IP address was assigned to a different person in the past, and that person made an edit resulting in a warning. The way to avoid this is to create an account. RudolfRed (talk) 18:39, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note that even if someone else gets an IP address blocked that you then inherit, this will not prevent you from reading Wikipedia, and should you really want to edit Wikipedia there are ways to address that situation too. As a reader, you do not have to worry about it. BigNate37_(T) 21:08, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

100 questions by FACEBOOK members asked to anyone seeking political office

Why doesn't facebook put up an area on the site where members can submit to a list of questions they would like an answer to by anyone seeking political office. Pick out the top 100 questions asked and submit them to everyone seeking office; presidental office, congress and also state office seekers. This list should include simple questions like: 1. Do you rent or own your home? 2. Is there a mortgage on your home? 3. Did you have a student loan? 4. Do your children have or have a student loan? 5. Education level? 6. Occupation before seeking political office? 7.Do you have any domestic employees? 8. How many cars do you have? 9. What is your average electric bill? 10. Do you own more than one home(s)? 11. Do you have a saving account? 12. Does your wife hold a job? 13. What did you pay in taxes each year for the last 10 years? ------- The answers to the 100 top questions FACEBOOK member submit to an office seeker may bring to light just how far we have gone from electing someone who represents our interest and just how far the office seekers have gone in getting money and endorsements from special interest groups and bring to light their motivation for seeking office. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.168.147.252 (talk) 18:46, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You'll need to ask Facebook. This is the page for asking about how to use Wikipedia. RudolfRed (talk) 18:54, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Autoconfirmed question

Is there a way to check and see when User:Red Hat On Head will be autoconfirmed? She has over 10 edits and it appears like she has been editing for more than 4 days. Am I mistaken? Ryan Vesey 18:51, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The best way is to check the account creation log - in this case, the account was created at 04:47, 30 July 2012 (UTC), so she should be autoconfirmed as of 04:47 today. Hersfold non-admin^(t/a/c) 19:18, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

There are some cases where autoconfirming takes longer. See WP:AUTOCONFIRM. RudolfRed (talk) 20:03, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, is there a userrights log that shows if someone is autoconfirmed? I've never been able to find one because it isn't a granted userright. Unless she is using Tor she should be autoconfirmed by now. If she is in fact not being autoconfirmed, I suppose the best thing to do would be to have an admin give her confirmed status. Ryan Vesey 20:09, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

According to Special:UserRights/Red Hat On Head she is a "Implicit member of: Autoconfirmed users", and it's not there for everybody, see Special:UserRights/Capehorner91 our newest member--Jac16888 ^Talk 20:16, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. She's autoconfirmed Ryan Vesey 20:23, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Special:UserRights can only be used by admins. http://en.wikichecker.com/user/ says whether a user is autoconfirmed but I assume it cannot detect Tor restrictions. Special:Preferences says whether your own account is autoconfirmed. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:25, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, didn't know that, my bad. Well for none admins, autoconfirmed users have "Implicit member of: Autoconfirmed users" above a list of checkboxes for other rights, non-autoconfirmed users don't--Jac16888 ^Talk 20:33, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

abot factor

hi sir,

i would like to about factor in used in business purposes.please explain — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ranadeep22 (talk • contribs) 23:20, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry, but it is very hard to understand what you are asking. Do any of our articles listed at factor (disambiguation) help you? BigNate37_(T) 23:51, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Locating Military Personnel

All concerned,

I'm trying to locate Didi Matsumoto. Middle name is Masae. Email address: didi.Tau@us.army.mil. The family is trying to locate Ms Matsumoto so they can return her children to her. The family doesn't know what to do. Ms Matsumoto doesn't want the family to contact the childrens father which lives in Oregon. These children needs to go to either mother or father. The grandmother has been caring for the children with no assistance from either parent. To our understanding the father thinks that his children are with their mother in Texas so he has been sending Ms Matsumoto $400 a month for the 2 children. Can someone please help this family locate Ms Didi Matsumoto. Have a blessed day.

Concerned — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.115.69.3 (talk) 23:46, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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