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October 17

Santa Fe Springs burial

I'm trying to find someone buried in santa fe spring all i have is santa fe springs can you help me find this person --2601:9:7380:484:9824:54AC:892:6CAB (talk) 04:05, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

Hello, the Wikipedia Help Desk is for general questions about how to use Wikipedia, not how to locate the deceased. As a courtesy, I'd recommend you use Google Maps, locate cemeteries in Santa Fe Springs, and call each one. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 05:28, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

Find a Grave may be an option. -- Jreferee (talk) 15:41, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

spelling

How can I search if I don't know the correct spelling for the word? Yteneres (talk) 05:17, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

Do you have an Android phone? Try Google's voice search. Or sometimes your mobile device's autocorrect will help, or you could try to type the word in a Word document and run a spelling check for alternatives, or you could try to spell the word phonetically at Dictionary.com, or you could have tried to describe the word here, or... Cyphoidbomb (talk) 05:32, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

Also, just typing your best guess into Google usually works; because of the huge volume of searches it gets, it is in some aspects a better spellchecker than Word. ~HueSatLum 21:30, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

If you know other words that would likely be in the article (particularly combinations of words that would not be in other articles) you can put them in the search box and press "search" rather than "go". It will bring up a list of article that have those word combinations and your target article may be in there. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 21:33, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

Bogo City - Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia

Sir/Madam,

Good day! I'm concern with the accuracy of the publication as it is one of the source material for students. I would like to request your great help to correct the Reference No.1: "Municipalities"...should be change to: "Cities" Quezon City, Philippines: Department of the Interior and Local Government.And other additional reference to posts: www.dilg.gov.ph/cities.php and manilastandardtoday.com/2013/09/08/remembering-one-of-the-greatest-the-flash-elorde-story/

Thank you very much.God bless to all Wiki staffs.

Regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.248.67.34 (talk) 07:05, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

Thank you. I have updated the reference on Bogo, Cebu to point to the URL you gave. You could have done this yourself, or if you did not feel able to, the talk page Talk:Bogo, Cebu would have been a better place to report it.  Done --ColinFine (talk) 17:41, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

MIS PRINT ON BRANDON MARSHALL!!!!

Hello I am writing reguarding the profile of Brandon Marshall and which states he is a a Chinese Prositute for the Bears! profile states"

Brandon Marshall is a Chinese Prostitute for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. After playing college football for the University of Central Florida, he was selected by the Denver Broncos with the 119th overall pick in the fourth round of the 2006 NFL Draft. He has also played for the Miami Dolphins. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 214.26.214.163 (talk) 08:18, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

That vandalism was reverted one minute after it was added. If you're still seeing it, try clearing your browser's cache. Deor (talk) 08:27, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

Two articles with same name

Sarfaraz khan is about an actor and Sarfaraz Khan is about a historical figure. Can someone with more tech savvy than me sort this out? I imagine the first of these needs to be renamed 'Sarfaraz Khan (actor)'. Many thanks. --Viennese Waltz 11:47, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

 Done--SPhilbrick(Talk) 13:08, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

Should be a disambiguation page

I think this should be a disambiguation page, but I can't see why it isn't (the actual disambiguation page redirects here) or how to change it.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 11:48, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

It is already a disambiguation page, and is correctly named (and correctly with a redirect from the alternative name), see WP:DABNAME. - David Biddulph (talk) 13:10, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

Table format problem

Resolved

Is anyone good enough at table syntax to fix this edit? Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 11:52, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

Is that to your liking @Adrian J. Hunter:? Thanks ツ Jenova20 ^(email) 12:38, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

Thanks Jenova! Needed a tad more tweaking but looks good now. Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 13:09, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

Glad to be of use! ツ Jenova20 ^(email) 14:08, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

watchlist for a specific section?

A feature of watchlist for a specific section, would be useful for sub-articles on pages such as help desk, WP:ANI and WP:RS/N.

The reply was negative on 2010.

is there a (hopefully) positive reply by now? Ykantor (talk) 13:49, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

Nope. --Orange Mike | Talk 14:06, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

thank you. Ykantor (talk) 20:46, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

Etretat

I am not able to edit wikidata. I would like someone to link zh:埃特雷塔 to wikidata of en:Étretat. Thanks!--辛庚己戊 (talk) 14:03, 17 October 2013 (UTC) And please link zh:I24news to wikidata of en:I24news as well. --辛庚己戊 (talk) 14:22, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

 Done uhhlive (talk) 16:22, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

APPRECIATE--辛庚己戊 (talk) 15:39, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

MediaWiki API: Orphan pages

Resolved

I also asked the question on MW site, but seeing the page was untouched for 3 years, I guess I would also ask here.

Is there a way to get a list of Orphan pages using the MediaWiki API better than simply list=allpages and then checking list=backlinks on each on them? - 129.255.226.253 (talk) 14:04, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

Obviously someone is still watching that talk page. Got my answer. - 129.255.226.253 (talk) 14:10, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

Navbox on other pages

After creating a Navbox for Old Crow Medicine Show, I've tried putting it at one of their album pages: O.C.M.S.. I don't know what I might be doing wrong, or why it's not appearing there. Any and all assistance appreciated on this. Thanks . .--Artaxerxes (talk) 14:22, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

You just added a navbox to the band's article by using {{Navbox musical artist}}. If you want to make a navbox template that you can transclude in other articles, you have to do it in template space, by creating a page at Template:Old Crow Medicine Show. You can just paste the navbox code you've already added to the band's article to create that page, then add {{Old Crow Medicine Show}} to any article in which you want the navbox to appear (including the band's article). Deor (talk) 16:31, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

Russian language Wikipedia

How to open information on Russian language? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 161.185.153.4 (talk) 15:42, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

Russian language Or Russian Wikipedia?

In Soviet Russia, Wikipedia edit YOU... ツ Jenova20 ^(email) 15:55, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

Question about my father

How do I change the title of an article about my Father? He is listed as John S. Hunt lll. He should be John S. Hunt ll. I would like the title to be his full name- JOHN SMOKER HUNT ll Thank you!-------- — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lucysmoker (talk • contribs) 15:53, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

We use what we refer to as the subject's common name for article titling. It is likely that the article you refer to is named as such because that is how the subject is known ("S" rather than "Smoker"). As far as adjusting the generation identifier, if you could provide us with a suitable, reliable source that proves he is the second rather than the third, we can change it.  drewmunn  talk  16:46, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

Do we have a reliable source to say he is the third? I'm just asking because i couldn't find the article, although admittedly i put little effort into the search as i was busy. Thanks ツ Jenova20 ^(email) 17:00, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

The article is at John S. Hunt, III (with a comma). - David Biddulph (talk) 17:12, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

Somebody (an IP address) has changed III to II in the text of the article today. After some effort, I have found a reference which lists "John Hunt II" (the Boissier Press-Tribune reference) and on the strength of that, I have moved the article. I observe that many of the references given in the article are inadmissible, being searches of unpublished data such as death records. Several of the references are to newspaper articles from the 60's, and these may be solid enough to establish notability. I also observe that the article is an orphan (even Minden, Louisiana doesn't link to it, and nor does Huey Long). --ColinFine (talk) 17:59, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

I have changed the handful of pages that still linked to "John S. Hunt, III" rather than "John S. Hunt, II" to now link to the II rather than the redirect to avoid confusion in the future.Mandra Oleka (talk) 10:15, 15 January 2018 (UTC)

User pages and Google

Dear editors: I have been doing some Google searches while reviewing articles in Wikiproject Articles for creation, checking to make sure that submissions are not copied from web pages. Sometimes I find that a mirror site has picked up the submission from Wikipedia talk: or User: However, lately, it seems that Google has been picking up some user pages directly; for example, a search for this text: "Based on client feedback, he concentrated" resulted in this result: [1] . I thought that user pages were all marked as "Noindex". Am I mistaken about that? By the way, Afc has been receiving a new submission about every five minutes all week, so if there are more requests than usual for help from new editors at this forum, that may be why. —Anne Delong (talk) 18:26, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

I had to mark my talk page with noindex. I had a little bit of Internet access the other day and I searched for Miss Bono and my pages appeared so I added the noindex. Miss Bono ^{[hello, hello!]} 18:43, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

{{userspace draft}} adds noindex to a page, and I think the AfC templates do so also, and so does {{user page}}, but I don't think user or user talk are automatically noindexed. DES ^(talk) 20:14, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

Thank you. Do you know if it matters where on the page the NOINDEX is located? Also, I looked at several userspace drafts, but didn't see a NOINDEX. Is it hidden somehow? —Anne Delong (talk) 21:25, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

No, it can be anywhere on the page, and it is on line 7 of the {{userspace draft}} template. ~HueSatLum 21:35, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

{{user page}} does not add noindex by default. It only does this if you use |noindex=yes. Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 02:22, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

Okay; the NOINDEX is hidden because it is inside the Userspace draft template. Sticking one of those on a user page should lead to Google removing it from the index the next time the page is "crawled". Correct? —Anne Delong (talk) 04:06, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

'about me' page

hi can you please change me page as it has no relvence to what i'm actually doing

alex khateeb

and my web site is www.circuit-art.co.uk

please go to the the about me page — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.42.161.75 (talk) 18:33, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia doesn't have 'about me' pages. Which page are you referring to? AndyTheGrump (talk) 18:38, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

I think he is referring to the about me page of his web site. Miss Bono ^{[hello, hello!]} 18:46, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

Ah, that makes sense. We have an article on Alexander Khateeb, the racing driver - clearly the same person. It does seem to be rather out of date. AndyTheGrump (talk) 18:50, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

And two of 'External links' are obsolete. --CiaPan (talk) 14:24, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

I've changed one of the external links (replacing it with the deeper page on the website, as suggested, which is his bio). More generally (Alex, if you're still there) - the best place to post suggestions for improving the article is at Talk:Alexander Khateeb. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 03:35, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

Articles created in main-space despite being rejected at Articles for creation

Is there any sanction/control when an article which has been rejected at Articles for creation, is pasted directly into main-space, without any attempt to address the reason(s) for rejection at Articles for creation?
If not, why not? as an ability to simply side-step a rejection at Articles for creation, makes a complete mockery of the entire process. Arjayay (talk) 19:50, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

The only "sanction" is that such articles are immediately subject to new page patrol, and may well be promptly deleted. Contributors are warned of this. AFC is designed to help contributors write good articles, or at least ones good enough not to be deleted at an AfD. No one needs to use it, anyone can register an account and add an article directly. AFC Is not a "guardian of the gates". The goal of AfC is to make it easier for contributors to learn how to write acceptable articles. If a contributor chooses to reject that help, so be it. An article rejected at AfC will quite probably be deleted if not improved in a way which would have caused AfC to accept it, but you never know. If others made edits while a draft was on AfC, then a copy&paste move may at least technically violate attribution, and a history merge should be done, just as with any C&P move. If there was only one contributor of content (not counting reviewer's notes), and that person pastes to mainspace, that issue is unimportant in my view. DES ^(talk) 20:10, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

This happens a lot. My response is to decline their AfC submission as created if it's been submitted, and treat the newly created page under NPP standards - and I'm a pretty harsh new page patroller, honestly. I've also noticed it happens more with lackluster submissions than anything else. Would it be inappropriate to speedy their draft (submitted or otherwise) as 'user self-created page outside of AfC process'? --TKK! bark with me if you're my dog! 20:47, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

A copy-paste fragment left in Afc, if submitted, should be decline as "Exists in mainspace". Then we wait a while. If the mainspace article is deleted by the NPP, the editor may very well come back and start working on it again. If, after a while, it appears that the mainspace article is surviving, then the history of the draft is examined. If there's a lot of history, with either multiple authors or over a substantial length of time, then a history merge should be performed to reconnect the two parts. If the draft is just a few diffs by one author, then it can be deleted as a G6 (Housekeeping), since all of the useful material is in the mainspace article and the history is too trivial to bother merging. —Anne Delong (talk) 21:12, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

how can I edit my user name?

How can I edit my user name? The software automatically capitalized the first letter "J" and I don't want that.

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jesselashcraft (talk • contribs) 22:01, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

The first letter of every user name will always be capitalized. But you can change your signature. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 22:09, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

(e/c) In the most technical sense (which I'm not sure is the heart of your question), you cannot. The software will not allow a title, including an account name, to be created with a lowercase first letter. However, there are two things you can do. First, you can make your user and usertalk pages appear as lowercase, by placing on them the template {{lowercase title}}. Second, in non-article discussion pages such as this one, you should sign your posts by typing four tiles (~~~~) after your post (you forgot to here), which will automatically turn into your signature, with a time stamp, when you save. You can place the tildes without typing them out by clicking on the signature button ( or ) located above the edit window. You can customize your signature so that it will display as lowercase. To do this: go to Special:Preferences; scroll down to "Signature"; make sure the box next to "Treat the above as wiki markup" is ticked, and paste into the field above it:

[[User:Jesselashcraft|jesselashcraft]] ([[User talk:Jesselashcraft|talk]]).

Then save your changes. If you do that, your signature will display as jesselashcraft (talk). Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 22:21, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

And you can force your user page to display with a lower case first letter by adding the {{lower case title}} template to it (also works on user talk pages).--ukexpat (talk) 14:19, 21 October 2013 (UTC)

Format for initials

If a biography identifies a subject using two (or more) initials, should there be a space between the period and the next initial? My instinct says not, but I've just come across an article with the space. I have looked in the MOS, but to no avail.TheLongTone (talk) 22:30, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

@TheLongTone: Hey TheLongTone I recommend placing the spaces. Check out List of literary initials to see that this is our current house style (even if not specifically addressed anywhere in the manual of style). Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 22:35, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the prompt reply. Even if I disagree!TheLongTone (talk) 22:37, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

(edit conflict) See WP:INITS. ~HueSatLum 22:40, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

October 18

Can I report my employer for editing their own Wikipedia article?

I work with a fairly large company that has a detailed and fairly-sized Wikipedia article, and I know that they've been editing it to remove negative details and insert sometimes fictitious positive ones for a while now. Is there any way I can report them to get the article flagged/locked/watched? Milhaus44 (talk) 01:17, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

What article/company is it? ~HueSatLum 01:23, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

MicroStrategy. Milhaus44 (talk) 01:50, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

@Milhaus44: - Yes, you can post at Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 03:20, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

Minor Location articles in other countries

On New Pages Feed, I came a cross a series of articles concerning small villages in Malaysia. Keeping in mind both GNG and WP:OTHERSTUFF I was minded to tag for AfD, but given that we do have an article for every town, village, and CDP in the U.S, that feels discriminatory. Is there a guideline about local placename inclusion? Or, failing that, a central location where I can bring these articles as a group instead of starting discussions on each separately? Thanks. --Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 01:37, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

Cities and villages are generally kept at AFD, regardless of size, as long as their existence is verified through a reliable source, see WP:NPLACE. GB fan 01:46, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

Thanks --Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 01:54, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

Officially named populated places and natural geographic features are generally accepted to be "inherently" notable, an article needs to only provide RS prooof that it exists/existed. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 09:08, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

Edit page

Hi

We have a page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Teafragger/Sandbox) which I have edited and that I want to put out live. But it says Teafragger/Sandbox as the name and not Swedish Hasbeens. What can I do?

Cheers //Fia Haak, PR & Marketing manager Swedish Hasbeens — Preceding unsigned comment added by Swedish Hasbeens (talk • contribs) 08:19, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

What you should do is read our Conflict of Interest and Notability guidance pages. The page as it stands will almost certainly be deleted almost immediately if it goes live. You need to find substantial third-party independent references to your company to establish that it's notable enough to have a page on Wikipedia, and you are strongly advised as an employee of the firm not to produce the article yourself, as it will be difficult for you to maintain the neutral tone we need. Please remember that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a medium for advertising or promotion. Rojomoke (talk) 12:07, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

Popularity section of Blog article, following up/expanding

Hi, quick question. I was doing a bit of editing in the "Popularity" section of the Blog article. At the end of the section there was a small part about a forecast by Gartner - the note above it said the section was out of date, but interesting and would anyone follow up. I'd love to do that, do I need to post that somewhere additionally? Or can I just start as soon as I'm here again? Thanks for your help!CindyMalRS3 (talk) 09:24, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

You don't need anyone's permission to edit an article, or to find more up to date information that can be cited to reliable sources and supplement or replace outdated information. Nor do you need to announce it anywhere. If you are unsure about what should be done, or want to let other editors know what you are doing (particularly if your edit must be in multiple sections), you can post on the article's talk page, in this case on Talk:Blog. DES ^(talk) 13:32, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

Searching Wikipedia's other languages

I remember a few years ago when you would search for something, there was an option to look in all the languages of Wikipedia, not just English. What happened to that? I can't find how to do it anymore. I can use Google, but I would like something that gives me just articles with the title that I specify. Eric Kvaalen (talk) 09:30, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

@Eric Kvaalen: Hey Eric. You can use the Global Wikipedia Article Search tool. Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 11:01, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

Dooley Wilson, actor

Dooley Wilson didn't play Little Joe Jackson in Cabin in the Sky it was Eddie "Rochester"Andersons role. After all my research Dooley Wilson had nothing to do with Cabin in the Sky although there were many great actors in that movie...Ethel Water as Petunia, Eddie Rochester Anderson as Little Joe Jackson, Lena Horne as Georgia Brown, Louis Armstrong, Oscar Polk, Willie Best, Bill Bailey, Butterfly McQueen and Duke Ellington. It is a funny and warm the most endearing film a wonderful childhood memory and as an adult I watch it whenever it comes on tv. Wiki sites the cast IMDB had it wrong, google the movie the DVD cover sites it to be sure

Thank you, Anne Bosio — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.196.198.37 (talk) 13:52, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

The article Dooley Wilson or Cabin in the Sky (and other articles) may be edited by anyone to remove or correct inaccurate information. It is best if you can cite a source, although for negative info that is often hard -- no source will say "Wilson was not in the cast of...". I would advise posting on the talk page of the article (Talk:Cabin in the Sky) explaining your changes and citing a source for the correct cast list. Cabin in the Sky currently says that Wilson played the role on Broadway, and Anderson took over the role for the film. Do you have a source that says differently? DES ^(talk) 17:03, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

Horsham, Pennsylvania

Horsham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Horsham, Pennsylvania (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Hello. I am contacting you from Horsham Township, Pennsylvania. I work for the township and we have revised and edited our "Horsham Township, PA" page on Wikepedia but just found out that there is another page also on Wikipedia called "Horsham, PA" which has inaccurate information. The URL is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horsham,_Pennsylvania

Can you please take down this page as I do not wish to have to update two differnt pages on the same website for the same township.

Thank you. Colleen Wilson Administrative Assistant Horsham Township 1025 Horsham Road Horsham, PA 19044 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.95.179.230 (talk) 13:59, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

You don't "have to" update any of Wikipedia's articles "for" anybody, although appropriate, high-quality sourced updates are always appreciated. As a town employee you have a potential conflict of interest and should familiarise yourself with the policy and edit with caution if at all; however, your recent updates don't appear to be inappropriate. As for your request, the two pages could possibly be merged to preserve their edit histories if they are on the same subject, but a quick glance tells me that one is about a "township" and the other about a "census-designated place" (ie a town) that forms the greater part of that township. They have different geographical areas and different population totals. I am not familiar with the terminology of US local and regional administrative geography, or the criteria for deciding which units qualify for articles and which don't. Maybe someone more familiar with the subject can take a look at the articles? - Karenjc (talk) 14:38, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

It looks as if the demographic information in the "Horsham, Pennsylvania" article is rather too detailed and is in any case out of date (based on the 2000 census), thus much of it could be removed. Having done that, there would not be enough material left to justify it as a separate article: so it could be merged with the other article. ----Ehrenkater (talk) 15:26, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

2014 Kansas Governor race.

Kansas gubernatorial election, 2014 (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

I became a Candidate for Kansas Governor October 8Th, 2013 for the 2014 election. You keep dropping me off your publication. Why???? Herbert West III, Republican candidate for Kansas Governor 2014. http://herbertwestiiicandidateforksgovernor.blogspot.com/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.201.59.155 (talk) 14:29, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

Do you have independent, reliable confirmation, that is, independent as in not from your own blog then we can help you. Surely some news reports or some such has carried this? --Jayron32 14:43, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

You have been adding your name to the list at Kansas gubernatorial election, 2014, but without any reference to prove that you you have declared. Until you can provide such a reference, it is likely that it will continue to be removed. Meanwhile, I have formatted it correctly. Maproom (talk) 14:49, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

I have found, and added, a reference. Maybe your name will stay there now. Maproom (talk) 14:55, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

Though, the article says you're a Republican, and the reference says you're a Democrat. I'll leave this to someone who understands US politics. Maproom (talk) 14:59, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

I have removed the reference, as that was for the 2010 election, not the 2014. - David Biddulph (talk) 15:52, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

Request for an editor to review the errors on the Whole Foods Market article

The article for Whole_Foods_Market has several flags/errors to be reviewed by editors. But no editors are seemingly reviewing or addressing those errors. :-(

Is there a place to request an editor to review the article to take appropiate action on the flags/errors? I'd appreciate it!

Thanks, Pat Grady Digital Marketing Analyst Whole Foods Market — Preceding unsigned comment added by Iampatgrady (talk • contribs) 19:30, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

It looks to me like a comprehensive rewrite is needed to fix the issues. For rexample, how the founders showered is of absolutely no relevance to the company and needs to be removed. Using the term "Memorial Day" instead of an actual date is also innapropriate - readers outside the US won't know the date of Memorial Day and the fact that the flood happened on that particular day has nothing to do with the price of organic tofu. The tone of the writing is also wrong for an encyclopedia. Basically it's a fairly poor puff-piece and needs radical surgery if it is to become an acceptable encyclopedic article. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 11:20, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

@Iampatgrady: Pat, the answer to your question is no - there is no place to post something like "Here's an article that needs fixing". That's because there are literally scores of thousands of articles on Wikipedia that are marked with flags/error messages. Since virtually everyone here is a volunteers, whether an article gets fixed or not usually comes down to whether anyone is personally interested.

Having said that, there is a way to make it more likely that specific errors are fixed. You can post suggestions - the more specific, the better, including suggested wording - at Talk:Whole Foods Market. But please, please don't do that unless you also include reliable sources that support your suggested changes. (If the source is online, all you need to do is mention the url.)

As for the general problem noted at the top of the page - that "This article appears to be written like an advertisement" (I removed the other warning, since it's outdated, I believe), unfortunately dealing with that is, as Roger said, going to require a rewrite by an experienced Wikipedia editor. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 03:13, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

insurance

Hi,

I am happy to find this page.I was just telling you that please add my website link with this page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_insurance .Its my site http://(Redacted).co.uk/life-insurance/. I hope so you will thin about that. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Katherinekatie1 (talk • contribs) 20:13, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia articles are not directories of the web, nor marketing tools. The link you mention appears to be an insurance company or agency site. The article is intended to explain what Life Insurance is, not to list the many many places where it might be obtained. DES ^(talk) 21:30, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

Katherinekatie1 is now indeffed as a spam only account. Peridon (talk) 09:50, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

Three clicks to get to a footnote

Is this kind of footnote okay? This is a featured article candidate, and I'd like to know if there's a better way to set up this footnote. The way it is now, you click on "a" in the article text. That takes you to a note with a footnote at the end, so you click that. This leads to merely the author name, so you click that to finally get to the source. Three clicks to get to a source! Okay, or not?Anythingyouwant (talk) 20:59, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

@Anythingyouwant: It's working exactly as it should. It's fine. I think you're looking at it in sort of a skewed way. It's not three clicks to get to it, unless you concatenate the note with the citation to the note. It's one click to get from the note markup (^[a]) to the text of the note. That's direct. The citation appended to the note (^[1]), is not verifying the text in the body of the article but the text of the note, so you wouldn't count body → note → bibliography, because the citation is not verifying any text in the body, i.e. they're two separate events: a note, and a citation to a note. It's thus two clicks to get from the citation on the note to the full citation in the bibliography, which is the same as every other citation in the article, and which is the same as every citation in any article using shortened footnotes. Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 03:22, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

Okay, thanks for the reply. I will forget about it (until they make me click four times).Anythingyouwant (talk) 13:55, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

Short citations are useful when citing to multiple pages in the same reference. There's more reasons for using them at Help:Shortened footnotes. To me, they convey that newspaper articles in that article have the same weight as books. -- Jreferee (talk) 15:05, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

Correction to AL RAI newspaper Kuwait

Ali Rooz is the vice Editor and not an occasional correspondent The correspondent in Beirut is Wissam ABOU HARFOUSH and not Wesam The correspondent in Brussels in Elijah J Magnier

Best — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.109.4.191 (talk) 20:59, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

I have corrected the information about Ali Rooz, since that is supported by his Wikipedia article. As for the rest of the information, I deleted - entirely - the unreferenced "Staff" section, because it is a violation of our policy about what Wikipedia is NOT - specifically, Wikipedia is NOT a directory. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 02:45, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

Adam Dreamhealer

Are we able to start a page on Adam Dreamhealer? He is noted in 2 articles in Wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Nations_University_of_Canada and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Mitchell

Thank you Flmcl — Preceding unsigned comment added by Flmcl01 (talk • contribs) 21:10, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

It depends on the sources you have for the article. First see the Notability, Verifiability and Reliable sources policies, then decide if your sources are adequate. If you believe you can do an article pleas see the Your first article guide. If Mr. Dreamhealer is currently alive the article must comply with the Biographies of living persons rules too. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 11:33, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

The request is at Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Adam Lance McLeod. -- Jreferee (talk) 02:15, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

Editing photo caption

I need to correct the caption to the photograph on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_String_Quartet. How do I do that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aginsrh (talk • contribs) 21:13, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

Click "edit" at the top of the article and change the text of the caption. Dismas|^(talk) 21:34, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

Why am I being constantly logged out?

I am a long term user who always signs in for 30 days at a time. Five times today I have been logged out, even between edits, without my computer being turned off or any other problems on my end, as well as twice yesterday and the day before. I run an Asus computer with Windows 7 and a Safari browser. I have not changed any settings or installed any programs for weeks. I have had two glitches in the past related to an edit tool when wikipedia updated something in regard to certain browsers. Is there a general problem like this now? Thanks. μηδείς (talk) 21:25, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

The cookie that WP stores may have become corrupted. Try deleting it and logging in again. On a Mac, you can use the "Reset Safari" menu option to do this. I would think it's the same on a Win. machine though I don't have access to one right now to find it. Dismas|^(talk) 21:54, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, I did reboot, and it seems to have stopped. I do know how to delete cookies if it comes to that. Thanks for the answer. μηδείς (talk) 01:03, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

It happened again, so I have deleted all wiki cookies. μηδείς (talk) 04:36, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

Deleting my cookies seems to have solved the problem! Thanks. μηδείς (talk) 15:49, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

How long does it take to register an account? What if I receive no password?

I requested an account on the English Wikipedia from 86.186.148.151 on 14 Oct, received an instantaneous acknowledgement giving me an ACC # number and a web address at which to complete the request, which I followed up immediately. I was told I would receive a confirmation email with my password shortly, but that was over 4 days ago and still nothing has happened.

In case the confirmation email was lost I went to Special:PasswordReset and entered my email: the automated response said I would receive an email with a new password, but again no email has been received.

My Requested user name does not show up in the Wikipedia list of usernames.

What do I do now? I can find no info covering this eventuality. 31.51.250.227 (talk) 21:36, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

Have you checked your spam filter? Dismas|^(talk) 21:39, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

Yes, several times! 31.51.250.227 (talk) 21:43, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

Nothing ventured, nothing gained — I tried registering (again) using the "Click here to register" button on WP:Tutorial/Registration. This invited me to suggest my own password and this time my request was immediately acknowledged. I'm now – after five days – a registered user. Wellset (talk) 09:33, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

Where do I ask a BLP notability question?

I'm considering writing an article on a living person, but I'm not 100% sure he's notable. I'd like to link to some sources and have other editors help me decide. Should I do that here or somewhere else? Thanks, HtownCat (talk) 22:11, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

I thought I recalled a notability notice board. I can't find one. I suggest you assemble some sources, or perhaps even a draft article, on a page in your userspacve, and ask one or more experienced editors to look them over. Or you could use the Articles for Creation process, where you create a draft and a reviewer assesses it, with notability being a major aspect of the assessment. DES ^(talk) 23:20, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

@HtownCat: This is probably the best place to ask, once you've assembled a list of sources (at a user page, like User:HtownCat/ArticleName. I do suggest that these be more than URLs (article title, and publisher, are extremely useful), and I also suggest your writing a first sentence for this possible article - that's where a claim of importance is normally made. I don't think it's worth writing a draft article until/unless you get positive feedback on your list of sources. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 02:38, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

Spelling Error

Hello.

I don't need any help but you do have a spelling error when editing a page.

Whoever wrote the information at the top has written "Encyclopedic content must be verifiable." but the word is spelt "Encyclopaedic". Just thought you might want to know.

Only in British English - and that seems to be gradually adopting the American spelling (possibly because many people don't know how to type a ligature in place of the "ae"). Wikipedia uses both British and American English, so "encyclopedic" is perfectly acceptable here. Yunshui 雲‍水 23:11, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

October 19

Remove bio

There is a bio on myself that I did not authorize and would like to have removed — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.113.46.103 (talk) 01:12, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

In order to get any help you will at minimum need to point us to which one of the 4,300,000 articles is the one about you.

If you do not wish to disclose publicly, then you can contact the OTRS team as described WP:AUTOPROB.

However, 1) Wikipedia does not have "authorized" pages by anyone, every article is up for editing by any editors who can contribute within our policies; 2) We actively discourage involvement in articles by people who have a conflict of interest; 3) if you happen to meet the notability requirements for having a stand alone article - that you have been covered in a significant manner by reliable third party sources it is likely that your article will stay posted (although with the editing of experienced editors it will likely be brought into compliance with our policies such as all of the content being verified as having been previously published in a reliable source and presented in a neutral point of view.-- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 01:52, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

William Bowes

William Bowes (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

October 19 SIR WILLIAM BOWES Please get rid of the number !1 footnote that is hanging to the right of the page - not to be confused with the number 1 footnote underneath the article -in the correct place. THere should be 3 refeernces. Cheers Mike — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.214.10.139 (talk) 02:54, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

SIR WILLIAM BOWES I have had trouble doing the references for this page (above) Please help me. Cheers Mike — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.214.10.139 (talk) 22:46, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

Resolved

it was an extra footnote place in the footnotes section. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 13:35, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

Search and Replace

I am attempting to edit a page using the search and replace function. When I click on the icon to use it, I am redirected to the top of the page and nothing else happens. Could you explain how to use the search and replace function? ȸ (talk) 04:32, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

I don't generally use the buttons above the edit window, so I just looked through them and didn't see a search and replace button in the WP buttons. Is this a feature of your browser perhaps? If so, I can think of two possible scenarios. A) You need to put the cursor in the edit window first and then do the search and replace and B) You're working with a browser that doesn't search the edit window but instead only searches the non-editable text of the web page. On the occasions when I need to do a search and replace, I generally copy the entire text of an article and paste it into a word processor that just uses straight ASCII text in order to not mess with the formatting of the article. I do the search and replace there and then copy/paste it back into the edit window here at WP. Dismas|^(talk) 05:45, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

@Dismas: It's a bit hard to notice. In advanced options, look to the far right. The icon for it is: .--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 13:10, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

Fuhghettaboutit, I thanked you for the edit and took you on your word but now that I'm editing something, I still don't see it. On the right I have Insert, Picture Gallery, Table, Redirect. There are no buttons further right from there. Dismas|^(talk) 21:01, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

@Dismas: You can see it all the way to the right in this screenshot (actually almost touching the "Y" in "You" that this post starts with). Are you not seeing that when you click edit on a page? If not I have no idea why that would be!--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 22:32, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

@Fuhghettaboutit: Nope. Don't see it. I have nothing there. Dismas|^(talk) 23:38, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

@ȸ: Hey ȸ. I know that there was a problem earlier this year with the search and replace function being broken for Internet Explorer and Opera (Template:Bug), though not the problem you've described. Maybe try a different browser (or update the one you are using)? If no one else comes with more targeted advice, you might try posting to Wikipedia:Village pump (technical). Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 13:10, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

• I gave up on that months ago. I simply use Preferences → Gadgets → wikEd, a full-featured integrated text editor for Firefox, Safari, and Google Chrome. Please read the help page for usage instructions. myself which has a ReGex (optional) search and replace or I copy and paste and do my search and replace with Notepad++. Technical 13 (talk) 00:02, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

I just use Word if I want to edit something offline (as Dismas does) and its search and replace function is perfect. WikiEd is okay. But the search and replace function here works seamlessly for me so I still wonder why he's not seeing it. It works for me here with Firefox, Safari and Opera.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 13:14, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

Domain inactive

Hi...

I have registered an account with an email adresse from a domain i dont own any more. How can i get access to my wiki account? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.247.128.173 (talk) 09:55, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

AFAIK if you can't remember your password, and cannot gain access to the email your provided that the recovery is being sent to, there is no way to retrieve the account (barring usurpation which is only allowed for accounts with little to no substantive edits or log activity). I can only suggest that you create another account with a similar name, mention on the userpage that you used to edit under the old account name and link to it, and edit your old account's userpage to mention your new account name. Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 13:20, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

Alumni L. I. U. C. W. Post UNIVERSITY

Please add the name of Dr.Bruce Lipton to the famous graduates of L. I. U C. W. Post University. I believe that his stature as an advanced Cellular Biologist,author, and lecturer should qualify him for that honor. Thank you for looking into this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.87.82.29 (talk) 10:18, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

If you have a reliable source that supports the information, you can fix it yourself! Without a source, others are unlikely to add content to an article becuase we require that claims be verifiable. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 13:47, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

The Bruce Lipton article does have such a source. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 16:23, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

Added.[2] -- Jreferee (talk) 01:24, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

articles

how do you make articles — Preceding unsigned comment added by Coolcharl578 (talk • contribs) 10:28, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

See the Your first article guide. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 11:22, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

John Hunter (physician)

How can I create a page for 'John Hunter (physician)' (1754-1809)? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hunter_(physician)

That page was previously set up - incorrectly - as a redirect to the more famous medical John Hunter, and then the page was subsequently deleted altogether. link

John Hunter (1754-1809): http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Hunter,_John_(d.1809)_(DNB00) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.240.47.61 (talk) 12:59, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

Please read Your first article. I suggest you submit the article through the Articles for creation process to ensure good quality. Samwalton9 (talk) 14:48, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

What links here shows that red linked page already links to pages referring to John Hunter (physician)' (1754-1809). To create the page 'John Hunter (physician)' (1754-1809), click on the link John Hunter (physician) and post. -- Jreferee (talk) 01:09, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

Moving an archive page

I'm trying to move archive pages Talk:African-American Civil Rights Movement (1955–1968)/Archive 1 thru Talk:African-American Civil Rights Movement (1955–1968)/Archive 7 to the new article namespace Talk:African-American Civil Rights Movement (1955–68). I can't figure out how to make the archives appear above the "search archives" box.

Secondly, the User:MiszaBot I automatically created another archive 7 page using the current talk page titled Talk:African-American Civil Rights Movement (1955–68), but it does not appear above the "search archives" box. How do I correct the creation of a second archive 7 and make it appear with the other archives on the talk page?

Thanks. --Mitchumch (talk) 13:09, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

BDD moved the article in March 2013,[3] so that the "1968" in the article name now reads "68". I'll ask BDD to reply here. -- Jreferee (talk) 00:55, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

Facebook chat

My facebook chat bar changed but instead it turned black and moved to the left side of the screen ?? how can i move on to my older chat bar ?? please help — Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.49.14.125 (talk) 14:11, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

Hi, judging by your comment you aren't aware that this is the Help Desk for the website Wikipedia, not that for Facebook. Please direct this query to their support. Samwalton9 (talk) 14:45, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

Major General Sir Michael Creagh

I have modified the existing article to correct some minor errors and to add additional pertinent information. However, I am told that there is some fault with this. Perhaps you could explain what I have done wrong.

Richard Doherty (talk) 14:12, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

The problem was that you broke a "<ref>" tag with your edit which was used to verify the statements being made. Alongside this you added unreferenced information, so as well written as your additions were I've reverted them and you should try to add a reliable source for the information next time. If you want to find the text you wrote just go to the history of the page to see your previous addition. Samwalton9 (talk) 14:44, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

Mackenzie Lee

When you Google Kackenzie Lee you get a British porn star with Mackenzie Lee from the DCC Cheerleaders showing. However, when you click on the link, it shows the real Mackenzie Lee porn star. Please remove the DCC Cherperleader Ipin association. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.212.60.173 (talk) 15:12, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

This is the fault of Google not Wikipedia as far as I know. The Wikipedia article has a correct image. Samwalton9 (talk) 15:43, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

Nothing to do with Wikipedia. To report the mismatch to Google, do the search then click on the "give feedback" link and click "wrong" next to the picture. - Karenjc (talk) 17:23, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

I've reported it to Google. But it's up to them to do anything about it. Dismas|^(talk) 23:51, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

Reversing a redirect

I still haven't figured out whether I can reverse a redirect myself, or whether I need assistance from the Help Desk to do it. The article is currently titled Robert d'Ufford, 1st Earl of Suffolk, [4], but no RS (Complete Peerage, ODNB) refers to the family as d'Ufford, and I'd like to move the page to Robert de Ufford, 1st Earl of Suffolk. (The article on his son has already been redirected by someone from William d'Ufford, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, to William de Ufford, 2nd Earl of Suffolk.) At present, there's a redirect from Robert de Ufford, 1st Earl of Suffolk, so I can't move the page to that title without reversing the redirect. Any help with this would be much appreciated. NinaGreen (talk) 16:07, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

Please make a request at Wikipedia:Requested moves so an administrator can move the page. Samwalton9 (talk) 17:02, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

Thanks! NinaGreen (talk) 18:48, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

subject "Epic" not properly represented

The subject "Epic" comes up as a movie, or as poetry. I think that the modern definition of "Epic" as a "larger than life event or production" should be foremost in search results. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.201.25.50 (talk) 17:58, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

Dictionary definitions belong at wiktionary, see epic. The fact that a word shows up in the title of an article is often more an artifact of our naming process than meant as a comprehensive definition. Historically, the term epic does have to do with a certain type of poetry. The definition you propose is modern development that doesn't cover the historical scope of the term. μηδείς (talk) 18:10, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

adding a artist

I just wondered why rapper lil snupe has not been added to wikipedia when i put his name in it takes me straight to meek mill page lil snupe should have his own pg what info dp i need to submit for him to be added — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.230.250.225 (talk) 18:23, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

Take a look at the Your first article guide and also the rules for articles about living people. -- Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 18:31, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

Lil Snupe is not a living person. The question is whether enough material exists to write an article about him, since he was killed at the age of 16 before ever releasing anything more than a demo. Looie496 (talk) 18:33, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

The rules as to whether a person is notable enough for a Wikipedia article can be found here. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 02:21, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

Misdirected Message

Hi,

I received a final warning with regard to an edit of a page this morning (MIss You by Rolling Stones). This has come to me by mistake as I have never edited Wikipedia.

Cheers,

Peter — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.168.192.26 (talk) 19:35, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

someone from that IP has. see [5]. however, that was from many years ago and is essentially irrelevant (unless you start editing and exhibiting the same characteristics that happened before).

If you dont wish to get messages intended for someone else, you can create an account of your own - its free and more anonymous than editing by an IP which anyone can look up for information. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 19:42, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

October 20

I have info about claims made in a Wikipedia article; unfortunately it's OR. What can I do?

While researching the origin of Johnny Marzetti for the eponymous article (of which I am a frequent editor), I contacted the T. Marzetti company for information. I received a response (on August 19th of this year) essentially disavowing any knowledge of the dish. I quote that response in its entirety (having redacted the salutation and closing) here:

Thank you for contacting T. Marzetti Company with your inquiry about the History of the Johnny Marzetti Casserole.

Unfortunately, we are unable to confirm the origin of the Johnny Marzetti Casserole. The restaurant had three locations. The first restaurant opened in 1896 on the Ohio State Campus. The second restaurant was located at 59 E. Gay Street from 1919 – 1942. Lastly, the third restaurant was located at 16 E. Broad Street. The Broad Street location closed when Teresa died in 1972 at the age of 92.

I'd like to incorporate this information into the article, particularly as other sources cited in the article make claims that are inconsistent with this. Unfortunately, this emailed response to my query is, essentially, original research.

Any ideas on how I could proceed?

Mark Shaw (talk) 02:04, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

@Mark Shaw: - The "other sources" in the article which yo mention are exclusively pages at ohiohistorycentral.org, a website published by the Ohio Historical Society. You might send on the information you've obtained to the Society, and ask them to consider changing their website pages accordingly. However, I will note that "unable to confirm" is not the same as mean "untrue"; in this case, it seems to me to mean "There isn't anyone here who knows anything." So perhaps a more fruitful approach would be to ask the Society what sources they used to write their pages, rather than to suggest that they are inaccurate.

Also, may I suggest you look at WP:REFB - the format of the footnotes in that article is terrible. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 03:56, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

@Mark Shaw:, your email parallels this March 2013 news article. This article notes that Marzetti's restaurant was located on the ground floor of the Hayden Building on E. Broad from 1940 until it closed in 1972, meaning the E. Broad location of Marzetti's restaurant did not begin in 1896, contrary to this article, which states that Teresa Marzetti opened a restaurant on Broad Street in Columbus, Ohio, in 1896. Several sources point to the 1896 Marzetti's restaurant not being opened on Broad Street but instead being opened on the Ohio State Campus. -- Jreferee (talk) 11:47, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

Contact

i want make contact my dear one in your country,i am a father,how you can help me — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.194.132.74 (talk) 10:42, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

This is for help about Wikipedia. We are not a social network connecting service. You may wish to contact your local embassy officials. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 15:56, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

Searching in Wikipedia

can i search about any information in wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.100.165.91 (talk) 12:07, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

Yes. The search box is at the top right of this, and every, page. Dismas|^(talk) 12:45, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

Well, that's really only useful in searching for titles, not in searching contents. For that, Google often works better. Looie496 (talk) 16:05, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

The Search function searches on more than just titles. If it finds an exact match for a title, it takes you right there; otherwise, it searches on content as well. To force a search on content, precede your search with a tilde (~). For more details, see Help:Searching. --Larry (talk) 17:40, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

I recently wrote an article called "anisa moghaddam" (Songwriter who wrote "Piano" for "Ariana grande" on her hit album 'Yours truly').

When I log in to my wiki account I can see the article but when I type her name into google I don't see the wiki article.

How do I know if the article is live to the public? Does it need to be checked by wiki first before being made available to the public?

I would also like to create a link from the article "yours truly" to the article "anisa moghaddam" , but when I try to edit the "yours truly' article and type in 'anisa moghaddam", wiki tells me the 'anisa moghaddam' article does not exist.