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February 28

Rejected article on AFC

Hi. I wrote an article on Ken Block last month (Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Ken Block (businessman)) and it was rejected yesterday. I followed the guidelines in the AFC wizard to the letter so I'm not sure what I did wrong. The reviewer left a link but it doesn't work. I'm guessing they meant WP:POLITICIAN but I didn't submit Block as a politician. I was going by Wikipedia:Notability (people) ("If a person has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject, they are presumed to satisfy the inclusion criteria for a stand-alone article.") on the fourth page of the AFC wizard (Wikipedia:Article wizard/Biographical notability). I included 54 cited references which all pass Wikipedia:RS (Wikipedia:Article wizard/Sources). Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. 72.74.204.125 (talk) 00:08, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

It may be that Hasteur meant to type WP:N (the main notability page) and changed his mind and intended WP:POLITICIAN. Since Block is a politician, or at least a political figure, deriving most of his notability from his campaign for Governor and his subsequent political stands and advocacy. So it is appropriate to look at WP:POLITICIAN. He clearly does not pass point 1 of that, as he has never held office. Point 2 could be argued. So we fall back to WP:ANYBIO or the WP:GNG (point 3 of is basically just the WP:GNG restated). I will look this over from that point of view, and respond further. DES ^(talk) 00:31, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

The draft looks acceptable to me, but as a matter of courtesy, and in case I missed soemthign relevant, i have left a message for the previous reviewer on User talk:Hasteur#Draft:Ken Block (businessman). DES ^(talk) 01:15, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

By the way, while I would tend to approve this, there are a number of improvements that I think can and should be made. First, since Block is largely notable as a political figure -- his business career alone would probably not justify an article -- I would name this Ken Block (politician) or perhaps "political activist". Secondly, in the "Master Lever" section especially there is some prose that confuses what is being attributed to Block or others with what is being stated as fact. In particular, the sentence "The master lever also created an unfair advantage for majority political parties at the expense of minority and third-parties." is stated as if it were a fact, but is uncited. It looks to me as if this is the opinion of Block, or perhaps of the Moderate Party or others seeking removal of the "master lever" option. If so, it needs to be clearly attributed. That whole paragraph blurs from attributed opinion to what look like statements of fact, but are probably continued opinion. This needs to be fixed. Also, there is little or no mention of any negative opinions of Block. This makes it look like a promotional article. The reliably sourced negative opinions of Block (and I can't beloved that there are none, after he was in a campaign for Gov, much less his other activities) must be quoted and attributed. DES ^(talk) 01:15, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the help. I'll keep working on the article. The claim "The master lever also created an unfair advantage for majority political parties at the expense of minority and third-parties." is sourced to Politifact.com, WarwickOnline.com. I included everything I could find online that appeared to be a reliable source. There's not a whole lot of criticism of Block, I think, simply because he's never held political office. That being said there are criticisms of Block included in the article. In the "2010 election" section he's blamed by political insiders, and specifically the RI Republican Party, for his part in the 4-way race that got Chafee elected into office (citations 5 and 8). The fourth paragraph of the "Jump to the Republican Party" deals with his poor rating on PolitiFact.com (citation 51). I know he got some flak for joining the Republican Party though I don't have a specific source for that. 72.74.204.125 (talk) 03:11, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Er no it isn't do sourced. Neither of those articles mention an effect on mintority parties at all, ewither in the editorial voice or in a quote attributesd to Block or indeed to anyone else. Moreover, neither is cited in the Wikipedia article to support that statement. But this discussion should now move to the article talk page. DES ^(talk) 11:00, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Creating a page for a Professional Disc Golf Athlete

I am new to creating pages and want to create a page for the professional disc golf's association Rookie of the year 2013. I have attempted to use a template but it's not coming out correctly. Can anyone assist? It all is very confusing to me. Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by FlyingDiscSports (talk • contribs)

draft article hidden here

Holly Finale' Finley Born Nashville, TN Nationality American Occupation Professional Disc Golfer Holly Finley is currently a professional disc golfer who was named the 2013 P.D.G.A.'s Rookie of the Year. Holly Finley is sponsored by Innova, the largest disc manufacturer in the world. In 2013, Holly Finley was the only female to compete in the sport's most prestigious event, the United States Disc Golf Championship - Performance Edition. She placed 7th and earned an invite back for the 2014 tournament. Amateur career Holly started playing disc golf in 2011 before moving to Africa for a modeling contract. While in Africa, she decided that competing in tournaments during 2012 would be her goal. Upon returning from Africa, she entered into her 1st tournament and then went on to compete in 27 P.D.G.A. sanctioned events during the year. She placed 4th at the Amateur Disc Golf World Championships and decided to turn pro the following year. During her amateur career she was awarded Amateur Women's Points leader. Professional career Holly competed in 29 sanctioned events during her first season as a professional in 2013. She ranked 7th in the National Tour Elite Points series and played the 2nd most sanctioned events of any pro female disc golfer. Holly was awarded PDGA Rookie of the Year 2013. References References External links Holly Finley Website Holly Finley PDGA Player Page

The primary issue was that you had not "closed" the footnote by placing a </ref> tag at the end. That meant the software looked at everything as part of the footnote to display at the bottom of the page. Since you couldnt see the content, you placed another copy of the body and closing and that just repeated the error again.

You may find Help:Referencing for beginners helpful. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 03:50, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Also, you need to call her "Finley", not "Holly".— Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 22:52, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

some nondescript title about an edit request

{{request edit }}

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Articles_created_via_the_Article_Wizard%20%7B%7Brequest%20edit%7D%7D

Hello, someone made a draft article about me (link above). its saved a draft work and pops up in google search. I have not authorized this and I want my information to be deleted. thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:d:9b00:40:d96a:ce89:709f:f191 (talk) 06:16, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

As you have not said who you are or what article this is about, it is going to be difficult for any editor to know how to help you. But in general, articles or parts of articles are not deleted just because their subject wants them to be. Maproom (talk) 07:48, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Referencing errors on VBTP-MR Guarani

Reference help requested. I can't get the hang of linking the second quote to the first quote of a reference source (Jane's Defence article). Thanks, Hotspur23 (talk) 06:19, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

VBTP-MR Guarani (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
I've made an edit. View the diff to see exactly what I did, or Help:Referencing for beginners#Same reference used more than once for a simple example. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:02, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Switching article and redirect page

Owing to the good faith action of an earlier editor the article on the actress Mabel Terry-Lewis is wrongly titled Mabel Terry–Lewis with an en-dash where the hyphen should be. There is a redirect page with the correct title. The content of the article should be on Mabel Terry-Lewis rather than Mabel Terry–Lewis, and the latter should be either removed altogether or turned into a redirect page. I do not know how to do this without mucking up the edit history of the article. Help gratefully received. Tim riley (talk) 08:51, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

 Done I think a simple move would have been sufficient, but I am not sure if the redir met the qualifications for a non-admin to move over it. As per MOS:HYPHEN, a personal name is joined with a hyphen, not a dash. DES ^(talk) 10:42, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Gosh! That was quick. Thank you very much. Tim riley (talk) 12:47, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Feedback tool

(Article feedback activity log); 11:19 . . Loriendrew (talk | contribs) changed visibility of the article feedback tool on "Paedophile Information Exchange" ‎[articlefeedbackv5=aft-reader] (indefinite) ‎

I have no idea how/why the above happened or how to undo it.--☾Loriendrew☽ ☏(talk) 11:43, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

The article feedback tool turns on the box at the bottom of the page which asks the reader if they have any feedback on the page, which can be read in an effort to help improve the page. Samwalton9 (talk) 11:58, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

I know what it is, what I do not know is how I changed the visibility of it. I did not make any edits on that article--☾Loriendrew☽ ☏(talk) 12:11, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Ah, sorry. Are you sure you didn't click the Enable feedback button on the left? One click is enough to turn it on. Samwalton9 (talk) 12:13, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

ok, I see that link now. I must have unintentionally hit it while scrolling, bloody ipad. Is there a way to turn it off, or just leave it?--☾Loriendrew☽ ☏(talk) 12:30, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Remove the link with the below in your CSS. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:08, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

#t-articlefeedbackv5-enable {display: none;}

Before I do that, it seems that would make me not see the tool but it would not remove the inadvertent tool addition to the article. I dont see how the above addition would change anything but my views.--☾Loriendrew☽ ☏(talk) 15:52, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

It should completely remove the link, clickable place and whole line. Just try it. If it doesn't work then you can always remove the code. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:20, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

MediaWiki:User:Gabrielchihonglee/Main Page.css

May I have the right to edit that page?--Gabrielchihonglee (talk) 14:22, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Pages in the MediaWiki namespace can only be edited by administrators. You can import User:Gabrielchihonglee/Main Page.css and ask other users to import it if they want to see the result. See Wikipedia:User scripts/Guide#Publishing a CSS file. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:22, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

moron pioneers is wrong

I just wanted you to go on and look at Danquart Weggeland and it says he did art for Moron Pioneers. I think you mean Mormon Pioneers... it would be really cool if you just fixed it. I think it would make you guys out NOT to be Morons.... he he... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.70.49.141 (talk) 14:56, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Obvious vandalism. Fixed. AndyTheGrump (talk) 15:00, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Ask another user to nominate Simon Mills (writer) for deletion...

...so, here I am. I came across this article that clearly doesn't belong on WP, and decided to try the AfD process. I got as far as I could, before finding the above message —from someplace that allowed me to 'View source':

{{subst:afd2|pg={{subst:SUBPAGENAME}}|cat=U|text=Reason}} ~~~~

I thought I might find a way to do this, but as an IP, it appears I can't.  ~Help!  ~Eric  → 
the IP:71.20.250.51 (talk) 15:41, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

• I believe the next step is the creation of: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Simon Mills (writer) — With rationale from: Talk:Simon Mills (writer) #Nominated for deletion?  ~IP=71.20.250.51 (talk) 18:14, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Isn't there a bot that goes around fixing malformed AfDs?--ukexpat (talk) 18:48, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

That won't help here because the AfD page needs to be created first for any bot to know to act and the issue is that IPs can't create non-talk pages so the person cannot create the AfD page itself. The best solution would be for you, 71.20.250.51, to create an account, which should take you less than one minute. I would go do the nomination for you and someone else might, but I am unwilling because from the text of your nomination it does not look like you have done any due diligence (see WP:BEFORE) to see whether this person is actually notable, rather than whether the article demonstrates notability. The former, and not the latter, is a proper basis for a resource intensive AfD.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 19:04, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

The only thing that I've found for that  Simon Mills is his homepage:[1] (it seems to be him). There are at least two other  "Simon Mills" who are notable "writers" (authors) [2] , [3] ←(the one I was looking for)  ~:71.20.250.51 (talk) 20:13, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

As another user has nominated the article for deletion (without referring to your proposed nomination), I have placed your text there. Feel free to remove my framing of the issue and rewrite your text as you see fit (if you do remove my framing then please remove me entirely, including my signature, and note in your edit summary that I said it was okay with me, or you're likely to be reverted).--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 21:20, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

  ~:71.20.250.51 (talk) 22:02, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Widths of content on the right-hand side

Take a look at Alois Delug, and specifically the right-hand side. There's an infobox, a picture and a box with a link to Commons. All three are right-aligned but have different widths, and that's making the page look ugly. Is there a non-horrible way to fix that (i.e., no substing in templates onto the page and fiddling with magic numbers there, no hard-coding image widths)? Facing the Sky (talk) 15:31, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Well, you could move the commons category template to the left by including "|position=left" to the template but I don't know if that will make it any prettier to you. It looks fine the way it is to me. If more text were added to the article, that would help the whitespace at the bottom of the article. Dismas|^(talk) 15:46, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

I tried previewing with the commonsbox on the left, but it didn't really look good there either (and I couldn't rationalise it appearing in the 'References' section anyway). That doesn't help the infobox-picture discord, either. I agree it'd look better with more text, but the article as it is needs some more sources dug out before it can be expanded. Facing the Sky (talk) 15:54, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

How about an 'External links' section at the bottom with |position=left parameter for the Commons link.  You can tinker with the infobox image by adding |image size =  Also, the thumbnail painting image can be tinkered with by replacing "thumb" with XXXpx (XXX is size in pixels). You could also consider moving the image to a {{gallery}} (and add others) -- which displays horizontally. ~Just a thought,  ~:71.20.250.51 (talk) 16:28, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Oh!  See: Template:Commons category-inline ... this would work better for a link in the 'External links' section  

E.g.: {{Commons-inline|Alois Delug}} renders:

Media related to Alois Delug at Wikimedia Commons

~:71.20.250.51 (talk) 16:57, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

The problem with hard-coding a pixel size for the picture is that then there's no automatic resizing according to preference/resolution—but the image in the infobox, which partially determines the infobox's width, would get resized. So, that only works if the infobox's image and the picture are given fixed sizes and the infobox's extra padding is also fixed, but I think that that might cause problems across different viewing configurations (e.g., images too large on phone screens, or too small on big monitors).

If I can figure out a way to get Template:Authority control to render inline, an 'External links' section would be good for that and the commonsbox. Facing the Sky (talk) 17:03, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Should list-like "Popular culture" info be moved to an article or to a disambiguation page?

Dear editors: There's an article, Still waters run deep, and a redirect to it Still waters run deep (fable). There is also an old Afc submission Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Still waters run deep which has a "popular culture" section. Then there's another page Still waters run deep (disambiguation). Should the "popular culture" information be added to the mainspace article as it is in the draft, or would this be unnecessary duplication? If the extra items are added to the disambiguation page instead, does the attribution need to be preserved? (It's just a few words.) —Anne Delong (talk) 17:36, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

"In popular culture" sections should have third party sources discussing the how/what/whys the appearance in popular culture is notable/worth encyclopedia coverage. Without that, the DAB is a better home. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 18:05, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

After looking at those, I agree. The "popular culture" section in the AFC article is really a disambiguation list, and should be included only in the disambiguation article and nowhere else. Other articles should have a tag {{for}} or {{otheruses}} at the top.

I see no reason to list any of these popular culture items in the primary topic article, just because they happen to have the same name. The only exception might be for items where the title and its association with the primary topic is discussed in reliable sources. ~Amatulić (talk) 18:07, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

That's great. Thanks for taking time to check this out. —Anne Delong (talk) 21:55, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Referencing errors on Bogmalo Beach

Reference help requested.

Hello Referencebot, I can't figure out the reference error you've pointed out regarding the article Bogmalo Beach. Can you be more specific about the url. Thanks, (MrNiceGuy1113 (talk) 19:05, 28 February 2014 (UTC))

It was fixed long ago in [4]. A pipe '|' is part of template syntax and can normally not be part of a template parameter. If all the pipes in the title parameter had been encoded as {{!}} then it would have worked. Did you use a tool which encoded the first pipe in title=Bogmalo Beach {{!}} Goa Beaches | Goa | India, but not the rest? PrimeHunter (talk) 19:14, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Need an answer

I need to know how to block this site. I can still remember the first and only time I used it, and it wasn't a good time. I had come across untrue info, and couldn't trust you ever since. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.160.81.246 (talk) 22:01, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Have you tried willpower? If that doesn't work, here's a list of content-control software. I can't vouch for any particular software, but I swear by just not visiting certain sites. InedibleHulk (talk) 22:04, February 28, 2014 (UTC)

Frankly, I wouldn't trust that list. — Preceding sarcastic comment added by 71.20.250.51 (talk) 22:39, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

You can block any website by editing your hosts (file).--Shantavira|^{feed me} 09:41, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

March 1

A question, if I may, about user pages...

Hello there. I am not new to Wikipedia, but I'm new to editing, and I hope to get better at it. Before I start working for the benefit of other pages, though, I need to fix my own first, which brings me to my question. There is a certain position in which I would like to place a couple of userboxes on my user page. I'm sure there is a page with information about the codes necessary to do so, but where would that be? Thank you. GeekInItsPurestForm (talk) 00:31, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

@GeekInItsPurestForm: Hey GeekInItsPurestForm. A general place to explore is Wikipedia:Userboxes and especially its subsection at Grouping userboxes. See also the documentation for the template {{Userboxtop}}, and you might find Wikipedia:User page design center helpful. Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 01:31, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

@Fuhghettaboutit: Thank you very much for your assistance. GeekInItsPurestForm (talk) 03:16, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Use of "etc" - is there a guideline?

I have noticed "etc" is used sometimes in Wikipedia, but doesn't this go against the principles if it's not obvious what the "etc" means? Wondering if there's any guidance on this - I can't find anything in the help pages (the example I'm looking at is Packaging and labeling, where there are several instances). Cheers! Tony Holkham (talk) 00:38, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

I'm not aware of any specific guideline on the use of "etc", Tony Holkham, and i don't think we need one. I would say that, in general, clearer and less ambiguous writing is preferred. If you fell you can rewrite an article to improve its clarity, while still staying within what cited sources support, feel free to go ahead and be WP:BOLD. I looked at the uses of "etc" in Packaging and labeling and I didn't find any of them particularly unclear, although no doubt they could be improved. DES ^(talk) 01:24, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, DES, I guess common sense comes into play here. Tony Holkham (talk) 01:48, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Horn of africa

Note: This appears to be about File:MapHymiariteKingdom.jpg which is included in multiple Wikipedias and here, in Horn of Africa and four other articles.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 01:42, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

As Somalis we are complaining about and want to be taken out the bias,inaccurate,unproportionate and selective map on the page which says ivory cinnamon and slavery.It was the somalis who had been slave owners and slave traders until the 1940s(evidence available).The way this gentleman put it would confuse the readers.This looks like a mission to stamp the somalis.We can even guess who he/she is.Shall we guess? also we have a lot of telltales about the aim of this mission.We can tell you more

kind regards

Nasser — Preceding unsigned comment added by MD.nasser (talk • contribs) 00:43, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

the map is in the history section and is a copy recreation of a historical map. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 02:47, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Alok Ulfat ( Reason of Deletion *

Dear Concern,

There is a page which is being deleted when it posted 2 times, The page url was www.wikipedia.org/Alok_Ulfat

Please let me know the reason of its deletion. I would like to attempt one more time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sushilranakoti (talk • contribs) 05:08, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Viewing Alok Ulfat shows that the page was deleted in September 2012, and the reason was "One author who has requested deletion or blanked the page". If a person creates a page then blanks the page (and no one else has edited it), it is assumed that the author was conducting a test that is no longer required, and the page should be deleted. You could put a new section at User talk:Yunshui and ask the administrator who deleted the page to put the last useful version somewhere for you to reconsider. Please add a space then four tilde characters (~~~~) at the end of the last line when you post another comment; that creates a signature. Johnuniq (talk) 05:20, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

artist page has been wrongly deleted and is now redirected

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Riebl The content of this artist page has been updated by his management and on 2 occasions today it has been changed. It is now totally removed and redirected to The Cat Empire's page. User DI2000 has been in contact and has ignored the messages left on his page. Can someone get in touch with us and restore Felix Riebl wikipedia's page. Regards. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Digital2social (talk • contribs) 06:07, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Please see the messages on your talk page.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 09:45, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

City of Lemberg history

Information regarding the city of Lemberg. http://books.google.com/books?id=78hZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA794&lpg=PA794&dq=prince+danielowicz&source=bl&ots=LNzXyuzh6V&sig=abPKvZ3SUeVFejBflyVgq083kqc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=BT0RU-OsH5DaoASpw4KoCw&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAw — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.236.225.203 (talk) 06:46, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Thank you. You may wish to bring the source to the article talk page Talk:Lviv. In general, we try to use the most recent scholarship available. There has been a lot of change in Lemberg/Lviv since that book was published in 1880 and much of the content may well be superseded. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 15:57, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

How to disable section edit links?

Until recently, the section [edit] links did not appear on any article pages for me. I could edit sections by right-clicking a section title. I know I must have somehow disabled the links in the past, but I can't find this option in Preferences now. Is there still a way to get rid of them? I find those links distracting and annoying. — Kpalion^(talk) 08:36, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

That preference has been removed but you can add the below to your CSS. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:09, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

.mw-editsection {display: none;}

Thanks, PrimeHunter; that works fine! Still, I wonder why this preference has been removed. What was wrong with it? — Kpalion^(talk) 12:42, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Many preferences with low usage were recently removed. I think a reason was to simplify maintenance of the core software. See Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 123#Removed preferences and bugzilla:52811. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:16, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Thanks! — Kpalion^(talk) 17:39, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

kancho japanease martail arts term for president

kancho is a japanease term for president not wedgie you bloody idiots,think about all the samurai kanchos yah pissen off — Preceding unsigned comment added by 211.26.50.208 (talk) 09:30, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

kancho, like a lot of words, has multiple meanings. you are correct that the article needs a lot of attention. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 18:19, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Biography of Sampson Moore, engineer

I am trying to contact the writer of this article as they may be able to help me. I am the great, great, great granddaughter of sampson Moore and the writer of the article is abviously related as well. I would love be able to contact them. Is this possible? and how would I go about it? Pabkab — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pabkab (talk • contribs) 10:15, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Doesn't seem very likely to be possible, but I see one of your relatives is attempting the same thing at User talk:Engineers11. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 10:22, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

As this request is the only edit by your account, you may not understand the history of an article, so I will explain why Demiurge1000 is being so negative.
If you go to the page on Sampson Moore and click "View history" tab at the top, you will see that the article was created on 30 December 2011‎ by an editor User:Engineers11 if you then click on "contribs" after Engineers11's name you will see all the edits they made - which were all made on 30/31 December 2011.
Having only edited for 2 days, well over two years ago, it is unlikely that they will reappear. They have not answered the message left on their talk page User talk:Engineers11 by User:Moore des in February/March 2012. - Arjayay (talk) 11:12, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

I need to contact Elizium23

Can someone message this gentleman here on Wiki and have him message me as I have left a message for him and need an answer.

I am unsure who to contact him on his page. He is very informative and professional and full of good information.

Thank you Truth&law — Preceding unsigned comment added by Truth&law (talk • contribs) 11:17, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

You can contact Elizium23 by leaving a message on User talk:Elizium23 the same way you left a messgae here. GB fan 12:08, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Looking at your edit history, you have not left a message for him at User talk:Elizium23, you left an unsigned message on your own talk page, not including any link to him, so will not be notified. Having last contacted him in July 2013, your talk page is hardly likely to attract his attention. I also note he gave you a link so you can e-mail him. You need to either leave a message on his talk page, or e-mail him. - Arjayay (talk) 12:09, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Review of My Article

Hi,

I am writing to let you know that I have created an article by February 11, then edited it. my article is under review and I do not know it is in which stage. Would you please help me and let me know the time I will receive the final review result. The link of my article is: http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/International_Journal_of_Health_Policy_and_Management_(IJHPM)&action=history

Looking forward to receive your kind reply ASAP.

Yours Sincerely,

Mina — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mina.Moradzadeh (talk • contribs) 12:01, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

it is unlikely to be approved anytime soon no matter when it is actually reviewed. there is no evidence that it meets the requirements for a stand alone article: that independent reliable sources have written about it in a significant manner, and so the review is going to decline. In addition, the formatting is a mess with about a gazillion inappropriate external links in the body of the article. Those will all need to be removed. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 13:09, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

in addition, the piece reads as an advertisement, not an encyclopedia article. all addresses to the reader (" gives you this opportunity to " ) will need to be removed. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 13:31, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not a link repository, and it's not a place to promote a product. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, it contains encyclopedia articles. Your content is merely a paragraph describing a product (that "sources" its own website) and a directory of links, it is not an encyclopedia article. I suggest you glance at WP:COI before attempting a rewrite, as well. Scarce2 (talk) 13:40, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Formatting weirdness

The Yonsei University article's header seems to display its name in italics, for no reason I can understand. I've looked for the usual ways in which an article might display an italicised title, such as the DISPLAYTITLE or {{italic title}} mechanisms, and can find nothing. Possibly this is happening through a template side effect, but I can't see it. Does anyone know how this is happening? -- The Anome (talk) 14:07, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Fixed with italic title = no in {{Infobox magazine}}.[5] PrimeHunter (talk) 14:13, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Thanks! -- The Anome (talk) 15:28, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

New post

How has the supreme value of human life and human blood and human dignity been forgotten in our day and age? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 182.66.15.13 (talk) 15:07, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Please do your own homework.

Welcome to the Wikipedia Help Desk. Your question appears to be a homework question. I apologize if this is a misinterpretation, but it is our aim here not to do people's homework for them, but to merely aid them in doing it themselves. Letting someone else do your homework does not help you learn nearly as much as doing it yourself. Please attempt to solve the problem or answer the question yourself first. If you need help with a specific part of your homework, feel free to tell us where you are stuck and ask for help. If you need help grasping the concept of a problem, by all means let us know.

Oh and please don't repeat the same question three times - thanks - Arjayay (talk) 15:18, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

credit

aslamo alekum mufti sb se swaal hai ke main beroon mulk hon aur yahan pe karobar ke liye bank se qarza lena chahta hon is ke bare me tafsili jawaab de kar mashkoor farmayen wa slaam ali chaudhry spain — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.40.132.57 (talk) 15:25, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Sorry - even Google translate fails with that one - although it might relate to bedroom furniture (!?!). This is the Help desk for English Wikipedia please try rephrasing in English - thanks - Arjayay (talk) 15:35, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

The few words I recognise look like Urdu, but I don't know enough to know what it's about. --ColinFine (talk) 01:28, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Referencing errors on Nelson Peltz

Reference help requested. I tried to fix this but failed. Thanks, 101.161.155.120 (talk) 22:56, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

 Resolved! References are fixed. ///EuroCarGT 01:07, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

March 2

Barun De

Dear Madam/Sir,

I write to appeal against the editing of an article I had started on 21 May 2007 on Barun De. I signed in as B_de2002. It has been locked for an year, until 15 February 2014, by a group of editors, who have all commented on TalK: Barun De. My contention is that the contents of the page are not agreeable with the original writer of the article. Since there is no agreement between the original writer and a few editors, I sincerely request that the page be deleted.

Bikramjit De — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.194.241.191 (talk) 04:38, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

The situation has been explained in crystal clear terms at Talk: Barun De, so you know that by coming here you are wasting your own time and ours. --David Biddulph (talk) 05:31, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Please read the policy that no one "owns" an article and the caution against forum shopping. By coming here after having the situation explained on the article talk page, you are forum-shopping. You have a right to request that the article be deleted via the Articles for Deletion process, but, as was discussed on the talk page, that is unlikely to prevail, because, although the subject is not notable as a historian, he is notable as an administrator. You do not have a right to request that the article be deleted because of disagreements between different editors, or because the article is not satisfactory to the subject's family. If you think that the subject's family has the right to veto the article if it doesn't pass their wishes, you are mistaken, and as David Biddulph said, you are wasting everyone's time including your own. That is not how Wikipedia works. Robert McClenon (talk) 00:30, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Changing link target in template

There are quite a few articles, such as Liswerry and Ringland, Newport, that use {{Infobox UK place}} with unitary_wales = [[Newport, Wales|Newport]]. But the sentence below the map that says, for instance, "Liswerry shown within Newport", still links to Newport (a disambiguation page) rather than to Newport, Wales. How can I fix this? —Mr. Granger (talk · contribs) 05:20, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

The problem is in Template:Infobox UK place/local, which is a protected template. I have made an edit request at Template talk:Infobox UK place/local. Thanks for pointing it out. --David Biddulph (talk) 05:46, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

 Fixed with this edit. --Redrose64 (talk) 14:08, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Shyne Po

Shyne po is from flatbush gardens. It use to be called a different name. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.56.17.101 (talk) 05:38, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

If you have information to contribute to Shyne Po or any other article, you are welcome to put it in; but please be aware that information in Wikipedia (especially about living persons) is required to be referenced to a published reliable source. The information about his origin in Belize is cited in the article which in no longer available, but you need a reliable source to change it to something different. --ColinFine (talk) 12:17, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Main Page Redesign 2014

Dear all,
The main page redesign has started, welcome to hand in your designs and join the discussions! :)
Gabrielchihonglee (talk) 06:53, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

how to change title of an article

There's a small mistake in the name of the person. (link below)

the last name first letter is in lower case, and I dont know how to change it:

it says: David lussier but it should be David Lussier (capital L)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_lussier

is there a way to change it? Because if the search engine is case sensitive it could be a problem.

thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wisez001 (talk • contribs) 07:08, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

@Wisez001: I've moved it for you and done a copyedit, added categories and so on. You would not have been able to move it yet as your account is not yet autoconfirmed. Here's the problem Wisez001: you are not using reliable sources to verify the article but rather using user generated sources which neither show notability nor are they proper to verify the article's content.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 07:30, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

The "thank" button

Apart from the two parties involved in the process, does anyone ever see who thanks whom? --Theurgist (talk) 10:24, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

@Theurgist: Yes, Special:Log/thanks --Glaisher [talk] 10:26, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

@Glaisher: Thanks. Does the log (or anything else) not indicate the specific edit for which one is thanked? --Theurgist (talk) 10:31, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

I don't think so. --Glaisher [talk] 10:34, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

• @Theurgist and Glaisher: You can follow the intense at times discussion about allowing some editors to view which edit on Template:Bugzilla. — {{U|Technical 13}} ^{(t • e • c)} 14:04, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Interesting log - starting at 17.07 today, one editor thanked the same other editor 30 times in 4 minutes, with 7 more in the subsequent minutes - is this a competition? or does it actually achieve anything? - Arjayay (talk) 17:54, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

• Arjayay, that actually sounds like abuse of the feature to me, which has been part of the argument for logging which edit in that BZ ticket I mentioned above. My current position is that the people who should be able to see which edit include the system itself (another ticket which is mentioned in there could use this information being added to the database to prevent multiple thanking from one user to another for the same edit), the user sending the thanks, the user who received the thanks, oversighters, and anyone who has been vetted through an election process or is otherwise attached to the privacy policy (admins, crats, developers, etc). Anyways... Happy editing! — {{U|Technical 13}} ^{(t • e • c)} 19:03, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

There have been a few incidents in which the "thank" feature has been used abusively as a form of harassment. Robert McClenon (talk) 00:18, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

edit - end reference -

page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterfeit_electronic_components#Purchasing_policies_and_procedures - error message occurs; missing end reference — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fineng5893 (talk • contribs) 19:59, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

I added the missing </ref> tags. Samwalton9 (talk) 20:07, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

How do I upload an Image

I need help in knowing how to upload a JPG image from my computer so it shows up in my page article and question that I want to ask on the reference desk? I am new to Wikipedia, this is my first time. I don't want to mess it up and would appreciate a walk through the process. Can I copy and paste with my photo or what is the process? I am totally confused and need your help. thank youPolkateer (talk) 21:54, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Hello, Polkateer. Adding images to Wikipedia is a two-stage process: the image must first be uploaded from your computer to Wikipedia, or preferably to a sister project called Wikimedia Commons (because then the pictures can be used in other projects, such as other-language Wikipedias). Wikipedia is very strict on copyright, so the picture normally must have been explicitly released by the copyright holder on a suitable licence: if you hold the copyright (which will usually be the case if you took the picture), then you can licence it; but if you don't, and are not in contact with the copyright holder this may be difficult. (Most pictures found on the internet cannot be used, or can only be used under very limited restrictions, for this reasons). Once the image is in Wikipedia or Commons, then you can use it in an article.

You can find out more about how to do these two steps at Help:Uploading images and WP:Image tutorial. --ColinFine (talk) 23:12, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Query about inappropriately protecting talk pages

I have a concern about what I feel may be inappropriate protection of a talk page. A while back, I commented on a discussion on this talk page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Anjem_Choudary

I recently came across another dispute on the same page and, curious to see how the original discussion turned out, looked at it again.:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Anjem_Choudary/Archive2

The page has now been archived but, in a nutshell, it was addressing references to photos published in tabloid newspapers. User:Bencherlite felt that details sourced from tabloid newspapers are never acceptable for inclusion and, as he felt that this should be the end of the discussion, he made the decision to protect the section from further edits with the following justification:

"Wikipedia does not source information of this sort from tabloid newspapers. I have protected the page from editing from anonymous and new editors to prevent further breaches of the Wikipedia policy for articles about living people. That's enough of this discussion."

I have been unable to locate a particular Wikipedia guideline or rule that specifically addresses this but, as far as I am aware, for an editor to simply shut down discussion on a talk page because he disagrees with the forming consensus is way out of line. Is this correct? I have not seen this occur anywhere else on Wikipedia.

As an additional note, what concerns me further is that User:Bencherlite was probably wrong anyway. According to Wikipedia:Potentially unreliable sources the use of tabloid newspapers should only be avoided when there are other reliable sources. A blanket ban is simply not correct. As tabloid newspapers were the only source for the news in question, the information cannot be removed on this basis. Thus, it is even more concerning that not only did User:Bencherlite inappropriately close down a discussion, he did so on the basis on an incorrect application of editing policy.

I appreciate that this happened a while back (June 2013) but, on my recent revisit, it is clear that a small group of editors, primarily User:Bencherlite and User:Parrot of Doom have driven off a large number of other editors over a lengthy period of time with a constant refusal to permit edits they have not made, twinned with a generally aggressive and hostile approach. Thus, the issues that are raised by this inappropriate action are still ongoing and seem to be having a negative impact on the quality of the article and the collaborative editing process. I have said that I felt that the editors in question are acting inappropriately but many others have made similar comments and have been rudely rebuffed.

I would be grateful if someone could a) let me know whether I am way off base with these concerns and b) what steps I can take (if any) to try to assist in resolving these concerns about the editing process of this article? Thanks. Robinr22 (talk) 21:57, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

WP:BLP is the policy you are looking for. Content about living people must be from impeccable sources, particularly potentially controversial content. Tabloids are certainly never allowed for use for their main fare - scandal about living people. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 03:04, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Please note that the discussion was closed but the talk page was never protected. The article only was semi-protected for 20 days, which was thereafter extended by another admin. By the way, I agree with both the protection and the decision to keep out unproven accusations by sensationalist sources in a biography of a living person.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 05:12, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

March 3

Referencing errors on International College, Beirut

Reference help requested. How can I please correct my error? Thanks, Seekerofjustice (talk) 03:39, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

List of Nokia Products

In this Article of wikipedia "List of Nokia Products"

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nokia_products

In that there is "3-digit series since 2011" Article you have to Mention About Nokia 220 and Nokia 220

Dual Sim which was released At Nokia Mobile World Congress Febraury 2014 Along with Nokia X, X+, XL

http://www.nokia.com/in-en/phones/phone/220-dual-sim/

This Is the Proof about Nokia 220 and Nokia 220 Dual Sim Above The Article

You Have to mention in this Article "Worded series (Asha/Lumia/X)Asha (2011–) "

http://www.nokia.com/in-en/phones/phone/asha230-dual-sim/

This is the Proof About Nokia Asha 230 Dual Sim which was also launch along with Nokia X, X+, XL at Nokia Mobile World Congress Febraury 2014 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 223.178.250.39 (talk) 03:40, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

H.E. Dr. Mulatu Teshome Wirtu President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia H.E. Dr. Mulatu Teshome Wirtu was elected President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia on October 7,2013 by the joint session of the House of People’s Representatives and the House of Federation of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. Prior to his election as the President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, he was Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia to the Republic of Turkey. H.E Dr. Mulatu Teshome WIRTU was simultaneously accredited to the Republic of Georgia, the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Republic of Kazakhstan, and to the Republic of Tajikistan, as non resident Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (March 2006 - October 2013)

Prior to his post as an Ambassador of Ethiopia to Turkey , he was the Speaker of the House of Federation of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (October 2002-October 2005)

H.E. Dr. Mulatu Teshome was elected speaker of the House of Federation on October 10th, 2002. He is the second speaker in history to be chosen as the Speaker of the House of Federation of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, which is the Second Chamber of the Federal Parliament.

H.E. Dr. Mulatu Teshome has devoted his entire professional life to working for the Government. Prior to being elected Speaker of the House of Federation, He was Minister of Agriculture (2001-2002). During his tenure as Minster of Agriculture, he was Head of the Ethiopian Delegation to the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg, South Africa, August 26- Sep.4, 2002; Alternate Head of the Ethiopian Delegation to the World Food Summit: Five Years Later in Rome 10-13 June 2002; Head of the Ethiopian Delegation to the 25th Session of IFAD Governing Council, Rome, 19-20 Feb. 2002; and Head of the Ethiopia Delegation to the 22nd FAO Regional Conference for Africa, Cairo, Egypt, 4-8 February 2002.

Before his appointment as Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Mulatu held the position of Vice Minister (1995-2001) at the Ministry of Economic Development and Cooperation. He was in charge of international economic cooperation both bilateral and multilateral and lead the Ethiopian delegation in all bilateral and multilateral negotiations and annual consultation meetings with Ethiopia's development partners since in office at MEDAC in 1995. He lead the Ethiopian Delegation to all COMESA Council of Ministers, and

specifically Represented Ethiopia at the Summit level in Kenya (1998 June); Mauritius (1999 June); Egypt (2000 June). He was also Head of the Ethiopian Delegation to all the preparatory meetings of TICAD II and assumed the role of Rapporteur in all of the preparatory meetings in Tokyo (Nov. 1997) Dakar (March 1998), Harare (June 1998), Addis Ababa (Sept. 1998), and finally at the summit in Tokyo (October 19 – 21, 1998).

Before joining the Ministry of Economic Development and Cooperation Dr. Mulatu was in the field of diplomatic service: Ambassador Extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the People's Republic of China (1994-1995); Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Japan (1992-1994); and non-resident Ambassador to Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Australia and the Philippines. He started his career as a Counsellor where he held senior positions as a civil servant at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in October 1991.

Dr. Mulatu's professional experience also includes research and teaching. He was a research and teaching assistant in international relations when he was a MALD student at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University (1988 – 1990). He was Assistant lecturer at the Debre-zeit Agricultural College and Veterinary Institute of the Addis Ababa University (1982-1984).

Born in 1957 in Wollega, Ethiopia, Dr. Mulatu is fluent in English, Amharic, Chinese, Oromifa and tries a little bit of French. He obtained a B.A. degree at Beijing University in 1982 in Political Economy and Philosophy. In 1988 he obtained LLM in International Law and a Ph.D. in 1991 from the same University. After finishing his course works for the Ph.D. candidacy at Beijing University he went to the U.S.A for further studies in International Relations. He was at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (administered by Harvard and Tufts University 1988 - 1990) where he acquired his MALD degree in May 1990.

Dr. Mulatu is married to Meaza Abreham with whom he shares a son, Paulus Mulatu. His hobbies are swimming, Football, Tennis, Classical Music — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.55.104.236 (talk) 05:46, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Lost Password

All I know is my user name -- BF -- and that I started the New Age article in 2001 or 2002 . Had a different email address when I registered. And I don't want to create a new account. You could check my username and see no one has used it for a very long time.