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Forgetting to log in

Hey, i'm someone who keeps forgetting to log in before i edit, meaning a lot of my edits end up just being attributed to my ip address, making it sort of hard for me to keep track of my own edits.

Is there any way to like...'claim' an edit as being mine (of this user account) after the edit has been made and recorded as an anonmyous edit from my ip?

often i make an edit, and as soon as i've made it, i've realized that i haven't actually logged in. I don't suppose there's a function avaiable to re-claim that edit as being from my account? Yaksha 12:41, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

I've done this, too, and I'd love to know how to put it right! StuFifeScotland 14:51, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Might I suggest checking the Remember Me box? It can be found under the password box just before you login. By checking this box every time you come to Wikipedia you will be automatically logged in. Just make sure that if you clear your cookies you login again as that is where most of the login information is stored. Tarret 00:28, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Questions

how can a person become a contributing member of the wikipedia community?

be bold and go ahead and edit, really. You don't need any special requirements - you don't even need to register (although there are reasons why you might want to). I's suggest taking a look at Wikipedia:Editing and Help:Starting a new page if you need a little place to start. —Keakealani •talk•contribs• 23:47, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Hover box

How do I disable de hover box if it's not in the preferences misc?

Changing the name of an entry

In creating an entry for Whiteley Village, the word "village" in the title is all lower case. Whilst not critical it is annoying. How do I rectify that situation so that when retrieved, the title comes up correctly as "Whiteley Village"

See WP:VFAQ#How_do_I_change_the_name_of_an_article.3F. Cheers, Tangotango

Thank you - Wikipedia at its best. Not only do you give the answer extremely quickly but by the time I get back to the article, the title has been corrected as you suggested and the external references have been properly formatted as well - awesome!

still in my heart

how do i preveiw and listen to the song to make sure its the right 1???jay

input to swastika history

I have a book on Amazon.com called Swastika: the ancient mark of God. I am not very computor literate and tried to add what I know about the Swastika since I have solved the mystery of its Origin and use around the world. The space would not accep all the info. I thouht it might be because not logged in-but would not take my loggin said space occupied already. Got Email but lost message of how to correct. J.Ray Hunt [email removed to protect against spam]] Keep me logged in as first given. Here is what I know: The sign was the mark of the ancient Babylonian goddess ESSE pronounced ER-SHE/SHE-ER in approx. 2000 BC she was replaced by the god Marduk that absorbed all the other gods. She was She-mother earth the good god of food and water and good luck to the hunters and gathers. She began as the goddess of green growing things then to all life then to the goddess of all things her sign was the suastika/swastika which means all-the god of the six directions east-west-north-south-up-and down.However she remained in the language of the people to represent food and good luck-the word happiness means I have food. Her name is all through the languages of the world representing food and life. Words like Genesis, Jesus,messiah, essences, essenes, esophagus,eskimo, etc. etc,

Trouble logging in

I log in whe I start with Wikipedia, but every time I try to do anyhting, it tells me I'm not logged in, I hit the link to log in, it says I successfully logged in, and when I try again to edit, around we go again!

Using Mozilla Firefox, is there something not set right?

Do you have cookies enabled? --Gray Porpoise 00:53, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Yes, that's one thing I made sure to check.

It's doing that for me too. It happened before, when the foundation was fundraising. I have assumed it's a subtle reminder to support Wikipedia financially.Anchoress 05:09, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

I don't know much about this kind of thing, but it works at work, and not at home. The main difference I can think of, is that we have DSL at work, and at home, I use a satellite connection. Can that make a difference? Is it something about a static IP address on DSL, but not on satellite?

I have DSL at home and for the last few days I've had to re-log in regularly (several times a day). Anchoress 23:31, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

If it was just that, I could live with it, but I can't accomplish anything before I am logged off. Here are the things I've tried:

Disabling firewall

Using both IE and Mozilla Firefox latest versions

Checking for the latest installations of multimedia flash and Java

Removing toolbars from my browsers

Made sure cookies were enabled

And I haven't figured it out. There must be somebody that knows more than me?

I tried it with my wife's computer, and I get the same behavior, which leads me to think that it may be something in the satellite setup. I am going to try to check on Hughes' site.

- Trouble logging in on German Wikipedia site. But it works on English Wikipedia site. Cookies are enabled. Login to en.wikipedia.org works, but not to de.wikipedia.org. Any suggestions? Chund 10:22, 22 August 2006 (UTC)User:Chund

Walter Devereux, Lord Ferrers of Chartley

Walter Devereux (c. 1431 - 1485) was a minor member of the English peerage and a loyal supporter of the Yorkist cause during the Wars of the Roses. He was killed at the Battle of Bosworth Field, fighting for Richard III.

Walter was born in Weobley, Herefordshire. At the age of only thirteen, Walter married Anne Ferrers - who predeceased him by seventeen years - and became Lord Ferrers of Chartley in right of his wife in 1462. As a Yorkist, he held many offices under Edward IV. In 1461 and 1469, Walter was commissioner of array for Herefordshire, Shropshire and Gloucestershire, as well as Worcestershire in 1469. He also served in 1470 and 1471, as joint commissioner of array for Herefordshire, and then again in 1474 for Herefordshire and Shropshire.

Walter's military career was also thorough. He fought at Towton in 1461, where he was made a Knight of the Garter. He also fought at Barnet and Tewkesbury.

Walter Devereux supported King Richard III during Richard's reign, and fought at Bosworth on the 22 August 1485. There, Lord Ferrers commanded in the vanguard under John Howard, Duke of Norfolk, alongside Sir Robert Brackenbury and Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey. Devereux was slain during the initial fight with the Earl of Oxford's opposing van, fighting next to the young John, Lord Zouche. An in-law, Sir John Ferrers, was also killed at Bosworth.

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{{{before}}}

| style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"| Baron Ferrers of Chartley
1462 - 1485 before=Sir William Ferrers

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John Devereux

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Mara Salvatrucha gang appears to be editing their article extensively

I'm doing what I can to fix up the grammar, NPOV, punctuation, formatting, citations, practically everything, but the article is messed up on a scale I have never seen on wikipedia. The way it's written (almost no citations, apparently first-hand knowledge, the NPOV issues, and the poor grammar) suggests that members of that gang are probably doing a lot of editing on that article. The page has also been vandalized more than a couple of times, suggesting that gang rivalries are taking place on wikipedia, but it may be just be random. Anyway, this is just unbelieveably frustrating. I've added the cleanup tag, I've added it to the list of articles that need cleanup, I've added a note about cleanup in the discussion, and I've added the article to my watchlist to try to keep it from getting any worse (no more than a day after I added the cleanup tag, someone had removed it and added more uncited information!). Less than a day after I added the cleanup note in the discussion, a user without an account replaced the entire discussion with one comment. What else can I do to help fix the article? -NorsemanII 04:29, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Normally I would recommend getting the attention of a Wikiproject with this article under its wing. Unfortunately, I do not know of one. You can have a look at Wikipedia:List of WikiProjects to see if you can find a wikiproject which might be interested in this article. If not, I guess your best bet is to make sure the cleanup tag stays in the article, and wait a few weeks until someone comes around to sort it out. If that doesn't work we can try other things (I have no idea what those things might be right now, but let's take it one step at a time). -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 12:25, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Convert Microsoft Word to Wiki

Is there a converter that will convert text from Microsoft Word to Wiki format? I would copy and paste, but subscripts, bold, etc. are not kept using that method.

Thanks --CoolGuy 04:53, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Found this on Google, see if it works for you. WP 11:36, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Hooray University of British Columbia!Anchoress 12:13, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Prefab Housing Article

The articles on prefabricated housing, mobile homes, manufactured homes and prefabricated homes (the last and the first links are not the same), are all very low quality, and share tons of material. They must be merged and require the attention of someone more expierienced than me. Please Help, Thanks 4dhayman 21:09, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Check out WP:TM, with a variety of template messages you can put on these articles to get the attention of experts. You should also leave comments on their respective talk pages expressing your concerns (to avoid repetition, put the comment on one of them and links to it on the others). -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 12:15, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

• Isn't a mobile home something completely different? Anyway, I suggest you use {{merge}} and {{mergefrom}}. Don't forget to end any merge with a redirect (especially with different terms meaning the same thing so duplicates aren't created again). See also Wikipedia:Merge and Wikipedia:Proposed mergers. - Mgm|^(talk) 14:03, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Hoefle telegram

There is a fundamental translation error in the "Hoefle telegram" article? The German word "Zugang" simply means arrivals, rather then "deaths." This changes the total context of the article.

You can be bold and make any necessary changes to Höfle Telegram. If you would like to hear some more opinions, you can leave a note at Talk:Höfle Telegram. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 12:10, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Which picture license is appropriate?

I wrote an article and wanted to add a picture. I tried to find out which picture license is the right one but I think it's really not explained in a sensible way. (Maybe this could be simplified??) It's very confusing and so I hope someone can quickly answer this simple question:

The article I wrote is about a person. This person owns the rights of a picture of himself that I would like to use. This person allowed me to use this picture for this article.

=> Which license is applicable?

Thanks in advance!—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 134.76.63.138 (talk • contribs) .

You could use {{Promophoto}}, but a better idea would be to get the person to release the photo under the CC BY SA licence because it will make it easier for us. If you can secure that permission, use {{Cc-by-sa-2.5}} on the photo. Yes, those tags can be annoying, but you will get used to them after a while. Thank you for your contribution. WP 11:32, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Image tags

I have looked for informatin on this in several places, so I will copy my request here to see if that works.

Let's start with my first uncertainty. I have uploaded images that are by me [such as the ibeji], and looking at that set of tage, one was for an image that the creator permitted to be uploaded by a Wikipedian. I have used that, but questionably, and I cannot find that tag any more. It seems iffy, in that how can the site know that the agreement for another to upload is real? And what should one [I mean 'I'] do in such cases. The creator may not know Wikipedia, have no interest in it, not agree to personally upload, but it is fine with him/her for the image to be there in a valid license. --Dumarest 15:03, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

--Dumarest 12:11, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

• See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags. For the images you created entirely yourself use {{GFDL-self}} {{PD-self}} or an appropriate Creative Commons license. Images that aren't labelled as free by their owners cannot be uploaded. To ensure given permissions are real, they should email permissions@wikimedia.org from an email address that belongs to the website or organization the image belongs to. Owners who don't know Wikipedia or don't want to know it should be informed about the fact their images can be reused without them knowing if they are uploaded here. - Mgm|^(talk) 13:59, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Structural cohesion

I edited the article structural cohesion, and noticed that the "edit" buttons are now misplaced. Is there something wrong I did with the formatting of the templates? --HappyCamper 17:42, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

It looks fine to me; could it be your browser? -- Natalya 21:03, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

"The" and disambiguation

I would like to know if disambiguation should cover both forms of an expression. I've put up a merger suggestion for Awakening and The Awakening which are two different pages listing pages which all have the same key word, with or without "The". Ditto for Race (which points where it should), The Race and Race (disambiguation), both of which, I'm starting to think, should point to the latter. I'm a frequent editor for The Race, and I almost feel that having had the link first is unjust for all other instances of sporting events which claim the name. The Race could be moved to The Race (Worldwar), for instance.

Please Wikipedia, enlighten me!

Arasaka 17:57, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

You are corrct in your thinking. As far as I interpret consensus the disamb page should generally be at The Race with the current page moved - perhaps to The Race (world war) or The Race (fiction) --Errant Tmorton166^(Talk)(Review me) 18:39, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

And for "Awakening" as well? Arasaka 21:20, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

real time operating system

i have read about real time operating system from wikipedia page ,that a real time operating system responds to input instantly and DOS and unix are not real time.explain with examples that how dos is not a real time operating system.

Real time operating systems include facilities for programs to gain control at reasonably accurate real time intervals. Non-real time systems don't. In DOS you can construct requests that will block other programs from running for arbitrarily large amounts of time. -- Rick Block (talk) 19:35, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Information boxes on Talk pages

Hi,

I've been seeing a lot of boxes appearing on talk pages like, "This user is a resident of Australia," proceeded by an icon relevant to the topic. I looked at the source of these, and it's simply a template. Question is, is there a list of all of the available boxes, because I wouldn't mind doing my user page up with some.

Thanks in advance ;)

try this page Wikipedia:Userboxes CG janitor 21:44, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Removing red links

I have made a list in my userspace of a number of category pages that I want to give some attention to. Some of these categories have gone through CFD and now are nothing but redlinks on my page. Is there any easy (automated) way to remove them from my list, or do I simply have to remove them manually one-by-one? CG janitor 21:40, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

• No there's no automated way, cause usually redlinks are something you want to keep around (especially when they are integrated in an article rather than a list). You could however, use preview and take them all out in one edit instead of removing them one by one. - Mgm|^(talk) 21:52, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Deletion

Can someone delete thiswaste of space?

Tagged as CSD A3. I checked history, it's only had three edits, and nothing since July, so. Luna Santin 22:36, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

How to make table for a Wiki article?

Easy enough in Word Perfect, but I have not come across usable examples in Wiki articles of a template.* In particular I'd like to make a table with 2 boxes of text below text at top to make parallels more obvious. All of that within a box like:

THIS. If I could just keep the text from wrapping with my own typed columns, I'd have no need of any special table tools. Alas, I have not figured out how to keep the 2nd column from wrapping into the first.

• There was the example at bottom of my Talk Page that I copied, but it looks untransferable for my purpose.

Thx. Thomasmeeks 23:33, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Voila - the following may do what you ant - or give you an idea.

{|
!Column1 name
!Column2 name
|-
|Cell content1
|cell content2
|} Gives:

Column1 name	Column2 name
Cell content1	cell content2

Wiki template syntax can be awkward to begin withg but look at Wikipedia:Help for more info on using them. Any specific questions you have go ahead and ask on my talk page and I can walk you through it! --Errant Tmorton166^(Talk)(Review me) 23:43, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Thx. Like your enthusiasm. From my failed efforts, it looks encouraging seeing some familiar stuff. This could make history (if anyone reads the article). I'll give it shot. BW, Thomasmeeks 01:52, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Libel?

Not sure if this is the right place for this, but could someone look at the discussion page of the Ben Bradshaw article, as I think he is being libelled. Indisciplined 23:57, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

In progress. Will watchlist page. Luna Santin 01:12, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

How do I establish an account in order to contribute?

I learned it is best to have an account for various reasons but I searched the mainpage and did not see anything labelled "How to establish an account." Please inform me. You make it difficult to establish an account. Zan Overall. e-mail removed to stop spam

Hi Zan,

Simply click here and choose a username (please see Wikipedia:Username first, and a password, and you're good to go! Please let me know if you have any issues, thanks! - GIen 02:31, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

• • On the main page there is a link in the top right corner that says sign in / create account. CG janitor 02:35, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
• Actually, if you're not logged in, it's on every page, not just the main page. - Mgm|^(talk) 15:30, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Featured article star

What happened to the gold star that used to be at the upper right corner of FAs? The file links seem to be OK but no star! --hydnjo talk 03:40, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

It's only displayed in monobook skin due to problems with various browsers in the other skins. -- Rick Block (talk) 03:55, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Argghhhh, I love classic. Any way to override on an individual basis (User/css) or something? --hydnjo talk 04:17, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Add the following (now commented out in MediaWiki:Standard.css) to User:Hydnjo/standard.css:

div.topicon {

position:absolute;

z-index:100;

top:120px;

display: block !important;

}

and do a "shift-reload". -- Rick Block (talk) 05:03, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Well thank you, that went well! --hydnjo talk 05:28, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

HELP!!!

how do i create a new entry? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mikeman590 (talk • contribs)

Creating_an_article should help. --Wildnox 05:27, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

On a side note, what are you creating an article on? --Wildnox 05:29, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Problems

Hi, I'm having a bit of a desagreement with another user, what can I do? Numbuh 201 06:41, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

It depends a lot on the type of disagreement, but Wikipedia:Mediation might help, or one of the more specific methods of mediation listed. You can also contact me on my talk page if you want, and I'd be happy to try to sort things out ^_^ —Keakealani •talk•contribs• 06:45, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Dispute resolution describes a number of ways in which you can resolve disputes. - Tangotango 07:15, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Oskat Forest Park

Hi Staff , I would like to tell you about a interesting eco tour product we are involed in,called <removed spam>. I am interested in your travel television series & how it works .If you would like to visit a place that you can get close to nature & is like a shapshot of so much New Zealand has to offer.We could have just what you have been looking for .Please visit our website at <removed spam> to find out more .203.109.169.208 08:35, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Hi,

First of all, none of us replying here are staff. We are just volunteers. Secondly, advertisment spamming like this is frowned upon by many of us. — Ambuj Saxena (talk) 08:49, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

• We don't even have a travel television series. Make sure you send your messages to the right people. - Mgm|^(talk) 15:33, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Location-specific external links

Hello. I was looking at the salsa dance article, and apart from some obvious link-spam, there are also several links to salsa websites that are really only relevent to people living in a particular location (particularly San Francisco). In my opinion such location-specific links shouldn't be in a general article like that, but I can't find what Wikipedia's official policy on this is. Can anyone advise me before I start removing links?

Thanks! Zugvogel 09:45, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

This may help you. Also use the talk page of the article to voice your thoughts. You will get more inputs -- Lost^(talk) 10:00, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

• I totally agree with you Zugvogel. Unless those pages contain particularly useful info not specific area, they should be removed. - Mgm|^(talk) 15:35, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Viewing special characters

I am just trying to view Wikipedia pages, not edit.

I cannot correctly view the special characters used in pronunciations. They look like this: http://www.freemars.org/jeff/misc/Kuiper.png

I am using Internet Explorer 5.0, which is the version installed with Windows 98 SE. (I tried to download and install version 5.5, but wasn't successful.)

What do I need?

-- Jeff Root, in Minneapolis

The characters you're looking for are part of the International Phonetic Alphabet. According to the technical note at the bottom of that page:

"Most IPA symbols are not included in Times New Roman, the default font for Latin scripts in Internet Explorer for Windows. To properly view IPA symbols in Internet Explorer for Windows, you must change your browser font to another font which includes the IPA extensions characters, such as to Lucida Sans Unicode font, which comes with Windows XP; Gentium, Charis (SIL), Doulos (SIL), DejaVu Sans, or TITUS Cyberbit, which are freely available; or Arial Unicode MS, which comes with Microsoft Office."

Hope this helps! Ziggurat 11:05, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Question on adding an external link

I recently editted a page on the Film page by adding a link to a movie review website because I noticed Rotten Tomatoes was a link at the bottom. I received a comment on how that is inapropriate and it was removed. How can I add a free website link about movie reviews like some of the sites I saw listed? — Preceding unsigned comment added by MarqueeUnderground (talk • contribs)

Take a look at Wikipedia:External links, which talks about what should and shouldn't be linked to in the "External links" section of an article. -- Natalya 13:48, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Deleted edits

How do we keep track of the number of deleted edits a user has? Thanks. Aran|heru|nar 14:34, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

You can see how many deleted edits a user has by using toolserver tools like Interiot's (http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/count_edits) However, note that the toolserver currently has a replication lag of two or three months, so the data will be old and/or corrupted. Cheers, Tangotango 14:37, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! Aran|heru|nar 14:40, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Adding a new page concerning religion.

A certain religion which will not be named in this particular question was not located on Wikipedia, and I as an individual willing to contribute attempted to create an informative and objective page about this religion.

This page was removed twice, both times without a warning, or a reason. The page was considered 'inappropriate', but I cannot see why. Please help me sort out this issue, as I truly do wish to contribute to the Wikipedia community.

Thanks in advance, Regards, Caitu. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Caitu (talk • contribs)

Sorry but unless you give some more info (ie a name!) and tell us what you wrote then we cant really help. Every issue is individual and can't be generalised --Errant Tmorton166^(Talk)(Review me) 14:58, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

It looks like Caitu wants to create an article about Gandharism. He's been warned by an admin (Wknight94) to stop creating nonsense articles. A google search returns zero hits for Gandharism. I left a note on Caitu's talk page pointing out that information must be verifiable and that if Gandharism is real he needs to supply verifiable sources. Brian 15:18, 20 August 2006 (UTC)btball

Caitu, you can see the deletion log here. It has been deleted because of non notability. Please go through the policy of Verifiability as well as Notability to understand more -- Lost^(talk) 15:24, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

specific heat

What is the specific heat of "Gel Refrigerant and Menthol oil"?

Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that's what this Help Desk is for). For your convenience, here's the link: Reference Desk (when you get there, just select the relevant section, and ask away). I hope this helps. -- Lost^(talk) 16:14, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Added appropriate links to Keri Russell

I added links to Keri Russell that were already on Felicity. I was reverted & scolded 4 adding spam links. I did not add spam links. All I did was add links that were ALREADY IN THE WIKI ENCYCLOPEDIA. I have been corresponding w the administrator who reverted me but he just keeps telling me " the links r spam " &" the links r inappropriate ". RockyMM, another user even said " the links r interesting not neccessarily spam ". My stance is that the links were already in wiki, all I did was add them to another wiki page where those same links r applicable.

So what to do? I dont want to get into a I edit- u revert-I edit-u revert wiki war, which I will loose bc he (the admin) will just ban me.

Thx alot, I luv luv luv wikipedia!

• It helps a lot if you tell us which IP or username you used to add these links. Anyway, you should read WP:EL. Links that are appriopriate for Felicity aren't neccesarily appropriate for an article on Keri Russell. Just because the links exist there, doesn't mean they can be posted anywhere else. - Mgm|^(talk) 17:40, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

  I assume this relates to the discussion at User_talk:208.58.196.156#Keri Russell External links. To reach a larger audience, the first step would be to bring this up at Talk:Keri Russell. An admin is not allowed to block you for a content disagreement the admin is involved in (if this happens it should be reported at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents, unfortunately this will generally have to wait until the block expires). If either of you violate Wikipedia:Three-revert rule, you may be blocked. You might also want to refer to Wikipedia:Resolving disputes. -- Rick Block (talk) 18:26, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

security

i am a student and i am trying to answer this question. what is the external and internal security of wikipedia? Twolips 17:52, 20 August 2006 (UTC)twolipsTwolips 17:52, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

It's not obvious to me what you mean by "external and internal security". Nearly all pages are openly editable by anyone. All changes to any page are recorded (tracked to the user login or IP address that made the change) and can be reverted very easily, see Help:Reverting. There is a page protection feature allowing certain pages to be protected in various ways, see Wikipedia:Protection policy. The software itself runs on a large complex of servers in multiple computing centers, and although I don't know this for a fact I'd assume physical access to the servers is restricted. Login access to the servers is restricted to a small set of developers. Is this the sort of information you mean? -- Rick Block (talk) 18:38, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

HELP! Category Deletion : British Cultural Icons

Dear All - Can you shed any light on this? I reproduce below a note I have written to User:wub. Please leave me a msg here if you can explain what's gone on and what, if any action I can take, or if you can help.

Re: Category:British Cultural Icons Hello, wub. I have contributed to both Buckingham Palace and Trooping the Colour. I see that on both of these you recently removed the Category:British Cultural Icons with WP:AWB, citing WP:CFD. Relatively new to Wikipedia, I confine my activities to writing and the odd merge, and was unaware of this. Can you tell me what has happened to this popular and useful category? Has it been deleted? Or has it been merged? What has happened to the many articles which were under this category?

I will watchlist this page and check back here for an answer or would be grateful to hear from you on User talk:FClef

I am copying this note to the Help Desk and to a couple of Wikifriends more experienced than I, to see if they know what the fate of this category is. Best wishes. -- FClef

Thanks, HelpDesk. -- FClef (talk) 20:50, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

I think you'll be interested in this discussion where the category was discussed for removal. I'm sure if you have a good argument against its deletion you can discuss it on the appropriate discussion page. —Keakealani •talk•contribs• 21:14, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

The discussion about deleting these categories is archived at Wikipedia:Categories for deletion/Log/2006 August 9#Cutural_icons_categories. In general, the way to find things that "vanish in the night" is to check the deletion log, see Special:log/delete. In this case, if you plug "Category:British cultural icons" in the title box and hit "go", you'll get the same link I provided above. -- Rick Block (talk) 21:13, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Doug Marlett Commencement Address Wesleyan U. June-2003

Within 15 minutes after I read his commencement address under Kudzu Comics, it was gone! PLEASE put it back in!!! It contains his important definition of controversy! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.204.124.50 (talk • contribs)

I haven't the slightest idea what you're talking about. the Help Desk is for questions related to the use of Wikipedia and editing, and this really does not appear to be that sort of question. I might suggest using the Reference Desk, but you will need to be a lot more specific with your question or the editors there would not be able to help any more than I can, which is not much. —Keakealani •talk•contribs• 21:17, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Perhaps something related to the article Kudzu (comic strip)? Looking through its history, I don't see what you're talking about. -- Rick Block (talk) 21:22, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

adding edit summary after posting

I made a major change to an article but forgot to include an edit summary. How I can add it now? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Classicragger (talk • contribs)

Add a Dummy Edit with a note like "The previous edit was blah blah blah blah". —Keakealani •talk•contribs• 21:57, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

For the future you can also get the software to prompt you to enter an ediot summary if you forget by going to your preferences, selecting Editing and ticking Prompt me when entering a blank edit summary then clicking save. Then you wont forget :D --Errant Tmorton166^(Talk)(Review me) 22:11, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

"Ediot" summary? Was that a Freudian slip? JIP | Talk 16:59, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

how to edit my page

i woul like to know how to brief about myself in this website--ashwin 22:22, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

If you click on your name (ashwin) you can edit your user page to give us an idea of your editing interests etc. Just type what you want and click 'save page'. If you want to write an article about yourself for the encyclopedia, I would suggest reading Wikipedia:Autobiography first. Ziggurat 22:26, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

You may also want to take a look at Wikipedia:How to edit a page. Ziggurat 22:28, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

University of Wyoming page

There is an error on the University of Wyoming page on Wikipedia. The page lists that students are allowed to attend university sponsored theatrical and musical events for free, and this is not true. Student fees contribute to these events, and students are required to pay a small fee to attend events in the Theatre and Dance, Cultural Programs, and Music departments. Students are allowed to attend some events for free, but these are generally sponsored through the ASUW (Associated Students of the University of Wyoming), SAC (Student Activities Council) and CAC (Concerts and Convocation). Please correct this information on your page.

Sincerly, Leslie Gallagher

[email removed]

I copied this to the Talk:University of Wyoming page. Patleahy 00:32, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Citing Maps

Can you use a respected published map as the source for a fact, (e.g Panhandle Gap is at 6,800 feet)? If so, how do you cite the map? Patleahy 00:18, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

I imagine so. As long as it isn't drawing speculative inferences from a map (eg Panhandle Gap looks a bit like a watering can) then there shouldn't be a problem. You'd cite it by giving as much information as possible - I imagine the title of the map / what area it covers, the scale, what series it is in (if any,) the publisher and the year of publication would all be helpful. --Cherry blossom tree 00:37, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

August 21

Age limits?

How old does one have to be in order to edit Wikipedia? 205.188.116.71 00:41, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Anyone of any age can edit. At Wikipedia we look at the quality of the edits, not at the age (or anything else) of the editor. See also Wikipedia:Who writes Wikipedia. Ziggurat 00:49, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Style (underline) changing?

For some reason, (on the same computer) links sometimes are not underlined and then later on they are underlined. I haven't changed settings on this computer. Why do they keep changing, once in a while? --Zeno McDohl ^(talk) 02:19, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Links were just underlined a minute ago, and now they are not again. --Zeno McDohl ^(talk) 02:26, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

It's a browser issue; someone asked about this just a few days ago, but I can't remember where the question was put. Answer in a moment... Ziggurat 02:30, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Ziggurat, how can it be a browser problem? If it's intermittent and without any precursory action? Anchoress 02:33, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Yeah they were underlined for me for a couple of hours today. There's a thread about it just above, from a couple of days ago. It usually happens about once a month, but not usually for such a long time. Anchoress 02:33, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Maybe I'm misremembering; the previous answer went into detail, but I can't seem to find it! There's the one on redlinks, but not one on underlining. I know I've answered this before, and recently too. It's certainly a bug, anyway. Ziggurat 02:41, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Aha - Wikipedia:Reference_desk_archive/Miscellaneous/2006_August_10#Wikipedia_Underlining. Not a complete answer, but you're right, it probably isn't a browser issue. Ziggurat 02:48, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Interesting. I use Firefox, but it's said it happens with IE as well. Eh. --Zeno McDohl ^(talk) 02:53, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

What do you have it set as in your preferences? I wonder whether it's only a problem when set on 'Browser default'. Ziggurat 02:55, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

It was 'browser default' up until now. I've changed it just now, hoping it won't happen again. --Zeno McDohl ^(talk) 02:57, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

• I remember seeing this in WP:VFAQ. - Mgm|^(talk) 04:34, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Normally, a shift+refresh solves the problem. It occurs for me frequently. I am using IE6. -- Lost^(talk) 05:01, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

jimbo

can he send me any good  ?

Nah. Ziggurat 02:49, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

but...but...he's the king!

Creating an article

How do you create an article on a topic?

See: Help:Starting a new page. You might also look at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article. -- Lost^(talk) 05:03, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Requesting expansion for an article.

Hi. Simple question here, hopefully.

Is there a bracket - code to use to designate a page which needs expansion?

Since I have no details to add, nor time to research these details on my own, I'm hoping there's some way of calling the page's lack of details to attention, where those in the know can add to it at their leisure.

The page isn't really a "stub", in as much as it contains more than just a bare-bones summary - it's just completely lacking in history. --151.200.252.138 09:44, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

I believe you're looking for {{expand}}. :) Luna Santin 09:46, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Now I am looking for {{Thank You}}. :-D --151.200.252.138 09:52, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Remember to stick it on the article talk page not the actual article (common mistake - I made it once) --Errant Tmorton166^(Talk)(Review me) 09:49, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Shall do. --151.200.252.138 09:52, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Linking to sections of article and translation

How do I link a new article to a subsection of another article?

How do I persuade someone on the Scots wikipedia to translate a new article about Scottish history into Scots?

Thanks.

Answer to question 1, you need the title of the article and the section title. And then you can link to it as follows article name#section name. --Errant Tmorton166^(Talk)(Review me) 12:57, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

How do i translate an article?

I want to translate articles into a different language but i am not sure of how to.

Am I supposed to create a new article in that language or is there a button or something?

• You are supposed to create a new article in the language you want to translate it in. Since the software can't know what the title should be (synonyms and all that) there's no button. You'll all have to do it manually. Human translation is better than machine translation. - Mgm|^(talk) 18:47, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

• Just write the version of the article in the new language, and add it to the appropriate language version of Wikipedia in the usual way. Be sure to mention in the edit summary that you're translating from the English Wikipedia article. --Kwekubo 19:08, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

adding a biography

Can you advise me as to how one can post a biography of a notable person on Wikipedia? Thank you. Ned Davis— Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.236.215.50 (talk • contribs)

As long as the person passes the requirements at WP:BIO then you can just create the article. Take a look at Wikipedia:How to edit a page, Help:Starting_a_new_page and the manual of style for poinhters on how to make a good article--Errant Tmorton166^(Talk)(Review me) 13:49, 21 August 2006 (UTC).

Just to note though that to start a new page you need to have a user account and be logged in. You may as well rtegister, its free!! --Errant Tmorton166^(Talk)(Review me) 13:51, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Speedy Deletion

Hello, the band The Honest Mistake article was removed within minutes of it being put up as it wasn't deemed notable or something.

Now I'm aware notablility is relative to every person but I find the article quite worthy. Members of The Honest Mistake have previously supported bands such as The Vibrators, My Awesome Compilation, The Glitterati, Engerica, Ed Tudor Pole, Mendeed, Koopa, TAT (who have in turn supported The Offspring). Huge bands, most of which have their own pages... Our previous bands have had thousands of fans also.

Unfortunately you are right notability isd in the eye of the beholder. However on wikipedia we have general quidelnes for what can be included - this is simply to stop thousands of small bands such as the one you mention putting on articles that are infrequently viewed and normally used to advertise the band (not that I am accusing you of this). You see places like myspace are to promote a band for free etc. Wikipedia is about recording the facts and histories of large, important or well known bands. We do follow strict guidelines, which can be found here. Look at the first list and I dont think the band will qualify. Anyway if it does chances are it was speedied (what we call this kind of deletion) because it didnt establish notability in the article (the only time a band article can be speedied). If the band qualifies on that list add it again and make sure it is shown as notable in the article :D In fact post the link to it here if you do recreate and we can help --Errant Tmorton166^(Talk)(Review me) 14:15, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Okay, here's the link - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Honest_Mistake

Ok... now you need to see if it meets any of the notability criteria, and make sure that your article includes the information that verifies this. If not, it will be gone very soon. I see that "Contains at least one member who was once a part of or later joined a band that is otherwise notable" is in the notability list. However, "supported a band who were notable" isn't there, and it isn't clear whether the press reports, which aren't really more than a roster of bands at a summer festival count as "Has been featured in multiple non-trivial published works ". Is featured the same as mentioned? Dunno. Notinasnaid 14:45, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Most of the press coverage was all on paper, that's one problem.

That's not a problem. References to printed media are fine, and in fact often preferable. They just have to be verifiable. · rodii · 15:13, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

How can they be verified?

Libraries? By the way, please sign your posts by adding four tildes (~~~~). It'll look like this, only with your information: · rodii · 16:48, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Okay, seems a little complicated though Robb Blake 17:37, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

What do we do about unverifiable informations

I was browsing Starkville, Mississippi and I saw that the Trivia part had beed edited many times to change the name of people here. I couldn't find any template to bring the attention of someone about that, and I don't feel right about simply removing the content. What are we supposed to do with that sort of articles? Lucasbfr 15:42, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

One option is to tag it with {{fact}}. Another is to tag the section or entire article with {{sources}}. It's also ok to be bold and simply remove the information - in that case you might want to put a note on the talk page saying why you removed it (lack of verifiability). Thanks, Brian 15:52, 21 August 2006 (UTC)btball

THanks a lot Lucasbfr 16:27, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Unused Username

Hi,

I'd like to know what is the policy on wikipedia for unused username? Are the automatically removed after a while?

I ask this because I've tried to create an account with the same name I have on the french wikipédia (Stevo(fr)) but it is already taken by someone who haven't published any thing (User:Stevo).

Thanks for answers

Stevo

There's a proposed Wikipedia policy to delete unused username after 90 days. However nothing's been implemented yet. Harryboyles 16:13, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Ok thanks, so I think I could register and wait for this proposal to be approuved to ask for a name change ;) - Stevo

Interwiki BJAODN, or something?

Look at the Portuguese article on Transformers (toy line). They show this nice picture:

Autobots... Transform and roll out!

even with a caption appropriate to the toy line and associated TV cartoon. However, the picture is of transformers, not Transformers. What do I do? I know very little Portuguese, so I don't know if I should contact the person who added it there. Can this be placed on an interwiki BJAODN page, or something? JIP | Talk 15:57, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Some misplaced question

My husband is trying to locate a long time friend who was employeed in the repair branch of your facility. His name is Lee P. Houston from Newton, GA. He was employeed by the civil service. If you could help us find our friend, we would be gratefully appreciated.

Thank you, CWO Elmer D. Hill

Wikipedia does not have a facility, or a repair branch. Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia project, not a company. I think you have mistaken Wikipedia for some other site. Sorry. JIP | Talk 16:45, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Russian translation for a new English Page

I'm creating an English page for the Russian author D. N. Mamin-Sibiryak, and have found the Russian entry here. I haven't been able to find good English sources on the subject to begin with, and am thinking I should get outside help. Where should I go to find someone who can help with this? Bellemichelle 16:50, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Take a look at Wikipedia:Translation into English, you should be able to find someone to help you. -- Natalya 17:32, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

If you don't read Russian, you could go to babelfish, paste in the Russian text (in doses of 150 words) and get a (very) rough machine translation. You might be able to glean some information from that. Herostratus 17:53, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

aol

is this aol aim? Brennon60 17:33, 21 August 2006 (UTC)Brennon

Is what AOL's aim? Notinasnaid 17:35, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Are you asking if this is AOL Instant Messenger? No, this is Wikipedia.--Max Talk (add) 20:06, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

pronunciations of difficult names/words

Is there a convention for giving pronunciations on Wikipedia? I've seen some entries with sound (eg, Wroclaw) and some that give IPA (eg, Prague). If sound is preferred, is there a way to generate those? They all sound like they've been spoken by the same guy. Or do we just record our own? Mooncow 19:21, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Ideally they should probably have IPA and a recording. The recordings are all created by Wikipedians. In practice a small number of people make a lot of them so it is possible that you'll hear the same voice over and again. If you want help on making them then Wikipedia:WikiProject Spoken Wikipedia is involved in a similar practice and will be able to help. --Cherry blossom tree 19:48, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

OK, will work on the IPA bit. Recordings are a bit trickier for most people: a lot of folks don't have the software set up, or don't have the OGG codecs, or whatever, plus there are some people whose voices are just better than others for this kind of thing. Would it be a good idea to have some way to flag articles that "need" word/name pronunciations doing, and then people who are set up for it can go straight to that list and fire off a few dozen at a time or whatever?? Just a thought. Mooncow 21:55, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Articles I Would Like Advice On

Hi,

I own and operate the UK Whitegoods website in the UK. It is unique in the industry as it involves over 1000 members of the trade and presents things from an independent viewpoint.

However, in the course of running that site I have a lot of knowledge built up over the years on various manufacturers and products within the market. Obvioulsy I can correct and amend some minor errors that I've spotted but I had added the UKW URL as the source when I tried this before had it removed, which is fine, bu tI am a bit reticent to put in the work withouth being able to quote the source. I am sure that you will understand the reasoning in that.

I am extremely zealous about incoming links, as are most webmasters I should guess, and on UKW people can get almost live help with appliance problems which is most often the reason people (other than students) look them up as if they work generally people couldn't care less about them. It is not however possible to detail out the sort of feedback required to diagnose or repair an appliance in an encyclopedia, although Wikipedia is the best I've seen for a complete explanation.

Anyway, in a nutshell I'd like to re-publish edited versions of some of the articles in the following section of UK Whitegoods for reference, obviously edited to suit Wikipedia better, and quote the source.

http://www.ukwhitegoods.co.uk/modules.php?name=Content

We are currently actively trying to expand the manufacturer section that you can see there and a lot more brands and their histories will be there in due course.

Thanks for the time.

Kenneth Watt

• Hmmm. This is a hard question. We are pretty tough on links to commerical websites. As you might imagine, many entitities would like to (and try to) get links to their commercial website into Wikipedia. In your case, however, the link might be legitimate. But I don't have an answer for you. Because of our sensitivity to commercial links, it might not be possible for you to add material referenced by that link, as even if legitimate if would likely be removed. In real life here, many people do add unreferenced material, and although this is not policy you could do that. However, I'm not suggesting it as material should be referenced. Perhaps someone else has a better answer? Herostratus 17:15, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

• Please see WP:EL. I looked at the site and it's possible that links to it in certain articles would be considered beneficial and not linkspamming. There are two things I'd be concerned about. If the owner of the site is the one adding the links then it'll be in violation of WP:EL and most likely removed. Someone else needs to be the ones adding the links. Second, if there are a lot of links to the same commercial site it will almost certainly be seen as linkspamming and they'll be removed. The way I'd approach it is for Ken Watt to add an entry on the talk page of the articles where he feels a link to be appropriate suggesting that some other editor might want to review the link and add it to the article if that other (non-affiliated) editor agrees it would be a useful addition. That's the most likely way that the link will survive. Brian 17:22, 22 August 2006 (UTC)btball

?

Hi. I was wondering if you could create a new page/article that isn't covered by Wikipdia. Thanks! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by DannMc06 (talk • contribs) .

Sure, check out Wikipedia:Your first article and Help:Starting a new page to find out how. Let me know if you have any questions, or if I can help with anything. Welcome to Wikipedia! --TeaDrinker 20:32, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

David Rockefeller Quotation.

I'd like to submit a quotation by David Rockefeller. I'm not sure how to use HTML language to edit a site so I used this instead? Hopefully someone can add it to David_Rockefeller#Quotations who knows how to...

"We are on the verge of a global transformation. All we need is the right major crisis and the nations will accept the New World Order" -- David Rockefeller

(statement to the United Nations Business Council, 1994)

As far as I can tell it is legit and can be verified by other sources as well.

67.175.220.26 22:15, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Anyone can edit Wikipedia, so you're welcome to insert your quotation yourself. You don't need to use HTML - in fact in this case it would be much better to use Wiki markup (a quick guide is located here). You can just follow the same format the other quotation use, and add your citation at the end. Let me know if you need more help, but I think you will be able to figure it out ^^;

As a note, also, I've wikified your link - for links to things inside the English Wikipedia you need only put double brackets [[like so]] to change things into a link. —Keakealani •talk•contribs• 23:28, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

• While you're at it. Why not submit your quotation and the ones currently in the article to Wikiquote and replace the quotes with a link to wikiquote in a nice formatted box? - Mgm|^(talk) 23:51, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Featured Article

How do I nominate an article, which is, in my humble opinion, well written, to featured article status? I have already been to, Wikipedia:Today's Featured Article, where the instructions for requesting articles is, "Please place new requests at the top of the page." Can an expert (compared to myself at least), please explain these instructions to me, and, more generally, help a poor newbie such as myself? AndonicO 22:33, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

There is a good description on this page Wikipedia:Featured article candidates. Have you also read Wikipedia:What is a featured article?? You might perhaps be interested in first doing a peer review before nominating an article. Garion96 (talk) 22:42, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Reversing redirect

A user has maliciously put a redirect on an article, with scant regard for the history of the article nor of the research which has gone into the article - the reason he gives is that "people can do their own research". How do I reverse a redirect, thereby reinstating the article? Rhyddfrydol 22:52, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

For the interested, this looks like it's Territories and Nations yet to send teams to the Commonwealth Games, which User:Astrotrain converted to a redirect to Commonwealth Games. Check the talk page for his explanation. I would have to say that after looking over the page pre-redirect, it was quite a bit of original research, which is not allowed, and did indeed refer to mostly territories that are not likely to take part. It could be merged into the Commonwealth Games article; Rhyddfrydol, you might want to take your comments to the talk page there. Tony Fox (arf!) 23:01, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

I think you are not following the rule Wikipedia:Assume good faith. The change had an edit history and a comment in the talk page. You should probably engage in discussion on the talk page as the original user proposed, rather than immediately accuse him or her of vandalism. However, this is a normal edit, and can be edited in the usual way. Be sure you do not start a revert war, which can get you blocked under Wikipedia:Three revert rule, and bear in mind that no amount of work in preparing an article makes it immune to the Wikipedia:No original research rule. Notinasnaid 23:04, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

All the above being said, if there is sufficient reason to go back and edit the article which contains the redirect, you can go to the article, be redirected, and then up the top under the (redirected) article title it should have small text saying "Redirected from (redirect title)", and you can click on (redirect title) to get to the article in question without being redirected. Or you can add &redirect=no to the URL. Confusing Manifestation 01:12, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

envy

[[Image:Example.jpg]]

Hey, there! Did you have a question? :) Luna Santin 23:42, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Linking to History of Lighthouses

Dear Wikipedia,

I tried to create a link to the article: History of Lighthouses. I tested the link and got the response that this page didn't exist.

I did a search for: History of Lighthouses and got directly to the page: History of Lighthouses so there appears indeed to be a page: History of Lighthouses

You can also get to the page: History of Lighthouses by entering: Roman Lighthouses

This seems curious. Can you enlighten me about this?

Valerie Harvey (vharvey4)

Thanks!--Vharvey4 01:51, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Huh. My best guess at this point is that you're running afoul of capitalization -- Wikipedia is caps-sensitive, past the first character. History of Lighthouses and History of lighthouses are considered different pages, by the file system. Does that make sense, and more important, does that seem to answer your problem? Luna Santin 01:58, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

As for the issue with Roman lighthouses, that would be a redirect. Often, certain terms (alternate spellings, etc.) are redirected to a similar article rather than creating a redundant article or a stub. —Keakealani •talk•contribs• 03:08, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

posting a picture

I have a beautiful picture of a 1570-1600 "Brothers Amati" violin that I think would help out the Amati page. I would post it but I have no idea how. Could someone help me out somehow? thank you Becca Panira 04:00, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

These are the links you are looking for: Wikipedia:Image use policy, Wikipedia:Uploading images, and the Wikipedia:Image copyright tags. -- Lost^(talk) 04:25, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Bank reconciliation

give me the breif details bank reconcilation statement

You might find what you are looking for in the article about Bank reconciliation. If you cannot find the answer there, click here to post your question at that article's talk page. If that doesn't solve your problem, you can try asking your question at Wikipedia's Reference Desk. They'll be glad to answer questions about anything in the universe (except about how to use Wikipedia, which is what this help desk is for). I hope this helps. --Sam Blanning^(talk) 12:22, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Suggestion

This isn't a question so much as a suggestion. I would love to see a "where to start" section for portals that gives suggestions for those who are interested in. While it is possible to find out almost anything on wikipedia, sometimes I find myself trying to find information about a new subject but can't find out where to look first. Perhaps a small box can be placed in portals giving jump-off-points for people interested in a subject but without prior knowledge.

Thanks for reading, Stephen Sherman <email removed> — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.28.106.131 (talk • contribs)

Sounds like you might want to check out the Village Pump, where suggestions on improvement can be run by the proper discussions and whatnot. That sounds like a plausible idea, but I'm not sure about all the logistics which is why the pump would be a good idea. At any rate, I've taken your email out for your protection; Wikipedia is copied a lot and putting your email address here is signing it away to a life full of spam. —Keakealani •talk•contribs• 06:43, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

new wikiproject

How do I start a new Wikiproject? Thebike 08:31, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

• Doesn't Wikipedia:WikiProject address this? - Mgm|^(talk) 09:21, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
  • You should have at least a couple of other editors interested in the subject, too.Herostratus 16:58, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Reverting

In Help:Reverting it says the following:

Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/00.00.00.00|00.00.00.00]] ([[User_Talk:00.00.00.00|talk]]) to last version by Username

My questions is: are those '00.00.00.00' and 'Username' strings placeholders that the system will automatically fill in, or do I fill it in myself?

Fwend 08:52, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

That is the message left by the admin rollback tool. You will have to do it yourself. Viridae^Talk 09:06, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

I'm referring to the tips section on the Help:Reverting page. Tip #4 only pertains to the rollback tool? I got the impression that anybody can copy & paste that line into the edit comment box. I'm just not sure if I should fill it in. Thanks for your help. Fwend 10:29, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

You need to fill it in. Viridae^Talk 11:19, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Non admins can use Wikipedia:Popups or Wikipedia:Vandalproof to rollback. The edit summary gets written automatically and is pretty comprehensive -- Lost^(talk) 10:49, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Good response star

What is the status of the "annotate a good response" star, which is supposed to be active on the science desk, but is introduced with the whimsical wording: "The trial is currently limited to the Science Reference Desk. While editors investigate the various options for annotating a response, please do not attempt to annotate questions yet." So is this a trial which one should not try out? Surely then it is not a trial, but an idea for a trial? The discussion link given does not clarify the issue. I ask because there are occasionally most useful responses, such as main article theory being applied to practical happenings. --Seejyb 09:15, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

How do I change my password?152.163.100.11 12:15, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

how do I Change my password?152.163.100.11 12:15, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

First, log in. You currently seem to be editing from an IP. When you're logged in, just click 'my preferences' at the top right of every page, or go to Special:Preferences. The area for password changes is the second 'box' down on the left. --Sam Blanning^(talk) 12:20, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Redirect: The Bag On Line Adventures

Well, It shows the redirect is right on the preveiw page but it doesnt work in the actual article. Please help me!

Its working fine for me. When I type this and press go, it takes me to The Amory Wars -- Lost^(talk) 12:42, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Wikipediaholic Test

How do I post my results from theWikipedia:Are you a Wikipediholic Test test in a User box as I saw another User had? AndonicO 13:15, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

You can see Wikipedia:Userboxes. But the easiest way is just go to edit mode on the other user's page, copy the userbox, modify the score and paste to your userpage -- Lost^(talk) 13:26, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

ask for creating a new map

hello, can i ask a wikiman~ for a map of US nuclear power plants like this [1]? 194.199.4.103 14:50, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

ENTRY

How do I put an entry

Welcome. check out Wikipedia:Your first article and Help:Starting a new page to find out how -- Lost^(talk) 15:27, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Well, there are welcome templates... if you put {{welcome}} you get a welcome message (much longer than yours) and if you put {{welcomeg}} you get a fancier and more complete version of that. If you want to use your version, make a page User:Lostintherush/Welcome, put your text in it, then type or paste {{subst:User:Lostintherush/Welcome}} in the desired place,

Umm, not sure who answered this, but I didnt ask the above question. I had answered it. Thanks for the tip anyway.. -- Lost^(talk) 05:04, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

list of all users ordered by edits/creation date?

Is there such a thing as 1) a list of all users, ordered by number of edits, and 2) a list of all users, ordered by account creation date? My brain is telling me that I saw these lists a while back, but darned if I can find them again. Maybe they were on the toolserver. Herostratus 16:22, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Well, there is this. Don't know if it has what you're looking for though.--NMajdan•talk 17:31, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

No, that only lists alphabetically. I know that even after the toolserver went down I saw a list somewhere of one of these -- can't remember if it was by creation date or number of edits. Actually either one of these would be sufficient. Herostratus 17:46, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

There's a relatively moribund list at Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians by number of edits. I believe there's a way to query the database and get a list by account creation date, but can't seem to find a list like this anywhere. -- Rick Block (talk) 18:42, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

You could try Special:Log/newusers. It doesn't have an option to go back to the first users, though.--Max Talk (add) 20:11, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

removing an image from wikipedia

I loaded an image, which I would like to remove. How can this be done? Do I submit a request to remove it?

-SI

Just go to the image's page, then type {{db-author}} at the top. This will put it in the category, "Candidates for speedy deletion". An admin should soon come by and delete it. -- TheGreatLlama ^{(speak to the Llama!)} 17:29, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Confirm email address

I am having a problem confirming my email address. It is <email removed>. This is a mail forwarding service. Thanks for your help.

Hello, I am sure I have made an account with the following pseudonym Dr. TAO, but I cannot log-in, either because I have misspelled my user name (I can't recall what was exactly my user name) or because my password is wrong. The eery thing, is that I can't find the confirmation email I was supposed to receive for becoming a new user.

I also would like to ask how to upload animations in the following form: a sequence of mathematical graphics.

Finally, is there a way that some contribution to the wikipedia can be acknowledged (i. e., that my name is related to that specific contribution)? I am asking since the National Science System to which I belong may request proof that I have made such contribution. Otherwise, I am aware that wikipedia is fundamentally a free thing, and can not have a copyright, ownership (as patents) or anything, which is good for me and for my National Science System.

Thank you

Arturo Ortiz Tapia

I'm not sure what the issue with the email is, but you can try selecting "email new password" from the login screen, which should also provide your name. Remember that they are case-sensitive.

In general, all edits are "acknowledged" in the sense that they appear on the article's edit history. However, since it's under a somewhat anonymous pseudonym, it's not really a reliable method of proving authorship. Also, since Wikipedia is considered a collaboration, it's not really fair to claim that you have written anything completely, although of course diffs can show exactly what you've contributed. But I'm sure checking your contributions to prove that you've been contributing positively wouldn't be a problem for you.

As for the uploading, I'm not totally sure myself but I suspect WP:IMAGE#Uploading_images has some answers (I hope, anyway). Good luck, with that. —Keakealani •talk•contribs• 21:04, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Problems with pages

There appears to be some problem with a couple pages. For example, try the "maine" or "cape verde" pages. They will not opnen. If you try to view them, you get a "download page" box.

I've just started to have the same problem with the English Main Page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page, though I can get in using http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Main_Page, and I have problems with a few individual pages (e.g. Battle of Bosworth Field)as well. Just started on 08/22/2006. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.195.242.234 (talk • contribs)

I haven't had any such problem, so I'm inclined to think that you have a virus, from the sounds of it. Don't quote me on it, but I would suggest running a virus scan on your computer just in case. Is this only in Wikipedia, or have you tried other sites as well? —Keakealani •talk•contribs• 20:54, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

My first thought was that it was unique to my computer, but I joined in this post as I saw it was not unique. And yes, I have only experienced the problem in Wikipedia (tho I've probably visited less than 10 other sites since experiencing the problem). When I mentioned the issue on another group, one other user reported the same problem (and suggested the alternate link that worked). Other users have suggested that the problem arises from a coding error on one of the Wikipedia servers. My computer is scanned every day with updated AVG and Windows Defender Beta2. Thanks for your suggestions.

Hello: I have to add that I am also having this problem - only with Wikipedia and currently with the topic "windmill". I have run all my virus scans and spyware scans and my computer is clean. And yet, for some reason, the topic "windmill" causes a download page to appear. Even when I download the file (type = unknown) and scan it for virus and try to read it, no good. Does anybody know what's up with this?

I have been encountering this as well. I was looking up information on "Silent Hill" games and movie and some links take me to the pages but others tried to download (Silent Hill II game link for example). I have been bouncing around several subjects and links and on almost every page I have went to, some links have tried to download instead of opening a new page, including the main page.

Same deal here, i also have odd results when trying to open the main page. Sometimes it opens, other times it tries to save. Running IE 6.0.2800.1106.xpsp2.050301-1526CO and going through a Web Marshall proxy server.

Duplicate album naming conventions

So, there are at least two albums named "Ys": one by Italian prog artist Il Balletto di Bronzo and one by Joanna Newsom. On the Ys disambiguation page, there's a redlink to Ys (album), by Il Balletto di Bronzo. Presumably because of this, the article about Joanna Newsom's album is located at Ys (Joanna Newsom album). Now, I think it would make more sense to have the Newsom article at Ys (album) and – should it ever be created – place the other article at Ys (Il Balletto di Bronzo album). I hope I'm making myself clear.

Now, my question is this: are there any rules or conventions about how to name articles for identically-named albums? For example, does the first album released one get "(album)" appended and all later ones get "(artist album)"? Or should it be the first article created? Or maybe the most popular/well-known album? Or should all the articles include the artist's name? Or is it just whatever makes sense to the editor? I've read WP:NC#Album_titles_and_band_names, but it doesn't seem to answer this particular question.

Sorry if my question is too specific/arcane for this page. (Is this the right place to ask?) In any case, thanks! —smably 18:59, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

I'm willing to bet that in this case it was the first article to be made. Since looking for either would lead to the disambiguation page, I don't think it would be a huge deal. However, it would be fine to move the more notable to "(album)" and the less notable to "(artist album)". Another agreement might be to make both of them "(artist album)". This doesn't really happen frequently enough that there are set rules in place, and as log as the search would be mildly logical and intuitive it doesn't matter too much. —Keakealani •talk•contribs• 20:59, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, Keakealani. I guess I'll just be bold, move the article, and hope no one complains. —smably 21:24, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Bold is definitely a good thing, so go for it. If you want, adding a note to each article's talk page would be good. And you're very welcome ^_^ —Keakealani •talk•contribs• 01:48, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Adding a disambiguation page

I was looking up The Builders and got a link directly to a Fawlty Towers episode by that name. I was looking for references to The Builders as they are portrayed by Charles Sheffield in his Heritage Universe series of books. I have also found a link to The Builders associated with Farscape listed on this page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Farscape_races .

If I wanted to create a disambiguation page for The Builders how would I do it?

thanks in advance

DrSad 21:06, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

WP:D should have the answers for you, I think. —Keakealani •talk•contribs• 21:13, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

jehovah's witness page problems

I noticed a few things missing from the Jehovah's witness page and edited it so that it contained certain information about what critics say about them. This information was deleted and cobaltbluetony accused me of vandalism and biased point of view. I feel cobaltbluetony is biased and he is controlling the page, leaving out information that could be helpful to people researching this topic, in an effort to make his religion look better to the public. It is a shame this goes on, and it shouldn't be allowed. -User:Classified1

I think that bringing it up on the Talk Page would be a good start - make your arguments clear and get some consensus going. Always Assume Good Faith; I'm sure the other editor has a good reason for doing what he did. Working it out through discussion is always the first method, but failing that, you can also try Dispute Resolution. Good luck! —Keakealani •talk•contribs• 21:16, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

If you were the editor who added "merely a pathetic cult, only dangerous to its own members' sanity. Don't join this cult," I respectfully suggest that you may want to spend more time looking at the way other articles are written, especially those which present controversial views in a neutral way. See especially WP:NPOV. Notinasnaid 21:24, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Mount Carmel High School (Chicago)

I am new to Wikipedia so I have a very basic question about this topic:

It has been suggested that the article written about "Mount Carmel High School (Chicago)" be merged with the article written about Mount Carmel High School (Chicago, Illinois). This suggestion is correct, as can be seen because the history and famous alumni sections are nearly identical.

My question is this: How can I contribute to the merge of these two articles? Or, can I request that a steward do this?

All you need to do is to decide which article to keep and add any worthwhile material from the other article - basically anything that is in one but not the other. Then you can redirect the other article to the one you decide to keep - see WP:R.--Cherry blossom tree 21:30, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Unable to search for new article

I started an article on D. N. Mamin-Sibiryak recently and am wondering why it does not come up in the search options when I search for "Mamin-Sibiryak", "Mamin" or "Sibiryak" (also when these are lower case). What can I do to fix it so people searching for these parts of the last name can get to the article? Thanks in advance! Bellemichelle 21:22, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

See the VFAQ. Ziggurat 21:25, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

King of Lithuania

I was told my great grandfather was king of lithiuania his name was rugganis i'm tring to learn more about my familys past since everyone keeps it mostly a secrete and i cant get hardly anyone to talk about it i've seen the family crest and every once in a while i'll get someone to talk about it but i want to find stuff in black and white that i can read about. can you help please.

The last two kings of Lithuania were Mindaugas II of Lithuania and Stanisław August Poniatowski, but neither of them had that name. Ziggurat 21:42, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Accidental "Blocking"

Greetings,

Brief question, when seeking to view the "talk page" of a user's input; I accidentally clicked on the "block" link. There was no warning to allow me to rescind this inadvertant action; how can I assist in "un-blocking" the log of this individual; as I meant to do no such thing and they certainly did not do anything to merit such action?

Thank you.

Unless you're an admin clicking on the block link shouldn't block the user. Ziggurat 21:43, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

• And unless you actually select a length and confirm the block, clicking the tab won't do much either. - Mgm|^(talk) 04:51, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

message for isopropyl

Hi Isopropyl!

I'm User:Darrener

I have just read that User:Brat32 left you a message and that you duly replied to him. I am a wee irritated that he has been dragging my name through the mud so to speak. I have in no way insulted him personally and have simply asserted my right to edit the article on the North/South divide in the United Kingdom. He stated that my article was derisory and full of errors, which I just don't understand. Is his article on stereotypes about how Southerners see Northerners just as derisory and full of errors. If you have the time could you do me a favour and have a look at the article and give me your opinion because I am really fed up to the back teeth with this user playing the victim. It's just ridiculous! I'd be grateful if you could do me this favour as you have shown an interest in his complaint could you do the same for me? I am a Northerner (Northern Englishman) and yes there is rivalry between the North and South in our country but to us this is normal and we just laugh it off. I don't know where User: Brat 32 hails from but I don't think he's English and if he is he really needs to ligten up and maybe spice up his life in the emotional department if you know what I mean. Maybe find a nice woman or man...

If you want to leave a message for someone, put it on their talk page (i.e. User talk:Isopropyl). Also can I suggest that you comment on contributions rather than contributors, as Ad hominem observations can be interpreted as personal attacks and may get you banned from editing. Ziggurat 21:57, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Clackamas County (OR) Property Owners

Is there a website available to search by property owners in your county in general, or in West Linn, specifically? Ken @ E-mail address removed to prevent spamming

This Help Desk is for questions about using Wikipedia (editing, conflicts, etc.) The Reference Desk may be able to help you with your query, although I'm not sure if they can help. May I suggest Google? —Keakealani •talk•contribs• 01:36, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Best way to create a new page when a less popular/relevant page of the same name exists?

First, please let me do the edits, I want to learn. Here's the issue: I want to create the article for Candy store, meaning a store selling candy, when an article named Candy Store exists, about a TV commercial. What's the best procedure? Thanks. Lackthereof 00:09, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Copy the existing page to your computer (the wiki-text before you edit it). Edit the page to what you like. Add a note at the top that Candy Store may also mean - make a link to the less common page name. Save. Click on the new link you made. Paste the text you copied into the new page. --Kainaw ^(talk) 00:15, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Do not do the above. It is what is called a cut and paste move and would destroy the history of the article (in fact we have a page just for fixing this type of improper action here). I have freed up the page you need by moving Candy store to Candy Store (television commercial). Simply go to Candy store. This will presently still take you to the television commercial article because when you move an article, a redirect is automatically created for the old article name. Click on "Redirected from Candy store" at the top of the article and make that into the page you want. The difference now is that the history of the other article is preserved, and the history of the article you intend to create starts simply with my move (actually a double move because the first move didn't clear up the capitalization issue for "store"). Please also note that normally when an article preexists, you should create your new article by adding some clarifier in parentheses, but in this case, I changed the prexisting article because it doesn't make sense for the generic "Candy store" name to be an article on a particular television commercial and force the generic use of the name to have a clarifier.--Fuhghettaboutit 00:26, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

That's right. I wasn't thinking about the page's history. Trying to do work, listen to lecture, and answer the help desk at the same time. --Kainaw ^(talk) 01:31, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

In that case perhaps it would be better to concentrate on the other things rather than potentially provide the wrong answer ^^; —Keakealani •talk•contribs• 02:13, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

• Fuhghettaboutit wasn't entirely correct either. Since Wikipedia pages are case-sensitive, we can have Candy Store and Candy store co-exist without the need to add modifiers of any kind. - Mgm|^(talk) 04:49, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Questioning content

Is there any way to question whether a certain piece of content is relevent to the overall article and put it to other users, rather than making the decision and removing the content myself without any form of consensus? JamesWeb 02:00, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Sure. Every page (including this one) has an associated talk page accessible by clicking "discussion" at the top of the page. You can express your concern there.--Fuhghettaboutit 02:19, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

How?

How do i create an article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hankjwimbleton (talk • contribs)

Help:Starting a new page Ziggurat 02:42, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

params

I was working on a page and notice style="background: #ececec; color: black; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: middle; text-align: left; " class="table-rh" but can find no reference as to what this is. I assume its a paramerter of sorts. It was used in the following

! {{rh}} | [[DOS Command Center]]

Is their a list of params for such?

--Richard 06:55, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

There's two things going on, there. The first is that {{rh}} is a template -- see WP:QUICK for a (very) quick sample of wiki markup. Templates are used to save time and space (instead of putting the same thing a few dozen times, we can just use a template, if that makes sense). The contents of this template are CSS formatting, apparently for use in a table. I suppose that's not a complete answer to your question, but it should probably get you pointed more or less in the right direction. Feel free to ask any further questions. :) Luna Santin 07:08, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Is mentioning illegal things allowed?

This somewhat long question pertains to a particular section of Wikipedia:External Links: "Linking to copyrighted works is usually not a problem, as long as you have made a reasonable effort to determine that the page is not violating copyright per contributors' rights and obligations. Knowingly and intentionally directing others to a site that violates copyright has been considered a form of contributory infringement in the United States."

There seems to be an edit dispute on The Thief and the Cobbler page about whether there should be any information about a certain fan-made restoration of the film (the film was released only in a version that was very different from what its creator had intended, and the restoration seeks to fix this). Obviously, the above paragraph specifically states that linking to any sites is not allowed. But what ARE we allowed to say? This has definitely been the most important recent event in the film's history, as evidenced by the involvement and support of many of the biggest names who were originally involved in its making. However, it should be noted that those people no longer own the copyrights to the film.

So, how much is it allowed to say about the restoration before it is judged that the article is an advertisement for it? If it is not mentioned at all, the article would not be complete - but if it IS mentioned, the article runs into the risk of violating one of wikipedia's rules by "directing others to a site that violates copyright".

I guess my basic question is "what does 'directing' mean?" Does merely mentioning that there was a fan-made restoration of the film done in 2006, without mentioning any names or linking to any sites, constitute "directing"? --Esn 07:31, 23 August 2006 (UTC).

Personally, I might venture that linking to the new version's website might constitute copyvio, per the guidelines you mentioned at WP:EL. That said, if you can find media coverage (especially from reliable sources!), the new version may well be worth a mention, illegal or not. For a bit of a morbid example, we have an article on rape, but we don't like to how-to websites on the matter -- mentioning illegal activity is allowed, encouraging it is a bit more risky. That's my personal hunch, anyway. So, I'd say your next step is finding a newspaper article or some such which mentioned the remake, and working from there. If it truly is as notable as you say, it may be worth a mention. Good luck. :) Luna Santin 07:37, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice, Luna. I'll try to do what you suggest, but for future reference (in case I fail to persuade the other party in your argument within reasonable time) how is it possible to get the advice of an administrator on this, or to call one over to that discussion page? I guess also I'd like to be absolutely sure that what I'm writing isn't against the rules, and the word of someone who has the power to make the final judgement would be reassuring (although I'm aware that not all admins are perfect either). -Esn 08:17, 23 August 2006 (UTC).

Not necessarily an admin, but you may be able to get a third opinion to convince the other side. Otherwise, I suppose it's possible to leave a note on the admins' noticeboard although I'm not sure if that's really a good thing to bother them for >.<;; Good luck, anyway. —Keakealani •talk•contribs• 08:22, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the suggestion... you're right, it would be far better to reach a compromise. --Esn 09:36, 23 August 2006 (UTC).

Linking difficulties

There is an article entitled Atatürk's Reforms however I can't seem to create a link to it. The reason I bring it up is that there is an attempt to link to it in Turkish people that doesn't work and I was trying to fix it, but everything seems to be in order. If someone can figure out the problem please do so. Thanks. --24.225.95.249 08:09, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

• The URL of the article is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atat%C3%BCrk%27s_Reforms --24.225.95.249 08:15, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

It seems to be linking properly for me...What exactly is the problem you're having? Sorry I can't help more. —Keakealani •talk•contribs• 08:18, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

In Turkish people there is a link to it, or an attempt to link to it, under the Culture subsection. It's written as [[Atatürk's reforms|language reforms]] which looks fine to me, but it doesn't work. The link above I think should also link to it, but does not. --24.225.95.249 08:31, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

I'm looking at that article and there doesn't seem to be anything at all wrong with the link. I don't really understand what about it isn't working. —Keakealani •talk•contribs• 08:55, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

To put it another way, this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atat%C3%BCrk%27s_Reforms, does not go to that URL.--24.225.95.249 09:08, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

It works for me. I get to the article by clicking on the link -- Lost^(talk) 09:14, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Works for me too! What page does the link go to? There is a redirect from Atatürk's reforms (small r) to Atatürk's Reforms (big R) - the second article is the one with content. Which is unfortunately wrong as second words in the title ahouldn't be capitalised but there you go :D. Other than that the links all look fine on the article you mentioned. --Errant Tmorton166^(Talk)(Review me) 11:31, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

When I click on the link it takes me to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atatürk's_Reforms, but I can copy and paste the URL into IE and go to the correct article. Could there be a problem in the way IE(6) is rendering the link? Still, it seems very strange that I would be the only one having trouble and so far as I know it's never happened before.--24.225.95.249 19:00, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

How do I start a brand new artical

How do I start a brand new artical

For starting a new article: see Help:Starting a new page. You might also want to take a look at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article. --Srikeit ^{(Talk | Email)} 11:24, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Merging_and_moving_pages needs a little more advice

I recently used templates to propose the merging of gene knockout and knockout mice. I refered to the help page Wikipedia:Merging_and_moving_pages for an idea of when it would be acceptable to go ahead an merge the pages but found no further advice. I would like someone to suggest whether it is appropriate to wait 30 days and then merge in the absense of objections or whether I need to obtain a minimum number of votes with at least two thirds in proposition in order to go ahead and merge the articles. If I could collect people's opinions as to an appropriate action then I will go ahead an edit the Wikipedia:Merging_and_moving_pages article to include this advice afterwards. --Username132 (talk) 11:42, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

• Voting is evil. Try to get the opinion of the people who edited the article most recent/often and people on any related WikiProjects and try to develop a concensus. - Mgm|^(talk) 11:46, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

No voting isn't evil that is a fallacy, voting is essential for concensus. The difference is most people assume a vote only has 2 or 3 possibilities. If you are asking someone to choose between merge or not merge they are voting. hmm rant over, anyway. As to the merge you mention yes get some opinions form people who have contributed and see what they think. If you get general agreement (as in most of them agreeing and the opposers not coming up with good reasons) thwen go ahead and do it. IF things get complicated with loads of discussion and argument then go for a straw poll to sort it out. If you get no real response within a week or 2 then go ahead and merge anyway! --Errant Tmorton166^(Talk)(Review me) 11:54, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

I edited the above named article to inlcude the following advice

"After proposing the merge, place your reasons on the talk page and check back in a couple of weeks for a response. You may be able to invoke a response by contacting some of the major or most-recent contributors via their respective talk-pages. If there is a clear agreement after two weeks, that the articles should be merged then go ahead and merge them. If there is no response after four weeks then go ahead and merge the articles." --Username132 (talk) 15:56, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Self-published source

Hi,

I am the author of an XML tutorial called Caffè XML (Caffè XML) and I would like to add the link of the tutorial on the XML page of Wikipedia under the section External Links. However, I red on the Wikipedia official policy that self-published sources are largely not accepted with the exception of well-known professional researches in the relevant field. Should I edit the page myserf or not?

I teach XML at the University "G. D'Annunzio" (Italy) and I do research on the XML field. You can find more about me on my personal web page at Massimo Franceschet Home Page.

Best regards,

Massimo Franceschet 192.167.92.41 13:47, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

The best idea would be to post your suggestion for an external link on the article's talk page and then let other editors familiar with the subject decide if it merits inclusion. This is recommended by WP:EL. --Hetar 17:27, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

what is WYSIWYG page editing

I have seen many Wiki applications on the comparison chart and I don't understand the difference between having and not having WYSIWYG page editing. At first I thought it meant that I would have a little text editor but I visited one that says didn't have this option (WYSIWYG page editing) and it did have one. Can someone please help me with this and if you can clear it up bu showing me a wiki with and without this feature and the differrence. Thanks.

• It stands for "What You See Is What You Get". We actually have an article on the concept. - Mgm|^(talk) 16:06, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

WYSIWYG is 'What You See Is What You Get', the software or interface that in theory shows you as you are editing what it will look like when it is published. In contrast to our WP edit window, in which we see text and formatting codes, and we have to preview in order to see what it will look like when it is published. Anchoress 16:07, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Uh New Message Bar Problem

Every time i go on Hurricane Kate (2003), the new message bar appears, when i check, nothing has changed.Can someone explain this problem.Mitchazenia 16:41, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Clear your browser's cache and see if that works. Dismas|^(talk) 18:27, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

image

I am trying to post a picture that I've uploaded to a page and I'm not sure how to do it. the image I uploaded is gg_RIPcard.png and I'm trying to post it on the ghostgirl entry.

Thank you for your time and help.

Simply add the following text to the article: [[Image:Gg RIPecard.png|thumb|350px]] More information can be found at Help:Images and other uploaded files. --Hetar 17:18, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

adding a discussion topic

How do I add a new topic to a discussion page?Classicragger 16:54, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Simply click on the little + sign at the top of the page. More info at Help:Talk page. --Hetar 17:25, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

I am a new user. I just signed up today and my IP address is blocked for inapproiate langusge. How do I resolve this issue?

To contest a block, add the text {{unblock}} on your discussion page, along with an explanation of why you believe the block is incorrect. --DrunkenSmurf 17:49, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

• If you can post here, you're not blocked. - Mgm|^(talk) 18:25, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Help Desperately Needed for Writing Links to Contributions Page

I'm trying to make a link on my user page to my contributions page, but I don't know how to write the link. Could someone please help me? And while I'm on this subject, how do you write internal links where the link gives you a page that has a different title than the exact words you clicked on (example: having a link reading Greek redirect to the Greek Language page)?--The Great Honker 17:13, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Use [[Special:Contributions/YOURUSERNAME]] to add a link to your contributions page. The answer to your other questions refers to what is known as piping. An example of how to do this would be [[Greek Language|Greek]] which shows up as Greek. More info at Help:Link. --Hetar 17:22, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Citing sources on the Shawn Green article

I have read the citing sources article WP:CITE/ES but I am still having problems actually doing it on the Shawn Green article. What am I doing wrong? Thanks for your help. Benje309 18:02, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

The <references/> tag (note the final /) stands alone, without repeating the references. And cite .... needs to be {{cite ... lines ... }}. That nearly fixes it. Notinasnaid 18:12, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

I've fixed it in the article. After the point you are referencing you should include the source within <ref> tags, like so:

...in the playoff hunt.<ref>
{{cite news
|url=http://espn.go.com/mlb/news/2001/0905/1248286.html
|publisher=ESPN/Alan Schwarz
|title=Green to sit out on Yom Kippur
|date=September 5, 2001
}}
</ref> 

Then, in your references section you should include the <references/> tag which will produce show all the references you have cited in the article, like so:

==References==
<references/>

You can see the result in the article now. --Cherry blossom tree 18:33, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

download

please how can one download contra game

thanks

Now I have real "Big Text"

A few minutes ago, I accidentally hit my elbow on the keyboard on this site and now all the text is really bit like I'm an old person that can't see the regular text. It's annoying the hell out of me. Is there a way to get it back to normal? FireSpike 18:54, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Hold Ctrl and roll the wheel up, or go to View, Text size, and pick whatever one you want. _{talk to} JD ^{wants e-mail} 19:00, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Just come back when you're old, and it will be perfect! · rodii · 20:52, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Using Pictures From Foreign Wikipedia

Works on the Dutch wikipedia (nl) [Bakfiets] but not over here. Please advise. --Username132 (talk) 19:15, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Right. See if you can copy the image to wikimedia commons? (ask for further help if you can't figure that out?) Kim Bruning 19:48, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Sounds like an inefficient system to have multiple copies of an image for different languages. --Username132 (talk) 20:15, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Yes. Often pictures are stored on commons: , to allow everyone to share. For some historical reasons, not all images on nl.wikipedia are stored on commons, however. The easiest way is to just download this image, and upload it back to commons, this should be legal to do. Kim Bruning 20:56, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Error in main, multilingual, page.

There is an error in the main multilingual page, www.wikipedia.org. "Slovencina" (which I believe is slovene) is listed twice. One links to the slovene, www.sl.wikipedia.org, the other to the slovak, www.sk.wikipedia.org. I believe the slovak link should be entitled "Slovensko" which means "slovak" in slovak.

Also, when I typed in the non-existent URL: http://www.en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Main_page, I was lead to the Wikimedia equivalent of the 404 page and there is a mistake on that page as well. Slovensko and slovencina are both listed there, but the links are inversed. Slovencina wrongly points to www.sk.wikipedia.org and Slovensko wrongly points to www.sl.wikipedia.org. It should be the inverse.

I don't know how to edit those pages, does anyone know how?

Thanks,

J-Y

You have to edit the portal pages, which are all situated at Meta. —Daniel (‽) 20:26, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia Edit

What the HELL is wrong with you?!?!?!?!?!? I work for WBOC/FOX21 Delmarva, created the page, and you redericted it to WBOC??????? Yes WBOC owns it, but we wanted it to be a seperate site. IT IS A SEPERATE OPPERATION, A SEPERATE AFFILIATE, YOU BITCHES

Stop shouting, stop insulting people and stop using so many punctuation marks. Discuss things calmly on the talk pages of the relevant articles, and people will explain to you why you are wrong. Chill. —Daniel (‽) 20:24, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Picture not cooperating

Freight bicycle now has a picture but it isn't keeping to the right and it isn't showing the caption that I gave it. --Username132 (talk) 20:36, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

I've fixed it, you simply forgot to include the parameter thumb in the image code. Glad I could help. —Daniel (‽) 20:40, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Making a table hidden by default

I have a large table, Template:Virginia State Highways that is rather large and I would like to have hidden by default when I use it. What code do I need to add to the table to have this happen? --Willy No1lakersfan (Talk - Contribs) 21:23, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

I believe you will have to include class="NavFrame" in the <div> area, however I might be wrong. This probably just hides it when there are multiple templates. Try it, and it might work, although I am not exactly sure. Ryūlóng 21:33, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Can CutManFan and Gamefreak426 vote in my RfA if I run for adminship?

Please check my talk page for that and more questions I would like answered on my talk page. Random the Scrambled 21:43, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Image upload help

Hi, I'm a recent Wikipedian here. So far, I've helped with text edits of Wikipedia articles. I'd like to further contribute to the article Saki Nijino with a pic of said character, but the Wikipedia copyright rules are puzzling me like hell (and while I have a good level of English, it's still not my native language, so those complicated rules are even further puzzling me). The pic I've found directly comes from Konami's (game company which own the Tokimeki Memorial franchise, from which the character comes from) official website. Is the use of that pic is fair use, and thus useable in Wikipedia ? And if so, which tag should I use to go along with the pic ? -- AceNoctali 22:29, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Sure, go ahead. It doesn't matter where you get your picture from. From WP:TAGS, I think you could use {{Game-screenshot}}? WP 07:31, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

That picture is not a game screenshot : it's an official artwork. So, I don't think the screenshot tag will fit. Which tag shall I use then ? -- AceNoctali 10:28, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Editing the Hinchliffe Stadium entry

There's a line describing the stadium that's set ABOVE the first "edit" link and that doesn't appear in the first edit box (i.e., when you click the first [edit] link). Like the rest of the original entry about the stadium I've taken the liberty of editing, it sounds a bit shall we say uninformed: "Hinchliffe...is an old stadium...etc..." But because it IS above the edit link, I don't seem to have the option of editing it....or do I? Does the original entry have to be deleted and the whole thing started over?141.153.165.218 22:40, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Hi!. You can choose to edit an entire article by clicking "edit this page" from the menu at the top of a Wikipedia article. This will allow you to edit the first section, as well as the entire article in one fell swoop. However, if you want to edit just the top section, locate the URL address of one of the edit links (you can do so by right clicking on one, choosing properties, and copying the url), then paste that address into your address bar and change the section number at the end, i.e., "section=1" to zero—"section=o"--Fuhghettaboutit 23:05, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

There is a user script available which will show a tab allowing you to edit the '0th section'. Create an account, and go to your monobook.js file - if you register the account name 'Account123', your monobook will be at User:Account123/monobook.js. Or you can follow this link: Special:Mypage/monobook.js. Then copy and paste the contents of Wikipedia:WikiProject User scripts/Scripts/Add edit section 0 into that page, purge your cache (instructions will be at the top of your monobook page), and you're done. Disclaimer: I don't use it, so can't swear that it works, I just remembered seeing it at Wikipedia:WikiProject User scripts/Scripts. --Sam Blanning^(talk) 00:44, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Default Wikipedia

I seem to remember a couple years ago when going to wikipedia.org would just take you to the en wikipedia.. It's a bit of a hassle to hit English every time I want to visit wikipedia (sorry, google cannot be deposed as the ultimate browser home page!) and so... is there any way to skip the wikipediae portal page? --Froth 22:52, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

You can just type in en.wikipedia.org (which is actually shorter!), and you will be taken directly to the English version. Prodego ^talk 22:54, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

it's not shorter than just typing "wikipedia.org" .. Is there any way to set my default wikipedia? --Froth 04:22, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

IE 7 Font Style/Size

I'm sight impaired. When I'm using IE 7 to search/read Wikipedia I find the font style/size to be very hard to read -- this in spite of the fact that I've got IE 7's font setting on the largest size. The font used for FireFox is fine (I can't use FireFox at work though). Any ideas? P645n 23:20, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Have you tried using the page zoom feature? There should be a button on the bottom-right corner of the window that says 100% or something; or you can hold Ctrl and roll the wheel in your mouse, if it has one. _{talk to} JD ^{wants e-mail} 23:23, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

August 24

Saving a draft of an edit

How can I save a draft of a edit that I am still working on so that I can complete it later before posting?Classicragger 00:13, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Copy and paste it into Notepad. Or if you'd rather keep it online, start a 'work in progress' page in your userspace, e.g. User:Classicragger/Sandbox. --Sam Blanning^(talk) 00:38, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Experiencing technical dificulties...

Hello, and thanks for taking the time to help. Your page has been my home page for ages now and I love your site. Only reciently, as in yesterday, have I had a problem. When I try to get to your English Home Page Only I get a prompt to save or not the page. I have tried doing so, but I still get the same windows prompt, and am unable to access it normaly. Far as I can tell, nothing on my end has changed and NO OTHER PAGE ANYWHERE does this. Bright ideas? Oh, I have gone to saved links I have to your content and they all work fine. Please contact me at Andrew(dot)Blikken(A)gmail(dot)com Email address obfuscated to prevent eternal spamming :)--Deon555^talk_Review 01:34, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure if I completely understand your problem, but is it possible you're right-clicking when you try to get to the Wikipedia home page? That could give you a menu asking if you want to save the target page or not. -- Natalya 02:25, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Internet Explorer tries to save Main_Page instead of opening

Hi Guys, not sure if anyone has had this but when surfing from this page: http://www.wikipedia.org/ and clicking on the English button IE give me a prompt "File download. some files can harm your computer etc etc. File name: Main_Page File type: From: en.wikipedia.org would you like to open the file or save it to your computer?" I then try to select open which then asks me what program do i want to use to open Main_Page

Any ideas? have just patched IE up to the hilt but hasn't changed behaviour. Firefox just works, but unfortunately the company uses IE as standard :|

Cheers Sean

You've got "Use External Editor" checked in your preferences. click here then go to Editing and clear that box :) --Deon555^talk_Review 02:52, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Problems getting to a page.

Every time I try to search the Wikipedia say for loopback once I click on result it asks me if I want to download loopback file? If I do it’s just a binary file if I look at it using WinHex.

Not sure what the problem is why I’m not getting to the page?

I&I&Wiki

• Your problem sounds much like the previous question. Try if the answer to the question before this one worked. - Mgm|^(talk) 04:36, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Image:Macau International Airport.jpg

Help in determining the correct copyright tag to use for Image:Macau International Airport.jpg would be much appreciated. Alr 05:02, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• "which I remember to have been produced by the Macanese government." could be a problem. Memories have made mistakes in the past. If it's made by a commercial ad-creator we're probably out of luck. Perhaps someone can contact the airport and ask? - Mgm|^(talk) 07:28, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
  • My guess would be that it was produced by an ad company or something similar. Alr 18:46, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Corporations Listing

I am concerned that companies are using the medium as a naked form of advertising - see Nationwide Building Society for example. Can any corporation promote itself like this? Best regards

• No, Wikipedia has a strict policy against advertising. As far as I can see Nationwide Building Society isn't abused to promote the company, although I will change the opening line. Anyway, since this company appears to be "the largest building society in the world with approximately 11 million members, 15 million accounts and employs 15,500 people across the UK" and since "it is the only UK building society to clear its own cheques, and the only UK financial institution to offer completely fee-free transactions (both electronic and cash withdrawals) worldwide with their VISA branded cards." means it's noteworthy for inclusion, at least in my own opinion. - Mgm|^(talk) 07:23, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

writing articles

Why do you have to make it so hard? I have tried to add articles on two poets. One - Catherine Fisher - was deleted by someone called Adam Bishop due to "copyright violation". But all the stuff on it came from her web site, which I wrote, with her agreement! The other, on Paul Henry, has a note saying "please wikify as suggested in style guidelines". I can't see how it contravenes them and frankly the bloody things are so long that no one with a job/life would have time to read the lot. That's the last time I try....

Thank you for your contribution, and sorry you were disappointed. On copyright violations: anyone could say they wrote stuff, and so you have to prove claims to own what you write, quite thoroughly. Look at it the other way round: suppose someone went to your site, and copied all your work and claimed to have written it. Copyright is vital, and you should be happy, as a creator, that Wikipedia is diligent in protecting it. This is why it's generally preferred to rewrite even your own material. The other note doesn't mean you have to do it. As a new editor, you won't know how to wikify, but if you stay you'll learn. Remember that it's a collaborative project: someone else is likely to wikify it. In fact, that is already happening. Notinasnaid 09:28, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

As a member of WikiProject Wikify maybe I can help. Many articles such as the one you wrote have good content but need reformatting with section headings etc. Also words can be linked to specific Wiki articles to provide other information. I wikified your Article to give you some idea of the process. I hope that explains it for you :D --Errant Tmorton166^(Talk)(Review me) 10:52, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

sql installation

when iam installig sql2005 iam getting 1305runtime error

Have you tried the Computing section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there; this help desk is only for questions about using Wikipedia. For your convenience, here's the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps. - Tangotango 12:31, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Editing Article name

I would like to know that if it is possible to edit the title name of an article. I added an article with title name being in all small caps and it doesn't seem to get linked to anything because of that or maybe for some other reason. Editing allows me to change the whole text but the title, how can i just make the first alphabet of an article's title Caps? thanks —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Singhshady (talk • contribs) .

You have to move the article. See Help:Moving a page. Garion96 (talk) 15:12, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Article or Section may require Cleanup

Dear Wikipedia, I have just read the Wikipedia article on the Fairbanks House, Dedham (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairbanks_House,_Dedham), and noted that a note is included at the beginning of the article stating that "To meet Wikipedia's quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup." I am not the author of the article, and have never contributed to Wikipedia. However, I am the current Director/Curator of the Fairbanks House, and am definitely concerned to make sure that the information on the House remains available to Wikipedia users. Is it possible for you to let me know what cleanup needs to be made in order to meet the quality standards? Is that something in which it would be useful for me to become involved? Thank you, Alex Service, Director/Curator, the Fairbanks House

The way the current article is written, it has very little wikilinking, just one long section, not much of sources. To see what a good article is, have a look at any of our featured articles and this guide -- Lost^(talk) 15:50, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

I can't get the following signature to work properly

Random the Scrambled Vandalism and other nonsense! 13:36, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Please help. It looks right because it got distorted when I placed it in here, and I had to fix it manually. It really looks like this:

Random th<font color=green>[[User:Mr. Random/Esperanza|e]]</font> [[User talk:Mr. Random|Scrambled]] [[User:Mr. Random/Sandbox|Vandalism and other nonsense!]] 13:38, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Have you checked the "raw signature" tab in your prefs? -- Lost^(talk) 15:58, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

No. Random the Scrambled 16:51, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Try checking and saving. It worked for me. Or have you tried it already? -- Lost^(talk) 18:07, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

It says "Invalid raw signature, check HTML tags". I'm pretty sure it's referring to the green "e". How do I keep it green and get rid of the HTML? Random the Scrambled (Vandalism and other nonsense!) 18:47, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Never mind. That was just an error in my HTML coding (forgot to put "green" in quotes). Thanks, Lost. Random the Scrambled ^(?)(Vandalism and other nonsense!) 18:50, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Wikilinks in different versions of English

Hello. If I discover a page with a red link because the link and the page title are spelled in different versions of English (e.g. the link is spelled in British English but the article is titled in American English), what is the proper course of action? Should I 1. Change the spelling on the page? 2. Make it a piped link to the correct page? or 3. Create a redirect from the British spelling to the American spelling? — Michael J 19:18, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• Articles are written in the type of English that is relevant to the subject. So a page on Doctor Who should be in British English, Statue of Liberty in American English. Either piped links or redirects work. Personally, I would use redirects so other people who use the different spelling will have the advantage of the redirect in articles afterwards. - Mgm|^(talk) 19:26, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

In general, all common alternate spellings can be redirected, like Mgm said, to aid in the ease of searching for users in the future. You'll probably want to add the {{R from alternate spelling}} template to the redirect, too. —Keakealani •talk•contribs• 22:52, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Forcing a full horizontal break?

Have a look at my user page. In the awards gallery, the awards overlap each other. How can I make a full horizontal break that forces a barnstar image to go below the previous ones, even if it thinks there's still room to the right of them? And how can I make the list of condensed userboxes go below the Babel list? JIP | Talk 19:56, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Hi, simply insert <br style="clear:both" /> after the image code and you should get the results you want for the horizontal break -- Lost^(talk) 20:02, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

North Carolina Legal Encyclopedia

what is the name of Legal Encyclopedia for the state of North Carolina and the abbreviation. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.194.123.10 (talk • contribs) .

Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that's what this Help Desk is for). For your convenience, here's the link: Reference Desk (when you get there, just select the relevant section, and ask away). I hope this helps. Garion96 (talk) 20:09, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Major editing tag

Could someone tell me what the template is that tells other editors that you are making major changes and asks them to hold off on editing until finished. I remember seeing it before, but can't remember what it was called. Thanks for any help, Newnam^(talk) 20:05, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

One of them is {{Underconstruction}} -- Lost^(talk) 20:16, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! I'm about to completely change the Star Trek article in the next 15 minutes and didn't want to get confused with an edit conflict. Hoprfully this will help with that. Thanks again, Newnam^(talk) 20:19, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Another is {{Inuse}} Brian 20:21, 24 August 2006 (UTC)btball

PAGE NOT FOUND

the wikipedia site doesnt work, it says page not found

You seem to have found it now. Perhaps you misspellt the address, or the server was down at the time. —Daniel (‽) 20:52, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• If it's not working, you wouldn't be able to post this message. Just try again. - Mgm|^(talk) 04:56, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

New voice

Hello there,

I've contributed modifing some voice (about 20 minor changes) and then registering. :-)

I would like to insert a new voice/page and adding it in the page category.

Can you help me?

thanks

FrancoK

What are these "voice" that you speak of? I am unsure as to what you mean in Wikipedia terminology. Ryūlóng 22:45, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

In http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Computer_security under "Pages in category "Computer security" " I would like to insert a new voice pointing to a new page.

Are you talking abouting userpages? If you are see Wikipedia:User page (shortcut:WP:UP).--Porsche997SBS 20:01, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

No.

Thank you for your help.

FrancoK

past alumni yearbooks 1974-1976

I am trying to find a graduate from 1974-1976.

This is not really anything we can help you with. Wikipedia does not keep information like this. Perhaps you should try elsewhere. Ryūlóng 22:45, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• To get any kind of helpful answer you should specify the country and school you are talking about. - Mgm|^(talk) 04:54, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

ANSWERED- About article discussion pages...

I clicked random article, and it brought me to Dragon Booster. I went to the discussion page, when I noticed that the page looks pretty much like a forum for the show and possibly video games relating to the show. Is it okay if I put a note and clear it out? Abby724 22:46, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

• I would recommend archiving the talk page and then clearing it. See Wikipedia:How to archive a talk page. — Reinyday, 01:17, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Thank you! Abby724 01:30, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

science fiction book stub

I'm currently adding to the stub Vampire Earth.How can I remove stub staus?

When you edit the page there should be something near the bottom that looks like this:

{{X-stub}}

If you delete it the stub notice will be gone! Ziggurat 23:07, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Downloading Wikipedia

I was reading an article in Make DIY Magazine from August of last year where they tell you how to make a portable encyclopedia using wikipedia and something like a palm-pilot. In the article it describes how to upgrade the device, and it says that he downloaded Wikipedia (at the time it was about 500,000 articles), and then transferred it to the device. I believe the article said that it only took up about 400-500 MB.

My question is; How do you download Wikipedia(all 1,000,000+ articles) for use offline? (aside from saving every single article individually)

I'm sure there's software that'll do it, for example the Encyclopodia. To download Wikipedia you'd have to copy the database; see Wikipedia:Database download. Ziggurat 23:46, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Info Boxes

I noticed how a lot of pages have those infoboxes and I noticed how there are lots of different types like tv show, buffyverse character and more.

I was wondering, how do you make your own infobox?

--Fugabutacus 00:02, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

You can simply go to an article with an infobox that fits your purposes, go into edit mode, copy the code of the box, paste it into the artilce you want to add it to and change the parameters for that article's information. You can also explore various types of blank infoboxes at Category:Infobox templates.--Fuhghettaboutit 00:37, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Adding a disambiguation to a page with only one current meaning

Hello all, thanks for any help:

at www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Always_Ready , the only thing that comes up is a Hong Kong Television show. However, I would like to add another meaning to this, a new 2006 book that just came out through Xlibris, also called Always Ready. Now, this is my first time adding to wikipedia. Here is the evidence I am going to use in citing: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14081404/ . Pretty much, I would like to create another disambiguation for 'Always Ready' that would be a short explanation of this book, but of course would be secondary to the TV show...for example, maybe if anyone went to www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Always_Ready they would be initially be directed to the TV show, but on top it would say: "if you are looking for the spy novel Always Ready, click here" or however that normal link away goes.

How could I add this second page?

Thanks so much! ChowderInopa 01:40, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

You want {{Otheruses4}}. See Wikipedia:Disambiguation for more info. MECU≈talk 01:49, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

• Self-published books, especially the ones for which you have to pay to get them published, are generally not considered notable. Make sure the CIA review and MSNBC article and the CIA review are included in the article to avoid deletion. Also, a short line to indicate any notability the author may have would also help. - Mgm|^(talk) 04:51, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Newbie unable to stay registered when editing an Image page

I just became a registered user, ID docduke. I have confirmed my email address.

I made a really trivial change (ar -> an) in the text of:

title=Image:Construction_of_Golden_rectangle.svg&action=edit&section=1

When I was looking at the page, it showed me as logged in. However, when I attempted to edit a section, the edit screen came up telling me that I was not logged in. The change was made, but after the edit was saved, I noticed that there was no "history" tab on the page, so there was no way to determine whether the edit was attributed to my ID or my IP address.

While looking at the FAQs before posting this, I tried a section edit button, and it worked normally (by normally, I mean like the MediaWiki I have installed on another of my home computers).

Is there something odd about the "Golden_rectangle" page? Do I need to do something special to remain "logged in" during editing that page? If this problem is new to you, how can I document the problem if someone wants to look into it?

Thanks!

You say that editing worked on a MediaWiki hosted on a home computer. Have you checked your browser settings to make sure cookies from external sites are enabled? Also, have you tried editing another page (the sandbox, for example) on Wikipedia? Let us know how it goes. Cheers, Tangotango 01:50, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

What page did you try and edit? Construction_of_Golden_rectangle.svg doesn't seem to exist. MECU≈talk 01:53, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Ah, okay. You tried to edit Image:Construction_of_Golden_rectangle.svg, which is not hosted on the English Wikipedia - it's an image included from Wikimedia Commons. At the moment, you need a separate account to edit Commons pages, and logins are not synchronised - that is why you found yourself logged out. The history can be found at [2]. Cheers, Tangotango 02:04, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

I guess there is a steep learning curve here. I just responded to your first comment, and got my changes deleted by simultaneous editing with you.

For other readers, the full URL is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Construction_of_Golden_rectangle.svg

which looks to me like wikipedia, but I'm new around here...

Docduke 02:10, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

You can tell a Wikipedia-hosted image from a Commons-hosted image by looking at the tabs at the top of the page - if the "image" tab is red, then it's a Commons image. If blue, then it's a Wikipedia image. Commons images are also designated by the "This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons. The description on its description page there is shown below." banner that appears under the image. Cheers, Tangotango 02:25, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

How to go to top instantly?

Some pages are quite long and when I reach the dead end how to go to top instantly? Using the slide bar causes inconvenience. Any help? 59.94.74.153 04:07, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Press the <home> key on your keyboard. --Deon555^talk_Review 04:13, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!

Amitabh Bachchan

Dear All , great fans of Big B,

I made some mistake while editing abt Big B's new filem Ganga, and did soem goof up.

Can any one pl. help me to get that sam recitified.

I did took the copy of the html page, but due to sme problem in my machine it didnt got saved.

Pl. help on urgent basis. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hlv5 (talk • contribs)

I am not sure about your question, but people at Wikipedia:WikiProject Indian cinema may be able to help you out. Just post a request on the talk page. -- Lost^(talk) 06:26, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

• I think he's talking about Big B's 2007 film GANGA, but so far I haven't been able to find any article on that film. - Mgm|^(talk) 07:40, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• He messed up a big template based table. Seems to have been fixed already. - Mgm|^(talk) 07:42, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Cannot change the skin back to default.

Hello, I was experimenting with changing the skin and now I cannot change the current skin (I forgot the name of the current skin). The "skin" link on "My preferences" is not working.

Please change the skin to the default skin so that I can work.

Thank you Best regards Musten Jiruwala — Preceding unsigned comment added by Musten (talk • contribs)

If you changed to another skin and cannot change back, use this link. -- Lost^(talk) 06:24, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

unde pot sa confirm asresa de mail?

unde pot sa confirm asresa de mail? kiruna — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.136.57.110 (talk • contribs)

I beg your pardon, but the vast majority of users here speak English. If you do speak English, you may get help much faster by trying that, or you can wait for someone who recognizes that language, or you can try posting at another Wikipedia -- my current guess is that is the one, but I could be wrong. Good luck! Luna Santin 06:58, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure you'll find many here who speak Romanian. I certainly don't - but I think you're asking how you confirm your email address. You should have received an email from Wikipedia when you signed up. Once you've done that, you'll have a link that you can click on to confirm the email address. Either click on it, or paste the address into the location bar of your browser. That's all there is to it. You might be interested in the Romanian Wikipedia if you don't already know about it. Waitak 07:00, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Liability

Will I be liable for editing a legal topic (e.g., criminal law, torts, contracts) if someone else relies on it and is harmed by doing so? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.139.41.220 (talk • contribs)

• You are accountable for the changes you make, but whether you are liable is a legal question which I cannot answer. I'm not a lawyer. I don't recommend editing any type of topic you don't know about. Do your research first. If you do that well, you don't have to worry about liability. - Mgm|^(talk) 07:39, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Wikipedia as a whole disclaims liablity in the general disclaimer and more specifically, the legal disclaimer. Of course, I disclaim responsblity for knowing weather those documents might hold up in court or not, but as mentioned above, doing your research beforehand is likley the best defense.24.20.69.240 07:52, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Neutrality

How do I dispute the neutrality of an article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.35.110.62 (talk • contribs)

In the first instance, post a comment on the article's talk page, raising your concerns. It is worth reading through the existing talk page to see if the concerns have already been discussed. Give at least a week, I think, before any further action. Notinasnaid 07:53, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Really? Then you have a lot more patience than me, lol. Unless it's an issue being actively worked on as evidenced by talkpage activity, I just slap a {{subst:POV}} tag on the article and explain why on the talk page. Anchoress 08:15, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

I suppose it depends on how egregious it is. But there is a particular problem of people who just add the tag to the article and go away without adding anything to the talk page at all. I consider this little better than vandalism. Notinasnaid 08:24, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I agree. I'm inclined to remove unsubstantiated tags. It is vandalism of a sort, IMO. Anchoress 08:27, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

• In short: Make talk page comment, wait for a bit, slap on tag... Do it all and you're doing it right. - Mgm|^(talk) 09:10, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

image sensor

Dear sir,

We are working in Engineering industry. We have several casting frames which has different sizes of the holes ( ie..around 50 to 100 nos in a plane ).

Our Query :-

1. How to ensure all holes are drilled by using mobile image sensor and also dimensional aspect?

2. If possible please provide all the details to mail ID - < email deleted >

3. In addition to that we request you provide address details/Contact person in India.

With Regards N.Jothiramalingam Manager QA. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.90.124.69 (talk • contribs)

Dear N.Jothiramalingam. I think you must have mixed us up with a different web site. Regrettably, we are just an encyclopedia. Notinasnaid 08:57, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Deleting articles

Hi, I am not very good with computers, so I need help with deleting a certain page. However, I am not sure that I have correctly requested it to be deleted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tpetrolo (talk • contribs)

Actually you have not. The article in question was created by you and not substantially edited by anybody else. So the easiest way out would be to put {{db-author}} on top of the article. This will ensure speedy deletion of the article -- Lost^(talk) 10:23, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

DISTANCE BETWEEN VIKRIL EAST AND ANDHERI EAST

Distance between Vikril east and Andheri east?

I put what I could tell of your question in the correct format. Please follow the guidelines at the top of the page. — [Mac Davis] (talk)

Question

Moved to Wikipedia:Reference desk/Science

How do I

I wanted to know if there is a way that I may write bios or facts about people, places or things that are not already in Wikipedia? Please contact me and let me know how would go about doing this, or whom I need to speak with to further discuss this matter. Thank you.

Robert Carpenter — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rcarp88 (talk • contribs)

Specifically for bios, you may consider joining Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography. Regarding articles that are not on wikipedia but are requested, you need to go here and click on the topic of your choice, pick a red link and start typing away keeping in mind the Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines -- Lost^(talk) 13:35, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Pentagon attack.

Moved to Wikipedia:Reference desk/Science

Template for other article user may have actually been looking for

On the regulation of gene expression article, I have placed

Gene modulation redirects here. For information on therapeutic regulation of gene expression, see therapeutic gene modulation.

-- is this appropriate and is there a template I ought to use? --Username132 (talk) 16:26, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Yes, its appropriate. Had the other link gone to a disambig page, you could have used {{Redirect}}. You may also find some other relevant templates here-- Lost^(talk) 16:28, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

See more info and other templates to use at Wikipedia:Disambiguation. MECU≈talk 16:37, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Editing tag?

I'm sure there is an editing tag I can put up? It basically tells other editors that I am about to spend quite a while editing the article so please can they wait before making any edits?

--Charlesknight 17:17, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

I think {{Inuse}} is the template you are looking for. Hope this helps.--Fuhghettaboutit 17:25, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks that's the one! --Charlesknight 17:26, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Great!--Fuhghettaboutit 17:28, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Song Lyrics

I have edited many song articles on Wikipedia by adding the lyrics of the song. However, many of these articles are swiftly changed to remove the lyrics. So basically I would like to ask why I cannot seem to add lyrics to articles on songs. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gedmundo (talk • contribs)

song lyrics are covered by copyright. We can't include them.Geni 20:24, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

GENERAL PARTNERSHIP?

SHOW ME EX: — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.61.41.57 (talk • contribs)

Hi there. Do you have a question about using Wikipedia? 24.20.69.240 20:28, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Whay are some words/links red while all others are blue?

See above — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.213.177.8 (talk • contribs)

Red means the aritcle linked to does not yet exist. -Goldom ‽‽‽ ⁂ 20:45, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

marking for deletion an article which was previously deleted and resurfaced

• I've just stumbled on this article, which is nothing more than a vanity article. I was trying to mark it for deletion but it seems that it was already deleted in the past but was rewritten, which hinders the AfD process. So, what option do I have to re-brand it as a AfD? What is the normal procedure to mark AfD an article which has a history of being deleted and rewritten? --Mecanismo | Talk 22:21, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

There's two answers. When nominating a good page for a second (or later) AfD, you can use {{afdx}} (example: {{afdx|2nd}} or {{afdx|3rd}}). In the case of this page, {{db-repost}} might be more appropriate. :) Luna Santin 22:26, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

• Thanks! And it seems that someone already deleted the article. Very nice. But isn't it also possible to lock the article or some other procedure to stop that from happening? --Mecanismo | Talk 17:02, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

• Yup. When an article keeps being recreated, an admin may protect the page so that nobody can create the article again. — Dark Shikari ^talk/_contribs 22:59, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Creating Pages

Hello, I was just wondering, How does one create a page/article on wikipedia?

Please direct your answer to this following e-mail address: e-mail removed to stop spam

Thank you very much,

-C. Harrison

Welcome, try Help:Starting a new page.--Andeh 23:03, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Deleting a section

When one deletes a section, an ugly empty paragraph remains behind, which has to be deleted separately. Is there any way to prevent this? Shinobu 23:40, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Instead of a section edit to remove the section, you could edit the whole article and then remove the section. Garion96 (talk) 23:53, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Wikiproject Irish Dancing?

Hello. I would like to know if there is a WikiProject about Irish step dancing. I myself am not involved in it, but a very close friend of mine is. I would like to help out if it exists, and if it does not, I want to take steps to make it. Thank you for your help!--Chili14 00:35, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

A look at Wikipedia:List of WikiProjects and the 'Descendant WikiProjects' section of Wikipedia:WikiProject Dance suggests not. It seems like an awfully specific subject for a WikiProject - are there really enough articles that would be covered by it to make it needed? --Sam Blanning^(talk) 00:55, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

people from omaha nebraska

I have a cousin that is a singer and actor....he is not listed with the people from omaha nebraska....He is a member of the group The Platters...how do i get him on the list

Just go to Notable natives of Omaha, Nebraska, click the edit this page at the top of the page, and edit it. WP 01:00, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Note that people added to the list should be noteworthy enough for their own individual article. See WP:BIO for our guidelines on notability of people generally - WP:MUSIC also has guidelines on notability of bands. If your cousin was a member of the The Platters, as in the famous rock and roll band of the 50s and 60s, he would certainly be notable enough, but I'm guessing he's a member of a different one. --Sam Blanning^(talk) 01:02, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

It could be THE Platters; several of the members' names are redlinked in the band's article. Anchoress 01:05, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

How to submit an article

It's all too much. I tried to look something up and the page said nothing existed on the subject. I'd like to submit an article to rectify that. I don't want to edit anyting. I want to create a whole new entry. I created an account. I can sign in on the account. I can't figure out how to submit the article. My user name is Prof. Wordo. My name is Bill Moore My email is <e-mail removed to prevent spam> Any suggestions?

Best bet to start out is Wikipedia:Your first article and Help:Starting a new page. --TeaDrinker 01:46, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

I need help a.s.a.p.

I am making a Wikipedia for a band called Until Escape. I have made several attempts to make the page look good but it seems I keep getting taged due to lack of editing. I don't know what to do!

Theplasticsky 03:49, 26 August 2006 (UTC)Theplasticsky (email removed)

There are three tags. The first and second are essentially the same, asking you to link to other articles. That seems to be done already. The third however asks you to establish notability for the band. Just go through the guidelines for Wikipedia:Notability (music) to understand more about it. Otherwise the article stands the risk of being tagged for deletion on the grounds that it is not notable enough to be included in Wikipedia. Please let us know if you need any further help -- Lost^(talk) 04:19, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

I've removed your email to prevent you from being spammed eternally. Wikipedia is copied extensively and thus posting it here is potentially making it very public for bots to harvest. —Keakealani •talk•contribs• 08:37, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Another thing is the way it's written.

Instead of saying:

"In 2005 a threesome band from Brighton, United Kingdom, was being formed. Davey Redfern (guitar, vocals), Rob Kempson (bass guitar), and Mark Wyss on drums."

You should have said:

"Until Escape is a British grunge-specializing rock band. Formed in Brighton, United Kingdom in 2005, the band has three members. Davey Redfern is the band's guitarist and vocalist, while Rob Kempson plays bass guitar and Mark Wyss is the drummer of the band."

--Porsche997SBS 20:46, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Posting notice on article that a major expansion or rewrite is in the works.

I want to know how to flag an article for other would-be editors to notify them that I am working on a significant rewrite. Is this recommended? If so what is the recommended method?

Please post reply on my talk page. (I'm still spending an inordinant amount of time looking for what I want.)GrahameKing 04:37, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Replied on his talk page -- Lost^(talk) 04:41, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

multiple delete/POV-check

Hi,

I need some help with possible multiple deletion & POV check. Could someone email me from my user page? TKS! Ling.Nut 15:40, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Never mind I found the answers. Tks.

Oldest woman & mother in Malaysia reported in local newspaper (The Star)

Hello,

I'm Nigel Ooi from Malaysia. I wish to express your interest to read the articles as shown below: 1. Oldest woman http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/8/26/nation/15225827&sec=nation

2. Oldest mother http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/8/19/nation/15185587&sec=nation

I hope the article are useful for your attention.

Regards, Nigel Ooi

Newuserlog

Does anybody know where I can acquire the newuserlog extension? I checked on Meta already, and Mr. Bjarmason does not appear to be responding to enquiries at the moment. --Emufarmers^(T/C) 17:34, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

• This page is for help with Wikipedia, for help with MediaWiki (the software, you need to ask for help at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Communication (it's the bottom right icon in the box at the top of this page). - Mgm|^(talk) 19:16, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Problem finding an image

File:Urashima shore.jpg

I have uploaded Image:Urashima shore.jpg which I can access by clicking in the link in "My Contributions"; however, it is inaccessible in an article: it will show as a red link. I don't understand why this is, as I'm sure that I have used the code properly to show the image. I have used it in an edit of The Picture of Dorian Gray article on the 23rd August. Does anyone know what's going on, or am I just being slow? -Adasta- 17:52, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

I have no problem making it show up. It is possibly a cacheing issue - see WP:CACHE. --Cherry blossom tree 18:04, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

modifying public domain images

The description of PD-USGov-CIA-WF says the image has been copied and/or modified (from the CIA World Factbook). Is there any point at which I am obliged to indicate by some other tag because of extensive modification of the public domain original?

I in fact just want to take portions of CIA WF map images, and add a placename and an arrow pointing to a location, and for this I would understand I just need the PD-USGov-CIA-WF copyright tag, but what if I were to modify the image further, such that I think it would be misleading to suggest the current image was 'copied' from the particular source without some acknowledgement of the modification?

Is there any Wikipedia protocol/"best use" regarding this procedure: taking a public domain map and modifiying it to identify/highlight a particular area (i.e., the subject of a wiki article)? I find a lot of maps in Wikipedia articles would be more effective if they simply had an arrow added. I'd think this would be a fairly simple thing to do: is it avoided by experienced wiki article-editors for some reason I am not aware?

I've cut out a portion of a CIA World Factbook map on my computer, and added a name and an arrow. It is my intention to upload the image (to the Wikimedia Commons?), then place it in an Wikipedia article.

Thank you for any help with my question(s), and any additional information you may think of assistance with my plans. Jauntymcd 18:18, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

• The image should remain in the public domain even if you alter it. All changes are kept in the history of the image info page. Make sure you use edit summaries to inform everyone of the changes you made. - Mgm|^(talk) 19:06, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Images moved to commons

If i have uploaded an image to wikipedia then realised it would be better to ahve it on commons, is there a way to move it. Or do you just need to reupload it to commons and then delete it from wikipedia? --chris_huh 18:42, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

• Yes, you need to reupload. Make sure you copy all information including the history along before asking for its deletion with {{NowCommons}}. - Mgm|^(talk) 19:03, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

About my username

I wanted to remove adult content (which is not added by me)which is on my username page can you help me please

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Zenguru

• User:B A Bysu Kit redirected this user's page to that of a porn actress. I deleted it (there was nothing to revert to) and sent them a warning. Please give me a hand keeping an eye on it. - Mgm|^(talk) 19:11, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

How to link to another wiki page?

I am currently editing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTS_Index and have a company name which is "Mobile TeleSystems". The wikipage for this company is located at Mobile_Telesystems. How do I edit it, so that the link will show to where it needs to be directed?

To make a link to another Wikipedia page simply place doubled brackets around the name like this [[Mobile TeleSystems]]. For more on this and other markup, I suggest you take a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial--Fuhghettaboutit 19:56, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

• If you want to link to an article which isn't exactly named in the article, you could use Wikipedia:Piped links. ([[Mobile Telesystems|Mobile TeleSystems]]). There's no need to include the underscore. Also, you could consider moving "Mobile Telesystems" to fix the capitalization and link as normal. Moving is done with the move tab at the top of your screen. See Wikipedia:Moving a page. - Mgm|^(talk) 21:55, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

"Bleacher Bums"

I would like to know how I might be able to purchase a copy of the 1979 version of "Bleacher Bums". 172.166.133.194 20:18, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

This help desk is for problems with Wikipedia. The Reference desk might be a better place to ask this question. _{talk to} JD ^{wants e-mail} 20:23, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Category: Lists of People by University in the United States

I note that Georgetown University is not listed on the G category on this page -- is there an easy way to add it? (Wikepedia's entry on the university contains a link to Georgetown "notable alumni." Thanks!

```` —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jjimcourt (talk • contribs) 22:13, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Done. For future reference, you can add articles to categories by adding, for example, [[Category:Lists of people by university in the United States|Georgetown University]] to the bottom of the article. The bit after the pipe is the 'sort key', which makes sure it appears under 'G' for 'Georgetown' rather than 'L' for 'List'. [3] --Sam Blanning<sup>(talk)</sup> 00:40, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

how to get my new page linked in

Hi. I have a new page called "Differential Execution" reporting on some research I did in Computer Science some time ago. It properly belongs somewhere classified under computer science, artificial intelligence, or computer graphics, but I'm not sure how to get it into one of those classification systems. I didn't want to just stick it into one of the lists, like alongside "Control Flow" without asking anyone's advice. Can you help me? (Sorry if this is answered in the Help and I didn't see it.) Thanks. MikeDunlavey 23:30, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

• Reading Wikipedia:Categories should help. Your article also could use some Wikification: add more links in the content to appropriate articles, to make it more useful. — Dark Shikari <sup>talk</sup>/<sub>contribs</sub> 00:20, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

my article doesn't shop up under search

I added an article and it only show up after a search if all capitilization is perfect. Why is this and what did I do wrong? thanks

Thats just the way wikipedia is, it only links/searcher to the page name, which has capitilisation or not, Hope that helped, If not, just leave a message on my talk page. L Trezise 02:22, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Please see the first question at WP:VFAQ. -- Rick Block (talk) 03:09, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

where can i find a list of all the different warnings you can put up for articles?

eg: {{copyedit}} {{npov}} etc

Anon-o-man 02:14, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

A link to a list of all templates can be found here

All of these should categorized under Category:Wikipedia maintenance templates. -- Rick Block (talk) 03:12, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Article in progress

I was trying to move an article I made to the sandbox, but then discovered that the title of the article remained with no content, except a forwarding link. The title is erroneous and the article I am writing is still being edited. How do I delete an article I originally posted?

I've moved it to User:G1t111/sandbox, where you can continue working on it in your own userspace. When you're finished, just move it to the correct title. The residual redirects should be deleted momentarily. --Rory096 07:46, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Please don't move it to G1t111/sanbox, that's back in articlespace. Keep it to pages starting with User:G1t111. --Rory096 07:55, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

The Perfect Wikipedia Article

I was reading through the guidelines and came across one titled something like "The Perfect Wikipedia Article". It had just the information I was looking for in regard to certain aspects of neutrality -- saying that controversial issues should be subordinate and lower down. But now I can't find it again.

Hi,

I believe you are looking for The perfect article. — Ambuj Saxena (talk) 11:56, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

The bearded lady of Guildford

The bearded lady of Guildford does exist, simply ask anyone who lives or works in Guildford 86.2.251.168 12:13, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

• I think you should read our verifiability policy. WP:RS, WP:V. Asking someone in a certain geographical location is not the way we should go about verifying information. If something should get an article we need to distill information from secondary sources, meaning someone should already have written about this lady. - Mgm|<sup>(talk)</sup> 12:32, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
• Also, not everyone is suitable to get a entry in an encyclopedia. The article Bearded Lady of Guildford didn't explain why she was notable; in other words, how she would fulfill the requirements we have for biography articles. (WP:BIO). - Mgm|<sup>(talk)</sup> 13:11, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Add page

How do i add a page?

• See Help:Starting a new page. It's probably a good idea to read Wikipedia:Your first article too. - Mgm|<sup>(talk)</sup> 13:05, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Missing diacritic in page title

I created a page that includes a diacritic in the title. I didn't like the way the system handled the URL becaue of the accent (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rosariolibrarian/Pura_Belpr%C3%A90)

So when I moved my page to the main area of wikipedia, i left the accent out (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pura_Belpre).

however that creates 2 further problems: 1. now the entry itself is missing the accent in the heading 2. when others refer to the entry by its correct name, the link doen't go to the entry i created. See for example, see the reference in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REFORMA to Pura Belpré

I was loooking at other entries with accents to try to figure this out (e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Garcia_Marquez0 but i could not.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Rosariolibrarian (talk • contribs) .

Hi! I have moved the page to the title with the diactritic. It now appears under the name Pura Belpré. By doing so, this automatically created a redirect for the unaccented name, so if someone searched for the name without the diacritic they will still find the article. I have also edited all pages on Wikipedia including REFORMA so that her name is listed properly. I hope this is what you were looking for. A few other notes: Please sign talk page posts by typing four tildes, like this: ~~~~. This will automatically add your signature and a time stamp. When you want to link to other articles on wikipeda, instead of typing the URL all you need do is surround the name of the article with doubled brackets. So to get the link REFORMA I typed [[REFORMA]]. I think you might get some great tips from trying the Wikipedia:Tutorial. And responding your your post from my talk page, you're most welcome.--Fuhghettaboutit 14:22, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

can factual errors made by a documentary be pointed out in the documentary article, without being original research?

The terrorstorm documentary makes a number of factual errors in its account of the 7/7 bombings. I was hoping to add details of these to the documentary's wikipedia article, in a similar way to what has been done for loose change (video). However, this has been removed as original research. The list of the errors in the film does draw largely from primary sources, so is it therefore correct to call it original research?

I have posted a similar account of the errors in the film on my blog [4] - I thought the primary sources would be more credible references, but would I do better ot link to my blog in order to avoid the contribution to the article being original research?

Thanks,

Jon

Template for citing .doc files

Hi! I want to cite a DOC file in an article. How should I indicate that it is a doc file? If there's a template similar to {{pdflink}} (Template:Pdflink), that's what I'm looking for. Thanks, Pruneau<sup>talk</sup> 14:25, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

i need a comprehensive list

ineed a comprehensive list on agents of infectious diseases and the diseases they cause worldwide.80.88.130.220 14:26, 27 August 2006 (UTC)