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    September 18

    Adding a person to wikipedia

    I am a very new at this.... my question.. may i add a person to wilkipedia? if so it's my father? he was a decorated Army officer....and if so... how do i start(navigate)?

    thank you,

    rapidfire67 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rapidfire67 (talk • contribs) 00:01, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Please read Wikipedia's notability guidelines to make sure that your father is notable enough for inclusion. If you think he is, take a look at Help:Starting a new page. GlassCobra 01:07, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Also, because you are personally associated with him, take a quick look at the conflict of interest guideline and make sure you write the article with a neutral point of view towards the subject, referenced to third-party sources (i.e. you probably know a lot of stuff about him that can't be verified by others, which isn't really acceptable for inclusion). Confusing Manifestation 01:51, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Edits always on watchlist (solved)

    Every page I edit keeps being added to my Watchlist, even if did not check the following in preferences:

    • Add pages I create to my watchlist
    • Add pages I edit to my watchlist
    • Add pages I move to my watchlist

    What did I forget? I'm on RC Patrol so you can guess this is really annoying. -- Kl4m Talk Contrib 00:03, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Change the watchRevertedPages option described at WP:TWINKLE. -- zzuuzz (talk) 00:07, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks. -- Kl4m Talk Contrib 00:46, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Citing the same source to many statements

    I've got a book in front of me and an unsourced article, and before I begin, I want to be sure the best way to handle this. In a paper, I'd put a source for the book at the end then tag each statement with (Dalby XX), but wikipedia usually has numbered footnotes. Do I need to copy and paste the same info over and over but change the page numbers? Should I do the first one full-out, then do {{citebook |last = Dalby | pages = XX}} for the subsequent references? Kuronue | Talk 01:01, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I think the info you are looking for is described at Wikipedia:Footnotes#Citing a footnote more than once. Leebo T/C 01:28, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you! That's exactly what I wanted to know. I should have read closer. Kuronue | Talk 01:55, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Mangua Nicargua article

    this "lanicoya" puts in whatever she wants and ignores contributors including my articles that are good sources, just because she doesn't want her country to be seen at what it is. She uses this site as if it where her own if you haven't noticed what she doesn't like doesn't get put into this article and that is not right! you shouldn't even allow her to be apart of wikipedia because people like that who think they know it all and live in a fairy tale about i'm from nicaragua and just because i think it's heave that is what i'll put into the article. No that is not what the wikipedia rules state. This site is nothing but hypocrits who say read the wiki rules but neither of you including her follow the rules so why should any of us if not even the so called "volunteers" do. read the articles they are good sources that information needs to be put in there.66.161.18.212 01:10, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Note: The user is referring to the Managua article. GlassCobra 01:57, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Looks like you were adding biased information. LaNicoya was correct in reverting you; please see Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy. Additionally, the sources you were using are insufficient; please read our reliable sources policy. Finally, personal attacks are not allowed here; it would be appreciated if you would be a little more civil. Thanks. GlassCobra 01:55, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Woah, slow down there. First off, calm down. Getting angry about things in an editing conflict like this only tends to make things worse. From what I can see, it looks like LaNicoya is trying to work with you. She is trying to help, but some of the information you're adding isn't suitable for Wikipedia or isn't written in a neutral manner. She's trying to work with you to incorporate the information you want to add in a manner that is acceptable to our guidelines. Please try to remember to assume good faith on the part of others, and if that doesn't work, take a step back for a while to give things a chance to calm down so they don't get out of hand. Ok? :-) Hersfold (t/a/c) 01:56, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Editing Error

    I have been doing minor edits on the page on Michel de Montaigne, and have deleted the "School/Tradition" line from the bio area. For some reason, the information is still showing up, unformatted, on the page. Can someone share advice here? Westkeith 01:21, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    It looks like the way that infobox template is formatted, there is no way to completely remove that parameter. You must simply leave the parameter blank, but removing it completely is causing the parameter name to show up instead of blank space. Leebo T/C 01:26, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Template:Infobox Philosopher says:
    Keeping the parameter name without a value looks less bad:
    school_tradition = |
    PrimeHunter 02:33, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Trouble with the status indicator... last resort

    Alright... I've asked a number of users about this. None could fix it. Now I go to the help desk:

    I have a status indicator on my userpage. I've recently renovated it (as well as my userpage), so that there'll be a link when I click on the little traffic light thing (you know when you see it). The problem is that the traffic light isn't right next to the "this user is ___" part when it should (you'll obviously know when you see it). I need someone who fix that problem. If you could, thanks! MITB LS 03:03, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I'm confused. On my screen, the traffic light appears under the letters "Th" in "This" - do you want it moved to the other side, the right edge of the screen? Hersfold (t/a/c) 03:32, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Right; to the right of the "currently ___" part. MITB LS 03:38, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I can try to look at it later - I tried a fix just now and all it did was squish the traffic light. Unfortunately, I've got to head to class but I will try to take a look tomorrow if I don't get a chance today or someone's already fixed it. Sorry for delays. Hersfold (t/a/c) 13:30, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Nestle addition

    I submitted an adder last week just above the Gerber purchase entry w/ respect to Nestle's purchase of my former company, Novartis Nutrition for $2.5B. It was initially shown, but since has been removed. Why? I submitted a Business Week reference as backup, but alas, it didn't appear to be enough to satisfy your editors. Please advise as to why my factual addition was deleted.

    Rgds.

    <contact info removed to avoid spam> —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.51.223.1 (talk) 04:27, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    • You're editing under an IP address, not an account, and your IP address has never edited before this. Can you point us to the article you're referring to, or give the name of the account you used to create it? —Dark•Shikari[T] 05:01, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
      • It must be this edit to Nestlé. It was poorly formatted with URL's displayed inside the article text. I don't know whether this is why MER-C reverted it [1] with no argument. You can ask at User talk:MER-C. PrimeHunter 14:22, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    how to place image on wikimedia page

    hello, 

    I want to know how to place image on wikimedia page?

    As I can see only the link provided by me of that image .

    thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Newlyeditor (talk • contribs) 05:23, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    See Wikipedia:Image tutorial. Confusing Manifestation 06:58, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    DEFAULTSORT magic word, the PAGENAME template, and transcluded categories

    Wikipedia:Categorization used to say this:

    For instance, on George Washington, {{DEFAULTSORT:Washington, George}} would cause a subsequent [[Category:United States presidents]] to be equivalent to [[Category:United States presidents|Washington, George]], not [[Category:United States presidents|George Washington]].

    I have tested this and concluded that this statement was misleading, and have removed the phrase "a subsequent", because {{DEFAULTSORT}} appears to affect all categories, not just subsequent ones. I have also included some more information and a suggestion on use of {{DEFAULTSORT}} and {{PAGENAME}} in categories. Can someone please confirm that I am correct, and that my edits make sense. Be bold. — PhilHibbs | talk 09:36, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    • I think it was supposed to say "ALL subsequent categories" as in everything that comes after the magic word. - Mgm|(talk) 10:14, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
      • My point is that it doesn't just affect subsequent categories, it affects all categories, even ones that are before the magic word (and that don't have their own pipe trick). — PhilHibbs | talk 14:36, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
        • This edit to meta:Help:Category was not there when Help:Category was last updated from meta, so the two pages contradict eachother currently. Should Help:Category be updated from meta? PrimeHunter 15:48, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
          • OK I didn't know that the help pages on en. were synced with another source. From my experimentation, though, the meta help appears to be incorrect in this matter. — PhilHibbs | talk 11:13, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I changed local time setting and language seeting seems to have changed

    I created my account this morning and went into Preferences to have a look at settings there. I used the 'load from browser' button to tell the system I'm 1 hour ahead of server time and suddenly everything is in Welsh. Please help me change it back to English!FredHerbert 09:39, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    On the top line of the window please press "fy newisiadau" (my preferences). There you press "Data defnyddiwr" (user profile). There is a box, which shows "cy cymraeg" there you search "en english" Then you only have to press "Cadw ffafraethau" (save). --Thw1309 09:56, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    humanities

    please i would like to know if studying humanities as a broadcast discipline is that relevent.

    thank you, princess —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.85.201.250 (talk) 10:59, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    This page is for help with Wikipedia. You may have more luck asking these kinds of questions at the reference desk. Leebo T/C 13:17, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    speeling yes spelling error

    Egyptian museum

    someone has written specialising incorrectly it has an 'a' in it

    Cheers A

    58.84.113.107 11:30, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Thank you for your suggestion. When you feel an article needs improvement, please feel free to make those changes. Wikipedia is a wiki, so anyone can edit almost any article by simply following the Edit this page link at the top. The Wikipedia community encourages you to be bold in updating pages. Don't worry too much about making honest mistakes — they're likely to be found and corrected quickly. If you're not sure how editing works, check out how to edit a page, or use the sandbox to try out your editing skills. New contributors are always welcome. You don't even need to log in (although there are many reasons why you might want to). Leebo T/C 13:15, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    GAMES!!!!!

    do you have any games????????? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.219.250.34 (talk) 13:20, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    im sooooo bored n i wnt 2 play sum games! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.219.250.34 (talk) 13:22, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Hello, and I'm sorry, but Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a game site. Ariel♥Gold 13:23, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    See Wikipedia:Department of Fun#Games and Category:Wikipedia games. PrimeHunter 13:53, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    The argument is always made in MfDs for those games that their existence makes things less stuffy for regular Wikipedians, but I can see them attracting drive-by users who don't contribute to the encyclopedia more. Leebo T/C 13:56, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    The Help desk is essentially a game where we solve puzzles and riddles of arbitrary difficulty. I suggest to anyone who is bored with editing on Wikipedia, try answering questions on the Help desk. If those are too easy, check out the Reference desks, the Village pump, and for a real challenge head over to mw:Project:Support desk. --Teratornis 16:22, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    joining and using wikipedia-

    After I set up an account with wikipedia can I use the content on my own webpages? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.253.107.240 (talk) 15:31, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    You don't even need to setup an account. All you need to do is note that content is released under the GFDL license and which Wikipedia page it came from. See Wikipedia:Contact_us/Top_questions#Can_I_copy_articles_from_Wikipedia.3F for more and Wikipedia:Copyrights#Reusers.27_rights_and_obligations for much more detail. Cheers!--Chaser - T 15:50, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Changing my monobook

    Hi sorry to bother but I am having difficulty in setting my User:Blofeld of SPECTRE/monobook.js. I'd like the set the main page to "executive" altertative by default which is [[2]] so when I click main page it automatically goes to this page but it isn't working. How can I do this? ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "Talk"? 15:40, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Answered on users talk page. henrik•talk 15:46, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Error/Fout

    Everytime I try and log in to Wikipedia, I recieve a "RGS7387 Error Code SA ELEKTRONIKS" error messege. What is all this about? What does it mean? Thank You. Instrrueneraatzimmer 15:45, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Elkemaal Ek probeer en log binne-in wikipedia, Ek ontvang 'n "RGS7387 Error Code SA ELEKTRONIKS" fout messege. wat is al hierdie omtrent? watdit bedoel? dankie. Instrrueneraatzimmer 15:49, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    You posted that while logged in here at the English Wikipedia. Are you referring to another language version? What is the exact URL of the login page? PrimeHunter 15:57, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    http://af.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Spesiaal:Userlogin&returnto=Tuisblad Is the Afrikaans page. Instrrueneraatzimmer 16:05, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I don't know what causes this. I don't have an account there and get normal looking Afrikaans error messages when I try to log in with a false password for a real (not mine) or false user name. Can you try another browser or Internet connection? PrimeHunter 16:34, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I use the Bloemfointein Telekomm connection at 54.0 megabutes per second. I cant use another browser. I have never seen this messege before, my computer language is english. Perhaps its something I downloaded? Instrrueneraatzimmer 16:52, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Seeing as this page is for help with the English Wikipedia, perhaps you may get more responses at the Afrikaans Wikipedia. Leebo T/C 17:04, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    No it will take forever Instrrueneraatzimmer 17:26, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    It is unlikely for someone who is familiar with the Afrikaans Wikipedia to come to this help desk. That's what I'm saying. It can't hurt to ask in more than one place anyway. Leebo T/C 17:39, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm not a speaker of the language above but do the results here mean anything to you? It sounds like some sort of firewall, router or proxy server message. x42bn6 Talk Mess 17:40, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    sunnat

    What is sunnat89.80.209.103 17:49, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    See Sunnah. For future reference, though, questions like this belong at the reference desk, not here. GlassCobra 17:53, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    default search

    The search for a particular name returns only a reference to a minor actor, but not that of a well-known academic with the identical name. What is required to have the Wikipedia search return references, with the most important listed first? 18.85.18.109 17:58, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    It would be a big help if you could tell us exactly which pages you're referring to. It sounds like you're requesting a disambiguation page for the name, but you should also read Wikipedia's naming conventions. Leebo T/C 18:08, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Also, if you type something into the search box and press "Enter", it's equivalent to clicking the Go button, which attempts to take you to an article of that name first. If you click on the Search button instead, then you will get a search engine-like list of results, even if there is an article whose title matches your search term, so it will show you if there are other pages with similar titles. Confusing Manifestation 22:50, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    E-MAILing other people on Wikipedia

    Hello,

    Is it possible to E-MAIL articles from your site to other people?

    Elliot Lanes —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bru122 (talk • contribs) 18:06, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Well, you could send an email with the link, or you could copy and paste the text. But there is no email function on Wikipedia itself to generate an email. Leebo T/C 18:08, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    • You can still send them the link to ensure they get the most up-to-date copy of the article. - Mgm|(talk) 20:12, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    • In IE7, there is an icon at the top of the screen that looks like a piece of paper and a pencil, and the word "Page" next to it, with a down arrow for a drop-down menu. If you click on that arrow, you get a series of options, one of which is "Send page by email" and one of which is "Send link by email". I can't tell you about other browsers, but there should be something similar in all of them. Corvus cornix 17:58, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Printable Version

    Does anyone else have the problem when using the "Printable Version" function for any particular entry of having certain pages print and other pages have nothing on them except the standard header and footers (i.e. page title, page #, web address, date)?

    For instance, I printed the [Master of Architecture] Wikientry after clicking on "Printable Version" at the top of the screen. Then, the first page printed normally, but pages 3 through 4 printed blank except for the header and footers mentioned above.

    Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by AreDaval (talk • contribs) 20:16, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I tried and tried

    To get Kader Abdolah's picture with his discription, picture title kaderschoice.jpg. I just can't get it there, I seem to make things worse instead of better...  :(

    I have followed all instructions and uploaded three times, but the picture just doesn't appear. :(

    Can you help? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Marjoline (talk • contribs) 20:21, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    The image is there in the article, it just wasn't loading because the picture is so large. I changes the image size down to 100px. Feel free to change it but at least now it loads straight away. AngelOfSadness talk 20:24, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    My page about a musician.

    Hello my name is Alex Brautigan. I am asking a question concerning about an article about this musician named Chris Sutton, who lives in Olympia, Washington. I have attempted many times to keep my page up and I do not understand why it is being deleted. I think the page is significant because it is about a band that is influential on the development on popular music and how music can be percieved. Please tell me, why is my article inappropriate? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mrwebb1375 (talk • contribs) 20:45, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Please read Wikipedia:Notability (music). Notability isn't subjective; it's a matter of having coverage in multiple, reliable sources. Things like reviews, interviews, record deals, etc. Leebo T/C 21:00, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Executive summary

    How to make an executive summary —Preceding unsigned comment added by 222.152.134.111 (talk) 20:47, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I'm not quite sure what you mean, but the Help Desk is for questions about how to use Wikipedia, as indicated by the large red letters at the top of the page. You might try asking at the Reference Desk for factual questions. Hersfold (t/a/c) 21:05, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    If you should mean an edit summary here at Wikipedia then there is a field below the edit box saying "Edit summary", but it's not there when you add a new section like in your question. PrimeHunter 21:16, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Administration Abuse

    How do you report Administration Abuse? GoaliesRUS —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.188.25.165 (talk) 21:29, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Replied on User talk:GoaliesRUS. Friday (talk) 21:50, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    How do I make a new page?

    I just want to know how to make a page on the website. The sandbox has been covered with black and blue by Who-Knows-Who! —Preceding unsigned comment added by WinCamXP (talk • contribs) 22:01, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    See Help:Starting a new page and Wikipedia:Your first article. Hersfold (t/a/c) 22:04, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Before creating a article make sure it is encylopedia material and not something else. It is notable, and also meets WP:VERI. Thanks for contributing. --Тhε Rαnδom Eδιτor 23:05, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Quick Response, but 1 more queestion

    Quick response, but I want to know why (and how to get it off) there is black & blue shapes covering the sandbox page. Idiots and their Images... —Preceding unsigned comment added by WinCamXP (talk • contribs) 22:08, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I'll take a look at the sandbox. If you want your own sandbox, start it here: User:WinCampXP/sandbox, don't use this page for edit tests, please. Into The Fray T/C 22:09, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    For the record, the sandbox comes up fine for me. Into The Fray T/C 22:12, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Advertisements/spam on user page

    A recent visitor to this page has shameless advertisements in the form of linkspam on his/her user page. Is this permissible? If it were anywhere but a Userpage, I'd already BE BOLD; but user pages are tricky and I wish to observe Wikiquette. --Orange Mike 22:26, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    User:WinCampXP/sanbox <-- that, Mike? Into The Fray T/C 22:28, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Sortakinda, yeah. --Orange Mike 22:32, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    See [3] -- kainaw™ 22:29, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanx! --Orange Mike 22:32, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Also, I know it doesn't really apply here, but speedy deletion criterion G11 applies to all pages, not just articles. Anything that is blatant advertising can be tagged with that. Leebo T/C 22:47, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks, I didn't know either. Into The Fray T/C 22:51, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Wow, I didn't know that! So would User:Mahadevmadhavnidhi and User talk:Mahadevmadhavnidhi fall under the speedy heading? I've been stumped on what to do about this guy for a while. GlassCobra 01:23, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Hmm. At the very least it's a flagrant violation of What Wikipedia is not, on several accounts. Has anyone talked to him about it? I'm going to blank both pages and leave him a message explaining why he can't use his userspace that way. Leebo T/C 01:28, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Sort of. This guy was a vandal active last month; if you look at his contribs, he tried to make a page for a company called the same thing as his username. He re-created the page several times after it was speedied, including, among other things, the content on his user and talk pages. I don't think he was reported to UAA or anything, though. Doesn't look like he's done anything substantial since, except popping up towards the end of the month to blank all the warnings from his talk page. GlassCobra 01:39, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Did you fix the sandbox yet?

    {{helpme}}I want to know if you fixed the sandbox main page yet. If you did, I'll make a Thank You site on freewebs.

    —Preceding unsigned comment added by WinCamXP (talk • contribs)

     Done but please don't make me a website. :-) —[[Animum | talk]] 22:44, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Photo ?

    Hello.....a page: Harold Leighton Weller has been added to Wikipedia. I have a photo for the page if that is permissable. Please let me know how I should submit it.

    Many thanks,

    Halweller 23:10, 18 September 2007 (UTC)halweller (Harold Leighton Weller )[reply]

    Please see policy regarding images. Also, as your user name suggests, if you are indeed Harold Leighton Weller (I haven't read the page), please read WP:COI before making any changes to the article. Into The Fray T/C 23:12, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]


    September 19

    Reporting Bias Articles

    I have encountered an article that I believe to be bias. I would like to know how to report this to an administrator, or someone who is more experienced at Wikipedia. To make the situation worse, threats of legal action have been made to those that edit said article. Thank you in advance.

    Note: The article was "Ballymena Academy". I've made a discussion page on the "issue". —Preceding unsigned comment added by RPGary (talk • contribs) 00:33, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    If you believe the article is biased, you are free to tag it with a {{POV}} tag. If there are any threats of legal action involved, please either contact an administrator immediately or bring a report to WP:ANI. Provide the relevant edits where any users made legal threats and the situation will hopefully be resolved. Thank you. Sephiroth BCR (Converse) 00:36, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    User talk:Lord mortekai

    This user has asked the following question with a helpme template:

    "whenever i view a wikipedia article on this computer it just appears as regular text; the navigation bar with the wikipedia logo on the left is gone... why did this happen and how do i get it back?"

    Anyone more technically proficient than I am have any ideas? Into The Fray T/C 00:34, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    It seems like the CSS isn't loading properly. I'm not too sure why, though. --saxsux 08:48, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Help!

    I am innocent I didn't do anything wrong, so why was I blocked? WHY?!

    WinCamXP 00:52, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Note - This has been explained to this user multiple times on their talk page and now they continue trolling. Into The Fray T/C 01:06, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    And they were only blocked for an hour. Corvus cornix 18:05, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Citing same source twice?

    Let's assume you have a web link reference (using ref tags) and you want to use the source twice in the article body, but not have it show up (autonumbered) multiple times under the references... is there a way to do this? Crimson30 01:05, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    See: WP:FOOT#Citing a footnote more than once. --Teratornis 01:09, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Sure. The first time you cite the source, instead of using <ref>text</ref>, use <ref name="provide a name">text</ref>. When you want to cite the same source again, type <ref name="provide a name" />.--Fuhghettaboutit 01:11, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks! Crimson30 13:40, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    2 Pages on the same thing?

    Why do we have an article on Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego and Tierra del Fuego? Shouldn't there be a redirect and only one page? Sseballos 01:41, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    The former seems to be a single island, while the latter is referring to the general area. If you wish to start a discussion for their merger, you may open a discussion on Talk:Tierra del Fuego, and/or tag both pages with the appropriate {{Merge}} tag. Sephiroth BCR (Converse) 01:44, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    One article is an island and an the other is an archipelago. It's like saying that Hawaii and Hawaii (island) are identical subjects. Leebo T/C 02:38, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Actually, that's not an appropriate analogy. Really the two we'd be comparing are Hawaiian Islands and Hawaii (island). Hawaii is politically defined. Leebo T/C 02:42, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    deleting a page

    How do I delete the page I created? I created a page on myself: Charles Pugh. Someone added a photo of me that I don't want on there. If it's that easy to just add things to my page, then I want it removed, please. HOW DO I DO THAT?

    Charles Pugh <email removed to prevent spambots> —Preceding unsigned comment added by Charlespugh2 (talk • contribs) 02:40, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Well, there are a few things going on here that shouldn't have happened. Really, you shouldn't have created a page on yourself; that's a conflict of interest. Secondly, the page is not yours, since you agreed to license the information through the GFDL by creating the page. On the other hand, the article doesn't really contain any sources to establish your notability, so you may not have deserved a page in the first place. You could try nominating it for deletion at articles for deletion, but be ready for the results to not end in removal of your page if others improve it. Leebo T/C 02:46, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Nevermind. I actually read Charles Pugh and it was just an advertisement for yourself and violated most of the policies and guidelines. Let this be a lesson learned. Don't edit Wikipedia unless you are willing to allow your contributions to be edited mercilessly. Leebo T/C 02:54, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Photos/Images

    I love your site, but continually have problems uploading appropriate, non-copyrighted images.

    They keep getting removed because I don't know how to tag them. I wish someone could walk me through this. It's too difficult to figure out and I have some excellent, fitting images that would enhance your site.

    Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by John2690 (talk • contribs) 03:13, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    See Wikipedia:Uploading images for a tutorial. Make sure you read Wikipedia:Image use policy before uploading your images, however. Sephiroth BCR (Converse) 03:20, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Use the "licensing" box when uploading, or edit the page to add one of the {{template}}s from WP:TAG. Some images need a fair use rationale. --h2g2bob (talk) 06:43, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    When all else fails, put {{helpme}} on your User Talk page, and when someone comes along asking how they can help, explain the problem to them and ask for their input. Corvus cornix 18:07, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    How do I contest 'Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Flo Jalin'

    Hello,

    I wrote an article that has become a target for Deletion. How do I contest this? I go to the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Flo Jalin, but se no link for rebutal. What do I do? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ericjj9 (talk • contribs) 03:55, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    • Just edit the page like you would any other page and add your comment after a bullet point using an asterisk * . It is generally considered customary to state your position first, in bold, by surrounding the text you want to be bold with three ' .
    *'''Keep''' Reason ~~~~
    produces
    • Keep Reason (Your signature and timestamp).

    --Mr.Z-man 04:00, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Font size

    now when I log on to wikipedia, all the text is real small, how do I switch it back to regular size or larger? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.107.104.41 (talk) 04:04, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Your browser should have options to set that - usually at View > Text size (or similar). Set it to normal or anything larger. On Firefox, I simply hit Ctrl-0. x42bn6 Talk Mess 04:52, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Or you can hold down Ctrl button and scroll the mouse wheel, up to decrease font size and down to increase font size in both I.E and Firefox ▪◦▪≡ЅiREX≡Talk 06:37, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Transferring article from sandbox to new page

    I am satisfied with my article in the Sandbox, but I cannot figure out how to transfer it to a new page. I would appreciate your help.

    Inver471ness. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Inver471ness (talk • contribs) 05:03, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Help:Starting a new page has all the information you need. :) Just so you know, when you post on a talk page, you should type four tildes (~~~~) to sign your posts with your name and the date. Happy editing! GlassCobra 05:38, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Incidentally, the Sandbox is not actually a good place to put a planned article, since it tends to be very high traffic (try visiting it now and you'll see what I mean). What you can do, however, is start a personal sandbox and put the article there. I have pulled what you put together from your contributions, and put it at User:Inver471ness/Sandbox for you. Your account is old enough that you can just move it to the article space whenever you want. You may want to take a quick look at Wikipedia:Guide to layout and Wikipedia:Citation templates to see how to tidy up the page a bit. Confusing Manifestation 06:00, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Mozilla FireFox

    Where can I download the Wikipedia FireFox application? The Hybrid 05:10, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    You mean the toolbar? http://wikipedia.mozdev.org/ --Max Talk (+) 05:24, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes. For some reason it won't download. It say that it isn't compatible with 2.0.0.2. What do I do? The Hybrid 05:53, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    You can add the search engine!--The source of the cosmos... 00:30, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Title Change

    The title of a newly created article isn't appearing the main search unless the precise words in their exact order are typed in. i am sure that the title of the article needs to be changed but am having trouble locating information about title changes and obviously can't change it in the main edit window. can someone clue me in to this, please? Most grateful. --Westkeith 06:50, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    If you wish to change the name of the page, then see Help:Moving a page. As for the necessity of inputing the title, you may make a redirect for a commonly used acronym or similar device for the article in question. For instance, for the video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, there is a redirect to that page from KOTOR, a common shortening of the aforementioned title. Sephiroth BCR (Converse) 07:24, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    • Also, it takes time for newly-created articles to be included in the search index. When you type in the exact title and hit go, it won't do a real search, but simply head for the page with that exact title. - Mgm|(talk) 07:55, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I believe what Westkeith is speaking of is the article Out of the Darkness (Community and Overnight Walks), there is already an article called Out of the Darkness while searching I also found many other pages with this name in titles which includes:
    I Think perhaps the page Out of the Darkness should be renamed to Out of the Darkness (1985 Television movie) and then the Out of the Darkness article changed into a disambiguation page, like the page Mercury ▪◦▪≡ЅiREX≡Talk 08:13, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I page moved Out of the Darkness to Out of the Darkness (1985 television movie) then changed Out of the Darkness into a disambiguation page▪◦▪≡ЅiREX≡Talk 00:38, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Adding subheadings

    I'm wokring on an article that should have subheadings underneath the main headings.

    Main Title

    First Heading Level 1
    Second Heading Level 1
    First Subheading Level 2
    Second Subheading Level 2
    Third Heading

    I know how to make the main headings. It's the subheadings I can't do.

    Timothy Perper 08:34, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Reply

    To make sub-heading add (three equal signs) rather then two on both sides of the headline.
    Four for sub-sub-heading

    in your example this would be: 

    Main Title
==First Heading Level 1==
==Second Heading Level 1==
===First Subheading Level 2===
===Second Subheading Level 2===
==Third Heading==
    also see Wikipedia:Manual of Style (headings) for more information ▪◦▪≡ЅiREX≡Talk 09:01, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Are there plans for an AJAX-style edit?

    so you can edit without reloading a new page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bboyjkang (talk • contribs) 08:56, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    The reference desk may be able to answer this question. LaraLove 15:31, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    No, it's a valid Help Desk question. The developers are working on it, I believe; various beta versions of the code are available, but the code for doing that isn't nearly reliable or stable enough to actually use on Wikipedia at the moment. Hope that helps! --ais523 16:07, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
    More information about using AJAX with MediaWiki is on MediaWiki.org and on Meta. --Teratornis 17:49, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Vandalism

    I was just working on one of my User Pages when someone vandalized the page. I removed it, but the vandal and comment are in the History section. It created an edit conflict too.

    It's for User:Timothy Perper/Test

    Lunatics...

    Timothy Perper 09:07, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    • Hi Tim. The Vandal has been blocked. The page looks okay now, don't worry about the edit conflict. Regretfully the page history can't be removed for things like this. Sorry about the vandal! Pedro |  Chat  09:30, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Thanks, Pedro! We can leave it on the page history. Sheesh. Buncha loons... Timothy Perper 09:33, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Add a new page to Wikipedia

    Dear sir/madam,

    I would like to now how I can add a new page to Wikipedia.

    Thanks in advance!

    Kind regards,

    Quinta van Rotterdam (email removed to protect from spam) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Quinta123 (talk • contribs) 09:24, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Before creating an article, please search Wikipedia first to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject. Please also review a few of our relevant policies and guidelines which all articles should comport with. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite to reliable sources which verify their content and must not contain unsourced, negative content about living people.
    Articles must also demonstrate the notability of the subject. Please see our subject specific guidelines for people, bands and musicians, companies and organizations and web content and note that if you are closely associated with the subject, our conflict of interest guideline strongly recommends against you creating the article.
    If you still think an article is appropriate, see Help:Starting a new page. You might also look at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation. PrimeHunter 09:27, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    email purpose

    can you send email of mba journals and articles & refer books —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.162.211.23 (talk) 09:25, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Adding a line of text immediately under the title of an article

    How do I add an explanatory line immediately under the title of an existing article on manga I'm working on?

    What I want is:

    Title of Article

    Disambiguation stuff, already in
    I want to add a line in italics next that says "This article deals with manga in general. For details of individual manga series, plots and artists, see individual Wikipedia entries."

    Is that clear? This is not a see a specific article, but a general comment.

    Timothy Perper 08:51, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    OK, I figured out a way/workaround to do it. If someone wants to check, see the article on Manga. The page now looks the way it should.
    And if someone objects to the addition, please believe me, it's needed.
    Timothy Perper 10:44, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    • I would say such a comment would be superfluous to anyone reading the lemma. Are you talking about an attempt to avoid too detailed spam on the article? - Mgm|(talk) 08:50, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Stopping an edit war on Cairns, Queensland

    Greetings, today, I updated the Cairns, Queensland article with the latest population figures out of todays Cairns Post (The city's main newspaper). Below is the edit history that has caused me to run into the three revert rule. I have tried to remain civil through it...

    • 10:27, 19 September 2007 Fosnez
      • Updated population figures with number published int he cairns post today)
    • 11:07, 19 September 2007 Thuringowacityrep
      • The Cairns post is not what we use for pop figs, if we did then Towsnville & Thuringowa would have 163,000 not 143,328 we use the ABS stats OK...Good...Thanks
    • 14:11, 19 September 2007 Fosnez
      • That's nice, update your own page then, WE use the most current, reliable source, in this case, the cairns post, instead of a census that is two years out of date.
    • 15:49, 19 September 2007 Thuringowacityrep
      • thats good but what gets said in a news paper in not always fact or correct and wiki must use fact and the censusis what every other City/LGA uses plus it is current as of 2006, so leave it alone.
    • 19:44, 19 September 2007 Fosnez
      • Anf if everyone else jumps of a cliff are you going to? Wikipedia:Reliable sources clearly states that mainstream newspapers are reliable sources. The figure on this page is incorrect by 13,217 people
    • 19:56, 19 September 2007 Thuringowacityrep
      • wake up fool you wish cairns had that many people it might with all the tourists but that is not the population we want on wiki, the ABS it what has been used for years and still will be.

    In the above edit comments you can see I have been personally attacked, good faith has not been assumed and most importantly the article has got incorrect/out of date facts in it. A couple of things to bear in mind, Thuringowacityrep is clearly from the Townsville area and Townsville and Cairns has a *cough* healthy rilvary, hence (IMHO) the "you wish cairns had that many people" comment.

    What do I do about this? Fosnez 10:26, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    • Well, according to the TRR, you have one revert left. If User:Thuringowacityrep reverts it again, then he/she is in violation of the rule. So technically you aren't out of the "fight" yet and no rules have been broken. Edit War is not yet declared, just border skirmishes. — PhilHibbs | talk 12:05, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
      • Instead of explaining how to "win" the edit war, I would suggest that two editors either take it to the article's Talk page, or to dispute resolution. Or possibly, to Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia for discussion. Corvus cornix 18:13, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
        • Failed attempt at levity. My bad. However, in all seriousness, it seems to me that the original edit is protected by the 3RR. One other editor can't "win" in removing another person's edit, the rule stops the war with the orginal edit still in place. Is this not the intention? That a second objector must intercede in order for the edit to remain revoked? — PhilHibbs | talk 12:34, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Incorrect Info Johnny Afro

    Hi I was doing a search in Google for myself and stumbled upon this wiki

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

    for Johnny Afro. Some of the info is not true and I didn't see where it can be corrected.

    Someone has embellished some BS.

    I was the first hip hop producer to graduate from Stanford University and made popular the "Drum" on KZSU which holds the Guiness Book of World Records as the longest running hip hop radio show.

    I had nothing to do with the G-Curl style Afro. That's someone being a clown. How do I clear this up??

    Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.192.129.20 (talk) 11:24, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    At the top of the article, there is a tab that says "edit this page". If you click that you will be taken to an edit page much like the one that you used to add your post above. You will see all the text for the current article. Read through that and make changes as necessary. Citing some reliable sources is also necessary. Published information from trusted sources allows information to be verified so that the types of issues you list above (inaccurate information) is not included. LaraLove 15:30, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Reverting

    I'm a bit surprised by the guidance Help:Reverting#Do_not. I've been around at wikipedia for a long time without ever having read this, and although I acccept that reverting someone else can appear disrespectful, I've always taken the view that reverting is by far the best and easiest way to be bold whenever I think that a past version of a page is better than the current one for any reason. After all, I never have any worries about overwriting someone else's material with newer better material, and I don't see why reverting is fundamentally different. Do others see the issue differently? (Note that this is just a question: I'm not involved in a debate or dispute about this topic, anywhere) AndyJones 12:40, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I imagine its contextual. If somebody has put effort into making what they believe are improvements, they might well be put off by a blanket undoing. Overwriting has more of a chance to incorporate their efforts and to seem collaborative rather than simply dismissive. I frequently revert changes that might be good faith in recent changes patrol--for example, blanking. Many new editors might blank material accidentally, but I'm not going to take the time to retype it all. :) On one occasion, when the editor attempted to insert something and accidentally wiped out the references, categories & see alsos, I copied his or her single sentence addition and inserted into the earlier version, with a note to that effect in the edit summary. I imagine precision in the edit summary is particularly important when doing reversions, as is explaining to the user at his or her talk page why the reversion is made. I wouldn't revert and just say "old one sounds better", for instance. :) --Moonriddengirl 13:35, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Finding the author

    I am doing an assignment on Edouard Manet and have used your site and loved the info it has given the only other thing I need to know is who wrote this information adn when they did. THis is necessary for the bibliography.

    Thank you —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.242.134.235 (talk) 13:00, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    There's a whole page available about how to cite Wikipedia at Wikipedia:Citing Wikipedia. --ais523 13:06, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
    Encyclopedias aren't primary sources, and so shouldn't really be used where you need to cite your sources. This is one of the reasons that we are pushing to get more references into the articles, so that they can be used as a starting point for research such as your assignment. A lot of colleges will reject your research or mark it down if it uses Wikipedia as a source — not because of any accuracy concerns, simply because it's an encyclopedia. — PhilHibbs | talk 16:08, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    history of recreated deleted pages

    If a deleted page is recreated (not undeleted), do the version(s) before deletion show in the history? Arutena 13:33, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Not by default. An admin can re-add them to the history if it seems an appropriate thing to do (depending on what the old versions were), and you can request such a re-adding at Wikipedia:Deletion review. --ais523 13:37, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

    boogytalk

    Hello,

    A friend of mine told me about a wikipedia page about our site Boogytalk.com. I really don't mind that their is a wikipedia page, but please then a nice one :)

    A bit over the website; A few months ago I, with some friends started to build a site where everyone can broadcast himself and talk with eachother via webcams, sound and chat. One of the reasons we wanted to do that, its because we like the Boogie Woogie music, we hope soon, when a lot of visitors will come we can let this music live again.


    Kindest regards,

    John —Preceding unsigned comment added by Enterpoint (talk • contribs) 13:34, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    • Hi John. I'm afraid that the the Boogytalk article has now been delted (by me) as it did not assert the Notability of the website. Please see WP:CSD#A7 for reasons why articles are speedily deleted from Wikipedia for this reason. Any problems please feel free to approach me at my talk page. Pedro |  Chat  13:44, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Most viewed pages when i search with a keyword

    when i search with a keyword,i want to see most viewed pages with that key word.Is than functionality present in wiki? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.53.95.130 (talk) 13:41, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    At the moment, view counts for pages aren't maintained because it would place too much strain on the servers. So unfortunately, it's impossible. (Some approximate counts are maintained, but they aren't anywhere near accurate enough for what you suggest because they only give accurate figures for the most popular pages.) --ais523 13:45, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

    duplicate name help

    I want to create a new article about someone. A different person by the same name already exists, how can I go about creating this new article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pjbermel (talk • contribs) 14:00, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Create the new article with something in parentheses at the end of the title to distinguish it from the old one; for instance, George Washington (inventor) is a different person to George Washington. You should then put a note up at the top of each article so that people who search for one can find the other; the usual way would be to use the {{otheruses4}} template, and instructions for doing this can be found on Template talk:Otheruses4. --ais523 14:07, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
    (editconflict)Usually, what will happen is if there's already one article about one person (ie. John Doe), and you want to write an article about another John Doe, you could create a new article for them by tacking some notable fact about them at the end, like their job (ie. John Doe (author), John Doe (carpenter)). See some disambiguation pages for examples. Also, before you create an article, please read Help:Starting a new page and Wikipedia:Your first article. Good luck! GlassCobra 14:11, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Help, need to make third revert but fear banning

    the article of Anglo-Scottish border is offensive name and should be English-Scottish border, have tried to talk on talkpages and stuff but keeps reverting back, i fear third revert ban, need advise pls. thank you. YESYESandmanygoals 14:26, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I'm sorry if you find it offensive, but "Anglo" has always been the reference name for England in that context, just like "Sino" for China. See Sino-Japanese War. GlassCobra 14:31, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Glasscobra, thank you many for fast answer. I ask though, what is wrong with English-Scottish border ? surely it is better name and is much more understandable for person not knowing this, the word anglo has many politcal motives in modern times, English is best name, can you help me ? YESYESandmanygoals 14:33, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    This isn't the place. Work out content disputes on the article talk page. Friday (talk) 14:35, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    But nobody replies to it, they just do not answer, but when i change they revert it! YESYESandmanygoals 14:36, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    We can point you to dispute resolution, but this page is not the place to host a content dispute. Also, the three revert rule means that you can't make more than 3 reverts in 24 hours. That's not an excuse for making exactly 3 every 24 hours, but you won't be banned for breaking 3RR. You could be temporarily blocked, but that's different. Leebo T/C 15:11, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    invoking 'Random Article' function from shortcut or homepage

    I set the 'Main Page' as my home page a couple of months ago and have found 'Today's Featured Article' to be an easy way to introduce my kids to things beyond 'Current Events'. Today I discovered the 'Random Article' function, which take the 'featured article' concept to a whole new level by providing a new article each time the browser is invoked, rather than just once a day. I noticed the 'Random Article' function does not have it's own address, and also that it can be invoked by 'Alt-X' while in a page.

    Not knowing much about browser technology, I am interested in knowing if there is a command line option to invoke the 'Random Article' function directly, either in the Internet Explorer Home Page Address field, or within a shortcut.

    Much thanks for any help.


    Keljohnca 16:24, 19 September 2007 (UTC)keljohnca[reply]

    The URL (Internet address) of the 'random article' feature is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random (you can set this address as your home page, or bookmark it as a shortcut, the same way as with any other address). Hope that helps! --ais523 16:30, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

    Help talk:Archiving a talk page

    There is currently a dispute between me and another editor over certain additions to Help:Archiving a talk page. It appears we can not establish consensus between the two of us and since this page is frequented by many users looking to help other Wikipedians, I figured it may be a good idea to come here asking for third party input. — [ aldebaer⁠ ] 17:14, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Undoing more than one edit at a time?

    Hello. I like to help clean up vandalism, but there is something I cannot quite figure out that I have seen others do. How do you go about undoing more than one edit at a time? Right now, I just go and undo them one by one, but I know/have seen people do more than one undo at a time. How do you do that? Thank you! Tabor 17:41, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    There are several ways. Most often you will see people using an automated tool like Twinkle or AWB for making special edits/edit summaries. Next, administrators have a rollback function for reverting consecutive edits by a single user. Lastly, you can just go to the version you want to restore, hit "Edit" and save that page; that undoes all subsequent edits. Leebo T/C 17:48, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    gulf the book

    when did the gulf war begin —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.18.254.23 (talk • contribs)

    You should go to the Reference desk for this type of question - this is where you ask questions about editing Wikipedia. However, you might be able to simply look at the article Gulf War. x42bn6 Talk Mess 18:57, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Screenshot use from online video and Request a photo template

    I'd be willing to bet this has been answered somewhere but I don't know where to look. I'm editing an article about an internet celebrity and am looking to get an image for use. Is their policy about using a screenshot? Also what is the request a photo template? I've seen it on a few articles but haven't a clue where to find it. Thank you! Benjiboi 19:14, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    A screenshot from a video would need a fair use rationale, unless the video was licensed for free use. Such a rationale could not be established for the purpose of identifying a living individual, of whom a free image could be obtained. Unsure off the top of my head on the request template. Leebo T/C 19:25, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    {{reqphoto}} should be the template you're looking for - it goes on the talk page, and gives a big red warning message if it's not there. Also, you could put the image Image:Replace this image1.svg up within the article itself - that should make it a little more noticeable and also gives people instructions on what to do about it when they click on the image. Hersfold (t/a/c) 19:50, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Deleteing account

    How do I delete my account. I don't want to simply abandon my user profile, I want to delete it.Gibbs59 19:45, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Short version: you can't.
    Longer version: This account has only made one edit, which was this question to the Help desk, so there's no need to delete it. If you're referring to another account, you can blank your user page and vanish, but the account will not be deleted. -- Kesh 20:08, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    You can also tag your userpage and talk page with {{db-userreq}}. --Тhε Rαnδom Eδιτor 21:41, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    That's moot since the user doesn't have an existing user page or talk page, but talk pages are generally not deleted upon user request the same way user pages are. Leebo T/C 21:44, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Move page

    To the Wikipedia-team

    I have created the following page: "Myc4", but it should have been: "MyC4" - now I'm unable to locate the "move this page"-button on the page. I would kindly ask you to move this page for me.

    - Thanks in advance. Rune —Preceding unsigned comment added by Runekokholm (talk • contribs) 19:47, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I've moved it, the tag reads "move" and should be located to the right of the history tab. You should be aware, however, that the article currently does not establish why MyC4 is notable and has been nominated for deletion under Criteria for speedy deletion A7. Please see our guidelines on what companies are considered notable for more information. Hersfold (t/a/c) 19:54, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    The reason you can't locate the "move" tab, Runekokholm, is because your account was created today. That function can only be used after a 4 day waiting period. Leebo T/C 20:06, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Editing Article Titles

    How can I edit the title of my article. Each word should be capitalized and they aren't. Just the first word is.

    Help! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.57.75.120 (talk) 20:58, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    If you're logged in with an account that is more than four days old, you can move the article to the correct title. Be sure to check the policy on naming conventions before making your move. :) --Moonriddengirl 21:06, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    By the way see WP:OWN. --Тhε Rαnδom Eδιτor 21:40, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Malagasy currency

    What is the exchange rate between the Malgasy ariary ane the US$ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.106.217.17 (talk) 21:12, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    You might find what you are looking for in the article about Malagasy ariary. If you cannot find the answer there, click here to post your question at that article's talk page. If that does not solve your problem, you can try asking your question at Wikipedia's Reference Desk. They will 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. :) --Moonriddengirl 21:17, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Special Icon

    Does anyone have a picture of a pizza I can put on Wikipedia messages? —Preceding unsigned comment added by WinCamXP (talk • contribs) 22:21, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Here you go: [4] Into The Fray T/C 22:23, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    (ec) Also try Image:Pizza.svg Jonathan Mind you, I've made at least ONE EDIT! Huzzah! 22:30, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/Pepperoni_pizza.jpg —Preceding unsigned comment added by WinCamXP (talk • contribs) 22:25, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    What do you mean by "put on Wikipedia messages?" You can't include images in your signature, it's disruptive. Leebo T/C 22:39, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    'Into The Fray I need to know to put the image so it shows the picture, not the web address.

    How do you get the pizza picture show on the message, not show the web address. —Preceding unsigned comment added by WinCamXP (talk • contribs) 22:27, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    See WP:Image or wait for another editor to respond here. I'm not an image expert. Into The Fray T/C 22:29, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm not 100% sure if I'm answering your question, so tell me if I'm not :) To display an image as a link on a page, type M[[:Image:Imagename]], and to get it to display a picture, type [[Image:Imagename]]. For example:

    [[File:Bad Title Example.png]] becomes:

    and [[:Image:Example.png]] becomes: Image:Example.png. Cheers, ARkY // ¡HaBLaR! 22:39, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Arky, thanks.

    searching for template usage

    Is there any way to search for all pages that use a particular template? For example, I'm interested in seeing all articles that have use the {{Protein}} template. Suggestions? Thanks, AndrewGNF 23:30, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Sure. Go to Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:Protein. Cheers, ARkY // ¡HaBLaR! 23:51, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Brilliant, I knew there must be an easy link somewhere... Thanks much... AndrewGNF 00:21, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Finding out the AUTHORS of a particular entry?

    We need to know the AUTHORS of a particular entry - for a bibliography. How do we find that out????? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.7.142.159 (talk) 23:53, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Check out WP:CW for how to cite Wikipedia. LaraLove 23:55, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    For an automatic reference generator, check out Special:Cite. Cheers, ARkY // ¡HaBLaR! 00:48, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]


    September 20

    Editing the MediaWiki side panel

    I'm sure it can be done, I just have no idea how. I just want to add another link in there, nothing major. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.19.45.187 (talk) 00:28, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I'm pretty sure it can't be done unless you have developer rights. Sorry. Hersfold (t/a/c) 01:03, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    You could make a request for the link to be added at bugzilla, however. You'll have to register an account there to do so. Hersfold (t/a/c) 01:05, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    (ec x2)I believe only developers can edit the "toolbox", but the text for the other sections of the sidebar is MediaWiki:Sidebar. Though it's only editable by adminsistrators, you can make a request on the talk page. — Malcolm (talk) 01:07, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Maybe he means something with his User CSS. I have my CSS set to put my toolbox (My Preferences, My Watchlist, My Contribs, etc.) on the left side of the screen rather than the top. Is it that much harder to add a link? - SigmaEpsilon → ΣΕ 03:12, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Well, to change it for all users, yes. But adding a link just for yourself can be done with javascript and/or CSS. I'll explain if you want. — Malcolm (talk) 19:21, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Admins can change the sidebar for all users using MediaWiki:Sidebar. You can change it just for yourself using user scripts; see the scripts list for currently available scripts, or the scripts requests page if there isn't one that does what you want at present. --ais523 09:13, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

    What is a word for someone who takes a trips?"

    What is a word for someone who takes a trips?" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.74.74.28 (talk) 00:51, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    You might be looking for tourist, but remember that the Help Desk is not for factual questions. You'd be better off at the reference desk or perhaps Wiktionary, our dictionary sister project. Hersfold (t/a/c) 00:57, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Automatic Hyperlinking

    Hello. Whenever I type in an ISBN, it is linked to Wikipedia Book Sources. Alternatively, whenever I type a full external (outside of Wikipedia) website with the http:// prefix, it is automatically hyperlinked accordingly. This is good. How does Wikipedia do this? Thanks in advance. --Mayfare 00:55, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I think it's something to do with the CSS, a set of instructions for how pages get displayed. You can edit yours if you like here. Hersfold (t/a/c) 00:59, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    P.S. - It's actually more likely it's coded into the Mediawiki software - you'd have to ask at the tech village pump for a mroe detailed answer. Hersfold (t/a/c) 01:02, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    See Wikipedia:ISBN and m:Help:ISBN links. PrimeHunter 01:17, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Also see m:Parser testing/doMagicLinks and mw:Markup spec/BNF/Magic links. --Teratornis 01:21, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Are there notability guidelines for articles on newspapers?

    And if there are, where can I find them? -- Craigtalbert 01:27, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Hmm. I'm afraid I need a little more clarification. Do you mean that you want to create an article about a newspaper? If so, Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies) is where you want to look. If you want to use a newspaper article as a source for an existing article, check our reliable sources guidelines. If that doesn't answer your question, please be a little more specific. Happy editing! GlassCobra 02:23, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes, creating (or just created) an article on a newspaper, the Boulder Weekly. -- Craigtalbert 02:26, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Question

    What is a word for someone who takes a trips?" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.74.74.28 (talk) 01:39, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I'll guess tourist, however, this page is for help using Wikipedia. The reference desk would be the more appropriate place for this. LaraLove 01:41, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    The tile on my page is wrong...it says User: Madison Jones. How do i change that?

    How do i change my page title to just say "Madison Jones" and not "User: Madison Jones" at the top, which it reads right now? Is there a way to fix this asap? please let me know, im having difficulties.

    Madison Jones 02:57, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    What you have right now is a user page. It's not meant to be an article, it's meant to be a page that tells other Wikipedia users who you are, for example to know what skills you might be able to contribute to Wikipedia. Confusing Manifestation 03:57, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Significance of "Requested Article"

    I discovered today that someone (not me or anyone I know) dropped the following suggestion into your list of Requested Articles Natural Sciences/Biology under Evolution.

    (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Help_desk&action=edit&section=new&editintro=Wikipedia:Help_Desk/editintro

    "Cancer selection (James Graham's book may be a good start)"

    I am James Graham (my book was published by Aculeus Press)and I might be interested in composing an article about my idea on cancer's role in animal evolution. However, I am reluctant to undertake the work if that listing of Requested Articles is less than an "official" expression of interest. I'm not a credentialed scientist and although I've received favorable scientific reactions (including a book review in Nature) some scientists are quite reluctant to take seriously anyone lacking the usual credentials.

    To check my bona fides go to 1) my web site http://www.jamesgraham.bz/ (the article linked at Butterflies and Wheels is helpful) and (2) Google Scholar (enter "cancer selection" + graham) for more recent papers that refer to my book rather prominently. See Crespi & Summers (2 papers) and Saul and Schwartz especially.

    I've only opened an account with you today and did so only because I discovered my name mentioned in the bit I've quoted above.

    I'd rather not undertake the work unless you can give me a "green light". Of course I'm not asking for pre-approval of what I may write only that I will not be automatically rejected because I'm what some call a "layman'.


    --Aculeus 03:01, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    You're welcome to do so if you wish. To get started, you may want to take a look at Wikipedia:Your first article and some of our policies referring to article content - mainly neutrality, and our policies on citing reliable sources that can be easily verified. You should also take a look at our criteria for speedy deletion - many new pages get hit by one of those, and I wouldn't want your article to be one of them. Thanks for your help, it'll be useful for us to have an expert on the subject. Hersfold (t/a/c) 03:50, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    And, of course, take a look at the conflict of interest guidelines. Just make sure you don't (intentionally or otherwise) promote yourself at the expense of a neutral point of view. Confusing Manifestation 03:55, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    How do I scroll through Recent Changes and how long to update?

    Is there a way I can simply click to see each change that's been made to a wiki in chronological sequence? I've looked at the recent changes page, but can't find an easy way to do this.

    Also, how long does it take for a change to show up on the log on Recent Changes. There's a wiki that shows the latest change having occurred 3 days ago, although the most recent wiki has to have been updated more recently.

    Cheers! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.37.119.130 (talk) 04:19, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Yup, click on the history tab at the top of a window. Or did you mean to wikipedia overall? There's not an easy way to do the latter, that I'm aware since so many changes are constantly being made. --Bfigura (talk) 04:58, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    And by 'wiki', are you referring to wikipedia, or other wiki's? I'm only really conversant on Wikipedia, where changes generally show up in the history and Special:Recentchanges as fast as the database permits (usually seconds). Best, --Bfigura (talk) 05:02, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Thanks for your comments. By "wiki" I meant by particular entry within Wikipedia. Cheers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.37.119.130 (talk) 05:08, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    • If you want all edits to a particular entry in Wikipedia, you're looking for the history tab at the top of the article. - Mgm|(talk) 08:41, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    songs for the groom to dance with his mom

    my son is getting married next year and we are trying to find a nice song to dance to. my son wants an italian song sung in italian do you have any suggestions????? i would really appreciate any help that you could give me. thank you very much victoria

    ps my e-mail address is <e-mail removed> thanks again. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.238.198.79 (talk) 05:23, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    This is the Help Desk for using Wikipedia. Your question would probably be better suited to either the Humanities or Entertainment section of the Reference Desk. Confusing Manifestation 05:26, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    uh, how do I get a block removed?

    Hi, I'm user Markmayhew. My account has been blocked, I don't know why, etc. Can you enlighten me? 68.244.164.5 06:02, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    According to the blocklog:

    Spartaz (Talk | contribs) blocked "Markmayhew (Talk | contribs)" (account creation blocked) with an expiry time of indefinite ‎ (offensive and abusive interaction with other editors. We don't need that here)

    As far as what to do, add the following to your talk page.
    {{unblock|your reason here}}.
    It's not a guarantee, as the unblocking admin will check in with the blocking admin before doing anything. Hope that helps. --Bfigura (talk) 06:25, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    That won't work, as he continued his abusive behavior on his talk page, so it's now protected. He knows perfectly well why he was blocked, as it was pointed out repeatedly. --Pekaje 08:19, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Joseph Shade

    Resolved

    Hi there,

    I was wondering if you could help me in erasing the mention of where Joseph goes to school as i tried to erase this but it just reverted back. I want this deleted as he is my son and i feel by mentioning where he goes to school it is putting him at risk. thankyou. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lolly0501 (talk • contribs) 11:10, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    • Hi. I see what you mean. It's removed from the article but will always remain in the article history. If you need that removed you will need to follow the procedure at WP:RFO. Any problems please ask. Pedro |  Chat  11:45, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    question

    how can i creat my address and forms my pages —Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.13.185.253 (talk) 11:26, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    If I've understood your question correctly, you create your username by creating an account. Please read over the username policy to be sure your name conforms to guidelines.
    To create pages, please first search Wikipedia to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject. Please also review a few of our relevant policies and guidelines which all articles should comport with. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite to reliable sources which verify their content and must not contain unsourced, negative content about living people.
    Articles must also demonstrate the notability of the subject. Please see our subject specific guidelines for people, bands and musicians, companies and organizations and web content and note that if you are closely associated with the subject, our conflict of interest guideline strongly recommends against you creating the article.
    If you think an article is appropriate, see Help:Starting a new page. You might also look at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation.
    Your User Page is created in the same way. You may want to review Wikipedia:User page for guidance on what should and should not be included. :) --Moonriddengirl 12:08, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Adding images to userboxes

    How do I add images to userboxes? I have been trying to add my newly created image (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:DAR.GIF) to make a Daughters of the American Revolution userbox but I can't get the image to appear. -- Socal gal at heart —Preceding unsigned comment added by Socal gal at heart (talk • contribs) 11:28, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    • Hi Socal gal. It depends how you are creating the box but normally just use something like "Image:DAR.GIF|43px" wrapped in hard brackets. Are you after something like this; ??
    This user is a member of Daughters of the American Revolution


    Pedro |  Chat  11:40, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

      • Yes, that is what I want to use. Thank you very much! :)

    Dead links

    How can i find a dead link to an external website within a Wikipedia page??? Pls if possible leave the comments in my talk page. Amartyabag TALK2ME 11:42, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Dead links will usually show up in red text in a Wikipedia page. Saturn 5 20:02, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Red links are internal links (wiki links). This question is about external links. Leebo T/C 20:13, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Turbine

    Dear Sir,


    We want turbine of 1MW fully back pressure type , which would supply the steam to our paper plant.


    The back pressure turbine is to be connected in the extraction line of our existing extraction cum condensing of turbine of 4MW.

    The detail of the existing turbine is as follows:-

    1] INLET :- pressure :- 64 Kg/cm2, :- temperature :- 490 deg. centrigrade

    2] EXTRACTION :- pressure :- 7 Kg/cm2, temperature :- 265 deg. Centrigrade, 15 TPH

    3] Power output :- 4 MW at 26 TPH.


    Now your paper machine requirement is changed from 7 Kg/cm2 to 5 kg/cm2. Thus we are need of 1 MW power output to be generated or the how much power we can achieve from the extraction of the turbine by reducing the pressure from 7 kg/cm2 to 4.5 or 5 kg/cm2.

    Or kindly suggest us what would be appropriate solution to avoid extra consumption of steam for power output at 7 Kg/cm2 extraction. By going up to extraction pressure at 5 kg/cm2 the steam consumption per kwh would be less.


    Thanking you,


    With regards,


    Dwivedi M. S.

    098256 06118 email id :- <email address removed> Gayatrishakti paper and boards ltd.,

    Plot no. 799/1, GIDC, 3rd Phase,

    Vapi :- 396195.

    0260-2400451,2401588, —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.95.218.150 (talk) 12:28, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    This page is for questions about USING WIKIPEDIA only. Please try the Reference Desk. Also, please do not interrupt other peoples questions with your own. ::Manors:: 12:41, 20 September 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Manors (talk • contribs) [reply]

    How to delete the uploaded Image file

    Dear Sir/Madam,

    I like to ask, how i can delete the uploaded image file from Wikipedia.

    Shersinghrawat —Preceding unsigned comment added by Shersinghrawat (talk • contribs) 12:53, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Hi. You can request deletion through several different ways, depending on the reason you feel the image should be deleted. The deletion policy may help you determine the best approach. For images, you can request that the image be speedily deleted if it blatantly violates Wikipedia's policies. Otherwise, you can list it for discussion at "images and media for deletion". --Moonriddengirl 13:00, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    If you uploaded it, you should be able to delete it by adding the text {{db-author}} to the page. --h2g2bob (talk) 15:40, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    How to edit the wikipedia page title once it created?

    I have created the company page on the wikipedia but while creating the page there was a little mistake in the page title.

    I searched for the editing options but didnt got any for the page title.

    What should we will need to do to edit the page title alos in the wiki url like /wiki/title.

    Thanks.

    Amar —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.193.139.117 (talk) 13:02, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    You will need to be logged in to your account, which needs to be at least four days old. After that, you move the page to the new title. If you haven't already, you might want to review Wikipedia's naming conventions. I hope that helps. :) --Moonriddengirl 13:04, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Unscrupulous Editing by unknown parties

    How do we stop outsiders from editing our site 86.27.147.226 14:00, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    If "our site" refers to a Wikipedia article then note that nobody owns an article. Everybody are allowed to edit articles but if it's heavily vandalized then you can request protection of the page at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection. PrimeHunter 14:11, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    As PrimeHunter says, you can't stop anyone from editing the page, but you can revert vandalism. Leebo T/C 14:48, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    family tree

    The formatting for a family tree is extremely difficult for me to follow. Maybe it's easier for a computer programmmer, but I'm not one. Is there some program I can download or feature I can use to easily create a family tree? thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.251.220.193 (talk) 14:44, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    This page is for help with using Wikipedia. Please see the reference desk for questions like this. Leebo T/C 14:46, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    If you want to create a family tree for a wikipedia article see Template:Familytree and the accompanying documentation. This is for wikipedia articles only though. Was there a particular article you wanted it added to? Woodym555 15:34, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    How do we protect our Page/Article against vandalism

    How do we Fully Proctect against vandalismInspirepac 14:55, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    You can request protection of the page at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection. --Bfigura (talk) 14:57, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    You can't fully protect an article as prevention of vandalism. Full protection prevents everyone except administrators from editing it. Semi-protection is used only in cases of vandalism that can't be reverted by the users who watch the page. Typically that means dozens of vandalism edits by numerous anonymous editors over a course of a few days. If it's less than that, a user can watch the page revert vandalism as it occurs. Leebo T/C 15:04, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Whoops. Quite right. --Bfigura (talk) 15:25, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    The edit at Inspirepac is not vandalism. Read the pink box, it explains what is going on there. In addition, please read WP:COI, in which the conflict of intereste rules and guidelines are explained, and WP:USERNAME, which indicates that you should not use a User name which is the same as a company name. Corvus cornix 17:28, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I put the speedy on them AFTER they asked the question. I'm not sure what inspired the inquiry. --Orange Mike 17:31, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Oh, sorry, I didn't compare the time stamps. Corvus cornix 17:39, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]


    Viewing Footnotes during "Show Preview"

    When I am editing a section and working on footnotes and references using <ref>, </ref>, and {{reflist|1}}, (cf. History of the Church-Turing thesis) and then want to view my work with "Show Preview", the footnotes are renumbered from 1 for the section. I can deal with that, however, I have not found a way to see what is actually in the footnote. (cf. Fix the reference boo boo.)

    What do I need to do to be able to see my footnotes prior to "Save Page"?

    Softtest123 15:23, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    The only advice I would offer is to edit the whole page if you want to see the results in the References section. Leebo T/C 15:25, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I sometimes add <references/> to the edited section during preview and remove it before saving. PrimeHunter 15:34, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    That works for me! Thanks. A great help. Softtest123 15:40, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    What a brilliant idea, PrimeHunter! It's never occurred to me to do that. --Moonriddengirl 17:07, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    WP:FOOT does not mention this handy technique. I will add it now. --Teratornis 17:29, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Glad to be of help. PrimeHunter 17:59, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Please see WP:FOOT#Previewing and check my addition for errors. --Teratornis 18:15, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I added a note about temporary renumbering of notes during a section edit. Please make sure I did the right thing.Softtest123 23:41, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    That was a good point to mention. I reworded your addition slightly to move it more toward the active voice, and I added another paragraph describing a complication that just occurred to me: re-using footnotes from previous sections. While I was there, I looked at Wikipedia talk:Footnotes which seems to be having a huge debate over citation styles at the moment. Yikes. --Teratornis 00:25, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    borax paste for prewash

    To use Borox for stain removal on a pre-wash item, what is the amount of water to use with Borax to make a viable paste? --Do I just make a paste? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.221.60.211 (talk) 16:31, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    You should try reading the directions on the back of the box. We're here to help you use Wikipedia, not do your laundry. Hersfold (t/a/c) 16:37, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Sorry--I thought wikipedia was helpful

    I was trying to find information about using borax and was sent to Wikipedia. Sorry to bother you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.221.60.211 (talk) 16:39, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    removed duplicate response and removed section header. Woodym555 16:47, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    We are rather helpful, just not for washing clothes. You're welcome to read our article on Borax, but I don't think it has what you're looking for. Sorry. Hersfold (t/a/c) 16:51, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    The stain article might provide some clues, but it does not mention borax. You could try asking on our Reference desk, where volunteers attempt to answer any question. Or you could try searching the Web: google:stain removal borax, which finds many links. Wikipedia tends to be weak on this type of procedural knowledge, because Wikipedia is not a how-to guide. Other wikis do specialize in this kind of information, for example WikiHow. --Teratornis 17:22, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    (edit conflict) The reference desk if for asking these kinds of questions. This page is for help with using Wikipedia. Leebo T/C 17:23, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    See these articles on WikiHow about stain removal. --Teratornis 17:24, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    You might mention WikiHow to your friends who sent you to Wikipedia. Much practical information is (or will eventually be) on WikiHow that probably will never appear on Wikipedia, because of Wikipedia's content policies. Wikipedia is merely the world's most-visited wiki, by no means the only one, nor always the most appropriate one for a given need. --Teratornis 17:34, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Ask Metafilter and Yahoo! Answers are pretty good for stuff like this too, probably Yahoo! Answers in this case more than Ask Metafilter. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Craigtalbert (talk • contribs) 01:51, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Why don't others see what I added

    I am adding our information to this page, "Editing Bradenton, Florida (section)". I see it when I call it up on my computer, but the information is not there from other computers. What am I missing? Sorry if this is a stupid question! ArtCenter Manatee 16:56, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I don't mean to sound patronizing, but have you saved the changes? Changes should show up within seconds. (To make sure the changes were applied, you can check the history of the page by clicking on the history tab, and seeing if your changes are listed there). Best, --Bfigura (talk) 17:00, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    PS: After examining the history (here), it does seem that your changes were applied. Perhaps you need to refresh the browser on the other computer? However, it does seem that some of your changes sound slightly like advertising, which is somewhat frowned upon. (See this page for why that is; or in short: in order to prevent conflicts of interest, we discourage editors from working on articles relating to organizations to which they belong).--Bfigura (talk) 17:02, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Thank you for your response! I should have said so, but yes I saved the changes, and they did show up on my computer within seconds. When I go to the page from another computer today, it still doesn't show the changes, but I do see the changes from the history tab. When or will it be shown on the main page? Sorry, I don't mean to advertise, just make it clear what we do here. I am, as you can tell, a computer novice trying to get by. Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.43.126.66 (talk) 19:39, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    There are very specific requirements for an article to appear on the Main Page. "Today's Featured Article" comes from our collection of featured articles, the best and most comprehensive articles. Did You Know items need to be well-written and substantial new articles. Leebo T/C 19:44, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I'm sorry, by main page I meant for Bradenton, Florida. From Google, search bradenton, fl and wikipedia link comes up, from there you are taken to the page for Bradenton that I am trying to get this information added to. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.43.126.66 (talk) 19:49, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    If you're referring to your edits about ArtCenter Manatee, the changes are showing in the article. Leebo T/C 19:53, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Did you try to bypass the browser cache on the other machines? You can find browser-specific info here Saturn 5 19:55, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Some ISP's cache pages and register updates with a varying delay. Then you may have to find another URL which hasn't been cached, or use another ISP. PrimeHunter 23:10, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Page Deleton

    Hi, I just had my page about my book 'The Forbidden Books' deleted for advertising.

    I notice other books have pages dedicated to them with links to places to purchase them.

    I would like to put a page back up - although structured differently.

    From studying other books pages I can see that they are structured differently and would like to try again.

    Although I use Wikipedia often, this is the first time I have ever listed an article so am a novice who got it wrong! Emmawhatever 17:49, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Hi there. In general it's a bad idea to add commercial links to wikipedia (see here for more info). The other people doing it are also probably in the wrong. One page that might be helpful would be the notability policy for books. If your article follows those guidelines, you should be all set. Best, --Bfigura (talk) 18:07, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Writing about your own work is generally frowned upon - we encourage you not to unless you can remain impartial about it. You could list it on the bounty board to encourage others to improve it. --h2g2bob (talk) 18:15, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Quite correct. Somehow my eye missed the "my" in "my book"--Bfigura (talk) 18:19, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Question (in Georgian I think)

    minda inpormacia rusuli snaiperis vintovkis svd s shesaxeb inpormacia —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.168.163.119 (talk) 18:47, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Does anyone know how to translate Georgian to English and find out what this means? Leebo T/C 19:06, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I found an online Georgian-English dictionary. Not a translator per se, but none of the above yielded any definitions as spelled... Saturn 5 20:21, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    There's an article at [5] in the lt.wikipedia, is lt Lithuanian or Latvian? Corvus cornix 20:24, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Did that online dictionary require you to put in the Georgian spellings with the Georgian script? This is clearly approximated using Latin characters. Corvus, I think it's Gerogian mainly because the user is from Georgia. Leebo T/C 20:31, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Ah. I didn't think to check the IP address. But further google searches for some of the words do appear to reference Georgian forums. Corvus cornix 20:42, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I need Help

    Do you know any one the can do the work of a sorceresses if so contact me please. Lester Thabodiaux (if that's how to spell it) 


        Uhh, maybe Into The Fray can help.

    Help!

    Into The Fray, or any other helpers, I have a question on my talk page! Please Answer it! —Preceding unsigned comment added by WinCamXP (talk • contribs) September 20 2007

    Turning off in-line cleanup template messages

    Is there a way for a reader to have Wikipedia not display messages such a [Citation needed] (the {{Fact}} tag)? I have an editor removing these templates from an article, and I would like to give him an option besides refraining from vandalism. / edg ☺ ★ 21:09, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Ask Into The Fray To answer that question. WinCamXP 21:16, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    WinCam, please don't reply unless you're offering help. You may cause an edit conflict with someone who is providing a helpful response.
    Edgarde, I'm afraid there isn't. They're there for the purpose of being noticed, so that people using the article for research will know that the preceding statement may not be completely accurate, and editors will know to look for references. I've reverted the editor's removal of the templates and will leave him a note about the tags. Thanks for bringing this up. Hersfold (t/a/c) 21:56, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Help me on Hyperlinks

    I need to know how to make a hyperlink with an arrow like everyone else. Just the one with the arrow coming out of the little box.

    By WinCamXP —Preceding unsigned comment added by WinCamXP (talk • contribs) 21:30, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    • Other tips:
    On external links, [6] <-- you will get an arrow with a number.
    • [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:LINK] <-raw form of the above example

    by adding a space after the URL then text,the text will appear in the link, ex. Help on Wikipedia linking

    • [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:LINK Help on Wikipedia linking] <-raw

    On internal link just add [[text]] between two brackets instead of one to interlink WP:LINK

    and to change what an interlink displays add a |then text, this is the same link as above

    login - email not recognised

    I created an account as rewardinheaven in July 2006, when I edited the article on the Popular Flying Association (removed stub and wrote article). I would now like to make a small edit to update the article. However I cannot remember my password and it seems my email was not recorded at the time. This surprises me but it means I cannot ask for a new password.

    I cannot re-register as rewardinheaven as it is already taken (list confirms this) and do not want to create a second account if possible as this would be confusing and probably not good practice. Can you help please?

    rewardinheaven

    84.92.189.134 21:30, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    • Did you confirm your account at the time of registration? - Mgm|(talk) 21:51, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Also remember you don't need to be registered to edit! Saturn 5 22:48, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    search history

    could I save the search history in wikipedia? Thank you! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stringari (talk • contribs) 23:12, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Some browsers independently save the information that you input into a search bar (including Wikipedia) but as far as I know there is no way to actually save your search history other than to bookmark or watchlist pages of interest. —Keakealani·?·!·@ 00:04, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    September 21

    Shrink/shorten/basically make space that the talk page boxes invade smaller

    How do you shrink, shorten, or merge talk page boxes? Is there really a way to create a scroller for them to reduce space? Talk:SanDisk Sansa is a very good example, and it's giving me the nerves. --Jw21/PenaltyKillah(discuss•edits) 02:56, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    {{WikiProjectBannerShell}} will allow you to condense the wikiproject boxes. Depending on how much attention the talk page gets, it may not need the talk page header. LaraLove 03:11, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Painting listing "Yu Shih-hai" by cplumley2

    Good evening,

    I have uploaded a painting by Yu Shih-hai. It is also available here on my server:

    I belive that it was painted about 1920-30 and was in a collection of paintings from my grandmother's home at 76 Brooks Street, West Medford, Mass. (You have a listing for this home on your service, as Amelia Earhart lived there for a time with my grandparents. When I find my photos of the house I will add the monument to that page.)

    I have no idea if this painting is copyrighted and how to list it on your servers.

    I am really trying to find out about the artist that I can list the painting for sale.

    Thank you for your help.

    If you do not know about the copyright, it will likely be deleted. Also, do not post personal information here. Wikipedia is not for selling things. Try Craigslist instead. Into The Fray T/C 01:56, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    incorrect image i ubject to using it

    there is an image of a nscc color guard on the us naval sea cadet page where the cadets portraied are out of proper uniform in that there Aiguillettes are on improperly 2 of the three strands should go on the outside of the sholder 97.84.155.21 01:37, 21 September 2007 (UTC)NSCC PO3[reply]

    I assume you mean the page United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps, and the image Image:US Naval Sea Cadet.jpg. Obviously we would like an image with everything correctly portrayed, but right now this seems to be the only image we have of such a cadet. If you have an better image we can freely use (see Wikipedia:Image use policy), we would be happy to use it, otherwise an image with a slight mistake is better then none at all. Prodego talk 01:56, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Creating New

    I created a new one, however the text is partially in caps and part not. I need to change the format of the spelling, but it won't let me. How can I fix this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fenwaypark (talk • contribs) 01:48, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I'm not entirely sure I understand. you want to change the format of what exactly? The Kato picture, the article, or something else? Best, --Bfigura (talk) 02:04, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    With regards to the article, please do not overwrite an existing article with a new one. :) If you are confident that the Kato you wish to write about meets notability guidelines and you are able to supply proper verification, please establish a new page for him. --Moonriddengirl 02:09, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Citations

    I like using WP:CITET. I'm not a big fan of the Harvard templates, because they don't look as neat. At any rate, when using CITET, I'm wondering how to do different page numbers for one reference. If I'm citing a book, cite book works fine once, but what if one time I'm referring to page 100, and another time page 150. I notice that FAC reviewers like page numbers for books. Any ideas? OrangeMarlin Talk• Contributions 02:00, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    You can list the book under references, then list each use under notes. Each use with a different page number would be it's own note. For example, you may have:
    • Jones, M. (2004). A Mother's Tale. New York: Greenbay Publishing. ISBN 3940535054.
    1. Jones (2004), pp. 24-36.
    2. Jones (2004), pp. 34-35.
    Alternatively, you could use {{rp}}, although this is not typically preferred unless you're citing many many different pages from one book. LaraLove 02:17, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks for the alternatives. The first choice wouldn't fit under CITET, so I wouldn't like it so much, especially if the article gets a lot of editing, then the numbers could potentially be out of whack (2 could actually occur before 1). I'll look at your section alternative. OrangeMarlin Talk• Contributions —Preceding signed but undated comment was added at 21:08, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Watching only part of a page

    Resolved

    Is it possible to watch a page (especially a talk page) such that only edits to a particular section will show up in the watchlist and edits to other sections won't prevent those "desired section" edits from showing up? - SigmaEpsilon → ΣΕ 03:09, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    No. Only pages are in your watchlist. It is just a list of page names. When you view it, it quickly queries the recently changed database table for pages with a name in your watchlist. That table does not have page sections in it. -- kainaw™ 03:12, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    It would put too much of a burden on the servers to allow sections to be watched. LaraLove 03:14, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    OK. I was just curious. Thanks for the quick response. - SigmaEpsilon → ΣΕ 03:21, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Grammar

    Hi. I've got a question about the grammar (specifically capitalization) in a wikipedia article. The article is for brian_d_foy. Apparently he doesn't capitalize his name. I know there are other 'proper' nouns that aren't normally capitalized. The question is, what should be done at the beginning of a sentence? I would have thought normal English grammar rules would apply, and the text for his name would be capitalized. (I'm particularly looking at the third para beginning 'brian'. I don't have Strunck & White with me, but my 'Australian Style Manual' says in this case: "...proper names that begin with a lowercase letter...either rearrange the sentence so that the proper name no longer starts is or ... convert it to a capital at the start of the sentence" Thanks for any advice. peterl 03:18, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    The Manual of Style has general guidelines on how to format articles, and includes some instructions for special cases such as this, in submanuals such as the one at MOS:CAPS. That particular guide says:

    For personal names, capitalize normally within the article, but include the lowercase spelling within the lead. For the article title, follow the lead of outside sources and use the most common spelling and capitalization, per Wikipedia:Naming conventions. For example, if The New York Times and USA Today routinely capitalize the name, use the same style here on Wikipedia. If the situation is ambiguous, capitalize normally.

    The submanual on trademarks expands on this a bit further, saying that within the article, standard capitalization should be used (i.e. capitalize the proper noun). In general, though, whatever method you end up using should be what you use throughout the article. Don't switch styles. Hersfold (t/a/c) 03:28, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I suppose one could try asking brian d foy why he enjoys making life more difficult for other people and wasting their time. There are already enough difficulties in life even when everybody tries to cooperate, I should think. I cannot be alone in spotting the irony: his notability derives from his work on Perl, which is part of computing, and the goal of computing is to save labor - that is also the point behind having grammatical rules. In any case, Wikipedia tramples freely on lots of cultural and religious preferences, so I wouldn't worry too much about how brian d foy prefers to render his name. In my opinion (which is by no means authoritative beyond my limited ability to make it sound sensible), do what you have to do to keep our articles looking at least semi-literate. There might be a template somewhere to tag articles that contain goofily-rendered names, or maybe someone could start one (lest another editor should see what looks like an error and "correct" it). --Teratornis 03:38, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Viewing languages in articles

    When I view articles which text written in different languages, I cannot view the text. It always comes up as question marks. In particular, I cannot view Asian languages, or some text written in IPA. Is there something I have to download to view these fonts? This is an example of an article where I cannot view parts of the text: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_writing_system Also, is there a way to request articles to be written? I work for a company I believe qualifies as notable, but agree that my association with the company makes me unsuitable to write it. Do I have to wait and see, or ask someone personally?Pjsiqhh 04:17, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    You can request an article at WP:RA, under the appropriate section. It may take a fairly long time for it to get written, but it's better than doing nothing. Thanks for not trying to write it yourself. :-) As for your first question, which I'm answering last because I had to look up the help page, you should check here for directions on how to get your computer set up properly. Hersfold (t/a/c) 04:42, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]


    How to add photograph to article?

    Hi, I wrote an article and would like to add a photo (I own the copyright) to the article/ how would i go about doing this? thank you very much. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Adamtrask1 (talk • contribs) 06:57, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    The easiest way is to upload at Wikimedia commons (and your picture can be used within other projects too). Please go to Commons:Upload. This page leads you through the way. Before you can upload a picture at commons, you have to create an account there. To use a picture within an article, please look at Wikipedia:Picture tutorial--Thw1309 07:22, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]


    Leonardo da Vinci - Vocational training

    Hello. I wonder what Leonardo da Vinci - Vocational training program is. So I searched the program in wikipedia. Would you help me find the explanation or the reference for the Leonardo da Vinci? I'm very looking forward to your reply very soon through my e-mail <email removed for your security>. Thank you very much.

    This page was created to help users with questions about the use of wikipedia. For questions about the content please look at Wikipedia:Reference desk and ask your question there. If you should be looking for the european programm please look here--Thw1309 07:30, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    How do I add a logo for the airline I have written the history for. I can produce a gif image easile, but where toI download it to, and how do I insert it in the page?Tnuag 07:51, 21 September 2007 (UTC)tnuag[reply]

    You can upload the image via the 'Upload file' box in the toolbox, which will be at the bottom of the left column if you are using default preferences. For instructions on adding an uploaded image to an article, see Help:Image. --ais523 09:15, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
    Firstly, it's better to have the image as PNG format rather than GIF. Wikipedia:Upload is the page to use to upload the image, just give it a description and choose a licence tag (such as {{Non-free logo|Airline logos|Central African Airways}}). Then include it with something like logo=Central_African_Airlines_logo.png| in the infobox. — PhilHibbs | talk 09:19, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Copying a biography with permission...

    I recently created a page for a well known south western artist and was given permission from his family to copy his biography from his website. Your copyright bot said that it found the connection and told me to delete the copied material. What shall I do? —Preceding unsigned comment added by BDeVine123 (talk • contribs) 08:29, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    • See Wikipedia:Requesting_copyright_permission#When_permission_is_confirmed Either have the person themselves write to Wikipedia from an identifiable address or forward the permission you got yourself. Also, it's generally not a good idea to copy biographies because they tend not to be written in a Wikipedia compatible format and tone. I recommend you use the facts and write the biography for Wikipedia yourself. - Mgm|(talk) 08:46, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
      • Also, getting permission is often trickier than it first might seem. Merely granting permission for use in Wikipedia isn't good enough, because Wikipedia can be copied so the permission needs to be broader. Put simply, all material has to be either public domain or licensed in a way that is compatible with the GFDL. The simplest from our point of view is to get the copyright holder to agree to license the material under the GFDL itself, but that can be hard to explain. Sometimes it's easier to re-write the text using just the facts, like Mgm says. If you don't have the time or the confidence to do that, just link the bio in External links and let someone else do it. If the person is notable, then someone will do it eventually. — PhilHibbs | talk 09:13, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Question

    How does Wikipedia ensure the quality of its articles? Bad articles can lead Wikipedia in to very serious trouble especially if they invlove people who might sue you. Simply put how do you check the millions of articles and remove bad edits? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rylong2 (talk • contribs) 09:29, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Well, anyone can change the articles in any direction; much of the checking is done by readers who happen to come across the article and correct mistakes in them (the principle is that there are more people who will correct the articles if they come across a mistake than there are deliberately trying to mess them up). There are also people (and computer programs) who monitor all changes being made, trying to spot bad edits and reverting them as they happen. There are other methods as well, but despite these there's no way that Wikipedia can guarantee that all the articles are correct (see the General disclaimer). --ais523 09:34, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
    A simple question with lots of answers! Regarding articles on living people we have some very specific policies - see WP:BLP for more. In general, articles can go through a good article review to check for "quality", with the aim of getting articles up t0 Featured status. However the most important thing is this is a wiki! The aim of Wikipedia is constant improvement, and the thousands of people who edit here each day (generally) are all trying to remove bad edits and replace poor content with good content. You can help us!! Pedro |  Chat  09:38, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    See:
    --Teratornis 15:35, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    GFDL questions

    I'm setting up a new wiki soon, and will be importing pages from here using Special:Export. Below are some of the pages

    Is it a violation of the GFDL to edit the source of the XML files, changing all the ".svg" image files to ".svg.png" files because my webhost does not support SVG uploads??

    Thanks, --Solumeiras talk 10:23, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    It's not a violation of the GFDL to edit pages (if it were, then Wikipedia would have quite some legal problems trying to run!), but the rules are slightly different if you're editing rather than making an exact copy. See Wikipedia:Copyrights#Reusers' rights and obligations for an informal explanation of what you have to do, or the GFDL itself for the full legal details. (Basically: you have to make it clear what you've done (for instance in the edit history of the image description pages), licence the changes under GFDL (unlikely to be a problem in a GFDL-licenced wiki), keep track of the previous history (which Special:Export handles for you), and make sure that the new version is available in a machine-readable form (unlikely to be a problem in this case; however, as the SVG is probably the preferred form to edit the image in rather than the produced SVG, to be safe I'd recommend you link to the original SVGs somewhere, maybe Wikipedia's copy of them if you can't upload them yourself).) --ais523 10:29, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
    • Thanks for that, ais523. I'll have a read through of the copyrights page.

    This is an example:

    Image:Octagon-warning.svg.png

    Image from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octagon-warning.svg

    The wiki I am making is for editing, and not a copy of pages from Wikipedia (like answers.com and other sites that mirror it).

    I was unsure about if it was a violation of copyright to change all SVG images to .svg.png images in an imported copy of the pages into my new wiki.

    Thanks, --Solumeiras talk 10:37, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    That looks fine to me. Just one other quick note: not all images (as opposed to text) on wikipedia are GFDL; see their image description page for licensing information on each individual image. (All images used on templates have to have licences that specifically allow you to do what you're doing, though; this is Wikimedia policy.) The licences used will either be GFDL (as in the example you've given), public domain (this puts no conditions on the image at all, so it's impossible to mess that one up), or Creative Commons licences (which have a subset of the requirements of the GFDL; the most common Creative Commons licence used on Wikipedia would require only keeping track of the author and keeping the same licence, which is a subset of the GFDL obligations). So if you follow the rules as for the GFDL, and copy the licence templates used over, then you're unlikely to have problems whatever the licence. --ais523 10:42, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
    • Thank you for that explanation. The only images I was going to re-use would probably be the Nuvola icon sets used on talkpage warnings and templates. I'll have a look at the licences now. At least now I don't have to worry too much. --Solumeiras talk 10:46, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    New section

    როგორ დავრეგისტრირდე და გამოვიყენო ვიკიპედია ვახტანგი —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.114.225.127 (talk) 10:58, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    When on the English-language Wikipedia, please always use English, no matter to whom you address your comments. This is so that comments may be comprehensible to the community at large. :) We'd be happy to try to help you if you could translate your question, but questions in other languages may go unanswered unless somebody else who speaks it happens to be manning the help desk. --Moonriddengirl 11:47, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    You could ask your question at the Georgian language version of this page, reachable here.--Fuhghettaboutit 12:20, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Dubious times in top Asian 'international academy'

    I am currently an employee of '__________international academy' in Korea, and am extremely concerned by levels of corruption at the school. The information is true; however, I cannot at the moment produce evidence as i'm an employee there until I fulfill my contract. Having said that, I feel completely outraged with the goings on there and the treatment of some of the students: people need to know.

    The academy is very wealthy and influential however, therefore I'm trying to watch my back.

    I will publish on this site, but I need to know that they won't be able to track me (I am not kidding with my concerns- if you mess with this organisation, it can have serious consequences).

    I know you may deal with a lot of fake stuff, but this is not. I just don't know what to do: people can't get away with this!

    I can't say too much here, because this is in the public domain, but i'm just hoping that I can publish with reassurance that I can't be found by them (my employers) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wynspuds (talk • contribs) 13:58, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    As you note you can't produce evidence, Wikipedia may not be able to help you with this. There is an official policy against original research. And if the evidence that you can produce is not already published in a secondary source, it is not proper for Wikipedia's purposes. As an encyclopedia, Wikipedia is a compendium of known and published facts. However, even if you produce proper secondary sources, Wikipedia can't guarantee your anonymity. While private information is not routinely published, there may be some cases where Wikipedia is compelled to reveal that information. See Wikimedia:Privacy Policy. Depending on the laws of Korea, you might have better luck speaking to local media or locating a supervisory organization to help you. Perhaps you could find a way to deliver your evidence anonymously there? I'm sorry that the situation is so dire, and I hope that you're able to resolve it. :( --Moonriddengirl 14:21, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    There's quite a few places where you could put this information. I seem to remember a Wiki-style site dedicated to this that uncovered some corruption scandal, but I can't remember the name. It was essentially an encyclopedia of "leaks". -Wooty [Woot?] [Spam! Spam! Wonderful spam!] 04:24, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Persistent infrequent possible vandalism

    I watch the article Guiseley. Every so often User:195.171.89.178 comes along and adds that that historian Barbara Haydock is a local resident. I'm not sure that this person exists, and if she does then she's not notable (the entry on her was deleted earlier this year [7]. Every few weeks User:195.171.89.178 adds the name to the article and then I come along and delete it. I've tried discussing it with them, on their talk page and on the article's talk page. What can be done to stop this waste of time? Thanks, Dupont Circle 14:10, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    There's not a whole lot, other than having more people watch it. A long-term IP block wouldn't really be appropriate, since it's not severe vandalism. Semi-protection also wouldn't be appropriate, since the frequency is so low. Leebo T/C 14:16, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    center for jewish history

    Hi,

    I attempted to make changes to the page, "Center for Jewish History". My changes were reverted, per the message below:

    "September 2007 Thank you for your recent edit to Center for Jewish History. Unfortunately I had to revert the edit, as sections seeme to have been taken from another source, possibly breaching copyright. These additions also did not have the encyclopaedic style which we try to aim for on wikipedia, but read like an advertisement. Thanks. Quantpole 14:25, 17 September 2007 (UTC)"

    I work for the Center for Jewish History, as the primary public affairs staff member, and do most of the writing about the Center. The changes that I attempted to put on the page were accurate AND my own work. I am not sure why my edits were not accepted (nor do I know who posted the Center's wikipedia page in the first place).

    Can you please let me know what I can do to correct this information so I can provide the Wikipedia community with accurate and complete information about the Center for Jewish History?

    Thank you,

    Hadas Almagor Deputy Director of Development and Public Affairs Center for Jewish History Hadasalmagor 14:15, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Thank you for working to improve the encyclopedia. Unfortunately, I have to agree with the person who reverted your edit, because it appears to be largely copy/pasted from another source and reads like an advertisement for the Center. Wikipedia has a number of policies and guideines that must be followed when adding information to an article. Of significance here is the neutral point of view policy. You work for the center, so it would be difficult for you to write a neutral entry on it. This is discussed at Wikipedia:Conflict of interest. You can propose changes on Talk:Center for Jewish History, but please do not edit the article directly. Leebo T/C 14:22, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    The other problem is that, as they say, "on the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog". In other words, while we do try to assume good faith in most cases, if you're contributing content that you wrote for another website, it is copyrighted (by you, most likely), and because the content on Wikipedia is supposed to be licensed under the GFDL, we can't blindly accept anything that appears to be non-free content. Yours is one of about three or four questions recently about a similar topic, and I believe if you scroll up a few sections you will see where there is some information on how you can release your text under a free license so that there is no copyright violation involved. Confusing Manifestation 15:36, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    copyright text

    Hi there,

    I work at Penguin publishers and have been trying to update my author pages and book title pages but having trouble with text. Specifically with Neris and India's Idiot-Proof Diet. Every time I enter the book summary (from our own penguin systems that I myself wrote and has been approved by the author) it gets removed because the bot finds it on another website. Even though it is clearly in my own copy-right. Please help! I also don't know how to add book images which are fully cleared for me to put up on this site without them getting removed.

    Jenny

    Jenpeng 14:20, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I don't see a bot doing it. It looks like another user, User:Madman, removed it most recently. Basically, as an encyclopedia article, the page shouldn't contain copied text from another source, even if you own the copyright for that source. It should be written in original words, or you could place a link to your hosted version of the summary. Regarding the images, you need to provide copyright information and a fair use rationale. See Wikipedia:Non-free content. Leebo T/C 14:25, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Intersection

    I was wondering how it is possible to do a intersection of 2 categories to find out how many are in both. Such as list of album covers without fair use rationale. Dommccas 15:09, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    You could try asking Jogers, because I think he has Jogersbot update the list. Leebo T/C 15:12, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks i'll ask him Dommccas 15:19, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    • You can also try CatScan; I've got it listed on my userpage. - Mgm|(talk) 17:45, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Hallo

    Hallo, wie du Windeln trägst? danke. --Co Signer 15:19, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Please ask questions in English in order to allow more people to understand. Leebo T/C 15:24, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Also, confine your questions to Wikipedia. For questions about things such as diapers, use the Reference Desk. -- kainaw™ 15:27, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    We do of course have an article about Diapers which you may read. If you have a question about editing the German Wikipedia, you could ask at de:Wikipedia:Fragen zur Wikipedia. --Teratornis 15:30, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    weir gut danke --Co Signer 15:32, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    (undent) Note to Help desk volunteers: when questions arrive in languages other than English, Wikipedia:Language recognition chart may be helpful. --Teratornis 15:40, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Note to Help desk volunteers: this guy' s German is even worse than my English. So this seems to be a stupid joke. Please do not try to help him any more. --Thw1309 17:53, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Considering your question is in German considering asking your question here. --Тhε Rαnδom Eδιτor 21:08, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Photo archive

    Hello,

    I wonder how to proceed to have access to the phto archive as You can find in the French Wiki version "Photo du jour" as photo of the day ?

    Please let me know. Thanks in advance, Jean —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.73.161.116 (talk) 18:34, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    The page archiving the Photo of the Day changes by month, but you can get to all featured pictures by going to Wikipedia:Featured pictures. Leebo T/C 18:42, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    removing a flag/message

    I have added internal and external links and believe my entry is no longer orphaned. How do I remove the message generated by Wikipedia? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wendyweiss123 (talk • contribs) 19:23, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Orphaned means no articles link to it. You need to place links to the article in other articles with appropriate context so that there is more than one way to get to it other than searching. Leebo T/C 19:27, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    As Leebo notes, to, erm, de-orphanize an article, you need to find relevant articles elsewhere on Wikipedia that should be linked back to it and add such links there. :) Once you have done so, you simply edit the article to cut out the template. Look for text between brackets. The orphan template looks like {{Orphan}} and may have a date attached. --Moonriddengirl 19:31, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    The article still has a lot of other problems. It is not an encyclopedic entry in its present form, but a list of "medical foods" and links to outside sources. It has few or no wikilinks; no categorization; etc. Please wikify the article first, before worrying about the orphan tag. --Orange Mike 19:45, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    my article doesnt appear when I search

    Hi Wikipedians I wrote my first article. It appears under "my contributions" However, it does not appear when I search Wikipedia. What have I done wrong? ILPAC 19:28, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I see it when I search for CETO Wave Power. Leebo T/C 19:31, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Maybe the Wikipedia seach function had not indexed CETO Wave Power when you searched it but it's in searches now. If you want Google search or other external searches then Wikipedia has no control over when they index a new page. PrimeHunter 19:36, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    New articles

    can you write your own articles, and how —Preceding unsigned comment added by 167.155.248.201 (talk) 20:24, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Fourth Geneva Convention

    The Fourth Geneva Convention article starts with Artical 2. It goes on from there but does not include Artical 1. What does Artical 1 say and why is it not included? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.21.165.172 (talk) 20:53, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    This sort of question is best asked at the Reference Desk. --Тhε Rαnδom Eδιτor 21:04, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    "Article 1. The High Contracting Parties undertake to respect and to ensure respect for the present Convention in all circumstances."--Thw1309 21:09, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    (edit conflict) The full text can be found in the first link at Fourth Geneva Convention#External links. Article 1 says: "The High Contracting Parties undertake to respect and to ensure respect for the present Convention in all circumstances." Wikipedia does not bring full source texts. Other sites like Wikisource specialize in that. I guess Wikipedia editors have tried to select the articles considered most important. PrimeHunter 21:12, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    See also wikisource:Geneva Convention/Fourth Geneva Convention. PrimeHunter 21:41, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I want to access wikipedia from my Verizon mobile phone..

    Dear friend of the All-knowing Wiki,

    I really want to be able to access wikipedia while i'm on the go. I currently have a mobile web 2.0 capable verizon mobile phone. It's not a smart phone or a pda. Is it possible for me to access wikipedia from this?

    Thank you for your repsonse.

    66.75.4.149 21:27, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I don't know the technology but maybe Wikipedia:WAP access is of help. PrimeHunter 21:38, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Arbitrary break

    Hello, I recently edited the Wikipedia page for Best Friends Animal Society. Could you please take the disclaimer off the top of the page re: it being written like an advertisement? I think the new copy is much better.

    Regarding citations, I'm not sure what you mean by that - and how to cite within an article. If you could please give me some guidance, I'll make the changes.

    Many thanks.

    John Polis jpolis@earthlink.net —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jpolis (talk • contribs) 21:39, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    A guide to citations is here. Hope that helps. (I've also marked some places where you might need to cite sources). And after a cursory examination, the copy does appear improved, so I'll remove the advertising tag. Best, --Bfigura (talk) 21:43, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Wikipedia:Articles_for_creation

    AFC is faulty. The main page doesn't display all articles from the subpage and even though the tags are closed properly, the older submissions header is included in the collapsible close box. Can someone with template and transclusion experience look into this? - Mgm|(talk) 21:53, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    • Purging either page isn't helping. - Mgm|(talk) 22:03, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    • Ah, there it is. Missing noinclude close tag meaning nothing after it was included. - Mgm|(talk) 22:09, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Admin requested....

    If an admin is watching here, can you please take a look at this question for this user? Thanks in advance. Into The Fray T/C 22:29, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I unblocked his IP and re-blocked it to approximately the former length with a soft-block. That should solve the problem. :) Nihiltres(t.l) 23:04, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks much! Into The Fray T/C 23:06, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    September 22

    Edit history

    Is it possible to delete some histories from Jena High School. Thanks,Thedjatclubrock :) (T/C) 01:11, 22 September 2007 (UTC)>[reply]

    I don't think it's possible to delete a history, although upon examination I think I understand why you would want to do so, and sympathize. You may want to consider that since a significant section of the article is devoted to "Racial tension" it might be more valuable to demonstrate to readers that that sort of vandalism is not tolerated at Wikipedia and is quickly reverted or edited. I'm sorry not to be able to help you more. Accounting4Taste 01:17, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Specific versions of articles may be deleted by admins, although it should only be used if the version includes someone's personal information. --Agüeybaná 01:35, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Walt Disney's "Zorro" television series

    There is a mistake on this page regarding the hour-long episodes aired on the Disney anthology series. The article stated that the episodes were shown in color and that they aired on NBC. This is incorrect. All four episodes were filmed in black-and-white and aired on ABC during the 1960-61 season, when the series was called "Walt Disney Presents." The show moved to NBC in the fall of 1961, where it was renamed "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color."

    How do I make these corrections?

    72.245.7.45 01:12, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    You can learn about the mechanics of editing a page at Wikipedia:How to edit a page; anyone can edit a Wikipedia article. However, one important principle at Wikipedia is that content must be verifiable (click on the word "verifiable" to find out more about that policy). You need to be able to back up your assertion about Zorro with reference to an outside source -- a book or a magazine article, for instance -- that says so. My copy of The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows doesn't seem to list Zorro separately, so you may need to do some digging. If you don't back up your assertions with a reference, someone else may come along and say that you're wrong and change it back to what it was... I hope this helps. If you need more information, leave a note on my talk page. Accounting4Taste 01:25, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Please help me about Pokémon Cheating Encyclopedia if you can!

    Help! I made an encyclopedia so people could get Pokémon cheats and glitches. I was being nice, so why was my page (Pokémon Cheating Encyclopedia) deleted?! And is there anything I can do about it?

    Unfortunately, Wikipedia does not include how-to articles. (See WP:NOT#HOWTO). So Wikipedia might not be the place for an article on how to cheat in Pokemon. However, you might take a look at the Pokemon Wikiproject and see if you'd be interested in contributing there. --Bfigura (talk) 02:08, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I have put Pokémon Action Replay Encyclopedia up for CSD as well. User:Blair Bonnett replied to your earlier edit with this However, this is not suitable content for Wikipedia (see WP:NOT, specifically WP:NOT#HOWTO). If you want to create a Pokémon cheat wikia, you could try somewhere like Wikia or Bluwiki Blair - Speak to me 01:51, 22 September 2007 (UTC) . I think he said it perfectly. This type of content does not belong in an encyclopedia. Please see Pokemon wikiproject for how you can help edit Pokemon related articles. Woodym555 02:15, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    See: WP:WWMPD#If all else fails, try another wiki. You can search for a Pokémon-related wiki on WikiIndex. For example, try: wikiindex:Category:Games and wikiindex:Category:Pokemon. WikiIndex lists several Pokemon-related wikis, including The Pokémon Encyclopedia. Most wikis that specialize in a particular topic accept articles on that topic with fewer content restrictions than Wikipedia has. Which means your work is more likely to be acceptable on a wiki that specializes in Pokémon. --Teratornis 10:27, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Which is to say, I would have to slightly disagree with the "said it perfectly" assessment, since there was no mention of the suitable alternative wikis that already exist. Starting an entirely new wiki is much harder than editing on an existing wiki, so that would normally be a last resort. In general, it seems too few participants in deletion debates on Wikipedia are fully aware of the several thousand alternative wikis that already exist. Even worse, many of the new users who create new articles on Wikipedia that violate one or more of Wikipedia's policies and guidelines seem to be utterly unaware that there are other wikis besides Wikipedia (and I think Wikipedia needs to do a better job, somehow, of pointing this out to new users who try to create new articles). --Teratornis 10:37, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I think said it perfectly was a fairly adequate statement. I dont think it is neccessarily our job to mention every single other wiki. Most Wikipedia editors are here to help Wikipedia to develop. That being said the link to the Pokemon Encyclopedia is here: http://pokemon.wikia.com/wiki/Home . I do think that some editors should be guided elsewhere in their endeavours because they have valuable contributions to make to other wikis. We can't provide a link to every other wiki though because, as you say there are thousands. Woodym555 10:46, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I have been thinking about this problem for some time; my notes are in: User:Teratornis/Outplacement. --Teratornis 23:13, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Dale Wiley deleted for the wrong reason

    I had an article deleted about Dale Wiley, saying that there was nothing notable about him to include him in Wikipedia. I thought it was notable that he was the only player (to best of knowledge) to have played pro basketball both as an able-bodied player and then later as a handicapped player after an accident. I also thought that other people would come across the page to either confirm and add on to the information, or to let us know why the information was no longer accurate. It doesn't help that his fame was from before the days of public internet. He did meet with then-President Ronald Reagan, and played a leading role in organizing the Para-Olympic Games. I have no conflict of interest here. I was simply trying to research Dale Wiley and found that nobody had anything about him in Wikipedia, so I thought I'd just post what I knew and see if more info could be added from other sources more knowledgable than myself. He could be a hero and role model for handicapped persons and specifically for wheelchair-bound persons. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Shrommer (talk • contribs) 02:34, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    You might want to contact the admin who deleted the article (User:Tawker) and see if he would be willing to copy it to your user-space, so that you can improve it. Alternatively, you could go to deletion review, and see if you can get it undeleted there. In either event, you'd also need to make sure that you can create an article with verifiable, independent, reliable sources. Best, --Bfigura (talk) 02:44, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    The article wasn't really written in a way that made his notability clear. It wasn't in an ordinary Wikipedia biography style. I'm not sure if you copied the text from somewhere else, but it would need to be completely rewritten. Leebo T/C 04:55, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    [Wikipedia Table of ] Contents

    Recently, I'm experience the ineffectiveness of the "Content" section of Articles: When I Click on an item, it flickers, but nothing happens - I do not get to the section kisted!

    Is that just my prblem? Or is it Vandalism on Wikipedia? Or what?
    Best. --Ludvikus 05:32, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Sounds like a problem with your browser. Have you tried it on another browser or computer? It should work. Leebo T/C 05:38, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    WOW! My hat goes off to you (if I were wearing one)! You are Fast and Correct.
    The problem was on Netscape. When I switched to Explore the problem disappeared!!!
    Thanks so much?
    Now how do I fix it? I Love Nescape, and can't stand Explorer!
    Yours truly, --Ludvikus 05:46, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Sorry, can't help with that... I use Firefox. Perhaps the reference desk folks can help with a broswer issue. Leebo T/C 05:53, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    See the entries under WP:EIW#Browser. --Teratornis 10:55, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Sometimes, if a section is closed with the templates which "hide" the content of a section, you can't get to that section by clicking on the ToC. Corvus cornix 21:14, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Where to ask for others to look at an article?

    People need to look at the Judge Judy and Judith Sheindlin article. They've gained the attention of a user (and his many sockpuppets) who has been abusive and seems to think he owns the pages. He called me names and has slowly reverted all my edits (and the edits of others), calling them ridiculous and erroneous, and continually removes cleanup templates. Other uses have commented on the talk page about the article needing cleanup. Where do I ask for experienced Wikipedians to pay special attention to this article? I am not sure Request for Comments is the best place. Kat, Queen of Typos 07:14, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I'll put both pages on my watchlist. ByeNow is the abusive editor you mentioned? GlassCobra 07:21, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Also, if it starts to become a matter of policy violation, you could try AN/I. --Bfigura (talk) 07:22, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you. Kat, Queen of Typos 07:25, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I have left reminders about our civility policies at the talk pages of User:Lormos and User:ByeNow. It's plainly inappropriate for Lormos to use edit summaries like "Oh my fucking god did Rainbow really mess up this page" and to imply that you don't "do anything very useful" on Wikipedia (Talk:Judge Judy). Neither is it proper for ByeNow to call your edits "ridiculous" and tell you to "stop whining". I hope that they will read over the policies and change their approach to the conversation accordingly. It is of a bit of concern that your mention of indefinitely blocked user Tratare and potential sock puppetry was immediately removed from the page. If evidence develops to lead you to believe that such is the case, please consider seeking assistance at Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets. --Moonriddengirl 12:23, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Cell Phone Tracking

    How do I track the location of a cell phone? <e-mail removed> —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.57.202.204 (talk) 07:23, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    That's not really a question that belongs here. Try the reference desk. GlassCobra 07:28, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    See Cell phone tracking and you can search Wikipedia with Google for: GPS cell phone which finds some other articles that mention this topic. --Teratornis 10:53, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    article version number

    How do I determine the article version number of a particular article? This is so I can use Wikipedia as a source in papers. I read the recommendation on how to reference and it suggested to add the article version number at the end of the URL for that page. However, where is the article version number located?

    Thank you! gillian —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.210.15.245 (talk) 08:24, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    • You can see it by clicking the revision in the history. If you are talking about the most recent version, click: "permanent link" in the sidebar to the left. - Mgm|(talk) 08:35, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    You probably also want to check out Wikipedia:Citing Wikipedia. Confusing Manifestation 12:49, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    images

    how to insert images in the articles of wikipedia?Are the images inserted already loaded somewhere in wikipedia? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hedonister (talk • contribs) 09:20, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Yes, they are. To insert an image it first must be uploaded to the servers, then it can be added to articles. See Wikipedia:Uploading images and Wikipedia:Picture tutorial, and there are a lot of other helpful pages in this list. Raven4x4x 09:24, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    please do reply

    plaese send me more research papers(if any ) on the subject of thermodynamics of ideal solutions —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.92.245.43 (talk) 10:03, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    You could start by reading the Ideal solution article. --Teratornis 10:44, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    • Try searching article databases like Pubmed or global ones at an academic library. - Mgm|(talk) 14:24, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    You can also search with Google Scholar. --Teratornis 21:59, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    ctenophora

    what is the structure of aboral sense organ in ctenophora? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.93.33.96 (talk) 10:22, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    If you don't find the answer by reading the Ctenophore article, you could try asking on the Reference desk. Or try: google:aboral organ ctenophore. --Teratornis 10:48, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Is there a way to create your own private experiment page?

    I have a future article in mind, but my plan for this article involves a table which will be time consuming to create, and I'd rather make the table before putting it into the article. I'm just wondering how that works, if such a thing exists. DandyDan2007 11:07, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    You can create a sandbox in your userspace. Just click on User:DandyDan2007/Sandbox and away you go. You might want to take a look at Wikipedia:Subpages as well. Woodym555 11:10, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Using with research function in MS Office

    What url is used to include Wikipedia in the research function for MS Office? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fozzel (talk • contribs) 12:34, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    You could try this URL:
    I like this one, because Google Search often gives better results than Wikipedia's built-in Help:Search method:
    The URL behind that link is:
    Also see: WP:EIW#Search for information about many ways to search Wikipedia. Disclaimer: I don't know how you would integrate a search URL into Microsoft Office. If it's just a matter of pasting in a URL somewhere, then you can use one of the above URLs. --Teratornis 23:20, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    copyrights

    The following image has the following Licensing message attached to it. the same message is attached to the maps of the British, Portuguese and French empire maps. does the license message mean that i have the right to use this map in a publication of my own?


    Image:DutchEmpire.png

    Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".


    also, there were animated maps of the same empires that have now been taken off the article. is this because these maps had copyright infringements? or because they were invalid?

    Dent09 12:35, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Yes, the GFDL, which you can read in full at that link, gives you the right to duplicate the content within. It's the same license Wikipedia uses for all of its content. You can find more information here. Unfortunately, I'm not sure why the image was removed, but it's likely there was some form of copyright problem, or a consensus was reached somewhere that a static map works better for our purposes. You're free to look it up in the page history if you like - it's probable whoever removed the image left behind an edit summary explaining their actions. Hersfold (t/a/c) 15:01, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Footnotes

    I can't create footnotes correctly. What could I be doing wrong? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.101.86.117 (talk) 14:28, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    WP:FOOT has all the details, but a common mistake is not adding <references/> or {{reflist}} to the bottom of the page. --h2g2bob (talk) 14:37, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Also be sure to close your inline references with </ref>. That one gets me all the time :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Saturn 5 (talk • contribs) 17:38, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes, thank you sinebot. :P Saturn 5 17:39, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    IGCSE history question on why did some industries not share in the 'boom'? this is during 1919-1941

    Q1... explain how new technology affected some older industries?

    Q2... explain what impact the tariff had on certain industries?

    Q3... explain the reason why the wages of workers in certain industries remained low in comparison to profits.

    Q4... why should the government have been concerned about poverty in the USA during the 1920's?

    Q5... do you think the government would do anything to help these workers? why ?

    Q6... explain whether you agree or disagree with this statement? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.69.179.16 (talk) 15:28, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    The help desk is for questions on USING Wikipedia ONLY. try asking that question at the Reference Desk. DeSalvionjr Talk | Contribs 15:37, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Note, however, that the reference desk is not there to do your homework for you. You're not going to learn anything by not doing the work yourself. Hersfold (t/a/c) 16:43, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Hidden search box

    Have you considered placing the search box closer to the top of the welcome page.

    As the box now is located, I find I cannot view it even at the bottom of the 1st page. I must scroll down to it on the left of my screen.

    Most people, I would bet, come to Wikipedia to search for something and not to read the articles - though they are of interest, generally worth looking at.

    Why not place the search box where it is immediately visible at the top of your 1st page ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.99.0.184 (talk) 16:31, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    It's visible on my screen. Try making your font size smaller in your browser, or adjusting your screen's resolution. Unfortunately, there's not much we can do about this anyway, as such changes would have to be made by the MediaWiki developers. Hersfold (t/a/c) 16:42, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    It's right in the middle of the left side of my screen when I'm at the top. Of course, I have a larger than average resolution. Try increasing your screen resolution. Leebo T/C 17:47, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    If you go to Special:Preferences and change skin to Classic or Cologne Blue then the search box should be at top, but many other thnigs change at the same time. PrimeHunter 18:43, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Haven't received e-mail with new password

    Hi. I registered a couple days ago, and when I logged in yesterday I apparently forgot my password. I hit the "e-mail new password" button, but I haven't received an e-mail yet. I tried to hit the "e-mail new password" button again, but it says I've already had an e-mail with a new password sent to me.

    I'd appreciate any help anyone can offer.

    69.183.180.185 17:38, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    First, I'd check to see if the email is getting trapped in a spam filter somewhere. Other than that, there isn't a way to recover the password without having access to the email address that originally registered it. So I'd suggest creating a new account. Best, --Bfigura (talk) 17:41, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    If your account had a number of edits, you might want to paste a link on the new accounts page informing people that the previous account was yours. --Тhε Rαnδom Eδιτor 23:53, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Use images from another (language) Wikipedia

    Hi,

    how can I use an image in my article, if the image has been uploaded to a different Wikipedia? To be more specific: I wrote an article in the English Wikipedia and uploaded an image for this article. Now I would like to use the same image for the German article. Using the standard command didn't work, however. So, how do I have to do this? I bet there is another way than simply uploading the same image to the German Wiki.

    Your help is appreciated, thank you!

    Regards

    - spitfire —Preceding unsigned comment added by Spitfire ch (talk • contribs) 18:11, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Since the image you uploaded is being used under a claim of fair use, you will need to upload it again on the German Wiki, sorry. If it was an freely licensed or public domain image, you could have uploaded it to the Commons instead and been able to do this. It's not possible to link to images across languages due to the limitations of the software, and the German Wiki would need a local copy of the fair use rationale in German. Sorry. Hersfold (t/a/c) 18:26, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I see, I will upload the images to common from now on, I wasn't aware of this. Thanks for your help! --Spitfire ch 18:54, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Hang on there - You can't upload fair use or copyrighted images to the Commons. They won't accept them, they're very likely to get deleted, and you're very likely to get blocked over there if you do so. Fair use images MUST be uploaded to the project you intend to use them on locally. Hersfold (t/a/c) 19:03, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    But also check to see what the German Wikipedia's fair use policy is (it will probably be linked on the image upload page). I believe they have a much stricter policy than here. Confusing Manifestation 22:36, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Storm Thorgerson & my band

    Okay. So my band's page had been deleted a while back. It is now back up. But now, I'm having trouble linking our band's name from Storm Thorgerson's wiki to ours. He did our first album cover.

    band name: Program The Dead. any help would be appreciated.

    P.S. our Title says "Program the dead" We prefer it have a capital D. ANy help on how to fix this if it can be fixed? —Preceding unsigned comment added by HelsinkiValo (talk • contribs) 19:19, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I fixed both and now the article is at Program the Dead as you asked. AngelOfSadness talk 19:26, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Wikipedia Information

    I've recently joined a site that wants to create their own wiki, it is a fan based website and the site does not have much information on the characters included in the wiki, I was wondering if there is any rules against or any regulations which means I can't copy the information from wikipedia, and use it on the site. I was wondering if this is allowed or not? I thought it would be best to check first. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.102.21.98 (talk) 20:43, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    You can reuse Wikipedia content as long as you comply with the GNU Free Documentation License. See Wikipedia:Reusing Wikipedia content for more information. WODUP 20:50, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Acronym versus name

    I noticed that "Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency" redirects to DARPA. Is this correct or should the acronym redirect to the actual name of the agency? I am wondering because I added a redirect from "Homeland Security Adv..." to HSARPA similarly, but this does not seem appropriate. Micah J. Manary 20:59, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I read the discussion on the DARPA page about this issue, but the only reason given is that "DARPA" is what is used my the media/public. Is HSARPA even well known enough to be used by one name or another? Micah J. Manary 21:08, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    See Wikipedia:Naming conventions (abbreviations). PrimeHunter 22:12, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Basically what that says is to use whichever is more common. I'd go with the precedent set by DARPA in this case and leave "Homeland Security blah blah" redirecting to HSARPA. The acronym's a lot shorter and easier to search for anyways. Hersfold (t/a/c) 22:16, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Turning a math into a non-math

    I have a title that I want to use involving the sign "X" (which can commonly stand for multiplication) as well as the "=" sign that I wish to use for the title. But every time I try to use it, Wiki treats it like a math equation, even with text words. How do I stop this? -StrangerAtaru 21:22, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    what exactly is the title? Micah J. Manary 21:24, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    • error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) (the full information is in the edit, it just comes up weird on the actual Wiki -StrangerAtaru 22:00, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    (edit conflict) I guess you are referring to equal signs in the template in [8]. It doesn't matter how you write multiplication. An equal sign in a template is usually interpreted by the software as an assignment to a parameter so your code produces this which doesn't work:
    • 172. error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help)

    Here is one way to fix it (click edit to see what I did):

    • 172. Shinken X Yamiken X Fist = Running Wild (真拳×闇拳×拳＝暴走, Shinken x Yamiken x Kobushi = Bōsō)

    Here is another way where I replaced each = with {{equals}}:

    Is this what you want? PrimeHunter 22:03, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    • Ah, thanks! The second one seems to fit better since it requires less of the knowledge of the 1/2/3 thing) —Preceding unsigned comment added by StrangerAtaru (talk • contribs) 22:07, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Footnotes (again)

    I include the tag at the bottom of my page, and I also include the opening and closing tags all the time. What else could I be doing wrong? I've checked the help list but I still can't figure it out. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.101.86.117 (talk) 23:30, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Can you save a test edit that doesn't work, selfrevert it if it's in an article, and post a link to it? It's much easier for us to see what you are doing wrong than guessing it. PrimeHunter 23:39, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes indeed we need the name of the article you are having problems at. --Тhε Rαnδom Eδιτor 23:51, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I need some information about Pearl Harbor..

    how did the Pearl Harbor begin and Why did it happened? In what year did this war begin. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.70.113.3 (talk) 23:35, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    We're not here to help you with your history assignments. —[[Animum | talk]] 23:39, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Try seaching information on your own by entering "Pearl Harbor" in our search box or at http://www.google.com. PrimeHunter 23:43, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Try taking a look at Attack on Pearl Harbor. --Тhε Rαnδom Eδιτor 23:48, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Right-aligned link on same line as other text without newline

    I'm making a page that will be transcluded into a small-ish box on several article Talk pages (example), and I want a right-aligned "[Edit]" link on the same line as the center-aligned title ("FAQ"). How do I do this without adding a new line?

    My goal is to remove the whitespace the [Edit] link current adds between the title and the first bullet list item. / edg ☺ ★ 23:46, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    You could try a single-row table. I've edited the page for you already, the code looks like this:
    {| width="100%" style="background:none; border:0px;" class="plainlinks"
|-
| width=25% | <!-- intentionally blank cell -->
| align=center width=50% | '''FAQ'''
| align=right width=25% |[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Pink_Floyd/FAQ&action=edit Edit]
|}
    And produces:
    FAQ Edit
    Hope this is what you were looking for; if not, please feel free to revert. Hersfold (t/a/c) 03:42, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks for this! / edg ☺ ★ 03:56, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    September 23

    External Link to Racist Commercial Site

    I am concerned about an external link on an entry for a racist musician; this external link leads to a commercial mail-order site that sells the racist recordings of the musician in question. (I refer to Johnny Rebel (singer).)

    Is it acceptable to permit an external link to a purely commercial site of this nature?

    Sincerely,

    --Skb8721 00:50, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I removed this. Were this the official site of a racist musician, it would be acceptable to include. However, it appears to be a catalog link. May or may not be the "official source" to buy this artist's music, but WP:EL requires either the artist's official site, or something uniquely informative. / edg ☺ ★ 01:09, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Racism really should be of no concern in this decision. External links should be directly related to the subject, officially affiliated with the subject, or at the very least a reliable source if the link is for additional information. If a link doesn't meet these requirements (expanded upon at Wikipedia:External links), then it can be removed. This is true whether we're talking about Ghandi or Hitler. Leebo T/C 01:49, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Right. I should have made that more clear in my reply. / edg ☺ ★ 02:09, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    OK, thanks. I understand, and will remove this external link in the future if reinstated by others, not because it is racist, but because the external link leads to an unofficial commercial site that contains no additional or reliable information.--Skb8721 18:19, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    creating websites

    how do i make a website —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.210.108.68 (talk) 01:25, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I would bring your question to the reference desk. This page is for Wikipedia-related questions. Thank you. Sephiroth BCR (Converse) 01:36, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Some people don't know the right terminology. If it is a Wikipedia article you want to create then read the following.
    You will need to first register an account, which has many benefits, including the ability to create articles. Once you have registered, please search Wikipedia first to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject. Please also review a few of our relevant policies and guidelines which all articles should comport with. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite to reliable sources which verify their content and must not contain unsourced, negative content about living people.
    Articles must also demonstrate the notability of the subject. Please see our subject specific guidelines for people, bands and musicians, companies and organizations and web content and note that if you are closely associated with the subject, our conflict of interest guideline strongly recommends against you creating the article.
    If you still think an article is appropriate, see Help:Starting a new page. You might also look at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation. PrimeHunter 02:14, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Icons and images

    Is there a page, perhaps on commons, that lists images to be used on wiki for userboxes and such? Like the little smilies and icons used in headers, warning templates and userboxes. LaraLove 04:27, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Nuvola, Category:Icons, Icons (computing), Archive, Icônes, and I'm sure there are more. Sebi [talk] 04:30, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks! I found Category:Icons like 45 seconds after I posted this. I very much appreciate that and the other links, however. Thank you! LaraLove 04:31, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Expand an article code

    Quick Question what's the code to put a box at the top to request expanding an article.

    i thought it was {expand} —Preceding unsigned comment added by DTGardner (talk • contribs) 04:35, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    {{expand}}, not {expand}. You must use the two curly brackets, rather than just one. Sebi [talk] 04:47, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    discussion page

    How do I contribute to a discussion page? I am registered. SmJOE 06:10, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Go to the discussion page by clicking on the "discussion" tab at the top of the page, and edit it. For more information on what to put on a talk page, see WP:TALK. Hersfold (t/a/c) 06:15, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    New pages

    How do I find out all the new articles created by a user? -- Jreferee T/C 06:11, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    In Special:Newpages, enter the user's name in the box. Note that this list may not show older additions, as some of the articles I've created do not appear. It also does not appear to list articles that were created as redirects. Hersfold (t/a/c) 06:14, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Rugz created Jeff Bays, but when I enter Rugz at Special:Newpages, nothing show up. -- Jreferee T/C 06:18, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I think the log is cutting off all entries older than a certain date for some strange reason. The only other alternative would be to search though the contributions, which would appear to be a potentially nightmarish task, unfortunately. Hersfold (t/a/c) 06:39, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    The date seems to be sometime between August 22nd and August 24th - apparently logs get truncated at some length, which currently is somewhere in that range. Hersfold (t/a/c) 06:52, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    There appears to be no automatic way to find old articles created by a specific user.[9] PrimeHunter 12:12, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I looked briefly through the Editor's index with Ctrl-f searches for "stat" and "query" (by no means would this be an exhaustive search for pages that might pertain to the question, so I would suggest further search in the Editor's index). That finds several interesting links about Wikipedia statistics and querying Wikipedia's databases, but I did not immediately find a simple way to determine a user's page creations. (The brute-force method, of course, would be to download a Wikipedia database dump and figure out some queries to run on it.) DBpedia.org looks interesting, but the sketchy description only mentions information from article content, not article authorship. You might find someone to help you at Wikipedia:WikiProject Database analysis, or m:Requests for queries. --Teratornis 16:24, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Other people want to do this: m:Requests for queries#List of all articles created by user foo and m:Requests for queries#List of pages I created. I suspect this user could determine the necessary query (she started Wikipedia:WikiProject Database analysis). --Teratornis 16:34, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Article # 2,000,000

    What was the 2,000,000th article? 72.197.202.36 18:23, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    See the previous discussion at: Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2007 September 10#What was the two millionth article? --Teratornis 18:32, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Be aware that because Wikipedia administrators frequently delete articles, while editors constantly create new articles, there may be uncertainty about exactly which article is the two millionth article. It is possible for the article count to have crossed two million more than once. For example, suppose the article count reaches 1,999,999 for the first time. The next article to be created will be the two millionth. But then if administrators delete several articles quickly, the article count could drop below two million, and another new article could then be the two millionth article. And with something like 50% of new articles getting deleted, it's possible one or more of the (potentially several) two millionth articles themselves could be deleted later. If we ignore deletions entirely, and only consider the two millionth article to have ever been created, the English Wikipedia probably passed that threshold months before the count of existing (created and not yet deleted) articles reached two million and stayed above it. At best we can probably say that on a particular day, the article count reached two million, and after some time had passed, the article count did not decrease below two million again. Of course there is nothing to stop large-scale article deletions in the future, for example if Wikipedia adds more things to the list of what Wikipedia is not, or decides to change the way it handles stubs and redirects. And of course I could be completely wrong about all of this. --Teratornis 19:55, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Please help...need a link

    Hello tthere,

    11:30, 23 September 2007 (UTC)11:30, 23 September 2007 (UTC)~I want a link in wikipedia, that can give me answers to various "synonyms and antonyms".

    thanks. neha

    I'm not sure what kind of answers you want but it doesn't sound like something Wikipedia does. The external links in synonym and antonym may be useful. PrimeHunter 12:08, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Microsoft Word will provide synonyms and a limited number of antonyms -- select the word while holding down the ALT key. Accounting4Taste 15:04, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    You are asking for a Thesaurus. Many entries in the English Wiktionary list synonyms and antonyms for a given word. There is also a wiktionary:Category:Wikisaurus, but it doesn't seem very far along. --Teratornis 16:52, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    José Bernal: Artist bio

    I have been working on the bio for José Bernal and I have not finished working on it. Two days ago I found out that the bio -although not posted under the heading of José Bernal- is appearing under my user name: Labs1950 -Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, José Bernal... I would like to know how that happened. Please inform, I would be most appreciative. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Labs1950 (talk • contribs) 11:44, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    User:Labs1950 is your user page. According to the history [10] you created it there. You can move it if you want. PrimeHunter 12:02, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Hello

    Hello.I am a Turkish Wikipedian.I want to help you against vandals.Because I think I can learn the working of en.wikipedia fighting against vandas.To do this I need a monobook.Could someone prepare me a monobook?Thank you in advance.Sincerely.Sağlamcı 13:06, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I'm not sure what you mean by a "monobook" -- Wikipedia seems to define that as a "style sheet" -- but if you read the article at Wikipedia:Vandalism, you should have a good understanding of what things are considered vandalism and what Wikipedia editors do about them. If you're looking for templates of what to write, one way would be to observe how other editors work against particular kinds of vandalism (you can find test cases by reading the postings at Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism) and by copying those messages and trying to use them in the same circumstances. I hope this helps; if this isn't the information you were looking for, you can reply here. Accounting4Taste 15:01, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    The MediaWiki software which Wikipedia uses offers a monobook skin, which you can select in your preferences. I'm not aware of what the monobook skin has to do with fighting vandalism, which is not to say there is no connection, just that I cannot recall hearing of one. In addition to the above references about vandalism, you can also see WP:EIW#Vandal for all the heavy reading material a person could need to eradicate insomnia. --Teratornis 20:29, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    There are a few scripts you can add to your monobook to help fight vandalism, such as TW. -- 68.156.149.62 21:12, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Help with {{articleissues}}

    How can I make the template {{articleissues}} have a "show button" so issues are hidden to take up less space. See below.

    Issues

    search for a contributor or user

    Is it possible to search for a contributor/user?Capp131e 14:04, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    To search for them by their username on wikipedia, you can use Special:Listusers and type their username in the box provided. AngelOfSadness talk 14:11, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    (edit conflict)Yes, just put the prefix "User:" into the search bar. So for yourself you would type User:Capp131e into the search bar. Or you could look through Special:Listusers which lists all usernames. (it has about 6 million entries, though there is a search bar there.) You could look through Category:Wikipedians as well to see wikipedians by their interests. Hope this is what you want. Woodym555 14:14, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Help finding the name I used to edit an article and log in name used?

    I edited an article and went back to it to see if I was in the history in my attempt to find the log in name I used or the account name I created. The information I posted is about an athlete I went to school with, Fred Carr. Few few, if any, other persons would or should recall the information.

    However, I am not in the editing history, although the text I typed is posted and shown correctly. Is there some way for me to recover or find my log in name, password and then be able to edit other sites with this same information, or is it simply easier for me to create a new name for editing?

    Tx's George Salazar Barnett, I may have used just: "George Salazar" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.226.114.164 (talk) 15:11, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    User:George salazar made this edit to Fred Carr (football player). Click the "History" at the article to see it. PrimeHunter 15:18, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    How does one overcome this tag -- "This article or section is written like an advertisement."

    How does one overcome this tag -- "This article or section is written like an advertisement."

    The article can be found at -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Starr

    I have thus far searched the FAQ and followed the guidelines. FYI, as I am actually the subject of this article (but not the original author), I've attempted to follow the guidelines to clean it up, but I'm not sure how to address the tag further and would appreciate guidance.

    Thank you,

    Vaneigem 15:22, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    • I see you embedded several external links in the text that are meant to verify the facts. You should put those in a references section (or link them at the end of a sentence (simply put square brackets around the link.) What is it that makes you noteworthy to mention? That should be in the article's lead section. I think producing films and those awards are more important than being the CEO of a website. - Mgm|(talk) 15:35, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    indicators

    how do we prepare natural indicators at home —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.96.97.26 (talk) 16:51, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Hello! This isn't the kind of question that should be asked at the help desk, have you tried the Reference Desk science section? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. I hope this helps! Love, Neranei (talk) 16:53, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    "Indicator" of what? And if you "prepare" something, is it still "natural"? --Teratornis 18:27, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    You can try a Google search.[11] PrimeHunter 23:44, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    How to find the author of a particular passage within a topic?

    I am looking for the author of a particular passage (phrase or sentence or paragraph) within a topic, but I get lost trying to use the "low level" tools hist and diff, partly because the topic I'm looking at (Text-to-Speech Conversion) has a quite long, voluminous and many-many-authored history.

    So, how can I focus my search for an author of a particular snippet?

    (I ask because I want to check with the relevant authors before making a change that has significant implications for the (sub-) topic as a whole.)

    —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.252.57.111 (talk) 17:09, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    • Hello! What I would suggest doing is checking the history for the most frequent authors and asking them first. However, one of the core policies of Wikipedia is to be bold in editing; if the editor does not agree with you, he or she will revert it, and you can discuss it on the article's talk page. Hope this helps! Love, Neranei (talk) 17:15, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    • The exact article name is Speech Synthesis and the text is "extremely irregular spelling" —Preceding unsigned comment added by Schwenn (talk • contribs) 17:35, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
      • Added in [12] in 2004. PrimeHunter 17:43, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
      • Thank you very much. To pursue my original question (so that I can do that sort of thing on my own in future), generally how did you find that particular contribution (i.e. what search tools did you use)? (I tried WhodunitQuery.exe but it failed in a way I couldn't debug.) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Schwenn (talk • contribs) 18:06, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
        I examined the history manually, viewing 500 versions at a time and using (approximately) binary search on the versions to see which had the text. It took 1-2 minutes. I have not attempted to use WhodunitQuery. PrimeHunter 21:08, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    .

    Hello, I am a reformed vandal turned into editor. I know how to get unblocked automatically. Would you like to know? --Daaneoapaariechenstaatz 18:14, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Well, what you should do is post an unblock message on your talk page. The blocking admin will review your request, and decide whether or not to unblock you. Though, if you can post here, then you are probably already unblocked. Hope this helps! -- Neranei (talk) 18:18, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    If you really know a way to unblock yourself without administrator help then it would be a type of hacking and the method should not be published. You can email an active m:developer about it. PrimeHunter 21:21, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    uploading articles

    I'd like to upload my research article on Rev. George Micklejohn, an Anglican bishop of North Carolina, and a fiery Tory, who was a prominent tract writer during the Revolutionary era and a well-known eccentric. Wiki doesn't have anything on him. Problem is that I can't cut and paste the article, or upload and then edit it. Is there no alternative to typing the whole thing over again. Kristina Simms —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kristina Simms (talk • contribs) 20:07, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    if you have it typed, there is no reason why you can't create a new article on Micklejohn, then cut and paste. However, you should probably read the guildelines for making a new article first. Smartyshoe 20:15, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    If, as it seems, you don't have a computer source from which to cut and paste but just a hard copy, one alternative is to scan the material and then use a text recognition program. For example, if you have adobe acrobat (not the free version) you can "recognize text using OCR" (OCR stands for optical character recognition). It's a pretty good program, though it always makes some mistakes. One thing you should be aware of is that if your paper simply synthesizes other sources, that may be appropriate, but if your research is to attempt to expand the literature on this person, to reach original conclusions, that material would not be suitable. We must not publish original research here, as Wikipedia is by definition an encyclopedia—a tertiary source.--Fuhghettaboutit 20:39, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    OK, thanks. I will take some time off and study this. May or may not be able to do it. My enthusiasm is waning.  :-) The article is in in WORD on my computer. I tried "select all." "copy" and then "paste" and that didn't work. I looked for a way to simply upload the article into the box on Wikipedia but could not find a way to do that. Nom, it's not research that comes to an original concludion. It's just historical research with proper citations. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kristina Simms (talk • contribs) 01:28, 24 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Wikipedia does not allow Word documents as articles. It must be converted. See Wikipedia:Tools#Importing (converting) content from other formats to Wikipedia (MediaWiki) format. PrimeHunter 01:39, 24 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Converting, as noted above, is useful because it automates certain formatting issues, but something else is going on that the copy and paste is not working. I'm betting this is a matter of pasting to the correct place. Clicking here will take you to the correct place to paste the word content. If you don't avail yourself of a conversion tool, and even if you do, you would likely benefit from taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial which teaches wikimarkup and the basics of Wikipedia's style guidelines.--Fuhghettaboutit 03:55, 24 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Hallo!

    Is there someone who can tell me how my article about "Titus Leber" is not only found with the checkbox User on. I want that this articel can be found under "Titus Leber". What kind of change do I have to do?

    Best Regards

    Janina Fischer —Preceding unsigned comment added by Janina Fischer (talk • contribs) 20:58, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    You have edited your user page User:Janina Fischer which is not part of the encyclopedia and not included in standard searches. If you want it to be a Wikipedia article then move it to Titus Leber. PrimeHunter 21:13, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I've taken the liberty of moving the article and removing the redirect from the User page. That said, the article will need some work before it's up to Wikipedia's standards, so I've added a cleanup tag to it. -- Kesh 23:26, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Edit history

    Is there a way/utility that will ferret out a specific user's edits to a specific page? Into The Fray T/C 22:07, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    This might do and there are similar tools here. However, things on the toolserver are using a replica database, which has a variable time lag. At the moment it is nearly 6 days out of date. Angus McLellan (Talk) 22:26, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks much! Into The Fray T/C 22:36, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Orphaning bot (no, not OrphanBot)

    Is there any bot that orphans or switches templates? It's for this TFD closure, and would no doubt be useful in the future. — Malcolm (talk) 23:14, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Many of the generic bots can do it, and you can ask for the job to be done at WP:BOTREQ. However, in this specific case it would probably take longer to approve and code the replacement than to switch them all manually. --Pekaje 23:49, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    September 24

    renaming 'edit this page' tab via user scripts

    I would like change the text of the 'edit this page' tab to simply 'edit'. I know I can do this through User scripts, but I'm not exactly sure how. I know it would be something along the lines of: ca-edit.innerHTML = 'edit'; but this does not work. What am I doing wrong? - SigmaEpsilon → ΣΕ 02:06, 24 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I experimented around myself and found that this code:
    addOnloadHook( function (){
    var edit_tab = document.getElementById('ca-edit');
    var talk_tab = document.getElementById('ca-talk');
    edit_tab.firstChild.innerHTML= 'edit';
    talk_tab.firstChild.innerHTML= 'talk';
});
    does the trick. (I also renamed 'discussion' to 'talk'.) - SigmaEpsilon → ΣΕ 03:30, 24 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    registration required - need to notify?

    I need to cite a website where registration is required to read the information. This is the only place the information is avaliable. Is it necessary to notify readers that the site requires registration? I'm asking because my personal preference is to be made aware if I need to register, 'cos then I don't click the link. So using the {{citeweb}} template, how would I include that note? -- Matthew Edwards | talk | Contribs 02:44, 24 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Well, I don't know if it conforms to the MoS, but you could always do something like this: [1]

    1. ^ A whole lot (September 24, 2007). "Wikipedia". Note: Requires registration. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |accessmonthday= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)

    Or any variation thereof, but I don't think it's necessary. Into The Fray T/C 03:25, 24 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Thankyou. I agree it's not necessary, but it's just nice to be forewarned, I feel. :) -- Matthew Edwards | talk | Contribs 03:59, 24 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Deleted Mayflower Compact line - not sure if I did it correctly.

    There was inappropriate/irrelevant use of language on the site for the Mayflower Compact. Since I have assigned my students to study this document, I tried to edit it by deleting that line. I don't know if I edited it correctly. Also, after I deleted it, I noticed that my info might be availabe to anyone. Is it? If so, can you delete my home info?

    Thanks,

    Meredith —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.211.74.210 (talk) 03:02, 24 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Hmm. I'm not sure what you mean. There has apparently been a lot of recently vandalism to Mayflower Compact but, beyond that, I couldn't find any edits by a username approaching Meredith, nor any from your IP (or one close to it) in the past couple days. Can you elaborate on what information you feel that your edit contained? Into The Fray T/C 03:19, 24 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Wikipedia Toolbar?

    Are there any plans of creating a Wikipedia Toolbar (like the Google or MSN or Yahoo Toolbar)?125.18.50.2 03:08, 24 September 2007 (UTC).[reply]

    There's some Wikipedia-related software at www.download.com -- this [13] for instance. Into The Fray T/C 03:12, 24 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Though, really, most of what's there seems to be written for now largely obsolete versions of the popular web browsers. If you're running a current version of IE or Firefox, you can always alter the default search bar in order to use/add Wikipedia as your default/secondary search engine. Into The Fray T/C 03:14, 24 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    There's a Windows Vista gadget that allows you to search WP. Now if there was an RC gadget... Marlith T/C 04:14, 24 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    High School Application Volunteer

    I am going into High School and writing applications. Would it be appropiate to list the countless hours I have spent on Wikipedia as volunteer work? If so, how could it be proven? Marlith T/C 04:13, 24 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Not really. Although you are a volunteer working to improve Wikipedia, I can't imagine a school treating it on the same level as other forms of community service, such as working at the library, or participating in a trash cleanup on a beach. I would think they would criticize you for staring at a screen more than doing the aforementioned activities, but then again, that's my viewpoint. If you really are intent on doing this, then you can prove it via using a edit counter. Interiot's edit counter is one of the more popular ones. Insert your user name and it will display the number of edits you have made, to which mainspace, and the articles that you have edited the most. Print that out for proof I guess (seeing as you can input any user's name in there, it isn't exactly a reliable source). Sephiroth BCR (Converse) 04:19, 24 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    If we line up all Wikipedians end to end, we'd probably all point in different directions, and the direction I point is the diametrical opposite of any school which would disparage editing on Wikipedia. If I were the Supreme Commander/Big Kahuna/Grand Mufti of the Known Universe, I would not only encourage editing on Wikipedia by students, I would mandate it (although for completeness, I would generalize this to include editing on other wikis which accept a wider range of content, such as original work and local interests). Face it, if we send generations of kids to pick up trash on beaches, we will still have trash on beaches in the future, so what did that accomplish? At best, we would just be running in place. With wikis, we can create entirely new forms of value, and prepare the next generation to face the extreme challenges that await them - challenges their parents seem barely able to comprehend. When petroleum runs low, business as usual simply isn't going to cut it. Today's kids desperately need to learn how to create value without having to drag so many human brains back and forth every day just to move information (drive to work, sit in front of computer, go to meetings, shuffle paper, drive home, next day: repeat). Transportation in the United States consumes about a third of our energy, but unlike the other energy-consuming sectors, transportation is extremely dependent on petroleum, an increasing fraction of which has to be imported from showcases of stability and gratitude such as Iraq. But even military conquest can't put more oil in the ground. With Hubbert's curve making transportation steadily more expensive (in every way), and Moore's law making telecommunication steadily less expensive (also in every way), the priority now must be to substitute telecommunication for transportation everywhere possible. Telecommuting has struggled for years to become a serious contender, but here comes Wikipedia almost out of nowhere with a formula that actually works. Millions of perfect strangers have managed to generate a product of value and complexity rivaling perhaps anything coming out of the corporate world. That is to say, if we can build this without having to put on suits and waste gasoline and travel time or kill people on highways in the process, what couldn't be built this way? Of course I am aware of the extreme irony that the Founder of Wikipedia loves to jet around the world. But the jetting around is irrelevant to the vast bulk of the actual work of building the encyclopedia.
    What a student will learn by editing on Wikipedia will probably be more valuable and relevant in his or her career than anything else they teach in high school. It borders on tragedy that more teachers haven't learned enough wiki editing to grasp this.
    Of course, students who edit on Wikipedia will (or should) learn that Wikipedia is not a soapbox, so I would ask anyone who feels offended by the above soapboxing to simply revert your personal memory of having read it. So anyway, Marlith, if you run into resistance from your educators about recognizing the value of your Wikipedia contributions, and you need someone to present irrefutable arguments on your behalf, perhaps in a manner just slightly over the top (but really, can we overstate the importance of the collapse of civilization? And a touch of gallows humor never killed anyone), just leave a note on my talk page. --Teratornis 05:21, 24 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Adding/editing message

    I opened an account tonight and tried to leave a message for user name "geology guy". My user name is Maugham7. My message is at the bottom of his page and appeared as an edit to someone elses message, and was too wide to fit into the format. I can't find any edit tools to correct the width or make a seperate topic. Maugham7 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Maugham7 (talk • contribs) 04:30, 24 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    I've made the required edit to User talk:Geologyguy. The problem was that you used a couple of space-bands (spaces) at the beginning of each paragraph. As a general rule, if you start each paragraph without those spaces (flush left), your paragraph will be formatted correctly. If you wish to indent the entire paragraph, start it with a colon (:). If you wish to create a bulleted list, begin your paragraphs with an asterisk (*). I hope this helps. If there's something further you need help with, you can leave a message here or on my talk page. Accounting4Taste 04:38, 24 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I've also rearranged the material you wrote on that talk page so that it forms a separate section with a heading, as you requested. If you are on a talk page, you can use the "Post a comment" link at the left of the page and it will create two boxes, one above the other -- the box on top will automatically be formatted as a heading, or a "new topic", and the box below will be correctly formatted as text.
    If you'd like a way to test this and other types of formatting, you can follow the link [[14]] and create a sub-page off your own user page called a "sandbox", following the directions there. A sandbox is a page where you can experiment with the appearance of things you type, and you won't be bothering anyone. I'm going to start your talk page off with a welcome message that will get you started with some useful Wikipedia tools. If there's anything further you need, you can leave a message here or on my talk page. Accounting4Taste 04:47, 24 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Thank you, you have been most helpful. Maugham7 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Maugham7 (talk • contribs) 04:50, 24 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    You may want to bookmark the cheat sheet which lists the most common editing commands, which we call wikitext markup. Wikitext markup is purposely compact, to maximize editing speed by experienced users, but to gain this compactness requires making things like leading spaces part of the formatting commands. This has the unfortunate side effect of tripping up some new users, but most people can learn enough in a few hours to edit productively. For more information on the formatting problem you ran into, see: Help:Wikitext examples#Just show what I typed. --Teratornis 05:53, 24 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Heruka article question

    Heruka comes from the words, "hey!" and "-ruka"?

    If you read this edit followed by the next one, you'll know what I mean. The first edit seems ridiculous and both this one and the second edit (by the same IP address) is unsourced, but after others' contributions, it now has links and now has its own section. Any suggestions? --JDitto 04:31, 24 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    It seems the vandalism to that page has already been reverted. Further, since that IP (72.1.206.12) has been on a vandal spree lately, I'll report it to Administrator intervention against vandalism. In the future, you can take this sort of thing there directly. Best, --Bfigura (talk) 05:14, 24 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Page deleted?

    Gah! My page was deleted "california_akia" before I even had a chance to do anything with it!

    It seems that the article was deleted by an administrator, who cited the extremely short nature of the article and the fact that you were the only contributor for his deletion reasoning. If you wish to recreate the page, then I would recommend working on it by making a page in your user space (see WP:USER#How do I create a user subpage?), and then moving that article into the main space. Sephiroth BCR (Converse) 06:44, 24 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    There's also an {{underconstruction}} tag. --h2g2bob (talk) 10:27, 24 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Question

    Please visit Talk:Autism for the question please, I can't seem to have this page working well, thank you. Ishad Lamar Jackson —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.96.249.234 (talk) 08:19, 24 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Original research

    I might have the chance to personally interview someone, but I have nowhere to publish this information. I'm assuming that interviewing someone about something they've experienced counts as original research. However, I'd have to say that the information is correct unless the person lies to me. So, my question is, if I get an interview with this person and then publish it somewhere, perhaps on a personal website or something, does that count as a reliable source? If it's not, what could I do to make it a reliable source? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Davidovic (talk • contribs) 12:40, 24 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Keeping history of searches

    How do I create a history of topics that I've looked up? I'm always being interrupted partway through a reading and then I forget the trail of words/topics that I've covered. At the very least, I'm looking for the equivalent of a post-it note so I can remember to "start here" in my big encyclopedia book. Thanks!

    Pengbe 12:50, 24 September 2007 (UTC)Belinda Peng[reply]

    PS I'm not sure how I'm supposed to find the response to this question. Still a newbie!

    SBI (talk · contribs) isn't Sbi (talk · contribs) ?

    Since when is it possible for 2 different users to register the same name with different patterns of CAPS? I realize both accounts are over a year old (at least) and there didn't used to be a system to prevent people from registering similar names, but for all intents and purposes, aren't these identical names? Ie. shouldn't the software have disallowed this from the start?--VectorPotentialTalk 13:04, 24 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Not any more. It used to be allowed, but the software now forbids names which can be confused easily --h2g2bob (talk) 13:08, 24 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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