Wikipedia:Help desk/Archive 44

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[edit] Archive of past questions

1 Archive of past questions
2 March 8
3 March 9
4 March 10
5 March 11
6 March 12
7 March 13
8 March 14
9 March 15
10 March 16
11 March 17

[edit] March 8

[edit] HTML Limits

Are there certain HTML tags that people can use or is all valid HTML ok? If not,what are the limitations, and is there any other scripts that I could use? Thank you! pt9_9 22:12, 15 March 2006
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[edit] Edit window font

When I edit the font in Firefox, the font of the text in the edit window is good. If I edit in IE, the font is terrible. Can this be set anywhere? (I suppose it might be set somewhere in IE, but I couldn't find it.) Bubba73 (talk), 00:38, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Click on "tools" in internet explorer menu on top of your browser window (dropdown menu)--->internet options--->font button (near bottom of screen), select a plain text font from the right-hand menu--->voila! --Fuhghettaboutit 00:49, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

On mine, there is no way to adjust the size, and that is my main problem. Bubba73 (talk), 01:26, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

I think that exhausts my IE knowledge. You could try going to Wikipedia:Computer help desk. Someone else might also might come along here who knows more. --Fuhghettaboutit 03:38, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Upload a text file

I had successfully submitted a text file (uploaded)as one of my contributions. However I am unable to do the same for the other 2 files I want to upload. It does not recognise the word document (.DOC)file format which was the same format for the 1st file uploaded. Kindly help me on this.

Many thanks.

Dr. Mehta

There could be several reasons you cannot upload your file. You would first need to tell what Wikipedia says once you press upload. Does it say .somthingoranother is not a supported extension by Wikipedia (that seems to be where I mess up most). schyler 01:47, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

If I remember correctly, .doc files are not supported by the upload software. If you want to submit an article, you should insert the text itself, rather than uploading a word file. You probably have an account. If not, that could have something to do with why the upload didn't work. If you do, you can start editing existing entries so your account matures. Once it does you can start new pages yourself. In the mean time, you can visit WP:AFC. - 131.211.210.14 09:28, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
Please bear in mind though that if you upload original research or add it to an article then it will be deleted. Wikipedia is not a place for publishing your independent research, which I suspect you may be trying to do [1]. See Wikipedia:No original research. Notinasnaid 09:41, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Stuck on March 3rd

Over the last few days, whenever I access Wikipedia both my watchlist and the homepage are stuck on the display of March 3rd (it's now the 8th). Anyone have any idea on how to clear this? It's never happened before. Thanks Quill 05:05, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Have you tried clearing your browser's cache? Open the page in question, and click CTRL+Refresh (in your browser toolbar, in Internet Explorer, CTRL+F5). — QuantumEleven | (talk) 07:09, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

That worked like a (embarrassingly simple) charm today. I couldn't clear it before, I swear! Thank you. Quill 22:23, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vandal patrol

How do i become a member of the vandal patrol squad? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.134.13.194 (talk • contribs).

You mean RC Patrol? Royboy crashfan 07:07, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Or do you mean the counter vandalism unit? You might want to start with registering an account, so the people there know you mean business. - 131.211.210.14 09:25, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] external link

Dear Sirs, I recently found my website "Virtual Roma" listed among the dead external links, at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Dead_external_links/404/r The URL of the link is in fact the old one, no longer working, whereas my website is still online at the following URL: [2] (the website is also mirrored at [3] ). I personally made sure that both the aforesaid URLs were working before posting this inquiry.

My questions are:

Am I entitled to edit the old entry concerning my website, so to make the link work properly, or whom should I contact for this?

Once the URL has been corrected and the link is working again, can I remove the entry from Wikipedia's dead external links page? And how should this be done?

Being a complete rookie with Wikipedia, I would be very grateful if you could please give me easy step-by-step information.

Thank you in advance for your help, and best regards from Rome,

Andrea Pollett

(webmaster of "Virtual Roma" website)

No one is "entitled" to having a link to their website on Wikipedia, but since it was there before (how else would it be listed as a deadlink?), I see no harm in including this specific one. I've included the updated link in the external links section for you. :)

If you want to become less of a rookie, try reading Wikipedia:Tutorial and Wikipedia:Welcome, newcomers. - 131.211.210.14 09:24, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] How to wikify an article

I just started working on a contribution, and I'm not sure what I need to do to "wikify" the article (I've tried to follow the style sheets, etc). Can you direct me to information/advice, etc. that might help make this clearer for me? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 170.140.83.176 (talk • contribs) 11:28, 8 March 2006.

The manual of style has the full instructions, but as you'd expect, it can be quite imposing. Off the top of my head, some of the basics are:

Articles should begin with an introductory paragraph that includes the name of the article (or variants) in bold, using '''three apostrophes'''. E.g. "Joe Bloggs (commonly known as Joey B) was a Burundian astronaut and hip-hop artist." Use two apostrophes for italics and five for bold and italics, if necessary.
Wikilink to relevant articles by putting them in [[square brackets]].
Articles should be split into sections, divided by ==headings== and ===sub-headings===. If the article is long enough this automatically produces a contents table.
To create lists such as this one, use asterixes (*). (Simply edit this section and look at the syntax of this post for an example.)
Consider putting the article into one or more categories to help editors find them. Wikipedia:Browse has an organised list so you can find the appropriate categories more easily. To do this, put them in [[square brackets]] at the bottom of the article, e.g. [[Category:Astronauts]] and [[Category:Living persons]] to add them to those categories.

Ask if there's anything else specific you want to know how to do. Above all, be bold - if you make style errors, other editors will be happy to correct them. --Sam Blanning (formerly Malthusian) (talk) 11:43, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sockpuppet

What makes a sockpuppet legitimate? Eg. CUTELITTLEDOGGIE? And what about Bling-Chav? Who were they a sockpuppet of? And those exclamationmarks cluttering up listusers are sockpuppets, no?

Sock puppets are allowed when they are not used to vote multiple times on the same issue, not used to avoid a ban and not used to press your viewpoint on a certain article (called POV or edit warring). If you want a separate account for work in another type of articles, or one of subjects you don't want your "real" account to be associated with, that's fine. Just don't abuse either of your accounts. - 131.211.210.14 13:34, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

If they're not doing those things, they're not sockpuppets, just alternate accounts. The name sockpuppet specifically means an abusive alternate account. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 15:01, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Translating wikipedia articles

What is the policy, if any, on directly translating an article from one language wikipedia to another? What cradit needs to be given, if any?

I am sorry if this is answered anywhere, but after 15 minutes of searching I have not found anything. Thanks. Clq 15:44, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

You may translate freely from one wiki to another. Put this in the edit summary and try to cite sources if you can (English references)--Adam

^(talk) 15:51, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Please make sure you use at least a good edit summary when you do this, so the author attribution doesn't get lost (this is similar to cut-and paste actions, where GFDL violations by a loss of author attribution are unfortunately very common). Kusma (討論) 15:49, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks a lot. Sorry for not signing the question, signed now. Clq 15:44, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

There is no universal convention that translators follow, in my experience. Here's what WP:TIE says:

Please do indicate in the references section of the newly created article that an article in a foreign-language Wikipedia was among your sources. For example, the references section of the article "Paragraph 175" begins, "Much of the content of this article comes from the equivalent German-language wikipedia article (retrieved September 30, 2004). The following references are cited by that German-language article..." Note that something like this (without that last sentence) would be in order even if the German-language article did not cite any references of its own.

Personally, I usually just put a sentence in the "References" section of my article that reads

This article is based on a translation of the German Wikipedia article Artikel, [which cites the following references]

and I also always put a note in my edit summary that says where my text came from (which allows one to find out the date after a couple of extra clicks). In any case, the GFDL (under which the foreign Wikipedias are released) says you have to acknowledge the authors if you do a derivative work (like a translation), and these kinds of links are an attempt to do that. Kusma (討論) 15:46, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Ok, so I can put in references This article is based on a translation of the German Wikipedia article Artikel, [which cites the following references] and a link to the article (link going to the specific edit I am using as a source), and perhaps also mention the author of that edit? Again, thanks for all the help. Clq 16:16, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

The link to a specific oldid will be perfect. I think I will change my format to

This article is based on a translation of the January 19, 2006 version of the article Bildergalerie on the German Wikipedia.

You don't have to explicitly mention the authors, they are available in the page history of the original Wikipedia source page that you link to. Kusma (討論) 16:45, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Credibility

Is wikipedia a credible site. If so how credible?

You might be interested in reading Wikipedia:Replies to common objections. The journal Nature found Wikipedia and Encyclopedia Britannica to be comparable in the field of science, see report here. All encyclopedias have some errors as they are secondary, tertiary or even further removed sources. A 12-year-old schoolboy found five errors] in the Encyclopædia Britannica within a matter of days.—WAvegetarian•_{_{CONTRIBUTIONS}}^{^TALK}• ^{^EMAIL}• 16:45, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

How credible Wikipedia is, entirely depends on the type of information and subject you're looking for. Information that's not disputed and fact checked by many editors is likely to be accurate, but some articles are the repeat victim of pushers and vandals. Always check more than one source and think critically. Never take anything you read for granted. (Those last two sentences go for any source of information, not just Wikipedia) - Mgm|^(talk) 19:55, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Offensive language

Is it permissible to delete comments from talk pages that are obviously obscene vandalism? For instance, someone had added a random list of obscene words to the talk page on Absolute Monarchy, which I deleted. I realise this may be viewed as stifling freedom of speech, but this particular comment had nothing to do with the article, and was clearly just intended as a very immature joke. Did I act correctly? Walton monarchist89 16:15, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Sure. Simple vandalism can be reverted on sight, even if it's on a Talk page. Wikipedia is not a social experiment in anarchy, nor is it a project to test the limits of free speech. It's an encyclopedia. --Ashenai 16:25, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Simple English Wikipedia

The Simple English Wikipedia seems to be a different site to Wikipedia. This is not apparent when entering the Wikipedia site.

I recently clicked the 'Random Article' link on the Wikipedia Main Page. It took me to a short article about ice, which had a major error - saying that ice is denser than water. We began correcting this and got quite carried away, ending up with a much longer article. The next day we entered 'ice' into the search bar and found altogether different articles about ice but no evidence of ours. We went back through our history to find our article which was still there but it took us quite some time to notice that our article was in the Simple English Wikipedia, which we didn't even know existed. There is no evidence of the existence of Simple English Wikipedia on the Main Page. In fact it takes some persistence to find it at all.

We are delighted to contribute to the Simple English version of Wikipedia (it really demands rigour in our writing style) but being sent there from the 'random' link seems a bit unfair. What is totally unfair is that the search bar does not find the Simple English entries, well certainly not the one we made, and that Simple English Wikipedia is a well-kept secret.

I'm certain we were in the main Wikipedia page when we pressed 'random', because I wouldn't have known how to get to the Simple English version, having never heard of it.

Why don't the Wikipedia Main Page or the Community Portal contain promotion of and links to Simple English Wikipedia?

Why doesn't the Main Page's search for 'ice' contain a link to the simplified and hence more accessible version of ice

I don't believe that it is possible for the random article link to go to a different project. The Simple English Wikipedia has a very different looking front page. Click on the link. Is that what you saw? The Simple English Wikipedia is listed along with other Wikipedias of its size in the "Other languages" section of the regular English main page.

—WAvegetarian•_{_{CONTRIBUTIONS}}^{^TALK}• ^{^EMAIL}• 16:33, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

What do you mean by "we"? Are there multiple people editing from the same account? User:Zoe|^(talk) 18:14, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Using selective Info as adjunct to existing webpage

SirS: I would very much like to use Wikipedia Info on the 504PIR in my existing webpage.

BUT only with your permission and our assurance all extracts will be cited.

For a review of my website: http://home.hawaii.rr.com/pir504

Respectfully

Hugh S Ames

Chairman, Awards and Markers, 504PIR Association Inc.

All content on Wikipedia is licensed under the GFDL-license, so as long as you comply with its terms, you are free to copy anything. Please see our copyrights page for further details. Regards, Henrik 17:49, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] UGPulse.com

Hello Wikipedia,

My name is Peter Kigonya. I was wondering if you would be so kind as to add our website http://www.ugpulse.com to the list of links you have for Uganda. We are currently the fastest growing Ugandan website. The website is run by myself with the help of Ugandan writers around the world including a group of Kampala based college graduates who we pay to get us news stories- Ultimate Media Consult. This group is sometimes used by the New Vision and Monitor whose links you already have on your site.

Our website features articles on various subjects in Uganda as well as as a news section. We also have the fastest growing Ugandan discussion forums.

Please help us help Uganda.

Peter A. Kigonya http://www.ugpulse.com

I have added a link to your site in the Uganda article, in the news section. If you have any additional requests regarding this matter, you can post them at that article's talk page. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 17:43, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Modifying header style

A help from a WikiSyntax expert would be appreciated. What I'm trying to achieve is to change the style of a header such as above. The annoying thing here is that underlining across the box which makes it just plain ugly. So far I've had no idea how to remove it. Why do I insist on keeping this as a "==" WikiHeader? Because I want to retain the auto-created section-edit links - this makes managing a large user page like mine much easier. Any help appreciated. Thanks! Misza 13 ^{T C} 18:31, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

One way to do something similar would be to just use subpages instead of sections and to use edit links that edit these subpages as in most Portal pages, see Portal:Germany for the one I know best. Kusma (討論) 19:49, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Can you add a <style> section to your page? (I've never tried it.) Just say h2 {border-bottom: none}. · rodii · 00:46, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Delete an Article

Wiki-star: Hello again fellow wikipedians! I have very important question to ask you all! How can i delete an article? I am now editing an article i see to have another sub-article that is usless. The Topic discussed does not need an article of it's own, and i would like to delete the article and inster whatever was in that article in the one i'm currently editing. Once again, i would like to know how i can delete an article. No not move it, delete it!

Why not just redirect that article to the one that you want to keep? If you don't want to do that, simply put {{db|"reason why you want the article deleted"}} at the top of the article and insert your reason for the deletion. Then an admin can delete the article. Dismas|^(talk) 23:17, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

We could give better advice if you told us which articles you are referring to. - Mgm|^(talk) 00:00, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
I believe only admins can delete articles. However, if other people have worked on that article, it would be a courtesy to tell them that you plan to ask for its deletion. They may have reasons for keeping it you're unaware of.

...On further thought, I agree with MacGyverMagic--what page are you thinking of? I took a look at the pages you've been editing, and none of them have sub-pages that I can see, so I wonder exactly what you mean by "sub-article." If it's just a linked or related article, I would tread lightly before I went trying to delete it. People here can be very passionate about what "needs an article of its own" and what doesn't. · rodii · 00:53, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Printing/publishing wikipedia articles

I am considering starting a website which sells small books created from wikipedia articles. I have spent several hours reading different copyright pages on wikipedia but I am still not sure what I need to do when applying the GFDL to wikipedia articles in printed form, as most of the advice relates to copies of articles on web sites.

My intention is that the books would include verbatim copies of about 10 articles but with images and some of the sections removed. The website would provide pdf versions of books for free and deliver a bound copy of the book for a fee. Part of the fee would go to wikipedia :) I'm just scratching an itch really as I've often wanted paper copies of wikipedia articles to read off-line.

These are my questions:

If removing some sections is classed a modification then section 4 of the GFDL applies so I need to include 5 authors (4B) and a history (4I) for each article. I assume this mean the history page for the article. Can I get the history programatically ie. without screen scraping it? I'm using wikipedia Export to get the articles themselves.
If there is no api like the wikipedia export feature am I allowed to use screen scraping?
Do I need to print the whole history for every article included? This would amount to pages and pages of boring text for the users.

thanks ThomasRynne 23:40, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

You should look at Wikipedia:WikiReader. The German WikiReaders, as far as I can see (an example is here (PDF)) just list all the exact versions used and the names of the authors, not the complete revision history (see page 42 of the PDF). The "cite this article" feature links to a tool that gives all the authors of an article in a more easily readable/scrapable way: Here's an example. The German wikireaders probably use this tool to create their list of authors and claims that is GFDL compatible. Hope that helps, Kusma (討論) 23:59, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] March 9

[edit] Deleting

Is there any way to unmake a user page? I rather liked my name being red. Besides, I don't have anything to say about myself, and the only other options are blanking it out or leaving the welcome message someone just added. Black Carrot 00:29, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Yes.Geni 00:31, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Please note that if you ever want to apply for adminship, many people will vote against you if your User page is a red link. User:Zoe|^(talk) 18:16, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Why? And thanks for changing it. Black Carrot 22:47, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

It's just a requirement some voters have. I'm not saying it's my criterion. User:Zoe|^(talk) 16:49, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] IP address logged, now I'm getting attacked...

I recently edited an article for the first time and wasn't logged in... my IP address now appears in the article edit history. Shortly after this happened, I became subjected to a series of attempted attacks. Fortunately my firewall program has blocked them. But what can I do to remove my IP address from appearing on this public forum?

Register a username and log in! Once you have a username, you can edit logged in, and your username will appear instead of your IP address. Registering is easy, quick, and requires no personal information (not even your email address). --Ashenai 01:06, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Also, there's no way to change the IP to your username afterwards. We had Wikipedia:Changing attribution for an edit, but that's dead. ☢ Ҡi∊ff⌇↯ 01:16, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] AFD help

I have listed this article for afd, and created a page for its vote, and followed the directions on the Articles for deletion page, however, I have noticed that the page does does not show up anywhere specifc other then a subpage, which does not up on its main page. So I wanted an expirenced user to double check to make sure I have done everything right, and that I did not leave anything out. Avador 03:12, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Okay, I see two problems. You did Step 1 of the instructions at WP:AFD right, but not Step 2 and Step 3.

Step 2: In the article's AfD discussion page, you simply wrote your reason for deletion, instead of the template. What you should have written there is this: {{subst:afd2 | pg=EBM Radio | text=Delete, This page does not in any way meet WP:WEB. The site is only one of several internet radio stations of this kind, and does not stand out as notable, as it is one of several stations, which broadcast from Live365. It also fails to establish any kind of outside recognition or citation of any kind, other then links to its own pages. In addition the article is essentially written in a self-promotional manner, and this gives the impression that it was written for the sole purpose of promoting the site.}} ~~~~

Step 3: I don't think you added the template to the March 9 log at all; at least, I can't see it.

Don't worry about mistakes; the AfD process can be a bit confusing at first. You'll get it :) --Ashenai 03:20, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Thank you very much, I think I have corrected the problem. Avador 03:36, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Yep, everything looks good! --Ashenai 03:39, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Meaning of abbreviation

I have observed a deluge of edits whose edit summary reads simply rsc (see User:MarkSweep's contributions for an example). I've searched the world over, as the song says, but can't figure out what this means. (Mr. Sweep seems to not be taking calls.) Any ideas? Thanks - Her Pegship 04:03, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

I think it stands for "removing superfluous categories." It's not an "official" abbreviation. It's just a small part of a big controversy of the use of userboxes and user categories here. · rodii · 04:46, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] emailing a page

How do I email a page? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Budeluv2004 (talk • contribs).

What do you mean, email a page? What would you like to accomplish by doing so? You can always email the URL of the page to someone, if that is what you mean. Do you want to do something more? Elaborating should allow for a more useful answer. -- Nataly a 12:29, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Making a Linebox.

If I make a linebox like this one by putting a space before it, it sure does look pretty, but long lines don't want to wrap. Do I need to put <BR> or something manually? That would screw the resolution for some browsers. Oh, I am using Opera, which should render it fine. Anyone else see a long line here?

I think the boxes look horrible, myself. There is one case for using them, however: putting pieces of computer program. These don't look right and in some cases are actually broken by adding new lines. So these boxes are a good way to show a fragment of a program. Can't think of many other good uses: tables can be used to box elements for presentation. Notinasnaid 09:21, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

You could use hard page breaks, you could start writing on the next line. Both would work. 0-131.211.210.17 09:50, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
Yes, but that would make it different (either lots of whitespace for high res or still offscreen for low res). I'd like the user (or his browser) to handle the wrapping. Can it be done?

A bit round-a-bout solution:

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

The text is wrapped in <font> tags with font face set to &;quot;courier". Then everything wrapped into a <div> which sets up the table itself. Misza 13 ^{T C} 10:38, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Except <font> is not part of the HTML standard. Better to use the CSS font-family property:

<div style="background-color: #f7f7f7; border: dashed 1px blue; padding: 5px; font-family: Courier">

You don't have to use Courier, of course—that's the worst side effect of the preformatted style in my opinion. · rodii · 19:52, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Search button Vs Go button. for T-Spoon Software

Hi; I posted this a few days ago, and I can't find it or any replies. When I type in T-Spoon Software into the Firefox search bar, it takes me to the Special Search page where I have to pick which namespaces I want to search in, and states no results found, even if I select every check box. BUT down the left hand side of the screen is another search box, but it has a Go button and a Search button. If I select Search I get taken straight back to the no results found screen. If I select Go then it finds the T-Spoon Softwarae page..

Why does Go work and Search doesn't.. Trevor..

The article T-Spoon Software was created only several weeks ago, so it doesn't yet appear in the search database (which only gets updated once in a while). "Go", on the other hand, links you directly to the article. However, this articles looks like nothing more than an advertisement, so it shouldn't be in Wikipedia to begin with (with the current format at least). -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 12:08, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] I forgot to log in; how do I claim edits I made before logging in?

I forgot to log in before editing a page. My edits were saved, but my username is not associated with them (my IP address is). How do I go back in after logging in and claim credit for the edits I made? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Setver (talk • contribs).

I'm fairly certain it can't be done. The most you can do is put a note on your user page which states that these-and-those edits were made by you. But I can't really see why would you want to do this? Wikipedia is not about taking credit for edits, and a few edits which are left out of your record have a negligible impact on the evaluation of your contributions to Wikipedia. In an unrelated matter, don't forget to sign your posts with ~~~~. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 14:02, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

I don't think you can. Your IP address is a different user than your username.--Adam

^(talk) 14:03, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

This used to be done, but not anymore. See Wikipedia:Changing attribution for an edit. And remember to log in! :-> I've done this too. Fortunately, there's a message above the edit box now. --Christopherlin 15:43, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

You can make reciprocal links from your User page to the anon page and vice versa, explaining that you are the same person. User:Zoe|^(talk) 18:19, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

If you use AOL or a similar ISP, you should probably be careful. Be sure to mention which articles you edited as more people can use the same IP. - Mgm|^(talk) 21:27, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Search feature - re more than 2 name individuals

I recently posted a wiki article re Linda Marie Fedigan (primatologist). I notice that a search on wiki for "Fedigan" or even "Linda Fedigan" gets zero results. I need to type in "Linda Marie Fedigan" in order to be redirected to the article. I believe this may be a result of her 3 names, as when I search for a 2 name individual this does not happen (e.g. searching for "Goodall" get you Jane Goodall).

It would be helpful if users could type in "Fedigan" and at least be given Linda Marie Fedigan with some relevancy. Many individuals may not know her first name, let alone the fact that she goes by "Linda Marie." Can you assist?

Kelly Seguin

The database used for the search only gets updated once in a while, so new articles don't appear in the search for a few weeks. That's why you can't currently find Linda Marie Fedigan in a search for "Fedigan" and the like, but it's only temporary. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 15:06, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

You need to make "redirect" pages for each of the other names that you think would be searched for. For example start a new page Linda Fendigan and on that page type: #REDIRECT[[Linda Marie Fedigan]]. After that you should see the red link in this paragraph turn blue. Do the same for any other search title that you would like to be redirected to your article. *~~Also, the comment above by Meni Rosenfeld is not correct, you will~~ You should be able to use the newly started ~~search~~ article names right away, *but only if you type the exact article name into the box and then use the Go button or your "enter" key. Meni Rosenfeld's statement about the time delay is correct if you use the Search button for the article name or its derivatives. hydnjo talk 15:58, 9 March 2006 (UTC) *amended hydnjo talk 20:10, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Please make sure you understand what I've said before stating that it is incorrect. Creating redirects is of course always a possibility, but we didn't discuss redirects but rather a search. Writing "Leonhard" in the search box doesn't redirect you to Leonhard Euler, but makes a full text search and finds all articles containing this phrase, including Leonhard Euler. Searching for "Fedigan" will only give results in a few weeks. Redirecting is possible right away, but it is not recommended since there could be other people called "Fedigan". -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 16:12, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Of course, redirecting from less ambiguous names, such as Linda Fedigan, as hydnjo recommended, is fine. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 16:30, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

It would be helpful if users could type in "Fedigan" and at least be given Linda Marie Fedigan with some relevancy.

It's this sentence that's ambiguous - type in where? If you mean type it into the URL (so: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fedigan ), then you want a redirect, however, you may want to read Wikipedia:Redirect, where you'll find that it's preferable to create redirects from less ambiguous names (as per hydnjo and Meni Rosenfeld) is preferred, so Linda Fedigan as opposed to just Fedigan.

If you're talking about typing "Fedigan" into the Wikipedia search (the search box on the left), then that will eventually work, but Wikipedia needs some time to update its search index. Be patient, it should work in a few weeks. The same goes for Google (which you can use to search Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Search#Google), although it tends to be a bit faster, a matter of days is usual. — QuantumEleven | (talk) 17:24, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

I've also written a few notes in Kelly Anne Seguin's talk page. I hope this clarifies things a bit. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 17:27, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Is "Aisakos" the Roman version of the Greek name "Aesacus" in mythology?

Hello, I am trying to find out the answer to a question and was told I could submit my query to a wikipedia volunteer for assistance.

In Greek Mythology, there was a character named "Aesacus", which I believe was Greek. Yet it also lists his name as "Aisakos".

As many names were taken by the Greek names were taken and turned into Roman counterparts, is "Aisakos" the Roman version of the name "Aesacus"?

Thank you for any assistance you can offer.

Sincerely, Dino Vannucci dino@vannucci.net www.vannucci.net 619-252-5059

Have you tried the Humanities section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there. For your convenience, here's the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 16:56, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

But the answer is: the questioner has it backward: Aesacus is the Latin form; Aisakos a transliteration of the Greek - and, yes, they are the same name. Septentrionalis 17:09, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nuclear reactor

someime ago I read a item concerning nuclear reactor design. Supposedly it concerned a different theroie than is commonly used with fuel and control rods. Can anyone find information concerning a reactor that was supposedly self regulating and the fuel was introduced as spheres in to the reactor?? My source then ,could have been "Scientific American publication. I belive it was promoted as being friendly to the non poliferation of nuclear fuels. Would be interested in any information that would lead to understanding this process and or if it ever got into testing operations.----

The answer though, is Pebble bed reactor. Henrik 20:24, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Unviewable Wikipedia main site

Dear Sir or Madam:

I am having difficulty viewing Wikipedia's site and I can't figure out why. Every other website I visit seems fine; yet, Wikipedia's appears jumbled and smaller in size. I want to e-mail you a screen shot of what it looks like but I'm unable to do so through your e-mail function. Granted, my computer was just reimaged but the settings are fine. Any suggestions?

Thanks!

Jeff Snyder

Perhaps you set the letter size smaller in your browser? Anyway, did you try emailing a screenshot to info-en@wikimedia.org? - Mgm|^(talk) 21:34, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Can I recover an old account?

I created an account not too long ago. Well, today I couldn't remember my password and clicked "send me a new password" but I must not have put my email address in because I haven't received anything yet! Is it possible to keep my old account? I've tracked changes in a few pages and have edited one or two pages and it would be nice to keep this. Is there any way to make up for my mistake? I can tell you exactly what I edited before!!

Thanks.

Well of course you can save what you edited, that information is freely available. Without a working email address or knowing the password, you can't prove its your account. Are you sure the email isn't blocked by some overzealous spam filter? What email service do you use?-Mgm|^(talk) 21:36, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Ok, I see. Nope, unfortunately it wasn't an overzealous spamscreen. I'll just keep my new acct (with email address!) and re-add my watch pages.

As the other acct is really me, no one else will use it. Will it disappear after a certain period of inactivity?

Thanks!

Nope. It'll be there as long as Wikipedia exists. You should go to your original account pages and redirect them to your new ones. You can also go to those pages and click on "User contributions" in the left-hand sidebar to access your changes under the old account name. --Go for it! 23:22, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

You can also edit the user page and the talk page for the old account, to say that your new account is <whatever>. That way it easy for someone to contact you about your old contributions. Notinasnaid 10:18, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Clueless Newbies

WP:CN used to be where you could list yourselves or others who were clueless newbies, yes? Now it seems to be a silly mixture of WP:HD, WP:RD, and WP:VP. People are usually referred somewhere else when they post there. Also, WP:UR and WP:BJAODN/HE seem to do a lot of making fun of Clueless newbies.

Is there a question in here or I am I just typing to read my own words?
- Yes, can someone explain this?

Wikipedia is editable by anyone. Someone didn't like it, so he changed it. If you don't like the new set up, you can change it too. I've changed the WP:CN shortcut to point to Wikipedia:Nomination of new users in need of help which is the new nominations page. Though I can't guarantee that the shortcut won't get changed again. --Go for it! 22:02, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

P.S.: please sign your posts.

[edit] largest numerical category

What is the name list in order for those after million, billion, trillion?? --64.86.141.133 21:14, 9 March 2006 (UTC) Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that's what this Help Desk is for). For your convenience, here's the link: Reference Desk (when you get there, just select the relevant section, and ask away). I hope this helps. --{{subst:user|4836.03}} 21:33, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Quadrillion, quintillion, sextillion, septillion, octillion, nonillion, etc. See Names of large numbers. --Go for it!

[edit] I Can't find what I'm looking for....

I'm looking for Philippines Judicial Branch powers, in a chart or database/spreadsheet form. I see information, but looking for a Database that list the powers.

If you can, Email me at ryan.ninja@yahoo.com.

I would appericate it if you tell me where to find it on the site, or you can copy and paste the powers and seen it to me.

                      Thanks.

The information you seek is not in Wikipedia (yet). Our knowledge experts can be found at the Reference desk. There they will try to answer any question in any field of knowledge. They specialize in questions that aren't yet answered in Wikipedia. --Go for it! 22:12, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Are there consequenses for moving an article?

I'm planning to move one of my sub-pages to my userpage, since it is completely useless as a sub. Is an admin going to punish me if I move on of my own pages without permission? Please reply to me on my discussion page. Please and thank you! Funnybunny 22:10, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

We use the term "move" to mean "rename". You can't use the move tab at the top of the page to move a page onto an existing page. This we call "merging". To merge two pages, you need to cut and paste one onto the other. You can pretty much do anything you want with your userpages. (Actually, you can do almost anything you want to any page anywhere on Wikipedia, as long as it's good-intentioned and doesn't freak anybody out. You have to use your best judgement on whether or not a page move or merge is going to freak anybody out. If you expect a freak out, then the thing to do is discuss it first.) But with respect to your own subpages (such as My empire and Quotes), feel free to merge them onto your user page if that is what you want to do. --Go for it! 22:24, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Userpage: what if there's an underscore in my username?

I'm a bit confused about how a userpage is created or determined to exist.

I have never created one for myself yet, so if I go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:King_V, I get a page that says an article with this exact name doesn't exist, and would I like to start it, etc.

However, given that the underscore seems to be used as a substitution for whitespace in the URLs, and when I go to that page, it says "User:King V" rather than "User:King_V", I am just wondering if it's going to be problematic for me to create the page, or problematic in other ways because of the underscore in the username.

Basically, I just want to make sure I don't break anything.

Any advice?

Thanks.

Click on your username at the top of the screen. If you don't have a user page yet, your name should be red. Once that page is created, try the URL again and let me know what happens. --Go for it! 22:52, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

I did a little experiment, and tried to create an account called Go_for_it! It said that username was already taken. So I searched for that user's name, and it took me to my user page. So then I logged out and tried logging in as Go_for_it! and it worked. Therefore, the program treats spaces and unscores as the same character. Don't worry, you won't break anything. --Go for it! 23:06, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! It works correctly. My name shows up in blue when I'm logged in now, instead of red, and the page is there with no apparent ill effects. --King V 18:10, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Childrens' TV series Jabberwocky -- episode availability

Hi.

Many moons ago I was one of the child actors on the TV show Jabberwocky. Our neighbor was one of the producers, and I appeared on it a few times. Is there any way to get copies of old episodes to show my children?

Thanks,

Beth Guzzi --24.34.215.137

Please refer such questions to the reference desk in the future. I know it's not a good idea to answer misplaced questions, but I like TV questions. You could ask for a copy from the archives of whichever channel broadcasted it. Where was it broadcasted and how long ago was it? - Mgm|^(talk) 23:18, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Jabberwocky was a Boston Saturday morning children's TV show that aired for two seasons in the early 1970s, but was rerun in the wee hours of Saturday mornings by many TV stations up until the 1990s.

Filmed and created by Harvard University and broadcast on WCVB-TV 5, Jabberwocky featured real actors and puppets and various interstitial cartoons. Actress JoBeth Williams -- in one of her earliest roles -- and actor Tucker Smallwood played roommates who moved in together, yet never seemed to unpack all their crates.

The friendly antagonist in most episodes was puppet character Dirty Frank, who popped up from whatever packing crate was convenient. He apparently lived in the half-open boxes, jumping from box to box as if all were somehow connected. Dirty Frank's inquisitive nature and his sloppy behavior drove the plot of most episodes.

Another mysterious box-dweller was the helpful and venerable Mr. Buchanan, a human handyman whose workshop lay in one particularly large packing crate. In many episodes, Mr. Buchanan's vast knowledge led the characters toward answers to their questions.

The characters' apartment was a studio set, but episodes often took them out into the greater Boston area for miniature documentary segments.

Tucker Smallwood was also a writer for the show.

--Go for it! 06:36, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] March 10

[edit] Spelling of name(Rolf Aamodt) is incorrect. Correct spelling is: Rolf Aamot

Please correct the spelling for Rolf Aamodt, painter, visual artist, listed in Wikipedia. His name is spelled without a "d". Correct spelling is "Rolf Aamot". Please advice on how it can be corrected if this is not the right link to use. Thank you.--Kristin Lødøen Linder 00:31, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Hi Kristin. There doesn't seem to be an article at either Rolf Aamodt or Rolf Aamot, and I can't find his name in any articles in a search. Can you tell us where you found this? Or, you could fix it yourself with the "edit this page" link. moink 04:43, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Here's the link: Rolf_Aamodt I don't know anything about the name's spelling, so I'll leave the edit to somebody who does. --Go for it! 06:41, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Here's what to do: follow this link: Rolf_Aamodt, and log on with a username, creating an account if you have to. Then move the page using the flytt tab at the top of the window. Good luck. --Go for it! 06:47, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Also note that the link is to nn:, the Nynorsk Wikipedia, which is supposed to contain articles in Nynorsk, but the article is in English and probably belongs here on en:, the English-language Wikipedia. So you can copy the input text from the "edit" ("endre") mode to your text editor or copy buffer, and then log in here and create it as a new article (under the correct spelling, of course). MCB 06:56, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] I am being accused of vandalism

Hi,

I received a message (under the tab discussion) in which I was told to stop vandalizing. However, I can't recall ever vandalizing any of wikipedia's articles. I mainly edit and correct the Dead or Alive video game character pages.

Have there been any specific complaints about me?

sincerely,

Arnizipal

--Arnizipal 00:37, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Going by the date and time that you were given that warning, plus looking through the edits made by the user that gave you the warning, it was because of this edit. You may want to take it up with the user who removed the edit you made. Dismas|^(talk) 00:42, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Your articles look mostly productive, although there was one that was removed because someone disagreed with you about its relevance, and maybe he thought that it was nonsense since it was something he wasn't aware of. Some people are better at assuming good faith than others. I wouldn't worry too much about it; you're not at any risk of being blocked as long as you continue to make edits like the one's you've been making. Welcome to Wikipedia, and happy editing. moink 04:23, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Well, does Jann Lee play the trumpet or not? If he does, then go back there and add it back in! (And cite your source for your information in your edit summary). Tip: When someone mistakenly reverts an edit and calls it vandalism, it's best to defend your edit and post a note to the reverter's talk page explaining how your edit is not vandalism. Then correct the innappropriate revert. Good luck. --Go for it! 06:55, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

He does play the trumpet in his GC ending in Dead or Alive 4 , but the user that made the revert (Dynamo Ace) obviously never played this game, otherwise he'd know. Thanks for all the positive feedback guys. I'm a newbie here and this warning really bothered me. I tried to track down who it was that warned me (his warning didn't have a signature) but I couldn't find my way around the right links. And allow me to apologise myself again to Dismas. Sorry man, got some links confused... --Arnizipal 00:56, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] I am also being accused of vandalism.

Last night (CST) I was patroling the recent changes for vandalism, and I discovered the option that shows only anonymous edits. I was excited because I mostly only look at the anon edits anyway. So, I was reverting vandalism, as I often do (you can check my contributions), and I got a warning on my talk page about an edit I made to the Doctor Who page. I specifically remember the edit I made; earlier in the day, I was reading the article for the first time (after following the TARDIS link on the main page). The edit I recall reverting was a blanking of the page. The funny thing is, no such edit appears on the page history. After I logged off for the night, confused, it appears that I was accused of a second vandalism at Terre Haute, Indiana, the details of which I don't remember. I don't know how this happened; I try to be very careful in my reverts.

I wonder if this could have happened because I was using the recent changes page that only shows anon edits. I copied the address for the page, and after making a revert, I would paste the address and refresh. Also, I don't know what the odds are that both edits came directly after reverts by User:Gwernol. Help! I'm afraid to make edits, lest this happen again. --Maxamegalon2000 03:08, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

It looks like both you and Gwernol were patrolling recent changes simultaneously. You both encountered some vandalism, but Gwernol got to it first in two instances. Gwernol rolled back the vandalism, and then you tried to roll back the vandalism, but instead rolled back Gwernol's edits and returned to the vandalized version. They were both pretty easy to fix, so no lasting harm. I've never used popups, but the admin rollback version doesn't let you make this mistake. Maybe someone using popups can help you avoid this little mixup in the future. moink 04:36, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

It's happened to me before. After reverting vandalism I always go to the article's history to find and warn the anon who made the vandalism, so if someone's accidentally double-reverted me I see very quickly. --Sam Blanning (formerly Malthusian) (talk) 10:36, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Chichuachuas

I would like to know why, or make you aware that under the animae section of your encyclopedia, you have a listing for chichuachuas that is from Chichuachua Mexico, the city not the dog. Just thought you would like to know so you can correct it.

There are articles on both Chihuahua the state and Chihuahua, Chihuahua the city. — ApolloCreed ^{(comment) (talk)} 06:05, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

What you are looking for is chihuahua (dog). You misspelled it or used an alternative spelling, and chihuahuas leads to the same article. I've created a redirect for your version of the dog's name, in case it is an alternative spelling, and in case someone else happens to use it (a Google search shows that you are not the only one to spell it that way). The article on the Mexican state has a link to the disambiguation page for that word. Tip: When Go doesn't work, try Search. I hope this answer helps. --Go for it! 07:14, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Read more: Using external search engines

Our friend meant that the link in the article animal led to Chihuahua rather than chihuahua (dog). I've corrected it.--Cherry blossom tree 10:15, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Charlotte Rampling

Hello,

The image you display of Charlotte Rampling at this url:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:RamplingMED.jpg

comes from the Lone Star Film Society website. The particular book and image is from my personal collection -- as stated on the website. I'd appreciate it if you amended your listing to reflect the fact that this image comes from the private collection of Ryan Brennan.

Thank you,

Ryan Brennan Lone Star Film Society

Thank you for bringing this to our attention. I went to the website you mentioned but could not find the page you referred to. Would you mind providing the URL, so that we can look into this matter further? Thank you. --Go for it! 07:58, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Ryan, one question -- I see at least two other copies of this book cover on Google (and I didn't do an exhaustive search nor look at all the search result pages). Do you have some reason to believe that the image is of your copy as opposed to other copies, of which surely thousands were printed? MCB 08:12, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Sheesh you are claiming to be the sole owner of a Mickey Spillane paperback? I'd like to see your copyright, there must be thousands of copies of that book out there. Williamb 11:33, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

I think it's pretty certain that it is the same image as http://www.lonestarfilmsociety.com/ramplingMED.jpg. The file sizes are the same, the cover creases look identical. The ethics in this case are far from clear, especially with regard to the regional law of fair use, but it seems it would be polite to acknowledge that the file was a copy of one which someone took the trouble to scan, whether or not they acquired copyright on it. I think it would have been polite to ask permission too, even if there was no legal obligation because the copyright holder isn't involved. Notinasnaid 12:01, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

The problem with that is that under U.S. copyright law, Ryan Brennan is incapable of giving permission for use of the image even if he wanted to; that privilege is reserved to the actual IP rights holders, which may include the photographer, the book designer, the book publisher, and in some contexts (such as appropriation of likeness for commercial exploitation), the subject of the photo (Charlotte Rampling). Basically, Mr. Brennan's own right to use an image of the book cover on the Lone Star web site is identical to Wikipedia's, that is, an assertion of fair use under 17 USC 107. This is completely independent of his ownership of a copy of the work itself. I am not sure of Wikipedia's policy on acknowledgement for (public domain or fair-use) images of works in, for example, museum collections, where an object in a collection may not be accessible to the public; that might be applicable here. MCB 02:01, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

There is no U.S. copyright created by scanning an 2-D image because there is no creative content added. Politeness is another matter, unrelated to legal issues. Rmhermen 17:31, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Uploading images.

Whenever I try to upload an image either here or at the Commons, it always shows this message: '"." is not an allowed file format. See Commons:File types for more information.' It's a perfectly normal .jpg file, why isn't it uploading?

--Le Grey Intellectual 08:17, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Have you made sure that the name of the file ends .jpg as well as containing a JPEG? Notinasnaid 10:16, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Just checked. It ends in .jpg, and it's in JPEG format. I don't know what could be wrong. Please reply ASAP. Okay, I just got it. I wasn't putting a .jpg in the destination filename. *facepalm*

--Le Grey Intellectual 17:59, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Is there another dot somewhere in the filename. The software gets confused if a file name contains more than one dot. - Mgm|^(talk) 19:20, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] How do I list only articles I created?

It's obviously easy for me to see all articles I've edited (via "my contributions"), which includes those I've created. But, how do I get a list of only articles that I started, anything else showing? I'm thinking it's not possible, but I thought I would ask before giving up. --Rob 08:55, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

It's not possible, I'm afraid. Someone may have written a tool to do it, but I think it's unlikely. You can check WP:TOOLS if you like.--Cherry blossom tree 10:20, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Time it takes to confirm Wiki page

How long does it take from creation of a page to being able to read it through the Wiki search engine?

It's pretty much instant (if all is working well). --Rob 09:23, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Well, the "Go" (exact title match) button is pretty much instant, but the "Search" (full text search) only gets updated every couple of weeks or so and thus is often out-of-date.--Commander Keane 10:08, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Google updates a bit faster. So all you need to do is go to Wikipedia:Tip of the day and look up all the tips on searching. There are several ways to use Google to search Wikipedia. --Go for it! 16:38, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Contributing an article

Dear Wikipedia,

I am new to your service and am finding it a bit daunting. I would like to contribute an article, but do not know how. I am a writer and journalist working in London. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Gary Lachman (talk • contribs) 14:08, 10 March 2006.

Try reading Wikipedia:Your first article. Or you could go to the Wikipedia:Community portal, it has plenty of other ways to contribute apart from writing entirely new articles. --Sam Blanning (formerly Malthusian) (talk) 14:15, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Go to any article you really admire, and click on "edit this page." Then study the source text so you can see how the article was constructed. The main thing you will need to learn is the markup codes, like headings, etc. You should be able to figure most of the codes out by looking at source text. But for those you can't, they are covered in Wikipedia:How to edit a page. Also, the help menu has everything you need to know about creating and developing articles under the editing topics. Welcome aboard! I'm sure you'll do fine. --Go for it! 16:45, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Editing error

Re: Rouge Plant. I attempted to provide a source and inadvertingly lost the balance of the original page. Please help to restore. Thanks (Mpmartin 14:23, 10 March 2006 (UTC))

Fixed. The article was River Rouge Plant by the way. Took me a second to figure out what you meant. In the future you can fix this yourself by reverting the article. Thanks for asking for help though! Dismas|^(talk) 14:37, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

The problem was caused by not properly closing the reference tag. I frequently have this problem, good thing we have the preview button. Rmhermen 17:24, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Synergy & Synergistic benefits

I am currently in my final year of an MBA at Derby University and I am planning doing my dissertation on 'Synergy' or the 'Synergistic Benefits' between two business units.

Is there any reading material you can recommend on this subject?

Many Thanks,

             Richard Wellings

You might find what you are looking for in the article about Synergy. If you cannot find the answer there, click here to post your question at that article's talk page. If that doesn't solve your problem, you can try asking your question at Wikipedia's Reference Desk. They'll be glad to answer questions about anything in the universe (except about how to use Wikipedia, which is what this help desk is for). I hope this helps. --Sam Blanning (formerly Malthusian) (talk) 14:34, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

There are many forms of business synergy. I guess you need to start collecting articles on them. Here are a few to get you started: Coopetition, Mergers and Acquisitions, License, and Game theory. Off the top of my head, a good example of a synergistic relationship was Simplot and McDonalds. Simplot had financed the development of a new kind of french fry, but nobody wanted it. Then McDonalds came along looking for items to add to its menu that it could mass produce. Simplot, being the pota of Idaho, was just the one to supply it to them. Simplot got a nationwide market for his innovative product, and McDonalds did too. The rest, as they say, is history. --Go for it! 17:02, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dates

I have seen many references to "anniversaries" for events that happened long before the Gregorian calandar was used. How do you arive at these dates? 64.31.91.142 15:06, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

My guess is, through reverse extrapolation. The gregorian calendar has a very precise cycle, so it is easy to find, for every specific day, what its date would have been if the greogrian calendar existed then. You may find some more information in the article gregorian calendar, or some more knowledgeable people in the reference desk (which is used for questions that are not directly related to Wikipedia). -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 15:14, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] conditionals in templates

Is there an "if"-like expression that can be used in a template? If so, can someone provide a pointer to some documentation or examples?

thanks - MattHucke ^(t) 15:28, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Yes. The standard method used is {{qif}}. Look at Template Talk:qif for instructions. If you need additional functionality, check out Category:Boolean templates and Category:If templates. You can also find more information regarding template syntax in Help:Template. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 15:44, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

If you need more than two choices, or need to test for something other than empty/non-empty, {{switch}} is a better choice than {{qif}} both in terms of convenience and server load. —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 16:27, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Chemicals causing cancer

Can someone tell me if there are toxic chemicals in radiator steam heat? If so what kind of chemicals is in the steam?

I would like to know because I think I am inhaling something from my radiator when the heat comes on. Then I start feeling ill. I start having a choking cough when I’m sleeping. That I must wake up from.

I’m having headache, chest pains, stomach problems, feeling drowsy like I’m going unconscious . Losing my memories. And more but everybody I talk to tells me there’s nothing in the steam heat. Nobody seems to believe me. And I’m not crazy I think something is making me ill. I have graves disease and recovering from breast cancer.

Your knowledge will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,

Donna Sweeney

(address removed)

I'm sorry to hear about your problems. However, This type of question belongs on the reference desk. The help desk (this page) is for questions about using Wikipedia. Please follow the link to the reference desk, select the relevant topic, and post your question there. Thanks. --Fuhghettaboutit 16:46, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

And in either case, it's best to consult a physician regarding your condition, rather then asking on the web. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 16:49, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Radiator steam is just made out of water. Unless there's something in the system that shouldn't be there, it's unlikely it is causing any illnesses. I recommend you contact a doctor about it. - Mgm|^(talk) 19:25, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] New York School info blocked

I just attempted to edit the New York School entry. It failed to mention the New York School Composers such as John Cage, Morton Feldman, Christian Wolf and others. I was also confused as to why Jackson Pollock and William Dekoonig are regarded as lesser members of the New York School Painters. I sent my changes in but was blocked. I've never participated in this before. When I tried to get through to question my blocking, I was led to some blank page. Is this an indeterminate joke?

                  Patrick Greene

I can't find any record that you have tried to edit the New York School article or that you got blocked. Can you describe exactly what you did and what messages you got? The more information you provide, the more we will be able to assist you (no need to get into details about which facts you tried to change, just what did you techincally do). -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 18:08, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Actually the article doesn't say that they are "lesser members" but that they are less commonly regarded as members of the group. Rmhermen 20:55, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] cover girl

I hope im asking the right person this question. I would like information on how to have the opportunity to be on the cover of the magazine. Thanks in advance for any help.

Which magazine? -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 19:13, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] MT760

In international finance, what is an MT760?

[edit] Custom Wikisignature?

I've noticed many users have custom signatures (ie. formatting, extra related wikilinks, etc.) when they sign their name using the 'four tildes'. I was wondering how I can go about customising my own sig? Thanks in advance! - Wezzo 20:23, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Go to 'my preferences' and change the 'Nickname' field. Mine, for example, is [[User:Samuel Blanning|Sam Blanning <small>(formerly Malthusian)</small>]] <small>[[User_talk:Samuel_Blanning|(talk)]]</small>. See WP:SIG for full instructions (as well as what not to include in your sig). --Sam Blanning (formerly Malthusian) (talk) 20:28, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Ah, great. Thanks very much! - Wezzo 20:31, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

And don't forget to check the "raw signature" box. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 07:22, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Did I delete a page?

I think I screwed up an entry, I wanted to created a redirect to Imaro (novel) that would show up in searches beside an already existing IMARO page that dealt with a computing organization, the redirect works but I don't see the other page anymore, can this be fixed? And could you show me what i did wrong? I'm pretty sure the page can be restored, well I hope so anyway.

Okay I just checked one can be found using IMARO, the other by using Imaro. Will that be okay? Basique 20:52, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

You are fine. Both pages can coexist. Article names are case-sensitive except for the first letter. I have added a disambiguation header on top of the Imaro (novel) header to link to the IMARO page. Rasmus (talk) 20:57, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] rossignol boots

i acquired a pair of rossignol touring 210 advantage skis, bindings and poles. i need boots. are all and which current rossignol boots compatiable with these older skis? 71.39.236.9 22:44, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that's what this Help Desk is for). For your convenience, here's the link: Reference Desk (when you get there, just select the relevant topic, and ask away. I hope this helps. --Sam Blanning (formerly Malthusian) (talk) 22:48, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] moving articles

I'm trying to renominate an article for featured status. It says to use the move button to rename the previous nomination to an archive. I don't understand how to do that. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.167.116.7 (talk • contribs) .

First, if you haven't already, you'll need to create a user account. See Help:Logging in. Once you do that, you should be able to move the page. The help file is here: Help:Moving a page. I hope this helps. Good luck! --Christopherlin 05:16, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

A slight correction: A newly created account needs to age a little to be able to move pages. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 07:24, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Actually, instead of nominating directly, perhaps you ought to suggest it on the article's talk page first. For standards for featured articles, see Wikipedia:What is a featured article. --Christopherlin 18:30, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] references/

George W. Bush#Notes contains a long list with a misspelled name, but when I try to edit it I get this instead:

==Notes==
<div style="font-size: 85%">
<references/>
</div>

Art LaPella 22:48, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

The citation format changed. See meta:Cite/Cite.php. Basically, the references are wiki coded in-line with the text, and automatically generated at the end. Edit the section in which the note appears and you can change the citation there. Good luck! --Christopherlin 23:06, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Redirects

Hello!

I've followed the instructions to redirect a page, but I must be doing something wrong. I want to redirect "Malahat" to "Malahat, British Columbia" - so I created an article "Malahat", typed in the redirect command, and the article disappeared leaving only an arrow with the article title, "Malahat, British Columbia." So clicked on that, and got the article title "Malahat." Help!!!!! Fishhead64 23:18, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

It should be working now. This was caused by the fact that you inserted a redirect on the Malahat, British Columbia page to Malahat. This caused you to go to the correct page and then bounce back by your own redirect. This edit was the trouble-maker. F e tofs ^Hello! 01:01, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your help! I found the instructions on the Wikipedia:Redirects page to be a little confusing. But then again, I'm easily confused. Fishhead64 01:42, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] March 11

[edit] Getting Started

I want to contribute to Wikipedia with an article on cause marketing. I'm not quite sure how to get started.

You could start out here: Wikipedia:Your first article. Dismas|^(talk) 03:28, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Here's a link to a cause marketing FAQ, to help you get started: [4]
I hope this helps. --Go for it! 09:31, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Link to every word?

Wiki-star: Good night fellow wikipedians! I have yet another question for you all. Do i have to link words in the articles i edit? In my opinion, there are far too many links within many articles. I personally think this distracts the reader and takes their attention off what they are reading, and more into what they should click on.

I just think Authors should link only valuable and foreign words. I mean, you don't need to link something like "love" in an article. If the reader really wants to know what love is, they can just type it in the search box. I just think theres too many links! Links, links, links. Lets just link foreign words.

Thanks again! Wiki-star 04:28, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

You mean, like this?...

Tip of the day: When not to use links

Wikipedia's greatness stems from being able to link articles together easily, but don't overdo it. It can get really annoying and does not help the reader.

Read more: Only make links that are relevant to the context

I hope that helps. --Go for it! 09:27, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

There are two ways to go on this. The preferred way according to the Wikipedia:Manual of Style is to Only make links that are relevant to the context. In contrast (such as linking "love") there is Wikipedia:Build the web. I personally dislike it when things like "born" are linked in the beginning of a biography article. I hope this helps. Of course, feel free to (provided a good reason) Wikipedia:Ignore all rules! Good luck! --Christopherlin 05:08, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

I think a good rule of thumb is this: If you think a reader could be interested in reading the article about a concept you mention, and\or you think the reader may be better able to understand your article if they read that other article, then put a link. For example, if an article about World war 2 mentions World war 1, there should be a link because knowledge about ww1 can give the context needed to understand ww2. But if just the word "war" appears, it's not necessary to put a link, since we can assume the reader knows what "war" means. But putting a link is also okay, since the reader may be interested in additional context. But remember that what is obvious to you may not be obvious to everyone, so you should probably lower the threshold a bit than what seems natural to you. Also, in my opinion at least, the visual style of links is very pleasent and non-intrusive (you don't by any chance have "Underline links:Always" do you?). -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 07:42, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Article Screenshots

Wiki-star: Thank you again fellow wikipedians. I must especially thank the users who take the time and answer my questions. I really appreciate it! You won't be disappointed, trust me!

Now, i have one question. I now know completely how to insert an image within an article. However, i do not know how to insert a screenshot of a website. The Neoseeker article is an example. See how the image is a screenshot of the website? How can i also do that?

Thanks again wikipedians! You guys kick butt! Wiki-star 05:17, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

If you want to use a screenshot as an image, simply take the screenshot from your computer, save it as an image file, and upload like you would any other image. When uploading, be sure that it qualifies under Wikipedia:Fair use and use the appropriate tag (most likely it will be {{web-screenshot}}. -- Nataly a 05:45, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Wiki-star: So am i suppose to right click the web page and save the background? Or click file, then save as? I'm sorry, but you have to thoroughly explain yourself.

Thanks! Wiki-star 05:57, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

It would help greatly if we knew what kind of system you're on. If you're on a Mac using OS X you can simply use the Grab utility to take a screenshot of any window. If you're on a Windows box, I have no clue. Dismas|^(talk) 06:54, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Wiki-star: I have Windows, and i'm trying to get a screenshot of This Website. But i do not know how and i need help.

Thanks! Wiki-star 07:09, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Okay, the following may or may not work, depending on your system: Go to the site, and click the "Print screen" key on your keyboard. This should put an image of your current screen in the windows clipboard. Then you can go to a program like windows paint and press Ctrl+V to paste it. From there you can do whatever you want with it.

There is also a software called PrintKey that is very useful for creating screenshots. You can download a free trial at [5]. Hope this helps. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 08:02, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

I've been wanting to know how to do this myself. I tried Meni's trick, and it works! Windows Paint is in the accessories menu. Click "Start", move the mouse pointer over "all programs", then "accessories", and you'll see it there on the drop down menu. --Go for it! 09:16, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Decoding VIN numbers

Where is the decoder for GM VIN numbers? I am trying to find what the various digits mean for different model years. I want to buy a used AWD mini van and I need to know which digits determine if it is AWD or FWD. I think it is the 5th dight and a X, but I do not know for sure.

Russell C. Bingley chrismaryb@aol.com

There is plenty about this on the Internet. Here's a link to a Google search on this topic to get you started: [6]

I hope this helps. --Go for it! 09:10, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] mb. server

I can not find anything about these disease on Wikipedia. Am I too stupied to search or is there nothing about the man James Warren Server, who wrote an article 18.5 1912 site 1025 in New York medical journal about apophysitis calcanei, a disease which to day wear his name. kindly jens v bruun, ortopedic surgeon Danmark bruun@dadlnet.dk

Thanks for your question. The person you are looking for is James Warren Sever. We don't have an article on him yet, but you are welcome to write one. We do however have an article on his disease: Sever's disease. I hope this helps. --Go for it! 09:04, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] email address

what will be my email address ?? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Hkmsoni (talk • contribs).

Your email address is whatever email you decide to use. If you meant what is your talk page, where other wikipedians can communicate with you, it's User Talk:Hkmsoni. Click on the "my talk" link at the top of the page to get there wherever you are in Wikipedia. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 10:39, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Invalid email confirmation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Confirmemail/e3b914605193bcc4a38df165d79f7b6b

is the fourth request that I have made.

I am told that it is an invalid link.

Alan Jordan ahjordan at gmail dot com

If you have requested more than one e-mail confirmation, be sure to get the last one. Your confirmation could also have expired if you took too long to open it. F e tofs ^Hello! 15:20, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] deletion of articles

Hi I posted two articles on Earls of Clancarty one was an edit to a stub, its said you welcome extending stubs, I created the First Earl of Clancarty on William Power Trench, the articles were well researched and contained factual relevancies, why were these deleted. As a newcomer with little time to spare, I find it overcomplicated, though it is a great idea. Why? Many thanx Newsgirl —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Newsgirl (talk • contribs) 11:38, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

In the case of William Power Keating Trench, 1st Earl of Clancarty, it's still there and has never been deleted. Which other articles did you edit? --Sam Blanning (formerly Malthusian) (talk) 11:51, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] AfD Policy for churches

Hi, I'm trying to figure out the AfD policy for non-notable churches. I couldn't find anything that seemed relevant. Can someone point me in the right direction? Are non-notable churches considered candidates for deletion? ClarkBHM 11:47, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Of course, non-notable churches should be deleted. The same goes for non-notable people, buildings, etc. Problem is that not everyone agrees what is notable. Perhaps Wikipedia:WikiProject Churches has some guidelines. Maybe the particular article you are referring to can be called non-encyclopedic? - Mgm|^(talk) 12:05, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
Specifically, if a church is non-notable then you should be able to make a reasoned nomination on the usual grounds of NPOV (if it was written by a member as an advert) and verifiability (if there are no external sources). You could also draw attention to WP:CORP, specifically "The company or corporation has been the subject of multiple non-trivial published works whose source is independent of the company itself" - churches may not be the same as companies, but if an article reads like an attempt to solicit followers and (either explictly or by extension) donations, then WP:SPAM still applies. --Sam Blanning (formerly Malthusian) (talk) 12:11, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Caregory:British Service Swords

I mis-sp[elt "Category" and ended up creating the above page. How do I get it deleted? Thanks Epeeist smudge 12:02, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Well, if you've been around long enough, you should be able to use the "move" tab on top of the screen to move it to Category:British Service Swords, but apparently even admins aren't even able to move supposed articles to the category namespace. I suggest you copy the material to the right page and tag the misspelled category with {{db-author}}. - Mgm|^(talk) 12:09, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
Apparently, you already did part of what I suggested, which would explain why I couldn't move it. I'll delete the misspelling for you. -0 Mgm|^(talk) 12:11, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

You were right the first time. I created a category with the corrected spelling, but I tried to "move" before I did this and it wouldn't let me because it seems you can't move to a category regardless of whether I'd created the corrected category or not. Anyway, thanks for your help, it seems to have turned out ok in the end. Epeeist smudge 17:55, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] SVG problems

I was just looking through one of my watched articles and noticed that an image I uploaded a while ago, which then looked OK, now looks very strange (Image:Israel south dist.svg). Same with other images of the same nature (see other districts). On HebWiki however, the image still displays correctly (he:תמונה:Israel south dist.svg). Is this a Wikipedia bug that will be resolved or an intentional change? It can't be related to my browser because I've tried to load the picture in all major browsers. -- Y Ynhockey ^(Talk) Y 12:45, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Author Julio Cortazar

March 11, 2006 08:22

I am looking for a short story written by Julio Cortazar, the title is "The Night Face Up." I cannot find it! Also, if you can advise me of any literay criticisms regarding this work, I would appriciate it. Many thanks,

John-R.

[edit] Help

I wrote my first article - John Brown (Prisoner of War and Spy) which duly appears on "My contributions" - but doesn't seem available through search. What have (or haven't) I done? I tried a link from "British Free Corps" but it doesn't work. Help!?

Horis

Your article is right here: John Brown (Prisoner of War and Spy). It won't be available from the search for a couple days. You have to wait for the database to update. But it is there. As far as why it wasn't being linked from the BFC article, the bracketed name was different from the name of the article. I've put in a redirect for you. Dismas|^(talk) 15:05, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Actually it could take more than a couple of days (unless you know that the database is supposed to be updated soon?). For example, Hendrik Wade Bode is more than a month old and does not yet appear in search. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 15:19, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Qualifiers shouldn't be overly long. Wouldn't John Brown (spy) work just as well? - Mgm|^(talk) 15:44, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
I guess someone else had the same idea and moved the article... - Mgm|^(talk) 15:45, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] What to do?????

I am young and I am trying to understand Wikipedia. I think you write your own page, give it a name and then save it. Then other people can edit or read your article but I just don't know!?

    Jules 14:57, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Yes, that's basically how it works. Though the person who you write about has to be notable enough to have an article. For example, you can't write an article about yourself because you probably haven't done anything noteworthy yet, just going by what you say about your age. Please see Wikipedia:Your first article for a bit more info. Also see the welcome message I've left on your talk page. Dismas|^(talk) 15:09, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

But it's probably better to start with improving existing articles, rather than creating a new one. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 15:21, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Me again!!!

Hi JBRIGGO again!!! I don't know how to do my own article for the main page!!! Could you help me please?

 Jules 16:24, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

By saying the "main page" I'm guessing that you mean you want to write a featured article. I suggest you read that page and see if you can improve an article to the level that it needs to be chosen for featured article status. Also, please stop putting a space at the beginning of your questions, it just creates that box around your questions and if your question is long enough it just goes off the side of the page. Dismas|^(talk) 18:58, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fish (singer)

I have written a comment about an album (Suits) by the singer Fish.In the Discography section there is a link for the album, however it is in black bold and can't be accessed T how do i make this link accessible for readers?

Thanks Ed

Yes, you have created a proper link but it links to the article itself. In such cases, instead of showing it as a self-link, Wikipedia just bolds it. Misza 13 ^{T C} 16:46, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

I don't know because i'm just a child. But if I knew I would tell you, sorry. Can you help me though??? You see I don't know how to write an article!!!

  Jules 16:39, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

A good way for beginners is probably Help:Starting a new page. --Misza 13 ^{T C} 16:43, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] adding people

How can you add a person you think should be in here? (for example, if actor Micheal Caine wasn't in here, how could you add them) and what if there is some one who already has that name? (for example, Micheal Caine, president of Lookia, 1950-1989). Thanks! --Bridster

See Help:Starting_a_new_page. Basically, all you do is go to where the article should be, either by clicking a redlink, typing it in your URL bar or typing it in Wikipedia's search bar and clicking 'Go', and then clicking "Start the *foo* article" on the page that comes up.

People with the same name are generally dealt with by a disambiguation name in brackets, generally their job or something similarly relevant to them. For example, President Caine would go at Michael Caine (president) or Michael Caine (Lookia). See John Smith for a lot of examples. --Sam Blanning (formerly Malthusian) (talk) 16:41, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[via edit conflict]Okay, what you are asking is how to create a new article. Basically, to create an article, you can type the name you want for the article in the search box to the left, and click "Go" (not pressing enter). Then you will see a red link "create this article". Click it, and write whatever you know about the person, while attempting to maintain an encyclopedic style. More information can be found in Wikipedia:Your first article. About choosing a name when there is ambiguity: One way is to use a full name which is unambiguous, for example with a middle name or the like. Another is adding in parentheses a description of the person. For example, since there is an article Michael Caine about the actor, you can create an article Michael Caine (president) for the president. By the way, clicking this red link is another way of creating an article with this name. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 16:45, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Also, one Michael Caine (president) had been created you would usually disambiguate both Michael Caines for those looking for the other Michael Caine by using the {{Otheruses4}} template. In this case, at the top of Michael Caine you would put {{Otheruses4|the actor|the President of Lookia|Michael Caine (president)}}, which produces:

This article is about the actor. For the President of Lookia, see Michael Caine (president).

For more information on disambiguating (e.g. how to disambiguate between 3 or more Michael Caines, for which you would need a separate page listing all of them), see Wikipedia:Disambiguation.

Also, please see Wikipedia:Your first article for guidelines on what articles should and shouldn't be created. --Sam Blanning (formerly Malthusian) (talk) 16:48, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Article Screenshots Version 2: Uploading

Wiki-star: Good morning fellow wikipedians. It is truly a beautiful Saturday morning isn't it? Man, life doesn't get any better than Spring Break!

Now onto buisness. I have gotten the gist of what my Last Version suggested. I now know how to save or copy a screenshot. The problem i have now is how to Upload it! I need to find a program in which i can save it in the correct format and upload it successfully. I tried using Microsoft Word, however i do not know how to save Pictures in that software. So if you would please fellow wikipedians, i need step by step assistance in uploading a screenshot. Which program can i use to save the screenshot, then upload it?

Thanks again! Wiki-star 16:42, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

You'll need to use Microsoft Paint, not Word. Assuming you've got a normal Windows computer, it's in Start/Accessories/Paint. Paste your screenshot into there, then save it as a .jpg file (not as a .bmp, they're frickin' massive in terms of size and hardly ever used on the Internet). That should do the trick. --Sam Blanning (formerly Malthusian) (talk) 17:00, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

There's a link in the tollbox (below the Wikipedia logo) for that. For your convenience, it is: Special:Upload. I hope it is what you're looking for. Misza 13 ^{T C} 16:58, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

While you can save the file in Microsoft Paint, it will come out with low quality if you save as JPG or GIF. There is a free program called Paint.NET, which can save to JPG, GIF and PNG with proper quality (preferrably you should use PNG). You can download it here. -- Y Ynhockey ^(Talk) Y 19:19, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Just a personal opinion, but I like to use IrfanView, which is a free image manipulation program that you can download from http://www.irfanview.com/. User:Zoe|^(talk) 22:35, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 84.170.227.30's Questions

Why need this --84.170.227.30 16:45, 11 March 2006 (UTC) at the end?

What does Wikipedia mean?

Why not use email to reply back any more? This was just recent.

Why can users change text? What if it is some BS? How are the changes controled?

I have organised your questions and deleted the three repeats of the same question.Flying Canuck 16:50, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

And here go my replies:

We sign out posts with "~~~~" so that everyone knows who wrote what and... well isn't it obvious?
Why don't you check the Wikipedia and Wiki articles?
We still use email. But this public way of communication helps sharing thoughts and building a better encyclopedia.
Don't worry. We deal with vandalism pretty swiftly. --Misza 13 ^{T C} 16:54, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[via edit conflict]

You need to sign your name with ~~~~ at the end so that everyone will know who posted the message and when.
See Wikipedia.
I don't understand this question.
If users weren't able to change text, there would be no text at all. If it is some nonsense, it will be deleted. Changes are controlled using watchlists, recent changes, and article histories. see Wikipedia:Replies to common objections for more details.

-- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 16:56, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] How do sites get a warning label? And how to get one?

How do sites get the warning label???

You see, I ran into a site (Scottish Youth Hostel Association, if anyone wants to take a look) that was an extrememly personal rant, certainly not NPOV and most likely not verifiable. I basically re-wrote it immediately, but in all objectivity, despite my efforts to the contrary, a warning label about biased and/or unverified content would probably not be out of place above my article, either. And if the original rant gets restored, one would be good, too. I'm going to try to fix the credibility of my article, but in the meantime, what steps should I take to get a warning label? Or do you think I'm making a mountain out of a molehill? (In other words, help! I'm just a newbie...) Candle-ends 17:49, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Well, firstly, Scottish Youth Hostel Association doesn't exist and never has, so I don't know which article you mean. However, it sounds like you want one of the tags in Category:Wikipedia maintenance templates, such as {{POV}}, {{Disputed}} or {{TotallyDisputed}}. To add one of these templates, simply enter one of those bits of text (with the double curly brackets) at the top of the article. --Sam Blanning (formerly Malthusian) (talk) 17:57, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Oh, I see it's Scottish Youth Hostels Association (should have remembered to look at your contributions list). --Sam Blanning (formerly Malthusian) (talk) 17:59, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Formatting Image Height/Width

Wiki-star: Hello again fellow wikipedians. I see that users have the ability to change the size of the image. But i want to know if you can change the height or width of an image. You know, make it longer or wider. Is there another formula other than the :px: that can do this?

Can i even make an image longer or wider? If so, how?

Thanks again! Wiki-star 18:01, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

~~I think putting, for example, 100x50px will make the image 100 pixels wide and 50 pixels high.~~ You may also want to check out Wikipedia:How to edit a page and Wikipedia:Extended image syntax. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 18:27, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Scratch that, thinking is not my strongest part. I don't think it can be done. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 18:32, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Wiki-star: So you're saying it's impossible to make an image wider or longer? Oky Doky!

Thanks! Wiki-star 18:43, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

I think not. But it has been proven many times in the past that when I think, bad things happen. So you may want to wait for the opinion of someone more knowledgeable (I haven't ever used images in Wikipedia). -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 18:46, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

You can edit the image externally, but this normally causes the image to be "stretchy". It's better to have a good reason. F e tofs ^Hello! 18:51, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] How do I request articles to be written?

If I'm looking for an article on a subject that has not been listed yet in Wikipedia, how do I post a request for information on that subject?

Go to Wikipedia:Requested articles to request an article on the subject. Or you can try the reference desk if you just want an answer to a question now. --Sam Blanning (formerly Malthusian) (talk) 18:39, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Note that even if you put a request at Wikipedia:Requested articles, it could take a long time until someone actually writes the article. If you know something about the subject and you think it's notable enough, you can write an article yourself - but you'll have to create an account for that. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 18:44, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

You can also go to Wikipedia:Articles for creation and add the information that you know there. User:Zoe|^(talk) 22:37, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Can 'WP:'-style redirects be made to user space?

I have a customised welcome template at User:Last Malthusian/W. That takes longer to type out than I'd like, and I've left it in my old account's user space because my current account name is even longer. Is it permitted to create a redirect to it at, for example, U:SB/W (in the same vein as WP:AN/I for the incidents page of the admins' notice board in the Wikipedia space), or does that count as being in the article space and therefore inappropriate? --Sam Blanning (formerly Malthusian) (talk) 18:54, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I'm afraid your concern is justified. Article namespace is for articles and articles only. Even Template: namespace is rather disallowed for such purpose. If you don't use the generic {{welcome}} in favor of a personalized one, then it's place is right there: in a personal (i.e. User:) namespace. Misza 13 ^{T C} 19:01, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Here's an idea:Linking to your template from your userpage (or toolset, if you have such a thing), and when welcoming someone, copying it from the page to the person's talk page. You can put nowiki in your template so you won't have to go to the edit page to get the wikicode. Then you can also modify the message if you want to add a personal comment. What do you think? Are the keystroke savings worth the extra clicks? -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 19:09, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Nope, I am a fairly fast typer so that would be a lot slower, I just wondered if there was a way to reduce the number of letters. To answer Miszal's comment, I'm aware that it belongs in user space, but we seem to have a special 'redirect space' for Wikipedia pages: that is, all the redirects that begin with 'WP:', such as WP:HD. I was wondering if there was an equivalent for user space. --Sam Blanning (formerly Malthusian) (talk) 19:19, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] access to : Consumarchy

HI,

It appears that a new Wikipedia entry 'consumarchy' is not accessible through a google search; how is that possible?

many thanks for your help,

Martin Dumas

I believe that Google takes a while to find new pages - certainly longer than the few hours it's been up. --Sam Blanning (formerly Malthusian) (talk) 19:34, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Marie Antoinette

Dear people, I would like to know who did the Marie Antoinette story. For I need to know ALL the names of the people so I could do my bibliography.

                          Thank you.

Or are you looking for how to citing Wikipedia as a source for your bibliography? Dismas|^(talk) 20:46, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] distributed compilers

Hi! i need information about the distributed compilers not compilers for distributed languages....any one who can guide me .... i will be thankful.... tc bye

[edit] Uploaded images problem!

Im new to Wikipedia, and Ive just uploaded 2 images. I didnt know what to pick on the dropdown menu, ref is it copyrighted? or something I just found? etc. so I uploaded it twice, once said yes to copyrighted and the other time just said I found it. Now I think I should've just read more of the rules. Whats going to happen? I dont see a place to delete what Ive done! Can I start over? Will Wikipedia just delete the whole thing if its copyrighted? Help!

First, relax, no one is going to bite. You probably shouldn't do things you don't understand. There are a lot of intricacies involved in uploading images, so it isn't recommended for beginners. As for what you have already done, it will probably be deleted in a week or so, but you shouldn't worry about it. Perhaps in the future you will have the knowledge to upload the images properly. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 19:35, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

I've tagged Image:Englebert.jpg for deletion as redundant with Image:Englebertpic.jpg. If that one's copyrighted, and not all-rights-released as you initially claimed, it does need to be deleted. If you want it deleted you can speed up the process for us by editing Image:Englebertpic.jpg and adding the following text to the top of the page: '{{delete|Author requests deletion of copyvio image}}' which will mark it for speedy deletion. --Sam Blanning (formerly Malthusian) (talk) 19:38, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Translations

I noticed that an article I have followed for several months has apparently never been updated in certain other languages (i.e., tables missing, etc.). How do articles get translated and updated?

Well, articles from other language Wikipedias can be listed on Wikipedia:Translation into English to request translation into English. If you want an English page translated onto other Wikipedias, that page also contains interwiki links (on the left) to the equivalent page on other Wikipedias (e.g. the German Wikipedia's Wikipedia:Übersetzungen/Wunschliste). --Sam Blanning (formerly Malthusian) (talk) 19:46, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

In other words, you've got to go to the other language Wikipedias to make the request. Fortunately most foreign countries require everyone to take English as a second language during their schooling, so you will probably be understood. Find the translation page as explained by Sam, above. --Go for it! 21:02, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Your comment about English education seems just a bit naïve, but anyway... Articles get translated from one Wikipedia language to another because some user notices that a decent article available in one language isn't available elsewhere. If you want someone at another Wikipedia to translate your article talk to that Wikipedia. Also, different Wikipedias have different protocols for tables, article formats etc., so don't expect all formatting to mirror the source language. --Kwekubo 04:00, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Account Problem

Hello,

I registered here as the The Pride of New York on February 7th. I forgot my password and am currently unable to log into my account. I tried to request my password, but it hasn't turned up in either the Inbox or Bulk Mail. Is there anyway I can retrieve access to account?

67.87.27.111 20:15, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Article mis-named

I believe that the Archbishop of Westminster and Primate of the Catholic Church in England and Wales named in this Wikipedia article here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cormac_Cardinal_Murphy-O'Connor

has been wrongly named. His name is Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor and not Cormac Cardinal Murphy O'Connor. I think these pages would support this:

http://www.rcdow.org.uk/archbishop/

http://www.rcdow.org.uk/cardinal/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4410131.stm

I would edit the page myself but the entire page needs to be deleted, corrected and then reinstated. Furthermore there are a number of pages which erroneously link to this page e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Charles_de_Menezes

Best regards

Bill Best Sheffield, UK --82.38.196.186 20:22, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Indeed, google search confims in spades that the correct name is "Cardinal Cormac". Fixed. What I did was switch the text of the two pages—redirect under correct name of article, became article, and article page under wrong name now redirects to correct name. Then I searched for every instance that "cormac cardinal" appears in any other article and corrected, and changed in the article text itself. Thanks for pointing out the error. --Fuhghettaboutit 21:16, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

No, this is incorrect. Articles about cardinals are named "(firstname) Cardinal (lastnames)". This is the standard Catholic naming convention. See Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Western_clergy)#Cardinals, and as an example Joseph Cardinal Bernardin. · rodii · 22:19, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Ugg. Mea culpa. All edits reverted. --Fuhghettaboutit 22:40, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Ok, I have learnt something and the BBC should take note of this convention. Apologies for the extra work.

Bill Best Sheffield, UK --82.38.196.186 13:54, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Communicating with authors

Where will I find information on locking an article, requiring discussion prior to editing? Also, how do I contact a member (like an ip author) other than the discussion page?

TIA,

Scribner Scribner 20:28, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Answer to question #1: Wikipedia:Requests for page protection

Answer to question #2: Click history at the top of the page to see a list of editors to that page. Then click on the username of the contributions you are interested in, and then go to their discussion page. When you leave a message on someone's talk page, they are notified as soon as they log-on or go to any page. Or you can email them: go to that person's user page, then click E-mail this user in the toolbox menu in the left sidebar. E-mail only works it the user has activated it in his or her account preferences, and provided a valid email address. Some users have their email address posted on their user pages.

I hope these answers help. --Go for it! 20:51, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

There is no way to contact an anonymous IP editor except through the talk page for that IP address. They don't have an e-mail setting in their account because they don't have an account. Dismas|^(talk) 20:54, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

You won't be able to contact an IP author via email, of course. The only way to contact them is by using their talk page (which is always along the lines of User_talk:255.255.255.255), which will give them a 'You have new messages' alert like everyone else. --Sam Blanning (formerly Malthusian) (talk) 20:55, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Scribner, I hope you realize that page protection is not likely to be granted for a content dispute. There are many things to be tried first, including discussion on the talk page and on the author's talk page if you can (and it's good that you're trying those avenues). Protection is generally used only in fairly acute cases of edit warring or vandalism, and then not for very long. The fact that you and your "foe" are in a dispute about the validity of sources is pretty much the normal course of events here, and needs to be worked out between you. · rodii · 22:27, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Does splitting an article violate the copyright?

If an article gets too long, and you take some section and paste it into a new article, doesn't that violate the GFDL? -lethe ^{talk +} 20:28, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Nope. Not as long as there is an audit trail. You provide that in the very first edit summary of the split-off article, by stating it's a split and including the name of the original article it came from. --Go for it! 20:42, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Thank you, GFI. -lethe ^{talk +} 21:15, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Not Fast Enough

Wiki-star: Ok i'm just going to get to the point this time because i'm alittle disappointed! Wikipedia says it takes care of vandilism pronto! One of the articles i'm currently working on, i have discovered vandilism. I was about to delete it, but i thought waiting on Wikipedia's claim would be better! I came to the conclusion that the Vandilism was still there 3 days later.

My question? Even though i am new, is it ok for me to put matter in my own hands and eliminate the trash? Wikipedia isn't always perfect, so they won't get to 1 million articles in a heart beat. So i just wanna know if thats fine!

Thanks! Wiki-star 22:06, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

It is absolutely ok for every Wikipedian to revert any spotted vandism on sight and without asking for permission. Also, see Wikipedia:Vandalism for a page treating on this subject. Misza 13 ^{T C} 21:16, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

And, by looking at some of your edits you are doing just fine. --hydnjo talk 21:37, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ransom Notes marked for deletion

Hello,

I am new to Wikipedia and have been working on an entry for "Ransom Notes," a co-ed a cappella group at the University of Chicago. Other college groups have entries, but for some reason I don't understand, we are marked for deletion. I don't know why. The user who marked it left a convoluted explanation that I don't think justifies his marking it for deletion. Could you help me understand what is questionable in the entry and what I can do in the future when editing to make sure that the article does not get deleted?

Thanks, --strawberry girL 22:20, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Music groups are subject to inclusion under the terms specified at WP:MUSIC. If you find other groups which you feel don't meet that standard please list them here, or nominate them for AfD too. We do try to be as consistent as possible; as we now have over a million articles I'm sure there are literally thousands of musical groups listed here which don't meet WP:MUSIC, and if someone lists them it's likely they'll be deleted too. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 22:25, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cannot change skin

I don't know if this is the place for this or not, but I need help. I recently set up an account on your site and was setting my preferences. I switched to the Chick skin, and now half of the links on your site are not working. They are unclickable. In particular, all the links on the preferences page except Date and Time are not working, so I can't even change back to my old skin. What am I supposed to do? I'm using IE.

--X-Mack 22:24, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferences?useskin=monobook then click skin, choose monobook and save. --Commander Keane 07:41, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Category Male/Female Wikipedians

Forgive the noob if this is a really dumb question but are

Category:Male Wikipedians Category:Female Wikipedians

Supposed to look like that? They aren't sorted properly many of the users are being listed under 'U' despite having names that dont begin with U (I presume because the code isn't taking the 'User:' bit off the name? Or another example of it going wrong are

D
User:Dana
User:Elonka

are both under D? or

G
User:G2 Wolf
User:Gallaghp
User:Jason Gastrich

being another example. Perhaps theirs some kind of method behind the madness?!? --Shimirel 22:40, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

The problem happens because you have to tell the system the name to be used when sorting alphabetically, and that is by a piped link, for example that's how I'd do to make the system consider my user page as "Fetofs", not "User:Fetofs": [[Category:Male Wikipedians|Fetofs]] . However, most of the wikipedians are too lazy to do that :).

As for User:Elonka listed on D, it's because she told the system to archive her as Dunin, Elonka. Same with Gastrich, Jason. F e tofs ^Hello! 00:24, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Hi Fetofs thanks for answering my question knew their was some reasoning behind it. I had the category added to my user page automaticly because I added the {{user male}} box to my page will this add me correctly to the list or should I add the code you gave me to the page as well? The boxes page didnt mention this at all (at least I cant recall seeing it today) so obviously am curious to the answer. Also any idea when I would be added to the category list? days months years ;^)> thanks again --Shimirel 00:58, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

You probably were added to the category list before, but you were in the "U" section, and, therefore, hard to find. I was bold and included the code on your user page. You seem to be on the "S" list just fine. F e tofs ^Hello! 01:08, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Bowing and scraping in your direction for all your help! Cheers! and to everyone at the help desk take it easy :) --Shimirel 02:40, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] John Uri Lloyd

Hi, If you do search for Lloyd, the above doesn't seem to come up?

I think it does come up, but there are too many "Lloyds" before him. If you search for "John Uri Lloyd" it comes up as the first result. F e tofs ^Hello! 00:29, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Images.

What is the etiquette for adding images to wiki articles? E.g how many and what of?

I ask this because I attend a school which has a Wiki article, that is currently without pictures. I could easily take pictures with a digital camera and upload.

The question is does a picture need an article/paragraph about it? For example, would a picture of the theatre require background info on the theatre?

What picture would suffice for a general outline of the school?

Thanks.

First take a photo that represents the school as a whole -- perhaps the front of the building including the main entrance. Then shoot some notable element of the grounds -- perhaps if, say, your school is named after Wilbur Wright, you might have a sculpture or mural of the man. There's probably no need for additional photos; certainly an article about a school is not an indiscriminate photo gallery. Ask yourself if your photo is truly outstanding, if it tells the reader something about your school that makes it different from all other schools. If your theater was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright then we might want to see it; if you are able to show us an unusual scene, such as the entire cast being arrested by the local police during a production of Hair; then that would be notable. An average-looking shot of an average-looking school theater -- however nice or important it may be to you -- should probably be left out.

Don't over-Photoshop your photos, but do clean them up as needed in respect of color balance and contrast; a good photo won't require much such work. Upload the largest image you have; we'll scale it as needed. Give your photo an intelligently distinctive name -- school & shot -- and go for it.

Check out Wikipedia:Images and Help:Images and other uploaded files for more info. John Reid 03:22, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] first-time, already registered, user; wish 2 make a short entry,

have arcane definitions 4 the words 'allegation', 'assignation' and 'insuation' —The preceding unsigned comment was added by ChiSoxFan (talk • contribs) 19:25, 11 March 2006.

If you are interested in definitions, have you checked out Wikitionary? -- Psy guy ^Talk 23:37, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] How to acquire an easement

I read the information about easements. Is there a place where I can get info/examples on how to approach a company to obtain an easement from them. Specifically, a private home owner wanting to obtain and easement from an adjacent land Management company for an easement to access and tie into the sewer system. The easement would require about a 12 inch path, 25 feet in length for below ground connection. KN216.160.108.50 23:34, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Hey. You would need to obtain that information from your local state or municipal government if you reside in the U.S. --BWD ^(talk) 17:43, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] sandbox

I need to use ! < -- > i.e. ? where do I learn that? more of that? what is that called? is that wiki? Rmcarr 23:40, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

is the comment syntax. Anything you put in between that will not appear on the page, only when you try to edit it. It's normally useful to leave notes to the people that are editing the page without actually having to write those notes on the article itself, compromising it. Try to edit this piece of text. You'll see a Hi! that you didn't when reading this message. F e tofs ^Hello! 23:46, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

It's called "markup syntax", see Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page#Wiki_markup. This specific syntax for a comment is borrowed from HTML. -- Rick Block (talk) 23:58, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] March 12

[edit] Categories

Dear Folks,

I guess you could say I'm lost in the sandbox. I've tried to enter my category listings as an author under 1948 Births and American Writers. However, I've clearly done something wrong because my name appears at the head of each category instead of alphabetically under T.

Any help is devoutly welcomed.

And thanks for a marvelous resource.

Barrett Tillman

You need to add your name after a pipe character (|) in your category linking, like [[Category:1948 births|Tillman, Barrett]]. I'm going to do that for you, next time I hope you wil be able to do it on your own. F e tofs ^Hello! 00:41, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Sorry! I see you already knew that. The problem was caused by the space you put in between the pipe and the name. As you can see in my example, there's no space.

[[Cateogry:1948 births| Tillman, Barrett]] won't work, opposed to [[Category:1948 births|Tillman, Barrett]] F e tofs ^Hello! 00:44, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] editing and uploading to my website

I have created an account. Now how do I edit and upload, edit etc my own wesite managed by Dreamhost. I am not very computer literate, so any help would be appreciated

Betty

Are you sure you're on the right website? F e tofs ^Hello! 00:37, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Hi Betty. This is wikipedia. Dreamhost does provide support forums here. So it would be much better if you ask there. Good luck. --BWD ^(talk) 17:39, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ali Reza Pahlavi

i was wondering if you have a forwarding address for ali reza pahlavi (1966)? thank you. good-bye. (e-mail address removed)

The Humanities reference desk might be able to help you with this. --Halcatalyst 14:17, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Michael Winterbottom

Can i please get the contact details for Michael Winterbottom Movie producer

please reply to: email deleted

[edit] Images on the Portuguese wikipedia

I was looking at the Tupolev Tu-95 and I noticed that the same page on the Portuguese wikipedia (pt:Tupolev Tu-95 Bear) has 3 very good images (pt:Image:Tu-95h 1.jpg, pt:Image:Tu-95-2.jpg & pt:Image:Tu95ms001.jpg) that are much better than the one image on the English page. However short of dowloading them to my computer from the Portuguese wikipedia and then uploading them here, I can't figure out how link get them to English wikipedia or even better, to link to the source on the Portuguese wikipedia. I searched the help files and got nowhere. --rogerd 04:28, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

These images are licenced under DP-Soviético (Portuguese wikipedia), which I assume is equivalent to {{PD-USSR}} --rogerd 05:59, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

This is the reason the wikimedia commons was established! Congratulations!(I can't think of any other way either, that's why it was creaed)Flying Canuck 07:01, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

I downloaded them to my computer then uploaded to commons. There should be a better way --rogerd 07:26, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

When m:Single login starts up an easier way will probably follow.--Cherry blossom tree 14:29, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] tex to wikitext?

I have a tex document of wikisource:Relativity:_The_Special_and_General_Theory that i would like to put there. The current book has many gifs missing, and the math tags can fix that. But how can I convert the tex document to wikitext? vedant (talk • contribs) 07:30, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] use of uk driving licence in europe

Having passed my driving test in 1965 can I drive either an 8 or 12 seater mini bus with 7 other passengers on board in spain and portugal --82.39.204.175 10:00, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Article Creation?

How do you create a article?

See Wikipedia:Your first article. --Misza 13 ^{T C} 10:40, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] user subpages

How can I make subpages an integral part of my user page? Obviously I can create any page I like, and link it to my user page using the brackets. But I'd like to emulate pages I've seen where links to subpages are incorporated as headings. Is there a page that explains how to do this?

Also, when I was new I created a few test pages such as User:Halcatalyst/monobook.css. How do I (1) locate all the User:Halcatalyst/*.* pages and (2) delete them? --Halcatalyst 14:12, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

When you put a page's name in square brackets it creates a link: User:Halcatalyst/Subpage. To include it's content, you'd write "{{User:Halcatalyst/Subpage}}". As of finding all your pages, you could try your contributions log (look for edits marked with N) though there should be a better way. Anyway, you can then place "{{db-owner}}" on them and some admin will eventually delete them. Misza 13 ^{T C} 14:20, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

You can find all your user subpages at this link. You can get these deleted by putting {{delete}} on the page. As for your other question, what exactly do you mean? I think the only way to do it is to create User:Halcatalyst/My Page which works fine for me. --Cherry blossom tree 14:24, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Even better: go to Special:Prefixindex, type "User:Halcatalyst" and there you go! Misza 13 ^{T C} 14:28, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the help in deleting. I took care of that :-).

I modified my user page to point to some test subpages. Please see. That's OK, I guess. But I'm pretty sure I saw some other userpages that did the same thing much more elegantly. I know what I'm saying is not clear (what is he thinking of?). Maybe this simply requires HTML skills beyond my ability? --Halcatalyst 16:18, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] list alignment

I'd like to have two lists in a box. One list of text items should be aligned on the left, and the other text list gets aligned on the right (all the way to the right-hand side of the box).

How is this done?
--Go for it! 13:56, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

I'd try:

{|
 |Left Item 1
 |align=right|Right Item 1
 |-
 |Left Item 2 is very long
 |align=right|Right Item 2
 |-
 |Left Item 3
 |align=right|Right Item 2 is very long
 |}

Which produces:

Left Item 1	Right Item 1
Left Item 2 is very long	Right Item 2
Left Item 3	Right Item 2 is very long

--Misza 13 ^{T C} 15:13, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Okay I tried it, now how do I get the right column to sit over at the right side of the page (or box that it wil be in)? Here's the table:

Help Desk	WP:HD
Reference desk	WP:RD
Humanities	WP:RD/H
Science	WP:RD/S
Mathematics	WP:RD/Math
Language	WP:RD/L
Miscellaneous	WP:RD/M
Archives
Computer help	WP:CHD
Village pump	WP:VPT

I need the right hand column all the way over to the right. How do you do that? --Go for it! 16:01, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

I figured it out:

Help Desk	WP:HD
Reference desk	WP:RD
Humanities	WP:RD/H
Science	WP:RD/S
Mathematics	WP:RD/Math
Language	WP:RD/L
Miscellaneous	WP:RD/M
Archives
Computer help	WP:CHD
Village pump	WP:VPT

Thanks for your help!
--Go for it! 16:06, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] External link templates

Hello,

I manage a website in human pathology humpath.com

Is it possible to register an external link template to this website ?

Thank you

--patho 15:20, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

The 'external links' sections of Wikipedia articles are not web directories - external links should not be added to an article purely for the purpose of advertising, they should be a significant source of extra information. See WP:EL for more information.

However, Wikipedia encourages editors to be bold in their editing, so you might want to go ahead and add your link to pathology or wherever you want it. Be aware that an editor might remove it as 'spam'. If this happens, don't just put it back in but discuss it on the talk page (accessible at the top of every page by clicking 'discussion'), and attempt to gain a consensus whether a link to your site should be included or not. Hope that helps. --Sam Blanning (formerly Malthusian) (talk) 15:25, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Copying info from Wikipedia

There is duplication of info taken directly from Wikipedia [Tom Jones the singer] on this website: http://www.freewebs.com/jvprn/discography.htm with no mention of the info having been taken from Wikipedia, word for word. Shouldn't the webmaster of "Sir Tom Jones Online" be informed to correct this?

If you're sure the copy went from Wikipedia to this website, then Wikipedia:Copyrights applies, also see Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks. Wikipedia's licensing terms permit copying, although this website purports to copyright its pages (this is a no-no). Please follow the process listed on Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks. If you need help, please ask. -- Rick Block (talk) 05:33, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Christ Laughing

I am searching for an Article that was printed in one of the first couple of years that was started. I was around 10-11 years of age at the time. The article had a picture of Christ laughing. I would like to locate that magazine and obtain the magazine or at least a copy of the article to include the picture. I have a jpg of the picture available should you want to see it or use it to locate the original article.

Thank you for your time and assistance. Best Regards,

"T"

(email removed to protect from spambots)

[edit] History animation

What does the history animation tools do? CG 16:13, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

At a guess they play one revision after another in order to enable you to see how the page has developed over time.--Cherry blossom tree 19:07, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Uf! It loads all the history of an article? Doesn't it take a huge amount of time? CG 19:22, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] When to use the four tildes

I do not understand when I am supposed to use the four tildes. When I make an edit to an existing article, should I use these? It seems to disrupt the flow of articles and seems redundant. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Alanjordan (talk • contribs).

You should use it always when you post your messages to talk pages or places like this. This way everyone knows who posted what at a glance. As of edits to articles, obviously no. Misza 13 ^{T C} 16:35, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

But on the talk page of articles then obviously, yes. It's a signature, so use it where you are making a comment not when you are working within an article. I'm going to do it now... hydnjo talk 19:46, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] MWD2205 dvd plr&4 hd vcr

I lost instruction booklet & need to preset vcr to tape............

[edit] Who can use WIKI Media

I have read the FAQs on WikiMedia, but do not understand when it is permissible to use this software. For example, could a company place this on their server if they wanted to encourage internal collaboration? Would it be private?

Yes, a company can use the wiki software internally. Whether or not it's private is totally a function of the company's intranet, not the software. --BWD ^(talk) 17:36, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

A slight correction: The software's name is Mediawiki, and Wikimedia is the name of the foundation. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 17:45, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

There are different Wiki software. Instead of (or better, on top of) intranet security, there are ways to keep items private or access-controlled. This is an idea I had checked out for use in a laboratory.

Here are two examples that I found: Giddings lab at UNC and Murray lab at LSU. These have public sections and private sections.

Here are some articles that might help you decide:

--Christopherlin 18:35, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Why do I keep getting removed

I added my page in the external link section and you removed it. What puzzles me is that there is website called glad rags in the external links that does the same thing my site does and you let it remain. I have gone thru different categories under external links like car related issues etc. and they also provide information and sell products. Can you tell me what make my site different over the many others that are allowed? Thanks —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.164.198.125 (talk • contribs).

(I've answered this at the user's talk page) Joyous | Talk 17:08, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] IPA characters

IPA character don't seem to run well on my computer. Is there a font anywhere? --hello, i'm a member | talk to me! 19:31, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Is it not working in every article with IPA, or just some? What browser/OS are you using (for example, Internet Explorer on Windows XP; Safari on MacOS X; Firefox on Linux...) See the International Phonetic Alphabet#Technical note and International Phonetic Alphabet#External links for download links. I hope this helps. Good luck! --Christopherlin 19:48, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] portable books

I think your site is really great. I was wondering if there is some sort of portable device that stores and "reads" (not in an audio format) books. Any kind of books No matter what the file format is. A device that is specifically designed to display books to be read and saved. Not the version of pda's or palm pilots (which have other functional uses) But just a device for downloading and reading books electronically. Could you let me know where i could find one. I would greatly appreciate it. Sincerely, Misty Kidd —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.186.48.148 (talk • contribs) .

You might find what you are looking for in the article about Ebook device. If you cannot find the answer there, click here to post your question at that article's talk page. If that doesn't solve your problem, you can try asking your question at Wikipedia's Science (and Technology) Reference Desk. They specialize in answering knowledge questions there. For your convenience, here's the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps. --Christopherlin 20:37, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Why can't I promote

A website? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Pathollywood (talk • contribs).

There are several reasons for this. One is that Wikipedia is supposed to be an encyclopaedia, not a vehicle for self-promotion or advertising. On a more practical note, if one person is allowed to promote a website, then everyone is. Articles would get overwhelmed with advertising links, which would degrade the quality of the articles. In addition, promoting a website amounts to use of the resources of the community for advertising - it would be immoral (and possibly illegal) to use resources contributed to donors to a non-profit to subsidise advertising. Guettarda 22:35, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not pretty much covers it. -- Nataly a 22:39, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] March 13

[edit] Discussion Page

Wiki-star: And a hello to you too fellow wikipedians. Todays topic? Not really a hard one, just Discussing.

I just officially created my first Article! The other articles i was working on i just edited and made them better. However, my article does not yet have a discussion page. I allready know how to create one, but i want to wait and see if it would show up automatically like it said. Which choice to do you knowlegable individuals think is a more healthy choice?

Thanks! Wiki-star 00:09, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

The discussion page should only be created when you actually have something to discuss. It's better to leave it alone for now. By the way, what is the article? F e tofs ^Hello! 00:12, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

Wiki-star: I'm still working on it, but the "Joy Of Tournaments" is my first official article. Hopefully it won't be my last. I have to give you fellow wikipedians much thanks for all your assistance in enhancing my knowledge of wikipedia. I vow to make each article i participate in a success for all readers! Thanks again!

Thanks! Wiki-star 00:21, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

Well done! Keep it up! I will just give you one suggestion: there are too many screenshots on the article. Decide which ones are the most important (max 2) and keep them, otherwise it's not appealing to the eyes. F e tofs ^Hello! 00:28, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] research a country song.

I would like to know who wrote, who recorded,who had the hit recording,how high did the song go on the chart,and when did this happen,the name of the song is" hell yes I cheated" —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.30.129.72 (talk • contribs).

Looks like Ted Roddy first in 1999?, then Patty Booker. Rmhermen 04:33, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

This was a question that Google could have helped with easily. · rodii · 13:41, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Stub macros etc

I need to find documentation on the various macros for, eg, stub articles. I'm probably just brain dead today, so be kind, but I can't find it. -- Charlie (Colorado) 01:31, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

Starting from Wikipedia:Stub, I think Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Stub types might be what you're looking for. To use them, just add the {{X-stub}} to the wiki code. For more information on the templates (I think this is what you mean by macros), see Wikipedia:Template messages. I hope this helps. Good luck! --Christopherlin 01:45, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

That's the stuff, thanks! -- Charlie (Colorado) 17:21, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Leaving Wikipedia, deleting username

if i dont want to be a member of wikipedia anymore how do i delete my username? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by SLIPHUNTER91 (talk • contribs) .

(Ooops)

Usernames are not deleted, see Wikipedia:Username#Deleting your user account. If you no longer wish to contribute, simply don't login anymore. -- Rick Block (talk) 05:18, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Why can't I search for my page?

First off I'll admit I'm a new user so I may be missing out on something - but when I create a new page why can I not search for it in the search box and have it come up?

For example, I'm trying to expand the number of articles relating to Miss USA delegates... there are a number of "state" pages and I've just tried to add "Miss New York USA" (about five hours ago). I've got the page itself working Miss New York USA but when I type Miss New York USA and hit search nothing comes up and it is not in the list of suggested topics (to get to it I have to go to Miss USA and then to the appropriate page.

Can anyone help with this?

The other thing is that some of the pages I've created (for example Haleigh Stidham )aren't coming up on Google - only an indirect link. Should I be able to get them to work with google and if so how?

The pages take a while to be detected in the search engines (they aren't real-time). Wait for a while (around a week) and try again. F e tofs ^Hello! 01:59, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! Does this work for the Wiki search as well as google? (One prob with that though - "Haleigh Stidham" works fine when I search it on wiki but not on google... is that for the same reason? ~ Carly

The wiki search (when you click "search" as opposed to "go" at the search box) usually takes a week or two to get updated. The Google search is usually a bit faster, often takes a few days. However, these figures can vary... be patient! :) — QuantumEleven | (talk) 12:45, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

You can also see all articles you've worked on by clicking on the "My contributions" link. For example, your contributions are at http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&target=CarlyPalmer. User:Zoe|^(talk) 17:31, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] How do I get a links box at the bottom of the page? (see page)

Ugh stuck again!

How do I get one of these: http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/4706/wikithing6gm.jpg ???

From what I can gather the code is something like: { {Miss USA state} } (without the gaps) but how do I change that to something else (like i'm trying to get it with each of the state names linking to the Miss USA 2006 delegate pages that I'm creating)???

Thanks!

This is called a template, see Help:Template. A template is basically an article that can be included in other articles. For more advanced uses, there is a parameter mechanism as well so the inclusion doesn't have to be strictly identical in each including article. -- Rick Block (talk) 05:10, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Why doesn't my new article show up in the search?

I created a brand new article (for the Fraser Valley Distance Education School) and it shows up in "my contributions", but it doesn't come up in the Wikipedia search engine. Wikipedia says it doesn't exist, in fact. Does the article need to be registered or indexed? Is there a time lag before my article is registered or indexed? Is the fact that I'm a new member to Wiki a problem? Can I add anything to the article (like metatags) to help speed up indexing? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Grapeman (talk • contribs) .

Looking at your contributions, the title of the article is Fraser Valley Distance Education School (FVDES), and it exists under this exact name (if you enter this in the search box and hit "go" you'll find it). Searches on parts of the title and words in the article are based on an internal index that is periodically (and not terribly frequently) rebuilt. My guess is that you might want one or more redirects for the article. Creating these is much like creating a new article, but instead of the article content you'd enter "#REDIRECT Fraser Valley Distance Education School (FVDES)". You might also want to move (rename) the article, to perhaps Fraser Valley Distance Education School (which will automatically create a redirect from the old name). If your account is new enough you won't be able to do this (if this is the case, please contact me on my talk page and I'll be happy to help). If you have any other issues or problems please let me know. -- Rick Block (talk) 02:49, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Undeletion

Hello,

I mistakenly removed all previous articles before posting my own. This was purely a mistake, and I would be grateful if you could restote these, as long as you do not delete my article! Thank you very much, the article was called "Graeco Turkish War".

The actual article (talk page) was Talk:Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922). I have not fixed it, just got the name at this point. Notinasnaid 08:22, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

I've moved the anon comment to the bottom of the talk page. - Mgm|^(talk) 17:19, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] distributed systems

any information bat distributed system i need it....
Have you tried the Science section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there. For your convenience, here's the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps. - 131.211.210.14 08:19, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Articles

How do I make a article?

See Wikipedia:Your first article. Dismas|^(talk) 07:40, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] about copyright

I've been using text from an article and using it on a public site, but in a different way. This is something I'm planning to do, for a few other articles. But this is only once each time.

Articles in Wikipedia are copyright, and use is subject to a license. If you do not follow the terms of the license (which requires a particular form of credit) then I'm afraid this is considered a breach of license. With the license satisfied, you can copy any or all of Wikipedia for any purpose. Notinasnaid 08:26, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

The license Wikipedia is released under is the GFDL, see Wikipedia:Copyrights for more info. - Akamad 10:30, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] How do you search within the edit box?

The browser's text search feature won't find anything when I'm editing an article. Is there a tool that will? --Go for it! 10:33, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

What browser do you use now? And on what system? That will probably help someone give you an accurate answer. Dismas|^(talk) 10:58, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

Inability to search within text boxes is one of the frustrations of many current browsers. It is maddening when you're editing a long article full of wikitags and you need to find that one little item buried in there somewhere. I believe there's an extension for Firefox that makes that possible, but that's all I know. · rodii · 13:46, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] How do you spell check in the editor

Is there a spellchecker that will spellcheck an article you are editing, while in the edit box? This would allow me to skip the step of cutting and pasting the article back and forth to and from my word-processor. --Go for it! 10:33, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Tools/Editing_tools#Spell_Checkers. F e tofs ^Hello! 12:36, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] How do I add a page?

Hi, I am a filmmaker and I was wondering how do I add my projects for my friends to look up?

I'm afraid the answer is probably: don't, please. Due to problems with verifiability and neutrality, we encourage editors not to write about themselves, their friends, or anything else they are closely involved in. See WP:BIO for guidelines on who is considered notable enough to have an article, but a good rule of thumb is that if you or your projects are notable, someone else will write an article for you.

If you must go ahead anyway, the instructions are at Help:Starting a new page, but be aware that it may be deleted. --Sam Blanning (formerly Malthusian) (talk) 10:42, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Adding links to wiki pages in another language

Hello, I wanted to add a link from an Wiki page in English to the Wiki page on Georges Arvanitas, but it's only on the French wikipedia site ( and is in French) - is there a way to do this and is it OK (a French page seems obviously better than no page at all) ?

We currently don't have an article on Georges Arvanitas, but feel free to start one! Once you've written it, put [[fr:Georges Arvanitas]] at the bottom of the page, that will put a link to the French Wikipedia article on Mr Arvanitas in the sidebar. For an example on how this works, look at (for instance) Jacques Chirac, and notice the "in other languages" list in the sidebar, which are links to articles on the same topic on Wikipedias in other languages.

If you want to create a direct link to the French version of the article, you can do it like this: [[:fr:Georges Arvanitas]] (which looks like this: fr:Georges Arvanitas ), however, it would be preferable to link to the English version, and at least write up the article as a stub. — QuantumEleven | (talk) 12:42, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] distributed compilers

i need info on distributed compilers —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 202.179.135.214 (talk • contribs).

[edit] TOKIPONA

Why is the Toki Pona Wikipesija a Wikicity now?

Probably because Toki Pona is a constructed language and Wikipedia is only supposed to host "real" language encyclopedias. Thus, con-lang ones are being moved to WikiCities (though Lojbanic an Klingon are still on wikipedia.org if I'm not mistaken). Misza 13 ^{T C} 13:16, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

Wouldn't this apply to Esperanto, as well? User:Zoe|^(talk) 17:34, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] ONLINE DATA ENTRY JOBS

DEAR SIR/MADAM,

I am an unemployed guy searching for a job and found an ad in the net, and i read that $ 1000's can be made via net i want to ask whether these things are true enough to get subscribed. Please advice me whether to get subscribed or not.

waiting for your reply keshav

my e-mail ID - email address removed

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.192.204.121 (talk • contribs).

Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that's what this Help Desk is for). For your convenience, here's the link: Reference Desk (when you get there, just select the relevant section, and ask away). I hope this helps. -- Nataly a 12:30, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

When you ask at the Reference Desk, be sure to include the link to the web-site you are talking about. But the quick answer to your question is that such ads must be judged on a case-by-case basis. Some are more misleading than others. --Go for it! 14:21, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

Most of these are scams. The only ones making are the ones telling you this. It won't hurt to have a go, but run like the wind if they ask you to pay them anything. - Mgm|^(talk) 17:24, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] i need your help please

i am an ex-seminarian wishing to go to finland for studies. i need you to help me locate any catholic organisation/church or priest in finland.
please send it to my email add. (e-mail removed)
it isvery urgent, please.
thanks
Nduka Enuma. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 80.179.103.202 (talk • contribs) 13:59, March 13, 2006 (UTC).

Hi there! Your question belongs on the Wikipedia Reference desk, you can go and ask it there. Also, I've removed your e-mail so your Inbox does not get flooded with spam. — QuantumEleven | (talk) 13:13, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] REFRIGERENT-11

Refrigerent-11 at a pressure of 18.1 inches Hg vacuum has a saturation temperature of

Do you have a question about editing or using the Wikipedia encyclopedia, please? Notinasnaid 14:22, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Missing page?

For some reason, the newest version of Village Pump (Miscellaneous) does not exist. If you go into the history you can read the previous version but if you go to the current version it claims that the page doesn't exist - and doesn't give my the option to view deleted edits either, so I don't think it has been deleted. What's happening? Rmhermen 14:25, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

The same thing is happening to the Slobodan Milošević page. I don't know if its a bug, or vandalism, or what. Akrabbim 14:42, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Malfunctioning Database??

There seems to be a lot of crazy malfunctioning going on right now. I've been trying to edit United Church of Christ, but I make an edit and then the page is said to no longer exist. I got a new message on my Talk page about 5 minutes ago, and when I try to go to it, I'm told my Talk page doesn't exist (although my talk page's history does, and I can see the edit made to add the new message). Does the system need a reboot or something? Emerymat 14:41, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nickname/Signature doesn't work

I haven't been around on wikipedia for a while, and I'm sure my signature used to work fine, but now it comes out like this: User:MyNameIsClare|<font color="#ee82ee">MyNameIsClare</font> [[User_talk:MyNameIsClare|<font color="#778899">talk</font>]] 14:29, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

In the nickname box in preferences I have User:MyNameIsClare|<font color="#ee82ee">MyNameIsClare</font>]] [[User_talk:MyNameIsClare|<font color="#778899">talk</font> Where am I going wrong? MyNameIsClare

Aha, managed to fix it now MyNameIsClare talk 16:03, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image copyright

What copyright tag should I use for an image from a UK patent? The US have template:PD-US-patent, but I can't find a UK equivalent. smurrayinchester^{(User), (Talk)} 17:48, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

Copyright tags has information about UK Government copyrights, but I don't know if any of them apply to your picture in question. -- Nataly a 18:26, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

I think you may be jumping ahead in assuming you can use the image, you just need the right tag. The UK govermnment retains copyright in a way that the US goverment does not. I found this note on http://www.patent.gov.uk/disclaimer.htm, which may or may not apply to the patents themselves: "Most of the material featured on this site is subject to Crown copyright protection. The Crown copyright protected material ... may be reproduced free of charge in any format or medium for research, private study or for internal circulation within an organisation. This is subject to the material being reproduced accurately and not used in a misleading context. Where any of the Crown copyright items on this site are being republished or copied to others, the source of the material must be identified and the copyright status acknowledged (eg The UK Patent Office © Crown copyright 2002). Any other proposed use of the material will require permission or Licence." (my emphasis). Note that fair use is a context in US copyright, not UK copyright. Notinasnaid 20:06, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

That Crown Copyright does allow reproduction "free of charge in any format or medium for research", so would Wikipedia count as a research tool? smurrayinchester^{(User), (Talk)} 10:36, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

In fact, I just recieved an email from the UK Patent Office which reads "...In conclusion if the patent was published prior to 1 August 1989 it is Crown copyright and use of such works will not be objected to...", and are therefore free-to-use. smurrayinchester^{(User), (Talk)} 16:42, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] need to find out james b bennett records for world 11

help

[edit] Wikipedia web service

Hi, I very much appreciate the work you guys have been doing :) Question: do you provide a web services interface for querying and retrieving wikipedia entries? (programatically that is). If not, do you plan on offering such an interface? Thank you, Serban --135.207.240.18 18:19, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure exactly what you're asking for, but perhaps m:Requests for queries is something of interest. - Mgm|^(talk) 05:46, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Efiting my listing

I am listed in your enmcyclopedia and there are a few mistakes and omissions. I do not find an "edit this page" button on that page. How can I submit changes to my listing?

Daniel Katzen —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.205.82.180 (talk • contribs).

What page are you trying to edit? Are you logged in as a registered user? Perhaps this page is protected from editing from all users or semi-protected (non-registered users cannot edit.)--Adam

^(talk) 18:33, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

I am assuming Daniel Katzen is the article in question. Before you edit the article (the edit tab should be at the top of the page, between the 'discussion' and 'history' tabs, please take a look at Dealing with articles about yourself and If Wikipedia has an article about you. Blatent factual mistakes (such as age, birthdate, etc.) are generally acceptable to correct yourself, but otherwise it would probably be best to discuss any changes you wish to make on the article's talk page. Wikipedia maintains a Neutral point of view, and writing about yourself can sometimes deviate from this. Thanks. -- Nataly a 18:39, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gaming Clan

Is is possible to create an article on a gaming clan? If the answer is no, then what are the requirements that the clan must meet before it can have an article written about it? i.e. Does it need to have provided an online service? Have created a massive following? Recieved some sort of great achievement in history?

Thanks - Naelin

Wikipedia:Notability and Wikipedia:Notability (people) (which is also applied to small groups of people) have the full details. Basically, what you really need is what any encyclopaedia article needs: reliable, third-party sources and a neutral point of view. The first point is what keeps most clans from being suitable for Wikipedia, because no-one writes about them except themselves, and possibly gaming blogs (which are not reliable sources, as anyone can write them and they have no fact-checking process).

A clan might, however, be notable if it wins a big tournament and thus gains coverage in large-circulation print magazines and/or the mainstream media. Such clans are in the extreme minority. In fact, looking at Clan (computer gaming) I can't find any with articles on Wikipedia. --Sam Blanning (formerly Malthusian) (talk) 22:59, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Hm. There's nothing to stop you creating it, though it could well be deleted again. There are no specific guidelines for what criteria gaming clans must reach before being included. I'm inclined to say that there should be at least some reasonably reputable third party sources documenting the clan. If this is a gaming clan that you yourself are part of then you may also like to read WP:AUTO. Sorry I can't offer any more concrete advice. --Cherry blossom tree 23:04, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] missing discussion page

When I am looking at the "Hubbert peak theory" article, and then click the link to Discussion, the next page says that there is no article matching "Hubbert peak theory." I've seen the Talk:Hubbert_peak_theory page before, so something is fouled up with this link or page.

It seems to be working fine now. - Akamad 19:55, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Watched page email notification

I believe that once my email address has been authenticated (which it has) I should get an email after a watched page has been edited. However, I haven't so far received any. Could someone please advise if I have to do something else. Thank you.

I don't think that there is such a service. Your registered email is so that other Wikipedians can contact you via the email user link.--Adam

^(talk) 19:14, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

This would however be a great feature nonetheless. Unfortunately, the only way I can imagine it would be setting up a cron job on some remote machine that would periodically checkout the history pages. Misza 13 ^{T C} 19:42, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

This would lead to crazy amounts of email being sent. This is the sort of thing RSS was invented for though. An RSS feed for a watchlist could be good. · rodii · 04:02, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Thank you. The help page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Watching_pages#Email_notification appears to suggest that this should be possible, or have I misunderstood it? Whiffofgrapeshot 16:04, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

It's possible in the MediaWiki software, but it's disabled on Wikipedia due to the sheer scale of the operation. Shimgray | talk | 22:17, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] fuel injection service

I have 44000 on my saturn sl 1 ,When should I have the fuel injection service done.

[edit] Detecting incoming [[:Image:Wiki.png]]-style links

Hello. Can anyone please tell me if this is possible? Image pages don't show any detail on their Special:Whatlinkshere page and the list of incoming links on the image page itself only shows those links which actually display the image; text-only links don't appear ~ Veledan • Talk 20:12, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

I don't think it's possible, I'm afraid. --Cherry blossom tree 22:53, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

One option might be to try to use google and search for "Wiki.png +site:wikipedia.org". Henrik 22:56, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

Another idea might be to cross reference the list of incoming links with the whatlinkshere links and find ones that appear in the latter but not the former. This might be time consuming for frequently used images, though, unless you can program something to do it.--Cherry blossom tree 23:09, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the suggestions. I should have mentioned, this is to do with tidying up the various Wikipedia:Featured pictures listings and I will be using a script. I don't think the second idea is possible I'm afraid Cherry_blossom_tree, unless I have misunderstood it: whatlinkshere doesn't give any links at all for image pages. I was hoping there would be a way to do it without having to search all pages the long way round, but I'll do just that once I've bought another hard drive to expand the database dump on :-/ ... Many thanks for your help ~ Veledan • Talk 17:27, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] colored templates

you know how they have numbers for colors, like this #98FF98, is the a place you can find a list off them and what colors they make? I Love Plankton 23:04, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

See the article Web colours for more on this.--Cherry blossom tree 23:05, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

(after two edit conflicts) here as well Dismas|^(talk) 23:08, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Resteruant and club infobox.. Zagat rating fairuse or copyvio?

I was thinking about making a template for notable resteruants and clubs and incorporating the Zagat rating for it. Would this be fairuse or a copyright violation? --Larsinio 20:10, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] March 14

[edit] What is wikipedia?

I know what wikipedia is, Im a big fan of it, I look up just about everything on it, but I figured such a broad headline will bring a lot of attention. My more specific question is is wikipedia a database? Im writing my term paper for my 11th grade LA class, and the only true difference between a database and a website (which holds alot of information) is that the database is linked to by our school homepage so it is creditable. I personally think wikipedia is quite credible, but I dont know if it is considered a database or not. Thanks - alex

Credibility, or the status of being linked to by your school's homepage, has nothing to do with whether or not something is a database. Wikipedia is a MySQL-based database running MediaWiki software. It is also a website since it is available through the Internet. H e rmione1980 00:35, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] External links

OK why am I getting warned about posting external links on here? The links are for a message board where letters directly from , Susan Akins, Tex Watson, Ted Bundy, ect are scaned in and posted for everyone to read. They talk about everything from why they are in jail up to current goverenment policies. The pages are very informative and sheds alot of light about what actually goes on in a serial killers minds. You claim you are an unbias encyclopedia so why can't these peoples side of the story be told? It isn't like it is hurting anything to add the link at the bottom of the lists under moe information. This is there side of the story and should be shared as well.

All I am doing is adding the link to the external links area the same as all the rest of the links in that section. I am not calling attention to my link over any other link in the area nor am I linking anything out of the ordinary. Why is this getting removed? Correct me if I am wrong but isn't the extenal link area specifically for "EXTERNAL LINKS"? Am I posting in the wrong area? please help me out here....

--Ghost Tracker D 01:01, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

what article(s) were you editing, and under what User ID? User:Zoe|^(talk) 02:51, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

I was editing serial killers listings, , Susan Akins, Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, ect. Just the people who I actually have letters and articles about on the boards. Not sure what user name I was under I was on this PC but wasn't registered.

[edit] What tag would you put on this article?

There's a few things wrong with this article and I don't know where to even begin. Any ideas on what needs to be done to it? Dismas|^(talk) 01:34, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

I think the Prod tag is perfectly fine, although db would have worked as well. User:Zoe|^(talk) 02:52, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

I prodded it, but now it's gone. *shrugs* · rodii · 03:57, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the suggestions. Dismas|^(talk) 04:03, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Optimal temperature for fermentation(enzyme) reactions

What is known about the relationship about temperature and the reactions in enzymes. Obviously everything has a different optimal temperature( which it performs it's best at) But does ALL metabolism slow down when placed in colder temp's and also slow when placed in extrem heat? Where could I find info to back this up?

--69.14.159.33 02:28, 14 March 2006 (UTC)Julie

This page is for questions regarding policies and technical issues with Wikipedia. Your question should be put at the Wikipedia:Reference desk under the science category. Dismas|^(talk) 03:16, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Spammer keeps coming back

The user with IP address 69.109.223.98 keeps coming to the del.icio.us entry here and either adds their link spam (link 1, link 2), or they just delete legitimate entries from other users (see here for a discussion on this and the previous history links above). So, what can I do about this user? Perhaps they'll be back soon enough and I don't like the idea of returning excessively often to make sure the page stays intact. Thanks.

--61.68.138.90

Please see Wikipedia:Vandalism. I'm sure you'll find what you're looking for either on that page or on one linked from there. Dismas|^(talk) 03:17, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Real Estate: Needing Assistance not Assumption; Thank You!

Ref: Real Estate Property

What is the difference between the two (last 6 words)............

DEFAULT BY SELLER: If the Seller fails to perform any of the covenants of this contract, the aforesaid money paid by the Buyer, at the option of the buyer, shall be returned to the Buyer on demand; or the Buyer shall have "ONLY THE RIGHT OF SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE"

and........."THE RIGHT OF SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE?" Thank You!

This page is for questions about the technical aspects and the policies of Wikipedia. A better place for this question would be at the reference desk. Dismas|^(talk) 05:24, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] naming convension

Is there a naming convension for files uploaded to wikipedia. ?

Not really. But it's common to give it a easy and descriptive name that people remember and tells something about the image subject and prefix it with your username. - 131.211.210.13 08:40, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia's Statistical Analysis

Wiki-star: And a hello to you too fellow wikipedians. I apologize for the confusion some of you users out there are having with me. Don't worry, this confusion is only temporary. It will be gone in no time!

In any case, i would like to know if Wikipedia can also be a reference for statistical facts. I'm currently working on a topic, and i need statistical evidence that can help me. For example: If my topic was about Fat people, then can i report to wikipedia for help regarding weight gaining, and it's history? I just want to know if the site is also a statistical supporter as well as an information getter.

Thanks! Wiki-star 05:54, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

I feel I should comment: statistics aren't facts, they are statistics. The fact that someone quotes a statistic is a fact, however. The confusion between statistics and facts causes many problems, and much bad decision making. Notinasnaid 07:38, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Any statistics on Wikipedia should be sourced. It's best to track down the place it originally appeared and reference that. - 131.211.210.13 08:42, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Forgiveness article artwork

I have been working on the forgiveness article. I have found a piece of artwork that would be great on the page. [7]

I have obtained the artist's permission by email, but she would like to retain attribution rights and have some link to her web site if possible. What needs to be done so you have a record of her consent.

I also have never uploaded an image and could not determine where the license goes. So I am hoping someone can help me with this. This image should go where the Rembrandt is. The Rembrandt would replace "The Prayer" by the Christianity section. Under the new "Forgiveness" image I would like to see the quote by Dag Hammarskjöld “Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is again made clean.”

I don't believe I am proficient enough with Wikipedia to make this happen and look right. Help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you --speet 06:24, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Wiki-star: Oh goody, i can answer a question i'm familiar with. Well it seems you're having a problem uploading an image my good friend. No problem! I want you to follow every step now, and try your very best to keep up:

See that picture you linked? Yeah, that picture with the cute girl releasing the little birdy! Right click on that very picture with you're mouse.
Next, choose the "Save Picture As..." choice from the many selections
Now, you need to save this picture as whatever you would like it's file name to be. After you have chosen the "Save Picture As..." choice, you'll come across the Save box. There are 2 insertion boxes: One is called "File Name". This is where you insert the name of the picture you want to save. You can name it "Forgiveness" or "Cuty Pie" or whatever you want. The next insertion box is called the "Save as Type". Since wikipedia manages only JPG and GIF images, you have to save this picture as one of those format. So, choose either JPG or GIF as the Save as Type. If either the JPG or GIF formats are not available under the Save as Type, then it means your image cannot be saved under those formats. Meaning you need to find another picture.
Once you have done all the above, save the picture by clicking the "Save" button right next to the File Name insertion box. This will save your picture.
Go to wikipedia, in whatever language you choose. Once you're in the main page, under the search box option located to the left of the main page, you'll see "Toolbox options". The option called "Upload File" is what you're looking for. Click that link. Keep in mind that you must be a user to upload any image onto wikipedia. Once you've clicked the Upload File link, you're taken File page. This is where you must enter the information you saved before.
If you scroll down, you'll see 4 empty spaces that need to fill. These are: "Source Filename", "Destination Filename", "Summary", and "Licensing".
In the Source Filename option, click the "Browse" button right next to the box. This will take you to the pictures you saved. You're looking for the picture you just saved (the picture with the girl and the birdy). Whatever you named that image, look for that. Once you find it, click it once. Then before you click the open tab, make sure that the File Type is JPG or GIF. If you saved the image as JPG or GIF before, then you're gauranteed a successful uploading. If not, you're screwed! Once you have all that taken care of, click the open tab. The Destination Filename will allready be filled thanks to your smart saving.
The only thing that needs filling now is the Summary, and Licensing Box. You don't have to fill in the summary box, so lets skip that for now. I'm not really too familiar with the Licensing, but if they're all pretty self explanatory. If you read each license, you can determine which one your image fits under.

With all this done, click "Upload File". And wala! You're image is now officially uploaded onto Wikipedia. If you look at the Title, you'll find out the image code you must enter in the article in order for the image to show up. Now that your image is uploaded, you need to go to the article you wish to insert it (in your case it would be the Forgiveness article) Once you're within that article, click the edit tab at the very top. Once you're in the edit screen of that article, you realize that their are 12 formatting or insertion toolbars in it. These include the B, and the I, and the big A and all those fancy tabs. If you look carefully, you'll see a tab that looks kinda like a photo. It's really small, but you can see it. It's the 6th toolbar in the edit page (if you're counting from the B down). Before you click that toolbar, you must first click within the efit box where you want to put that toolbar. So just like if you were bolding a word, you'd first have to find the word, and highlight it. Well samething here. Only you're finding the area, and not highlighting it. Once you find the area where you want to insert the image, click the photo toolbar. You'll see something that looks like this pop up within the article: ((Image:Example.jpg)) When you see that, you need to click here, and here to answer any further questions you have.

If you're still confused, then come back and ask! Later.

Wiki-star 07:18, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

I'd like to know what to do to upload a photo I took. It's just of a large crowd in the park for a memorial free concert -- a v. wide shot, taken from afar, in which no one is recognizable.

In general, what does one have to do wrt copyright if wanting to post one's own photo without going through histrionics?

Thanks, DonL 08:17, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

You'll probably want to choose one of the "free" licenses such as Public Domain, Creative Commons or some such. When you click on "Upload file" on the left hand side of the page, you'll be presented with a pull down menu of licenses. Choose whichever one you prefer. Dismas|^(talk) 10:23, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] new article name conflicts with existing article

Hi,

I have added the ProblemBetweenMonitorChair article which should be named PBMC, but this article exists already in a different context, how can I have my article use that name too?

Try using a qualifier in brackets behind the article name (but only in cases where another article by the same name already exists). See Wikipedia:Disambiguation. - 131.211.210.13 09:50, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, but the problem I have is on the internet slang category page the link to my article appears as ProblemBetweenMonitorChair and not as PBMC, so it is very ugly. This is what I'd like to fix.

- Create your article at PBMC (whatever). Then create an article called ProblemBetweenMonitorChair and include the content #REDIRECT [[PBMC (whatever)]]. User:Zoe|^(talk) 02:36, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hotels in Poprada?

Could you, please, help me how to find 3 star hotels in Poprada? I plan to visit Poprada and need to organize where to stay.

My e-mail address is: irinite@yahoo.com

Thank you for your help.

Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that's what this Help Desk is for). For your convenience, here's the link: Reference Desk (when you get there, just select the relevant section, and ask away). I hope this helps. Wikitravel may be a better venue for this question, though. - 131.211.210.13 09:51, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Editing articles

Why does the text run off the page in a looongg long line of text when you try to edit or create an article? Also, how should I acknowledge that I am the author of copywrited text and as such, have permission to add such text? Thanks! --Freedomelf 09:34, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

If the text runs off the right of you're screen, you've probably added a leading space to the front of a line. Use ":" to indent instead of spaces. Articles, usually don't indent new paragraphs, though. As for owning the copyright. You can use it as long as you can prove the copyright indeed belongs to you. Send a message to the appropriate email adress at Wikipedia:Contact us and leave a note on the relevant talk page. However, you should remember that all material on Wikipedia should be licensed under the GFDL or a compatible free license which means people can distribute it freely as long as they attribute it. And Wikipedia articles are usually heavily edited. You may not want this to happen to your material. Also, we're trying to write an encyclopedia, and your writing may not fit an encycloepdic tone. I recommend you use your original text as a source and write an article based on the text, rather than copying it. - 131.211.210.13 09:56, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks very much!

[edit] Globe symbols

I was wondering if you culd direct me in finding all the symbols on the globe at the top left corner of the site wikipedia the free encyclopedia > thanks

[edit] Breach of contract.

If i was given a contract form to fill in which the language it was writen i dont understand and it translated but was later discovered that the translation was wrong is the contract valid.

As it says at the top of the page, this page is for questions regarding policies and technical issues with Wikipedia. Your question is better suited for the reference desk. Dismas|^(talk) 10:19, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Searching in Wikipedia

I entered "Wells" in the search bar (looking for H.G. Wells) and got a single answer - the town of Wells in England. Then I found that there are _many_ people named Wells listed in Wikipedia. How come they didn't come up in the search? --Tselly

Well, the first line in the Wells article reads "For other uses, see Wells (disambiguation)." Click on the link, and you'll be taken to the disambiguation page, where you'll find everything and everyone called Wells that has an article. --Ashenai 10:46, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

You probably typed in "Wells" then hit Go (or hit your enter key which does the same thing as hitting Go). When you hit Go you are telling the search box that what you typed in is the exact name of the article that you want and that you would like to go to it. If Wikipedia doesn't have an article with that name then it will perform a search. Dismas|^(talk) 10:53, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] External links

--Ghost Tracker D 01:01, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

what article(s) were you editing, and under what User ID? User:Zoe|^(talk) 02:51, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

I redid the link under this user id on the page and it was again removed. Why is this getting edited?

You can see the reasons that the editors who removed your links gave by clicking the 'history' tab at the top of every page. Sometimes they expand their reasons on the talk page, as they did at [[Talk: ]]. I recommend you take it up with them at the relevant talk pages. --Sam Blanning (formerly Malthusian) (talk) 11:12, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] urls

How do I add urls to an article? I'm familiar with the html tags but these appear to be different. Thanks, Renee

Use the following syntax: [http://www.example.com link title]. So [http://www.google.com Google] produces Google. If you can see the edit toolbar above the edit box, clicking the icon showing a globe and a document (fourth from left) will automatically produce an example. Not including a link title just produces [8] (the number is sequential with all the other unnamed links on the page). --Sam Blanning (formerly Malthusian) (talk) 11:40, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] need some help about raised consine prove

deae sir , i try to find the prove of raised cosine equations in this website , but i didnt find the prove , i only find the equations

i need the method how we get the raised cosine equation in time domain from the frequency domain .

thanks alot

my email : (removed to protect from spambots)

Have you tried the Mathematics section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there. For your convenience, here's the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps. --Sam Blanning (formerly Malthusian) (talk) 12:03, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] New messages?

Why is it that I have amessage telling me to stop altering pages? I have never done this and it cites January 15 as a date that I am supposed to have done this?

Any reason why?

Since you haven't created a username, the only way we can identify you is by your IP address (yours is 195.93.21.7). Unfortunately, AOL tends to redistribute IP addresses, so the January 15 vandal was someone else who got the IP address you're using at the moment.

The simplest solution is to register a username! It's quick, simple, and requires no personal information at all. And it'll be unique, so you won't get messages meant for anyone else. :) --Ashenai 13:23, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Is this linkspam?

I started reverting this stuff, but now I'm not so sure. Can anyone offer me some guidance? AndyJones 13:21, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Negligible Google presence, no Alexa rank at all. Yep, it's linkspam. --Ashenai 13:26, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

I would say it's link spam. The links don't really add any additional information or a different perspective of the subject of the article. The link is just there so that they can sell a few more books, electronic or otherwise. Dismas|^(talk) 13:30, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. It's gone. AndyJones 18:03, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Search box

It would be nice for any of us that are unable to use a mouse to be able to easily tab to the search box on the main page and maybe on every page it it's easy enough. Or even better if the cursor would just be there in the search box on page load. Right now I have to tab through every link in the main content. It doesn't seem like the accessablility is on par with the rest of the coolness of the site!

k --67.124.195.23 14:15, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

It's already possible. Please see Wikipedia:Keyboard shortcuts for more shortcuts than you can shake a stick at. Dismas|^(talk) 14:30, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] How can I translate an article from language to another?

Hello, I'd like to translate one article from English to Finnish, and this article hasn't ANY other languages available than English. I didn't find instructions to do so, that's why I'm asking here. I'd also like to know if you can just translate it, or is there any legal mumbo jumbo involved?

Thanks--EleXor 14:43, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

You are free to translate from one wiki to another. Just remember to source it in the Finnish article.--Adam

^(talk) 14:50, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Just make sure you provide a link in the edit summary and in the References section of the article when you do a translation. -Mgm|^(talk) 16:55, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] map markers

i was told that i could place a marker on map and lable it for future reference ie npc location...in order to do that i was told to download khaos. i created an account with khaos but havnt found where to download such a resourse..any help appreciated..thank you —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.227.202.40 (talk • contribs).

Your question is somewhat confusing - is it about editing Wikipedia? If it is not, Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that's what this Help Desk is for). For your convenience, here's the link: Reference Desk (when you get there, just select the relevant topic, and ask away. I hope this helps. -- Nataly a 17:03, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Log In

I am --spoongap Now, I find I cannot log in; Usually, after I have asked a question I cannot find where the answer has been posted.All a great puzzlement........ —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.51.25.115 (talk • contribs).

Is it possible that you've forgotten your password? If it's not letting you log in because of that, you can click the "email new password" button on the login page and you will be emailed a new password if you designated an email address for your account. -- Nataly a 16:58, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Help With Staying Logged On

I log in, and then click to go to a different page within Wikipedia, and I'm logged out. I've tryed messing with the cookies, and nothing seems to work (and I don't really know specifically what to do with the cookies to fix it). What to I do? -Parlod

[edit] Audio Files

Do you have any audio links associated with written files? Not movie soundtracks. Simple audio talk. Which file has such a link? --spoongap

Spoken Wikipedia is an ongoing project. Some pages have a link to the spoken article, especially featured articles.--Adam

^(talk) 16:35, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

For more information on Spoken Wikipedia, take a look at Wikipedia:WikiProject Spoken Wikipedia. -- Nataly a 17:04, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Looking for Music Words in FRENCH

I need to learn some words to teach violin in French! How can I find vocabulary to do this? Susan Wilcox

^(talk) 16:34, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Trapezoid

On the fourteenth of January I made an edit to the article referring to the trapezoid, by adding a more difficult trignometric formula that allowed its user to calculate the area of the trapezoid with only knowledge of the length of each side. This formula is easily verified -to be correct- and several people who have later changed its syntax seemed also to agree on its correctness. However, this formula came from my own original research- i.e., I produced it based on personal analysis and placed it straight on Wikipedia, without publishing it elsewhere until it became somewhat more acknowledged. Does this violate the Wikipedian 'no original research' restriction, despite its correctness and easy verification? If this is so then please contact me, and I shall delete it for elsewhere. Luthinya 16:36, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

I see no problem with the formula you added. The no original research policy means that they don't want you to publish something like dissertation on Wikipedia. The formula here is encyclopedic.--Adam

^(talk) 16:40, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] institutional investors

institutional investors have a wide range of asset classes in which they can invest, of which commercial property is one. how does commercial property compere with other asset class investments —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.98.182.194 (talk • contribs).

^(talk) 17:04, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] converting table from Word

Hi -- I'm trying to create an article for a client. We've written it in Word and it contains two tables. How do I format so the tables show up looking right? Thanks!

--Lbelledit@bellsouth.net 17:03, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Trying to create an article for a client? What do you mean by that? There is an info on tables at Wikipedia:How to use tables, also see http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Table if the information will not change you can always put it in as a picture. Hope this helps. Flying Canuck 17:12, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] giants of intellect

How come your giants of intellect there at Wikipedia can't learn their grammar? Loan is not a verb and never has been, yet I see it used as such in your so-called reference.

Actually is it a verb and Webster's recognises it, too. here. Kilo-Lima ^{Vous pouvez parler} 18:04, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Can you provide a link to someplace where Wikipedians claim to be "giants of intellect"? We can start there. Thanks. On your substantive (to be charitable) point, the American Heritage Dictionary disagrees: "The verb loan is well established in American usage and cannot be considered incorrect. The frequent objections to the form by American grammarians may have originated from a provincial deference to British critics, who long ago labeled the usage a typical Americanism." But I'm sure you'll condescend to let us know, with all the courage that anonymity bestows, that they're overly permissive. · rodii · 18:13, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

That doesn't mean people can't mix up when to use "borrow" and when to use "loan", though. - Mgm|^(talk) 05:50, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
Chambers Dictionary, 2003 (a UK work) notes loan ... vt to lend. No qualifications. Of whom are these giants of intellect? The "your" in your original message seems hard to parse. Notinasnaid 17:11, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

<sarcasm> What the others have been trying to gently tell you is: There are no giants of intellect here at Wikipedia. Yes, the truth hurts. But now that you know, you can cease using it as a reference, and start using another encyclopedia. Maybe Uncyclopedia will satisfy your demands. </sarcasm> -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 17:22, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gothic Alphabet

Hi, I do name extraction for a geneology web site, and I'm in need of a Gothic alphabet that was used in the scandanavian countries and also in Old England

Can anyone help me.

chickadeeallen

I have moved your question to the Lingustics section of the Reference Desk here. Kilo-Lima ^{Vous pouvez parler} 18:01, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] orgin surname hill

family name hill in 1792 in tyrell county, north carolina where can i find the family history and where did the name hill come from?

I have moved your question to the Miscellaneous Reference Desk. It's available here. The Help Desk is for help about using Wikipedia; the Reference Desk is a place where questions are asked not generally relating to Wikipedia. Check back there for your answer. Kilo-Lima ^{Vous pouvez parler} 18:07, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] DVD version of Wiki??

Hello, I am currently a student in University of Washington, using "Wikipedia" as a priority source of studying.("Better than most textbooks") Since google just brings out all the junks when I perform search, I found that this is a very helpfull source especially studying computer science. However, I was wondering if there is a DVD version of Wikipedia so that I can access this database off the net providing all the recent updates through online updates. If not, how about developing one?? giving an option to choose whether the customers will like Eng. version only or other languages as well.

p.s. what does "wiki" mean?

Thank you, Sean

Regarding what 'Wiki' means, Wiki says: Wiki is a type of website that allows users to add and edit content easily and is especially suited for collaborative writing. - Wezzo (talk) (ubx) 20:02, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Derived from the Hawaiian word 'wikiwiki', meaning 'quick'. (Remember me when that comes up in a pub quiz. Well, it might.) --Sam Blanning (formerly Malthusian) (talk) 20:31, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Currently, no DVD version of the English Wikipedia has been released, though a DVD of the DE Wikipedia has; though many people have proposed it. You could download the English Wikipedia dumps from this page and burn it onto a DVD yourself. Beware though, we're talking gigabytes of downloads. Computerjoe 's talk 20:45, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Don't forget to double check data when doing research (also outside of wikipdia) with another source (or the place its referenced from). Online updates just won't be practical. We get hundreds of new articles and edits each minute. In the time it takes for you to download an update, we'll have Megabytes of new info ready and waiting. - Mgm|^(talk) 05:54, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Section copyvio

Let's say I found an article that had a section taken fro a source that allows use for non-profit. Therefore, it is a copyright violtion. (Jimbo doesn't allow non-profit only liscences) How do I list a sectional copyvio? Do I use the normal template only in that section? or is there some other way? Remember, the rest of the article is good. Flying Canuck 20:03, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Just take out the section. Note in the edit summary that it was a copyvio and you should be fine. I think that's what it says to do on WP:CP, too. --Cherry blossom tree 20:40, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Copyrights says "If some of the content of a page really is an infringement, then the infringing content should be removed, and a note to that effect should be made on the talk page, along with the original source. If the author's permission is obtained later, the text can be restored." If the section is small, you might stick it on the talk page along with the message so it can be discussed. -- Nataly a 20:41, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] people of schleswig

What are the people who live in Schleswig are called? Guru Kumar —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.45.54.189 (talk • contribs).

If our article on Schleswig doesn't help you, I suggest you ask at the reference desk--Cherry blossom tree 20:46, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] About content warnings

I remember somewhere there used to be something about not adding content warnings, but I can't seem to find out where it went. It was a policy page framing the idea in the context of WP:NOT work-safe or censored for minors, and might have been called something like "no warnings" or "no disclaimers" or something. Where did this go? Cheers 20:37, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

I dunno but there is a link to our disclaimers at the bottom of every page. There is no need to add further ones. Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 20:39, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

This might be what you are looking for: Wikipedia:No disclaimer templates -- Nataly a 20:53, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] disinfectent

I was told that the CDC has a spray that is susposed to be sprayed around chicken houses as a disenfectent. Could you please tell me what that chemical is and where I can get it, or something on the same line of it. My email address is [redacted, see history]@yahoo.com, and my fax number is [redacted] thank you jenna parker

^(talk) 20:50, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Article Pictures Version 4: The Limit?

Wiki-star: Whats crackin fellow wikipdeians? I'd like to know if there is a limit towards article pictures. This one Article suggests there were too many images added. How many images should be added to an article?

thanks! Wiki-star 21:13, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

There's no hard and fast limit and I'm not aware of a policy that covers it. Too many images can certainly dominate an article, though. I think a maximum of one image per screen of text would be my preference but other people might think differently. What's the article you were talking about? --Cherry blossom tree 21:26, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Wiki-star: The Vegeta Article. I had inserted about 3 or sometimes 4 pictures in each subsection of the Article. For example: The Frieza Saga would have 3 or 4 images inserted within it's section. But if you look at the history of that Article, you'll realize that a user edited the Article saying "There were too many images".

I want to what if there really is an image limit. Because many of the images i did add were beneficial towards the article.

Thanks! Wiki-star 21:30, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

(after 2 edit conflicts) Well, Wikipedia:Image use policy has this to say:

Articles may get ugly and difficult to read if there are too many images crammed onto a page with relatively little text. They may even overlap. For this reason, it is often a good idea to temporarily remove the least-important image from an article and queue it up on the article's talk page. Once there is enough text to support the image, any contributor is free to shift the image back into the article.

To my knowledge there is no "hard and fast" rule because "too many" would vary from article to article. Dismas|^(talk) 21:31, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Ah, after having looked at your edit of the article, I would have to say that I agree with the other editor. In order to read the article the user's eyes would have to weave around all the pictures to follow the text. They just make it too hard to read for it be comfortable on the eyes and on the concentration. Dismas|^(talk) 21:38, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

The place to have this conversation is on Talk:Vegeta. It's important to realize that other editors may not agree with your ideas about what's beneficial, and in order for the consensus process to work, you have to listen to them. If someone's telling you there are too many images, don't start from the standpoint that they're wrong--perhaps they're not wrong. It's not the help desk's job to make pronouncements on content disputes. (also, I think having that many images is getting close to violating fair use.) · rodii · 00:04, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

And if we're talking Vegeta it's probably important to mention that one screenshot of the character can be considered fair use in context. Having 4 in each section would be a copyright violation with no recourse in the fair use clauses. - Mgm|^(talk) 05:58, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Also, all the pictures are likely to be deleted if you don't fill in a good fair use rationale for each one (separately, and distinctly). Notinasnaid 16:51, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RE: photo credit ignored by republisher of photo - how to protect photographer in photo descrip page?

A photo I uploaded into an article for someone who agreed to GFDL under the condition that her copyright and name credit be displayed by anyone downloading and republishing the photo saw a page recently where a fan of the blues artist involved was displaying the photo without her photo credit or copyright symbol and the only place the photo was online is the wikipedia article involved, so that is where the fan downloaded it. If she ever sees the page again so as to contact the person whose page it is, can she tell the person who is redisplaying it outside our site that the terms of the license prohibit them doing that? How should I have been formatting the info on the photo description page? I used the standard GFDL tag that says: "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. Subject to disclaimers."

Is there a different one I need to use to make it clear that the copyright or photo credit must be included in any redisplays of the photo by visitors to our site? If we can't make this clear then she is going to retract her permission to license it to us because she understood GFDL to allow this coypright/photo credit be a condition of others using the photo. If she doesn't have any copyright protection left from licensing it to us then she will withdraw her permission even though it's been up a good while. And I have told people when doing the standard photographer boilerplate language that they have a right to withdraw permission later if there is a problem. So she has a right to do that if I have misunderstood how I described GFDL to her. I told her that the license did protect her photo credit when she originally gave me the photo.

This is not a question about the fact wikipedia can't police it. She does knows and can do that herself. She is wanting to know if she has any right to expect the condition put on the photo description page be followed by pointing to the photo description page when communicating to people reposting her photos without listing her name. (It's about what she can say to the person republishing the photo and whether she can say they violated the license.)

In the photo description page text, I had put the photographer's name and written she "gave permission by email on [date] to license this photo to Wikipedia via GNU Free Documentation License provided she is credited as photographer."

And I listed her name and that the photo was by her and that it was her copyright. Does the GFDL license tagging take away her right to expect this photo credit condition be followed or is there a different license needed. This is important to me for my own photography as well so it's not just this photographer I'm concerned about. Also I was told in the past at some point in this help desk before this problem arose that I could have the GFDL license text require the photo credit and assured more than one photographer of this in the past. Was I mistaken? How do I need to word these to protect the photographer better so that if they find someone displaying the photo without their photo credit they can point to the original license and tell the person republishing the photo that they're violating the license? Have I worded it right? Should I use something other than a photo credit followed by the standard "GFDL" template tag in my wording in the photo description page to protect photographers? Or is there no such protection included in the license when specified on the photo description page? If there isn't, I'm not going to ever ask anyone for a photo again for use in wikipedia. Bebop 21:32, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

She has no problem with other sites using her image as long as she is credited, is this correct? The GFDL does require that the creator of an image is credited for their work wherever that image is displayed, so she is perfectly entitled to request that she is either credited or that the image is removed from the other site. I think a polite request would work but if not then she could contact the webhost who I think would be obliged to remove the image.--Cherry blossom tree 22:10, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

I have found in cases like this that the most effective way of dealing with it is to send the site owner a "cease and desist" email with a specification by which day/time the work must be removed (or, in this case, credit for the work given), and cc a copy to the web host. (Some people I know also cc to a fictitious attorney but I think that's unethical. If you are going to involve an attorney, get a real one, but this is rarely neccessary.) If you get no response from the site owner by the time you have specified, deal with the web host company directly. JShook | Talk 14:28, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Contact with a user

Is there anyway that i can get in contact with the creator of the following article- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Husband_Amarillo_International_Airport Id appreciate it if i could have his email so i could get in touch with him/her?

The article has been edited by many people, as you can see here. If you find an editor you want to get in touch on on that page use the editor's talk page, or if possible, email them with the 'E-mail this user' under the toolbox. Computerjoe 's talk 21:56, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

And if you want to say something to those editors in general then you can post to that talk page.--Cherry blossom tree 21:58, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Internet Explorer fault

My IE faults when I try to access the page List of Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch episodes.

Faults in what way? I can't see a problem with it. Maybe you need to download a font to display the Japanese characters? --Cherry blossom tree 22:45, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] submit my site

I just signed in as a new member. I'd like to submit my site, featuring metaphysical books. http://www.LeonardJacobsonBooks.com.

Would you sumit it, or Email directions as to how to do this, please?

Rev. Eleanor Richard Center for Spiritual Growth

Wikipedia is not a web directory, it's a neutral and unbiased compilation of notable, verifiable facts. If your site has content which could be valuable to an article here, a case could be made for adding it. But it would be better to rewrite it as part of the article. If what you want is a link to bring traffic to your site, then no, that's not really what this is about. If you'd like to learn more about the goals of Wikipedia, see here or here.

[edit] Corporate Vanity Advert Agh

Found Niles Audio Corporation this afternoon. Horrible one-author bit of advertising. Now, given that I know nothing about the company or its products, but I'm thinking that it is probably notable enough not to be deleted, how do I flag this?

Someone has flagged it with a {{cleanup}} tag. I've snipped out the worst bits of it, we'll see how it goes.--Cherry blossom tree 00:03, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Groovy, Thank you. The ((advert)) tag was what I needed. Where can I find these useful tags? Palnu 01:23, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

You can find many useful tags at WP:CR or a whopping list of template tag categories at Category:Wikipedia templates. I put a few article cleanup templates on your user talk page in an easy to use copy and paste format. Just click on a tag to see what it would look like if you placed it in an article. --Fuhghettaboutit 01:39, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Very cool, Thank you. Palnu 02:15, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

You're welcomeFuhghettaboutit

[edit] March 15

[edit] User Pages

Hi! There are a few things I'd lie to know: 1. I would be interested in contributing to wikipedia by writing/completing articles and making translations from English and French to Romanian. But if, later on, I will want to mention this activity in a CV, by what means could i prove I am the author of those contributions? 2. Do I need any kind of certificate in order to make translations? Thank you very much, ¬¬Raluca Enescu Bucharest, Romania¬¬

How do you add the little boxes on the side of people's pages, that say what they are part of are there lang.?

Go to Wikipedia:Userboxes and explore. When you find a userbox you like you can add it to your page by copying its tag (something like {{this}}), and paste it into your userpage. --Fuhghettaboutit 03:20, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Also - wikipedia:babel --213.175.91.220 07:39, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rossby wave

Why is the Rossby wave the slowest wave? I mean, why is it so slow when you would think that ocean currents wouldn't take years to move from one place to another? Your answer would be greatly appreciated---Karlee

[edit] centering toolbox template

I've been fiddling with a toolbox template on my userpage and have finally gotten its contents to my satisfaction, but I hate the way the entire box sits to the left of the page. Any help with centering would be greatly appreciated. --Fuhghettaboutit 04:10, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

changing the following line

|- align="top"

|- align="top" align="center"

should do the trick. Is that what you wanted? --Cherry blossom tree 09:27, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

That is exactly what I wanted. Thank you Cherry blossom tree and Fetofs, who made the code change while I was with Morpheus. --Fuhghettaboutit 13:00, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] flagging Kit Cope

I wish to flag the Kit Cope page on grounds that it is not of a neutral point of view. how do i do that?

Just add the {{POV}} tag to the top of the article, which expands to

The neutrality of this article is disputed.
Please see the discussion on the talk page.

.--Max Talk (add) • Contribs • 05:22, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Well, please don't just do that. As the tag says, please add your views on the problems with the page, on the article's talk page. Otherwise... well, these tags turn up regularly on pages, without background on the talk page. What I tend to do is look quickly over the article, to see if there is a really glaring problem. If not, I just delete the tag, because my psychic powers are weak. (To emphasis: an obvious point of view problem to you might not be obvious to anyone else, so please explain in the talk page). (I see this has been done on Kit Cope but I still think it's important to anyone else considering the same action). Notinasnaid 10:58, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Can I upload more than one image at a time.

I would like to take on a major project of adding screen grab images from The Andy Griffith Show to add to the (still unfinished) episodes list, similar to what is done for many other television shows such as The Simpsons. I have images for over 200 of the 249 espisodes and it would be a real pain in the ass to upload them all one at a time.

Is there a multi-image upload function?
Is there a recommended dimension? I'll probably use 100px in the list, but people may want to click to see a larger image.
Is there a recommended naming process? If not I'll probably use something like "TAGS_ep_121.jpg"
Are there any other recommendations for what I want to do?

Images from the episodes are copyrighted. And I doubt you could use 200 images effectively. Try uploading only the ones you're using. - Mgm|^(talk) 06:02, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

To the original poster: please read the Simpons episode list's talk page. There was a lot of discussion about this. Each image must have a specific, individual and detailed fair use rationale. That's likely to take a lot longer than uploading the images. And if you don't do that, your images must be deleted. (One day, I suspect all the fair use images will be deleted, so there's no way I'd use my time uploading images on that basis.) Notinasnaid 10:04, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Article Categories

Wiki-star: Hows life fellow wikipedians? It's a little shaky over here, but i'm oky doky!

Ok, i want to know what is an Article Category. Something thats on the bottom of most articles (even this one). It's like a rectangular box, with links, and most labled "Category". What is this and how can i add it? Why am i even adding it? Please, if you cannot explain thoroughly, then please do not respond to this question. Although i'm grateful, i would like 1 respond to be enough to fully answer each corner of my questions.

Thanks! Wiki-star 06:23, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Well, there's not nearly enough space to explain thoroughly here, but a good place to start is Wikipedia:Category, which is a good introduction, and Wikipedia:Categorization and Help:Categorization, which are fuller references. MCB 07:33, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Flash memory chips

Who are the players in order of their size and production? Thanks, cheers and ...

Best, Ed Thomas

[edit] Copied text from Wikipedia

Hi, searching the net and I found a website that has copied text from Wikipedia and presented on their own site. It's http://www.allamericanspeakers.com/newspeakerbio/2342/index.php

--203.164.93.68 06:50, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

They need to apply with the GFDL to use it, or perhaps someone copied it from them. I'd put this to WP:CP and Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks with a note saying we're not sure who copied who. - 131.211.210.11 09:01, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Contributing articles and Pictures to Wikipedia

I am a traveller to heritage sites of India. I recently visited Sewri Fort. I have some recent pictures of the fort. I have gone through the page regarding Sewri fort in your site. I want to add some pictures, how do I do that? regards Capt Haridasan, Mumbai, India -91-022- 24132531

See Wikipedia:Picture tutorial. That should get you started. If you have any further questions, let us know! Dismas|^(talk) 07:46, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Article needs attention

Hi, i have noticed some articles have a big red box with 'Article Needs Attention' etc or words to that effect, i have found an article that needs HEAPS of attention, too much for me to fix, could someone please advise me of how to add the 'Article needs attention' box,

Thanks,

--Deon555 07:48, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Just add {{attention}} to the top of the page. Though not a big red box, but a big blue one. If you believe the content is false and not represents a NPOV, {{TotallyDisputed}} might be appropriate. There are also other templates, see the See also section of this page. Henrik 09:01, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Add {{attention}} to the top of the page. - 131.211.210.11 09:02, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] account

will my account run out? i didn't quite understand what 'If this is *not* you, please do not follow the link. This confirmation code will expire at 07:06, 21 March 2006.' means

No your account will not expire. The link will deactivate after a certain time to make sure people who it's not meant for won't open it. It's a safeguard. It's common for activation codes to expire after a certain period. - 131.211.210.11 08:59, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Non-Latin characters show as boxes in IE6/XP/Monobook

On my IE6/XP computer, most non-Latin characters (e.g. Greek, IPA) show up as boxes. Examples are the Greek characters at the beginning of Anode and just about all the IPA characters in IPA. I am using the Monobook skin. I have Arial Unicode MS and Lucida Sans Unicode installed. I even installed Bitstream Vera, which I found mentioned on Wikipedia:somewhere. I have tried fiddling with the 'fonts' settings under IE6/Tools/Internet Options, but this has no effect. The Classic, Cologne Blue, Simple, and Nostalgia skins works fine. Chick does not. Any ideas? --Heron 10:31, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

YOu need to upload some fonts, I think. Did you ever update your browser? - 131.211.210.11 10:50, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. I have the very latest updates to IE6 and XP, according to Windows Update. I can believe that I might have a font missing, but which one? --Heron 10:55, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User status?

I noticed that some users have their name show as red and others as blue. Mine recently turned blue while other members that have been here for months are still shown as red. Does this color actually indicate some kind of status? And if so, what are the differences for? Just curious... Gregory9 11:46, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Yes, it shows you've got a userpage. People with their names in red have a userpage that is still empty. The same applies to red links in articles. Blue ones exist. Red ones don't ... yet. - 131.211.210.11 11:51, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Ah, okay. Someone posted on my user page instead of my talk page; that must have done it. Seems obvious now. Thanks for the quick answer. --Gregory9 11:58, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Can these be used in the Wikipedia: namespace?

I'd like to make use of some of the following icons for a menu on a page in the Wikipedia namespace, but I need to track down information on the legalities of doing so before I proceed. What do you know of the licenses, copyrights, and trademark rights to these icons?

- a link is included on this page to a crude translation of the author's permission. Though it's hard to tell, because the translation is pretty rough.

Image:Finder icon.png Image:Pages icon.png Image:Apple Dictionary Icon.png Image:ICal Icon.png Image:IPhoto Icon.png Image:Apple iDisk Icon.png Image:ISync icon.png

Though it appears that these icons are from a trademarked program. So I'm still not sure if they can be displayed as menu items for a page. Any help you could provide in tracking down the information clarifying to what uses we can legally put these icons to would be most appreciated.

See user:ElAmericano for an example of how they are currently being used on Wikipedia.

--Go for it! 13:44, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

These are all Mac OS X icons, so they are probably copyright of Apple Computers. --Heron 13:50, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

I also think not, as you're using copyrighted logos not for describing the product in question. Read Wikipedia:Fair use and see what is your conclusion. F e tofs ^Hello! 14:00, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

From my understanding of fair use you can't use them. Try commons:Crystal apps for some freely licenced icons that you may like to use. There may be others hanging around on Commons, too. See commons:Category:Icons. --Cherry blossom tree 14:14, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] I have an account ...

1) I have an account for the Wikipedia in Portuguese. But when I try to log in to the Wikipedia in English, I receive the info that I do not have an account. Do I have to create 2 different accounts??? And, if so, can I use the same username and the same password?

2) I have tried many times to add to my profile the languages I speak, in Babel, but I didn't succeed. I put Portuguese as my nativer language, English level 4, French and Spanish level 3, basic Latin. How do I add these to my profile????

thank you for your help!

Betty Hastings

my e-mails are:

1) Yes, you have to sign up for each separate Wikipedia as they use different databases. There's no way for one of them to know you're signed up with the other. If your name isn't taken here, you're free to sign up with the same one you used in the portoguese Wikipedia. 2) Have you tried reading Wikipedia:Babel? It looks like you need to type: {{Babel-X|if=|pt}}- 131.211.210.11 14:07, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Creating a template with <pre> tag

Hello! I would like to create a template for source code for an HTML book (in the hebrew wikibook site where no-one could help me...) it shall be used as followed:

{{SourceCode||Code=
Code
Code
Code
}}

I would like this template to output the following:

<div sytle="...">
  <pre>
Code
Code
Code
  </pre>
</div>
<div style="..."> 
<!-- I would like to have the next block with minimal wiki as possible and maximum HTML as possible -->
Code
Code
Code
</div>

My first obstacle is using the <pre> tag inside the template. any ideas? It is rather imporatnt that at least some HTML will work in the second block and as little wiki as possible. how do I do that? --85.250.118.96 14:12, 15 March 2006 (UTC) (Erez Segal)

[edit] Texas histroy

How Texas was Affected during the Civil War by social?

[edit] IP address logged

I updated an article on Hans rookmaaker - in the process I did not realize when I uploaded the page that my IP address will be logged - is there any way I can undo that now that I have created an account - please help me with this as I have been reprimanded for this although asked to update the info at work. Many thanks EK

Unfortunately I don't think contributions can be disassociated from their IP addresses. We need some form of identifying contributors in order to remain compatible with the GFDL, and for users that don't create accounts that has to be the IP address. If you've already been reprimanded, perhaps the damage has been done anyway? --Sam Blanning (formerly Malthusian) (talk) 15:46, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

You may want to try asking on WP:AN if an admin will speedy delete the image. You can re-upload it under a user account. Good luck getting this solved. --BWD ^(talk) 15:59, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

What image? He was talking about the article Hans Rookmaaker. Nope, your employer's IP address is now in the page history. But (a) it is unlikely that this will cause him any harm, and (b) please note that self-promotion is generally frowned upon. We just give the ISBN of the book and let the reader choose for themselves where to buy or order it if they are so inclined. Not that many people would want to buy a £190.-- (or U.S.$ 332.69) work... Lupo 16:23, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Is it not possible for the article to be deleted and then all the edits other than the one from the IP undeleted? Though I can't for the life of me see why anyone would be bothered by an IP showing up in an edit history.--Cherry blossom tree 17:54, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, I misread. No idea what I was thinking. --BWD ^(talk) 18:15, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WP:V

I have a question about the new verifiability guidelines. I'm working on an article which I'm hoping to get to Featured Article status someday (Trobairitz, and I want to make sure that it's properly sourced. I was taught that if something is "Common knowledge", i.e. is stated in all your sources about something, then there is no need to source it. How does this compare with the new Verifiability policy, which states that "Any unsourced material may be challenged and removed"? I realise that one of the operative words in this is "challenged", but frankly I'd rather be on the safe side, but without going overboard. Mak emi 16:57, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Try thinking how a total newbie would look at the subject. If the "common knowledge" is only known to experts, it's a good idea to source it. At some point this information must've been not common and anyone new to the subject needs to be taught the "common stuff". Try using the oldest possible sources or a course book for people who study the subject to source this kind of thing. Anything particular piece of info you had in mind when you wrote this? - Mgm|^(talk) 21:48, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
- I was thinking about how every source says that the trobairitz were noble women. It's in every source I use, but I can see someone questioning it. But I also don't want to do something like: "Bob Smith (cite) (1950(cite)-1999(cite)) was a man(cite) who composed(cite)." I've given the basic works in the general bibliography, I'm just not positive where to use inline cites. Mak emi 06:27, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
Use inline cites for disputed facts. If every source mentions this, a reader will find it if they pick up one of those sources you list for other facts. - 131.211.210.17 10:24, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Copyright Violation?

Hello,

Recently, the article on "Rowland Caldwell Harris" was edited by Wikipedia user "John Lorinc". He added a lot of information to the article, but ended the article with "By John Lorinc, Spacing Magazine (Fall, 2005)." I am wondering if this is allowed, because I presume the large amount of information he added was from an article that he may have written himself and published in a magazine. If his Wikipedia account is an assumed name and he is not, in fact, John Lorinc, then I think a person's work would have been added without permission. I am wondering that if he is indeed John Lorinc, if he is allowed to write "By John Lorinc, Spacing Magazine (Fall, 2005)." and whether he needs to state that he allows Wikipedia to use the published article.

Thanks for your help! --Pouchkidium 16:58, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

One: Attribution goes in the edit history. Two: if someone wants to have previously published material included we need prove they own it and we need to have it explicitly licensed under the GFDL or a compatible license. Just adding that line is not enough. You could try rewriting the info, though. They specific text is copyrighted, the information isn't. - Mgm|^(talk) 21:51, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Minor edit

Should template substitution be marked as a minor edit? Nothing related on WP:ME. I'm asking becuase I am not actually changing any of the article text. Help much appreciated. Thanks! Kilo-Lima ^{Vous pouvez parler} 17:23, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

I would call it a minor edit. There are some templates that shouldn't be substituted, but if you're completely sure that no-one needs to review your edit then I think it should be ok.--Cherry blossom tree 17:58, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] CONTINENTS

WHAT CONTINENT IS DIVIDED INTO THE MOST COUNTRIES?

Probably Africa, but Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that's what this Help Desk is for). For your convenience, here's the link: Reference Desk (when you get there, just select the relevant topic, and ask away. I hope this helps.--70.158.89.185 19:38, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] How do I began an artical about myself?

I read the information that said you allow others to put inforamtion about them selves into their own articals. I am having small problems understanding how this is done. I am trying to create an artical about myself, mainly some minor information and such but I realy can not figure out where to begin, perhaps some one could help me by telling me where to begin? I am new here, sorry if this is something basicly understood. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sin Vergil Bollea (talk • contribs).

Starting or editing articles about yourself is generally frowned upon, though not always banned in all cases. In most instances, such an article is likely to be deleted as "vanity". If you are sufficiently notable to deserve an article here, somebody else will probably eventually create one. If this happens, it's still discouraged for you to edit it yourself, as you are considered a biased source regarding yourself; however, if you find errors in your article you may discuss this on the talk page. I might also suggest you learn how to spell "article" before attempting to create one. *Dan T.* 17:44, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

And if you meant how to create a User page, just click on this red link and write whatever you want about yourself. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 17:53, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] need to know

I just have to know the answer to this,how can u sell these stars and why do people buy them.You cant sell something that doesnt belong to you.You dont own the stars you cant just go in your workshop pick one out and say here this is yours now.I need to know the answer to this.I can print out a certificate and name a star for anyone just point and pick. thanks nancy

Also, what makes you think Wikipedia is selling stars? Notinasnaid 18:14, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Maybe he's thinking of Barnstars? They're not bought or sold, any editor can give any other editor a barnstar whenever he feels like it. --Sam Blanning (formerly Malthusian) (talk) 19:59, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Article Pictures Version 5: 2 in 1

Wiki-star: Theres no holiday like Spring i tell yah wikipedians! It's sexy, cool, and beautiful! LOVE IT!

Now, i'd like to know if it's possible to put two images one one picture. If it is, i'd really like to know how.

Thanks! Wiki-star 18:10, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

I tried to answer this before and give an example of syntax, but it was making the page load all funny - so you will get the short version! As far as I'm away, you can't use normal image syntax to do so without creating two separate image tags. However, you can use something called a Gallery - see Wikipedia:Gallery, which does show you the syntax. It lets you put images next to each other in the same box, as well as give them individual captions. -- Nataly a 20:38, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] adding website urls to a list

I was going to edit a page, but could not get the body of the table to move when I added a new column heading. I have a suggestion to add the website URL's to the great listing you have for "List of radio stations in Washington". I even have some I can give now. I will get this info to you and you can get it to the proper people so I don't mess up the page.

Under AM radio 1000 Komo is komonews.com / 880 Kixi is kixi.com

Under FM radio is 95.7 is 957kjrfm.com / 96.5 kJack fm is 965jackfm.com /

Thats all I have for now.

But Thanks for having an awesome website!!

Meg Malone —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Megpook (talk • contribs).

I was going to suggest that you bring this up on List of radio stations in Washington's talk page, but it looks like you already have! Good thinking - since adding a whole new column of information would be a pretty drastic change, that is the place to discuss it. -- Nataly a 20:07, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Entering an Obit

I noticed that the reigning Miss Deaf Texas, Tara Rose McAvoy, killed while walking along train tracks yesterday, did not have her death noted in Wiki. So I added an entry, but it seems to have been deleted. I think this young woman's death does meet the Wiki notability guidlines, so what gives? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 208.226.153.24 (talk • contribs).

At Deaths in 2006, as with many things on Wikipedia, it is important that the person is notable. While the edit summary of the entry's removal was somewhat ambiguous ("rvt, despite the sombre-yet-hilarious irony"), it is likely that that is why the entry was removed. If you feel that she is notable enough to be mentioned, consider bring it up in discussion on the article's talk page. -- Nataly a 20:00, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] How do u make an article.

How do you make an article on something? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Fin Meh Kel (talk • contribs).

The information at Wikipedia:Your first article and Help:Starting a new page should be of help to you. -- Nataly a 19:52, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Need help with Categories

I've created a category called "Miss USA delegates" but I want to add in the main text (see also "Miss USA 2006 delegates" and "Miss USA winners") which are categories in their own right. Is it possible to do this and if so how? CarlyPalmer 21:35, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

If I'm understanding you correctly, then it seems you (or someone) has already done it. If not you'll have to be more specific.--Cherry blossom tree 00:21, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Not exactly -- the text currently reads "Delegates in the Miss USA pageant prior to 2006." -- I'd like it to read "Miss USA delegates - see also 'Miss USA delegates 2006' and 'Miss USA winners' and have those last two "see alsos" link to the appropriate cateogries. Is that possible? CarlyPalmer 00:55, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Protecting

I have seen a page with vandalism. How do I protect it? Brendenhull 22:08, 15 March 2006 (UTC) If you know the answer, please respond immediately.

Only administrators can actually protect a page, but anyone can help fix vandalism, it's easy once you learn how. Thanks for helping. Canderson7 ^(talk) 23:10, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

By the way, it's easier for us to fix it, if you give the title of the article. - Mgm|^(talk) 12:37, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Adding border to an image

Is there a way to add a border to an image? I looked through the docs on images but didn't see anything in there about adding borders. I want to avoid editing the image to add a border as it seems people have been reverting between two versions with and without the border and I don't want to get in the middle of that. As you will see if you look at the image it is mostly white and therefore blends into the background of the page. I had added a border to the table cell but that caused a problem when the page size was small. Please respond via email or here. Mperry 22:30, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

You can add a frame to an image. See Wikipedia:Extended image syntax for more, but it is basically [[Image:Whitealbum.jpg|frame]]. This has to be the actual size of the picture. You can also use [[Image:Whitealbum.jpg|thumb]] which automatically makes it smaller. Neither of them are really ideal for your purposes. You might be able to do something with the Wikitable you're using, though.--Cherry blossom tree 00:08, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

I've messed around with the table and managed to put a border in. I think it looks ok, but feel free to revert/alter further.--Cherry blossom tree 00:18, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

It still wasn't working right when the page width was small. I wrapped it in a div and styled that. It looks like it's okay now. Thanks for your help. — Mperry 01:19, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] March 16

[edit] Question about wiki logo

I dont know if this is an appropriate place to ask this, I couldn't find a better spot. A group of people, including myself, have been working on another site using the wiki format, and I was wondering how to put the logo up for the site, as you have in the top-left corner. Thanks --Smoothtofu 02:05, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Please see the MediaWiki support page for help with running your own wiki. There are a number of resources listed there for questions like this. Cheers, MCB 07:11, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Template Issues

I'm working with these two templates: Template:Miss USA 2006 Delegates and Template:Miss USA state. How do I get the title/link in the header part centered?

Thanks in advance! CarlyPalmer 03:03, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Is it not already centered? Or am I looking at something else? Weatherman90 03:32, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

It looks centered to me too. If it still doesn't look centered to you, could it be your browser? -- Nataly a 12:05, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] placing LINKS inside of an existing listing

can you please place a LINK on my name, antoinette nora claypoole within the anna mae aquash entries?

that is, my name is in wikipedia and also exists in your anna mae listing. could you please link me appropriately?

thank you. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.186.103.115 (talk • contribs).

Done. For future reference, you can wikilink words yourself simply by editing the article (click 'edit' at the top of each page or section) and adding [[square brackets]] around them. --Sam Blanning (formerly Malthusian) ( T | C | A ) 12:12, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sections below boxes

[edit] Subsection 1

Is there any way to force a new section to appear BELOW an image/box in a previous section?

Central Kigali

[edit] Subsection 2

For example, ~~this text appears to the right of the image~~, even though it's in a separate section. How would I force Subsection 2 to be below the image? — SteveRwanda 07:11, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Like this. I have added the {{clear}} template just after the image. Misza 13 ^{T C} 12:16, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Help with a list I am seeking

Hello,

I am trying to find a list of US colleges and universities, by state, by enrollment numbers, so I can determine the sizes, by enrollment, of these institutions on a state-by-state basis. Can you direct me to a source? I have been Googling myself crazy, and find a lot of lists, but not broken out the way I need them.

Thank you in advance for any help, or direction, you can provide.

Tony Comazzi The Newman Group 734-426-0703

You might find what you are looking for in the article about List of colleges and universities in the United States. If you cannot find the answer there, click here to post your question at that article's talk page. If that doesn't solve your problem, you can try asking your question at Wikipedia's Reference Desk. They'll be glad to answer questions about anything in the universe (except about how to use Wikipedia, which is what this help desk is for). I hope this helps. -- Nataly a 18:10, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Talk pages for Help pages?

Hi. I have two questions. Firstly, where does the discussion happen about what the Help pages should say? I looked at the Talkpage for Help:Piped Link both on en:WP [9] and on Meta [10], but it doesn't look like those are places to discuss the content of the help page. Secondly, the reason I was looking for that, is because I wanted to discuss that I feel directions for how to pipe link to a category page should be included on Help:Piped Link, and currently there are not. Thanks in advance, dfg 16:40, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] question about viewing

i am doing a research paper for school about congress altering their biographies. how can i figure out what was changed by congress and not somebody else. i tried looking through the history of edits but didnt have much luck. any help or advice you can give me? thanks email redacted for privacy of user.

^(talk) 19:05, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

There's been people who investigated it. Try going through the archives of the Wikipedia Signpost. The article about congrss people altering their biographies will tell you who investigated it and how. Basically the IP address was traced to Congress which pretty much means someone in there did the editing. - Mgm|^(talk) 19:49, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Answering a question posed by another user in the category section

Please advise how (if permitted to do so) I go about answering a question posed by another user. I know how to ask a question and see the answers (for which help please accept my gratitude), but I cannot find anywhere on the site that tells me how to physically answer a question. Or is it that I am simply not allowed to?

You can click on the "edit" link on the right hand side of the page next to the question header. Dismas|^(talk) 18:53, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Which is consistent with the way anything else in Wikipedia can be edited. An alternative is clicking on the "edit this page" tab at the top. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 19:43, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Many thanks. I shall give that a try.

[edit] Wikpedia Is Inclusive?

What's the link to the Guide page which is titled something like "Wikipedia is inclusive", which talks about erring on the side of inclusion, and what kind of things can be included? --Kaz 19:35, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

You're probably talking about "Wikipedia is not paper" (see WP:NOT) but be sure you mention notability guidelines in the same sentence. - Mgm|^(talk) 19:52, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Hmmm...I'm not certain that's it. And I'm not thinking of people wanting to exclude an article for unimportance, but people wholesale removing parts of pages because they say they're not certain about the exact way some subset was presented, et cetera. For example, I'm looking right now at a page where the ENTIRE "external links" section has been removed to the Discussion page, the user saying "I think some of these may not fit the guidelines for external links". He's surely correct; a minority of them are at least debatable, though the majority obviously fit the external links guidelines he cites. The default, naturally, would be to remove only the questionable links, not ALL links "just in case", like he did.

I think there was a guide-like page on just that. Something more of the gestalt of Be Bold than of Not Paper...but I don't think it was simply Be Bold, it was more specific. It essentially said "Err on the side of inclusion. Only remove stuff that's obvious, and FIX the rest instead of deleting it just because it has something minor wrong with it". --Kaz 20:09, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

If he's moved valid material to the talk page, just copy it back with a note in the edit summary and keep discussing the debateable stuff. Make sure they're not references for some of the content placed in the wrong section before entirely removing the article. - 131.211.210.17 10:05, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Current and Future Population Growth Demographics in America

I have looked some on your web site and still have a few questions.

1. Is there a section that is specific in American-city and county population growth?

2. How current-date wise can I get on the question listed above and is there an extended forecast for the future?

3. Is there a fee for anything asked in the 2 questions above and if so, what are they?

[edit] change licensing on an image I've uploaded -- or delete it

Can I change the licensing on an image I've uploaded? I made a mistake. If not, how can I have the image deleted? Lbelledit@bellsouth.net 20:23, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Of course you can, on the image page simply click edit this page and change the tag. If you have trouble finding the image click on my contributions it the upper right corner. Hope this helps Flying Canuck 20:26, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

I suspect his problem is that he first set the license using the drop-down in the form for uploading a file. Therefore he doesn't know how to change it, because he doesn't know how it got set in the first place, nor where to find the alternate licenses or how to include them. --Kaz 20:41, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

We could give you more specific help if you told us what the image is and what is the correct license. But I can say that to change the license you edit the page and substitute what's inside {{these}} with the appropriate tag from here. F e tofs ^Hello! 21:17, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Can the author of an article vote to keep an article...

...if he has less than 100 edits (~75)? 83.5.208.169 21:32, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

I should think so, but it is down to the discretion of the closing admin exactly how to judge the discussion.--Cherry blossom tree 23:49, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, sure. Just make sure you give a good reason as per Wikipedia policy and guidelines like Wikipedia:Notability (WP:BIO, WP:WEB WP:VAIN, etc) and especially WP:NOT. You get the best result if you refute the reasoning given by the nominator and/or give good reasons on how Wikipedia policy agrees with keeping it. What article are you talking about? - 131.211.210.17 10:08, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jesse Cowell

Hello,

I am a new user. I have been talking to Jesse Cowell and We were wondering if I may start a non-biased and totally opinion FREE Wikipedia Bio On him and the things he has done. However there are a few things on here that we noticed aren't true. So is it possible you could wipe clean everything on here of Jesse Cowell and his Movie Shades Of Gray? Please notify me as as soon as you can.

-Aaron/Jeskid's Associate

If there's an existing article then you're quite free to correct any mistakes, but take note of WP:AUTO.--Cherry blossom tree 23:46, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

You are free to correct mistakes (make sure you cite your sources) and you are free to bring up errors on the talk page of the article for discussion. We generally don't remove articles for containing errors unless the article and all its previous versions are libellous and or slanderous. If you point out what's wrong and give prove some other piece of info is right, you get it corrected sooner without the need to write an entire article. - 131.211.210.17 10:11, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
Seeing as you have a personal connection with Jesse, I'm very much doubtful you can be entirely non-biased and opinion free. Make sure you stay away of opinionated words and stick with the facts and you should be okay, though. - 131.211.210.17 10:13, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
The Jesse Cowell article was deleted after an Articles for Deletion discussion that ran from March 9 to March 15. The consensus appears to be that Jesse Cowell was not notable (prominent) enough to merit a Wikipedia article, that the article itself was excessively promotional, and that relevant material was already in the Shades of Gray (film) article (which remains). There is a very strong presumption against the re-creation of deleted articles, and coupled with the perception of bias based on your connection with the subject, I would suggest not attempting to re-create the article. Feel free to edit Shades of Gray (film), however, to correct any factual material in a neutral manner and with cited sources, as mentioned above. MCB 19:02, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] How many different ethnic groups exit in the world today

Hi, I need a ruff estimate on how many ethnic groups are there in the world. I did a search first before getting to this point---- —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.176.109.75 (talk • contribs).

What do you consider an ethnic group? - 131.211.210.17 10:13, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Just put bio about myself THE MOJO MAN on Wikipedia

I'M new to the internet ,can anyone but me go in and change that bio above--22:09, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia, the online, free-content encyclopedia that anyone can edit. That being said, most people won't edit your userpage unless you have offensive content on it or it is vandalised. However, they can in the sense that they are able, but they usually won't. H e rmione1980 22:16, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

That said, there are those who see the user page as a place where you talk about your work on Wikipedia, and who may frown on (and change) something that is seen as self-promotion, not related to Wikipedia itself, or your work as an editor. You can read about the policy, and decide whether your user page is suitable, on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:User_page. Notinasnaid 10:05, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pictures uploaded, then changed

I uploaded a picture a while back. Someone recently uploaded another image on top of it and didn't change the tag. Now, I'm pretty sure I know what the tag should be ({{promophoto}}); however, the uploading user has an image copyright warning on his talk page and I'm wondering if I should bring it up with him, just replace the tag, or revert the image back to my version. Thanks, H e rmione1980 22:25, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

It's probably best to revert that to the file you uploaded, since the filename is very misleading otherwise. If you think the new image is better then it could be uploaded under a better filename.--Cherry blossom tree 23:40, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fiddling with user page - trying to center userboxes

I'm working on a new version of my userpage. I'm trying to create a section which alternates userboxes with explanatory text. Basically, what it looks like at the moment is this:

(I've removed the tables, which contained a userbox, to avoid this page being wrongly categorised as thanks to the editors here the problem is solved.)

The main problem I have with this is that I want to centre the userbox in the middle of the overall box, but can't figure out how. The <center></center> tags don't work as they do with the text, nor do any other tags I've tried inserting. I tried to get around it by using a wide margin, but that constrains the text when I want it to fill the whole horizontal space. Can anyone help me out? Thanks in advance. --Sam Blanning (formerly Malthusian) ( T | C | A ) 22:27, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

I'm no tables expert, but I tried substing the template and changing the div style to "float: center;" instead of "float: left;" and it sort of worked. H e rmione1980 22:49, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

(I've removed the tables, which contained a userbox, to avoid this page being wrongly categorised as thanks to the editors here the problem is solved.)

Is that right? It's taken me a lot of messing about to get there. --Cherry blossom tree 23:35, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

I think I'll be able to fix it now... thanks for all your help. --Sam Blanning (formerly Malthusian) ( T | C | A ) 09:44, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Changing a Link

Hi there, I would like to know how I can change a link. The specific link I would like to change is found under the category "Fort St James". It is the Indian reserve called "Tache". If I click on this link I end up going to "Moustache". How can I fix this link by creating a new page devoted to "Tache" the community, not the facial hair?

Thanks. --207.194.78.212 22:31, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

To create a page you will need to regsiter an account. Then you should create the page Tache (Indian reserve). You should also change the link in the Fort St James page and make a reference to it at the top of the Moustache page. If you don't want ot create an account then you can post the content of your article on Articles for Creation and it will be done for you. Alternatively, if you post it here I (or someone else) will do it for you.--Cherry blossom tree 22:41, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] March 17

[edit] Article Columns

Wiki-star: A good day to you too fellow wikipedians. It truly is god to be alive and healthy! Now, i'd like to know if its possible to organize your list into columns within an article. Heres an example:

blah
blah
blah
blah
blah
blah
blah
blah
blah
blah

Is there a way to divide those numbers into 2 or more columns? Like make 5 on one side, and 5 on the other?

Thanks alot! Wiki-star 01:13, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

There are ways, but I think it's more trouble than it's worth. A way is to make a table, like this one:

1.A

2.A

It's the only way to do this I know. --F e tofs ^Hello! 01:30, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Wiki-star: (Is it me, or are the edit buttons down here alittle screwed up?) So you're saying it is completely impossible to organize a list into colums without adding borders? Wow, wikipedia needs some more formatting tools.

Thanks again! Wiki-star 02:00, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

It's HTML that has the problem, not wikipedia. Until the CSS3 column support shows up in all browsers, tables are what we have. · rodii · 02:51, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

See Animal#Examples for a five-column format—perhaps you can adapt that to your liking. — Knowledge Seeker দ 07:23, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Two technical questions

Hello, I have two questions that concern viewing one's own edits.

Is it possible, when viewing the history of an article, to see which editors has the most edits on that specific article, which one has the second highest number of contribs etc. I remember reading somewhere that this is/was possible.
Is there a log or a feature that allows you to see all the new articles you have created, listed neatly?

Thanks in advance! Neofelis Nebulosa (моє обговорення)

For question one see this tool. Question 2: it's much requested, but as of yet impossible. I do it manually. -- 131.211.210.17 10:17, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks a million, Mr/Ms IP! Neofelis Nebulosa (моє обговорення)

[edit] finding an new article using the "search" function

Hi, I recently created an article for the "University of Southern California Law School," but, unfortunately, the article does not come up when I search for it using the "search" function. I can only find it by connecting to it through links from other articles. Is there a way that I can fix this problem? Thanks, --'

It will come up when you enter the exact text into the "Search" box and click "Go". The full article search (by clicking "Search") takes a while to be updated, usually a week or so. Be patient! :) Google also indexes Wikipedia, that's often a bit faster (on the order of several days), but, again, just wait and it will all happen automagically! — QuantumEleven | (talk) 07:15, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RD tip template has been split

To everyone who is using the RD tip template ({{RD}}): It has been split, and should no longer be used with the old format. See Wikipedia:Help desk/RD tip for more details. In a nutshell, the new format is {{subst:RD1}}, {{subst:RD2|section}} or {{subst:RD3|article}}. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 09:54, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Section editing broken

Can anyone remove the h3-headers in the userbox question above without breaking the box, so they don't break the section editing anymore? - 131.211.210.17 10:29, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Better? · rodii · 13:06, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] color

Hi can anyone tell me what the meanings are for the A's, B's, C's... 1's 2's 3's... etc. in the color definer?

See Web color. Notinasnaid 11:21, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Memorial - too many pictures

Maybe I'm being fussy, but it seems to me there are too many pictures on the Memorial article. Most of the writing is blocked out by pictures. However, the talk page suggests that removing pictures from this page is quite controversial (someone got really stressed out about a picture of a war memorial from Australia was removed). As such, I don't want to take the decision to remove pictures unilaterally. I've posted a note about it on the talk page, but haven't received a response. What do I do? Walton monarchist89 11:57, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Well, if you feel you've waited long enough for a response and none was given, I'd be bold and remove the pictures. If someone complains you can tell it that you've waited for an answer~and used your best judgement. F e tofs ^Hello! 12:53, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Section editing broken at the Help Desk

Do you guys have any idea why the [edit] links aren't working? They display a blank page. --F e tofs ^Hello! 12:55, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

I think it was because of the embedded H3 tags in the userboxes above. I replaced them with "simulated" H3s does it work for you now? · rodii · 13:08, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] How do I become a Wikipedia volunteer?

I would like to become a volunteer- how do i go about doing this? Could you please email me with this information? This is my email address (removed to protect from spambots) Thank you, crazy chuck —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Charles urquhart (talk • contribs) 14:44, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

You've signed up, so you already are one! Just leap in wherever you feel like it. The Community portal has lots of ways you can get started. --Sam Blanning (formerly Malthusian) ( T | C | A ) 14:49, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Template for articles that have been featured in the mainstream press.

I think I have seen articles with a special box on their talk pages that refers to how they have been used by the mainstream press. Where might I find such a template as an article on the Valsalva maneuver was directly linked to by Slate magazine. --Wikipediatastic 15:16, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

You might start here or here. This stuff doesn't seem very well organized. · rodii · 20:41, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Historical Split of Companies

I try to make some articles on two totally different companies with the same root-- and even the same name-- but split due to the Chinese Civil War, causing one to be in Guangzhou and one in Hong Kong. I tried to compare this to what happened to Merck KGaA in WWI and Schering in WWII, but they are portrayed in different ways:

Merck points to a disambiguation page; and
Schering points to the "original" Schering in Germany.

Since this have happened to a few Chinese entities around 1949, I wonder what should be done to this? Samuel Curtis 15:31, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

I suggest entitling one article "Company (Guanzhou)" and the other "Company (Hong Kong)", and include duplicate information in both articles about the company before the split. Luvcraft 17:29, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

The trouble with this approach is that whenever you have diplicated information, it's possible for one version to change and not the other, leading to inconsistency. If you take this approach, maybe there should be a page that;s transcluded in both, rather than just having duplicated text. · rodii · 14:56, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

I would consider a page which talks about the company before its split and then disambiguates to each of the others. jnothman ^talk 14:43, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

Until/unless the article gets too long, I like the idea of one page, with the history of the original followed by a section on the dughter companies, possibly with redirects for both (if they had different names, which isn't the case here) pointing to the main article. I'm a mergist, I guess. · rodii · 14:56, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

Well, if you write in roman characters, they will be of different names due to the difference in romanization systems. Samuel Curtis 14:43, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

I'd agree with jnothman and rodii; one article about the company before the change, with a one-paragraph section on each daughter company and a pointer to the main article on the daughter company: see Wikipedia:Summary style. — Catherine\^talk 21:46, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Incorrect Entry

Dear Sir,

Some nice person has hacked into your site and put a rather rude an incorrect essay about Portmouth Grammar School.

I would be grateful if this could be removed immediately

Thanks

Tim Howlett IT Manager Portsmouth Grammar School High Street Portsmouth

Please confirm by email that it has been removed (removed e-mail address)

Anyone on Wikipedia can fix incorrect information and vandalism by reverting to an earlier version of the article. You do not have to be a registered user or log in to edit a page.

Click "history" on the tab above the article. A list of all recent versions appears.
Click the link (the timestamp in the fourth column) to display the version you want to use to replace the current version.
With the version you want to use displayed, click "edit this page" on the tab at the top of the article. A warning tells you that you are editing a prior version of this page. That's true, and it's what you want to do.
In the Edit Summary box, type a brief description of what you are doing, such as "reverting vandalism"
Click the Save Page button. The displayed version will be saved as the new current version.

Hope that helps. DavidH 17:19, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Mr. Howlett, Wikipedia is a community project open to the entire world, and anyone has the right to write whatever they want to about Portsmouth Grammar School. If you don't like what's written there, your duty is to go to the Portsmouth Grammar School article and change it yourself. As an IT Manager I'm sure you will find the process trivial, and perhaps even fun, and it might inspire you to improve or create additional articles for Wikipedia. Luvcraft 17:23, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Well, to follow up on what Luvcraft said, "duty" is a bit extreme. But the point of Wikipedia is that good edits are easy, and bad edits are hard - that is, they're easy to make, but impossible to keep in, as you've now seen. --Sam Blanning (formerly Malthusian) ( T | C | A ) 17:31, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion process

how does an article get deleted after a consensus has been reached on AfD? Luvcraft 17:15, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Administrators have arcane and mysterious powers which they use to delete articles. Generally the guy you see who closes the debate (inserting the 'The result of the debate was...' text) is the one who does it. --Sam Blanning (formerly Malthusian) ( T | C | A ) 18:31, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] losses not related to primary business operations.

losses not related to primary business operations.

That's not a question. I don't really know how I can help you. --Sam Blanning (formerly Malthusian) ( T | C | A ) 18:31, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] ABO-World

Hello I am interested in contacting Toshitaka Nomi's Web-site. I am extremely interested in his work and I am interested in learning more. Please help me if you can. Thank You John

You could try using the address, phone number, fax, or e-mail address given on the web site. Notinasnaid 18:27, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Change picture info.

I am the owner of a particular dog: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Vizsla.jpg#filelinks and I would like to change the information given.

The dog no longer belongs to Mr. MacKenzie as when we split he went with me. The dog is now owned by Olivia Donaher. I was never Mrs. MacKenzie although we'd had that intent. Also I would like to add that the breeders are John & Debbie Reid, rather than just John as Debbie is very involved.

If you know how I can do this please let me know. Thanks. Olivia

Just view the image (by clicking on the link in your message) and go to the top. You will see "Edit this page". You can change anything, but be careful not to remove any funny looking tags, as they give vital copyright information.

[edit] Vandalism, and I have no idea who's doing it.

This userbox:

Image:Praying hands2.jpg

This user is religious.

Category:Religious Wikipedians

was recently vandalized from "This User is an Atheist" to "This user is religious". I have no idea how to edit or look at userbox templates, so I don't know who did it, so I can't list them on any vandalism pages. Could someone check this out? Tokakeke 19:44, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

The template is edited at Template:user religion. However, your description is incorrect: This template has no optional parameter, it's just a template for "religious". What you're looking for is {{user atheist}} or one of its variants. See also Wikipedia:Userboxes/Religion. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 19:53, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Oh, I get it. This template used to have a parameter and a very convolved switch structure. According to this, on January 21st (not exactly what I'd call recent) it was split to specialized templates. So you should change your template to {{user atheist}}, {{user atheist2}} or other variants. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 20:04, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archive 44

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[edit] Archive of past questions

Contents

[edit] March 8

[edit] HTML Limits

[edit] Edit window font

[edit] Upload a text file

[edit] Stuck on March 3rd

[edit] Vandal patrol

[edit] external link

[edit] How to wikify an article

[edit] Sockpuppet

[edit] Translating wikipedia articles

[edit] Credibility

[edit] Offensive language

[edit] Simple English Wikipedia

[edit] Using selective Info as adjunct to existing webpage

[edit] UGPulse.com

[edit] Modifying header style

[edit] Delete an Article

[edit] Printing/publishing wikipedia articles

[edit] March 9

[edit] Deleting

[edit] IP address logged, now I'm getting attacked...

[edit] AFD help

[edit] Meaning of abbreviation

[edit] emailing a page

[edit] Making a Linebox.

[edit] Search button Vs Go button. for T-Spoon Software

[edit] I forgot to log in; how do I claim edits I made before logging in?

[edit] Search feature - re more than 2 name individuals

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