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[edit] April 7

do you know what this error is kernal32 page fault in module (unknown) at dode: 01857701

[edit] Search Engine for Wikipedia

What is the searching engine of Wikipedia ? does it the same as Google Search ?

Wikipedia uses an internal search engine to search itself. The "Go" button works if you type the exact name of the article. Wikipedia provides links to Google if it's own search ever breaks down. If you want to search the Internet, I would reccomend Google. Ccool2ax 13:21, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Two questions re: RfC and Vanity page

Hello, I have created an RfC page and have two users who have commented on it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Steth/RfC

I am not sure what to do next or how to proceed. Should I post it on the RfC page that lists current RfCs? If I should, I don't know how to begin. Can you please assist?

Also, I came across an article about a person that seems to be a vanity page with many links to that person's websites asking for donations. I believe this may be an illegal use of Wikipedia. How do I bring this to the attention of administrators for deletion?

Thanks in advance for your help, Steth 03:48, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

In answer to your second question, you can list the article for deletion yourself. Simply type {{prod|reason you think the article should be deleted}} at the top of the article. This will place a notice on the page that the article may be deleted if no one objects or removes the tag that is generated after five days have passed. This will also list the article at Proposed Deletion: current nominations. If this process fails, information on listing an article for deletion in a more formal manner and by community concensus can be found on WP:AFD. Another method of listing an article for deletion is a with a speedy deletion tag. However, only certain articles fit the criteria for speedy deletion. The article at issue might be a candidate for a {{db-bio}} tag for instance, but it's hard to tell without actually looking at it. Sorry, I can't help you with your first question. --Fuhghettaboutit 04:12, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, Fuhghettaboutit, for the reply. Great Username! Steth 04:25, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks and you're welcome.--Fuhghettaboutit 04:30, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
  • What was the name of the vanity article you talk about? - 131.211.210.16 07:41, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Disambiguate; how do I 'move the page' to a more specific term?

... is it simply a case of creating a new article, and cut/paste, or is there something that might preserve the associated version history better?

As you are an anonymous user, use Wikipedia:Requested moves. If and when you get an account, after a period of time you will get a "move" button at the top of the page with which you can move the article history. Sam Korn (smoddy) 10:28, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
And to avoid misunderstandings: Don't use cut & paste to move articles. As you implied, the will mess up the histories. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 13:01, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
Also, I think you have to have an account for four days to move... but I can't say for certain. Ccool2ax 13:23, 7 April 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Submitted article not showing up

Hi I submitted an article "Club Neverdie" on April 1 and I have not seen it be published yet. Is this because I didn't assign a category to it? It should be in the Massive Multiplayer Games category as it's a part of a game called "Project Entropia."

Thanks!

Are you sure it was on April 1? I see an entry in the Deletion Logs showing an article called "Club neverdie" (note the capitalization) was deleted on March 10. You could try recreating the article, but it may be deleted again, since if it isn't encyclopedic. Take a look at some of Wikipedia's policies and guidelines especially on notability and verifiability. Good luck gwernol 14:12, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
The article was submitted through Articles for creation and no registered user thought it was worthy of an article. The probable reason for this is that it is (in effect) a club that is not notable enough for inclusion in the encyclopedia. Even though it does not merit its own article, it may be worth a mention in the Project Entropia article. You can edit an existing article without the need to create a login. --GraemeL (talk) 14:21, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Request for Image of Railton Special

I'm contemplating a longish journey to Birmingham, UK, to visit Thinktank Museum to photograph the Railton Special Land Speed Record car. I would be very happy if someone could do this on my/our behalf. Is there a better place for this request ? PeterGrecian 14:21, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:UK Wikipedians' notice board is probably the place most likely to get an answer. --GraemeL (talk) 14:28, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
Thanks PeterGrecian 15:08, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Where is that quote

Hey guys,

I remember, somewhere in the tutorial or something, there being a quote "if you dont like your additions to be mercilessly deleted and revamped you shouldnt edit here" (or something of the sorts. Anybody know which one I mean? Where is it?

Cheers, The Minister of War (Peace) 15:18, 7 April 2006 (UTC)


Ah found it; on Wikipedia:Ownership of articles. Thanks (for letting me vent my frustrations of not finding it immediately ;-) ).
The Minister of War (Peace) 15:31, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
You can also find the statement
If you don't want your writing to be edited mercilessly or redistributed by others, do not submit it.
located below the edit window every time you edit a page to – for example – ask a question at the Help Desk. :D TenOfAllTrades(talk) 21:01, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Stubs

How do I change the status of an article from "stub"? The article on "ring sizes" seems complete to me but it is labelled a stub - how do I change this? --SolarMcPanel 15:26, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

If you think an article is no longer a stub (see Wikipedia:Stubs for more info on what constitutes a stub), then just delete the {{stub}} notice, and you're done! — QuantumEleven | (talk) 16:11, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
For what it's worth, only the top section of Ring size is a section-stub, and that's probably justified, as it doesn't include history of ring sizes and how they were determined, information on ring resizing, etc. Fix that and the stub removal is definitely justified. However, if you think those are impossible to answer, feel free to remove it. --Kickstart70·Talk 16:23, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] How are name changes handled?

I think that Small office/home office should really be renamed to Small Office-Home Office or similar. How is this normally handled? I've searched around, but not found a clear answer to the standard procedure for this. Thx. --Kickstart70·Talk 15:45, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Not convinced. Don't think it would ever be correctly written with a hyphen. Maybe an en dash, but the usage with a slash seems the most commonplace. Notinasnaid 16:21, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
In any case, I don't think there's more to it than posting a comment in that article's talk page (perhaps in a WikiProject this article relates to as well), having several people agree with you, and making the move. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 16:26, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
I think article names with slashes in them are a bad idea, so I support this move. · rodii · 16:46, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
Article names should have slashes in them when the correct (i.e., proper name) or most commonly used name of the subject has a slash in it. Surely you would not move AC/DC to "AC-DC"? If you look at a selection of online references, I think you will see that is the case for "Small office/home office". MCB 18:05, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
While the slash is apparently the predominant form, it's certainly not overwhelming. A Google search for 'SOHO home office' showed a number of variations within the first few pages. In any case it's bad form...and perhaps the name change should use a hex-encoded slash or something to differentiate. FWIW, is there a better place to bring up this technical discussion, and will someone do so? --Kickstart70·Talk 18:12, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
Probably on the article's talk page. But really, it's a misconception that a slash in an article title is "bad form"; it's only bad form to create substantive sub-pages in article space. The fact that the slash creates a sub-page is a trivial artifact of how the MediaWiki software works, presents no practical problem, and is much less important than using the correct title for the page. For example, AC/DC is technically a sub-page of AC because of this artifact, but no one has a problem with that. The same with F/X, f/stop (a redirect, but still a valid title in article space), Either/Or, AS/400, and many, many more. It's just not an issue. MCB 21:56, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] I want to be a wikipedian

How do I become a vandalism police? I would like to help stop people who insist on ruining a wonderful site like this one? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Thechanger25998 (talk • contribs) .

Jump in and fix what you see! Really, there is no more clear answer than that...if you see a problem and are sure that what you change will improve the article in ways that fit the Wikipedia guidelines, then make the change. If it's substantial, it's a nicety to get buy-in from others in discussion on the article's talk page. --Kickstart70·Talk 16:00, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
If you read Wikipedia:Vandalism and the other pages linked from there, you can learn most of what you need to know about keeping Wikipedia tidy. --GraemeL (talk) 16:04, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia

Who is the author of Wikipedia? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 209.204.126.165 (talk • contribs) .

Wikipedia has no author - it's collaboratively written by all the users involved. If you're trying to cite Wikipedia for a paper you're writing, take a look at citing Wikipedia for all the info you need. — QuantumEleven | (talk) 16:08, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sex

How does peple have sex? How do people do it. I am just a 7 yer old curios one. And what does it do for u? Does it feal goood? Evry one says it is how i was made but i do not no. Can sombodee tele me?

Erm... *cough* 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. — QuantumEleven | (talk) 16:10, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
You should talk to your teacher at Columbia High School about your numeracy (I think you got your age wrong), your spelling, and the question itself. Notinasnaid 16:33, 7 April 2006 (UTC)


HOW DO PEOPLE HAVE SeX: that's a good question! this is how it works: you put the cheap pencil instead the expensive pencil sharpner! And viola!

How is SeX made: sex was made by Adam & Eve!

What does SeX do for you: it create babies:P

Does SeX feel good: yes it does! it feels like eating your favorite f00d:P

>x<ino 08:20, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] general

Am neww to this site... i jus wanna know how exactly shall i edit any page ? and will i be able to edit the complete site including the home page? if so then is it not possible for one to delete all the info in this site...? 203.129.242.66 17:12, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Admins: some attention please. This user is an obvious vandal: Special:Contributions/203.129.242.66 --Kickstart70·Talk 17:19, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

FYI, the place you want for that is WP:AIV. --Bth 17:24, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
Reported, thanks --Kickstart70·Talk 17:55, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
don't understand; how is making a comment about a perceived problem with the site 'vandalism,' surely by highlighting the problem it would make it possible for the problem to be solved, and stop vandals in the future. The fact that this 'problem' is well known and is the whole 'point' of wiki is immaterial. --JeffUK
Kickstart was referring to the user's contribution history, not to his question here. AndyJones 22:21, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] technical

i want to give a seminar on wikipedia.i wanna know wat all topics shal i include in my seminar.please help me out its urgent.

203.129.242.66 17:39, 7 April 2006 (UTC) mahesh,jc engineering college mysore,india

You will have to decide for yourself what topics you want to include. If you know enough about Wikipedia to give a seminar on it, surely you know what to discuss. If not, you might describe what it is you're interested in and we'll take it from there. · rodii · 19:41, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Adding biographical articles

I recently added information to a capsule biography, citing the name of the subject's mother. I would like to add a capsule biography of the mother. How do I go about doing that? Joel Rudikoff

By making the mother's name in the article a link (like this: [[someone's mother]], which will come out as someone's mother), then clicking on the red link and starting the new article. I should probably point out that the mother has to be a notable personality by herself, or the article might be deleted. "X is Y's mother" is not enough content for an article. If you have any further questions, feel free to ask! Ferkelparade π 18:44, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
Not necessarily true. Arthur Tolkien has no claim to notability apart from the fact that he fathered J. R. R. Tolkien, and he not only has an article but one which survived a nomination for deletion; albeit on a 'no consensus', which means that while the majority were in favour of deleting the article or redirecting it to the JRR article, there weren't enough to justify a deletion. However, JRR is a very notable person, so I doubt the average mother of a WP:BIO passer would get the same treatment. --Sam Blanning(talk) 23:43, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Redirect

My user page...I am trying to fool people. By making them think they have a New Message. So If they click on that cheap link, I want that link to redirect them to their own user page not mine. How do I do that cheapness....thanks:P

>x<ino 19:48, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
How would such an action help us to build an encyclopedia? User:Zoe|(talk) 21:32, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
So how many times have you clicked on one of those, Zoe? *ahem* Anyway, unless you can get the same code in Wiki markup that's used to generate the 'my talk' 'my preferences' links at the top of every page, I doubt it's possible. Thankfully. --Sam Blanning(talk) 23:34, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
God, I hate those... and this user's is particularly annoying. Good question, Zoe. · rodii · 23:52, 7 April 2006 (UTC)


Zoe: It will help us alot from vandals:P Sam: thanks for the relpy...that is just all I needed to see...AN ANSWER roddi: I am annoying, because your @ss kept on falling for that cheap joke!

>x<ino 08:16, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] help me trouble viewing my recent submissions

I added an article on 4/6/06 titled "ABC Coding Solutions" and an artilce on 4/7/06 titled "ABC Codes", however I am unable to view either of them. Please advise why I am unable to view these entries.

ABC Codes ABC codes are five-digit HIPAA compliant alpha codes (example, AAAAA) used by licensed and non-licensed healthcare practitioners on standard healthcare claim forms (example, CMS 1500) to describe services, remedies and/or supply items used during patient visits. The codes contain both a short description and an expanded definition of the service, remedy and/or supply item.

ABC codes fill gaps in healthcare coding and the National Health Information Network (NHIN) that older medical code sets do not cover.

ABC codes can be used in conjunction with two-digit, alpha-numeric practitioner identifiers (example, 1A) to identify the practitioner type (example, chiropractor) providing the service.

ABC codes are also supported by state legislative references regarding scope of practice and training requirements of a code, state and practitioner-specific basis.

Thanks, Michael Mullen


--Flashmullen 22:07, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Your contributions list at http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&target=Flashmullen shows the articles. It just takes a while for Wikipedia's Search engine to catch up. User:Zoe|(talk) 22:14, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] About blocks on foreign Wikipedias

Hi, I once talked to an admin (Marudubshinki to be precise) about if blocks on foreign Wikipedias can be applied here. He said that no, their affairs are meant to stay separate, so blocks will not cross over to users' native Wikipedias. Also, he said that "However, it doesn't mean I am forced to ignore it."

Therefore, what I'm thinking of adding here is the following:

"Admins may not block users who are known to have been blocked on foreign Wikipedias, since their affairs are to stay entirely separate. However, you may discuss those blocks with the users in question if you wish."

Since policies generally require consensus to add, I thought I'd run it by the Help Desk first. --Shultz IV 22:07, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

I'd advise you to run it past the Administrator's noticeboard first. User:Zoe|(talk) 22:16, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
Or the Village Pump. Flcelloguy (A note?) 22:21, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Quote templates

I'm working on an article which needs to include a large amount of quoted text within the article. Blockquote doesn't really work (it's awkward with more than one paragraph, for one thing). I'm sure on some article or other I saw an excerpt of quoted text in a <div>ved box, with a different background colour and border, which separated it from the rest of the article quite nicely. I think it may have been a template, but can't for the life of me remember where I saw it now. Does anyone have any idea what I'm talking about?

For the moment I've found I've learnt enough markup to put it in a box of my own design (who says that time spent fiddling with my user page was pointless?) but if there's a commonly used style on Wikipedia somewhere, obviously I'd like to use that. --Sam Blanning(talk) 22:54, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

For an idea of what I have a hazy recollection of, see this section of Jugendweihe. --Sam Blanning(talk) 23:30, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

I think the template you are looking for is {{Quote box}}. However, another format I've just come across and which I think formats rather nicely is {{cquote|text of quote}}. --Fuhghettaboutit
Actually, it may be that what you're looking for is {{Quotation}}. --Fuhghettaboutit 23:47, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
Turns out none of those really fit. {{Quote box}} and {{Quotation}} both need a 'source', which doesn't really fit here, and {{cquote}}, with its single set of quote marks, isn't appropriate for a dialogue. Still, at least I know where they are now, thanks. I'm happy to leave the formatting of Jugendweihe as it is as long as I'm not inadvertantly forking. --Sam Blanning(talk) 00:14, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
Sie sind willkommen --Fuhghettaboutit 00:22, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Adding a link to a page

As an experiment in using Wiki (beyond just using the sandbox), I wanted to add a link and page for our company to the Utah Corporations page: [1]. However, when I click "edit this page" I don't actually see the content that contains the index and links. What am I doing wrong?

That page is for a category. For pages to be listed there, they must first have an article. Then a tag is added to the article about those companies. That tag adds them to that category. To tell if your company is notable enough for inclusion in Wikipedia, please see WP:CORP. Dismas|(talk) 23:21, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
(After edit conflict): The page you are referring to is not a page of links to Utah corporations, but rather a list of wikipedia articles about Utah corporations that are in the Category:Companies based in Utah. Ideally, every article is tagged at its bottom with one or more categories so that articles can be sorted by similarities. The only way to "add" you article to that page would be to write an article about your corporation and then tag it as fitting in that category. However, you should be aware that many companies are not notable enough for an encyclopedia article. You might want to take a look at WP:CORP in order to see whether an article about your company would be appropriate. --Fuhghettaboutit 23:28, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] What is the alloy grade of cast steel which used for cylinder head?

In low speed diesel engine, the cylinder head is Manufactured from cast steel. Please, I need to know the alloy grade of cast steel and the folloing properties: 1- denisty 2- specific heat 3- thermal conductivity

thank you —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Hala 92 (talk • contribs) .

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.--Fuhghettaboutit 23:59, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] April 8

[edit] Is this original research?

If would like to interpret the following map [2] into a table form (since I can't find any non-copyrighted version of this). The table would probably have the names of all the districts, along with % ownership of each of three groups. Would this be considered original reasearch? Also am I violating the copy right of this map by putting it into a table? Pls. respond to me on my talk page under help requested. Bless sins 03:11, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

I do not think so if you take the raw data (the figures) from the map and cite the actual source. 10qwerty 05:26, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] images

How do you add an image? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.27.217.5 (talk • contribs) 23:12, April 7, 2006 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Picture tutorial. Dismas|(talk) 04:17, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Create a New Category/New Picture

  • Wiki-star: And a good day to you too fellow wikipedians. My first question of the day is, how do i create a new category, and add an article within it? Then, i'd like to know how editors add the image for the infobox. For example, this article has an image with it's infobox. When i edit the page, i can never seem to find the image code for it. So my question is, where do i find the infobox's image and edit it? Thanks~

Wiki-star 06:32, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

  • I've got no idea why the image code isn't showing, normally it should. To create a category, add a quick explanatory non-self-referential note to the page you wish to create; for example: Category:Foo, then add the category to the bottom of the article you wish to add to the category. See Wikipedia:Categorization. Be careful and check whether we have a similar category by another name already. Categories have naming conventions to avoid duplications like articles do. - Mgm|(talk) 11:56, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
  • The image is added by the template itself ([[Template:DB Character]]), via the RefName parameter. · rodii · 14:11, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] edit headword

hi I have recently created a new entry, the headword is "Disorganized crime". The word "crime" should have a capital "C", but I cannot change it, and links from other entries seem to be case-sensitive. what can I do? thanks

--Bernie 08:01, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

Hi Bernie, you can do that using the Move tab located at the top of all articles. I've done this for the article you created: it is now at Disorganized Crime. Please also note that there is no need to sign your contributions on article pages - only on talk pages. Hope this helps! -- Tangotango 08:22, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] many users can't find their help desk answers

This Help Desk page is missing crucial information about the archiving process - it doesn't even mention it - and an easy-to-use link to the archived messages. The best solution would be to turn the archive into locked pages with an index by date.

The way the situation is now, many users never see any or some of the answers because their thread is removed before they get a chance to see any or the newest answer. Most of the users asking questions here have trouble or know nothing about using the history tab. And if they do know how, they will add comments to an archived page that no one will see.

It seems that the whole idea of archiving on the basis of the day the question was asked is flawed. The thread should be handled as a thread, not as part of a page, and it should be archived at the earliest one week after the last comment or answer, not after the date of the original question. --Espoo 08:14, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

  • Well, dated sections are part of a page, so treating them as such makes sense, but you are entirely right when you said an archive link should be included in the lead and that answers shouldn't be archived too soon. - Mgm|(talk) 11:59, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
  • When you say "many" what do you mean and where are you getting the information? I see 8 days of helpdesk questions showing on this page right now. Are you saying "many" users ask a question and then don't come back for their answers for 8 days? I agree with what Mgm says above, but I have my doubts about whether this is really a serious problem. · rodii · 14:18, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
  • You could try asking the maintainer of User:Crypticbot, which is in charge of archiving the help desk, and see if s/he could modify it for you.--Max Talk (add) 01:14, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Newbie rename/split article

HI! This regards Veterinary surgeon and Veterinary surgeons

How did you rename the article in a prior edit? And did you check links first. That's usually an Admin task, and after a year plus, I don't know how to do that!. Kudos! What's the secret?FrankB 06:19, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
  • re: did make a comment that I had no objection, so long as the sense remained, but I favour a separate page (as is). I don't know where that comment has disappeared to now!
Renaming was a 'cheat'; I just started a new page.
    • That's pretty much what I thought, but was too polite to say so. That sort of thing needs done by an admin, who has the power to rename (move) things in the database. You essentially abandoned it in the old namespace, along with its talk page. At least you didn't delete it! I've got just the goto guy to fix this, so don't do anything therein, and he's just about ready to start his wikiday. The veterinarian article needs a lot of TLC if you write well. But my advice to you is 90:10!!! I'm off to bed (4:25 am for me)

I think you can figure what needs done from this. A speedy merge back! The 's' end was apparently the objection, but that also matches the British Degree, and I'm not about to tell them not to use such. I added cats to his younger article tonight, and I'm uncertain whether I edited it other than that, so consult diff. Good night. I'm getting too old for these hours!

      • Looking those over before I saved out to you, even the first is new. He originated it about 10 days back... so no links to worry about. (Some people are lucky I guess!)
Best regards FrankB 08:40, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A public account everyone can use freely

Is it regarded as inappropriate to create an account which everyone can use freely by making its password open public? The purpose is only to post opinions to discussion pages. Another question is: is it regarded as inappropriate to use "Audit" as a username?--ComSpex 09:51, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

  • Account with publicly accessible passwords are called role accounts and are indeed considered inappropriate. It makes it impossible to make people accountable for their actions because it is impossible to check who used the account. And you may say the purpose is only sharing opinions, but vandals will love to take advantage of a free account regardless of your goal. By the way, if you don't stand behind your opinion enough to say it with your own account, it's probably something you shouldn't say period. I'm not sure if the username "Audit" would be considered inappropriate, but if you feel the need to ask, it's probably not a good idea to use it. - Mgm|(talk) 12:04, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
    • Thank you for teaching me of role account that is the term I wanted to know. You are seemingly a very clever person. Your nice reply impressed me very much. If you were in Japan as an administrator, I could not have posted such a question. I wish an administrator like you in Japan.--ComSpex 15:47, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Come on, stop it! You'll make me blush. If you ask before you act, I'm happy to answer. I can't comment on Japanese administrators, my Japanese language skills are non-existent. - Mgm|(talk) 19:16, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User space limitations

Is there any limit to how much data I can store in my user space? If so, how much storage do I have? Administrators, don't get any ideas ;-) FLaRN2005 15:56, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

As far as I know, there is not a per-user storage limit although there are content related restrictions - please see Wikipedia:User page. Wikipedia is NOT a free host, blog or webspace provider. If there is a very large amount of data you want to store that is related to the Wikipedia project, please ask a more specific question about it. -- Rick Block (talk) 16:28, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
There is no set maximum number of pages you can create in your namespace. As Rick said the idea is not to provide storage for data, but to allow you to put things up that are somewhat related to contributing at Wikipedia. The rules are quite liberal as regards this, but I suspect WP:AFD would come into play rather quickly if someone started abusing the system. --Kwekubo 17:06, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
Actually it would be WP:MFD.  :) User:Zoe|(talk) 21:44, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
If you are thinking about images and other files, they are not in anyway tied to your user space and are stored with the rest of the images, so they are not really in "your" territory.--Max Talk (add) 01:05, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] technical

suppose if i have 10 computers of the same configuration and i instal linux in one of them, then is it possible for me to create the image and restore in the remaining computers ? 125.22.32.112 17:16, 8 April 2006 (UTC) kamal , sjce mysore

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. --Fuhghettaboutit 17:48, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Policy on quotations

Is there any policy or wikipedia style guide on the use of quotations. For reference it refers to this discussion in Talk:Catholicism_and_Freemasonry#The_need_for_quotations_in_footnotes_and_citations? [3] . JASpencer 17:32, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

Commented on talk page referring mainly to Wikipedia:Cite_sources#Complete_citations_in_a_.22References.22_section and the following sections as guidelines. Ansell 23:29, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Help Me

Hi! Just wanted to find out how to get to the "this day in History" thing for my birthday. Thanks!

Type in the date of your birth (minus the year) into the search box and hit Go. e.g. April 8. Dismas|(talk) 22:57, 8 April 2006 (UTC)


Hey...my birthday is also coming up:P

>x<ino 23:08, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
If you are looking for the version that is transcluded onto the Main Page, go to Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/April 8, replacing April 8 with the date that you need. Thanks! Flcelloguy (A note?) 23:38, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] April 9

[edit] Anaheim Hills, California

I was wondering if I could change the part that is uneditable by regular users so that it wont be so disputed on the Anaheim Hills, California page. It is the first introduction part before the part before the contents table is listed that is controversial, and I think I can make it uncontroversial. I made the rest of the article, and that part is not the center of controversy, so if I could have a shot at fixing the first uneditable part, that would be great. Thank You.-ericsaindon2

Eric, please address the issues in the Talk:Anaheim Hills, California page. I'm sure that users there will be happy to work with you on fixing any errors. -Will Beback 01:30, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
What part is uneditable by regular users? · rodii · 01:45, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
He means the introduction, the parts before the TOC. It is not uneditable - you need to click the "edit this page" tab at the top of the screen. This is the "primary" method of editing the article. The sections have individual edit buttons for convenience, and the introduction just doesn't happen to have one. But you can edit it. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 06:46, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
See also Wikipedia:WikiProject User scripts/Scripts/Add edit section 0. —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 15:19, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] talk: question

Today I opened an account. I am attempting to create a new entry "Joseph W. Leonard" but it seems to ONLY show up when in the search box I put

  talk:joseph w. leonard

It does not seem to shop up, when Joseph W. Leonard

Please let me know how to create a regualar entry that others can easily find by search "Joseph W. Leonard" THANKS! --Leonarjw 03:14, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

It looks like you created the article on the talk page. You could copy the whole article, click on the "Article" link at the top, and paste it in there. ...But think twice before doing so. It looks from your user name as if you are creating an article about yourself, which is frowned on at Wikipedia (see WP:AUTO). Unless you (or, if it's not you, the article's subject) are genuinely notable, the article will probably end up being deleted. In addition, there are a number of other problems with the article: grammatical errors could use cleaning up; I would strongly advise against including telephone numbers and email addresses in the article; and you should not sign articles.
I realize it's not pleasant to get advice like this, but I would advise letting this article be deleted, then taking some time to read around Wikipedia and get a feel for how things are done here, then trying again. You might look at Wikipedia:Your first article for a starting point. If that sounds good to you, let us know here. · rodii · 03:27, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi Joseph, also be aware that each account has its own userpage, and yours may be found here: User:Leonarjw. You are welcome to add any information about yourself to that user page. — TheKMantalk 03:35, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Forcing TOC items all on single line?

Is there any way to do this? It's because I have a page of translations, with the headings being their language codes eg "es", "en", "fr", "zh". If I use a regular TOC it's really annoying and takes up heaps of space. I want it to automatically appear on one line, like "es - en - fr - zh". Automatically being the keyword, because I don't want to have to fix it every time someone adds a translation. Any ideas? --pfctdayelise (translate?) 04:02, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

(Incidentally: "how to operate the program to use Wikipedia" -- uh, what the-?)

I'm not sure if this will suit your needs, but try the {{compactTOC}} template. Hope this helps! - Tangotango 08:52, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
I'm sorry, that doesn't help (although you could group language codes by their first letter :) ). - Tangotango 08:55, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia and Microsoft

Is there any relation between the 2 ?Alhoori

  • Apart from the fact that a good number of people accessing Wikipedia use machines with Microsoft Windows, I don't think there's any connection. At least not one I'm aware of.
The Wikimedia Foundation is the sole owner of Wikipedia. The Foundation's fundamental goals fairly directly conflict with some of Microsoft's (free availability of encyclopedic knowledge vs. ever increasing revenue and profit from products including Encarta). More than a few contributors have a decidedly anti-Microsoft slant, although there are also pro-Microsoft contributors (including Microsoft employees). Wikipedia's official Wikipedia:Neutral point of view policy means that any information in articles about Microsoft must be presented to neither favor nor bash. -- Rick Block (talk) 17:31, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects make use of open source software and free data formats, often in direct opposition to proprietary programs and formats from Microsoft intended for the same uses. *Dan T.* 19:11, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia and no competirors ?

Is this correct ? wikipedia will beat everyone outside ? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Alhoori (talk • contribs) .

Hi Alhoori. You have asked a number of fairly cryptic questions. Perhaps you could say a little more about what's on your mind?
It's unclear what "competitors" and "beat" means to a project that is created for free by its community, gives away all its content, and isn't selling anything. Could you go into more detail about what it is you're trying to sort out? · rodii · 19:06, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
Sorry , I meant that wikipedia will beat Microsoft ? google ? since it have more and more users ? can it start its email ? free email from wikipedia ? have better search ? google dream , gives answers instead of links ? etc
Wikipedia isn't in competition with either Google or Microsoft. Wikipedia is not a search engine like Google. Maybe you should read what Wikipedia is not and you may have a better understanding of what Wikipedia is. Dismas|(talk) 06:24, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Typing blog

I typed my title, now how do I type the body of the blog? Can't I simply type what I want? Do I have to use Wikipedia? I don't have time to learn all that. Where will I get an answer? --67.150.100.174 19:15, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

I am not sure what you are asking. Wikipedia is not a blog; it is an encyclopedia. Please clarify what you need, and I will be more than happy to help you. Thanks for your interest. -- Psy guy Talk 01:55, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] copyright violation question

I'm confused by the copyright violation pages - there are so many possibilities. It regards a specific page that is not edited frequently enough to just post the question on the talk page 'is this a copyvio?'.

On the Tulsi page, the first paragraph is nearly identical to the first paragraph from this copyrighted page: http://hinduism.about.com/library/weekly/aa062000a.htm

Then the first paragraph under 'Tulsi as a deity' is identical to the first paragraph under the identical heading in that article.

The first paragraph of 'Tulsi as an elixir' was identical also, until I changed it, along with the identical heading.

So when does lazy copy and pasting cross over to copyright violation? Or perhaps about.com has copied from Wikipedia? But I couldn't find them listed under mirror sites.

I'm happy to rewrite the article in question, but don't want to do it just for a false alarm.

This is a general question that would help me with editing - I'm not planning on asking about every possible copyright violation I see. Thank you. ॐ Priyanath 02:12, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

  • Basically, lazy copying and pasting becomes a copyright violation when the copied material is copyrighted. You can use the facts from an article, not the exact wording. It could be that this particular about.com page copied from Wikipedia and stuck the regular copyright notice on the bottom. Do you know when that page was written? If you do, you can compare to the history of the article on Wikipedia. I would recommend rewriting if you have the time to do so. - 131.211.210.12 07:57, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Why was all of the Wikimedia Foundation down?

I don't know if this is the correct place to ask this, if not where? Why did Wikipedia, and all of Wikimedia Foundation's other projects (that I tried to go to) go down for some time eariler today? I tried looking at the various sites, but couldn't find anything about it. Could it have just been down for me?

for around 1 hour the site is not working ?70.186.97.250

See Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#Downtime. --Rob 18:27, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] what OS servers wikipedia is using , UNIX or Windows ?

(please sign your posts with ~~~~)

Looks like Linux, with Apache --Kickstart70-T-C 15:31, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] template for RVV edit summary comments?

I see lots of other editors who, when they revert vandalism, leave a comment that looks like this: (RV vandalism by xxx.114.110.10 (talk | contribs))

Is there a template that does that (the "talk | contribs" part), or are these people using some 3rd party utility, or what. I've been looking for and trying to guess at such a template for ages. KarlBunker 02:30, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

{{user}} does just that. Fetofs (talk • contribs) 18:40, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
Um, not for me it doesn't; not in an edit summary, anywayKarlBunker 10:03, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
They probably have some javascript widget or other. Have a look on WP:WPUS. Sam Korn (smoddy) 10:23, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] dna computing

my seminar topic is dna computing .. please guide me in that ?

The first place would be to go to DNA computing. They seem to have a reasonable list of references there which you could check out for your seminar. Ansell 04:52, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Admin wanted to Template talk:Catmore (Renewed)

This page is protected from editing, and numerous requests for edits to be made have been posted to the talk page, seemingly without anyone with authority noticing. Please respond! --meco 11:08, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image Copyright

Under what circumstances am I allowed to use images from corporations' websites on a wikipedia article? --Nihon? 10:21, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

If the image is copyrighted, you would want to submit it into Fair use. Fetofs Hello! 13:33, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Fair use is only permissable for company logos that illustrate the article on the company. Any other use would be a copyright violation. - Mgm|(talk) 17:00, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
    • Actually, fair-use of logos is a trademark issue, rather than copyright, just to be clear. Drogue 07:09, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] running a volunteer group

in nigeria we have an independent corrupt practices commission which can be said that there are trying, comparing the enormous task and the perculiar nature of nigerian terrain landmass and otherwise i feel strongly the neede d some volunteering assistance this i intend to organise . iwant you to help me with info. on how to recruit ,manage ,etc the volunteer grop —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 216.139.189.66 (talk • contribs).

[edit] How to reply to a "welcome" message??

I clicked the new user log and posted a sentence about myself, and got a speed "Hullo" from "Alf", clicked the link to reply and was taken to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Wiki_alf#Hello.21 which informs me that "if you post here, I can reply'

I just can't seems to find how to post there?? Anyone to help me?--Ritafelgate 13:02, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Go to the top of the page and click on where it says "click here to start a new section". Type the header and the message and what you typed will be sent to Alf. I hope this helps! Fetofs Hello! 13:05, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] How hard is Wikipedia for newcomers without knowledge about html etc ?

I've used Wikipedia for ages, and feel I can contribute hugely re South African legislation, but on verious ocasions have just got bogged down in technicalities (today again so), and wonder how much time I will have to devote to learning the basics of making tables, lists,linking, etc? --Ritafelgate 13:06, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Actually, you don't need any HTML to use wikipedia, but you need to know wiki syntax. Follow the link to know more about it. Fetofs Hello! 13:12, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks again.. that's given me some direction! I'm finding as a new user that there are so many directions to go on the Wikipedia site for help that I've got about 10 window tabs open, each with 10 directions to go, which is really confusing. And your live response is STUNNING.

We're here to help ;) Fetofs Hello! 13:27, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
  • It's easiest to learn by example. Try to find an article that has the code you want and see how it was done in the edit screen. - Mgm|(talk) 17:01, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Registretion for PhD courses in Law (Human Rights: the righs of Women)

I am a Cameroonian from Africa,holder of a Master Degree in Law an Political Sciences,and olso a Post Gradueted diploma in Human Rights,International Humanatarian Law and International Penal Law.

This last Diploma was delived to us jointly by University of VALL de SOME;FRANCE and DSCHANG University of CAMEROONN

Now Iam continueing in PhD with DSCHANG University and LIMOGES University in FRANCE.Due to the lack of appropriate docummentations in my domaine of recheach(THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN).


I wish to continue with your University.As such please give me informations about registratios conditions and if possible the schoolardships orientations in case Iam admited

I did most of my study in french,but our country being bilingual,I olso learnt english as second language.

From secondery school to University Iam always coming first in my various classes.I entent to sent to you not only my applications but olso all the relevant documents to prouve my academic perfomencies.

Thancks very much.

I tried to clean this up a bit. I am not sure what this person is really talking about, but the only thing I can think of is Wikiversity over at Wikibooks. Any other thoughts? Any thoughts on who this person may be trying to contact? Thanks. --LV (Dark Mark) 14:06, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Appparently he wants to study at our university. I'm afraid you are mistaking Mr. Cameroon. Wikipedia is an non-profit free encyclopedia. We do have a Wikiversity project, but there's no school you can join or be admitted to. - Mgm|(talk) 17:04, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Insert Flash!

If i want to insert a logo that is in flash only, is it possible to insert a flash file into a wikipedia article??? thanks.

I sure hope not. JIP | Talk 15:43, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
No, Flash images are proprietary. That would make them copyright violations. See Wikipedia:Image_use_policy#Format. Video images should be in OGG or THEORA format. User:Zoe|(talk) 17:02, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
If it is a logo, convert it into a PNG image and post it (fair use for most cases.).❝Sverdrup❞ 14:16, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Telling off Spammers

I have noticed and corrected desecration on a page: what message do I use on the talk page for the anonymous vandals?--Lkjhgfdsa 15:17, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

{{spam}}, {{spam2}}. etc. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 15:19, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

--Thank you.--Lkjhgfdsa 15:20, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Also: {{test}}, {{test2}} — QuantumEleven | (talk) 16:01, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
All of them are listed on Template:TestTemplates. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 21:24, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Special page for what I've created?

Is there a 'special page' that lists a subset of my contributions, just showing what pages I was the initial creator for? Thx --Kickstart70-T-C 15:37, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

  • Afraid not. But it has been requested loads of times. If it is technically possible, I'm sure some tech-savvy programmer will create something for that purpose. Unfortunately, I have no idea if it is actually possible. - Mgm|(talk) 17:06, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
Okie, thanks. I kinda thought that if it existed I would have already seen it, so I'm not surprised. If I ever get some time I'll see what I can do, but that's not likely to happen for a good while. --Kickstart70-T-C 17:19, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
  • There is a cheap hack you could try which may be good enough. In the 'My settings' area, in 'Edit' make sure that 'Add pages I create to my watchlist' is ticked. The watchlist will now contain a list of articles you've created from that point (it's probably already ticked.) This may or may not work for you, depending largely on how much you use the watchlist for other things. -JeffUK

[edit] Redirect

How do you assign a redirect to an article? I know how to type REDIRECT#[[article name]] on an article so it will show a big arrow pointing to the other article. But how do I do a simple redirect, like when you type "Andrew lost" in the Search engine and it gives you the "Andrew Lost" article (with capital L) with little letters saying "Redirected from Andrew lost"

I looked at the Wikipedia article about redirecting but it never says how exactly to do it. Does Wikipedia do it automatically? Jonathan W 18:05, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

It sounds like you already know how to do it. Placing the redirect tags as you have them will do it. If you click on the "Redirected from [article name]" link, it will take you to the page with the arrow (like this one), but providing you don't it should redirect right to the page you want (like the link to Cambridge University does). -- Natalya 18:38, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
The correct way to redirect is not REDIRECT# [[Article name]], it is #REDIRECT [[Article name]]. Ansell 04:31, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Oh I get it. So if I created an article called "Andrew lost" then on that article wrote: #REDIRECT[[Andrew Lost]]. Then if I typed "Andrew lost" in the search engine, it would bring me to the "Andrew Lost" page with a little caption saying: (Redirected from Andrew lost). Is that right? 70.72.189.241 15:10, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sri Hans Photograph

Apparently Very thorough coverage of Sri Hans Maharaj. I would like to see some photographs of him, and saw no mention of any. Is there another 'Site' that you may reccomend that may show what he looked like? Thankyou, jd Fligelman ABQ,NM USA. [email removed]

Try this google search: [4] · rodii · 20:21, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dead link

I found a dead link on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haifa. The link "Municipality of Haifa" does not work. I don't know where to report it and this seemed as reasonable as anywhere else.

I've updated the link to a working one. You could have either changed or removed it yourself using the edit button. --Cherry blossom tree 22:33, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Text wrap around pictures

Is it possible to wrap text (and then links) around a picture, other text, or another object, kind of like a border? I'm sure there is such a tag to do this with, such a the span tag, which creates the border around text. If anyone know of a way, please tell me! → J@red  22:31, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

I'm not entirely sure what you mean. If you want to wrap text around a picture then you can do it simple by using the commands at Wikipedia:Extended image syntax. If you want to wrap text around other text that you would probably have to use a table - see Help:Table for more on that.--Cherry blossom tree 22:37, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
I guess I wasn't clear enough but this is what I mean... Look at the following signature taken off of User:JzG's user page:
Just zis Guy, you know?
See how there is a border around the word "Guy"? That is exactly what I want around a picture, except that the border encompassing the picture would instead be text. → J@red  22:47, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
  • As far as I know, that's not possible. Borders are easy with CSS, but they are solid or dotted lines. -- Reinyday, 01:50, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] admin

Can I become an admin if I *was* a vandal in other language of Wikipedia? 218.68.245.150 23:56, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Sure you can! You need to go through the same process as anyone else though. See WP:RFA. Isopropyl 00:03, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] April 11

[edit] Holy edit history, Batman!

Has anyone seen anything like this before? Granted, they're making the article look bad with all the huge pictures but has anyone seen anything like the number of edits this user has on just one article in the span of a few hours? Dismas|(talk) 00:29, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for keeping a track of things like that. I commented out another image as it doesn't look right to have three images on a page with only a single screen of text supporting them. Ansell 00:41, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
I tried putting in a gallery before but ran into an edit conflict since they were editing it every few seconds. Of course, now that I've said something, they've slowed to a crawl on the edits. I also asked on their talk page why they were going about it that way. Dismas|(talk) 01:48, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] How do I change my password.

How do I change the password for Kinopanorama widescreen to prevent others from unauthorised access. Please refer to my user talk. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.70.95.203 (talk • contribs) 02:18, 11 April 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. --Kwekubo 02:24, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

This isn't a knowledge question, its a user account question. If you know the password already you can change it yourself. Otherwise you would have to have a pretty convincing case to get an admin to change a users password for you. Maybe a CheckUser account could verify things for you. BTW, if you are worried about unauthorised access how do we know that the unauthorised access that actually knows the password isn't the real user? Ansell 04:27, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
This user talk page link seems to indicate that the user has the password, and just wanted to know the procedure for changing it, which was answered there. MCB 06:46, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] I'm stumped—edit function broken?

I am trying to update an article's entry on Wikipedia:Pages needing attention/Social Sciences and Philosophy#Law. The problem is that when I click the edit button at the linked section, I see a blank edit box. The same happens when I click on "edit this page". I thought at first that it might be like a category page—that it propogates a list of the entries from other pages so there's nothing on the page itself to edit, but similar pages linked from Wikipedia:Pages needing attention don't have the same problem. What am I missing? --Fuhghettaboutit 01:26, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

When you click on the edit link it tries to edit, Wikipedia:Pages needing attention/Social Sciences and Philosophy/Law, this is a subpage. The content is not on the subpage, it is on the actual page, The same applys to the other sections from what I have found. Editing the main page and transferring the content over to the subpage would work, however, you would need to use {{Wikipedia:Pages needing attention/Social Sciences and Philosophy/Law}} instead of the content that is currently on the page. Hope that helps. For now, edit the whole page to change things in that "section". Ansell 01:33, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
That does indeed help. Thank you. I still find it...well..very opaque--there's no link for that subpage on the page. Clicking on the law section header takes you to Law, there's no instructions... Another words, I'm trying to figure out how anyone, in the absence of just knowing from past experience that it must be a subpage, and deducing that the wiki link for that subpage must be the [[original page name + /subsection name]], would ever be able to locate that subpage. --Fuhghettaboutit 01:50, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
I don't know how the situation could be explained to someone, other that by saying that it hasn't been well implemented. The entries below each heading should be on the subpage, and the subpage should be piped back onto the original page so that when they click edit its actually there. Wikipedia mystery number 2301! ;-) Ansell 04:23, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Capture bonding article

Please help, there seems to be some kind of monopoly going on with the capture bonding article. I've been trying to add a simple paragraph on capture bonding by John Money and User:Maureen D (see: User talk:Maureen D to see her other revert wars) keeps reverting back to some unknown horribly sloppy version and basically throwing all of my contributions out the window? Furthermore, there is someone named Keith Henson, i.e. User:Hkhenson, who seems to think he invented the concept, and its copy-pasting whole chunks of article from his own research. And they both seem to have some kind of connected relationship of Scientology? What I am to do? This has been going on for weeks now. Take a look at the current double revert to see what I'm talking about.--Sadi Carnot 04:47, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

This is not the place to explain this. Try giving a statement about the situation at the Administrators Noticeboard to get more advice on what to do next, there are several dispute resolution procedures that they can point you to. Ansell 04:53, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
Thank-you, I'll try that.--Sadi Carnot 04:59, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] showing formulas

I have a problem with showing formulas in my wiki site. I want to know how I can disappear iso − 8859 − 1 tags in my pages. I read the articles about enabling TEX ,and I uploaded the softwares related to it,I had an error message about not compiling texvc but now I don't have it but I still have the problem with showing formulas in the right design.what should I do? please help me? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.236.153.14 (talk • contribs).

I don't know what the answer is, but if you don't get a response here, you could try the village pump (technical). Isopropyl 14:09, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Searching in categories

Can I search for the union of two categories? Searcing for all the names of the categories won't work. Helppmepleeease! CAD6DEE2E8DAD95A 14:50, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

You can't do it natively within Wikipedia. I have a very vague memory of an external tool doing something like that, but I can't find it at WP:TOOLS. Sorry.--Cherry blossom tree 16:57, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
OK. Thanks anyway! =)

[edit] Wolf's Head Society

I submitted an edit last week, and apparently it has been rejected. I'd like to know the who, what, when, why, and how for the rejection.

Sincerely,

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

It would be easier to answer if you would tell us what article it was and under what username (since the only edit you've made as Ethan Hill is this question. But assuming you mean Wolf's Head (secret society) and you were User:204.9.196.79, it looks like the removal was done by Tom Harrison with the reason given in the edit summary as "(rm uncited material)" (see [5]). In theory, every fact in every article here can be verified in a reliable source, although we don't always live up to that standard. See WP:V for more details. I imagine if you were to re-add that material, but give a source, it would be happily accepted as an improvement to the article. · rodii · 16:16, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
Please specify what edit you are referring to, since this post appears to be your first contribution under your username. However, I am going to make a jump and assume that from the title of your question, you are refering to edits on the article Wolf's Head (secret society). If you edited under an anonymous IP (204.9.196.79), the edit summary for the page says that your contributions were removed because they were uncited. Wikipedia has a policy of citing sources, which seems to be why it was removed. If you disagree, or would like to discuss the issue, you can bring it up on the article's talk page. -- Natalya 16:20, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "My contributions" only shows main namespace edits

What happened? "My contributions" has suddenly started only showing main namespace edits. Is this a bug or a feature? JIP | Talk 15:35, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Check to make sure that you did not specify on the (Main) namespace in the dropdown menu at the top of "My contributions". If you haven't specified anything, the should still all be showing. -- Natalya 16:14, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
There was a bug. It seems to have been fixed. User:Zoe|(talk) 17:54, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Is this vandalism?

Does anyone want to check out this? I don't know if it's vandalism, but clicking random "diff"s suggests that dates are just getting randomly changed. See my reversion at Ellen Terry. Sorry to ask for help on this but I don't have time to check this out thoroughly for myself, today. AndyJones 16:37, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

All of the ones I've checked (10 or so) have been valid corrections according to imdb, except for the one you mentioned. It looks like that was just a mistake.--Cherry blossom tree 16:53, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] New Articles

Does Wikipedia accept suggestions for new articles? Can anyone write/propose text of a new article? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 64.62.181.251 (talk • contribs).

Certainly. See Wikipedia:Articles for creation. User:Zoe|(talk) 17:55, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] toolbar

How do I install Wiki to my Yahoo toolbar?- -Sjwhvac

[edit] Where was Wikipedia made

where was wikipedia made

See Wikipedia! Isopropyl 22:05, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
A lot of people ask this question because the want to cite Wikipedia. Use the Special:Cite tool to generate citations.--Max Talk (add) 00:42, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Question

How do I make my own pages for wikipedia, and people to view them, when they search? I sometimes find that things I know about are never on the site. I feel if I could do this I can educate those about what isnt known well. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Leif eriksson (talk • contribs) 17:02, April 11, 2006.

See Wikipedia:Your first article for some info. Dismas|(talk) 22:04, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Trouble with editing

The list of high school dropouts won't let me add any names! What's wrong? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by AggieGirl (talk • contribs) .

What you want I think is to add Al Pacino to the Category:High school dropouts. What you want to is go to Al Pacino article and there add at the bottom the category. Like this [[Category:High school dropouts|Pacino, Al]] Garion96 (talk) 00:01, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] April 12

[edit] 3RR

I want to report someone who is in violation of the 3RR. The form I am supposed to use on the Admin Noticeboard is a bit confusing though. What does [DiffLink Time] mean? and what does "Previous version reverted to" refering to? BTW, The page in question is the Rachel Marsden entry, and the user I want to report is User:Ceraurus--Geedubber 01:25, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

See Help:Diff. Basically, go to history, click on "compare" to the version the user reverted to, and copy and paste the url like this: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki_talk:Recentchangestext&diff=prev&oldid=48047111 User reverted at 24:00 00, 00 May 00], which will show up like this: User reverted at 24:00 00, 00 May 00. Thanks! Flcelloguy (A note?) 01:28, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Question re factual dispute tagging

It seems that I am in a dispute at the moment, to my mind a rather minor one, and one which should resolve... in time. Perhaps its just that I'm an oldie, but fairly new to Wiki, but this occasion has highlighted to me that anyone can slap a factual dispute tag or NPOV tag on an article with impunity, whether or not they have valid reason to do so, and so perhaps the mechanism for tagging needs some improvement.

At this time I am not looking for dispute resolution, I guess that should work out, I'm just finding out where this might be going practically, as I am not prepared to put time into Wiki if it means banging head against wall.

Q1: Is removal of a factual dispute tag justified for any reason, say for example, when a tagger has merely maintained that he doesn't like, and may possibly show scorn for, one of the references cited?

Q2: Is removal of a factual dispute tag justified when the tagger merely places the tag out of the blue, or refuses to supply a reason, or upon saying that he will think about it and will remove the tag when he is satisfied about whatever he thinks he wants to be satisfied about?

Q3: If all of the factual accuracy policy requirements are met, that is the article is not significantly inaccurate, the article contains no unlikely information, all statements have references, all information is easy to verify, and has not been written by someone known to write inaccurately on the topic ... and therefore the tag has been inappropriately applied, is there anything that can be done?

Cobblers 02:53, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

I am really no expert on this because I really don't care for disputes and avoid those areas of Wikipedia, but you might take a look at WP:RFC. --Fuhghettaboutit 03:08, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nolan Catholic redirect

I tried to create the page "Nolan Catholic" and have it redirected to "Nolan Catholic High School" but it looks like I created the category Nolan Catholic. how would i fix this? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jleito (talk • contribs) .

It looks to me like you did it exactly correctly. If you type "Nolan Catholic" into the search at left, you are taken to Nolan Catholic High School. If you look at the top of the page after going there through that search, you'll see on the upper left of the screen, in small type, just below the page name: (Redirected from Nolan Catholic). If you click on that, you'll see the redirect page you created. You can be sure you created it because once there, if you click on the history tab (top of page) you'll see your own username in the edit summary. By the way, it's always a good practice to leave behind an edit summary, just type it into the field just above the save page button; a short description of what you have done is helpful, such as "created redirect page". You should also sign your edits on talk pages by typing four tildes, like this: ~~~~.I will leave an edit summary of "Response" just after I type this word and four tildes. --Fuhghettaboutit 03:23, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tables of Contents

I'm sure I'm not the first to notice, but the tables of contents on most, if not all, articles in Wikipedia have disappeared. Why?

The Ninth Bright Shiner (T,C) 04:08, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

I random check of 10 pages reveals everything is fine. Not even one TOC disappeared. Can you tell specifically what pages you are referring to. There might be isolated case of putting NOTOC without proper reasoning. -Ambuj Saxena (talk) 04:33, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
Have you tried going to "my preferences" (link at very top of the screen) then to the misc. tab and making sure that there's a check in "Show table of contents (for pages with more than 3 headings)"? --Fuhghettaboutit 04:36, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
Oops. Eheh, sorry about that. The box was unchecked, but I don't ever remember unchecking it. Thank you! --The Ninth Bright Shiner (T,C) 17:55, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use of logos

Sorry to bring up this issue back so quickly (someone just asked about logos). But I've been wondering about the usage of a long list of small logos (like in the articles SkyCable or List of Norwegian television channels). Is it legal, or should I remove the logos in cases like this to make the articles comply with the fair use doctrine and stop wasting bandwidth? Thanks in advance. –Mysid 07:44, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Format page layout for new entry

I created a new entry for " Fuji transfer" today. However after previewing it I see that the graphic layout does not look like the page layout that I borrowed the layout from and am not familiar with the proper way to create the proper layout. Will someone from your staff be reviewing this new entry to correct the graphic format?

Peter Balazsy (email removed) www.pbpix.com

I've reformatted the article. –Mysid 09:59, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] kenya left out

Hey am a kenyan. i visit your site regulary. i note that my country is more often than not left out even when there is a major news. recently there was a plane crash adn your site doesn't reflect this.

why is so? we love your site. its great but please don't us out leave it out.


daniel

The best way to make sure Kenyan topics receive better coverage is to register an account and start to contribute. We could always use more African editors! Henrik 09:36, 12 April 2006 (UTC)


Hello Daniel,
Your concerns about Kenya being left out are legitimate. In Wikipedia, a large majority of editors are from Europe and Americas, which unintentionally creates a bias towards news related to the first world getting more than adequate coverage, while other important news like the one mentioned by you getting left out. Its good to see you take part in Wikipedia and being interested in it reflecting things without prejudice. For it, I can at best ask you to sign up and start contributing yourself. If you take up the initiative, it will be an inspiration for other Kenyans to join and improve articles and news about Kenya. By signing up, can start your own articles about the events and happenings in your country. If you need help, do contact any of us and we would be more than willing to help. But remember that its you who will have to take the initiative.
Warm regards,
-Ambuj Saxena (talk) 09:46, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
  • I agree with the people who posted above. It's not there, not because we're intentionally biased, but because no one got around to it. If you join, you can help cover African subjects better. - 131.211.210.14 10:23, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tanya Shafi image

How do I load an image of Tanya Shafi ? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Chandi Nazir (talk • contribs).

Hi,
To add any image, you must first be logged in with a username (which I believe you are already having). Now, you will find in the left pane there are navigation tabs followed by search box and then toolbox. In the toolbox you will find the upload file link. Click on it and you will be taken to a page where you can upload the image. Once done, you can go to the article where you want to add the picture and then in the edit toolbar that appears while editing page, you can click Embedded Image and then write the name of the file. Make sure that you specify the licence of the image while uploading and specify its source. Most of the images found on the net are copyrighted and hence not suitable for Wikipedia. If you are unsure, you can contact me and I will help you with it. -Ambuj Saxena (talk) 16:23, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] saudi arabian laws

strange motoring laws —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 195.93.21.7 (talk • contribs).

Please specify your problem clearly. -Ambuj Saxena (talk) 16:25, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Slavery in the 1700-1855 period.

Please send me any information on your Islands history as a holding pen for slaves. During the periods of 1700s to the 1855 periods. Thank You, David C. Blanchard

Greetings Mr. Blanchard,
We appreciate your interest in using Wikipedia as your source of reference. I feel that since your querry isn't very clear and the place of sending the information not specified, I can only request you to use the "Search" box in the left panel of Wikipedia and find it yourself. Hopefully you should be able to get what you are looking for. If you have trouble using it, do contact me personally and I will help you find it. -Ambuj Saxena (talk) 18:25, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
To elaborate: it isn't clear who you're addressing, and what island you're talking about. Could you try to clarify, please? · rodii · 20:26, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Stub

Hi!

If a think I have created a decent stub, what can I do to suggest it becomes a normal article?

thanks

Bernie 17:28, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Hello Bernie,
To change a stub to a normal article, there aren't very strict rules but only general guidelines as it depends on the nature of the article. Here's what I would suggest. Think of the various reasons why a user will look up that article in the encyclopedia. If you can satisfy the querries of nearly 80% people (my estimates, others may strongly disagree), the article can be seen as a "normal article". What's more, it should adhere to proper syntax (wikipedia conventions) and norms (like wikilinks, categories, etc.), and should not be in extreme contradiction with Wikipedia's Manual of Style. Media (images) if necessary should be present at suitable places. Overall, it should provide a base for development of a Good article. Hope this satisfies your querries. -Ambuj Saxena (talk) 18:40, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] edits

how do you make a new page and save it--Amarrero 20:27, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Type the name of the article you wish to create into the search box and click "Go." You might want to read the Wikipedia:Tutorial before starting. —WAvegetarian•CONTRIBUTIONSTALK• EMAIL• 20:43, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
Also see Wikipedia:Your first article Dismas|(talk) 20:45, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
(After edit conflict): Hi Amarrero. Instructions on starting an article is explained on Starting a new page. You might also look at Your first article and How to write a great article. --Fuhghettaboutit 20:45, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Elvis Presley

[[Media:Example.ogg]] —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 206.15.239.253 (talk • contribs) 20:43, 13 April 2006.

What was the question you were after? Ansell 07:27, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Userbox alignment

Is there any way to set the alignment of userboxes? For example, on my user page, I'd like to have the Interests and Wikipedia sections start on the next line, rather than be scattered across the page as they currently are. -Objectivist-C 21:59, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

  • I seem to have figured it out, never mind. -Objectivist-C 22:28, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
    • Is my user page like what you were looking for? Dismas|(talk) 22:29, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
    • Not quite (though I may adopt that look if there's no other way), I'd like to have it the way it currently looks on my user page, only in a way that doesn't screw up the formatting if the top two categories don't have the same number of boxes (i.e. some sort of hard-coded linebreak). -Objectivist-C 23:09, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
    • Figured it out from your page, thanks. -Objectivist-C 20:46, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A display glitch on an image page?

Just reporting what seems to be a bug -- when you look at this image page, the image tab at the top displays as a redlink for some reason. If you visit the image's talk page, then click on the image tab trying to get back to the image page, it doesn't work. And if you're on the image page and click "Edit", you get a "page does not exist" page instead of a normal edit dialog. Kinda weird. 4.89.241.245 23:02, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

  • It's not a bug, just a subtle feature of the wiki software. If you type an image name into Wikipedia, and if no image of that name already exists on that language version of Wikipedia, then the wiki will automatically look for an image of the same name at Wikimedia Commons. This process is called transclusion. The image tab you refer to is redlinked because the image isn't located on the English Wikipedia; it's being transcluded from the Commons, and you would have to go to its image page at Commons to change it. --Kwekubo 23:40, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] April 13

[edit] endearment

hello just wanna ask you any terms of endearments for friends. Can you provide me with one...PLs in a greek word with english translation in it...thanks:) More power... Glad —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 210.5.109.207 (talk • contribs) 01:10, 13 April 2006.

Have you tried the Language 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(talk) 00:22, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Alexa traffic ranking

OK, this has been bugging me a little bit. I look at the Alexa Rankings every day, and for awhile, wikipedias ranking was bolting up and up, but now it seems to be stopped at rank 17. It's been that way for half a month. Now I know that wikipedia's ranking increases logarithmically, but it seems like it's stuck at 17. I know that Wikipedia will never catch Google, but is there really that much seperation between Wikipedia and the elite websites? In short, what I want to know is, why has Wikipedia's growth stopped? Thank you —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.167.115.93 (talk • contribs) 04:34, 13 April 2006.

Wikipedia may have reached a critical mass? seasonal decline? university exams ;-) ?? You are right though, the logarithmic relationship means moving up gets much much harder as you get up in the world. It also may have something to do with wikimedia infrastructure being unable to handle more traffic. Not sure about that one though. The "elite" websites have their own mature niche markets. Wikipedia is still maturing IMO. Ansell 04:52, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Help: problems displaying greek syms and math in wikipedia

I could use some help (or a pointer to a faq) for the following:

As an example, using wiki page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phasor_%28electronics%29

Neither the greek letters or the equations are displayed properly. I am using Firefox 1.5 with RedHat 9.2

Any constructive suggestions would be greatly appreciated......

Thanks,

       jmario
You might not have maths fonts installed. I do not know if that is right or if that is your solution but it is a problem that I have had before with what are strictly font problems and this link [6] may help you. Get back to me sometime if it fixes it. Ansell 07:18, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
I have the same problem on OS X (tiger) running Firefox 1.5.0.2
You can also try changing your math display settings. Click on my preferences at the top of the screen, or follow the link to Special:Preferences while logged in. Click on the Math tab, and try one of the other settings—'Always render PNG' is less efficient than the other options, but I suspect it will almost always work. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 03:05, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] tell google not to index a subpage of my userpage

Can I tell google not to index my wikipedia user space, or some subpage therein? -lethe talk + 06:18, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

No, you can't. Also, keep in mind that your page could potentially be copied to any of many Wiki mirrors. And any web site is legally free to copy the page (since it's freely licensed). So, even if Wikipedia let you do that (hide from Google), it would still get into Google, from those other sites. The only way to keep it out of Google (if it's not too late already) is to blank it (and possible request deletion, if appropriate). --Rob 09:24, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
I imagine that, if the page were blanked, that blank version would override Google's stored version when they next update their cache. --Kwekubo 20:09, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Not all of the refrences appear

Hi, I am working very hard on the article: DNA Resequencer (Stargate) I have 55 Refrences, yet only 28 show up at the bottom. I can't figure out why. This is the first time I have used inline citations, so I can't figure out what I am doing wrong. Thanks. Tobyk777 06:29, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

Fixed: The 27th reference was unclosed :) basically it was missing a </ref> tag. Its a very easy thing to lose in all those well referenced articles. Ansell 07:24, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
Thanks Tobyk777 08:13, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] punter

what does this term "punter" mean in financial language

According to [7] it is "A trader who hopes to make quick profits. Basically, another term for speculator." I was a bit surprised to find out there was a meaning like this. In australia the word means a better on horse or dog races, but it flows from the business meaning I guess. Ansell 07:12, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
I bet the term originated in horses but has now percolated through to the financial markets. There is precious little difference between the two sometimes. Pcb21 Pete 09:59, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
It can also mean a customer or client. The term is usually a little derogatory in that context. For future reference, factual questions like this should really be asked at Wikipedia:Reference desk; this page is for questions about Wikipedia itself. --Kwekubo 20:00, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] How do you edit the lists on the right hand side

How do you edit the lists on the right hand side? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Comehomeusa (talk • contribs).

Some articles may contain a list of related articles that appears on several articles on related topics and is stored as a template. Look for something enclosed in curly brackets {{like this }}, this is how the article fetches the template. For an example, see History of Italy - at the top of the article, you see the line {{Italian History box}} which includes the template Template:Italian History box into the article. Once you know the template's name, it can be edited like any other article -- Ferkelparade π 12:55, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] how to index a page

Hello,

I created a page on the chateau du Rivau a castle in the loire valley. I linked it to the Indre et Loire page but when I write in the search engine chateau du rivau, nothing comes up.

Can you help me?

In advance thank you,


Caroline

  • To ensure Wikipedia runs smoothly, the search index isn't updated when each new entry is made. Instead it's done manually at irregular times (when the site isn't too busy). Linking it well (not too much) and categorizing it is the best thing you can do to ensure it's easy to find for people looking for the information until then. It's the same for Google, sites are only listed once the so called search engine spiders have visited it. - Mgm|(talk) 15:42, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
I've been watching the progress of an article, Linda Marie Fedigan, that was started on March 8 which has not yet been indexed by WP. Google indexed the article a couple of weeks ago. hydnjo talk 20:57, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
Heh, I myself am watching Hendrik Wade Bode which is still not indexed, after having been created on February 8. This means that the index hasn't been updated for more than 2 months. Quite unsettling. Perhaps this should be reported somewhere? -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 17:43, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
I posted about the slow indexing at WP:VP/T (archived and now deleted) and got no responses. My understanding is that gets triggered manually. Meni, let me know if you take the request somewhere, I'd just like to tag along. hydnjo talk 18:07, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Citing references (web pages)

Hi. I've tried to search through Wikipedia's help files, and have found information, but can't quite figure out what I need to do.

I've added some content to Wikipedia in various places. Most of this content is being sourced from information posted on other websites. I wish to ensure that my content is properly cited, but am a bit confused as to the best way to do this.

For most of these websites, there is not an identifiable author. I don't think the Harvard method applies.

I also dislike the idea of simply embedding the URL as the page I link to may change. I'd rather list the source under a "References" section, properly cited, and then put a reference indicator in the text. But I'm a little stumped.

Could someone who is a bit more adept at proper citations take a look at this page I've added and correct the citations? I could then see how you did it and copy that method when I build future pages?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_H._Rice

Specifically:

The phrase in quotes - "business training in his father's paper-mill at Newton and in a mercantile house in Boston" - is pulled directly from the first reference.

The sentence "Upon graduating, he became a paper manufacturer and dealer with Wilkins, Carter and Company in Boston" is best cited as coming from the second reference.

The sentences "Rice served as the first Republican mayor of the City of Boston from 1856 to 1857. During his tenure, the area known as Back Bay was developed." are also best cited as coming from the second reference.

Thanks for your help!

Well, let's see. There is a new, and good, way to quote references. That is to put, at the point where you use the reference, <ref>then the contents of the reference, in the usual way with links etc. and end with</ref>. In the References section put </references> and they will all be collected.
However, the form you've used isn't how things are normally written in Wikipedia. Quotes are reserved for special purposes, like quoting an obvious opinion or piece of writing. In this case you should simply reword the quotation, as with everything else in Wikipedia, so it is no longer a copy but conveys the same sourced facts. You would still include a reference in the same way: all facts in all articles need to be sourced, not just quotes. Hope this helps. Notinasnaid 19:49, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User:Alankinguk

User:Alankinguk has written an autobiographical article (Alan King (artist) - I moved it from Alan King - Massurreal Artist), uploaded some copyrighted(?) images and rather immodestly written himself into a few articles. I'm not entirely sure what to do about this, because the article is well-written enough but it breaks rules and I'm not sure how notable he is. Thanks. Sum0 15:09, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

If you can't find anything to substantiate the notability of the article subject, you could add the {{notability}} template to the article. If nothing is forthcoming after a week or two, nominate the article for deletion. I agree that the article is well-written, but it doesn't seem to indicate why this particular artist is of note. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 15:15, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
  • If he wrote something unrelated, userfy it (move it to his userspace) otherwise nominate it for deletion). Remember to explain to him he's breaking the rules. He might nominate it himself once he finds out how to do so. By the way, your renaming breaks naming conventions. It's easier to tag a possible deletable article than to rename it. The latter requires more cleaning afterwards. - Mgm|(talk) 15:37, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Capitalization on title pages

I created a page today and for some reason, the last name isn't capitalized (in the title, not in the main body of the entry). How do I fix this? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Vito Delsante (talk • contribs) .

If you mean Vito Delsante I fixed it for you, but you might want to see our guidelines on Autobiographies, and Notability. Eivindt@c 16:55, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Biased Articles

If a person believes that an article is quite biased how would he/she post that on the page? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jill222 (talk • contribs) 03:40, 14 April 2006.

You can put {{NPOV}} on the article and discuss why you feel this way on the talk page. Dismas|(talk) 17:50, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Questions

I have some questions about the picture in the Appearances section in the article, Tikal the Echidna:

  • 1) How do I make it bigger with the frame and caption? I know how to make it bigger, but everytime I put a frame around it, it shrinks, and the captions are cut off.

Other questions:

  • 1) Does anyone know if the Japanese name is correct?
  • 2) Are the external links correct? I'm not sure what to put in there.
  • 3) How do I archive a peer review?

Thanks in advance! --71.105.12.73 19:34, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

  • The Japanese name looks reasonable to me, though I'm not familiar with the character. -Objectivist-C 01:30, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Letter Lists?

Is it possible to create lettered lists within Wikipedia?

  1. Or are numbered lists like these
    1. My only
    2. option
  2. ?

Phauge 23:55, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

You mean:

    1. Like
      1. This?
  • Or
    • This?

--71.105.12.73 00:04, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

I would prefer something that uses actual letters, or a combination of letters and numbers, and maybe even Roman numerals. Phauge 00:09, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

I don't know anything that would do that, unless you mean:

a) Like this

    • b)or this

I) Or

    • a)This

I don't know anything that would automatically put it there, though. --71.105.12.73 02:10, 14 April 2006 (UTC)


You can do this, but I really don't recommend it.

a) foo
b) bar
1) baz
2) quux

--Kickstart70-T-C 05:10, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] April 14

[edit] Creating a new page

How do I create a new category and add pages with images to that category? -Svinaya 01:07, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Disappearing link

I keep adding a link. When I look at the page, the link is there. When I look at the same page the next day, my link is gone. Is someone removing my link or am I doing something wrong? -—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.109.158.81 (talk • contribs).

Someone's probably removing it because it doesn't belong in the article. Check to make sure that the link is on-topic and not linkspam. If you feel that the link deserves to be in the article, post to the discussion page why you think it's worthy. Isopropyl 03:52, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
Looking through his/her history, it was linkspam. -Objectivist-C 04:43, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
When viewing an article, click on the "history" tab at the top to see exactly the what, who, when and why of all the changes that were made to the article. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 17:34, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Templates

Does anybody know how to create a template? --71.104.182.53 05:20, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

Please take a look at Help:Template, as well as the list of templates for examples. Templates are a pretty technical subject, so after reading those, you might want to ask specific questions at the Village Pump (technical) where a number of template programmers are known to hang out. MCB 05:25, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

Er, it's kind of too technical for me. Can I request for a template to be made instead? --71.104.182.53 07:43, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

Any page you want can be a template; there is nothing special about templates. What are you looking to do? — Knowledge Seeker দ 07:57, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
You can request a template to be made, on the page Wikipedia:Requested templates. MCB 19:17, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

Okay, thanks! --71.105.7.87 00:31, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Images not working

None of the images on any pages seem to be working at the moment, either in Firefox under Linux or IE under Windows. I assume maybe this is some temporary technical problem that is being dealt with but thought I'd check. — SteveRwanda 11:30, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

I had that, too. It appears to have been a temporary glitch that is now resolved. Powers 14:02, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Deleting my Wikipedia account

I have had my Wikipedia account since the Fall of '04. I was wondering if there is now any way to delete my account or somehow change its name. --Nick Scribner 13:32, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

You can find the information you're looking for at Wikipedia:Account deletion#Deleting your user account. In short: you have a m:Right to Vanish, and you can ask to have your username changed (especially if you used your real name), but your account must remain so that we can track your edits. Powers 14:02, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
An account can't be deleted, by the name can change: Wikipedia:Changing username.--Commander Keane 14:07, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] celeberity deaths

Hi You use to have a section on people that have passed away, and I can't seem to find it anymore. Do you still have it?

thanks gloria

[Email removed]

You might be looking for Category:2006 deaths and related categories. Powers 14:02, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
Oh yeah, and there's also the article Deaths in 2006 and related articles. =) Powers 14:05, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
Mmm, well I know date pages, eg April 14, list deaths of famous people.--Commander Keane 14:07, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Where to go to get additional input

I'd like to have more people take a look at (and comment on the content of) the article Spring holiday, but I'm not sure where to place the request. RfC seems too extreme, and 3O seems too limited. Any other options? Thanks. Powers 14:02, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

I'd suggest Wikipedia:Peer Review, but the article seems a little new for that. How about Wikipedia:Requests for expansion? -- Tangotango 14:54, 14 April 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Sorting Subcategories on Category pages

In a different WIKI project, I want to create a category page for poetic meters, where the meters are sorted in order of number of syllables in the first line, and within that, by number of syllables in the second, and within that, number of syllables in the thirD, &c. In this scheme, "4 8 8 4" "4 9 8 4", which would precede "4 12 8 4" and "9 10 9 10" would precede "9 11 9 11" all of which would precede "12 12 12 12".

I can think of several ways to achieve this with some degree of artifice; for example stating "4 8 8 4" as "04 08 08 04", or using hexadecimal notation.

But is there some elegant way to cause the categorization to treat "12" as twelve, instead of a one followed by a two?

ÞorsHammer 15:21, 14 April 2006 (UTC)ÞorsHammer

Unfortunately, I don't know of a way to force a category to sort article titles as space-delimited lists of integers. However, you can use the 'pipe trick' to force a sort order for the categories. For a category link on the hypothetical 4 8 8 4 meter page, for instance, you would use code of the form
[[Category:Poetic meters|04 08 08 04]]
That will appear on the category page as a link to 4 8 8 4 meter, but will be sorted as the string '04 08 08 04'. This trick is regularly used to get biographical articles in categories to sort by last name. One of George Washington's category links, for instance, is
[[Category:Presidents of the United States|Washington, George]]
in order to force him to sort as Washington rather than George. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 16:26, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] explain the development of office administration in nigeria

explain the development of office administration in nigeria

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. Henrik 16:12, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] editing guidelines

What are your guidelines, process and limits for editing erroneous information and removing character assassination? --4.169.113.218 16:29, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Harassing User

How do I complain about a user who constantly harasses in their edit summeries? Trosk 17:20, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

First, see Wikipedia:Civility and Wikipedia:Resolving disputes. Second, talk to the other user directly. You might be able to get some assistance at Wikipedia:Esperanza. If all else fails, follow the process described at Wikipedia:Requests for comment (note that this requires two users to have tried and failed to directly resolve the issue). -- Rick Block (talk) 18:46, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Student-Made Articles

Hi everyone, I have on a question to ask on behalf of the 9th grade mathematics class at Four Rivers Charter Public School in Greenfield, MA. Our teacher has given us a math assessment dealing with Quadratic Equations, and one of our options for presenting our work was to submit it as an article here. Unfortunately, after reading the rules, I've come to the vague conclusion that this might not be an option.
What's the say on this? Are we, or are we not able to do this? The teacher has asked me to describe it to you all as a 'Quadratic assistant'- Our projects would break quadratics down using the guidelines of the assessment, and we would report our findings as Wiki articles.
Would this be allowed, or should we use the other options for presenting the assignment?
--K.H.

No. Such a posting would not be allowed; we are a serious encyclopedia, and unfortunately cannot accept any report or presentation that does not add to the article directly. While we encourage you to improve and/or expand any articles, all additions must be within our policies, and from the description you gave me, it seems like they would not. Subsequently, the additions would most likely be removed or deleted. You may wish to point your teacher to Wikipedia:Schools' FAQ and Wikipedia:School and university projects for more information on how to use Wikipedia for projects and such. Thanks! Flcelloguy (A note?) 17:30, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
I concur with Flcelloguy's assessment. It's not appropriate to post assignments to Wikipedia, unless those assignments result in the generation of complete, encyclopedia-style articles.
However, I can also see the appeal of using a Wikipedia-style interface and markup for this type of assignment; it's very easy to edit, share, and present your work. What your teacher might want to look into is setting up an instance of the MediaWiki software on your computers at school. You can read through the linked article for more info and links; briefly, running your own MediaWiki instance would allow your school to have its own local wiki for projects and assignments. Note that going this route will require someone with a healthy amount of technical know-how. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 20:48, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
You could create a new account such as User:MathClass and post it as a user subpage.--Max Talk (add) 20:50, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
No, that would be an inappropriate use of Wikipedia space, as User pages are not to be used as storage for purposes not involving the creation of an encyclopedia. User:Zoe|(talk) 21:46, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] CLEAN UP

This Help Desk needs major clean up. All answerd question should be deleted

>x<ino 20:23, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
We need to leave them up long enough so that people can come back and find there answer. I think the current archival system works okay, although it needs tweaking.--Max Talk (add) 20:47, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
Have you considered that the person asking the question might not have had the time to read the answer before the question was deleted? This is not IRC or MSN Messenger, you know. JIP | Talk 14:24, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Flagging Articles

While casually browsing Wikipedia, I came across an article that I felt was biast in parts (specifically TDSB Gifted Program), and should be brought to the attention of someone who was willing to edit it, or atleast the reader. I've noticed that on other articles which need cleaning up, or might be overlapped with another article, a box appears, telling the reader so. Before coming to the Help Desk, I really did try to find how to flag an article by myself, but that only resulted in eight open windows and mass confusion. For reference, is it possible for just anyone to flag a questionable article, and how would one go about doing it?

Thanks!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:NPOV -Objectivist-C 22:56, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

You can use the template {{POV}} if the entire article does not appear to follow a Neutral Point of View. If only a section seems to be biased, you can use the template {{POV-section}}. -- Natalya 02:38, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] April 15

[edit] How do I archive a peer review

How do I archive a peer review? I looked at the directions on how to do it, but I'm kind of confused on how to do it still. 71.105.7.87 00:33, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Hello. I am writing this assuming that you have read through the archiving policy and are sure that the Peer Review is ready to be closed. Now, to archive a Peer Review, you need to go to the Peer Review Page and click the edit button. There, you should go and look for the template entry of your Peer Review. Cut it (Ctrl+X) and save the page. Then, you need to to go the corresponding month of peer review page that can be found at the end of the Peer Review Page. Open the relevant page and paste the peer review link (Ctrl+V). This should do the trick. Also, you should not forget to modify the peer review notice template at the talk page by {{oldpeerreview}}. Hope this helps. -Ambuj Saxena (talk) 16:28, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
Thanks, but I'm still kind of confused. Would you mind doing it for me? It's Wikipedia:Peer review/Tikal the Echidna. --71.105.9.131 23:06, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Here's what I did.

  1. Removed it from Peer Review Page
  2. Added to the Archive
  3. Added oldpeerreview at talk page
Hope you are able to do it from next time. -Ambuj Saxena (talk) 05:06, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! And I'll try harder to understand the directions and do it myself next time. --71.105.3.211 21:56, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] viewing one user's contributions

Is there a way I can view a list of the contributions of one user in the same way I view "my contributions"? Pacian 03:28, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Sure. From their user page or talk page, in the toolbox on the left, there's a link to "user contributions". -- Rick Block (talk) 03:33, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] PS3 memory sticks

Hi

I was wondering if you could help me with the following questions.

1. If the PS3 takes the normal PS1 and PS2 memory cards and also are they required to save those old games? 2. Can you still save on the PS1 & PS2 games on the old memory cards if you wish? 3. Also do they save on the new memory sticks? 4. Can you load your already saved games from the old memory cards on the PS3? 5. Can you copy from the old memory card onto the new memory sticks?

Looking forward to your reply. Thanks Frank

You might find what you are looking for in the article about PlayStation 3. 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. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 17:03, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 81237

What is the fastest animal in the world? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 194.170.32.252 (talk • contribs) 09:09, 15 April 2006.

This is the type of question to ask at the reference desk. Thanks! This response is from Brendenhull

I believe it is the Peregrine falcon--Fuhghettaboutit 16:46, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] When do you have a separate page for a member of a band?

When does someone in a band qualify to get a page? do u need a lot info that isnt relavant to the band but is to the person? or should i just keep info o the bands page? --Coda littleking 13:49, 15 April 2006 (UTC)


Generaly when the band page becomes too long or when the person becomes seriously notable as a seperate enterty from the band.Geni 13:53, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Permission

I am an education major, currently enrolled in an Instructional Technology course. One of the requirements for this course is the creation of a multimedia project.

Recently, I found at your website, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagoras , an image entitled Pythagoras von Samos.png. May I have your permission to copy this image and use it in my project?

Thank you for your time and for your consideration of this request. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 158.158.240.230 (talk • contribs) .

You do not need to ask anyone for permission to use materials you find here. That does not always mean you may. You need to check out individual image description pages. For instance, you are interested in Image:Pythagoras von Samos.png. Read the licensing information there. You notice this is tagged as a public domain work; that means nobody owns any rights to it at all. You are free to copy and use it in any way you please.
Some images you find here may not be licensed so freely. It's important that you check licensing for each image you plan to use. In general, you should be able to claim fair use for nearly anything you do as a private educational project; in practice, I doubt any copyright holder will object. IANAL; you may want to spend some time yourself researching copyright issues.
All text on Wikipedia article pages (as opposed to images) is freely licensed under the terms of the GFDL. This does require you to cite your source but you are free to copy and use our text in any way. John Reid 15:39, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
The source site for this image explicitly says they do not own the copyright to the images on the site and claims they "believe that most of the images are in the public domain". Since the source site's claim is not definitive, I think the bottom line is that you might want to contact them directly about where this image originally came from (although they also say they didn't keep records about where they got their images from). It's not obvious to me that Wikipedia should be using it. If you find out any further information about this image please update the image description page. -- Rick Block (talk) 15:44, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: block

Hello,

I have created a username and have created an article but am somewhat confused even though I have gone over some of the format issues.

It appears I have been blocked from editing a page I have linked to in my article on 1313 Mockingbird Lane in the catagory of garage rock. While I understand that AOL may be blocked by proxy, I am not certain that I have done the article 100% correctly in regard to format and some of the explanations and instructions are not entirely clear to me.

Any help with why I have been blocked and suggestions for correction to the format of my article would be greatly appreciated. I am fairly slow when it comes to HTML and any simple fixes would also be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

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

AOL users occasionally are blocked accidentally because of the actions of another AOL user using the same IP address you happen to be using. If you find yourself blocked like this, please let an administrator know (you should be able to use the "send email to this user" feature). Blocks of IP addresses known to be used by AOL are generally short, to help with this problem. As far as I can tell, you haven't done anything that would warrant being blocked (and you're not blocked now, right?). -- Rick Block (talk) 23:57, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Admin abuse?

An admin deleted a page without debate, and I feel the deletion was prompted more by the user's personal biases than any legitimate factor. Is there any way to protest this? -156.34.90.203 21:08, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

The first step is to ask the admin why the deleted the page and see if they want to reverse the deletion (the admin can be tracked down from the deletion log). If that fails, you can try Wikipedia:Deletion review.--Commander Keane 21:19, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
An explanation as to which page and who the admin was, would help us to better be able to discuss this with you. User:Zoe|(talk) 21:49, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
I'll keep it anonymous until he has a chance to respond to the message I left on his talk page. -156.34.90.203 21:55, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
I'm not satisfied with his explanation, but he hasn't deleted the re-creation of the page, so I'll let it drop. -156.34.90.203 22:04, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
I suppose abuses shouldn't pass un-noticed. It was Dmcdevit deleting the {{User Objectivism}} and {{User No Objectivism}} userboxes. -Objectivist-C 22:11, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
The admin will probably cite WP:CSD#Templates. Of course you may be able to get round this by takeing the template through DRV.Geni 23:24, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
Done. -Objectivist-C 05:30, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Can I upload an audio file to be hosted in the Wikipedia servers and reference it in an article?

Can I use Wikipedia multimedia section or repository for this?

How can i do it?

Thanks.

Try creating an account on Wikimedia Commons and upload the file, together with its copyright information there. You can then put a box with a link to it on a webpage, I am not totally sure how to put that box on. There is a template for it. Ansell 23:11, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A question of process

I have a question relating to WP:PROD. If a {{prod}} notice is placed on an article (in this case Grass mania 2) and the article is then blanked by its only author, should that be considered to be a contested prod and taken to WP:AFD, or an implicit author-request for deletion under WP:CSD G7? - htonl 22:35, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

That seems like a CSD statement by the author to me. I know if I was the only author and wanted to contest the Prod, which by the way may not be working currently, I would just delete the prod message, as anyone is quite able to do. AfD is definitely the way if they just did that. Ansell 23:09, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
In general, if you don't know someone's intent - please ask them. -- Rick Block (talk) 23:49, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Creating a new page

I have just discovered wiki and would like to create a page about a youth football team, I am involved with. I have read the tutorial and played in sandbox's but can't seem to find out how to start of a brand new page. Can you help me?--Fleminh 22:40, 15 April 2006 (UTC). please contact me on my talk page

Hi Fleminh. Instructions on starting an article is explained on Starting a new page. You might also look at Your first article and How to write a great article. --Fuhghettaboutit 23:39, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
For others reading this, note that Wikipedia:Verifiability is a requirement for articles (Wikipedia:Citing sources is related). Wikipedia:Notability amd Wikipedia:Autobiography might also be helpful. -- Rick Block (talk) 23:47, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Root beer

The Root beer article doesn't have a picture yet and I would like to add one. (See here.) I want to know; is root beer copyright-protected? Or could I just go ahead and take a picture of some root beer in a glass? Jonathan talk 00:35, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

No go right ahead and take a picture of a cool frosty mug. A copyright violation would be if an image of root-beer that someone else had taken, and which was not released into the public domain or otherwise allowed to be used under license was used without the holder's permission. By created the photograph you are creating intellectual property you own. However, you will have to choose a license when you upload it here, I gather, PD author, which will release it into the public domain. --Fuhghettaboutit 00:44, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] April 16

[edit] Question

Hi,

I would like to ask a question, why do i keep getting messages that i have vandalised wikipedia when all i did was to add my own comment in addition to the other requests for articles? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 192.169.41.40 (talk • contribs) 11:59, 16 April 2006.
Which articles are the warnings for? The ones that I have seen were mostly blankings, ie. removing content from a page. This is considered as vandalism. You can add requests for articles here. The Talk pages are the place to add your comments. Ansell 02:15, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
Your question will be easier to answer if you tell us exactly which comments you added, and where. In any case, take a look here; this is a list of edits from the IP address you are using. If you see edits which you have not made, it means that someone else is also using this IP, which could be a part of the problem. It's much better to create an account. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 09:31, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Linking to content outside this site

Is it ok to link to content out side the page that is your own, even with the no original research guidelines? This is referring to the links at the end of pages only

Have a look at Wikipedia:External links Shimgray | talk | 15:07, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Adding picture to article.

I am an experienced former professional sub-editor and journalist with 32 years' experience.

I have just joined Wikipedia and revised an article about the Messerschmitt Bf109E and completely re-written and greatly extended a previously short mention of Tilbury Fort, Essex. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilbury#Fort

My question is this. I have many good quality photos of Tilbury Fort in JPEG format. How do I upload a photograph to this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilbury#Fort to illustrate the fort?

The photographs are my own copyright.

Barry Slemmings [email removed] —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Barry Slemmings (talk • contribs) 11:24, April 16, 2006 (UTC)

There's lots of help info at m:Help:Images and other uploaded files. Incidentally, I'd guess you'd probably only really want the most representative one or two photos of the fort in the Tilbury article (lest it turn into a photo gallery). If, however, you feel the subject is important and interesting enough to warrant an article all of its own (that's quite a reasonable assumption, looking at the excellent copy there for it already) then a couple more images (such as a PD map or an old plan) might also really enhance the article. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 15:41, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi Barry- welcome to wikipedia! If you are willing to release your work under GNU Free Documentation License, Creative Commons or as Public Domain, you are welcome to upload your work (see Wikipedia:Image copyright tags). May I suggest that you also register on Wikimedia Commons [8], which is a repository of free media that can be used by all languages of wikipedia. If you upload an image there, it is available automatically to wikipedia (for an example of an image of mine, see Image:H19 showing engine.jpg). Anyway, if you just wish to just upload to english wikipedia, follow the link on the left margin of any WP page labelled "upload file" (see Wikipedia:Uploading images) --rogerd 15:53, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Changes to the page format

What is going on? Wikipedia looks horrible!! Argentino 18:51, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

To me it looks like the good ol' Wikipedia. Can you explain in detail? Most probably you might have accidently changed your browser's settings. -Ambuj Saxena (talk) 19:02, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
I don't know, but suddenly i was navigating wikipedia and started to see everything with a light yellow background, without the left side navigation bar, and without any acoount-related link (my page, my watchlist et cetera) exept "log out". Probably you are right and i have to restart my PC. Argentino 19:25, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Missing article

A year or two ago I wrote a lengthy history of the 93rd Evacuation Hospital using original information from my Grandfather's memoirs (he served as Registrar and Chief of Medicine) as well as other sources (with attribution and permission).

Today, I can't find any trace of the article at all.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=U.S._93rd_Evacuation_Hospital&action=edit

nor on

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

where I had the original link.

It was deleted in November by User:RedWolf as a copyright violation from http://members.tripod.com/~msg_fisher/93evac-3.html. If the tripod page is your own, you can repost the content, and add on the article's Talk page that you are the copyright holder. User:Zoe|(talk) 21:16, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Do I have to start from scratch? TIA Jfricker 20:25, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

No. Any admin can recover the deleted text for you. Assuming you want it, I've copied it to a subpage of your user page called User:Jfricker/U.S._93rd_Evacuation_Hospital. When you're done with this page, you can get it deleted by adding {{db-owner}} as the first line. -- Rick Block (talk) 22:28, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the recovery! Jfricker

[edit] Total contribution count

Is there a way to find out exactly how many contributions (edits) I have made without counting each one?

Someone asked a question similar to this earlier, and the answer was, "From their user page or talk page, in the toolbox on the left, there's a link to "user contributions"." I hoped that helped! --71.105.3.211 21:59, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Please see WP:KATE for a variety of edit-counting tools. Thanks! Flcelloguy (A note?) 22:02, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
Note: Some of the tools referenced on that page are not up to date as the toolserver is not currently operational for the english wikipedia and some others. Ansell 23:28, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
The best tools are IMHO Interiot's contribution tree and edit counter. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 17:01, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
I would normally agree with Meni Rosenfeld, but these services are currently non-functioning. — ßottesiηi Tell me what's up 18:23, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] References

I heard that fansites aren't reliable references. Why? I looked at some and some of them are accurate. So how come most people think they're unreliable? --71.105.3.211 21:57, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

In my experience many of them tend to be biased one way or the other Dbertman 22:04, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Reliable sources discusses sources that are reliable enough to be cited. Especially related to fansites is the section Wikipedia:Reliable_sources#Using_online_sources. -- Natalya 22:09, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

But there are some accurate fansites. Couldn't they be referenced? --71.105.3.211 23:33, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

In rare cases, perhaps. To quote the above guidelines: "At the other end of the reliability scale lie personal websites, weblogs (blogs), bulletin boards, and Usenet posts, which are not acceptable as sources. Rare exceptions may be when a well-known professional person or acknowledged expert in a relevant field has set up a personal website using his or her real name. Even then, we should proceed with caution, because the information has been self-published, which means it has not been subject to any independent form of fact-checking." -- Natalya 23:42, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] April 17

[edit] how

how do you cite wikipedia in MLA format —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.73.126.106 (talk • contribs).

Wikipedia:Citing Wikipedia gives instructions on how to do so. -- Natalya 02:32, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thorson's rule

I have put the contribution on Thorson's rule on the Wikipedia site, but how and when will it be accepted as an article that can be accessed by searching for this term?

It is an accessible article right now. What I imagine happened is that you typed "Thorson's rule" into the search box and hit Search instead of Go. Search checks the entire database for articles that contain the search term(s), whereas Go looks for the name of articles and takes you straight there. The index that Search uses takes some time before it updates, so Search will not find recently posted articles. --Fuhghettaboutit 04:41, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Copyright permission archive

I am currently asking a fan site for a license to an image. Wikipedia:Successful requests for permission suggests me emailing a certain address, if I get permission, for a permanent archive. Is the permanent archive public or confidential? Are email addresses protected from spamming? I tried the talk page with no reply. Thanks, Andjam 05:44, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

  • They are securely archived - Wikipedia:Confirmation of permission#When permission is confirmed prpvides some additional information on this. - Mailer Diablo 06:40, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
    • What does "securely" mean? Thanks, Andjam 06:50, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
      • Not absolutely sure, but it shouldn't end up somewhere public (not part of the mailing list). I've personally worked on this aspect for quite a while using my email, and have not received a single spam since. Perhaps you may wish to contact a foundation member for clarification? - Mailer Diablo 00:47, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Woman and willing to acknowledge that I don't know much about car and maintaince but am willing to learn

Hi there,

I know the usual things eg. put in petrol, check tyres, check oil and hand car over for maintance. However, I really would like the basics about general car maintaince ge. changing my own car oil when necessary, fan belt etc. I have a very capable husband but I would like to teach my daughter and I more. She would like to pursue a mechanical programme in the future and I cannot help her in this regard. My husband is of the older generation whereby women should not be doing this kind of work and is not that keen to teach us more eventhough we have requested and displayed the interest. Please advise me on what books I should be looking at or what courses? I currently live in Burlington, Ontario, Canada. Many thanks, Michele

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. Tangotango 12:28, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] DEVARAJ NUMBERS

This is the name given to numbers which satisfy the necessary and sufficient condition required to generate Carmichael Numbers.When Maxal programmed the second conjecture on site: www.crorepatibaniye.com/failurefunctions he found that the programme generated all Carmichael numbers (Seq.No A 104016 of OEIS-Online Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences);it also generated some surplus numbers (Seq. No A 104017) which are not Carmichael Numbers.The two sequences, which satisfy the necessary and suficient conditions mentioned above are ogether known as "Devaraj Numbers).


Akdevaraj 12:13, 17 April 2006 (UTC)akdevarajAkdevaraj 12:13, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Hi, if you want to create an article see Wikipedia:Your first article - it's easy if you have an account. On the other hand, if you want somebody else to create the article for you, submit your text to Wikipedia:Articles for creation. Hope this helps! - Tangotango 12:32, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rename a sub page

Hi, I created a subpage to use as a draft and I just discovered it's getting picked up in the "Catagories". Is there a way to rename the page or do I have to ask that it be deleted? - Maria202 15:14, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Hi Maria, Nope. All you need to do is remove the categories from the page, Categories are created by placing tags like this [[Category:help desk category question]]. You don't however, see this tag except when you're in edit mode; all you see is the blue-linked category it creates at the bottom of the article. What I just did was go to the subpage and place tags around the categories making them ineffective as category tags by taking them outside of wikimarkup (by placing <nowiki>'''[markup text example (see how the boldface and brackets markup aren't doing anything?) ]'''' </nowiki> around them), and so that you can easily see how those tags are placing the subpage in the categories. Now that you see how they are created (and rendered ineffective) you can leave them in for future testing, keeping the nowiki tags around them so they don't propagate into categories, or you can simply delete them. Hope that helps. --Fuhghettaboutit 15:40, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Fuhghettaboutit, I see you fixed it for me. Thank you. - Maria202 15:30, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Identity theft!

How do poeple steel your information over the computer? What type of infomation do people steel when they are trying to get identity theft? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 65.118.231.65 (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. Note that the word you should be using is steal, not steel--steel is the spelling for the metal made from iron.}--Fuhghettaboutit 15:13, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gelileo Air Ticketing

ANY BODY CAN TELL ME WHERE'S I GET GELILEO FOCAL POINT SIMULATOR..FOR TRAINING. DRGENIOUS —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Drgenious (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.-- Natalya 15:33, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Can anyone tell me where's the spoken articles section in the French Wikipedia?

Thanks. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 85.50.37.233 (talk • contribs) 16:05, 17 April 2006 (UTC).

This page is for questions regarding the English-language Wikipedia only; you should ask questions like these at French Wikipedia itself, perhaps at fr:Wikipédia:Le Bistro. --Kwekubo 16:55, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Editing List with Link to Wrong Article

Want to be sure it is done correctly.

The article List of Registered Historic Places in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, under the section for New Hope, there is an entry for Cintra. This is a historic building in New Hope, however the link goes to Sintra, a municipality in Portugal. Funny thing is, it is believed that the plans for Cintra in New Hope are based on a castle in Sintra. I haven't researched that much, but found a reference to this on the web (http://www.newhopepa.com/history.htm).

What I am not sure about is:

- Doing a search for Cintra leads to a redirect to Sintra. Is that correct?

- Does this need a disambiguration page with 2 entries. One pointing to a future article for Cintra in New Hope, and the other pointing to Sintra?

- For a new future page for Cintra in New Hope, are there naming guidelines? "Cintra, New Hope"? Or something similar? I don't plan on making the article. I just want to be sure the link in this list doesn't go to completely the wrong place.

Thanks, just want to make sure it is done right. I've edited Wikipedia before, but for simple edits. Nothing with redirects, disambigurations, and future pages, (oh my!). :-) Thanks for any help! Badger 16:05, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

My lack of knowledge on both Sintra and Cintra limit my ability to provide a useful answer, but here are some suggestions:
  • If Sintra is always spelled with an S, and Cintra is always spelled with a C, and Cintra is sufficiently notable, there is no need for a disambiguation - you can write about Cintra under that name. In this case, even if you can't write an article, it would be good if you replace the redirect with a stub - just write a line or two and add an appropriate stub notice. If you don't feel like doing that now, you should remove the link from the list (that is, keep the text but make it not link).
  • If Sintra is by far more notable than Cintra, and it is likely that a great majority of people typing Cintra are actually looking for Sintra, the redirect should be kept. In such cases, it is common to add a disambiguation hint in parentheses; For example Cintra (building) or Cintra (building in New Hope). But this is only if it is notable enough to deserve an article. In this case, if you don't feel like writing a stub, you can still pick a name and have the list link to it - It will be a red link, which will possibly encourage people to write the article.
-- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 16:57, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the help. It's not a particularly notable building except locally, but that's the case for most of items in this particular article (which is a list of all registered historic places). I'll give it a disambiguation hint as you suggested, and leave it as a red link if someone wants to write the article (or I'll come back and make a stub if I have time). -- Badger 17:06, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] three digi rev codes

Is there a new rule, law or guideline going into effect by hippa that requires hospitals to bill with a 4 digit rev code? Can an insurance carrier enforce such a rule before it goes into effect nation wide?

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.--Cherry blossom tree 20:49, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Banjo Player / Bloop

I was pleased to find the term Banjo Player here, as it relates to baseball. Finding that term was very helpful.

However, in reading about Banjo Player, the term "Bloop" was included in the explanation for a Banjo Player.

Since I was in the baseball section, and already in the Bs, I then looked for the definition or explanation of a Bloop and did not find it.

I would like to suggest that the baseball experts create a definition and/or explanation for the word Bloop as used in baseball, along with the term's derivation.

I don't know how else to create a suggestion, or where to send it, so I'd appreciate it if you would get this to the right place in Wikipedia.

Thank you, Rizzolarry 21:03, 17 April 2006 (UTC)-rizzolarry

  • Try Wiktionary? That's where all our definitions are stored. :) - Best regards, Mailer Diablo 21:57, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] New entry - "Windmill Girls"?

I was intrigued by the following reference in the obituary of Pierre Clostermann in the 8 April 2006 edition of The Economist:

"... That account comes from “The Big Show”, the English version of Mr Clostermann's story of his exploits, published in 1948 in France as “Le Grand Cirque” and still selling well in many languages. It is a classic of its kind, both gripping and ripping, full of action, walk-on parts for semi-clad *Windmill Girls* and liberal use of the lingo of the day..."

Who and what are Windmill Girls?

Wikipedia does not have an entry. I am relatively new to Wikipedia. What would be an appropriate approach? Should I propose a “stub”?

Thanks in advance,

Michael Eyestone Ottawa, Canada

Windmill girls were women who danced in a non-stop, risque musical revue at the Windmill Theatre in London’s Soho. See here. And here's some pictures (mild nudity).--Fuhghettaboutit 22:42, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
The topic is already covered in Windmill Theatre. Note that women either danced or were semi-clad. To do both would have invited prosecution. Notinasnaid 08:56, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
I have added a link at the top of windmill too. Notinasnaid 08:59, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Brainstorm.jpg

I'm very confused. I had uploaded the above image for the movie, Brainstorm (1983 film). Today I found that the image had (properly) been removed from the article as it was no longer linking to the movie poster but rather to a band poster. The user who uploaded the band poster, apparently in place of the movie poster image, User:Mrom, had been working on an article, Brainstorm (Latvian band). The only image I can find in that user's contribution history is Image:BrainstormLV.jpg and not the image at issue. So here's the problem: I went to the original image and clicked "rev" and my original image appeared. Then I went to the movie article and reverted back to previous, stating that I had fixed (or so I thought) the image replacement. However, the image in the article that's coming up is still the new image, despite that the image you see when you go to Brainstorm.jpg, is the image I originally uploaded (I have since reverted the movie article back to the prior version until this problem is cleared up). Moreover, when you click on the movie poster image on its image page, headlined above, it takes you to the image I thought I had reverted. God that's a complicated explanation. I'm sure it's a simple explanation and solution but for the life of me... An administrator's help would be appreciated. --Fuhghettaboutit 23:17, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

I see the correct picture - I presume it's a cacheing issue. Try WP:CACHE, maybe. --Cherry blossom tree 23:33, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
Aha! Head slapping time. Yep, pure cache problem. Complicated question form; incredibly easy solution. Much appreciated. --Fuhghettaboutit 23:37, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
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