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[edit] Archive of past questions

Contents 1 Archive of past questions 1.1 Adding a disambiguation 1.2 addition to books or references section 1.3 User contributions on watchlist? 1.4 Colors in infoboxes etc 1.5 Sangharakshita 1.6 Customising my signature 1.7 Cleanup tag 1.8 to report the time i worked 1.9 Changing an incorrect title 1.10 Categories 1.11 Deleting uploaded images? 1.12 Copyright for your own images simplified! 1.13 Update on Adding a Link 1.14 Continuing a numbered list 1.15 Titan page 1.16 what to do... 1.17 Typing the signature text 1.18 Cross-referencing categories 1.19 Missing Image Mystery 1.20 How do I create a user box?? 1.21 References and footnotes 1.22 Monkey work 1.23 References 1.24 capitalization 1.25 Search engine does not find article 1.26 reliable information 1.27 deletion policy 1.28 Leonid Filatov's poem 1.29 Duplicate footnotes 1.30 kool 1.31 Question about editing, etc. 1.32 vandalism warning 1.33 copyright for fowloadable pics JPEG? 1.34 Making one entry name point to another 1.35 Footnotes at Opus Dei 1.36 testing agency to check fuel consumption in petrol driven cars 1.37 Possible talk page vandalism 1.38 Problem with inserting a footnote. 1.39 dance infobox 1.40 weird reference issue 1.41 I Can't Delete My Account! 1.42 Duplicate reference numbers 1.43 Oldest articles 1.44 descriptive word 1.45 References 1.46 Page doesn't show up when "searched" 1.47 Comments on "Did you know" 1.48 DISAMBIGUATION PAGES 1.49 Page deleted without a valid reason (although I'm sure there is one) 1.50 Need help with significant login problem 1.51 indenting 1.52 My User Page 1.53 southfork town hall 1.54 Userboxes 1.55 search for a high school 1.56 Duplicate reference 1.57 numbered footnotes 1.58 References section doubled 1.59 Minimum age 1.60 HOW? 1.61 Adding information to the link 1.62 Downloading Wikipedia(again) 1.63 Something To Put On The Mantel 1.64 Moving a page 1.65 Using images from other language Wikipedias 1.66 Inserting picture into article 1.67 See alsos and wiki linking 1.68 About copyright 1.69 Philippines National Dance Carinosa 1.70 Garbled Texas 1.71 leprosy 1.72 Featured Articles Redirect 1.73 Certified Financial Planner page 1.74 Multiple names/titles linking to same page/article 1.75 Creating a template 1.76 Citations 1.77 Aligning text to the right? 1.78 Redirecting 1.79 References 1.80 Jews in Hungary 1.81 Special Page "Most Revisions" not working 1.82 how do i remove my editing to an article i didn't create? 1.83 Where do I get fonts? 1.84 Editing the "top bit" of an entry in Wikipedia! 1.85 Links 1.86 Wikipedia Needs Better Discussion Facilities 1.87 Spurtnip cup 1.88 Edit 1.89 placing tags 1.90 Brushing slide 1.91 Contributions - (top)? 1.92 mini wiki 1.93 Updating Exitsting Images 1.94 Question regarding changing Username 1.95 Unicode font selection 1.96 Highlighting text 1.97 HOW DO I CREATE A NEW ARTICLE? 1.98 How can I find the IP address for an editor? 1.99 Login thinks I've disabled cookies 1.100 Image tagging for pictures of products 1.101 Rename Account 1.102 List of tags? 1.103 C band channels 1.104 What is unbalanced Growth Theory 1.105 Unable to Move/Rename page 1.106 adding/editing formulas 1.107 Making the font larger 1.108 help needed 1.109 Image permission question 1.110 wikipedia email 1.111 Case sensitive search 1.112 Piped link 1.113 User boxes are covering the text on my user page 1.114 An idiots guide for uploading images... 1.115 I've made a mistake, can you delete an image? 1.116 Service mark as subject of Wikipedia entry 1.117 Borders 1.118 Image:Skate.jpg 1.119 How do I reference a new article while writing a Wikipedia article? 1.120 You have new messages (last change) 1.121 Centreing the text 1.122 Smores 1.123 Hotels in Bhubaneswar 1.124 Correcting an improperly executed page move. 1.125 Renaming a page 1.126 When to add additional tags to a stub 1.127 Black and white photos of old movie stars for your Bio's 1.128 uploading source 1.129 iran-iraq war 1.130 Image tag syntax 1.131 Question 1.132 Moving a section of an existing article to a new as-yet uncreated page 1.133 Image Tag 1.134 unclear about PROD 1.135 How to link uploaded image to article? 1.136 Candidate for deletion 1.137 Category Lists 1.138 Reporting Broken LInks. 1.139 Adding a company stub 1.140 How To Correct Misspelled Entry Title....? 1.141 about editing entry for Ben Selvin 1.142 Phishing Wikipedia Member passwords 1.143 Wikimedia & Wikipedia images 1.144 Edits Made Before I Registered My Account 1.145 Pictures on Commons and Wikipedia 1.146 About my userpage 1.147 No Fear disambig? 1.148 ufo 1.149 Original research question 1.150 1000 articles deleted each day? 1.151 YFZ Ranch 1.152 Access to talk, contacting an administrator 1.153 Redirecting/Multiple Names 1.154 Policies 1.155 Wikilinking 1.156 dictionary thesaurus 1.157 Reference help 1.158 late night history

[edit] Adding a disambiguation

If there is currently only one meaning to a page, and I wish to add a disambiguation, how can I make the second page? How is it decided which page has prominence?

Usually, the more notable page is given precedence, or if both pages are about equally as notable the disambiguation page is the default page when the term is searched. You can read up on how to create disambiguation pages at Wikipedia:Disambiguation. Basically, you would create a page Blah (disambiguation) and list all the possible articles for that term, then edit the appropriate articles to link to that page. —Keakealani •talk•contribs• 05:44, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

• To distibguish different articles, you put modifiers behind the title to clarify which of the meanings you intend. For example, for an article about the fictional band Foobz, you could have Foobz (band) Foobz (album) (for their self-titled album) and Foobz (film) (for the film made about them). You'd list all of these at the disambiguation page located at Foobz. You only create Foobz (disambiguation) if one of the meanings has clear precedence over the others. - Mgm|^(talk) 11:13, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] addition to books or references section

I have tried this several times for several articles. I wrote in the author, title, publisher, date etc. What do I do next to have this actually put in the article? Is there something I have to click? Am I supposed to click Save Page for this? Or does it take some time for the addition to appear on the actual page?

This seems to be your first contribution under this name. If you added as an IP, then you need to add a references section towards the end of the article and write <references/> below the section. Then you can see the books, provided you added them according to WP:Cite -- Lost^(talk) 08:28, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User contributions on watchlist?

Is it possible to have your watchlist notify you when a specific user contributes? I have just cleaned up a whole lot of junk from one particular IP, and I expect them to strike again at some point. (In fact, there are a few IP addresses I would like to monitor!) I read something about using CSS and enhanced recent changes, but was wondering if there was an easier alternative? Thanks! -postglock 09:47, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

• Make a subpage that lists such users and use the related changes feature to see what changes they make. - Mgm|^(talk) 11:16, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, not totally ideal as I now have two pages to check, but a good workaround. I can't seem to get it working right though. I've set up a page at User:Postglock/UserWatchlist, but when I click "Related Changes" from the toolbox, only a sinlge edit from 24 August comes up, though there are edits made after then. I'm not sure if you will see the same thing, but please let me know if you can help. Thanks, postglock 03:20, 29 August 2006 (UTC).

[edit] Colors in infoboxes etc

As the question arises in the dutch village-pump, is there on the English Wikipedia any concensus over which colors to use in infoboxes etc. Is there a guideline of some sorts? Aleichem 11:05, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Yep, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Albums#Colors. Garion96 (talk) 11:10, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

That's only for albums. Ain't there a more general approach? Aleichem 11:16, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Read your question too fast I guess, sorry. I did found Wikipedia:Infobox colours but that one seems to have been rejected. Garion96 (talk) 11:23, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

• I think the Tree of Life project also has color guidelines for infoboxes. Most of them are used to convey additional information. Is there any particular problem on the Dutch pedia you wish to solve? - Mgm|^(talk) 11:18, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Everyone uses the color he likes : its a little bit a mess Aleichem 11:22, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
• Which colors to use in boxes is generally decided by the relevant WikiProject. If I remember correctly, they exist in the Dutch Wikipedia too, but I could be wrong. Take a look at our list of Wikipedia:WikiProjects or Wikipedia:Infoboxes and get the projects over there to organize the look of the tables (perhaps use the same colors as we do so you can easily copy what we have done already. - Mgm|^(talk) 11:49, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
  • it's the same with templates (regarding colours) Aleichem 12:36, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sangharakshita

The article on Sangharakshita seems to me to be written by a disciple, and as such he/she is using the rules and regs of Wikipedia in a nit-picking way to edit out criticisms of Sangharakshita. This is no more than I would expect. I have a suggestion for Wikipedia policy, which is that authors should DECLARE AN INTEREST in this sort of instance. I would be even happier to see disciples banned from being the authors of their teachers' biographies on Wikipedia! It seems to contravene the spirit of it. The article on Rajneesh is much worse! Dave Simmonds

The thing about a wiki is that it can be edited by anybody. As a good faith editor, what you need to do is, go to the talk page of the article and discuss what content you feel needs to be modified. If that doesnt work then there are many ways for dispute resolution that you can adopt. In case you have a policy proposal, this is the place to do so -- Lost^(talk) 12:44, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

• The problem with your idea is that it's mostly disciples who are interested in the article to begin with. You should enforce WP:NPOV and tell that NPOV doesn't mean the article can't have criticism. Criticism is allowed as long is it is from a reliable source. - Mgm|^(talk) 17:27, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Customising my signature

Hello, how do I go about customising my signature? I've read WP:SIG, and it says you do it by typing in the signature box in preferences. But I've done that, and it still doesn't want to look how I want it to look when I type the four tildes. I just want to add a superscript tag and a link to my talk page. Thanks. --Richardrj 12:24, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

From what I know, customising signatures needs a bit of html knowledge. In case you know html, then you can simply write the code by going to your preferences. In case you dont, then the best thing would be to copy a signature that you like and suitably modify it by adding a few tweaks and experimenting. That's what I did. You will find a bit of help at WP:SIGHELP -- Lost^(talk) 12:52, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks very much, yes I already did that and funnily enough I want my sig to look like yours with a superscript link to my talk page. But I typed in [[User:Richardrj|Richardrj]][[User talk:Richardrj|^(talk)]] into the signature field in my preferences and it just comes out looking like that when I test it, not with the HTML. --Richardrj 12:57, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

You need to check the raw signature tab in the preferences -- Lost^(talk) 13:02, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks very much - that did it, see? --Richardrj ^talk 14:10, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cleanup tag

Hello everyone!! It has been while I haven't asked a question. So, apparently there is a guy, (should I say the name?) and he tagged Tourism in Indonesia with a cleanup tag. Some contributors, including me, have managed to edit the section that has been tagged about three days ago. Now, because we want to nominate it on WP:GA, the template really need to be removed, but this guy hasn't replied my message or given any response. So, what should I/we do? We is the Indonesian WikiProject guys :P. Cheers -- Imoeng 12:46, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Hi Imoeng, ideally the person who added the tag should also have explained why he added the tag. This has been said before in this forum and elsewhere that just adding tags is not good enough. If he mentioned the problems that he sees and if you sorted them out, then you can remove the cleanup tag. -- Lost^(talk) 12:56, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

The person who originally added the tag doesn't "own" it. If the concensus in the talk page is that the article is cleaned up, and the original poster does not have input or suggestions, it is right to remove the tag. Overall (just my opinion), I'd say it could benefit from improvements in English grammar (especially but not only the last paragraph), but doesn't really merit the tag. Slow improvements in grammar is the normal editing process, not requiring a tag unless it is incomprehensible. Notinasnaid 12:59, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Well, that person did not give any specific suggestion kind of thing. He just put that and thats all about it. I've sent him a message though. So, I will just ask you guys, is that "clean" enough?

Well, I've been over it and fiddled with the grammar. I hope it is improved. There were a few cases where the English meaning was not completely clear, so it should be reviewed again by someone familiar with the subject. There is one issue remaining. The reference in the final paragraph does not seem to support the sentence it is attached to. It is about Yogyakarta but does not seem to support the assertion that its culture is notable. I hope this helps. Notinasnaid 16:52, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] to report the time i worked

how i can report my hours of work that i was working for the last two weeks

You might want to take your question to the reference desk as they answer questions that are not related to wikipedia. Though I am not sure how they will answer this one. You will have to be clearer in asking your question -- Lost^(talk) 14:01, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Changing an incorrect title

The page title "Eric du Plessis" refers to a colleague of mine whose name is Erik du Plessis, author of "The Advertised Mind". How do I correct the spelling in the title?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by NigelH (talk • contribs) 14:05, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

You move the article using the "move" button (to the right of the "edit this page" button). Your account must be 4 days old to move pages. If the move is controversial or impossible, visit Wikipedia:Requested moves. -- Lost^(talk) 14:08, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Any user with an account older than four days has a "move" tab and can rename articles with it. I will move the page for you, but you can also request moves at this page. Kusma (討論) 14:09, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Somebody beat me to it. Kusma (討論) 14:10, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Categories

How do I edit a category box if it doesn't have an 'e' on it which takes you to the edit page?

I am not sure what you mean, but if you want to see an article under a category, you need to add the category to the bottom of the article. The article will then be seen in that category automatically -- Lost^(talk) 14:39, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Sorry I didn't make myself clear enough. For instance, this template http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Southwest_Asia

has the v-d-e, for view, discuss and edit. However, some templates like that one, do not have the v-d-e on them. Why is this and how can they be edited? Thanks.

The v-d-e links (or something similar) are optional, and are often added for convenience when a template is first created and likely to require tinkering. The links are often removed after the template is established and stable so as to discourage changes that may cause problems—this applies particularly to templates that are used in many places on many pages.

To get to a template (to view, discuss, or edit it) just put Template: in front of the name of the template in the search box at left and click Go. To create a link to a template page (in a discussion, for example), you can do the same thing. For example, Template:Southwest Asia. Please note that since templates can appear (be transcluded) on many different pages, changes to 'mature' templates should be made very carefully. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 15:18, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Many thanks, that is very helpful.15:21, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Deleting uploaded images?

I would like to delete a few images I have uploaded. Would anyone know how to do that?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Petermalewski (talk • contribs) 14:56, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Just tag them with {{db-author}} and an administrator will take care of it soon. Kusma (討論) 15:01, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Copyright for your own images simplified!

There is seemingly a lot written about copyright here. No doubt the level of detail is necessary. However would someone have a straight forward answer to my question, which is that I want to upload and use a few images in articles on Wiki. I have no problem with others using them provided credit is given in all cases and that they are not used for commercial gain without the express permission from me. What copyright tag should I cite? Many thanks in advance. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Petermalewski (talk • contribs) .

None, free but non-commercial files are not allowed anymore on wikipedia. If you decide to skip the non-commercial clause I would suggest this {{Cc-by-2.5}} license. Garion96 (talk) 15:22, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

• What if he means commercial use IS allowed but only with his permission? - Mgm|^(talk) 17:31, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
  • The same answer I guess. You just can't upload new files on wikipedia with a non-commercial license. Garion96 (talk) 21:51, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Update on Adding a Link

Dear Wikipedia, On your article regarding the country singer, Hank Williams, Jr., I posted a request to add a link to one of his fan websites and/or an on-line petition to induct him into the Hall of Fame. It has been several days, but I have not heard a response from Wikipedia as to whether or not this link can be added. I am new to Wikipedia, but I believe I have followed the instructions correctly. Could someone please review this request and get back with me? Thanks. My e-mail address is (removed to save on spam)

The nice thing about Wikipedia is that you can add things on your own without having to ask official permission - in fact, that's the way things work around here. Feel free to add the link to the article on your own. If you're not sure how, then you can go ahead and click right here and leave the information on my talk page; I can then insert it for you. It's probably best to go with the fan website, as we're not really here to promote any particular cause or activity. Tony Fox (arf!) 16:22, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Continuing a numbered list

If I have a numbered list and I want to continue it after entering a non-list item, how do I do that? For the sake of example, it would be something like the following

1. Item one
2. Item two
3. Item three

• Bullet
• Bullet
• Bullet

Non list text

• Bullet
• Bullet

1. Item four
2. Item five

etc.

Is this possible? If so, I could use some help with it. Darquis 16:28, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

You can't do this perfectly but you can get a similar effect in either of the following ways (view the source for details.) Neither of them are perfect, but they come somewhere near.

1. Item one
   • Bullet

   Non list text

2. Item two

1. Item one
   Non list text
2. Item two

If there's a better way then I don't know it, I'm afraid. --Cherry blossom tree 17:12, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

It's possible using HTML, but not in wikisyntax:

Like that? · rodii · 17:53, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Both of those help quite a bit. Thanks, got what I needed! Darquis 04:26, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Titan page

Hi there, I am slowly forming a Wikipedia entry for an English band from the Eighties, I have called it Titan (Heavy Metal Music).

I was wondering why I haven't been able to see the page when I search for it under Titan?

Many thanks Simon Jacobs

• See the first entry in the WP:VFAQ. Also, I just linked the article and I can't see it. Are you sure the capitalization is the same as the one you used in the article? - Mgm|^(talk) 17:34, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
• After a quick look at the user's contributions, I've now moved Titan (heavy metal music) to Titan (band) per the naming conventions. Please sign your posts on talk pages. - Mgm|^(talk) 17:38, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

No references, no google hits, no AMG listing... hmm, hoax or just a non-notable band? · rodii · 18:01, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] what to do...

What should you do if there is a dispute with a particular user being difficult. There is a WikiProject Sharks, and another user has created another project afterwards called wikiproject shark, which has a lot of its content stolen from the first. A merge has been suggested but the user consistently beigns to cooperate then shuts down and claims he is going to keep his project running whatever anyone says. What should you do in this situation, it is helping noone. --84.9.150.166 18:02, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Dispute resolution -- Lost^(talk) 18:09, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Typing the signature text

This might sound like complaining, but I'll write it anyway. On my Finnish keyboard, it's a bit difficult to type the four tildes: ~~~~ needed for my signature. For each tilde, I have to first press AltGr + the accent key after å, and then press space. This can lead to typos when done four times in succession. Why can't wiki markup code use some other character? I know I could just click on the "Sign your name" link at the bottom but then I'd have to take my hands off the keyboard. JIP | Talk 18:14, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

In the edit window do you have the row of edit buttons over the textarea? There's a button that adds the four tildes with one click, third from the right. Alas, it also adds two hyphens by default. · rodii · 18:50, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

But that does also require this user to take his hands off the keyboard. I havn't got a clue where the tilds are on this Dutch thing, so I'm stuck using those buttons as well. How many keyboards out there, don't have a simple enough tild key? If enough people have this problem, it might be worth looking into. --Username132 (talk) 20:53, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

I doubt we'll find any key which isn't already used and which is conveniently accessible from all keyboard - which is why the "signature" button in the edit window is there in the first place. Oh, come on, you have to take your hands off the keyboard to click the "save page" button, is it really so much to ask that you do it to place your signature? Rodii's solution is a perfectly good one (there is even yet another link to the four tildes, below the Edit window, where it says "Sign your name: ~~~~". — QuantumEleven 06:02, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Judging by your response, I'm guessing that you have a tilde key on your keyboard... ;) To be fair, since my signature is usually the last thing I do before clicking save page, it doesn't really make much difference that I have to click a button; it's possibly just as quick as two dashes and four tildes... --Username132 (talk) 10:34, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cross-referencing categories

I'd like to search multiple cats for shared members. I want to contact a user who is proficient at German (intermediate or higher) who is interested or working in the WikiProject Musicians. I think AutoWikiBrowser can do this, but since I'm using Windows 98 it no longer works on my system. Is there some toolserver tool I can use? If no other such programs exist, please help me if you can use AutoWikiBrowser. - Mgm|^(talk) 18:17, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

I think the Cat Scan tool can do what you want, though with it being on the Toolserver it's rather out of date. --Cherry blossom tree 22:02, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

• Thanks, that's it I think. - Mgm|^(talk) 15:56, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Missing Image Mystery

The infliximab page has a red link where the image should be. Can someone figure out what must have happened? --Username132 (talk) 20:01, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Three possibilities: 1. Image is not properly linked. 2. Image was never uploaded. 3. Image was deleted -- Lost^(talk) 20:06, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

I don't think that image has ever existed, it's not in the deletion logs or anything. My guess is that the red link exists in the infobox to encourage someone to upload an image. -- Consumed Crustacean | Talk | 20:07, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] How do I create a user box??

I would like to know how. --Shaul avrom 20:11, 28 August 2006 (UTC) (P.S. Notify me on my talk page.)

See Wikipedia:Userboxes -- Lost^(talk) 20:16, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] References and footnotes

Are their any idiots guides to footnotes and references (in terms of inserting them into articles)? I've read the main articles and as an endnote user, I find them as clear as mud, I'm more confused than when I started. --Charlesknight 20:21, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Welcome to the club. I made a similar post a week ago. I'm still none the wiser. --Username132 (talk) 20:49, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Really it's what stops me doing more on wikipedia - I find most of the "help" (not the help DESK) guides incoherent. --Charlesknight 21:05, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

• Include nicely formatted links between < ref > tags (< / ref > to close), then add < references / > to the references section. This will sort all the references you used and put them in a list in the right order. To make these work in a real article, remove the spaces I included here on the help desk. To allow for multiple uses of a single references the tag can also have a name attribute ( ref name="nameofref"). You can use the same ref a second time by entering ref name="nameofref" / between those triangle brackets. I just wrote an article today which uses some references (In Dreams (2005 album)) and I added some to another article (Joseph McManners). Take a look at those to see how it works. Leave a message on my talk page if you need any more help. - Mgm|^(talk) 21:18, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

A general piece of advice: If you're stumped by the help pages, go find a page that has a result similar to the one you're looking for (in your case, look for a page with some foot / endnotes, there are plenty out there). Take a look at the code that produces the result (by clicking on "Edit this Page", but not actually changing anything). Often, figuring it out this way is a lot easier than trying to do it 'from scratch' by using the help pages - once you've got the basics down, the help pages should suddenly become a lot clearer. Good luck! — QuantumEleven 05:58, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Monkey work

Can't bots fix double redirects? --Username132 (talk) 20:47, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

• Probably, if someone programmed them to do so. - Mgm|^(talk) 21:20, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] References

After editing the Jaws (film) article, the references have been severely screwed up, although my recent edit was a minor one. Most of the reference have been repeated, but the repeated ones don't link to anything. I can't really explain this, if someone would take a look at the article and its references format and see what I did wrong, it would be appreciated.--Dark Kubrick 20:50, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

I looked but couldn't see anything messed up. I'm guessing you're referring to the section titled 'notes'. If so, why is it titled 'notes' and not 'references'? --Username132 (talk) 20:58, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

I'm seeing the same thing; the references are repeated past a certain point. I just came here because it's happening at another page, The Solomon Key, and I can't quite figure out why. Kuru ^talk 21:00, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

And now it's working fine again after I used the {{refs}} template. OK, sure. Kuru ^talk 21:14, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

• If you use the < ref > system the most likely reason of broken formatting is either leaving tags unclosed (forgetting the slash in the closing tag) or using the same name for one or more references. - Mgm|^(talk) 21:27, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Seemed a little stranger than that. Nothing unclosed, previewed fine, even looking at a 'diff' which included the current version was fine. It was just a bug in the display of the article. Pretty odd. Kuru ^talk 21:36, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Kuru has solved the problem, so thank you. As for Mgm's comment, I checked both of those things but neither was a problem.--Dark Kubrick 21:35, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

I've changed 'notes' to references since they're references, not notes. --Username132 (talk) 21:46, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Notes can be another name for references...Anyway, the ref plague has returned; after adding an extra reference, they reverted back to their problematic form.--Dark Kubrick 23:24, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] capitalization

Is there any way to capitalize "Goodwillie" in the title of this page name? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_goodwillie_%28author%29 Thanks very much!

• Yes, see Wikipedia:Moving a page which I now did for you.- Mgm|^(talk) 21:29, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Search engine does not find article

--Graemedavis 21:28, 28 August 2006 (UTC) There is an article in Wikipedia on University of Basrah: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Basrah This can be found by clicking a link for University on the Basra article. However the search engine does not turn up this article - indeed it states that no such article exists. How can this be resolved?

• By waiting. See WP:VFAQ. - Mgm|^(talk) 21:30, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] reliable information

Hi there,

This question might be for the editors,

I've been using Wikipedia for a while (I love this website) but I recently found out that anyone can change stuff on the site.

What stops some kids from altering information from the site and putting non-sense information instead? What if they change dates or subttle things that you would not be able to pick up?

I'm just worried the information will no longer be reliable.

Jorge Concerned user

• We have a page that adresses this, but I forgot the link. I'm sure someone else will remind me of it. We have a lot of systems in place to catch nonsense and mean-spirited false information. Generally speaking, articles on well-known subjects are easily corrected when someone alters it because so many people are watching it. Obscure articles are less well watched, but with those you can check the Wikipedia:History to see who added what. Basically, you should treat Wikipedia like any other source. Be critical and ask yourself where the information came from. Follow the references the editors provided and see if you trust the sources. Wikipedia may be freely editable, but anyone can put up a website and although the publishing industry tries its best, books aren't infallible either. - Mgm|^(talk) 22:02, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Yes, anyone can edit on this site, but actually this is an advantage, because anyone can add and correct info, instead of a few selected people. (And some of our best editors and administrators ARE kids.) All information on Wikipedia should be verifiable and cite reliable sources. Also see Wikipedia:Replies to common objections. WP 22:09, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

• Yep, that was the link I was looking for. - Mgm|^(talk) 22:18, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

And to address one particular issue you raised, there is no change which is too subtle to be picked up, because the software highlights the exact changes in each edit. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 17:32, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] deletion policy

how soon after a failed attempt of proposing an article for deletion can one propose it again? thanks Rm uk 22:05, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

If someone removed a WP:PROD tag, and you still want to delete it, you have to take it to WP:AfD. WP 22:11, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

...and if it's been considered at AfD, it's considered a good idea to wait at least one month before AfDing an article again. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 00:24, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Leonid Filatov's poem

Please change the URL of leonid Filatov'e poem the new URL is http://vagalecs.narod.ru/Fil.htm thank you bye

Be bold and change it! -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 18:00, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Duplicate footnotes

I have a list of footnotes that repeats twice, and can't seem to get rid of the repetition. Troubleshooting is complicated by the fact the the Preview does not show the repitition. After cluttering up the history with revisions, I decided it was time to call on the experts. The page is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Moravec . Thanks. Denisbradford 23:38, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

This looks like a problem that has been encountered frequently lately. I know little about it, but it seems that purging the page by clicking here solves it. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 18:00, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] kool

yea its kool, but i dont get it

Are you looking for one of these Kools? TenOfAllTrades(talk) 00:25, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

How do you get to the map section? To download a map of your location.

– — … ° ≈ ± − × ÷ ← → · §      Steve Moyzis 00:30, 29 August 2006 (UTC) Steve Moyzis

[edit] Question about editing, etc.

First of all, thank you for your time.

I am confused about Wikipedia in general. A group of people are trying to get the word out about a mission we have for an artist (Hank Williams Jr.). We are wanting to link to the petition to the Country Music Hall of Fame and a link to the Unofficial Fan website that has TONS of exposure and almost 2000 members.

I have tried to "edit" and add the link, however, less than 24 hours later, the link is gone. Can someone please explain this to me. Maybe I am not doing this correctly.

Also, on the "discussion" page, we have made several requests about adding the link and no one has received an answer.

Could we please know how long it generally takes for someone to answer a question or request on the discussion page?

Thank you HankArmy

To be completely frank, this sounds like spam. The Wikipedia isn't supposed to be used a vessel for advertising of any sorts. Also see WP:EL and WP:SPAM. -- Consumed Crustacean | Talk | 01:44, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] vandalism warning

There was a power outage at my home a few weeks ago and my IP address was changed when our modem reset. My ISP, comcast gives dynamic IP addresses. The previous user of my current address vandalized the Eastern orthodox church in february 2006 and now I am stuck with the warnings. Is there a way to appeal them? is my IP address logged when I am signed in? --Ted-m 02:11, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Your IP address is logged, but not publically. Certain users with CheckUser capability have the option to view recent edits on a certain IP address, but this will only be used if you are a suspected sockpuppet, which presumably you are not, so it shouldn't be a problem. I don't think those warnings will apply towards a block unless you were to vandalise using that IP. Don't worry, in other words. —Keakealani •talk•contribs• 04:26, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I've checked up on my IP addresses and a few of them have been banned multiple times for vandalism. Luckily, my ISP doesn't switch me around more than once a month, so I don't hit IP blocks. Nothing to worry about. -- Consumed Crustacean | Talk | 04:30, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

In case you are stuck with a blocked IP address, feel free to contact any of the administrators here at Wikipedia. With some explanation, they'll probably unblock the IP address in no time. —Jared Hunt August 29, 2006, 12:25 (UTC)

[edit] copyright for fowloadable pics JPEG?

Do I need special permission to use a pic I found on wikipedia in my book, which will be published in Germany? Since this involves commercial use, what are the steps I need to undertake to obtain permission to use the pic?

Thanks

Josette

Contact the uploader to see if they will release it to you under a commercial license (if they created it). If not (and the image is not fair use), your document will have to comply with the GFDL, which will mean releasing it under a very open license (permitting copying and etc.) You might not like that at all. If the image is not GFDL licensed in the first place, but is fair use, you'll have to contact the original source. -- Consumed Crustacean | Talk | 04:27, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

• Which picture is it? Link us, because although many of the pictures here are "fair use" pictures, many of them are also public domain and allows commercial use. —Jared Hunt August 29, 2006, 12:27 (UTC)

[edit] Making one entry name point to another

I have just written the requested entry for Binyamin Melchior, in Denmark known as Bent Melchior. How can I make sure that people who search Bent Melchior will actually find him? Per 07:51, 29 August 2006 (UTC) Per Rønne, per@remove.this.rqnne.dk

WP:REDIR should have the information you seek. :) Feel free to ask if you need any further assistance. :) Thanks for contributing. Luna Santin 07:54, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Footnotes at Opus Dei

Something went awry with the footnotes at Opus Dei. The first footnote in the Intro starts with number 6! Help! Thanks. Cabanes 08:36, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Hmmm? Looks fine to me -- "...recruitment regime and violations of basic human rights.[1]" Unless I'm being dumb and I missed something, or that's not the problem. If that is the problem, I'd recommend a hard reload (shift or control plus reload, in most browsers). Other than that, I'm not sure what you'd be after, so please lemme know if that helps. :) Luna Santin 08:39, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

• All notes appear to be in place at my end. Try appending action=purge to the end of the article instead of action=edit when you're in the edit screen. - Mgm|^(talk) 09:05, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
• Looks fine to me as well. Try clearing your cache and reloading your page (Ctrl+Shift+Del then Ctrl+R) in Firefox. —Jared Hunt August 29, 2006, 12:21 (UTC)

• This is a problem with the cached copies of pages. The short-term fix is to WP:PURGE the page. This is NOT simply purging your browser cache, it is forcing the wikipedia server to rebuild the cached page that viewers see. Add ?action=purge to the end of the article URL. See various discussions at WP:VPT and also a discussion at WP:FN. Gimmetrow 13:44, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

There is another issue with the template transclusion database: many articles are listed as transcluding hundreds of templates they don't contain; this is fixed by editing/saving the page (a purge doesn't seem to work for this one). Some of these issues may be remnants of the recent WoW vandalism. Gimmetrow 13:58, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

It's fixed now. I don't know how it was fixed. It could have been something to do with one of the things you all mentioned. Thank you! Cabanes 01:59, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] testing agency to check fuel consumption in petrol driven cars

To Helpdesk Wikipedia,

  i have approached district consumer forum in hyderabad inthe matter of low fuel milage
  by HONDA CITY car,who have published that their car will give best milage as24km/lit,
  average milage as19km/lit,andworst milage as14km/lit,which iwasnot able to achive,and iwas
  getting only between 11-12km/litin normal conditon.
    i want to the independent agency who can test the carfor performance as claimed by
    THE HONDA SIEL CAR COMPANY.
     THANKING YOU,
      N.PURUSHOTHAM REDDY.59.163.113.85 11:51, 29 August 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. -- Lost^(talk) 12:05, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
• I don't think this is a matter you would want to consult Wikipedia about. First of all, we are not an "independent agency who can test the carfor [sic] performance as claimed by ..." Not to offend you, but I don't think this is the best place for such things. —Jared Hunt August 29, 2006, 12:14 (UTC)

[edit] Possible talk page vandalism

I recently came across a user (who I won't name unless I can be sure that what he has done is vandalism) who has blanked his talk page twice; as far as I can tell, it was because some other users left unflattering, but not harassing (there was at least one personal attack, but another user removed it) comments on it.

I think this constitutes talk page vandalism, but I haven't been able to find anything about whether blanking one's own talk page (as opposed to someone else's, or an article's) is considered to be vandalism or not.

Clarification would be appreciated. CameoAppearance 12:12, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

I'm not exactly sure of the situation here, but I'm guessing if there is a legitimate reason for the blanking, it could be. One case I could recall is Purplefeltangel, whose discussions were deleted by request. —Jared Hunt August 29, 2006, 12:19 (UTC)

• Did the user show any signs of taking the unflattering comments to heart? - Mgm|^(talk) 13:01, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

It's pretty much accepted that people have a right to do what they like to their own talk page. Guidelines are to archive discussions but stil... If he is removing warnings that is viewed in pretty bad light and generally not accepted (ends up with more warnings!). In all if there are nasty things being said then chances are he just doesnt want them there - suggest to him he archives instead of deleting. --Errant Tmorton166^(Talk)(Review me) 13:14, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Correction: He only blanks the talk page of one of his subpages; however, he deletes comments of a similar nature from his own talk page (without completely blanking it every time), including what I think was a non-formalised warning about the content of his user page (I don't know if he's since removed the offending content or not). CameoAppearance 05:52, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Problem with inserting a footnote.

I inserted a footnote on the quantum mechanics page. The preview showed what I wanted, but, once saved, the footnote appeared twice.

helpmeBfiene 13:48, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

This seems to be a common problem, there was a question on it I saw last night, I had the problem on an article and a friend had the same trouble. My one I fixed by doing a dummy edit and purging the page cache - but sometimes this doesnt work!! --Errant Tmorton166^(Talk)(Review me) 13:54, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

See here for the related discussion on the technical part of the VP --Errant Tmorton166^(Talk)(Review me) 13:56, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] dance infobox

I have just started an article on Weapon dance and would like to include some sort of an appropriate infobox or portal to indicate that this article is part of a larger scheme, perhaps "dance" or "folk dance". I have looked and can't seem to find one, and, also, I don't want to run the risk of duplicating what someone has already done. Thank you. Jeffmatt 14:09, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Have a look at Portal:Dance and Wikipedia:WikiProject Dance. Their talk pages will guide you better -- Lost^(talk) 14:19, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] weird reference issue

Why is the one reference tag showing up twice in the <references/> section of Polar Beverages?

This only started happening when I placed a space between the author's name and the link in the ref.

Thanks --The Talking Sock talk contribs 14:22, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Please refer to either Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#Mysterious problem involving footnotes and citation templates or Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#Strange situation with footnotes. It seems to be an error that suddenly appeared out of the blue. —Jared Hunt August 29, 2006, 14:30 (UTC)

[edit] I Can't Delete My Account!

I have looked everywhere in Wikipedia and I can't find the button to delete my account. Please help me! Joanna

It is impossible to delete your account. It is possible to delete your userpage, though, if that is necessary for privacy reasons. Kusma (討論) 15:11, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Please see Wikipedia:Username#Deleting your user account. -- Rick Block (talk) 19:09, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Duplicate reference numbers

I have been adding 15 reference numbers to the article on Gliding in an attempt to get it up to featured standard. However the references are all duplicated in the table at the end of the article. Furthermore the references start at 16 in the article. I cannot see what has gone wrong. Any ideas? JMcC 15:14, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Please ignore the problem has just resolved itself. JMcC 15:15, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Oldest articles

I got curious today and wanted to see what various pages looked like when Wikipedia first started, or at least when certain pages were first posted (this is the main page as of January 26, 2002). I was looking at Special:Ancientpages and was wondering if anyone knows what's wrong since that list starts with articles from 2004.--Fuhghettaboutit 16:12, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

That page is manually updated. And the pages are listed by the time since the last edit, not the creation date. -- Lost^(talk) 16:19, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Ah. In that case, the page's name really should be changed. They are not "ancient pages nor Wikipedia's "oldest articles." Let's put that aside. New question, does anyone know of a place where the actual oldest/most ancient articles are listed?--Fuhghettaboutit 16:29, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Have a look at Wikipedia:UuU Shimgray | talk | 16:33, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

And also at Wikipedia:Wikipedia's oldest articles -- Lost^(talk) 16:37, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Aha! Thanks.--Fuhghettaboutit 16:41, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] descriptive word

What is the word describing an enployee of a hotel who makes arranges and gets things for hotel guests?17:11, 29 August 2006 (UTC)69.105.11.41

I think you mean a Concierge. For the next time you have a question like that, you'd better go to the 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). Hope this helps, Garion96 (talk) 17:17, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] References

Can somebody help out with the references on the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 article? They start at 13, when there are only 12, and in the references section, it shows each reference twice, with 24 in total. 0plusminus0 19:16, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

See WP:HD#weird reference issue just above. This is a problem everywhere today -- Lost^(talk) 19:19, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Page doesn't show up when "searched"

I entered a page on Wikipedia and when I type in the page name & hit "go", the page comes up. However the page doesn't show up at all in the list when I hit the "search" button for the exact same search term.

Did I do something wrong?

If it's a relatively new page, it takes a while before the search index is updated to include it. If this is the case, it will work in a couple of weeks.

Also, whenever you write a message in this way, be sure to sign so people recognise who is saying what. You can use your keyboard to type four tildes (~~~~) or use the buttons above the edit window (third in from the right) --Username132 (talk) 19:26, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Very Frequently Asked Questions#An article doesn't show up in the search -- Lost^(talk) 19:23, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

--Andi 19:35, 29 August 2006 (UTC)It's been almost three months since I added the page. See "Nightingale-Conant" It works for "go" but not "search". Thanks

[edit] Comments on "Did you know"

Hi, Template talk:Did you know is the place to nominate factoids for inclusion on the front page. However, where should I put my comments about that section? It's not really related to errors, so I can't put it on the "front page errors" page.

"On this day" and "In the news" both used (pictured) recently AFAIK, while "Did you know" recently used (pictured) or (pictured) three times in a row, I think. (I didn't check the "Today's featured article section.) --Kjoonlee 19:48, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

• You could use the Main Page error page, or use Wikipedia talk:Did you know. - Mgm|^(talk) 19:55, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
• Do you mean it should either italicise or not? - Mgm|^(talk) 20:56, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

I meant the parentheses should be italicised as well. Thank you. I've posted to Wikipedia talk:Did you know. --Kjoonlee 03:49, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] DISAMBIGUATION PAGES

Please create disambiguation pages for the following:

1) a) Flora MacDonald b} Flora Macdonald

2) a) Bobby McDermott (redirects to Robert McDermott) b) Robert F. McDermott

THANKS!!!! RoyandTrigger 20:23, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

P.S.: I seem to have been overlooked. Please advise. RoyandTrigger 00:29, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Page deleted without a valid reason (although I'm sure there is one)

I created an article yesterday called Nintengirls and it was deleted when I logged in today. A user (non-admin) had put it up for speedy deletion about 5 seconds after I wrote it. The tag/box message said to leave any messages in the talk page. I pointed out that he had quoted the wrong reason for proposing deletion. Since the page is gone I have no way of knowing if anyone responded to my claim. I'm not mad but I just want to know why the page was deleted since I was given the wrong reason. --The Dark Side 20:48, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

This page was deleted as "CSD A7: No assertion of notability". The page was nonsense, as it was made up information. It was tagged as such and speedily deleted. — Scm83x ^{hook 'em} 20:51, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Need help with significant login problem

I was loged out somehow and I have a problem. I Boogerremember my user name but not my password and I neglected to include my email address so I cannot get a new password that way. I posted under the name Edeglord. I was wondering if it would be possibe for someone somehow find my password for me? If not I would like to know if it is permidadable to create a new account under these cirstuances or will that be banned since my original account is active? If it would be banned does anyone have any advice? --70.48.109.136 22:35, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

I'll see if I can find a way for you to get your info back. In the meantime, I would either continue to use your old account's pages and have a copy-paste sig, or create a new account that links to and from your old one. EDIT: I think a new account is entirely appropiate. Ther are other users who have switched accounts. Don't worry about that. --\/\/slack (talk) 00:08, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. I wanted to be sure before I decided to make a new one. This time I plan to include the email address just in case this happens again. One other thing though. I am not too familar with linking. How do I have a new account link from the old one. --70.48.109.136 00:25, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Just place text that looks like [[User:Edeglord|My old username]]. It will look like this:My old username and direct to User:Edeglord. Your userpage and usertalk can be accessed with the same linking as in Wikipedia articles. --\/\/slack (talk) 01:15, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] indenting

I can't seem to figure out how to indent the second line of some of my entries so that they don't look like these three line columns. Can you help me please?

To indent the second line, place a colon before the text you want indented. For example:

Hello.
:Goodbye.

Turns into:

Hello.

Goodbye.

Hope that helps! PoliticalJunkie 23:38, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My User Page

I understand that this question might be disregarded, firstly because it is not directly essential to the development of Wikipedia and secondly because of the controversy surrounding Userboxes. However, I was wondering if anyone who has experience in the subject take a second to look at the display problems I'm having on my user page and possibly give me a few pointers? My userboxes don't seem to want to line up correctly, and I get weird "{{}}" symbols (for lack of knowing their name) in my Babel box.

Thank you in advance for any assistance you can provide me. --Cduffner 23:35, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Post this at WP:UPH/HD --\/\/slack (talk) 00:11, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Thank you. --Cduffner 00:48, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] southfork town hall

I would like to attend the meeting on 21 of sep. can you send me a map I'm coming from st paul thank you Dan E email is REMOVED@netzero.com

I removed the address for spam reasons Dan. Also, this isn't the best place for this. Try the reference desk. Check google.com/maps and click on the directions tab. Enter your address and the address of the town hall. --\/\/slack (talk) 23:58, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Userboxes

Can someone explain the different levels to me? I'm not quite sure what level of French I speak since I could not find a definition for the levels. Same thing with instruments. --The Dark Side 23:58, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Generally, I go by: 1 = barely, 2 = with difficulty, 3 = alright, 4 = well, 5 = awesome Does that help? --\/\/slack (talk) 00:05, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Immensely, thank you. --The Dark Side 02:24, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] search for a high school

am trying to search for the kenya high school its a girls high school in nairobi kenya.could you please give me their website

Wikipedia:Reference desk This is for Wikipedai issues, people there will answer your question. Good Luck. --\/\/slack (talk) 00:03, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Duplicate reference

This seems rather like a n00b question, but I'm quite stumped. On the article Lifebuoy (soap), there's one reference. Everything looks great when I preview, but once I save the page, I see two identical items in the references section. Anybody know what I'm doing wrong? →smably 01:58, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

And the plot thickens: when I view the permalink for the current revision, everything looks OK: [1]. Might this be a MediaWiki bug?

Later: I see this has been reported by someone else. It's also broken on my userpage. There is definitely something screwy going on with Wikipedia. →smably 02:15, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Yes, this is a bug that has mysteriously appeared recently. Purging the page by clicking here should solve it. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 04:41, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] numbered footnotes

Could someone tell me what I'm doing wrong with the example of 2 numbered footnotes on my user page. In PREVIEW of edit mode it looks fine but otherwise I'm seeing the references listed twice at the bottom and numbered 1 to 4 and the footnotes in the text start at 3!??? As long as your looking at my user page feel free to put the answer there.

That's strange. I just noticed the previous post looks like the same problem.

GrahameKing 02:15, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

I just checked - Lifebuoy (soap) works okay for me! wierd

GrahameKing 02:23, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

This is happening in several places. A quick solution is to append ?action=purge to the URL of the article in question - this clears an internal cache and has worked for me. Obviously, there's some other problem at work. Kuru ^talk 02:27, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks Kuru. But I don't know how to do that. GrahameKing 02:49, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] References section doubled

I just made an edit to the MyFreeImplants page, and when I did so all of the references/footnotes ended up repeating. What's strange is that in the article itself it doesn't start at the number 1, instead it starts at number 5. I'm not sure what caused this since I didn't make any edits related to that section or the reference points either. Jahgok 04:18, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

• Comment Ah, just answered my own question. I noticed above someone had the same problem. I appended the URL of the article with ?action=purge and loaded the page, and it seems to have fixed it. Thanks! And sorry for the duplicate help topic. Jahgok 04:21, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Minimum age

Is there a minimum age to become an administrator on Wikipedia? If so, what is it? FLaRN (talk) 05:25, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

No, there is not. There has been some discussion as of late at WT:RFA regarding young people becoming administrators. Cheers, Tangotango 05:29, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

I recommend not revealing your age if underage. There was an incident involving an underage administrator pursued by someone twice her age. Anomo 05:56, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

That sounds more like a soapbox essay against Wikipedia than a real incident. But are those signs real or image manipulations? JIP | Talk 06:45, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

That site's pictures are usually unrelated decorations. The story is true and I know who both people were. There really isn't a better link to it that I could find. Even though that link dramatizes it a bit, it kept all partys's identities secret and tries to be truthful. Anomo 07:18, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

OK, I take your word for the story being true. After describing the event, the site launched into such vicious propaganda against Wikipedia (possibly even the entire idea of anonymous/pseudonymous Internet communities) that I wondered if it had only been created to voice that propaganda. But I trust your word as a fellow Wikipedia editor that the original story is true. But where is that sign "Unattended children will be sold as slaves" located? JIP | Talk 09:12, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

As a decent rule, keep as many personal details out of the Wikipedia as possible. It's not like they affect editing anyways. I just have a few minor personal interests in the form of links on my userpage, for instance. If you're a minor, this is more important. -- Consumed Crustacean (talk) 06:28, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

• Dedicated work to the project and a nice personality (keeping your cool during disputes) are generally considered more important to admins, though some consider time spent and a certain number of edits as minimum criteria. Concerning internet safety, you should probably read this. - Mgm|^(talk) 07:35, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] HOW?

I wanna edit a page by putting a picture from my documents how do I do that? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 59.167.31.26 (talk • contribs).

First thing to do is get an account. Second, see Wikipedia:Uploading images and Wikipedia:Image use policy. Finally, linking to an article is shown here -- Lost^(talk) 08:13, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

• We can't allow just any image because we have to abide by copyright law. You can only upload the picture if you made it yourself, or if you know who did and can get permission or make a suitable fair use claim. - Mgm|^(talk) 08:33, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Adding information to the link

Both cartoonists, Edward Koren and David Sipress were notable graduates of the Horace Mann High School (in Riverdale, NY) I believe they should be added to the list of notable graduates. Their cartoons are frquently seen in The New Yorker.

See Wikipedia:WikiProject Schools. They have a guideline on adding notable alumni to the school article -- Lost^(talk) 10:17, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

• I'd be happy to add them to such a list if you have reliable sources to prove they are indeed graduates of that High School. - Mgm|^(talk) 10:19, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Downloading Wikipedia(again)

I'm having some trouble trying to download the wikipedia database. I'm trying to download the text version of the latest articles. I don't know what program i need in order to download the material, or what program i need to setup a usable version of wikipedia offline after i get the material downloaded. I tried to download the text version of the articles at this link: [2] but it only downloaded a 2kb file which my computer didn't recognize and wasn't able to look up. Is this the right file for text only?, and if so, how do i download it.

[3]

Can anyone expand on how to download Wikipedia here: [4]

-thanks

I would try asking on the Computer/IT reference desk, since they're more likely to be clued-up in this area. --Username132 (talk) 16:28, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Something To Put On The Mantel

How hard does one have to work to earn a barnstar? --Username132 (talk) 18:12, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

No hard rules... Keep working and somebody will notice. -- Lost^(talk) 18:19, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

• (after edit conflict) There's no particular rules for that. You just have to do something that's so appreciated someone gives a barnstar for it. For example, I'm trying to entice people into creating articles on my wishlist in return for Wikipedia:WikiMoney and a barnstar. - Mgm|^(talk) 18:20, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

According to that article, wikimoney is dead... --Username132 (talk) 16:05, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Moving a page

The Article entitled 'National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam' should be called 'The National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam'. I was going to try to move it, but I see in the move history it has already been moved; but the title is still without the word 'South' in it. What is going on and how do I fix it? Cripipper 11:46, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Got it fixed! Someone had reverted a previous move, but for the some reason the rv didn't appear in the move log. Cripipper 11:54, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Using images from other language Wikipedias

I've translated an article from French Wikipedia (see Office National des Transports (Congo) and attempted to use the same three images. One works ok, the other two don't. What should I be doing? Please reply on my talk page, or edit Office National des Transports (Congo) and explain there what I've done wrong. Thanks, Kahuzi 12:06, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

• Answered. - 131.211.210.11 12:50, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Inserting picture into article

I do not appear to be able to insert any pictures into my articles. I have followed your advice on uploading but they dont actually give you instructions on how to do it. only descriptions on tags etc. How is the easy way to insert a picture into an article.

thanks —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Seansweeney1 (talk • contribs).

If the image is already uploaded, then simply go to the article in the edit mode.

A plain picture with no formatting can be inserted with the statement:

[[Image:Image.jpg]]

If you want to add some formatting, then the detailed tutorial is at Wikipedia:Picture tutorial. Please be sure of adding the copyright status and the appropriate tag, else the image will be deleted -- Lost^(talk) 15:13, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] See alsos and wiki linking

If something is mentioned in an article and linked to, should it also be a see also, or not a see also? Or does it depend? I searched all the help pages and what is the standard? I heard from some people that say see alsos should be avoided? Should they always be avoided?

Also if an article is really long (let's forget about splitting the article up to make the question and answers simpler) and a subject is brought up and wiki linked to and then pages later that subject comes up again, should it be wikilinked to again for convenience or strictly never wikilinked to because it was once wikilinked before? Anomo 05:51, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Regarding the first part, personally I feel that the see also section is mostly redundant. Its purpose is solved not only by wikilinks but also by categories. So articles with a similar background would mostly be categorised together.

For the second part, as a general rule, over linking is avoided. If an item is linked once, then there should be no need to link it again. For a very long article, splitting should be a good option else the article becomes unreadable -- Lost^(talk) 06:49, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

• I don't share Lost's view entirely. See also links can be more closely related to the article without the need to wade through an entire category of links, but generally, you should try to avoid including articles that have already been linked in such a section. - Mgm|^(talk) 07:30, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

I think the See Also section is actually quite useful in ways. It's quite possible that there are articles related to the article you're currently reading that don't share categories (or do share categories, but the categories contain hundreds of articles and these two happen to have a much closer link). While it's likely that the other article may be linked somewhere in the text of the current article, so are a lot of other things that aren't as closely related, so it's good to have just a separate section to point out the most important ones. I wouldn't say it's necessary, but I do think it's handy. Confusing Manifestation 13:58, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

The above views are more of my personal views. Though I tried looking for some guidelines to put here, I was unable to. Would request the others to post a link to the guidelines if they know of any. Anomo, in the absence of guidelines, I'd suggest to follow your own judgement. I am just posting this so that my views above are not construed as a guideline -- Lost^(talk) 14:20, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Is there a way to get a straw poll or something like that to get many many people's opinions so there can be some more firmly set guidelines? Anomo 15:41, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Okay I started one. It's still developing choices: Wikipedia:See_alsos Anomo 06:12, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] About copyright

hi, I'm New user and I'd like to know how to upload image without the problems of copyright. I uploaded this image: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Mesbahyazdi.jpg

And there is no copyright with it, it's free of copyright. What shall I do?

Thanks

--Mohawer 13:13, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Actually if you just click on the link that you gave, there is a message that tells you what to do if you created the image and if you didnt. Just follow those instructions. Its that simple. But please do it quickly else the image will be speedy deleted -- Lost^(talk) 13:17, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Just to emphasise, it can only be free of copyright if it has been placed in the public domain. Did you take the photograph? Notinasnaid 13:55, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

• Any picture is copyrighted to the person who originally took it unless specifically stated otherwise. - Mgm|^(talk) 20:55, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Philippines National Dance Carinosa

You listed Carinosa as the Philippines' national dance and it was formerly Tinikling. My question is when did the change occur? or what year was the national dance changed from Tinikling to Carinosa and if there is a reason behind this change, please tell me. We are promoting the Philippine culture and Tinikling is always being promoted as the Philippines national dance; now this was changed, I wanted to know the reason and when it was changed. Thanks so much.

P.C. Mario (apparent telephone number removed for safety)

You would be better off asking this question over in the Wikipedia:Reference Desk, where their specialty is handling questions like this. This particular forum is for issues with Wikipedia and its functioning, not general reference questions. Cheers! Tony Fox (arf!) 17:18, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Garbled Texas

I checked the FAQs and I couldn't find an answer.

I'm using Safari 2.0.4 web browser.

I get all sorts of garbled text. For example, from www.wikipedia.org, what I see under "English" is this

Vjg"Htff"Gpe{engrgfkc

Most text isn't garbled, but some is. I'm wondering if I possibly don't have a necessary font installed in my system.

What do I need to do the correct this?

Ward Larkin

Ask here: Wikipedia:Village pump (technical).

People there can assist you better than we. --\/\/slack (talk) 23:14, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] leprosy

what is leprosy

Remember, you're on an encyclopedia, and I'm sure Leprosy can give you an answer. At any rate, you'd want the Reference Desk where editors specialize in answering questions about any subject except how to use Wikipedia (since that's what this Help Desk is for). Good luck, anyway —Keakealani •talk•contribs• 18:51, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Featured Articles Redirect

I wanted to read about the requirements for featured articles so I popped 'featured article' into the search box and hit enter, thinking that some kind pioneer before me would have made a redirect to the appropriate page. They hadn't. Most likey, those pioneers found what they were looking for eventually and didn't bother to go back and fix up a redirect. No matter; I'm a kind, selfless, altruistic kinda guy, so I put one up myself. Then, in my usual thoughtful fashion, I considered what might happen in some poor soul in the future, were to type in 'featured articles' - they could face the horrors of a non-existant page, like so many have before them. So I wrenched that into my search box and was sickened to discover that it had been deleted and blocked from regeneration - taking a quick look in the deletion log I was taken aback as a twisted plot of treachery and deceit unfolded from the past, its fetid stench saturating the atmosphere so that I could barely breathe. What could motivate not one, but two deletions of a thoroughly useful redirect as 'featured articles > wikipedia:featured article'? --Username132 (talk) 17:22, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

That it is a cross-namespace redirect, which is a current bone of contention in deletion policy. You can always ask for it to be undeleted at Deletion review. Titoxd^(?!?) 17:23, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

• Hitting enter, will try to look for an ARTICLE with that title. If you want to search Wikipedia for featured articles, you should hit the Search button and if memory serves me correctly this automatically searches the Wikipedia namespace. - Mgm|^(talk) 20:53, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Certified Financial Planner page

I am a Trademark Paralegal at Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. I came across the Wikipedia page for "Certified Financial Planner", which is a trademark owned by Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. I edited the content of the page so that it displays our trademarks appropriately, but I also need to edit the title of the page. Because it is a trademark, the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER(tm) mark must be displayed as shown here, i.e. in all capital letters and followed by the (tm) trademark indication or superscript symbol if possible. Additionally, for further protection of our mark, we ask that it always be followed by a noun. In this case we would like the title of the page to be "CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER(tm) certification".

Thank you for your help.

Erika Hellgren Trademark Paralegal, CFP Board

• Sorry, I do not think the Wikipedia naming conventions allow that. Article titles should follow general English typography as closely as possible. And even nonwithstanding the conventions, having the (tm) as a superscript symbol is technically impossible. JIP | Talk 18:26, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Many Wikipedia articles have titles which are trademarks: Coca-Cola, for instance. They do not use "TM" or "R-in-a-circle" characters in their titles (although these characters are in fact in the Unicode character set and thus are capable of being used). Neither do newspapers routinely add such symbols to their headlines when they happen to mention a trademarked thing. Such usages are clearly within nominative fair use, and there is no legal requirement to humor the trademark lawyers with symbols in such cases, nor is such usage standard in English-language articles that are not marketing brochures. *Dan T.* 19:17, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

As noted, this is an academic and reference work, and the gratuitous and unsightly use of trademark notices is deprecated. FCYTravis 19:43, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Please see Wikipedia:Manual of Style (trademarks). -- Rick Block (talk) 01:49, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Multiple names/titles linking to same page/article

I am preparing to create a page/article about the non-profit organization for which I work. Is there a way to link various versions of our name to our page when people search for us?

We are officially the National Foundation for Advancment in the Arts but are often incorrectly referred to as the National Foundation for THE Advancement OF the Arts. We produce the Arts Recognition and Talent Search program which is also known as the ARTS program. Our organization's acronym is NFAA. People might search for us as National Foundation ... in either the correct or the incorrect way. They might seach for us as the Arts Recogntion ... and they might search for us as NFAA (which is currently linking to a rock band) or as NFAA ARTS.

What should I do to ensure that however someone searches for us, they find our page?

Thanks for your assistance

Christopher Schram Vice President National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts 444 Brickell Avenue, P-14 Miami, FL 33131 (305) 377-1140

www.NFAA.ARTSawards.org

You'll want to take a look at Wikipedia:Redirects - any time there is a spelling, capitalisation, or alternate term it is acceptable to redirect to the appropriate page to aid in the ease of searching. You may also want to look at Wikipedia:Disambiguation for the specific case of NFAA, if it is indeed a rock band. You have several options - one is creating NFAA (disambiguation and making that the default when NFAA is searched, or the other is to append a disambiguation notice on the rock band's article. More on that in the disambig page, though, so I won't go into it unless you need more help. Anyway, I would suggest making the main article National Foundation for Advancment in the Arts and creating redirects for the others. Let me know if you need more help, but I think those two articles should help you.

Oh, but Help:Starting a new page is always good to review, too. —Keakealani •talk•contribs• 18:58, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

• Also check WP:VAIN, WP:YFA and WP:SPAM. If you're related to the company/organization you write about you should take extra care to remain neutral per our neutral point of view policy. - Mgm|^(talk) 20:47, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Creating a template

A lot of the listing for various Britsh railway stations show the preceeding and following station within a "template" at the bottom of the page. I'd like to know how to create something similar for multiple use.

Just create a page called Template:Whatever you want and add {{Whatever you want}} in the articles. JIP | Talk 20:17, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

• If you want to make something similar, go in the code of an article that has the template to figure out its name and visit Template:name. From there you can copy the code to a fresh location to experiment with alterations. - Mgm|^(talk) 20:44, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Citations

Lately I have been adding sections to articles, with the new sections (often a "history" section) based on only one or two sources. What is the best way to note that the entire section is based on source X? Should I place the citation at the end of the section? I am afraid that would look as if only the last sentence or paragraph was based on the source. (I usually use cite.php.) For an example, see the "History" section of Denver Zoo. --Ginkgo100 ^{talk · e@} 20:15, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

• I put a source at the end if it refers to an entire section, but I would like to hear what others think...- Mgm|^(talk) 20:42, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Adding sources just at the end of the section is confusing for the reason you suggest, and especially if someone else inserts a sentence half way down with a different source, or with so source at all. I prefer to cite each fact I include, even if it means some repetition. I don't think there's any standard - just do what seems best to you.--Cherry blossom tree 21:15, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

If there's just one or two sources, adding a footnote to each paragraph is often sufficient and neatest. Unless you use too many paragraphs, it shouldn't look too repetitious. Obviously, if one paragraph takes elements from both sources, you can add a footnote at each relevant point in the paragraph.

Bear in mind that if the source is a book, it should usually cite the page number(s) or chapter(s), not just the book as a whole. That means that even though you may have a long section, it will probably be verified by different parts of the book, so each different fact or paragraph should have a different footnote for the different page/chapter(s) that verify it. --Sam Blanning^(talk) 23:58, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Aligning text to the right?

Is this possible in Wikipedia? If so, why is the knowledge hidden from public view? I'm trying to get a header to align right. I've tried a number of different methods, to no avail :( Bill Oaf 21:26, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

You want the page title to align to the right? Well, the only way to do this is to edit the global css file which only admins can edit.

But if you just want a normal heading to, just wrap <div align="right"> </div> or <div style="text-align: right;"> around it. GeorgeMoney (talk) 21:32, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Redirecting

I recently made a new article about virtual records. I was wondering if there was anyway to redirect searches or links reading "virtual albums" to the page i recently created? The two terms are one in the same, and currently there is no article for "virtual album", i wanted to make it easier for searchers to find the page they are looking for.

See Wikipedia:Redirect. Basically you make a page called virtual album with #REDIRECT [[virtual record]] as its content. --Cherry blossom tree 21:50, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] References

I put one reference on Headblade and for some reason it is showing twice at the bottom. How do I correct this?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Barryfein (talk • contribs) .

This seems to be a sitewide bug that many people have encountered (if you scroll up on this page you'll see a number of posts on this same topic). Please see Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#Mysterious problem involving footnotes and citation templates or Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#Strange situation with footnotes. As noted there, "Adding ?action=purge to the URL of the page you are having problems with (load the page, then in the address bar, add ?action=purge to the end of the URL and press Enter) seems to fix the problem with doubled footnotes and references that don't work, at least for some people." --Fuhghettaboutit 22:59, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jews in Hungary

What is the history of Jews in Sopron, Hungary? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.60.244.208 (talk • contribs).

Reference Desk please. --\/\/slack (talk) 01:17, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Special Page "Most Revisions" not working

The Special Page:Most Revisions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Mostrevisions doesn't seem to be working. Any ideas why this is? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Lkejrhyfd (talk • contribs).

If you want to see it someone posted a google cache at Wikipedia_talk:Special:Mostrevisions#Gcache. GeorgeMoney (talk) 03:26, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

thanks, I see that, and it's from December 2005. Google has no current cache of the page. Its not gone forever, is it?

[edit] how do i remove my editing to an article i didn't create?

What I put in wasn't what I thought it would be. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Celera65 (talk • contribs).

There's no need to create a double post here. If you want to remove what you added, just click the Edit button and select and delete the stuff you want to remove. Otherwise, see Help:Reverting. -- Consumed Crustacean (talk) 05:28, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Where do I get fonts?

Where do I find out how to download fonts for other Wikipedia languages? wellsoberlin 21:36, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Huh? Fonts? Most Wikipedia use standard web fonts (mostly Arial, I think) which are found on virtually every computer. You don't need extra fonts to view them. — QuantumEleven 15:54, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

I imagine this is with respect to special characters, especially to those of languages that do not use the Latin alphabet, and most probably to East Asian languages; it is the latter about which most display problems arise. Wikipedia:Enabling East Asian characters provides a few links at which one might find the files the installation of which should render Chinese, Japanese, or Korean characters other than as mojibake. Wikipedia:Technical FAQ appears to offer other information as to Unicode support relative to one's web browser or operating system, but I'm not sufficiently conversant with any of this to be able to offer specific guidance. If the links I've given aren't helpful, WP:VP/T is probably the page to which you should turn. Joe 21:53, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Editing the "top bit" of an entry in Wikipedia!

The <Edit> links on pages take the reader to the section below the link. The first <Edit> link is BELOW the "summary" paragraphs and contents box that begin the entry. How can these poarts of a page be edited.

Speciafically I would like to add a comment to the Portable Document Format page summary. The page is at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_document_format#PDF_and_accessibility

The "header" contains the words "This feature ensures that a valid PDF will render exactly the same regardless of its origin or destination (but depending on font availability).". However this sentence contradicts the sentence under "Technology" which reads: "PDF is primarily the combination of three technologies: . . . a font-embedding/replacement system to allow fonts to travel with the documents,".

I believe the latter sentence is correct and the former misguided. However I can find no way to edit (add a qualifier to point out the contradiction if nothing else) the section at the TOP of the page, only to those sections below.

Is the first part sacrosanct and if so how can errors be corrected there?

. . . is there anyone out there? What was the point of writing all this? It's simple going to become another page in this vast Gormenghast labyrinth of pages, gathering dust. If you too are lost here . . . hi! God's speed on your journey. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by LookingGlass (talk • contribs).

Ahh, it's a bit of a drag, but you'll need to edit the whole page at once, to get at the introductory paragraph -- there should be an "edit this page" tab up at the top of your window (unless the page is protected from editing). Does that help? :) Luna Santin 09:11, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Here's a trick if you want to edit the lead section of the page. Go to one of the sections and press edit. If you pressed it for 1st section, then 1 will be the last number you see at the end of the url. Replace this 1 with 0 and hit enter. You will now be editing only the lead section and reducing chances of edit conflict. -- Lost^(talk) 09:18, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Better yet, please see Wikipedia:WikiProject User scripts/Scripts/Edit Top for a simple method of adding the missing "section 0" edit link. —David Levy 10:21, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Well if they'd fix the problem in the first place, everyone wouldn't have to run away and fix up their own scripts. Not very user-friendly... Username132 (talk) 12:58, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

I agree, but this is a decent workaround. —David Levy 13:22, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Links

How can I make a link to the bulgarian wiktionary in the english wikipedia? Arath 09:22, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

wikt:bg:TARGET is what you're looking for, I believe. [[wikt:bg:TARGET]] Happy editing. :) Luna Santin 09:28, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks a lot. Arath 09:52, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

m:Help:Interwiki linking may also prove a useful bookmark in view of its enumeration of project shortcuts and language prefixes... Joe 18:10, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia Needs Better Discussion Facilities

Is there a group I can join to keep up-to-date with regards to the debate on changing discussion pages to become more like a message board? I know this has been discussed in many places for a long time and I want to make sure that when the voting begins, I don't miss it. If there is no group for those interested in the issue, how do I create one. Would it be a WikiProject? --Username132 (talk) 12:55, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Village pump/proposals may be a good place to discuss this -- Lost^(talk) 13:25, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

• You should start by addressing the fact messageboard lack the ease of edit histories and the fact you can't use wiki code on them. - Mgm|^(talk) 15:56, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

This really wasn't what my question was about but why do you need an edit history for a discussion and surely wikicode could be used in the prototypes people have been making. Anyway, I didn't want to debate it; I just wanted to know how I can keep up-to-date on the progress of this issue. --Username132 (talk) 07:38, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Spurtnip cup

My page Spurtnip Cup got deleted after I spent an age editing it. cna you please help?Shaman Garr 14:05, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

• Here is the deletion log: [5]. The person who deleted it left a note on your talk page. I believe they considered it made up, or nonsense, but you can ask them. Notinasnaid 14:14, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Edit

Hello. I noticed an error on the Sheila Kuehl page the other day regarding the bill she authored on gays and lesbians in the schools. I work in the area of policy and know it was changed, so i tried to make a correction. I don't quite understand the edit directions and while i figured out how to *add* text, i couldn't figure out how to delete the text with the original bill language informantion. Would you please either do that or give me the instructions on how to do it myself?

Thanks! EdDienst 16:18, 31 August 2006 (UTC)Alicia

Normally, you would just go to the edit mode, remove the text you dont want and click on save page. Are you not able to do that? -- Lost^(talk) 16:51, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] placing tags

How do things like critique an article's tone, factual accuracy, or neutrality? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.50.250.229 (talk • contribs).

Take a look at Wikipedia:Template messages; Pick the one that best suits your needs, and put it at the top of the offending article. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 17:59, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Brushing slide

What is a brushing slide° —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.138.99.219 (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. -- Lost^(talk) 19:00, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Contributions - (top)?

Hello,

just wanted to ask what does the word "(top)" (in bold) mean next to certain lines in my contributions page.

Thank you. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Juozas Rimas (talk • contribs).

It means that you are the last editor to the page. It is called "top" because when viewing the history of an article, your edit shows on the top of the list if you are the last editor. GeorgeMoney (talk) 21:20, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] mini wiki

i have a program on my website called Wiki from Aplus.net The program acts like a small wikipedia where i can add my own content about my webpages and other things i like. if i find that something i like is already on Wikipedia how do i link it back to my page or visiversa? my wiki is http://ultrapcgear.com/mwiki/index.php?title=Main_Page —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 216.224.228.204 (talk • contribs).

If you want to copy a page then you should follow the terms of the GFDL (ie keeping the usernames in the history or linking to the original version.) if you want to copy the article, just edit it and copy all of the text, then at the bottom say "Original version at <link to wikipedia article>. Contributors: <link to article's history page>". GeorgeMoney (talk) 22:14, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Updating Exitsting Images

Hello,

I want to update some existing images (which are part of an episode guide), but when I upload them it tell me it already exists. I want to update the TV Screenshot with a DVD Screenshot (which the other images are). I know others have the ability to do this. How can I update the existing images?

Thank you —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Minker (talk • contribs).

Just ignore the warning about it already existing and it will update it. If you make a mistake and wanto to revert yourself, just go down to the section that says "File History" which is on the image description page. You should see

    * (del) (cur) 13:41, February 8, 2005 . . You (Talk | contribs) . . 135×155 (11,974 bytes) (More updated version)
    * (del) (rev) 21:11, February 1, 2005 . . Someone (Talk | contribs) . . 355×349 (37,624 bytes) (I created a new image)

(note, even though the "del" link is there, only admins can use it.)

Just click the "rev" link to revert back to the original version. So even if you do mess it up you can always revert, so there is nothing to worry. Just ignore the warning. GeorgeMoney (talk) 01:57, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Question regarding changing Username

Hi there, had a quick question for you. Currently my user name is Stevecz, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Stevecz

How do I go about changing it to my name; Steve Czarnecki ?

Also...if people want to find me when they go to Wikipedia.com, where would they type in my name to pull up my information? No one seems to be able to pull it up unless I give them the link directly, I'm not in the main search engine, or at least not where I've looked. Please let me know...

Thanks you, all the best!!!

Steve Czarnecki e-mail removed to stop spam

Regarding changing your username. You can request that at Wikipedia:Changing username. Garion96 (talk) 23:10, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Since you only have about 6 edits so far, it is actually easier for you (and the servers) to make a new account with the desired username. Garion96 (talk) 23:16, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Unicode font selection

Hello. I have several Unicode fonts installed on my computer, for use with various typefaces in some graphics work I do. (For example, there is a Unicode font resembling Arial, Times New Roman, Verdana, etc.) Anyway, when IPA characters in a Wikipedia article appear, they are in one of the very light fonts I have installed, and are difficult to read. Is there any way of telling Wikipedia which Unicode font I want displayed, or does it always default to something? Thank you. — Michael J 00:00, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Ask here. --\/\/slack (talk) 02:19, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

OK. Thanks. — Michael J 08:52, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Highlighting text

Is there any way I can place a colourful highlight on text-and can this colour be programmed? Thanks--JDitto 00:15, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

If you want to highlight text for others to see, you can just wrap <span style="background: anycolor;"> text </span> around it, and it will be highlighted (but it is highly discouraged to do this in articles.

If you want to do it for your own personal use, just put the following code in your personal monobook.css:

foo {background: red;}

so to make links have a red background use

a {....}

GeorgeMoney (talk) 01:42, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] HOW DO I CREATE A NEW ARTICLE?

Please email me with the answer to sunflowerpaint____At____gmail-|dot|-com (email format modified to prevent spam)

Thank you dearly,

anya —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Anya sm (talk • contribs).

See Help:Starting a new page.You might also want to read Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article.24.20.69.240 01:58, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] How can I find the IP address for an editor?

I would like to find the IP address for a user because? ( http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:HealthConsumerAdvocate&action=edit )user:HealthConsumerAdvocate Please respond to my talk page. Thanks. DPeterson^talk 02:06, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

You cannot view the IP addresses of users unless you have the CheckUser permission which is only given to a few people. GeorgeMoney (talk) 02:09, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

I appreciate your quick answer to my question. If I want to make a request to see if a user is a proxy for one who has previously been banned from certain pages, how would I do that? regards

DPeterson^talk 02:15, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Ask here. --\/\/slack (talk) 02:18, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Login thinks I've disabled cookies

I just upgraded my browser from Mozilla to Firefox 1.5.0.6. Now, when I try to log in, I get the message "Login error: Wikipedia uses cookies to log in users. You have cookies disabled. Please enable them and try again." The thing is, I don't have cookies disabled. I even looked at the cookies (Tools->Options->Privacy tab->Cookies tab->View cookies button) and saw four new ones from en.wikipedia.org.

My userid is "Gwil". I can still see my talk page, so I'll check that for a response. Thank you for any help. 69.134.179.173 02:25, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image tagging for pictures of products

I was just looking at the page for Milky Way candy bars (just hungry, I suppose...), and I noticed that the picture Image:Milky Way Wrapped.jpg was tagged as Public Domain. I know this is incorrect - is there a tag for pictures of products? I looked at the list of image license tags but couldn't find it. I'm certainly no expert on copyrights. If possible, could someone get back to me on my talk page? Thanks! tiZom_(2¢) 04:03, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

I think {{Promotional}} would be an appropriate tag here (copied to his talk page) -- Lost^(talk) 04:14, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rename Account

How do I rename my Account? I don't want to use my actual name. I want to change my account username to "The Mac Utopian". Can anyone help me do this? PhilipJBlack 04:35, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Head on over to WP:CHU for further help. :) Luna Santin 04:40, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Though you only have 2 edits including this one it would be much better and easier if you just created a new account. GeorgeMoney (talk) 04:53, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] List of tags?

Where can I find a full list of entry tags like 'reqphoto', 'advertisement', 'confusing' and 'cleanup'? --Navstar 07:29, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

WP:TEMP is unfortunately not 100% complete, but it's as close as I've seen. :) Luna Santin 07:31, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

WP:CR is a list of specifically cleanup tags. Anchoress 08:48, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] C band channels

I wish you can give me a link to where i can find station codes such as VPIA, APID, CAS and T.P of below 68 degree so that i can enter to my decoder to recieve more channels.

Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that's what this Help Desk is for). For your convenience, here's the link: Reference Desk (when you get there, just select the relevant section, and ask away). I hope this helps. -- Lost^(talk) 07:39, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] What is unbalanced Growth Theory

What is unbalanced Growth Theory —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 212.22.160.54 (talk • contribs).

I think you'll want to consult the Reference Desk for that - this help desk is for answering questions pertaining directly to Wikipedia such as editing. Also, keep in mine that you are in an encyclopedia, and many things are merely one search away. I might also suggest Google. —Keakealani •talk•contribs• 08:08, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Unable to Move/Rename page

An article was created today for "California Bluegrass association". There was a typo in the title...the word "association" should be capitalized, as it is part of a proper name (it is used correctly elsewhere in the article. I created an account to move the page. When I try, I get a message that I am not logged in, or that my account is too new. While I can list the page for an administrator to move, this seems like a trivial typo matter. How long does it take for my account to no longer be "too new"? Should I just list the page for an admin to change? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Fishybone (talk • contribs).

• The "too new" message is a neccesary evil to ward of page move vandalism. You can request moves at Wikipedia:Requested moves, but in this case, I'll go ahead and do it for you. - Mgm|^(talk) 09:49, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] adding/editing formulas

How do I write/edit mathematical formulas in articles & talk pages? PeterHaughton 09:27, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

WP:FORMULA might be able to help you. _{talk to} JD ^{wants e-mail} 09:49, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Making the font larger

How would I go about making the font larger on my user page? I've tried everything but to no avail... Mecca Cola 12:00, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

An easy way is to use the tags <big> and </big> -- Lost^(talk) 12:15, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

• use the font tag with the size attribute < font size = xx > some text < / font > (without the spaces -- see HTML tag) or use whatever the XML standard is these days, I believe span instead of font. - Mgm|^(talk) 12:25, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] help needed

Hey I need help in knowing how to link some words to google search engine from wikipedia. For example if I go to google page and type a word I would get some links that have been added to google. How is it possible. Please help me. I would love to hear from anybody,for a page onfireministries. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Rencin24 (talk • contribs).

Dont worry, this will be done automatically after a few days. The google search engine keeps re-indexing every few days and in the next indexing, this page will also come up. -- Lost^(talk) 13:54, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image permission question

I've just uploaded two pictures from the Succubus website (http://www.bloodceremony.net/Home/leffat/Succubus/body_succubus.html). The copyright holder of these images explicitly gave me permission to use them freely in Wikipedia, so I chose the license "The copyright holder gave me permission to use this work in Wikipedia (no other terms specified)". But it turns out Wikipedia classifies these images as candidates for speedy deletion, because they're not explicitly free to use outside Wikipedia. What should I do? Do I have to ask the copyright holder if the images can be used by everyone as they please? He did indicate that these are official promotion images and can be used publically, which is different from snapshots taken from the film DVD itself. JIP | Talk 18:07, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Yes, in effect. Images in Wikipedia must be free to be used elsewhere, including for commercial purposes. There is a specific license that can be applied, but it cannot limit use, only require credit. This does not suit every copyright holder, certainly. Notinasnaid 19:24, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

If the copyright holder gives me a license to use these images everywhere (and I'm sure he will, after all these are official promotional images, not screencaps from a DVD), what do I have to do to prevent the images from being speedy deleted? JIP | Talk 20:06, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

• The easiest way is to ask them to mention this permission on his website, so we can easily verify, or he could email permissions[at]wikimedia[dot]org. Also, even if they're promotional images, make sure the website owner actually owns the rights to the images, otherwise you should tag using {{promophoto}} or however that template was suppoosed to be named. - Mgm|^(talk) 20:50, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
  • The website owner owns the copyright as he is also the film director. I asked him about this, giving him a link to the Wikipedia image use policy, and he replied: "Let's not give copyright away completely. The images may only be used in connection to the film." Does this mean the images can be used, or does it not? JIP | Talk 05:11, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
    • That sounds like the images could be uploaded under Wikipedia:Fair use, but only on articles about the movie. User:Zoe|(talk) 03:23, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] wikipedia email

How can I have a Wikipedia e-mail address? It would be insanely fun to if went as follows, "e-mailaddress at wiki dot org"

even though it's not a real email address, obfuscating to prevent bottage —Keakealani •talk•contribs• 21:08, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Curiositykills 09:19, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

You'd have to ask the people who own the wiki.org domain. It is not owned by the Wikipedia people. Notinasnaid 13:45, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Case sensitive search

i wrote an anrticle about the investment bank MPS Finance. Searching it from the search bar in wikepedia's main page i found that the name is case sensitive ie. i have to write MPS Finance as opposed to mps finance, to be directed to the article. How can this problem be corrected? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Stefanocg (talk • contribs) .

This is WP:VFAQ #1. In your case, you need to add a REDIRECT from Mps Finance. -- Rick Block (talk) 14:59, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Or mps finance (note the 'f'). - Mgm|^(talk) 17:39, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Piped link

Still find it difficult to create a piped link. Advice will be welcome. This is my first use of this site.All help is welcome.Osborne 15:24, 1 September 2006 (UTC)Osborne

See Wikipedia:Piped link, you will surely find there help. Jacek Kendysz 15:44, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User boxes are covering the text on my user page

So I found out about user boxes. cool! So I added a bunch to my user page. I put them in several different boxes, using boxtop / boxbottom. But now they are appearing on top of one another... could someone explain how to fix? Thanks! SaxTeacher (talk) 18:33, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Easy; get rid of the user boxes. —Bunchofgrapes (talk) 18:34, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Fixed --GeorgeMoney (talk) 18:38, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Thank you! SaxTeacher (talk) 18:49, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] An idiots guide for uploading images...

Quite frankly, my eyeballs melt when I start reading about all the different types of copyright available here. And then uploading to the Wikicommons to link over to Wikipedia? Huh?? Wha?? I have written permission from a photographer to post images of actors that he photographed (at public events) for his blog. The people in question have Wiki entries without photos (I thought it would improve the entries to have photos of the people in question). He wants to be credited by name for the photos, but does not care about reserving any rights to the photos. Any ideas how to go about this while keeping within Wikipedia's serpentine copyright rules? --Navstar 19:45, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

If he has released rights with credit you can upload them to commons (although you will need proof of the permission) under GFDL or similar. Your best bet -as they are being released - is to register on commons.wikimedia.org and ask for admin or experienced user help in tagging the images and uploading there. Images on commons are accessible on wikipedia in the normal way [ [image: etc. as well as every other wikimedia project --Errant Tmorton166^(Talk)(Review me) 20:17, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] I've made a mistake, can you delete an image?

A few minutes ago I uploaded this image: to replace this one: as it was missing a few countries. I typed in the name of the old image as the source file name (as I wanted to replace it, not make two images), but I did that before I chose the file I wanted (by clicking on the 'Browse' button on the upload page), so when I chose my file, the source file name changed automatically, overriding what I had just put in. There's now two images, but this one: is the one that's correct. I've replaced all uses of the old image with the new one, so could someone (an admin, maybe?) delete the old image, or should I just add the 'redundant' template to it? Thanks! - Lewis R « т · c » 20:02, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

• I don't think that's a good idea. The image you were trying to overwrite is on the Wikipedia Commons. I recommend you reinstate the links you altered and try to overwrite the image there. It would be a shame to have a free image like yours not be on the commons anyway. I'll see if I can do this for you. - Mgm|^(talk) 20:32, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
• I've tried my best, but I couldn't get the purple image to update by uploading yours over it. I've reverted the links that point to your new version. There's no real reason to delete the old version. I suggest you ask the people who edited the old image to update it with your changes. Just click through to the image description page on the Commons which is linked with a colorful banner here on the wikipedia image information page. - Mgm|^(talk) 20:53, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Service mark as subject of Wikipedia entry

When a registered service mark is the subject of a Wikipedia entry, and the Wikipedia entry recognizes expressly that this is the case (that the term is a registered service mark), does not the owner of the mark have the exclusive right to define the meaning of that term under Wiki guidelines if it desires without compromise? Under the law that is the case, ie., no one can offer the services under the marks name without consent from the owner and it needs to be done precisely as defined by the owner or it is unlawful. This is, of course, separate from appropriate comment in the entry on the service provided under the mark. But does not he owner get first crack at defining what his mark stands for? Also, are you aware of other service-marked entries that might be a good example? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 63.162.81.184 (talk • contribs).

IANAL, but we're not offering the registered service, or anything similar to the registered service, we're just talking about the service. Titoxd^(?!?) 20:53, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

• I agree, we're an encyclopedia and we do not use the term in a commercial context so there's no danger of being infringed upon. Besides, if we give those people a crack at defining it first we're violating our own policies. It's supposed to be what we can verify not what the owner believes it is. - Mgm|^(talk) 20:58, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Borders

How do you make borders.On your userpage. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Amrykid (talk • contribs).

Check a user page with borders. Steal the source then mess with it to get what you want. --\/\/slack (talk) 21:48, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Skate.jpg

I am trying to figure out how this image mysteriously disappeared. It's not in the delete logs. It was used on hundreds of pages. If someone could just tell me where it went and why I can't see any logs, I'd be grateful. (btw, I'm an admin.) Thanks. --Fang Aili ^talk 13:57, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[6]. Commons ;-). Prodego ^talk 21:58, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Oh duh. Mystery solved. Thanks. --Fang Aili ^talk 23:18, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] How do I reference a new article while writing a Wikipedia article?

e.g.

["Doctors make space for travel pals on the Web", The Oakland Press, Thursday June 22nd, 2006].

Also, which keys on the keyboard do I use to do the superscript to give the number reference of the out side article in the Wiki article? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Phidman (talk • contribs).

I think WP:CITE will help you. There is actually a tool in the wikimedia software that allows you to make references which will translate into those little superscripts. Let me know if you need additional help ^^ —Keakealani •talk•contribs• 22:24, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] You have new messages (last change)

Is there an actual page for that template, or does it just never change? Just curious. --TheGreatLlama ^{(speak to the Llama!)} 23:09, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

It can be changed, but actually changing it is complicated. There are (at least) three different pages that could to be changed for there to be a global edit (and only administrators can do that). But you can change it just for you, and I would be happy to explain that if you would like. Just ask! Prodego ^talk 00:55, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Centreing the text

How would I go about editing a text so that it would show in the middle of the page rather than the left of the page?

<div style='text-align: center;'> text goes here </div> _{J Di}^talk 04:14, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Smores

Why do my Canadian friends think I'm crazy when I tell them sincerely that from my birthday around 1930, by the 1970s I hadn't heard anybody refer to the campfire treat called Smores? I lived all those years on the west coast of the U.S.--did a lot of camping and other campfire activities. Can anyone cite for me a specific published instance where Smores are mentioned on the west coast? 2totango 05:08, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Try asking at the reference desk; this desk is for Wikipedia problems. Thanks. _{J Di}^talk 05:10, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hotels in Bhubaneswar

pls suggest how to check the budget hotels in Bhubaneswar at your site? veerkumar

This site is not likely to give you such information. It would perhaps be more appropriate to try something like www.wikitravel.org. You could also try our reference desk as they specialise in knowledge questions -- Lost^(talk) 05:43, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Correcting an improperly executed page move.

The content of Secret of the Fire Nation, Part 1 was copy-pasted to the new page Serpents Path. While this move is correct (likely, although there is a little uncertainty about the title, the source is a video of Nickelodeon’s website and what’s being said is a little unclear.) Anyway, what I was wondering was, how would one correct this improperly-done move so a correct one could be done?--Fyre2387 ^{(talk • contribs)} 05:56, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

All cleaned up now, except for changing the text in the first paragraph to reflect the new name. BTW, it looked to me like the name is Serpent's Path. If this is not correct, we'll have to move it back to Serpents Path. -- Samuel Wantman 06:07, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, I realized I never answered your question. The quick answere is that unless you are an administrator you can't fix it yourself. For more detail, see Wikipedia:How to fix cut and paste moves. -- Samuel Wantman 06:17, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Renaming a page

I want to correct the spelling that Wikipedia uses as preferred for a geographic location: the island of Ua Pou in the Marquesas. The article is now under Ua Pu. As far as I can tell, Ua Pu is a misspelling by Europeans; Ua Pou is recognized by Marquesans and is standard in French Polynesia.

I made changes in the article, only to find that I couldn't touch the article title... making the changes useless at best.

How to proceed?

66.91.154.90 23:52, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Well, to rename pages (sometimes called "move") you need to have an account for more than 4 days. I can move the page that you want but I couldn't understand what page to move where. GeorgeMoney (talk) 02:33, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

• This is the English Wikipedia and as such we use Anglicized spelling of foreign words, not the original spelling. By the way, Ua Pou redirects to Ua Pu, content has been merged and the names have already been changed. There's nothing to move. Take a look at Wikipedia:Naming conventions. Sounds like a naming dispute. Google seems to like both spellings equally, so by the "go with the most oft used spelling" I don't see why any change was needed to begin with. - Mgm|^(talk) 07:59, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] When to add additional tags to a stub

When a biographical article already has the bio stub tag, when is it appropriate to add additional tags, e.g., unreferenced, POV, copyedit, likeresume, etc.? Patiwat 02:02, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

At any time that they'd be appropriate. A stub template simply means that the article is too short or incomplete to be regarded as encyclopedic - those other templates (which should supplement, not replace, the stub template) refer to different problems with the article. Grutness...wha? 02:12, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

• I would say "too short to be regarded an article". Stubs can still be encyclopedic. - Mgm|^(talk) 08:06, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Black and white photos of old movie stars for your Bio's

I discovered your encyclopedia and was able to see what movies a lot of old movie stars, most of them dead, starred in. I have scanned and then downsized my b&w photos. For example, Constance Smith, an actress in the 1950's. I don't want to edit any of these bio's but I am wondering if you would like me to send to you, or someone who is in charge of adding photos to your bio's, a .jpg photo that I obtained in my youth when I collected movie star pictures and have hung onto them all this time, and someone with Wikipedia can post the photo to the site because a lot of your bio's do not have photos, one being Constance Smith. -Barbara

To upload photos here, one must be very clear of their copyright status. Here's a page that describes it in more detail -- Lost^(talk) 05:27, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

• Make sure you read WIkipedia:Image copyright tags. Most of the images you have will be copyrighted, so you need to make sure you have a fair used rationale ready. - Mgm|^(talk) 08:09, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] uploading source

say you use Adobe Illustrator (or whatever) to make some diagram and turn it into a PNG image for a website - is there someway to upload the Adobe Illustrator file (or whatever source file) so that other people have the image in a form that is editable - but not so easily viewable?

Couldn't you just upload both and link them togheter (page A says: this is the source for B, B says: png version of A)?

By the way, do you know you can use .svg for diagrams (it looks great!) since the wiki automatically translates it to more common formats (.png actually)?

MaxDZ8 talk 07:34, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

The thing is, it won't allow me to upload my source file because it's not an acceptable image format - and wikipedia apparently only lets you upload images. I guess the really question is can you upload anything other than an image? Richard Giuly 10:18, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Media should give you an idea of the type of files that you can upload -- Lost^(talk) 10:23, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] iran-iraq war

what was the cause of iran-iraq war? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Bardia222 (talk • contribs) 09:27, 2 September 2006.

See Iran-Iraq War#Background. In the future, please use Reference Desk for such questions. 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). Jacek Kendysz 09:36, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image tag syntax

Is there a way to get a frame around an image while also limiting its size, e.g. frame|225px, without using the "thumb" tag that puts the little thumb symbol on the final product? Also without downloading the image, shrinking it, then reuploading the smaller size. Dismas|^(talk) 15:45, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Nope, there isn't a way to resize it with a frame without using thumb. GeorgeMoney (talk) 18:41, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Hmm, well, there was a way posted to my talk page but it doesn't allow captions which is the part of the question that I forgot to mention. Oh well. Thanks for the response! Dismas|^(talk) 16:28, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Question

I've been editing the truncus arteriosus page and cross referencing. I have a problem with that it should be Persistent Truncus Arteriosus (PTA) to separate with another embryological cross reference of truncus arteriosus. Can I change the title to PTA and how?GetAgrippa 13:51, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

From what I understand, you want to change the title of the page. You would need to move the page for this. However, before moving, please propose this on the talk page of the article, so that there is consensus about the move. -- Lost^(talk) 15:29, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Moving a section of an existing article to a new as-yet uncreated page

I would like to create a new article on the Sandy Lake Tragedy currently this article does not exist on its own, but is a well-written section within Sandy Lake Band of Mississippi Chippewa. How can I move that section into its own article with its authors receiving proper recognition? There are several bands of Ojibwe (Chippewa) that recognize the Sandy Lake Tragedy as part of their history but it wouldn't be appropriate to link to the Sandy Lake Band article.

Going off that, on other pages I've seen section headings saying something like:

For the main article see History of Ireland.

I think it would be appropriate to keep the section where it is with such a message, but then also move it to a new, longer article on Sandy Lake Tragedy.

How do I do this? (Leo1410 16:27, 2 September 2006 (UTC))

I will attempt to answer this though there may be more than one ways to resolve this. If everything is already covered in the article and the article is not getting too long because of this, simply create a redirect from the new title to this one. If more can be written about the tragedy, then put the text in the new article and add to it and put a section heading as above -- Lost^(talk) 16:44, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image Tag

I have inserted a photo that I made myself on a page and it has told me to give it an image tag, but whatever link I try I cannot find how to make an image tag. Please could you tell me how I create an image tag for this photo since I want it to remain on the page and not be deleted. Thank you.

You dont need to create a new tag. Just put {{GFDL-self}} on the image page and remove the bot notice. You could of course get a more comprehensive list at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags -- Lost^(talk) 15:38, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] unclear about PROD

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Proposed_deletion does not seem to contain any information about HOW to get an article deleted after the PROD has been in place for 5 days? So how is it done?

--Charlesknight 15:59, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Dont worry. An admin will do it automatically if the prod tag is left for five days. Since there is lot of work, it may get backlogged at times but it will be deleted soon enough -- Lost^(talk) 16:03, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] How to link uploaded image to article?

Hello, I read the article about Swingline stapler company and uploaded a jpeg of an excellent Swingline stapler I have owned for over 40 years but I don't know how to link it to the article.

I started from the article and clicked on "edit" or something similar, then followed the links to become a member and upload the picture which is labeled "Swingline" and is a jpeg.

Please advise how I can link it to the Swingline article.

Thanks, Olejobprinter

Here is a nice tutorial that I, TheTruthBelow, and Moe Epsilon wrote: Wikipedia:WikiProject User Page Help/Do-It-Yourself/Formatting Pictures. I think you would find that useful. GeorgeMoney (talk) 17:10, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Thats a real nice project. I will be calling upon you guys soon :) -- Lost^(talk) 17:30, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Candidate for deletion

Hi. I've written an article about an elected local politician and it's coming up with 'candidate for speedy deletion'. I've read the notes but can't see what I've done wrong? The file is leah Fraser. I've also tried to link an image but that's not working either!Ian Lewis 2007 17:00, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

OK, I have put a hangon tag for you so the article will not be deleted immediately. What you need to do is go through our policies of verifiability and go through Notability guidelines as well. You need to assert why this person is notable and back it up with reliable sources. If you can do this successfully on the talk page of the article that you just created, it will not be deleted. All the best -- Lost^(talk) 17:17, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Category Lists

How do you add something to a category list? In my case, I am trying to add a mascot to the list of college mascots (the ASU Indian Family).

Simply add [[Category:College mascots]] to the end of the article. See also: Help:Category. --Hetar 19:27, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Excellent, thanks! ToddC4176 20:10, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reporting Broken LInks.

I am sure that it is right herestaring me in the face, but I can't find instructions for reporting broken links. Please let me know on my own account space (whatever that is...you know what I mean...I hope). Antigone2

Replied on his talk page -- Lost^(talk) 20:04, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Adding a company stub

Hi there,

I'm new to Wikipedia and fascinated. Would like to add the following company stub: Is this ok and if so, how do I do it? Thanks very much. Best, Julie Squires <email removed>

Softscribe Inc. is a public relations firm that helps technology companies targeting the US government, hospitality and healthcare industries drive product sales and solidify their brands. The company does this through a blend of traditional one-to-one-marketing public relations and Search Marketing with an emphasis on media and influencer relationships, writing and a focus on messaging strategy.

Founded by husband and wife Michael and Julie Keyser-Squires in 1999, the virtual organization is a pioneer in the area of work-life balance and a triple bottom line: profit, community and the environment. It advances Web 2.0 tools and attitudes through a corporate culture handbook (How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie), use of leading Web 2.0 tools such as PRWeb, and an interest in educating children through global initiatives like One Laptop Per Child, and regional programs like the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ annual Youth Birding Competition.

Although Softscribe Inc. shares a similar name with three other companies (one in Canada, one in Russia, and one in the state of Virginia), Softscribe Inc. owns the “Softscribe” registered trademark for the United States.

Wikipedia welcomes all contributions as long as they adhere to the policies of Verifiability and Neutral Point of View. In this particular case, you would also like to go through Notability guidelines for companies -- Lost^(talk) 21:06, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Thank you.

[edit] How To Correct Misspelled Entry Title....?

I found an entry title spelled incorrectly. I cannot find a way to correct this. If anyone tries to put in the correct full name, Evie Tornquist-Karlsson (*not* Karllson), they will not get the page, unless it allows for those errors, and asks about similarly named pages.

In order to rename a page, you actually "move" it to the correct title. See full details at Help:Moving a page. Shell ^babelfish 23:13, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] about editing entry for Ben Selvin

to whom it may concern:

I have the intial right to edit whatever I want. The United States Constitution gives us those endeavoring freedoms and liberties to say, edit, pursue, and abolish inforamtion that relevant and pertainant to just causes such to those abiding to certain issues concerning anything that within legal boundaries of laws set charters dating back to 1775, 1776, 1778.

Thank you

Hello AOL user,

The US government may not censor you, but your edits can be blocked at the discretion of others as Wikipedia is privately owned. (although for the public good) See this.

--\/\/slack (talk) 23:47, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not owned by the United States government. It is a website owned by a private corporation. And as such, the US Constitution has no jurisdiction. You do not have the right to walk into a private office and start shouting your opinions, why should you have the right to do so here? You have two rights on Wikipedia:

• Fork the content to your own site (so long as you follow the requirements of the GFDL license)

or

• leave. User:Zoe|(talk) 18:29, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Phishing Wikipedia Member passwords

I just received an email with the Subject title "Password reminder from Wikipedia" From wiki@wikimedia.org.

Here's a copy of the body of text(I've removed the actual IP address and user name and PW);

"Someone (probably you, from IP address xx.xx.xxx.xxx) requested that we send you a new Wikipedia login password for en.wikipedia.org. The password for user "XXXXXX" is now "XXXXXXX". You should log in and change your password now.

If someone else made this request or if you have remembered your password and you no longer wish to change it, you may ignore this message and continue using your old password."

Has any other members experienced this and did this actually come from wikipedia.org? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sefner (talk • contribs).

That did come from wikipedia, someone has requested a new password for you. However if you just ignore it, the new password will time out and need not be used. Viridae^Talk 01:22, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikimedia & Wikipedia images

How do I upload a Wikimedia picture to Wikipedia? Ksax 03:20, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

No need to upload it, all Wikimedia Commons pictures can be used as if they had already been uploaded. Simply put [[Image:Imagename.jpg]] where you want the image to show up. --Hetar 05:55, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Edits Made Before I Registered My Account

Is it possible to hide my IP address from the history pages of edits that I made before I became a registered user? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by LBanks89 (talk • contribs).

Unfortunately, that isn't possible. Don't worry - your IP address can hardly tell anything about you, just your country and (maybe) your state - it isn't traceable in general contexts. Cheers, Tangotango 04:07, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

• IP addresses don't have any personal info and unless you do something to connect them to your name, no one will no a particular IP belongs to you. If you use AOL it's shared between lots of users anyway. There's a few (I think 10 max) people who can do a "checkuser" to link IP addresses to usernames to check for sockpuppets and such, but if you stay out of trouble, you won't be checked and all that information they can get is classified. - Mgm|^(talk) 08:12, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pictures on Commons and Wikipedia

I uploaded a picture to Commons (Image:Retainers.jpg) and want to use it in the retainer article. Basically, I planned on replacing this image with the one I uploaded. But when I edit the article to include my image, this one pops up. So, my question is how do you get a picture from commons onto Wikipedia if there is an image on Wikipedia with the same name? Thanks for the help. P.S. I'm not sure if I phrased the question correctly, and if anyone is confused let me know so I can explain it better. --ClockFace 04:33, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

• You can't. The best you can do is give your image a unique name; for example Image:ClockFace_Retainers.jpg so people won't accidentally upload an image by the same name. Don't forget to have the one you uploaded to the old location deleted. - Mgm|^(talk) 08:08, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Okay, thanks for the help. I appreciate it. --ClockFace 15:00, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] About my userpage

Quick question, a user with a suspected sockpuppet tag on his page (User:Tattoo678), has copied my user page verbatim (including a false claim against my article's i've created). While I realize that I have released my contributions under copyleft licensing, is there some kind of policy regarding this, and is there anything I can do about it, or, should I just laugh it off as 'imitation is the best form of flattery'? Autopilots 06:19, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

As a first step, you could try discussing on his talk page. He may just have liked the layout and may be in the process of changing the text -- Lost^(talk) 06:25, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

If this had been another regular, active wikipedian who had done this, I wouldn't have brought it up at all. However, this user has only 3 edits, back in June, and has been labelled a suspected sockpuppet. One user, User:Wrobertson, I suspect has copied my layout, and for that, I am flattered. Actually, I kind of wish I'd never brought it up, but wished to be careful in case tattoo678 started a trolling spree. Autopilots 06:36, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

OK, I just noticed that the user has not shown up since June. I am sorry I am not too sure what to do in such a case. I will leave this for someone else to answer -- Lost^(talk) 06:49, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Per Wikipedia:Doppelganger_account, I think you can ask an admin to have the account blocked for impersonation. You can also try asking this question at Wikipedia_talk:Doppelganger_account.-- thunderboltz^{a.k.a.Deepu Joseph |TALK} 07:05, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Under the GFDL, it's also a copyvio if the user didn't attribute the page correctly (ie. history, etc.) to the original author. -- Consumed Crustacean (talk) 07:18, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

• This user hasn't shown up since June, so I don't think he's in the process of changing the page to be about himself. I'll blank it. - Mgm|^(talk) 08:04, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Thank you, I was a little embarrassed about this, since I didn't want to feel like I owned my page, though I do feel a bit protective about it, which, admittedly, I feel I about all of my edits (No! Don't change my beautiful words! (Just kidding, sort of)).Autopilots 08:17, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] No Fear disambig?

Would the article No Fear be appropriate for a {{split}} tag, or would the other uses of the term (other than the brand) need to be extensive enough to constitute their own article? --Grant M 06:21, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Personally I don't think a split tag is needed at this point, but you may want to bring this up on the article's talk page to see what editors more familiar with the subject think. --Hetar 06:23, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

• I'd agree. The meanings mentioned in the "other uses" section are both too short to be made into a suitable stub. Unless you can expand on them with at least a bit more to make the ideal stub, I don't recommend splitting. - Mgm|^(talk) 08:01, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] ufo

are ufos real? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sksis (talk • contribs).

Depends on what you mean by "ufo." In actual terms, any flying object not yet identified is a UFO -- this can include birds, planes, or pretty much anything. If you mean aliens, then... uh, sure, I guess. Personally, I rather doubt it, but I'm always open to being proven wrong. Either way, you'll probably get a better answer by posting at the reference desk. :) Have a good day. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Luna Santin (talk • contribs).

Yes. UFO's or Unidentified flying objects are real. Pilots spot them all of them the time. However, the words UFO and alien spacecraft have become synonymous, which, in actuality, is not the case. A UFO is anything unidentified, or usually unidentifiable, which can include such things as a classified weather balloon. Autopilots 07:43, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Original research question

Please could you explain something to me.

If I was to take public domain information and then subject it to a mathematical treatment (using well accepted methods which are accepted by almost all professionals in that field and are well documented in text books) to generate a content for wikipedia, then is it original research or not?

I know that if a photograph or diagram (which you might want to use) exists which is covered by someone else's copyright, then one solution is for an editor to create their own version (without the assistance of others). The editor now has the copyright for this photo/diagram, then the editor is free to sign away his rights to it when he uploads it.

Part of my interest is in the computational simulation of events which is it not possible for legal, cost or safety reasons for any reasonable wilikedian to reproduce for the purposes of creating copy right free content.

My reason for doing this is that it generates a copyright free version of data/graphs which otherwise we would have a legal problem with using. Also it allows us to compare different reports written by authors who used different standards, this would allow us to make a NPOV editorial commentry on the different reports. Please could you answer via my talk page.Cadmium 10:49, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

(copied from his talk page so others can weigh in)Hi, regarding your question on the help desk, the simple answer would be that any information that is uploaded to wikipedia must be verifiable through a reliable source. If you are submitting a diagram, the information that it offers must be verifiable. In case of text, the information must still be verifiable. Does this answer your question? I will post this reply to the help desk as well so that others can weigh in with their opinions. -- Lost^(talk) 11:04, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

hmmm, "...if a photograph or diagram (which you might want to use) exists which is covered by someone else's copyright, then one solution is for an editor to create their own version (without the assistance of others). The editor now has the copyright for this photo/diagram, then the editor is free to sign away his rights to it when he uploads it." isn't quite right. If you start from a copyright protected work then any work created from it is a derivative work. The holder of the original copyright has the right to allow (or not) derivative works. To answer your primary question of whether something you took from public domain and modified (per your opening paragraph), IMO that would be OR. Brian 17:01, 3 September 2006 (UTC)btball

Derivative work, the plan that I have is to take data from academic journals/goverment reports, combined with other sources of data and then subject it to mathematical treatments which I am sure that are not copyrighted. I am sure that it is not possible to get copyright protecton on data, for insatnce if I publish a periodic table then I can not get copyright protection for the fact that oxygen follows nitrogen..... The big question is, is the derivative work using several different sources (and well established computational anyslsis) original research or not. For instance if I was to measure the diameter and mass of a tennis ball, then look up viscosity data for air from a book before using Stoke's equations to work out the terminal veolcity of a tennis ball dropped from a tall tower.......Would this be original research and how should the issue of copyright be viewed.Cadmium 19:12, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 1000 articles deleted each day?

Wikipedia:Deletion_policy claims that around 1000 articles are deleted from wikipedia each day. Anyone know if this is actually accurate? There can't be more than 250 or so articles being deleted daily via AfD and Prod, does this mean 750 articles a day are being speedy deleted? --Xyzzyplugh 11:30, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

I can't tell. On a bad day, I find about 50 non-G3 speedies and a hell of a lot more marginal ones. But I edit during the time of least traffic and there are other speedy taggers. There's also other ways to deletion, e.g. {{copyvio}} and transwikis. MER-C 11:44, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

From the deletion log, I count about 3,000 pages deleted in the last 24 hours. Lots of these are images though, so 1,000 articles a day would probably be quite accurate. - ulayiti (talk) 13:59, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the responses, and for the link to the deletion log (which I was unaware of). I had no idea how much was being speedy deleted. Looks like, if not for the speedy deletions, AfD would collapse under the weight of all that junk. --Xyzzyplugh 20:21, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] YFZ Ranch

Do you have the address or latitude/longitude coordinates for YFZ Ranch, a 1,700 acre ranch just outside of Eldorado in Southwest Texas. It is owned by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that's what this Help Desk is for). For your convenience, here's the link: Reference Desk (when you get there, just select the relevant section, and ask away). I hope this helps. -- Lost^(talk) 14:42, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

(Update)There is an article about YFZ Ranch on wikipedia. You may like to ask on the article's talk page as well -- Lost^(talk) 14:43, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Access to talk, contacting an administrator

Hi! Thanks for the welcome to Wikipedia. I added a link to my website at http://www.physiciandigest.com/Obesity.html to the article on Obesity, but it was deleted because it was considered unauthoritative and advertising. I was given a warning that if I did something like this again, my future edits would be blocked. I tried to access a talk page to discuss this with the administrator who removed my link, but I can't find it. I'm just another newbie, I suppose. Anyway I am interested in discussing this with someone, but I am having difficulty finding the appropriate link or access to the right place to talk about it. Any tips you can give me would be appreciated. I certainly wouldn't want to do anything that would get me blocked and I'm not sure I understand why my link was inappropriate. I'm a little clueless here. Thanks for taking the time to read this. Sorry it's so long Belleriviere 16:35, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

It is generally considered in bad taste to link to your own or any commercial website unless it adds to the value of the article. It is just like advertising that website through wikipedia. See here for more detail Thats the reason for the warning on your talk page. If you would like to discuss this with the person who gave you the warning, please click on this link. Else the help desk is always available. Please let us know if you would like any more clarification. -- Lost^(talk) 16:50, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Redirecting/Multiple Names

How do I get one search query to automatically redirect to another?

For example, when one types "sex with dogs" into the search box, the page on Zoophilia comes up.

I want the page on "Brandon Academy Private School" to come up when someone types in "Brandon Academy." How do I do this?

Thanks a lot!

please see Wikipedia:Redirects -- Lost^(talk) 16:45, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Policies

User:TRiG/Suggestion for policy on raunchy pictures

1. Does anyone think that this is a good idea?
2. Can anyone suggest any improvements? (If so, do so there.)
3. What is the right place to publicise this? (I imagine it isn't here.)

Thanks.

TRiG 17:59, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

The right place to take a policy proposal is Wikipedia:Village pump (policy) -- Lost^(talk) 18:04, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Perennial objection/suggestion. The perennial answer is that "shocking" is in the eye of the beholder. User:Zoe|(talk) 18:26, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikilinking

Which is better, adding a wikilink when the article it would link to doesn't exist yet, but in all likelihood will at some point, or not? Clarityfiend 21:17, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

If it's likely that an article will be created, link it always. I find it helpful to click on the redlink and go to 'what links here', that way you can see how many other articles redlink to it also. Ziggurat 21:22, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] dictionary thesaurus

how do I access dictionary-thesaurus?

                           Fred DiDoemnico

The Wiktionary is located at Wikt:Main Page, if that's what you're looking for. If not, there's always dictionary.com. Luna Santin 22:23, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reference help

I cannot, for the life of me, figure out why I can't get the {{cite news}} template to work in Charles Ogletree. I finally gave up and saved the broken reference. If someone could fix it and show me the error of my ways, let me know. I've used it before just fine, and I don't think it requires all the parameters. Help! Grandmasterka 22:40, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Fixed. You were missing a space. :) Luna Santin 22:45, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

It has come to my concern that in page "Transfer(football)", section" most expensie trasfers" ,the name of Jaap stam is not included. Jaap Stam is an Dutch Footballer and currently plays for Ajax Amsterdam. In 1998 it is stated in "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaap_Stam" that Stam made a 36milion euro move to Manchester United(ENG)from PSV Eindhoven . In the "most expensive trnsfers" section it does not state the valuble transefer,but instead it states that Hernan Crepo's move to S.S Lazio(ITA) from Parma(ITA), which is 35.5 million euro. Please look into this matter.

PLZ email me back at [email redacted to reduce spam - they know what 'at' means] for any concerns or statements you might have to make regarding this email —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.193.33.90 (talk • contribs).

You're welcome to edit anything that you find here that is untrue, provided it adheres to Wikipedia's core policies. Good luck! (Email address obfuscated to prevent spam) —Keakealani •talk•contribs• 23:19, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] late night history

In the old days , when television went off the air around midnight of so, cbs would have a close of the day's broadcast. The Lord's prayer sang by the air force choir or similiar closing broadcast program. Where may I get a recording of those closing programs? Please and thank yoy for your help yficjames|a\t|earthlink(dot}net 76.1.86.89 01:11, 4 September 2006 (UTC)James Doane yficjames||a|t||earthlink|_dot_|net email formatted to prevent spam

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. GeorgeMoney (talk) 01:20, 4 September 2006 (UTC)