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== Pictures == On the articles of wikipedia, I try to see the pictures before I click on them, so I can view them in the articles. But now they won't show. Any help?
[edit] Browser / font configuration
I just spent two or three hours trying to help an established user configure his browser (Internet Explorer 7) so he can view articles on math topics without getting all frustrated (he didn't have the requisite fonts installed on his system). He had previously received some very bad advice from the help desk – someone advised him to convert character-class data he couldn't view into graphic images. That got him into edit conflicts with people who were already conversant with the pages about mathematics.
Anyway, I just poked my way through this beautiful menu page and most of its associated sub-pages. It's very nice. But I didn't find any connection between this help system and the information one needs to display the contents of a great number of WP articles satisfactorily (i.e., Unicode, MathML, special fonts, etc). Can something like "Wikipedia and your browser" or "Fonts on Wikipedia" be worked into this help system? Or did I just manage to overlook it somehow? Thanks! DavidCBryant 17:47, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
- Help:Formula deals with making math (supplemented by Wikipedia:Manual of Style (mathematics)).
- Help:Special characters should deal with displaying character sets and fonts (hopefully it does so well?). I've added a clarifying description following its entry at Help:Contents/Editing Wikipedia, to make it easier to find :) --Quiddity 18:50, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
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- OK, now I see it. The list of "How to:" items is long, and (IMO) it makes the verb "to use" work up a sweat. That's probably why I missed it the first time through ... I got a little bit bored reading the list. I'll try to think of some other verbs to slip into that list here and there, unless you beat me to it. Thanks! DavidCBryant 14:02, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
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(hopefully it does so well?)
- Er, no, I wouldn't say so. I had run across that page yesterday, and just couldn't find the link to it from this main menu page. The "special characters" page itself seems to be seriously out of date. I doubt that information about the migration from ISO 8859-1 to UTF-8 in 2005 is of much practical significance any longer, for instance.
- I've already set up a Meta account, so I'll log on there sometime soon and see if I can't re-organize that help page a bit, putting more relevant information closer to the top, and less relevant historical detail at the tail end. DavidCBryant 14:31, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Stargate Address Update
I was just going through the stargate address page and I came across a stargate missing its glyphs or chevrons (whichever you call them) The Planet is designated BP6-3Q1, the one where the kingsize mosquito attacks Teal'c The gate address is 27-07-15-32-12-30 but I don't know how to put it in
Can somebody do it for me please.
124.182.4.109 12:08, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
- Hi, this page is for discussion of the Help:Contents page, not general discussion of Wikipedia in general. I'm not sure which article you're referring to, but you should bring the matter up on the discussion page of that article, rather than here. Thanks – Qxz 01:28, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Why
Why did Jimbo Wales order the removal of video game guides from WikiBooks?100110100 13:45, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
- Hi, this page is for discussion of the Help:Contents page, not discussion of Wikipedia in general, or of other Wikimedia projects. I recommend you visit Wikibooks and find an appropriate place to ask your question there, where people with knowledge of the project will be able to assist you. Thanks – Qxz 14:59, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Calcium Zinc PVC stabilsers
Where can I get imnformation on Calcium Zinc stabilisers for PVC —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 196.41.15.178 (talk) 05:48, 16 March 2007 (UTC).
- Hi, this page is intended for discussion of the Help:Contents page, and is not the place to ask questions. You may recieve an answer if you ask at the Reference Desk, or use a search engine. Thanks – Qxz 07:52, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
i can't get what i want on this page please help me !!!!!
- This page is for the help article talk. See the intro to this page. =Nichalp «Talk»= 15:45, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Wikipedia toolbar for Firefox
I´m trying to use today tip of the day, the Wikipedia toolbar for Firefox but i cant find a version compatible with Firefox 2.0 There is one at least? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Alextrevelian 006 (talk • contribs) 02:07, 20 March 2007 (UTC).
[edit] Protect page?
It seems to me like this would be a high-risk page that an admin should full-protect to stop vandalism. — CobraWiki ( jabber | stuff ) 03:09, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
