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[edit] January 1

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2007 January 1

  1. Articles
  2. Trans-wikiing pictures
  3. How to propose a new Template?
  4. Single account can be used in all language version??
  5. Life
  6. How to report a article vandalism behavior??
  7. even Marks
  8. Wake from Sleeping Instructions in English
  9. Image Tag
  10. When did that "Undo" button appear?
  11. Interwiki redirect
  12. ADD article
  13. Richard Dawkins article has been vandalized
  14. Proofreaders needed
  15. Ancient Atlantis
  16. Image
  17. Shortening of historic newspaper headlines in references
  18. Everytime I Edit It Gets Deleted!
  19. Arbitration Committee.
  20. Foul Language on a Talk Page
  21. Multiple spellings for person's name
  22. dditional materials exists on a foreign language encyclopedia
  23. Copyright problems regarding image
  24. about time signatures of drum
  25. Questions about Featured Article Candidates
  26. creating links
  27. Question about citing text from other websites
  28. Infobox and wikitable templates
  29. Help!

[edit] January 2

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2007 January 2

  1. Copyright
  2. Discussion partner keeps using offensive expression.
  3. User page design center
  4. original creation date
  5. Deletion of article on corporate organizations
  6. Deletion
  7. Expert Needed for Fixed Wireless, aka WISP
  8. Viewing Images
  9. Duplicate Images - what to do about it?
  10. Can I log into my Wikipedia account on any Wikipedia?
  11. Lists......
  12. Changing User Name
  13. religion
  14. Canadian copyright law, in reference to Centennial of the City of Toronto
  15. Contents List Moving
  16. Linking to Wiktionary in articles
  17. A new Definition of "Cookie"... I am having difficulty negotiating the entry process...
  18. Edit section links
  19. International or National?: What assumptions are made about what nation or culture is the default for a entry.
  20. The Ultimate Superman Collection
  21. Something happened to my myspace!
  22. Spell checker available?
  23. I cannot SEE
  24. Good citations
  25. Create Article
  26. Minor question
  27. admin
  28. user talk
  29. signature
  30. Can TV Commercials be hosted on Wikipedia under "Fair Use?"
  31. Editor warnings

[edit] January 3

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2007 January 3

  1. AfD Debate becoming nasty
  2. Foul language used for living persons in Biography AfD Debate
  3. Easy editing question
  4. Request for explanation
  5. Confusion about making an article
  6. Is a movie article too long?
  7. Finding Help
  8. Barnstar question...
  9. viewing deleted articles
  10. not blocked but can't edit
  11. How can I add a new entry for Sharif Khan the author?
  12. trolling?
  13. Editing Arthur Phillip article
  14. editing problems and documentation
  15. nnamed "question"
  16. utrageous
  17. Table tool
  18. TXE
  19. making text small
  20. Logo Design Article in Wikipedia
  21. Images...deletion policy..
  22. Ref
  23. Re Darkest hour
  24. alumni
  25. How can this site be inserted in this category?
  26. Disclosing my identity
  27. ont size
  28. Language problem
  29. Images
  30. Editing Wikipedia
  31. I can't get in
  32. Circular redirect?
  33. My Preferences: Skins
  34. Edit wars with users who contribute little in discussion page?
  35. Accents in names.
  36. Question about creation of a new article
  37. redirect/move
  38. Countdowns

[edit] January 4

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2007 January 4

  1. incorrect link in feature article
  2. eatle
  3. I edited Leland Irving
  4. how to retrieve a redirected article?
  5. The more articles the better. Right?
  6. Foreign Language Scripts Showing up as ????????
  7. Editing Categories
  8. Contacting other researchers on Wikipedia
  9. Akward Situation
  10. cannot find a page by the search box
  11. Adding a category to an article
  12. How to edit a list of references that do not appear in the editor?
  13. Help!!
  14. Deleting categories
  15. editing: truncated article
  16. Uploading an image
  17. Special
  18. I need help with improving a template
  19. Current Glycerin pricing
  20. listing the last editor for a list of pages
  21. Putting previous contributions under my new name.
  22. I can no longer edit my article
  23. "Sorry! We could not process your edit due to a loss of session data. etc. What's this all about?"
  24. elp getting out of the box
  25. Wha are these crazy numbers?

[edit] January 5

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2007 January 5

  1. User "Guy"/"JzG" abusing his deletion priveleges
  2. Main Page Vandalism!!!
  3. composers
  4. Green day talk page
  5. Deleting Page, Need Help Though
  6. article deletion
  7. Cannot download High Resulution Version
  8. Show Preview gives page could not be displayed
  9. I still cannot rename my article
  10. Copying text from a website
  11. IP address
  12. Help Me
  13. How can I Prevent others from editing my content
  14. History of Wikipedia
  15. When more participants to a discussion are needed
  16. placing an image on a page
  17. How do I [re-]edit an image upload to correct incomplete copyright information
  18. Proofreaders needed
  19. search
  20. mage
  21. History
  22. Signature color
  23. Screenshot use
  24. Recent changes page
  25. Changing my edits
  26. “Busy” templates
  27. Error creating archive of Talk page - link within template does not link to current Talk page
  28. I requested a spam article for deletion..
  29. Creating a contents section on a page

[edit] January 6

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2007 January 6

  1. (+436) positive/negative numbers in brackets after article names in my watchlist.
  2. Watchlist
  3. surveying land
  4. Sock Puppet Tags
  5. Edit war with someone who won't talk back.
  6. Question from Heather
  7. Fad Predictions
  8. elp! I don't know how to deal with a flood of deletion requests!
  9. Gothic Revival Article
  10. microbiology
  11. customer care
  12. Not Bad for a Girl
  13. Lost Article?
  14. renaming an existing page
  15. My signature doesnt appear to be working when I use it
  16. L. Ron Hubbard's marriage information
  17. Central Park and Wallasey UK and New York NY
  18. Signature
  19. dit Lists
  20. Almost sorted my signature
  21. How to delete a user subpage
  22. Tagging image after receiving permission to use
  23. create user page
  24. Removal of article

[edit] January 7

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2007 January 7

  1. Australian Government Copyright conditions
  2. How do you re-name an article
  3. dit counts
  4. dubious fair use
  5. bad link change asap
  6. Edit Summary
  7. Image licensing question
  8. elete an account
  9. What Does &nbsp ; Do?
  10. about bharatanatya and natyashastra in general
  11. Credibility
  12. adding external links
  13. What Does <div class="references-small" style="-moz-column-count:2; column-count:2;"> Do?
  14. + and - numbers on watchlist items
  15. FDL attribution question
  16. to find a london or uk zip codes
  17. Arrows
  18. How to delete a blank article
  19. Unable to view images any more
  20. Question on content criteria restrictions
  21. My watchlist
  22. software for off-line editing, formats as WP would
  23. Western Civilization 5th Century
  24. bllod pressure
  25. blood pressure
  26. Diary (heading added)
  27. Teh
  28. Formatting text around pictures
  29. How to correct a movie article? And how to fix a signature?
  30. Missing" Article
  31. ompare selected versions - sometimes too wide
  32. Requesting further information - how?
  33. I can not get this person banned.
  34. Picture doesn't show up
  35. My first-ever edit disappeared

[edit] January 8

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2007 January 8

  1. uspected plagiarism
  2. Pakistan Chrome Mines Ltd
  3. Confused copyright question
  4. a stupid question about AFDs
  5. Reverting vandalism using popups
  6. saving edits
  7. Minimal English
  8. Word Pronounciation
  9. Am I going insane or what?
  10. Original research?
  11. How to I liven up my signature?
  12. editintro
  13. break user box
  14. 1605munro
  15. User Name (s)
  16. Recent Changes
  17. editing category pages?
  18. Moving from sandbox to an existing page
  19. I can't edit with this one IP!
  20. Nominating a good list
  21. Article on "Left Party.PDS"
  22. search terms vs. article text
  23. Gum
  24. Pictures of episodes that haven't aired yet.
  25. Bracketed numbers in my watchlist
  26. Question - can people dictate what is on here?
  27. Esperanza
  28. Metric vs. U.S. units

[edit] January 9

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2007 January 9

  1. Talk pages.
  2. Can I do an article about a Project I'm working on?
  3. Biographies of living persons and the facts that can be in an article
  4. how to edit in wiki
  5. Use of trademark symbol
  6. Content on the discussion page of an article
  7. NAME CHANGE
  8. [Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bestian Order of Aestheteka]]
  9. Image shows on source computer only...
  10. What Does <br /> Do?
  11. Status change when logging in
  12. Making Wiki!
  13. non commercial images
  14. Other user is changing information on our page to false info - how we stop this from happening?
  15. Submit Mountain Photo(s)
  16. Image help
  17. Linking up entries in different languages
  18. Why my account made in pt.wikipedia.org doesn't work in en.wikipedia.org?
  19. Allure Magazine
  20. Categorization of an article whose subject went by several names
  21. Com 215 Written Communication
  22. Reference problem
  23. earch
  24. Template:PD-Soviet
  25. Which Southern State owned the most slaves?
  26. Recreation
  27. political map of nothern europe
  28. Questioning Nuetrality
  29. Need article-namespace sandbox

[edit] January 10

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2007 January 10

  1. Advertisment
  2. /
  3. Keys for ~/¬ and @/" switching around
  4. Moving AfD to the OLD page so deletion can be processes
  5. how to participate'
  6. eporting Errors
  7. Adding talk to my signature
  8. Bad Internal Link
  9. servers
  10. How to edit top section?
  11. Living Person category
  12. Accidental duplicate page creation
  13. Clarification of correct process to follow for this correction
  14. HELP ME
  15. Disabling EDIT
  16. What's up with the search feature?
  17. Notiable Bands
  18. Edits do not appear
  19. trouble discussing or reporting fact error.
  20. using images from postage stamps
  21. A few questions..
  22. How do I capitalize a proper name in the title?
  23. Adding new Content
  24. Name disambiguation problem
  25. Wikipedia in the Yoruba Language
  26. How to Dispute something already listed on WP
  27. Embedding or uploading video into wikipedia
  28. conspiracy theories in an article
  29. Requesting an Image
  30. Picture--Photobucket
  31. ection editing
  32. Strike through use

[edit] January 11

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2007 January 11

  1. Image quality problem
  2. Editing section zero
  3. What's wrong with my signature?
  4. eport a user
  5. using LaTeX to create articles.
  6. Missing article on "Queen's Scout Award"... where did it go?
  7. Mdash in article names?
  8. hi
  9. Email obfuscation
  10. Unexplained deletions of posts on discussion pages
  11. prefix
  12. WP:AN/I programming question
  13. Protection
  14. Historic Photos in NA Kew - Copyright Experiences?
  15. Harassment
  16. Page protection
  17. Can't colonize a cat
  18. Two very different questions..
  19. Editing
  20. ightmare
  21. ignitures
  22. As of - template or similar?
  23. eleting history

[edit] January 12

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2007 January 12

  1. Problem creating an article
  2. hat on Earth?
  3. Removal of warning templates
  4. Up-loaded Ogg Theora video does not run
  5. Tracking an IP
  6. debugger
  7. ignitures...Again
  8. Article written like advertisement, but other editors blocking tag and personally attacking rather than fixing
  9. Christian magazine deleted by professed atheist.
  10. Where do Templates come from?
  11. Subject / headlines on Talk Pages (or the lack thereof)
  12. serpage
  13. study in finland
  14. Latest IT trends
  15. elp
  16. Turning parts of the same string into both an external and internal link
  17. Template "link"
  18. help finding an article
  19. theatre origination
  20. Sarah Dash article
  21. Changing a Title - Move function
  22. New article
  23. anarus
  24. How do I center a text?
  25. John Vanderleest
  26. How do i make propostion on wikipedia
  27. Page keeps getting deleted - help?
  28. Song or single?
  29. reamgirls

[edit] January 13

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2007 January 13

  1. Image Uploading
  2. Linsang
  3. ikipedia largest website?
  4. can this link be translated from italian to english?
  5. conspiracy theories in an article 2nd attempt
  6. Moving a Talkpage only
  7. link a e-mail
  8. how long does it take...?
  9. A bot account that isn't a bot?
  10. Doukhobors
  11. how to receive the old Vmf Autosave if i have formated my copyrighted file of the map
  12. Could someone block this user?
  13. here to go to ask for comments
  14. ontents Box
  15. Starting a WikiProject
  16. Date Error
  17. Mod Please Delete Article

[edit] January 14

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2007 January 14

  1. wiki links on my userpage
  2. Current date!
  3. login won't stick and cookies are enabled etc
  4. How can I get other editors or admins to monitor a discussion?
  5. Bar charts and Javascript in article namespace
  6. Image tagging
  7. David Sekiguchi
  8. Thomas Bollinger Photographer
  9. Maybe not so much about using WP..
  10. Category Links
  11. Summary
  12. hello
  13. Slow Wiki Navigation
  14. Bot
  15. ASTROLOGY
  16. My Signature
  17. Duplicate articles
  18. WIKIPEDIA RSS FEEDS.
  19. edit not showing up
  20. Is Wikipedia HTML?
  21. moberly department of corrections
  22. My revert tools don't work
  23. Image viewing
  24. Making part of a table header non-bold

[edit] January 15

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2007 January 15

  1. uplicate Entries
  2. What should I do if I think an article has been vandalised?
  3. contacting users
  4. How do I delete the "you have a new message" notification?
  5. Medical Disclaimer or Warning
  6. Indenting bulleted lists consisting of multiple paragraphs
  7. Question about WP:REVERT
  8. How to include a diff in a template?
  9. oubled-up page
  10. how to get smart while sitting in home
  11. Search links
  12. 3rr "Previous version reverted to: VersionTime"
  13. Bar chart template
  14. dixie square mall
  15. Add de.wikipedia article to en.wikipedia?
  16. how do i............
  17. Admin
  18. Pictures
  19. Colours in Signatures
  20. Unsure of deletion criteria
  21. Proverb: Hay Is For Horses And Grass Is Cheaper...
  22. Palm
  23. flagging articles
  24. utting a {{POV}} without explanation
  25. Uploading artice/Formats
  26. Editing Germaine Greer
  27. WAP or Mobile Phone Access?

[edit] January 16

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2007 January 16

  1. Abuse or misuse of AfD?
  2. User Page Elaboration
  3. TOMATOES
  4. Lines under headers
  5. or
  6. National Mint of America
  7. inks to subject's site
  8. Image Using
  9. Restrictions
  10. New browser
  11. who is selected as best employee in optus
  12. companies who reinvented
  13. Is it Possible to change my domain.
  14. Offline browsing for some topic
  15. Language (babel) category internal links that I don't understand (ok, I know this heading sucks, if you can rephrase it please do and tell me)
  16. erivatives
  17. Wiki Defcon
  18. How to deal with an uncooperative editor?
  19. Renaming a page.
  20. CC-NC
  21. best approach for editing an article that appears to be narrow in scope
  22. {{PAGENAME}} in URL format
  23. How to create an article
  24. Template for absentee users?
  25. ip addresses
  26. Talk page formatting help
  27. Image tags
  28. Entering new animal, how do I get to use a taxobox
  29. Questiopn about film clips, and education movies???
  30. Copyright
  31. op Group
  32. browsing history
  33. Wiki cost

[edit] January 17

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2007 January 17

  1. Recreating a Yu-Gi-Oh! page
  2. Amending wrong information
  3. Foreign language titles
  4. usic examples
  5. Information deleted
  6. Uploading an entry?
  7. Machine Translator
  8. Potential copyvio on Top gear articles
  9. stalemate on Cfd
  10. Translation for "a la cart"
  11. Can I post to my blog from Wikipedia?
  12. Feature Question
  13. Viewing of deleted revisions doesn't work
  14. elp with videos
  15. 2 questions.
  16. Title of page problem
  17. Guidelines for Religion definition
  18. opying a page
  19. talking
  20. Wikisource e-mail address confirmation error
  21. Suppressing categories in templates
  22. Using Word 2007 to print
  23. Article creation
  24. Proper handling of a link to internal resource on disambiguation page

[edit] January 18

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2007 January 18

  1. Fan art
  2. Explanation of categories
  3. arassment by TStein
  4. How can I format this right?
  5. erification
  6. Starting a New Article Of Our Site
  7. Help...trouble with my personal page
  8. Deeplinking to wikipedia
  9. not quite a legal threat, but...
  10. List of articles started by xxxx
  11. Official Site link in infobox being a pay site advertisement.
  12. NEED HELP
  13. Creating My Own WikiPedia page.
  14. NAFTA page errors.
  15. Link to wikiquotes
  16. Candidate for deletion
  17. How to find an episode guide?
  18. How do I do this?
  19. How to add a category to a page?
  20. Help
  21. Missing Image and Searching Images In General
  22. Who owns the copyright of an image
  23. Pronunciation
  24. accessing the videos
  25. History of Samoa Article
  26. eletion

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