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[edit] November 14

[edit] registering to be indian

i am try to find out how to register my son as indian.could you please help me. thank you

I am not sure if you are talking about registering to wikipedia or elsewhere, but in Wikipedia there is no need to disclose nationalities. He can of course join Wikipedia:WikiProject India -- Lost(talk) 06:19, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
Alternatively, he may be looking to register at the Hindy Wikipedia or a similar Indian language Wikipedia. —Keakealani 06:45, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Establishment of a New Academic Body

Dear Sir, I would like to inform you that we had a Joint 8th Interntional Symposium on Hydrothermal Reactions and 7th International Conference on Solvothermal Reactions, during August 5 - 8, 2006, in Sendai, Japan. The delegates of this Joint ISHR & ICSTR 2006 proposed to have a new academic body viz. International Solvothermal and Hydrothermal Association (ISHA) with an immediate effect. Also the Executive Committee with Patrons were also nominated for this body. As a Secretary of this new academic body, purey for the scientific purpose, I would like to call for an opinion of all other researchers in the area of Solvothermal and Hydrothermal research. In this connection, kindly guide me appropriately how to go about in putting this information on the establishment of this new association in the Wikipedia for the public view. Thanking you, Yours Sincerely Professor K. Byrappa General Secretary, ISHA

If you're aiming to advertise your business on Wikipedia, I'm sorry but you're at the entirely wrong place. Wikipedia is not a place to post original research anyway, and it certainly is not the place to advertise. If I have misunderstood your intentions, I apologize, but regardless I am very uncertain as to what your question is and how this is relevant to the Help Desk. —Keakealani 06:38, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] how t cite

how do i cite a definition?

I'm not quite sure what you're asking; if you're looking on how to cite sources on Wikipedia, try WP:REF. If you're looking for how to cite Wikipedia itself, try Wikipedia:Citing Wikipedia. -Patstuart(talk)(contribs) 07:27, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
Yes, I'd also advise to ask on the Reference Desk. I don't know much about citing things I'm afraid. --WikiSlasher 09:20, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Is There A Punnett Square Function?

Thanks.100110100 07:23, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

I'm afraid I'm not sure what you're talking about? Are you looking for the article Punnett square, (try the search box). If you want the reference desk, use that. Patstuart(talk)(contribs) 07:30, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
Hello, thanks, but flasche. I mean, could I make a Punnet Square, in an article. Thanks.100110100 08:52, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
There's no specific template, but you can use tables in the same way that the article on Punnett square does. For example, the code
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:30%" |- ! width="33%" | ! width="33%" | R ! width="33%" | R |- ! R | RR || RR |- ! r | Rr || Rr |}
renders as
R R
R RR RR
r Rr Rr
For more on the subject, see Help:Table GeeJo (t)⁄(c) • 01:08, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Free E-mail Marketing Software

We are a small business owner in Real Estate. From where and how we can get Free E-mail Marketing Software. Pl. guide. Thanks

Try asking the reference desk at Wikipedia:Reference desk/Computing. I also suggest working on your English, as I have no idea what you're trying to ask. :) -Patstuart(talk)(contribs) 07:53, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Possible copyright violation - can it be checked?

Talk:Charles Addams suggests that much of the article Charles Addams is a copyright violation of an NY Times review, which I believe to be this one [1]. I've glanced over both and don't see it, but the note suggests "word for word, but with some rearrangement of sentences". I don't want to replace the article with a copyvio note unnecessarily, so I think it would be good to have someone more expert take a look at it. Is there a place for posting such requests? Notinasnaid 09:48, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Copyrights is probably the best place to ask about this. --ais523 10:05, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
  • I must be in need of new glasses, because I can't see it. Perhaps you should ask whoever made that accusation for specific examples. - Mgm|(talk) 10:20, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] How to get to Start article

For the life of me I can't find the route to where I can start writing a new article. George Slivinsky 10:46, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

See: Help:Starting a new page. You might also look at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article. -- Lost(talk) 10:50, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Did you check those pages? I did. Where is the link to actually start writing? —Preceding unsigned comment added by George Slivinsky (talk • contribs)

The very first link gives you an empty space. Type the title there to start a new page and then add away. BTW, please sign your posts using 4 tildes -- Lost(talk) 10:58, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
This article was infact started by you. You follow the same route -- Lost(talk) 11:00, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

I got it done. I don't think the procdures are clear enough. The "Starting a new page" page looks like a tutorial page which is not usable. Don't see links at sides of pages etc like "start new article".

Thanks for response.George Slivinsky 11:39, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] emailing a friend

How do i email my friend about a certain article i've seen from your link?

Note down the URL of the article (that is, what is shown as http://... in the top of your browser). Write this in an e-mail. If you are on Windows, you can select the URL and use Ctrl+C to copy it, then paste into your new e-mail. Notinasnaid 11:45, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] HELP I WANT TO PASS IN MATHS

Formula s in maths for maths exams in kenya

If you have a specific maths question, you can try the Reference desk, however, your best bet is to talk to your teacher or read your textbook if there is a concept you are having difficulties with. — QuantumEleven 12:27, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nominating all articles in a category for deletion

Is there an easy way to do this without having to apply the AfD template to every article? It's tedious and time-consuming. The category in question is Category:Episodes of Rugrats, and I'd like to nominate every article inside it apart from All Growed Up. CNash 11:54, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Mass nominations often lead to aborted AfDs anyway; it's probably best to nominate them four or five at a time. You can give a parameter to the AfD template (as in {{subst:afd|name of the first page you tagged}}) to combine the debates you file at once into one; if you do this, make sure you create the debate from the first of the pages you tag. --ais523 11:56, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
Another option would be to nominate just one episode to begin with, including a note that you plan to nominate the rest if that one succeeds. That should minimize the work for everybody. And if you want help with the "tedious" part, let me know :-) Matchups 18:53, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] delete myself

i wanted to take part in writing and controlling articles but i realised that some of your users go against the decisions of the UN

cause of that i want to delete myself how can i do that?

Usernames can't be deleted for legal reasons to do with copyright. Just abandon the account and nothing bad will happen. --ais523 12:16, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
See also Wikipedia:Username#Deleting your user account and the right to vanish. — QuantumEleven 12:42, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Out of curiosity what decisions of the UN do some of our users go against? I assume you mean United Nations. --WikiSlasher 13:49, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] minimike

I am just recovering from throat cancer, I do after dinner speaking. Problem I have is although I speak clearly I have lost 60% volume. I need some quite small with portable equip. Can you help me? David Calderhead (email removed to prevent spam)

Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a microphone sales company. You might want to try asking the question at the Reference Desk; the Help Desk is only for questions about using Wikipedia itself. --ais523 12:38, 14 November 2006 (UT

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Is that the best you can do as a response? Mr. Calderhead would do well to use google instead of wikipedia. I am really getting a bad impression of Wikipediaoldcitycat 05:29, 16 November 2006 (UTC). (UT

[edit] Additions to cities pages

I think a useful addition to the Cities pages would be:

Animal / insect life - what type of wild animals are around the city? Might you find deer in your backyard? A cougar? Pigeons? What type of insects are there? Are there tons of mosquitos? Flies? Are there lightning bugs?

Natural disasters - does the city regularly experience tornados? Is there a volcanic history in the area? Is it prone to earthquakes?

I haven't a clue as to how to add this myself, to my city let alone all the ones I don't know anything about. But I think it would be useful information, especially for someone who was thinking about moving there.

How about bringing up the topic at the talk page for the WikiProject Cities page? There should be many editors interested city pages that might like your idea. —Mitaphane talk 01:18, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikification

Did I follow the correct procedure for wikifying Lorenzo_Kom'boa_Ervin? While it looks much better than before I processed it, I feel that I might have missed something or may have removed the tag too early. --Sigma 7 15:05, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Titles of books should be in italics, and double-quotes should be outside links (for instance, "link" is red but "link" is blue), but apart from that you haven't missed anything that I haven't missed too. --ais523 16:10, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] How do you delete an image?

Hi, I found an unsourced image uploaded from a banned user that is older than a week and is linked to by nothing (I think that meets every single deletion criteria ever made :-P). How do I go about deleting it, as IfD says I can delete it immediately, rather than having to IfD it? - JNighthawk 15:14, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Type {{db|reason}} on its description page. (There are a lot of shorthand templates available for specific reasons if you're interested, but writing one out by hand is fine.) --ais523 15:19, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
Thanks. I mis-read the IfD page. I thought I could just delete it myself :-) Speedy templates up there now, thanks. - JNighthawk 16:12, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] page layout

How can I get text to wrap around images?

This image is floated to the right
You need to float the image to a side of the page. One way is to put the 'float' and 'right' (alternatively 'left') modifiers inside the call to the image, as in [[Image:Example.png|float|right|50px|This image is floated to the right]] (which generated the image here). If you want to stop wrapping, you can use the {{-}} mark to move the text clear of the image. See also Help:Image. --ais523 16:08, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Metallurgy/ Diesel Engines

EGR: the materials that are being used for vacuum operated egr valves

It's not clear what question you're trying to ask here. If you have a question about something unrelated to Wikipedia, you might want to see the Reference desk; if you want to create an article, see Wikipedia:Your first article. --ais523 16:58, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fixing editing glitch?

I recently edited an article -- basically, I added three to four sentences in the body of the text. I obviously made some mechanical mistake, because the entire edit and all material that comes after it are no longer in the body, but now appear in the "corrugated" talk box below. I am sincerely sorry for the error and wish to correct it, but I'm not clear on how. Helllllp!

129.137.209.149 17:01, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

I've fixed it. The problem was that you'd started a line with spaces,
and lines starting with spaces look like this.
To start a new paragraph, leave a blank line rather than using spaces. Hope that helps! --ais523 17:06, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Unable to log-in with my password I've confirmed

I have entered with my user: Professional Gamer, but the biggest problems are:

  • Someone logged me out automtically.
  • I've tried to enter my user with my same password, but the login does not accept my pasword.

Can you please tell the history I am not user 70.45.55.208? I am Professional Gamer. And tell the history that I'm really Professional Gamer, not user 70.45.55.208. User:Professional Gamer 14 November 2006#

It isn't possible to change the edit history after the fact, but you if you registered an e-mail when you set up your account, you should be able to click the "e-mail new password" button. Otherwise, try the password with and without all capitals. Notinasnaid 19:18, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Try Help:Logging in. -Patstuart(talk)(contribs) 19:26, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Try making sure that the password is not misspelled. --ÆlfwineA bit o' wine? 20:04, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Contents

Hi, just a quick question about editing. How do you insert a contents onto a page. I can't figure it out!

Thanks for the help.

Actually, the table of contents automatically shows up when there are four or more headings on a page. —The Great Llama talk 21:16, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
But you could also force it to appear (if there are less or just a different place than normal) by putting __TOC__. You could also force it not to appear by putting __NOTOC__. Cbrown1023 21:24, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gloom & Doom

I have made 4 good edits. Bah humbug. Where can I go to cheer me up? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ælfwine (talk • contribs)

[edit] Discussion Help

I'm very new to this, so I can only hope I am not wasting your time. Is there any way I can leave a question for a contributor? I imagine that if such a procedure exists it is part of the "discussion" tab. All I can find is ways to edit the entry which I really don't want to do unless the contributor(s) concur with my observation. Punnet 22:59, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

If you press the '+' button next to 'edit this page', it will give you a window where you can write your new message, and it will automatically be posted at the bottom of the page with a new header. Or you can simply edit the page and add your question to the bottom manually. --Sam Blanning(talk) 23:16, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
To expand, if you want to ask a question of the contributors to an article about something to do with editing the article, just click on the 'discussion' tag, click the '+' tag on that page, and you can add your question there. If you want to ask a question of a specific contributor, go to their [WP:USER|user page]] (eg. User:ConMan), often found by clicking on their signature, then click on the discussion tab there (some people put a link straight to their talk page in their signature, like Samuel's above me) and continue as normal. Confusing Manifestation 00:02, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
  • You don't need an editor's permission to edit their discussion page. It's meant for people to post messages like yours. As long as you don't edit any of the other messages already there, you're okay. - 131.211.210.14 10:27, 15 November 2006 (UTC)