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[edit] April 11

[edit] Severance package, union dues

our company is giving us a severance package,now what I would like to know can our union take out union dues out of this severance money. were losing our jobs so why should they be aloud to take out these dues. For me this would be about 150 dollars. I would appreciate your responce. Thanks4.238.249.1 23:59, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Even if I were qualified in Labour law to answer your question, and I most certainly am not, I would need to know a bit more about your situation, such as which country you work in, as the laws vary (you did mention dollars, so that limits the possibilities, but not to just one country). Your best bet would probably be to ask on the Reference desk, hopefully providing enough information on the second go to enable someone to answer the question. The "best" advice would be to consult an attorney, but the attorney's fee would probably be similar to what the union wants to take, so even if an attorney could get you out of paying that last dues, you would be unlikely to profit. I imagine the union probably justifies hitting you one last time by taking credit for the fact that you get a severance package at all, or one so generous as you do receive; is your severance package part of your collective bargaining agreement? --Teratornis 02:43, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image problem

I uploaded Image:Stanny.svg, but it didn't turn out right. Any ideas what happened? FictionH 00:38, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

I'm just guessing here, but when I view the SVG source for your image (which I can see in my browser when I view the page source of the otherwise blank (in my browser) image page), I see this questionable code:
<image
     xlink:href="Stanny.PNG"
     sodipodi:absref="C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\My Pictures\Stanny.PNG"
     width="215"
     height="305"
     id="image3463"
     x="0"
     y="0" />
Immediately I would suspect the reference to the Stanny.PNG file path which evidently refers to a file on your computer. However, I have not looked at the SVG specification enough to know whether what looks like a problem there really is a problem. You might examine the SVG code of some other images that appear correctly and are similar to what you want yours to look like. --Teratornis 02:11, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
It is referencing a PNG file on your "My Pictures" folder, which is non-existent on any other people's computer or the Wikipedia's server. You should not upload raster files encapsulated in SVG and instead should either upload the raster file (PNG, JPG etc.) directly, or trace it and upload the SVG. --antilivedT | C | G 11:39, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
      • But after making the PNG, I resaved is as a SVG with Inkscape. FictionH 21:07, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Another image problem

Okay, I feel like an incredibly daft newbie. How can I get a photo Image:KPGA.jpg removed and added to the article I meant for it to go to? XGowronx 00:56, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

The image, Image:KPGA.jpg, should not be added to any article until the copyright and source issues are sorted out. Dismas|(talk) 02:23, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
It's hard to understand your question without knowing the articles you refer to. Currently, the image is here: Image:KPGA.jpg, and clicking toolbox | What links here shows a (non-displaying) link to it on your user talk page (Special:Whatlinkshere/Image:KPGA.jpg shows User talk:XGowronx). That link, however, is a copyright notice that you should read carefully. Where does the image appear now that you don't want it to appear, and what article do you want to add it to? See Help:Image for instructions on how to link to images. Guessing wildly here from the actor's name in the descriptive text of the image, I'd guess you want to put the image in the Keith Allen article. You can see how to do that by looking at other actors' articles that do have images (often within an {{Infobox actor}} or {{Infobox Biography}} or something similar). For example, view the source of James Woods. --Teratornis 02:22, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Vandal problem

Hello a user on 68.145.239.157 is vandalizing random pages. I know this fellow in real life, but I do not know which steps to take to get him to stop. I'll be removing his edits until something more permanent can be done. Lonesoldier 01:11, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

I've responded on your talk page. Check out WP:VANDAL for more information on fighting vandalism. — Scientizzle 01:16, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Doris Day

Can you make sure that the article on doris day stays fixed and either lock the article for a period or lock out the IP of the person who keeps adding the bad info.

Please let me know what the resolution for this request is.

<email redacted>

If you scroll down to her Private life section and go to the second number 2 bullet point, you will see that someone has entered in false information about a fifth marriage to Otis Day. Bernie has taken this out three or 4 times, but someone keeps on putting it back in.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.102.197.45 (talk • contribs).

I'm not sure who "Bernie" is, and that name doesn't show up in the article history...If you feel someone is vandalizing the article, check out Wikipedia:Vandalism for ways to fight it. Also, feel free to leave a message at Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard to gain more attention to the problem if it persists. If the vandalism gets really bad, Wikipedia:Requests for page protection is an option. — Scientizzle 01:43, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] I need a bot

I'm looking for a bot that can go to the talk pages of an article in a particular category, check for a certain WikiProject banner, and then affix that particular banner if needed. Are there any bots that you would recommend?--Ed ¿Cómo estás? 01:55, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

An editor described doing something similar here (permanent link). --Teratornis 02:03, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Bot requests might be a better place for this question. Dismas|(talk) 02:20, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
Ok, thanks--Ed ¿Cómo estás? 02:39, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] MUST I EDIT IN DETAIL, OR CAN WIKI EDITOR HELP BY DOING THE EDTING?

The 4-10-2007 version


NOTE TO THE WIKI “Nuclear Power” EDITOR:

1. The following edits to Nuclear Power are hereby submitted for posting. These are edits of the text on 25 pages printed on 3-31-2007.

2. Please help by posting the changes for me, or

3. Let me know if you want me to enter the edits in each section/paragraph being revised. —Submitted by Wiki user <Rabqa1@xxxxxxx> based on the 4-7-2007 personal communication from review of the 3-31-2007 text by my associate, G.S., an active nuclear physicist.

Thank you for any help, guidance, or instructions that you can provide,

RAB

______________________________________________________

Excerpts from the personal communication (4-7-2007) from nuclear physicist G.S. to <Rabqa1@xxxxxx> :

Here are a few comments on the Wikipedia article (< http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power>). I take it you are undertaking to do some editing thereof. Excellent!

  • * * * * * * * * *

The first two sentences of the second-last paragraph of Section 4.1 (“Fuel Resources”) could be improved. They read: "As opposed to current light water reactors which use uranium-235 (0.7% of all natural uranium), fast breeder reactors use uranium-238 (99.3% of all natural uranium). It has been estimated that there is up to five-billion years’ worth of uranium-238 for use in these power plants.[13]"

I suggest substituting something like this (paragraph): As opposed to current light-water reactors, which get more than half of their energy from uranium-235 (0.7% of all natural uranium) and only about 40% from U-238 (99.3% of all natural uranium), fast breeder reactors can use essentially all of the uranium -- they can extract over a hundred times as much energy from a given amount of ore. It has been estimated that there is more than five billion years’ worth of uranium for use in these power plants,[13] in which case nuclear power is just as inexhaustible (sustainable) as the sources currently considered "renewable."

  • * * * * * * * * *

There's also a problem with the first two sentences in Section 4.3 ("Reprocessing"). They now read: "Reprocessing can recover up to 95% of the remaining uranium and plutonium in spent nuclear fuel, putting it into new mixed oxide fuel. This also produces a reduction in long term radioactivity within the remaining waste, since this is largely short-lived fission products, and reduces its volume by over 90%."

I suggest something like this (paragraph):

Reprocessing the plutonium from the used fuel back into thermal reactors in the form of mixed oxide (MOX) can increase the energy extracted from the original fuel by about 20%. However, recycling that used fuel into fast breeder reactors can make available virtually all of the energy in the remaining uranium and plutonium, for a 2,000% improvement in fuel utilization. This also reduces the long-term radioactivity in the remaining waste, since it consists almost entirely of short-lived fission products, with greatly reduced repository requirements. Also, the needed waste isolation time becomes 300 years instead of 10,000.

  • * * * * * * * * *

In Section 6.4 ("Nuclear Proliferation"), 4th-last paragraph. The last sentence reads: "Breeder reactors have been banned in the U.S. since President Jimmy Carter's administration prohibited reprocessing because of what it regarded as the unacceptable risk of proliferation of weapons-grade materials."

Better:

Development of fast breeder reactors in the United States was halted in 1994 by President Bill Clinton's administration, because of fear that the required reprocessing would lead to unacceptable risk of proliferation of weapons-usable materials. This decision was largely reversed in 2006 by the Bush administration, in announcing the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP). [64]

  • * * * * * * * * *

REFERENCES

(Add)

A. To Reference 13. Add NOTE: See the Cohen paper [63] posted at <http://www.sustainablenuclear.org/PADs/pad8301cohen.pdf> .

NOTE TO THE EDITOR: There is a typo in Reference 13. The McCarthy reference should read “Facts From Cohen...”

B. Reference 28. NOTE typo—remove the s before the c in “Association”.

C. Reference 63. “Breeder reactors: a renewable energy source” by Bernard L. Cohen, Am. J. Phys, 51 (1), Jan. 1983 (Professor B. L. Cohen, Department of Physics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260)

D. Reference 64. GNEP references:

- January 10, 2007. “Department of Energy Releases Global Nuclear Energy Partnership Strategic Plan.” < http://www.gnep.energy.gov/gnepPRs/gnepPR011007.html> A descriptive press release.

- The Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP). <http://www.gnep.energy.gov/> The official GNEP Web site.

- Vic Reis, Senior Advisor, Department of Energy, “Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP).” Presented at the American Nuclear Society meeting, Reno, NV, June 5, 2006. < http://www.sustainablenuclear.org/PADs/pad0606reis.pdf> [A comprehensive technical overview of the GNEP]

  • * * * * * * * * *

External links

(Add a new link after the Brookings link)

▪ CFRI (The Center for Reactor Information)—The sustainability and renewability of nuclear power (http://www.sustainablenuclear.org/)

  • * * * * * * * * *
    • END OF FILE**


File 070410 (4-10-2007) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Rabqa1 (talk • contribs) 02:36, 11 April 2007 (UTC).

Some comments:
  • The name of this site is Wikipedia (specifically, the English one; but we just refer to this as "Wikipedia" here without loss of generality). The word wiki is different; Wikipedia is one member of the set of wikis; there are thousands of others. Referring to this site as "wiki" is somewhat like referring to a specific nuclear power plant as "plant," as if there were no others. We often discuss other wikis on the Help desk, so it's best to be specific.
  • There is no Wikipedia editor per se; instead there are thousands of volunteer editors, and you can become one too. This is the encyclopedia anyone can edit. See WP:FAQ for an overview.
  • You provided references for your proposed edits; that's good. Many new editors don't provide references. See WP:CITE for instructions on the mechanics of citing references in articles.
  • On Wikipedia, anyone who has something to contribute is strongly encouraged to edit articles directly. This requires learning some wikitext syntax; see Help:Editing.
  • If you don't want to go to the trouble of learning to be an editor here, you could try repeating your suggestions on Talk:Nuclear power.
  • I might try reformatting your suggestions above, perhaps on your user page, so they take proper advantage of standard wikitext features such as links and lists. I would imagine many if not most of the issues you raise are already discussed in other articles (for example see Nuclear reprocessing), and you would want to work your new material into the existing web of related articles.
--Teratornis 03:05, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ratings and improvement tags

What is the etiquette regarding rating new articles? Do you rate your own article when you create it or do you wait for someone else to? Also if your article has been tagged with a needs improvement for whatever reason and you improve it, do you remove the tag yourself?CindyBo 03:03, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

From what I have seen, article ratings are neither uniform nor consistent. Evidently it depends on random editors with random understandings of subsets of Wikipedia policies randomly browsing to articles and deciding to rate them. Some WikiProjects have their own rating schemes. See WP:STUB for information about stub tags. You could also ask the person who placed whatever tag you refer to to tell you the specific guideline, policy, or manual of style page that motivated the placement.
  • I try to remember to give some explanation on an article's talk page when I slap a tag or make substantial edits to an article, as a courtesy to other editors who might like more explanation than a typical short edit summary.
If you properly address the deficiency/ies listed in a tag, you could remove it yourself, but a more conciliatory method would be to leave a notice on the talk page of the editor who placed the tag to have another look at the article and see if he/she agrees that the tag is no longer needed. Of course you would have to dig through the article history to figure out who left the tag, so if the tag-placer really wanted to be notified when someone fixes the problem, he or she would probably have made that simpler by leaving a request on the article's talk page.
  • A simpler method would be to explain what you did on the article's talk page, with enough detail to justify removing the tag. Then if someone thought the article still had the problem, they could discuss it on the talk page (which is what article talk pages are for).
  • Another option is to fix the problems in the article, and leave a notice on the article's talk page that you think you fixed them, and you invite other editors to check the article before you remove the tag. Mention that if you get no response in two weeks, you will remove it yourself.
It's easier to answer these kinds of questions if they come with links to the specific article(s) questioners allude to. Otherwise, hypothetical questions are prone to having lots of conditional branches (if the situation is X, we would do one thing, if the situation is Y, we would do another thing, etc.). --Teratornis 03:18, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
Hi, CindyBo. Fellow British Columbian? Per what others have said, ideally the editor who placed the 'deficiency' tag will have started a thread on the talkpage outlining what is missing or needs improvement. Personally, I believe it is appropriate for an editor (even the author of the article) to remove the tag once s/he believes in good faith the concerns have been addressed, but s/he should use the talkpage thread to address the posting editor's concerns to show that the improvements have been made. If there is no talkpage thread, the improving editor can just start one saying "saw the deficiencies tag, improved the article in the following ways, removed the tag." Alternatively, if the editor who added the improvement tag didn't say why (sometimes they just put it in the edit summary so it's good to check), it is not bad form to just remove it. Some editors, out of courtesy to the editor who applied the improvement tag, just make the improvements, note them on the talkpage, and wait for another editor (not necessarily the tagging editor) to independently assess the article as 'improved' and remove the tag. Anchoress 03:40, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
Obviously some ratings though are obvious. Only a GA can be rated GA, only an FA can be rated FA, and only a stub should be rated Stub. Mr.Z-mantalk¢ 03:48, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] What are the Green plus and Red Minus numbers

What are the Green plus and Red Minus numbers I see on 'my watchlist' page between the diff/hist and the editor's name? User:Pedant 04:10, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

The number of (what was it, megabytes?) added or removed from the page--$UIT 04:12, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
Just plain bytes. I shudder to think that people have added/removed over 1GB at a time. Veinor (talk to me) 04:16, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
In other words, one byte is about one letter or character or symbol. +3 in green means three letters were added recently. -500 in red letters indicate five-hundred letters or bytes were removed. -- Hdt83 Chat 04:30, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Would like to move my page under the "Clothing Brands" Category

Username: FOKUS

The FOKUS page is completed but needs to be moved under the "Clothing Brands" Category and I can't figure out how to do this. Also, I'd like to update more information under the Company Profile for FOKUS (including when the Company was Founded, Key Players, Headquarters, etc.)

Hi, FOKUS (talk · contribs): Unfortunately, there are a few problems with your request. Wikipedia, not being a directory but rather an encyclopedia, is not organised by category like many online directories are. Rather, all the articles are just listed alphabetically, and they are tagged with categories for sorting purposes, kind of like blog posts have categories or keywords that are used as filters.
Moving your article, which you created on your userpage will not be a problem, but your article may not meet our criteria for inclusion in the encyclopedia. You need to read WP:5, WP:COI, and WP:NOT, and then if/when your article is modified to be more appropriate in terms of content and formatting, if you believe it meets the criteria for inclusion, you can either ask for help here, as you did, or post the {{helpme}} template on your user or talkpage and get help. Please ask me or anyone on this page for more assistance; we're here to help! Anchoress 05:32, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Website keeps getting deleted from the External links section

Why does my Website keep getting deleted from the Celtic Woman pages such as Méav Ní Mhaolchatha at the bottom in the External links section. Thank You for your time and God Bless!Always Remember All Things Are Possible With God !! 05:50, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

You should read Wikipedia:External links, particularly Wikipedia:External links#Links normally to be avoided. --NE2 05:54, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
(edit conflict)It appears the link you were trying to add was a link to a fansite/forum. Unless the article is about that website (which it isn't) this is generally forbidden by the external link guideline. External links should be specifically about the article's subject and should be kept to a minimum. Mr.Z-mantalk¢ 05:57, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
Also, to emphasise, you should not ever add links to your own website. You may suggest links on an article's talk page and allow the other editors to decide. Notinasnaid 06:37, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] I can't see pictures / images in the wikipedia website

Instead of pictures what appears is a small box with a red x at the top left hand side of where the picture / image is supposed to be. How can i view the pictures / images? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 196.207.31.85 (talk) 09:12, 11 April 2007 (UTC).

  • Can you give an example of such an image? What browser are you using? Can you see images elsewhere? Can you see the Wikipedia logo on the top left of the page? - Mgm|(talk) 10:18, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] delete my account

Please somebody help ....first of all i want to know where wikipedia charges for creating accounts and if it is so how can i cancel or delete my account.... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Spr sn (talk • contribs) 11:24, 11 April 2007 (UTC).

  • Wikipedia does NOT charge for creating accounts anywhere. If you made any edits we can't delete your account for legal reasons, but you always have the m:Right to Vanish. - Mgm|(talk) 11:45, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Editing Redirects

A week or so ago I removed the redirect flag from the page Copernican Revolution which inappropriately pointed to Copernican Principle, and wrote a stub article incorporating some material on the "Principle" page which was actually about the revolution. I now find that this article has vanished entirely: the redirect is back in place with no sign in the history of the edits I made. What did I do wrong? What should I do, to establish Copernican Revolution as a separate article? PaddyLeahy 11:58, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia article names are somewhat case-sensitive. The one you wrote is at Copernican revolution. Looks good! Angus McLellan (Talk) 12:13, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

(after edit conflict):Fixed. The page you edited was under Copernican revolution (second word uncapitalized), which was still a redirect to Copernican principle. I have changed where the redirect points, as noted above. I am also tagging the redirect for deletion and suggested in that tagging that once done, the stub you created be moved to that correctly capitalized name. You can normally just move a page to a new title, but not when a redirect already exists for the target name. Note that I found the "missing" article by looking at your contribution history. Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit 12:20, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for all the hints. I moved the page as you suggested. PaddyLeahy 15:11, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] starting a page like "David Hammond" when another person is already in wikipedia

Hi How to you start a page that has alread a page named after it?

roddyRoddyYoung 12:14, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

  • You want to read Wikipedia:Disambiguation. If there's already an article about a sportsman and you want to write an article about an author, you call it David Hammond (author) and refer to the page I mentioned at the start of my comment to make sure people can find it. - Mgm|(talk) 12:44, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Voting for Change

When voting for a merge and it is close between merging and not-merging, how many votes ahead would one of the choices have to be in ordered to be considered the consensus vote? Zomic_13 13:45, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

It isn't a vote. Arguments are not decided by numbers, but by the points put forward. See Wikipedia:Voting is evil. A consensus is not the same thing as a majority. Notinasnaid 13:59, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
I have to say that was very unhelpful. Instead of providing an answer to my question (or at least an alternative process), you only criticize the process that many of us have taken part in. Also, I know that a consensus is not the same as a majority. That is part of the reason why I asked my question in the first place. Can anyone else help? Zomic_13 15:38, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Resolving disputes lists a few alternative processes in this section. I'm not very familiar with wikidisputes, but it sounds like Requests for comment or third opinion would be the next step, since they're the friendliest. Those processes can lead to a compramise that every one is pretty happy with. -Haikon 16:06, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
That was a perfectly acceptable answer from Notinasaid. You asked how many votes would swing it; but it is not about votes. It is a decision-making procedure based on opinions and arguments put forth. Adrian M. H. 16:07, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
I'm sorry if you didn't find it helpful. I guess you mean this discussion. I am not criticising the participation (which seems to be reasonable and at a healthy level). However, the debate should not be concluded by counting votes, hence my post. Also, the page specifically tallies votes, and reports "Support: 7; Oppose: 3; Current Consensus: Merge." This is not a correct use of the process or of the word "consensus". Notinasnaid 17:07, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
Quoting from another related article [1]: "Factors taken into account in closing controversial requests include Wikipedia policies and guidelines, arguments presented during the discussion, and precedents drawn from other articles." No counting should take place. Notinasnaid 17:10, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cats Help

Hello,

My name is (removed) and i would very much apreciate it if you would help me by telling me the little cats name from "A Swiftly Tilting Plant", part of the "Wrinkle in time series." Although this may seem mundane and unimportant i wish to know because i remeber it meant "the love that without which the universe would crumble" and i wish to name my little girl that is on the way that. So please respond by adding that to the Swiftly Tilting Planet page, i would much appreciate it.

24.252.109.107 15:27, 11 April 2007 (UTC) (removed)

You may want to ask at the Reference Desk as well - they specialize in knowledge questions. Hersfold (talk/work) 20:23, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
The question is a bit of a stumper, but it seems one way to find the answer would be to read a copy of the book: A Swiftly Tilting Planet. If that's too difficult, maybe the answer is obtainable somewhere on the book's entry on Amazon.com. I tried Amazon's "search inside this book" using the keyword "cat"; that popped up two instances, neither of which mention a name, nor do they sound like "the little cat" you have in mind. Ah, but then I searched for "kitten" and that pops up a reference to a name: "... Meg sat up, blinking and rubbing her hand against Ananda's fur. The kitten had returned and was sleeping ...". Except that searching again for "Ananda" suggests that's the name of a dog in the book. (Cat, dog, what's the difference?) Anyway, you can have loads of fun running searches on Amazon, and eventually you could reconstruct the whole book without having to buy it. --Teratornis 22:43, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tagging Articles

How do you tag an article? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Heismanhoosier (talk • contribs) 16:04, 11 April 2007 (UTC).

Heismanhoosier 16:04, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Assuming that you can make unbiased assessments based on Wikipedia's article standards and guidelines/policies, you will find most of the tags that you need at Wikipedia:Template messages. You can probably find some guidelines on their use among the links in the help pages. See also Wikipedia:Deletion policy. Adrian M. H. 16:15, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Editing the title of an entry

I am trying to update an entry regarding a product; the name has changed since the iniatial Wikipedia page was created (not by myself or the product's owning company). Is there any way to change the title of the actual searchable entry in addition to editing the definition outlining the characteristics of this product? Is it possible to do on the same 'edit' page? 68.7.17.91 16:48, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Since you don't have an account, you cannot do that. See WP:MOVE for details. I would suggest making a request instead, for which some evidence that cites the name change would be advantageous. Adrian M. H. 17:29, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Template parameters

What is necessary to change {{ChicagoWikiProject}} to handle parameters like class and priority? TonyTheTiger (talk/cont/bio) 18:32, 11 April 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Change Stub Title

I entered a stub for a band and got a note that the title should be *** (Band). However I don't know how to change the title. When I pull up "Edit This Page" it gives me everything BUT the title.

How do I change the title of my musical stub?

Feidb 19:33, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

At the top of the page, it says "Move". Click it, then move the page to the appropriate title--$UIT 19:35, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
For more information, see: WP:MOVE. --Teratornis 22:11, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pine Bush, New York

Concerning the "Pine Bush, NY" page, an author, incidentally from New Jersey, continues to edit the page for his own personal advertisment. Specifically, his section on UFO's is solely there to help pedal his book (for which he includes a link) and has little relevance to the town and it's current facts and issues. The root of this problem is how someone, not even from the town, is able to effectively take over the page for self promotion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 150.108.160.223 (talk • contribs)

  • I don't think Wikipedia has a rule about where you live when you edit a page, though it is not fond of self promotion. Has this issue been raised on the talk page of the article? This is the first thing to do when you have a dispute. It is quite wrong to add comments like "Pine Bush doesn't want an author from NJ to use our town's page for self promotion" into a page, discussions belong on the talk page. "Pine Bush" should also understand that it does not "own" this article, that it is not there for the purposes of the promotion of the town either. Notinasnaid 19:57, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
  • To kick things off I will copy this discussion into the talk page. Notinasnaid 19:58, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Violin Concerto No. 1 (Shostakovich)

I was just looking up the article, Violin Concerto No. 1 (Shostakovich), since I performed the piece in an orchestra. The article has an error - it lists that the piece is scored for two clarinets, when in fact there are three clarinet parts. But, there is no option to edit the article, as there are for most articles - what's going on?

204.85.79.109 20:59, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Are you sure you can't see the edit this page link at the top? The article isn't protected in any way. x42bn6 Talk 21:01, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Accidental page deletion

I accidentally deleted the page on Carlos Ortega. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Finally, a username that wasn't taken! (talk • contribs).

You can't delete pages - only sysops can - although you came close to blanking it. x42bn6 Talk 21:11, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
How do I fix it? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Finally, a username that wasn't taken! (talk • contribs).
It's already been reverted by a bot. x42bn6 Talk 21:17, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
A lot of help you are —Preceding unsigned comment added by Finally, a username that wasn't taken! (talk • contribs)
I'm going to assume that wasn't malicious sarcasm. If you'd like to know how to fix such accidental edits in the future, please see WP:REVERT to see how an article may be reverted to a previous version. Dismas|(talk) 21:24, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
No, it was malicious sarcasm. That person could've done what you just did, point me in the right direction. Finally, a username that wasn't taken! 21:31, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
Take a look at WP:CIVIL. Adrian M. H. 21:34, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
Take a look at WP:LAZY. I asked how do fix it, they didn't tell. Finally, a username that wasn't taken! 21:40, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
You asked how to fix the damage done - I told you the damage had been fixed - and surely that is pointing in the right direction? Maybe I should've put the revert link in, so I apologise for that. x42bn6 Talk 22:55, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
See WP:REVERT. Answers to most questions like this are somewhere on this page: User:John Broughton/Editor's Index to Wikipedia. --Teratornis 22:01, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
Reminder to Help desk volunteers: see Wikipedia:Help desk/How to answer. It's always good to look up the document or documents that explain the answer, and provide links. This takes a few more seconds that just writing something off the top of one's head, but the links are essential so questioners can find the complete answer with all the background explanation. --Teratornis 22:06, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] How to block a user

I don't know how to report this, but user 142.156.1.223 has a lot of vandalism. Last on the Beowulf & Grendel film. If it hasn't already been done, will someone please block him or her? --Steinninn 22:24, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

I think that WP:AIV (Admin intervention against vandalism) is the place to go. Adrian M. H. 22:28, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
I have blocked the user. // PTO 22:28, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Roger Davison

I have photographs to add to my inclusion in Wikipedia,if you wish. If you give me your email address I will forward some for selection.

My email address is (e-mail addresses removed to reduce your exposure to SPAMmers)

Thank you

Roger Davison

Thank you for your interest in helping to improve Wikipedia. See Help:Image for instructions on how to upload images, and read the part about copyright and choosing a license. All images uploaded to Wikipedia must be free from copyright restriction (an exception being some fair use images, but it's best to have photos with no copyright restrictions so they can be included in more than one article). If you upload a photo of yourself, you or someone else can display it in an {{Infobox Politician}} template in the Roger Davison article. Wikipedia does not use the method of file exchange via e-mail. All the editing and file upload features are fully accessible right from your Web browser. The idea is that this is the encyclopedia anyone can edit. The whole system is set up to make individual users very self-reliant. Let us know if you have any questions about uploading your image(s), or if you need help putting them in article(s). In addition to photos, the Roger Davison article also needs references we can cite. If you know of any reliable publications providing biographical information about the article's subject, or information about his career, please list the references on Talk:Roger Davison to assist other editors. While I do not question your self-identification as the article's subject, be aware that it is not easy to determine true identities here, so the most important thing is to have reliable sources for our information, such as reputable publications known to check their facts. --Teratornis 00:15, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RefDeskBot... Broken?

It's doing funny things. [2] [3] x42bn6 Talk 23:10, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Urgh - that seems very strange. I'll fix it up tomorrow. Martinp23 23:21, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Images

How do you embed a picture into a page? Locke Kiyoshi 23:47, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

See: Help:Image. What page do you want to edit? --Teratornis 23:58, 11 April 2007 (UTC)