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[edit] June 1

[edit] Pictures Will Not Show Up

On this computer, none of the images for any of the articles will show up. How do I fix this? Thanks.

Please provide more information like which article has this problem, your computer specifications, etc. Without this info, we can't help you. -- Hdt83 Chat 00:09, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

I've had the same problem, Firefox 2.0 but same problem in IE and am using Windows XP. GDonato (talk) 16:23, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

It's possible that you've blocked the image server http://upload.wikimedia.org by mistake, or some of your software has got confused and blocked it for you. --ais523 15:07, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
(Some ad-blocking software will mistakenly interpret all Wikipedia images as adverts because they're on a different server; you need to whitelist Wikipedia if this is the case.) --ais523 15:08, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] PHYSICS / SCIENCE

DISTINGUSH AN ELECTRIC ARCH LAMP AND ELECTRIC WELDING.219.65.123.163 23:45, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Please ask questions not related to the editing of Wikipedia at the Reference Desk. You can also find out the difference by searching for theses two objects on Wikipedia. Thanks. -- Hdt83 Chat 00:08, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Radio Station Logo Use Permission Granted For Full-Size

What if the owner of a radio station grants the Wikipedia article-writter complete permission for the use of a full-sized .jpg for the station's logo on Wikipedia? For example, a top official of Vermont Broadcast Associates granted me full permission to use a full-size .jpg of the WMTK FM logo, due to the fact that my image is a scan and not the original, electronically-generated image. As you may know, there is no way that permission can be proved. I could just be saying that permission was granted but there is no way to totally prove that I have permission to use that logo. In this case, what should I do? Also, is use of radio station logos okay under "fair-use"? I notice that I see several logos posted on Wikipedia articles. Some Wikipedians claim that one should avoid the use of all images unless definite permission has been granted to use them. Other Wikipedians, however, claim that radio station logos are a very common form of "fair use". On that front, which direction should I sway toward? Thank you for your time in reading about this issue of mine.

They can email permissions-en AT wikimedia DOT org or you can forward email correspondence. Then OTRS will take care of the stuff. See WP:COPYREQ for more information. x42bn6 Talk Mess 00:57, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
See Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission for details on how to proceed from here. You will need to forward the email from the station to a Wikimedia email address listed on that page. Using a logo for identification purposes only is allowable under fair use guidelines. See WP:LOGO for more information there. Hersfold (talk/work) 00:58, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Categorizing photos

I'm a little puzzled over categorizing photos. I made the article Frank Swannell and there are many Canadian Public Domain photos (5000 or so, readily available at BC Archives) taken by him, some of which have already been uploaded to wikipedia like this one. Image:Chilco at Giscome Portage.gif It would be nice to put them in a category as we upload them for articles and to sort out the ones already uploaded. So do I make a category for Frank Swannell photos on wikipedia or wikimedia? Or both?CindyBo 00:06, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

For such media as are free, it is preferred that one upload directly to Wikimedia Commons in order that those media might be used across all Wikimedia Foundation projects; instructions for uploading may be found here (you must have an account at Commons to upload media there). For those collections that will comprise many related media, categories are very useful navigational aids, and once you have uploaded media to Commons, you may create a category of Swannell images, some of which may be additionally categorized relative to their subjects. Cheers, Joe 00:21, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
I should add that one need not upload to Wikipedia an image that he/she has uploaded to Commons; any media at Commons are accessible to all projects. Similarly, an image uploaded here that has been copied to Commons is (usually) subsequently deleted here. This occasionally presents problems for users who, unaware of the existence of Commons or unfamiliar with categorization there, don't find media that they might find were they present on a local project, and so your puzzlement is altogether understandable. Joe 00:28, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] help me

Ok,I just got signed on and I don't known how to do the my talk,my preferences,my watchlist,etc..... please help me

Could you please clarify your question? From what I could conclude, you don't understand that at the top of the page are links for each of the sections of your account. Your User Page, which you can create to describe yourself, your talk, where people may ask you questions or reply to yours, your watchlist you can add to when you view a page to now when someone changes it, and your contributions lists what you have edited on wikipedia. If you be a little more specific I'd love to help more. (Also, you may wish to sign your posts with four tildes (~~~~) to have your signature automatically attached so we know who you are.) Redian (Talk) 02:21, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User Page

How do I make a user page? Franco 01:44, 1 June 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Franky210 (talk • contribs)

Click on your user name above, type in the box and click Save page. See also Wikipedia:User page. PrimeHunter 01:49, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Connecting to wikipedia DB

is there a way i can connect to wikipedia's Data Base, to easily get articles (i'm building a program that creates crossword-puzzles, and would like to get the definitions from wikipedia).

thanks.

please answer to <email removed for security>

sorry if this is not the purpose of the Helpd Desk then sorry to bother you :)

If you're looking for definitions, you should try Wikitionary. We do not offer RSS or other feeds on general articles, if that is what you need. I believe you will have to retrieve the information manually, although you may be able to construct a bot to assist you. I have removed your email address to protect you from spam - with the high amount of traffic Wikipedia receives, it's best to avoid leaving personal contact information. Hersfold (talk/work) 03:21, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
WP:DUMP has some instructions on how to download the Wikipedia database. -- Diletante 03:35, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Making an Index

How do I make an index? I used

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But this is really hard to understand for a quick index for the users I think, is there a way to do this alphbetically ? Allow me to clarify-I have a Wiki and I am trying to set up the Quick Index, I am a Sysop, not the Sysop, but one of them, the boss is out sick, can someone please help me? Melusine_Talis,04:15,10 June, 2008

I indented the first line of your wikitext example so it would format the way you probably intended. It looks like you are trying to making links to Special:Allpages on your wiki so the special page lists page titles beginning with successively higher numbers. However, the resulting links won't be very interesting unless your wiki actually has lots of pages with titles that begin with numbers (it might, but that's a bit uncommon). You can, of course, make an alphabetic "index" (of sorts) the same way:
| '''[[Special:Allpages/A|A]]'''
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If your users don't understand what that means, just type some explanatory text before or after your line of number links or letter links. Of course if you want to make a real index, you will have to do some serious editing. Check out this beautiful handcrafted example:
--Teratornis 04:00, 1 June 2007 (UTC)


Thank you, thats a wonderful link and very helpfull, we have a lot of pages and a lot of dates, but no, the numbers are not very helpfull..

Cheers!

Mel

[edit] Warnings about editing, "vandalism", what did i do?

i keep getting warnings about being banned from editing because it says i posted vandalism. also my edit wont show up. i am trying to edit a page regarding WWE and a pay-per-view. its called WWE One Night Stand. im trying to add a match to the card. it was a lumberjack match featuring kane and mark henry. it wouldnt show up, and got warnings about being banned. here are some links: the first is the pay-per-view site. the second is my edit.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_One_Night_Stand#2007

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Patriotfan09 (talk • contribs).

Please start a new section when asking a new question. Thanks.
If you're editing from an IP address (without a registered account) it is possible that you may be receiving warnings directed at others. You may want to consider creating an account. You might also want to check Help:Editing and WP:VAND for details on how to edit and why your edits may be getting removed. Hersfold (talk/work) 03:26, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi Patriotfan09. It looks like TJ Spyke (talk · contribs) is taking issue with you "including announcements that have not yet aired on US TV or on the companies official website. This applies to match announcements, match results, and anything else not yet revealed by the company." Try responding on your talk page, or on TJ Spyke's. -SpuriousQ (talk) 03:32, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Radio Station Logo Use Permission Granted For Full-Size

24.218.183.113 04:18, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

I forwarded the official e-mail message granting permission for useage of the full-sized bumper sticker scan for WMTK FM in a Wikipedia article. I forwarded the two messages to permissions-en@wikimedia.org so you should get them soon. I have been pretty successful through this method: the method of using scanned reproductions of the graphics (as opposed to the original, electronically-generated graphics). This is usually allowed, due to the reduction in quality that results from every accumulative scanning process. Moir shows up and that must be what constitutes the "Fair-Use", as so well illustrated in the ToeJam & Earl article. Please let me know how this goes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.218.183.113 (talk • contribs) 03:52, June 1, 2007

All images must be under a general license, not just one for Wikipedia use. -Wooty Woot? contribs 08:55, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Using WP:TWINKLE

I put that into my monobook page, however, as it does work in a sense, it now has errors on the page, well, the bottom left of my browser. As I click on the "restore this version" or whatever it is they have up, but nothing actually happens. What do I actually have to do to get it to work properly? Cause I did copy and past the first item into my monobook, for all the features. Captain Drake Van Hellsing 04:41, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

What internet browser are you using? It only works on Firefox or Opera. -- Hdt83 Chat 04:42, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
Oh, it's Microsoft Internet Explorer. Captain Drake Van Hellsing 04:44, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
Thats the reason. TWINKLE is only supported on Firefox or Opera. You can download them for free if you want to. I prefer Firefox over IE. -- Hdt83 Chat 04:56, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Ah, no wonder...though, is there any script sort of thing for IE at all? Or not? Just so I know. Captain Drake Van Hellsing 05:14, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Changing the name of an article

How do I change the name of an article (really: a stub) if the name includes a factual inaccuracy?

Please see WP:MOVE, you also need a four-day-old account. PeaceNT 05:13, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
Thanks!

[edit] Clarify request in Phenomenology article

I tried to add clarification and was confused whether I should save directely onto the page, or use the Sandbox. I used the Sandbox for safety's sake,but the Sandbox just came up with a blank page on which I submitted my addition. I am also ussure of copyright as I myself have recently found the answer to this question from the URL mentioned.

Husserl charged Heidegger with raising the question of ontology but failing to answer it, instead switching the topic to the Dasein, the only being for whom Being is an issue. That is neither ontology nor phenomenology, according to Husserl, but merely abstract anthropology. To clarify, perhaps, by abstract anthropology, as a non-existentialist searching for essences, Husserl rejected the existentialism implicit in Heidegger's distinction between being (sein) as things in reality from Being (Da-sein) as the encounter with being, as when being becomes present to us, i.e. is unconcealed.

Summary I have attempted to respond to the request for clarification of Heidegger's distinction betweenbeing and Being. My info source was http://www.uni.edu/boedeker/NNhHeidegger2.doc

Please email me at [removed] with answers. Thanks, Carol

Everyone can save directly to the page. The license is either GFDL or none at all as you should never copy and paste another's work here unless it is public domain, better to write your own text conveying the same meaning and add a citation. Replied via email.—WAvegetarian (talk) 07:38, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Update of Table of Contents (TOC)

I have searched the main wiki help and editing wiki help and newbie help but cannot find the answer to my question.
I have made some typo changes to section headers (buisness to business)that I found using a google search. I made the changes and saved them but when I repeat the search it still finds the typo in the automatically generated TOC. Do TOC's get updated in a batch process of some kind or do I need to force the update? If I need to force the update could someone give me some help please. An example I edited this AM is Jon_Lord_(politician).Thanks Neggiem01 07:17, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
Having left it a couple of hours and checking again the wiki page has updated, its now the Google search so I'll go and do some more help searching. Neggiem01 08:11, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Peer reveiwed medical references

  1. Does a pubmed reference number indicate the article is from a peer reveiwed journal?
  2. If not where do I find a list of such journals acceptable for references in Wp medical pages?
  3. Is there any restriction in using pubmed reference numbers in the text of a medical page?
  4. Is there any restriction in using e-Medicine site addresses in the text of a medical page?
  5. Is there any restriction in refering to another website in the text of a medical page?
  6. How does one make a reference in the text to a specific website added to the 'other links' section, which may contain any number of links?

I wish to save a lot of time making references that are later reverted at the whim of 'experts' lets be transparent from the beginning?

you may place the answers on mytalk page, with thanks Jagra 07:28, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

All PubMed articles are from peer reviewed journals. When citing things, you should cite the actual article rather than the way you accessed it. PubMed is merely a collection of journal articles so its internal reference numbers shouldn't be used. With eMedicine, there are usually lists of primary sources used as references at the bottom. It is ideal to use primary sources. Since eMedicine doesn't use inline citations, it can be harder to find the relevant one, but that is what should ideally be used. Our guidelines for using links/references to non-Wikipedia websites is located here. For your last question, you seem to be asking how to do a <ref> tag-like thing with the other links section. This can't really be done. If it isn't a reference and it meets the guidelines linked to above, you could simply mention it in the sentence using code like [http://site.example/Page%20name.php this]. The page linked to on your talk page, WP:CITE, explains referencing on Wikipedia in more detail.—WAvegetarian (talk) 08:39, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] file upload

how to upload a photograph for an artist

You didn't ask a question, but I assume that you want help uploading a file. If you look on the left hand side of your screen in the toolbox section you will see an upload file link. Click on it.—WAvegetarian (talk) 08:39, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Main Page on Userpage

How can you put a Main Pge on a Userpage?c'mon, we've fished a good one.Kfc1864Cuba Libre! 07:59, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

You can put {{subst:Main Page}} on your user page but that'll only do it for today's main page, you'll need to change currentmonths and things to get it all to work out, I'll Try it here--User:Rock2e Talk - Contribs 08:14, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
You can also use this: {{:Main Page}} (in this rather special case, the colon indicates that you're transcluding a page from the article namespace, rather than the template namespace.) – Luna Santin (talk) 08:19, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
I think I'm done, the link is here, just copy and paste the source--User:Rock2e Talk - Contribs 08:26, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] rename pages?

How do I rename pages?

You use the move tab at the top of your screen. It will become visible to you after you've had a registered account for a period of time. I believe it is about 4 days.—WAvegetarian (talk) 08:15, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia Search Engine

Hello

I would be interested in finding out when Wikipedia's seach facility will be launched; it will be great to see some competition with Google.

Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a search engine. As far as I know, there is no plan for Wikipedia to try to compete with Google to find information on other sites for people. We are trying to collect information here in a properly referenced form such that for many topics a web search would become unnecessary. Also, Wikipedia appears on the first page of results for most Google searches as it is. There's no reason to try to compete.—WAvegetarian (talk) 09:23, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
There was something on Wikia, here is a link.--User:Rock2e Talk - Contribs 09:33, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
the R&D costs of developing a search engine to compete with google would be pretty high,no? Wikipedia only works because we work for free and feel we are doing something useful. I'm not sure many of us would a)be able to help in the construction of a free search engine or b) would find it that interesting of a thing to do. --Fredrick day 09:43, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
The questioner probably refers to the Wikia#Search Wikia, Wikia Search mentioned by User:Rock2e above. That article section does not appear to reflect some comments by Jimmy Wales about his search engine plans in his May 22, 2007 interview with Charlie Rose. In that interview, Wales said he wants to develop his search engine by using the open source model, thus bypassing the massive development costs that would be necessary to catch up to Google (effectively shifting all the costs onto a community of volunteers). Certainly, most people who are currently editing on Wikipedia lack the skills or inclination to work on a search engine project, but that is probably because the people who are editing on Wikipedia were drawn here by the nature of this project; perhaps a different project would draw different kinds of people. Wales may be thinking, hey, ten years ago nobody thought you could get volunteers to build a seriously good encyclopedia, and yet we did. Maybe volunteers can do other kinds of things that nobody thinks they can do now. In any case, Wales admitted in the interview that he had no idea whether his idea will work, just as he had no idea initially whether Wikipedia would work. Wales is certainly in a good position to try new things. Even Steve Jobs and Bill Gates have had their share of flops. --Teratornis 14:37, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

By the way, a 'Wikipedia search engine' was mentioned in a national free UK newspaper yesterday. It contained hardly any information, and I think that the newspaper must have either come across http://search.wikia.com and got confused, or found out about http://ls2.wikimedia.org/ (the new Wikipedia-only trial search engine). --ais523 14:39, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

User:John Broughton/Editor's Index to Wikipedia#Sea mentions some vertical search efforts that target Wikipedia specifically. Wikipedia's famously-deficient built-in search combined with the growing value of Wikipedia's vast content is creating a need for third parties to step in with their own search tools targeted specifically at Wikipedia. --Teratornis 15:45, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] French templates

Hi, I've translated Benfeld from the French Wikipedia, but I'm having trouble with the Administration templates. I can't find the corresponding English Wiki ones. Can anyone help? Thanks very much. --Bioarchie1234 09:56, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Adding a new page =

I posted this a while ago but it is not in the archives, nor are Mar 30th's and Mar 31's(The day I posted) questons.

Can I add a new page about I Nintendo Fan website?MattC13 11:54, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

A page about a fan site for Nintendo.... you may wish to take a look at WP:WEB but I think it would qualify as spam so no its not wise to create this article. Hope that helps! The Sunshine Man 12:09, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
(after edit conflict) Probably not. Articles must cite to independent, reliable sources that verify their content and such coverage must be of a non-trivial nature (not just mentions) to confirm that the world at large treats the subject as a notable topic. Very few online fan sites have this ability. Please see Wikipedia:Notability (web) for more on this.--Fuhghettaboutit 12:13, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Moving/deleting category?

Hello, I have a question regarding unintentional typos in category names. I created the category Category:Parallel Literature and soon after frustratingly realized that the "L" in literature should be lowercase so as to match the other literature genres in the parent category. I read on the Category help page that it's not possible to move categories, per se, but would it be possible to delete this mistaken category so that I can correctly create Category:Parallel literature? I don't see a reason for both of them to exist. Thanks! María (habla conmigo) 12:11, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

If you take it categories for discussion it will be moved if consensus is in its favour. Regards — The Sunshine Man 12:14, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
Does there need to be a discussion, though? I'm the one who created it and am well aware of my silly typo that goes against naming conventions. There is no controversy. It will most probably take five days to reach a consensus to rename the category, a consensus that will most assuredly agree with me, and I am ready to begin populating the category. María (habla conmigo) 12:21, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
So try WP:CFD#Speedy renaming and speedy merging for information on getting a speedy rename done. --Maelwys 14:18, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
Thank you, that's very helpful. María (habla conmigo) 14:38, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Edit count

Does edit count really matter and determine the importance of editors on wikipedia? Francisco Tevez 12:17, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

No. See Wikipedia:Editcountitis. Most agree that it's quality, not quantity. However, there are some times when edit count is used to gauge experience. For example, generally you must have 500 edits to use AutoWikiBrowser, and we like to see at least several thousand edits for a user to apply for adminship. tiZom(2¢) 12:36, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
"Most" may agree it's quality, not quantity, but we can all agree on what quantity is, and software can efficiently count it for us. Quality is fuzzy, subjective, and laborious to assess; few people could have the time to assess their personal definition of "quality" in the contributions of more than a handful of editors. However, sufficiently large differences in quality become less subjective: almost everyone recognizes the difference between a constructive contributor with few edits, vs. a vandal with thousands of edits (although only a very determined vandal can attain that many destructive edits, thanks to the relatively efficient anti-vandalism measures on Wikipedia).
As to what specifically edit count measures, it's probably a rough measure of an editor's grasp of Wikipedia's incredibly complex policies, guidelines, and procedures (rather than a measure of an editor's expertise in the topic areas of particular encyclopedia articles, which would be largely independent of edit count - presumably many of the world's leading experts in various fields have zero edits on Wikipedia yet). In the course of making several thousand edits to Wikipedia articles, an editor is likely to have run into a wide variety of editing situations, and had to read lots of pages in the Wikipedia: and Help: namespaces to see how to handle various cases, or to understand other editors' merciless edits to his or her work. Also see Who Writes Wikipedia which describes the division of labor between people who know about the subjects of articles vs. people who know about how to edit articles into the format Wikipedia wants. --Teratornis 15:40, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
yes - especially if you go for administration buttons - people will object on the basis that "only 2.9764% of his edits deal with copyright issues and the like" - also it's dragged up in argument "this editor only has 5 edits so we should view his edits and views with distain", "this editor has 15,000 edits so must know what they are doing about". --Fredrick day 16:42, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rockness - Band appearing on Sunday 10.06.07 on the Xposure stage.

Hi there i have just edited/added the name of Dundee Band Luva anna (Pronounced Loova Anna) who are appearing on Xposure stage at Rockness on Sunday 10.06.07. Will this information be added/updated and if so when. Can you also advise on how I can enter details of the band on a new page, giving the band members names, their managers, their history etc. Many thanks Trish Webster

This is a wiki, so things are constantly being updated. Therefore, it's impossible to know when/if this information will be updated/changed. If you'd like to create an article for the band, then click here: Luva Anna, type out your article, and save. It's important to note that Wikipedia articles generally must be considered notable (See Wikipedia:Notability). In particular, we get tons of new bands every day, and many are deleted because they are not considered notable. Please read the section on band notability at Wikipedia:Notability (music) to make sure that Luva Anna meets all of the requirements before you create an article for them. tiZom(2¢) 13:24, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] I know this isn't the place for this, but

Can someone take a look at Nathan Hamilton, please? I don't have time to go over it now, but I suspect there may be unsourced defamatory material there, so some speed would help. Thanks. Abeg92contribs 13:26, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

I have done a significant re-write, more eyes would be a good thing. Thanks. DES (talk) 16:37, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] contact e-mail address

Where can I get the Human Resource Manager's e-mail address? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 217.21.126.251 (talk • contribs).

For Wikipedia? I don't think the Wikimedia Foundation has a Human Resource Manager. Do you have a specific query? x42bn6 Talk Mess 13:37, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
You can contact wikipedia using this link: Wikipedia:Contact us. But i don't think we have a Human Resources Manager. Regards Dep. Garcia ( Talk + | Help Desk | Complaints ) 14:20, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
  • gasp* what if an employee of the foundation has a problem ? who do they turn to? --Fredrick day 14:33, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
There's always the Help desk. --Teratornis 15:21, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
It might be different now but according to a newspaper report - the Aldi supermarket chain has all of it's admin functions done centrally. So if as a member of staff you have a problem with your paycheck, you have to phone the customer helpline and wait for someone to assist you. --Fredrick day 16:44, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
Thank god i dont work for aldi =] Dep. Garcia ( Talk + | Help Desk | Complaints ) 19:18, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] SCHOOL BASED MBA PROGRAM

I am a gradaute from Bugema University in Uganda I wwish to to undertake a MBA degree but am on job where I can get time only in April,August and December.Is there such Aprogram?213.255.219.30 14:00, 1 June 2007 (UTC)email removed

We are an encyclopedia, you should try contacting Universities near where you are living. Gnangarra 14:05, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Request For De-Adminship

There is an administrator whom I believe is not a force for good, and is doing more harm than good here at Wikipedia, and has very low levels of conduct.

Is there anyway I can nomiate him for 'De-Adminship' --IvanKnight69 15:24, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Have you read Wikipedia:Requests for de-adminship? It seems likely that you'd have to take it to arbitration to get their admin privileges revoked. Without actually looking at what your case may be, I'd point out that you'd probably want to consider a request for comment first, and you'd better have some evidence of actual misuse of admin powers. Confusing Manifestation 15:32, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! :) --IvanKnight69 15:39, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] HTML code=>Wiki code

Can anyone help convert the raw text on User:Howard the Duck/Test to Wiki code? As you can see, a tournament template is there but I can't utilize it properly. --Howard the Duck 15:35, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

If you generated that code from Microsoft Excel, you might try converting a .csv file instead with this:
Also see the "Tables:" entry in User:John Broughton/Editor's Index to Wikipedia. --Teratornis 17:31, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
Whoa, this'll be great thanks a lot! weeeeeeeeee --Howard the Duck 06:20, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
Is there anyway to include formatting (like the lines)? --Howard the Duck 07:00, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
I don't know. If you don't see an option on the csv2wp Web page, then I guess you would have to get the PHP script file and hack it yourself. Or maybe you could ask the author. --Teratornis 11:15, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
FYI: I am currently in the process of programming a HTML -> Wiki converter, but it won't be up for a while, quite a few errors there. E talk 11:18, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
(reindent) I tried using macro function in Excel and it worked... sort of. I just had to manually add the lines but it wouldn't be much of a problem. Thanks for all of your help. --Howard the Duck 15:08, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
Just to keep the record of this question coherent in case anyone searches for it later, do you refer to the following Excel macro:
--Teratornis 00:00, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
Yes I referred to that Excel macro but the thing is the lines weren't carried over. --Howard the Duck 14:13, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Humorous contents?

In Spaghetti code, there are pictures of Spaghetti with humorous remarks. They do not necessarily illustrate what spaghetti code really is. I wonder if there any policy that prevents this. //Memming 16:04, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Hey - I have reverted the edit that introduced the images and captions. Whilst it was quite amusing, you are right that it was entirely irrelevant to the article. Will (aka Wimt) 16:09, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Noobie

So, I'm kind of a noob and I'm having a hell of a time trying to figure out how to write out code especially for templates. I'd like to create one but I can't figure out what to do to make it. If you have any help on how I can learn to do that I would appreciate it. Thanks! --Eris11 16:27, 1 June 2007 (UTC) 16:27, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

See Help:Template. You can request help at Wikipedia:Requested templates and Category:User template coder. PrimeHunter 17:14, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
Check through the most applicable sub-categories in Wikipedia templates, just in case there is already an ideal template, or Infobox templates if that's more relevant. Adrian M. H. 19:31, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Images

Hi-

I am sorry to ask what I'm sure you get inquiries about all the time but...

How do I adjust or add material to images to ensure that they are not deleted?

I am especially interested in my entry for Operation Moonwatch. The photos are all in public domain get I keep getting messages about their impending deletion. How do I indicate that they are "OK?"

Pmccray

When you upload the images there is a pull down menu asking you for the license under which they have been released. If these are works of the U.S. Federal Government then they are most likely public domain and therefore can be tagged with the appropriate tag. See WP:IMAGE for more info. The U.S. specific tags are at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags/USA. Dismas|(talk) 18:50, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Redirection Problem

Today I attempted my first redirection, and I'm not sure if it is working. I tried to redirect "quinces" to "quince", when "quinces" formerly redirected to "Quinceañera". In the "quinces" article edit page, I changed the target page to "quince", and the "quince" article "what links here" page says "quinces" redirects there, yet when I search "quinces" i am still sent to the "Quinceañera" page. Why is this happening, and can someone please help? Infinitejpower 19:00, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Quinces redirects to Quince just fine for me. You may want to clear your browser's cache. Dismas|(talk) 19:15, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Problem with wikitable

On the "List of Fatal Wolf Attacks" article, for some reason, the wikitable doesnt display it's full content on the main article, yet I added tons of new stuff to it which can still be seen when you try editing the page.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_wolf_attacks

It's now fixed. There was a minor problem with the way you cited sources, please see WP:FOOT for more instructions. Peacent 20:11, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

I see. Thank you.Dark hyena 20:11, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Biography

Hi,

Can I create a brief biography on myself?

Unfortunatly, no unless you are a notable person, read WP:BIO, you can not. Also it is not looked upon well even if you are notable because of a conflict of interest. --Tλε Rαnδоm Eδιτоr 20:56, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
Try piczo or myspace Regards Dep. Garcia ( Talk + | Help Desk | Complaints ) 21:02, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
Or you might create an account, make a user page about yourself. In any case, please remember WP:NOT#BLOG. Peacent 03:33, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Request protection

How do I request protection of an article from an admin? A supporter of Rep Patrick McHenry keeps deleting information on the voter fraud scandal that he's involved in. Southleft 15:19, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

First, remember when adding a new question to add it to the bottom of the page. Second, to answer your question go to WP:RPP, and follow the instructions. --Tλε Rαnδоm Eδιτоr 21:01, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] edit page?

sorry, I really don't know where to put this--but could somebody please change the "list of fruits" page that some idiot vandalized? Thank you.

Done. In the future, you can do this by going to the tab marked "History" at the top of the page, finding an unvandalized version from the list of links, and then editing and saving that one. --tjstrf talk 21:40, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks you. Much appreciated.

[edit] "MathML if possible" setting seemingly doesn't work

Wikipedia doesn't seem to be obeying Maths markup preferences set to "MathML if possible". All the other settings ("Always render PNG", "HTML if possible or else PNG", "Leave it as TeX" etc.) work fine and do what they say; but setting it to "MathML if possible" just renders pages as if it were set to the default setting (i.e. mostly PNG). I have tested this using Opera with the MathML plugin, and Firefox; both of which render MathML test pages perfectly well. (I would like to use MathML mostly because Opera's page zoom function makes the PNGs very blocky and hard to read).

Thanks in advance! -- Simxp 22:05, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/…" vs. "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/…"

Why do page URLs sometimes, after the "en.wikipedia.org" contain a "/wiki/" and sometimes a "/w/"? Hallpriest9(Talk|Archive) 22:53, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

The default URL scheme for MediaWiki is /w/index.php?title=$1&action=...; however, when articles are read, the URLs are made pretty by the server, into a /wiki/$1 form. Titoxd(?!? - cool stuff) 22:58, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
I don't think that /w/ addresses are indexed, either. x42bn6 Talk Mess 23:06, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
Right. The robots.txt file for Wikipedia is http://en.wikipedia.org/robots.txt and says:
User-agent: *
Disallow: /w/
This asks all search engines to not index pages with /w/ in the URL. PrimeHunter 00:30, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Guidelines/discussions regarding inclusion of warnings about article content

Currently there's a gentle, minor conflict going on at Robert Pickton regarding the inclusion of a warning about graphic content on the article page, and I was wondering if there are any existing policies or guidelines, or any discussions regarding the appropriateness of such warnings? Help (or if anyone wants to weigh in on the issue on the article's talkpage would be welcome. Anchoress 23:23, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

There's 2 actually. First, Wikipedia is not censored - that one is policy. Second, while this is s little different as it is just text not a template, No disclaimer templates - a guideline. Edit wars have been started over this in the past. See the history of Gangrene for a recent one. Mr.Z-mantalk¢ 23:50, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] a question about a picture- error in creating a thumbnail

I uploaded this image but it says it had an error while creating the thumbnail (it has invalid thumbnail parameters, supposedly). I tried uploading it again and it did the same thing. I asked Malcolm for assistance but I think he was unably to correct the problem. He also directed me here, so I came. When you click the "full resolution" link at the bottom of the grey field (meant to be the picture) it shows the picture correctly (especially if you increase the magnification- that's the way I created it). Could you please, first correct this problem, and second, tell me how to correct (or avoid) this in the future. If you do tell me, please respond here and my talk page (and maybe Malcolm's, but I don't know if he really wants to know...). Thank you all! In the most sincere manner, -A Sprig of Fig 23:44, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Problem solved! I killed two birds with one stone (this problem and learning how to crop). In case anyone wants to know how I did it: I took the picture I wanted to upload and cropped it (to see how, see below). Next, because it wouldn't let me save- I don't know why, I saved it under a different name again ("save as"). Then I went to the image's page and uploaded the image again. Et voilà, it was finished and good.
To crop:
  1. Go to the folder in which you saved the image (e.g. My Pictures).
  2. Right click on the image's icon and click "Edit".
  3. On the editing page, click the lower right corner and move it around to crop the image.
This works on Windows (what I use and (kind of) know how to use). It can be confusing so if you have any questions, come to me.

Because Malcolm taught me how to crop, I owe this one to him. Thanks Malc.! And thanks anyone who was going to help. In the most sincere manner, -A Sprig of Fig 00:18, 2 June 2007 (UTC)