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[edit] Delete ip address

is it possible to delete an ip address i found my ip address and i did not make any changes somehow. can i please delete my ip adresss please. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cherria2 (talk • contribs)

What do you mean by "delete ip address"? Everybody using the Internet has an ip address (but it changes for some). Wikipedia contributions by your ip address cannot be deleted on request or changed to User:Cherria2, if that is what you mean. PrimeHunter 01:34, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] (HelpMe) Chantix

A few months ago I took the prescription drug Chantix to stop smoking. I quit after 2 1/2 weeks and continued to take Chantix for 5 more weeks. Recently I have started having severe joint pain in my left shoulder and it has started to affect my right shoulder. I had a Cortisone injection and I am doing therapy 3 days a week. Has anyone else had this problem after taking this medication. My left shoulder is better but I still don't have a good range of motion in it. If it doesn't get better then my orthopedic physician will have to put me to sleep and manipulate it for me. Please, can someone help me?

Cynthia —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.226.162.24 (talk)

Wikipedia does not give medical advice. Ask your physician. -Wo o ty Woot? contribs 02:29, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Right. See also Wikipedia:Medical disclaimer. PrimeHunter 02:36, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Submitting a name of a person that has an entry of another person by the same name

I was trying to submit information for the comedian Ian Clark. There seems to be a professor Ian Clark already. What do I need to do? Do I need to make a new page? And how do I make a new page if the name is already used by Professor Ian Clark.

Create the article under Ian Clark (comedian). --Michael Greiner 03:06, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

If you find more than 3 or 4 different Ian Clarks with different jobs, you can create a disambiguation page. See Wikipedia:Manual of Style (disambiguation pages) for more information. —Spe bi 07:57, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Block over violating WP:NOT

My question is can a user be blocked for violating WP:NOT? User:Soxrock is updating the scores of sports games after each point is scored, violating WP:NOT#PUBLISHER. I warned him of this violation on his talk page, but he has continued (just look at his contributions). Is there any other course of action? --Michael Greiner 03:00, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

It doesn't seem to me that he's violating WP:NOT#PUBLISHER; did you read that section? Just ask him to update the scores after the game is over. ~ Magnus animuM ≈ √∞ 03:12, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

He is violating point #6 of WP:NOT#PUBLISHER. Another user, User:Dknights411, asked/told him that only final score is needed. --Michael Greiner 03:18, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

(Double edit conflict) I would recommend going through Dispute Resolution for this - it looks like Soxrock is a fairly established user, but by looking through his talk page it does appear he's had some issues with policy before. I do agree with what you are mentioning - constant updates like that are what cause us to have these bloody database lockdowns so often, which is why the policy is in place. If he starts to get really uncivil, then maybe bring it all the way to the Arbitration Committee, but I don't think that should be necessary. His edits appear to be in good faith, even if they are against policy, so I do not believe a block would be considered, even if requested. Good luck with that, and I hope this has helped. Added note to Magnus: I think the section in question is item 6 under PUBLISHER: "Wikipedia should not offer first-hand news reports on breaking stories. Wikipedia is not a primary source." This does seem to fall under that, IMO. Hersfold ^(talk/work) 03:20, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Going crazy trying to set up an AfD

I'm trying to set up an an Articles for Deletion entry for Pink_hat, but using the links that appear on the deletion notice tag gave me some horrible rubbish. What am I doing wrong? --Edwin Herdman 04:46, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

I think I have fixed it up now. Of the three steps, you did the first one and botched the second. I fixed the second step and completed the third. Listing at AfD is hard and confusing :( --Commander Keane 04:59, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Thank you. However, it shows somebody else as having fixed it, so apparently it's been fixed multiple times over. I don't think the template that shows up is sufficient for listing an article, and probably should be fixed (if only it were that easy). What did I do wrong, anyway? --Edwin Herdman 05:05, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

I'm not sure what you mean by "somebody else", but it's User:Commander Keane who fix it. It appears you didn't link to the right page, but substituted a non-existent template instead. That's why the afd looked like a mess :) PeaceNT 05:15, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

I've got this all sorted out. I had followed the "pre-formed" template which shows up in the tag; perhaps this was malformed or I didn't substitute something necessary which showed in. Anyway, thanks to all! --Edwin Herdman 06:19, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Does Wikipedia allow articles refering to Fanon?

I've been reading around what Wikipedia is and is not, but still I haven't been able to find the answer.

Let's put it this way. A Fandom in particular becomes relatively big, and so it creates a term about it that could be considered "Fanon Material" to which most of the fans know about and turns out to be really popular. So, considering that there are sources with information about this Fanon Material, an well-done article could be build up, but what I wonder here is if Wikipedia allows this TYPE of articles.

I've seen some articles refering to themes related to Fandom, like:

So I wondered if an article about Fanon Material could be done, of course, following the rules of Wikipedia for making an article, but I wanted to have some opinion before attempting something that might be deleted because of rules.

Could someone please answer this? Already thanks for the attention. --Alexlayer 05:01, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

There's no rule against it, as long as such an article adheres to all our content policies. If you want to try to write an article like that, go ahead. -Amarkov moo! 05:03, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

(via ec) In general, no, because it would be extremely hard to find reliable sources about fanon. For example, suppose it's considered fanon that Luke Skywalker's middle name is Erasmus. You'd need to find a reliable magazine, newspaper, book, etc. that says "while not explicitly mentioned in the films, most fans agree that Luke's middle name is Erasmus" or something along those lines. At which point you'd have enough for a mention in Luke's article. If you had a whole bunch of fanon "facts" that were all based off reliable sources, then yes I suppose you could pull off an article about it, but I don't think that's likely to happen. Or, to put it differently - yes you could, as long as you followed Wikipedia policies, but doing so would be (in my eyes) very difficult. Confusing Manifestation 05:08, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] API of WIKI

Does wiki software has its own API which I can use in my website?

Regards Vindu

User:Yurik/Query API has info on the APIs.--Commander Keane 05:21, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Linking Articles

How can I redirect user to view articles of my website to wikipedia.. Right now they are on my website. I want to make them globally accessible via wikipedia. PLease help me.. Regards Vindu

vins 05:54, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

What is the referent of "they" in the second sentence? "Users" or "articles"? And "user" in the first sentence, is that a user of your site, or a user of Wikipedia? Your question does not make clear what you want to send from your site to Wikipedia: your users, or your articles? Or do you want to download Wikipedia articles to your site? Or do you want to direct Wikipedia users to your site? You mention two sites which both have articles and users, without making clear what you want to redirect to what. Please try again. --Teratornis 06:00, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] about induction type energy meter in electrical engineering

why in the induction type energy meter has the rotating alluminium disk is perforated or doted or rough surface?

Have you tried Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in knowledge questions, and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that's what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. I hope this helps. - Mgm|^(talk) 09:05, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Electricity meter#Electromechanical meters does not say why the aluminum disk is sometimes perforated. My guess would be to promote heat transfer from the disk to the surrounding air. The article says the electricity meter consumes about two watts to generate eddy currents in the disk which cause it to spin. If that power converts into heat in the disk, the disk will heat up. In an enclosed meter, perhaps a smooth disk would get too hot. You could try calling the company which made your meter and asking them. --Teratornis 15:21, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Teratornis is correct. Geoffrey Wickham 03:56, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] getting answer to asked question

sir,

i asked question in 'wikipedia question' but i have not given my email addressed, or telephone then how can i get answer to my question,explain?

We'll type you a response on this page or your talk page, maybe? --tjstrf talk 07:38, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

I'm not sure what location you mean by "Wikipedia Question", but if you asked the question there and you don't have any messages your talk page, chances are the answer is in the same location as the question. - Mgm|^(talk) 09:04, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] how

How to i use my username and pass word

There is a login link on the top right of the screen. - Mgm|^(talk) 09:02, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Psycho-socio factors

What are the psycho-socio factors underlying the role of leadership? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.83.175.123 (talk • contribs)

Read Leadership and the articles it links to. --Teratornis 14:50, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reverse dictionary

can i type in a word meaning to find out the word that goes with that meaning? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.57.184.166 (talk • contribs)

Search wiktionary using google, use this link: [1]. This should be able to help you. ~~ AVTN ^{T C}_{V A} 17:40, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] stub

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.9.53.255 (talk • contribs)

See Wikipedia:Stub for more information, including how to find specific stub notices to add to articles. ~~ AVTN ^{T C}_{V A} 17:38, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Can I use it like a dictionary? (in reverse)

I have word meanings and I need to know the words they refer to--can you do this on this site? thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.57.184.166 (talk • contribs)

Try using Wikipedia's sister project Wiktionary, typing the meanings into the search box, and clicking on 'Search' (which will search the text of the definitions, rather than pressing Return or clicking on 'Go', which will search the titles). --ais523 10:46, 23 May 2007 (U T C)

Searching Wikipedia for reverse dictionary may help you. For example, see -onym#References / Further Reading for some reverse dictionaries and word-finding tools. Also try Google:"reverse dictionary". --Teratornis 14:58, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] I want to write a booklet on computer Engineering

Pls Wiki how can i write an handout on computer Engineering —Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.220.8.121 (talk • contribs)

Will Computer engineering suffice? If so, just hand that article out. If not, and you need to write your own, first you must know what to write, and second you must choose a tool to write it. If you want to write your handout on a wiki, you might try Wikibooks or Wikiversity, or perhaps another wiki. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, so unless your handout meets the requirements for encyclopedic content (which seems doubtful, judging from the errors of grammar, case, and punctuation in your question), someone would probably delete your handout if you wrote it here. --Teratornis 15:09, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Facebook

i would recommend not using the word "nudge" when referencing the poke feature. msn messenger might step in and say something because they use a "nudge" function which is similar to a poke.

You might want to provide more context. WilyD
- You can discuss a specific article on its corresponding talk page, in this case, that would appear to be Talk:Facebook. But your concern seems pretty trivial, if I understand it. -SpuriousQ (talk) 12:00, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] creating wikipedia pages from a database

I have been asked to investigate how to publish a database on gardens of the Czech Republic onto wikipedia. A database has already been created on the topic of Czech gardens and we are hoping that somehow this information could be directly transferred to wikipedia. There are hundreds of entries. Is there a way we can upload this database onto a wikipedia page/s? Or will we have to enter all the data individually?

You might want to request a bot to transfer the information for you; any mass upload of this sort would need to seek approval first. --ais523 13:47, 23 May 2007 (U T C)

See History of Wikipedia bots for some examples of automated mass imports of pages into Wikipeda in the past. However, setting this up could get complicated, and you will probably need to discuss it at length with someone who knows about bot programs on Wikipedia. You can facilitate such communication by creating an account, if you have not already. --Teratornis 13:52, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] How do I get a GFDL?

how do i get a GFDL so i can use pics and video properly, legally so they dont get deleted?

See: Image copyright tags. --Teratornis 13:54, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] where is the new article i created?

I just spent 30 minutes writing an addition for Wkipedia and clicked "save" but when i search for it on your website, it does not appear. what did i do wrong and how can i fix it to have it appear on your site. the heading was "Inconceivable" film.

thank you. Fertile Films

Was it self-promotion? Somebody probably deleted it, in that case. Friday (talk) 14:32, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

It appears that instead of creating it as a new article, you edited it onto the introductions page here. That page isn't the appropriate place for new articles, so it was cleaned off of there. Please follow the instructions there for details on how to properly create an article. Thanks. --Maelwys 14:34, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] an error in your Wiki "Chosun" Yi Dynasty, in Korean history

The 23rd king Sunjo (Soonjo), your web made a mistake as 24th king. You should correct this. kwang

Kwang Kim —Preceding unsigned comment added by 150.210.171.159 (talk)

What is the exact name of the article with the problem? PrimeHunter 16:48, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps Sunjo of Joseon? Also see Joseon Dynasty and Annals of Joseon Dynasty. There does seem to be an inconsistency in the listed numbers of succession. Yeongjo of Joseon is listed as the twenty-first king of the Korean Joseon Dynasty. His successor according to the navigation table at the bottom of his article was Jeongjo of Joseon, but no number appears for him. His successor was Sunjo of Joseon, listed as the twenty-fourth. His successor Heonjong of Joseon is also listed as the twenty-fourth. I'm no mathematician but something doesn't add up. Sunjo appears to be one king out of sequence. --Teratornis 17:25, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

List of monarchs of Korea#Joseon has Sunjo at 23. --Teratornis 17:28, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. I actually am a mathematician and based on my studies of number theory, this appears inconsistent with the definition of the successor function in the Peano axioms and the isomorphism to radix 10 numerals. Or in laymans terms: You nailed it. I have changed it [2] PrimeHunter 21:24, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Now that was funny. --Teratornis 02:28, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. It seems it took 5 days for a layman to understand that ;-) PrimeHunter 02:40, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] What are those boxes???

I see boxes that say things like "This user is male" "this user is addicted to video games" and others. How do I get those on my user page?

--Whatdaheck4444 15:45, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

WP:Userboxes LaraLove ^T/_C 15:49, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

(edit conflict) See WP:UBX. If you need help getting them organized, just ask. --Luigi Maniac 15:51, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Can I use my wikipedia user space to write guides (read more in text)?

I love wikipedia, and I love the way I can edit something then see the differences in my edits. I also write game guides for games which I allow multiple games websites to use. Am I allowed to use my userspace as a temporary place to edit my guides, it is quite useful to have the history. Then when I complete the guide I will request deletion of the page, and the history of the page so it won't clutter wikipedia servers. Am I allowed to do so? ~~ AVTN ^{T C}_{V A} 17:27, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

No, as policy states that users should not use his or her userspace for non-wikipedia related activities (see WP:UP#NOT). Why don't you just use a Text file? ~ Magnus animuM ≈ √∞ 17:33, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

I do but then you can't see differences. Unless you know some way. ~~ AVTN ^{T C}_{V A} 17:34, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

The MediaWiki software that powers Wikipedia stores a copy of every deleted article in its database, so everything we type here "clutters" the server whether it is visible or not. If you like editing on a wiki but your content does not meet Wikipedia's policies, look for another wiki. Search WikiIndex for "game". That finds lots of wikis, for example Encyclopedia Gamia. Gamers are one of the most wikified groups of people, so you should have no problem finding a wiki home. --Teratornis 17:37, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

(edit conflict) There are several ways; if you use Unix or Linux then the diff command is overwhelmingly likely to be on your computer already, and even on Windows such tools can be downloaded freely in various ways, but this is straying offtopic for the Help Desk (try the Reference Desk). Using a different wiki may also be a way to do it. --ais523 17:38, 23 May 2007 (U T C)

If you use Microsoft Word or one of the clones, there are "track changes" and "compare versions" functions that will do exactly what you want. alteripse 17:52, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

And of course if you like editing on a wiki, but you don't need to publish your content on a public wiki, you can install your own personal wiki and use it as an editing tool for sophisticated note-taking. See mw:Manual:Wiki on a stick. I run MediaWiki under XAMPP and it works great, even on some old computers. --Teratornis 19:17, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] linking to excel spreadsheet

I need to be able to link to a spreadsheet that is updated on a regular basis, and I have been unable to find instructions on how to do so. Is this possible? Is it possible to link to a word document? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.245.200.93 (talk • contribs)

You can link to basically any page on the Internet, in any format, like this: [http://example.org/whatever.xls Example link title for a spreadsheet]. This is often, but not always, a bad idea; see the external link guidelines. --ais523 17:42, 23 May 2007 (U T C)

If you want a Wikipedia article to automatically display new information when a spreadsheet or word document is updated, then I don't think it is possible. PrimeHunter 18:07, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

It is possible to convert an Excel spreadsheet to wikitext with the csv2wp.php converter. Depending on your skills, you might be able to write a script with Perl, PHP, or Python, etc., which would run periodically and automatically update a wiki page with content from the spreadsheet. See User:John Broughton/Editor's Index to Wikipedia#Bot. For example, you might be able to do this with The Python Wikipediabot Framework. If you are asking about how to link to files from your own MediaWiki wiki, see $wgUrlProtocols. --Teratornis 19:11, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Also see User:John Broughton/Editor's Index to Wikipedia#Imp for some links about importing files in various formats to wikitext. --Teratornis 02:25, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Request to delete pornographic image

I'd like to request a deletion of the image found at the article for chastity cage, it's an image of a penis in a clear plastic cage. At the very least, there should be a warning and a place to click to view the image if desired.. this image caught me off my guard and disgusted me. Sorry, I tried searching how to flag an image but couldn't find it.

No, see WP:NOT#CENSORED. ~ Magnus animuM ≈ √∞ 17:58, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, but unless there is something wrong with the image besides being disgusting (ie. copyright violation, poor quality, etc.) it will not be deleted. Wikipedia is not censored. Mr.Z-mantalk¢ 18:02, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] tourism

1.what is ahub air port? 2.what is a eco-tourism? 3.what is a term green tourism? 4.what is a sustainable tourism? 5.what is a ABTA? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.43.111.201 (talk • contribs)

First, none of those questions are about Wikipedia. Second, Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a help desk. See airline hub and ecotourism. --Kainaw ^(talk) 18:01, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

The Help desk is for questions related to using Wikipedia. This question should be asked over at the Reference desk. Mr.Z-mantalk¢ 18:02, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] How do i add a caption to a picture

Image caption

I would like to add a caption to a picture and i am unaware of how to do it.

Make it a thumb by using the following syntax:

[[Image:Example.png|thumb|Image caption]]

Which gives the image on the right.

You can also use other parameters, like size and alignment, by adding them to the mix:

[[Image:Example.png|thumb|right|100px|Image caption]]

Which gives the second image on the right.

Hope this helps! tiZom_(2¢) 18:15, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Recreating images and Wikipedia policy

Okay, so I've noticed a few images that are logos of organisations, and they're all tagged with {{ShouldBeSVG}} or something along those lines; if I was to recreate them as SVGs what would the licensing be? Is it the same as with the flags on Wikipedia, in that they're considered my work as I've recreated them and as such can be released in to the public domain, or would it still need a Fair Use tag and rationale? What other tags should be put with it? Thanks. :) AllynJ 19:26, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Good question... To be completely technical, since an SVG allows for infinite resolution, and since we're supposed to use low resolution for all fair use images, we're really not supposed to be converting logos. There's been a lot of discussion about this at Wikipedia talk:Logos and Template talk:ShouldBeSVG, so you might want to join in the discussion there before you spend time converting these images... tiZom_(2¢) 19:50, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

PS - regarding the flag thing, I'm still not sure why those are considered our work. I think it's an area that needs more attention. (And coincidentally, I just uploaded my first one to the Commons this morning!) tiZom_(2¢) 19:52, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Ah, okay, thank you. Neither law nor bureaucracy are my strong points so I'll probably stay out of the discussion. :P What should the articles be tagged with instead? One of them is using {{badJPEG}}, as opposed to {{ShouldBeSVG}}, should the other one be changed to that too? AllynJ 23:29, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

{{ShouldBeSVG}} is for those images that you know would be better rendered in the SVG format (logos, graphs, etc.). Likewise the {{ShouldBePNG}} template is for those images that should be rendered in PNG, but could not be done in SVG (most photos, etc.). The {{badJPEG}} and {{badGIF}} should be used when you're unsure of which format might be best.

As an aside, even if you don't participate in those discussions, do keep track of them. SVG hasn't really caught on that well, so we're always in need of artists/coders/tracers, and if the conversation sways in our direction, there would be a lot of SVG logos to create. tiZom_(2¢) 00:46, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps somebody thought this would be better at the Reference Desk. Whatever.

I checked out the pages and didn't see this. Perhaps you should Ctrl+F5 to clear the cache, or perhaps at the time you asked the question the page hadn't updated. --Edwin Herdman 20:54, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Edit Count Tool Failing

Can you tell me why this edit count tool is not properly counting edits at Rock & Roll McDonald's. It seems to be counting all other pages correctly. TonyTheTiger (talk/cont/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 20:24, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

The only thing I can think of is that it does not handle special characters well, specifically the &. Try it out on Procter & Gamble or Dungeons & Dragons. Mr.Z-mantalk¢ 20:39, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] alphabetize

I have a list of users in non-alphabetical order that I want to sort into alphabetical order. Is there an easy way to do this on wikipedia or in notepad? NoSeptember 20:36, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

If their user pages are all on your watchlist then you can click on the link on your watchlist at the top that says "display and edit the complete list". Near the bottom of that page it will list all the user pages in alphabetical order. Dismas|^(talk) 20:41, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

A good tip. Unfortunately for me, it is a list of users on project page that I want to sort. NoSeptember 20:49, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

I see you have notepad. If you know how to use a command-line program in a DOS box under Windows, then you can use the sort command [3] which sorts the lines in a text file. If you don't need it regularly then you can ask me to do it. PrimeHunter 22:05, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the tip, that will do it for me :). NoSeptember 22:27, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps you can use a sortable table? - Mgm|^(talk) 08:51, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
- That was my backup plan if I didn't find a better way. But since the list is not going to be kept in a table, it would have required some set up work just to do the sort each time. NoSeptember 11:36, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] HELP ME

I AM TRYING TO CREATE A PAGE AND LINK THAT NAMES OUR DEALERSHIP. HO DO I DO THAT?

THANKS

DANI

Please see WP:COI for why it's not advisable to write an article about yourself or an organization with which you are connected/work for/etc. Also, see WP:CORP to see if your "dealership" is notable enough for inclusion. Dismas|^(talk) 20:37, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Toyota O/D switch

Hi - Can someone pls explain the function of O/D switch in automobile ? How does it work and when I should turn that on ?

Vishal 65.161.188.11 21:00, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Not the right place to ask this type of question... try the reference desk, or the user manual for the car. tiZom_(2¢) 21:05, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image help

I want to upload an image of a notable peron onto wikipedia from this website [4]. However, it says nothing about fair use of this image. So can somebody check if it is safe for wikipedia before I upload it, just so it doesn't get deleted. Alphablast 21:09, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

It appears as if it falls under Wikipedia:Publicity photos. I'm not sure though. So it would probably be better if you waited untill somebody with more experience in that area came along. Another option would be to try to find a free image. --Random ^{Say it here!} 21:30, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

I eventually found the copyright information on the site. It said it can be used for any use except "commercial". Ok. Alphablast 21:39, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Yes, so the image cannot be used in Wikipedia - do not upload it. Wikipedia images need to be licensed freely, and allow commercial use. The only other way to use the image would be fair use, but it won't qualify in my opinion.--Commander Keane 04:38, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Semiprotection

I was just wondering about Semi-protection. I thought accounts could edit semiprotected pages, just Ips couldn't. I just wanted to edit the page José Mourinho to add a new image but I can't. So how do non-admin accounts edit Sprotected pages? Alphablast 21:54, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Accounts created within the last 4 days are also blocked. This prevents vandals from just creating accounts to get around semi-protection, but hopefully doesn't block too many legit users. You can ask for help on the talk page of the article and someone will probably add the image for you. NoSeptember 21:58, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Doheny Jr. Murder/Suicide

Dear friends. While doing research on the above subject I have found some very conclusive answers to this so-called mystery. The page on this is locked like a steel drum and I don't know how to correct some information that I have proof of. This case is still the only murder in Beverly Hills Police records that is open. Can you help me? How do I begin another page that connects to the locked page on this incident? I have read all the FAQ's and other instructions and I seem to be getting no where. I know that an injustice still persists in this event. My thanks in advance and kind regards, Dan Brosamle, Long Beach, CA.

Make sure any new information is verifiable and widely accepted. Wikipedia is not a place for original research. G y re 22:54, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Upload a translation

Hi, How can I upload a English-Spanish translation of an article that already exist in Wikipedia? Thanks Darzee

If I'm reading your question right, you want to post a Spanish translation of an article that is currently in English to the English Wikipedia. Articles in Spanish should be posted to the Spanish Wikipedia at http://es.wikipedia.org You can put it up the same way you would with the English Wikipedia. For instructions on that see, Wikipedia:Starting a new page. Dismas|^(talk) 22:45, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] wine

Im looking for a imformation on a certain wine. Its called Roux Pere & Fils, Rully, Bourgogne, France?

This is a forum for help on using Wikipedia, not a general forum for discussion of random issues. I would use the Search tool (by default on the left of the page) to see if you can find any information on the topics of Rully, Bourgogne, Roux, Pere, or Fils, independently, and search for "French wines" if that fails. Good luck. --Edwin Herdman 22:46, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

You could try a google search like this one: google:Example+subject+site:en.wikipedia.org *Cremepuff 222* 23:17, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

A Google Search on the World Wide Web finds some hits. Try this: Google:Roux Pere & Fils, or this: Google:Roux Pere et Fils. --Teratornis 18:36, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Speed deletion of article

My article on CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) was deleted by an administrator called Finngall. The reason was "blatant advertising". The fact is CLIL is a methodological approach to the simultaneous learning of content and language. It is a priority in the Educational policy of the European Commission, and the European Centre of Modern Languages, depending on the Council of Europe, has made of it one of the strands for its medium and long-term projects call for proposals. Everything I wrote in the article was documented with the appropriated bibliography, part of which were publications supported by EU funded projects, such as Leonardo da Vinci, Comenius, etc. If the fact of talking about the advantages of implementing this methodology in European schools was what made the administrator suspicious, I would like to say that it was a summary of a research article called Think Tank 2006, carried out on occasion of the CLIL Conference in Helsinki in June 2006. The research was carried out on behalf of CIMO (Finland) and supported by a EU funded Leonardo da Vinci project called CLILCOM. I'm a novice in Wikipedia, so I don't really know if this is the right place to explain the reason why I'm asking for the restoration of the article, but please take into consideration my explanation and restore it, since it doesn't have to do with advertising, but with the results of academical research on the matter. Thank you in advance. Mjfrigols —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mjfrigols (talk • contribs)

The administrator who deleted your article was Fang Aili. You need to start by discussing the issue with her on her talk page. If you cannot find resolution through that discussion, the next step would be Wikipedia:Deletion review. ~ Bigr Tex 23:16, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Finngall was the editor who proposed it for speedy deletion and used Template:Spam-warn on your talk page.[5] I haven't see the article but template messages have a standard text and may not fit a given page exactly. As BigrTex says, it was deleted by Fang Aili.[6] PrimeHunter 23:57, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

See Why was my article deleted?. And in the meantime, while you are trying to figure out why your article was deleted from Wikipedia, you should look for another wiki more welcoming to your content, and try developing your article there. (One problem with these questions about deleted articles is that many Help desk volunteers are not Wikipedia administrators and thus we lack the ability to see deleted articles, so we cannot review the articles and tell how to edit them to comply with Wikipedia's policies.) If you develop your article on another wiki, then you can come back here and give us a link to it, so we can review it and tell you what it needs to be suitable for Wikipedia. Without actually seeing your article, I can only speculate as to the problem, but if you are personally (emotionally) invested in the topic you wrote about, you may have succumbed to the temptation to use promotional language rather than the appropriately detached encyclopedic tone. Again, I emphasize I am only guessing, but that is one possible explanation for the "blatant advertising" label applied by the other editor. In any case, since you are obviously new to Wikipedia, you haven't learned to navigate Wikipedia's incredibly complex policies and guidelines which tend to eat new users for lunch, so there are any number of editing faux pas you may have unwittingly committed (although strictly speaking, these would not be faux pas because the rules are in fact pretty thoroughly written; the problem for new users is finding and reading all the manuals that apply to what they want to do).

Speaking of which, since you seemed to be involved in research about education, perhaps you would be interested in researching methods to train new Wikipedia users more efficiently than the current "method" - which evidently fell short for you. Currently, there is not much of a method for training new users; anybody can click an edit link and type whatever they want; in a disturbingly large percentage of cases, edits by new users get deleted.

To find a suitable wiki for your article, see the List of wikis, and search WikiIndex. For example, I see an Education wiki on Wikia, and a whole category full of education-related wikis. In general, wikis that specialize in a particular topic area are not as persnickety about on-topic articles as Wikipedia is. Unlike many new users seem to expect, Wikipedia actually wants only a relatively small (but still absolutely large) subset of human knowledge. See: WP:NOT.

Also note that Wikipedians are diverse, with some leaning more toward Deletionism and others toward Inclusionism. That is, some Wikipedians tend to delete articles that have problems, while others try to fix the problems and keep the articles if possible. A new user typically lacks the understanding of Wikipedia policies as necessary to placate the deletionists, or knowledge of how to find inclusionists who could help repair the problems in an article. --Teratornis 15:13, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cherokee font

Hello. I am working on having the fonts of as many languages as possible, but even though I downloaded the "Official Cherokee Font" from the Cherokee Nation web site, the Cherokee Wikipedia is still all question marks. Which font do you guys use? Thank you!

Cole Moldy

Hey there. My first guess is that your browser hasn't selected the correct encoding.

In Internet Explorer: View -> Encoding -> Unicode (or some such)

In Firefox: View -> Character Encoding. Let me know if that helps. --Edwin Herdman 23:28, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

I'm afraid to say this, but I think the font is "Trebuchet MS". *Cremepuff 222* 23:31, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Cherokee uses its own alphabet. "Trebuchet MS" should render the English text (including the instructions on the Unicode help page) correctly, but you will still have to find an appropriate font. I believe Cole has done so, but the browser hasn't selected the appropriate encoding. --Edwin Herdman 00:34, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] : sulfur

I need sulfur for jordan

Please remember that the help desk is for questions regarding the use of Wikipedia; for other questions, see the reference desk. If you want to find the sulphur article, it's at sulphur. Also, please sign your posts with four tildes (~~~~). Thanks! *Cremepuff 222* 00:00, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Starting a new page

How do I create a new article? When I search the name, other articles come up, leaving me clueless as to how to start a new one.

Well, if other articles appear when you search for an article, doesn't that mean that the article's arleady been created? :) See Wikipedia:Starting a new page, and make sure the subject is notable enough to be on Wikipedia. *Cremepuff 222* 23:50, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

I think the poster means that they type what name they want for the article into the search box, which brings up a search rather than any way to create an article. One little hint is this - instead of pressing enter in the search box, click the "Go" button. That still brings up the search, but it includes a header with a link allowing you to create the page, for example Red link (don't create this page, of course). Confusing Manifestation 00:57, 24 May 2007 (UTC)