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[edit] Fonts in svg file

Why is it that when I create an svg image with the font Scriptina (using Inkscape) and then upload it, the font appears in Verdana? Sorry if this is an obvious question, this is my first time using svg files. Thanks! Deflagro ^C/_T 00:06, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

You have to convert a text to a path. In Inkscape, I believe it's Object->Convert to Path or Ctrl-⇧Shift-C (not sure about other editors, sorry). Good luck! Xenon⁵⁴ 00:20, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Alternatively, you could choose one of the fonts that are already installed on the Wikipedia servers. This would make it a lot easier for others to edit your work in order to make corrections or translate it into another language, for example. -- Sakurambo 桜ん坊 13:13, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] 2004 budget

Run2bn8 (talk) 01:39, 24 February 2008 (UTC)you said i could see the 2004 united states federal budget if i created a account so i did where is it i film everything; some think they can call me a liar my report is due monday it show there is a report but clicking on it only leads to more questions 2006 works 2007 works why not 2004 you mislead me

Who said that you needed to create an account to see the federal budget? Corvus cornix_talk 02:11, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

There is an overall figure for 2004 at United States federal budget if that helps. SpinningSpark 02:17, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

And the reason you cannot see United States federal budget, 2004 is nothing to do with your account, it is because no one has written that article yet. That's what the red link means. SpinningSpark 02:25, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

I guess you saw a message saying you could start the article if you created an account. "Start" here means to start writing an article. There was no existing article and only users with an account can create an article. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:02, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] HEEELP ME PLEASE OH LORD

Maybe this question should be in the military talk page but also what is the project page? Okay to my second or main question, there is something weird going on when i go on to edit the bottom smaller box of Cyrus the Great, the info first of all is visible before you go edit it but when trying to edit the battles box there is nothing just blank in the editing part, press the small v as you know which means edit but there is nothing there i have to or if you can do it all over again or just put the first battle and ill add the other ones if your busy, and i dont know what to put in the first place and if i want to edit it, im afraid i destroy everything. but i dont know why its blank check it out comment on my talk and if you could in the edit put the info there i would love it, im a rookie with a busy life currently and want to donate my knowledge to Wikipedia, and if you cant fix it ill commentin the militaryhistory talk area, also if you could or cant fix it, comment on my page so i know you got this message, and thanks!--Ariobarza (talk) 02:07, 24 February 2008 (UTC)Ariobarza talk

You need to edit Template:Campaignbox Wars of Cyrus the Great. Corvus cornix_talk 02:10, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

That is true, but I too am curious why when you go to edit that box you get sent to "the Wars of Cyrus the Great" instead of "Wars of Cyrus the Great". —Noah 02:13, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Because the parameter 'raw_name' was set incorrectly. Fixed. Algebraist 02:34, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Please also be aware that the template is used in several other articles (you can get a list by clicking "What links here" while you are at the template). Be sure that your edits make sense in those articles also. SpinningSpark 02:33, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

You asked "what is the project page?" If you ask this with reference to Cyrus the Great, then go to its talk page: Talk:Cyrus the Great. At the top you will see some colored banner boxes. One says "This article is within the scope of multiple WikiProjects. Click [show] for further details." You may have read someone's imprecise reference to one of those WikiProjects. See WP:PROJ for an explanation of WikiProjects. --Teratornis (talk) 19:19, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Counting new articles by user

How may one find out how many new articles have been started by a given user? This is not a statistic provided by EditCount. Someone mentioned an admin or two who could work up the total, but the answer is lost in a sea of user talk pages. Please help! Zephyrad (talk) 02:21, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

You may want to see this; I believe it lists a tool. Keilana|^{Parlez ici} 02:42, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

You can get recent articles from Special:Newpages but I don't know how to get the historical total. SpinningSpark 02:47, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Meaning of edicate

I NEED THE MEANING OF THE WORK...EDICATE —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.80.253.200 (talk) 07:12, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Try a Google search: google:edicate. It depends on context and is sometimes a misspelling of etiquette. Have you tried the Language section of Wikipedia's Reference Desk? They specialize in answering knowledge questions there; this help desk is only for questions about using Wikipedia. For your convenience, here is the link to post a question there: click here. I hope this helps. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:06, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] searching specifically

currently there may not be an image search on wikipedia, especially animated images so if there is, how do i use it? if there isn't then how do i find images?

165.21.154.109 (talk) 09:00, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

However i may not be able to read it since i can never find anything i want in wikipedia.

Unfortunately, as you've seen, it's not very easy, as Wikipedia's built-in search engine quite frankly sucks. However, you can do a Google Image Search, and include the text site:upload.wikimedia.org in your search. This will only give you images on Wikimedia servers, and hopefully what you're looking for. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 11:27, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

You can click "Search" below the search box, and then check "Image" at the bottom of the window and use the bottom search box. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:00, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] layouts IE and Firefox

Layout of images of victims in Ipswich 2006 serial murders.I have both open at the moment; IE spaces the individual articles out with their respective image, whilst Firefox bleeds over into the next section. I do not have the knowledge to sort it, any assistance gratefully received. Edmund Patrick ( ^confer _work) 10:11, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

or better still tell me how to do it so that I can learn. Edmund Patrick ( ^confer _work) 11:44, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Cumbersome but I think I have sorted it out the long way! Please take a look, if there is a better one please let me know. Ta Edmund Patrick ( ^confer _work) 13:23, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Getting "Log in / create account" message on my talk page

For the last several days, my talk page (and only that page) has been showing a "Log in / create account" heading. If I go ahead and click on it and go through the login process (including clicking "Remember me"), I get a "Login successful" page, but upon going back to my talk page, it still says "log in / create account". I tried logging out and logging back in--no effect. I tried clearing my browser cache--no effect. Every other Wikipedia page I go to is fine: I get the "Emoll my talk my preferences my watchlist my contributions log out" heading. I'm using a Safari browser, Version 3.0.4, on Mac OS 10.4.11, in case that's relevant. Any ideas on what's going on and how to fix it? Thanks. Emoll (talk) 10:45, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

This sounds similar to the problem we've been having recently here, however the reports in that thread say that whatever the problem was, it has resolved itself. Try clearing your cache one last time, but if that doesn't work, I'd let the techies at the other end of that link know that something's still going on. Sorry I can't be of more help, but we haven't figured out what the problem was/is yet, and all attempts to fix it manually have failed. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 11:19, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Fixed (I think). Per this, any such pages need to be WP:PURGEd. Algebraist 13:18, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

It appears to be OK now. Thanks very much. Emoll (talk) 14:17, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] article deletion e.j. gold

biography of e.j. gold. <section blanked as I am fairly sure it violates WP:BLP> gold is NOT a 'notable person' in any way shape or form. an e.j. gold biography is a sick joke. it should have no place on wikipedia. please make it go away. i can't do any more. thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.212.128.119 (talk) 11:54, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

I have removed part of your post, as I feel it may break our policy on biographies of living people. Obviously, it is still visible in the page's history, if anyone needs to see it.

Would this be E. J. Gold, described as a science-fiction author and jazz musician? Unfortunately, we can't make articles "go away", even if they are very upsetting to people. Obviously, you know of Wikipedia's deletion process, which is the main way articles are removed. However, in order for this to happen, the article must be failing one of our policies, of which there are many. From a quick read-through, I can't see any outright policy violations; I know you have said that you feel unable to do anything more, but if you change your mind, there has previously been a discussion on the article's talk page in Summer 2007, which you could re-open (bearing in mind, of course, our policy on biogaphies of living people). If you don't want to participate further on Wikipedia with this issue, perhaps you could discuss your feelings about the subject with someone in the real world you trust: a family member, friend or professional - I usually find doing this helpful. --Kateshort forbob 12:57, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

(E/C) We do not delete articles about people because of allegations about them detailing their bad nature. We do, however, detail both positive and negative content but only with sources. Any negative content (especially in an article on a living person) must be sourced using high quality references, and must be written with a care not to give a disproportionate amount of space to critics, to avoid the effect of representing a minority view as if it were the majority one. I am not unsympathetic to your allegations, but they are just that, allegations backed by no proof we can check. So if you have high quality references detailing the "other side" of this individual, those can be added to the article with a careful eye toward not giving undue weight. Otherwise, they cannot. The article will not be deleted, regardless.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 13:04, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] RSS Feed for Wikipedia Pages?

Can I get an RSS feed from a Wikipedia page? For instance, when someone makes a change to a Wiki page, I want to be notified via my RSS aggregator/reader. Or is there another way to accomplish this other than RSS? Tks. 75.107.103.109 (talk) 12:49, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

There is only an RSS feed for Recent changes. However, one of the perks of signing up is the ability to have your own "watchlist", which will list all the recent changes to pages that you are watching. Xenon⁵⁴ 12:52, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Syndication. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:56, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

There's rss feeds for individual pages on the history page. --h2g2bob (talk) 13:01, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Excellent information! Thanks so much! 75.107.103.109 (talk) 18:58, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Need help answering queries on Editor Assistance Wikipedia:Editor_assistance/Requests

There is a large number of unaddressed questions on Wikipedia:Editor_assistance/Requests - could interested editors possibly drop by and see if they can lend a hand? Please and thank you. Anchoress · Weigh Anchor · Catacomb 13:27, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re-direct

I've created an article about Sir Degarè and would like to know how to have 'Sir Degare' (without an accented /e/) re-direct to the same page. Thanks. golden bells, pomegranates, prunes & prisms (talk) 14:16, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

I have created a redirect at Sir Degare with the content:

#REDIRECT [[Sir Degaré]] {{R from title without diacritics}}

PrimeHunter (talk) 14:30, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Tagging temporary facts

Is there a convention for marking facts which are useful but expire on a predictable future date and will need to be corrected or confirmed then? For example, I recently produced a simple map, showing which political party was elected in various areas, which will become obsolete at the next election (date known). I realise phrases such as "as at" can usefully mark facts as temporary, but an automatic reminder would be helpful to prompt me or someone else to revise the map. Does WP already have anything along the lines of:

George W. Bush is the current US president. {{Category:Fact_expires_January_2009}}

allowing helpful editors to search this month's category for pages to update? If not, does the idea of using categories in this way seem worth proposing, and if so where? Certes (talk) 14:41, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

As far as I know, this doesn't exist, but I think it would be very worthwhile, particularly in rapidly changing articles about breaking news events. A ecis^Brievenbus 14:44, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

See {{Update after}}. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:49, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, PrimeHunter. Update after seems to be exactly what I was looking for. It's not for rapidly changing articles, but the article I was referring to will only change every three years, so it's ideal for me if not for Aecis. Certes (talk) 15:28, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

See also Wikipedia:Avoid statements that will date quickly. —Bkell (talk) 16:24, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Moving article from User: to Main

I have created a new article, draft, on my user sub page. user adrian142/draft of Whitechapel church, Cleckheaton. I now wish to transfer this to an actual entry in wikipedia, under the title, Whitechapel church, Cleckheaton. How do I do this without having to retype it all in under the new directory heading —Preceding unsigned comment added by Adrian142 (talk • contribs) 15:22, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

If you want to move it to the article space, you can click on the Move tab on top of your screen, and enter the new name. If you do, the article will be moved to the new name. I would recommend you rewrite the article though. It contains a lot of first person talk and original research. A ecis^Brievenbus 15:35, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Near Duplicate pages

What is going on here: there are two, almost duplicate, pages: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primeval_(TV_series) and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primeval ??

They now share much of the same text, but will rapidly diverge as people find and edit one or the other page

Is there anyone who can fix this quickly? 210.17.195.50 (talk) 15:42, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

There are no duplicate article. Primeval (TV series) is a redirect to the article Primeval. That means that you will be led to the article Primeval if you enter Primeval (TV series). A ecis^Brievenbus 15:45, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Yes. By the way, the redirect was created by moving Primeval (TV series) to Primeval.[1] A move automatically leaves a redirect so links to the old name still work. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:11, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT ARTICLES. See, e.g., the date style in the first para of each article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primeval_(TV_series)

Primeval is a British science fiction drama television programme produced by Impossible Pictures for ITV. The first episode was broadcast on 10th February 2007, and was renewed for a second series by ITV, which started on 12th January 2008.

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

Primeval is a British science fiction drama television programme produced by Impossible Pictures for ITV. The first episode was broadcast on 10 February 2007, and was renewed for a second series by ITV, which started on 12 January 2008.

The redirect has failed in some way. 210.17.197.32 (talk) 16:24, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

I think you are seeing two versions of the same page. Those dates were changed from "10th" and "12th" to "10" and "12" in this edit: [2]. Visit both of your links again, and be sure to click the Refresh button (maybe while holding down Shift) to get the latest version of each page. You should see exactly the same text, because they are both the same article. —Bkell (talk) 16:31, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Here is how to tell when one article is a redirect to another article: look at the top, just below the title. If you see a line of small text that starts with "Redirected from", then you are looking at a redirect. In this case, Primeval (TV series) shows that line at the top. Clicking on the link takes you to the redirect page itself:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Primeval_%28TV_series%29&redirect=no

Another way to tell that you are viewing an article from a redirect is to click the history tab at the top, and see which article's history you are actually viewing. Redirects can be confusing and unobvious, so read Help:Redirect. --Teratornis (talk) 18:51, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] how to cite

How do I cite another form of media? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Emerybob (talk • contribs) 16:00, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Have you looked at WP:CITATION? SpinningSpark 16:05, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Spinningspark probably meant WP:CITE. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:08, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, actually I was trying to get WP:CITE/ES, but that is the top level doc. SpinningSpark 16:10, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] please I nedd help with images not displaying in I.E. 6

I would appreciate any help I can get truely desperate here I have a wiki based on mediwiki my users are restricted to i.e.6 for viewing my problem is that uploaded images (any file extension and Ihave correct extensions listed in my localsettings.php) are not showing on i.e.6 (will show on any of the newer browsers) the image is obviously there I have it to the left and ie is leaving space for it I know file paths are correct please please help me with any ideas you have Katelime (talk) 17:25, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

mw:Project:Support desk is the correct place to ask questions about MediaWiki administration. This Help desk is for questions about using Wikipedia. I'll take a stab anyway. I'm not aware of any problem with MediaWiki setup that would block images for only certain browsers; that doesn't mean there couldn't be, but usually when people have trouble viewing images on a MediaWiki that other users can see, the problem is in the user's browser setup. See the links under WP:EIW#Browser for some possible clues. You did not say how many IE6 users have this problem. Is your wiki visible to the public? Lots of people here are running lots of different browsers. --Teratornis (talk) 19:35, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Adding to page called "World Egg"

Too technically complicated for me to add online, but want to suggest adding to World egg article, from Martha Warren Beckwith's "The Kumulipo, A Hawaiian Creation Chant," (University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, HI 1972 (University of Chicago Press, 1951)) the following passage re: Tahitian creation chant, recorded by John Orsmond in 1822, and edited by his daughter, Teuira Henry for the Bishop Museum. . . "Ta'aroa was the ancestor of all the gods; he made everything. . . .He was his own parent, having no father or mother. . . .Ta'aroa sat in his shell (pa'a) in darkness (te po) for millions of ages. . . .The shell was like an egg revolving in endless space, with no sky, no land, no sea, no moon, no sun, no stars. All was darkness, it was continuous thick darkness. . . .But at last Ta'aroa gave his shell a filip which caused a crack resembling an opening for ants. Then he slipped out and stood upon his shell. . .he took his new shell for the great foundation of the world, for stratum rock and for soil for the world. And the shell. . .that he opened first, became his house, the dome of the god's sky, which was a confined sky enclosing the world then forming. . . ." Hope this is helpful, ses —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.159.56.202 (talk) 17:44, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

That's nice, but on Wikipedia we already have 2,412,096 articles, the vast majority of which need work. Thus the best way to help us is to help with our enormous backlog of cleanup tasks. For example, see: Wikipedia:WikiProject Citation cleanup and Wikipedia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check. Also, there might be copyright problems if we were to quote an extended passage directly. See WP:NOTABLE and WP:RS for more information about what constitutes a worthy topic for an article here. Creating new articles is a perilous venture on Wikipedia, as thousands get deleted for violating one or another of our many policies and guidelines. That's why it's better for new users to learn Wikipedia editing by making small edits to existing articles, which are (usually) at less risk of getting deleted if they have been around for a while. --Teratornis (talk) 19:43, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

See Creation myth#Pacific and Creation myth#Hawaiian. --Teratornis (talk) 20:32, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Inaccuracy about Couples for Christ (CFC) founder

I am writing this letter to clarify about a misrepresentation about a Christian Catholic Movement called Couples for Christ. May I suggest that please get the facts straight because there is a legal ramification about regarding the truth about the founder of Couples for Christ. I believe the information you received about the Couples for Christ is from certain group that have something against the real founder Mr. Frank Padilla.

Please look at this seriously since there are legal actions pending worldwide against the group.

Thank you —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.239.24.155 (talk) 18:47, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Please do not make legal threats on Wikipedia, or your account may be blocked. That said, if you have sources which support your claims, please bring them up on the article's Talk page. -- Kesh (talk) 01:52, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Simple directions to get a new article uploaded

I have edited some articles in the past. Now I have an original article to submit, completed in Notepad. What is the link to upload it? Or, what is the link to start a new page so it can be edited w/ Wikipedia tags? thanks. (Read for an hour without getting this specific "how-to.") —Preceding unsigned comment added by John M Eriksen (talk • contribs) 19:04, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Before creating an article, please search Wikipedia first to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject. Please also review a few of our relevant policies and guidelines which all articles should comport with. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite to reliable sources which verify their content and must not contain unsourced, negative content about living people.

Articles must also demonstrate the notability of the subject. Please see our subject specific guidelines for people, bands and musicians, companies and organizations and web content and note that if you are closely associated with the subject, our conflict of interest guideline strongly recommends against you creating the article.

If you still think an article is appropriate, see Help:Starting a new page. You might also look at Wikipedia:Your first article and Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 19:21, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User keeps adding non-free images

There is a user who has non-free images on his user page; I keep removing them as they aren't allowed, but he keeps reverting my edits. What should I do? --Noah¢s (Talk) 19:23, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Tell him why you remove them on his talk page and, failing that, report them to an administrator. Thanks, George D. Watson (Dendodge).Talk^{Help and assistance} 19:47, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Comment, What User_talk:Noahcs is referrering to is the image of the Iwo Jima flag raising: Image:WW2 Iwo Jima flag raising.jpg. In the first place, Noahcs should have expressed his concern to in the user's talk page (which is myself) instead of threatening to report him, see:[3]. Then I would have, in a civil manner, explained to him that said image is not in my "user page", but is being used in my workshop (sandbox) in an article which is still being developed. I would also have told User:Noahcs that there is a statement of rationale use in the images' page as required by Wiki policy. I am an experienced editor and I am not nor do I intend to enter an edit war. However, to all those who have a similar question, I recommend that the issues should be discuussed in a friendly manner (without threats) with the proper parties involved in their "talk pages". Thank you. Tony the Marine (talk) 00:01, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

You're right in that the first step should have been discussion, however as Wikipedia:User page#Images on user pages states, "Do not include non-free images (copyrighted images lacking a free content license) on your user page or on any subpage thereof" - which means even if you're drafting an article to go into mainspace, you need to use a placeholder, which is why I will ask you (here and on your talk page) to remove it. Confusing Manifestation(Say hi!) 01:31, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Best course of action with brewing problem

Is AN/I the best place to report something that I feel is going to be a problem but isn't right now? I'm not sure if it's going too far. My problem is the difficulties we've been having at Smarties (Nestlé). User:RAYBAN has been blocked for today for violating 3RR, but I suspect it will all kick off again tomorrow when the block ends. However, this is my interpretation of comments RAYBAN has left, and perhaps others will disagree. Maybe we just need some more eyes on this? Skittle (talk) 20:16, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

I'd wait - blocks are not preventative in nature, although Administrators can take preventative actions. I'd assume good faith and see what he does when the block finishes. But WP:AN/I is a good place to go if problems occur. x42bn6 Talk Mess 20:41, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Okay, thanks. I suppose it's not the end of the world if an article on a sweet gets filleted for a few hours. Skittle (talk) 20:44, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Creating an article

I tried to create a page. I pressed "save" after briefly describing the changes I made in the provided space above "save". When I search my article, it does not come up. Did I do something wrong?

Mercy girl96Mercy girl96 (talk) 20:53, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Your article may have been speedily deleted because it didn't meet our notability guidelines. _{WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN} ^{that one guy who buried stuff} 20:58, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

I thought the same thing, but then noticed there wasn't a notice on the user's talk page regarding it. Sometimes the articles are speedy deleted without an official notice, which really isn't good practice. When you create your own article be sure that it meets Wikipedia core policies of WP:NPOV, WP:NOR, and WP:V. I would familiarize yourself with these policies before clicking the save button. Before you go live, you may also experiment using the WP:SANDBOX. Wisdom89 _{(_T / ^C)} 21:00, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Did you create the article as "Mercy girl96"? You registered that username to recently (less that 4 days ago) to create an article. —teb728 t c 21:05, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

New accounts can create new articles immediately, I believe; it's moving a page they can't do for 4 days. --barneca (talk) 21:08, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Mercy girl96 doesn't have any deleted contributions, so her article wasn't deleted. The only edit attributed to this account is this question. Your account is very new; you didn't try to save this page before you created your account, did you? IP editors can't create new articles. If that isn't it, it was either a Windows glitch, and you've lost your work, or we need to know what the article was to see if we can possibly find another explanation. One more idea, before you close your browser, keep hitting the back button and see if you return to the edit window, and if possible copy and paste the text to Notpad or something so you can try again. --barneca (talk) 21:05, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] cite web template

Did something get goofed up in the {{cite web}} template? When I do a mouseover on the footnotes there is about ten characters of spaces following the linked article title. It has been this way for a week or two.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 20:56, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

{{cite web}} hasn't been edited since November 22. Must be something else. ---CWY2190^T^C 21:09, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

I don't know how to read the code in my monobook or anything else that might influence my mouseover. Can anyone else identify possible suspects.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 00:36, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Signature

The signature is the name and talk page. How do you make it so instead of (talk) it says something different? Imperial Star Destroyer (talk) 21:24, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

You need to click on "my preferences" at the top of the page, and on the "user profile" page, you need to enter what you want in the signature box, then tick "Raw signature". See Wikipedia:Signatures for some more information on what to do. Bencherlite ^Talk 21:45, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] How can i upload a photo to an article?

Dear Sirs, I am interested in uploading a photo. to the Florianopolis page (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florianopolis) Image:Barra da Lagoa Surfing Beach.JPG which I successfully uploaded to Wikimedia Commons. It is a photo of a beach, Barra da Lagoa. The current Beach photo for Florianopolis, is not of a beach. it is a photo of a boat on a canal. Thank you very much, Paulsobe —Preceding unsigned comment added by Paulsobe (talk • contribs) 22:31, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

You simply type [[Image:Barra_da_Lagoa.jpg]], or something along those lines. Thanks, George D. Watson (Dendodge).Talk^{Help and assistance} 22:36, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

After uploading it to Wikipedia. Thanks, George D. Watson (Dendodge).Talk^{Help and assistance} 22:38, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

There's no need to upload it to Wikipedia if it's already at the Wikimedia Commons. You can use anything at the Commons just as if it were uploaded here. See Wikipedia:Wikimedia Commons. —Bkell (talk) 22:52, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

See more at Help:Images and other uploaded files. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:40, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Barra da Lagoa

For example, the image at the right was created by typing

[[Image:Barra da Lagoa Surfing Beach.JPG|thumb|right|Barra da Lagoa]]

—Bkell (talk) 22:54, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] YELLOWPAGES.com & YELLOWPAGES.travel on Wikipedia

What are the steps required to have www.YELLOWPAGES.travel similarly placed on Wikipedia.org as www.YELLOWPAGES.com is? In particular, having a sub-domain extension like this: http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowpages.com . Please advise.

Michael Thompson Legal Counsel YELLOWPAGES.travel, Corp. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.87.134.68 (talk) 23:39, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

see Wikipedia:FAQ/Business#I_think_my_company_deserves_an_article_on_Wikipedia_but_none_exists._What_can_I_do.3F --Ybbor^Talk 00:49, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Bot Question

I have made a template called The Random Button if you haven't ever heard of it. It is a collection of articles and I edit and update the page each day. But in the future, I will not be able to do this. Can a bot pick a random button article, and give the sneak previews, and update the article automatically?--Nothing444 (talk) 23:49, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

You might want to try posting this question at Wikipedia:Bot requests. --Coppertwig (talk) 02:30, 25 February 2008 (UTC)