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Contents 1 March 6 1.1 How do I put in hyperlinks 1.2 Asking Question 1.3 Adding a Quote Header 1.4 Help with article, please 1.5 White blood cells 1.6 Removing Warning Boxes on Talk Pages 1.7 Correcting an ambiguous link 1.8 Unsuccessful log on/create account 1.9 editing a new name 1.10 adding a new model/socialite entry 1.11 Google Google everywhere 1.12 Template interwiki links 1.13 Chemistry 1.14 How to create a new page 1.15 science / aircraft 1.16 I want to improve 1.17 statistical analysis/test of hypothesis 1.18 palm date suppliers od manufacturing machines and suppliers of wrapping materials 1.19 How do I propose an article for deletion? 1.20 How to include an I am online in my profile? 1.21 Login in different language versions 1.22 Uploading Promotional band photo 1.23 How do I allow any user to edit but the edited pages only updated on wiki after being approved by moderators? 1.24 Jason Castro 1.25 Doppleganger Accounts 1.26 Writing about a term that has a deferent meaning 1.27 Looking for rule/guideline/template/essay on "Don't make intentional bad edits to test WP" 1.28 List of Article I wrote 1.29 Mercian regiment 1.30 are women suppose to be desciples or preaching in seventh-day-adventist church 1.31 Editing External Links 1.32 Talk Page 1.33 Posting an article 1.34 Wikipedia spam being sent from "Wikimedia.org?" 1.35 Main Page Down! 1.36 Twinkle

[edit] March 6

[edit] How do I put in hyperlinks

tell me please —Preceding unsigned comment added by The1edit (talk • contribs) 00:17, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

See Help:Links for more info. Soxred93 | talk bot 00:18, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Asking Question

How to make a discussion,information in wikipedia?to be viewed by researchers when they needed it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Clarissadawing (talk • contribs) 01:08, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

I'm not sure what you mean. You can start a discussion about how to improve an article on the article's talk page, which you can reach by clicking the "discussion" tab at the top of the page. If you're interested in starting a new article, than perhaps this may be of some use:

The pages at Help:Starting a new page and Wikipedia:Your first article should have most of the information you need. Before you begin, please carefully read through our policies and guidelines on notability, citing reliable sources for verification, neutrality, and formatting and article layout, where many new users commonly make mistakes. You may also want to consider checking out what Wikipedia is not, the deletion policy and criteria for speedy deletion so you know specifically what to avoid when writing your article. I hope this helps. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 01:14, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

I think I might know what you mean. But for clarification, it's not a discussion page. Every article has a discussion page though, which is called the talk page. That's the page where editors can ask questions about the article and discuss needed revisions/changes. Other than that, the above information is something you need to look into. Undeath (talk) 20:00, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Adding a Quote Header

There is an article about a person that does not contain quotes.

I would like to add a quote.

How do I create the Quotes Header?

Thank you,

Franklin222

<email removed, please see the header to this page for why>

Franklin222 (talk) 01:16, 6 March 2008 (UTC)Franklin CollettaFranklin222 (talk) 01:16, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

You might be interested in Wikiquote, one of our sister projects. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and focuses mainly on facts about people, however Wikiquote is dedicated to collections of sayings and quotes by those people. Once you've added the quotes there, you can add the {{Wikiquote}} template to the person's biography on Wikipedia. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 01:17, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Help with article, please

please help me i need to edit my article and its been protected by another user i have gone through great extents to make my article "worthy"Henslee57 (talk) 02:36, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

What article? Guerilla Marketing Talk Radio? You'll need to add reliable sources to verify assertions of notability in the article...--TBC!?! 04:45, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

I'm going to work through this bit by bit. First, I assume you're talking about Guerilla Marketing Talk Radio, and the prior version which had three ls in Guerilla. As of my writing this, the 3 l version was speedily deleted as spam, and the 2 l version has had the same tag placed on it. Secondly, you don't own articles on Wikipedia, so technically it isn't "your" article (but I'll let that slide because it's easier than saying "the article I wrote" all the time). Thirdly, it was protected by User:Orangemike because it has been deleted several times, and you have recreated it several times, which is generally considered disruptive. The idea is, presumably, that once it's deleted this time the title will be protected from recreation. I would advise you to read up on the criteria for speedy deletion, particularly A7 and G11, the inclusion guideline for businesses, the Wikipedia Business' FAQ, and for good measure what Wikipedia is not and Conflict of interest on Wikipedia, and then perhaps try creating the article in a personal sandbox - e.g. User:Henslee57/GMTR - if you feel it can be written to satisfy the inclusion guidelines without sounding like an advertisement or press release for the station. Confusing Manifestation(Say hi!) 04:46, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

And I forgot to say that once you've written it in your "userspace", to seek some external feedback to see if it really is likely to survive once it's moved into article space (which will probably require you to go to Deletion review to get the title unprotected). Confusing Manifestation(Say hi!) 04:48, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] White blood cells

I need to know: What is the function of white blood cells? What the structure of white blood cells is? What the role the white blood cell plays in the body?

131.191.23.116 (talk)Nicole —Preceding comment was added at 03:10, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. Your question appears to be a homework question. I apologize if this is a misevaluation, but it is our policy here to not do people's homework for them, but to merely aid them in doing it themselves. Letting someone else do your homework does not help you learn how to solve such problems. Please attempt to solve the problem yourself first. If you need help with a specific part of your homework, feel free to tell the folks at the Wikipedia:Reference desk where you are stuck and ask for help. If you need help grasping the concept of a problem, by all means let them know. Thank you. WODUP (talk) 03:12, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Echo the above - but Leukocyte. Wisdom89 _{(T / ^C)} 03:22, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Right. Forgot. Thanks. WODUP (talk) 04:21, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Removing Warning Boxes on Talk Pages

Is removing a legitimate warning posted on your talk page allowed or not? I was under the impression that it was not permitted. I ask this as I posted a warning on a user's talk page, but that user removed it. When I restored the warning with a message stating that it was a legit warning and that it should not be removed, it was removed again. -Zomic13 (talk) 03:41, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

It's generally seen in very bad taste to delete stuff on one's talk page, but it's their talk page and they can do whatever they want with it. Paragon12321 (talk) 03:48, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

It is completely acceptable for users to remove warnings from their talk page. This is considered to be an acknowledgment on their part, as they have to have read it in order to have removed it. The guideline on this can be found here. Lara❤Love 04:23, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Correcting an ambiguous link

I am referring to the page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ragtime_composers

As someone who knows a bit about ragtime composers, I have noted an incorrect link on the above page. The link to Rich Egan goes to a person who is NOT the ragtime composer. I verified this by email from the composer, Rich Egan, himself. He does not at this time want an article on himself, and I am not prepared to write one. Apparently, the problem was created because someone provided the list using the code

• Rich Egan "Campbellmania"

and it simply links to the one article by this name, but it is not this particular Rich Egan. The simplest thing would be to take the link out, but I assume this list is set up so that names without articles can have them created. I did read the article on disambiguation, but it wasn't exactly clear what to do about this situation. Kind of a newbie trying to get into modest correction of inaccuracies.

Jandris (talk) 04:09, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

I'd suggest linking it to Rich Egan (composer). The link will be red, but if somebody feels like making that article they can. Generally, the more popular figure has the actual page, and other people by that name have what they're notable for in brackets in their article title. Hope that helps, Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP!☺} 04:14, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Unsuccessful log on/create account

I attempted to log on , then set up a new account, perhaps 20-30 times. I successfully entered your farout words. As I said, probably 20 to 30 different words.I used the same username, an eight letter word in lowercase. I then used used a five letter word in lowercase. I checked the box to be remembered. I then clicked on log in. At no time was I successful in getting logged in. It just isn't worth investing so much time hoping to be able to gain entrance to Wikipedia. Thanks anyway . With Gassho, kobodaishi38@yahoo.com 05:39, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

What was the username? Did you get a message when you tried to create the account or log in? Is Help:Logging in of help? If the account was never created then you can ask for help at Wikipedia:Request an account. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:55, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] editing a new name

Hello, I wanted to edit a new name (Zareh Baronian, birth, 2 october), I did it, but, disappears. I really don't know why. Thank you! Sincerelly, Ileana —Preceding unsigned comment added by 5iunie58 (talk • contribs) 05:47, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

As in created a new article? If so, then there's a chance the article was deleted. An article must assert the subject's notability and have reliable sources in order for it to be kept.--TBC!?! 07:20, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Your addition of the name to October 2 was reverted in [1], maybe because it was a red link (the article didn't exist at the time). I see you have since created the article Zareh Baronian and readded the link. Can you add something to Zareh Baronian to demonstrate compliance with Wikipedia:Notability (people)? PrimeHunter (talk) 13:45, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] adding a new model/socialite entry

I would like to add a (person) new entry/listing to wikipedia. Have been unsuccessful. Please help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.109.177.31 (talk) 06:26, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

• Could you try and be a little bit more descriptive of the problem you are facing? I am not quite sure of the question you are asking. Steve Crossin (talk) 07:11, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

• • I believe you are looking for the Articles for creation page. As an anonomous user, you are unable to create pages yourself, but go there and ask for the article to be created. Hope that helps. Steve Crossin (talk) 07:15, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Google Google everywhere

Does anybody know a way to remove/discourage a userpage (mine, that is) from Google search? Like we have robot tag etc. for normal web-pages?--æn↓þæµß¶-ŧ-¢(I prefer replying to each other's talk pages.) 07:31, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Doubtful. The only way I can think of is not having a user page at all. I'm not exactly sure though.--TBC!?! 07:39, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Template interwiki links

On certain templates, the iw link for the template shows up on the page its been placed on, see: 2008 Indian Wells Masters. Does anyone know how to fix it? And what the fault is that's causing it? Yohan euan o4 (talk) 08:03, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

The fault was to place the interwiki link outside <noinclude> ... </noinclude> on the template page. I have moved it inside.[2] See Help:Template#Noinclude, includeonly, and onlyinclude. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:33, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Chemistry

how can i found wikibooks of chemistry —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.101.184.131 (talk) 08:35, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Err... search in WikiBooks? They have an entire section on chemistry.--TBC!?! 08:39, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] How to create a new page

Hi

I'm trying to load a new page containing our company profile onto Wikipedia but I'm struggling to add it. I've already gone the route of following the steps to load a new article but now it shows as my contribution and is not published on Wikipedia when I do a search on the file name. Can you please assist with the exact steps that I need to follow on doing that because currently the steps are not very clear on Wikipedia.

Thanks

Kind Regards

09:03, 6 March 2008 (UTC)~

Type the name of the article you want to create in the search box, click Go, then if no page with that title exists, click the red "Create the page" link to start editing your article. You have to be a registered user to create an article and the article must follow Wikipedia's guidelines (WP:ORG, WP:RS, WP:V). Also, since you're creating an article about your own company, be warned that it's potentially a conflict of interest.--TBC!?! 09:45, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

You could check the deletion log to see if your page was deleted. If so, it should list a reason and the username of the person who deleted it. --Coppertwig (talk) 13:32, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] science / aircraft

How the aircraft engine parts/assemblies are protected or componsated against thermal expansion during the journey, since it is subjected to an ambient teperature variation. ( example a rotating shaft & bearing.) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.22.241.30 (talk) 09:10, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Reference desk/Science.--TBC!?! 09:47, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] I want to improve

I've been using Wikipedia for awhile and I've been improving. What can I do to do more? I've been helping with articles and starting new ones, but now I want to help more. --MahaPanta (talk) 09:10, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

The deletion process, featured articles, Did you Know?, Wikiprojects, portals, good articles, editor review, requests for adminship, RC patrolling, etc. There's lots of stuff to do, so good luck and happy editing!--TBC!?! 09:39, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] statistical analysis/test of hypothesis

St.Nicholas has 500 students.The heights(in cm )of11 students chosen at random provides the following results:

175, 173, 165, 170, 180, 163, 171, 174, 160, 169,/176

Determine the limits of mean height of the students of St.Nicholas college at 1% level of significance —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.178.36.242 (talk) 09:10, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

I'm really sorry, but I'm not sure we can do your Maths homework for you :p

If you have any questions about using Wikipedia though, we'll give those a go... cheers —αlεx•mullεr 10:22, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

The Reference desk might possibly be willing to handle this sort of question, although if it's homework you should do it yourself. --Coppertwig (talk) 13:28, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] palm date suppliers od manufacturing machines and suppliers of wrapping materials

We are looking for manufacturors of machines to build a complete plant to wash clean and pachage dates and dates syrup also suppliers of wrapping materialr —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.35.72.75 (talk) 10:28, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Hello. I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over two million articles, and thought that we were directly affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the online free encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is a help desk for asking questions related to using the encyclopedia. Thus, we have no inside track on the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the left hand side of your screen. If that is not fruitful, we have a reference desk, divided into various subjects areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck. —Travis^talk 12:55, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] How do I propose an article for deletion?

Smurfmeister (talk) 11:53, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

See the guide to deletion for information. —Travis^talk 12:54, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] How to include an I am online in my profile?

One last pharaoh (talk) 12:53, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

See WP:STATUS for information on how to do that. —Travis^talk 12:56, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Login in different language versions

My login in another language version (Polish) does not appeast to work in the English version of Wikipedia. I would like to edit an article here.

Is there a setting to allow the use of a different language?

If not, do I need to have different login and "personality" in other language versions, or is there a way to have a single multi-lingual personality? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.100.50.94 (talk) 14:03, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

You must create an account at every language. It's recommended but not required to pick the same username in each language. See meta:Help:Unified login for plans which have been long underway but haven't been implemented yet. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:12, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Uploading Promotional band photo

Hello. it's some time i'm trying in different ways to finally upload a promotional shoot of the band i'm in (Dope Stars Inc.).

I really don't understand how the licensing or copyright thing should be correctly written as i find the system very hard and complex. i tried with the gnu, my own work, free licensing, fair use etc.

can you please help me with an example?

i simply have a photo shoot of my band "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dope_Stars_Inc". shooted by Enrico Caputo and is for free promotional use and published already on magazines and on the web in many places.

at the moment it is located here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Dope_Stars_Inc_2008.jpg

what should i do to avoid the image to be deleted each week?

thanks

Victor —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dopestarsinc (talk • contribs) 14:48, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

• You need to tag the image. See WP:ICT and since you are a member of the band you should read WP:BAND and WP:COI. Gtstricky^{Talk or C} 15:27, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] How do I allow any user to edit but the edited pages only updated on wiki after being approved by moderators?

Hi, I am Hari, kindly help me with this issue..I want to add an moderator functionality in my wiki..the users shall edit the page but it should not get updated untill I view it and approve it...Please help me in order to how to achieve this thing.. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.145.141.18 (talk) 15:39, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

You can't. Nobody owns an article on Wikipedia. If you don't want your writing to be edited mercilessly or redistributed for profit by others, do not submit it. --Orange Mike | Talk 15:53, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

This is the help desk for the encyclopedia Wikipedia. Are you referring to another wiki created with the same MediaWiki software as Wikipedia? PrimeHunter (talk) 16:09, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

(e/c) I'm pretty sure he's not asking about Wikipedia, but about his own wiki. If so, we still can't really help you here, since this is the Wikipedia Help Desk. Take a look at The MediaWiki website. --barneca (talk) 16:12, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

FlaggedRevs might be what you want, I think. You can see a sample of how it works at http://test.wikipedia.org/. Hope this helps. • Anakin ^(talk) 00:41, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks a lot but I still couldn't find a solution to my problem... I have implemented my own wiki using mediawiki-1.11.1 and want to add this moderator functionality in this.. where in the editted pages by the other users shall not directly get updated but should be brought to my notice first(moderator).. then after the decision of moderator they should be either approved or denied...kindly help me out by letting me know that is there any way to do so by either doing some modification in the pages of mediawiki or by adding some other code...thanks..Hari —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.145.141.18 (talk) 04:44, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

The first method that comes to my mind would be to create extra namespaces that are editable by your registered users, and viewable only by them. Your users could edit all they like in their namespaces, which would function like a giant sandbox for them, and then you the moderator could decide when to copy their edits to the (main) article namespace on your wiki, which for example you might make viewable to the world but editable only by your admins. An equivalent method would be to set up two separate wikis, the first one for aggregating content from your users, and the second for presenting your sanitized version. (Because MediaWiki was not at all designed with fine-grained access control, sometimes it is easier to set up multiple wikis to achieve different kinds of access control.) That may not be exactly what you requested, but it should get you to a similar result. I'm not sure why you would want to operate your wiki this way, however. You can always block or ban people who don't conform to your rules. Wikis work the way they do because years of practical experience have shown what tends to work best for collaborative editing. Are you approaching your wiki with preconceived ideas about how a wiki should work, or is this coming out of your own years of personal experience with administering wikis? --Teratornis (talk) 07:45, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Jason Castro

Jason Castro, a rising star on the 7th season of American Idol was found in his changing room, seizing with a brain aneurism suspected to be caused by a significant amount of cocaine and marijuana found in the room. Castro is in intensive care and doctors have a grim outlook on his outcome. “This is a huge tragedy,” judge Simon Cowell said. “Jason had amazing talent and it is a waste for him to put an end to himself in such a manner. We will support him, but I do not see him making a recovery, career-wise.”

THIS IS FALSE, RIGHT? SOMEONE POSTED THIS ON THE AMERICAN IDOL MESSAGE BOARD. YOU ARE GOING TO GET A LOT OF MAIL ABOUT THIS BETTER CORRECT IT. IT IS ON THE FOLLOWING SITE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Idol_%28season_7%29 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.97.180.114 (talk) 15:55, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Can't you just correct is yourself? Click the "Edit this page" tab above the article. And please do not shout. --grawity ^{talk / PGP} 16:41, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Doppleganger Accounts

• Hi, today my account was renamed from Cro0016 to Steve Crossin. Now, I just wanted to be 100% sure, it would be acceptable tor ecreate the old account, and declare it a doppleganger? And of course it would be a bibnon-use username. So am I allowed? And FYI, I did read [WP:SOCK#LEGIT], its just a bit unclear. Thanks Steve Crossin (talk) 16:04, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Yes, that would be fine. Not sure what a bib-use username is, but it would be fine. --barneca (talk) 16:13, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Just make sure to tag that old account's user page with {{doppleganger|Steve Crossin}}. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 16:42, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Writing about a term that has a deferent meaning

The world "Black Powder" is usually refereed to the explosive material. However, there is a similar industrial term that refers to black powder in gas pipelines that is formed due to corrosion. How can I write about the industrial black powder term?

--Almusalami (talk) 17:00, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Is it really notable enough to justify a separate article? Otherwise, I'd just mention the terminology in the gas pipeline and/or corrosion articles. --Orange Mike | Talk 17:06, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Looking for rule/guideline/template/essay on "Don't make intentional bad edits to test WP"

I occasionally see blog posts and comments with statements like "I made some bad edits to Wikipedia to see how long it would take to get fixed..." and it drives me nuts. I seem to remember seeing a nice, simple "don't do that" page on the subject. I'd like to post a link to such a page, but I can't seem to find it now...any help? Thanks! --216.62.101.13 (talk) 17:02, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Try WP:POINT! --Orange Mike | Talk 17:05, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Perfect, that's exactly it! Thanks for the quick reply. :) --216.62.101.13 (talk) 17:17, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] List of Article I wrote

Is there a way to find all article that I wrote? --Almusalami (talk) 17:50, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

You can get a list of all of your contributions by clicking on my contributions at the top every page. —teb728 t c 17:59, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Is this - Black Powder in Gas Pipelines - the article you're looking for? _{The public face of GB}^T/C 18:20, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Mercian regiment

The insignia part of the article on the Mercian Regiment is unfortunately incorrect. Each Battalion has a Flash, the 1st using the Buff/Cerise Diamond of the "22nd Cheshire" Regiment, the 2nd using the Lincoln green/Maroon diamond of the WFR, the 3rd using a black diamond with the stafford knot on and the 4th using a blue diamond with the Mercian Eagle on it. Also there is another flash for RHQ which is a Diamond consisting of the following 3 colours in equal stripes from left the right, lincoln green, buff and cerise.

If you could please update this page I would be most thankful for it.

Many Thanks,

2Lt Roberts 4th Bn, The Mercian Regiment —Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.253.85.141 (talk) 17:58, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for your suggestion. When you feel an article needs improvement, please feel free to make those changes. Wikipedia is a wiki, so anyone can edit almost any article by simply following the Edit this page link at the top. The Wikipedia community encourages you to be bold in updating pages. Don't worry too much about making honest mistakes — they're likely to be found and corrected quickly. If you're not sure how editing works, check out how to edit a page, or use the sandbox to try out your editing skills. New contributors are always welcome. You don't even need to log in (although there are many reasons why you might want to). Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 18:17, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] are women suppose to be desciples or preaching in seventh-day-adventist church

are women suppose to deliver the message of the lord —Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.21.104.253 (talk) 18:01, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

This is the Wikipedia Help Desk, which is intended to help you use Wikipedia. You may want to ask your question at the reference desk. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 18:16, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Editing External Links

Hi,

I have a large fansite relating the anime/manga series CardCaptor Sakura. I notice that there is a list of external links located at the bottom of the wikipedia page with an 'edit' link in the top right. Am I allowed to edit the page to add the link to my website without creating an account with Wikipedia or must I email you to manually add the link for me? As reference, my website link is http://ccs.flow-right.net. Thank you.

Misty —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.213.199.33 (talk) 18:25, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Such links are not appropriate, and are removed when editors spot them. See our guidelines on external links for further information. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:29, 6 March 2008 (UTC) Daddy of a CardCaptor Sakura otaku

Per Wikipedia:External links#Advertising and conflicts of interest, you are not allowed to add the link to articles. You are allowed to suggest it on Talk:Cardcaptor Sakura where other editors can review it (and may reject it). Fansites are usually inappropriate as external links. PrimeHunter (talk) 19:16, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Talk Page

Having completed a talk page, which contains a question to wikipedia on content of a user page, do you get a reply.

Therese Dvir (talk) 19:16, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

If someone happens to chance upon it and answer yes. But, generally if you need help about Wikipedia, posing the question here would be the best way to go. For more technical aspects, see the village pump. Also, WP:TALK. Wisdom89 _{(T / ^C)} 19:19, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Posting an article

I have created a page for a television news studio at a college campus. I have created my page, but I cannot find any information on how to actually post the page. I have searched for my page at Wikipedia.org, but nothing comes up. How do I get the page to appear to the public? —Preceding unsigned comment added by News36 (talk • contribs) 20:13, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

WP:ARTICLE and WP:YFA should help you out. Although, I can imagine that maybe you used the WP:Sandbox to write your article? If that is the case you simply have to search for your article, it'll be blank..cut and paste your information and click the save page button at the bottom. When creating a page, be sure that it is non-trivial and notable. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wisdom89 (talk • contribs) 20:18, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

I'm guessing they're talking about News36, which has been created (incidentally, please take a look at Wikipedia:Conflict of interest). However, Wikipedia's search engine takes a while (several days, at last count) to index new pages, so until then you won't find it. Google is often a little quicker off the mark, so try searching them with the restriction site:wikipedia.org. Confusing Manifestation(Say hi!) 22:06, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

The user had created the user page User:News36‎ at posting time and later created the article News 36‎ (with a space). There are no signs News36‎ has ever existed. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:20, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia spam being sent from "Wikimedia.org?"

I received the following email from "Wikimedia" claiming my password had been changed.

---

Original Message-----

From: wiki@wikimedia.org [3] Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 3:01 PM To: Subject: New temporary password for Wikipedia

Someone from the IP address 24.47.141.5 requested that we send you a new login password for the English Wikipedia.

The new password for the user account "[USERNAME]" is "[PASSWORD]". You can now log in to Wikipedia using that password.

If it was you who requested this new password, then you should log in to Wikipedia and change it to your desired password by clicking "My Preferences" at the top right of any page, or by visiting the following URL:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferences

If someone else made this request, or if you have remembered your password and you no longer wish to change it, you may safely ignore this message. Your old/existing password will continue to work despite this new password being created for you.

~Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mberger (talk • contribs) 21:33, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

That's real. Since you've disclosed the replacement password, I'm blocking your account for your own protection until you provide assurances that you've changed your password and are still in control of your account. —Random832 21:38, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Main Page Down!

The main page is messed up. The navigation bar to the right is missing as are the edit, history, etc. link at the top. —137.186.165.215 (talk) 22:58, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

The edit button should be missing. You cannot edit the main page unless you are an administrator. I'm not sure about the history...it's fine on mine. - Milk's Favorite Cookie 23:01, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

I have a suspicion - is it possible you pressed Alt+P by accident? This takes you to the printable version of an article, which is as you describe - no tabs up top and no navigation bar on the side. If that happens, pressing Back in your browser should do the trick. Confusing Manifestation(Say hi!) 02:47, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Twinkle

So I've started using twinkle and used it to AFD this article. However I notice that when you click on the notice that it takes you directly to editing the AFD page rather than viewing? is this a normal function of twinkle? --Fredrick day (talk) 23:23, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

It's fine for me, and I have TW. Perhaps the page cache had not been cleared on that article, and it has been now. Stwalkerster [ talk ] 23:28, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Odd, it still takes me directly to editing the page - maybe twinkle does that for the nom and is set that way so I can move straight to responding to comments? --Fredrick day (talk) 23:46, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

It's the norm, that's the way the script is set up. After you create or nominate an article for AfD using Twinkle it will take you to the page to edit. I'm not entirely sure why it does this, nor do I know of a way to change it. If anyone could answer that it would be helpful. Although, honestly, it's not really a big deal. Wisdom89 _{(T / ^C)} 23:58, 6 March 2008 (UTC)