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[edit] May 9

[edit] How can I move a page back?

Our wikiproject, Wikiproject Artix Entertainment, was moved to Sucksville. I'm a fairly new editor, so I don't know how to move it back. Could someone please assist me? Alinnisawest (talk) 00:23, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

It's already been fixed by someone. For future reference, you might want to have a read of Help:Moving a page. KTC (talk) 00:33, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Yes. All you have to do in the future is click "move" on the top tab and follow the steps there.--Ryan (talk ♠ Review) 02:05, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Although, Help:Moving a page is more detailed.--Ryan (talk ♠ Review) 02:06, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Specifically, look at this section: Help:Moving a page#Moving over a redirect, which deals with your specific question -- ShinmaWa^(talk) 06:24, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Signature

How may one use Greek characters in their pseudonym (the one that's not actually your username)? Thanks, Zrs 12 (talk) 01:58, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

I personally don't think that is possible. Is it?--Ryan (talk ♠ Review) 02:03, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Just go to your preferences and pipe your username to the characters you want to use. For example, my user name formats with the code [[User:Fuhghettaboutit]]. If I type [[User:Fuhghettaboutit|ΆάΈέΔΘΠπρΣςΦφψω]] I get the following Greek characters that are a link to my userpage: ΆάΈέΔΘΠπρΣςΦφψω. Just add something in that vein to the signature field in your preferences. Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 02:21, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Ah, that's right.--RyRy5 (talk ♠ Review) 04:28, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Aus govt material copyright

I've got a map of Australia's new extended EEZ but it is tagged as "Copyright © Commonwealth of Australia, Geoscience Australia (2008)", does this mean it is all-rights-reserved or is it released using some licence or another? Not sure which licence to upload it under or whether here or at commons. Cheers! +Hexagon1 ^(t) 02:53, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

If it's got a copyright notice, it's copyrighted. If you absolutely need it, upload it as "fair use" (see WP:Fair use for more info on that). If you don't really need that particular image, don't use it. Calvin 1998 ^(t-c) 02:59, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

I wasn't sure whether copyright notices automatically implied all-rights-reserved, after all even one's edits to Wikipedia are copyrighted but the distinction is they are released under GFDL. +Hexagon1 ^(t) 03:03, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

It's auto-implied all-rights-reserved unless specifically otherwise stated. You might want to check out the copyright policy of the place you got the image from. Calvin 1998 ^(t-c) 03:15, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

All works produced by the Australian government are under Crown copyright. It's a real nuisance, since it means we can't use Australian government material like we do US stuff (which is all public domain). See also Australian copyright law#Government-owned copyright. You might also want to ask these kind of questions at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions, Wikipedia:Australian Wikipedians' noticeboard, or on the Wikimedia Australia mailing list. Confusing Manifestation(Say hi!) 04:20, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, the United States certainly has its problems, but we seem to be way ahead of most of the world when it comes to the U.S. government's amazingly farsighted policy of not copyrighting its works. It's almost as if the lawmakers correctly anticipated and avoided the Tragedy of the anticommons which results from the nonconserved nature of information (in contrast to the conserved quantities of material and energy, which must be rationed, whether by price or other means). Good luck to our Aussie friends on talking sense to your leaders. --Teratornis (talk) 04:54, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Deleting A Page

Hi, I was doing some research on a photographer and using Microsoft Word to take notes and somehow when I made a copy of the website address I've accidentally created a new wikipedia page. Not sure how it happed, but Im trying to find how to delete it. I dont have a wikipedia user account. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.89.181.30 (talk) 03:02, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Only registered users can create a page, so I'm not sure what you saw. -- Kesh (talk) 03:04, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansel_adams_9/5/8 This is the page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.89.181.30 (talk) 03:09, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

You never created it, you only thought you did. Go here for proof. Only registered users can create articles. And next time...

Please sign your post by typing four tildes (~~~~) or clicking the signature button above the edit box (as shown to the left ←). Do NOT sign in articles..

Calvin 1998 ^(t-c) 03:13, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

IP's cannot create articles, pages, etc. But if you make an account, you can create articles, pages, etc.-- RyRy5 (talk ♠ Review) 04:27, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] to upload an article into my data base in Wikipedia

I am now a newly registered member of wikipedia with valid account. But I am unable to upload my article into Wikipedia. How to do so?

Donnipad Manjunath —Preceding unsigned comment added by Donnipad Manjunath (talk • contribs) 05:36, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Which do you mean, uploading files or creating articles? Because you should be able to create articles, as long as they follow our policies. However, you can't upload files until your account is 4 days old. Calvin 1998 ^(t-c) 05:42, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

(e/c, if it was an article) Hi, thanks for attempting to build Wikipedia! Please read through Help:Starting a new page and come back if you're still having problems. Also, when writing on discussions like this (not articles), it's good to sign your post with four tildes ~~~~ which generates your signature. Thanks! PeterSymonds | talk 05:44, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

I added a {{subst:HD/q}} to User talk:Donnipad Manjunath. It seems the new user may be falling into our Why was my article deleted? trap. Welcome to the (sometimes) cruel world of Wikipedia. --Teratornis (talk) 19:07, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Trying to edit Environmental organisations based in Australia

I am new to this.

When I go to this page and click on edit all I see is 4 lines of code, not the code for the whole page.

I want to add information on an organisation called Quest 2025 under "Q" alongside Queensland Conservation Council.

How do I get the code for the whole page to do this?

How do I make this happen? Thank you.

Where will I find your reply? In my mailbox (RainbowWarrior7 ?).

RainbowWarrior7 (talk) 06:46, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

For reference, the page queried is Category:Environmental organisations based in Australia

Oh, no, you're trying to edit a category. Categories are automatically generated from the articles themselves, so you would have to create the article, and then add a category to it. You can't add content directly to the category page. At the bottom of any article, these categories are listed, and the page automatically appears on the category page. See the link above for more info. Thanks, PeterSymonds | talk 06:55, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Signature Designing Help?

Hi there, I was wondering if it was possible to change my siganture to appear in Comic Sans MS when i type the four tildes? If anybody has this knowledge, would it be possible to supply me with the code for it for me to save it in my preferences so it appears like this whenever I sign a talk page? Just answer on my talk page or here please. Cheers in Advance, ACM2 (talk) 09:28, 9 May 2008 (UTC) :-) P.S. is it possible to make it bold as well? Cheers in Advance, ACM2 (talk) 09:29, 9 May 2008 (UTC) :-)

You can make your user name bold like this: bold text which produces: bold text. The font is altered like this: [[User:USERNAME|USERNAME]]. My sig is coded like this: [[User:Harland1|Harland1]] for example. Hope that helps. :) Harland1 (^t/_c) 09:45, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

So for comic sans MS then - [[User:ACM2|ACM2]]:[[User talk:ACM2|talk]] will give you :ACM2:talk for example. Pedro : Chat 09:52, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Hey I hate to be a bother, but could I please have the above code with the colour set to #DarkBlue? Again, I do apologise for this extra query. ACM2:talk 10:02, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

You need to then put the span inside the wiki brackets after the pipe link. e.g. [[User:ACM2|ACM2]]:[[User talk:ACM2|talk]] results in ACM2:talk .... Pedro : Chat 10:13, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Beginner's help

Resolved.

Hello,I'm a recently registered user and all the wiki code seems very complicated to me.For example,when I see someone's userpage they often have tables of some sort. But when I look at the source,all I see is some complicated Gobbledygook. Could someone please explain this to me?-Fireaxe888 (talk) 11:11, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Have a look at the syntax cheatsheet for help with using MediaWiki syntax. If you're having problems with tables, you might also want to take a look at Help:Table which will give you a few pointers. Hope that helps! haz (talk) 11:14, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

If the "Gobbledygook" is inside double braces - that is, {{stuff}} - then it's a transcluded template. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 11:27, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks a lot guys.I didn't know you could use the buttons on the top of the edit page for these things.--Fireaxe888 (talk) 11:50, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

See WP:EIW#Learning for some information about instructions for beginners, including links to books and videos. --Teratornis (talk) 20:03, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

For example, see some videos: Wikipedia:Instructional material/MediaWiki training videos. The author of the videos posted one of them on YouTube: Learn MediaWiki part 2 of 13 at YouTube. --Teratornis (talk) 20:16, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] PHOTO COPYRIGHT INFO - WHERE TO ENTER IT!!

Resolved. Three different tags have been suggested, one of them should fit...... Dendodge .. Talk^Help 15:16, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

I uploaded a photo. It now says it will be deleted unless copyright info is entered. I cannot find where to enter that info! It is a photo I took, I own the copyright. Help, please!! 41.251.46.96 (talk) 12:23, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Hi. Just add {{cc-by-sa-3.0}} or a similar tag just below the image information. -mattbuck (Talk) 12:51, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Or {{PD-author}} or {{gfdl}}...... Dendodge .. Talk^Help 15:16, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for your help! I have entered what I think is the copyright info in the right place, but the image still says "candidate for speedy deletion". Thomas T. Riley is the entry. I don't understand why it is still subject to speedy deletion! Thank you for any help!41.249.73.9 (talk) 16:43, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

What was needed was to remove the {{di-no license}} tag. I see that someone has done that for you; right? —teb728 t c 05:19, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Spam Block

I could not post an edit this morning. Instead, I received a note that I have been blocked due to a "spam block." What is this and what does it mean? How can I get unblocked?

The note said something about "myspace.com". I do not have a myspace account. In fact, I have never even been to myspace. This must be some kind of mistake. Can someone help me.

Thanks, MCB/5/9/2008

It means there was a link to MySpace on the page. That link is blacklisted, you are not blocked. Simply remove that link...... Dendodge .. Talk^Help 15:45, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

It would be best to take this up with the person who blocked you. This will appear on your talk page in your block notice. Please explain this problem and ask them to review the block. Thanks, PeterSymonds | talk 15:47, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

The user is not blocked

[edit] Category sort by number

I am editing a wiki and am trying to figure out how to get a category-list of articles to sort by a number. it is all three-digit numbers, basically, i need to be able to group articles by numbers 1-200. I have tried the "Category:X|108", this lists the article under the number "1", which comes before an article under "7" with the link "Category:X|73". i would like these articles to appear under the group "108", which should come after the group "73". Hope this makes sense and someone can help me. i have been through the help pages and have been unable to figure out how to do this...Thanks :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Torder (talk • contribs) 15:56, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Add a leading zero; i.e., "Category:X|073"; that should work. --Orange Mike | Talk 15:59, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

ive tried that, it puts "Category:X|047", "Category:X|048", "Category:X|073" all under the group "0", and "Category:X|108" under the group "1", i want the grouping to be 3-digits. In other words, I want each of these 4 articles to be in its own group, but i want to be able to add "Category:X|047" to another article, and so have two articles show up on the category page under the group "47".—Preceding unsigned comment added by Torder (talk • contribs) 16:07, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

I guess i am asking if there is someway to specify in a link in an article (that belongs to a category) how that article will be grouped/displayed on the category page, or is there someway to set up a category page to sort different articles and list them (correctly) by number. (Torder (talk) 17:45, 9 May 2008 (UTC))

WP:CAT#Grouping of pages by using sort keys seems to suggest that what you want to do is impossible with the standard MediaWiki category feature. When you say "I am editing a wiki," do you mean this is your own wiki running on the MediaWiki software? If so, you may be able to find, or write, an extension which will customize the appearance of category pages the way you want. Maybe mw:Extension:DynamicPageList would do something like you want. If you cannot find an existing extension you like, then you might consider writing your own; however, writing your own extension requires computer programming skills. A more straightforward approach would be to manually edit your own list page or navigation template. See: Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and navigational templates for a comparison of the three main ways to group articles together on MediaWiki wikis. Also see the Editor's index to Wikipedia for a large, well-developed example of an index page (but note, several Wikipedia editors spent many hours manually editing that page, as well as modifying the design over time; while the results are impressive, getting there is laborious, so you would need lots of users who could benefit from your index page to justify the manual labor to create it). If you are a programmer, you might also look into bot programs; you could probably write a bot script that would scan your wiki for pages containing various strings, tags, etc., and dynamically generate a list page from them. The sky is pretty much the limit with bots; a bot can potentially do any task having a predictable, algorithmic structure, as long as you can figure out the correct algorithm. Before you try to automate a task with a bot, you should first be able to do it by hand, without needing to think much. --Teratornis (talk) 18:25, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Assigning work to those apt to complete it

Some work, such as converting Harvard referencing style to the inline style that allows readers to flip between the text and references is cumbersome and monotonous. Is there a way of summoning ~~epsilon-minuses~~ WikiGnomes to such work, in the same way one can take an image to the Graphics Lab to be modified in some way? --145.29.22.90 (talk) 15:59, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

It's much easier for people to point out work that needs doing, than to actually do the work. (The same principle applies to real life, perhaps even more ferociously; for example it's easier to complain about potholes than to fix them.) See: WP:CLEANUP and WP:BACKLOG for some rather breathtaking evidence of this. If a job is sufficiently monotonous i.e. regular and repetitive, a bot program might be able to do it. Bot programming is not for everyone, but if you have the computer programming skills, you can do repetitive tasks that would otherwise devour thousands of hours of volunteer human labor. If you're working with citations manually, you might see WP:EIW#Citetools. I'm impressed by the WPCITE extension for the Firefox Web browser that I recently installed. It substantially reduces the pain of inserting a {{Cite web}} template. You browse to any Web page you want to cite, right click on it, select WPCITE from the context menu, and up pops a Javascript window with a mostly-populated {{Cite web}} template which you then copy and paste into the article for a little further editing. That's vastly simpler than slogging over to WP:CITET to copy a blank template call, and then do half a dozen tedious copy and pastes to populate the fields by hand, bouncing between browser tabs each time. --Teratornis (talk) 18:39, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Citing sources. You should note that Author-date referencing or Harvard is one of three acceptable reference systems. If an article currently and consistently uses Harvard style, you need to discuss changes and provide a rationale. --— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 20:35, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Redundant pages

Resolved. Replaced with a redirect by Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps)}...... Dendodge .. Talk^Help 16:27, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

How do we alert you to redundant pages. Greater Grace World Outreach Baltimore is almost the same as Greater Grace World Outreach.Spinkava (talk) 16:00, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Replace the content of the Baltimore one with #REDIRECT [[Greater Grace World Outreach]]...... Dendodge .. Talk^Help 16:03, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

I already did that. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps)} 16:04, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Question about an image

Image:Mac1-32.jpg is being used in an article about a plane that is supposedly under development. The fact that the uploader has done a terrible job of using Photoshop to erase the name and type in the "new" company leads me to believe there is some sort of problem. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find a list of reasons for deletion that fits. I don't know what argument to use for its deletion other than the fact that it's just one of the stupidest things I've ever seen. Is this an allowable image? Aside from the image, I can't tell if the article it's used in (MAC 1) and the company (Moore Aircraft Corporation) are a hoax or a conflict of interest. It's one of the two. Either the editor's name shows a conflict of interest or the fact that they are supposedly designing a new type of plane but have an image of an existing plane seems to indicate a hoax. GaryColemanFan (talk) 16:21, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

No, chances are it's a copyvio. Use {{db}}...... Dendodge .. Talk^Help 16:26, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] IMAGE CANDIDATE FOR SPEEDY DELETION

I asked this question in a space where the issue was "resolved" so sorry if I am repeating myself...but my question is after I entered in the missing copyright info, my image still says that it is a candidate for speedy deletion...however, I can't see why. Please can you help? The image in question is the one on the Thomas T. Riley page. Thank you! 41.249.73.9 (talk) 16:52, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

The tag was added directly to the article, if the copyright information is valid simply undo the edit that added the tag.--VectorPotential Talk 17:12, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] q

When will you remove the kiddie porn? Nude children is pedophelia, or dont you all know the truth?

Talking about the "Virgin Killer" from RCA's 1976 Scorpions rock album.

Look for the image from their USA album, is that too hard? Is that too conservative? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.117.149.46 (talk) 18:06, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

It's gone, get your facts right before complaining...... Dendodge .. Talk^Help 18:10, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

According to Wikipedia:Images_and_media_for_deletion/2008_May_8#Image:Virgin_Killer.jpg it's still being considered for deletion.--VectorPotential Talk 18:11, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, last time I checked it was gone from the article. I've removed it from the article again so it's not on any articles any more. Soon it will be deleted (fingers crossed)

Please sign your post by typing four tildes (~~~~) or clicking the signature button above the edit box (as shown to the left ←). Do NOT sign in articles.

Please use a descriptive title in future questions....... Dendodge .. Talk^Help 18:25, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

The IfD was closed and the image was deleted. However, many of the !voters felt that the closing admin acted against consensus and a deletion review was opened. It seems to be going the same way the IfD went; strong consensus to keep. Paragon12321 (talk) 00:02, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

"Nude children is pedophelia"

Actually, no, an image of a nude child is not pedophilia per se. At least in the USA, it's only pornographic if it involves “sexually explicit conduct” or includes "lascivious exhibition of the genitals or pubic area"[1]. Otherwise thousands of parents would be in jail for taking a photograph/video of their child's first bath! Not to mention home videos at nudist camps. -- Kesh (talk) 00:42, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Pro Wrestler naming conventions

Should they be listed as their common, wrestling names or their "real", legal names? For example, no one knows who Andre Roussimoff is. But people universally know who André the Giant is. He's a bad example cause his article is listed as such. But there are a few examples of wrestlers whose real name are listed as their article names, despite ther wrestler never using their real names and generally being recognized only as their stage names (in independent publications, websites, TV, etc). There doesn't appear to be a clear concensus with WP:PW. Any thoughts? Please, if possible, reply on my talk page. Thanks. --Endless Dan 18:21, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Will copy to talk page. I'd use the real name with a redirect from the stage name...... Dendodge .. Talk^Help 18:34, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for your response. I'm still sorta sitting on the fence on this one. I brought it up on WP:PW, but thats like opening a can of worms. WP:UCN appears to lean towards naming the articles after the wrestler's stage name. I'm still unsure. --Endless Dan 18:41, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

CM Punk (Phil Brooks) is a Featured Article. --— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 21:06, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] We have been accused of major wrong doings in a bias article

I represent an organisation called, "Messiah/Mehdi Foundation International" (MFI), we practice and preach global peace and spiritual unity with God, we are not biased, and do not represent a specific religion, rather declare that Jesus Christ is to return. We teach divine love, and practice the Religion of God, we are not against any religion, and welcome all religions to listen to our message, and at the same time belong to whatever religion they wish to belong to.

There is an organisation from Pakistan, which opposes us, and uses our Spiritual Master's name for their wrong and unlawful desires (example: money, prostitutes and undeserved attention and respect - all in the name of God). We do not speak against them and do not intrude in their work, yet they intrude our organisation and defame our organisation, whereas we teach love and respect of all humanity.

I quote a website, "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Iamsaa", this article states:

article text removed

This article has totally spoken against us, stating not even one true fact. Our organisation is very upset with this article, and protest for you to remove this article, we are terribly upset, and do wish for you to remove this. We believe Wikipedia is a fair website created and run by fair people, and humbly request you to remove this article, thank You, I expect a positive answer.

Nasir Younus <email removed> Messiah/Mehdi Foundation International (MFI) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.43.66.18 (talk) 18:23, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

That's a userpage, not an article. If you have a problem with what's on that page, you should contact that user. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 18:26, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Please sign your post by typing four tildes (~~~~) or clicking the signature button above the edit box (as shown to the left ←). Do NOT sign in articles.

Please do NOT include contact details in your questions. We are unable to provide answers by any off-wiki medium and this page is highly visible across the internet. The details have been removed, but if you wish for them to be permanently removed from the page history, email this address....... Dendodge .. Talk^Help 18:27, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

I also question the claim: "we are not biased." Every human has cognitive biases; this is directly measurable. Every human is going to have some biases no matter what; the best we can hope for is to become consciously aware of some of our biases. See WP:NPOV which is Wikipedia's attempt to address this problem. Religions in particular are hotbeds for conflict. See WP:EIW#Contro for some instructions on how to handle controversial topics here. --Teratornis (talk) 18:49, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

I have blanked the page. This is an unacceptable use of userspace and probably a BLP violation to boot. --Haemo (talk) 19:18, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

The article was deleted a month ago for notability and POV issues: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/International Spiritual Movement Anjuman Serfaroshan-e-Islam. --— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 20:40, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Did you know

Resolved.

What's going on with the Did You Know archive? Neither of today's installments are on there, nor is the one for yesterday afternoon! You've been doing a good job before then; is there anything wrong?75.104.128.39 (talk) 19:14, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

They are now. Every time an administrator removes a set of hooks from the template, they must place them in recent additions. The last update was carried out this morning at 11:11, and the one before was updated at 04:37. If you see any further problems, please see DYK's talk page for a more expert opinion. Thanks, PeterSymonds | talk 19:44, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

I just checked the archive, and I still don't see them.75.104.128.37 (talk) 21:11, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Invalid confirmation code. The code may have expired.

I just submitted a username and password to create an account and received the email right away. After clicking on the link under the text " To confirm that this user account really does belong to you and to activate e-mail features on Wikipedia, please open this URL in your browser:" it took me to a page with that error.

How do I confirm my account? I want to keep this username (it took me forever to come up with one that was accepted!) and I don't want it to expire (which it will do on May 16th).

Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.230.203.254 (talk) 21:05, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

A Wikipedia account can't expire, so you don't have to worry about that; a failure to confirm the email address simply leaves disabled the email functions. After logging in, you can remove your email account from "my preferences", save them, the add it again, and save it again. This will send a new confirmation email. Let us know if it still doesn't work. Someguy1221 (talk) 21:09, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

(ec) You'll still be able to log in, you just can't use email. weburiedoursecrets inthegarden 21:13, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

The problem is that I can't log in. I haven't been able to confirm the email address. It won't authenticate my account. It says the password is incorrect. If I try to have the system email me a new password it says that more than one password can't be requested in a 24 hour period, and I will need to wait until after that to have a new password sent to me. I guess I might have to just wait for that...? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.230.203.254 (talk) 21:25, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wayne Bridges

I keep trying to look up the ex Wrestler Wayne Bridges from Gillingham in Kent, but cannot seem to find him. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.235.236.130 (talk) 21:30, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

It appears that nobody has written an article for him yet, as it's not been deleted. Wikipedia relies on volunteers, and therefore not every subject can be covered. If you're interested in writing one, create an account and drop me a line on my talk page for assistance. Thanks, PeterSymonds | talk 21:34, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Wayne Bridges is redlinked from four articles: Special:WhatLinksHere/Wayne_Bridges. --— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 00:12, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

It seems no one has mentioned that IP's cannot create articles, pages, etc. creating an account is pretty easy actually. Just be sure if you decide you make one, that you choose a user name that is appropriate to use and that others won't be confused by it. User names like "jfnauegnuirsu" are very confusing. Just be creative really.--RyRy5 (talk ♠ Review) 00:40, 10 May 2008 (UTC)