User:Shell Kinney/Boiler
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[edit] Unblock requests
[edit] Username block corporate
Your user name is a violation of our [[WP:U|user name policy]] because it contains the name of an organization. You, however, are not banned and are not prohibited from editing. If you log out, you should immediately be able to create a new account. Please create a username for YOU PERSONALLY, not for your organization - shared or corporate accounts are not permitted. Please also see our [[WP:COI|conflict of interest]] policy concerning editing articles about yourself or your own organization. If you log out and are unable to immediately create an account, please post another {{tl|unblock}} request here so that we can try to figure out why. Thank you.
[edit] Not enough information
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- your IP address,
- your blocking administrator, and
- the reason you were blocked.
The above should be available to you when you try to edit a page and load the 'you have been blocked' page. I suggest you copy-paste this (to avoid spelling errors) along with an explanation of why you think your block is unfair, and resend it to unblock-en-l@lists.wikimedia.org. Hopefully someone will then be able to assist you.
[edit] Account creation requests
[edit] I want to make an account
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[edit] I can't remember my password
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[edit] Helpdesk-l templates
[edit] AOL problems creating account
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[edit] AOL account seeing warnings
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Because of this problem, we put a notice on the talk page to explain that messages may refer to other users. If the message does not apply to you, then you can simply ignore the comment.
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[edit] Accuracy of Wikipedia
Wikipedia relies on the good will and hard work of our thousands of volunteer editors. Although we always have some visitors who insert faulty information we find that the balance is positive and that more people fix problems than introduce them.
We have various tools to help contributors check new edits: we have a "recent changes" page that lists new contributions, and "watch lists" which allow editors to closely monitor pages they are interested in. The editing and verification of the text works on the same open-source principle as other aspects of the site with thousands of contributors visiting the site and checking each other's edits. One of our most important policies is that articles should be written from a "neutral point of view", which reduces the problem of people adding their opinion rather than facts. This policy is explained at: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view>
Another important policy is verifiability, which states that all contributions should be well-researched from credible sources; information which is not may be removed. We do not allow original research, and we strongly encourage our contributors to cite references for all material added. One of the most important discussions on Wikipedia at the moment is how we can take the project to the next level. We are considering various strategies including intensive fact checking of particular versions of articles, labelling verified versions as "stable", highlighting the best of our articles, and software changes to enable selection between "verified" and "live" versions. Some of this work is already underway; other aspects are still under discussion. We hope that this ongoing work will lead to the eventual publication of a print version or CD/DVD.
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You can read more discussion of some of these issues at: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Replies_to_common_objections>
[edit] Add an image
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5. Select the appropriate license for the file
6. Edit the page you want the image to appear on, and include in the place you want the image to appear:
[[Image:(Filename you chose in step 4).(extension of file, case sensitive)|thumb|Caption text]]
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[edit] Author claims copyright
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In addition, we need to know exactly which article or articles contain the copyrighted material in question; the English Wikipedia has over 800,000 articles and finding the one you're referring to knowing only the topic of the article can be quite difficult.
Thank you for your understanding. We do this in order to protect the copyrights of authors who do not wish their work submitted to Wikipedia, and we apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you.
There's a few other Wikipedia policies you might want to review: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing_policy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not
Also, you will need to be aware that per the nature of a wiki, the article you create will be editable by all other editors and may be nominated for deletion under other criteria if it does not meet our guidelines for inclusion.
[edit] Citing Wikipedia
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[edit] Dispute over content
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Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia.
[edit] Dispute over sourced information
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[edit] Error in article
Thank you, I've fixed the error in <the article>.
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[edit] Job question
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[edit] Link exchange
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[edit] Misdirected
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[edit] More specific statement of permission (using someone else's work)
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[edit] More specific statement of permission (text)
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[edit] Not a
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[edit] Muhammad cartoons
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[edit] Muhammad image
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Wikipedia cannot guarantee that articles or images will be tasteful to all users or adhere to specific social or religious norms or requirements. On specific articles such as the one you mention, it would be very difficult to give full and accurate information without including images. I hope that you will understand our desire to give all the information available to our readers.
[edit] Refer to RefDesk
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However, there is a page on the English Wikipedia where various volunteers try to answer questions such as yours, called the Reference Desk <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk>. Try to be as specific as you can to aid them. Remember since they are (over-worked) volunteers that there is no guarantee that they can provide an answer. Good luck!
[edit] Request for contact info
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If you would like to ask your question publicly of the Wikipedia community, you may do so at our Reference Desk (<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk>).
Good luck in your search for this information and sorry that we could not be of more help.
[edit] Permission to use image
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The license for the particular image you were inquiring about is listed as <license>.
For more information please see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights
[edit] Permission to use text
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This article is licensed under the [GNU Free Documentation License] (link to http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html ). It uses material from the [Wikipedia article "xxx".] (link to the Wikipedia article)
For more information please see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights
[edit] Thanks
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[edit] Vandalism
By its nature Wikipedia is open to undesirable edits, but most are corrected by other editors within a very short time. We have a "recent changes" page that allows users to check edits as they happen, and "watch lists" that allow logged-in editors to closely monitor pages they are interested in. In extreme cases we can "lock" pages from receiving edits for a while, but generally the page can be reopened for editing after a short time as most edits we receive improve our articles.
While this may explain what happened, it certainly does not excuse the fact that you encountered this on our website. I can only offer you our sincere apologies and assure you that we do all we can to ensure that such malicious edits are repaired quickly.
You can read more about us at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia
You might be interested to know that you are welcome to revert vandalism yourself; in fact, we highly encourage it. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Reverting
[edit] You can edit
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You don't even need to log in to edit, although creating an account gives you more options and helps you keep track of your contributions. You can create an account at: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Special:Userlogin
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Thanks for your interest and I hope you join us.
