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== [[User:krispin16/VSide]] == |
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<small>User asked for help on [[Wikipedia:Requests for feedback/2011 August 8|Wikipedia:Requests for feedback/2011 August 8]], and got no response; so, posted here <small><span style="border:1px solid;background:#00008B">[[User:Chzz|'''<span style="background:#00008B;color:white"> Chzz </span>''']][[User talk:Chzz|<span style="color:#00008B;background-color:yellow;"> ► </span>]]</span></small> 03:48, 13 August 2011 (UTC)</small> |
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A friend of mine and I re-wrote the page of an online world called vSide, I was wondering if someone could read it (or some of it) and give us some feedback on it. Thanks in advance. |
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<small>BTW, sorry if I double post. I already posted this yesterday but Cecraig77 seems to have accidentally deleted all of Wikipedia:Requests for feedback/2011 August 7 :( |
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<br>http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_feedback/2011_August_7&diff=next&oldid=443571144</small> |
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Your signature has already been added! -->[[User:Krispin16|Krispin16]] ([[User talk:Krispin16|talk]]) 04:36, 8 August 2011 (UTC) |
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== [[Fantasy (Regine Velasquez album)]] == |
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<small>User asked for help on [[Wikipedia:Requests for feedback/2011 August 8|Wikipedia:Requests for feedback/2011 August 8]], and got no response; so, posted here <small><span style="border:1px solid;background:#00008B">[[User:Chzz|'''<span style="background:#00008B;color:white"> Chzz </span>''']][[User talk:Chzz|<span style="color:#00008B;background-color:yellow;"> ► </span>]]</span></small> 03:48, 13 August 2011 (UTC)</small> |
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The article is about the album of Regine Velasquez called Fantasy. I would like to kindly ask for someone to get some feedback for this article. Thank you in advance. |
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Your signature has already been added! -->[[User:Rovheel|Rovheel]] ([[User talk:Rovheel|talk]]) 10:54, 8 August 2011 (UTC) |
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== [[Marketing activation]] == |
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<small>User asked for help on [[Wikipedia:Requests for feedback/2011 August 8|Wikipedia:Requests for feedback/2011 August 8]], and got no response; so, posted here <small><span style="border:1px solid;background:#00008B">[[User:Chzz|'''<span style="background:#00008B;color:white"> Chzz </span>''']][[User talk:Chzz|<span style="color:#00008B;background-color:yellow;"> ► </span>]]</span></small> 03:48, 13 August 2011 (UTC)</small> |
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This is my first new article. Any help in improving it is appreciated. Thank you! |
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Your signature has already been added! -->[[User:Brainbeat|Brainbeat]] ([[User talk:Brainbeat|talk]]) 13:41, 8 August 2011 (UTC) |
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== [[Theft by finding]] == |
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<small>User asked for help on [[Wikipedia:Requests for feedback/2011 August 8|Wikipedia:Requests for feedback/2011 August 8]], and got no response; so, posted here <small><span style="border:1px solid;background:#00008B">[[User:Chzz|'''<span style="background:#00008B;color:white"> Chzz </span>''']][[User talk:Chzz|<span style="color:#00008B;background-color:yellow;"> ► </span>]]</span></small> 03:48, 13 August 2011 (UTC)</small> |
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I have just done a first draft of [[Theft by finding]], a requested article on a common law crime. |
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Your signature has already been added! -->[[User:Otherthinker|Otherthinker]] ([[User talk:Otherthinker|talk]]) 14:56, 8 August 2011 (UTC) |
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== [[ARC Energy]] == |
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<small>User asked for help on [[Wikipedia:Requests for feedback/2011 August 8|Wikipedia:Requests for feedback/2011 August 8]], and got no response; so, posted here <small><span style="border:1px solid;background:#00008B">[[User:Chzz|'''<span style="background:#00008B;color:white"> Chzz </span>''']][[User talk:Chzz|<span style="color:#00008B;background-color:yellow;"> ► </span>]]</span></small> 03:48, 13 August 2011 (UTC)</small> |
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Can some please review my article about ARC Energy which came to my attention after it was visited by President Obama and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke. |
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Your signature has already been added! -->[[User:Chewes|Chewes]] ([[User talk:Chewes|talk]]) 15:30, 8 August 2011 (UTC) |
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== http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Cryer == |
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<small>User asked for help on [[Wikipedia:Requests for feedback/2011 August 8|Wikipedia:Requests for feedback/2011 August 8]], and got no response; so, posted here <small><span style="border:1px solid;background:#00008B">[[User:Chzz|'''<span style="background:#00008B;color:white"> Chzz </span>''']][[User talk:Chzz|<span style="color:#00008B;background-color:yellow;"> ► </span>]]</span></small> 03:48, 13 August 2011 (UTC)</small> |
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I need help cleaning up the links in this article. Right now, they are added as references, but should be internal links in the document. |
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Your signature has already been added! -->[[Special:Contributions/204.15.0.186|204.15.0.186]] ([[User talk:204.15.0.186|talk]]) 17:28, 8 August 2011 (UTC) |
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== http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Roots == |
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<small>User asked for help on [[Wikipedia:Requests for feedback/2011 August 8|Wikipedia:Requests for feedback/2011 August 8]], and got no response; so, posted here <small><span style="border:1px solid;background:#00008B">[[User:Chzz|'''<span style="background:#00008B;color:white"> Chzz </span>''']][[User talk:Chzz|<span style="color:#00008B;background-color:yellow;"> ► </span>]]</span></small> 03:48, 13 August 2011 (UTC)</small> |
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Can Someone give me feedback please for the article and also what does this mean: "if necessary the page should be appropriately tagged for cleanup?" |
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Thanks so much! |
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Your signature has already been added! -->[[User:Musicloversb17|Musicloversb17]] ([[User talk:Musicloversb17|talk]]) 18:02, 8 August 2011 (UTC) |
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== Borje Oscar Rosaen inventor == |
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<small>User asked for help on [[Wikipedia:Requests for feedback/2011 August 8|Wikipedia:Requests for feedback/2011 August 8]], and got no response; so, posted here <small><span style="border:1px solid;background:#00008B">[[User:Chzz|'''<span style="background:#00008B;color:white"> Chzz </span>''']][[User talk:Chzz|<span style="color:#00008B;background-color:yellow;"> ► </span>]]</span></small> 03:48, 13 August 2011 (UTC)</small> |
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Your signature has already been added! -->[[User:Titanic1000|Titanic1000]] ([[User talk:Titanic1000|talk]]) 20:05, 8 August 2011 (UTC) |
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== [[User:StoneCircleMetal/Stone_Circle_(Band)]] == |
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<small>User asked for help on [[Wikipedia:Requests for feedback/2011 August 8|Wikipedia:Requests for feedback/2011 August 8]], and got no response; so, posted here <small><span style="border:1px solid;background:#00008B">[[User:Chzz|'''<span style="background:#00008B;color:white"> Chzz </span>''']][[User talk:Chzz|<span style="color:#00008B;background-color:yellow;"> ► </span>]]</span></small> 03:48, 13 August 2011 (UTC)</small> |
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Hi there, been writing a band article about the history of Stone Circle. Very new to this so I have tried to find as many reliable sources as possible (magazines mainly). Really appreciate anyones time to have a look and give me some advice over this because I appreciate it must be very annoying what some people write about. |
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Your signature has already been added! -->[[User:StoneCircleMetal|StoneCircleMetal]] ([[User talk:StoneCircleMetal|talk]]) 20:07, 8 August 2011 (UTC) |
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== [[Hailey Dunn]] == |
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<small>User asked for help on [[Wikipedia:Requests for feedback/2011 August 8|Wikipedia:Requests for feedback/2011 August 8]], and got no response; so, posted here <small><span style="border:1px solid;background:#00008B">[[User:Chzz|'''<span style="background:#00008B;color:white"> Chzz </span>''']][[User talk:Chzz|<span style="color:#00008B;background-color:yellow;"> ► </span>]]</span></small> 03:48, 13 August 2011 (UTC)</small> |
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Just wondering if this article is detailed enough? I think it is notable enough, but could be wrong! Thanks in advance! |
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Your signature has already been added! -->[[User:Allycat1208|Allycat1208]] ([[User talk:Allycat1208|talk]]) 20:14, 8 August 2011 (UTC) |
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== [[Andrew Abercromby]] == |
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<small>User asked for help on [[Wikipedia:Requests for feedback/2011 August 8|Wikipedia:Requests for feedback/2011 August 8]], and got no response; so, posted here <small><span style="border:1px solid;background:#00008B">[[User:Chzz|'''<span style="background:#00008B;color:white"> Chzz </span>''']][[User talk:Chzz|<span style="color:#00008B;background-color:yellow;"> ► </span>]]</span></small> 03:48, 13 August 2011 (UTC)</small> |
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Requesting feedback to remove "new article" template. The article is mainly based on Abercromby's public domain NASA bio. Only two other articles ([[NEEMO]] and [[Pascal Lee]]) link to this one, but I have not added the "orphan" template because it is presently recommended only for articles with no incoming links. |
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Your signature has already been added! -->[[User:Gildir|Gildir]] ([[User talk:Gildir|talk]]) 20:38, 8 August 2011 (UTC) |
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== [[ISAFF]] == |
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<small>User asked for help on [[Wikipedia:Requests for feedback/2011 August 8|Wikipedia:Requests for feedback/2011 August 8]], and got no response; so, posted here <small><span style="border:1px solid;background:#00008B">[[User:Chzz|'''<span style="background:#00008B;color:white"> Chzz </span>''']][[User talk:Chzz|<span style="color:#00008B;background-color:yellow;"> ► </span>]]</span></small> 03:48, 13 August 2011 (UTC)</small> |
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I am new as a wiki editor, so feel free to suggest any obvious writing/editing errors. Any useful tips are most welcome. I know of a page link that is not yet supported since I am working on it which is the ISAFF 2009 link. |
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Your signature has already been added! -->[[User:Sal true|Sal true]] ([[User talk:Sal true|talk]]) 20:47, 8 August 2011 (UTC) |
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== [[Music of the Soul (book)]] == |
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This was my first wikipedia entry of a book that I feel is very important in the history of contemporary Sufism. Just want to make sure I handled procedures properly. Thank you. |
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Your signature has already been added! -->[[User:Inksleeve|Inksleeve]] ([[User talk:Inksleeve|talk]]) 21:17, 8 August 2011 (UTC) |
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== [[Obstacle Race]] == |
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<small>User asked for help on [[Wikipedia:Requests for feedback/2011 August 8|Wikipedia:Requests for feedback/2011 August 8]], and got no response; so, posted here <small><span style="border:1px solid;background:#00008B">[[User:Chzz|'''<span style="background:#00008B;color:white"> Chzz </span>''']][[User talk:Chzz|<span style="color:#00008B;background-color:yellow;"> ► </span>]]</span></small> 03:48, 13 August 2011 (UTC)</small> |
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Just looking for help to get this new field of racing up and listed on Wikipedia. I'm most familiar with the obstacle racing series www.spartanrace.com, but it is a new and exciting sport that is gaining traction and I feel needs to be listed as a sport. |
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New to Wikipedia so any help is appreciated! |
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Your signature has already been added! -->[[User:Inksleeve|Inksleeve]] ([[User talk:Inksleeve|talk]]) 21:23, 8 August 2011 (UTC) |
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== [[Davies public affairs]] == |
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<small>User asked for help on [[Wikipedia:Requests for feedback/2011 August 8|Wikipedia:Requests for feedback/2011 August 8]], and got no response; so, posted here <small><span style="border:1px solid;background:#00008B">[[User:Chzz|'''<span style="background:#00008B;color:white"> Chzz </span>''']][[User talk:Chzz|<span style="color:#00008B;background-color:yellow;"> ► </span>]]</span></small> 03:48, 13 August 2011 (UTC)</small> |
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I would like to move this page so that is it can be viewed by the public. Here is a link to the page: |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Gnachtwey/Davies_public_affairs. |
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Thank you for your help. |
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Your signature has already been added! -->[[User:Gnachtwey|Gnachtwey]] ([[User talk:Gnachtwey|talk]]) 23:57, 8 August 2011 (UTC) |
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August 9
I think someone is vandalising an article
I've noticed that a user keeps coming back to the Liverpool Gay Quarter article and is changing my edits all the time. I only have an issue with this one user. I made a list of notable lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people from Liverpool and Merseyside with clickable links to their individual wiki pages. The user in question then removed all of the people on the list and stated there were no sources to prove they were LGBT. After explaining that all a user has to do is visit their page to see numerous sources, I then took the liberty of adding sources to the article myself. He has now deleted most of the people again and stated that there were no sources stating these people were from Merseyside. Again, all a user has to do is visit their individual wiki page where the person's place of birth is clearly stated. I suspect this user is vandalising the article, countless of his edits seem to be on gay pages in particular and on his talk page not a lot of people seem happy with his edits. I asked why he could not add sources himself instead of deleting my contributions? Is there a way I can stop this user destroying the genuine encyclopedic information that I'm trying to contribute. He's also added a tag to the article stating the article reads like an advert? The article has been in tact for three years and no-one else seems to have taken this view. Does the opinion of this one user count above all others? Need help please (talk) 02:04, 14 August 2011 (GMT)
How do you rate an article?
I want to rate this one article, however, it already has a rating (not by me). How do I give it one? I read the articles retaining to rating, yet I cant find instructions. mystery (talk) 02:17, August 8th, 2011 (UTC)
- Are you talking about the rating box at the bottom of the article or the rating that is on the talk page for whatever WikiProject has rated it? And it always helps if you tell us what the article is instead of being vague. Dismas|(talk) 02:26, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
- Talk page ratings are called "assessments" and instructions for their use are at Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Assessment FAQ. --Jayron32 03:11, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
- No, they are completely separate. As for the talk page ratings...
- If you're referring to the article being a good article at one point, you can follow the link in the notice to have it reassessed.
- If you're referring to the France WikiProject rating, you can re-assess the article yourself if you feel it's justified. Their assessment guidelines are here.
- If you're referring to the Sports WikiProject and their assessment, it's the same as with France and their guidelines are here.
- I hope this helped! Dismas|(talk) 03:16, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
- No, they are completely separate. As for the talk page ratings...
- The "Rate this page" feature at the bottom of articles is for all readers and unrelated to the WikiProject rating on the talk page. You should usually sign up as member of a WikiProject before rating articles for it. Look for rating information at the WikiProject such as Wikipedia:WikiProject France/Assessment and Template:WikiProject Sports. Click the "Edit" tab at top of the article talk page and set the rating with code like
{{WikiProject Sports|class=b|importance=Mid}}
. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:21, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
- The "Rate this page" feature at the bottom of articles is for all readers and unrelated to the WikiProject rating on the talk page. You should usually sign up as member of a WikiProject before rating articles for it. Look for rating information at the WikiProject such as Wikipedia:WikiProject France/Assessment and Template:WikiProject Sports. Click the "Edit" tab at top of the article talk page and set the rating with code like
- Wikipedia has around 3.7 million articles and a WikiProject rating only displayed on a talk page isn't considered important enough to spend time on a vote. Featured and good articles have icons on the article page, and there is a nomination procedure for them. Other ratings are mainly just meant as a tool for the WikiProject members. See also Wikipedia:WikiProject Sports/Assessment#FAQ. PrimeHunter (talk) 04:11, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
- (edit conflict) No one votes on those talk page assessments. They are determined when an editor, in good faith, reads the article and applies the standards layed out at Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Assessment FAQ. The ratings are not determined by vote. Please read Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Assessment FAQ and look at what each grade means, if you disagree with the ratings of a current article, you may change it yourself, if you can explain on the talk page why you are changing it. But it has nothing to do with voting. --Jayron32 04:13, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
Will it blend, AWB?
I have been repetitively performing this task, converting:
==foo== {{Foo and parameters}} Junk :more junk
To this:
==foo== Junk :more junk ::my junk
Is AWB right for me? I tried to look at the usermanual to figure it out, but it was a bit unclear. Thanks. Cliff (talk) 03:52, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
- Why are you taking out section hatnotes templates (see Wikipedia:Hatnote). Because that's what it looks like you are trying to do, from above? These templates are useful in many cases, and shouldn't be removed willy-nilly. --Jayron32 04:15, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
- If you look at his contributions, he is removing {{requested move}}s from user-space draft talk pages and adding a comment to use AFC instead. —teb728 t c 05:35, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
- Cliff has received an offer of help at Bot requests. -- John of Reading (talk) 06:57, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
- If you look at his contributions, he is removing {{requested move}}s from user-space draft talk pages and adding a comment to use AFC instead. —teb728 t c 05:35, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
Vandal editors
How do one make a complaint about an editor, that is clearly vandalizing the topic by not allowing changes to the article. Imagine that the article state 2+2=5. Obviously this would call for a change, but the editor will not allow this. After much discussion, it has not been possible to have 2+2 be 4 instead of 5. What can be done, if an editor is the vandal, corrupting the data of an article?
Pethol (talk) 08:14, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
- It depends.
- In the case of a user changing "2+2=4" to "2+2=5", that would be considered vandalism. Thus, the user could be warned and if they persisted, reported on WP:AIV.
- However, most disputes are not so clear-cut, such as, the associations of chinese characters [1]. Note the section in the VANDAL link, regarding What is not vandalism. In that type of case, it is necessary to try and form a consensus through discussion on the talk page. If an agreement cannot be made, there are dispute resolution processes. If any editor does not abide by consensus, or keeps insisting on their preferred version without awaiting agreement, then we're back to warn/block.
- If you have a specific concern, see the suggestions on Wikipedia:Dispute resolution#Resolving content disputes.
- Please note that, in any discussion, you should comment on the content and not comment on other editors (as you did, here). Chzz ► 08:25, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
- If the problem is an incompetent editor, then it is not at all wrong to comment on that persons professional ability.... Provided you're in a professional environment, where people welcome criticism in order to be able to correct the errors.
- I presented evidence of one of my claims, and my comment with evidence was removed. That means that the editor is not fit to be seated in that position. It should not be wrong for the users to be able to "vote out" a bad editor and get a replacement. The editors are supposed to be there as a service to the users, not as a pain in the butt.
- Pethol (talk) 12:48, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
- You seem to misunderstand how things work on Wikipedia. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia that anyone can edit. Wing Chun (like all article) does not have one editor; it has over 50, including you. Since none of the editors has any more authority than any other, content is determined by a consensus of editors. If you want to make a change, you need to persuade the other editors to accept it. It does not help you persuade if you throw around false charges of vandalism. Instead argue for your changes persuasively but civilly. —teb728 t c 23:12, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
- When you combine your arguments with a personal attack as you did here, you destroy the impact of the arguments. And the post is properly removed because Wikipedia has a policy of No personal attacks. —teb728 t c 23:30, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
I keep getting a message that my article has missing end reference tags, & I need ((reflist)) at the end.
I proof read my article carefully and each reference is inside the <ref></ref> format. Also, I typed ((reflist)) at the end of my article, but I still get a message that it needs to be typed there. What am I doing wrong? I do not understand. I went to the new users page but it didn't help. I tried live chat, but no text would enter when I tried to type. HELP. ---- — Preceding unsigned comment added by Janetfix (talk • contribs) 08:30, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
- The {{reflist}} needs to go at the end of the article, not the beginning. I've moved it; see [2]. For more help with referencing, see WP:REFB. Chzz ► 08:33, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
- I would add that in its current form, the article is way too promotional and unencyclopedic in tone. It even has a curriculum vitae section -- that is not appropriate for a biographical article. Please take a look at WP:SPAM, WP:RESUME and WP:MOSBIO for further guidance, and the message on your talk page. – ukexpat (talk) 13:57, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
ASSISTANCE IN COPYING A TABLE TO AVOID PRINTING OFF MORE THAN IS NECESSARY.
IF ONE WANTS A CERTAIN PART OF A DOCUMENT AND WANTS TO AVOID HAVING TO PRINT OUT MORE PAGES THAN REQUIRED IS THERE A WAY OF DOING THIS? OR IS THIS NOT ALLOWED BY WIKIPEDIA?78.105.25.190 (talk) 11:58, 9 August 2011 (UTC) THE REASON FOR PRINTING IS THAT I FIND IT EFFECTS MY EYESIGHT READING THE SCREEN.
PLEASE ADVISE
THANKS
- Please do not type in ALL CAPITALS, because it sounds like you are shouting. - you should be able to make the text bigger by pressing Ctrl++, or clicking "View, Zoom" or "View", "Text-size", or similar.
- (I've written this message in a larger font, to try and help)
- For printing: On the left of each page, you should see a link to Print/export. Within that, you can choose Printable version, to display a printer-friendly page.
- Then, from within your web-browser, you should be able to choose "File", "Print Preview" to see the page layout, to see how many pages would be printed, and you can choose which pages to print.
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Why was a subject removed?
We put together a Wiki on a legendary wrestling coach at our high school (Waterloo West High School, Waterloo, IA). His name is Robert (Bob) Siddens. This was probably done a year or so ago. Now, there is no sign of this information on Wikipedia. We'd like to know why it was removed.
Thank you. Rick Smith — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rickalo (talk • contribs) 12:37, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
- The reason the article was probably deleted is that he did not meet our notability guidelines. I have looked for a previous article with possible names, Robert (Bob) Siddens, Robert Siddens and Bob Siddens but have not found any deleted articles. Do you know the exact name of the article, if so we can give better advice as to what happened. GB fan please review my editing 12:51, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
- I think I've found it - if you mean this text, which was added to the article Waterloo West High School by JDRick (talk · contribs) on 24 December 2009: [3].
- It was removed on 6 July 2010, with this edit.
- a) It looks like the text was copied from that website mentioned, which is a copyright violation, b) It had no references - we cannot accept information without reliable sources, c) it did not maintain a neutral point of view.
- There was also a picture, File:B. Siddens.jpg - which was deleted 7 days after notifying the user, because it didn't say where it came from (no source) Chzz ► 13:53, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
Can an admin please open Gabriel Obertan again
Hi to the Admins, football player Gabriel Obertan has moved to Newcastle United and we now have the sources for it, so can someone please open it again (remove the lock) so we can edit it as its no longer disputed so it is safe to edit it. thank you.
– HonorTheKing (talk) 12:48, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
- Unprotected It's best to ask at WP:RFPP rather than the help desk, as that's where the page un/protection admins tend to hang out, but this was a clear case. BencherliteTalk 13:01, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
Should I close the RFC?
I started an RFC at Talk:Galaxy class starship#Should articles on ship classes include ships from video games or novels?. However, it does no longer seem to be listed at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Unsorted. It was added to that list by RFC bot with this edit. However, the following edit seems to have removed it as 'Maintenance'. So what am I supposed to do now? Should I close the RFC and remove the entries that have only appeared in a single novel or video game? Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 15:00, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
- It is listed, but for some bizarre reason, it's under Wikipedia policies and guidelines :-) Can someone fix it? Chzz ► 16:54, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
- Toshi Yamaguchi, clearly it has been mis-categorized (by the bot); I'm not certain how to fix it but no, please don't close it.
- I asked one person online, and also asked the bot owner on User talk:Harej#RFCbot miscat. So, one of those - or someone else - will probably sort it out, in the near future. So, hold on, ちょっと待ってください。
editing the page name
I need to change the Charles Wedemeyer page to Charles A. Wedemeyer I put {{DISPLAYTITLE:Charles A. Wedemeyer}} at the top of the text, but it did not work. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.206.61.135 (talk • contribs) 15:48, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
- Our Manual of Style is to use the name that is most widely used. I've created a redirect from Charles A. Wedemeyer - if you have any sources that his middle initial is used more-often than not, then we can move the article. You may want to post those sources (and discuss the move) on the related talk page. Avicennasis @ 16:09, 9 Av 5771 / 9 August 2011 (UTC)
- FYI, {{DISPLAYTITLE}} can only change the style of the title; it can't add or remove characters. — Bility (talk) 16:46, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
Page view statistics question
Is there a way I could find the page view statistics of categories of different ratings? For example, if a start class article or a stub is getting 1000 views a day it would be a good candidate for improvement. Ryan Vesey Review me! 18:59, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
- I do not know of an existing tool to get that, but you could ask on tswiki:Query service; I believe it could be done with a database query. Chzz ► 19:52, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
Question
Hi! I've been working on the List of bog bodies article for around 6 months. There are certain pages that redirect to my article because they were too short, for example Elling Woman redirects to the page, but the section about her is far down on the long list. Is there a way for the redirect to go to the part of the list about the Ellling Woman and several others? --GouramiWatcher (Gulp) 19:01, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
- Maybe using the {{anchor}} template? – ukexpat (talk) 19:06, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
- I would use {{Anchored list}} Ryan Vesey Review me! 19:44, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
- Like this, Gourami Watcher. Once you add that, the link List of bog bodies#Elling Woman will work, which means you can do this. Hope that makes sense. Chzz ► 20:48, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
- Thank You! --GouramiWatcher (Gulp) 14:46, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
Help! What to do?
Eric444 (talk · contribs) David829 (talk · contribs)
I stumbled across a non-notable country music single stub and upon investigating found that these two users appear to be prolific creators of the above (well not just country music but mainly).
Am I the Only One, My First Taste of Texas, Will the Wolf Survive (song), Go Away (Gloria Estefan song) as some examples.
What does one do? Can more experienced editors give some feedback, talk to the users? I just had a quick look, but I'd say there are a ton of this type of non-notable single article being created, we are not talking Thriller (song) or Hey Jude here, are we? CaptainScreebo Parley! 19:43, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
- Um, what? I just checked "Am I the Only One" and "My First Taste of Texas", and both of them look like good articles about notable songs. They're both actual singles, and they both charted highly on the Billboard charts. "Am I the Only One" is developing into a pretty decent article. The answer to your question "What to do?" is: Leave these people alone and let them get back to their good work. --Jayron32 19:54, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
- Oh well sorry for asking, but I don't think we've read the same guidelines then, or have the same conception of notability. Wikipedia:SINGLE and Wikipedia:NSONGS both state:
- "Most songs do not merit an article", "Songs that have been ranked on national or significant music charts, [...] are probably notable", "Notability aside, a separate article on a song is only appropriate when there is enough verifiable material to warrant a reasonably detailed article"
- Sorry, but The song is an uptempo about a man who wants to party, but finds that his friends have other interests. In the chorus, the narrator asks, "Am I the only one who wants to have fun tonight?" does not appear to me to be either a) noteworthy or b) the makings of a really good article.
- First thing that popped into my head, try searching for Making Plans for Nigel, biggest 80s new wave hit for XTC, it redirects to the album article, although it was an absolute smash and one of the defining records of that period (imho of course). I am only trying to flag up what I see as a blatant disregard for the guidelines, notable songs should be songs that are a reference, charted highly, had an impact, have been covered by many bands/people and so on, but if you take a look at Gloria_Estefan_singles_discography, there is no way that 95% of the singles that have their own article qualify under the notability/verifiable material criteria. CaptainScreebo Parley! 21:50, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
- If one of the articles bother you, start a merger discussion on the article talk page. But editors trying to expand Wikipedia with more verifiable content aren't doing anything wrong. Feel free to improve Wikipedia as well, but given the tone of your opening post here, it looks as though you are just trying to "take down" other good faith editors. Please don't do that. Again, if you are just interested in merging the existing content in these articles into the articles about the albums, start a discussion per Wikipedia:MERGE#Proposing_a_merger. But there's no need to undo the good work of others (see WP:PRESERVE) and there's definately no need to demonize or otherwise call for sanctions against editors doing good work. --Jayron32 23:27, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
- Oh well sorry for asking, but I don't think we've read the same guidelines then, or have the same conception of notability. Wikipedia:SINGLE and Wikipedia:NSONGS both state:
- You're misunderstanding WP:NSONG - Although it begins "Most songs do not rise to notability for an independent article, it goes on to say that Songs that have been ranked on national or significant music charts [..] are probably notable and, a separate article on a song is only appropriate when there is enough verifiable material to warrant a reasonably detailed article. Most songs don't get into charts; all four of those did. Chzz ► 14:10, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- @Jayron, I just came here to ask for advice about what I genuinely thought was the creation of trivial song articles, I don't think there is any trying to "take down" other good faith editors, now that yourself and Chzz have clarified the guidelines, I am much the wiser. I don't really see where I am trying to demonize anybody or call for sanctions, if I came here it's because I wasn't sure and didn't wanrt to just wade in with my 20-league boots on and say to the people concerned "stop this songcruft at once!" Anyway, thanks for your replies. CaptainScreebo Parley! 14:35, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- The key point is, we'd happily have articles on every piece of music ever, every person, every house, every bus-stop Iff they had "significant coverage in independent, reliable sources". Chzz ► 19:23, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- @Jayron, I just came here to ask for advice about what I genuinely thought was the creation of trivial song articles, I don't think there is any trying to "take down" other good faith editors, now that yourself and Chzz have clarified the guidelines, I am much the wiser. I don't really see where I am trying to demonize anybody or call for sanctions, if I came here it's because I wasn't sure and didn't wanrt to just wade in with my 20-league boots on and say to the people concerned "stop this songcruft at once!" Anyway, thanks for your replies. CaptainScreebo Parley! 14:35, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
Katharine's son?
The question is in the headline. The R. j. Reynolds family seems to have obliterated any record of J. Edward Johnson and the son she and Johnson had prior to her death. Katharine and Edward Johnson went to New York after they married with the idea that he would learn banking. When the son was born Katharine suffered a setback in her health which led to her death. Since that event the memory and existance of Mr. Johnson and his son has vanished. My curiosity is killing me. What became of them.
The marriage Between Mrs. Reynolds and Mr. Johnson occurred about 1921. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.183.125.90 (talk) 19:49, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
- This page is for questions about using Wikipedia. Please consider asking this question at the Humanities reference desk. They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link and ask away. You could always try searching Wikipedia for an article related to the topic you want to know more about. I hope this helps.Avicennasis @ 19:51, 9 Av 5771 / 9 August 2011 (UTC)
- Wikipedia does not perform original research; we only document facts that can be verified in reliable sources. If it isn't on-record, we cannot help. Chzz ► 19:57, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
University of Liverpool Logo/Crest
Somebody has uploaded an old University of Liverpool crest that is no longer used at all (see www.liverpool.ac.uk).
I have discussed this on the Talk:University of Liverpool page but nobody can replace it.
Can somebody remove this old crest from the page and put it back to normal with the new logo at the top?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Liverpool
This old crest does not represent the university.
Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.31.99.61 (talk) 19:56, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
- I see that this is being discussed, on Talk:University_of_Liverpool#Crest/Emblem. Therefore, we should await an agreement between editors before actually changing it. Chzz ► 19:59, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
Error: no |title= specified when using Cite web
Does anyone have an idea what this error means? It rears its ugly head in Aaron Avshalomov. The two instances it links to are both just simply "<ref name=ACA/>"; I can't see anything wrong with that. I also checked surrounding references for any mising slashes, but I didn't see any. — Sebastian 20:24, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
- It was at "<ref name=Naxos>" and it meant excatly what it said. I have fixed it [4] by adding the missing |title=. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:31, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
- Thank you! — Sebastian 20:40, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
Registered accounts, IPs and Checkuser
If a checkuser has the IP of a blocked account, even though the account that is blocked is registered, can checkuser find other named accounts (assuming the same IP) that may be being used to get around a block? Bielle (talk) 21:16, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
- Yes they can, and they commonly do. Reaper Eternal (talk) 21:21, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
article about Mike Hudock Jr.
- Mike Hudock (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
My name is Julie Hudock I am the daughter of Mike Hudock Jr. and I wanted to let you know that you have his date of birth wrong. His correct date is September 29, 1934. My family and I would appreciate a correction in this matter.
Thank you,
Julie Hudock — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.86.68.31 (talk) 21:39, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
Multiple edits at one time
I have about seven edits in a row I want to remove; I know exactly the day, time and place I need to be if I can just make these edits.Please give tell me how this is done so I can restore the page. I have tried making the edits manually and nothing happens. This is critically important to a grade for a class and would appreciate a response as soon as possible — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dhr12 (talk • contribs) 21:47, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
- Go to the article's history page and find the version you like, then edit it and save the page. Voilà, you've just reverted to an earlier version. Hope that helps, — Bility (talk) 21:52, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
Tool that ranks top contributors to a specific article
Quick question: what is the tool that ranks the top contributors to a given article? I remember seeing it somewhere a while ago. Zagalejo^^^ 22:27, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
- wikidashboard. Avicennasis @ 22:28, 9 Av 5771 / 9 August 2011 (UTC)
- (edit conflict) If it exists, you can probably find it at Wikipedia:Tools. --Jayron32 22:31, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks! Zagalejo^^^ 22:34, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
- You might want to look at this, http://en.wikichecker.com/article/?a=Boston_Terrier You can put any article in that you want. GB fan please review my editing 23:09, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
- I think the best way is to go to the history of the article, then go to either "Revision History Statistics" (my favorite) or "contributors"
- Here is an example route for Google
- Page→History→Revision History Statistics or contributors
- I hope this helps. Ryan Vesey Review me! 01:25, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- You might want to look at this, http://en.wikichecker.com/article/?a=Boston_Terrier You can put any article in that you want. GB fan please review my editing 23:09, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks! Zagalejo^^^ 22:34, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
Disambiguation redirect title question
How do I title a redirect to Stoke-on-Trent (UK Parliament constituency)? Stoke-on-Trent (UK Parliament constituency) (disambiguation)? Stoke-on-Trent (UK Parliament constituency disambiguation)? UK Parliament constituency of Stoke-on-Trent (disambiguation)? I ask, because I think the link on Official names of United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies in England N-Z should go to the disambiguation page, and usually I'd do it through the redirect, except it doesn't appear to have one. Or should I just use the Stoke on Trent (UK Parliament constituency) redirect? — Bility (talk) 23:28, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
- I'll go with the simplest: Stoke-on-Trent (disambiguation), redirect Stoke-on-Trent (UK Parliament constituency) (and permutations thereof) to the dab page, put an
{{Other uses}}
hatnote on Stoke-on-Trent (and include it in the dab page). Basically, forget about making it specifically for UK Parliament constituencies. Instead make it a dab page on all usages of Stoke-on-Trent, that means including Stoke-on-Trent Garden Festival, Stoke-on-Trent College, etc. The parliament constituencies can be included in a subsection on the same dab page.
August 10
Editing window size
My editing windows is less than half the width of my monitor, and the rest is a light blue. Why can't I get it to widen up. Thanks. --THE FOUNDERS INTENT PRAISE 01:40, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- Go to the editing tab of your preferences. Modify the size. Mine is set to 80 columns 25 rows. Ryan Vesey Review me! 01:42, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks, mine was set at 60x25, but the window seemed smaller than that. I'll try it. --THE FOUNDERS INTENT PRAISE 14:46, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
Correcting rationale on picture file
When I updated the picture and rationale for File:Don Flack.jpg, the picture turned out fine, but the rationale didn't change from the previous one. Since the source is different (it's all in the Comment section under File History), it needs to be changed. How do I do that?Jaguar766 (talk) 01:47, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- You just needed to edit the file page and replace the content. I did it for you. Ryan Vesey Review me! 01:55, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
Wikihounding?
Where would I report a case for what I think Qualifies as WP:Wikihounding? QuAzGaA 01:57, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- Best solution would probably be WP:ANI. I don't have any information about the facts of the case, but if you could in any way be in the wrong be careful. You don't want to have a case of WP:BOOMERANG. Also remember to notify all involved parties. Ryan Vesey Review me! 02:02, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
So here is the deal
I was editing at Territorial Revival architecture and realized that there was no Territorial architecture article. It's silly (opinion) having an article about a revival style without having one about the original. So I set about collecting resources to do one. However, I discovered that clicking on a Territorial architecture link gets you a redirect to Territorial Revival architecture. I am not sure how to remove a redirect (maybe find the link and delete it?) so thought that I would ask here, because, as we all know, that is no such thing as a stupid question. Just stupid question askers. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 02:03, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- Have you created Territorial architecture in your userspace? If you haven't and you are able to create a viable article in one edit you could just edit the page (click this link to go right to the page) and create the new article there. Otherwise you can create the page in at User:Carptrash/Territorial architecture and place a request at Wikipedia:Requested moves. Ryan Vesey Review me! 02:14, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
I am not much of a User Space creator, but will head off to the link that you have provided and start writing. Thanks for your prompt and useful response. Carptrash (talk) 02:34, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
Adding a picture which I own (personal)
I'd like to add a picture to a page about me. I own it. The rules related to adding pictures are just to complicated to wade through. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.131.212.196 (talk) 02:31, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- Hopefully you have read the polices about conflicts of interests. If you have taken the photo yourself, feel free to upload it to commons.wikimedia.org. The upload form is here with the old version of the form available here. Ryan Vesey Review me! 02:39, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
Deletion log
What is the easiest way to view the deletion log for a page? Ryan Vesey Review me! 04:00, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- I'm not sure if this is the easiest way but I generally click on "Special pages" in the toolbox under the Wikipedia logo, find/click on "Logs", and then put in the name of the article. Dismas|(talk) 04:12, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- (edit conflict) On any given (created) page, Click history, then "View logs for this page". Avicennasis @ 04:13, 10 Av 5771 / 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- Thank you very much. That is exactly what I was looking for. Ryan Vesey Review me! 04:17, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
Userbox help
I created the userbox Template:Sioux City IA. How do I make it so that whoever (more than likely just me) adds the userbox has a category added to their user page that says Category:Wikipedians in Sioux City? Joe Chill (talk) 04:44, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- Steal the code. :-) In other words, see how others have done it and put their code in your template. User:Patricknoddy/Userboxes/Albany seems to do what you want. Dismas|(talk) 04:49, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- I modified the template so that it works. You may need to create the category though. Ryan Vesey Review me! 04:53, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- Alright. Thanks. Joe Chill (talk) 04:56, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- I'm not sure how to add categories. Most of my time is dedicated to articles. Joe Chill (talk) 04:57, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- I can figure it out. Ryan Vesey Review me! 04:58, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- I have created the category and it appears blue at the bottom of your page. You have not been added to the category yet, which is natural. If you still aren't added to the category tomorrow leave me a note on my talk page and I will see what I can do. Ryan Vesey Review me! 05:06, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- The template really should be in Userspace somewhere. Avicennasis @ 05:08, 10 Av 5771 / 10 August 2011 (UTC)
Shaikh Aziz- The Legend of Sindh
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شيخ عز يز
Senior and great writer , author, scholar and renowed journalist of Sindhi, Urdu and English newspapers. His name has been published in top 2000 writers of the century. Location: Karachi (Ex- Vice Chairman) SIndh Adabi Board, Jamshoro, Sindh , Pakistan. Affilaition: Sindhi Adabi Board, Dawn Group Birthday: December 9, 1940 About T Personal Information Shaikh Aziz (D.J -England and USSR) Writer of several books in Sindhi , Urdu and English. Current Published books. Amali Sahafat(Practical Journalism) A text Book for M.A Journalism. The History of Sindhi Music(English) The Tribute ( A book of Obituary of legends published in Daily Dawn) TaqSeem Khan Taqseen Tain(Sindhi) The hidden political history of Pakistan. Mahlati Dastanain (Urdu) A book of Love stories. Documentaries: MALH (Sindhi Wrestling) , traditional sport of Sindh , Pakistan Television Corporation (1987) Shah Inayat Sheed, Channel 4 Televsion Netwrok, London aEngland (1988) Chowkundi Tombs, Department of Culture,Govt. of SIndh(1989) Bhambhor, Department of Culture, Govt of SIndh (1989) Sindh, An Introduction Department of Culture , Govt Of Sindh(1989) (for international Seminar Lahore 1989) Hyderabad - The Lost heritage (2008) Membership and Affiliations: -Adviser , Printing Press , University of Sindh 1973-1957 -Member to the organizing Committee of Sindh through Centuries. -Member Board of Directors, Sindh provincial Msueum .Hyderabad.1976-80 -Consultative participation in preparation of Curricula of Music for Intermediate, Federal Govt. (1980) -Member Board of Selection for Shah Latif Awards Govt. of Sindh (1989). -Member Board fo Studies, faculty of Studies Sindh University. -Member of Shamsulmah Mirza Kalig Baig Chair Sindh University.
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remove my incorrect wikipedia page
hi! I have tried to remove my own personal incorrect page ... then, I tried to correct it ... neither were successful! help! Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Flames2011 (talk • contribs) 05:35, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- I've responded to Flames2011's request for help on their talk page. Dismas|(talk) 06:11, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
Problem with Login unification . . .
Please enter your account password. Your password and registered e-mail address will be checked against the accounts on other wikis to confirm that they match. No changes will be made until you have confirmed that things are in order.
What I get is . . . The home wiki for this account (listed below) has a different password to the one you entered. Please enter the password for the home wiki.
The password and e-mail address set at this wiki will be used for your unified account.
pt.wikipedia.org (home wiki)
Problem is that I'm not Portuguese and this is not my account.
The user name Auriel is registered there but it is not me and doesn't have an email registered to the account.
I'm registered with the same id and password on several Wiki projects and just thought it would be a good idea to consolidate them into one id and password if possible.
I know for sure that I'm currently registered as Auriel on . . .
- http://commons.wikimedia.org/
- http://meta.wikimedia.org/
- http://en.wikipedia.org/
- http://en.wiktionary.org/
- http://en.wikiquote.org/
- http://en.wikibooks.org/
Can someone help me with this?
Auriel Kitsu 06:20, 10 August 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Auriel (talk • contribs)
- http://toolserver.org/~vvv/sulutil.php?user=Auriel shows the pt account has 204 edits and none of your accounts have more than 41. The right to unification normally goes to the account with the most edits. See meta:Help:Unified login#Someone is using my name on another wiki, how can I get that account? The pt account has not edited since May 2009 and will probably remain at 204 edits. If you pass the pt edit count at one wiki and the pt account has not requested unification by that time then you should automatically get the unification right. If you want unification without passing 204 edits and without changing your account name then it's tricky. I'm not sure of all the rules and possibilities but I doubt you can get the pt account renamed without the owner agreeing, and that's a problem if the owner cannot even be contacted. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:43, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
Editing statistics
Hi there, sorry if this request is in the wrong place - please tell me where to post instead if it is.
I'm desperate to find statistics on the proportion of edits made to different namespaces in wikipedia. Mainly, my question is what proportion of total wikipedia edits go strictly to articles, as opposed to talk pages, the user namespace, the wikipedia namespace and all the other namespaces? A breakdown by section would be ideal. And obviously the more up to date the better.
Please don't point me to a general statistics page, I've spent ages looking everywhere and I can't find anywhere that has the answer. Please reply if you know somewhere with this specific information or something approximate, or if you know a better place to post the question. Thedarkfourth (talk) 06:35, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- Here's an idea you could try: go to Special:RecentChanges and use the "namespace" filter to view the most recent 500 changes in each namespace, and use the timestamps to see the relative editing rates. When I tried this just now, 500 edits in the article namespace had spanned just 9 minutes, in Talk, 115 minutes, in User 57 minutes, and so on. Any use? -- John of Reading (talk) 07:15, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- I found a 2009 doctoral thesis which analysed this. It's here, the bar-graph on page 113. Annoyingly, it doesn't show the actual figures, I don't think - but it looks like about 40% articles, 15% talks, 25% user talk. Chzz ► 12:32, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- Both excellent suggestions - thanks so much (and sorry for slow reply!). Thedarkfourth (talk) 21:47, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
Copy/Paste Prevention
Hello,
I think that there is a big issue with Wikipedia: students can easily copy information directly from the articles for homework. I see this very often, and find it very dishonest for other students who do their research themselves and really get involved in the homework. I know that it is impossible to completely prevent people from copying information, but it is possible to prevent right clicking for example (using javascript), and probably highlighting too. Maybe this could dissuade some of the students. Ideally, this could be applied to all the articles on Wikipedia, or at least on the ones that are copied most often.
Please consider my idea,
A student — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.204.4.233 (talk) 08:03, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- Disallowing copying also makes it harder from editors to improve the articles. On the upside, since Wikipedia is so visible in Google, anytime a professor or teacher searches for part of an article that was copied from Wikipedia, it will show up in the results, so any cheaters will be caught if the teacher makes an effort to unmask them. - 194.60.106.38 (talk) 08:12, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- As a teacher, I can tell you its easier than that. I would estimate that 75% or more of the students who chose to cheat by copying text from Wikipedia didn't event bother to make any effort to hide that they were doing so; to the point where the work they turned in even had blue words in it. Cheaters are interested in getting credit for work at the lest effort possible; at some point it becomes easier to just do the assignment correctly... --Jayron32 14:59, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- If everybody knew how to look things up on Wikipedia, we almost wouldn't need the Help desk, because the answers to most questions here already exist somewhere on Wikipedia. Thus at least some people (those who have questions about how to use or edit Wikipedia) could benefit from getting better at looking things up here. If students are going to consult Wikipedia anyway, perhaps some of their assignments could be specifically to do that. Looking something up on Wikipedia is trivially easy if you know the exact title of it. Lookups become difficult when someone has a need but does not know the specific terminology Wikipedia uses to describe it, or when someone fails to articulate their real goal while focusing on what is merely the path they have chosen to pursue their goal. If a better path exists, no one may realize that is what the questioner really wants. Thus an educator might assign students the type of ill-posed or misleading questions that are common on the Help desk, which often defy easy lookup even when the answers exist on Wikipedia. Given the spread of free question-answering resources on the Web, maybe students should not train so much to look up answers, but how to ask questions the smart way. In any case, the whole point of Wikipedia is to make a large subset of human knowledge easier to look up. The effect on traditional education may be similar to the effect of the calculator, which has made it less necessary for people to maintain their own arithmetic skills such as long division. --Teratornis (talk) 20:23, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- I've absolutely no idea what the above means.
- We won't disable R-click, because it's useful to copy paste.
- If people use our content for good, or bad, that's not important; it's free. Copy it.
- People copying it verbatim, for school - is crazy, but, not our problem. Chzz ► 22:17, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
What are the guidelines regarding current lawsuits?
Hi I was wondering if there were any rules or guidelines about incorporating information regarding current, ongoing lawsuits into articles. I recently added information to the Judas page about the lawsuit that has recently been launched against Lady Gaga for copyright infringement. The information came from here, here and here. However the information was removed by an editor who said that "Untill and unless lawsuits are proven, we dont add them as they would be CRYSTAL". This to me does not make sense as I made no allusion or suggestion to the outcome of the lawsuit, I simply stated that the lawsuit had been made. The fact there is a lawsuit out there is irrefutable, there is absolutely no WP:CRYSTAL elements whatsoever. Can anyone advise on the correct procedure in this case? Do I have the 'right' to include this lawsuit information in the article? Many thanks! Paul75 (talk) 08:32, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- The next step is to start a discussion on the article talk page. I'm with you on Crystal, not buying it, although I would be more sympathetic to a WP:NOT#NEWS argument, especially in a GA.--SPhilbrickT 12:01, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- In the U.S., particularly, any idiot can start a lawsuit on the flimsiest of grounds, or on no grounds whatsoever. Unless the suit has made a really significant splash in the news, it's extremely unlikely to be notable, and mention of it is likely to fall afoul of WP:UNDUE as well. --Orange Mike | Talk 12:41, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- The fact that it is a lawsuit isn't relevant. The consideration is, whether this information is worth including, or giving undue prominence to something that, in the context of the biography, is a trivial event. Personally, I tend to think it is too trivial to mention; I'm sure all big stars have lawsuits brought against them all the time. I appreciate that it's mentioned on a couple of news-websites, but it's hardly a big headline; plus, the news articles aren't actually saying anything at all about Gaga, other than she's named in the suit.
- Still - as SPhilbrick said, you could start a discussion on Talk:Lady Gaga, if you wanted. Chzz ► 12:55, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
Reason for deletion of a file
Can an admin take a look at File:Dresdnerbank logo.png and tell me why this file was deleted? Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 09:07, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- It was an unused fair use image, so it was deleted in 2010. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 09:09, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- I've restored it - it was in use, but some page blanking / redirecting obviously confused the bot. BencherliteTalk 09:14, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- Probably needs to be deleted again; I found File:Dresdner-Bank-Logo.svg on the Commons and it should be used in the article. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 09:24, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- I see you added the commons file. Thanks. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 09:35, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- File:Dresdnerbank logo.png looks like a pretty clear {{PD-Textlogo}} to me so I have replaced the FUR with that template. In any event the file on Wikipedia should probably be deleted now that the svg exists on Commons. – ukexpat (talk) 15:11, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- I see you added the commons file. Thanks. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 09:35, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- Probably needs to be deleted again; I found File:Dresdner-Bank-Logo.svg on the Commons and it should be used in the article. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 09:24, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- I've restored it - it was in use, but some page blanking / redirecting obviously confused the bot. BencherliteTalk 09:14, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
Changing name of category
Will somebody please change the name of the category Category:Purveyors to the Imperial and Royal Court to: "Purveyors to the Imperial and Royal Court of the Austro-Hungarian Empire"? --Peoplefromarizona (talk) 09:57, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- For technical reasons, this isn't something that can be done as easily as an ordinary page move. You'd do better to post at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion. -- John of Reading (talk) 10:10, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- Yes, I know it is not something that can be done easy like page moving/renaming, but I am hoping that an administrator or another experienced user can do it. --Peoplefromarizona (talk) 10:50, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- But what you want is one reason why we have Wikipedia:Categories for discussion. Dismas|(talk) 10:57, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- Yes, this does not qualify for speedy renaming. You will have to make a proposal at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion. A 72-character category name with zero Google hits except a Wikipedia template is likely to meet opposition. However, the category page should at least say it's about Austria-Hungary. I have added it.[5] PrimeHunter (talk) 13:10, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- On the other hand, every other one of the subcategories of Category:Royal Warrant holders clearly shows which nation it is for. Given that, I don't think changing the name of the category is unreasonable.Naraht (talk) 13:49, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- But look for a shorter name. "Purveyors to the Imperial and Royal Court" is already the longest name in the category, and making it 31 characters longer is not a good idea. Category names of that length are very rare. A suggestion like "Purveyors to the Court of Austria-Hungary" (41 characters) may have better chances. Austria-Hungary ended in 1918 and didn't speak English so I don't think we need a very long "official sounding" name which has actually never been used as far as I can tell. "Imperial" and "Empire" in the same name also sounds like something out of the Department of Redundancy Department. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:43, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- On the other hand, every other one of the subcategories of Category:Royal Warrant holders clearly shows which nation it is for. Given that, I don't think changing the name of the category is unreasonable.Naraht (talk) 13:49, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- Yes, this does not qualify for speedy renaming. You will have to make a proposal at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion. A 72-character category name with zero Google hits except a Wikipedia template is likely to meet opposition. However, the category page should at least say it's about Austria-Hungary. I have added it.[5] PrimeHunter (talk) 13:10, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- But what you want is one reason why we have Wikipedia:Categories for discussion. Dismas|(talk) 10:57, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- Yes, I know it is not something that can be done easy like page moving/renaming, but I am hoping that an administrator or another experienced user can do it. --Peoplefromarizona (talk) 10:50, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
Crop whitespace
Can someone crop the whitespace from File:Oyster Burns.jpg? Thanks, Albacore (talk) 14:15, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- In progress Ryan Vesey Review me! 14:21, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- Done Ryan Vesey Review me! 14:23, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
How to include email address in example code in article?
Hello,
Is there a way to include an email address in an article section showing example computer code?
Today I wanted to write an example JSON-RPC message that has an email address in it and this triggered a wikipedia warning.
Please advice, Vdzhuvinov (talk) 16:14, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- Can you be more specific? Which article and what was the exact text you tried to add? It allowed me to make this change on the Json2Ldap article… — Bility (talk) 18:07, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- I can explain this;
- We have an 'edit filter' which warns only users with few edits when they try to add an email address.
- But, it was a warning; it said this;
Your edit has triggered an automated warning because it looks like you're trying to add an email address to this page. Doing that, especially with a personal email address, is usually a bad idea as it can attract large amounts of spam. Though there are a few legitimate reasons to include an email address, in most cases Wikipedia will remove email addresses that are added to articles or discussion pages.
If you want to communicate with a particular user via email, Wikipedia has a built-in email function you can use. If you would like to request general assistance, the fastest way is usually to post a question at the Help Desk. Wikipedia also provides a guide to asking for help — including via email — if you feel that is necessary.
If you still wish to continue with your edit, you may hit "Save page" again below, and it will be submitted as is. However, we would encourage you to consider carefully before posting a live email address on this site.
- So, Vdzhuvinov could have ignored the warning and hit 'save' again, and it would have worked.
- It worked for you, Bility, because you've made lots of edits.
- Next time, Vdzhuvinov - if you know it is a reasonable use of an email address - ignore the warning and click 'save' a second time.
- Sorry for the inconvenience, but, it stops a lot of people from inadvertently adding an email address, and thus getting loads of spam. It's filter 247, for anyone interested. Chzz ► 19:16, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks guys! Vdzhuvinov (talk) 07:56, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
Luke Evans page lockdown due to debate on notability of sexual preference
- The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section. A summary of the conclusions reached follows.
- Resolved– This is not the appropriate forum. Please raise your concerns at Talk:Luke Evans and if that doesn't work, please follow the procedures outlined at Wikipedia:Dispute resolution--Jayron32 16:40, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
There has been a consensus reached long ago by Wikipedia that if a person of note/public figure has established they are GLBTQ in such a fashion as to be reliably sourced or cited, it is encyclopedic and valid for inclusion in their article. The reasons for this have been debated back and forth so many times, it has become exhausting. There needs to be an absolute and stated policy on this issue put into Wikipedia somewhere so that it can be referenced and these arguments can be avoided from now on.
GLBTQ people are a minority, and unlike minorities based on race or gender, they are not a minority that can be identified by sight. Because of this, it is a simple fact that all people are by and large presumed to be heterosexual unless otherwise stated. One of the straw man arguments you often hear is 'We don't state in every heterosexual's article that they are straight." That's because we don't have to, because - again - it is presumed unless otherwise stated.
The contributions of GLBTQ individuals to the arts, history, politics etc... are valid, and establishing their sexual identity is encyclopedic because the contributions of GLBTQ people should be documented. Even in California they have passed a law so that schools music include curriculum about the contributions of GLBTQ individuals. If we don't state that a person is gay within their biographical information, we disassociate them from the documenting of the accomplishments of gay people.
The fact that the Luke Evans page has been locked down and all information to his sexual preference removed is insulting and borders on offensive. The citation from his interview in The Advocate magazine is more that sufficient. The ludicrousness of this is so outrageous that it has attracted attention in the gay press. The time is now for an official policy on sexual preference in biographies to be set: is it or isn't it worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia? CouplandForever (talk) 16:16, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- Unfortunately, this is the wrong place to post your request. The Help Desk is for questions about using Wikipedia. You may want to post your request at the village pump. TNXMan 16:30, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- See WP:FORUMSHOP - this isn't a question for the help desk. AndyTheGrump (talk) 16:33, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
The Mussolini-Montessori conflict described meeting the "citation needed" plea.
In the article on Maria Montessori, the "citation needed" here can well be explained by what follows the section: "Montessori was exiled by Mussolini mostly because[citation needed] she refused to compromise her principles and make the children into soldiers. She moved to Spain
At the AMI Montessori Centennial Celebration in Philadelphia PA, Dr. Phyllis Applebaum and I, Dr. Denyse DuBrucq, picked a table in the back for lunch after Mrs. Sitterly, heading the then Atlanta Training Center for Montessori Directresses, had finished her address. She came and sat with us and a few others. Phyllis was completing her dissertation on the life of Maria Montessori and had questioned her as to what happened in 1937-8 in Italy. To our surprise, Mrs. Sitterly broke out in tears. Upon getting her composure, she told us this recollection of the events: Mussolini had called Maria Montessori to his office for a meeting. Since she was an outstanding educator in Italy, he demanded she teach his political philosophy to the children. She, on principle, refused and he first sigged his lion on her and then had her arrested. Dr. and Mrs. Sitterly were visiting and working with her in Italy at the time. They were British citizens. To avoid Maria Montessori's imprisonment, Dr. Sitterly volunteered to serve her sentence. He remained in prison in Italy while Mrs. Sitterly accompanied Maria Montessori to Spain.
At this time, I am not sure of the spelling of the Sitterly last name. Times can be tough even for educators. Phyllis Appelbaum is on the education faculty at New York State University on Long Island. She may be retired by now, but getting ahold of her will verify this report of the experience. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.48.174.225 (talk) 18:57, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- This discussion belongs on the article's talk page. But in any case, information must be verifiable through published references. It may well be that Dr Appelbaum can verify the information, but she is unlikely to be willing to do so for every Wikipedia editor who wishes to verify it, and in any case at some time it will become impossible to do so. --ColinFine (talk) 22:16, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
Article Feedback Tool - can't disable it
I have Don't show the Article feedback widget on pages ticked in my preferences, yet the **** thing still keeps appearing on pretty well every page. HELP!! What's worse, I'm mainly working on stubs, which in my view shouldn't be rated anyway. Jan1naD (talk • contrib) 19:45, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- Did you bypass your browser cache? – ukexpat (talk) 19:59, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- Yes, when I first set the preference, but that was a week or two ago. I've just done it again and it works. Do I have to do this every time I restart Windows? I use Firefox 3.6 with XP SP3. Jan1naD (talk • contrib) 20:13, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- I take that back. It still keeps doing it. [Ctrl-F5] removes it but it reappears a few pages later. Jan1naD (talk • contrib) 20:24, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
What's going on??? It now keeps forcing me into the mobile version of the site. Jan1naD (talk • contrib) 20:53, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- Me too, close your browser and restart the issue seems to be resolved now. Ryan Vesey Review me! 20:54, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
Define "review" as it pertains to film
Hi. I'm the author of a number of books about films and filmmakers, and I've been looking at some of the entries for some of the films I've written about. My books are usually cited in the bibliographies (for which I am always grateful), but I'm somewhat dissatisfied by the level of discourse in the "reviews" or "critical reception" categories. Since I know these films very, very well, I'm wondering what the wikidefinition of "review" is. Must a "review" be published in a newspaper or magazine (for instance) as the response to a film that is being shown somewhere at the time, or is the definition broad enough to include the opinions of - well - ME! as I state them in critically successful biographies? Thanks, Ed Sikov — Preceding unsigned comment added by EdSikov (talk • contribs) 19:53, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- A review is like any other source, it has to meet the guidelines at WP:RS. So they can be reviews in the mainstream press, established websites such as Rotten Tomatoes, or indeed books that meet RS guidelines. I would, however, caution you against adding references to your own books (if that's the genesis of your question) as that could be considered spamming. A better idea would be to use the talk page of relevant articles to discuss. – ukexpat (talk) 19:58, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- Also note that Wikipedia has its own jargon. What you call an "entry" is probably what Wikipedia calls an "article". What you call a "category" might be what Wikipedia calls a "section". The word "category" has a specific technical meaning on Wikipedia - a navigation feature for grouping related articles together. It would help if you linked to the specific page where you saw the word "review" (if there is such a page) so we know what context you are bringing into the question with it. That is, you could link to one of the pages containing the discourse you find dissatisfying. Confusingly, there is a Wikipedia:WikiProject Film/Review page which seems to use the word to mean something different than a critical review of a film. Instead that page seems to refer to review by Wikipedia editors of an article about a film (i.e. the quality of our article rather than of the film). The articles we think are of the highest quality we call featured articles; you could peruse the featured film articles and see if they satisfy you better. In principle, any article which is not yet featured needs to be improved, so we would expect dissatisfaction with non-featured articles. On the Help desk the first people to respond tend to be generalists, who may not understand domain-specific nuances - the film experts might not see your question here. I suggest reading the Wikipedia:WikiProject Film pages to learn about the guidelines specific to film-related articles, and Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Film might be a good place to get the attention of people who have more detailed knowledge. --Teratornis (talk) 20:43, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
Page was deleted - we want it back!
Hi! Whoever deleted the following: http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discuss%C3%A3o:Encontro_da_Nova_Consci%C3%AAncia ...has absolutely nothing to do with it and we (the event people for Nova Consciência) want it back. As far as we can tell it was deleted by folks that have nothing to do with our event.;
It there a process for recovering this? The president of the organization (Vinicius) has requested my help as he has not had luck.
Sincerely,
Matthew (Mateus) Berigan - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Campina Grande, Paraiba
- Sorry. This is the help desk for the English-language Wikipedia. You will have to ask at the Portuguese-Language one regarding the article deletion there. AndyTheGrump (talk) 20:27, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- --> pt:Wikipédia:Contato/Fale com a Wikipédia Chzz ► 22:07, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- I don't know what the policies of the Portuguese Wikipedia are, but if they are anything like those of the English Wikipedia, your wanting or not wanting the article to exist would have very little weight in arguments whether or not to keep it. --ColinFine (talk) 22:22, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- That page was a talk page of an article deleted by this Portuguese AFD (translation). —teb728 t c 23:38, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
Issue with Google Chrome browser
I have no idea if this is the correct place, as I seldom need to address technical issues. I use the Google Chrome browser, and since about 15 minutes ago, most articles and pages are coming up as "mobile version". Even hitting the "permanently disable" button doesn't change this. Its happening at commons and at meta too (haven't check other projects. The weird part is happens in some places (like the main page) but not others (like here). Firefox works fine as does IE. The issue seems to be Chrome only, at least for me.--Cerejota (talk) 20:55, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- Hmm. I'm not sure why that is, but you may get a better response at the technical village pump or the computing reference desk. Of course, one of the regulars here may know too. TNXMan 20:57, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- (edit conflict)I am using chrome as well. I closed and re-opened my browser. The problem appears to be fixed. I assume this happened on the server end. Ryan Vesey Review me! 20:58, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- It happened to me too - in Firefox. Clicking the "permanently disable mobile site" link at the bottom of the page fixed it. – ukexpat (talk) 21:00, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- There was a mistake when rolling out an update to the mobile site code. It's fixed now, bypass your cache if you're still seeing the mobile version. the wub "?!" 21:33, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
The word "hell" is replaced with "@#!*%"
The word "hell" is replaced with "@#!*%" in nearly every religion article I read today. Is this Wikipedia policy? Also, if I click on "@#!*%" it takes me to the article on the "@" symbol. I've never seen another word replaced like this in Wikipedia. Please advise. Thanks!
208.115.146.149 (talk) 21:27, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- Where is this going on? That's not permitted by Wikipedia policy; I'll get to reverting it. —Jeremy v^_^v Components:V S M 21:29, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
regarding the "@#!*%" replacement...nevermind
apparently the Net Nanny software on my wife's computer automatically replaces this word to "protect" the kids from such vile language. Sorry to waste your time!
208.115.146.149 (talk) 21:41, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- Quite; I can't imagine this being a Wikipedia concern. Thanks for telling us it is fixed. Chzz ► 22:00, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- If you want to have some fun, go look up Penistone and tell us if anything happens. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 23:52, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
Sound Files
Most of the time, I have no problem with sound files. However, when they are grouped together in charts like this one, the charts rapidly become crowded with once-played files. I have started to wonder: why is there no way to close sound files after use? Or is this just an issue with my computer? Interchangeable|talk to me|what I've changed 22:03, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- The simple answer is when you're done listening, click "More..." then at the bottom click "no player" to make the big grey bar retract.
- The more complicated answer is that Wikipedia really does need to completely redo their native support, since its lacking in a few areas. Problem is that doing something like that takes a ton of resources, resources that the WMF is unwilling, or more likely unable, to expend at this time. Unless it breaks, the media suite is at the low end of a very long list of priorities for the technical staff.
- If someone could find the Bugzilla report asking for this specific issue to be fixed, I would say that you could go to Bugzilla and "vote" for it to become a priority, but I'm not sure how much of an impact that actually has. Sven Manguard Wha? 22:51, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
WORLDS STRICTIST PARENTS
I watched an hour show this afternoon titled WORLDS STRICTIST PARENTS and I want to get a copy of it to show my friends who have kids like that. Thanks. Frankie — Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.3.12.130 (talk) 23:49, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
- I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 3.7 million articles and thought we were affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is for asking questions related to using or contributing to Wikipedia itself. Thus, we have no special knowledge about the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck.Template:Z25 —teb728 t c 00:02, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
August 11
Links can not be displayed in IE8
IE8 cannot display the links of a web page which are displayed in IE7.If we put the compatibility view of IE8 those can be displayed. Can you please provide the difference between IE7 and IE8 in code perspective? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.165.213.18 (talk) 07:23, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
- Which page? - David Biddulph (talk) 07:25, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
- If you are talking about a Wikipedia page, that is an issue that needs to be discussed at Wikipedia:Village pump/Technical. If you are asking about a page which isn't in Wikipedia, then the best place is our computing reference desk. --ColinFine (talk) 07:29, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
External link problem
I posted one link recently here at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter but now it is removed by Wikipedia what would be the reason. link was to this website http://www.fundootimes.com/festivals/easter.html with title Happy Easter, kindly suggest me how to link this site to this article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.177.53.109 (talk) 08:08, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
- Wikipedia's guideline for determining which external links belong in an article is at Wikipedia:External links. The criteria are deliberately strict – Wikipedia is not Google, and the number of links in Wikipedia's See also sections should be kept to a minimum. I see no reason to believe the site you've linked above is reliable, nor that it contains information not already present in the Wikipedia article. So it does not belong in Wikipedia. I've removed the similar link you added to Mother's Day for the same reasons. Adrian J. Hunter(talk•contribs) 08:38, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
MediaWiki 1.17wmf1
What is the difference between MediaWiki 1.17 and MediaWiki 1.17wmf1? Marthelati (talk) 10:16, 11 August 2011 (UTC) And how do I download it? Marthelati (talk) 10:18, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
- MediaWiki 1.17 is a public release. It is available for download here, and it is the version you should use if you are setting up your own wiki.
- 1.17wmf1 is a Wikimedia "mod" version of 1.17, including some of the changes that will be released to the public in 1.18. It is very difficult to download, and it is not advisable to try to do so. - Jarry1250 [Weasel? Discuss.] 11:27, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
Incorrect spelling
Hi guys My name is Jandamarra O'Shane and i have noticed that the spelling of my first name is incorrect, how ever my name was spelt like that in the media due to my farther trying to change it himself. The truth is its spelt the same way as the great man i was named after from the Bunuba clan in Western Australia.
I would really like for you's to change it please... :D :)— Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.186.224.203 (talk • contribs)
- Currently, 4 of the available references on the page say the name is Tjandamurra. Only 2 of the references say the name is Jandamarra. We cannot take your word for it that you are O'Shane. If you can provide multiple reliable sources to prove that the name is Jandamarra, I'm sure there could be a discussion. Otherwise, is there a way to contact the Wikimedia foundation, prove your identity, and have them change it? Maybe another editor patrolling the help desk can help with that. Ryan Vesey Review me! 13:50, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
- See WP:BIOSELF. – ukexpat (talk) 13:51, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
Reference does not format correctly
In the article Napkin ring problem in the first reference, how can I force the second {{WebCite}} to wrap and indent correctly? I already tried stuff like nowrap and break tags but nothing seems to work as desired. Inserting characters such as the word "and" between the two WebCite templates also doesn't work, as this produces a leading space, forcing a dotted box to appear (as always is the case when a line has leading spaces). Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 13:56, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
- Done? I think it's best to list just one thing in each {{citation}}, and neater to use the "archiveurl" parameter within that template, rather than the separate {{webcite}}? Chzz ► 14:07, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
- (e/c) I think it's a bug/feature of the template. It may be a better idea to use the {{Cite web}} template with the |archiveurl= parameter. In fact the {{Citation}} templates should be changed to {{Cite book}} and {{Cite web}} as appropriate. – ukexpat (talk) 14:09, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
- Does the trick. Thanks to both of you. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 14:12, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
Who did the edit?
I was doing a minor edit to the 2011 England riots page (adding a 'the'). I had to make a number of attempts due to edit conflicts. About this time my username was credited with an edit (Revision as of 13:19, 11 August 2011) I did not make. Has my account been hacked or is this a wiki problem? Rsloch (talk) 13:58, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
- Prior to your edit, another editor had just removed the word thugs, it looks like you accidentally undid it without an edit summary. Ryan Vesey Review me! 14:04, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
- (edit conflict) (Referring to this edit.) I think it's exceedingly unlikely that someone hacked your account, only to make a small edit to a page at the same time you were trying to edit it yourself. I think Ryan's explanation is the most likely, though it might also have been a little Wikipedia glitch – that article is probably working the servers really hard right now. Adrian J. Hunter(talk•contribs) 14:16, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
Translation
How do I do to get the messege in an article to say that: This article was translated from a swedish article? 213.114.248.128 (talk) 14:35, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
- You can add {{translated page|se|source page title}} to the talk page, which should give you what you want. "Source page title" is the name of the article on the Swedish Wikipedia. TNXMan 14:38, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
- (edit conflict × 2) For the documentation see Template:Translated page. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 14:43, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
fixing page discussion for past
Please you help fixing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Great_Leap_Forward for past for discussion. Other page examples http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Chiang_Kai-shek/Archive_1 --108.14.202.122 (talk) 14:40, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
Done Chzz ► 16:30, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
Word Listing...
Hello
I am not the best at typing but I would like to get the word floremus on to wikipedia and have a story to tell related to it.
Thank you in advance, great site
David — Preceding unsigned comment added by Daaker (talk • contribs) 15:27, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
- Please take a look at WP:DICDEF. – ukexpat (talk) 16:02, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
- But if it's not on Wiktionary, that'd be the perfect place for it. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 23:54, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
Editing a protected page
I'm trying to edit a protected page. I made an update in the Discussion, but no administrator is responding. What do I do next? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.106.41.130 (talk) 15:34, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
- Which page? The IP address you posted with here has no discussion edits. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:32, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
Expanding article
I am currently trying to get S&Man to Good Article status at User:Joe Chill/Sandbox. It has a long way to go, but I need some Good Articles that are good to use as references for this article. If I need some suggestions, who is a Good Article contributor that you think that I should ask? Joe Chill (talk) 15:57, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
- Well, I am a Good Article reviewer and I can look over it for you if you would like. As for a contributor who actually writes good articles, there are many, I really can't suggest one individual. I would suggest that you look at the Theatre, film, and drama good articles for some help. JoeGazz ♂ 13:00, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
How to remove the "This page is a new unreviewed article" tempelate from an article that I have reviewed ?
Hi guys, have recently reviewed an article of an esteemed senior colleague. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mushtaq_Ahmed_Azmi
I am wondering how do I remove the "This page is a new unreviewed article" template ?
Thanks Arun Arun1951 (talk) 16:08, 11 August 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arun1951 (talk • contribs) 16:06, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
- You don't at the moment, because it needs to be cleaned up - it's too promotional/unencyclopedic in tone; the references and external links are not properly formatted, and it has no categories. Still much work to do. – ukexpat (talk) 16:18, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
- Additionally, if they are your colleague then you have a clear conflict of interest and shouldn't be editing the article. You should instead make requests for changes on the talk page for the article. Dismas|(talk) 18:02, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
List of all Bot's UserIDs
Does anyone know how to produce a list (xml file for example) of all the Bots on Wikipedia (active or not) containing their UserIDs that do NOT have a bot-Flag yet? Are there many active Bots without a bot-flag anyway --Fabian Flöck (talk) 16:32, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
- It may be possible that WP:BRfA (which is a shortcut to Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval) is what you are looking for. Also, bots MUST be approved, otherwise ones running without being approved first are blocked. (the exception to this is when a trial for a bot is requested. But only the bot requested to have a trial done may do so) There are no approved bots that do not have a bot flag yet, basically. (if I sounded mean or rude, I am sorry. I do not try to sound that way) LikeLakers2 (talk) 18:28, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
Where are yesterday's pageview stats?
Why aren't yesterday's pageview stats working?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 18:21, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
Wikipedia policies on first-person
Is there any relevant Wikipedia policy on the use words like "you" in articles. I've seen this articles before and I always remove because it does not feel encyclopedic. Is there a proper policy I can reference? I am not talking about WP:NPOV --Melab±1 ☎ 18:24, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
- MOS:YOU states "Do not use the second person (you, your); it is often ambiguous and contrary to the tone of an encyclopedia (see also Instructional and presumptuous language, below)" Ryan Vesey Review me! 18:28, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
Report users?
Hello, is there any list (like WP:AIV) to report users who remove speedy deletion templates from new articles? I was asking because I do not report the user to AIV, because it's only for vandalism. Thanks -- Luke (Talk) 18:34, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
- WP:ANI maybe? But I have reported at WP:AIV without a problem. – ukexpat (talk) 20:43, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
- Ah ok, I wasn't sure where to report it because I've always used the AIV for vandalism only. -- Luke (Talk) 20:50, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
- However, the rules on removing PROD templates are in favour of the remover. The template invites people to remove the message "if you improve the article or otherwise object to deletion for any reason." With such an open invitation, anyone can "object"; whilst WP:DEPROD encourages, but does not require, an edit summary to explain why.
Furthermore, WP:DEPROD precludes the reinstatement of a PROD tag "even if the tag was apparently removed in bad faith."
Arjayay (talk) 12:55, 12 August 2011 (UTC)- However, if people remove the "db" series of templates that they create, they should be warned with {{uw-speedy1}} and successive templates; once you get up to uw-speedy4 and they keep doing it, then you report them to AIV. Nyttend (talk) 22:55, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
- SDPatrolBot reports to AIV after giving final warnings, and I've had to do it a few times. That's usually the best place to take it. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 23:56, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
- However, if people remove the "db" series of templates that they create, they should be warned with {{uw-speedy1}} and successive templates; once you get up to uw-speedy4 and they keep doing it, then you report them to AIV. Nyttend (talk) 22:55, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
- However, the rules on removing PROD templates are in favour of the remover. The template invites people to remove the message "if you improve the article or otherwise object to deletion for any reason." With such an open invitation, anyone can "object"; whilst WP:DEPROD encourages, but does not require, an edit summary to explain why.
- Ah ok, I wasn't sure where to report it because I've always used the AIV for vandalism only. -- Luke (Talk) 20:50, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
a permalink to present version template?
Hi. I was wondering if there was a template that I could use on talk pages to provide a permenent link to the current version of the article page. It would be very useful to be able to do something like {{atthemoment}} and have a link to the article page automatically inserted, to make it easier for other editors to see what I'm talking about once the page changes. Any info would be appreciated, Thanks! --Keithonearth (talk) 18:23, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
- I don't know if there is a template and I may do some research later to see if I can make one. Are you aware of the fact that you can look at the page history, click on the most current revision, and copy the link? Here is a link to the help desk as it appeared when you asked your question. Ryan Vesey Review me! 18:41, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
- (edit conflict) :You can use a permanent link (see Help:Permanent link). You can easily link to an old revision via a permanent link by using Template:Oldid. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 18:42, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks! I am aware of the ability to look at a page history --> click on its most current revision --> copy URL --> paste in talk page as a link. That's what I have been doing when I can be bothered, but I was hoping for an easier way. Seems a useful thing to have. Thanks for your input too Toshio, but that doesn't look quite like what I'm after either, as it doesn't fit the quick and easy criteria. If this doesn't exist would there be a better place for me to request it? I'm not sure where I'd even start to make a template like that, I imagine some PHP skills would be needed. --Keithonearth (talk) 19:20, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
- Does Template:Freeze help?--SPhilbrickT 20:03, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks! I am aware of the ability to look at a page history --> click on its most current revision --> copy URL --> paste in talk page as a link. That's what I have been doing when I can be bothered, but I was hoping for an easier way. Seems a useful thing to have. Thanks for your input too Toshio, but that doesn't look quite like what I'm after either, as it doesn't fit the quick and easy criteria. If this doesn't exist would there be a better place for me to request it? I'm not sure where I'd even start to make a template like that, I imagine some PHP skills would be needed. --Keithonearth (talk) 19:20, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
- Template:Freeze can only link to the page it is placed on. bugzilla:6092 is an existing request for the functionality needed by the requested template. It was implemented in rev:49575 but reverted in rev:51424 with the comment "Reverted r49575, {{revisionid:...}} due to unresolved CR comments and the general cache-breaking insanity of the concept." PrimeHunter (talk) 21:21, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks for the info, didn't know that. Now I understand why it didn't catch on :) --SPhilbrickT 21:26, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
- I didn't read Template:Freeze properly. I falsely assumed it would be using the magic word {{REVISIONID}} which only works for the page it is placed on. Template:Freeze cannot link directly to a revision but it can link to a history page for another page with only the revision at the time. I would recommend the normal manual url copy method in nearly all situations. It may take slightly longer for the poster but it saves work for readers and the servers, and many readers would probably be confused by seeing a history page. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:13, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks for the info, didn't know that. Now I understand why it didn't catch on :) --SPhilbrickT 21:26, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
- Template:Freeze can only link to the page it is placed on. bugzilla:6092 is an existing request for the functionality needed by the requested template. It was implemented in rev:49575 but reverted in rev:51424 with the comment "Reverted r49575, {{revisionid:...}} due to unresolved CR comments and the general cache-breaking insanity of the concept." PrimeHunter (talk) 21:21, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
Possible redirect would have two equally valid targets
What to do, if a redirect has two equally valid target articles? Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 19:03, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
- Flip a coin. In reality, would it be appropriate to leave two {{soft redirect}}s on the page? Ryan Vesey Review me! 19:07, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
- A disambiguation page of sorts would probably be appropriate. What is the specific redirect and two articles you are talking about. Ryan Vesey Review me! 19:09, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
- The two redirects in question are Gogeta and Vegito. For either of these redirects, both Son Goku (Dragon Ball) and Vegeta are equally valid targets. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 19:14, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
- The redirects are related to special abilities of these two characters. This special ability is related to both of these two characters in the same way, thus each of the two articles is as valid a target for the redirect as the other one. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 19:21, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
- Is it possible to create something like a splitted redirect? Technically it is, as I could simply create something like a disambiguation page, only that there is no ambiguity in this case. I don't know if there are rules for creating something like that. Does anybody know Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 19:29, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
- I'm not sure what the rules are, that is what my soft redirect idea would have done. Ryan Vesey Review me! 19:30, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
- Facepalm I didn't consider that a page can have two soft redirects. Thanks Ryan. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 19:36, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
- I'm not sure what the rules are, that is what my soft redirect idea would have done. Ryan Vesey Review me! 19:30, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
- Is it possible to create something like a splitted redirect? Technically it is, as I could simply create something like a disambiguation page, only that there is no ambiguity in this case. I don't know if there are rules for creating something like that. Does anybody know Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 19:29, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
- And thanks for the improvement to the wording of the two redirects. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 19:55, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
- No problem. Ryan Vesey Review me! 19:58, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
- And thanks for the improvement to the wording of the two redirects. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 19:55, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
- That's not what soft redirects are for. You should pick a target. As described in WP:TARGET you can use {{Anchor}} to link directly to the paragraph where the terms are explained. I don't know the Dragon Ball universe and cannot say which article is best, but I noticed Son Goku (Dragon Ball) says "the main protagonist of the Dragon Ball franchise", so that would be my guess. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:36, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
- That might not be common usage of a soft redirect, however WP:SRD is a guideline, not a policy and Template:Subcat guideline says "it is best treated with common sense, and occasional exceptions may apply". In compliance with WP:IAR I think this is such an exception, as both target articles contain information about this character and I see no problem giving the reader the choice to switch to either of these articles to find the intended information. After all, I don't see any particular drawbacks in using the soft redirect this way in this special case. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 22:15, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
- The last paragraph of the two target sections have almost word for word the same description of Gogeta and Vegito. I don't see justification for creating a whole new type of mainspace page. If you still support them then I will list them at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion with a suggestion to make normal redirects to Son Goku (Dragon Ball)#Abilities. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:40, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
- Yes, I still support these two pages, as the information is appropriate in both articles and in my opinion not enough to create a new article for Gogeta or Vegito and I still think WP:IAR applies. Given these opposing standpoints I agree it would be the best option to list the redirects at WP:RFD in order to reach a consensus. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 00:00, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
- I have nominated them at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2011 August 12#Gogeta. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:45, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
Switch hitter's
Can a switch hitter switch sides of the plate in the middle of an at bat? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.14.179.173 (talk) 22:35, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
I was here recently
and someone suggested that I start an article here. User:Carptrash/Territorial architecture. It was probably a good suggestion, but after a brief beginning I went back to writing articles my old way. Now I want to get rid of the article linked above. Can you do it? Thanks, Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 22:37, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
- You can either blank the page, or put {{db-user}} at the top - either way it will be deleted: see WP:UP#DELETE. AndyTheGrump (talk) 22:42, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
I will probably do it all. Thanks, A Carptrash (talk) 22:45, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
August 12
Living person signatures for articles
Is there any official guideline or policy regarding the inclusion of an image of a BLP subject's signature? I found WP:Signatures of living persons, but it appears to only be a proposed policy at the moment and I'm looking for something a bit more concrete. I have letters of congratulations from attaining Eagle Scout, and I notice that some of the people I got them from have articles where the infobox does not yet include a signature (examples being David L. Boren, Jane Lubchenco, Bill Graves, Mike Rowe, Dan Glass, Scott Pioli, Warren Faidley, and Gary England). So, basically, what are the best practices for uploading signatures for living person infoboxes are at the moment and am I in a situation to where some (which?) or all of these (and perhaps a couple others I don't remember sent a letter) would be suitable for uploading under whatever guidelines there are? Ks0stm (T•C•G) 05:51, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
- In my view, a signature is hardly ever encyclopaedic, and would certainly be only if the signature itself had been reproduced and discussed in secondary sources. Also, signatures in letters you have received are almost certainly copyright. Don't do it. --ColinFine (talk) 07:54, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
Help
ineed help.. my name is brandon barnes someone has taken my computer and phone hostage. i canot ger rid of him. literrally feel as though im the kidnapped child in a movie he has shut down everything that he can. bank accounts have been opened. my small twon police ave drug their feet horrinlz, meanwhile ive got 2 new xredit cards? he sent hundresda of photoshopped pictures to me knowing we're in a long distance relationship.over (Redacted) and ever — Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.205.10.81 (talk) 09:55, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
- I am sorry to hear about your problems. However, this is the help desk for the English Wikipedia and we can only answer questions dealing with Wikipedia. As we are all volunteers here, I fear no one here is qualified to help you with that. Furthermore
We cannot offer legal advice. Please see the legal disclaimer. Contact a lawyer. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 10:10, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
- By the way, posting your phone number here is a bad idea. Miguel AG (talk) 13:38, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
Watchlist disappeared
Or, rather, all but 21 of about 1,000 articles. I culled maybe 20, 25 yesterday, as I've one before, but this has never happened before. Is there anyway to rollback and restore an older version of my watchlist? Was this a tech thing or could I have been vandalized? --Tenebrae (talk) 13:28, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
- I haven't heard of this before. An older watchlist cannot be restored. Others cannot see or change your watchlist. Did you use Special:Watchlist/edit? It says "When checking or unchecking multiple titles, holding the shift key allows you to select consecutive checkboxes by clicking each end of the range to be checked." Is there any chance you accidentally selected nearly the whole list this way? PrimeHunter (talk) 15:13, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
May I ask YOU to help me to sign in?
Dear Sirs,
At the beginning, I would like to convey my best and kindest regards to you.
May I ask YOU to help me to sign in?
My name is: Dr. Eng. Mohammed Darsi Abdulrahman Nedham
My E-mail Address is: [redacted]
It is really my great honor to work, deal and cooperate with people like you.
Wishing YOU all the best…
Yours,
Dr. Eng. Mohammed Darsi A. Nedham Yemeni Geology and Stratigraphy Network http://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular=&gid=3690695 (Owner, Founder and Manager) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.200.172.225 (talk) 15:00, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
- We don't write our email addresses. In order to sign in you must first create an account at Special:UserLogin/signup. If you have problems then please describe them. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:04, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
- 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 want them to be permanently removed from the page history, please email this address. --Nathan2055talk - review 17:07, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
numbers in Tables
We have a numbered table at International recognition of South Sudan, which is hard to maintain. Is it possible to have an authomatic numbering field (like # in normal makeup) that would make the numbering automatically? Tnx! L.tak (talk) 15:30, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
- What does the number in the "#" column represent? Is there any point in keeping it? Chzz ► 18:04, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
Strange appearance of wikilinks
On the page BBB, do the wikilinks for "Bonded by Blood", "Brendan B. Brown", "Biotic Baking Brigade" and "Bredbandsbolaget" appear to anybody else in red despite leading to an existing article? If so, why is this, as there doesn't seem to be anything special included in the markup that could cause this. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 16:42, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
- They all look blue to me. Not sure what you are seeing. GB fan please review my editing 16:46, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
- They normally turn purple if you've visited them before. If your monitor's color is off, the purple may easily appear to be red. -- kainaw™ 16:49, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
- The strange thing is it seems to appear only on this page. For example, I visited List of polygons, polyhedra and polytopes and there this effect does not occur. I could upload a screenshot, if that would help (although I am not sure if this could be seen on the shot). Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 16:54, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
I uploaded a screenshot of the appearance here. I am using Safari on Windows 7. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 17:05, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
(edit conflict) I'm actually seeing the same thing as Toshio on that page, it looks like a redlink that you have already clicked on, not quite as bright as a normal redlink. It is only on that page, not on other pages that link to the same page. Very odd. I've never viseted any of those pages, and I'm using google chrome (also on Windows 7). Quasihuman | Talk 17:10, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
- I brought up the page using Safari and Windows 7 and they I even tried and clicked through to the links and then back to the page, the color does change just not as red as it does in your screenshot. If you click a different link and then go back to the BBB page does that turn red also? GB fan please review my editing 17:13, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
- I clicked on two other links and they simply turned from light blue to dark blue. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 17:15, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
- (edit conflict × 3) I've marked the image to be moved to the Wikimedia Commons because it's under a free license. Thanks, Nathan2055talk - review 17:17, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
- If you clear your history so your browser doesn't think you have been there do they stay red? GB fan please review my editing 17:25, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
- I clicked on two other links and they simply turned from light blue to dark blue. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 17:15, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
- (edit conflict) I cleared my browser cache and they still appear red. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 17:31, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
- And I also have this issue on CCC. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 17:33, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
- You might want to ask the question at WP:VPT
- I brought up the question at WP:VPT#Some bluelinks appear red. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 17:54, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
- You might want to ask the question at WP:VPT
- I purged the page and it fixed it. At least some of the redlinks were recently created (last several days) and the disambig page seemed to have some horrible caching or something. Killiondude (talk) 17:56, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
Looking for son
I am looking for my son--His name is Richard W. West, 56 years old, was born in Richmond VA 11/29/1954--He is living in MT Holly NJ but I don't know where?? Can you find his address for me? If you can// Would you please send it to my e-mail address (Redacted) Thank You, Very much--John B. West Jr. (Redacted) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.166.90.101 (talk) 18:58, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
- I suspect, based on your question, that you found one of our over 3.7 million articles and thought we were affiliated in some way with that subject. Please note that you are at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and this page is for asking questions related to using or contributing to Wikipedia itself. Thus, we have no special knowledge about the subject of your question. You can, however, search our vast catalogue of articles by typing a subject into the search field on the upper right side of your screen. If you cannot find what you are looking for, we have a reference desk, divided into various subject areas, where asking knowledge questions is welcome. Best of luck.Template:Z25 GB fan please review my editing 19:01, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
My editing didn't print the way i Wanted
I said what i had to say eloquently & simply - however it came up in a wrong format. Is it possible for one of you wonderful Volunteers to correct it for me or somehow teach a newbie to upload my posts by Drag & Drop or blogg etc.
I would like to contribute many more Articles to Wikileaks My personal website is : https://sites.google.com/site/kyatasplace/home/thoughts and I'm on Twitter as Twitisist Facebook Chris Kyata Yowell.
Thank you in advance for your consideration, Kyata Kyata (talk) 19:52, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
- We have nothing to do with Wikileaks.--SPhilbrickT 20:10, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
- BTW, re Moby Grape, this isn't Facebook. Sorry. --SPhilbrickT 20:12, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
- Despite the name, Wikipedia is nothing to do with WikiLeaks. Your edit to Moby Grape [6] was removed, because on Wikipedia, we only add facts that can be verified through reliable sources; we do not offer opinion or original research, and we stick to a neutral point-of-view. Chzz ► 20:17, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
Remove my old edits from my autobiography
A few years ago, I made a few edits to the "Rudy Rucker" article about me, wanting to add some additional information. But as a result the article discussion page sports a warning. I'd like to remove this warning by removing my old edits, but this isn't readily done, as trying to remove an old edit pops up a warning that this would need to be done by hand, owing the existence of layered-on later edits. And if I were to try and remove the edits by hand, I would create yet more signs of author-editing. What to do? Rudyrucker (talk) 20:42, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
- I don't think removing your old edits would invalidate the talk page template. A Wikipedia contributor named "Rudyrucker" still exists that may be personally or professionally connected to the subject of the article, just as the template message states. You'll always be in the article's history anyway, even if someone were to revert your edits. By the way, are you also User:Rudyr? — Bility (talk) 20:58, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
Uploading a picture (Does not belong to me)
I have a picture that does not belong to me but have all information for giving credit to the photographer and licensor of the photograph. How do I upload this and change the picture on a wikipedia page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.196.12.18 (talk) 21:20, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
- Is the current article's image in the public domain or freely licensed in a suitable fashion for our use? Is the image you want to upload and use in its stead freely licensed or in the public domain? (given what you've asked, I suspect not). There are three types of images we can use here: without any problem the two I've just detailed, and fair use images. But fair use is sharply limited. If the existing picture is freely licensed or PD, then we probably can't use the image you want to upload at all, because there's a free equivalent, even if the existing is not as good an image. For more on fair use and its requirements, please see Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria. The fact that you have all of the crediting information is good, but it does not address the issues I am speaking about. Note also that even if you have express permission to use the image here from its owner, that does not get you home; our licenses require that our images be freely licensed so our end users can take and use them (even for commercial purposes), so long as they give the attribution required by the free license the image bears. More tailored information can be provided if you give specifics about the copyright status of the image you want to upload, and tell us what image you hope to replace.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 00:18, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
August 13
Someone with nutritional knowledge could help.
I've compiled some figures for the nutritional facts box in Pine nut#Culinary uses, with data for 100/.77 g of unshelled nuts = 100 g of shelled nuts from the USDA website. But I don't know how to present the data "vitA_ug = 1 | carotene, beta_ug=22 | vitA_IU=38 | Lutein + zeaxanthin_ug = 12", Tocopherol, and phytosterols, if not others, not showing up. If no one here can help, can they put this somewhere (talk page, etc.) so someone can take care of it some other time? Thanks so much. Imagine Reason (talk) 01:07, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
Requests for help
12 COI edit requests: Talk:Accuride International (waiting 10:10:09) , Talk:Discount-licensing.com (waiting 10:10:09) , Talk:Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka (waiting 1d 15:10:38) , Talk:Jonathan M. Gregory (waiting 1d 15:10:38) , Talk:JumpStart (waiting 1d 15:10:38) , Talk:Libya lobby in the United States (waiting 1d 15:10:38) , Talk:Marshall Sylver (waiting 1d 15:10:38) , Talk:Nathan Cleverly (waiting 1d 15:10:38) , Talk:Column Technologies (waiting 1d 15:10:38) , Talk:Peter Scott (educationalist) (waiting 5d 10:45:20) , Talk:Product Red (waiting 5d 10:45:20) , Talk:Unique Identification Authority of India (waiting 5d 10:45:20)
14 semi-protected edit requests: Talk:Chimpanzee (waiting 2d 11:30:59) , Talk:Facebook (waiting 2d 11:30:59) , Talk:FC Barcelona (waiting 02:29:40) , Talk:Gautama Buddha (waiting 1d 20:50:39) , Talk:Gilgit-Baltistan (waiting 2d 11:30:59) , Talk:Ice Road Truckers , Talk:Julia Allison (waiting 2d 09:50:56) , Talk:List of Freemasons (waiting 1d 03:50:15) , Talk:Northwest Passage (waiting 2d 11:30:59) , Talk:This Is War (waiting 08:49:49) , Talk:United States presidential election, 2012 (waiting 14:29:58) , Talk:Wesley Sneijder (waiting 3d 08:12:20) , Template talk:Christianity (waiting 02:49:41) , Template talk:Requested move (waiting 03:29:42)
17 protected edit requests: Talk:Awan (Pakistan) (waiting 2d 13:11:01) , Talk:Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 (waiting 16:30:10) , File talk:DuffCooley.jpg (waiting 1d 00:10:20) , Talk:Republican Party (United States) (waiting 04:49:57) , Template talk:Age in years and days/years (waiting 22:10:17) , Template talk:Country data Bhutan (waiting 2d 05:30:52) , Template talk:Country data Zanzibar (waiting 2d 13:11:01) , Template talk:GNF Protein box (waiting 2d 13:11:01) , Template talk:Infobox airport (waiting 03:09:54) , Template talk:Infobox disease (waiting 07:50:01) , Template talk:Infobox software (waiting 1d 08:10:31) , Template talk:Location map/Info (waiting 09:10:02) , Template talk:MusicBrainz artist (waiting 18:30:12) , Template talk:R from UN/LOCODE (waiting 20:50:15) , Template talk:Reflist (waiting 01:09:52) , Template talk:WikiProject United States (waiting 07:50:01) , User talk:Cacycle/wikEd (waiting 5d 10:45:19).
Chzz ► 01:59, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
User asked for help on Wikipedia:Requests for feedback/2011 August 8, and got no response; so, posted here Chzz ► 03:48, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
A friend of mine and I re-wrote the page of an online world called vSide, I was wondering if someone could read it (or some of it) and give us some feedback on it. Thanks in advance.
BTW, sorry if I double post. I already posted this yesterday but Cecraig77 seems to have accidentally deleted all of Wikipedia:Requests for feedback/2011 August 7 :(
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_feedback/2011_August_7&diff=next&oldid=443571144
Krispin16 (talk) 04:36, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
User asked for help on Wikipedia:Requests for feedback/2011 August 8, and got no response; so, posted here Chzz ► 03:48, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
The article is about the album of Regine Velasquez called Fantasy. I would like to kindly ask for someone to get some feedback for this article. Thank you in advance.
Rovheel (talk) 10:54, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
User asked for help on Wikipedia:Requests for feedback/2011 August 8, and got no response; so, posted here Chzz ► 03:48, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
This is my first new article. Any help in improving it is appreciated. Thank you!
Brainbeat (talk) 13:41, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
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I have just done a first draft of Theft by finding, a requested article on a common law crime.
Otherthinker (talk) 14:56, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
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Can some please review my article about ARC Energy which came to my attention after it was visited by President Obama and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke.
Chewes (talk) 15:30, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
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I need help cleaning up the links in this article. Right now, they are added as references, but should be internal links in the document.
204.15.0.186 (talk) 17:28, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
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Can Someone give me feedback please for the article and also what does this mean: "if necessary the page should be appropriately tagged for cleanup?"
Thanks so much!
Musicloversb17 (talk) 18:02, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
Borje Oscar Rosaen inventor
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Titanic1000 (talk) 20:05, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
User asked for help on Wikipedia:Requests for feedback/2011 August 8, and got no response; so, posted here Chzz ► 03:48, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi there, been writing a band article about the history of Stone Circle. Very new to this so I have tried to find as many reliable sources as possible (magazines mainly). Really appreciate anyones time to have a look and give me some advice over this because I appreciate it must be very annoying what some people write about.
Thanks!
StoneCircleMetal (talk) 20:07, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
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Just wondering if this article is detailed enough? I think it is notable enough, but could be wrong! Thanks in advance!
Allycat1208 (talk) 20:14, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
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Requesting feedback to remove "new article" template. The article is mainly based on Abercromby's public domain NASA bio. Only two other articles (NEEMO and Pascal Lee) link to this one, but I have not added the "orphan" template because it is presently recommended only for articles with no incoming links.
Gildir (talk) 20:38, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
User asked for help on Wikipedia:Requests for feedback/2011 August 8, and got no response; so, posted here Chzz ► 03:48, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
I am new as a wiki editor, so feel free to suggest any obvious writing/editing errors. Any useful tips are most welcome. I know of a page link that is not yet supported since I am working on it which is the ISAFF 2009 link.
Sal true (talk) 20:47, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
This was my first wikipedia entry of a book that I feel is very important in the history of contemporary Sufism. Just want to make sure I handled procedures properly. Thank you.
Inksleeve (talk) 21:17, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
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Just looking for help to get this new field of racing up and listed on Wikipedia. I'm most familiar with the obstacle racing series www.spartanrace.com, but it is a new and exciting sport that is gaining traction and I feel needs to be listed as a sport.
New to Wikipedia so any help is appreciated!
Inksleeve (talk) 21:23, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
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I would like to move this page so that is it can be viewed by the public. Here is a link to the page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Gnachtwey/Davies_public_affairs.
Thank you for your help.